Beta Reader: Champion of Fate
It has been over a year since Jaune left Beacon with the other horseman. The Vytal Festival is here once more and huntsman and huntresses in training from all over have come to watch the tournament and partake in the festival. A few huntsmen that had seemed to drop almost completely off the map for years seemed to re-appear to watch the tournament this year.
Ruby had to be pried away from some of them as she begged them for an autograph from them. Yang had to put her sister over her shoulder as she kicked and screamed for her to let her go as people watched as it unfolded.
"Come on Yang! Just one autograph please!" Ruby said in a childlike tone as she begged her sister to let her go.
"Hmmmm...No." Yang said as she continued to walk with Ruby on her shoulder.
Ruby crossed her arms and pouted as Yang took her into the stadium and sat her down next to Weiss and the others.
"Oh stop your pouting! You can go get your autographs later. For right now we need to support team PANR (Pioneer)." Yang said as they looked down at the arena.
Pyrrah, Ailie, Nora, and Ren fought against team ABRN, the team that RWBY faced in the previous year. They were proving to be evenly matched in terms of team work and in strength.
Ailie adjusted well to fighting alongside Nora and Ren, not so much with Pyrrah. She would send electricity to Nora for her to use and provide covering fire for Ren when he charged the enemy at high speed. When she tried and failed, to work with Pyrrah the Spartan would refuse her help and just ignore her so after a while she just decided to stop trying.
They currently had team ABRN on the defensive and Ren decided to use one of their oldest moves. Ren and Pyrrah began to open fire upon the four of them, while Ailie shot Nora with a bolt of lightning. Nora's body surged with energy as she then jumped into the air and brought her hammer down upon the four of them, knocking them out of the arena and ensuring their victory.
"And with that final move team, PANR have won the match!" Peter said into his microphone.
Everyone began to cheer as Nora ran over and hugged her partner who she now together with. It took a while but the two childhood friends finally decided to become a couple after years of wishing it.
Ailie waved at the people in the crowd as they cheered for her and her team. She looked over at Ren and Nora who had just kissed and everyone began to cheer for them as well. Ailie smiled at them both as she put her weapon away and wished she could find someone that would treat her the same way Ren treated Nora. She then walked out of the arena with her team and the four of them joined team RWBY as the next match got started between team CFVY and team BRNZ.
"You guys did awesome out there! The way you used the lightning to charge up and then smack them out of the arena! That was amazing!" Ruby said in her usual cheery voice.
"Thanks, Ruby. You did pretty damn good yourselves against team NDGO so don't give us all the praise." Ren said with a smile.
Their match was the first of the day and after a close fight between the two teams team RWBY came out on top. Afterward, Ruby tried and failed, to get autographs from some hunters before she was brought back to the stadium.
"Thanks, Ren! Maybe we'll see each other in the doubles rounds this year." Ruby said.
"You might see Pyrrah and Ailie, they're going to the doubles, not me." Ren said.
"Oh, Ailie! Were your parents able to come this year?" Weiss asked her.
"No, unfortunately. Father is busy with council business, and mother is helping him as usual. It's fine though, I'm used to it." Ailie said with a fake smile and wave of her hand.
"Don't you have any other family members that could have come to see you?" Yang asked before Weiss hit her on the back of the head.
"I have a brother. But I haven't seen him on over five years." Ailie said as she averted her gaze.
"Oh! I'm sorry! I-I didn't know!" Yang said as she rubbed the back of her head where Weiss hit her.
"It's fine Yang. You...you didn't know." Ailie said with a hint of sadness in her voice.
Everyone fell silent for a good while until Peter Ports voice could be heard over the speaker system.
"And with that team CFVY is victorious!" Peter said over the speakers.
"That was fast." Blake said breaking the silence.
"Did you expect anything less? Velvets team is extremely skilled in combat. I'm more surprised they didn't finish sooner." Pyrrah said.
"We will take a few minutes to repair the arena for the next match. So please walk around and enjoy all the festival offers till the tournament continues." Oobleck said over the speakers.
