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Rated T: Suggestive Themes, and Mild Cussing
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Beacon Academy
Combat Class
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Kaliyo was honestly a little disappointed. A few moments into the fight and she followed Cypher Nines directions clearly. Ruby Rose did exactly what Cypher predicted she would do.
Ruby immediately activated her semblance and dashed her way towards Kaliyo. Once within striking range, Ruby swung her massive scythe in a diagonal arch, swinging the blade from her left side and hoping the end the fight quickly.
Unfortunately, Kaliyo knew this was coming moments before Ruby even started to swing her massive bladed weapon. Taking a large leap backwards, Kaliyo unholstered her weapon as Ruby instantly activated her semblance and retreated, changing her scythe into sniper form and tried to open fire.
Unfortunately for the hood-wearing girl, Kaliyo was able to fire first. Because of what Cypher Nine informed her, Kaliyo instantly knew her opponents, opening attack. Cypher informed Kaliyo that this was mainly a simple way for Ruby to judge a new opponent. Unfortunately for her, that was what got her shot first.
The circular blast of energy, signaling that Kaliyo's blaster was set to stun, not that any of the students would know, slammed right into Ruby's stomach, launching the petite girl quite a distance away. Twirling herself in midair, Ruby changed her weapon back into scythe form and used the blade to stop her own momentum, sending her crashing to the ground. Using her arms, the younger girl rolled multiple times before she righted herself into a standing position.
Feeling slightly dizzy, Ruby slowly formed her battle stance with her scythe lowered at her side. Ruby's silver eyes shown with curiosity as well as amazement as she stared at her opponent.
"You're fast!" Ruby compliment, while checking her own aura levels. To her shock, her Aura went down to at most twenty-five percent!
"Nah," Kaliyo commented, her sniper-blaster in a resting position on her knee as she was kneeling, "I'm just well informed."
"You have a pretty cool weapon too!" For some unforeseeable reason, Kaliyo swore she heard seven simultaneous groans emerge from the mass of students watching the spar.
"Thanks. Though most of Team HVKK's weapons are fairly similar."
"Wow! That's so cool! What does yours transform to!?"
"Nothing."
"What! What do you mean your weapon doesn't transform! A weapon's uniqueness is what set itself apart from everyone else's weapon! It's what makes it, so, so..."
"Unique?"
"Yeah! But I can also understand the fact of basic weapons! But you use a gun! What do you use for close quarters?" At Ruby's odd rant, Kaliyo gave a soft snort of amusement as she only gave Ruby an arrogant smirk in response. Seeing she wasn't getting an answer from her; Ruby became serious as she evaluated her opponent.
Seeing Ruby's lack of action, Kaliyo squinted her eye in her blaster's scope and started to open fire. Seeing the projectiles emerging from what she can only presume as an energy-based weapon, Ruby used her semblance to dodge around the multiple rings of energy. Having almost a couple close calls, Ruby saw an opening where her opponent was reloading.
Bursting across the floor, leaving rose petals in her wake, Ruby engaged in close quarters combat. Almost getting her head sliced off from the younger girl's scythe, Kaliyo went on the defensive. She dodges and weaves around the large blade, trying to avoid the chaotic and fast swings that sliced the air in two with its intensity.
Dodging a horizontal slice heading for her midsection, Kaliyo failed to notice that Ruby used the momentum from her own swing to spin once before twisting her scythe and hitting Kaliyo with the backend, launching the older woman across the floor.
Seeing her 'Aura' going down by the heavy hit from the cloaked girl, Kaliyo muttered a curse in Hutteese, slightly disappointed in herself for taking a single hit. Instantly reloading her weapon, Kaliyo activated the burst mode on her blaster and opened fire.
Ruby, having changed her weapon into its sniper form, fired a volley of bullets, unfortunately missing her target. Seeing Kaliyo firing her weapon at the same time, Ruby prepared herself to dodge, only to be surprised from the three circular rounds emerging from the weapon.
Ruby, having not expected the burst fire from her sparring partner, was only able to dodge the first round before being hit by the other two and being launched through the air. Landing harshly on the ground, Ruby gave a groan of disappointment and discomfort as she notices her Aura was in the red, signifying that she lost.
"The winner is Kaliyo Djannis. Thank your Ms. Rose for participating in your fellow student's evaluation." Goodwitch spoke, having been watching the match from the sidelines and jotting down notes on her scroll, "Ms. Djannis, you may go to your seat. And can Vector Hyllus please come down for your evaluation."
Hearing her demands, both Kaliyo and Ruby started to walk up the stairs to their seats when Kaliyo started to do something she'll regret later, "You know, you would've won if you didn't miss your last few shots."
"Uh, thanks?" Ruby responded, unsure of whom she thought of as a bad person was going with this new conversation.
"Maybe, you should go practice on blind shooting."
"Okay? What should I practice on?" Ruby hesitantly questioned, not noticing Kaliyo's dark smirk.
