Chapter 8

It's been a month since "The Breach" and Masamune still hasn't come any closer to finding a way home, and not knowing how Kojiro and the others were faring against Hideyoshi, or if they'd already lost, was constantly on the dragon warlord's mind. Well, not right now though, as the loud cheering from the crowd around him, the narrating from the two Beacon professors , and watching his surrogate team battle it out below caused his thoughts of the war back home to not even come close to his focus right now.

"This is so pointless, how can something like fighting, be turned into a foolish performance?" He muttered to himself as he had no choice but to look as they fought.

"Was my match pointless too then?" Cinder, who was sitting next to him, leaned over to him.

"Your's was less pointless and more one sided." He told her as he remembers them in the match facing another team as they easily took the upper hand and defeated them. "Thought I never seen that other girl before, and she did the most damage."

"She's not very social with others." Cinder told him. "She like to keep to herself a lot."

An alarming sound was heard as they both saw what happened as Reese from Team ABRN was knocked out of the ring. "Ooooh. A double whammy! Reese Chloris is eliminated by ring-out AND Aura level!" Port announced.

"Yeah take that!" Masamune cheered.

"For someone who think this tournament is useless you are sound excited for a minute." Cinder giggled at his irony.

"It was just a good knock out." Masamune grunted in between his teeth as the dark haired woman smirked.

"What kind of entertainment is in your world?" She asked pretending to care.

"Besides war, there is the occasional play and Sumo matches, as well the the Beetle fighting." He told her.

"Beetle fighting?" Cinder asked.

"Don't ask. I wasn't interested in any kind of games and such. I was too busy ruling my land and expand my empire." He told her as the match ended with Yang knocking all three of ABRN.

"And that's the match! Team RWBY is Victorious!" Port announced as the crowd goes wild.

"It looks like your team has won the first round." Cinder clapped for them and got up from her chair.

"Of course they won, they have been preparing for a long time." Masamune said as he saw Ruby jumping up and down in excitement.

"Let's go congratulate them on winning their match." Cinder grabbed his arm and pulling him out of them stadiem.

'What is with women dragging me by the arm?' Masamune thought to himself as he got an annoyed look on his face.

"If you keep dragging your feet you're going they will already be at the festival grounds." Cinder keep pulling him out of the stadium

After the match, Team RWBY decided to got to the festival grounds as they were starving. "Is anyone else starving?" Ruby asked the others hunched and grogy.

"I may have worked up an appetite." Blake answered her as her stomach roared like a lion as her teammates looked at her in shock.

"Gee, if only there were somewhere on campus to get food around here." Weiss asked in a sarcastic tone. "Oh, wait."

"-It's ok, Weiss, I forgot about the fairgrounds too." Ruby said in a naive tone.

"I was being facetious." Weiss rolling her eyes

"Wh- Well, if you were hungry,why didn't you say so!?" Ruby waved her arms up cheerfully.

"C'mon! I know just the place." Yang leading them where to go.

"Hey! Might be hard to eat without this!" Emerald called out to them holding Ruby's wallet to her. Ruby quickly checked her pockets as to see that her wallet was nowhere on her as Emerald laughed. "Good to see you, Ruby." Handing it back to her.

"Oh, Thanks, Emerald! Guess I dropped it. Guh, girl pockets are the worst!" Ruby sighed as she put it back in her pockets.

"What's up, Em?" Yang walked up to the both of them.

"Just left the stadium after your amazing fight. You guys were awesome!" She said in a excited tone of voice.

"Oh stop it asdfhgh shut your little stupid face." Ruby mumbling the rest as she was blushing out of embarrassment.

"I heard your team progressed to the next round, too." Blake waked up to them along with Weiss.

"You know, I feel like we never see the four member of your team." Weiss wondered aloud

"How did they do in the fight?" Yang asked.

"They annihilated the other team." Masamune walking towards them with Cinder along side him. "The other team was nothing but idiots."

"That's great! Uh, why don't we all go out and get some victory food together?" Ruby suggested as she stopped her embarrassment talk.

"We would love to join you but Mercury is very socially awkward." Cinder tells them as they see him sniff a boot at the shoe stand as they all got awkward from him. "Anyways, Merc and Em and heading to the doubles round, What about you guys?"

"Well as the leader of this team, I thought of it long and hard about this decision." Ruby grinned.

"We put it to a vote." Weiss leaned over to her.

