Melpaws

♦ A New Era ♦ - A My Hero Academia RP

Ruby Mamoru

Despite the more than serious matter, or maybe even because of it, Ruby stayed quiet for the duration of their short travel to the hospital. There wasn't much she had to say to those who joined them, she basically did not know them at all and felt a disconnect towards them even though they were her classmates. After all, hastily exchanging a few words on school grounds or in class wouldn't make anyone your friend. Hell, Ruby knew more about Amane than about those who were with her and that she accompanied to her other hospitalized classmates. But if she did not follow them to the hospital now, what chance would there ever to be to become friends with them?
Of course she recognized them, especially someone like Jett to whom she had a rather awkward relationship with. Upon seeing him for the first time, Ruby attempted to hide her slight blush and only greeted him in the same quick manner that he did. After all, Ruby didn't even want to think about what happened between them during the exercise. It would surely linger a while as a thought in the back of her mind whenever she'd see him.

Once they had reached the hospital though, it became slightly chaotic. Since Ruby did not really have a very noticeable presence, rather staying in the background of things without saying much, it was easy to forget she was there, especially with everything that happened around the small group that could and would easily be distracting.
Though Jett's question to where they should go first was more than valid, it made Ruby realize that she was not actually quite sure where to, or rather, to whom she wanted to go first. After all, she came along rather spontaneously without asking many questions just like her instincts wanted her to. Therefore she was a little dumbfounded by the question, but luck struck her once more as the perfect oppertunity basically opened up in front of her. She saw Roy looking badly beat up in a wheelchair. Since Roy was practically one of the first people she had met during the exercise, she recognized him immediately and did care about him, especially considering the seemingly intense severity of his injuries that he had sustained. The quiet black cat in the back decided this was her moment to part from the group to follow the wheelchair-bound classmate. Without really saying a word to the others who were still standing in the corridor, Ruby walked in the direction where Roy and the little girl who had followed him went. Luckily for her own ego, Ruby didn't notice yet that someone seemed to be allergic to cats... that would surely lead to a surprise later.

Anyways, she followed them into the hallway, seeing them disappear around the corner before suddenly, the blonde in the wheelchair charged across the hallway in front of her. It was so out of nowhere that the catgirl did not expect it and her cat-ears perked up in frightened attention for a short moment before calming down again. With her eyes still opened rather widely in surprise she muttered to herself
"W-What...?"

As she approached the hallway, she leaned forward so that only her head was visible as she looked from one corner, where Roy was likely shaken from what had just occured together with another woman, to the other corner where the angry loli was standing.
Since she only recognized one of them, Ruby decided to walk towards Roy rather after acknowledging the unknown girl.
"Hey there Roy... are you.., like, are you alright?"
She said awkwardly. This situation was just weird, even for black-haired catgirl standards. Even though she didn't talk much to Roy after the exercise she hoped that showing her concern now would give him reason to maybe even become friends with her eventually. As awkward as that sounded.

@pkken @Heartfillia

❂ The Next Step ❂ - A My Hero Acadamia Rp (Pkken and Melpaws)

Jason Akizuki

It was earlier in the morning and the sun just succesfully managed to pass the horizong, coating the city-landscape in the beautiful morning-athmosphere that this region was known for and the mechanical blinds in the room of a particular boy were slowly opening up to let in the fresh sunrays of the morning into the room. As the room lit up, the pure-white, almost sterile looking walls began to become visible, just like the almost enormously large television that was hanging on the wall to the right of the windows, right above a white cupboard with all kinds of different technological devices, like a blu-ray disc player, various game-consoles and a music station which was connected to two large speakers which were each located next to the flat-screen that was positioned in the center.
On the opposite side of the room, positioned in the center, roughly at the same height as the telivision was the bed which Jason Akizuki was sleeping in. The sheets' design consisted of a white background and one large blue eye in the middle of the blanket, while the pillow was entirely blue with a design that could best be described as "Digital" or "Futuristic".

