A Combat Lesson
The school faculty of SUPER was following the lead of Sir Isaac Quentin through the halls of Chess castle until he puts his arm up and signals for them all to stop.
“...I sense something approaching…” He says as all the rest of the heroes wait with bated breath.
In the path ahead of them Noir, Ori, Mezu, Billy, and Pierre walk out of the darkness.
“...Ori?” Zari asks with a look of pure shock. ‘What are you doing with The Shadow Union?”
“...Isn’t it obvious…” Ori says with a shrug and a devious smirk. “I hated every second I spent at that stuck up school. These guys are more my speed.”
“...We spent months looking for you and you were with them this entire time…” Zari says through gritted teeth as her anger starts to get the best of her.
Isaac puts a hand on her shoulder and after a moment she is able to calm herself back down a bit.
“...I didn’t say anything before because I didn’t want to believe it myself, but when she first arrived at our school I sensed evil in her…” Isaac says as he glares at his former student. “...Let’s just say that this outcome doesn’t particularly surprise me…”
“...I knew I wasn’t really welcome there…” Ori says with a huff as she crosses her arms.
“It seems like you’ve made your choice then.” Isaac says as he points his cane at the red demon girl and the other villains. “I don’t want to fight you, but I will do what I must to protect my students and my school.”
This seems to hit one of Ori’s nerves as she immediately dashes towards the top hat clad magician with such speed it was as if she teleported in front of him.
She punches him as he uses his powers to create a pink energy shield to block it. Despite this the force of the blow still sent him sliding several feet backwards across the floor.
Ori charges towards him again and unleashes a flurry of punches and kicks with each and every one getting blocked.
“Come on, old man!” Ori shouts as she jumps and raises a leg high into the air.
“FIGHT BACK!” She screams as she slams a foot down against his shield and causes it to shatter and disappear.
“That isn’t necessary.” He says as he gives her a look of sheer disappointment. “I know for a fact that you won’t be able to hurt me. You’re just not strong enough.”
“...Not strong enough…NOT STRONG ENOUGH!” Ori briefly stops in place to process what she just heard. “FUCK YOU! I’LL SHOW YOU HOW STRONG I AM!”
Ori stomps onto the ground with enough force to crack it which causes Isaac’s stance to slightly waver.
She dashes towards him, jumps, and slams a fist directly on top of his head, then she quickly returns to the ground and uppercuts him several feet into the air, finally she jumps again and wraps her arms around his torso before slamming him into the ground.
“ONI SLAM!” She shouts as the dean’s face collides with the pavement.
She then steps onto the back of his neck and starts to grind her heel against it.
“IS THAT STRONG ENOUGH FOR YOU, WRINKLY FUCK!”
Isaac suddenly disappears from underneath her foot with a flash of pink.
Ori feels a tap on her shoulder from behind her and turns around.
“I’ll admit, you do have some strength, but you aren’t skilled enough to be able to tell that you’ve been fighting a clone this whole time.” Isaac says with a stern expression.
Isaac snaps his fingers and wraps Ori with pink energy and sits her down against a nearby wall.
“HEY! LET GO OF ME!” Ori shouts as she struggles against her binds.
Isaac snaps his fingers and a cup of tea appears in his hands. He takes a sip before responding.
“Not until the police arrive.”
Ori continues to struggle as the other heroes and villains begin to clash.
Bulldog and Mezu lock hands with each other as they begin to try to push the other back sumo style.
Mezu gets the upper hand and shoves him back and lands a massive haymaker across the bearded biker’s jaw.
Immediately after this attack Bulldog counters with a punch with such force that it knocks the blue demon back onto the ground.
“...You’re stronger than I thought…” Mezu says as he wipes blood from her face.
“...Nah…I am tough, but that’s mostly just my power…” Bulldog responds as he raises his fists.
“You have a power?!” Rose shouts in surprise. “Since when?!”
“...For as long as I’ve known you…” Bulldog says as he scratches the back of his neck. ‘...Have I not told you about this?”
“Obviously not!” Rose shouts as they cross their arms. “Care to explain?”
