My Anime Academy

The Dojo

"You are all not understanding, hilarious~"

Feol was giggling as she kind of danced around the perimeter of the room, tossing out her sparkles at empty space.

"Why do you trust that he exists in the place you perceive?"

Kimiko

That speed is insane. Her clones didn't come close. Haruto was simply too fast. However, it seemed to be something done in short bursts - a strange kind of teleportation, maybe?

Rather than try another frontal assault, Kimiko and her clones instead spread out, standing at different points in the room to try and limit his movement. Long tails swished, preparing to lash out the instant Haruto came close enough, which would hopefully be enough to pin him down.

She waited for Haruto to move first, to avoid the others, at which point she'd try to cut off his escape.

Edited by kagescorpionakki on Jul 30th 2023 at 6:25:50 AM

Dojo/Yui

Haruto was slipping. It wasn't a figure of speech. Fast as he was, he still needed solid traction. He managed to jump, narrowly dodging their attacks, just barely. Only for Dinah's shockwave to blow him away. He dodged Tsurugui's blows, twisting and turning, spinning and contorting in mid-air like a demented ballet. But each and every effort was more of a strain than the last, the barrage of assault steadily weighing him down. He fell towards the corner, close to landing in Kimiko's grasp, grinning from ear to ear.

"Nearly got it, kids! One last push! C'mon..."

As everyone else got ready to wrap this up, Yui was struggling to begin. Everyone else was playing their part, but she hadn't done much of value. She ran towards the instructor as he fell, desperate to get a piece of the action, but there wasn't much she could do on her own. Purupuru poked their head out of their bag, staring around as they weighed in.

"Forgive me for making an unwarranted observation Mistriss, but would it not be easier to summon your full power? As Pretty Cutie, it would be easy to incapacitate your instructor from a distance."

"Shut it, slugface! Ain't got time for that now!"

"But—"

"I SAID SHUT IT!"

Purupuru did as instructed. They had a point, but Yui wasn't in the mood. She was getting more comfortable as Pretty Cutie, but she wanted to do this herself. She didn't need a magic stick to whack some punk-ass pretty boy in the face. Purupuru kept their mouth shut, but they didn't stop staring at Feol. Their reasons weren't clear, but they wanted to see what they'd do.

Edited by kkhohoho on Aug 6th 2023 at 8:18:50 AM

Takuro Nakajima

Takuro saw Haruto get flung into the air, and he got on all fours to reposition himself. And then he saw the instructor land in the corner.

"One last shot," Takuro growled, and he quickly flopped on his side, slamming his arms onto one wall and his legs on the one next to it. Haruto and anyone close by would now be boxed in.

"HOME STRETCH!" Takuro yelled as he reached for his toes, intent on trapping Haruto between his limbs. He realized that this could also trap anyone else between his arms as well, but he was willing to sacrifice portions of the prize cookie as an apology.

Edited by RapidFirestormer on Aug 6th 2023 at 9:53:37 AM

Ba Ke Nook, Dojo

Ba Ke caught his makeshift rosary bead chakram, slightly incensed that Haruto dodged again, but seeing that he's tiring a bit. Ba Ke reconfigured the beads, turning them into a single stream of beads rather than a loop, turning them into a makeshift whip of sorts. Then, the tanuki rushed towards Haruto, repeatedly performing wide swings with the bead-whip.

Kiba could only react as he missed his kick, quickly activating the Raiser again. Both his clones crashed, but he had to make his own move.

FREE SOUL. OKAMI

The third clone appeared, and caught Kiba by the leg and used the ice to spin and toss the Armed Fighter back like he was a hammer. This time, he prepared a wider blow.

"Missed me?"

Dyna-Mite

"Teamwork!" Dinah whooped, overheating Haruto's encouragement and finding herself grinning in return. She gave the others room to pull off their own finishers before going for hers, and she did so by dashing in a zigzag fashion towards Haruto in a blur of speed before appearing behind him; her hand already striking out to hit him on the back. Not really an attack, more of a slap at best.

She was starting to get an idea why working together as a group was so encouraged. Sure, it was more boring in places, but it turned out that it was hard to keep up with so many people ganging up on a single opponent, even if that opponent seemed untouchable at first. Though that did also make Dinah a little worried.

Better not get on their bad side. I almost got killed by a floor laser today.

Tsurugi

"Back atcha, keymaster." Lane turns over, wrapping himself up in his blankets in the process. He pulls an arm free to wave goodbye to Tsurugi behind his back, before letting it fall across his side as he himself quickly falls asleep.

Dojo

Lane, still watching the action from a distance while Armourscale Wyrm does his best to impede Haruto's backwards movement, begins to smile. "Time to swing for game!" he calls, pointing to his wyrm whilst moving as close to the action as he can without being in range of any of his classmates' attacks or traps.

