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Saying Tai was bored was an understatement. He had to deal with keeping up till the wee hours of the morning to let the King study and with his team gone, he had no one to train with, even asking the other teams was useless as they had all wanted to use the break to relax.
Tai was currently in the armory, having the full intention of fighting some of the bots the school had, but they were so boring, If Tai even used his semblance once, they shut down from the EMP Tai could make, sure it was good semblance training, but it was so boring. Tai wanted a person to train with, nothing serious, but to give him a feel for fighting others.
As Tai rummaged through his locker, mostly just to kill time, He noticed another person in the armory, the sound of a whet stone grinding on a blade caught Tai's attention.
The other occupant was a tanned male, his red hair was kept in check by a red bandanna, but as Tai looked closer it seemed to be more of a turban. He was dressed in dark browns, reds and cream colored clothing, most of it was loose and more situated towards desert life. His feet were adorned in leather sandals.
Tai looked at what the boy was sharpening a scimitar, its twin laying on the bench next to the male, It was clear the male took good care of his weapons. Tai went through the file of names and faces in his mind and thought hard, not remembering this person as a first year, or his name, but knew he was a beacon student and not one of the exchange students.
Giving it a shot, Tai walked up to the male, noticing a pair of golden eyes snapping up to look at him, the male look him over before he spoke.
"Your that first year...the one that slaughtered the Dragoon" The male stated with a slight grin "Interesting ending to that fight."
Tai blinked and rubbed the back of his head "yeah..that was sorta a...spur of the moment thing." he chuckled and looked at the male "You know who I am...who are you?"
The male smiled and put his blade away, standing to tower over Tai, Tai guessed he was around 6 foot 5. "My name is Alizarin Sand" he clipped his blades onto his belt "A second year here at Beacon"
"Second year huh?" Tai thought for a moment before speaking again, thinking he just found partner for today "Care to test out the first year that took out the Dragoon?"
Alizarin looked at Tai and chuckled "Your bold to fight an upperclassmen, most aren't up to that" He thought for a moment and smirked "I'll meet you in the arena..."
JNPR and RWBY were enjoying an early lunch, the group idling chatting about plans, how they were going to go about the up coming dance, and another wild story from Nora. Blake's ears perked up at some whispering from a table over and then a large group of people left, a shocked look on Blake's face.
"He didn't..." She blinked
"Who what?" Yang looked at her Partner, having been leaning against a very tired looking Ren, apparently even on break he didn't get enough sleep.
"Tai is fighting a Second year in the arena?" Blake looked at the group, and watched Nora nad Yang speed off.
"We gotta see this!" they both called out, the rest soon followed. They blinked as they saw that the stands were starting to fill up, it seemed an underclassmen and a upperclassmen sparing was a big deal.
Tai and Alizarin stopped and looked around at all the students showing up, their spar so far was just easy going stuff, nothing to intense, but with all the people there, they were feeling pressured into actually fighting.
"Want to give it a shot?" Tai looked at Alizarin who simply smirked and readied his gleaming blades, nodding his head.
The two stepped back, as it was now a sparing match, the two had to have a teacher watch over the fight and their Aura monitored. Professor Goodwitch had stepped up to be the one to monitor the fight. Tai used his time to adjusted his boots and greaves and make sure his arm guards (He finally got a new set) were firmly in place. Alizarin swung his blades a few times and settled into a twin blade stance and waited for the start.
Glynda looked at the two and lifted her arm "Fighters ready...Begin!"
The two dashed at each other, clearly more inclined to fast attacks, but Tai was clearly outmatched. The second Tai got in range he realized he was in over his head, sparks flying from his boots as he used his semblance to fully stop, ducking out of the way of one sword only to have to dive away from the second. Tai's main objective now became getting away from the fighter, which was easier said then done. Alizarin's fighting style became clear now, instead of pulling back for another attack, he spun his entire body, recycling the momentum to fuel his next attack.
Tai did the only thing he could really do. Summoning up one of his pistols he began to fire, not really aiming, but the sharp reports for his gun made Alizarin retreat to keep the rounds from finding a mark, giving Tai some breathing room. The two began to circle the center of the arena, studying each other as Tai's boots clanked against the metal floor, giving Tai an idea.
Tai smirked and summoned up a second pistol and planted his feet, circulating his semblance between the floor and his boot, magnetizing his boots, hoping he would be given the time, which Alizarin seemed to be supplying, clearly wanting to know what the first year could do. Tai grinned as he felt his body lurch to the side and he began to pour his semblance on, his boot sparking as he began to skate across the ground, his semblance effectively making Tai a living mag-rail train.
He raised his guns and began to fire, a grin on his face as he skids around, trying to overwhelm the upperclassmen with moving gunfire, but it didn't seem to be working, flashing scimitars cut down and blocked his fire.
Tai decided to rethink his plan and suppressed his semblance, clips slipping from his guns as he reloads.
"Interesting Use of your semblance" Alizarin smiled as he spun his blades as he idly waited for Tai to reload, the crowd cheering a bit for each side, more seemed to be rooting for Alizarin.
"Heh, its effective for me" Tai chuckled, slamming two new clips into place and smirked "lets see yours"
Alizarin smirked and charged..and suddenly there was three.