Everyone left the arena and went and bought themselves some food and Ruby won a giant stuffed animal that resembled Zwei in many ways. It was weird. Weiss loved it, Blake hated it, Yang liked it, and Ruby held it close to herself never wanting to let it go.
Ruby then hears a familiar voice and immediately headed towards the source. She followed the voice till she found her uncle Qrow with both arms around two other men.
One had shaggy long black hair with blood red eyes and a scar over his left eye. He had two swords two strapped to his back. He wore a long black coat that was armored on his shoulders and on the knuckles of the gloves that were woven into the coat. He had a dragon emblem woven onto his shirt that was under his coat, dark blue pants, and gray and black shoes on. He didn't look thrilled that Qrow had his arm around his neck and pulled him closer to him in his drunken stupor. Upon closer examination, the man looked familiar but Ruby couldn't tell who he was.
The other man had short shaggy blonde hair with deep blue eyes. He was more muscular and taller than the other two and seemed to be happier than the other man. He wrapped his arm around Qrow's shoulder as if he too was happy to see him and was he was laughing at Qrow.
"Alex, Darian! It's so good to see you guys again! What do you say huh?! A drink for old time sake!" Qrow said still holding the both of them in place under both of his arms.
"Sounds good to me!" Alex said with a hearty laugh.
"I'll pass. You know I don't drink." Darian said in an unamused tone.
"Alright, then more for me and Alex!" Qrow said as he felt Alex get yanked from his grasp.
He looked back with Darian still in a head lock and saw Marietta dragging her husband away as she looked back at them with an innocent smile but the two men knew better than to trust that smile. For under that innocent looking smile and petite body laid a deadly Ursa major ready to shred anyone who upsets her to pieces.
The two highly skilled, full grown men shuddered at the thought of all the carnage that woman has left in her wake.
"Qrow," Darian said, getting his friends attention.
"Hmm? Whats up Darian?" Qrow asked as he turned to his right to look at him.
"Let me go before I set your ass on fire." Darian told his friend in a serious tone. Qrow laughed thinking he was joking and did not let his old friend go. Until he smelled something burning. He found that the bottom of his cape had been set on fire by his friend. He began to run around trying to put the fire out as Darian was let go and fell to the floor.
Until he smelled something burning. He found that the bottom of his cape had been set on fire by his friend. He began to run around trying to put the fire out as Darian was let go and fell to the floor.
He found that the bottom of his cape had been set on fire by his friend. He began to run around trying to put the fire out as Darian watched him run around like a chicken with its head cut off, with an amused smile adorning his face. After a minute or so Darian waved his hand in the air and the fire evaporated and Qrow stopped running around. He then looked back at his old friend and walked up to him.
"I told you I would do it." Darian said as Qrow walked up to him.
"I know. Just figured you'd lost your edge living in that forest all these years." Qrow said as he got closer to Darian.
"I may not be as good as I once was, but I can still kick your ass. Or have you forgotten the last time we traded blows." Darian said with a smile.
"Oh, I remember. I remember you barely being able to stand, and having to struggle to just get to your feet to win the match." Qrow said.
"Maybe you'd like a rematch?" Darian asked as he got right in Qrow's face.
"I wouldn't mind another chance to fight you...Black Dragon." Qrow said as his hand reached for his blade.
He extended his blade as Darian's hand found its place on one of his swords, and just barely pulled out the blade. The two looked one another in the eyes waiting for the other to make a move. The two of them then smiled and put their weapon away and hugged one another. They patted one another on the back before breaking off the hug and stepping back from one another.
"In all seriousness though, how have you been Darian?" Qrow asked his friend.
"I've been good. My wife and daughter are here with me so that's always nice. Dea never gets out that much, although I'm not so sure she likes these kinds of things." Darian said as he crossed his arms across his chest.
"I'll have to remind myself to come see them later. Well, speak of the devil!" Qrow said as two snow haired women walked up to the two of them.
The older one was about five foot eleven, had snow white wolf ears, and crystal blue eyes. The other was around the same height, had the same hair and ears but no tail, and she had the same blood red eyes that Darian had.
