Chapter 6: Cold Blood

Faith

"You got this." Fouzia said to Faith.

Faith smirked. "I know."

Although she was confident on the outside in the inside, she was panicking. She was going first. Why would they pick her to go first? What if Hunter had a crazy powerful quirk? What if he simply wiped the floor with her.

Mrs. Zambiea's warning rang in her mind. What would happen to those who lost?

"You got this girl, Hunter is just a douche bag, doesn't matter what his quirk is if you think big enough you can beat him." She smiled. "And also kick his ass."

"Will do." Faith laughed.

"Hey guys, Mrs. Zambiea is calling us all to the arena." She said.

Faith nodded and turned back to Fouzia. "I got this, right."

"Damn right you do." She said.

She linked her arm with the girl and smiled. "Now hurry up I want to watch you wipe the floor with him."

Hunter

Hunter eagerly skipped to the arena. Quite literally skipped. He earned strange looks from his roommate, but it was worth it. He was aching for a fight. Being a hero was so boring, so far there were so many rules. He was seriously considering changing his career.

Hunter turned back to Alexander and Kaleb.

"Will you guys be cheering me on?" He asked.

"Definitely." Kaleb smiled.

Alexander shrugged. "I guess."

Hunter rolled his eyes. "Such a great roommate."

Hunter made his way to the giant ring in the center of the stadium. It was surrounded by tall stone pillars, that made it look like something out of a history textbook. He looked around in awe. This place was amazing.

"Hunter." Faith said.

Hunter turned to see Faith glaring at him with her arms crossed.

"You don't look happy to see me doll face." He smiled.

"I don't have a problem with you." She said.

Hunter raised an eyebrow. "But?"

Faith smirked and crossed her arms. "I plan on winning."

Hunter scratched the back of his head. "That's a shame." Hunter sighed.

She uncrossed her arms and stepped closer to him. Even though he was taller than her, she somehow managed to look him in the eyes.

"Oh yeah? Why is that?" Faith asked.

Hunter shrugged. "Well, you seemed like a nice girl, and I was just hoping I could just knock you out and be done. But now I see you're a fighter, Faith Ritter. So, I'm going to have to hurt you, which I think is a shame."

"You're not going to win." Faith said.

"Get ready!" Ms. Zambiea called from the stands.

The duo turned to see all of their classmates with her watching them eagerly.

"Let's give the show." He smirked as he licked his lips.

Faith rolled her eyes and took a couple of steps back.

"3!" Mrs. Zambiea called.

Faith got into a fighting stance and glared at Hunter, which made him smile. She wanted to win more than anything. Hunter didn't care about the winning, he just wanted a good fight.

"2!" The teacher yelled.

Hunter held out his hand and his palm flattened. Literally flattened. Like there were no bones in it.

"1!" She screamed.

Faith charged ready to attack Hunter, but he was already prepared. Using remarkable speed he folded into himself. Folding like a piece of paper into the shape of a booklet. Faith was already in motion and didn't even realize this until it was too late. Using his free leg he swung for her thighs. Faith braced herself for a kick. However, surprisingly, and painfully, he didn't kick her. His foot slashed her thigh. She screamed in pain as his leg tore through her skirt. She collapsed on the ground, while Hunter rose slowly a smirk on his face.

Hunter Sato

Quirk: Origami - Hunter has the ability to take on all of the properties of paper. This allows him to fold his body into various ways and to give people painful "paper cuts".

Hunter walked over to Faith and smiled.

"Come on Faith get up, at least make this a challenge." He said.

Faith growled and pounced like an animal. Hunter moved quickly, however Faith already for this and thrust her fist forward. Extending from her wrist was a bone blade, the blade slashed into his arm, causing him to grunt.

He grabbed her arm and flipped her, her body roughly hitting the concrete.

"You're a scrappy one!" Hunter cheered.

Faith hopped up and held out her arms. Several bone blades emerged from her knuckles as she grinned.

"You have no idea." She hissed.

Hunter held up his hands, he willed his body to take on his paper state again. The molecules in his skin shifting slightly causing him to grin.

Releasing a furious cry, the two charged, their weapons drawn.

Faith swung her bone blade eagerly hoping to slash his chest. However, Hunter moved swiftly, his body flowing like a piece of paper in the wind. He leaped up and held his fingers into the shape of a claw. Using his paper claw, he quickly cut Faith's cheek. She hissed in pain and stumbled backward.

Hunter flipped and landed right behind her and smirked.

"You're making this too easy Ritter." He smiled.

He charged, moving at an incredible pace if he could get her down now the fight would be over. However, as he was in mid-motion, a loud pop was heard. With amazing reflexives, a sharp bone shot out of Faith's back angling towards Hunter. Seeing it he tried to roll out of the way however the blade still had time to slash his arm.

He screamed in pain. He looked down and gulped. That looked like a lot of blood. "Oh shit."

Faith got up slowly and smirked.

"Game's just begun, bitch."

Faith

Faith smiled. She was going to win this. She was going to destroy him. She could hear some people cheering her own from the stands. She smiled; she knew Lex was watching her.

Faith took off in a sprint and held her fists to Hunter. Her bone blades emerged angling towards him. She wasn't sure what his quirk was, but it seemed to make him really flexible and almost paper-like. If he was paper, she would be the damn scissors.

She angled her fist upward for an uppercut, but Hunter grabbed her wrist and thrusted his knee forward into her stomach. She grunted in pain but kept her stance. Using her body weight, she rammed into him, causing him to stumble back. Doing a quick spin, she delivered a roundhouse kick to his jaw, she smirked as it gave off a satisfying crunch.

