School Tournament Arc - Round 1

[Kaiketsu Tada]

The fight with Angel seemed to be almost at an end. After watching Talon’s blade slice clean through the staff that Angel had used, Kaiketsu was once again impressed by the physical capabilities of his friend... It seemed almost impossible for someone to foresee attacks the way that he had been doing, but as Eniac had already brought up, Talon was just a humble guy.

A brisk movement happened as Kaiketsu watched, he felt the atmosphere around him change and the body that was touching his soon depart from him as Rosalind got up and walked on over towards the arena. He couldn’t help but wonder what she was thinking, and it was also quite odd for her to be disagreeing with the fight, since, as Kaiketsu recalled, she suggested that it should happen this way.

It didn’t even take a blink before Kaiketsu suddenly noticed the girls legs practically give out and her body began to fall towards the ground in a limp fashion. His eyes had widened as he quickly pushed off his chair to try and catch her as quick as possible. It wasn’t often that he ever saw someone pass out without having anybody cause some sort of physical ailment... This was all knew to him. His eyes glanced down to the body that he now had barely caught from colliding completely with the floor, and his gaze quickly flashed to Eniac.

“A little... Help?”

Kaiketsu had used one hand to prop himself against the wall, as to not hit it in his movement to catch the girl, but that had placed him awkwardly on one foot, leaning over the girl with his hand against the wall, and his other grabbing hold of her upper arm to keep her from having hit her head. He felt the strain from this position, but in this little embarrassing moment, he hoped that Eniac just might come to his rescue.

[Eniac Lawg Bayston]

Eniac was amazed! He watched the duel, and he wondered how either one had found such strength! Eniac started to analyze his situation. Could he have found a rival? A rival is someone whom you look up to and strive to become better than. Eniac thought that if he had a rival it would challenge him to grow faster. "I can't fight like that right now. But one day, I'm going to grow strong enough to beat Talon!" After saying that, Eniac lowered his head. He realized that what he said was only a desire. He couldn't just say something would happen and expect it to happen. He started to give in to despair, thinking that he would never beat Talon.

But Eniac was not the one to give in to despair so easily! Eniac knew just how to solve his problem! He stood up, faced forward, clenched his right fist, and thrust it into his chest above his heart. Quietly, but certainly, he said, "I vow that someday I will grow strong enough to beat Talon." This had now become a matter of his heart. With his heart involved, there was no way he would back out of this vow. He knew with all his heart that someday he would beat Talon. Besides, even if he is skilled, Talon is still just a novice at the moment. After a few weeks of hard work, Eniac might even be able to beat Talon! A wide smile formed on Eniac's face. This was the start of Eniac's purpose. He didn't realize it, but that vow would someday become his life's goal. However, it would not be the way he wants it to be.

Eniac kept watching the battle, when he heard a loud noise. He looked over to see an awkward picture: Kaitetsu keeping a girl from hitting the floor. He noticed Kaitetsu had done this by leaning forward to catch her by the arm, then placing his hand on the wall to keep from hitting his head on the wall. Kaitetsu glanced at Eniac, "A little... help?" As Eniac saw this, he quickly ran up to Kaitetsu. He wanted to help but didn't know how. He reached for the girl's arm, but retreated his hand. In this position, he wouldn't be able to completely lift her or move her anywhere. "Umm...how can I help?" Eniac stepped back for a second and looked at the situation. He couldn't help but chuckle. "It looks like you have this situation already under control!"

[Keiko]

Just a couple.. what? There was warmth, and Keiko opened her eyes, those blue irises glowing almost hotly in front of her. A simple blink was enough and she gave a sigh, before she closed them again. And then she realised what she had seen was, actually, Kaiketsu. Then her eyes snapped open, and the girl blinked, her face blushing at the awkward position she was in. She gave a sigh, and slowly lifted herself, bringing Kai, as she affectionately called him in her mind, up with her. ''Thanks.'' she muttered, taking two steps before wobbling, her body almost falling again. But the girl slipped a smile on her face, and stood up again, blinking. She was hazing the pain away, like she always did. But she sighed, and just shut her eyes, before slipping to her knees on the floor, and staying there, not moving. ''Hmm.. just a little bit.'' she said, before she shook her head and lifted herself up again. But her smile was fake again, as she just wobbled there, before starring up at the screen. ''Hmm.. Talon didn't win over her yet.. maybe he's having a challenge.. or toying with her.. but they're both wrong.. fighting just for the rush.. I wanted a duel.. but I love watching them..'' she muttered, distractedly as her hand reached out towards the screen for a second, before she sighed and just shut her eyes. Of course, she had no clue what was wrong with her, but she was sleepy... so very much sleepy.

[AO]

Her eyes narrowed to a line.
As much as she hated to admit it, again and again Talon proved to be a dangerous, skilled opponent. Much more so than she would have ever, ever imagined. In an odd way, she felt some respect for him.

Some.
No, correction, very little. But it was there.

Still, his instincts were off. As he extended his leg in a snapping kick, he was sealing his fate. Sure, she was going to hit his foot, but did he really think he was grounded enough to kick her out of the air? She was barely a hundred pounds, but a hundred pounds crashing into a man who was putting his entire balance onto one foot was not a battle of physics he was going to win.

This was going to hurt.

Angel crumpled as she hit the foot. Her legs and arms wrapped around his leg as she hit it, gripping on as if her life depended on it. She let her whole force pour into Talon, waiting for it to shove him off balance and onto the ground.