OC Story: You've been Warned!
(Vale)
In the clear blue sky, on a bright sunny day, airships flew over the city of Vale, as fireworks went off around them. The city of Vale was in a festive state, as parade floats drove the through the streets, while the citizens were either enjoying their time together at the city fair.
Amongst the crowd of people who were walking on the sidewalk, a young man, wearing a black cloak was sitting on a nearby bench. Hidden underneath the black cloak, the young man had white spiky hair, green eyes, and an eye patch that covered his right eye. The Young man looked up, and watched the floats pass by him on the street, as their shadows were hanging over him.
(Vale: Club)
At the Club, two of Junior's henchmen were standing outside, allowing several citizens to enter the building. Inside, the Club was filled with many civilians, as some were sitting around the bar, drinking and watching the holographic-screen located in the center of the large room.
Junior was standing behind the bar, serving drinks to oncoming customers, while Melanie and Miltia were guarding the front door.
(Vale: Tukson's Book Trade)
The door to Tukson's Book Trade opened, allowing for Tukson himself to walk out of his store. He looks around at the small festival that is happening around him. He frowns to himself, before walking back into the store. As He closes the door...a man stops it with his right foot. Tukson notices this, and opens the door to see...
On the roof-tops of Vale, a shadow figure was leaping over the buildings while looking down at the city festival. A little girl was running alongside a few kids while holding a pink balloon. The kids ran past several other citizens, as the little girl's grip on the balloon began to lessen. The kids run across a street, as the little girl runs after the other children, before running into a older man. She falls to the ground, while letting go of her balloon.
The balloon floats up into the air...as an Air Bus(Airship) flies past it. The Air Bus was on route towards Beacon Academy...or more so, the floating stadium that was hovering around it.
(Location: Floating Stadium)
In the stadium, crowds were cheering in the stands, visitors from all over the world. Atlas soldier stood as guard, as a pair of two were stationed at each end of the stadium. The audiences attention was centered on the field of volcanic earth and icy glaciers below, where a battle is underway.
Ruby Rose swings her Crescent Rose, and fires a shot at Bolin Hori, who uses his staff to deflect the bullet. Blake Belladonna exchanges blows with Reese Chloris, using the blades of Gambol Shroud to collide with the hoverboard of her opponent until she flips away, readies herself, and charges in again. Behind her, Weiss Schnee waves her Myrtenaster as the sound of her glyphs echo through the air, and Yang Xiao Long dodges the explosive force of Arslan Altan's fist before returning fire with her own Ember Celica.
High above the action, two Beacon Academy teachers(Peter Port and Bartholomew Oobleck) were sitting alongside two Atlas soldiers(the first one was in Cobalt armor with white trim, while the other was in red with white trim), with a set of microphones between them and the holographic image of the four kingdoms' symbols united as one.
"Hello!" Port yelled." It seems that we have another astonishing bout ahead of us! Wouldn't you agree, Professor?"
Oobleck turned to him in annoyance." Doctor." He then brightens up excitedly again." And yes Peter, I think it's safe to say this match may be the closest we've seen of the four-on-four round of the tournament!"
"I say, this might be one hell of a DEATH BATTLE!" The soldier in red armor yelled out, causing Oobleck and Port to cover their ears.
"Hahaha, sorry Boomstick. We can't technically call this a Death Battle. No, this is something more." The soldier in blue armor said, as he turned to the camera in front of them." For those of you just now joining us, welcome to the Vytal Festival, broadcast live from the Amity Colosseum!
The Colosseum was filled with the cheers of the audience, while shuttle crafts transport people to and from various floors, as the entire structure hovers around the airspace of Beacon Academy. Explosions emerge throughout the battlefield, while the four watch from the sportscaster's desk.
"If this is your first time watching, allow us to break down the rules." Port said.
"Wait, why do we need to re-explain it?" Boomstick asked." It's just like a DEATH BATTLE! All they gotta do is kill each other."
"This is not a Death Battle, you moron!"
"The tournament is divided into three distinctive rounds." Oobleck said, as he held up four fingers while a hologram to his side illustrates the rules."Teams,(he holds up two fingers) doubles,(he holds one finger) and singles. Age and school year are irrelevant! In this tournament, your only attribute being tested... is skill."