"Qrow! It's good to see you!" Danila said as she went up to him and hugged him.
"It's good to see you too Danila. And who might this beautiful young woman be!?" Qrow asked.
"It's good to see you, uncle Qrow." Dea said as she hugged him.
"You too, Dea. The four of us will have to catch up some time." Qrow suggested as he let go of the girl.
"Agreed. Until later Qrow." Darian said with his hand in Danilas and Dea following behind them.
Qrow watched as they walked off back towards the stadium. He then felt someone latch onto, and hang from his arm. He looked at his arm and found his young niece dangling from it.
"Uncle Qrow! I missed you so much! Did you miss me?! Did you miss me?! Did you miss me?! Did you miss me?! Huh!?" Ruby asked super fast.
"...Nope." Qrow said jokingly again.
Ruby was about to ask him why he was here before Peter told everyone to come back to the arena to watch the next match.
"Hey look kiddo I'll talk to you later cause I gotta go. Catch you later." Qrow said as he bumped fists with Ruby and ran towards the stadium.
Ruby met back up with the others and they all raced back to their seat so as to not miss the match. They got back just in time to see team SSSN enter the arena ready to fight.
"Wonder who they're going to fight." Yang said as she moved around in her seat.
"I too wish to know that." Blake said as she placed her arms on the arm rests.
"Shhhh! Their picking they're opponents!" Ruby said to her teammates.
"Team SSSN from Haven Academy will now face team DAVH (Devil) from... from...huh it doesn't say where they're from." Peter said over the speakers.
What! You must be reading it wrong! Let me see that!" Oobleck said as he snatched the card with the team's name on it.
"Well, doctor? Do you see anything?" Port asked.
"This doesn't make sense! Wait! They must have been entered by an independent hunter!" Oobleck said excitedly.
"Of course! Ladies and gentleman this is a momentous occasion! For the first time in many decades, we have a team that fights for no Academy but instead for themselves!" Port Said over the speakers as the crowd cheers.
"For those of you who don't know there are certain teams that do not belong to any of the four academy's but instead they are under the tutorage of a single Huntsman. Only renowned Huntsman are allowed this honor however and they can enter their teams into the tournament if they feel they are ready and this year we have just such a team!" Oobleck said through the speakers.
"Now please give a warm welcome to team DAVH!" Port said as the first member of the team came out from the locker rooms and entered the arena.
"The first member of team DAVH, Vince Lusro!" Oobleck said as Vince walked out and got into the ring. He stood across from Scarlet as he drew his chained daggers and readied himself.
"The second member of the team, Daegan Aedus!" Port Said as Daegan walked out. He drew his massive blade and stood across from Sage as he popped his neck ready to fight.
Darian, Danilah, and Dea all gasped at the sight of him. He looked nothing like the Daegan they knew all those years ago that left with Death to train. His look, his aura, and even how he carried himself were completely different.
"The third member of team DAVH, Daman Heolstor!" Oobleck said, making one specific person gasp and hold her hands over her mouth in shock, as he walked out to the arena and stood across from Neptune.
"And now the final member of team DAVH! Huh, it doesn't say his name. Would the fourth member of team DAVH please come forward now or your team will be disqualified!" Port said over the speakers.
Sun crossed his arms as he looked at the other team who stood no more than ten feet away from him and his team.
"What your friend decide to ditch you guys and run with his tail between his legs?" Sun said jokingly.
The members of team SSSN laughed at their leader's obvious joke as he got glared by the others. Daegan then began to chuckle before he spoke.
"Naw! He just figures you four weren't worth his time! The three of us could wipe the floor of you no problem, a matter of fact I could do it myself but where the fun in that!?" Daegan said jokingly.
Team SSSN was obviously irritated by the comment and were about to retort before the final member of team DAVH stepped into the arena.
It was Jaune.
He had some heavy steel toed combat boots on his feet. He had on some blue pants that looked like they were made of some kind of special material. A short sleeved t-shirt that showed off his toned and muscular upper body. Two fingerless black leather gloves on his hands. His family sword was still strapped to his left side, and a golden long bow rested on his back next to a quiver full of arrows.
