Me, and my big mouth. Volibear reprimanded himself as he dodged another swipe from the sole Valkyrie that stood between him and victory. I don't know who to be ashamed of more. Myself for being bested by a cub. Annie doesn't count. That little.. thing is pure, evil wrapped up in a bow and silly purple dress. Or said cub who's too chicken to just finish the fight.
Guiche had a problem. The 'fight' had been going on for about five minutes now and they were stuck in a stalemate. The little fuzzball couldn't get past the Valkyrie and the Valkyrie couldn't land a blow on the already mentioned puff of fur.
That and I don't want to hurt the little guy... The last thing is the -entire- female population to hate me..Guiche shivered slightly. He was by no means stupid, and even he could taste it in the air. The collective killing intent of every female student, along with some of the more gentler male students, in the school was waiting, just waiting for him to make a wrong move and hurt their little Fuzzywuzzy.
Damned if I do, damned if I don't.. maybe if... oh.. ooooh... oooh Guiche, you beautiful, blonde, Founder's Gift to Women. You are a genius. The noble boy had a plan now, and if he got lucky he'd be the toast of the town. Oh it's times like these I wish I could just kiss myself.
"Earth Pillar!"
Volibear swore under his breath as a square of dirt, twice his size rose from beneath his feet in an attempt to throw the bear into the sky. T Apparently the cub isn't a one trick pon- Any compliment was cut off by his adorable, Shut up, face hitting the ground with barely a sound as Volibear tried to take a step to the side, ducking under another bronze fist. Could have sworn that rock wasn't there before..Thankfully the Valkyrie isn't attacking.. odd..
Getting back to his feet before Guiche took advantage of the situation, Volibear charged towards the blonde. Only to trip over another rock that he -knew- wasn't there before. What!?
Tabitha observed the battle with quiet confidence, she had a gut feeling that her Volibear would win. Said confidence had taken a few blows though. Why? Her familiar couldn't seem to take more than a few steps and off-balance swings before falling onto his cute furry butt to the giggles and laughs of her peers.
Odd... Interference from outside source? Unlikely. Guiche? Probably? Earth Pillar? Too-.. oh.
If she didn't have an image to keep up, Tabitha would have face-palmed as Volibear tripped again, and again, and again, and again and again in an attempt to give Guiche a good pounding.
I'll kill this little sh- One stumble.
I'll make him into mush- Two stumble.
Turn him into a pie- Red stumble.
Then feed it to his moth- Blue Stumble.
Volibear growled in the back of his throat as the crowd either laughed or shouted support for him to try again, most of them just wanting to see him trip cause it was just that adorable. He'd figured out exactly what the blonde pest was doing. Raising a small block of earth every time he tried to take a step. The worst part? If he was only a bit bigger, those little pebbles blocking his path would have been easy to ignore.
The cub's probably expecting me to just surrender out of embarrassment... well then... he's. Got. Another. Thing. Coming..
Thinking of a thousand and one ways to make Guiche Quiche after this, Volibear picked himself up, glaring at the Valkyrie that watched only a few short steps away from him, to the left of his arrogant cub of a summoner. It was time for the little bear to change tactics, and hope to the elements, spirits, whoever would listen, that his plan would work.
Volibear dropped to all four, to Guiche's raised eyebrow. All of the Ursine's previous attempts had been on his back two legs. Perhaps he's giving up? The thought passed through the blonde's mind as he watched the little thing paw it's way over to the bronze golem.
Guiche kept his rose ready in case the bear had one last trick up his sleeve.. fur, up his fur.
That's right cub. Sit back, shut up, and wait to get trounced. You face Volibear of the Thunder's Roar. Volibear smirked as he tapped the bronze statue once, twice, then a third time. Let the storm follow in my wake.
Tabitha put her book away the moment her familiar dropped down on all four. She had a feeling. A gut feeling that this is where the fight began. Her adorable, little familiar found a way to win, now she just had to watch.
How? Speed? No. Earth Pillar. Locked down. Magic? Curious. Shaman? Possible. Elements? Shamanism usually fire, earth, etc.. Title though.. Thunder's Roar.. Lightning? High level magic if so..Thunder.. Storm.. water and wind? Mayhaps.. The petite girl's mind started to race as she watched her familiar walk over to Guiche's golem.
She even raced an eyebrow as Volibear 'playfully' tapped the Golem the first time, then the second time, and finally the third time. The moment Volibear's claw hit, she felt a pull in her chest, the feeling she usually got when casting a spell. Something wanted to use her mana, an almost miniscule amount compared to her reserves. Quickly putting the dots together, Tabitha made the split second decision to allow it.
Then Volibear and the Golem exploded in a small cloud of electricity and the sound of metal being torn apart. Wrong choice? Mayhaps.. Tabitha sweat-dropped, wondering if she killed her familiar.
Guiche blinked. One moment his opponent was playing with golem, then next he was nearly blinded by a localized thunderstorm. He'd almost blame it on Tabitha. After all she had a reputation as the strongest student in the school, and her familiar losing would certainly damage it. Doesn't seem like something she'd do.. Then again not even Kirche can tell what's going through her head half the time.
Movement in the smoking crater of where his golem and Tabitha's familiar once stood, brought him out of his quick trip into his head. The blonde barely had time to duck as a mass of metal nearly took his head of his pretty little shoulders. He hit the dirt along with a few of his classmates in the missiles path, wondering what the hell that was.
A small part in the back of his mind was voicing the possibility that the remains of his golem were used against him, but he brushed that off. Not a chance. As if something that makes Louise look like a giant could toss a half ton brick of bronze.
