Sparring Time!

[Devyn Solway]

It had been two days since she last met Skylar and it was now a little into the afternoon, sun still up but not as high and in a few hours or so it would be setting. Devyn had basically promised to meet up with Skylar again for a little sparring match. Devyn had figured this was going to be a hand-to-hand little fight, but she was up for using any of the wooden weapons that were on the training field. She just didn’t really want to use powers since she felt like she would kind of have an unfair advantage. Height not being the only factor that Devyn felt would tip the balance to much in her favor, so hand-to hand combat was best because even a person shorter than her could do really well in a fight. She didn’t even really know Skylar’s skill level in combat, the girl seemed to talk a big game, but that could have been all in good fun or for that moment. However, Devyn was going to find out.

Devyn was wearing something a little more comfortable to train in, pair of grey sweat pants, a plain white tank top (which was basically like the only form of a bra Devyn wore), with a grey hoodie the with its hood up on Devyn’s head, and her shades on of course. She had set her backpack down, the one that she loved so much because she could fit so much into it. “Now to wait.” Devyn said speaking to herself out loud as she rummaged through her bag and got some tape to wrap her hands. It was a specific kind of tape that was used for when you were going to be punching a punching bag and didn’t feel like wearing gloves, but also didn’t want your fist getting all scratched up. Mostly distracted as she worked on making sure she was wrapping it around her knuckles and fingers right.

{Sorry its short, but it should get longer with time. Just to start. ^-^}

[Skylar Blue]

Skylar glanced up at the sun, It's not too hot out she was wearing a shirt she would run in usually, well, a shirt she wore to workout in, in-general. She had decided to wear a pair of baggy black sweatpants to go with her grey top. She headed for the training field, "Welp, looks like today I get to spar with Devyn..." she said with a slight sigh, she didn't really have any qualms with sparring with her, the thing that bugged her the most was, will she be able to keep Devyn interested in sparring with her? Would she be able to actually push Devyn so she wouldn't grow bored? All these answers swimming around will be answered in due time. she thought to herself as she saw Devyn not far off. She smirked, Looks like she beat me here... Maybe I can give her a fright this one around. She walked a bit closer before she began to creep up behind her, not sketchy like, but more of a casual walk, stepping silently along the field, or so she thought. She stepped up behind her, Here goes nothing.

"Hey there SP!" she said patting the girl's shoulder and sitting down next to her, she looked at the various sets of equipment around then looked at Devyn, "We are using our hands right? I mean, we potentially could use the other equipment if you want, never really used any of them though, that would be a way for you to beat me though." She then noticed she was taping her hands, a wave of relief swept over her, This means we'll be fighting using our hands eventually. She nodded slowly before opening up her satchel-bag thing, (idk lol) she removed her own roll of white athletic tape and proceeded to wrap her left hand first. She let out a bit of laughter, "I guess I was wrong about you SP, you are pretty stupid." she said teasingly looking at her slyly, "I didn't think anyone would willingly want to get beat up, you bring that stretcher? You're probably going to need it here shortly." she said with another laugh. Skylar's hand-to-hand combat skills were fairly decent, above average to say the least. Her shifting helped her in a sense of reaction time, she had grown to become quick and light on her feet, she knew Devyn was stronger than her physically, that was pretty obvious, Skylar knew she had to strike quickly, and where it mattered, she needed to end the fight swiftly because the longer the fight lasted, the more the odds were in favor of Devyn. Skylar wasn't a bulky girl, so she probably wouldn't last forever of she just kept getting battered. She began to secretly tell the other girl the plan, while not making it obvious that, that was exactly what he was going to do. "I understand if you're a bit out of shape, it will all be over quickly, hopefully neither of us will have to break a sweat." Skylar knew she was talking a big game, and usually she was able to remove peoples doubts, but she didn't usually fight other women, let alone another person that was highly skilled in combat. This will certainly be an all or nothing fight. she thought, smirking, as she ripped the tape with her mouth. Finished with her left hand, she moved to her right hand. She frowned a bit, "Hmm, SP is kind of a, different, nickname, I'm going to come up with a better one shortly." she said a bit randomly.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn had remembered Skylar's scent, seeing as she had been really close to the girl when she was in her snow leopard form. Her senses were already pretty high in this form so not only could she smell her, but she could hear her, faintly. However, to be more accurate she just knew someone was getting closer to her, she didn’t know it was Skylar just yet until the other girl was already pretty close to her. A low growl slipped out when she suddenly felt the touch and did jump a little on the inside. Not having known that Skylar had closed the distance between them that quick and also didn’t expect to be touched. Didn’t anyone ever tell her it was not sneak up behind a wild animal? Well, good thing Devyn was not really a wild animal but she did send Skylar a quick look for a moment. "If I ended up peeing myself I would have tackled you." Devyn said but it was followed by a small chuckle because she did appreciate the other girl's skill for being able to catch her a little of guard.

