[Private - Invite Only] Clash of Great Forces

Rika was bored.  She’d been working on a way to test out her fighting style better than simply fighting Grimm, since the ones she’d fought hadn’t really given her a real chance to practice as much as she’d prefer.  The pigtailed faunus wasn’t exactly satisfied with that, despite the fight going well. The fact was that in order to really try things out better she’d need to find someone to actually fight against in order to see how well things went as a true martial arts style. The issue is that there weren’t a lot of non-weapon fighters around, most used their weapons primarily, while Rika mostly used hers secondarily while focusing more on her dust-based arracks, and recently she’d been trying to shift into the dust-based martial art she’d been making.  While there were plenty who PRACTICED unarmed fighting on occasion, she had yet to find anyone who actually took it seriously as more than just a secondary skill incase they needed to fight without their weapon.

The pigtailed girl had found a way to easily use dust without constant need to draw crystals or vials thanks to her bracers and the hidden compartments within them.  Still there was an issue with the solution, mostly that she still couldn’t use the effects of dust from her legs and feet, something Rika thought of as a problem, but one she’d need to figure out a solution for later on.  The pigtailed girl had decided to go to the training room, but without a good opponent to practice with she couldn’t really perfect the style she’d been developing.  The pigtailed girl had been about to begin her own practice when the sounds of someone else’s  training distracted her.  Rika followed the sound to see what looked and sounded like a boy training in a style she wasn’t familiar with against a sandbag.   She could tell there was pretty good strength behind those attacks. Especially when the guy stopped the bag altogether when it came to close to striking them back, he was small, heck probably only a little taller than the pigtailed faunus herself.

“Wow, ya aint bad,  never seen that style before.” Rika’s voice cut in, the pigtailed girl suddenly getting just close enough it might make someone uncomfortable without putting herself in real danger.  She blinked a bit at how girlish the guy looked considering before shrugging off the oddity as probably not important.
"Don't think i've ever seen ya here either...I'm Rika!"

Rika snickered at the boy’s surprise before the bag had hit her, which made the pigtailed faunus feel a bit bad about it, that probably didn’t feel too good after all, and the next few moments proved that effectively. The Pigtailed girl watched wide-eyed as the boy’s attack seemingly sent out a shockwave of its own, seemingly shaking the world around them.  It would probably be terrifying to anyone with any sense. Fortunately, Rika lacked that asset and as such she had a different reaction to the accidental show of force. She laughed out loud, clearly entertained by the destructive force and wondering the best way to convince the seemingly monstrously strengthed boy to have a spar with her. Seemingly unnoticing the change in pitch or the way this person was trying to hide the tone of their voice. “That was great! Do it again!” The entertained redhead grinned as she looked over the damage before realizing that the guy probably couldn’t do it again without something to hit, that sucked but it was still awesome to see.

She didn’t pay much mind to the apology, though even if Rika had heard it she wouldn’t have believed it to be needed The guy had run out by the time Rika was done inspecting the damage, her eyes moving from the ceiling where there was some minor damage to where they had been only to have seen them go somewhere, a second later they returned, apparently having been cleaning up the chain and sack. Though the pigtailed girl could still see some steel mixed with the glass and sand on the ground. She had heard the name of the style and was eager to see the other two almost as much as she was to get another show of that strength the guy apparently had.   “I’m Rika, Nice to meetcha!” She said, extending.

 “howdja do that anyways?” She asked, she could probably do similar with thrust dust, but she hadn’t seen any dust…maybe some hidden under the guy’s wrappings on his hands?  She did notice something appeared to be under them, maybe something with dust inside?"

Rika didn’t notice the other girl’s mood, not being particularly good at reading the room in general, not having all that much experience doing so, nor being aware of any sort of need to. As such she simply maintained her normal cheerful, if hyperactive attitude towards the whole thing. She could understand how not being able to control strength like that could be a problem, especially if you were fighting someone without aura. A martial artist was meant to protect others as she was taught, not kill. While the pigtailed girl was fine with the destruction of Grimm, it was clear that strength probably could be a problem for people who couldn’t take it. This of course, didn’t dissuade her at all from the desire to spar the guy with super strength she perceived Shun to be, not having caught onto the real gender of the person she was talking too.

