The Armali headquarters being attacked was headline news the next day; two people seen breaking out of the top floor by jumping through a window and destroying the property. It was the talk of the school but of course Mason Armali knew before anyone and didn't sleep through the night because of the incident. The Armali Technology Company was infamous for its security being top notch and having weapons that had not been publically released yet.
Naturally when Mason found out, which happened to be seconds after the incident occurred, he awoke his teammates with an out of characteristic swearing fit then headed straight to the training room to take out his anger. Nessa was there and watched him the entire time as he yelled and punched bags, blew holes in walls and destroyed dummies. When he seemed to have calmed down Nessa pulled him aside and just sat there and listened while the dumbfounded Armali boy talked incomprehensibly about calculations and weapons names and modifications that could have been destroyed and started listing all those who would attack his building.
Naturally the one eyed captain and the voluptuous ram faunas were no where near his suspected list. Like everyone else he suspected the White Fang.
As he walked around campus he tried to keep his composure as students asked him about the building but all he replied with was "classified."
"So who do you think it was?" Slyvia asked Mason during lunch. The two teams had become somewhat close since the "accident".
"He's thinking the White Fang." Jade responded with a mouth full of food. Mason looked over at Nessa as if to say "really?" but she was nowhere to be seen so they all assumed she was either training or she passed out somewhere. He motioned to August to go and find out where Nessa left too so he left.
Jade and Slyvia started talking rapidly about who it could have been. Akita and Mason both ate in silence and stared at each other. They both looked up and stopped eating in unison and Akita slammed his fist onto the table.
"It couldn't have been the White Fang!" Akita exclaimed and Mason nodded quickly in agreement.
"The White Fang go after the Schnee Dust company, not technology. Not yet anyway." Mason added in excitement.
"So it had to be a civilian. My team and I can look into what type of person would want to break into the company. It should be easy considering my entire team figured out all you guys on the first week." Akita smirked.
"I can build new technology to help track what the person took on the computer. That could help us figure out the type of person who would break in."
"Go team!" Ino threw her fist in the air. The two teams started talking excitedly about how they would start trying to find the culprit.
"You know, you won't be able to figure it out Armali." Blanka said, as she came up behind Mason. Her team was behind her and were getting ready to leave for Goodwitch's sparring lesson.
"What makes you think that?" Mason asked, he wasn't surprised that she felt this way seeing that a lot of the people at school already felt similarly.
"To jump from a building that is 360 meters high, survive and not be found dead takes you will find any trace of them and if you do then how are you going to capture them considering they survived a fall that could turn normal people into a fine red past of the sidewalk." Blanks shrugged. Akita looked at her and cocked his head and Blanka could see in his eyes that he was already starting to figure out that she was related to the incident.
"Whoever they are, they will pay for this. No one breaks into the Armali headquarters and gets away with it." Mason spoke with a clear anger in his voice
"Looks like they just did Armali" Blanka fired back in a calm tone. Mason slammed his fist on the table and stood up.
"Careful, Armali." Blanka crossed her arms, "Leaders of teams should lead by example. And you are setting a very poor one." Mason continued to glare at her as she turned to walk away with her team.
"What should we do?" Noir asked once they were far enough away to not be heard.
"Team AIZS is already starting to figure out my involvement. We need to bury the evidence that Sable and I were connected while simultaneously getting them to stop the investigation." Blanka said after a moment to think. Moss cracked his knuckles and gave a smirk.
"If anyone knows how to cover up shit, it'll be me."
Is what they expected to hear from Moss but Luka was the one to speak now. They looked at her, confused and she smiled as she closed a book titled Famous Criminals: How They Almost Got Away With It.
"Dibs on her team!" Moss shouted and pointed at Luka who crushed his toes with her heel.
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"Mason Armali, get in your battle gear. You're up next while I find you an opponent." Glenda Goodwitch said in a stern voice. Mason obediently got up to go to the locker rooms.
"I volunteer." Blanka raised her hand and stood up.
"Very well. Blanka, go get ready as well and meet out here in five minutes."
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Mason and Blanka faced off on the stone slab floor of the arena. The area was wide enough for the two of them to fight and not get others hurt.
Mason threw off his dark cloak to reveal a man clothed and armoured in a black shirt and long tight fitting black pants, bound together with a white belt at his waist. Over his shirt is a dark green armored chestpiece along with gauntlets and greaves and on each piece of armour was his family's symbol which consists of a silver kite shield with two swords crossed over it one green and the other black, he also wore a black pair of glasses that could record their fight, show the state/information of his opponent and many other things.