"What!" Tai stumbled back as the first was upon him, but simply phased through Tai, the second phasing into the floor as it slashed at Tai. The third attacked, causing Tai to throw up his armored arms to block, but the smirk Alizarin had was unsettling.
The Tanned male pulled the triggers on his dual blades and Tai knew he was screwed, the secondary function on the scimitars now shown. The blades quickly segmented and grew in length as gaps opened, showing each segment was connected by cable, making the scimitars into deadly blade whips.
"Shit!" Tai ducked down, pulling his arms down as the bladed whips snapped over head, Tai tumbling back to get out of range as fast as he could. When he looked up he saw the blades snap back into place.
Tai was bewildered by this guy, his weapons were deadly and his semblance seemed to make clones, right? He readied himself, jumping back as Alizarin attacked again, blade snapping out as a whip, but didn't seem to reach Tai, or that's what Tai thought. The blade passed harmlessly in front of Tai, but he felt metal cut through his shirt, causing his to jump back to see that the attack did hit.
"What?!" Tai blinked then looked at Alizarin who just shrugged and readied himself.
In the stands, RWBY and JNPR watched in awe as the duo fought.
"So Alizarin Sand is a second year here.." Pyrrha chewed her lip as she watched the fight.
"You know him?" Jaune looked at his girlfriend.
"Yeah..his Semblance is sorta like a mirage you would see in the desert...He fought in the festival last year, very skilled, Tai's best chance is to try to end the fight in a draw."
The rest blinked and looked at the fight, a certain cat faunas was gripped her book tightly, watching the outcome.
Tai growled a bit and tossed his guns away and readied himself, he had a plan. A dumb, Idiotic, risky plan...it would of made Ruby proud.
He stood his ground as Alizarin separated into three clones again, each snapping out at Tai with their bladed whips. Tai moved into the attack, focusing Aura into his hands as he felt the whips wrap around his arms, his hands grabbing the whips, holding them in place. He winced as he felt the blades tighten against him and he gave them a tug, the tension coming from the right.
That one! Tai smirked and turned quickly, dashing at the one to the right.
Alizarin blinked in suprise , his weapons useless as Tai ran up, delivering a strong kick to Alizarnin. Tai leg go of the whips, letting the boy fall back and skillfully roll to his feet, blades ready again. Tai was at 19% Aura while Alizarin was at 55%. Tai frowned, he had a slim margin to work with. He stepped back a bit and looked to Alizarin, bouncing from one foot to the other as he dashed forward.
Alizarin reacted, whips snapping forward be rebounded of Tai's arm guards.
17%
Tai got into ranged and smirked, slamming his palm into Alizarin's jaw.
48%
Tai growled and swung around, slamming his foot into Alizarin ribs, only to plant his foot and spin, striking from the other side.
43%...36%
Tai grunts as Alizarin pommel him in the chest.
14%
Tai grabbed the loose clothing around Alizarin's neck and slammed him into the floor.
32%
He kicked the elder student in the ribs, sending him skipping into the wal.
29%...24%...16%
Tai jumped forward, his foot connecting with the other, But Alizarn snapped his own foot up...and the buzzer sounded.
Everyone looked at the screen to looked at the percentages.
Alzarin was at 11%...Tai was at 9%
"Tai's aura has dropped below 10%, Alzarin is the winner!" Glynda announced as the area went up in cheers. Tai stood over Alzarin, both panting as Tai pulled his foot away from Alizarin's chest and Alizarin pulled his from Tai's stomach. Tai fell back onto his ass and panted, rubbing his stomach
"Damn..I thought I had you there at the end.." Tai wheezed as he looked at Alizarin.
"Yeah...good effort at the end there Tai" The two fist bumped by Tai slumped back "You ok?"
Tai nods "just...gonna nap...Aura..to low to heal.." he the proceeds to pass out.
JNPR and RWBY watched as Tai passed out, panicked a bit till Gylnda called out he was fine.
"That was surprising" Weiss blinked "Good come back from such a wide difference in aura levels."
Ruby agreed with her partner and Blake watched them carry Tai off.
"Well, it was not a draw, but pretty close" Pyrrha smiled.
"A lot better then I could of done, did you see those whips" Jaune shuddered a bit.
"That was Amazing!" Nora cheered as Ren nods.
"So..." Yang then added "Is it bad to state now..That Tai told me he thinks he is the weakest on his team.." The rest just looked at Yang then at Tai being taken to the infirmary, each wondering how the rest of TGSN was in combat.
As the two teams spoke, two males were still in the stands, one of white and one of red, the Stonewall crest on their clothing.
"Seems he is a good fighter...was that the one the old man warned out?" Tinto smirked, pushing his red hair out of his face, looking at his white counter part.
"It seems so...lets see how this plays out for the Festival..." Rever stated, reading from a book as they left the arena with the last of the students.
So there you go guys, A new OC has shown up...but who is his team? Also Tinto and Rever made a come back..but what is Stonewall and Mobius planning? And if Tai thinks he is the weakest..how strong is the rest of the team? All might be answered in the next few chapters so stay tuned my loyal readers! Arrix out!