He walked into the arena shocking everybody with his new appearance and just from him being there in general. His old friends were speechless as they watched him walk into the arena and joined the rest of his team. Even the professors who were in the commentator's box were shocked and neither one of them had anything to say to him entering the arena.
"About damn time." Daegan said as he rested his sword on his right shoulder.
"Quit your whining. I'm here now aren't I." Jaune said as he walked up and stood across from Sun.
Sun and Neptune were shocked. They may not have been there when Jaune left over a year ago but how he looked, and how he talked shocked the hell out of them.
"Ja...Jaune!? Is that really you bro!?" Sun asked.
"Who else would I be?" Jaune asked the blonde haired Faunus.
"Well, it's just that... well, look at you! You leave for over a year and come back looking as cool as me, and as if not more built than him!" Neptune said as he pointed at Sun with his thumb.
"Well, when you train with these assholes you either get into shape, or you die." Jaune said as he pointed to the others on his team.
"Come on Jaune we weren't that bad." Vince said although smiling at the memories of beating up on Jaune.
Jaune just shot him a death glare that rivaled the one Glynda Goodwitch used.
"You gotta admit, it could have been a hell of a lot worse for you." Daman said with a smile.
"You guys used me as a means to chop down most of the trees around the house!" Jaune yelled at him.
"He's got a point." Daegan said as if it was nothing as team SSSN listened completely stunned and wide eyed.
"Do we have to fight them? They sound like a bunch of lunatics!" Scarlet whispered to Sage.
"Come on Jaune you needed training and we needed a lot of firewood." Vince said as if that was a perfectly reasonable answer fur what they did. "Besides in a one on one fight vs any of us you do pretty good."
"But none of us stand a chance against the others in a 3v1 fight." said Daegan.
Sage takes the moment to agree with Scarlet before sending up a prayer to the gods.
"Well enough about the past for now. What do you say we get this match under way and show all of Remnant what we can really do?" Jaune asked his team as he drew his blade from its sheath.
"Damn straight!" Daegan said as picked his sword up off his shoulder.
"Hell yeah!" Vince said as readied his twin chained daggers.
"Couldn't agree more!" Daman said as he pulled his weapon from his coat and the environment began to get randomized for the match.
The side for team SSSN that was chosen was the rocky terrain of Vacuo, and on team DAVH's side was chosen as the forests of Vale. Sun smiled as he had a home field advantage now but so did the rest of team DAVH with the forest.
"Let the match between team DAVH and SSSN begin now!" Peter yelled over the speakers.
Daegan charged forward and pushed Sage back into the rocky area in the arena until his back hit that of a rock pillar. Sage pushed back and jumped up and landed on the top of a rock pillar as Daegan followed after him and the two began to clash.
Vince wrapped one of his chained daggers around Scarlet's waist with the hooks that were on the blades. He then threw him into the forest and then soon followed after him.
Daman pressed a button on the disk he pulled out of his coat and blades came out and began to spin around making sparks as they hit against one another. He then threw it at Neptune who jumped out of its way thinking he was okay only to learn that it functioned like a heat seeker. He made a mad dash into the forest in an attempt to avoid the disk as Daman followed after him.
Sun and Jaune began to walk in a circle in the center of the arena trying to predict the others first move, never taking their eyes off of the other. The two then began to run in the direction of the rocky wasteland side by side as they occasionally would clash in the middle trying to hit the other.
Daegan began to fight one handed with his massive blade, swinging it around like it was a regular sized sword. It shocked Sage at how this guy was able to wield such a massive blade like it was nothing. Every time Daegan slammed his sword down onto Sage's sword the pillar they were standing on began to crumble and crack from the force of the attacks.
Sage dodged under a horizontal slash that Daegan had swung giving him a chance to counter attack. He aimed for Daegan's chest hoping to greatly reduce his aura with his strike, only for Daegan to jump back and dodge the strike by a hair with the tip of Sage's blade scratching his chest-plate. Sage cursed himself as he got back to his feet.
