A/N

I will keep this short. Here's the second, part on a Saturday as promised. I will try to keep this as my update day from now on. It may not be every week, but I will always keep it to a Saturday. Anyways, I hope you enjoy and please let me know what you think.

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Chapter 3 – The Claiming (part 2)

Majorella Atmos

Majorella felt a little insulted as the boy she had been fighting off for the past minute turned and ran at Nadea, only to be shot down instantly but she didn't have long to think about it. She saw a club swing towards her head in her peripheral and barely manage to avoid it. With a quick twirl of her staff, Emission, she struck the club on the head to make it continue along its missed trajectory and knocking the girl who swung it off balance. She brought her staff up and pulled on the dust release mechanism, causing a small fireball to strike the girl in the chest and send her stumbling backwards only to be tackled by another girl wearing knuckle dusters.

Majorella had yet to find someone she was interested in being partners with. Nadea had been the only person so far that interested her but from the brief glimpses she had seen of the fight between her and the tanned shield fighter, she knew wouldn't stand a chance of emerging on top against either of them.

Her thoughts were cut short yet again as a boy came flying at her, backwards. She stepped out of the way and looked at what had sent him flying to see the man who had made a joke during Professor Lionhearts speech standing in the exact same place as when the test had begun. Two people were currently charging him but he easily swiped them aside with a large greatsword. Now he was interesting. But could she take him? She knew the answer would normally be no but with multiple people attacking him she may actually stand a chance. Especially since he seemed very reluctant to move. Was it for a reason? Guess I should find out.

She ran at him and smacked the bottom of her staff into the ground, causing the gravity crystal embedded into it to launch her into the air. As she came close she activated her semblance to increase her weight. She extended her legs as her increased weight made her plummet straight at the boys back. Her feet struck him square between the shoulders and the weight behind it was enough to make him stumble forward a few steps. He responded quickly with a spinning one handed slash of his sword. She landed with just enough time the duck his swing but now he was facing her.

Suddenly his sword dropped as if he could longer hold it up with one hand. He sneered as he use both his hands to raise his sword. A hooded student ran past Majorella and thrust a shortsword at the boy who parried it easily and delivered a clean slash to the students chest. But the student only fell back by a meter. That didn't make sense, she had seen him send a student flying across the room with a single punch. Then it clicked. His semblance. He's only strong when he stands in place. She had to keep him moving.

She was proved right as he removed his left hand from his sword and once again held it like it was nothing, before thrusting it at the student who had attacked him. The red tip of his sword connected then exploded with enough force to send the student back another few meters. When the fire cleared, a blue tip emerged in its place. She had to attack now while there was an opening. She rushed forward, once again dodging under his blade as he brought it up into a rising slash, and jammed the gravity crystal into the boys chest. He was pushed back and the student he had blew up earlier rushed in and jammed her sword into his side. She didn't seem to be able to recognise false openings though since the boy brought his right hand down. The edge of his sword crashed onto her back and flattened her to the floor. Once he landed, his sword dropped again. I can't slow down.

Majorella span her staff and pulled the trigger block sending a fireball at the boy that hit him in the chest with just enough force to knock him off balance. His still didn't have both hands on his sword she she took the opening and moved in thrusting the top of he staff into his chest. She felt it bounced slightly on his aura and transferred her motion into a low spin, bringing the staff around to strike the side of his left knee. It buckled and she heard the clang of metal against stone before she felt a large hand grab the back of her neck. She had no time to react as a metal cover fist slammed into the back of her head and made her vision blur for a brief second. The fist slammed into her head again as she struggled to think of a way to get out of his grip. Think, think.

Majorella didn't know what happened next but as the boy brought his right arm back down for another punch, something forced it back and his left hand lost its grip on her neck. She saw to balls of metal drop to the floor as she pulled her head free and rolled backwards. As she got to her feet, she twisted the trigger block and slowly pulled it back. A spray of white dust flowed out the top of her staff and quickly began to solidify into a sharp point of ice. She pulled the staff back and quickly slammed the trigger block in the opposite direction, trapping the icicle and turning her staff into a spear. Majorella thrust it forward, allowing the length of smooth metal to slip through her fingers until she caught it near the end. Taking a step forward, she gave the recovering boy a hard poke with the newly formed spearhead.

He laughed as he shrugged the strike off and seized his weapon off the ground with both hands. He swung it hard in a sideways slash but she dodged backward out of his reach and leaned in to hit him with another poke. She knew the strike would not knock him off balance however and rolled to the side as he transitioned into a downwards strike that jammed the sword into the concrete. She poked him again and this time the icicle shattered, returning her staff back to normal. She pulled back the trigger block and a small ball of fire launched the remaining chuck of ice at the boys face. He moved his head to the side to dodge it and laughed again.

"I'm finally having fun," he said with a sneer.

He ripped the sword from the ground and swung up from left to right. Majorella ducked the blade for the third time but he was ready and took a step forward to slam his shoulder into her. She stumbled backward and was unable to dodge properly as he ripped his sword back down through the air. The force was enough to elicit a a cry of pain from Majorella. He followed up with a kick that sent her reeling but as she fell backward she jabbed him once again with the gravity crystal to push him back. I can't let him power up.

Majorella watched the boy regain his footing and crack his neck as he started forward, clearly having given up on try to remain stationary. She activated her semblance once more, this time make herself lighter, and kicked herself up into a handstand just in time to avoid another downward strike from the boy. She allowed her weight to return to normal and twisted her body to deliver a hard kick to the side of the boys head before flipping herself back to her feet. She wobbled for a second as the after-effects of her semblance screwed up her balance. He noticed and pointed his sword at her. The tip once again exploded sending a small mass of electricity surging towards her. She dispelled it with a twirl of her staff but still felt a small amount arc up her arms.

Majorella gave her staff another twirl, bringing it to position facing the boy and pulled back the trigger block all the way back. A torrent of flame erupted from the end and engulfed the boy. He ignored it fired once again,she didn't see what colour the tip of his sword was this time and was caught off guard by a sudden gale of wind that blew her backwards. The fighting space was now rather empty with only a few fighters remaining.

"Well its been fun," The boy all but yelled across the room. "But since your the only interesting person left, I guess its time to end this." Then he did something that surprised her. He walked over the the banner that Nadea and the tanned shield wielder were standing near and ripped it off the wall.

Why did I not think of that, she thought to herself as he wrapped the banner around his hand. She knew that either way the team was decided now. All she could do was try and get a hand on the banner and touch him before he grabbed her. He smiled and took a fake step forward. He was teasing her now. He knew he had every advantage. He did it again and this time she responded with a small fireball aimed straight at his face. He blocked it with his sword and swung out in one fluid motion. Why is he swinging? He's too far away. Her answer came as she watched his sword extent a good twenty inches, not enough to hit her but just enough to clip the end of her staff. The force knocked Majorella off balance. She used her semblance to remain standing but he was too close now, she couldn't do anything as his right hand grabbed her t-shirt and pulled her close.

"Not bad, short shorts," he said with a grin.