"I figured to keep it fair we would do hand to hand combat, but if you feel like spicing things up a little then we could use the various equipment." Devyn said as she moved to wrap up her other hand after flexing the one that had just been wrapped a few times. Devyn raised an eyebrow at the other girl calling her stupid for coming out to spar with her. Someone it really confident. Devyn thought, but she caught the teasing manner behind it so just gave a smile at Skylar. "I like a little pain once and a while and getting beat only makes you stronger when you get back up." Devyn responded back as she got done putting on the atelic tape and tossed it back into her backpack, moving to slip of her grey hoody because she knew she was going to get way to hut wearing it and was now just in her white tank top and grey sweat pants. She shoved the hoddie into her backpack and took out a water bottle out and set it down on the ground.

"I work out every day Pretty Eyes." Devyn said as she started to stretch out, her muscles already clear and define before she started to stretch. Rolling her shoulders and cracking various body parts to make sure she was good and lose. Doing a few quick jabs at the air, alternating hands as she bounced on her toes. She even brought a jump rope, but she didn’t plan on breaking that out, just wanted to get her blood really flowing. "Just don’t call me any name ending with a y or e and I won’t mind too much." Devyn said as she fixed her shades, planning on keeping them on, not worried if they got knocked off or broken because she had another pair. "So...I'm thinking anywhere but the face. Don’t want to knock anyone our or break noses." Devyn added after a moment as she looked over to Skylar, waiting for the girl to be fully ready.

[Skylar Blue]

She frowned when she didn't receive the reactions she hoped for, but she laughed when Devyn threatened to tackle her if she made her wet herself, she grinned mischievously, "Well then, too bad for you, I now have new goals." she smirked as she turned to her bag, she pulled out an old pair of sunglasses and a water bottle. She looked at the glasses then cleaned the lenses with her shirt, they were old and fairly cheap so she didn't mind if they got smashed.

Hmm, so not only is she good in hand to hand combat, but she is also good with weapons. Skylar prayed, hoping the day they would start to use the various weapons would stay far away, that would be a painful day for her. "Hand to hand sounds good to me." she said with a chuckle, Hmm, maybe I could just annoy her enough so she is distracted while fighting. "At least, we can do hand to hand until you're tired of losing, then we could try something with weapons thrown in the mix." Skylar really hoped this idea of hers would work, cause the outcomes were drastically different.

She ripped the tape once more and dropped the roll into her open bag as she stood up. She looked at where they would be fighting Ina few moments, she wiggled her fingers making sure they were still somewhat comfortable. She rocked her hand from one shoulder the the other popping her neck. With a roll of her shoulders, she walked out into the open area, away from their bags so neither of then would trip over them. She turned back to Devyn and beckoned her towards her, she was bouncing back and forth on the balls of her feet while she wobbled her arms at her side, getting her blood flowing. Here goes nothing... "Not in the face? Sounds good to me." She threw a couple punches in Devyn's direction, "Wait, so Devy wouldn't be ok?" she asked as casually as possible holding back a sly smile. That's it, rial her up, she is either going to be so annoyed/mad that she will mop the floor with you, or she will start make careless mistakes. Skykar honestly was going with this plan on the fly. This was a dangerous tactic though, as it could probably easily used against her if the other caught on quick enough.