“...Can this wait until after the fight?” Bulldog asks.
“No!” Rose says as they give Bulldog a stern look that causes him to give in.
“...Fine…” Bulldog relents with a sigh. “...I have the ability to tank physical blows and send them back with double the force…”
“...So…it’s a counter?” Rose asks.
“...Uh…yeah…That sums it up…” Bulldog says as Mezu gets up and he makes his way towards him again.
“...Pay attention to your opponent while you're fighting…” Mezu says as he lands a heavy blow into Bulldog’s stomach.
This causes Bulldog to stagger backwards slightly, but he quickly steps forward and winds up another punch.
Mezu uses his massive arms to attempt to block, but Bulldog’s attack breaks through and he lands a successful uppercut against the blue oni’s chin.
Mezu flies backwards into the air and slams against the ground with a great thud.
“...That’s…” Mezu says as he catches his breath and staggers back to his feet. “...ENOUGH!”
The demon slams his fists together and blue fire sparks from the impact and covers his arms.
“ONI FIRE FIST!” He shouts as punches Bulldog square in the chest.
This causes Bulldog to stagger backwards and fall to his knees, but he quickly gets back up and returns with a punch of his own.
He slams his fist against Mezu’s face, but before the oni could leave his range he pulls him back in by the fur on his coat.
“WILD DOG RUSH!” Bulldog shouts for perhaps the first time in years as he sends a flurry of fast punches towards the blue beast before him.
He winds up one last punch and slams it against Mezu’s jaw with a great crack.
“DOG BITE!” Bulldog yells as he sends the demon flying through the ceiling of the castle.
After winning the fight Bulldog’s hands fall onto his knees as he takes a moment to catch his breath.
“Nice job big guy.” Rose says as they pat the biker on the shoulder. “I didn’t know that any of your attacks had names.”
“...Oh…I uh…” Bulldog glances towards the fashionista. “...They do…I just don’t really talk about them that much…”
“You don’t talk about anything that much.” Rose says as they playfully punch Bulldog in the shoulder.
“...Ouch…” Bulldog says as he rubs his arm.
“...I’m sorry…” Rose says as they quickly step back and raise their hands off of him.
“...Nah…Don’t worry about it…” Bulldog says as he leans back upwards. “...It seems like it’s your turn anyway…”
Billy Gardener walks towards Rose with a scissor blade over each of his shoulders.
“...Let’s cut to the chase…” He says as he points a blade at the nonbinary ninja.
“How tacky.” Rose says as they roll their eyes at the pun as they take out two large sewing needles and enter a combative stance.
Billy dashes forward and slices through where Rose was previously standing as one of his scissors got stuck into a bolt of plain fabric.
Rose appears from a cloud of smoke behind him and quickly sews a corset around his arms and waist.
He skillfully uses a scissor to cut himself out of this and slashes behind himself only to miss again.
He sticks a scissor blade forward into the air and looks around himself to search for his nimble ninja foe.
“Right here redhead.” Rose says as they somehow appeared on top of his scissor blade without him noticing. As they sat there they quickly boop Billy on the nose before they disappear yet again. “Just kidding!”
Billy screams and begins to wildly flail his scissor blades around himself.
“Just stop moving so I can slice you!” Billy shouts before he is constricted yet again.
Rose somehow sewed a straight jacket around him as his scissor blades clatter against the floor.
“Nah! I’m okay!” Rose says with a smirk. “Maybe next time though!”
Billy tries to struggle out of this to no avail.
“...Come on man…” He says with a sigh of defeat.
Rose immediately scowls and kicks him to the ground.
“That’s what you get for misgendering me.” They say as they put their hands on their hips as they glare at the redhead.
Zari cracks her knuckles as she squares off against the French violinist.
“You know, I was kinda hoping for a challenge!” Zari says with a sharp grin.
“If it’s a challenge you want a challenge is what I shall provide!” Pierre says before taking out his bow and tuning his instrument.
Zari dashes towards the Frenchman and attempts to land a punch that is quickly dodged.
