A/N: Hello again! it's time for the so called "Obligatory Guiche beatdown!"
I've never written a fight scene before but i tried my best!
Please leave a review and also, please point out any mistakes you see so i can fix it later.
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Last Time:
"How dare a lowly commoner like you look down on one of noble blood?!"
"Hmph, Whatever the case, it doesn't change the fact that the only one to blame here is yourself."
Guiche scoffed at thid, clearly not believing her. "Such insubordinance will not go unpunished!" He gave a flourish with his rose and pointed at her.
"I Challenge you to a Duel!"
The Academy's Cafeteria
"What?"
"Do you not hear me clearly Commoner? I said I challenge you to a duel!" He exclaimed.
"Or do you not know what a duel is?" he asked mockingly.
'Arrogant bastard' Chara felt annoyance creeping up on her, "...I know..." She replied Neutrally.
"Good, Then meet me outside at the Vestri courtyard. You shall see what insubordinance will get you."
With that last words echoing from his mouth, Guiche gave a Flamboyant twirl of his rose wand and turned to leave through the large entrance of the Dining Hall. Behind him the crowd followed behind closely, Some sneaking glances at her to make sure that she wouldn't try a sneak attack. to them, Commoner's were so crass and lacking in honor, unlike nobles such as them.
Some of them even went so far as to expect her to attack Guiche with his back turned.
She didn't. She continued to stand there, while also helping Siesta stand to her feet. The young Maid continued to stare, wide eyed and afraid as the crowd got closer to the exit.
Once they passed that threshold there would be nothing she or Chara could do to stop the duel. Even though she knows that Chara was capable of using magic, Guiche was still a noble. she would get killed trying to protect her.
"Chara, Please go and apologize to Lord Gramont now! Siesta finally managed to speak out, "Duels are forbidden on academy grounds, But his family is very powerful and influential! I-I don't know what will happen to you if you don't stop him." She all but yelled out.
"...Really?" Chara gave a quick glance to the retreating group before turning back to look at The panicking Maid. "Mister playboy over there? he doesn't look to tough." She pointed at the blond noble, or rather, the general direction where he went. by this point, he and the crowd that followed him had passed the door and only they and a select few stayed behind in the dining hall.
"You're wrong!" Siesta gripped Chara's hand tightly, much to the girl's discomfort, "He may not look like much, and i know that you can use somekind of magic, but Lord Gramont is a dot class mage! his constructions are durable and he can make them without chanting!"
Dot class? is that how they rank the power of mages in this world? As far as she could remember, no such system exist in her world.
"Don't worry, even if he is as strong as you say, his overconfidence and ego will be his downfall." Chara assured her.
"Chara!" A voice called out, Chara turned and found her partner walking over to her with a troubled look on her face, Louise then gripped her shoulders and shook her fiercely, "What in founder's name were you thinking Chara!" She asked in frustration.
"Woah, hey, it's alright, calm down!" Chara tells her.
Louise did, she took a couple of deep breath before continuing, "Let me ask again, Why did you pick a fight with Guiche?" She asked slowly.
Even Louise seemed troubled, "Why do you look so upset? is it because he's your friend or something?" She asked.
The response was quick, "No! by the founder, no! He's not my friend!" Louise stomped her foot on the ground, ignoring the pain that shot up her foot at the action, "He's just a playboy that relies on his father's reputation to seduce young maidens! I would never be friend with someone like that!" She denied fervently.
"The why are you so upset? Just because he's a mage doesn't make him invincible." Chara said.
"It's not just because of that! A duel means a battle to the death you understand!" She said slowly, "If you lose, Guiche will kill you! either that or he will utterly humiliate you! I don't want to see you get hurt..." She finished softly.
"Listen, i'll be fine, besides, i think i a guy like him could use a beating or two." Chara said.
Louise sighed mournfully, "Fine...but please, be careful alright?" with that she turned around exited the dining hall, leaving only her and Siesta in the desolate dining hall.
Regardless what Louise or Siesta told her, she will not backdown from this. maybe it would be easier to just apologize for her actions, but he felt no reason to. she already made the mistakes of choosing the easy way once, a mistake that she will not repeat.
"Chara, please reconsider," Siesta grasped his hand again, albeit noticeably more gentler this time, "I', sure that we'll both be alright so long as we apologize to Sir Gramont." That was a lie and even Chara could see that without trying too. her voice shook when she talked and she refused to look at her in the eye.
"Like i said to Louise, it'll be alright." Chara placed her hand softly atop her shoulder. "Don't worry."
With a final reassuring smile, she went to the Vestri court.
The Vestri Court
After assuring Siesta multiple more times on their way to the vestri court, They finally arrived. They see Guiche standing in the middle of a circle of students waiting for them.
"Ah, so you finally come, i praise you for your bravery, if nothing else." He said. Was it just her, or did his voice get even more annoying?...Nah, it definitely got more annoying i the short time she was away. "I assumed that you would run away out of cowardice, i'm glad that wasn't the case."
Chara didn't bother to give a response to the insults, instead she beckons Siesta to watch from the sidelines, which she did begrudgingly, Chara then proceeds to scan the surrounding area for viable tactics, 'Wide area...a lot of space to maneuver in...good place for dodging.' then she looked at the crowd surrounding them, Noticing the faces of Siesta and Louise among them, Distress visible on their faces.
She finally turned back to the Blond in front of her, "So? Are we starting or what?" She asked challengingly.
"Very well then Commoner, I shall not deny this duel any longer, Let us begin!" The crowd gave a loud cheer at the announcement.
"My name is Guiche de Gramont and my runic name is 'The Bronze'," He waved his rose wand, causing a petal to flutter down to the ground, "Accordingly, you will be fighting my bronze golem Valkyrie as your real opponent."