"Live targets are always fun." At Kaliyo's comment, Ruby went gob smacked as her recent sparring partner left the conversation at that and marched back to her seat. Instantly having her views of the older woman renewed, Ruby hesitantly started to consider if Vector's words were actually correct on his own evaluation of his teammate.
Meanwhile, down on the fighting platform, Vector was waiting on the announcement for his own opponent. He wasn't really keen on fighting, or on the slight information spread his fighting will show. Making sure his weapon was firmly placed upon his back, he turned towards the professor and gave a nod to show his readiness.
Giving no indication that she noticed the Bug Faunus's nod, Goodwitch called out his very own opponent, "Lie Ren from team JNPR."
Up on the stands, a slightly surprised Ren sat next to his friends. Quickly shaking away the feeling of surprise, Ren narrowed his eyes in determination all the while maintaining his stoic features. Quickly making his way down to the stage, the rest of the students already started making guesses and bets on who would win in this match.
Unnoticed to the other students Cypher Nine started to silently mutter underneath his breath. So much so, that Kaliyo had to strain her senses to hear his words.
"Lie Ren, a competent fighter," Cypher Nine started as he stared down the arena floor, only receiving a glance from Vector as confirmation that Cypher could be heard, "he's fast, which works against you. However, he is narrowed sighted always aiming at the areas to deal the most damage. He relies heavily on his weapon's melee form, only using its ranged form to cover his escape or make an opening for his weapon's melee form. I suggest you stick to countering and blocking. Then only attack whenever you notice him retreating."
Cypher Nine stopped his secret muttering and reached his hand up to his left ear to start scratching, hiding the fact that he just turned off his comm-link connected to Vector. Noticing his bug-like companion repeating the same action, Cypher Nine narrowed his eyes and watched as the two fighters were preparing for their inevitable fight, never noticing a certain raven-haired Faunus overhearing his words.
Down at the arena floor, both fighters were silent as they got into their battle stances. The spectators of the sparing match were a little disappointed, hoping for some pre-battle banter.
Glynda Goodwitch stood near the sidelines, activating the image board to show both fighter's aura levels. After she was done with the pre-match set up, she made sure both fighters were ready for the spar. Seeing that they were only waiting for the signal, Goodwitch gave a clipped shout that they may begin.
Both fighters stood still for a moment, neither one of them moving a muscle. The single pink hair highlighted man of team JNPR raised his brow, just now noticing his opponents lack of weapon. Like a big reveal, Vector reached towards his back in a drawing motion, some of the more weapon-oriented students leaning forward in anticipation to see his weapon.
He finally grabbed his weapon, and in a fast and smooth motion revealed it to the rest of the student body. There was silence, then came a certain cloak wearer's cry of disbelief, "Who in their right mind fights with a long stick!?"
What was Vector's weapon? Simply a long stick, no, not a staff made out of the Empire's most pristine metal. Just, simply a stick with pincers at the end. Everyone made sounds of confusion. A few students even commented that all Faunus were of course, dumb as logs, so it only made sense. Some even tried to turn and ask Team HVVK why their teammate was stupid enough to only bring a simple piece of long as a weapon.
Before any questioning could begin, Ren decided to attack in the moment of confusion, his Stormflower in its ranged form as he charged towards the bug Faunus. Opening fire at his opponent Ren gave a large leap in the air for an aerial advantage, half expecting his opponent to be overwhelmed from his weapon's fast fire-rate.
So, it came as a surprise when his opponent expertly dodged with a quick roll to the side. Landing on the ground, with Vector now to his right, Ren gave a quick twirl with Stormflower entering its melee form. Taking a duo swing at his opponent, Ren was surprised that one of his hits actually managed to hit his opponent.
Vector took a grand hit to his right side, if his shield wasn't turned on, he would have had a deep gash from his hip to his right shoulder. Being launched from the impact of the hit, Vector landed in a harsh crash, performing a roll to regain his balance and quickly stand.
Seeing the amount of damage, the one attack did, Ren glanced at the bored, only to freeze in shock. A great hit like that would harm most students, enough that at the very least a fifth of their Aura would be depleted. Vector's Aura barley went down a sliver, Ren would dare say that Vector's Aura was depleted only by one out of one-hundred.
"Defense?" Ren questioned with the one word, his shock instantly vanishing.
"Correct," Vector confirmed.
"You've only defended, never once going on the offensive."
"Also, correct."
"You are a formidable opponent," Ren complimented, as he shifted back into his battle stance. Vector simply nodded and waited near the edge of the stage. As if the battle was put on rewind, Ren charged with Stormflower in ranged mode, opening fire on his opponent yet again.
Noticing Ren's lack of aerial maneuver like last time, Vector decided to remain on the defensive. He dodged and weaved out of Ren's shots, his form bending and twirling around the Dust-infused bullets. Once Ren was in range, he changed Stormflower into its melee mode, preparing to strike multiple times.
He never had the chance.
The pincers on Vector's staff suddenly extended away from each other as Vector performed a simple lunge right into Ren's stomach. Then, Ren was launched across the stage, all the way to the edge on the other side.
