And by that, Lana means it’s an awful one. Terrible. Bad, bad, bad idea. Spars on the first day of school? An invitation for disaster.
But, this is a new hero school and it did offer the highest scholarship, so Lana’s content to keep her opinions to herself.
After a short-lived introduction of the 1-B homeroom teacher, the classes are ushered outside to a large dirt field with a white ring. Each class is separated on either side and are paired off for the ill-fated spar.
But maybe she’s being hasty; there’s a chance this will go well.
It does not go well.
Granted, it’s a nice day for things to go wrong. The sky is clear and it’s a nice temperature for late April with a thready breeze to keep everyone just enough on their toes to not get too comfortable. The ground is no longer hard from the winter’s cold, but it’s not warm and muddy from the spring rains. If she had to choose a day for things to go poorly, this would be it.
Tokachi and her lanky opponent are the first ones to go. They enter the ring, ready to spar. It’s a bad lineup for the stringy boy, but the fight is over quickly.
As Tokachi’s round ends, a body goes flying towards the stands. Lana leaps at the tall form, planting a hand on the back and teleporting them to the ground. She pants. “Too klose.”
“Sorry!” Tokachi hurries over to help the string bean boy up. “Are you okay?”
He blinks owlishly before nodding once. “Fine.”
Wolfsboon and the 1-A teacher come over, hovering over the string bean. “Are you hurt?” the 1-A teacher asks him.
“I’m fine.”
Wolfsboon huffs. “Then get back to the stands. We need to keep moving.” With that, he spins on his heel and stalks back to his post.
The 1-A teacher sighs and glances back at the match-ups. “The next round is Takakutou Shakou vs Ogura Sv...vb...t....”
She suppresses a sigh at the butchering of her name. “Just Lana.”
The 1-A teacher smiles apologetically and points her toward the field.
Win, Tokachi signs.
I will, Lana replies.
Lana lines up with...with....she forgot her name.
“Takakutou Shakou, 1-A versus Ogura Lana, 1-B.”
Takakutou. Right. She should remember that.
“Go!”
Lana ducks under Takakutou’s first swing and twists mid-air to swipe at the girl. Takakutou dodges the attack, stopping hard enough to kick up dust. She bares her teeth and sinks into a low stance.
Takakutou doesn’t have any obvious hints to her quirk. Lana doesn’t want to get too close until she knows what she’s dealing with.
She ducks another hit, closer this time. Takakutou does a sudden pivot and draws a circle in the dust. She slams her palm into it and it explodes.
Lana hops back-not too close to the edge of the ring-and shields her eyes.
Mistake 1: Don’t take your eyes off your opponent.
She quickly corrects the error, but when Lana looks up, Takakutou is already coming at her, marker(?) at the ready.
Lana teleports behind Takakutou.
Don’t let her touch you.
Takakutou spins around and brings a leg to Lana’s stomach. She leans back to avoid the blow, narrowly missing the punch that quickly follows.
“Fucking gargoyle-!” Takakutou rights herself and dodges a kick to her chest, falling into the dust.
Very original. Gargoyle.
Lana suppresses the second sigh of today and prepares to redirect another attack.
Suddenly, Takakutou stops, sneering.
The ring explodes in dust and dirt.
I need a better view.
Lana disappears and pops back in well above the ground. Amidst the cloud of dust, she can make out two blue pigtails.
Found you.
Gravity takes over and the whole world tips as the ground gets closer, wind screaming in her ears, mixing with a few cries of her own classmates. Teachers move to stop her from splattering against the field.
She ignores them, shifts her falling position and counts down.
5
4
3
2
1
Now
Feet before the ground, Lana vanishes, dispelling the dust cloud.
She appears over Takakutou’s back and grabs her shoulders. As Lana’s sneakers hit the ground, she braces herself and pulls Takakutou over over her head, releasing at the last second.
Takakutou goes flying out of bounds.
“Ogura Sv...bt...Lana! Ogura Lana wins!”
Lana walks to the edge of the ring, offering Takakutou a hand. The girl glares at her before getting up herself, stalking back to her group.
She shrugs it off and does the same. “Nice, Ogura-chan!” Kottoba breaks from the class and slaps her on the back. “1-B!” She whoops. Some of the bolder students join her, while the loud students in 1-A throw back cheers for their own homeroom.
Wolfsboon then barks for them to shut up and they move to the next spar.
Takakutou shoots her glares from the other end of the field.
This is going to be a long year.
But, it may prove interesting.
Well. There’s only one way to find out.
@taiyuu-high-oct
A/N: I created the gifs above, so I hope this counts as multimedia because your girl did not make that 1k word mark.