"Um, yes, but I decided to put it to a vote." Ruby said not to show any signs of nervousness.

"We voted for Weiss and Yang." Blake not delaying it any further.

"I will happily represent Team RWBY" Weiss certified.

"Yeah we are gonna kick some butt!" Yang pounding her first together.

"Just don't get over confident, I would hate it if a bunch of imbeciles got over themselves." Masamune said coldly.

"Well, if me and Mercury see you down the line, don't think we'll go easy on you" Emerald said playfully

"Wouldn't have it any other way." Yang said back.

"Alright We'll be seeing more fights now so we will see you later." Cinder told them as she, Emerald and Mercury walk away.

"Uh how can they be so happy all the time!?" Emerald complained as they were far away from them.

"At least we have the info we wanted." Cinder reassured her.

"Speaking of info, how was your date with the dragon." Mercury asked half teasing his boss.

Cinder gave a slight glare at him but let smirked at the end. "I have him were I want him." Walking back to the arua to spot anyone who could be a threat to them.

"So how was the date with Cinder?" Yang teased Masamune.

"Imbecile! We were just watching your match together." He shouted at the blond as she snickered.

"Aww you're blushing." Yang teased him more as he got more mad as he grits his teeth and they all reach the ramen shop. "I'll have a bowl of the regular, please." As the ramen man gave her a large bowl of ramen.

"Ooooh. I'll have the same." Ruby ordered as another large bowl of ramen side in front of her.

"Hmm... Do you have anything with a low salt-" Weiss was interrupted as a bowl of ramen was tossed her.

"Extra Mitso in mine." As a bowl was tossed to Masamune.

Blake nodded to the ramen shop guy as he went into the back as lightening speed and came out with fish filled ramen as her eyes lite up just from looking at it.

Weiss handed the owner her card as he took it and began to check. "Aww Weiss! What's the Occasion?" Yang teased her teammate knowing what it was.

"Consider it thanks for sending me to the Doubles round." Weiss said proudly. Until her card was thrown like a ninja star on the table as everybody stare at it til the owner cough at attention. He points to the machine that says declined. "What? How can my card be declined? I was barely into my monthly allowance." As Blake's fish ramen was taken from her.

"Maybe I could help?" Pyrrha and the team came to them holding her own card.

"Pyrrha!" Ruby rising her arms in the air.

"Aw, you don't have to help." Yang laughed

"BUT SHE COULD!" Blake insisted wanting her fish ramen.

"Well, I think you all eared it after that battle." Pyrrha said to them as she paid for their meals and joined them as they all ate.

As they finished their meals, some were either satisfied or they were sick to their stomachs.

" Are you sure is it wise to have eaten before a fight?" Ren asked Pyrrha.

"Of course! It will give us energy." Pyrrha told her teammate.

"It depends on how much eat." Masamune corrected her. "Eat too much and you'll get sick, eat not enough, and you will be unfit to fight." Nora let out an echoing burp as she finished.

"Ughhh, if I barf I'm blaming you." Jaune moaned as he tried to keep from throwing up.

"Oh! Aim it at the enemy!" Nora grinned as the thought came to mind.

"Nora! That's disgusting. But if you do feel the urge." Rin speaking to Jaune on the last part.

"Got it." He said putting his thumb up while laying his face on the counter.

"Well we should be off." Pyrrha standing up for there match.

"So, you think you guys are ready?" Ruby asked.

"They should be, with all that training for the past month." Masamune asked with his arms folded.

"We got a world- renowned fighter on our team, what's basically a ninja, I can bench five of me,...Jaune" Nora pause on the her leaders name. "We've trained all year, our weapons are awesome, Glynda barely yells at us anymore, and uh...Jaune"

Everyone looked at Jaune who's head was still laying on the counter moaning. "I know what everyone's thinking. But she's not wrong..."

"I'm kidding! He knows I'm kidding. Don't be so nervous! The worst that could happen is we lost! Then it's just a few more years of 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 next to us in the cafeteria, Ren and I have no parents, we have no home left to go to we'll be officially renamed team LOSERS-per. n Ah ha ha ha ha!" She said turning pale grey between a laugh and a sob.

"Soooo yeah. We're feeling pretty good." Ren told them after Nora's mental break down.

"Don't fret." Pyrrha putting both of her hand on Jaune and Nora. "If anything, we should be looking forward to a fight with actual guidelines and not...Well, Murderers."

