Team JEST
Chapter 2: The First Duels
S/N: I'm back everyone, with another chapter of Team JEST! As promised, Team JEST's semblances will be revealed in this chapter, and at the end I will explain their color choices. I hope you have a good time reading this chapter as well!
A/N: We only own our OC's. That's the disclaimer, by the way.
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Last Night…
"Okay," Johnny said as they arranged the beds. He pointed to the bed in the top left corner from the door. "That's my bed." He pointed to the bed on the top right corner. "That's Eric's bed." He pointed to the one in the bottom right corner. "That's Sam's." And he pointed to the bed in the lower left corner. "And that's Thomas's. Any problems?" The team shook their heads. "Great! Now we should get some sleep. We have a big day tomorrow!"
Today…
Sam sat up in her bed as she yawned and stretched. She took a look at the time. 6:00, huh? Sam thought to herself. She got up and walked to the bathroom. After she did her business, she brushed her teeth and took a quick 5-minute shower, (S/N: Not sure if they have showers at Beacon, but I'm still going to add them), after which she changed into her uniform. She was now awake and alert, and she waited for her brothers to get up.
Johnny was the next to wake up, stretching as he did so. He looked towards Sam, who was ready and waiting for her brothers, and went to the bathroom. After he brushed his teeth, he stepped into the shower for his 5-minute shower. After he got out, he motioned for Sam to turn around, which, after a roll of her eyes, she did. Johnny changed into his uniform, putting on his red overcoat and strapping his swords on his back, because you could never be too sure.
Thomas was the third to wake up, and followed the same routine his siblings did. Before he changed, he pointed to the door, which Johnny and Sam left through. He changed into his uniform and brought his swords out. He was about to sheathe them when a thought occurred. Nah, I don't want them to be visible. He reverted his swords to their gun forms, then holstered them at his side. He patiently waited for Eric to get up.
Finally, being the cat he was, Eric took his time getting up. When he did, he trudged towards the bathroom, and did his usual routine. After he got out, making sure to rub his ears completely so they were dry, he calmly changed into his uniform and strapped his knives to his put on a green zip-up hoodie, about to pull up the hood until he remembered Blake's words. He left it down and adjusted it slightly. He looked over at Thomas, who got up from his leaning position on the wall, and opened the door for the other two to come back in the room.
"Alright, guys, remember what Dad said," Johnny started.
"It's important to have a hairstyle…" Thomas continued.
"...but it's even more important to make sure that hairstyle looks good on you," Sam finished one of their dad's rules.
"So me and Sam are fine," Eric said as he looked to Sam's hair, which was long and went down to her back (not like Yang's; Sam's hair was not messy).
"Yep," Sam said as she looked at Eric's natural messed-up hairstyle, most likely from the towel.
"Alright," Thomas said as he sat down and ran a comb through his hair. Through his peripheral vision, he could see Johnny following his example. After he was finished, he and Johnny looked at the other's hairstyle and nodded in approval. Thomas' hairstyle consisted of messy hair, with the front part of his hair combed over on the right side with it still sticking up a bit and going down on his left side and fell just above his left eye (like a man's flick hairstyle), while Johnny's was swept to the right; a loose lock of hair dangled over his right eyebrow naturally.
"Now we're ready to go," Johnny said. He walked through the door with his team following him. Now that their morning routine was set, they could focus on their day now.
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"You guys are up early," Yang remarked as she stifled a yawn and walked into the cafeteria with her team. Team RWBY sat down on the opposite side of the table of Team JEST.
"It's what we did all the time back home, ya know," Johnny said while smirking.
"Didn't you guys promise to tell us more about your lives?" Weiss asked.