Port nods as another hologram pops up to do the same thing." Correct! The winners of this battle will elect two of their members to represent them in the doubles round, followed by the winners of that round choosing one member to advance once again. The remaining combatants will then fight their way through the final bracket in the hope of achieving victory for their kingdom!" The hologram disappears with the image of a victorious figure, sword raised and wearing a crown.
"And yes, Peter, these certainly are some spectacular spectacles on which to spectate on!" The soldier in blue armor said." I don't think anyone tuning in around the world is going to disagree with me on that!" As he says this, the tournament is being broadcasted around all the kingdoms, from a row of holographs above the patrons in the Mistral Distillery to an Atlas home with a group of friends seeing it together, a bar in Vale where everyone turns to view the screen, and outside a mobile home in Vacuo, being watched by a few Faunus on a projection.
"Ahh, and why wouldn't they?" Boomstick said." Now, let's get back to the match between Team RWBY of Beacon Academy, and Team ABRN, of Haven."
Reese steers her board through the field of ice. She twirls herself until the board gets launched at Blake, who is able to knock it away, only for Reese to direct it back at her opponent. Blake blocks it again, but the board rotates back to its wielder just in time to defend Reese as Blake leaps in and delivers several slashes and kicks. Reese deflects each attack and spins her weapon around until she flips backwards and lands on top of it, as the board begins to hover. Reese rushes towards Blake, who only smirks at her.
She collides with the frozen shadow clone, and Blake uses this opportunity to slice the board in two, only for the halves to become dual katars that in turn fold up into bayonet-bladed revolvers. Reese manages to fire off a few green rounds before her tailbone collides painfully on the ground, causing Blake to wince in sympathy.
Yang lands a mere feet away from Arslan, who backs away before being pounded by a flurry of punches and kicks until she delivers her own hits, ending with the two smashing fists and creating a shockwave of force from the impact. Yang and Arslan are thrown back, but Yang reaches her and tries to delivering more blows before Arslan uses her rope dart to tangle up her blonde adversary and lands a kick of her own to send Yang skidding on the ground. While Yang tries to get her balance back on the slippery surface, Arslan rushes forward and knocks her back even further.
Nearby, Nadir Shiko aims his assault rifle at Yang...before a sudden burst of frosty blue explodes behind him and leaves the whimpering gunner in a block of ice up to his thighs.
Ruby looks up from her sniper scope." Got your back!"
Bolin:" But who's got yours?"
Ruby looks up behind her as Bolin twirls his staff...right when a black snowflake glyph appears to his left and Weiss kicks him through it into a rock.
"My BFF!"
"No." Weiss said with a deadpan expression, before running off.
Ruby pumps her fist, whispering to herself:" Yes."
Bolin crouches with his weapon as he sees a white glyph appear in front of him. A second later, Weiss dashes by and slashes at him, then leaps up and attempts an aerial attack, which he's able to block. She readies her sword while preparing a glyph behind her, as Ruby uses it to launch herself into the air and causes her to come down spinning on Bolin, who manages to block the curved blade. Ruby grimaces and blasts herself away to Weiss' side, and Bolin rushes at them, rolling away from the shards of ice that rain on him as he jumps over Ruby's swing and continues to run.
"Whaaat!?"
Bolin manages to reach an orange crystal despot and slice off a shard, which he throws to Reese over in the icy half of the stadium. With Dust in hand, Reese fuses it with her board, turning the aqua lights to a crimson shade. She winks at Blake, then uses the board's heat to free Nadir from his icy snare.
She comes back to Blake and slams her board into her enemy's blade, but propels herself backwards and knocks Blake through a frozen pillar. Reese attempts to use her board to slam her foe into the ground, but when she dodges that, she spins around in a flaming arc that Blake narrowly misses thanks to her shadows. Changing tactics, Blake launches the pistol part of Gambol Shroud at a nearby glacier and launches herself behind it, as Reese follows her and sees Blake with her back turned to her under an arch.
Reese grins before riding in to deliver a flaming spiral...at a shadow clone, only to see the ribbon Blake is launching to trap her opponent a moment too late. She pulls tightly and causes Reese to slam body-first into the string, only to use a final kick to knock her out of the stage. Reese crashes into the wall of the stands before landing on the ground, defeated.
Port:"(while Reese's Aura level drops in the team display until her image is crossed out, causing her to angrily slam her fist on the ground)Ooh, a double whammy! Reese Chloris is eliminated by ringout and Aura level!"