“That sucks, ol’ man would probably suggest somethin’ like meditation.” She said, frowning at the word. It had been an activity he’d forced her to do regularly, to the point of almost becoming habit for her. She didn’t really get what the big deal with practicing in front of others was, nor did she get why the guy’s face turned red, even though he tried to hide it.
“Hey, ya feelin’ ok? Don’t get sick ‘fore we even get ta spar!” She didn’t think much on the comment, not seeing how this might make the guy feel being suddenly drafted into a spar. But realized that it might be better to ask after having said the comment. “Er…ya wouldn’t mind sparin’ with me, right?”

Rika frowned thinking about the guy’s problem with his strength, before being distracted by the impressive lightshow, it was a lot like her own semblance really, just seemingly cranked up a lot, still it was cool, and Rika whistled appreciatively at the showy display. Still she did give a sympathetic look, before turning it into a more reassuring smile. “You’ll get it eventually.” She said confidently. She blinked at the Shun’s comment about “somebody she liked,” somewhat surprised at the reveal of her real gender, but not really thinking much of it.

The pigtailed faunus didn’t really get what Shun meant, as the concept of romance. Why would thinking of someone that she liked make her act funny? Rika liked plenty a people alright and didn’t get all weird about them at all. The confusion on would likely show on her face as well, before the topic returned to the prospective spar, where it shifted to one of determination. “Sure…er…” Rika stopped for a second realizing she should probably figure out if it was ok for her to actually use her new style first. “Ya don’t mind If I use dust do ya?” She didn’t want to use it when her opponent wasn’t expecting, at least not when fighting someone that hadn’t at all been a jerk or nothin’. The other girl’s weight intrigued Rika, and a few ideas came to mind on how she could incorporate it into own training as well as ideas for how to add to her style regarding dust.

Assuming Shun agreed, Rika would shift into her own stance, with her front foot facing her opponent and back foot at a 90-degree angle, her hands both open with one resting level with her chest and the other extended. Rika had a lot of stances but knew enough to knew she’d probably want to be able to deflect her opponent here rather than outright blocking Shun if possible. If not, simply dodging her opponent outright. The pigtailed girl was practically bouncing on the balls of her feet, both to allow herself to be able to dodge the inevitable attacks as well as simply being too energetic to stand still, she was far too excited for this. Though the added footwork would give her a better mobility advantage than a more grounded approach. The previous shows of strength had only really served to hype the cat faunus up more than anything. Her body was facing the side somewhat, making herself an even smaller target.

Rika whistled appreciatively at the show of power from Shun, not missing the change of stance either, but decided to maintain her own stance rather than change to match. She didn’t really know enough about Shun’s style or styles to really choose any given stance to counter them, as a result she would simply have to fight as much as she could. Still the amount of power Shun seemed to have was pretty incredible, and Rika had to wonder how much the girl was really holding back then. How the heck did she get that strong?

Rika’s own semblance allowed her to increase her own strength, or durability at will, but not to the extent Shun seemed to. She decided to activate her own semblance, a blue glow appearing around the redhead that while not as flashy as Shun’s display, was still noticeable. When Shun charged, Rika dodged as the other girl expected her to, not catching the feint until Shun was already airborne. Still Rika could feel the heat radiating off her opponent, indicating the energy coursing through the other girl’s body. The pigtailed girl wasn’t the type to stay idle, and rather than let Shun do whatever she wanted upon landing, Rika took to the air herself, with the help of some of the thrust dust hidden inside her bracer. Launching her not only over Shun’s attack, but over the other fighter’s head and at the ceiling instead. The pigtailed faunus flipped in the air so that her feet touched the ceiling before launching herself again downward.

The pigtailed girl somersaulted into a downward kick aimed at Shun, using the momentum from the thrust dust to her advantage. Whether the attack hit or not, Rika would follow it up with an open palmed strike, only to reveal a red dust crystal just before a jet of flames shot out from her hand, extending out several meters from Rika.


HP 150/150 Aura: 160/170

Actions taken: Activated semblance, +2 to defense, used thrust to launch herself out of the way of Shun’s attack. two dust-based attacks used, one thrust and one fire. 50 dust-based damage each before defenses.