"Yeah, don't sweat it! We've all faced way worse before." Yang gave a light chuckle.

"Let's see: Grim invasion, Violent extremists, a destructive sociopath." Blake naming them.

"And that's all while we were in training! Oh, imagine what it'll be like when we graduate!" Ruby nearly jumping out of her seat.

"Hopefully no wars next." Masamune said coldly.

"Wow a real buzz kill." Weiss said.

"Would Team JNPR please report to the battle grounds immediately." Port said in the intercom.

"Yes! Like they were scheduled to several minutes ago?" Oobleck stretching the last few words.

"Well it looks like this is it." Pyrrha told her team as they walked towards the stadium.

"Go get 'em!" Ruby cheered. "Lets go watch the fight."

"Better then nothing else to do." Masamune said as he got up and walked towards the stadium along with his teammates. Once they entered the stadium they walked around til they got some good sits next to as they got a good enough spot to watch the fight. "Hopefully this fight is entertaining enough like the last yours and Cinders."

"Let's just hope they make it to round two." Blake said as the match was starting.

"Team JNPR of Beacon versus Team BRNZ of Shade!" Port announced as the Arena playing field were setting up. It stopped on a forest and mountainous area. "Three, Two, One , Begin!"

The two teams were head to head with each other as one of Team BRNZ when on top of a tree and took into a sniping position as Team JNPR retreated to the rocks.

"That Imbecile may not be a good fighter but at least he knows how to strategizes." Masamune watched. "Now what will they do?" As he saw them split up and May Zedong,the Sniper, was firing at Ren while Nolan Porfirio was in close range as he hit Ren a couple of time and shocking him with electricity that Nora stepped in and defended him. Nolan attacked her with his electric stun stick but Nora only grinned.

"Oho, looks like one of my favorite students, Nora Valkyrie, is charging up to her Semblance!" Port gave a small laugh.

"Yes, Miss Valkyrie, produce, as well as channel electrical energy straight to her muscles. This allows her to jump explosively into the air wield her mighty hammer, or in this case absorb Nolan's attacks and send the young man flying." Oobleck finished as Nora tackled the guy through a rock.

'Noted, when fighting her, never use my semblance or she will kill me.' Masamune thought to himself as he watch as they were fighting back and Jaune making more on his strategies.

"He certainly improved." Weiss sounding impressed.

"Yeah, but he's got nothing on Pyrrha." Yang commented as the red haired warrior was taking on two of them at once while Ren was attacking Nolan and Nora climbed all the way to the mountain and charged up as she sent the Sniper out for her position and jumped off that sent then rest of team BRNZ back sliding.

All of a sudden the Jaune said something that made his whole team look at him. They started to have a little discussion to the point that people were yelling and booing. That all stopped Til Nora knocked them all out of the ring with a single swing.

"And with that , it appears Team JNPR wins by knockout. Literally" Port announced. "Can someone go make sure they're okay?"

"They won!" Ruby shouted as she jumped out of her seat.

"Next is Team SSSN against Team NDGO" Yang looked up the roasters. As they walked to the arena and waving.

"Good luck Neptune!" Weiss shouted, but as soon as she saw him flirting with his opponents, her expression changed. "Break his stupid face, NDGO!"

"You switched sides real fast." Masamune said looking at her.

"That's none of your business hothead!" Weiss yelled at him.

"Want to try saying that again Ice Queen!" Masamune yelled back as the two of them darted daggers at each other.

"Hey what's wrong with Neptune?" Ruby asked as Masamune and Weiss looked on stage and saw him in a panic state.

"Oh no..." Blake put her hand in her face. "Neptune's... afraid of the water."

There was a long awaited silence until Masamune bust out in laughter. "That imbecile is afraid of the water!?" Masamune laughed harder. "This is very ironic!"

"What's ironic?" Ruby asked him.

"My country is very isolated but I read history of the different lands and in civilization, there was a God named Neptune and he's the god of the sea." The one eyed dragon explained as Ruby joined in on the laugher. Neptune ran up a huge rock and both Masamune and Ruby laughed even more.

"Will you two stop, maybe he had an incident about almost drowning and never liked it." Weiss explained.

"I'm sorry Weiss..." Ruby said trying to calm down. "But it's kinda funny that he had the same name as a sea god and is afraid of water.

"Actually that is kind of funny." Yang chuckled. "You can say he's the chicken of the sea." Which got the two to laugh even harder as Blake and Weiss were watching the match begin.