"Forgive me for underestimating you. Believe me, it won't happen again." Daegan said as he charged towards Sage. Daegan gripped his sword with both hands this time and swung it full force downward at Sage. Sage did the smart thing and jumped out of the way as Daegan's sword made contact with the pillar and it exploded.
Sage was sent flying into another rock formation as flying debris and dust flew past him from the explosion. Daegan then dispersed the flying dust with a swing of his blade as he continued to walk towards Sage.
Sage charged him and the two of them began to slam their swords together with as much force as they could muster. They hit one another with such force that it actually caused shock waves that would break the environment around them.
Sage swung his blade to his right as Daegan swung to his left to counter one another. He then began to unload a barrage of strikes down upon Daegan making him do nothing but block.
As Sage brought his sword down Daegan switched his blade into its double long swords form by splitting the massive blade down the middle making two single edged blades. He used them to push Sage's strike to his right and then flip backward and kick Sage in the chin.
Sage wiped the blood from his mouth as he looked at Daegan who held one blade at his right side, and the other on his left shoulder.
Daegan smiled as he looked down at Sage and watched him get back to his feet. The two locked eyes as they then charged one another once more.
Vince was using his chained daggers to traverse through the forest so as to catch up with Scarlet who proved to be faster than he looked.
Scarlet proved to be extremely agile, enough to be able to dodge Vince's blades and keep on running. He found a large tree that he decided run up in an attempt to once again dodge Vince's attacks.
Vince threw his blades into a branch of the tree and pulled himself up and propelled himself into Scarlet. The two landed on a large branch and jumped away from one another.
Scarlet pulled out his pistol and shot the handle at Vince's feet in an attempt to wrap it around his legs and trip him up.
Vince ran forward and spun around to dodge it and swung his blades in an upward x crossed slash.
Scarlet blocked the slash by placing his cutlass in-between the two blades and disrupt the strike. He then brought his pistol up to shoot Vince only for it to be kicked out of his hand.
Vince let go of his blades and spun around, kicking the gun out of his hand and then kicking him in the face with his other as he spun in the air. He then pulled his blades back with the chains and they found their place back in his hands.
Scarlet stabbed the curved part of his cutlass into the tree branch and flung himself back up and landed back on the branch. He then charged Vince as he did the same. Scarlet swung his cutlass at Vince only for it to be blocked and locked between Vince's daggers.
Vince smirked as he stabbed his daggers into the tree, pinning Scarlets sword to the branch. He then locked his hands together and hit Scarlet in the chin with devastating force.
Scarlet felt as though something began to drain out of him as Vince hit him but decided to ignore it. He threw a punch as Vince's face only for him to dodge to the side and hit Scarlet in his face.
The people in the stands watched as Scarlet's aura level kept going down. While at the same time Vince's aura bar kept going up even though it was already full.
Scarlet's breath is strained and he felt as though he had just run around the entirety of Beacon twice. He then notices that Vince's body is emanating an insane amount of energy. He then puts the pieces together and figures out what's been happening.
"You've been stealing my aura!" Scarlet yelled.
Vince smirked as he looked at Scarlet as he struggled to stay on his own two feet. Vince then pulled on his chains again and brought his daggers back to his hands.
"I'm surprised it took you so long to figure it out. Yes that is indeed my semblance. Stealing it is the easy part, now what I can do with it after I have it? That's the fun part!" Vince said as he threw the dagger he held in his left hand at Scarlet and it hooked him in the shoulder.
Scarlet was then pulled forward as Vince reared his right hand back and it surged with energy. Vince made contact with Scarlet's face and sent him flying. He crashed through several trees, out of the forest, across the arena, and finally stopped when he hit a rock formation leaving a human shaped dent in it as he was officially KO'ed.
"OH! That's the first one out for this match! The odds are now stacked in team DAVH's favor!" Port said over the speakers.
"That was fun. Wonder how the others are doing." Vince says as he looks around to try and find the others.