Boomstick:" She really should've worn a helmet!"
Arslan uses her rope to swing around and avoid Yang right behind her, using shotgun blasts to propel herself forward. Nadir comes into the picture, aiming his riffle at Weiss as she summons another glyph and launches Bolin at him. The two teammates are helpless as Weiss creates a whirlwind from underneath them and slams the two together until she forms a giant ice fist straight up from the ground to trap them. It reforms itself into a ball that rolls around the field, and when Arslan sees her team in this state, she rolls her eyes, annoyed, before changing direction and sliding into the path of the ball. She readies her stance and drives her hand into the sphere, which cracks under her power and frees her allies.
"Yang!" Weiss yelled. Yang turns to look, just as Weiss creates a large frozen slide-like ship." NOW!"
Knowing what to do, Yang blasts herself forward and skims over the wall of ice, catching Blake's pistol as her teammate uses Ruby as a launch pad to jump off towards the remaining members of ARBN. The three only have a second to look horrified as Blake whips a screaming Yang around to land a devastating punch that sends the trio flying into their elimination.
"Yes!" Yang cheered, as the buzzer sounds and Ruby cheers 'YAAAAAY!' in the background.
Soldier in Blue armor:" And that's the match! Team RWBY is victorious!"
"We...did it?" Weiss asked, sounding surprised while looking around.
Ruby looks over at her sister for confirmation, before she smiles and leaps into the air, screaming:" WE DID IIIIII-"
(Beacon: Vytal Fairgrounds)
"-...is anyone else starving?" Ruby said, as she fell to the ground, hunched over. She and her teammates were standing in the middle of an area which was filled with a myriad of tents and small shops wreathed in colorful flags in a large forest clearing as people mill about to experience it all.
"I may have worked up an appetite." Blake said, with her arms behind her head...as the growling of an angry beast from her stomach proves her statement, much to its owner embarrassment.
"Gee, if only there was somewhere on campus to get food around here." Weiss said, as she sarcastically shrugged her arms." Oh, wait."
"It's okay, Weiss, I forget about the fairgrounds, too." Ruby said, as she placed a hand on Weiss' shoulder.
Weiss removes Ruby's hand." I was being facetious?"
"Gah! Well if you were hungry, why didn't you say so!?" Ruby yelled while freaking out.
Yang smiled and walked on ahead." Come on! I know just the place."
Team RWBY starts to follow Yang, but Weiss suddenly stops as she hears a ringtone on her Scroll, causing her to smile a bit. She pulls it out, only for her smile to disappear, as the caller ID was labeled 'FATHER'. Weiss glares at the device and puts it back from where she got it, unanswered.
Emerald:" Hey! Might be hard to eat without this(holds out a red wallet filled with Lien)."
Ruby sees this and frantically begins to pat her out fit, while looking around in a panicked state." No, no, no, no!"
(laughs)Good to see you, Ruby." Emerald said, while holding Ruby's wallet. She walks up to the young Huntress and hands her the red wallet.
Ruby takes it from her 'friend' and puts it away." Oh! Thanks, Emerald! Oh. Guess I dropped it. Girl pockets are the worst!" Ruby said while slouching.
"What's up, Em?" Yang asked, as she walked towards the two.
"Just left the stadium after your amazing fight!" Emerald said." You guys were awesome!"
"Oh, shut your stupid little face..." Ruby mumbled while blushing.
"I heard your team progressed to the next round too." Blake said over Ruby's incoherent gushing.
"You know, I feel that haven't seen your other teammates." Weiss said.
Yang looked over at Emerald." How'd they do in the fight?"
Emerald tilts her head up in thought...
(Flashback: Amity Colosseum)
...remembering how she blasted opponents away with her revolvers, then slashed behind her as Mercury Black kicks out a shotgun blast with his boots. Cinder Fall did the same with her own target, landing the poor soul at the feet of their new teammate, a mysterious black-haired girl who leans over and smirks at the target, as she blinks her green eyes which turn into a pair of pink and brown irises before delivering a stomp on her victim's face into darkness.
"Really well." Emerald said while nodding.
"That's great." Ruby said." Uh. Why don't we all go and get some victory food together."
"Oh gosh, that's so nice of you, but my teammates are all kind of..." They all look back at Mercury, who was standing in front of a boots stand, and was sniffing inside one of them, looking perplexed after he does so."...introverted. Really socially awkward."