"Okay...okay... I'm calm." Ruby stopping her laughter as she was keeping control of herself.

"Same." Masamune still chuckling at the event as he saw that NDGO was beating SSSN with Sage out of the match as Sun delivering a kick to Octavia's face as he attacked her til her aura reached the red zone.

"Oh! And we're down to three on three!" Port annoched.

Scarlet took the upper hand on taking on two on them at once. But was cut short by getting hit by a coconut which made all the men in the audience cringe.

"That's going to hurt so much." Masamune looking as Scarlet was in pain. Sun was surrounded by the the rest of NDGO as they nearly bombarded him. "This is not good, looks like he's going to lose."

"Don't lose fate just yet." Yang said as Neptune help til all of NDGO was in the water and him shocking them to win a three way T.K.O

"And with that. Team SSN moves to the Doubles round." Port said. "And with that comes an end to the first day of the tournament. We will be back with the doubles round."

"Looks like the imbeciles are moving on ahead." Masamune sighed hoping they would have lost.

"Looks like it." Blake agreeing with him not looking amused.

"Let's go congratulate them." Yang said as they got up and were walking out til Wiess stopped in her tracks as Ruby bumped into her.

"What are you viewing?" The red haired team leader asked as she saw her looking up in the sky seeing an airship as she and Masamune notice a smile on the white hair girls face.

"She's here." Weiss smiled as she ran passed Yang and Blake.

"Weiss wait up!" Ruby chased after her with Masamune close behind.

"You two go ahead, we'll meet with you later." He said following the girls. As he was catching up with them, he noticed that who ever Whiss was running to, she was meeting them on the outskirts of town.

"Weiss, what is the big deal? Who is it? Who is she?" Ruby asked as she was catching her breath when they stopped.

"Winter!" Weiss said as she eyed the tall leaner white haired woman who had their backs to them.

"Wait? Your sister?" Ruby asked as she saw the Winter looking at the shipping.

"I was epicing something a bit different." Masamune said as he got a image of a older meaner looking Weiss in his head.

"Winter!" Weiss called to her as Winter looked in their direction. Weiss ran to her with Ruby and Masamune ran behind her. "Winter! I'm so happy to see you." She screamed in excitement then caught herself as she straightened her act together. "Oh, your presence honors us." She curtsied.

"Beacon, It's been a long time." Winter walked forward with her hands behind her back. "The air feels...different.

"I mean it is fall so it's probably colder..." Ruby remarked as she got a full punch in the back by her partner.

"So, what are you doing here? Weiss asked.

"Classified." She answered.

"How long are you staying?"

"Classified." In a more icy tone.

'Is everything Classified or are you just saying so.' Masamune though in annoyance.

"Well this is nice... I think." Ruby said awkwardly.

Masamune could not take this any longer and decided to step in. "This has gone for too long! You two are acting like two generals on the opposite side then two siblings!"

"Masamune!" Weiss yelled.

"Wait Masamune, the swordsmen that Ironwood told me about from another world?" Winter asked looking at the samurai.

"Since you mentioned that imbalance of a general, you must be his underling." Masamune said which got to the white haired woman but did not show any signs of weakness.

"Weiss had told me all about you, how your ignorant, selfish and having a bad temper." Winter said in her proper manner. "But you do have a point in the matter." Turning to her younger sister and gave a deep sigh. "How have you been?"

"Oh, splendid! Thank you for asking." Weiss answered. "I'm actually in the very top of my sparring class. The rest of my studies are going wonderfully too. I'm-"

She was cut off as a very hard slap from Winter hit her head. "Silents you boob! I don't recall asking about your racking. I asked how you were." As a bump was forming on her head. "Are you eating properly? Have you taken up any hobbies? Are you making new friends?"

"Well there is Ruby and Masamune." Weiss forcing a smile.

"Boob." Ruby snickered as she push the bump on Weiss's head in.

"I see. So this is the leader you wrote of." Winter giving her the cold stare. "How appropriately... underwhelming."

"Uhhh... Thank you." Ruby said unsure of what she was saying which the one eyed dragon rolled his eye.

"Greetings Ruby Rose. I wish to thank you for taking an interest in my sister."

"Oh, yes, of course! The honor is in my... court." Ruby looking nervous as she went from hands behind her back to her saluting to her curtseying.

"You can stop now, you're starting to embrace yourself you fool." Masamune whispered to her as Winter gave off an icy cold stare.

