<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ff99">"Lasers fit everyone!" Tony protested.  <br/>
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Bucky and Natasha ignored him, circling each other on the mat.  Bucky had strength on his side -- Natasha had agility.  More often than not their sparring session ended in a draw, called off by Phil or Steve when the fighting became a little too intense.  Bucky knew there was no point in remind Natasha that this was just to demonstrate techniques for Peter -- all fights were serious, to the Black Widow.<br/>
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She feinted to the side and he sprang forward, only to find her blade where his thigh needed to be.  It was fast and frenzied after that.  Both of them would have been bloodied if they'd been using live steel, which didn't escape Tony's notice.  Natasha had Bucky in a headlock that had very little to do with knife fighting when Tony cleared his throat.  "Think maybe you can stick to the basics with the spiderling today?"<br/>
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Natasha released Bucky from the thigh stranglehold.  "Of course."  She strode over to Peter, smiling more openly for him than she did for most people.  "Show me how you're holding it, baby spider."<br/>
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Bucky got up off the mat, smiling crookedly at Steve.  "She's better than she was when she was his age.  Better'n you were too, punk."</span></span>