As the blinds were opened, beams of sunlight began to hit the face of the guy that was sleeping beneath the blankets. The blinds were actually controlled by his digital alarm clock sitting on the nightstand next to his bed. It was a selfmade device which did not wake him up with noises, but rather by opening the blinds and let the light do its thing. Luckily for Jason that plan had always worked out for him so far.
He slowly opened up his eyes and immediately turned his head to the right, since he was laying on his bed and his windows were left of him, to escape the light that was shining directly onto his eyes. After recovering for a few moments, Jason opened up his deep-blue eyes, which were a strong contrast to his almost silver-white hair and looked at the screen of his digital clock, displaying the current time in light-blue numbers. It took his sleepy brain a few moments to process what he just had seen and he closed his eyes again. Eventually though, they shot open quickly and he even set up, throwing the blankets off of his upper body. "The entrance exam!" He shouted out into the room.

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Izumo Hatsue

Roughly at the same time as that was happening, in a vastly different part of the town, a gorgous melody began playing, accompanied by a voice similar to that of an angel. At least, that is the way the wikipedia page described her, obviously having been edited by some kind of fan who was overly into her. The person in question, obviously, was none other than the famous online songstress and idol, Izumo Hatsue. With her youtube channel having over three million subscribers, one could argue that she indeed reached a wide audience. But now she was ready for the big stage she thought; Izumo was ready to become a hero.
Where was the singing coming from? It was Izu's daily vocal training while taking a shower in the morning. Everyone sings in the shower, even an idol like her was no exception. "...And she's got something IIIII dooon't... to you~~~"

The bathroom where she was taking a shower in right now was actually connected to the room she slept in. If someone was to rock such a complicated hairstyle like Izu's, having your own bathroom was kind of a necessity. Sometimes it took her an hour just to get her outfit right!
Her own room reflected her interests rather well and made it quite obvious just how much she was into music. There was a large mixer in the middle of the room connected to two E-Pianos and a multi-screen computer setup which she used to compose and work on her songs. Though there were no other instruments actually present in the room, but there was a massive stack of paper in one corner of the room, curiously enough.
So much of her space was dedicated to her music that her bed was rather small and just mindlessly placed in a corner of the room. Its only purpose was to be a resting place for Izumo, so it did not need to have more space dedicated to it.
The only other special feature about her room was a massive walk-in closet which contained all the different outfits that she either wore daily or needed for music-videos.

It would only be a few minutes more until she was done showering...

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Jason Akizuki

Only 15 minutes the boy woke up, he was already downstairs and eating his breakfast. He was wearing a grey hoodie-jacket with the symbol of a drawn white eye in the middle, with the text "Placebo" beneath. It was his favorite piece of clothing and surely on an important day such as this he'd be wearing to feel as comfortable as possible.
While the boy was shoving his cereal into his mouth, spoon after spoon, and occasionally taking a bite out of his french toast, he was using his phone to text a friend of his. Will be at the train station in 15. Afterwards he would finish his breakfast while watching the early morning news on the livingroom telivision.

A few minutes later, when he was done eating breakfast, he started to pack his rucksack for the day. While he packed some common stuff like a bottle of water, some food and some sheets to take notes on, there were some rather unusual things too, like four different digital clocks, two wristwatches and two different tablets, among other things. It was easy to see that he had a special passion for technology and the likes.
Once he was done with all the things he needed for the day, he grabbed his purse, phone and headphones and then made true on his promise and left the house to head towards the trainstation.

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Izumo Hatsue

Still being in the bathroom, the girl was just finishing up styling her hair while looking into the mirror. As she was doing so, she decided to give herself a quick pep-talk.
"Alright Izu... you got this. You've faced bigger challenges than this, this is nothing compared to the la-" Suddenly, her phone played the all too familiar tune that it would play when she received a message. This time however, it was so sudden that it actually stratled Izu. Because she was so surprised, she actually dropped the Scrunchy which she was using. "A-Ahh!"
The small shriek-ish scream was quickly stopped by herself placing a hand on her mouth. Even though noone saw this, her cheeks were blushing slightly. "Pull yourself together Izu... come on."
The girl checked her phone to see the message "Will be at the train station in 15." to which she replied Okay!~:3
Afterwards, the idol finished up her hairstyle with the last remaining scrunchy.

