A fresh path

As he thought, Emiya had sensed the hesitation beyond Rin's attack and straight after it, Rin was knocked back a few feet from the blow to his chest. It seemed that Shirou really was skilled, he had known exactly what to do whilst the young boy hadn't even contemplated on what he would do next or how he would block any upcoming attacks. But even so, the two were having fun and that's all that mattered - Shirou seemed to be enjoying himself and Rin was happy to see that in Shirou.

The firmness of the grass beneath them allowed for fast movement, it wasn't too wet from the rain a while back which meant that it was just the right weather for most activities. The flowing of the lake near to them gave the area some sort of relaxation to their ears - making it feel like nothing could truly hurt them. It was as if it were their own little dream world. Not only that but the breath of fresh air every morning like this one would enlighten Rin. Even though he was curious about every other place, He really did love it here.

Once regaining his balance, Shirou had immediately gone in for the attack meaning Rin had only split seconds to try and get ready for anything. Two fast punches were being aimed towards the boy's shoulders which led to Rin trying to dodge but instead he had a go at copying Shirou's movement from before, in attempt to grab one of the punches aimed towards his shoulders but quickly retracting his hand on impact in a slight form of pain and aiming to move just inches away from the second punch in aim to dodge. "ng..." It was much more powerful than his own one that had started off the spar.

Following up from that, Shirou sent a minimal barrage of kicks towards Rin which were enough in power to make Rin fall to the ground and land on his back. How could Shirou call himself a novice at a level like this? Maybe it was the fact that Rin was still new to everything but it'd make at least him think how Shirou would do if if he had to fight someone of similar strength to Shirou, almost like an exact clone.

"Ow..." Rin winced from just the few grazes on his knees and elbows. Quickly getting back to his feet and brushing the dirt off him. " D: < I wasn't ready! " The boy was quick to some way to regain any dignity he had lost. It was hard to study any weaknesses that his brother may have, his stance seemed to look perfect to Rin and his hesitated punch from earlier was easily seen through and grasped.

He took a deep breath whilst the breeze visited them again, trying to plan out what he could do next. The spar was based on close combat so he had either the option to block, dodge or attack. He had to overcome his hesitation sooner or later after all, he thought to himself before deciding to go in for another attack, this time swinging a round house kick with his right left to Shirou's side. A look of determination fighting against his fear. If he were to dodge the attack then Rin would try to follow it up with a punch using his left fist which was aimed to his stomach.

"Shirou..." Rin asked suddenly, "Do people spar to fight those big scary things?" The big scary things were linked to the Hollows. He had seen plenty before but had always kept his distance. It was strange, how some couldn't see them and how they would disappear out of the blue. It looked as if they were something that came out of a manga of some sort but maybe he was imagining it. He'd feel stupid if his older brother had no idea what he was talking about after all so he had tried to not bring it up until now, when it started bugging him the most.