"Armourscale! Shed your scales, then blade-rush Haruto and don't let up!" Lane wastes no time in giving his wyrm new orders, which the warrior follows diligently. First, it stomps its foot and flexes, an action which detaches the plates of metallic scales from its body to trade defense in for speed and agility. Then, before its newly-discarded scales have even had time to clatter onto the ground, the reptile is thundering straight towards Haruto with newfound quickness, rapidly swinging its whip-sword in wide arcs towards the instructor and not stopping for anything.

From the backline, Lane watches on. "He's going to get tired of vanishing before my wyrm gets tired of swinging," Lane thinks out loud, mentally shushing the part of him that knows that's not a complete certainty.

Edited by TheGoldLeaf on Aug 27th 2023 at 3:34:16 PM

Dojo

In the wake of such a massive flurry of blows, it was hard to tell who struck who. Chakrams were spinning around, tails were lashing about, groups of clones ran all over overkingdom come. It was chaos, but at its heart was a sense of unity. In no way was it a coordinated assault, but the collective need to put their instructor in his place had helped bring them together.

But they'd seen enough. As Hakuto reached the ground, he closed his eyes shut, a burst of power surging through his veins. He opened them wide. A blinding flash filled the room, a sharp gust of wind pushing them towards the four corners. He stepped to the ground, landing with grace and dignity, glaring at the class with cold indifference. For a moment it seemed as though they'd lost. They'd only seen a glimpse of his power and they were about to get a proper taste. For all the good it did them.

Until a single speck of blood fell from his check.

He rubbed his thumb across it. Who had struck the winning blow was hard to say, but it didn't matter. He pulled up his veil as soon as it'd been lifted. He laughed up a storm, any danger or menace fading away like a summer breeze.

"Man, that intense! Wasn't sure you'd pull it off! But that's the power of teamwork."

He rolled his muscles, shuffling towards a refrigerator stored in the corner. He reached in, pulling out some lemonade. It was hard to get these days, but his little fridge was filled with the stuff.

"Catch!"

He tossed everyone a can. They'd only been at this about a minute, but chasing their instructor across all creation was thirsty work. He grabbed himself a can, guzzling it down with gusto.

"Mmmm, that's the stuff! C'mon, go ahead! This stuff's on the house!"

He wiped his arm with his sleeve, taking another sip.

"Now, anyone want to tell me what we learned?"

Yui

Yui wasn't so happy. He had just run over to everyone else when their little game of tag was already over. She bit her lip, and clenched her fists, anything to keep herself sane. Her little mascot crawled over her shoulder, almost smug.

"My apologies mistress. It is unfortunate you were not able to fully participate in the proceedings. I believe there is a saying among humans that is most appropriate. According to my limited sources of information, it goes "I told you so—"

Yui shoved him to the ground. She stormed over to the corner, sulking in shame. Conveniently, it was close to where one of Kimiko's clones had taken up shop, but she was too busy wallowing in her own frustrations to care. A can of lemonade bonked her on the head, but she couldn't get more pissed with herself than she was already.

Edited by kkhohoho on Aug 27th 2023 at 4:01:37 AM

Ba Ke Nook, Dojo

The racoon dog saw that Hakuro took a hit, and put his necklace back on. He eyed the can of lemonade Hakuro then quickly threw to him, and then gnawed on it to open it, and chugged it. It felt like months that he was trying to land a hit on the guy, and finally someone did. Then he heard Hakuro's question as to what he learned.

"I learned that hitting things is harder than it looks, especially if you can move super fast like that."

Takuro Nakajima

"Damn," Takuro thought when he saw that the winning blow had cut Haruto's cheek. That clearly meant it wasn't him, as his finishing move wouldn't have drawn just a drop of blood if it caused that kind of damage.

Takuro let a lemonade can bounce off him and stopped it from rolling away with one of his fingers. He then grabbed it and held it up to his mouth, using one of his sharp teeth to poke a hole in it. However, he shrank down back to his human form before he drank the contents. If he'd done it in monster form, it would have about as refreshing as drinking a shot glass of full of lemonade.

Felicity Shepherd, Rumble at the Dojo

As the can of lemonade was tossed her way Felicity lifted her hand and sent a small breeze its way to slow its momentum, catching it safely before popping it open. "The real superpower was the friends we made along that way?" was her reply to their teacher before taking a long sip. Off in the corner though, Felicity heard a dull thunk and turned to see a sulking Yui with her squishy mascot smushed against the floor some feet away.

With a light step Felicity hopped over next to her and sat down, taking a sandwich bag out from a canvas bag, taking out said sandwich from inside it, then filling the bag with water before zipping it back up. It wasn't immediately clear why she did so until she started squishing the bag while simultaneously freezing it, making a little bag of slush ice which she then pressed against Yui's forehead. "Heya; you okay? That looked like it smarts." Stretching a leg out, Felicity caught the can rolling away from the scene of the crime with the top of her foot, nudging it back towards the two for her to pick up and set down in front of the pouting not-currently magical girl.