Pierre begins to play as papers start to swirl around him.
“You do understand that you are at a great disadvantage against me, right madame?” Pierre says with a chuckle. “If I keep my distance you can’t hit me.”
“We’ll see about that!” Zari responds as she makes her way towards the virtuoso again.
Pierre continues to play as hundreds of papers fly towards the coach and cover her in dozens of small cuts.
“Is that all you got?” Zari says as she laughs. “I can take a few papercuts! What a lame power!”
“...You may be able to handle a couple dozen papercuts, but what about…” Pierre says as he begins to increase tempo. “...But what about thousands of them?”
Zari is surrounded by a small tornado of papers and is quickly covered in ever more small cuts.
She holds her arms up defensively as she grits her teeth.
“Would you still consider my power lame?” Pierre says with a shit eating grin.
The pain eventually causes Zari to fall to the ground.
“I like to call this the Death Of A Thousand Cuts just to let you know.” Pierre taunts.
Zari shouts out in both pain and anger and slams her fist against the ground.
…and then she punches the ground again…and again…and again…
Pierre stopped playing as he noticed the ground around him begin to shake.
“...What is happening?” He asks.
Zari quickly gets back on her feet and claps. This clap has such a force to it that all the papers immediately fly away from her in all directions. The loud sound also causes Pierre to flinch and drop his bow.
He bent over to try to pick it up, but he was too slow. In the blink of an eye Zari was in front of him and she punched him in the face and sent him through the wall.
“...Owie…Not the…face…” Pierre manages to say before he passes out.
“Are you okay Zari? That looks bad.” Isaac asks.
“This is just a scratch!” Zari says as she smiles and gives him a thumb up.
“I guess that leaves you and me!” Wattz shouts as he approaches the gray skinned serial killer.
“...Who are you?” Noir asks as he cocks his head to the side.
“...Who am I? WHO AM I? I AM WATTZ! THE ELECTRO WIZARD!” He says with a dramatic pose.
“...Okay…shut up…I remember you now…” Noir says as stares daggers at the static sorcerer. “...Weren’t you a villain?”
“I used to be, yes. But with help from the school I’ve turned over a new leaf! Wattz shall now use his powers for good instead of evil!”
“...I knew you were lame…” Noir says before turning his arms into blades of blood.
He quickly makes his way over to the electrician and slashes him in a x-formation.
“We’ll see who the lame one really is!” Wattz says as he flies backwards and begins to shoot small bolts towards the walking blood bank.
Noir changes one of his blades into a giant hand and grabs Wattz and slams him against a wall.
Wattz uses a discharge of electricity to zap the blood and free himself.
“You annoying freak!” Noir shouts as he sends a large wave of blood towards the human generator. “BLOOD BATH!”
Wattz charges up a massive sphere of electricity and sends it towards the tsunami of red blood cells.
“POWER SURGE!” Wattz shouts as he zaps the wave of blood and watches the energy flow up stream until it reaches Noir’s body.
He then flies directly above the cold blooded killer and sends a massive amount of lightning down on him.
“ONE MILLION VOLTS!” Wattz yells as Noir is reduced to a red puddle and the remaining blood splats onto the floor, ceiling, and walls.
“WHO’S THE WEAK ONE NOW, BLOOD BAG!” Wattz taunts as he revels in his victory. “BECAUSE IT’S NOT I! DID YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE IRON IN YOUR BLOOD IS A CONDUCTOR, IDIOT?”
Wattz continues to celebrate his victory before he looks around and notices that the other members of SUPER’s faculty were all staring at him.
“...Isn’t that a bit overkill?” Rose says as they look at Wattz with a look of surprise.
“...Oh…” Wattz says as he rubs the back of his neck. “...Don’t worry…This guy is able to come back from a single drop of blood…He should be fine…”
“...Well…that takes care of that I suppose…” Isaac says as he brushes some blood from his suit jacket. “...Good job Wattz…just…try to fight more cleanly next time…”
“...Can do, boss!” Wattz says as she shoots him a thumbs up.