In this chapter, Weiss is going to go up against Neptune. I'm not going to spoil it, but it's going to end comically.
After that, Pyrrha is going to step up to the plate. Can you guess who her opponent is going to be?
Sun Wukong is going to enter the battlefield as well. Let's just hope that he doesn't monkey around on the battlefield because that could have consequences.
Chapter 20: Hydrophobia
"When you're ready, begin!" exclaimed Ozpin.
Neptune pulled out his trident and Weiss drew her sword.
Neptune attacked first, trying to zap Weiss with lightning.
"I'm so flattered that you like me." said Neptune.
Weiss blushed.
"I hope that this battle doesn't change your feelings about me..." said the blue-haired teenager.
"It probably won't." answered Weiss.
Then again, she likely could learn more about Neptune by sparring with him. At the moment, she didn't know him too well.
Neptune fired another round of electricity at Weiss.
However, Weiss blocked it with a wall of snow.
She then retaliated by launching icicles at him.
"Whoa! Someone has an icy personality!" exclaimed Neptune.
"Very funny." answered Weiss.
"I don't get it...if he's called Neptune, why does he use electricity in his fights instead of water?" asked Sakura.
"There's a reason for that." answered Sun.
"Hmm?" questioned the pink-haired girl.
Neptune decided to change his trident into a gun.
"You're bringing a gun to a swordfight?" asked Weiss.
"It wasn't a sword to begin with..." answered Neptune.
"Maybe, but still." stated the white-haired girl.
Unsurprisingly, the gun in question happened to fire electric bolts.
"I wish I had a gun like that!" exclaimed Nora.
"I bet you do." nodded Shikamaru.
However, Weiss was able to deflect the blasts with her Mrytenaster.
"I don't get it...how are you not getting zapped? According to what I learned in science...metal conducts electricity!" exclaimed Neptune.
"It's not just any sword...for starters, it's rather durable, and it's not made from an ordinary metal. I hardly ever have to take it to the blacksmith for repairs. if I wish I can add dust to it, including electricity. It was specifically designed by the company that my dad owns." pointed out Weiss.
"Oh." answered the blue-haired boy. Perhaps it COULD be used as protection against chakra-based attacks, even if it wasn't a shield.
Weiss put some fire dust into her sword.
She then launched a horizontal wave of fire at Neptune from it.
"Whoa! That was hot!" exclaimed Neptune.
"Kind of like you." answered Weiss.
Neptune chuckled.
"Of course, now that I think of it, I should probably take advantage of the fact that you like using lightning release techniques..." noted Weiss.
Weiss began to gather wind in her hands.
"Hmm?" asked Neptune.
"Last time I checked, lightning release techniques don't do well against wind release ones..." answered Weiss.
Temari smirked. It seemed that she knew her elemental chakra pretty well.
Nora Valkyrie could probably consider herself lucky she didn't get paired up against Temari. Her wind release techniques would counter all of her lightning release ones.
On the other hand, she would probably have trouble against Sasuke. Being part of the Uchiha clan meant you had access to fire release techniques, which she of course was weak to.
"Really?" asked Neptune.
Neptune tried attacking Weiss with electricity again to see if that was true.
Weiss summoned a tornado, and it prevented the electricity from reaching Weiss.
It seemed that wind was a good electrical insulator.
"Dang. I guess you're right." exclaimed Neptune.
Now that Temari thought of it, Neptune was probably lucky that he didn't get her as an opponent as well.
She wondered who her opponent was going to be.
Whoever it was, she got the feeling that she could beat them.
The tornado kept going and sent Neptune flying.
"Aah!" exclaimed Neptune.
"Oh no! Neptune!" shouted Sun.
"It's alright. I'm OK, I think..." stated the blue-haired boy.
Weiss thought about using her ice release techniques, but she felt like she was using enough chakra as it was.
If she used too much chakra, she wouldn't be able to defend herself.
So she decided on using a technique that would require less chakra.
That technique was a water release technique.
Weiss began to gather water in his hands...
...when suddenly Neptune gasped.
"You're using a water release technique?!" exclaimed Neptune.
"Yes, I am. Why do you ask?" asked Weiss.
Neptune's eyes widened, and sweat began to come down his face.
He began to back away.
"Aah! Get that water away from me!" shouted the blue-haired teenager, clutching his hands against his head.
"Huh?" asked Weiss.
"Oh dear..." stated Sun. It looked as if Weiss had discovered Neptune's fear of water.
Neptune began to curl up into a ball.
He was hyperventilating.
Weiss raised an eyebrow.
"Are you surrendering?" asked Weiss.
"Yes, I'm surrendering! Just don't splash me with water!" exclaimed Neptune. Anything but that.