"I have business with the general and your headmaster. But seeing as I'm early, why don't you take me to your quarters." She asked.

"Really?" Weiss asked sounding shocked and excited at the same time.

"Yes, I wish to inspect them and make sure they're up to my personal standards." She says with her robot guards walking with her as Weiss leads the way.

"Just so you're aware, the bunk beds only look unstable."

"Bunk beds?"

"You two go on ahead me and Ruby will go meet with the others." Masamune told them as he and Ruby walked in a different direction. Once they were far away from each other the two Schnee sisters, Ruby let out a relaxing sigh. "Glad we are out of that, here I thought one ice queen was bad."

"Tell me about it, she looks and act so stretched." Ruby sloping down then looking at the samurai. "Where you like that in your home."

"Imbecile! I was only like that when it came to the battle!" Masamune said as he walked faster alongside her. "At my own castle I was discussing with my generals and watching over the land."

"It must of shown how much you cared about your people." Ruby smiled at the thought. "Kinda like my mom."

"Your mother?" Masamune asked.

"I don't remember her that much but I know that she was kinda like supermom, slayer of monsters and baker of cookies." Ruby smiled as it quickly turned into a frown. "Then one day she was on a mission and never came back, she was said to be dead."

"Sorry for your lost." Masamune said as the thought of his own father came into his head. "Shoot Masamune! Kill your father and rule the land"!

"Hey, you ok? You look pale." Ruby looking a bit concerned.

"I'm fine you fool!" He yelled at her to which she backed up a few feet. "I was just thinking that's all."

"Was your mom the same way?" Ruby asked.

"I don't want to talk about it." Masamune muttered out loud.

"Are you sure? Yang always told me that it's best to talk about your problems. She might not seem like it now, but she's gonna make a great mom someday." Ruby looking a little worried.

The samurai sighed heavily as he leaned in to her ear. "Don't mention this to anyone until I'm ready, understand?" He asked as she nodded her head as he looked at their surroundings and walked to somewhere that was more private for them to talk. "My mother was a demon to me."

"Wait so she yelled at you alot?" She asked looking a bit confused.

"No, did Yang or Blake tell you how I lost my eye?" He asked.

"No. not really. How did you lose it?" Ruby asked looking curious.

"My eyes was badly infected with smallpox and to stop it from spreading, I ordered Kojūrō, my second in command to cut it out." Masamune paused for a moment then continued. "After doing so, my own mother disowned me."

Ruby's eyes were as wide as dinner plates from hearing this. "But why would she do something like that!? You could've died if you hadn't!"

"I don't know! She never looked at me without being disgusted. A one eyed warrior to be the head of the clan maybe a disguise in her eyes!" Masamune yelled as he was about to tell her the worse thing to ever do. "She even went as far as to poison me!"

Ruby gasped in shock as she had never heard of such an act. "That's terrible! Didn't your family do anything to stop her."

"My handmaidens and generals were keeping me alive until I was cured. She was arrested until I passed the treason." He told her as pain was hinted in his eyes.

"At least it sounds like you had people who cared about you." Ruby reassured him. "What happened to her any way? Did you kill her?"

"I banished her from my lands, never to return." Masamune said harshly.

"and your dad?" Ruby asked fearing that his father was the same way.

"He was the only one who cared about me until his death." Masamune said to her as she saw a painful look on his face.

Ruby reached out a hand to him as she placed it on his shoulder. ""We don't have to talk about this anymore if you don't want to."

The samurai nodded his head and walked away a few til they both saw smoke were the Courtyard was where Weiss and Winter were. "What the hell was that?!"

"I don't know but it could be trouble." Ruby ran to the direction worried for her teammate.

"Ruby wait!" Masamune shouted to her as he soon followed. As they both got there, a battle was taking place as Winter and a dark haired man with a very big sword. 'Magochi!?' He thought to himself then took a closer look at the man. 'Wait that's not Magochi, it looks like him but he would never attack a woman and he prefers a rifle then a sword.'

"It's my Uncle!" Ruby shouted as she jumped up and down.

"Your Uncle!?" Masamune and Weiss asked in shock simultaneously.

"Kick her butt uncle Qrow!" Ruby cheered for him.

"Teach him respect Winter!" Weiss shouted to her sister.