The spectating students watched gob smacked at the feat. Some stared in awe at Vector's staff, his battle 'stick.' The same stick that's pincers just released pure blue lighting as the contact was made with Ren's midsection.
"Winner: Vector Hyllus!" Goodwitch announced upon noticing Ren's Aura barley entering the red. Vector gave no reply that he heard her, he simply sheathed his weapon as he marched towards Ren's prone form.
Upon noticing his opponent's march, Ren tried to stand. Only to trip from the whiplash the launch gave him. Closing his eyes and expecting to hit the stages cold floor, Ren was surprised when he felt a pair of strong arms holding him up, stopping his fall.
"Something to remember," Vector started, "looks can be deceiving, you thought my weapon was a simple staff. That was your mistake."
Ren only gave a simple nod, thankful for the honor his opponent apparently held. Finally, stable Ren stood on his own as he raised is left hand towards the bug Faunus. His right hand currently occupied with holding his stomach.
Dismissing themselves from the arena, both young men held a decent conversation about what they seen during the spar. As they neared Ren's group of known friends, they both bid each other goodbye and Vector continued on his way. Settling into his seat, Ren just now noticed the other girl from Team HVKK making her way towards the stage.
"Guys," Everyone from Team JNPR and RWBY heard the slight whisper, all of their heads whirling towards the one who spoke. Blake gave a relief sigh, now knowing that she had all of her friend's attention.
"What is it Blakey?" Yang asked, her eyebrow slightly raised because of the slight hitch she heard in Blakes voice, she never would've expected to hear such hesitance from the ravenette.
"Ki-The white man with the red hair on Team HVKK, we need to be careful around him."
"So, what if a guy from Atlas likes white more than our princess here, he's just another student." Yang spoke confidently, giving her partner a wide grin.
"Hey! You're not going to tell them about what we heard in the Library are you!" Ruby interrupted, her face showing fear and anxiety to what she presumed to be the upcoming subject.
"What did you hear in the Library?" Pyrrha asked, sound majorly concerned.
"Don't worry about that." Blake strictly commanded, her voice turning into a whisper as she spoke. "Listen, the leader has tabs on all of us, he knew everything about Ren's fighting style and muttered everything about it. He did the same for Ruby earlier, I bet if we listen again, he'll do the same."
"I don't get it?" Jaune interrupted, his head tilted, "what's so bad about a guy knowing our fighting styles? He's a student, right?"
"Oooh! Maybe he's some weird space alien sent on a secret mission to destroy us! So, he's gathering information before he does it!" Nora theorized aloud, only to have Ren start to shush her by the end of it.
"Or, maybe he's a spy." Blake supplied, "I know Atlas likes to keep everything in a need to know basis. And since it's late in the year, maybe they-"
"Wait!" Yang shouted, lucky that the background noise from the other students masked her voice, "I actually know Tomato-Head over there! He was at Junior's bar when I crashed the place!"
"Junior's bar?"
"Who's Junior?"
"You crashed a bar!?"
"Yang, you promised not to tell anyone!"
Ignoring her friends' comments to her bold claim, Yang continued, "Yeah, turns out he was a regular there. He had his own private VIP section as well. Now that I think of it," Yang pauses, looking at the sitting members of Team HVKK, "the two Faunus were there too."
"What exactly would a delinquent like you and a somewhat pristine looking man have in common at a bar?" Weiss asked, stopping her glare at Blake to give Yang a scandalous look.
"Junior is a known informant of the criminal underworld, Princess."
"Of course, a junkie like you would know that."
"Uh, guys?" Ruby started, but was instantly interrupted by the Schnee heiress.
"And you!" Weiss almost screamed, whirling around to point an accusing finger at Blake, "What's with you and painting Atlas bad? First my family's company and now the nation?"
"Well, maybe if Atlas and your family's dust company didn't have such deviant practices, I wouldn't say anything." Blake informed calmly, her yellow eyes narrowing only slightly to show her annoyance.
"Uhh, guys!?" Ruby yelled trying to gain their attention.
"Should we really be fighting each other? We're getting off task." Pyrrah questioned, worried at the argument that now broke out with three of the four members of Team RWBY.
"YANG XIAO LONG!" A loud voice alerted everyone in the group. Feeling beads of sweat slowly drip from their foreheads, the members of Team RWBY and JNPR slowly turned their heads towards the strange.
One pissed Professor Goodwitch, was a Goodwitch you never wanted to see.
"Yang Xiao Long, you're up next."
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Annnnnnd done!
Yay, the new chapter!
So, Yang Vs. Vernal, can't wait to see that.
Okay, I've finally settled the pieces. The game is now afoot. Cypher Nine is now a heavily suspicious character among our favorite first years.
So, now It's a chess match. One side pushes just as much as the other pulls. Piece by piece, one unit, one vital piece will be removed. Others might be added; the game of deception is on!
Let Loose the Hounds of War!
Welp, I hope I did this chapter justice, I kind of rushed it to be fair.
Still taking suggestions and ideas. Even constructive criticism!
Review, would you kindly?
Until next time!