Weiss sighed. This fight had been anti-climatic. She certainly hadn't expected the fight to end like this.
Well, at least she had won. It looked like she would be going to the finals. Personally she wondered who she was going to be paired up with next.
Perhaps it would be against Ruby. She had to admit, she sure wished that she would be more mature sometimes.
Weiss stopped charging the water release technique and she put her sword away.
"Darn it, Neptune! Why did you have to chicken out? I was rooting for you!" shouted Sun.
"I'm sorry, Sun..." apologized Neptune.
Well, at least he wasn't a dirty coward like Cardin was. It seemed like he only picked on the weak and didn't bother fighting the strong. That was likely how he lost to Hinata now that he thought of it.
Speaking of cowardice, he heard a rumor that Lionheart, the headmaster of Mistral, was a real coward.
"Gee, at first I thought I was cute...but now that I think about it...I don't think he's my type." thought Weiss.
Personally her type of guy would be someone...who was braver.
"Since Neptune Vasilias has surrendered, Weiss Schnee is the victor." said Ozpin.
Weiss Schnee smirked in satisfaction.
She decided to contact her sister on her scroll to tell her the good news.
"Greetings, sis. Did you manage to make it to the finals?" asked Winter Schnee.
"Yes, I did." nodded Weiss. It felt satisfying that she had made it after all her hard work.
"Congratulations. Personally I'm glad that you didn't choose to be like your brother. He really needs to be his own person instead of trying to be like his father." pointed out Winter.
"You have a point there..." nodded the middle child of the Schnee family. His father was such a bad influence on him. She was glad that she had chosen to be more like her sister.
Granted, Winter had been disinherited from her father's dust company because of it, but personally she felt that it had been worth it. She felt like she should choose her own path instead of following a predetermined one.
"I feel kind of left out...I'm the only one on my team not to make it to the finals." noted Sakura.
"Welcome to my world." remarked Sasuke.
"That was the last member of Team Guy. Now then, let's resume the preliminaries, shall we?" asked Ozpin.
Might Guy had to admit, he had taught his students well...though Weiss Schnee had ended up winning partly due to luck.
The computer once again to shuffle.
Who it was going to stop on, nobody knew.
Eventually, it stopped.
PYRRHA NIKOS VS. TENTEN
"Alright! I get to fight my idol!" exclaimed Tenten. It looked like it was her lucky day.
Pyrrha smiled. It was nice that one of her fans was going to get the honor of fighting her.
It probably wouldn't end well for the fan of course, but it wouldn't stop them from trying to fight her.
"You sure you can take her? They say that she's an invincible warrior..." stated Choji.
"Surely no ninja is invincible..." answered Shino.
Still, he wondered the last time that Pyrrha had EVER lost a fight.
"You can take her!" exclaimed Sun.
Pyrrha pulled out her spear and shield, Milo and Akouo.
Likewise, Tenten pulled out a kunai.
"I heard that you believe that kunoichi can be just as strong as male ninja." stated Pyrrha.
"You bet!" exclaimed Tenten.
"Well, considering that I'm the four-time champion of Mistral, I suppose you may be right." answered the female warrior. There were many male ninja that wished that they could be as strong as she was.
Now that she thought of it, Jaune and Hinata seemed equally matched. They both had a surprising amount of chakra despite their apparent lack of fighting skill.
"Maybe one day I'll get to meet the legendary Tsunade!" remarked the long-range fighter.
"Maybe you will." nodded Pyrrha.
"When you're ready, fight!" exclaimed Ozpin.
Tenten went first, launching several weapons at Pyrrha.
"I give her performance a ten out of ten!" exclaimed Yang.
Naruto snickered.
"I don't see what's so funny..." said Sasuke.
Shino applauded Tenten for her aim. She was surprisingly accurate with her weapons.
Likewise, Sai let out a smile.
"How many weapons does Tenten have?" asked Naruto.
"I wish I knew!" exclaimed Ruby.
However, something strange happened.
Before they could hit Pyrrha, Tenten's weapons mysteriously fell to the ground.
"Huh?" asked Tenten.
Tenten scratched her head. She wasn't sure what was going on.
Well, it was time to try attacking again. If at first you didn't succeed, you tried again.
This time, she tried pulling out wire strings to help her aim her weapons better.
"I have to admit, she sure does have a lot of weapons." thought Pyrrha.
It seemed that she had mastered many different weapons. She certainly was a versatile fighter.
Personally Pyrrha had only mastered her spear and shield. Usually they were enough to get her through her fights.
However, she did know wind and earth techniques on account of her kekkei genkai.
Tenten once again attempted to attack Pyrrha using her numerous weapons.
However, as before, they all fell on the ground before they could reach Pyrrha.
"Darn it! This is getting annoying!" exclaimed Tenten.
