Rain Dance

"That would probably work better," said Adair. "Barrett's tough, but I'm used to him. I should be able to take him out pretty quick, or at least weaken him."

Kimi nodded. "And I've sparred Curtis so that makes it a little easier for me"

"Alright, we'll go with that," said Adair. "Ready to go back?"

"Yeah, I'm ready. I'm ready to rest" Kimi stated

"Alright," Adair replied, starting to head back

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Kimi was nervous. She had only fought once before and never with Adair. She didn't know how well they would do as she stood facing the cats.

Voltaire was also nervous as he watched from the sidelines with Ava. He hated not being part of the action.

Adair was restless as he waited for the match to begin. He wanted to get this over with as quickly as possible.

The dog demon howled.

Immediately Kimi rushed forward. The idea was to force Curtis into close combat before he could summon his bones to keep her at range.

Curtis was forced into defending while Adair went after Barrett. Curtis was still able to summon his bones however, and a sent a flurry of bones at Kimi from behind.

Kimi yelped and covered her head, turning to blow a stream of fire at the bones to char them.

While Kimi was distracted Curtis pulled back to a safer distance, summoning his snake-bone whip.

Kimi turned back to him only to mentally chastise herself. He had summoned the whip while she was distracted, that was going to make it harder to beat him, let alone distract him long enough for Adair to beat Barrett.

Now at a more comfortable range, Curtis unleashed a series of whip attacks at Kimi.

Kimi tried to dodge and when that didn't work, she caught the end of the whip (wincing at the sting in her hand) and tried to use it to pull Curtis closer

Curtis, not expecting it, got yanked forward. Voltaire, who was still a nervous wreck otherwise, got a good laugh out of his former leader's expression of surprise.

Having the zombie back where she wanted him, Kimi attacked in a fury of flaming fists and arms, just how Adair had taught her.

Curtis took several hits, having been caught off-guard. Then used his remaining bones to help guard against some of the attacks.

Kimi tried something she hadn't thought of before: She blew a stream of fire at him, point blank, while throwing punches.

Curtis was prepared for the punches but not the fire blast. He was knocked unconscious.

Adair meanwhile had just beaten Barrett. He turned to help Kimi, only to find Curtis defeated too and the crowd cheering.

Kimi looked up at Adair, a little surprised herself. "I didn't think that would actually work" She stated

"Curtis bluffs a lot," said Adair. "If you can figure out when he's bluffing and when's he not it's easier." They walked back over to Ava and Voltaire.

Kimi smiled up at Voltaire. "Did I do good?" She asked him

"You won without getting the crap beaten out of you," Voltaire replied. "I'd say that's good."

Kimi grinned and hugged him fiercely.

Voltaire smiled and hugged her back.