Yamamoto wasted no time after returning, visiting the dojo. If he remembered correctly, it was to be a unique day.
He got there to find only eight students present, all at Adept rank or higher in at least one weapon style. Yamamoto and Caius were among them, as were three of the more senior students.
"Yamamoto, Caius. Center ring. Full effort, no skills." Greaves called out after some time of training.
Hearing him make the statement, they all knew it meant Yamamoto and Caius were to spar.
Both of them went to the circle with their practice swords, both two-handed swords. They took positions, and at Greave's signal, they engaged.
The gap between them had narrowed this time since their last spar before the eyes of others, and in two-handed swordsmanship. Caius mounted his usual pressure relentlessly, making minimal but precise movements and attacks, but unlike the first time, Yamamoto almost matched him this time, struggling only minimally in some cases.
