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[The video opens on Sasuke, Lance is “directing” behind the “camera” (omen) with cue cards for him to read, and this music starts playing in the background. Lance gestures widely off camera in an urgent miming to Sasuke to start reciting what is written on the cards.]

[ Sasuke was clearly not expecting the music and he already looks so tired before he even looks at the cards. He’s trying. Honest. His forehead scrunches as he starts to recite, but it’s coming out in his usual flat tone, which is probably not helping anything. ]

Have you ever wanted to be cool… like the other side of the pillow? [ Sasuke looks off camera at Lance with irritation. ] You said you wouldn’t make me sound like an idiot.

[Lance is giving Sasuke the flattest look, then in a hushed urgent voice:] Dude, don’t make it weird, just keep going. No turning back now.

[He has more cards and they go with the music, stop messing with the flow! They haven’t even gotten to the memes yet.]

[ He gives him a look that makes it clear he doesn’t think he’s the one making this weird. Deep breath. He knows people better than you, Sasuke, remember?? ]

Awesome at kicking ass and taking names? Show off some cool ninja moves here. [ … Oh. Wait. He gets it. He rubs his forehead before going to takes a deep breath, and then blows a ball of fire on the cards to burn them.

There. Ninja move shown off. ]

Ninjutsu isn’t about blitzing chakras or becoming one with the shadows. I’m not using these.

[Lance isn’t affected by fire, so he just holds the burning cards in his hands and uses his powers to toss the burning pile into frame as he squints in annoyance.] Oh come on, we hadn’t even gotten to the best part!

[ Sasuke takes a deep breath, before deciding to just do what he probably would have from the start. ]

I’m offering to teach people ninjutsu and taijutsu; it’s the way the ninja in my world perform battle techniques and focuses on utilizing one’s inner life force, also known as chakra, to manipulate the physical chakra around you. Taijutsu is basic martial arts techniques that use chakra to increase the strength of both your offensive moves and your defensive blocks. I believe it will be able to help people who need to learn how to control their new found blood powers and, for those who are dedicated enough, will grant similar abilities to those who have no special blood powers at all. [ He forms a ball of water in his hand, quickly warps it with a wind current to freeze it, and then melts it by heating his palm. ] If you are interested, please let me know.

[ Boring!! But to the point. Sasuke gives Lance a look, like he’s offering to let him wrap up with whatever he wants here. Is that wise?? Probably not.

Lance rolls his eyes offscreen and adds, poking his head into frame: ] Super Awesome Ninja School, suck it Cobra Kai!

[Then he exits frame and has his Omen project a certain video, and the music is still playing:]

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[Keith looked over at it when Lance pointed it out, and then raised an eyebrow.]

Probably not the best for falling on it, either. You sure you can handle getting knocked on your ass on a hard surface like that?

[Because, yes... he went there. The trash talking was in full gear.]

[Lance scrunched his nose as he directed an unamused pout at Keith and crossed his arms.]

I'll have you know, I fought Maul for like three days straight and didn't die. [Came very close, though.] So buckle up because it's your ass that's hitting the ground, Keith.

[And with that, he uncrosses his arms and summons his bayard into its Altean broadsword form.]

[The teasing went out the window when Keith saw Lance summon his sword. His eyes narrowed, his brow lowered, and he drew his dagger, the blade shifting with a flash into its sword form. He dropped his weight into a fight stance, ready to go.]

[He has no idea if Keith has seen his sword back home or not. From Lance's point in the timeline, he hasn't. And in Deerington, he saw it but of course, Keith doesn't remember all that. But it doesn't matter, after over four years he knows damn well how to use the thing and it probably shows.

Taking his own stance, he then grins a little and raises a hand in a classic kung fu movie 'come on' motion.] Come at me, bro.

[Part of Keith wanted to hold back. This was just a friendly challenge, right? But there was something else that was just willing to go with it. After all, Lance had pulled the blade first.

Also, when did his bayard form a sword?

Keith didn't think much on it beyond that for now. He could ask later... He took a breath, and then went for it. He charged in, bringing the blade up and swinging it across.]

[Well Lance certainly didn't plan on going for any hits that could hurt Keith, but other than that he didn't see a reason to hold back either. He's trained with the sword consistently every day since he got it and found people able to push him in the skill, but it's still not one he feels completely good with and he can't say why.

There was part of him that had almost foregone the sword here and went for hand to hand with Keith. But something in him had nudged at him to push past it here, there was a thrill mingled with the fear and doubt that had his nerves buzzing. He needs to keep trying to move forward even if he feels utterly inadequate and purposeless/directionless.

He blocks Keith's swipe with his blade angled high across his body, pommel up and point angled towards the sand. He pushes against him a bit and then slides to Keith's side in a spin, dragging the blades against each other as he arcs his up to try and throw Keith off his balance.]

[Keith used the momentum of the block to swing his blade over, spinning away and kicking his leg out to sweep Lance at the knees.

He didn't want to actually hurt Lance, either, so he wasn't looking to actually make contact with the sharp edge of the blade. But, if he found an opening, he was definitely going to bop Lance with the flat edge.]

[Lance avoid's Keith's sweep by doing a move similar to a side aerial in gymnastics, flipping for one rotation. His sword is held closer to his body for the move but once his feet are secure on the ground it's smoothly back in a guard position.

A split second later he spins the blade around one hand as he brings it across one side of his body and then the other to obscure where his next attack is coming from, which is an upward slash from the bottom right.]

[Keith came back up to a fight stance from his sweep quickly, bringing his own blade back up into a guard position. He twirled his own blade, his eyes tracking Lance's spin maneuver, waiting to see when the strike would come through the movement. Reversing it so the tip of the hilt was forward, Keith rested his sword along his forearm and moved to block the swipe, pushing forward against Lance's own momentum in an attempt to shove his shoulder against Lance's in order to knock him back.]

[Lance decides to take the counter thrust and do a controlled retreat rather than try to overpower Keith. He wasn't in the right kind of position to do that, so the best thing to do was put some distance between them, away from Keith's blade. Then he charges back in almost instantly with an added boost of momentum as he kicks himself up and does a half spin to take his blade down from above, putting the pull of gravity and his weight behind it.]

[Keith dropped when he saw Lance's direction move upwards, and he fell into a roll, tucking himself tightly under Lance and popping back up to his feet behind him. He rotated quickly, bringing his blade around with the aim to try smacking Lance across the back with the flat side of the weapon.]

[Lance spins to guard against Keith's strike to his back with his own blade and then hops to put a bit of distance between them again since it was a hasty move and staying in that angle and that proximity wasn't secure. He lets out a huff of breath as he pauses to bring his guard up again. Then he smirks a little.]

Getting tired yet?

[Keith let Lance have the step back, but he didn't let down his stance.]

You do realize who you're talking to, right?

[Keith could literally go at this all day. Granted, the coldblood thing did kind of run him down faster than normal, but he still had the endurance of a draft horse, and he did fight through the Trials back home for like... what, two days?]

Unless you're tired.

[Keith just smirked.]

[Lance could go at it forever, but does he have the drive and motivation? Well… when it coms to Keith and sometimes fighting for his life, yes. He was completely serious about fighting Maul for 3 days.]

Nnnope, I don't get tired. [He says cockily, it definitely sounds like bull the way he says it. Then he smirks.] So I thought I'd check.

Uh-huh.

Well, Mr I'm Not Tired. Why are you stopping?

[Because, honestly? Keith was into this now. He was invested. And he was going to egg Lance on for as long as he could.]

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