Kattie
"We can do it as you will... It's Tsuruno though."

*She answered, definitely having heard his tongue slip. Nonetheless, she carried on, leading them out of the city. There was quite a decent bit of flatland at their disposal and noone really cared if anyone fought there. After alll, the guard's job was to keep the city safe, not the grass in front of it.*

*Once they arrived, she proceeded to pull her rather tight sleeveless shirt from herself. She had bandages wrapped around her chest underneath as a sort of makeshift sports bra.*

"You should probably take your jacket off too. Getting it torn up for nothing would be a waste."

*She advised, taking her new claymore in her left hand. It so seemed she still had her old pair of daggers hanging from her hips as well.*
Deidre
*Sai would watch her undress wondering if it was really necessary or if she was just showing of her muscles. At any rate the robe he wore covered up the armor underneath it so he would decide against taking it off himself and losing the element of surprise.*

"That's only if you can hit me."

*That was more of a taunt than anything, in truth the robes weren't anything special and he could probably get more at a cheap price. He'd pull the metal staff off his back, spinning it around in one arm.* 

"Ladies first?"
Kattie
*That was all she had to hear. Not having been too far from him, she closed the gap between them rather quickly, attepting a sideways kick at his stomach. This way she'd use her shins to exact the blow where her skin was visibly thick, almost ramoured one would say in order to pack a better punh, should she hit him straight away.*
Deidre
*Sai would have already assumed from her personality previously that she wouldn't be one to wait if given the chance. As she gets close Sai would allow himself to drop backwards, making it so his legs face forwards. Magic circles forward at his feet and just moments later he's propelled forwards, putting some distance between them. Around 10m. The flames released wouldn't be something worth of calling an attack but if she wasn't careful they would still be very much hot flames.*

"That would have hurt... That all you got?"

*Sai would try to get into her head. If she's angry, she'll be more likely to make an error, same with being too excited, whatever his words did to her.*
Kattie
*As he dodged her by pushing himself away, she pretty much ended up kicking the air, the force behind it pulling the trail of flanes along it's path, though not reaching her fully.*

"Yeah, you got me. I'm a one trick pony, your ability to dodge simple blows has left me utterly speechless."

*She replied sarcastically, stretching slightly.* 

"Guess I'll just have to try again."

*She added, starting off towards him once again, despite probably seeming like a full-on idiot, knowing he'd just have another way to counter it.*
Deidre
"Such resilience!"

*He would reply just as sarcastically. Sai would grin, he'd take one of the daggers he bought from the store and kneel down, and once she's travelled around half the distance impale it into the ground. He'd mutter the words "Freeze." As the ground in a 37.5ft radius instantly turns to ice, when Tsuruno were to touch the ice if she has no way of completely avoiding it she would get rooted until her next turn. The area would remain as ice for three turns and would be just as slippery.*
Kattie
*She did in fact get stuck in place while running, though seemed to have stayed pretty calm, which probably came from her assuming he'd try some other way to prevent her from getting to him, the distance between them having been reasonably greater this time.*

"Huh. Good with both ice and fire. You really are something in-between..."

*She'd stay, stabbing the tip of her claymore into the frozen ground before her, testing how tough it would be to break free from it by pulling on her legs, supporting herself on the hilt of the sword.*
Deidre
"Aww, is that a compliment?"

*Again, he'd say it in a teasing voice. His personality seemed to be different when he was fighting to when he wasn't. He was more childish in a fight, actually enjoying himself. He'd then mutter the words "Burn." He'd open his mouth and a magic circle would form infront of it, a large force of flames would emerge in a cone shape infront of him, easily reaching past her location (15ft range).*
Kattie
*Vanishing from his sight amongst the flames, he could hear the ice that sorrounded her feet crack as it melted and shattered, Tsu soon enough emerging from among them, her skin completely turnt dark grey, a few small flames still flickering around her bandages and trousers, having gotten scorched a decent bit. She herself seemed rather alright though, it being visible upon closer inspection that she herself has used a spell to fortify her skin, now attempting to use the power of surprise to land an attack with her claymore.*

"Surely you can hit harder than that!"

*She exclaimed as she took a swing for him to further her provocations from before:*
Deidre
*Sai would indeed hear the ice snap, though he'd be surprised to see the Oni jump through the flames he'd manage to take a few steps back as she flies towards him, having just barely enough time to activate his own skin fortification. His skin would seem to get covered by a layer of ice, as would his horns, becoming larger. But since he was casting and wouldn't be able to properly dodge, his side would still be hit by the claymore, though with the combined defense of his armor and the ice covering his skin, what took the most damage was his robe. Maybe he should have listened to her. He'd try retaliate with a kick to the side of her knee, using the fact that they were close to atleast do some damage.*
Kattie
*Having held onto her weapon, she had little option to dodge, therefore decided to take the hit, but dig her toes into the grass with her leg he attempted to kick to prevent him sweeping her off her feet. In the meantime, she'd pull her sword back towards herself, grabbing it by the blade, her hardened skin allowing her to do this without cutting herself.*
Deidre
*Seeing as his first attack failed, he would twist around and bring the heel of the same foot to her stomach. Despite being a mage, he would seem rather proficient in martial arts and despite his big body was agile, though much less so that what he was at the start of the fight due to the ice coating his body. The ice made each strike hit harder and this time, if the heel connected a small amount of flames would be emmited, potentially causing minor burns to the area of impact.*
Kattie
*Unluckily for the both of them, Tsu had her own idea of countering the following hit, having loosened her stomach enough so he could knock the air out of her, quickly exhaling a cloud of flammable dust as he did so before getting sent backwards by the kick. The fire it created ignited the dust, setting flame to the ground and air around him... And herself for the portion of a second she was there before falling back from the kick.*
Deidre
*Fortunately for Sai, the coating of ice protected him from the flames long enough for him to get out. Unfortunately for him, it also melted the ice in the process and he couldn't cast the spell again for a short period of time leaving him vulnurable to her sword. However he decided to use the fact that she was down of the floor, even if it was a second to try shoot her with a glacial spike. He'd raise his arm as a lightl blue magic circle forms at his hand. An icy spike would form and shoot towards her at a great speed, aimed at her shoulder rather than anywhere else incase she couldn't dodge it. He wasn't trying to kill her after all. This was a spell meant to be cast at long ranges to getting it off successfully at this range could result in some serious damage.*
Kattie
*Being out of breath, she couldn't muster the strength to roll aside and pulled her sword over her shoulder insead to deflect it. She just about managed it, but the spike shattering on the flat side of he blade, the shrapnel cut her hand that was over the blade on several places.*

"I... Think that'd be enough for now."

*She said to him as she layed on the ground, panting. Not all fights started could be won... And it was better to stop before either of them got seriously hurt.*