Stylin'

Even while eating breakfast, which her mother had so lovingly prepared for her, Izu's hands were shaky and, sadly for her, there was noone in the house to calm her down as her mother had just left for work herself. She was really looking forward to meet her friend at this point, she was sure that he'd calm her down like he had done so many times before. Luckily for Izu however, she was practically living next to the train-station which allowed her to leave her house only shortly before the train would arrive.

After her rushed breakfast, Izu quickly grabbed her bag and left the house, locking up behind her. Since she was so nervous about the whole thing, she had already prepared everything the day before like a proper student always should!... according to her mother.

On the outside, her outfit was quite cute. A brown coat on the outside which covered up the white buttoned-up shirt beneath and a striped Blue-green-ish bowtie on her kneck together with a silver pair of headphones. Red ribbons decorated her hair and helped the scrunchies to hold the two pigtails in place. Below her waist she wore kneesocks which went up to her thighs and shoes to match the outfit. The striped skirt that was around her waist obviously had matching colors aswell!
The beg which she was carrying over her right shoulder while walking towards the trainstation had two chibi plush versions of two of her co-idols on her youtube channel and live appearances, they looked quite cute as was expected from an idol like her.
The contents of the bag itself were mostly standard. A bottle of water, a thermos flask filled with green homebrew tea, a lunchbox which was lovingly crafted by her mother. The only somewhat exceptional thing were the rather large amount of white, empty sheets of paper accompanied by a set of ten pens.

In any case, she would arrive at the trainstation soon.

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At the Trainstation

Finally, both would arrive at the train station at the same time. Jason from the nothern entrance and Izu from the southern one.
As they walked up to one another, Jason having his hands in the front pockets of his jacket-hoodie and Izu wlaking while staring at her phone, they eventually noticed one another.
The cheerful idol flashed him a bright smile and walked up to him to give him a hug. Naturally, jason accepted it. "Are you ready?" she asked curiously after they had finished their hug as their train rolled into the station next to them and the wind that it caused made both of their hair move.
"As ready as I can be. You?" he replied.
Izumo nervously scratched the back of her head with an awkward smile and closed eyes. "You know me, I am never really ready."
And with a laugh, both boarded the train.

The train itself was relatively void of other passengers so they were able to grab some comfy seats right as they walked in. Not many people seemed to be wanting to get to the same destination, it was quite far off after all, especially from the view of a city-inhabitant.
Even though the drive itself was rather long, both were able to pass the time quickly by conversing, chatting and calming each other down ahead of such an important deal like the entrance exam. After all, laughter is the best cure for nervousness.

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Eventually, the train arrived. The female voice announced it through the speakers so it was hard to miss.
"Next stop, Shinto Village. Please exit the train on the right side and make sure to not leave any obje-..." That was when both of them stopped listening. After all, they already knew everything they needed to know.
It soon came to a halt and the teenagers left the train in anticipation.
"Here goes nothing." Jason noted while walking next to Izu along the bewildered dirt-path that lead to their destination and the ground for the entrance exam.
"Mhm." Izu replied quietly with a nod.
Jason would check his phone, as he so regularly does, only to notice that there was barely any signal there, if any at all. Izu saw it too, looking down on his phone and quietly acknowledging it. As the tension grew for both of them, their conversions decreased in numbers as they left themselves to their thoughts in order to mentally prepare for what was ahead. This was reflected in their facial expression, as even the normally so cheerful and friendly smiling idol now had a neutral, concentrated expression on her face.

It was a few minutes later when they entered the village that one of them broke the silence. Izumo had enough of being silent and, after both of them were able to take the surrounding area in, decided to speak up.
"This village is pretty and all... but where to next? Everything here looks broken and run down..."
"Let me check my notes again."
So now both were standing basically in the middle of the street as Jason grabbed the backpack from his back, placed it in front of him to take out the sheet that was given to them with all the information they needed and began to read it to gain more information on where to go. Meanwhile Izu was looking left and right nervously.
"Are you sure we are right? This place is eerie."

