The bell rang signaling the end of lunch. Rin, Gracchus's roommate, said farewell to Gracchus before she left.
"I'll leave the key to the mail box on your desk!" Rin said before she left.
"Do you trust each other that much?!" Cecillia asked with jealousy.
"It's more like she trusts me, and if you are wondering I don't feel any romantic interest towards her." Gracchus explained. "Plus she reminds me of..."
Tears build in Gracchus's eyes, Cecillia hugged him to comfort him. Tavarious grabbed an extra bowl of rice and passed it to Gracchus before leaving.
At the dojo
"Alright Tav, let's test what Tohka has taught you." Houki challenged, holding her bokken in a stance.
"Wait for a moment Houki, I need to have a talk with him." Tohka said, pulling Tavarious aside.
"Is it about my fighting style again?" Tav asked Tohka in a low whisper.
"Yes, you always allow yourself to get hit so that the weapon gets stuck in your body when it starts to heal but please don't do that here, if you get hit you lose, also I am still not comfortable seeing you get hurt." Tohka whispered back.
"I am sorry for making you uncomfortable with my fighting style, I will try to win with your teachings." Tavarious said.
"You done?" Houki asked.
"Yes." Tohka answered, pushing Tavarious back onto the ring. "Please don't rough him up too much."
"Tav is in save hands as well as under your supervision, don't worry." Houki reassured Tohka.
Both combatants circled each other in a stance ready to either defend or block. Houki observed Tavarious's stance, looking for any openings while also waiting for Tavarious to be the first one to strike. Tav went for a strike at Houki's side, Houki quickly parried the strike and took the opportunity to try to land a strike at Tavarious's torso.
Tav tried to side step and barely manged to dodge before trying to stab Houki. Houki parried and successfully landed a strike on Tav's chest, winning the duel.
Winner: Houki
"I must admit, you did a bit better than Ichika, but you still made poor decisions such as not studying my move before hand." Houki said.
"Ow." Tavarious simply replied.
Houki turned to Tohka.
"Based on the skill of your student, your skill must be impressive, you have my respect." Houki said.
"Thank you." Tohka said before rushing to Tav to check on his condition.
KINGU CRIMSON
"Ah shit, here we go again, another match." Tav commented.
"Well, heard he has a personal IS so he should better than last time." Tohka told Tavarious.
"Well, let's have a look."
They sat at the benches of the arena, anticipating the battle. Rin was the first to fly in with her IS, ShenLong. It was an IS with black large engines at the back with a yellow stripe and some maroon coverings. The rest of the IS continued with a maroon and black color pattern with dark grey edged blades of her weapons.
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Gracchus flew in not soon after with his own IS. It didn't don a weapon, instead it had it's sharp claws on it's hands. It had purple lights with fins that faded into dark grey along with two logos on it.
Alright, let's see how this turns out. Tavarious thought.
With Gracchus
"I am sorry I got you into this." Rin apologized.
"No need to be sorry, I have been waiting for a good battle for some time, so don't hold back show me what you are capable of." Gracchus said excitedly .
Rin unleashed her sword and went for an attack. Gracchus's eyes glowed yellow as well at the IS as he then charged towards her. He redirected an incoming attack before punching Rin in the stomach. Rin tried to counter attack but Gracchus was too fast, he gave her a few quick jabs to the face before kicking her to the ground.
Gracchus's fists caught fire, then unleashing multiple fire balls at Rin's direction. Rin in response, summoned another sword and combined them into a larger sword. Gracchus quickly closed the distance, grabbed onto the handle to propel himself upwards with the help of his thrusters. He then used the thrusters again to go downwards with the direction of gravity, slamming his elbow onto Rin's face.
"People's Elbow!" Gracchus exclaimed.
With Tav
Cool attack, but I think you could use a better name. Tavarious thought as he watched.
A/N: Tav's opinion doesn't reflect my own opinions
Rin fired a cannon as she fell to the ground, slamming into it with enough force to make a creator. Gracchus created an ice shield to block the cannon shot, the force of it knocking him out of the sky. He gracefully landed as Rin got up with difficulty. Rin fired more ranged attack but it was all futile as Gracchus dodged.
He created weapons out of ice and attempted to attack with Rin blocking and shattering the ice weapons at the cost of her momentum. Gracchus simply created more, attempting to overwhelm the defensive Rin, eventually trapping and wiping out most of Rin's shields. His fist and eyes lit up, as he finished off the shields with a punch, winning the match.
Winner: Gracchus
Suddenly, the arena was breached by a large explosion. The culprit stood at the hole left by the explosion, an unidentified IS. With a wave from the pilot's hand, a large group of women clad in in wiring suits and Realizers swarmed in along with robots of some kind. Everyone at the arena seats fled for their lives to take shelter at other parts of the school.
"Come on, we need to get out of here!" Tohka exclaimed, dragging Tav behind her.
Out of nowhere, Tavarious was grabbed and being lifted into the air by one of the robots.
"Target found." The robot said.
"What the shit?!" Tavarious exclaimed
Tohka tried to grab on to Tav while Tavairous kicked at the robot all in vain. Suddenly, something crashed into the robot, crushing it. Tohka dragged Tavarious away form the destruction. From what Tav could see, in that creator, was a man, who was glowing purple and an umbrella...