"Oh yeah, we did," Thomas sighed as he ran a hand through his hair, letting it fall back to hairstyle it normally is. "We have two cats, not including Eric-" Eric growled lightly, "-and we have always trained to be Huntsmen. Johnny loves to fight, and will readily accept any challenge. I will fight, but I will end it quickly. Sam and Eric are in between. Our mom and dad were the best parents you could ever ask for. They were never hard on us, and they even personally trained us. When you see us fight, just think about how much stronger our parents are." This information made Team RWBY's eyes widen.
"Mr. Rogers," the two teams heard a voice a call. Johnny turned to see Professor Goodwitch walk to him. "Your parents are calling."
Johnny broke into a grin. "Is it for all of us?"
"No. Just you."
His smile faltered. "I see." He looked to his disheartened siblings/teammates. "I'll give Mom and Dad your regards, guys."
"Thanks man." Thomas said. Johnny got up to follow Professor Goodwitch. She led him to the communications room, where she motioned for Johnny to go inside.
"Be sure to be out before classes start."
"Thanks, Professor." With that, Johnny stepped inside. He looked at the currently active scroll in the room, and sat down on it.
"Hi, Johnny!" His mom called.
Johnny laughed. "Hi, Mom. Where's Dad?"
"Right here, son!" His dad's face popped into view. "How's your first day at Beacon so far?"
"It's going good, Dad! Tommy, Sam, Eric, and I are all on the same team, and we made a whole bunch of friends! One of them's a Schnee!"
"Is is Weiss?"
"Yep. She was a bit...cold at first, but she warmed up after she learned who we were."
"Okay, son." Mr. Rogers and Johnny simultaneously ran a hand through their hair, with Johnny having picked up that habit from his dad. "How are those Waypoints for you four?"
"They were a bit difficult to get used to at first, but once we linked them to our Aura," Johnny said while he pulled out his black knife, "they actually started working for us!"
"It's amazing how you automatically go to where they're thrown, isn't it?" Mrs. Rogers asked.
"Heh. Sure is." Johnny looked at the time. "Crap, it's almost time. Mom, Dad, classes are about to start."
"No worries, Johnny. We're just about done."
"We were calling for two reasons," Mr. Rogers said. "We were calling to congratulate you for becoming a leader. By the way, your team's name is…?"
"It's Team JEST, Dad."
"Funny. We were also calling to tell you that we sent a package for you. It'll arrive by the end of the day, and don't worry, we ran it through your headmaster."
"I'll keep an eye out, Dad. Bye guys! We love you!"
"We love you too, Johnny! Tell that to your siblings!" This was the last thing that Mrs. Rogers had to say before the call ended.
"Professor Goodwitch!" Johnny called. "I'm done!"
Goodwitch stepped into the room. "Proceed to your first class, Mr. Rogers."
"Thank you, Professor!" With that, Johnny ran out of the door.
"And no running in the hallways!"
"Sorry!"
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"Hey, guys," Johnny said as he sat down with his team, who sat behind Team RWBY. "What'd I miss?"
"Just Weiss killing a Boarbatusk. Nothing too big," Thomas replied.
"So anyway, what did Mom and Dad want?" Eric asked as Professor Port went on.
"They wanted to congratulate me for becoming team leader, and they said that they were sending a package for us. It should arrive by the end of today."
"I wonder what's in it?" Sam pondered.
"Mr. Rogers!" The team looked to Professor Port. "Professor Goodwitch told me why you were late! That does not give you the excuse to talk in class!"
"My apologies, Professor Port. It won't happen again," Johnny said.
"At least you have manners," the professor said with a huff. "Now, could you explain what it means to be a Huntsman?"
"To be a Huntsman," Johnny said, "is to make sure that the citizens of Remnant stay safe, and to dispatch any and all creatures of Grimm that seek to destroy the peace that we have worked so long and hard to maintain."
"I see your parents have taught you well!"
"They did nothing but the best for us, Professor."
"Excellent point!" After that, the professor kept going on about...something.
To avoid further disruption, Johnny motioned to his siblings that he would tell them everything later. Soon, the class ended, and everyone went to their next classes.
