Jazz On Ice!
The next day at school after their classes with Jack and Angella the students are back in Zari’s gym for training.
“Alright students.” Zari announces into her megaphone “Today we are going to be sparring again. Since I know all of you better now I set up the bracket in advance. I’ll give you all fifteen minutes to warm up and prepare yourselves, but after that we are starting.”
This sparring session went a lot more smoothly than last time (probably because a certain student is no longer here).
Love Hart had a much less stressful match against Shiro Long this time. She still lost to Shiro, but at least the fight ended on good terms.
Maka Sharktooth went a round against Takeru Takao. She didn’t win either, but it was really close.
Ash Burns sparred against Zypp Sunbeck. He also lost.
Violet Newton fought against Samara McNeil and actually ended up winning again. It seems like her previous training has done a lot for her.
Candi Kane’s match was against Zahid Zahir and she was quickly defeated.
“Okay!” Zari yelled into her microphone “Today's final match will be a fight between…Jazmine Soul and…Calder McHail!”
Both fighters approached the ring.
“Hiya!” Jazmine waved to Calder. “I didn’t see you in class yesterday when I was introducing myself so I might as well do that now. My name is Jazmine Soul but my friends call me Jazz. It’s nice to meet you!”
Calder just rolls his eyes in response.
“...Um…okay…” Jazmine says with a confused expression on her face.
“Are y’all ready?” Zari asks.
Jazmine gives her an enthusiastic thumbs up. Calder doesn’t say or do anything.
“Alright! Then…let’s fight!”
“May the best fighter win!” Jazmine says with her hand extended out for a handshake.
Calder smacks her hand to the side.
“...Alright…I see how it is…” Jazmine says with a much more serious expression.
She grabs her saxophone and starts playing.
Suddenly, visible musical notes started coming out of Jazmine’s instrument.
Calder barely dodges them and quickly turns around.
When the musical notes hit the edge of the gym they create an impact crater on the wall.
“...Alright…now it’s my turn…” Calder says before sending a giant wave of ice towards Jazmine.
Jazmine takes a deep breath and continues to play her instrument. The musical notes she creates shatter a large chunk of the ice that Calder just blasted at her.
She starts walking towards Calder with her instrument in position right under her lips.
Calder turns his arms into icicles and lunges towards Jazmine. She bobs and weaves them with ease.
When she finds an opening she backflips and kicks him in the chin, jumps off the top of his head, and sends a flurry of musical notes down towards him.
He uses his ice to propel himself to the side to dodge and starts skating towards where she was going to land.
He puts his arms outwards and shoots ice which begins to create a trail of ice on each side of him.
He then slams his palms together and causes a wall of icicle spikes to appear right behind Jazmine.
This attack actually lands and Jazmine flies towards Calder. He holds her up by her shirt collar and uses his other hand to freeze her.
He then puts his hands in his pockets and slowly walks towards Jazmine.
“Just to let you know, I am not here to make friends.”
Jazmine stares at him with a confused stare from inside the ice.
“The only reason I am here is to become strong enough to be able to do whatever I want. Why you might ask?” He waits a little while and listens for a response he knew wasn’t coming.
“...Because…when I gain enough strength I will be able to do anything and no one will be able to stop me…”
He is now right in Jazmine’s face.
Even though she was still frozen in ice Jazmine’s face became noticeably angry.
Suddenly, the ice around her started to crack. Luckily when she was frozen her saxophone was still on her lips.
She used her soundwaves to blast the ice away from herself. When she was able to move again she dusted the ice off of her suit jacket.
“Look. I am not the type of person who usually likes to tell people how to live their lives…”
She blows into her saxophone while facing the ground and launches herself above and behind Calder in one quick motion.
“...But I make an exception for bullies!” She says while restraining calder in a choke hold.
Calder tries to free himself by wildly squirming around in her grip.
“I am not going to let go until you tap out.” Jazmine says to Calder with a completely serious voice.
After being held in place for over a minute Calder finally submits.
“Fine! Just let go!”
Jazmine, the woman of her word she is, unhands Calder and he immediately drops towards the ground.
“...and the winner is…Jazmine Soul!”
“Let’s go Jazz! Woo!” Candi yells from the crowd.
The rest of the students also begin to clap and cheer for Jazmine.
Calder gets up, adjusts his hoodie, and looks towards the crowd.
“...You know what? Screw this and screw all of you!” Calder announces to the crowd while flipping everyone off. “I’m out of here!”
He then storms out of the gym.
After a moment of awkward silence the rest of the students get up to talk amongst themselves.
“What the Hell is up with that guy?” Jazmine asks the group.
Most of them either don’t say anything or just give a shrug.
Ash then walks up to Jazmine and starts to give an explanation.
“Simple.” Ash responds with his hands in his jacket pockets. “He’s a rich white nepo baby who only thinks of himself.”
“How do any of you put up with his bullshit?”
“...Well…” Ash gives a shrug. “...You know…we…kinda don’t”.
“People like him make me so…” Jazmine crosses her arms with a huff of rage. “...I just don’t get it…”
Ash puts his hand on Jazmine’s shoulder.
“I understand…sorry about him…”
Jazmine sighs.
“...At least the rest of y’all are cool.”
Jazmine and the other students chat for a little longer before Zari kicks them out of her gym and locks it up for the day.