Daman stood in the center of the forest looking around trying to find Neptune. He then raised his hand and caught his disk in his left hand as is eyes still searched for any movement. Daman then does a back flip as an energy blast hits the ground where Daman once stood.
Neptune cursed himself as he loses sight of Daman. He then gets down from his sniping position and begins to try and get into a clearing only for him to have to dodge Daman's disk blade once again as it found its way into the trunk of a tree next to him.
Daman dropped down from the trees and pulled his weapon out of the tree. He then looked over at Neptune as he turned his weapon into its guandao mode.
"So are you finally done running and hiding like a coward? Good." Daman said as two long blades extended out of the disk.
Daman then unhooked the two sides of the disk making two single edged blades with spiked cutlass like guards on each sword handle.
Neptune audibly gulped as Daman began to walk towards him with his twin swords.
Daman then sprung forward and slammed his twin blades down upon Neptune's guandao making him block the strike. Daman then began to swing both his swords in a fluent motion with one another in an attempt to deal some damage to Neptune.
Neptune was unable to block every strike with his clothes getting cut and his aura dropping little by little. Neptune managed to roll out of the way of one strike but that was all he needed. He then began to twirl his guandao around in an attempt of landing a blow on Daman only for him to block the attack with his twin blades.
Daman locked Neptune's guandao in between his blades and forced him to stab it into the ground. He then reared his head back and head butted Neptune as hard as he possibly could.
Neptune stumbled back holding his head in pain. He then opened his eyes to find that Daman's fist about to connect with his face. He leaned back and unintentionally hit Daman in the chest with the energy blade of his guandao, ripping a large and deep gash in his chest.
Daman fell to the ground clutching his now bloody chest as pain surged through his entire being. His aura began to heal the wound but it would take a long time to heal it completely. He decided to improvise in the meantime.
Neptune walked over to check on Daman's condition to find the wound he had left on Daman's chest bleeding profusely and Daman appeared to be passed out. Until Neptune felt a hand hit him in the stomach and then a foot to the same spot. The attack sent Neptune back into a tree as he watched wide eyed as Daman stood up and the wound began to heal before Neptune's eyes.
Daman's wound healed completely in a matter of seconds and he was once again ready to fight. He picked up his blades up off the ground where he had dropped them. He then turned back to where Neptune was and found that he once more had left.
"Damnit. Where'd he go?" Daman said aloud.
Daman began to walk around looking for any sign of Neptune. He then had to quickly duck down to dodge an energy blast that was shot by Neptune's gun. He obviously realized he was no match for Daman up close so decided to stay back and fight from a distance.
"So that's how you want to play it huh? Alright, I'll play along." Daman said as he switched one of the swords around in his hand.
He then reattached the two blades back together making the disk again only the two blades of his separate blades were now extended. Daman then began to send his aura into his weapon while the blades began to spin making sparks fly all over.
"Let's see you hide after this." Daman said as he threw his weapon. Daman's weapon began to cut down trees left and right leaving nothing but a stump where a tree once stood. It didn't take long for nearly the entire forest to be reduced to nothing but stumps. Daman's weapon then flew back towards him as he held his hand out and caught it in flight.
"Are you done playing hide and seek, or are you actually ready to face me like a real Huntsman?!" Daman yelled out loud as he looked around for Neptune.
Daman then saw something out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head to find that it was the barrel of Neptune's gun getting ready to unleash a massive blast of energy at him. Daman motions to throw his weapon once more but he was interrupted as the blast zoomed towards him and engulfed him.
Neptune walked out of where he hid and looked for Daman's body only to see a black square to be where Daman once stood. It began to move and then finally it fully opened to show that the ball was no ball at all. It was wings. Wings that sprouted from Damans back that he wrapped around his body to block the attack.
Daman knelt on the ground with his wings now extended into the air above him as he stood up. He pressed a button on his weapon and the blades retracted back into its regular disk form and placed it back into his coat.
"What the...?! What are you?!" Neptune yelled.
'I wish I knew.' Daman said to himself as he lunged forward towards Neptune.
