Rita's D to C Exam

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-whistles- EBOOOONY~!

Rita had been comfortably snoozing, she was sprawled out on one of the structure beams that hung high above the guild holding the ceiling together. The girl slept comfortably despite the fact that she was napping on a narrow landing far above the guild, all until a certain someone's yelling met her ears with full force.

"RITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Meet me at the Serene Cliff in like, 10 minutes, it seems you are ready, to take your exam!"

Startled to be woken up to such words almost sent Rita plummeting off where she  would  surely splatter like a pancake against the floor miles below her. She got lucky at was able to swing her legs around the support beam she had been napping on saving her from a very painful landing.

"E-Exams?...... Uh oh. I must of forgotten all about today!"

Still hanging from the ceiling like a possum Rita drooped from the beam and headed for the ground below, She had managed to pull off an impressive set of back flips and landing safely on her feet. The Fairy let out a long yawn as she tiredly dried her eyes before she perked back up to her usual ambitious and self.

"Looks I've gotta get to the cliff!~"

and with that Rita bolted out the doors leaving a cloud of dust behind her as she raced towards Serene Cliff.

Rita was absolutely dumb founded she knew he could not stand a chance against her own guild master. Rita just looked at Ebony as her face grew with immense comedic astonishment. She steeped back wondering if she was hearing things. she gulped in an attempt to swallow down her sudden nervousness. Rita usually was confident in these situations,Fights, but Leap was a whole other level from her. Rita tried to shrug it off and loosen up a bit.


Rita asked trying to stall the fight between her and her guild master for as long as she could. Rita wasn't sure she could even bring herself to bring out her weapon for her guild master. The thought of it made her grow more uneasy and confused...Fighting against Ebony?

As 'tempting' as it was Rita refused to be baited by the pastry Ebony suddenly revealed. Rita wondered if her guild master thought she was stupid or if it was her head that was full of hot air...That would explain the floating.

But now Rita had a choice to make. She could go for it and make the first move...But that's what Ebony wanted. Rita didn't know what she was up against. Now that she thought about it Rita had never even witnessed her abilities but to keep such a rowdy guild in line she is certainly strong. She knew she could not just stand around either this was her exam and she had promised herself that she would pass.

Sending the battle into action Rita whipped her scythe against the ground kicking up some dirt as she vanished before Ebony's eyes. Rita appeared behind her guild master and attempted to bash her with the stem of her scythe using everything she had.

(You have shown interest in continuing this, so I shall pick up where Leap had left off.)

Suddenly, Ebony’s image started to flicker after Rita had attempted to hit it, and the sound of an aggravated woman could be heard as the image of Ebony continued to flicker continuously. Rita might have been confused, at first, but then she would see the image of her new guild master, Chikane, trying to work some type of lacrima device before giving up and tossing her hands in the air. She would then turn to Rita with an apologetic look on her face.

“I apologize for the inconvenience Rita. It seems the device doesn’t work correctly as I thought it should.” The white haired mage said with a sigh at the end. This device had been slightly expensive, and for it not to work the way that she was promised kind of put a damper on her spirits. She was really looking forward to using this against her guild members in a series of tests of their spirits, but it seems that would have to wait until she managed to get the blasted thing working.

“Well, in the meantime, if you would like to spar with someone I would be willing.” The guild master said. Today she was wearing her red tattered hoodie, which had a rip in the middle to show her black muscle shirt underneath it. The hoodie fell to about her legs, which covered her black shorts she wore. Armored boots rounded out her entire outfit, and the white haired guild master had her cloak wrapped around something as per the usual. Chikane was looking at Rita with a questioning look on her face, wondering if the shadow mage wanted to continue with a spar or not.

It was Chikane’s choice in the end, but she would respect her guild member’s decision in this case.

It in fact was rather confusing, witnessing the image of her previous master vanish off to be replaced with none other than that of her new master, Chikane who was also known by the name Noriko Hitsugaya. She seemed rather frustrated with the device in her hands. Her master put the defective item aside and offered Rita her attention. Chikane went and apologized to Rita for the inconvenience. The mage was not the least bit upset with her current guild master, she was just very confused. It all seemed so real before she had shown up. Had she been fooled into this, Could Ebony of been an apparition since the start of the young fairies exam?