"Ooh, yeah, I could see that." Yang said, nodding.
"Oh yeah, looks like Merc and I are going to move on to the doubles round. What about you guys?"
"Well. as the leader of this team, I thought long and hard about this decision." Ruby said, looking pretty proud of herself.
Weiss pops in with a straight face." We put it to a vote."
"Yes, so, but I decided that we should put it to a vote." Ruby nervously tries to backtrack.
"We voted for Weiss and Yang." Blake said.
Weiss curtsy's at Emerald." I will happily represent Team RWBY."
Yang pounds her fist together." Yeah, we're going to kick some butt!"
Emerald laughs at this." Well, if Mercury and I see you down the line, don't think we'll go easy on ya."
"Wouldn't have it any other way." Yang said, as she and Weiss return Emerald's confident smirk with their own.
"Alright, well we're going to go catch some more fights." Emerald turns and walks away from them as they do the same.
"Have fun!" Ruby said, while waving her hands.
"See you later!" Emerald said in a cheerful tone, giving her own wave...which she immediately drops as she walks with Mercury, looking disgusted.
"So, how are the new friends?" Mercury asked.
"(scowls)I hate them."
(shrugs)Orders are orders."
"I just..." She angrily mashes her fingers together." How can they be so happy all the time!?"
"Did you at least get what we want?"
"It's the heiress and the bimbo." Emerald said, waving his question away.
"Hmm, alright. At least we know what we're working with."
At one of the unassuming huts set up in the fairgrounds stringed with paper lanterns with a sign overhead saying A Simple Wok, Team RWBY sits at the stools outside, ready to order.
"I'll have a bowl of the regular, please." Yang said, as a large bowl of noodles slides in front of her.
Ruby stares at Yang's meal in awe." Oohhh...I'll take the same." A large bowl of noodles slides in front of her, as she claps her hands in excitement.
"Do you have anything with a low-salt...?" Weiss asked, looking concerned. A large bowl of regular noodles instantly slides in front of her instead." Um...okay..."
Instead of saying anything, Blake merely gives a nod and smile to the Shopkeep, who returns the gesture as he rushes through one door of his shop and comes out the other to leave a large bowl of noodles topped with fish in front of her. Blake's eyes light up as she drools over her order. While Weiss looks strangely at her teammate, she gladly offers her Schnee Dust Company credit card to the Shopkeep.
"Aw, Weiss! What's the occasion!?" Yang asked.
"Consider it thanks for sending me to the doubles round." Weiss said...as her joy is ruined when the card is flung back at her, and the annoyed Shopkeep points to his register as it beeps' DECLINED'." What!? How can my card be declined? I was barely into my monthly allowance!"
Blake looked around in panic, as she slowly attempts to slowly slide her bowl close to closer to herself before the Shopkeep disappears with her food, causing the poor girl to slump over defeat." Nooo!"
Pyrrha:" Maybe I could help?"
The girls looked up to see Team JNPR(Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos, and Lie Ren) approach them.
Ruby flings her arms wide in delight." Pyrrha!"
"Aw, you don't have to..." Yang said.
"But she could!" Blake yelled.
"Well, I think you all earned it after that battle." Pyrrha said.
"Mind if we join?" Jaune asked.
Later on, the bowls were empty, and each student is either content with their meal or holding their stomachs sickly.
"Are you sure it's wise to have eaten before a fight?" Ren asked Pyrrha.
"Of course!" Pyrrha said, as the Shopkeep quickly gathers the bowls and vanishes." It will give us energy!"
Nora simply gives a hearty belch.
Jaune splays himself over the counter, feeling sick." If I barf, I'm blaming you."
"Ooh!" Nora grins evilly." Aim it at the enemy!"
"Nora, that's disgusting." Ren said." But if you feel the urge..."
Jaune gives them a week thumbs up." Got it."
"Well, we should be off." Pyrrha said, as she stood up from her stool.
"So, you think you guys are ready?" Ruby asked.
"Of course!" Nora said while gesturing to her teammates." We've got a world-renowned fighter on our team, one's basically a ninja, I can bench five of me, Jaune, we trained all year, our weapons are awesome, Glynda barely yells at us anymore, and uh...Jaune!"
"Are you gonna take that?" Ren asked Jaune.
"...She's not wrong." Jaune said.
