Arrival at A.M.A
(Panoramic shot of a massive, futuristic yet mystical academy — magic glyphs hovering in the sky, huge banners saying:)
「A.M.A」(Arcadia Magitech Academy)
アルカディア魔術学院 (Arukadia Majutsu Gakuin)
Students flood the grand courtyard, excitement buzzing in the air.
Shinji Saitou Tsukishima
Arcane:Unknown for now-abyssal surge active.
Ability: Stores and unleashes kinetic energy for explosive power and speed. Aura: Blackish Violet. Skill names inspired by Netherlands cities.
Kuraido Kamikaze Tenryu
Arcane:Eclipthermal – Sunside Active
Ability: Solar Heat & Light Manipulation. Controls solar energy for plasma attacks, illusions, and speed boosts. Regenerates in sunlight.
(Shinji is adjusting his uniform awkwardly, still getting used to being a sorcerer. Kuraido leans back, arms crossed, smirking.)
Kuraido: (grinning)
"Still feels weird seeing you walk around with an Arcane, Shinji. You sure you didn't just glue some mana crystals to your skin?"
Shinji: (annoyed, puffing his chest out)
"I'm telling you, it's real! I earned this, okay?"
Kuraido: (laughing)
"Yeah, sure. Next you'll tell me you got it from tripping over a pebble and the universe felt bad for you."
Shinji: (red-faced)
"I-I didn't trip—!! …Well, maybe once, but that's not the point!!"
Kuraido: (shouldering him roughly)
"Relax, Shadowboy. Just try not to vaporize yourself during the exam, okay?"
(Shinji grits his teeth while blackish-violet sparks crackle faintly around him.)
Main Faculty Member Speech
(Spotlights focus on a man standing atop a floating stage. Cloaked in a long, dark blue coat with one eye bandaged, he radiates intense pressure.)
[Character Introduction Pop-up]
Rukawa Imaizumi
Arcane:Omen Eye (凶兆眼, Kyōchōgan – "Calamity Eye")
Ability: Grants supernatural perception, future sight in combat, and domain-altering powers. Strength grows through hardship.
Rukawa: (calm but sharp voice)
"Welcome, candidates... to Arcadia Magitech Academy. Or as you'll soon call it... your battlefield."
(Students murmur nervously.)
Rukawa: (stern)
"Today's entrance exam will be split into two phases."
Entrance Exam Details:
Phase 1: Combat Maiju simulations.
Phase 2: 1v1 Combat Trials. Only the strongest — and the most clever — will proceed.
Rukawa:
"Remember: the Maiju may be simulated... but death is not."
(The floating stage crumbles into golden glyphs. Rukawa vanishes, leaving the students sweating.)
[ Start of Phase 1]-
(As alarms blare and the doors open to the exam fields — resembling a destroyed city overrun by Maiju — Shinji and Kuraido bump into a new face.)
Shota Kizumi
SHOTA KIZUMI
Quirk: Plasma Jet
He possesses plasma-producing blood cells that allow him to generate intense jet propulsion. However, his body cannot withstand the forces on its own, so he must done a special transformation armor to safely unleash his speed-based power. By activating his Henshin Device, he enters Jet Drive Mode, gaining incredible mobility, enhanced physical strength, and devastating plasma-powered attacks.
Without his armor, he can only use his Quirk for a few seconds before risking severe internal damage.
(Shota appears, and begun to transform into a masked fully armored rider)
Shota: (grinning under his helmet)
"Name's Shota. Hope you two can keep up!"
(He zooms off like a bullet, leaving a sonic boom.)
Shinji: (jaw dropped)
"...Dude, was that guy a human turbocharger?!"
Kuraido: (laughs)
"Focus, idiot. Time to move!"
(Cue high-speed action montage — Shinji flashing in black-violet bursts, Kuraido firing Solar Plasma Blasts, Shota tearing through Maiju with flying kicks.)
More and more injured examinees backed out. Moreover, moments later more Maiju knockout. And 30 minutes later, phase 2 starting.
Phase 2 – 1v1 Battles
(After Phase 1 ends, surviving candidates line up for Phase 2 — 1v1 duels.)
Another 30 minutes past, and the 1v1 battle's started.
Shota: that took things smoothly, I'll never thought I'll be this good in this armor.
Rukawa: now the surviving examinees please be ready, your 30 minutes rest is now over.
In the other side of arena...
Kuraido: why!...why I becoming like that,being too close and laughing like a friend. Shit!!
Fight Match-ups:
[ANNOUNCEMENT]
Shota Kizumi vs Raika Shinomiya (Raika uses an Arcane called Thunder Coil - electric binding chains.)