Rika smirked a bit when her attack hit, though the expression faltered a bit at the scream of pain, a bit worried she’d overestimated her opponent and might have accidentally caused real injury. Then something happened, causing the flames to break from their steady stream into a cyclone around the other martial artist. Rika frowned at the attack being called, thinking it was a bit silly to call one’s attacks like that…didn’t that just make it easier to dodge? Had it been a normal attack, the warning had seemingly given her more than enough chance to dodge, except for the one issue with that plan.

She hadn’t expected the attack to be so wide, and as such she wasn’t quote able to avoid the energy blast, on top of being surprised and amazed by it. The pigtailed girl found herself sent flying through the wall, eyes wide at the searing heat from the attack despite her aura blocking the hit. The blast did singe her clothes, and it hurt more than anything Rika could think of now, though it was somewhat similar to the time she’d accidentally blown herself up with dust.

The pigtailed girl climbed out of the whole she’d been knocked through, grinning like a madwoman despite the pain. “That was great!” She exclaimed, before charging back into the fray. Grabbing her whip from where it hung and extending it immediately, giving a quick horizontal strike before, she slammed a crystal into the backswing, the pigtailed girl’s next lash of her whip would purposefully miss her opponent, instead hitting the wall nearest to her where vines would shoot out at Shun and likely would restrain her movements if they hit. While Rika doubted it’d stop the super strong girl for long, it might just by her more than enough time for her next attack, as the pigtailed girl whipped the ground in front of Shun with another crystal activated, causing Ice to shoot out from directly in front of the other girl in an attack meant to freeze her.


HP: !30/150 AP 150/170

Actions. One physical attack with whip (30 damage before defenses) and two dust attacks, one plant dust and one Ice dust. (50 damage before defenses, ice attack requires roll for freeze.)

Rika smirked when her trick with the vines worked, only for Shun to end up using them to dodge the next attack. The pigtailed girl hadn’t expected the move, but nonetheless was more than ready to avoid the attacks being made toward her. Only to end up getting her foot snared by the stronger martial artist, The pigtailed girl found herself pinned, and frowned at the position she was in before Shun made her threat. Though her expression changed somewhat upon Noticing the proximity between their faces and for once the pigtailed girl felt somewhat awkward about it, though she wouldn’t be able to say why even if she’d been asked.

The pigtailed girl didn’t really understand why it seemed so weird, but her mind brushed it to the side in favor of focusing on the fight. She wasn’t about to tap out, and conveniently she happened to still have a way of getting out of this. “I aint gonna…give up that easy!” As Shun had either forgotten, or not yet discovered that her bracers contained dust hidden within them. Bracers that were currently pinned to the ground. The pigtailed girl headbutted her opponent, though the attack was more to catch her off guard, and disguise the secondary attack that came only a moment after. A wall of earth shot out diagonally from the ground next to Rika, one that, had Shun not moved off the pigtailed girl would like through her off given that the other martial artist despite her strength, would still weigh the same. And assuming her hands were freed by either action, Rika wouldn’t remain idly after this. Assuming the previous maneuver was successful, if nothing else than in freeing Rika’s hands, the pigtailed girl would followthe attack up with an open palmed strike, one that would stop short just as the pigtailed girl activated a thrust crystal. Hopefully causing the force from the crystal’s effect to slam into her opponent and send them at the wall behind. Or perhaps even through it.


HP:110/150 Aura 140/170

Actions: Headbutt 10 physical damage. Earth dust attack and thrust attack both 50 damage all before defenses.

A figure is seen taking a siesta out in the courtyard beneath a large maple tree, the figure wearing what looked to be an ice blue trailblazer with several buckles around the wrist, neck, and waste. He also wears a pair of ice blue cargo pants that included extra buckles one for each ankle, and one around his waist. The bottom of the pant legs was elastic to fit into combat boots. also leaning against the tree his weapon a massive seven foot eight inches long and 300 pounds sword

The figure suddenly awoke to the ground trembling, “Oh, come on I just got to Sleep!” the man exclaimed as he moved from his resting spot and made his way to the epicenter of the quakes, before noticing it was the training room. “Must be Shun training and getting frustrated, I guess I should get a move on to stop her from destroying the building.” Breaking into a slight jog taking not but five minutes to reach the room, he would have been there sooner if he had used his semblance but decided against not wanting to wreck the floors with his sword