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Time skip to the end of the day…
"Good god, what is in this thing?!" Johnny groaned as he carried the package into his team's room. By his side were Thomas and Yang, just in case. Now that it was the end of the day, everyone had changed out of their uniforms and into what they normally wore.
"It can't be that heavy, Johnny! Come on!" Thomas said with a roll of his eyes.
"You try, then!"
"Maybe I will!" After Johnny let go, Thomas walked over to the box and lifted it, only to nearly drop it due to the weight. "What is in this thing?!"
"See?!"
"Calm down, you babies," Yang teasingly said. "I'm sure you're over-exaggerating." Both brothers stepped back and motioned for Yang to try. As she did so, she nearly dropped the box. "You weren't kidding! This thing is heavy!"
Thomas mouthed to Johnny, "Even Yang!"
Johnny mouthed back, "I know!"
Eventually, the trio brought the box back to Team JEST's room, having to work together to do so. They set it down, with heavy grunts, in the middle of the room.
"That the package?" Eric asked as he sat down on his bed.
"Yeah," Johnny said, breathing heavily.
"Was it that heavy?" Sam asked, swinging her legs while sitting on her bed.
"Yep," Thomas and Yang simultaneously said, wiping sweat from their eyebrows.
Ruby squealed in excitement as she, Weiss and Blake walked into the room. "I can't wait to see what's in there! Open it already!"
In response, Eric took out his Waypoint, a serrated dagger that was black like his brother's, and cut open the packaging tape. "Alright," he said, bending down to pull open the flaps of the box while Sam watched from beside him. "Time to open the box."
"Let's see what they sent," Johnny said as he kneeled over the package. He pulled out a card first, and read it out loud.
"Congratulations to our future Huntsmen, Team JEST!
With love,
Mom and Dad"
Afterwards, he pulled out a gift-wrapped package and held it out in front of him. Everyone could see it, and saw a tag labeled "J" on top of the red and black gift wrapping. He pulled out his Waypoint and slice the wrap, opening it fully with his bare hands. No one could see what he was holding. They could only hear him whisper, "Damn." He proceeded to throw it around him, and when he turned around, everyone gasped in surprise.
Johnny, over his red t-shirt, now had an all-red trench coat, that had gemstones studded on the sides.
"Wow," everyone whispered.
"I know, right? I think these gemstones are jaspers." He chuckled. "How do I look?" He held his arms out at his sides.
"Not bad," Yang nodded in approval. Thomas nudged Yang, who said, "Hey!"
"Eric, you're up."
"So we're going in team order, then?" Eric remarked as he took out a green gift-wrapped package with an "E" tag on it. There was also a card attached. The card read,
"Don't be ashamed of who you are, Eric. We'll always love you.
Take care,
Mom and Dad"
Eric smiled and opened his gift. He threw it on after taking off his green zip-up hoodie, and turned around once it was on. He had a trench coat, like Johnny's, only it was all green and had emerald gemstone studded on it. "Where's my hood?"
"Didn't you read the card?" Sam said as she stepped up to the box. "'Don't be ashamed of who you are, Eric.'"
"Besides," Blake said, "I think it looks good."
"Thanks, Blake," Eric smiled.
"My turn!" Sam took out a yellow-and-white wrapped gift that had an "S" tag on it. Like the others, she read the card that came attached.
"Don't forget your training, Samantha!
We love you,
Mom and Dad"
"Why do they tell me that?!" Sam complained as she opened her gift, drawing chuckles and giggles from everyone. She threw on her own all yellow trench coat, that had yellow gemstones studded on it. Sam gasped when she saw the gemstones. "Are these yellow sapphires?!"
"Not bad," Thomas remarked. "Now, it's my turn." He grabbed the last gift, wrapped in blue-and-white gift wrap with a "T" tag on it. He read the attached card.
"This midnight blue shirt will look better on you than that white shirt you have on right now.