Rita was then offered a match with Noriko who exchanged a questioning glance towards her. Rita thought about it as she looked over Chikane. Coming to a decision she exchanged a grin with her master "I will fight you but only under one condition...." She began boldly "You take Ebony's place in my C rank examination and allow me to finish what I started." The Fairy actually was looking forward to this. She knew more than anything that her master was strong and that this test would be far from easy, but this exam was a chance to show her newest master what she was capable of. After a bit of warming up with the Ebony illusion Rita was ready to face her master. She holstered her scythe and waited for Chikane to explain anything else regarding the examination.

“I was planning to finish your C-rank exam. I apologize about the entire experience earlier, it was supposed to work much better and not short out. I will have to make that up to you sometime.” Chikane muttered the last sentence, but otherwise had looked the eager girl up and down. Rita was definitely not one of the strongest members of the guild, but the girl had spunk and will in her. The white haired demon had kept an eye on her since becoming guild master, and the shadow mage had potential that was severely untapped. When she got to the top of her strength, Chikane was sure Rita would be a force that many could not compare to.

And she was going to assist the younger female all the way.

“Alright Rita. I don’t expect you to defeat me, but come at me with what you got.” Chikane lowered herself into a more defensive stance. She was going to start off on the defensive once more, wanting Rita to kick off the fight in any way she pleased. The white haired demon’s hands ignited in a blue flame, showing that she was initiating the fight with her icy flames instead of her usual burning flames. Chikane did not remember if she ever told the young shadow mage that her flames could change nature from fire to ice, but she figured that this was the best time for the young girl to find that out.

Albeit, it might end with the girl in a bit of pain and anger at her guild master. But Chikane was sure that Rita would forgive her in the end. It was to help her grow stronger anyways.

The fairy sparked a grin as she watched her guild masters hand combust in a blue fire. Rita had waited around enough it was time for her to show  what she was made of.

"Shadow form."

Rita had begun to sink down into the shadow that was drawn beneath her. What remained of Rita's presence,her shadow, was blown away in a calm gust as if it were nothing more than a black sand. It seemed like she had vanished in an instant, But Rita was still there, and she was waiting for the perfect moment. Her presence watched Chikane, carefully dissecting the wizards defensive stance until finding an opening of somewhat.

As Rita prepared to reappear from the left side Chikane would be able to detect a shadowy presence closing in.

Another gust came and with it came a black ash that was quick to reform at Chikane's side into that of Rita and her scythe. Now close enough to her master, Rita would lunge to kick Chikane's legs out from under her and send her into the dirt.

Shadow form:

Chikane switched her stance slightly so that her left side was facing forward instead. The guild master awaited the reappearance of the shadow mage, as it was obvious Rita would attempt to ambush her. From where was the question, although Chikane wasn’t picked to be a guild master for no reason. The flame mage let her blue flame die out a bit as she looked around for where her little guildie could come from. Her eyes were vigilant, and she was ready for almost anything that Rita would throw at her.

When Rita reappeared to her left, the guild master used her Cold Step spell to immediately speed away from the shadow mage. She didn’t use all three of her bursts however, and instead used one so she could get a fair distance away before lighting a softball sized ball of flames in her right hand. Winding back, she threw the ball at Rita in hopes that the shadow mage could show her that she indeed had the abilities to avoid or defend against D-ranked spells. Chikane used the final two bursts of Cold Step to get as far away from Rita as possible while still keeping her in the guild master’s sight.

She didn’t want her to think that she was chickening out or anything, she was simply being careful to not actually hurt her.

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MP: 100%
HP: 100%

Spells:
Fire Baseball: 2 post cooldown
Cold Step: 2 post cooldown

Rita wasn't quick enough and let her guild master slip away using some sort of boost move. Rita had to admit that Chikane was quick. She had practically teleported away, leaving an icy trail behind her.  It was then that Rita spotted a ball of fire speeding her way. She quickly readied her weapon. The Fairy rose her scythe, sliced the air and proceed to spin it until the blade of the weapon began to spark and eventually ignited in a black aura. Rita had not just swung her scythe around to show off, in the midst of all the blade twirling she had cut gravity itself. Thanks to her counter attack the fire ball that had been charging for would spark up in a similar black aura and begin to drift off as if it were in space before it dissipated.