♦ A New Era ♦ - A My Hero Academia RP

Ruby Mamoru

What did he think he was doing! Ruby didn't agree to this conversation only to get her fightingstyle mocked and criticized! The fact that she contradicted herself did not matter. Totally didn't matter. Nope.
Just when she was about to answer to all the, at least to her, accusations Amane suddenly did something very unexpected. He came closer to her and pinched her cheeks! Instantly the Neko's eyes widened quite largely, it basically stopped her mid-sentence. This was such an unexpected action, Ruby did not know how to react at all! Noone had ever done a similar thing to her... it was a very weird feeling. It kind of got the hair on the back of her neck standing.

Even after she let go the shocked expression of Ruby stayed the same. Her body was not moving at all and only her mouth slowly closed itself as her eyes stared intensely at Amane. The usually very reserved girl that never lost her composure was obviously just overwhelmed with the situation. Most of what Amane said went right through Ruby, she didn't bother to listen much as the pinch was still sinking in.
Ruby's usually very lively tail was just hanging down and staying still.

Finally, Amane would leave and propose to train with Ruby to which she, again, did not react to. Amane had to leave without hearing any word back from Ruby. It were only her eyes that followed him in his tracks.
Once he was fully gone, the neko finally unfroze. It was weird how these unknown social situations could freeze herself almost as well as her quirk could. Oh well.
She moved one hand up to her cheek, where she had been pinched, and traced the tip of her fingers softly over it. "What... was that?"

It would only be after a few more minutes of contemplating that the catgirl finally turned around to enter the dorm and proceed to her room. What a strange day it had been.

@pkken

♦ A New Era ♦ - A My Hero Academia RP

Ruby Mamoru

As the boy approached her, Ruby crossed her arms in front of her chest to further enhance her body language. What could he possibly want from her? He explained himself by claiming that he wanted to prove whether her victory was a "Fluke" or not. Ruby purposefully ignored the rather insulting and disrespectful past of that comment since she couldn't tell whether he was actually trying to be mean or not. After all, coming all this way after her only to be mean to Ruby would seem odd. Especially for a hero candidate.

"I've proved you everything I had to prove. If you want to believe that was a fluke then so be it. I don't intend to convince you further."

To be honest, Ruby couldn't really be bothered at the moment. She was both socialy and physically exhausted hence why she just wanted to get to her dorm. Though when she was about to announce her departure from Amane, he would call her fighting style a "devolved" form. This time, Ruby actually took it as insulting. Turning back to face him, with her arms still crossed, Ruby would reply again. The girl did however, grit her teeth at Amane's insult to her fighting style.

"Did it catch you off guard? If so then it was a success wasn't it?" Her voice was somewhat noticeable more cold than usual. Mayhaps Amane could tell that she felt insulted.

"Yes I give in to my instincts when I fight like that. That doesn't mean that I don't think however. I don't devolve, I willfully let my instincts take control in a fighting-style that is meant to overpower the opponent because of their inability to react quick enough to the sudden change. And in that way, I succeeded. Besides, my foe cannot counter my moves if they do not understand them."
She couldn't believe that she ended up justifying herself to Amane. Normally, Ruby would never do that. "I guess I do feel kind of insulted."

@pkken

♦ A New Era ♦ - A My Hero Academia RP

Ruby Mamoru

At this point, Ruby couldn't wait to reach her own room again so that she could finally change her clothes. After all, she still had to wear her roughed up gym clothes since there was no time to change after her little session with Amane. With her bag over her shoulder, Ruby knew that she'd probably spend the rest of the day in her room. She would take a nice and comfy shower, listen to her favorite music and then wrap herself up in her bedsheets for maximum comfyness. Thinking about how she would spend what, comparably little, time was left of the day was enough to make the time that she took to reach her own dorm basically fly by. Even though her legs did feel exhausted, which was only natural, it did not bother her too much.

In her own mind the neko had already zoned out by the time she reached her dormitory. With her eyes staring emptily at the stairs that she would have to climb in order to be temptingly close to her room, A voice suddenly called out her name. It struck her as odd that the, admittedly not unfamiliar, voice recalled her full name, but the surprise was only short lived. A feeling of curiosity had already replaced it as Ruby was somewhat interested in finding out what the strangest character in her story could possibly want from her. That is at least how she viewed it.