Upon entering only three things, register in his mind vines coming from the wall, a redhead standing victorious, and Shun whom looked to be unconscious. Without thinking the man made his move activating his semblance, a bright flash of dark orange aura flared along with his eyes becoming orange and his pupils becoming slits. The floor cracking with his aura pressure, a loud ‘Boom’ erupts. Reaching Shun side in an instant his sword fall to his side still wrapped in its leather sheet with one of the buckles undone, while his sonic boom continued on hitting the far wall leaving a circular indentation, he did not have an idea of what was going on let alone whether he should be mad at the redhead or just ignore her. He looked Shun over for injuries however, there was none he could see “hay Shun wakeup” he said while trying to get her to the world of the conscious

The Fact she had won the fight hadn’t really clicked to Rika at first, though she had at least freed herself from the other girl’s pin. The cat faunus was surprised to see that Shun had been seemingly beaten, noticing the sight after climbing to her feet. She felt excited, as she’d seemingly managed to beat someone that monstrously strong, a triumphant grin spreading over her face.  “Are ya done?” She asked, out loud. The pigtailed girl hadn’t yet noticed the other faunus entering the room, and when her answer was silence the martial artist cheered. “Ha, can’t beat your strength huh!” Rika said, before blinking at the other girl’s unconscious form.  She was about to go check on her, beginning to get a little worried.

The random faunus guy that showed up seemed to almost material by Shun before she could even get close however. and Rika had to do a double take at the guy’s speed, even with the huge sword he had on his back. It wasn’t something one saw every day, and possible methods of countering the strange move flicked through the faunus’ mind briefly before she remembered the situation at hand. The pigtailed girl approached while he was preoccupied, frowning as she realized she might have taken things a bit far. Though she did feel a bit relieved that the other girl seemed rather uninjured.

“Don’t think I hurt her or nothin’, her aura took the hit…” The redhead observed, her comments being audible.  “Didn’t think I hit her that hard…”  She expected Shun to be far more durable, especially given the other girl’s almost monstrous strength.   Still Rika could at least say it was a great fight, and she likely would have lost it herself had she not gotten out of Shun’s pin…she activated her own semblance almost reflexively, healing some of the damage done to her during the fight. It was a shame she couldn’t heal other people, but Rika didn’t even know if she could, let alone how she would go about doing such a thing. The worried expression would be apparent on Rika's face, and she didn't really put in any effort to hide her guilt about the situation, even if it could have somehow been helpful to do so.

HP 130/150  Aura 110/170

With a look of bewilderment across Ray face, he simply answered: “um I hope where not in heaven yet I have not done anything dangerous in the past two days, no wait there was the hotdog incident yesterday.“ He trialed off, once Ray felt a hand on his cheek. Feeling it, he noted that her hand was like ice to him, “let’s get you to the infirmary you might have a concussion.” More worried about a head injury than cooled hand he pulls his scroll out “want me to call Tokaru?” he questioned

‘Sigh’ Ray had managed to calm down his eyes returning to there normal silver-blue, knowing he was going to be carrying Shun one way or another. He began stretching, “ so redhead what’s your name and what the heck were y’all doing it is a mess in here well not as big of a mess that i and Shun had but this level of destruction is intriguing"

Pulling out his scroll to call and inform the nurse in the infirmary “hi yes this is Ray Allen we have a Shun Shinobu down yes… again” just when he finished the call did the dots connect his face now redder then shuns jacket and nothing to say

Rika looked confused at her opponent’s actions as the other girl started acting weird, while the admission of her own victory still invoked a feeling of pride, though it was ignored in favor of confusion. She didn’t really understand much of what Shun was talkin’ about. Having no concept of what this “heaven” thing was, nor did she really have any concept of what an angel was.
The faunus guy seemed as confused as she was, and while the shockwave he’d triggered with his weird speed thing had only made more damage to the already abused training room, Rika knew most of it was caused by the fight between her and the other martial artist.  Rika gave a sheepish look inspecting the damage.  “heh, mighta gone a bit overboard…we kinda were sparrin'…” The pigtailed girl admitted glancing around. While Shun had caused much more of the damage to the area, Rika had still contributed to the mess herself. She hoped they didn’t make them clean up this stuff, that’d suck. “Mighta hit her a bit hard with that last hit though…” The pigtailed girl trailed off, rethinking the fight in her head.  “oh, I’m Rika by the way.” She introduced, still showing her normal level of enthusiasm despite the situation.

