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(This is going to be a fight between my character (Evan Wilson) and EBG's character (Tanner Goodman). It will take place in a sort of coliseum-style arena with stands for spectators. Anyone is invited to have their character be one of the people in the stands and react to the fight, so long as no one interferes with the fight in any way.

I hope you enjoy )

The wind breezed gently as the stands filled up by the minute. It didn't take long for all the seats at the coliseum to be full. The Grand Horizon never ceased to disappoint.

The crowned gazed downwards to focus on the only two figures on the grassy area below: Tanner with his casual demeanor and Evan Wilson, the student who just couldn't resist the opportunity to have a good fight. Tanner internally groaned. Spunky ones proved to be the most irritable out of all his students.

Glaring the boy down, Tanner could sense nothing but cockiness emerging and came down to two conclusions. Either he was going to get the biggest beating of his life or he had every right to show that cockiness off. In any case, Tanner couldn't afford to let his guard down.

The crowd didn't help the situation one bit. Their cheering was about to drive the calm and relaxed man insane. He tended to despise large gatherings because of it. Taking a deep breath, he refocused on the target at hand and calmly tried to get some pre-fight banter in.

"So, you really think you have a shot at beating me, huh?"

Evan waved his hands at all of his "adoring fans" that cheered in the stands of the Grand Horizon. He just couldn't help himself when someone strong came along, he really felt like blowing something up, and this seemed the best way to do it legally. He remembered his sister Kate, who nagged him whenever he wanted to blow something up.

Evan, you idiot! What do you think you're doing, blowing up that city block?! Do you want the cops banging on our front door or what?! Blah, blah, blah... he thought to himself, doing his best impression of his sister.

"I see that face you're making, Evan! You're mimicking me again, aren't you?!" Speak of the devil...

When he heard the voice of his opponent, he smirked.

"I think that's my line, grandpa." he remarked, noting his opponent's greyish hair.

Cassandra sighed as she watched her boyfriend stand face to face with the legendary Double Edge himself, Tanner Goodman. She didn't know much about him or his strength, bit she heard his name pop up from time to time. For the first time on a while, she couldn't decide on a winner.

She couldn't underestimate her boyfriend, he rarely loses fights. On the other hand, neither has Tanner. She gulped, hoping that even if Evan lost this one, he'd still be able to leave in one piece. She prayed that he wouldn't overdo it like he always does.

Kate sighed as she watched her younger brother continue to be cocky as ever. She really hoped he wouldn't screw himself over by being overconfident. She knew very well the exploits of the famous Double Edge, so there was no doubt in her mind that Evan was in for a tough fight, win or lose. As for the actual outcome, she was split.

She knew Evan backwards and forwards, but she didn't know Tanner as well. All she knew for sure was that if Evan unleashed his Hot Air technique, she or Cassandra would have to step in and contain him. She remembered how before the fight, he told her that he can control it, but she was still skeptical. She didn't want him to hurt himself or anyone else, so even though he told her to trust him, she would step in if things got too hairy.

Tanner released a heavy sigh. He figured that he'd receive a reaction like that from someone like him. He utterly despised cockiness.

"Why do I even bother with you?

Glancing up, Tanner noticed that the Headmaster had yet to make any appearance. That seemed suspicious. The man loves watching fights as much as he likes throwing people in them.

Hmm....what're you up to?...

He shook his head slightly when he realized that his thoughts were taking him off track. He had a fight to deal with first.

From the crowd, he tried to make out Sonya's face with the hope that she decided to come on over to watch him fight. He was met with disappointment.

Figures, he thought glumly. This fight had already begun losing it's purpose. Still, it'd be nice to knock some respect into this kid. Keeping that as a confidence boost, he jammed one hand into his pocket.

"Your sister, girlfriend, and your best friend came out to see you fight. You better not disappoint them."

Vincent, being himself, automatically placed in his mind the outcome of this fight. Turning to see the worried looks on his companion's faces, he let out a sigh.

"Are you two serious? You're seriously worried about this fight?"

Kate blinked a couple times, snapping her out of her thoughts. She turned to Vincent. "What? Of course not, Evan's gonna woop butt!" she said, trying to mask her worry about Evan. In truth, she wasn't really worried for Evan physically, she was just worried that he would accidentally go Hot Air and hurt himself. So yeah, maybe she was worried about him.

Luna sat directly on the front. She enjoyed a good fight as much as the next guy, but after seeing what happened at the last Horizon fight, she felt like she needed to be front and center just in case someone else gets hurt badly.

"Don't you worry about me, old man. They'll be wheeling out the stretcher for you when I'm done here. Count on it." Evan said as he got into a ready stance.

Cassandra didn't pull back any punches. She probably could accept the idea of Evan winning this fight, but not without entering a fit of rage. She hoped to never see it again.

"To tell you the truth, I'm worried out of my mind," she admitted.

Pierre, who sat in the row in front of Evan's clique, took interest in the discussion they were having. Turning to them, he placed a curious expression.

"What's this Evan kid's story," he wondered.

Kate turned to the boy who asked them a question.

"Oh, uh, he's my brother." she explained. There was no way she could tell him about his past or anything like that.

"He's also a knucklehead," Vincent added, which caused him to receive a slug on his shoulder by his sister.

Tanner sneered from inside of his mask as a surge of electricity emerged on his hand, emanating a sound to go with it. He let the thought of ending this fight quick cross his mind, but then changed his mind. Where's the fun in that?

Slowly, the lightning dissipated.

"Is that cockiness I hear," the professor teased as pulled out a book from his pocket. "I'll take my time, but only to see your serious side."

Evan was appalled at how his opponent proceeded to pull out a book. He had never experienced such a blatant act of disrespect.

"Um, excuse me!" he said loudly. "Put your porn away, you pervy old geezer! We're about to have a fight, not a literature circle!"

Alexia still felt worried as ever about her sister. Katie had told her that she'd be staying in her room today, but Alexia doubted it.

She sighed and stared at the combatants below, hoping that the fight would take her mind off of everything.

Luna blushed heavily when Tanner pulled out his book. The blush was full of embarrassment and anger.

Seriously?! He's going to read that now of all times?!

Tanner's face reddened slightly when Evan spoke those words. Still, he opened up the book and held it in one hand and started getting immersed into the novel.

"Don't worry about the book," he said, trying to change the subject with an intimidating sentence. "You should focus on trying to win this fight. Don't disappoint me."

With that, he threw a highly accurate kunai knife with his free hand that sailed straight for Evan's head.

Evan instinctively dove down onto the ground, barely avoiding the kunai.

What the-? He wasn't even looking at me! How did he do that?! Evan though as he stood back up.

"That's it, buster. It's on!"

FIGHT!!!

Evan ran towards Tanner with his fist readied to throw a punch once he got near.