Lots of love,
Mom and Dad"
Thomas' eyes widened as he looked at his shirt, which was, indeed, white. "That's scary." Everyone else agreed. Thomas pulled out a shirt, and motioned for the girls to turn around.
"We don't mind," Yang said teasingly.
Johnny and Eric sighed and removed their trench coats. They stepped behind Thomas and covered him. "Thanks, guys," Thomas replied. Both males nodded. Thomas, behind cover, changed shirts, then pulled on his teal blue trench coat with its own gemstones studded. "Yes! Blue topazes! These are incredibly rare!"
"That means they care," Johnny said as he and Eric pulled their trench coats back on.
"You look amazing, Thomas!" Ruby said in admiration.
"Please stop. You're inflating his ego," Sam pleaded.
"Thanks, Ruby," Thomas said to the leader.
Johnny took off his trench coat and hung it up on the (convenient) coat rack. He looked at the time. "Oh crap, it's nearly 10:00. Okay, Team RWBY, back to your room."
"Why?" Yang asked as she was being pushed out of the door by Johnny.
"Because," Johnny said as he got Yang out of the door and as the other team members followed, "we're tired. We've been up since 6. G'night, Yang."
"'Night, Johnny!" With that, Yang went back to her team's room down the hall.
"You seem awfully chummy with Yang," Eric noted as the three males changed into their pajamas. Sam was changing in the bathroom. "Is something going on?"
"What're you, crazy?" Johnny said. "We're just friends."
Meanwhile…
"You were awfully friendly with Johnny back there, big sis," Ruby remarked as she jumped into her bed.
"Like how you were friendly with Thomas?" Yang retorted.
Ruby huffed and looked away. "We're just friends!"
"Going off of that, Johnny and I are just friends. Don't read too much into it."
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Time skip to a couple of weeks into the semester…
"You didn't have to do that," the grateful Faunus said to Thomas.
"Yeah, I did," Thomas said. "It's not right to be bullied because you're different. Ask Eric that."
"In any case, thank you! I'm Velvet, by the way." The rabbit Faunus extended her hand nervously to the blue-haired teenager.
"Thomas Rogers." He shook her hand. "And there's no need to look so nervous. I'm not gonna bite."
"Sorry."
"Don't be. If Cardin or his goons bother you again, let me or my team know."
"Okay! Thanks, Thomas!"
"No problem, Velvet." Thomas walked back to his team, who were waiting for Goodwitch's class to start.
"Look at you, big guy," Johnny said, nudging Thomas with his arm.
"It's nice what you did for her," Eric said while nodding.
"That's why I'm proud to have you as a brother," Sam said proudly.
"I'm not going to stand by and let others be bullied. Not while I can do something about it," Thomas explained.
"Children," a voice called from the front of the room. Everyone looked towards Professor Goodwitch as she spoke. "We will begin the sparring. Our first match will be…Johnny Rogers vs. Yang Xiao Long."
Said fighters walked up to the stage, having changed into their Huntsmen outfit. As they walked towards each other on the stage, they both shook hands as a sign of respect. "I hope we have a good match, Yang."
"Don't get salty if I win, Johnny."
Johnny smirked and walked back to his starting spot, watching as Yang did the same.
"Begin!" The second Goodwitch started the countdown, Johnny began counting in his head.
(S/N: The match starts here.)
One, two, three…
Yang made the first move, rushing towards Johnny, who, not losing count, threw his Waypoint and teleported away from Yang.
Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen…
This went on for about 30 seconds more, infuriating Yang, and confusing everyone else, other than the members of Team JEST and Professor Goodwitch, the latter of which was watching closely. "Why isn't he fighting back?" Weiss whispered to Thomas. Thomas merely pointed at the giant scroll with Johnny's face on it. Weiss looked at it and saw another bar that was underneath Johnny's Aura gauge. It was counting down.
Fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-five...
"STOP DODGING!" Yang yelled as she activated her Fire semblance.
