Upon sighting his prey, Kurapika moves out of his hiding spot to the 5 meter diameter clearing in the forest to meet the man standing there, he could have stealthily dispatched the opponent but that wouldn't have been fun or warrior-like, yes only short range is plain, mid range and long range contain many trees and bushes, the hokage had hired the famous Crimson Eyed Bartholomew to investigate whom had been causing the disappearance of several high ranking ninjas that have been unfortunate enough to take these path.
Gazing upon the man, Kurapika realizes his opponent was a member of his clan, he had seen him before in the Clan meetings but Kurapika never knew his name, he was too lowly ranked in the clan to be acknowledged, too bad for him tho, he'll be meeting his maker today.
Unstrapping his gumbai and stabbing it into the ground, Kurapika cracks his knuckles and shoulders, he felt much lighter without the fan however he didn't notice this as he was still deep in thought, he never thought he'd be clashing swords with his clan member this soon, or rather clashing Paws, this line actually brought a grin to his face, would he seriously tell people he clashed paws, Kurapika decides not to share this line with his opponent, he wasn't going to let his first sentence be something... rather stupid besides he wasn't planning on reducing the killing intent between this two men.
You're full of openings.
Kurapika finally says before pointing at your sword (wherever it's) strapped
You're going to need that to stand a chance against me.
Without waiting for anything, Kurapika sprints towards you while hurling several kunais at you as he closes the little distance between us, upon getting within range he'll slow down so that his momentum won't aid his opponent before throwing a straight punch at the opponent's face, being a Skilled Taijutsu user and also a Bartholomew Legend, Kurapika watches you for the slightest hint of what you're going to do as he throws the punch.