She’d never really understood why people made such a big deal out of stuff like training injuries, her own usually healed by her semblance. Even so she did at least know most people would go to the infirmary after such an incident. As weird as that idea was to her, “Ya got an idea what she’s talkin’ ‘bout?” The pigtailed girl asked. Her own wounds would have healed by now, her body visibly recovering from any possible damage she’d gotten in the fight, likely being noticeable to Ray, and even Shun should she be paying attention to the cat faunus.

Rika was curious who this “Ray Allen” guy was, seemed like someone she’d like to spar in other circumstances, though now probably wasn’t the time.   She did know she still had a lot of work to do in the future, while she’d won in the end, Shun had been a tough opponent, and Rika had been far too close to losing the fight than she’d have liked. Though the pigtailed faunus didn’t really harbor negative feelings towards Shun about that.  She'd just have to see what the other faunus could do another time, maybe it'd give her some ideas to improve her own style.

HP 150/150  AP 80/170

While speaking to the nurse via his scroll, Ray caught in his peripheral vision the site of crimson dots on the floor and it was easy to know where they came from. “Fine no Tokaru… however you’re going to the nurse to make sure that you don’t have any hidden injuries” Ray raised his hand to stop any argument from starting, his sense then began to release their sole focus on Shun as his head snapped up now fully aware of the other huntress in the room

“my apologies, I kind of tunneled version there for a moment your name is Rika is it well as Shun said the name is Ray.” at that moment he heard Shun threatened to use Bellringer against him, “You may have the raw strength. However I have impact strength and you know I don’t need too much time to grab Bellringer away from you.” Releasing he and Shun had been continuously saying the weapons name and not the type, rising to his feet he looked over to the redhead. “Sorry for keeping you wondering this is Bellringer,” undoing the main clasp releasing the giant leather canvas fall to the ground revealing a massive great sword seven foot eight inches long the eight inches of which were the hilt

After showing off the bright orange sword, he had wrapped it back up while he looked to Shun. “Shun get seen by the nurse or I will call Tokaru ok,” Ray said in a jesting manner while placing Bellringer on his shoulders, “Rika we should spar some time if you can knockout Shun out then our fight should be just as entertaining if not more than you had with Shun.” He mentioned while helping Shun to her feet

Rika blinked at the guy and Shun’s interaction, not really know who this Tokaru guy was, nor why Shun didn’t want him finding out about this stuff. She was a bit concerned when the other girl coughed out blood and did think taking her to the nurse would probably be a good idea. When Shun introduced the guy Ray, Rika blinked noticing something weird about how the girl was talking but shrugged it off as she didn’t see any real reason why.


The guy seemed alright, and Rika gave an appreciative whistle at the large sword, she didn’t really know why you would want one that big, since something like that would probably require a bit of work carrying around, and the sword’s length would also restrict the ways it could be used effectively in a fight. Still Rika grinned when the guy compared his own strength with Shun’s. “Sure, it’ll be great!” The pigtailed girl responded enthusiastically to the offer. She had remained mostly quite during the two’s conversation, not really knowing what she should say, but the weirdness had faded now. “If yer half as good as her, it’ll be a fun spar…er we should probably get her outta here now though….”

Ray had placed his sword upon his back in an angle while holding on to Shun before feeling her grip loosen from his shoulder, Ray watched as Shun face met the floor. “Dang it I hope you didn’t give yourself a broken nose,” Ray muttered as he squatted down to Shun, placing his arm under her knees and behind her back in a bridal fashion. “Yes, I agree she needs help more than for us to spar,“ Ray stated his concern focus on his friend as he begun walking out of the training room, with haste but not daring to use his semblance in fear of injury Shun.

Reach the infirmary, Ray did not have to wait long for the nurse to clear away to a medical bed for Shun. Ray slowly and gently laid her down on the bed, before taking a seat in a chair nearby allowing the nurse to do what she does best healing injury. “Rika we will have to postpone our spar to a future date, I am going to stay here and make sure nothing critical happens,” Ray said while watching as the nurse examines the injuries. After the examination, the nurse simply said “small concussion nothing to worry about” and Ray’s response was a simple nod "Thanks."

(OOC: Ray’s final post in the topic)