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But really, Pierce will challenge Shizuka (and he will do so first), and ask to borrow Impact's sword. Impact gives it to him to, I dunno, get some bonus points with Pierce? You're probably the best person to figure out why Impact would give Pierce the sword.
Pierce wouldn't take losing to Shizuka personally. Even if Impact lost to her first (which he won't get a chance to). After he lost, he'd immediately figure out a new possible strategy. I think he'd ask Shizuka for a three-round duel, so he could try out several things.
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Dude. That's part of the deal. Impact gets to fight her first, then turns the rivalry over to you, complete with sword. No more interference from his side, at whatever final battle, if he's boss, he'll give Pierce a grin, tell him "go for it". In return Pierce'll be more likely to go for stuff if Impact tells him to. But Impact gets first fight That's what we discussed, remember? It's not of such great importance, but Impact just giving up his sword off the bat, that strikes me as a bit odd. And besides, he's practically spoken his challenge.
And another thing: As far as narrative flow goes, Impact fighting first, losing interest and then Pierce getting rivalrous strikes me as much more... fitting, than Pierce fighting first, then Impact fighting, then Pierce getting the Rivalry.
Though tell you what: Pierce gets to fight first, gets the sword, standard deal, and after the duel, they'll both have some sort of rivalry with Shizuka. Impact's competitiveness, however, will decrease with his lust for power, and control over others (particularly Pierce). It might last a mission or two, by the time he goes demonic, it'll be long gone, Pierce will be sole rival to Shizuka, bla bla bla. Just another way to illustrate Impact's changing character and alignment, and how his way of doing things changes. It won't interfere with Pierce, it'll just create some more character depth, and characterize Impact's and Pierce's relationship.
Yes.
I like that way. Is it acceptable to you?
And take a back seat, a three-round duel? That'd be acceptable if there was anything about Pierce justifying that kind of competitiveness, or if this was Pierce's sidequest, but considering the context and setting, I think one should be plenty. You can have the other two as the RP progresses.