By the time Rita managed to parry the attack Chikane had ended up 15 meters away thanks to those boost spells she had. Rita had an attack in mind that could reach 15 meters at its most  but she felt that it was to much of a risk. From where Master Noriko stood there was no guarantee that Rita could manage get a hit. The wizard would have to wait before she could even think about attacking Chikane. she holstered her scythe and took a defensive stance feeling that Chikane was bound to strike again shortly.

(OOC: I just cut off the other half of my post, sorreh if I still haven't fixed it!!!!!)

Cut Gravity:

Chikane started to stalk around the shadow mage from a good distance. Her spell was deflected, which was to be expected. Rita was indeed a capable D-rank mage, and she had shown the skill to be promoted to C-rank before. But Chikane wasn’t yet satisfied. The girl needed to show her more, and Chikane wouldn’t be satisfied until Rita showed her everything she had in her arsenal and more.

The flame mage knew the shadow mage had more than what she had ever shown.

Chikane scrunched her nose and scratched her head, before making an ‘Ahh’ noise and taking a step backwards. Chikane then jumped in the air, doing a flip while so. This released a large wave of energy that flew towards Rita at a very high speed. Upon landing, Chikane would get back into her defensive stance and wait for Rita’s response.

If the girl hadn’t died or been severely injured by the blast that is.


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MP: 95%
HP: 100%

Spells:
Fire Baseball: 1 post cooldown
Cold Step: 1 post cooldown
Fire Flash Kick: 5 post cooldown

"Shadow Make: Wall!"

she knelt down and crossed her arms to cover her face in a defensive position as her shadow shaped into that of a wall to aid her. She prayed that it was enough. Rita felt the fiery wave  erupt  closer and closer until it came to a clash with Rita's defense. Almost immediately the barrier crumbled, Failing to fully protect Rita from the fiery blast. Rita felt herself hurled back where she was slammed head first into the ground before tumbling to a stinging and aching stop.


"Damn...that hurt." Rita thought to herself "Is that all you've got?..." a familiar voice echoed in her head. She refused to be belittled and clambered back to her feet as she wiped the blood away from her nose. "I'm... I'm not done yet." She said loud enough for Chikane to hear.

"Shadow Make: Darts!" A magic circle appeared on Rita's palm with a shadowy aura as about 30 needle like projectiles fired at Chikane rapidly. About every 10 projectiles that would Chikane would cause D rank damage. Rita refused to leave her assault where it was, she didn't need to give Chikane the opportunity to land a hit on her again "Dark portal" Similar to an attack she showed earlier. The Fairy sunk down into her shadow again, but this time instead of it blowing away the shadow seemed to of dissipated with her. Rita could not help but make it obvious that  She was attempting another ambush, but Rita needed to get closer to Chikane somehow. Like everyone else Master Noriko had a shadow, a shadow that fell behind her. Rita emerged from the space as if were a doorway. Rita didn't want to give her master allot of time to strike back So Rita her tried a similar tactic that she tried before with Ebony, and swung her scythe as hard as she could to smash Chikane in upper back with the rib (curved top side) of the blade so she would not cut her but hopefully nail her pretty hard. On the other hand if Rita was not quick enough Chikane could easily pull a counter
attack on her.

Chikane winced when Rita attempted to block her spell with a wall. It failed miserably of course, and the young girl was thrown into a tree. The white haired guild master started insulting her own stupidity, ranting about how dumb it was for her to even use a spell like that. Chikane knew the girl wasn’t dead, but that would definitely hurt a lot. Rita proved that she wasn’t a fragile piece of glass by getting up, but Chikane knew the girl wouldn’t be able to do much of anything against her at all. The shadow mage created darts which fired rapidly at her guild master. While they were many in number, they didn’t pose a mighty problem to her. Using her buster blade as a shield of sorts, she managed to deflect all of the darts without any damage being dealt to her.

Chikane didn’t notice Rita teleport, but she did feel the weapon hit her in the back. While most people would be extremely hurt after such an attack, it barely did anything to truly faze the flame mage. A D-rank attack wouldn’t hurt someone who had taken much more damage and walked away with barely a scratch.

A problem however, was Chikane’s reactions to being hit from behind. If she could help it, she would attack her attacker. Which is what she did, swinging behind her without thinking.

If it connected, problems might occur for both her and Rita.