His face was scrunched up in anger as he saw Blanka step before him; he couldn't forget the way she had talked to him earlier. He drew Spectral Edge from his belt slowly, the silver blade made a hissing whisper as it was removed from the sheathe. All the while, Mason was holding Blanka firmly in his gaze.
Blanka was wearing a grey long sleeve shirt, black tactical gloves with diamond knuckle protectors and steel plates on the back of them, loose fitting black pants and black combat boots with metal shin guards.. Blanka is bare handed, choosing not to use her weapon. Blanka bent down and stretched her back. She turned her neck from left to right and popping it with a series of clicks in rapid succession. Then, she proceeded to do the same with the rest of her body to loosen it up.
"Don't hold back, or I am going to break you." Mason glared at Blanka.
Blanka shrugged her shoulders, slowly brought one foot behind her put her weight on it and brought an open palm up, "Wait." she said and put her hand up to say "stop". Mason turned his head in curiosity. There was a band of players to Blanka's right and they had an array of instruments. The jaunty tunes that brought the arena to life came out of their instruments. They had everything from woodwinds, to percussion, to string instruments in their possession and were quick skilled with them.
Blanka looked over at a band of players. She reached into her pants, pulled out a small roll of lien, and tossed it to them. "Play something I can tap my foot to." She said with a serious expression on her face.
The band leader grabbed the lien out of the air, "One two..." he tapped off, then his band began playing a quick, pumping melody.
Blanka turned her attention back to the fight, "Now, where were we?" and with a quick flick of her hand, as if to say. "Come on." Towards Mason, the fight was on.
Mason rushed at the Blanka. He dipped and weaved right as he was about to reach him and slashed downwards with the sword. Blanka parried with one of her armoured gloves and the blade clashed against the metal strapped to Blanka's hands with a shriek that sent sparks flying into the air. The swordsman was quick and uppercut slashed at the hand to hand warrior, attempting to catch Blanka from stem all the way to stern.
Blanka sidestepped to the right just enough and the blade passed a hairs breath from her face.
Quickly, before Mason could respond with a follow-up, Blanka swiftly punched Mason in the solar plexus but hit armor. The force she had used was enough to get him to move back enough for her to jump to the side as the fight had taken them dangerously close to the edge of the arena.
But Mason was expecting this and grabbed her arm. He used his strength, and a kick to the knees, to bring her to the ground; he had her pinned.
"Moss puts up more of a fight than you." Blanks spat and quickly used her flexability to her advantage by kicking him in the back of the head. Needless to say he was shocked and rolled off her. Now was her time to strike. She grabbed the blade of the sword, leaving red lines of blood start to slide down the metal, and pulled him towards her. They wrestled on the ground but eventually wound up with her pinning him down. Knocking the sword from his hand she quickly got up and grabbed it.
They were both standing now, Blanka having the sword in hand and leaving Mason weaponless. Statistics whirled through Masons scroll. He smirked, knowing exactly what to do; He knew that one day an opponent would take his weapon from him so he trained specifically for this situation with Nessa.
He charged. Blanka took a defensive stance with the sword, knowing fully well that the heir to the Armali company had to have some sort of trick up his sleeve. Sure enough, he did. He sped up and went to punch Blanka on the side she held the sword so naturally she went to block but she was stunned when his fist phased right through the sword. She was focused on that as he now grabbed the hilt of the sword. Pulling a device from his pocket, he used the fact that she could only see with one eye to his advantage and changed the device into a gun which he used to shoot her in the stomach.
The surprise of the gun made her let go of the sword but she quickly recovered from the initial shock and spun around with a heel kick to his head. It landed and he flew to the opposite side of the arena. He got up quickly and they both went to charge again when the music stopped and the lights turned on. Just after they punched each other simultaneously in the face making both of their aura's drop into the red zone.
"That's the match." Goodwitch declared. However this did not end the fighting. The two were punching and kicking, forgetting all weapons but their bodys. Mason landed a punch on Blanka's blind eye which resulted in her smashing her fist into his nose.
"I said that's enough!" Goodwitch shouted. The two realized the match was over and put their fists down, eyeing each other warily. Goodwitch started to critique but they didn't listen. They both just plotted their next move, his was going to find the people who broke in and let his fight with Blanka be a message to those who want to question his motives. Blanka was going to put his boy down, and send a message to anyone who would stand between her and remembering her past.