Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5426254-20150806023625/@comment-13593058-20150819010417

Heart clicked her tongue in mild annoyance as she recovered from the explosion; she smelt her black leather jacket giving off an interesting aromas with a mix of sweat and iron. She felt short of breath as each mouthful of air she took burned her throat and the blades in her hands felt heavier than they should be.

"Just the way I like it." she chuckled to herself, but even she knew this was not viable if she is to win this fight.

The chanting of the room was deafening to her as it made way for a head crunching ring emenating from within her head. She scanned the room for anything to focus her mind on while Carmine cautiously waited for her to make an advance. Obviously, her tenacity had given her a reputation in this fight.

''"...? Where's Asher?" ''she pondered as she could not locate his body where it had previously laid. She quickly scanned the room again only to find Asher recovered and freely moving about at the sidelines, carrying what seems to be Alicia's limp body out the stage where he asked some students nearby for the first-aid kit.

Heart smirked at the scene, ''"Always so kind. So irresponsibly, stupidly kind." ''she momentarily closed her eyes as she remembered the event that had brought them together.

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"Hey are you okay?! I'll-I'll call an ambulance, just hang in there all right? Hey! Stay with me here!"

He saved me...

"Well...uhm... you're welcome to stay at my house until you move into whatever school you're going to."

He cared fro me...

"Here, eat. I'm sure the hospital food wasn't very appealing... seconds? I just made enough for... ah, here, have mine."

He fed me...

"We're going shopping, you're not going out with those rags."

He clothed me...

"What's the girl's name? I don't... know... I do know her name. Her name's Heart... how do I know? I just do."

He named me.

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Only a split second has passed as Heart recalled her memories and a deep smile of happiness had unknowingly emerged on her face. He looked at Asher again, busily tending to Alicia's injuries but as if on queue, he lifted his head just in time to meet her gaze. With no need for words, Asher smiled back and gave her a simple salute to signifiy his faith in her.

"Tch, too cool you idiot." Heart barked under her breath, "Fine, I'll do it your way."

She straightened her pose as if to prepare to attack, Carmine himself tightened his grip on the two mismatched weapons he wielded. In a quick motion, Heart sheathed her two blades simultaneously, effectively silencing the whole room.

Some mururs could be heard from the seats.

What's she doing

She's not going to use her swords?

Maybe she's giving up?

Heart took a deep, meditative breath. With each exhale, steam would be visible coming from her nostrils and she could be compared to a dragon in its slumber. Suddenly, the Heart's Aura bar slowly began to refill itself, percent by percent.

27%

28%

29%

30%

And it stopped there as Heart, to the surprise of Carmine, abruptly closed the gap between them until their faces were mere centimetres apart and slipped in a brief comment.

"I don't like odd numbers." she chuckled, before performing a round-house kick into Carmine's left temple.

50% read Carmine's bar.

Instead of retreating, she followed through with her kick by directing it leg down into the ground, rushing Carmine's body to the floor. The force alone caused him to bounce back up one metre where Heart greeted Carmine with a spin kick straight into his abdomen sending him crashing into a wall and generating a cloud of thick dust.

30%

Carmine's bar had dropped significantly in a matter of seconds but he was quite sturdy and easily recovered from the shock to recover his losses. From the cover of the dust cloud, Carmine fired off four shots into Heart's general direction. However, she was determined not to fear bullets anymore. As soon as the shots rang, she drew out both her blades in a swift motion and swung them horizontally apart while hopping back. Only mere glimpses were seen as dashes of light that resembled sword cuts appeared all around her, shredding the incoming bullets in an impressive display of technique.

Carmine exited the protection of the cloud with a determined charge and guns blazing. Heart did the same as the bullets grazed her cloths and punched several neat holes in her jacket. They clash in the middle as their blades formed individual crosses. They retreated again knowing that invading each other's kill zone will never end well and repeated their clashes over several minutes. The rate at which attacks and defenses were made were so high and the pattern so seamless, it blurred the actual fight and kicked up a thick layer of debris. Heart used her acrobatics and speed to chain together fast, typhoon-like, spin slashes, over-head - arial ground pounds and culling, gust-stings, while Carmine retorted with parries and occasional counters to take advantage of Heart's inert recklessness. The students watching only turned to the screen as both Carmine's and Heart's Aura bars both took turns depleting until the both bars stopped moving and the dust began to settle.

Heart: 2%

Carmine: 5%

The board displayed.

What reappeared were two individuals, out of breath but still locked in combat. Both Carmine and Heart locked in a damaged contest of strength. Heart's left arm was locked with Carmine's right while her right arm was bleeding heavily with what appears to be Carmine's Howling Wind, transformed into its blade mode, stuck in between her forearm.

"Looks... like... I... win..." Carmine managed to spit through his teeth, but in his gloating, Heart had brought her head back and smashed their skulls together in a final act of defiance.

Heart: 1%

Carmine: 1%

And they both collapsed onto the floor.

"We need medical attention over here!" Goodwitch exclaimed.