The Dojo

"Hm. It appears I was incorrect. Regardless, fruit fluids for everyone~!"

The magical girl caught the projectile beverage and had just about managed to tear it open for consumption when she spotted the argument involving Yui and her mascot over to the side. While the fluffiest one had already rushed in to apply first aid to Yui herself, Feol chose to wander over and sit down next to the squishy little lump that was Yui's patron.

"Hello. I like her teeth, want to talk about it~?"

She smiles.

Kiba landed after feeling like he missed his attack, but the whole thing happened too quickly for him to realize. Still, at least he helped. He caught the can almost distracted. If he got the Soul Armor out before that, he'd have fumbled it so badly...

"Lesson one, when a fight gets big enough, you don't know shit about what's going on" He grunted, deactivating the Raiser, showing Tsurugi once again.

"Careful with bonking the class outside practice, teach" He commented, seeing Yui getting hit and making some obvious distance from Feol.

Dojo

Lane gives a startled grunt and instinctively raises his arms in defense as soon as the burst hits him. Fortunately for him, having kept his distance means that the wind only moves his long, flowing hair. Armourscale Warrior is not so lucky, however, as the blast knocks him flat on his back and sends the warrior skidding across the training room floor, only to go crashing into the hard scales he had shed moments earlier.

Lane's eyes recover from the blinding flash just in time to notice the cut on Hakuro's cheek. When he sees it, he can't help but smile, pleased with himself and with the knowledge that a cut like that must have been caused by some kind of bladed weapon - one just like his dragon's sword.

After nearly fumbling the canned lemonade catch, Lane decides to go over and sit with Armourscale, sharing a drink with the warrior as he compliments him. "You were great out there, old mate."

Dojo — Mission Briefing

"All valid takes! But the important thing is the value of teamwork! Any one of you couldn't so much as keep up with me. Even the girlboss was having trouble! But once you all started wailing, that's when you turned the tables. Give yourselves a pat on the back!"

Hakuto guzzled down his soda, tossing it over and back. He cricked his neck, stretching his arms as he got down to buisness.

"But that's enough fun and games. Next couple weeks, you'll all get yourself a crash course in the art of kickassery! Trust me, you'll be needing it."

He reached into his vest, pulling out a series of instructions. He walked over to the students, giving them all a copy.

"See this? This is where you're heading next. Nagasaki, very edge of the Mycenaean front. Couple weeks, you'll be taking your first step in the field. Don't worry, you won't be huddling in the trenches. We're not that cruel. Just a little dropoff. But this should give you a taste. If this is gonna be your career, you'd better know what you're walking into."

Yui

Yui reached for Fluffy's arm, inches away from seizing it and tossing that dumb stupid bag to the ground. Only to be overwhelmed with common sense. She rested her arms on her knees, blushing as she pouted.

"Not as much my pride. Should have done more. Something, anything!" Everything else was livin' it up and I was sitting on my ass..."

She reached for her stick, holding it up. She gave it a slow lazy twirl, staring at it askance. It was the source of her power, but she wasn't sure what to do with it.

"...all cuz I didn't whip this sucker out. Thought I could do this myself. No fancy powers or dumbass oath. No glitzy sparkles or pretty sprinkles. Guess that was wishful thinking..."

Purupuru sat still. They seemed about to act, but the presence of Feol gave them pause.

"With all due respect, I would rather not. Though I am curious. Based on how you present yourself, you appear to be a magical girl. But compared to others, you are most unique. If you are not against an innocent question, how is it you came to be in this distinguished profession?"

Ba Ke Nook, Dojo

The tanuki literally pat himself on the back.

"Oh yeah, teamwork. My second guess was going to be the effectiveness of the attrition method you humans sometimes use when hunting. Or alternatively, that shooting things is fun and useful."

Ba Ke noticed Feol's... unusual method of drinking cans of lemonade. Clearly she's not human, but she doesn't seem to be a youkai, either. He didn't say anything about that, though, it was pretty rude for a youkai to expose the disguise of another.

The Dojo

Feol didn't answer immediately, instead closing her eyes and humming a little bit before she starts talking.

"I read. I read so many stories. About heroes who were girls with powers. And I wanted to be one. So I chose to become one. Without the help of you and yours."

Her eyes flicker open they shine with all the wonder of the internal.

"If I knew every other magical girl had someone like you, I'd probably pick a different type of hero to be... But I didn't, so here I am~!"

Tsurugi let out a chuckle at the idea of getting dropped into a war zone.

"Not holding back, huh," He said, before letting out a wilder grin "That sounds like a party, wouldn't want to miss it"

So, he leaned back and took his drink. He looked at Dinah and sent a smaller smile.

"They aren't playing around, huh?"