[Devyn Solway]

"You are playing with fire." Devyn warned her, but still kept a smirk, however she was honestly starting to wonder what game Skylar was playing out. Was she trying to get Devyn angry? If she was that was not very smart, Devyn was an animalistic after all, and an angry animal was a deadly animal. Same with a hurt animal, Skylar should have known that or at least knew about it. She was actually staring at Skylar now, trying to figure out what the other girl was thinking. Was Skylar trying to become her enemy? Throw her of? What? What was this other girl doing? Was it just a pride thing that was getting in the way or was Skylar being someone she was not? Was this in fact the real Skylar? Devyn really was confused in all honesty, cracking her knuckles and remaining calm despite her confusion.

"Well I'm trying to make this a fair fight and not so serious, since it is sparring. Sparring being purely to test and improve upon our skills. Not like a fight to the death." Devyn said, figuring that she might have needed to clear it up to Skylar. The other girl did seem to be joking but at the same time Devyn was a tad bit worried. Wondering if Skylar was taking this more serious then she should have been. It was all in good fun and for improvement. If Devyn wanted to really fight the other girl, well she would have done it already and not gone through all of this planning. Devyn looked around for a moment and then moved over closer to the other girl, well not closer to her, but over to the area where Skylar moved away from their bags so they had room.

"Right, don’t call me Devyn." Devyn said giving Skylar a serious look, because she did not like the whole Devyn name. Sure she would get used to it at some point, but for sure she didn’t want someone who seemed to be trying to get under her skin to call her by that. She cracked her neck and watched Skylar throw punched in her direction; moving to take a power stance and holding her fist up a little in front of her face but level with her shoulders. "I'll let you make the first move." Devyn said ready and prepared for Skylar to go. Devyn was good at defensive and offensive, but she wanted to see what Skylar was good at.

[Skylar Blue]

Skylar just smiled and chuckled a bit when when she give her the warning about playing with fire. This is me... she thought as she began to come to her senses, Of course it is you, who else could it be? a masculine voice replied. No, I'm not shifted, you can't do this. It's not fair! she groaned back. He was becoming a real pest when she shifted, now he was talking with her while she wasn't shifted, How? Was a common thought of Skylar's now. She kept a straight face, her eyes looked straight at Devyn, but they seemed to be out of focus. She was brought back to her feet when she mentioned how sparring was supposed to be for learning and getting better, Skylar knew that, and she figured that Devyn would be the best person to help her with that, besides a trainer of course.

Skylar was too busy fighting her internal wars to actually hear and process that the other girl didn't want to be called by her name. Come on Skylar, a few quick blows and she won't be a challenge any more... No, no, no. she replied quickly, she didn't feel threatened by this other girl, did she? No. Impossible, they were friends, partners. She quickly resolved her last though, Devyn was a friend, her partner.
Even if it was just in sparring, that still meant something.

"I'll let you make the first move."

For some reason this caught Skylar off guard, maybe she was just too distracted. She squeezed her head then lowered her hands to shoulder height, she gave her head a shake to try and rid it of his voice. When that didn't work she focused all her attention on Devyn, doing her best to ignore him. She took a deep breath then let it out slowly, after this was done, she gave a nod, "Alright." she said simply.

She began to slightly bounce on her feet, always keeping on her toes.

Left
Right

Two thuds, Devyn had easily blocked it, Come on now, focus, show her you're worth it. She swiftly punched again, sure it might have been right at the girl, but to some extent, they were fairly quick, and had more kick then one would assume. Offense was something she was good at, she was quick and agile. It was her defensive that was lacking, she wasn't bad at defending herself, she just wasn't great at it. She tended to make stupid mistakes and would get worn down easily if she was constantly being hit. Skylar's gaze only monetarily skimmed down to the other gal's stomach. Oh come on, you've ended fights in about this time, I don't care if this one took a bit longer, what matters is that you get the job done. Skylar paused throwing punches, only briefly though. I refuse. she replied coldly to the voice haunting her. Damn, he was getting good at worming his way into her thoughts.