Mai Asakura vs Fugo Renji (Mai uses Blossom Blaze – floral fire magic; Fugo has Ironblood – hardened skin defense.)
(Other fights occur quickly and explosively.)
The stadium roars.
Flags whip in the wind.
Every eye is locked on the two matches unfolding at once —
young heroes-in-training, fighting for their dreams.
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Shota Kizumi vs Raika Shinomiya
(The bell echoes once — a low, heavy sound.)
The ground crackles beneath Raika's boots as arcs of blue lightning coil around her arms.
Raika (eyes sharp, breathing steady):
> "I won't hold back, Kizumi.
I have people I need to prove myself to."
Across from her, Shota Kizumi tightens his fingers around the side of his belt — the Henshin Device.
Shota (voice calm, but fierce underneath):
> "Good. Neither will I."
He slams his hand onto the belt.
[JET DRIVE – IGNITION!]
Light explodes around him — vents flare open — his plasma armor wrapping his body in a second-skin of speed.
(The air quivers with heat.)
Raika thrusts her hand forward — Thunder Coil!
Chains of pure electricity lash toward him, splitting the air with deafening cracks.
But Shota is already gone.
A plasma blur.
Shota's Monologue (while weaving through the chains):
> "You want to prove something?
So do I.
I'm not the strongest.
I'm not the smartest.
But I swear on every ounce of sweat I've shed—
I'll be the fastest. Faster than fear. Faster than failure. Faster than regret."
He darts between the lightning chains with impossible precision, every jet burst perfectly timed.
Raika (gritting her teeth, electrifying the chains harder):
> "You can't run forever!"
Shota (calling out mid-air, plasma boosting him into a sharp dive):
> "I'm not running."
His feet slam into the ground, jets roaring backward, launching him forward like a bullet.
He punches through the lightning web, plasma shielding sparking violently, and strikes—
A clean, high-speed hit against Raika's shoulder, knocking her backward across the arena floor.
Raika, panting, catches herself with a chain lash, skidding to a halt.
Raika (eyes burning):
> "I can't... lose...!"
Shota (voice low, almost pained):
> "Neither can I."
The plasma lining on his armor flares blindingly bright —
one final charge.
Both fighters scream, dashing forward—
Chains vs Jets.
Thunder vs Plasma.
Dream vs Dream.
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Meanwhile – Mai Asakura vs Fugo Renji
Fugo Renji, fists coated in living iron, charges like a tank.
Fugo (roaring):
> "You can't burn what's stronger than steel!"
But Mai Asakura stands still —
Cherry blossoms of flame drift lazily around her like falling snow.
Mai (voice calm, clear):
> "I don't need to burn you."
She steps forward.
The petals ignite —
an explosion of floral fire that twists like a living storm, wrapping around Fugo's heavy body.
Fugo swings blindly — the iron heating red-hot under the relentless blaze.
Mai's Monologue (in the heart of the fire):
> "Strength isn't just about how hard you hit.
It's how much beauty you can protect when everything is crumbling around you."
With a final step, Mai thrusts her hands forward.
"Blossom Blaze: Final Bloom!"
A crown of fire and petals bursts under Fugo's feet —
the ground cracks —
and the iron giant falls to his knees, defeated.
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[Back to Shota vs Raika – The Final Clash]
They collide.
For a moment — the world is pure white light.
When it fades...
Shota stands tall, steam rising from his armor.
Raika's chains hang limp around her — she falls to one knee, exhausted but smiling.
Rukawa (over loudspeaker):
> "WINNER: SHOTA KIZUMI!"
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[Victory]
Mai helps Fugo to his feet — he laughs gruffly, accepting defeat.
Shota offers a hand to Raika.
She takes it, gripping tight.
Raika (half-laugh, half-cry):
> "You're really fast, Kizumi."
Shota (smiling, quiet):
> "And you're really strong, Shinomiya."
Above them, the Arcadia Arena roars with applause —
not just for winners,
but for how fiercely they all fought.
Final Match of Phase 2: Shinji vs Kuraido
(Crowd cheers. The two step into a large magic-formed arena — the sun setting dramatically behind them.)
(Sun bleeding into twilight. The arena, glowing with mana formations, hums with the rising roar of the crowd.)
Announcer (background):
"FINAL MATCH! Shinji vs Kuraido — BEGIN!!"
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Kuraido: (rolling his shoulders, a cocky sneer)
"Finally. Time to beat some sense into that 'new Arcane' head of yours."
