[He's as easy to goad into a fight as ever. Normally, Ren tried to use that knowledge to avoid it, with limited success, but now that it's what he wants, it's a welcome sight.
Hibari is also as fast as ever, which is more of a problem and he doesn't quite react until Hibari is already moving--but his usual sparring partner is also pretty damn fast when he wants to be, so it's not as much of a problem as it would been a few months ago. Ren manages to dart backward to avoid the kick and spins his polearm around to the front, aiming to snag Hibari's ankle on the blunt end or else slam the axe end into his side. He isn't really expecting either to actually work (or he. wouldn't be trying to hit Hibari with an axe), so he swings the blunt end back around and tries to hit Hibari in the side with that and his foot instead.]
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Hibari is also as fast as ever, which is more of a problem and he doesn't quite react until Hibari is already moving--but his usual sparring partner is also pretty damn fast when he wants to be, so it's not as much of a problem as it would been a few months ago. Ren manages to dart backward to avoid the kick and spins his polearm around to the front, aiming to snag Hibari's ankle on the blunt end or else slam the axe end into his side. He isn't really expecting either to actually work (or he. wouldn't be trying to hit Hibari with an axe), so he swings the blunt end back around and tries to hit Hibari in the side with that and his foot instead.]