Left, Right
Right, Left

She continued the pattern, each hit as quick as the previous a second between each set, she did manage to soften her hits though. She had mostly been throwing punches at the other girl, she was hoping it wouldn't get much more physical, Can he make me shift? This new thought frightened her. She couldn't call it quits on the training though, they had only just started,

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn's head tilted a little as she looked at Skylar, Devyn was pretty good at observing others, and since she was a loner she tended to do that from afar without people really knowing. She didn’t know what was going thought Skylar's mind or why Skylar’s eyes seemed to be off in a distance place, but she did pick up on it. Question floated around Devyn's head as she watched Skylar closely. Waiting for the other girl to make her move or say something. If Skylar was not really up for this then they didn’t have to, Devyn was here because she agreed to it, and Skylar said she wanted to hang out. Plus Devyn was always up for some form of training, now she was just wondering what her goal was for this practice. Did she just want to take a lot of hit and build up her tolerance to attacks? Did she want to full out attack Skylar and improve Skylar's defense which would improve Devyn's offense? Or the opposite of that and stand at guard and let Skylar work on her offence while Devyn improved her defense.

Alright, looks like she is in the mind set now. Devyn thought as she watched Skylar get in a stance, noticing the head shake and wondering still what was going through the others girls hear, but Skylar was bouncing, she was ready, and Devyn was ready. The first punch came from the left and Devyn blocked it without too much effort, quickly moving to block the one coming from the right. They really should have been wearing padded gear for this sort of thing, but where was the fun in that? Bone to bone, muscle to muscle; that was where the real experience was, but still had to be done the right way or else someone could seriously get hurt. The next hit came a lot faster and with more force, causing Devyn to make a face for a moment as she was able to block one, but not blocking the neck one right and felt that she was going to have a burse on her arm for sure, or at least that it was going to be sore a little. Devyn was very big on eye contact in a fight, the eyes told so much, so when Skylar’s eyes drifted down to her stomach, Devyn quickly changed her stance up, still in a defensive mode, one that she would be able to keep her balance better, but also was setting up for an attack, just waiting for the right moment.

"Your offensive is pretty good. Sharp and quick." Devyn managed to get out in between the hits, unable to dodge the one second right one right away and felt the fist hit her, but it was softer then before so it was not a problem. Devyn was being honest about Skylar's attacks, they were pretty good, could use so work, but it showed that she did in fact know what she was doing. "However..." Devyn slipped in going to block and shoved the left punch away, quickly stepping in really close to Skylar, making sure to be ready to block the right fist, but also going to shove back hard on Skylar's chest in an attempt to knock the girl back and get her to stumble or fall. "Your defensive clearly needs work." Devyn pointed out, but not in a rude tone or anything, just pointing it out. Knowing very well that as she was saying that, her right side was left open, but on purpose.

[Skylar Blue]

Skylar took a few steps backwards, regaining her balance. She did need to work on her defense, that was obvious, at least to Devyn and her it was. "That is true. My defense is poor, that's why I try to end fights before they even seem to start." Skylar knew to be a good fighter, one needed a mix of a good defense and a offense. "Not only is it about your defense as well as offense, but you can't let the other person get to you." I doubt she'll buy that. the voice called out to her, Sorry, you don't give me much room to work with, now why don't you just pack up your bags and leave me the hell alone. "Earlier, when I was messing with you, that's all it was." she tapped her temple before she readied herself once more, "50% of the battle is mind games. Or something along those lines." she said, trying to remember if that was the actual percent, she had seen something about that in a book once.

She beckoned Devyn towards her, "Alright, I had my shot, now show me what you've got. Feel free to do what you see fit. You are clearly more experienced in this, but I shall do my best to help you get better as well." She began to brace herself, she knew she wasn't like a tank, she couldn't just take all the punches, she'd have to find a way to outright get her to miss, or simply deflect them. "Oh, and feel free to give me your worst." Skylar meant this too, she had her ways to prevent it from getting too out of hand, but in the meantime she needed to work in her reaction time, if she could react fast enough to deflect the blows, maybe she would be able to last longer. Just maybe though, she wasn't a defense specialist or anything, all she had were guesses, books, and bit of personal experience.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn was slightly disappointed that Skylar didn’t fall, but then again it was good that she didn’t fall. Good enough reflexes to enable her to recover, but then again Skylar was a cat so that made sense. Cat like reflexes or something along the lines of that. Heck with Kitty she had the same problem, remembering a time they were playing in a tree and where Kitty was able to land on her feet, Devyn hit the ground hard on her back. It was only a short distance and she didn’t really have anything to grab onto in order to change the direction of her momentum, but Kitty was able to pull it off still. Darn cats. Devyn thought for a moment, but she really didn’t have a problem with cats obviously since her best friend could turn into a cat and a lot of people she apparently had been talking to recently were in the feline family in terms of their mutations.