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MP: 95%
HP: 98%

Spells:
Fire Flash Kick: 4 post cooldown

Chikane's reflexes were just to quick for Rita. Master Noriko swung...And she nailed her target in her left eye.  A sharp pain came instantly as Rita was punched, Hard. She had been hit with more than enough force to knock her back. Rita felt a hot and heavy fuzz in her brain as she was brought down again. On her way down she lost her scythe, and it slid somewhere out of her reach. Rita's head was cycling in and out of weightlessness as she felt herself begin to fade. No- She couldn't go out like this. It was her exam, and if she could not take anything her master could throw at her how could she even call herself a Fairy Tail wizard? She wanted to get back up this time, but It was so hard for her to even think about standing up after taking that hit. Rita tried her best to fight back and mustered the effort to get to her knees. The mage could not even see out of her left eye at this point and could only decipher blurred images out of her right. Still on the ground, she weakly rummaged for her scythe. Rita attempted to smudge away the blood gushing from the horrendous gash Chikane left on her eye, ignoring the crimson that was trickling down the corner of her lips. She struggled to find her weapon,fighting to stay conscious, despite it hadn't gone to far and was laying right in front of her.

Chances were that Rita was going to walk out with more than a black eye thanks to the power in Chikane's strike, but she refused to back down. She had come to far to loose.


(OOC:Yes clearly it is a little late to start throwing my stats in spoilers but I really don't care xD
And sorry if the post took a little long.)

Chikane immediately let go of her blade and began to run in the direction that her fallen guild member had gone. It was a stupid mistake on her part, allowing her reflexes to get the better of her and not controlling them right. And who paid for it? Poor little Rita. The girl must’ve been extremely surprised that her guild master would do such a thing, and Chikane began to feel like a failure. Her guild member had been hurt BECAUSE of her. It was her fault Rita took a hit that could have possibly killed her, and it was her fault that the girl was probably about to keel over. Chikane was a failure. She had done too much this time, and who paid for it?

Someone who was innocently trying to showcase their own skill.

Chikane’s face morphed into a sad smile as she saw Rita attempt to get up. The girl was trying so hard, it was unfair that she had accepted the fight. What a stupid move on her part. The white haired guild master looked back at the blade she had accepted, and then walked forwards to Rita, an apologetic look on her face and a submissive step to her walk. She stopped 5 feet in front of the shadow mage and sat down in a seiza position.

“Rita. You don’t have to get up.” She softly spoke, making sure she was able to be heard by the C-rank hopeful. “You’ve shown by staying awake after that hit, you have more than enough will to be a C-rank mage. And by your planning against me, you have shown you can think like one too. Only one last test remains.” Chikane exhaled, she was worried that Rita would want retribution but this was a test that the shadow mage had to pass.

“You can either cut me down here, or accept my help. Your choice. And don’t look at me as your guild master, look at me as the woman who was forced on all of your friends by the Magic Council.” Chikane’s voice was serious, and her hand extended out to help Rita up.

“Your choice.”

"You're right. You are not a guild master to me." She said. Chikane might not of realized it but she had put Rita through hell during this exam- and that only made her stronger. Rita appreciated that in her master "You are allot more than that, Master Noriko." Rita said as she searched and found Chikane's hand despite she still could not see well. "Thank you for the exam." Rita forced a smile accepting help and clambered to her feet as she retrieved her scythe. She Remained blinded from that last hit and felt sore and drained as it was expected after taking such a beating, But it was worth it. Rita had proven she was strong enough to be a C-rank.

Chikane smiled at Rita's answer to her question. While the exam hadn't exactly gone the way she wanted, Rita had indeed shown the heart of a true Fairy Tail member. She had stood even while she should have stayed down, and was willing to attempt to continue the fight. Rita also had shown loyalty, willing to forget everything about the situation her guild was put in to see Chikane as a friend and not a nuisance. The flame mage couldn't have been more proud while helping the girl to her feet, and wrapping her arm around her neck. The shadow mage managed to grab her scythe before Chikane spoke again.

"Well said Rita. You are indeed a C-rank mage. I hope to see a lot from you in the future." Chikane spoke proudly while walking with the girl over towards her blade. Hefting the large buster blade on her back, Chikane turned her head and smiled broadly towards Rita.

"Now, lets go get you patched up and something to eat. I think you've earned it." Chikane chuckled at the end and continued carrying Rita towards the guild hall.

It was celebrating time.

((OOC: Congratulations Rita, you have passed the C-rank examination.))