Friendship Through Punching

Alexis was, dare he say it, actually enjoying this weird tournament- even with the loss to Jude. After a rough summer break and generally being very depressed this was just the thing for him to jump into and focus on. Plus his regalia were actually pretty good for him, though he wasn't going to admit that out loud.

He walked into the gym for powers class flanked by his two regalia. One was a friendly, middle-aged man with a red beard and a smile who was currently greeting everyone he passed. The other was a teenage boy, maybe about 15, who was dressed in a sort of punk fashion except instead of metal spikes and chains they were all formed of lime green glass.

The regalia apparently had decided to leave him alone during regular classes but here they could eagerly watch the training and fighting. Not to mention Alexis was planning to meet up with Dalia there. Quite a while ago they had talked about fighting while in the community center and Alexis had made it clear he wouldn't be one of those people who backed away from a fight just because Dalia was younger.

In all honesty Alexis might not be able to beat Dalia. She was a goddess after all, and from what she did to Altizica at the arena it was clear she was powerful. He didn't really care though. He wanted to fight and he was pretty sure she was going to agree. That was pretty much the extent of his plan. Really that was how he made a good portion of his friends- getting beat up by them or beating them up.

Alexis looked around the gym for the six-armed blonde girl.

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Alexis turned his head at the sound of the Dalia rocket's launch from the bleachers and then the following landing on the gym floor. It was a pretty cool way to make herself known.

"Hey Dalia. No way would I bail on this," he gave a faint but noticeable smile as he turned to the two regalia following. "I guess you can go sit down to watch, Galen and Rosen."

Galen, the friendly looking man, smiled at Dalia and said, "Nice to meet you young Dalia. Have a good match." To Alexis he turned and said, "remember, keep your head. I'm proud of you," before walking of to sit down. Rosen, the glass-encrusted teen, also nodded and grinned at Dalia before turning back to Alexis. "Hey fighting is your thing right? I'm sure you got this but if you do lose though i'll just have to help you train. I bet I can teach you a bunch," he said quite loudly. His sort of pep-talk completed he also went to sit down.

Alexis rolled his eyes but he did very much appreciate their support. As he turned back to Dalia he had a determined, ready look on his face. "I'm so ready for this. Looking forward to it all day. I say we go to a K.O. or one of us taps out," he answered with a grin now on his face. He was happy when fighting.

He stretched out his arms and legs and then got into a rough ready stance. He was scrappy, a sort of street-brawler type without too much official training but he had been practicing quite a bit in powers classes before the summer break and he had been working out a ton during the break.

As soon as she agreed to the terms and was ready he planned to charge at her. No use being fancy or wasting their time.

Alexis had expected her to react quickly but he did not expect her to just flip over him. As he skidded to a stop he began to spin towards where she was going. He was very quick but not quick enough to do anything for the first punch, as it hit him while turning. It hurt and he winced in pain but he was glad he could take a few punches and keep going. He got his arms up to protect himself from the other two but the number of punches she could throw was going to be a problem.

In fact Alexis was thinking that just straight up boxing was a terrible plan just on the number of arms alone. Instead he kept his hands up to try to block as much as he could and kicked out with his left leg, trying to sweep her legs.

It had actually worked. Well, sort of. She was right back up and coming at him again really quickly.

"Pshh that wasn't even a hit. Just wait til I actually hit you, you freaking flip wizard" he replied as she was coming at him, ready to drive her feet right into his guts. Assuming he could actually hit her. She was really quick. It was like the sparring match with Rory. Of course feet in his guts wasn't going to be super fun so he threw himself into a roll towards her, figuring she couldn't just stop her momentum in the air.

After the roll Alexis pushed off the ground and popped back up to his feet to lunge at her again. He was letting his frustration control him and was about to try throwing a huge haymaker style punch but what Galen had said before the fight about keeping his head started to repeat in his mind. Instead of the big, predictable swing he stopped himself and raised his arms to prepare himself for the quick attacks Dalia was surely about to rain on him.

He needed to be close and he needed to find a moment where she couldn't just dodge or block with one her many arms. At least for the moment he would go on the defensive a little more than he normally did. Being close to all those arms made him worried but he was supposed to be pushing those thoughts away and concentrating.

He had held his ground as she rushed in for the collision and tried to hit her as she approached but she was able to block his blows handily. The sudden flames made Alexis flinch but though he wasn't a smart kid he did remember how Dalia had defeated Altizica. As he wasn't getting burned he went ahead and threw a test jab at Dalia's side and immediately also felt the fire leap over and hurt him. Yes, this had to be that same thing she had used on Altizica.

"Well fuck, I guess i'm punching myself now too," he grinned. It wasn't even a taunting or maniacal grin either- he was just happy. He was having fun even though he probably was going to end up knocking himself out. Alexis wasn't feeling too afraid of taking the pain- he wasn't going to back down until one of them was KOed.

His own combat tricks were pretty limited, especially in human form, but he figured it was worth a shot. She had fire so maybe his mist could do something? At least cause a distraction maybe.

He came in close to Dalia and feinted a punch but instead took a deep breath and blew out a thick, heavy cloud of cool water vapor in about a 5 square foot area right in front of, and encompassing, the fiery girl. Alexis tried to use that as cover to crouch down and drive his other fist towards her stomach, hoping that maybe he could catch her by surprise. Maybe the mist would even mess with her flames, but he didn't really expect that to work.