"I picked up on that with you looking at my stomach, be glade you held back that drive or else I would have been pissed." Devyn said with a grin, but she as being fully honest because if she had been punched in the stomach she would not have gone down, but instead possibly lost it and would have hit Skylar back hard. Devyn nodded, understanding what it was that Skylar had been playing at, but still saw it as risky. "You have to be careful with that tactic, because even if a person is not thinking clearly and they are in rage, if they hit you it’s going to hurt a lot worse than if they were not angry." Devyn said, but was sure that Skylar was well aware of that. Devyn mostly said it as basically a warning to the other girl because she was indeed the type that if someone pissed her off she was going to make sure they felt pain and she was not just full out wild at first, she would have some logic.

Mind games are good an all, but when fist get involved they have to be really great mind games, ready for the risk. Devyn thought to herself as she gave a small nod, still understanding where Skylar was coming from. She raised an eyebrow at Skylar's words and how it was now her turn. Devyn changing her stance and un-balling her fist, because she didn’t want to pounce Skylar with too much force. She planned to use palm attacks, rough and hard still, but would distribute her force and not be as painful as her punching the other girl. "Don’t talk like that. I'm not looking for the best to go up against and like I said you do have some skill." Devyn pointed out, she was not about making someone feel bad about themselves unless they pissed her off, which Skylar had not really done yet. However as soon as Skylar seemed to be ready Devyn moved quickly.

Going to shove her left palm first towards Skylar's shoulder, moving her other hand to go and try and grab one of Skylar's fist so she could pull the other girl close to her, having planned on knee the girl in the stomach, but would stop short and go to slip a leg behind the girl in order to make her fall back. Devyn was very big on get your opponent on the ground style of fighting. The pounce, go for the throat and then hold on. Well...minus the whole through thing of course, because not trying to kill or hunt the girl after all.

[Skylar Blue]

She smirked,"Pissed eh?" She chuckled, "Alright, noted." she said as she brushed her nose with her hand, satisfying an itch. Aw, she is making it easy for you, just a quick jab in the stomach. He said with a laugh. No, I will not, why can't you just leave me alone? She was too frustrated with him to wait for an answer, he probably wouldn't give her one anyways. She pushed his voice to the depths of her thoughts, hoping he would just leave her alone for a while. She smiled and shrugged, "Sometimes the reward is worth the risk, but yes, it can end up backfiring sometimes." Skylar was well aware of what happened when the other person was able to stay calm enough to think straight, but that didn't happen often. To say the least, the results of one staying calm ended up with a broken arm and multiple bruises.

Skylar watched her closely as she opened her hands, she managed to not let out a sigh, she couldn't know that the possible meanings of that bugged her. She was either about to get thrown to the ground, or this was how Devyn liked to fight, open palm. During training at least. She nodded when Deyvn told her she wasn't looking for the best, and that Skykar did have some skill. "Thanks, for the compliment, and if you insist."

Skylar barely had any time to finish her sentence before Devyn began at her. A quick palm went for we shoulder first, Fast indeed. Skylar easily managed to deflect the blow, God dammit. she instantly thought, as she felt a cool hand grab onto her wrist. She barely saw the knee coming, she threw hand down to block the knee as she tried to move back, only to be pulled back towards Devyn. She thought she had stopped the knee when it fell short of her gut, wrong. The leg swept behind her legs, she knew what was bound to come, If I'm going down, you are too. she grabbed into the girls wrist with the hand that just had just been put out to stop the knee. She pulled across her body with both her arms in an attempt to turn Devyn around. Now that she was holding onto the girls wrist, she at least had a chance to pull her down with her, hopefully giving her enough time to get back up before Devyn did, or manage to stop from falling all together. The second one was preferred, after all, the ground wasn't exactly super soft and she wasn't used to falling on her back, after all, she was like a cat in that way. She had always seemed to be able to land on her feet.