When he had spoken her name, Ruby stopped in her tracks and stood still for a few seconds before having decided that she would grant the brute his attention and turned around fully to face him. Golden eyes inspected his frame as she made it clear without saying a word that she would listen to what he had to say. The way Amane had presented himself indicated that it would at least be somewhat important. Besides, he didn't seem like someone who was bothered with trivial talk. "No, he is too edgy for that."

@pkken

♦ A New Era ♦ - A My Hero Academia RP

Ruby Mamoru

By now her hands had been carefully warpped up in bandages to cover up the skin that was shred during her little... exercise. Watching her hands that were now hidden behind the white cloth, Ruby remembered seeing drawings online of people who think that these kind of bandages that would cover people's hands look aesthetically pleasing or maybe even cool. Though Ruby was used to have some similar form of black cloth above her wrists up to her elbow, since she would use that in combination with her quirk in many useful ways and not even all of them combat-related as it just served as a multitool for her, having these bandages on her hands was new for her. In any case however, Ruby was thankful for the oppertunity to have her wounds treated and attended to. Once she was done, the catgirl bowed forward to Kiwi; She always valued respect and manners. "Thank you very much for treating my wounds"

By now, Ruby's physical and social energy was basically drained. Someone who wasn't used to social interaction too much would only end up being uncomfortable meeting one new person after the other. After all, she had already met Persia today and at this point the attention had shifted to someone with a peculiar quirk, but sadly not enough to keep the catgirl there. She just wanted to lay down in her bed and read her books. On her own. Maybe listen to music? She could drink some tea too! The more the neko thought about it, the more it became clear that she wanted to head to her room. Besides, she also felt physically exhausted too of course. While she was pretty good at pretending to not be completely exhausted, there was no way she would do any more workout today.
Ruby headed towards the door and spoke to Persia and Mamoru. "Thank you very much for accompanying me to the Nurse's Office. I'll go to my room now though, I could use some rest. I'll see you guys around." Despite talking in her common neutral voice, it shouldn't seem unfriendly towards Mamoru or Persia, who were somewhat used to Ruby's monotonous voice by now. To Toru it might have seemed a bit off, but Ruby made sure to nod to him in order to say goodbye to him too. She was sure they'd meet again eventually, he seemed to be their age.
And with that, Ruby left the room.

@pkken @Lucius Cypher @FamishedPants

♦ A New Era ♦ - A My Hero Academia RP

Ruby Mamoru

Upon reaching the Nurse's office, Ruby didn't pay any attention to what was happening around her. In that moment she was more concerned with erasing that annoying pain that was coming from many places in her body, mainly her scraped up hands though. After all, such a fight was sure to leave injuries and even the toughest hero would still feel pain. Especially after the adrenaline wears off, which happened for Ruby a little while ago. Therefore, while not looking at what the others were doing, since they were still with her anyways, Ruby just talked to the nurse to get her hands bandaged and received the care that she needed for her injuried body. Luckily this spar was not as severe obviously, even though some injuries would be felt over the next few days. After that, she mostly just observed the others for now and waited for any signal from Persia especially for them to leave. Truthfully though, Ruby intended to head to the dorms soon as she would want to both read her books and rest a bit. Her training for the day had been done already after all.

@pkken @Lucius Cypher

♦ A New Era ♦ - A My Hero Academia RP

Ruby Mamoru

Soon after the fight had ended, almost only moments after it did, the field was filled with the spectators of this spectacle. Fortunately for Ruby they managed to break the intense athmosphere that came to enfold itself in the arena due to Ruby's and Amane's staredown. She rbeathed out in relief after they had arrived and they were naturally all over her. The neko recognized Mamoru from her earlier meeting both in class and the dorms. Someone who had the same first name as Ruby's last name was difficult to forget. Besides, she was also very much a loud person.

When she was being screamed at by both Mamoru and the, luckily more quiet, concerned Persia, Ruby flinched back a bit. For someone with a more sensitive hearing like Ruby, being screamed at suddenly was horrible. Taking one step back, she managed to focus on the teacher who had decided to join them first. With a rather neutral expression, Ruby slightly bowed forward before replying to Ms. Akane. She honored teachers quite a lot and was willing to show it.
"Yes Miss. We will-"

Before she could finish her sentence or notice anything that was going on with Mamoru or Amane, her wrist was grabbed by Persia and the girl began draggin Ruby out of the arena and for that sake, the gym itself. Seeing as though Persia probably wouldn't let her go anyways, Ruby followed after her.
Once they managed to actually leave the gym Ruby would finally begin talking again. "Who would've thought that it would end up like this. I hope you are happy, having seen me fight. It seemed as though you were really into it Persia"

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♦ A New Era ♦ - A My Hero Academia RP

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♦ A New Era ♦ - A My Hero Academia RP

Amane Kishimoto

VS.