Shinji: (grinning, black-violet aura flickering)
"I'm not the same idiot you used to know!"
(A sudden BOOM shakes the air.)
Shinji blitzes forward — the ground cracking beneath him as he vanishes, leaving behind a blackish-violet streak. His fist cocks back, humming with explosive kinetic energy.
Kuraido: (grunting, lifting a hand)
"Solar Plasma: Flare Wall!"
A burning wall of golden light and searing plasma erupts between them.
Shinji slashes through the edge of it, his body veering around the flames like a dark comet, closing the distance.
(CLASH!)
Kuraido blocks with a forearm coated in shining heat. The impact sends a shockwave bursting outward — the crowd shielding their faces.
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(Mid-Exchange: Fast blows traded. Kuraido uses "Flare Burst Acceleration" to dodge, Shinji adapts using micro-bursts of Abyssal Surge to keep up.)
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Kuraido: (growling, firing solar beams from both palms)
"Are you mocking me?! You made me look like a damn idiot—pretending you had no Arcane!"
Shinji: (weaving, his eyes sharp, furious)
"I didn't ask for this either! I worked my ass off just to stand here!"
(He feints a punch, then kicks Kuraido squarely in the ribs with a burst of black energy.)
"I'm NOT your punching bag anymore!!"
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Kuraido: (staggering back, seething)
"You LIAR!! You think you're better than me now?! Huh?! Because you finally got some damn Arcane?! You think you're special?!"
(He roars — a pillar of solar plasma erupting from his body, the heat causing the ground to shimmer and warp.)
Kuraido: (charging)
"I'll show you who's special!"
(He dashes, using Flare Burst Acceleration, blasting forward in zigzagging patterns, appearing and reappearing with burning fists.)
Shinji: (gritting his teeth, aura flaring)
"Bring it then, Kuraido!!"
(He braces, arms crossed — then releases a kinetic surge that shatters the ground in front of him, countering the solar blitz.)
---
(They trade blow after blow — each hit heavier, each dodge narrower. Kuraido uses Heat Mirage to create illusions, Shinji closes his eyes, trusting in the flow of energy to feel real attacks.)
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(Crowd watching in stunned silence — the arena temperature rising, shadows flickering under the molten sunlight.)
Kuraido: (gritting his teeth, voice cracking slightly)
"You were supposed to be... my shadow! Always behind me!!"
Shinji: (blood trickling down his mouth, panting)
"I'm not... behind you anymore, Kuraido. I'm standing right here!!"
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(Shinji charges, black-violet power spiraling around his fist — a new technique: "Rotterdam Breaker". The air bends around it.)
(Kuraido screams in rage, both hands glowing like miniature suns — preparing a Solar Plasma counterattack.)
(Impact Imminent.)
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But—
In that critical moment, something inside Kuraido SNAPS.
(Scene slows. His left side — Sunside — flickers wildly.)
The sunlight... collapses into shadow.
A moonlit aura — cold, silver-blue and dark as the night sky — erupts from his right side.
Arcane Evolution: MOONSIDE AWAKENING.
(Eclipthermal: Eclipse Pulse Detected.)
Kuraido's body twists mid-air — half of him radiating chilling lunar energy, half solar fury. His eyes widen — one gold, one silver.
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Kuraido (new tone, voice layered, stunned):
"What... what is this...?!"
Shinji: (gasping mid-attack, sensing the change)
"No way... that's not Sunside anymore...!"
(The clash happens — but this time, Kuraido's new Moonside energy absorbs the force — twisting it, countering it with a freezing-cold explosion of dark light.)
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(Both are blown back across the arena — crashing into opposite walls, gasping for breath.)
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Crowd: (exploding in roars)
"Kuraido awakened!!"
"What was that power?!"
"A second Arcane?!"
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(Referee looks shocked — even the faculty members stir, murmuring among themselves.)
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Kuraido: (slowly getting up, a grim look in his mismatched eyes)
"...Looks like you're not the only one who's changed, Shinji."
Shinji: (grinning despite the blood, staggering to his feet)
"Heh... finally. You're standing next to me now, not ahead. Not behind. Just where you belong."
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(The sunset fully fades into night. Their auras — black-violet and lunar-solar — flicker violently in the moonlight.)
(Arena cracked and broken. Night has fallen. The only light now — Kuraido's chilling Lunar Frost aura, flickering like frozen starlight.)
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Shinji: (breathing heavily, bruised but smiling)
"Heh... so that's your real power?"
Kuraido: (standing tall, aura pulsing silver-blue)
"No... this isn't power. It's the part of me I buried."