[Devyn Solway]

"Good." Devyn said with a nod because the girl had seen her other form so she should know at least what Devyn looked like when she was using her power and she had not been hostile then. So Skylar just had ti imagine a dire wolf size shadow beast in full anger standing in front of her and she might understand that being an enemy of Devyn's was not really smart. She tried to be pretty laid back and not let things get to her, since she was a bit lazy but again she was very aggressive and animalistic so the wrong words or actions could set her off. AS for calming her down, well she had never been really that angry before. Desolation yes, but she had Kitty there for her when that happened and she might have broken a few things in her room, but she had paid and gotten everything fixed when all was said and done.

Fighting with her hands open was not really her favorite style to fight with but she didn’t want to punch Skylar. Not yet anyways, maybe later on in their sparring match or in their next little match or meeting they would have. Yes, Devyn did plan on more or at least seeing Skylar again, if Skylar was up for it. Her first attack was blocked but she was able to grab a hold of that wrist. Skylar having gone to block against the knee that did not plan on making contact. Her wrist that was not already holding onto Skylar's was grabbed and a smirk came to her face. Oh she plans on taking me down with her huh? Devyn thought as she was completely fine with this, in fact was going to make sure they both where going to fall then. Shifting her body weight to shove forward to send them both to the ground. Which was not soft at all, they should have done this in the grass, but too late now.

Devyn was going to let go of any hold on Skylar when she fell, planning on going to roll away from the other girl so she could hop up onto her feet. "Now I'm in the mood to wrestle all over the ground with you." Devyn said with a snicker as she kept her smirk, green eyes on the other girl. Her hands did go into fist however now but she didn’t move to attack or anything. Not yet, she was still getting into the mind set of actually sparring with someone. She had a trainer yes, but that was more so with her powers and it had been a while since she was fighting with someone and not trying to hurt them, but she might have to in order to actually get into it, or have Skylar hurt her.

[Skylar Blue]

Skylar hit the ground with a thud, she had manage to pull the other girl with her, almost too easily, almost if she wanted to go down with her. Skylar flipped herself back up, successfully, this was something she had learned to help her get up quicker. She looked over to where she had seen Deyvn fall, she was already to her feet. Damn, Not quick enough, not yet at least,  she mentally frowned, Also, that was not fun. she thought to herself as she rubbed the back of her head, Mental note; Don't fall like that again. following with a mental chuckle. "Wrestle?" she chuckled, "Not exactly my thing, buut, this is to train so I could give it a shot." Skylar gave Devyn a wink, then chuckled some more. She looked at her carefully, watching for her next move, her fingers were wiggling by her sides. She wasn't worried about putting them up just yet, she was still a few steps away from striking distance. She was confident that she would be able to ready herself before the other girl had closed that distance.

She stood there staring at Devyn, maybe for a bit too long, she didn't care. She eventually raised an eyebrow at her, "You ok?" she asked curiously, "The same goes for you by the way, if you don't want to spar today, we don't have to. We could just schedule another spar," she gave a shrug, "It's up to you, I'd be ok with anything, so long as we end up scheduling another date." Skylar smirked and winked. Honestly, Skylar didn't want to them to stop the spar, Devyn and her speed was doing a great job with helping Skylar ignore him, she wasn't in the mood to deal with him, not at all. C'mon, we just barely started, she silently pleaded, I will tackle you, or you could tackle me. Then I could give wrestling a try.

Skylar readied herself into a very neutral position, either she was going to tackle Devyn, or Devyn was going to, well, she wasn't sure what Devyn was going to do. In the case that Devyn didn't do anything, she was going to tackle the girl. Skylar and her brilliant plans, am I right? Tackling someone that could shift into a shadow beast, one that was much stronger than her too. She should probably start paying attention in class, although she did do fine in her classes, received A's and B's in fact. It seems though that she still managed to not apply the material, or taken the hint the Devyn had the potential to be very dangerous. Sometimes, the Sky is the limit with her... stupidity? Eh, maybe a better word would be oblivious, *shrug* I don't know right now.