"I'm kidding, he knows I'm kidding." Nora said." Don't be nervous! The worse that can happen is we lose, that is just a few more years of just walking around school with everyone knowing we're failures, our friends will slowly abandon us to preserve their social status, we won't be able to show our faces in class, no one will sit with us in the cafeteria(the color around her begins to drain away as she gets more worried), Ren and I have no parents, we have no home left to go to, we'll be officially renamed Team Lose-iper!" Her mad laughter turns into sobs as she slams her head on the counter.
"So, yeah, we're felling pretty good." Ren said, unperturbed.
"Don't fret." Pyrrha said." If Hero was here, he would...also be nervous. But, he would still face the challenge despite his fear."
"Mostly because he's following's Oliver's lead." Yang said.
"Then again, Riku and Ilivane are always with them." Ren said." Their teamwork is quite unique, but also impressive."
"Yeah..." Ruby turns on her stool, and looks up at the calm sky, as a sad smile appeared on her face."...I wonder if their alright?"
Yang places a hand on her shoulder." Hey, I'm sure their fine. Who knows, they may have already found Hero. And, their probably on their way back here. Besides, I'm pretty sure Weiss needs Ilivane to pay for her food."
"Excuse me?" Weiss said." I can pay for my own meals, thank you very much."
Boomstick(via intercom system):" Would Team JNPR report to the death battlegrounds immediately!"
Oobelck:" Yes! Like they were scheduled to, several minutes ago!"
"Well, it looks like this is it." Pyrrha said.
"Go get 'em!" Ruby yelled, as Team JNPR walks away, with Nora still depressed and Jaune in a queasy state.
(Amity Coliseum)
Team RWBY enters the Coliseum through one of its tunnels and head to their seats as Emerald and Mercury are walk behind them, and take the opposite direction to do the same. Down in the field below, the scorched ground and cold plains are no more, and only a layer of white mechanics is left, with a central stage on which the two teams gather.
"I wonder who's gonna win. Mercury said, having found his seat with Emerald and was munching on a large tub of popcorn.
"Tch. As if you didn't already know." Emerald said.
Cinder walks up behind them, wearing a new outfit of jeans, an orange jacket, with sarashi bandages wrapped around her chest, as she takes an unpopped kernel from Mercury's bucket." Oh, come now. Even if you know how the story ends, that doesn't make it any less fun to watch." Her eyes glow with her fingertips and the kernel finally pops, which she enjoys while sitting down as Mercury and Emerald share a devious smirk.
The soldier in blue armor:"(announcing over the cheering crowd)Team JNPR of Beacon versus Team BRNZ of Shade!"
As each team readies their poses, a circle of holographic roulettes start spinning frantically through various symbols and colors before finally landing on a green pine tree and gray thunderstruck mountain. With these random selections, half of the field opens to reveal a tree-filled forest, while the other raises a small rocky outcropping to fill in the area. Jaune narrows his eyes in concentration; Ruby' WHO-HOOOO's' loudly from her seat.
Boomstick:" Three, two, one...it's time for a Vytal Death Battle!"
As the match starts, each team leaps forward at one another...
Chapter 1: Round One
And that's another chapter! Excuse my language but...Damn, that felt good! Welcome to the Vytal Festival Tournament, where fun times are just up ahead! This chapter marks the beginning of the First Round Arc, the first mini-arc of the Vytal Festival Tournament. Sorry for the long wait, I've been structuring the story for this volume.
First, I want to point out the two obvious cameos: Boomstick and the Soldier in blue armor(you all know who he is). I put the two of them in this chapter, mostly because of their appearance in the latest RvB season(and their presence in Grimm Eclipse). I felt like their inclusion in the tournament will bring some interesting conversations with Port and Oobleck...that and to also add some comedy. I hope their inclusion doesn't anger you all, and who knows, we might see the Reds and Blues as the story continues. However, throughout Volume 3, I will be making references to other Rooster Teeth products and shows, that also includes things that Monty Oum has worked on(like Dead Fantasy).
Now, I know Team HIRO did not appear in this chapter, but there is a reason to this. Our heroes will return for the tournament. But will they be back in time for their first battle? Only time will tell. I also want to point out that this volume will be a little longer than the first two, mostly because it is the conclusion to the(and this is the real name) Beacon Chronicles.
Anyway, comment and let me know what you all think. Until then...Keep moving forward!