Just as she did, Johnny looked down to his scroll and broke into a grin. His meter had maxed out. "Alright! Now I'm really fired up!"
"EXCUSE ME?!"
(S/N: Because they have books and comic books in RWBY, I'm going to assume that they have mangas as well.)
Johnny smirked. Then, he raised his arms to his sides and clenched his fists as he yelled, "KAIO-KEN!" A bright red aura surrounded Johnny as everyone watched in awe. He smirked towards Yang. "Whaddya think of my semblance? It gets more powerful the more time flies by during a fight. I need to wait a literal minute to activate it though."
"Why did you use it?"
"Because I didn't want to fight you at anything less than my best. Now," he drew his swords and assumed a battle pose, "let's dance, Shotgun!"
(S/N: The real match starts here.)
Growling at the nickname, Yang rushed forward with a blast from her gauntlets (explosive rounds) while Johnny threw his Waypoint. The two met each other halfway, Yang with an explosive punch and Johnny with a sword swing. The two traded blows at rapid-fire speeds, causing the spectators to gape, even Johnny's siblings.
"Wow! He's never gone this far against any of us!" Thomas said in awe.
"Are you jealous, Tommy?" Eric asked, not tearing his eyes away from the action in front of him.
"I know I am," Sam said.
During their minor chat, Johnny and Yang had locked in a clash, neither giving the other ground. Both grit their teeth as they tried to get some ground. Suddenly, during the clash, Johnny smirked. "Yang? Are you holding back?"
Yang returned the smirk. "I might be."
The two broke from the clash and back flipped away from each other. Johnny pointed his sword towards Yang as he said, "If I go all out for real, will you?" In response, Yang shouted as her power increased further. Johnny smiled as he increased his power. "Now I'm having fun!" The two met in a high powered clash once more, trading blows and matching each other blow for blow. However, despite his earlier warning, Yang made the mistake of locking in a clash with Johnny, giving him more time to power up. He pushed back and broke the clash, stunning the brawler. He mustered all of his strength into a kick, launching Yang far. Acting fast, Johnny switched his swords into their gun forms, and skillfully shot three bullets. The first two bounced Yang up one after another, then the third pushed her back further. Johnny took out his Waypoint and threw it. As he disappeared, everyone in the audience made note of how the knife was traveling faster than Yang. Once the knife was over where Yang was going to land, Johnny reappeared and performed a stationary flip to get high in the air. When he landed, he made sure that it was with Yang under his feet. The crash landing effectively ended the duel for Yang.
"...And the winner is…Johnny Rogers!"
(S/N: The match is over now.)
The class broke out of its stupor and cheered for the victor of the explosive duel. Johnny took a bow, but he grimaced when he saw the crater that Yang was lying unconscious (hopefully) in. He walked over to Yang and kneeled over her. He took a look at his scroll and saw that he had Aura to spare. He performed a little trick his mother taught him: he held his hands out in front of him and concentrated. He felt some of his Aura drain from his body as it formed in his outstretched hands. He gave it a push towards Yang, who then became enveloped in a green light as her Aura went up. As it went up, however, Johnny's went down until both had an equal amount. Yang woke up and groggily sat up. She took the hand offered to her as Johnny pulled her up to her feet. Johnny broke into a grin once Yang steadied herself. "That was a hell of a match, Shotgun!"
"You weren't too bad yourself…"
"You don't have a nickname for me, do you?"
"Give me time." With that, both fighters shook hands and went back to their seats.
"Our next duel," Goodwitch said, "will be between Thomas Rogers and Pyrrha Nikos." The duelists that were called up to fight walked up to the stage, having changed beforehand.
Everyone started muttering and placing bets on who would win between the two prodigies. Thomas and Pyrrha ignored this and shook hands, before assuming their battle poses. "Just so you know," Thomas started, catching Pyrrha's attention, "I'm not going to stall like Johnny did in his match."
"I should hope not," Pyrrha smirked.
