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(OOC: Alright, let's get this thing started...)
Kenji was waiting for his opponent in the corridor connected to the courtyard. He had made his way down a long time ago, even before he would be notified. The corridor was long and empty, but Kenji enjoyed the silence. Every now and then he would look at the window of the courtyard’s door and watched the soft light of the torches flicker. The small window had no glass in it; it had only some bars partially covered in rust that crossed each other both horizontally as vertically.
Kenji was leaning against the corridor wall, still waiting for his opponent. Kenji kept looking outside once in a while, disturbed by how the trees’ shadows hit the floor. All of sudden he heard a big crash coming from the east wing. Kenji’s facial expression suddenly changed to astonished. Was someone that loud going to be his opponent?
Either way, Kenji continued to patiently wait for his adversary. He looked at the birdbath in the centre of the courtyard and smiled as two small birds were cleaning their feathers. All of a sudden they flew off when the door at the east side of the yard opened with a brute force. Kenji saw how his opponent entered at a slow pace, looking around and analyzing his surroundings. Kenji kept an eye on him for a while and observed what he was doing. His opponent kept on looking around and saw him try to be patient. After a while he started to raise his hand to snap his fingers. He did this gracefully as the other hand was close to his weapon.
It was this that made Kenji smile even more; he was ready to face his opponent. He lifted his right foot off the corridor wall and placed it on the ground. After loosening his muscles a bit he made his way in to the courtyard. He gently opened the door and his opponent was truly delighted to hear the cracking door knowing he would finally get to see Kenji.
Kenji’s Japanese wasn’t what it used to be, since he hadn’t been in his home country for quite a while, so he decided to start the bout without words. His right hand reached for his katana, which was placed the highest on his back, for it was the overall longest of his two swords. He placed his hand on the long handle and slowly loosened it, and eventually drew it with one quick pull. With his arm stretched, he twisted the blade a total of three times; placing it in his hand as if it were a dagger in the final turn; upside-down.
Kenji then relaxed both his hands and threw his katana over to his left hand, leaving his right hand open. He used his free hand to salute and challenge his opponent at the same time by using two fingers, his pointing- and middle finger, to greet his younger adversary and after that a quick ‘come on’ sign. Kenji grinned as he threw over his katana to his other hand again and crossed his arms, holding his katana at his left side. He was prepared for his opponent to attack, not fearing anything, as he could easily draw his dagger within a split second to defend.
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