Axel's B-Rank Exam

As Axel launched his wind orbs towards Chikane, he noticed that she was engulfed in flames. In an instant, Chikane, with her body on fire, came rushing towards Axel. Luckily, the effects of Axel's necklace were still in effect, giving him a speed boost. He picked up his sword, got away from Chikane by moving to the left, but however fast he was, Chikane's flames grazed him, and due to the gust of wind around him he was controlling with his necklace, Axel had been seared badly by the flames.

By the time the flames were out, Axel had been flat on the floor. The gust created by his necklace faded, and he felt like hell. Axel did not want to continue the fight, but he knew he had to, if he wanted a promotion. Axel began to get up, slowly but surely, and then picked up his sword. He promised himself that he would not use any more magic, because everything he used just added on to the hurt he was getting from his master. Axel would continue fighting with his sword until his arms gave out. He was not going to give up now. Using the stamina left in him, Axel rushed toward Chikane, and again began a barrage of slashes.


HP: 40%

MP: 65%

Wind Necklace cooldown: 3 posts

Wind Orbs cooldown: 2 posts

Wind Drill cooldown: done

Chikane sighed when Axel charged towards her once again, trying to continue the fight even though he was badly hurt. The guild master was impressed with his tenacity, willing to consistently fight a losing battle as long as it meant that he would show enough to become a B-rank mage. His tenacity would probably get him far in life, but he really needed to stop using magic against the flame mage. All he was doing was fueling her flames and giving her more power to work with, so eventually he had to note that he was going to lose soon. Which he did, as he charged her once more but with less strength than before.

The duo clashed blades again, and it paid tribute to the swordsmanship skills that both had, although to anyone who saw it was obvious that Chikane had the larger skill set to work with. She tested out Axel’s abilities once more, and was glad to see that despite his injured body he was willing to continue fighting like there was no tomorrow. However, Chikane did have other things to do and Axel was going to have to stay down the next time she knocked him down.

Chikane used her Cold Step to flash backwards away from Axel’s reach, and then lit her blade on flames. Taking a step forwards, she called out the name of a spell that would be instant pain for Axel if it connected. “Hono no Bumeran!” Launching the flaming blade at Axel, Chikane used her Cold Step and Fire Flash spells to get a far enough distance away so that she could see the outcome of her attack.

Hit or miss though, the exam would end soon.

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MP: 91%
HP: 95%

Spells:
Fire Flash: 1 post duration
Cold Step: 2 post cooldown

Weapon Spells:
Tamashi Hori Kusuzhi: 4 post cooldown
Hono No Bumeran: 5 post cooldown

while clashing swords with Chikane, Axel knew she was the better swordsman. If he continued to clash with her, he knew he would lose. Heck, he knew he would lose the battle either way, but that still did not stop him. Chikane got far away from Axel and then launched her sword at him, that was know engulfed in flames. Axel knew what he had to do. He dropped his sword to the ground, and began to become wind, using his wind teleportation spell. He knew that if he passed directly through the flames while in wind mode, Axel would get burnt again, so he passed around it, and once he turned back to his normal form, he rushed Chikane yet again.

This time, Axel decided to use his fists to try and attack Chikane. As he ran towards her, Axel launched right jab, and if that did not work, he would launch a left jab, and would repeat that process until Chikane launched her next spell.

HP: 40%

MP: 55%

Wind Teleportation cooldown: 3 posts

Wind Necklace cooldown: 2 posts

Wind Orbs cooldown: 1 post

Chikane sighed in irritation when she noticed Axel managed to avoid the majority of her attack once again. This was frustrating, as the wind mage needed to go down and go down immediately. Chikane was a busy woman with things to do, and this exam was supposed to be over about fifteen minutes ago! Chikane grabbed her blade as it returned from its boomerang path, and placed it on her back as she noticed Axel run towards her in an attempt to strike her with hand to hand attacks, Chikane was going to be behind in things to do if she didn’t figure out how to end this quickly. An idea formed in her mind, risky as if she messed up it could severely damage Axel for the rest of his life.

While dodging his strikes quite easily, Chikane lit her right fist on fire and brought it up to her face. The guild master took a breath and jumped at Axel when he was attempting a strike, trying to ram her own fist into his face with her Flaming Superman Punch spell. At this close range, it was nearly impossible for her to miss him completely, and how injured he was it would be hard for him to avoid the blow.

But only time would tell.

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MP: 81%
HP: 95%

Spells:
Fire Flash: 4 post cooldown
Cold Step: 1 post cooldown

Weapon Spells:
Tamashi Hori Kuzushi: 3 post cooldown
Hono no Bumeran: 4 post cooldown

As Axel continued his assault on Chikane with his fists, he noticed that she was dodging every punch easily. Axel knew that he was going to lose very soon, and sure enough, he was right. while avoiding Axel's attacks, Chikane was able to throw in her own fist, which as encased in flames. Axel could not dodge the attack, so as the fist connected with his face, Axel got sent flying 40 yards, until he landed roughly on the floor. The flaming pain he got from all of Chikane's spells throughout the battle rendered Axel's body functions useless for the moment. He could do nothing but lay there, and try very hard to stay out of unconsciousness.

HP: 10%

MP: 55%

Wind Teleportation cooldown: 2 posts

Wind Necklace cooldown: 1 post

Wind Orbs cooldown: Done

Chikane watched as Axel flew away and crashed into the ground at high speed after being hit with her punch. It was a devastating move in itself and it showed as Axel was finally unable to get back up. The flame mage felt slightly bad about going that serious on her guildie, but it was necessary so that they didn’t spend all day trying to beat each other in a fight that they knew only one was going to win. Sighing, Chikane walked over to Axel and bent down to his downed body so that she was looking at him in the eye.

“You are one stubborn guy you know that?” She asked him with a bit of humor in her voice, her lips curving in a small smile. “And that’s very good. You have the tenacity and strength to become something great in the future. Just keep fighting like you did earlier, and all should be alright. I’m proud to consider you a B-rank mage for Fairy Tail. Now let’s get you to the infirmary, you might need some ice for those wounds.” Chikane hefted Axel onto her shoulders in a fireman's carry position, and began to walk towards the guild at a slow and sedate pace. They could take their time now, as there was no real hurry.

Unless Axel started to completely bleed out. That might make things need to be rushed faster.

((OOC: Axel is now officially B-rank))