Neptune prepared to fire at Daman only to feel someone's fist hit him in the back, and for the same person to kick him in the back of his knee. Neptune fell to his knees feeling as though his strength was drained out of him. Vince stood behind Neptune and watches him fall before he looks up and locks eyes with Daman. The two nodded in sync with one another as Vince grabbed Neptune by the back of his collar and threw him towards Daman.
Daman caught Neptune by his collar and smiled as he watched him try and escape his grasp. Daman then began to flap his wings and he flew high up into the air bringing Neptune up with him. He was at least 35 feet in the air as he held Neptune and heard all his fan girls start to cry and beg him not to do it. He looked around and his eyes were caught by one person in the stands. He averted his gaze and then looked back at Neptune as he let go of his collar and dropped him.
Time slowed as Neptune fell. He had turned around while falling so he was now falling to his doom. He closed his eyes and made no attempt to try and stop himself as he resigned himself to his fate. Until he felt a foot slam into his gut.
Vince had stolen Neptune's aura earlier when he hit him and he used it to propel himself upward and land a devastating kick to his gut making Neptune gasp for his breath.
Daman zoomed down in anger towards both of them. If Vince thought he could steal his moment of triumph he was wrong. He was dead wrong. Daman hit Neptune in the back sending him down, and Vince was now spinning not knowing what just happened.
Vince managed to regain his bearings and sent himself down and managed to catch up with Daman. The two looked at one another and then nodded once more as they zoomed down towards Neptune.
The two of them hit him with a punch making his descent towards the ground even faster. The two of them then flipped as they neared the ground. Neptune hit the ground with a devastating crash and he almost passes out from the pain. But they weren't through with him yet. As Neptune was still in the air after hitting the ground and bouncing off of it both Daman and Vince slammed the sides of their feet into his chest at the same time making him hit the ground even harder, and leave a human shaped hole where he was now lying unconscious.
Daman and Vince stood up after falling to the ground after performing the attack. The two were breathing hard and looked over to where Jaune and Daegan were still fighting. They looked at one another and as though they could read one another's thoughts they both sat down on separate stumps and watched them fight.
"So you wanna make a bet?" Vince asked.
"On what?" Daman asked.
"We wager on which one of them wins their fight first. Whoever loses has to buy lunch for everyone." Vince said.
"Deal. My Lien is on Daegan." Daman said as he put his fist under his chin.
"Fine by me my Lien is on Jaune then." Vince said as the two of them continued to just sit and watch the fights unfold.
Daegan was tearing Sages defenses apart piece by piece. He was attacking so fast and so brutally that all Sage could do was try and block his attacks, but it didn't work. Daegan swung his blades in an x shaped slash and then kicked Sage's blade sending him back and fall onto his back.
Sage stabbed his blade into the ground and used it to get back to his feet, but he was barely able to stand upright. His legs were sore, his arms ached, and his aura was almost completely gone by this point in time. He took his sword out of the ground where he had stabbed it to keep himself stable and placed it in front of him ready to fight again.
Daegan stood not far away and watched this unfold. He took pity on his adversary, which was rare for a rider. He now also respected his foe for his unwavering spirit and how he never backed down even when he realized he was outmatched. Daegan then decided to end this before this went on any further. He took his twin swords and reattached them and made his greatsword once more. He then held it with one sword and held it out the same way Sage held his.
Sage then lifted his blade up over his head to slash down at Daegan. But when he brought his blade back down he found that Daegan was not there. He then saw something out of the corner of his eye but by the time he noticed it as it slammed into his face.
Daegan flipped his blade in his hand so that the middle of the blade would be what hit Sage. He hit Sage as hard as he possibly could and sent him flying through several rock formations before hitting the ground. Daegan jumped down and walked over the side of Sage and found that somehow he was still conscious.
"Gotta admit you're a hard one to take down." Daegan said as he stabbed his blade into the ground.
"I'll take that as a compliment." Sage said as he reached for his blade.
Daegan stomped down on the handle of the blade to let him know not to try it. He then bends down and grabs Sages shirt and pulls him closer towards him as he reared his fist back. He then hit him in the face, knocking him out, and sending him back down to the ground.