Whatever constructions Chara was expecting, it was certainly not this. the second the petal touched the ground, a bright light engulfed the small area in the shape of a suit of armor. the very next second she finds herself face to face with with some kind of bronze knight, cloaked in a suit of armor made of bronze and wielding a spear that was at least a head taller than her. The bronze itself was a foot taller than her.
"Huh, neat trick..." She said, before putting her hand inside her jacket pocket. "Well? Your move Blondie." She exclaimed.
Guiche gave a small growl at this, "Insolent Commoner! Valkyrie! Attack!" And then with almost blinding speed, the Bronze golem raised it's spear and aimed it at her head. Despite this, Chara simply leaned her head to the side, causing the spear to miss. This shocked all that is watching, the golem had moved so fast that most of them were not able to see it move, and yet this commoner managed to dodge it like it was nothing.
Chara just smirks, "What? You think i'm just gonna stand there and take it?" She asked mockingly. The Valkyrie brought it's spear back before thrusting it multiple times forward, aiming for her gut and legs, but each time the spear gets close to her body, Chara managed to dodge it.
The golem then swings the spear to her head again, which Chara simply ducked under. then it swings the back end of the spear upwards, and Chara dodged this by sidestepping, causing the spear to miss her completely.
"You're gonna have to try a little harder than that." Chara said, standing Nonchalantly beside the golem with a smirk on her face.
"W-well, i wasn't expecting you to dodge so well," Guiche said with a stutter, it seems even his confidence begin to waver after seein Chara dodge all those attacks easily. "Valkyrie! Keep Attacking!" He commanded the golem.
Once again the Golem turned and rushed at her, and once again she finds herself dodging all of it's attack easily. All around her she could hear the Crowd gasping in disbelief, silently talking among themselves while watching their fight.
She's gotta to admit, This thing is fast, but after years of training with Toriel, Who is the Captain of the Underground's Royal Guard, She was used to dodging fast attacks. and despite the golem's speed and it's precise strikes and targeting, it lacks sentience, meaning that it could not adapt to match her rapid movement.
This is what Siesta and Louise were afraid of? even the human, Frisk, was more adaptable than this thing- She dodged another one of the golem's thrust- Still though, she can't just keep dodging forever, less this duel never ends. So, she jumped back and crossed her hand in front of her face and widening her stance, her eyes flashing crimson, she swung her hands beside her body causing two glowing crimson knives to appear in her hands.
"What?!" Guiche exclaimed, Followed by gasps of disbelief from the crowd, they had just witness someone who they thought was a commoner, summon two ethereal knives in her hand using magic. in the back of the crowd stood two particular students, a buxom red haired girl named Kirche, and beside her a petite blue haired girl named Tabitha, watching the duel with interest.
"So, what do you think of her?" Kirche asked her petite friend. Tabitha's answer was short and simple, "...Strong..." She said quietly.
Back, to the duel at hand, seeing the girl in front of it summoning two weapons, the golem took it as a sign of challenge and lunge forward, spear raised and ready to strike at her.
Just before the spear hit, Chara warped directly behind the golem, "My turn." she then proceeds to slash both her knives sideways, effectively splitting the golem in half.
"What was that?!"
"How did she do that?"
"That was fast!"
"Did she use Haste?"
"She couldn't have, there should be gust of wind if she did!"
"How could a commoner be that fast!"
That was some of the many exclamations of awe, and disbelief emanating from the crowd. Chara then turned to look at Guiche, whose face was starting to look pale. She slowly walked towards him.
"N-No, Impossible! No commoner should be able to do that!" He frantically waves his rose wands, causing more of it's petals to fall to the ground, summoning 5 more golems, each armed with a sword or a spear. "Kill her!" He yelled out.
The 5 Valkyries rushed forward, intent on ending her life, Chara simply smirks, unsummoning the knife in her left hand, she lift it up and snapped her fingers, and behind her, dozens of glowing red ethereal knives appeared, she flexes her lef arm forwards, making the floating knives to shoot forward.
3 of the knives stabbed a sword wielding Valkyrie in the head and abdomen, another one was hit in the neck, one of the spear wielding ones managed to parry several of the knives flying towards it, before Chara warped right in front of it and decapitated it.
The other 2 golems was stabbed through the abdomen, the knife piercing right through both of them as if cutting butter.
after all the golems were downed, Chara warped again right in front of Guiche, Causing him to stumble back. "M-mercy!" He stuttered out.
"Mercy? Heh." She grabbed the front of his cloak, and despite their difference in size, lifted him up.
Holding her knife in a reverse grip and pointing it at his abdomen, "You were so ready to end my life back then...Why do you think you deserve any mercy." Chara said with spite. She lowers him so they are of equal height and pointed the knife to his neck, drawing blood.
"P-please...i yield!" Tears begin to form in Guiche's eyes.
"Chara that's enough!" A voice called out to her, she turns to see Louise and Siesta approach her from within the crowd. "He's had enough, just stop it..." Louise said softly.
Chara turned back to the cowering Guiche, She then leaned forward and whispered to his ear, "You know what would happen if she didn't stop me...Buddy..." She then leans back a bit, causing Guiche to clearly see her red glowing eyes. "You'd be dead where you stand..." She let's go of his cloak, causing him to fall on his behind, And a visible stain on his pants.
When she turned back to Louise and Siesta, It was with a cheerful smile and a small wave.
"Sup."
A\N: And Done!
So...how was it? that was my first try at a fight scene, i still think it was some what lacking.
Anyways, sorry for the relatively short chapter, i've been occupied with family events so i didn't have as much time to write.
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