[Devyn Solway]

"You alright?" Devyn asked, sounding a little concerned when she saw Skylar rub the back of her head. She really didn’t want to give the girl an unconscious, make her pass out, or have a headache. Devyn knew a few people that with their powers it was best for them to not be in pain or unconscious, because very bad results. She was almost considering it everything right then and there. Not that she was worried about her own safety, more so that Skylar was going to be okay. Devyn was very much the alpha type, from wanting to be the one in charge, call the shots, but also the one to look out for those in lower ranking. Not that Skylar was in lower ranking, heck the girl was not even in Devyn's 'pack'. I don’t even have a pack. Devyn thought as she shook her head at her very wolf like train of thoughts for a moment. "No? I know a few goods who like to have a nice little wrestle. Be a bunch of 'guys' and put someone in a choke hold." Devyn said using air quotes around the guys’ part and rubbing her neck as she thought back to a girl putting her in one and having no clue was she was doing. Devyn almost broke that girls arm that day...almost.

"I'm fine, just observing you for a moment." Devyn said after Skylar had asked her if she was okay. Devyn was just noting things about Skylar, her hair color, eye color, figuring out her height, potential weight, how fast her heart was beating and the pace of her breathing. "Oh so you are up for hanging out with me again Pretty Eyes?" Devyn asked, yes Pretty Eyes was the nickname she was going to stick with for now for Skylar. Sure it was two words and more syllables then Skylar's real name but she felt like it fit the girl.

Devyn waiting still for a moment until Skylar got into position and as soon as she did Devyn surged forward. She was ideal for long distance running and not so much these quick burst that did help her close in the distance between herself and people but it also made her breath just a little hard for a moment. Having in a way just jump started her heart and holding her breath in that quick movement. Devyn went to swing her right fist to hit Skylar’s shoulder again, putting more force behind it and daring Skylar to stop it and be ready for that bruise, if Skylar didn’t stop it, Devyn panned to at least hit a tough spot on the girls shoulder, making sure not to do anything to serious, she hoped.

"If we were in the grass I tackle you. But I can take a bit of pain." Devyn managed to say after she would swing her punch. Meaning that she was not going to tackle the other girl again, but Skylar was free to tackle her. Just don’t be a naughty girl Skylar. Devyn thought as a slight smirk appeared on her face.

[Skylar Blue]

Skylar laughed, "Me? Alright? Forever and always," She smirked, "I'm like a cat, I don't fall on my back. At least I'm not used to it, I'll be fine don't worry about it." she finished with a smile. Skylar seemed to look at Devyn differently now, not in a literal sense, more in her opinion of her. She had already thought highly ofthem other girl, but now, she smiled at how Devyn always seemed to look out for her, given they've only hung out twice now. She wished Devyn wouldn't worry about her as much though, she had the skills and could take care of herself, a bruise here and there wasn't the end of the world for her, hell, they made her feel tougher. The appreciation was still there though, it was nice to have someone there for you. These thoughts made Skylar laugh a bit, wasn't it the older one was supposed to take care of the younger person? She'd have to definitely work on that, simply because she wanted to. Devyn was someone that actually meant something to her now, now it was her turn to stand by her side, with loyalty. After all, she had no reason to not be, Devyn had only been kind to her.

Skylar smirked, "You like to observe everyone? Or is this something new?" she winked at the other girl. "Yeah, I'd love to hang out with you again, Sweet Lips." She winked once more. She mentally shrugged, Sweet Lips? Seriously, that's the best you've got? she scolded herself. Well... Her lips looked soft, I don't know. she replied to her previous thought. Yeah, she would need to give a nickname a serious thought, although, judging the nickname she was given, it worked and after all, it did seem to suit Devyn, er, Sweet Lips ( ). Maybe some day...

She blushed from her thoughts, as Devyn moved towards her, a hand going for her shoulder again. It was faster this time, Probably going to hurt more too. She raised her arm and blocked the blow, well, mostly. The bottom of Devyn's fist hit it, making her step back slightly, she rolled her shoulder. Yeah, that's a bruise. One more time, at the shoulder, I want to try and flip you. She down to see if a knee was coming to follow, and if she would get to meet the hard ground again. It remained in place, Phew...