She still didn't know what was going on.
Why was it that she was unable to hit Pyrrha?
Was she moving faster than her eyes could process?
It looked as if she was going to have to use the technique that she was saving for the finals.
"Time for me to use my Twin Dragon Technique." remarked Tenten.
Tenten pulled out two scrolls.
The scrolls rose to the sky and began to spin around each other.
They were cloaked in smoke shaped like a dragon.
When the smoke dispersed, Tenten leapt in between the scrolls.
She then summoned several weapons and threw them in rapid succession.
Even so, they fell before they could reach Pyrrha.
"Oh c'mon!" exclaimed Tenten.
Unfortunately, it seemed at this point, she was fresh out of weapons.
"Oh man...what am I going to do?" asked the teenage girl.
It seemed that her chakra reserves were running low as well.
Tenten sighed.
It looked like she wasn't going to the finals.
She raised her hand.
"Yes, Tenten?" asked Ozpin.
"Ozpin, can I withdraw? I think at this point I'm kind of spent..." answered Tenten.
Ozpin nodded.
"Yes, you may." answered the white-haired man.
Tenten pulled out a scroll and her weapons disappeared.
"Well, at least you tried to fight me. Rest assured there's no shame in losing to someone whose won so many fights..." noted Pyrrha.
"I suppose I can aspire to be like you." stated Tenten.
"You might be be better off being your own person." pointed out the red-headed girl.
"True..." answered the long-distance fighter.
"That was a good battle...though I wish that Tenten could have won." noted Dr. Oobleck.
"How was she supposed to win against a warrior that was invincible?" asked Neptune. If Pyrrha had a weakness, they were still looking for it.
"Surely there has to be someone out there that's a match for Pyrrha." answered the green-haired jonin.
Of course, he was still looking for that person.
"I have to admit, my team isn't doing well at the Chunin Exam preliminaries..." noted Tenten.
Hopefully at least Sai would be able to win his fight.
"I have to admit, I'm glad that Pyrrha is on our team." noted Sun.
"So am I." agreed Neptune.
If they ever decided to compete on an official tournament, Pyrrha would certainly be a BIG help to them.
On the other hand, Cardin could potentially hold them back. He had been known to be reckless in fights.
But since he had taken a beating from Hinata maybe he would be a changed man.
As before, the computer began to shuffle.
Of course, there weren't many ninja left at this point, so there weren't a lot of possibilities for matchups.
Eventually, it stopped once again, though this time it was rather quick due to the lack of remaining ninja.
SUN WUKONG VS TEMARI SABAKU
Temari smirked. It looked like since she was the oldest of the Sand Siblings she got to go first.
"I guess I'm the last one to go out of all my teammates." stated Sun Wukong.
"I've been looking forward to seeing these guys in action." answered Naruto. He wondered what the ninja at Atlas were like. They were from a military-based kingdom so they were likely strong.
On the other hand, Gaara creeped him out. He was probably fortunate that he didn't get paired up with him. Instead, he got paired up with a cat girl.
He felt like he and Gaara had something in common, though he wasn't quite sure.
Maybe they both liked ramen?
Sun Wukong and Temari entered the battlefield.
"I have to admit, you're awfully pretty." stated Sun.
"Don't assume I spend all my time buying fashion accessories." answered Temari. That was not how she rolled.
Temari pulled out a fan.
"What's this? It seems that you're fond of wind release techniques." noted Sun.
"As a matter of fact, I am. I've been fond of the wind since I'm young, so I figured, why not practice wind release techniques?" asked Temari.
"Just for the record, I'm not afraid of the wind like my buddy Neptune is afraid of the water." answered the monkey Faunus.
"I've got to work on my hydrophobia..." remarked Neptune.
"After this match, you probably will be." noted Temari.
"Whoa! Someone's confident in their abilities!" exclaimed Sun.
"Well, I am the eldest daughter of the Fourth Kazekage..." answered the kunoichi. Despite this, she was not chosen to have Atlas's resident tailed beast stored inside of her.
Sun Wukong pulled out his weapons, Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang.
"When you're ready, fight!" exclaimed Ozpin.
Temari attacked first, firing a gust of wind from her fan.
"How it is windy in here? Did someone forget to close the windows?" asked Sun.
"It's from my fan, monkey boy." answered Temari.
"Monkey boy?" questioned Sun.
Temari got ready to fire another burst of wind.
Suddenly, she tripped under a banana peel.
Temari gasped.
Sun Wukong giggled. He certainly enjoyed eating his bananas...and occasionally DRIVING people bananas.
Kankuro couldn't help but chuckle at his sister's expense as well. That actually WAS rather amusing.
"So, you like playing jokes, huh? Well, try laughing at this!" exclaimed Temari.
