Martial arts sounds promising

Thinking it over, I felt like I was limiting my options just picking between the two teams. Mukuro and Kaede were unexpectedly testy about not getting their way with me. Admittedly, that was my fault with the former, but details. I hadn't gotten magic reality-changing powers to think hard about things and always make the best decisions, and now might be a good time try and spread my wings, as they say. At least, I think that's the sayin- Whatever!

Looking through the other options, a lot of the pairings had a lot of potential for potential prompts - swimming and pop music, gymnastic exercise & art, dancing & gaming, inventing and swordsmanship - but right now, my focus was on the pairing of martial arts and magic seemed very interesting to me, and since I wasn't as close to Tenko or Himiko yet, it helped assuage some of the guilt from messing with them.

"I'd like to partner with Tenko and Himiko" I eventually said. For a second, I thought I'd overestimated how long I'd be living for those future plans, as Mukuro released Kaede and both spun at me with a glare in their eyes. "Minnie!"

I searched for something to save myself, found it, and settled on it. "Mukuro. Do you have any right to question me?"

I could see in their eyes that while Kaede didn't know what that meant, Mukuro did. The soldier shrugged sullenly. "Fine. Start there, if you have to. Just make sure you do what you need to in the end. If I get the idea you're backing down..."

"I get it..." I agreed, giving Mukuro one last glance before picking up my bag. The teacher seemed to have realized she'd lost control of the class in the strange spat that started up a moment earlier, and was dismissing everyone to head to the next session. I wasn't going to object to keeping things moving: the idea of spending time with both a martial artist and magician was interesting - and hopefully experiment and figure out a lot more about the ring.

"All right... but I was hoping we could spend more time together." Kaede says, a sad pout on her face.

"Sorry about that..." I apologized awkwardly. "But I think I'll try to get to know some other classmates." She says, getting a look from Kaede. "I think I'm going to try to get to know Tenko and Himiko, I can't help but feel we got off on the wrong foot. Maybe we could hang out next time?"

"All right." She sighs before walking over to Maki as they head to the Ultimate Pianist's lab. I nodded, looking over at Tenko who was standing next to Himiko.

"Nyeh, come on." Himiko said grumpily. "The sooner we get to Tenko's lab, the sooner we can get it over with..." This comment let to a dramatically distraught look from Tenko, who recovered quickly.

"Don't worry Himiko! I'll make sure you have fun!" Tenko shouts enthusiastically as I approached, before looking at me. "Come on, follow me!" She shouted as she ran to the door, waiting for the other two to follow. I nodded and follows with Himiko walking behind her, holding her arm.

Very closely in fact. It didn't take me long to realize Himiko was actively pressing her arm into her chest... right between her breasts, small as they were. She thought about saying something about it, but decided not to bring it up - Tenko might react poorly, and things were awkward enough as it is.

Speaking of Tenko, the Aikido Master was swaying her hips left and right like a runway model as she led the way there, her muscular legs making her booty bounce in a rhythm. It was almost hypnotic... probably another effect of the ring. Not that I was complaining.

"Nyeh..." said Himiko in a quiet voice as she tugged on my arm a bit to get my attention. "I know you're a boob lover, but go easy on Tenko. I like her, even if her personality can be such a pain some times." She asked, sighing. It definitely seemed like Himiko was a low energy type of girl, and since Tenko was so much the reverse, I could see their relationship being tricky... maybe I could help with that...

"Here we are!" Tenko suddenly shouted, dragging my attention back to the forefront as we stood in front of a green old fashioned Japanese door, like the kind you'd see at the front of a dojo in the movies. Instantly, the Aikido Master saw Himiko holding my arm, and freaked. "BWAAAH! Why is Himiko holding onto your arm like that!?"

"Nyeh... it was quieter next to her, and the boob lover has clearly fallen for my other sophisticated charms in spite of her obsessions." She said the back half of that sentence so casually and confidently I had to whip my head to stare at the little mage in disbelief.

"Nnngh... when will Himiko cling her adorable little body to me like that!?" Tenko bemoaned in what she probably thought was a quiet whisper: in reality, she was perfectly audible to both Himiko and myself. She quickly blushed and fired a glare at me. "Come on in to the Ultimate Aikido Master's Lab!" She said, opening the door and strutting in, the two of us following her, Himiko having let go of my arm.

(Thanks to Gatsha for advice when writing this)