Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5426254-20150806023625/@comment-5426254-20150807022621

The two of them were walking up to the seats, as the arena was filled with students, all ready for Professor Glynda Goodwitch's lesson.

"Carmine, I know that you've been staring at that oh-so adorkable couple over there, but why them?"

"Because," Carmine responded, "I have a theory that they've also fought together too. We could do a 2v2 tag-team throwdown. Besides, Alicia, didn't you always want to have a little fun? You and I will get to 'play' with these two."

"Ohh." Alicia gave herself a sly smile. "I get it. This is going to be sooo fun!"

After Goodwitch gave her lecture, it was time for the sparring matches to begin.

This is it, Carmine thought. He didn't know too much about the couple's fighting capabilities, and was worried about getting severely hurt. ''For all this time trying to keep her happy, we might be on the edge of death once it's done. I'm not sure whether or not they've been trained by bloodthirsty killers, or the strongest martial arts grand masters on the planet. I'm not sure if their weapons are on the cutting edge of technology, or if they are legendary relics.''

He gave himself a deep breath and sighed. ''This is it. There's no turning back.'' He regained his composure as he waited for Goodwitch to start.

"It's time for our sparring matches. Any volunteers?" Goodwitch asked. "Ah, Mr. Ravenholme. Let me pick an opponent for you."

"I'd like to make three requests, Professor. First, Alicia and I, would like to fight," Carmine interjected, as he was trying to find the couple's location, "that lovely young couple over there in a 2v2 tag-team throwdown."

The crowd began to murmur and gasps of "Ooh!" erupted from several students before the arena fell silent.

How odd, Goodwitch thought. ''This is the first time in recent classes that a student chooses a team battle. But I wonder...''

"What an interesting choice, Mr. Ravenholme. Are you sure-"

"Rest assured Professor, we'll commit to the very end until all the Aura's gone," Carmine interrupted, "unlike that flake Mercury over there," he said, pointing his left thumb in Mercury's direction.

The crowd then roared with chants of "Ohhhhh!!!!" and "Dammnnnn!" before falling silent once again.

Mercury, however, was not impressed in the slightest. "Motherfuckers, all of them," the gray-haired boy muttered as Emerald was suppressing a giggle. Mercury was peeved, alright, but continued to watch the match, scouting any potential threats to Cinder's operation.

Even Goodwitch herself smiled as she was impressed by Carmine's pledge to commit to his choice while at the same time putting Mercury in his place.

"Where were we? Ah-yes," Carmine spoke as he tried to get back on the topic at hand. "Our second request is that the match will have no Semblances. Only weapons, strategies and martial arts."

"Interesting. I suppose it's fair," Goodwitch replied. "If a Semblance is used, then the team using it will be disqualified."

The crowd went into murmurs once again as they were discussing how there were rumors of the other challengers using Semblances involving blood. Carmine, however, breathed a sigh of relief. He felt reassured that assuming the enemy team had blood-related Semblances, and that the matches stopped long before then, when the Aura meters ran out, he didn't have to worry as much of the enemy team gaining a huge advantage over them, if the Semblance disqualification wasn't in place, and that the rumors weren't false. Mercury, on the other hand, was a little disappointed. There was no possible way to see if any of the challengers display a Semblance, let alone one worthy enough of Cinder's attention.

"Finally, when we enter the arena, we will be known through special team names and be greeted with a special announcement," Carmine finished, as he put on a sly grin ...