If I could break into a bank vault I could break out of any prison so I wasn't worried about his last threat to imprison me. I flashed right in front of the blond instructor and held out a hand to retrieve my parasol. She reluctantly returned it to me.
"So are there any volunteers." Glynda asked. I saw Yang's hand rocket up. I ignored her and flashed back to the fighting ring and pointed at the person I wished to fight. The spartan girl looked shocked as she did not know what to make of my ambition to fight her.
"Miss Nikos?" Glynda asked "Do you accept her challenge?".
"I ... um ... of course." Pyrrha said. As she was entering the ring my attention was ensnared by someone off to the side of the ring. Hellooooo. Who was this cutie? Blond, handsome, and walking over to the stands with an adorable uneasiness. I flashed to the side of the ring and stopped him with my parasol. He looked at me and I gave him a smirk. I gently pushed him into the ring.
"I can understand if you changed your mind about fighting Miss Nikos but Mr. Arc has just finished a match. You may choose from anyone who ..." Glynda started but I hastily alternated pointing to both of them.
"I suppose we could allow a two on one match when one of those fighters is the highest ranked in the school. Even if Mr. Arc is fatigued." the headmaster suggested.
"Fine. Please get in your positions." Glynda said, none to pleased at the man's accommodating nature.
"Isn't anyone going to ask me if I want ..." Mr. Arc said before the cereal box superstar Pyrrha Nikos interrupted him.
"You will be fine Jaune." she assured. They both sunk into combat ready stances as the countdown to start the match began. I remained in my relaxed pose and thought of how badly I needed this stress relief.
"Begin." Glynda announced. The pair slowly advanced on me, stealing wary looks at each other as they could not comprehend why I had made no move to ready myself. Finally the blond charged and swung at me with his sword. He broke the illusion but continued forward into my unsheathed weapon.
He had the expected reaction for someone who found themselves at the end of my weapon. He convulsed violently as the electricity stunned him. I had long since modified my blade to include a mace head containing lightning dust at the tip after I realized that I wouldn't ever be needing to kill anyone. The blond fell to the ground with my weapon having a similar effect as a taser. I sheathed my weapon, the capsule of dust sliding up near the handle of my parasol, and I turned my attention to the star athlete.
She looked shocked at what I just did but retained her composure and slowly advanced on me. I moved around the outside of the circle to let her check on her teammate.
She reached down to shake his shoulder getting soft groans in reply, all the while keeping her spear pointed at me. She was angry but she did her best not to show it. She advanced slowly an took her first stab with her spear. I back-stepped calmly. She quickened her advance and stabbed at me faster. She was forced to take a step back as her spear collided with the indestructible fabric of my parasol. Okay time to get things started. I closed and flipped my parasol around and used the curved handle to rip her shield from her and make her stumble forward. I followed up with a quick strike but she parried with her spear. I followed up with another strike and she caught it with her free hand. I opened my parasol, forcing her to let go of it, and backed away before she had the chance to follow up with her spear. She smirked and then advanced once more. I dodged her flurry of strikes but every time I tried to land one of my own it always missed her by a hairs breadth.
I thought I finally was going to land a hit when I felt it. An invisible force that changed the angle of my swing so she was able to duck my blow in time. Polaris. I guess I should have figured that out sooner.
Whether the use of her semblance was warranted or not the outcome of this fight was determined by what she did next. I put a little to much into my attempt to hit her and over extended myself. I tried to dodge but I couldn't get all the way out of the way in time. The spear grazed my shoulder and cut through my jacket, shirt, my aura, and a thin layer of skin.
It had been so long since someone had hit me in a fight. On one hand, I enjoyed how much of a challenge Pyrrha was providing me, this kind of fight was exactly what I needed. On the other hand she ripped my clothes and the crimson trickling down my arm were two good reasons to want her dead.
"Thats the match. Blood was drawn and your aura is deple-" Glynda tried to say before I reengaged Pyrrha. I didn't come here to play by house rules. Pyrrha was once again able to evade all my attacks but I wasn't really trying to hit her this time. Her need to conceal her semblance would be her downfall as she couldn't resist an opportunity to parry. When she stopped dodging and tried to parry I unsheathed my weapon again and let the lightning travel up the spear into her arm. She dropped her weapon out of pain and I kicked it as far away as possible. Go ahead and bring it back to you and broadcast your semblance to everyone here. I smirked as I threw my parasol next to her spear. She would only use it against me.
I punched and kicked everywhere on her body, intentionally hitting softer on the places she had armor. I was enjoying laying the punches into her body and almost forgave her for cutting my arm until I felt something hard hit me in the gut. She threw a punch back. That is it! If she used her semblance for the first half of the fight then I could use mine now.
She threw another punch and the illusion of me shattered. I was now behind her and hit her hard in the back. She turned to hit me but I flashed to her side and elbowed her in the neck. When she turned, craning her neck in pain and looking for me, I was nowhere she could see. After I let her think the fight was over and I opened my scroll and found her on the security cameras I teleported above her and landed on her shoulders.
Now lets see what happens to you when I use my semblance on you! I teleported her a few feet off the ground and teleported just myself back down to let her fall on my knee. She made the gasping sound of someone who had the wind knocked out of them.
I was about to throw a few more punches in when Glynda shouted "ENOUGH!".
I looked over to her and then back at the incapacitated super star. I was angry at someone specific for a good reason now and I felt no anger when I thought of Ruby. I guess I had enough. I straitened a loose hair strand back around my ear and gave Glynda a cute and innocent smile. I teleported over to my parasol and retrieved it. Pyrrha stumbled to her feet and started walking towards me. When she made it up to me she glared at me but simply reached down to retrieve her weapon.
She looked like her pride was trying to fight what she was trying to do next but her character wouldn't allow her to abstain from this action. She reached out her hand and said "Good match.". I could not let her win and be the good sport so I smirked at her and then flashed away from her. When she turned she had the self satisfied look of someone who was proud of themselves. That look fell off of her face when she saw me looking down at my trophy. I knelt down and gently ran my fingers through the blond boys hair as I looked up at Pyrrha and gave her an evil smirk.
"Pyrrha" the boy said groggily as he felt my hands in his hair. I savored the look on Pyrrha's face just long enough before I flashed back to my home and let the boy rest on my bed. He would need his strength for what was to come.
AN: There it is. I hate writing action scenes so they give me a short writers block. Personally, I think that 'text' is the worst kind of media to show action.
