Burning Away My Youth in the Name of the Sword

His blade trembled slightly, as if with excitement.

He spat out, “Idiot, what are you doing here!”

She moved with graceful steps, her left foot forward and the toes of her right foot touching the ground, the tip of her blade angled toward the earth.

Her gaze blazed as she looked in a certain direction. Parting her red lips, she whispered in a voice only she could hear, telling someone, “I'm here.”

“Idiot, what are you doing here!”

“I'm here.”