Ruby Mamoru

Part 1

Both took their position opposite of one another in the rectangular fighting arena. The floor was rather hard and would surely not be a pretty thing to fall on. Ruby however, had little concern for that. The only injury she got out of the exercise was having her head busted open, but thanks to the wonderful medical staff at the school that was already healed. Once they were set in their positions, Ruby nodded to Amane, letting him know that the fighting would start now.

Amane’s circling around Ruby was certainly special, but it did not affect her too much. It only showed Ruby that Amane thought he was the one who was the predator stalking his prey, that he underestimated her. While he was circling her, she simply stood still, not even raising her fists or anything else.

That did not change the instant he dashed forward towards her, immediately going for a strong kick to her sides. More or less on the exact moment that Amane placed his foot down in front of her to go for the kick, Ruby jumped backwards, simply dodging Amane’s offense without any counterattack. From that position, the neko kept staring at Amane, not changing either her stance or facial expression. Just like before, she did not seem as if she was about to fight anyone since she was just staring there, glaring at Amane.

The boy suspected this much that she'd create more space between the two. It irked him that this girl was going to take the annoying path and play mind games with him. Amane simple brought his guard down and let out a sigh.

“See, I know what you are doing. Yet I can't help but get agitated by it.”

The boy crouched low to the ground before taking off full sprint at the girl, his stance similar to that of a sprinter. Midway on his course he changed his running stance as he leapt from side to side before delivering a few jabs to the girls stomach.

“Are you going to fight or continue running?” he said, a hint of anger could be sensed in his tone.

He was rapidly approaching Ruby and it was obvious that he was changing his stance and approach options a lot so that she would not be able to predict her. After all, he seemed to be betting on the fact that Ruby tried to read his fighting style and then dodge. The comment earlier made it quite clear and Ruby did not even reply to that.

Now he right in front of her and was ready to deliver a quick jab, the speed was quite impressive. The entire time Ruby stood still, which was not very long admittedly since Amane’s approach was insanely fast, but right when the first jab was about to connect with her belly, Ruby used her right hand to push his arm to the left so that his attack would miss. Then, she would grab the arm that he attacked her with; Her left arm grabbing his wrist while her right arm grabbed the upper part of Amane’s right arm. At the same time, her left leg kicked into his ankles, making them lose their connection to the floor. This small moment would be used by Ruby to do the unthinkable: Because of the speed Amane had while rushing towards the neko, she was able to use all that energy to counter his own weight and pull on his arm strongly. The result was a throw of Amane over her own head, right onto the hard floor that was initially behind her.

Once he was down on the floor She would stare right into his face and finally reply.

“You don’t know what I am doing. I don’t predict your actions, I react to them with my enhanced reflexes. I’m not taking you lightly, so give me all you’ve got Amane Kishimoto.” Conveniently, this was also the first time that she had used his name to adress him.

In an impressive display his attack was turned against him leaving the cold floor of the training arena. His back in excruciating pain as he laid on the floor yet there was a grin plastered on his face as he laid on the floor as he replayed the moment in his head.

She managed to grapple him and turned his own weight and power against him. It was brilliant.

It pissed him off.

The boy's hair obstructed his vision as he laid on the ground and listened to Ruby as she lectured him. “You're getting ahead of yourself” Amane pushed off the ground and into a sitting position. His back facing his opponent, “I am going to need to see a little more before I start taking you seriously. To me all I see is a general studies student.”

Amane got to his feet and smiled as he began to grow a bit excited, she knew how to get on his nerves. ”Lets see those reflexes” he said as he began circling her once again as well as walking off the pain in his back. He continued again with the same roundhouse kick predicting Ruby will simply dodge. If what he predicted was to come true he would transition into a feint, kicking off with his right left foot and going for a solid knee to the stomach. Just off of that little talk it seemed as though she plans on exploiting her agility in this fight in which he was prepared for.