(S/N: This shorter match starts here.)
Thomas made the first move as he rushed Pyrrha. He threw a punch, making sure to aim for her face. As his fist flew towards her face, Pyrrha activated her semblance, moving Thomas' fist away from its intended target. As his fist flew past her, Thomas rolled past her, getting up and reassuming his pose. So that's your semblance, he thought. I know just how to counter that.
He activated his semblance, making him lighter than he currently was, and launched at her at an ungodly speed. Pyrrha was not ready for this drastic speed increase and was forced to take the blow. It didn't do much to hurt her, but the speed behind the punch threw her back slightly. As she got recovered, Pyrrha ran towards Thomas and began throwing punches. Some of them landed, but the rest were skillfully blocked by Thomas. He backflipped away, then reactivated his semblance to make himself heavier than normal. He was slower than normal, but Pyrrha's semblance had no effect on Thomas in this state. He threw a punch that was blocked by Pyrrha, but he pushed down. The sheer power behind his punch pushed Pyrrha to her knees as she tried to block it. Eventually, she was overpowered, and she was punched to the floor. She rolled back and drew her lance and shield. He's good, the Mistral Champion thought.
"In case you were wondering, Pyrrha," Thomas called as he drew his guns and and reverted them to his swords, "my semblance is gravity manipulation. I can alter my gravity or the gravity of other objects. Even other people." Pyrrha nodded in admiration. "You don't have to tell me what your semblance is, Pyrrha. I figured it out. That's why yours has no effect on mine."
Pyrrha grit her teeth as she got ready to fight. "I won't need my semblance."
"In that case, I won't use mine. Let's dance!" The two clashed and exchanged blows. Pyrrha swiped Thomas with her lance, Thomas sliced Pyrrha with his swords. Eventually, Thomas brought his swords to his side, preparing for a two sword power hit, prompting Pyrrha to raise her shield in defense. This was her mistake, as Thomas charged his swords with Ice Dust. As he slammed his swords on her shield, Pyrrha was knocked back due to the raw power behind the blow. As a result, she was caught off-guard when Thomas appeared behind her after using his Waypoint. He slammed Pyrrha into the ground, making her Aura enter the red.
"The winner of this duel is...Thomas Rogers!"
All the people who had bet on Thomas (which, including his team and Team RWBY, made up a solid half of the class) cheered. Pyrrha walked up to Thomas and outstretched her hand. "That was a good duel. Maybe we can go all out next time?"
"Why not?" Thomas shook her hand. "It'll be more real next time." Pyrrha smiled at this. The two duelists took their seats.
(S/N: Duel's over.)
"Our third match will be Ruby Rose vs. Samantha Rogers." The two quirky girls got up and went to the stage, having changed already. The two shook hands.
"Let's let our fists do the talking, shall we?" Sam asked.
"Yes, we shall!" Ruby replied. She drew her scythe and held it behind her, the way she normally does. Sam smirked and finger-drew a scythe shape. Wait, what? Ruby stood watching in curiosity. Sam took the scythe she drew, which was barely larger than a stick. She twirled the scythe in her hand, then mirrored Ruby's pose. When she slammed her "scythe" into the floor, it changed into an exact replica of Ruby's scythe, with the only difference being the color scheme. Where Ruby's scythe was black and red, Sam's was white in place of black, and yellow in place of red.
"Well?" Sam asked.
"Is that your semblance? Copying other people's skills?"
"Nah. Just their weapons. If I see a weapon, it gets stored into my memory banks and all I have to do is draw the outline of the weapon. The rest is memory."
"That's so cool!"
(S/N: You know the drill.)
Smirking, Sam dashed forward with her scythe. Ruby smiled to herself. You said you can only copy their weapons, Sam. You didn't say anything about skills, the team leader thought to herself. Meeting Sam's strike, Ruby went for a sweep with her scythe. Sam jumped over, attempting to strike Ruby's head, but failing to do so. The two traded more slashes with their scythes until the locked in a clash. "Sorry, Sam," Ruby struggled against the stronger female. "But you can't beat me with a scythe!"
