“I don’t want to hurt you,” Coco said.

“That’s my line,” Yatsuhashi grunted. He dropped his sword, grabbed her by the ankle, and pulled her onto her back.

He was above her in a moment, jabbing the business end of the sword toward her chest. But now he was moving a little more slowly, more carefully. Like he really didn’t want to hurt her. Like they were just sparring.

Exactly like when they were sparring. They had gone through those exact motions so many times, Coco didn’t even have to think about how to counter him. It was all muscle memory.

She rolled to one side as the blade came down, then looped her leg behind Yatsuhashi’s, and pulled. He fell backward again, so Coco pushed herself up quickly and smacked his sword away with a backhanded swipe of her purse. Now they were into it.

- RWBY: Before the Dawn, Chapter 20