The one eyed dragon was watching as the two were facing each other as they were fast as lightning countering and predicting each each others moves. Qrow had the upper hand as he gripped his sword with both hands bringing it down on her but she evaded the attack as she jumped into the air, while leaving behind a crater. Winter was now gaining more of an advantage as she used her speed against Qrow was was swinging clumsily yet powerful.

Winter went to the highgrounds as she try to get the advantage of him, but Qrow fired off the gun part of his weapon as She used a mist to surround herself with and charged straight at him with two swords in her hand. They both returned to the lightening fast speed of a fight as the crowd cheered at the battle. Qrow backed off a few yards as Winter summoned some kind of snowbirds as they were doing the damage on him til he send out a powerful slash attack that destroyed them and lost Winter's consideration. As she summoned two glyps behind her and Qrow transforming his weapon but then deactivates it and sheaths it to everyone's annoyance. Winter looked confused but him jestering him to come foward has just made her mad that she blindly charges at him.

"Schnee!" Ironwood yelled at her as her blade was inches away from Qrow's neck.

Winter looked back and saw Ironwood standing right behind her with Penny behind him. Winter turned around and stood at attention. "General Ironwood sir!"

"What in the world do you think your doing?" He approaches her slowly.

"He started the altercation, sir." Winter defended herself.

"That's actually not true, she attacked first." Qrow spoke up hands behind his head.

"Is that right?" Ironwood glaring at them both, mainly at Winter who didn't have anything to say as she looks down in defeat as Qrow looks to the skies, know he was victorious and looking around as people were staring. "And you." Looking at Qrow and approaching him. "What are you doing here?

"I could be asking you the same thing." Qrow talked back to him.

"Now, now everyone." Ozpin approaching them with Glynda along side him as she was fixing the mess. "There's a sanction fight happening just aroung the corner of the coliseum. That I can assure you has better seats. And popcorn."

"Break it up everyone! We will take care of this mess." Goodwitch said as she glared daggers at Qrow and Winter.

"Let's go." Ironwood told Winter as she, the guards, and Penny followed him as Penny waved to Ruby.

Ruby waved back as She approached her Uncle and jumped on his arms like a monkey hanging on a tree. "Uncle Qrow! Did you miss me?"

"Nope." He grinned.

"It's so good to see you again!" Ruby smiled as she jumped off his arm.

"Qrow. A word, please" Ozpin addressed him as he did not look pleased.

"I think I'm in trouble." Qrow whispers to her.

"You did kind tear up our courtyard." Ruby said in a careless tone.

"Yeah I did." Qrow smirked as they fist bumped each other. "Catch you later kid." Walking to Ozpin and Glynda to his office.

"And suddenly your recklessness makes sense." Weiss walks up next to her.

"You're just mad cause he whooped butt." Ruby grinned.

"That was a draw at best." Weiss argued.

"Whatever it was, they both are very skilled at fighting." Masamune walked up to them.

"But Winter was better right?" Weiss asks.

"Nah it was my uncle." Ruby waved a hand.

"Evenly matched, Though your uncle looks like he was drunk." Masamune told Ruby.

"Yeah, he kinda was." Ruby scratched the back of her head.

"Since this odd family reunion is out of the way, let's head back to Blake and Yang. I'm sure they are back in our dorm." Weiss told them

"That seems like a good idea." Masamune walking ahead of the team as the two girls ran right behind him.

Meanwhile with Cinder, Mercury and Emerald. Cinder was pacing back and forth infront of Mercury as he sat in front of her telling her that Qrow arrived.

"Are you sure it was him?" She asked her collied.

"Bad hair, used a scythe and smelled like my dad after a long hard day. It was him." Mercury said to her.

"What do we do?" Emerald asked sitting on the bed.

"Nothing. We stay the course." She tells her colleagues. "They have no idea who we are so we have no reason to worry. Besides the last of the heavy lifting is being taken care of thanks to our clever little friend." Walking to her scroll as it now has info from Ironwoods plans from his scroll. "Ahh. Speaking of which, it appears we have a new access point."

"Anywhere good?" Emerald getting off the bed.

"You could say that." Cinder laughed looking through the data. "Go to your rooms. I'll prepare everything for tomorrow." Mercury and Emerald stood up and exited her room as they left to their rooms as Cinder was looking thought her scroll. "Let's give the crowd a good fight." She softly laughs as she arranged the contestants and going to the next phase.

Sorry it's been so long guys but I was busy with work and family. I know volume 4 is coming out soon. So I want to try and make new chapters asap. And don't forget to review. See you next time.