A Meeting Of Blonde And Blue (Leona/Armina)

The Fourth Seat was right. Leona had been focusing on the left shoulder a bit too much, but there was a reason to that beyond getting tunnel vision or falling into a rut. She had been trying to stack the deck in her favor by possibly landing a hit to that area and making it harder for Armina to wield her Zankaputo with both hands, but she had persisted by hoping that the third time would be the charm due to the whirling slash favoring speed over striking power. Targeting the left shoulder had failed repeatedly to the point the Fourth Seat was moved to comment on it, so Leona would take the hint and try a different approach.

Leona first had to contend with the blue-haired Shinigami's counterattack, which came in the form of a horizontal swing that was made at an unconventional height. The blonde quickly raised her sword in a two-handed grip to block the blow and managed to succeed in doing so, but the timing was a lot closer than Leona would have liked. She was not going to get very far by trying to go toe-to-toe with Armina, so she would have to try something else. Maybe a speed-based approach would work better than trying to fight on the Fourth Seat's terms.

With that in mind Leona backed two steps away from her opponent, then performed another quick left-to-right spin. This time she spun towards Armina with her Zankaputo held over her head in her left hand and performed two full revolutions that carried her to within striking distance before seamlessly performing a third that would be the source of the attack. When the third one was nearly finished Leona twisted the wrist of her left hand to hold the edge of the blade outward and came to a stop before lashing out in a left-to-right slash aimed at Armina's stomach. The momentum of her spin carried her arm through the motion, but since she usually favored her right hand she was trading some striking power and a bit of accuracy for speed, something that might give Armina a chance to block, deflect, or dodge the strike.