Kisame grinned, making a 'come here' gesture in response to her questioning look, and settled into a basic, defensive stance. It wasn't often he fought without his weapons, and even then, given his opponents ninjutsu was more called for. But while he might be a little rusty in facing a sparring partner, he was far from unskilled. After all, taijutsu was the basis of weapons skills and he kept himself well trained, even here.

On the other hand, he was doing this in part to see her skills and the best way to judge her physical strength was just to take a punch. He timed his breathing and adjusted his stance to take it with the least discomfort. "Not bad; you've got potential."

Then he pushed off, spun and aimed a kick at her side. He was holding back quite a bit, but he also ascribed to the school of hard knocks. If it hit, it hit.