(His breath frosts the air. His voice — colder, but trembling slightly.)
"The part that remembers... why I started fighting at all."
(A freezing mist spreads across the arena floor, the temperature plummeting.)
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Shinji: (wiping blood from his mouth, smirking)
"Then stop holding it back, Kuraido!! Show me everything!!"
(He flares his black-violet surge again — his afterimages forming wings of dark light behind him.)
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(CLASH!)
They charge — faster, fiercer.
Shinji weaving through blizzards of ice-laced plasma, Kuraido slashing arcs of Lunar Frost Blades with his bare hands.
(Each impact explodes — a mixture of black kinetic energy and freezing lunar light.)
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Kuraido: (eyes blazing silver)
"You kept moving forward... while I stood still!!"
(He slams his palm into the ground: "LUNAR FROST: Nightfall Garden!")
(The battlefield transforms — pillars of frozen moonlight erupt around Shinji, trapping him inside a labyrinth of ice mirrors.)
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Shinji: (panting, heart pounding)
(Thinking: "I can't keep up... he's evolved again... but—")
"I won't lose to you!!"
(He roars, coating his fists in a swirling cyclone of kinetic energy.)
*"Abyss Drive: Vortex Breaker!!"
(He punches — shattering the mirrors — sending shards of black and silver scattering like a storm of razors.)
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Kuraido: (closing the distance, whispering)
"Why... why did you leave me behind, Shinji...?"
Shinji: (shoulder trembling)
"I never left you... you just stopped walking with me!"
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(They collide — fists, hearts, and wills crashing into each other.)
(BOOM.)
(BOOM.)
(BOOM.)
The arena barrier creaks, mana fields destabilizing — the crowd gasps, backing away.
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Meanwhile, at the Faculty Stand
(Main faculty members leap up from their seats — real panic on their faces.)
Professor Kaien (Arcane Structures Expert, sternly):
"This is no longer a tournament match — their Arcanes are destabilizing the arena!!"
Madame Riva (Strategic Magic Specialist, worried):
"If this continues, someone's going to get permanently hurt — or worse!"
Master Hyou (Mana Flow Analyst, grim):
"Their cores are clashing directly...! They don't even realize they're close to a critical Arcane Overload!"
(Energy readings spike — the screens flicker wildly.)
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Dean Arven (pounding a fist on the rail):
"STOP THEM NOW!!"
(Faculty mages form immediate glyph circles, preparing rapid barrier magic.)
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Intervention Attempt
Senior Instructor Lucien (Magic Restraints Specialist):
(Forms a wall of glowing glyph concrete — trying to trap Kuraido and Shinji apart.)
Lucien:
"Enough, you two!! You'll destroy yourselves!!"
Madame Riva (voice booming with command spells):
"This duel is OVER!! STAND DOWN!!"
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But—
Shinji and Kuraido — hear none of it.
Their eyes locked — old wounds bleeding into new ones — neither willing to stop first.
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Kuraido: (tears freezing at the corner of his eye)
"I hated you... because you reminded me... that I was weak."
Shinji: (gritting his teeth, heart cracking)
"I hated you... because you left me behind when all I wanted... was to catch up to you!!"
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FINAL COLLISION
(Both unleash everything — Shinji compressing his Abyss energy into a singularity punch, Kuraido conjuring a massive lunar frost explosion.)
(They lunge at each other — full force — no guards up.)
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Faculty Members (shouting)
Lucien:
"CONTAIN THEM—!"
Madame Riva:
"PUT UP A FINAL BARRIER—NOW!!"
Master Hyou:
"They're going to blow the arena apart—!!"
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(RIGHT BEFORE IMPACT)
BOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!
A massive containment glyph slams between them, stopping their fists inches from colliding.
Frozen winds blast outward — kinetic shockwaves rock the ground — but the faculty barrier holds.
Both Shinji and Kuraido are blown backward, collapsing to their knees, gasping for air.
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Aftermath
(Silence falls — save for the howling winds.)
Dean Arven (standing over them, voice low but furious):
"You two... would have killed yourselves over pride alone."
(His robe flutters, face full of worry hidden behind anger.)
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Kuraido: (gasping, looking at his frozen, bleeding hand)
(whispers)
"I... lost control..."
Shinji: (head bowed, fists clenched into the dirt)
(thinking: "I couldn't reach him... not completely...")
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(Medical teams rush forward. Barriers fade.)
The arena, battered and broken, is silent — but the air is thick with the realization:
Both had crossed the line between rivals and enemies.
And something deep inside both of them had awakened.
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[TO BE CONTINUED.]