Akashic

Just as the voice initiated the combat Velvet charged towards Arthur who had just been able to grab a longsowrdfrom the wall before turning around to come face to face with Velvet who had arrived just feet away from him, her sword raised as she quickly slashed downwards.

Arthur narrowly blocked it sending sparks from where the blades impacted each other. Velvet quickly ran to Arthur's left as he tried to steady his body, bringing her blade low and slashing diagonally upwards, blades connected once again as Arthur defended himself.

But his lacking stance took a blow as his sword was pushed away, seeing her opportunity Velvet rotated her body bringing her left hand which held her shield up as she slammed the edge of her shield into Arthur's c.h.e.s.t sending him stumbling backwards.

He brought his left foot back to steady himself, his eye's focusing in on Velvet who was once again charging him, the tip of her sword almost scraping the floor. Seeing this Arthur lowered his axe to defend himself from the expected upwards slash.

Yet the slash never came as Velvet got near she began to raise her right arm but instead of a slash she rotated her whole body to the left, raising her leg into a roundhouse kick, hitting Arthur's cheek, sending him skidding across the ring, his arms spinning as he tried to steady himself, yet he soon fell landing with his back on the floor, his eyes closing from the feeling of the impact.

Hearing the quick pitter-patter of approaching footsteps Arthur opened his eyes seeing Velvet lunging towards him, her sword pointing straight towards him, her left hand on the pommel as she thrusted the sword downward towards Arthurs neck.

'Shit!' he shouted in his mind as he quickly rolled to the side as Velvet's sword cut into the floor imbedding itself therein. Her eyes widening in surprise as Arthur leapt up into a crouch, bringing his blade upwards into his own attack. Yet she let her sword go and retreated backwards slightly, bringing her shield up before charging once again towards Arthur using her shield as a ram, once again breaking Arthur's posture, causing him to steady himself.

Velvet, seeing her opportunity quickly pulled her sword from the ground, spinning her body to the left before throwing her shield at Arthur who had now placed his left foot behind himself and bringing his sword up, blocking the shield and diverting it to the side sending it crashing to the ground.

Arthur's eyes widened as he found that Velvet was no longer in front of him, having lost visual as he had gotten distracted by the flying shield. His eye's darted left and right searching for the brunette bunny. Sighing in resignation he thought 'It's never to the side…' as he looked up, seeing Velvet sword in hand quickly falling towards him, her body spinning a full rotation to add more power into her attack.

'Crapcrapcrap!' Arthur chanted in his head bringing his blade above his head, holding it perpendicular to the ground, his legs spreading apart slightly to give him more stability on the ground and bringing his body into a crouch.

Just as Velvet's blade connected with his, Arthur charged forward, using the same move as the previous combat bot as he shoulder charged her, successfully throwing her backwards, sending her rolling on the ground, but she quickly fixed this throwing herself up onto her feet. Her eyes quickly locked onto Arthur, noticing that her shield was in-between them. Her eyes soon diverted back to Arthur who she saw was also looking at the shield.

Feeling her gaze on him Arthur turned his head back to her, his eyes locking with hers for a moment before they both charged towards the shield in the hopes of being the first to get to it, or that is what Arthur thought as he was the first to arrive at it, reaching his left hand out to grab it he was suddenly sent skidding backwards arms flailing to steady himself as Velvet had used her own shoulder charge on him.

Grabbing her shield from the ground Velvet quickly raised it to block a slash from Arthur who had been able to steady himself enough to throw himself forwards in an attempt to retaliate.

Yet as his blade connected with her shield, Velvets body dropped, putting her right hand against the floor, spinning on the ball of her hand, using her legs to sweep Arthur off the ground, sending him crashing onto his back, his mind in a daze at the sudden impact, sending all the air out his lungs.

Hearing a metallic clunk and feeling something soft atop his body, opening his eyes the first thing he saw was a metallic blade just inches from his throat, sweating slightly Arthur gulped before looking up, his eyes meeting Velvet's, seeing her legs to either side of his body as she straddled him, her left hand on the pommel of her sword once again ready to impale him.

Taking another gulp, Arthur let go of his sword before raising his arms in surrender 'You win' he said, his eyes not leaving Velvet's relatively neutral expression she had throughout the fight which broke as she let her breath after turning her head slightly to Summer and Coco, seeing them both with wide grins as they both nodded, indicating for her to stop.

Removing her blade from Arthur's throat she let her arms slump to her side as she began to lightly pant after having held back her breathing throughout the fight, closing her eyes as she began to calm herself from the adrenaline of the fight.

"U-umm…" She heard, opening her eyes she turned to the origin of the voice, her eyes locking with Arthur, whose face was flush slightly. Tilting her head in confusion she looked towards Coco, only to see her holding up a scroll, as the sound of a camera shutter echoed throughout the empty combat ring.