Temari waved her fan, and a tornado was sent flying towards Sun's way.
"I don't think I want that to hit me." noted Sun.
Quickly, Sun Wukong ran out of the way of the tornado.
He kept running away until the tornado disappeared.
"You're fast on your feet, I'll give you that." noted Temari.
"Of course I am. I'm as agile as...well, a monkey." answered Sun.
In retaliation, Sun began to shoot at Temari with his nunchaku.
However, Temari blocked the bullets with her fan.
"Once you see three moons, you'll know that you've lost the fight." stated Temari.
"You're going to moon me?!" exclaimed Sun, his cheeks turning red.
Temari blushed.
"What? Of course not! I'm talking about the moons on my fan!" shouted Temari.
Temari pointed to the moon on her fan.
Sun noted that it was rather ironic that he (who was named after the sun) was going up against someone who had moons on her fan.
Temari opened her fan wider and another moon appeared.
As before, Temari launched a gust of wind from her fan.
This time, it was more potent than before. Sun Wukong was forced to brace himself.
Since for some strange reason, Temari's fan of war was bulletproof, Sun Wukong decided to change his nunchucks into a staff.
"Changing tactics, are we? That's actually not a bad idea." noted Temari.
She was expecting her fight in the Chunin Exam preliminaries to be boring, but Sun was proving her wrong.
Sun Wukong rushed towards Temari with his staff.
Temari blocked the staff with her fan.
"This is one strong defense..." noted Sun Wukong.
He was going to have to try using more firepower.
This time, he summoned some clones of himself.
"You're summoning clones? Well, they do say monkeys tend to live in colonies..." stated Temari.
"They certainly do!" exclaimed Sun Wukong.
However, these weren't ordinary clones.
Temari pulled out her fan, attempting to defend herself with it as before. Shuriken and kunai wouldn't damage it.
However, much to her surprise, the clones ended up exploding.
"Wah-" exclaimed Temari.
Temari was knocked backwards several feet.
"Come on, Temari! Don't let this faunus make a monkey out of you!" exclaimed Kankuro.
"I dare say I won't." answered Temari.
This time, Temari decided to expand her fan to its fullest.
Now there were three moons.
Pyrrha couldn't help but feel worried. Didn't Temari say that once there were three moons, she would beat Sun?
It looked as if that was about to be put to the test.
Temari swung her fan, and this time a powerful gust of wind was sent flying towards Sun.
"Ahhhh!" exclaimed Sun.
Neptune gasped.
"Sun!" shouted Neptune.
"I can't...hold on." noted Sun.
Sun was sent flying and crashed into the wall.
"Ow...gosh, this wall sure is sturdy." noted Sun.
"Had enough yet?" asked Temari.
"Nope." answered the monkey Faunus.
Sun Wukong focused his energy, and launched a solar beam at Temari.
"Wha-" exclaimed Temari.
Temari was just barely able to shield herself from the blast.
Sun Wukong was visibly exhausted after using that particular technique.
"Alright, now I'm spent." said Sun Wukong.
"Very well. Temari Wakabu is the victor." stated Ozpin.
"Ha! I knew that she would win!" exclaimed Kankuro. Personally he got the feeling that Temari was going to be a jonin someday.
Maybe his brother would be Kazekage. That was who his father was after all.
"If it makes you feel any better, fighting you was even more fun than a barrel of monkeys." noted Temari.
Sun Wukong chuckled.
"What is with all these monkey puns?" asked Yang.
"Don't you like making puns, sis?" asked Ruby.
"Well yeah...but don't you think there should be a little variety?" inquired the blonde girl.
"Like...what?" asked the teenage girl.
"I guess Temari ended up blocking out the sun!" exclaimed Yang.
Ruby giggled.
The computer once again began to shuffle.
It stopped once again.
SAI YAMANAKA VS. ILIA AMITOLA
"Hey, I think this artist is in the same clan as you!" exclaimed Nora.
"I haven't seen him use mind switching techniques though..." stated Shikamaru.
"That is kind of odd." remarked Ino.
Sai and Ilia entered the arena.
"I sure hope she does better than Zaku did..." said Kin.
"I can't help but feel sorry for the poor guy..." noted Dosu.
"I'll say! I wonder if he'll ever recover..." remarked the teenage girl.
Time would only tell.
Well, Tenten's fight with Pyrrha didn't go too well. Then again, you can't expect anything less from someone whose known as the invincible warrior. And to think that she's still a genin.
I figured that Sun Wukong has a mischievous side, why not put him up against someone with a "no-nonsense" attitude? Of course, that no-nonsense character managed to win, and her name was Temari. On the lighter side, she was friendlier towards him than she was towards Tenten in canon.