So lost in his denial, and not yet looking up, Guiche didn't notice the crowd's jaw collectively drop until he saw a shadow pass over him. Probably a teacher come to check if he was alright. As he looked up, expecting Colbert's kind, bald self, he saw fur. Lots and lots of fur with polished metal and large, glowing blue gems in places on the nine and a half-foot giant before him.
Most would expect the boy's mind to be racing at this. But no. Oooh no. The only thought going through the head of the Gramont heir was the ever so desperate call for his mother. "I supposed you're expecting some unbearable pun?"
The word's feral and cruel would be best used for the smile that was spreading across Volibear's face as he looked at the fear in Guiche's eyes. "Hello Cub. Do you require some assistance? Or are you willing to finish this?"
"I.. um.. well.. it's kinda.." Guiche gulped as he started to stand up.
Oh no you don't. Volibear leaned forward suddenly, offering the 'poor boy' a paw, grinning as Guiche yelped in surprise at the sudden movement before falling back into the dirt. "Careful cub. You've already been caught as an adulterer, don't wish to stain your reputation any further as someone who enjoys rolling around in the dirt."
Guiche's reaction was expected, he scrambled to his feet, straightened his back and forced himself to look up at the giant. "Of course not. Now take your place and we shall continue this!" The blonde spat back, the insult overriding his screaming survival instinct.
Volibear grinned as he took the steps needed to get back to his starting place, ignoring the looks he was getting. Oh. I am going to enjoy this..
Tabitha resisted the temptation to rub her eyes in shock. Her little fuzzball turned into a giant monster of fur and steel. She could have jumped for joy if there weren't so many people watching. So cool!
"Tabitha.. you.. well.. now we know why Cutey is -your- familiar.." Kirche said quietly, more than a bit shocked, wondering if Volibear's fur was still as soft as before.
The blue-haired girl just nodded as Guiche and Volibear got ready for round two. First round, draw. Second round? Tabitha scanned Volibear's massive form. Win.. crushing, curb-stomping win.
"Valkyrie!" Guiche shouted as he summoned a squad of ten golem, not willing to take a chance against the monster before him.
Oh please.. now you're just feeding me.. Volibear suppressed a grin as the bronze knights circled around him, not making a move to stop their progress at all. After all, why not have some fun? It was deserved at this point.
Four golems split from the group attacking from the cardinal directions, spears held up, ready to turn him into a bear-kabob. Guiche wasn't playing around anymore. He was angered by the insults and scarred for his life from the mass of muscle giving him a death glare.
Volibear doesn't even flinch as the spears bit into his flesh. It was little more than a mosquito bite after it passed through his fur. He barely felt a thing. But it certainly had the right reaction, gathered student's gasping in shock, thinking Guiche killed Tabitha's familiar. Guiche himself grinning at his success until he caught up with everyone else, his look turning to horror.
Tabitha herself didn't react. She could tell from the look in her familiar's eye this was just a show.
Without saying a word Volibear raises a paw, placing it on the helmet of the Golem directly in front of him, before crushing it into scrap metal with ease, his eyes never leaving Guiche's as he drops the bronze pulp to the dirt, it's headless body following shortly.
Not waiting for Guiche to make his move, Volibear brought his arms back to the Golem's at his sides, picking them up by the torso to smash them together into one lump of magicked metal before turning on the Golem behind him. Frenzy always was his favorite ability.
If asked to describe what happened to the fourth golem, the collective answer would be 'We don't know. One minute it was there, the next it was turned into countless shreds of steel.' Years later, students are still finding bits of bronze in the Vestri court.
All the blood in Guiche's face drained down to his feet as Volibear turned back to face him. The familiar just turned four of his golems into scrap in the time in the blink of his eye, and was now walking towards the blonde, stood frozen in fear.
Volibear grinned as he leaned down to whisper into the blonde's ear. "Cub." Guiche shivered at the voice, low and dangerous. "You are a noble. Act like it. Your job is to the people. Do something as foolish and pathetic as injuring another cub for your own pride, and you'll be joining the golem's in the scrap yard... is this clear?"
Guiche nodded mutely, not trusting his voice.
"Good, now scram and think of what you have done cub." Volibear turned around, dropping back down to four paws, walking towards his master.
Tabitha rode on Volibear's back, the armor seeming to appear and disappear at her familiars will, as they left the courtyard, leaving the students to their gossip, or in Louise's case to take her familiar to the infirmary. Kirche was quiet, surprisingly, but the ice mage could tell she was just debating what questions to ask first.
But now, Tabitha didn't care as she sprawled out on her familiar's now giant back. To her the question had already been answered. The only one she cared bout since first laying eyes on her familiar's transformation, and frankly the only one she would have down right ordered her familiar, in a stern voice even, to answer.
Tabitha felt like she was floating on a cloud as she walked. A giant, puffy, soft cloud that she'd sooner commit high treason that give up. It is soft...Were the last coherent thought's of a certain mage before she drifted off into an unplanned nap.
An: Boom, another chapter for everyone. Hope you all enjoyed it~ But ya. This was interesting. A warning though, next chapter will be nothing more than fluff.
Anyways, I have a small poll going on in my profile for future updates and stuff. Mostly just a question bout me and my overactive imagination, particularly on whether or not you, the reader, would prefer me to focus on my current stories (Someone to Protect, Embrace the Storm, or Lich + Vampire [I swear, that's getting an update soon]) or would you rather just see me start a story, put out the prologue and the idea to see who's interested in what.
Some of you are probably wondering why I'm asking this, but it's just cause I have an overactive imagination (and a growing list of 20+ stories) and I'm curious to everyone's opinion.
Regardless~ I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, and I'll see you next time for more~