Closer and Closer

You jump at her, thrusting your short sword into her, which she easily dodges to the right. Her left Ulak, her only Ulak remaining, pierces against the steel of your short sword. With your other hand, you quickly move it out, trying your best to grip Luna, but unfortunately she dodges your grab, side stepping and slices upwards with her Ulak, your outer wrist gets slashed, causing you to wince in pain as you back away from your target.

Both of you move backwards from each other, looking at one another, breathing heavily, covered in blood and dirt and most importantly, both of you, loving the thrill of battle. Luna stays there on the defensive, staring into you, burning a hole straight through your body. You can tell both of you are starting to become completely spent. Her normal movements, hopping around on her toes has stopped, her body now just drearily waves back and forth.

You're not any better yourself, your leg bleeding, your wrist bleeding, your fingers bleeding, the short sword is half covered in blood, you won't last much longer. If it wasn't for all the adrenaline pumping through your body you would probably be in so much pain from the onslaught of hits you've already taken. Probably the same for Luna though, as she has just as many cuts and you know the couple of punches and headbutts would have left her seeing stars.

It's at that point that Luna does something unexpected. She kneels down on the Plateau, her Ulak still across her body, but her unarmed right hand reaches down to her left ankle. Pulling out that dagger that has been there since the beginning. She slowly pulls it out before tapping the steel onto a small rock on the Plateau, slightly echoing out that *CHINK* sound. She twirls it in her hand so the blade is facing her body as she stands back up.

"Well fuck..." you mumble to yourself "Forgot about that one..."

You lunge yourself at her, not wanting to give her any extra time to plan. You slice into her with your sword which she drops down to her knee again, blocking the full **** with her Ulak. She slices out with her dagger now, but you shuffle backwards, dodging the blade while withdrawing your sword. She doesn't give you a break though, she jumps up from her kneeling position, her Ulak reconnects with your sword, pushing it away from your body as she lifts her right arm into the sky before stabbing it down towards your body with full **** with her dagger.

You just barely inch backwards from the dagger but quickly following her down stroke from the dagger, her left arm swings upwards with her Ulak and that connects. Slicing your stomach right above your belly button and going up across your chest for about 8 or 9 inches. This causes you to fall backwards onto the ground, pushing your feet against the dirt as you shuffle yourself away from Luna.