She chuckled, Devyn had chosen Skylar's next move."I'm down for whatever." She said as she stopped a bit. Her sunglasses, being cheap, had managed to wiggle their way down a bit on her nose, just enough to reveal her eyes grew big in 'fear', she even managed to make her breath catch. "D-Don't turn around... We uh, might have some unwanted company" she 'warned' as she reached out to pull Devyn 'away' from the 'thing(a)'. There was nothing actually there, Skylar just hoped she would distracted Devyn for even a moment so when she ran at the girl to take her down, she would be flipped and made a fool of. Hopefully Devyn was more like Skylar then she thought, and being a rebel would turn around, even for a moment to sneak a look. The wind seemed to be on her side today and the 'thing' was downwind of them. Ah screw it, I'm doing it anyways... she went to tackle Devyn, if she had managed to successfully take her down, she would proceed to use her knowledge she'd seen on TV and do her best to pin the other girls arms down. Otherwise well, she'd probably be on her ass otherwise, Devyn was very quick, and probably had the strength to flip Skylar.

[Devyn Solway]

"Alright, just making sure. Don’t hide it from me if you are really hurting." Devyn said in a still serious and concerned tone, because she really did not want Skylar to be hiding if she was in pain or if Devyn was making something worse for the other girl. She gave a small chuckle however at the whole comment about being a cat, which she understood. She knew Kitty didn’t really like it when she would get her friend on her back, but that was the fun part. Getting these felines to experience something they were not use to. Plus being around them really did help her out a lot. It’s why she got faster, had a quicker reaction time. Training helped but watching her friends and actually playing with them helped improve her skills as well. So this hanging out was not all just for fun and games, it was about improving herself as well as trying to help out the other person. A pack worked best when they were all in sync and understood one another. Again thinking in pack terms. Devyn thought to herself and mentally shaking her head.

"I like to observe everyone, but my eyes do tend to linger on those especially attractive to my taste." Devyn said which was the honest truth. She did like to pretty much watch everyone from time to time, not like a hobby or anything, just if she happened to be awake and not doing anything at the time. She did however look at a person look over a person longer if she found them attractive or to be possibly her type. Devyn had a wide range of types depending on the person’s gender, and she had a feeling that Skylar fell into one of the types she did like. Devyn did start to blink at the nickname that Skylar had apparently just given her. ...Sweet Lips? Devyn had to think on that nickname for a moment. Did she like it? She was not sure, it was...new. Sweet Lips was never something she could recall being called other things involving sweet and lips, but never the two words together. "You don’t even know if my lips are sweet." Devyn did end up saying with a sly smirk, having an idea why Skylar had called her by that nickname. Had Skylar wanted to kiss her? Cute.

Nice. Skylar managed to block her attack for the most part, but Devyn still felt the contact of the other girl's shoulder, seeing her step back only pushed her inner self to keep up with the attack. "Even down to go down?" Devyn asked in a certain tone, meaning it as one way, but also hinting to something else that also used that term. Devyn went still for a moment at seeing something that looked like fear in Skylar's eyes. Don't turn around, don’t say that, now Devyn had a very strong urge to turn around. If there was an enemy behind her she needed to face them. Or was Skylar trying to hide from someone she was having a fight with? Devyn was fully distracted, fighting the urge to turn around because Skylar had said not to, but she really wanted to so she was ready for whatever it was.

"To hell with it, who is it?" Devyn asked as she turned around slightly too at least catch a glimpse of who was behind her. By the time that she didn’t really even see anyone it was too late. She was being tackled back by Skylar, not having enough time to stop the other girl, flip her, or even catch herself from hitting the ground. Since the way she was standing she almost sprained her ankle but managed to just take the brute of the fall as she hit the ground hard, keeping her head safe from hitting the ground. Her breath was knocked out of her for a moment at the collision which was why she had not been able to collect herself enough and was being pinned, she could fight it, but instead she tilted her head to the side a little. "You are very light Pretty Eyes." Devyn informed the other girl and then the sly smirk was back once she recovered her breath. "Also this is a tad bit sexual, but since we are sparring I'll keep my mind out of the gutter if you can, deal?" Devyn asked giving Skylar a wink.