Chiyo attacked in such an aggressive way only to see what the young man before her would do in turn. In watching his movements and having her bokken be caught and lowered she was also given a moment to see exactly how fast and hard the coming single handed strike would be. Being the sort of person she was, she could have easily moved out of the way of this strike but she knew it would stop before it reached her so she didn't. Instead she stood there looking completely relaxed while twirling her bokken around in one hand. She'd open her eyes from a blink to reveal that her eyes were presently glowing like some unseen light shone behind them, staring into the face of Kanda from around the bokken. "There isn't any need for that. They can't hit me. And though you could hit me, if I think it will hurt... I'll block." she said gesturing to the group at large that she'd been practicing with for the days leading up to this one. "Besides, I knew you would stop." she said this as she stepped back only once and relaxed her shoulders once more seeming to like Kanda's posture, she took a variation of it, keeping her two handed grip while she did. "If you keep giving me that handicap, I might actually end up hitting you." she said a cocky grin coming to her face, but this wouldn't stop her. This time when she moved she did so at full speed, knowing that her body was okay to handle the additional stress she turned when she got close, instantly changing from her downward strike which appeared to be aimed at his right shoulder, to a side slash across his mid-section from right to left.