Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5426254-20150930003410/@comment-5426254-20151008005406

Sable had got himself up from that massive ramming attack Tana had unleashed upon him.

What the fuck just happened?

But, his shock was quickly relieved as he saw Alicia send Tana flying towards him.

"Batter up, slugger," Sable chuckled as he surveyed the damage. Tana had made him smash into a crystal and nearly crash into Pieter. The crowd had several gasps of oohs and ohs as they were impressed by Tana's charge and pitied Sable in the crash, relieved that he could survive an attack like that.

He also realized he had no time to laugh as Tana started to get herself back on her feet.

"Nani (What)!?"

Tana was recovering from that baseball-styled hit that made the audiences laugh. And when she got up, she saw her opponent trying to make a run for the hills, causing her to pursue.

Sable then slowly stood where he was.

What is that young man doing? Goodwitch wondered.

"Pay attention, Mercury, this may be the start of something awesome," Emerald whispered.

''Okay, how do bullfighters handle this? Ah! They use something red. Wait, no that's a bad idea.''

To his surprise, he saw Tana continuing to make her charge, oversized axe in hand.

''It looks like she's still at it. Okay. Think, Sable, how do you make an bull ... okay, an ox stop?''

As he looked at his immediate surroundings, he smiled.

When Tana continued her charge, she saw Sable taunting her. This made her mad. But she had failed to notice one thing as she ran closer and closer, horns inching forward at Sable.

She had failed to notice the environment as she fell face flat to the icy floor, skidding forward in front of Sable, who now looked down at her in a literal sense. A stomp, then a hard kick from Sable's foot sent her flying into a crystal. But that wasn't enough. He leaped up and sent and sent a flying stomp to her abdomen, smashing the crystal outright, and drawing cheers from the audience as Tana's Aura levels began dropping into the yellow, now separated several feet from her axe, deeply lodged in the ice.

"Looks like she's not getting up is she?" Sable asked. "Well then, that's how you stop a raging bull. Or in this case, an angry cow. Eye for an eye, babe," Sable remarked to the crowd's howls of laughter.

''That was easy. I can't believe that she would get that pissed off that easily. And tricking her to slip and fall in this icy part of the arena? It's like taking candy from a baby!''

He pulled up his portable scroll and checked his Aura. Son of a bitch, he thought. She knocked it down to 65 percent!

He had to get back into battle and help his partners. But first, he had to recover as much Aura as he possibly can. He took a deep breath and travelled back to the battle zone, his Aura meter filling up at a steady rate, as quickly as possible... -- Pieter immediately heard the sound. He ducked and dodged quickly, avoiding the shotgun blasts from close-to medium range where Rayne stood.

''Shit! That close!?''

Another flurry of buckshot pellets forced him to backflip, before twirling Innocence to block another salvo. When the twirling stopped, he noticed Rayne charged at him, scythe blade facing towards him.

Pieter had blocked the Viper's blade with the shaft of Innocence, before kicking her back. Rayne then separated the Viper and brought out the shot-tonfas, spraying pellets once more and forcing Pieter on the defensive.

''So she's the one who neutralized our ranged attacks with that smokescreen. It appears that she's the only opponent that can shoot a gun, since Carmine briefed me on Heart and Asher's weapons, and that the oversized axe doesn't shoot anything. But first, let me test a theory!''

Pieter then quickly transformed Innocence into an assault rifle and peppered Rayne with 7.62 mm rounds, forcing her to twirl The Viper in the exact same style as Selena herself.

On the other hand, Rayne was slightly frustrated. She expected a quick kill, but Pieter was proving to be tougher than she expected.

''I need to make this quick, for my dear Asher. Please hold on, my love, because I will protect you!''

When the barrage of bullets was over, she rushed in.

Aha, Pieter thought as he prepared a counterattack. ''She's close to Selena, alright. And it seems that she's indeed part of those White Truth freaks.''

The blade of the war scythe inched closer and closer, but was separated by Innocence. Pieter was ready to land a sweep at Rayne when ...

... when the girl flipped up, flew over his head, and separated the shaft into tonfas, before unleashing a beatdown from behind.

As Pieter fell flat on the ground, still conscious, he saw glimpses of the war-torn grassy plains that were his past. His Aura was still fine at 82 percent, but he needed to get back into the match.

Rayne, on the other hand, picked up the sword, recombined The Viper and ran back to the forest. -- The rematch had been fierce.

Heart began her assault as she began swiping and slashing at every direction. Carmine, as usual, decided to block and dodge her attacks at every angle.

''If only I can get that pretty boy's shiny arm out of the equation, this would be easy! But how!? He knows what I'm capable of! How am I supposed to teach him a lesson about who's the best in the arena if he's giving me such a hard time right now!?''

Carmine thought differently. ''She wants a duel that badly, all right. But what's her angle? Does she love bashing heads so much? Does she want to prove a point? And when should I use Howling Wind? She knows that I held back and will definitely try to target it since she saw it firsthand. I gotta use it at the right time.''

As the two continued their state of deadlock, Alicia and Asher were having a more relaxed fight. Alicia had refined her strokes and used some new techniques, forcing him on the defensive. However, she also took to heart what lessons were learned from the last fight and tried to hold back her attacks as much as possible, forcing him to make a move.

Not bad, Asher thought as he was creating a strategem to deal with Alicia. But his train of thought was interrupted as he saw Carmine and Heart continuing their duel.

As the silver-haired speedster decided to charge at Carmine, he swiftly decided to turn a half-step to his left, dodging the blade as he pivoted around and elbowed Heart in the face, sending cold, hard steel into flesh and bone.

The blow had staggered her, followed by a downward slam of Gust Breaker sending her crashing into the floor.

"Looks like I'm going to wipe that smile off your face, bitch."

"You should look into the mirror once after I make it ugly, douchebag."

The verbal spat ended as Heart quickly gave a leg sweep, knocking Carmine on the behind. As she got back up and was ready for a killing blow, a flash of black smashed into her as Sable rushed in and tackled Heart into a nearby tree.

"Sorry to interrupt your little slapfight, but do you mind if I have this dance?"

"How come?"

"I guess you can say we mesh well together, not that we're in love or anything," Sable remarked, as he stared down Heart after she stood back up from that tree.

"Okay, kid, since you like to steal my rematch, I guess I'll kill you first!"

"Come and try me, kid," Sable coolly responded. "You're mine."

As Asher saw the two close to Heart, he knew he had to do something about it.

If I just sneak in, separate them, and regroup with Heart, I can-

Suddenly, he was interrupted as Alicia bonked him on the head with Wonderland, something that clearly pissed off Rayne when she arrived, even though Asher was still fine from that relatively soft coshing.

As Asher got back up, he had one final thought.

''Good luck against my significant other ... you'll need every single bit of it.''