"You're right," Sam replied. "I can't." Sam broke the clash and back flipped away from Ruby. Once she was a safe distance away, Sam dropped her duplicate scythe, and it shattered. She then finger-drew two weirdly shaped blades, then grabbed them as they formed. Ruby gasped at their appearance. They looked like twin sickles, only shorter, and she held one in each hand. They had a yellow gem on the bottom of each blade (sapphires, most likely). "So, what do you think of my Lightning Flash Crescent Blades? Pretty neat, huh?"
"Wow!" Smiling at the younger girl's innocence, Sam ran forward, much faster without the heavy scythe. She slashed and swiped at Ruby, only to be blocked by her scythe. Once Sam got a hit in, she started a combo. Ruby abruptly ended it by propelling herself backwards to the other side of the stage. Ruby looked up and growled. "I'm going to end this!" With that, she ran forward, using her semblance to run faster than Sam could see. Ruby became a corkscrew projectile due to how fast she ran, going through Sam and dealing massive amounts of damage to her Aura. Sam fell to her knees. Her blades had disintegrated, and she checked her Aura.
Crap. I'm not gonna go on, Sam thought to herself.
"And the winner of this duel is...Ruby Rose!"
Everyone applauded the young Huntress-to-be for her victory, to which she waved back to the crowd. When Sam got back up, they both shook hands and went back to their seats.
(S/N: Done.)
"Our final match for today will be Nora Valkyrie vs. Eric Rogers." The two fighters went up, having changed into their Huntsman outfits before hands.
Nora whistled. "Nice trench coat, E."
Eric smiled. "Thanks, Nora." The two shook hands. After they walked back to their spots, they drew their weapons; Nora drew her grenade launcher/hammer hybrid, while Eric drew his explosive (and self-repairing) twin knives. "You ready?"
"I'm more than ready!"
"Begin!" Goodwitch called.
(S/N: Last duel.)
Nora propelled herself towards Eric, who dodged backwards to avoid getting his head smashed. This process repeated for a couple of dozen more swings from the absurdly powerful Nora. Eventually, Eric threw his knives after charging them with Earth Dust, making sure to aim for Nora's feet. The knives landed true to their target, and Nora's feet were encased in rocks, rendering her legs useless at the moment. As she tried to free herself, Eric ran up and lunge kicked her. She went backwards, and Eric launched his Waypoint, similarly to what Johnny did against Yang. Once he was farther ahead than her, he concentrated and created a clone of himself, which stood as still as a statue. Once Nora was behind him, he swiftly turned around and slammed her into the ground with his palm. Nora could feel something eject from his glove, and was scared for the moment. She didn't know what he did.
Surprisingly, Eric jumped, and the clone he created suddenly flew towards Nora, hitting her with the force of a truck. As she got back up, Eric held his knives as they self-repaired. "Well, there's my semblance revealed."
"What is it? I need to know!"
"Calm down. I can create clones of myself that are completely stationary. I don't have to dodge, but I can create them while avoiding an attack. If I hit something with the palm of my hand afterwards, those clones go towards that thing, like moths to a flame. These moths can kill, though. Or, at least, hurt. Like hell," Eric explained. He reassumed his pose once his knives were fully repaired. "Let's fight! Again!"
"Okay!" The strange girl replied. She dashed towards Eric again, who created a clone as he dodged. Strangely enough, while the previous clone had a black color, this one was yellow.
"Oh right. I forgot to mention that I can change the effects that my clones have with Dust. You can guess which Dust has what effect." Nora's eyes sparkled. This yellow clone was perfect for her. She knew what she had to do. The strong girl grabbed the clone and absorbed it. "What are you doing?" In response, Nora ran up to Eric, off guard by her unorthodox action.
