Noritsune Taira
Shanao, I challenge you to a duel!
Shanao
!
Shungen
Shana, don't! You don't want any trouble with the Heike!
Shanao
I know.
Noritsune Taira
So c'mon Genji, fight me! Trust me, I'm a lot stronger than those guys you just dispatched!
Shanao
Indeed. I can tell that without even crossing swords with you!
Shanao
Which is why I can't accept your challenge. It's a fight that won't end well for either of us.
Noritsune Taira
I thought you'd say that. Ha!—
Shanao
!
Shungen
I got this—
Shungen had caught Noritsune's sword as he suddenly lashed out at me.
Shungen
Grgh...
Noritsune Taira
「Ha! You really think you can take me, twerp? What? With those tiny twigs you call arms?
Shungen
I too am the child of a servant of the Genji clan. If you want to get to Shana, you'll have to get through me!
Shanao
(If I don't stop this somehow, one, or even both of them could wind up getting hurt!)
The two of them were evenly matched in their abilities.
At that moment, Noritsune lowered the arm that was holding his sword. Shungen continued at him, ready to strike.
Shungen
What?!
Shanao
Shungen!
Shungen
!
Shanao
I made it...
I managed to catch Shungen's sword just before it struck Noritsune.
Noritsune Taira
Huh, you stopped it.
Turning to face him, I saw Noritsune smiling triumphantly.
Shanao
You lowered your sword on purpose! Why'd you do that?!
Noritsune Taira
I wanted to see what you would do. Would you stop him...or would you strike me too?
Shanao
I'm not in the habit of killing unarmed men.
Noritsune Taira
Too bad. I'm pretty confident I could have stopped you, and then we would have had a real fight on our hands.
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