All he had to do was capitalize on his attacks and not give her a chance to breathe once he lands a hit.

Even though Amane’s comment was meant to provoke Ruby, it did not have that effect at all. She was proud of the fact that her foe’s comments would rarely ever get to her, she knew that anger would only decrease her strength in a battle.

When Amane dashed forward for his next attack, Ruby attempted to dodge just like the last time. Her reflexes dictated her that a dodge backwards would be the most logical conclusion since; catching the kick would not be worth it since it would really hurt with his strength. However, much to Ruby’s surprise, the moment that she dashed off backwards, Amane dashed forward himself. The neko did not expect a feint! She still had time to dodge it, right?

No; She was airborne. Normally, Ruby would now use her quirk to either adjust her momentum or block the attack entirely, but that was not allowed in this fight. She was fucked.

The knee hit right into her stomach, the impact felt horrendous. Luckily for Ruby, it was enough to push her away from him, but that was not what she wanted. Her mind went blank for a very short moment when the knee connected, but that was enough so that she could not grab onto him. Initially, she had planned to do exactly that. “Shit”

Being thrown backwards a bit, Ruby eventually managed to land on her back and turn the momentum into a roll backwards which would end with her being on her feet. Slowly she stood up again, the pain still lingering from the impact of Amane’s knee. It was obvious that he was prepared for her attempts to dodge, which is why she had to change her gameplan. How about something unexpected? Suddenly, the neko dashed forward. She would raise both of her hands in anticipation; A direct attack might seem useless against someone like Amane, but she did have a plan in mind. With her fist raised, Ruby would go for a direct punch into his face; For his nose to be exact. Even though Ruby was not the strongest, if that blow were to go through it would have severe efffects. If he blocked it like she expected, she would go for an immediate kick into the knee of his right leg. Even if he were to dodge her simpleminded fist-attack, from her position she would be fast enough to do a similar follow up like what he did. Like that, she could reduce his speed and make sure that she would gain a huge advantage; By repeatedly attacking his legs. Of course, one kick to the knee would not be enough to slow him down significantly, but she would keep the attacks up.

Amane didn't stop there with his knee, he continued onward with his rain of pain as he cocked a fist back and prepared to deliver a clean strike to the jaw. As he began to let the haymaker go Ruby had retaliated quicker then he expected with a punch aimed at the center of his face. His body was already set in motion and it was too late to alter his course of action. All he could do now was brace himself to take the least amount of damage.

Amane turned his face to the side allowing for Ruby's fist to drag along his left cheek. It didn't hurt too bad but with the added momentum from his sheer mass, it was enough to cause his head to turn completely putting Amane in a bad spot as he was now susceptible to all of Ruby's attacks.

Instinctively he immediately pulled his hands over his face to block anymore headshots but his prediction was off as Ruby went for a flurry of kicks to the boy's leg causing his knee to buckle putting him into an unfortunate situation as he was know kneeling on one leg. Within the sudden change in position Amane managed to gather himself as he caught her kick with his right hand. The boy wrapped his fingers around her ankle and viciously eyed her down.

“Believe it or not, I've put in countless hours trying to perfect my craft. Do you think it's easy to bend gravity to your will? You'll never know what it's like to have your own quirk try and kill you.”

Amane tugged with all his might, sweeping Ruby clean off her feet. With an impressive display of how strong he was, he had thrown Ruby halfway across the arena.

“You and many others are wrong. It's not the quirk that makes the hero, its the hero that makes the quirk.”

He surely would hit himself later for saying that, he could believe he really spouted his grandfather's words in a battle? Perhaps he suffered more damage to his brain than he thought.

“Your hits are well directed but you lack the power to take out your opponents enough. You disappoint me, I thought you were different.” Amane began stretching his fingers out as he spoke not even looking Ruby in the face as he talked down on her.

“If that's all you've got, drop out of the hero course right now. Choose another occupation while your limbs can still function correctly.”

@pkken @Lucius Cypher @Silver Carrot