It's been a few days since we defeated both Torchwick and Iron Monger, right now we're in Ms. Goodwitch's class watching Pyhrra go against team CRDL on her own and her skills in battle are a true sight to behold. Her movements are fluid and precise, she utilized her semblance to its fullest without heavily relying on it as well as using openings in her opponents movements to counter with perfectly timed attacks. It honestly surprised me that I was able to survive any sparring sessions I had with her, the only reason why I have so far is mostly my spider sense and I'm starting to think that I rely on it too much, yes I have been training my other skills lately but in the end I still use spider sense more than anything else and if I don't start doing something about it I'll only end up limiting myself and I won't be able to perform in combat as well as I want to. However that was only my second biggest concern at the moment, the real problem I had was Blake, ever since that night on the highway she's become somewhat distant, not just to me but also everyone else in our group, because of this I have been pulling double time as Spider-Man to lower the amount of criminal activity in the city but it still does nothing to help her situation. I was so distracted by my thoughts that I didn't hear Ms. Goodwitch call me when Mercury requested me to be his opponent.
Goodwitch: Mr. Ortiz are you listening?
Carlos: Sorry, what was that.
Goodwitch: You have been challenged by Mercury to spar, do you accept?
Carlos: Y-Yeah, just let me grab my gear.
As I made my way to the locker room and equipped my swords I started to wonder if I could use this opportunity to expose Mercury's secret about his mechanical legs, if I can manage to do that then I can hopefully alter what happens during the tournament, of course I'm not completely sure if this would work but I had to try. As I made my way back I could hear my friends cheering me on except Blake who looked lost in thought. I looked over at Mercury and he didn't seem too serious about fighting me, not really sure why he chose me but I wasn't going let that bother me.
Goodwitch: Are you gentlemen ready?
Mercury: Of course.
Carlos: As ready as I'll ever be.
Goodwitch: Very well, begin!
As we charged at each other Mercury and I threw several punches at the other as a way to gauge our current strength, after dodging a few hits I jumped back and took out my swords and began rushing him with several strikes that put him on the defensive. Mercury then managed a couple of lucky shots from his weapons by kicking at me from a distance which led me to block with my blades.
Mercury: Gotta admit, you're not half bad, for a spider.
Carlos: Glad you realize that now, cuz I'm the most stubborn spider you'll ever meet.
After switching to gun mode I came in fighting with some close quarters combat and gun play blocking Mercury's kicks with my arms while secretly charging a lightning infused aura bullet in Dark Repulser while I used Elucidator as a distraction. As the fighting continued many of the students were amazed at how fast we were shooting at each other while others wondered how I was able to dodge or deflect so many shots aimed at me.
Student 1: No way! These guys are awesome!
Student 2: Yeah that Mercury guy is definitely a great fighter.
Student 3: Carlos is pretty good too, wonder if they'll let him fight in the tournament?
After blocking another kick from Mercury my shot was charged and ready, as he backed away I aimed my gun at his legs and fired, he didn't have time to dodge it and he ended up getting the full force of it while some of the electricity continued to spark around his legs just as I had hoped.
Carlos: Sorry Mercury, but those metal sticks you call legs won't fool me.
Mercury: What?!
Carlos: Your prosthetics, they're a little flashy but you've done a good job at mastering them as a weapon, sorry to tell you this but it won't fool anyone during the tournament.
Just as Mercury was about to attack me for revealing his secrets the buzzer rang signaling the match was over.
Goodwitch: This concludes the match, Carlos is the winner.
As class ended for the day I tried talking to Blake before she got too far but she wouldn't even stop to listen to me.
Carlos: What am I gonna do?
Jonathan: For one thing you can move out of the doorway.
Carlos: Sorry.
Jonathan: It's fine I get it, Blake's acting weird and you want to help only she won't let you.
Carlos: What am I supposed to do, I know what she's up to and I want to help her, I just don't know how.
Jonathan: Look, right now the only thing you can do is support her, if it doesn't work then at least you know who will.
He was right, still that wasn't going to stop me from talking to her and seeing what I could do for her. Meanwhile over with Cinder and her team, they've spent that last several minutes going over information on some of the students to see who were the most dangerous to their plans.
Emerald: Finally we have team AVGR. The team consists of only two members, Carlos Ortiz and Jonathan Stark.
Mercury: If you ask me we don't really need to worry about them, it's only two people so how dangerous can they really be?
Emerald: Says the guy that lost to a spider.
Mercury: I let him win!
Cinder: Did you also "let" him discover your prosthetics and announce it to the whole class? Now we've lost the element of surprise and have to change our plans a bit because you got overconfident.
Mercury: Whatever.
Emerald: Anyway back to the topic at hand, Carlos is a spider faunus as we all know, however we aren't too sure about his semblance but what we do know is that he seems really skilled with his swords and his natural abilities, his brother however we know has the ability to communicate with nearby technology and he uses that in tandem with his weapon which is a bunch of nanobots that come out from his body, this allows him to form various types of weapons and armor as needed.
Cinder: That kind of technology is extremely advanced, it's no wonder the General wanted it so badly.
Mercury: Whatever happened to that guy anyway?
Cinder: Let's just say that Neo had a word with him and now he is of no use to us. Still add both of them to the list.
Emerald: Are you sure?
Cinder: Yes, I can't explain it, but I have a feeling that these two might cause us some trouble if we underestimate them.
Over with me, I was just walking back to my dorm while rubbing my cheek after Blake slapped me. I was able to catch up to her and ask her why she's been avoiding me lately and she told me she was busy. I told her I knew what she was up to and that's why I was doing extra as Vale's resident superhero so she wouldn't have to worry so much especially if it involved the White Fang, she said maybe I wasn't doing a good job and one thing led to another and now she's furious at me. Seriously why does being Spider-Man have to be so difficult, here I am trying my best and this is what I get. After getting back to the dorm I decided to simply just lay down in bed and try to calm myself down. After 5 minutes Jonathan walks in and asks me how it went.
Carlos: Not good, Blake's totally mad at me.
Jonathan: Are you still together?
Carlos: I hope so, but do me a favor and don't ask me that again, I don't want to become depressed or anything by thinking about the worst possible scenarios.
Jonathan: Okay. So what are you gonna do now?
Carlos: Well I was going to ask Weiss for some dance lessons so I could impress Blake but now I don't think I will.
Jonathan: Why not? We both know that Blake will show up to the dance, what better time than that to make up with her.
Carlos: Well yeah originally she did go, but remember what happened with Rhino and Iron Monger? How do we know things will still go in the same order?
Jonathan: You're right, we don't. But isn't it worth trying if it means you get to be with her? I know that Blake means the world to you, or maybe it's more accurate to say she means two worlds to you, after all "it's a leap of faith" right.
Carlos: ...Wow when did you get so good at giving people advice?
Jonathan: I've always been good at this, just don't get used to it.
After that I called Weiss and she agreed to help me after I picked up a tuxedo tomorrow. Now I just hope a can save my relationship before it's too late.