Tilting her head to the other side Velvet looked back to Arthur, realizing he was lying on the ground and she was sitting atop him. Her face turned crimson as she disappeared almost as fast as Ruby does when she uses her semblance, appearing behind Coco, hiding herself from Arthur.

Letting out a sigh, Arthur lifted his body off the ground until he was sitting, placing his hands onto the ground he then pushed himself up until he could get his foot flat onto the floor, at which point he pushed himself up until he was standing.

Bending backwards in an attempt to crack his back Arthur instead felt his feet leave the ground as he was sent flying through the air.

"Always be prepared for a sneak attack!" Summer shouted as she threw Arthur to the ground once again.

"Got it…" Arthur w.h.i.n.ed as he just left his body rest against the floor, now not wanting to get up as he felt he would be meeting the ground once again in the near future, might as well just stay down he thought.

"Coco, you're up"

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{Two}

"Can I at least get a break!?" Arthur pleaded as he held the shield he had kept from his battle with Velvet in front of himself his eyes turning to Coco who had taken position on the edge of the ring, her right hand on her hip with a black purse with golden studs hanging off her arm, her left hand loosely hanging by her side.

{One}

"You had one" Summer succinctly replied.

"Ten seconds is not a break!" Arthur retorted, which Summer promptly ignored.

{Begin Combat}

Hearing the voice Arthur quickly turned his head in panic to Coco, who was taking slow deliberate steps towards him, her hand still on her h.i.p.s which were swaying from side to side as she walked.

Feeling a sense of uneasiness Arthur gulped and bolstered his stance, fortifying his defence which he hoped would hold up against the second year team leader.

"Aww, no need to be on guard. It'll only hurt for a second" Coco said as she came to stand just a few feet away from Arthur, who was still looking at her cautiously, not willing to move as the sense of impending dread took hold.

Coco began tapping her foot in boredom "You going to do anything?" she asked, not getting a response except that he took a step backwards.

"No? Okay then, let's fight!" she said swinging her purse upwards against Arthur's shield, sending his arm up from the power behind her attack. Arthur's eyes widened as he stared at Coco who let out a smirk, lifting her foot and kicking Arthur c.h.e.s.t sending him flying backwards, this time instead of his back hitting the ground it instead hit the wall, leaving small spider web cracks in the wall.

His body peeled itself off the wall as he fell onto his hands and knees, coughing as he gripped his c.h.e.s.t with his right hand.

"Never take your eyes off the enemy!" He heard Coco shout, causing him to lift his head only to see Coco standing in the centre of the ring, now carrying a large golden minigun that was slowly beginning to pick up speed as it rotated.

"Oh, Shit!" Arthur cried, bringing his shield up in front of himself hoping to be able to block at least a few of the bullets that would soon rain down on him.

Yet once again, his expectation as subverted as no bullets came his way, instead the rapid stomping of footsteps as he once again felt his body flying through the air as his shield was knocked away from him.

Looking down he saw that the minigun Coco had been holding had turned back into a purse which she used to bludgeon his shield away. "Oh, Come on!" Arthur w.h.i.n.ed as he saw Coco's purse transform into a large minigun.

"The floor is lava!" Coco shouted as her minigun wound up and began firing a barrage of dust infused bullets.

"Shit! Shitshitshitshit" Arthur chanted as he began flailing his sword in an attempt to block at least a few of the bullets. But as fate would have it the moment the bullets connected with the blade his arm was thrown up leaving him open to the rest of the barrage.

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"S-should we take him to the infirmary?" Velvet questioned as she stared at Arthur's unconscious body which had fallen to the ground after nearly thirty seconds of bullet fuelled flight.

"He'll be fine… he's just sleeping?" Coco wryly questioned, knowing she may have gone a little too far during the fight.

"No, throw him into the chamber." Summer mercilessly replied.

"Yes, ma'am" Coco shouted as she saluted in fear of Summer. Running over to Arthur she picked him up, throwing him over her shoulders before quickly walking towards the shutters to the chamber room which opened as she got near. The chambers door already open and the gel bed already glowing.

"Sorry bout this." She said throwing Arthurs body into the human shaped indentation.

"Oww…" Arthur muttered as his eyes began to flutter open, his ears hearing the familiar sound of pistons he had come to fear over the last two days.

His eyes burst open as he screamed "Oh, Come on!" at his impending misery.

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Alternate Chapter names: [Straddle me this batman] [101 ways to fly] [Keepie-Uppie] [The floor is bullets]

Hey guys, I'm back home now, sorry I didn't release anything yesterday. After getting back here it took me a bit to get used to my mind seeing my dog in all his usual places, so that was fun. I'll be heading to the vet right after sending this out to sort out what to do with him