"Peekaboo!" Eric turned behind only to be met with a powered-up punch. Which hurt. Like hell. He was launched all the way across the stage, crashing against the wall. The impact caused everyone watching to wince. They felt that impact.
(S/N: Duels are over now.)
"And the winner of this duel is...Nora Valkyrie!" All of her classmates cheered for Nora, including Team JEST.
"RRRRAHH!" Eric yelled as he slammed the ground. Nora jumped in surprise. She wasn't expecting this. At all.
Immediately, Team JEST jumped down from their seats and ran to their teammate. "Calm down, Eric," Johnny said sternly. "It's one loss."
"I'm not mad that I lost. Far from it." Eric shrugged off his brother's hand and pointed a finger at Nora. "I'm pissed about the way I lost. Peekaboo, Nora?! Am I that low on your shit list?!"
"Sorry," Nora chuckled nervously.
"Don't worry. We're still cool. Just don't pull that again, please." Eric extended his hand out as a show of sportsmanship, despite his blow-up. Nora shook his hand and the two went back to their seats, as well as Team JEST.
"Very good, Mr. Rogers. You should not get mad if you lose, children. These duels are to help better your fighting skills. Is that clear?"
"Yes, Professor Goodwitch," the entire class said.
"Good. You are dismissed." Everyone left, most people talking excitedly about the duels that transpired.
"Did you see that first duel?! When he went 'KAIO-KEN!', it was over!"
"Gravity manipulation?! That was so cool!"
"I wish I could copy other people's weapons."
"Those clones were...unexpected to say the least. And the way they changed colors! Oh man."
These were snippets of conversation that Team JEST, Team RWBY, and Team JNPR had overheard. "Looks like we left an impact," Thomas chuckled.
"Gee, you think so?" Johnny rhetorically asked.
"So, Kaio-Ken, huh, Johnny?" Yang asked as the three teams walked.
"What can I say? I love Dragon Ball Z," the Hunter-in-training said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Damn, those duels were tiring," Sam complained slightly.
"At least your back isn't broken," Eric complained even more.
"Sorry," Nora sheepishly said.
"It's okay."
"Hey, Pyrrha," Jaune got his teammate's attention, "what did Thomas mean when he said that he figured out your semblance?"
"Don't worry about it," Thomas interrupted.
"Um, okay."
"Wait, what time is it?" Weiss asked.
Blake checked her scroll. "About 8:00."
"Eh, we still have time," Johnny stretched. "I'm heading to the library. I want to check out a couple of books."
"I'll go with you," Blake said. "I need to return a couple books."
"It's a date then." At this, Yang and Eric growled slightly. "Geez, calm down guys. I'm only joking." Slightly afraid for his life, Johnny left for the library, with Blake following closely behind him.
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9:45 PM
"I'm beat," Thomas said. "I'm going to change and go to sleep, guys."
"Yeah, I'll do the same," Johnny said.
Sam said, "I'll go change in the bathroom."
"Another day at Beacon: done," Eric cheerfully said.
"Yep. Good night, guys," Johnny said as he got into bed.
"Good night," they all said before they fell asleep.
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S/N: Shit ending, but some amazing fights, if I have to say. Personally, the Yang vs. Johnny fight is my favorite because of the amount of time I put into it. Also want to say that I apologize for rushing it to the duels already. That was not my intention, so the next couple of chapters are going to be original adventures. Next chapter, I will be introducing the heads of the Rogers family as members of the staff at Beacon.
Finally, in case it's confusing what their semblances and colors are, I will write it out here:
Johnny: Jasper (Red)
Semblance: Evolution (KAIO-KEN!)
Eric: Emerald (Green)
Semblance: Silhouettes
Sam: Sandstorm (Yellow)
Semblance: Blade Works
Thomas: Teal Blue
Semblance: Zero Gravity (he can manipulate his gravity or the gravity of other objects/people)
Thanks for reading, and as always, R&R!