Faith growled and swung her foot, preparing to kick him, but then Hunter flattened himself. Literally flattened, his body losing thickness as he rested on the ground. Faith growled and stomped on him, however, he just laughed.

"Is that supposed to hurt? I'm like freaky Flat Stanley you're going to have do better than that." He smirked.

How was fighting a piece of paper so difficult? The moment she took to think was a moment she didn't have. Hunter smiled as turned his fist back to normal and leaped upward, his fist slamming into Faith's jaw. She would've' screamed if she felt the pain. However, she didn't. She just felt numb. The room started to spin as she took a couple of steps backward. Hunter pounced before she could even process what was going on. She looked down and was surprised to see several slashes all over her body.

"And it looks like we have a winner!" A far-away voice said.

Faith stumbled. She wasn't going to let him win. She was still in this. That was her last thought before everything went black.

Sarah

"Well that was fucking boring." Sarah yawned.

She looked at her manicured nails as the other students chatted.

"Shut the hell up Sarah, she could be hurt." Lex frowned.

"I'm sorry who are you again?" Sarah asked.

He made some comeback, but Sarah wasn't interested enough to listen. Her eyes wandered to Matt who was watching the fight intensely. She smirked as she licked her lips. God he was hot. His muscles were practically threatening to burst out of his gym uniform.

"Yummy." She giggled.

"Whore," Fouzia coughed.

Sarah glared at her roommate. "Do you mind Frenchie?"

Fouzia growled. "My name is Fouzia! You know that you-"

"Ladies, break it up!" Mrs. Zambiea called.

Fouzia and Sarah shot daggers at each other before slowly moving away.

"I'm going to kick your ass after this." Fouzia whispered.

"Bitch, I'll dropkick you and your dirty fucking turban." Sarah cursed.

"It's not a turban!" Fouzia yelled loudly.

Everyone turned to give the girls awkward looks. One of which was Matt. Sarah's heart dropped. Was he listening to them? Did he think she was weird now?

"Jesus, you made me look like a freak show in front of Matt." She sighed.

"You did that all on your own," Fouzia smirked.

Sarah growled and turned to face her roommate. "I hope we get partnered together for the arena. I'm going to kick your ass.

"Attention students, please everyone come together!" She called.

The remaining students made their way to their teacher. Some eager and some frightened for her to announce the next candidates

"Faith is being taken to the infirmary; rest assured she'll be better by the afternoon." She said.

Lex sighed in relief which made Sarah roll her eyes. Lex seemed cute (ish) why he was spending his time with an average looking girl like Faith was beyond her.

"Now the next candidates are…..Sarah Smith and Aurelie Duax." She said.

Sarah perked up. She got a chance to show off her powers. If she won this fight she would totally impress Matt. He would be all over her. All the boys would. Sarah smiled.

"You're lucky you don't have to fight me in the ring." Fouzia hissed.

"Shut up man hands." Sarah hissed.

She walked away from Fouzia and made her way to Matt. She slowly traced her fingers on the outlines of his muscles causing him to perk up and look towards her.

"Sarah?" He said as he raised an eyebrow.

"Will you make sure to cheer for me?" She said with a pouty face.

"Uh…sure." He smiled.

She grinned. He was totally into her. "Great."

"Good luck out there." He said.

She smiled as she walked away. "I won't need it."

Aurélie

'Let me out, I want to kick her ass.' Adeline roared.

'Yeah, can she just do all of the work, I'm weaker than a slug.' Adele whispered.

'Where's your sportsmanship?' Adriana hollered.

'It would be nice to stretch my beautiful legs. Plus, that one Matthew boy is really cute.' Allison giggled.

'Well, I've been working on a strategy and-' Amelie was cut off by Aurelie screaming.

"Can you all just be quiet for like one minute!?" Aurelie yelled. "Please?"

The voices in her head went silent causing her to take a deep breath. She needed to think and listen to her own thoughts for once.

'Rude.' Allison said.

Aurelie groaned, she would never be able to think with the five of them screaming in her head.

"If you guys don't cut it out, I'll keep you in there." She hissed.

'Right, because we totally don't know how to break out.' Adeline laughed.

'I wanted to stay home today.' Adele sobbed.

'Nice, you made Adele cry' Adeline said.

'To be fair, she cries about a lot of things' Allison said.

'You're not helping!' Adrianna said.

Aurélie sighed. "Okay, I'm sorry, it's hard to think when you're all talking at once. Adele, please don't cry-"

"Um…Aurélie?" A voice called.

Aurélie turned to see Maryanne watching her curiously.

"Hi, Maryanne." She said through gritted teeth.

"Who are you talking to?" She asked.

Aurélie's whole face went red. She probably looked crazy talking to herself into the bathroom mirror.

"I was just re-enacting lines from a movie." Aurélie giggled.

Maryanne shrugged. "Okay then, Mrs. Zambiea said your match starts in five minutes."

Aurélie smiled. "Thanks for telling me."

'Let's kick some ass.' All the voices in her head said in unison.

She walked out of the girls' bathroom and was met with the warm Florida air.

She looked to see Fouzia watching her with a grin. She walked towards Aurélie and placed her hand on her shoulder.

"Please kick her ass. We're all rooting for you." Fouzia smiled.

Aurélie blushed. "It's just a school match, it's not that serious."

Fouzia gripped her shoulder hard. "Trust me Sarah is a cold-blooded reptile, this might be some assignment for you but it will be war for her. Forget the school match, this is personal." Fouzia warned.

Aurélie gulped. "I'll keep that in mind."

Let's see if that chick can handle my fists! Adriana cackled.

"Don't worry Fouzia." Aurélie smiled. "I'll have help."

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