She had noticed his pattern and that was when he knew it was time for a change. He was certain he had gotten a good bite in on her front right thigh but he knew he wasn't out of the woods, not yet. She turned to do a 180 and lunged at him but with his defenses set he reacted with speed and precision. She lunged at his chest but there was still some room between them, a few inches was enough for him. He moved as far as he could to her left and his right to attempt and avoid the bites to his chest only to get caught up in a few light ones towards the left side of his chest. There were 4 small puncture wounds which she had gotten in.
With his slight move, her paw just barely missed it's mark while it still hit him. With her having one paw off the ground, he took his chances and tried to ram his head into her center chest to knock her off balance and hopefully cause some bruising. He also would try to bring his head up to bite her neck, not trying to get a deep wound (a minor wound since it is just a spar), but at the base of her neck near her left shoulder. Then he would draw back by rearing backwards until he was a few feet away from where she stood. He would set his defenses again.
He would protect his neck by lowering his head, squaring his shoulders and scrunching up his neck. He would spread his legs slightly to lower his center of gravity and improve his balance while he would bend them slightly to keep himself lower to the ground. He would growl slightly out of instinct and thrill of the fight as his tail tucked in to minimize his mass and his ears would slick back to further make Haruka's target smaller.