Daegan then stood up and grabbed his blade and put it on his right shoulder as he jumped back up to the top of another rock formation and watched Sun and Jaunes fight.
"Damnit!" Vince yelled as he stood up and kicked the stump he was sitting on sending it flying out of the arena.
"You lost and now you owe us all lunch." Daman said in an unfazed voice.
"My wallets dead." Vince said in a sad tone as he buried his head in his hands.
"Hey, this was your idea. You brought this upon yourself." Daman said.
"Shut-up." Vince said as he sat back down and watched Jaune and Suns fight.
Jaune was currently dodging Suns attacks as he now had his staff in its twin shotgun and nunchaku form. Jaune was able to dodge them with ease. He then jumps onto the side of a large rock and propels himself towards Sun.
Sun did a backflip and dodged Jaune's charge. He landed on a ledge and then placed his hands together after putting his weapon back on his back. Two yellow clones appeared and began to chase after Jaune as Sun stood still.
Jaune knew what would happen if those clones were to get too close so he ran as fast as he possibly could. The clones however were faster than he had anticipated and were gaining on him. Jaune then decides to do something special. He sheaths his blade, puts his fingers in his mouth, and whistles. White fire seemed to spring up from the ground and a stunning white horse appeared from the flames and began to run next to him while he still ran on the ledge. Jaune jumped and landed on his horses back and he sped off on its back. He rode his horse into the center of the arena and then turned back around and pulled put his bow as he stood up on the back of his horse. He loaded an arrow into it and shot it at the ground in front of the clones. The clones continued to run towards Jaune and as they got close to the arrow he had shot it exploded and the both of them got caught up in the blast. Jaune then loaded another arrow and aimed it at Sun.
Sun had no intention of getting hit by any of Jaune s arrows but as he jumped to try and get away the arrow was already on its way towards him. Sun crossed arms in front of his face to block it but the arrow exploded before it made contact with him. Sun jumped out of the smoke caused by the explosion only to be met by the fist of Jaune Arc about to slam into his face.
Jaune slammed his fist into Suns face with nothing held back sending him back to the center of the arena.
Sun got up off the tiled arena floor and noticed something. He was the only one on his team that was left. He saw Daegan stand atop a rock pillar looking down at him, and the other two watching him from the forest. He figured they were about to gang up on him as Jaune made his way back into the center to finish what he started.
"It would be best if you just gave up now Sun. This doesn't need to be any longer than it needs to be." Jaune said.
"Sorry Jaune but you should know that's not how I roll. I fight till I'm either beaten or can stand anymore. So let's finish this!" Sun said as he put his hands together and instead of two clones, six of them appeared.
"Impressive. But not good enough." Jaune said.
Jaune crossed his arms over his chest as Suns clones approached him. The six of them went to attack him from all direction only to be all stopped at the same time. Twelve white aura ghosts appeared and blocked their attacks and sent them all back and they exploded. The twelve of them then knelt onto their knees as Jaune walked past them towards Sun.
Sun was drained. He put everything he had into making those last couple clones only for them to be dispatched almost immediately. How noticed the others of Jaune team enter the center of the arena as Jaune got closer to him.
"Jaune...what are you?" Sun asked in an exhausted voice.
"What am I?" Jaune asked in response as he got closer to Sun and then slammed an aura enhanced foot into his gut. "I am a Horseman."
Sun flew out of the arena and hit the walls of the stands knocking him out and insuring the victory of team DAVH.
"Ladies and gentleman that was incredible! Team DAVH is the official winners of this match and advances to the doubles rounds!" Port yelled over the speakers as the crowd goes wild.
The four of them met in the center of the arena and they all held their right hands up in the air in victory. They then headed out of the arena as a couple groups of people ran as fast as they could to meet them.
AN: Finally this chapter is done! I think this is one of the longest chapters, and fights I've ever written. I hope you all enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I did writing it. Leave a review for me to read so I know how much you liked it. Hope to see guys next time.
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