(A.N.) Hello everyone and welcome back! Sorry for the delay. There have been a number of problem's going on. First it's been storming almost all week so my internet kept go on and off. Second is some family issues. And that may be the reason this chapter might seemed a bit rushed. It's just been chaotic around here and I wasn't thinking all clearly as I was typing this chapter up. But hopefully it turns out at least decent.

Thank you all again for your patience and hope you enjoy today's chapter. There's a bit of new's at the end that you should definetly checkout.

Anyway on with the chapter :)

"Welcome all! To the 41st annual Vytal Tournament!"

The stadium exploded in cheer's and applause as Professor Peter Port announced the welcoming over the stadium speaker's.

Port along with his co worker and friend Professor Oobleck were in the announcer's booth overlooking the stadium and arena. After taking a drink from his thermos the caffeine addicted teacher spoke up next. "We have a few new face's this year, But there are a lot of old one's from last year. This year's tournament is definitely going to be one to remember!"

The mustache professor patted his friend's shoulder. "Your right about that Barty! Lot's of team favorite's from last year are competing again including, Team ABRN, Team NDGO, Team FNKI, Team CFVY, and Team JNPR, who's member Pyrrha Nikos is holding the crown of champion in last year's tournament! Will she be able to keep her title!? Or will someone rise above and claim it!? I cannot wait to see how much stronger all these fine students have gotten! Place you bet's ladies and gentleman!"

Meanwhile in the stand's. Team's RWBY and JNPR were sitting next to each other on the Beacon side of the stadium. "This is going to be awesome!" The young leader of Team RWBY yelled while holding a very ridiculously large tub of popcorn in her lap. She dug into it and stuffed a handful into her mouth.

Blake slowly reach out and grabbed a small handful of popcorn. She was sitting between the sister's. "It certainly will be an interesting match. Wonder who will win."

Yang nudged her partner. "Come on we ALL know who's going to win." She looked over to her left to see her white haired ex sitting next to her looking very nervous. "Come on Weiss. There's nothing to worry about. Our girlfriend's are going to kick ass!"

The heiress sighed. She knew they would win. But it wasn't THIS victory she was worrying about. Weiss almost had a panic attack when her girlfriend informed her about the deal she made with her mother. There was a strong possibility that this would be the last time she see's her girlfriend. Just when she found love again, it's so close to leaving her grasp. She didn't want to tell her team though. This was a personal matter. "Ye...Yeah. I know.

Jaune who was sitting next to Ruby slurped down his drink from a straw before saying. "Does anyone know who they're fighting?"

"No, we won't know until they announce it." His champion girlfriend replied as she laid her head on his shoulder, making him blush a bit.

"Well whoever they face. I hope they've trained enough and prepared themselves." Ren commented.

Weiss actually smirked. "Oh trust me. Me and Coco have been training quite a bit these last couple of month's."

The blonde brawler snickered. "Oh have you now? Coco work you pretty hard huh?"

The heiress answer was to smack her her ex's shoulder. "Not that, you one track minded brute. What i meant was that Coco helped me a lot with my summoning training and endurance and let's just say she is not the same woman you saw fight Winter all those month's ago."

"Hey guy's!"

Ruby almost knocked the bucket of popcorn onto the floor if Blake didn't catch it when she bolted out of her seat. The young leader latched onto the source of the greeting. Everyone looked over their shoulder's to see Reese wearing sunglasses. "Haha! I missed you too red." The green haired girl teased while hugging her girlfriend back.

Yang pouted and crossed her arm's. Still not used to seeing her little sister in a relationship. Especially with someone who's had a lot of 'experience' from what she has been told. "What are you doing here Reese? This is Beacon's side of the stadium. And what's with the sunglasses?"

Reese sat down in Ruby's seat with the young red leader sitting across her lap. She grinned and answered. "Well I wanted to spend as much time with my amazing, gorgeous, and talented girlfriend as much as I can before going back to Haven Academy." Her words making Ruby blush forcing her to pull the hood of her cape down over her face.

"And the sunglasses?" Blake asked with a smile, enjoying seeing her leader get embarrassed. It was all really cute.

"My disguise so no one know's it's me."

Weiss just face palmed. "Yup. Her and Ruby are a perfect match. I can totally see Ruby doing the same thing."

Reese looked around and noticed someone missing. "Hey where's that chick with the eye patch? Delia?"

The cat faunus frowned. "It's Ilia. My girlfriend." She said almost threateningly.

"Oh shit. Sorry, I didn't mean for it to come out like that. She's cute. You got a good catch." The green haired girl teased with a wink. She then wince when her cheek was pinched by a certain pouting girl in her lap. "Ouch! Alright! Uncle!"

"She's been working here at Beacon for the past few months of the school year. Right now she's going to be working security at the the school during the tournament." Weiss answered trying to break the slightly uncomfortable atmosphere.

Their conversation was cut when Port came back on the intercom. "Ladies and gentleman are you ready for the first round of the tournament!?" Both teams had too cover their ear's when the stadium erupted in a roar of cheer's. "That's what I like to hear! This first mashup will be quite the entertaining one that's for sure! We have a local team favorite, Team CFVY of Beacon!"

Everyone in the stadium watched as the floor in the middle of the arena opened up and a moment later a platform came to the surface. The strongest team at Beacon standing side by side.

The arena was half wasteland with boulders scattered around and the other half behind team CFVY was a lake area with grass a small area of woods and a small lake in the middle.

Yang stood up yelled. "Go get'em babe! You got this!"

Ruby stood up next waving a little Beacon flag she made appear out from nowhere. "Yeah! Go team Beacon!"

Weiss rolled her eye's at the sister's antic's. "Do your best Coco."

...

Sitting a few row's above them were a older couple. One with blonde hair and the other with burgundy colored hair. "Damn. Being here bring's back a lot of good damn memories." Revy commented while she had her arm around her older girlfriend's shoulder's. "Although I wish I was participating and not watching."

Luna didn't respond. She was too worried for her shade's wearing friend that she didn't hear. "When that girl told me what she did I almost smacked her. How could she gamble like this!? If this doesn't go her way then she'll spend the rest of her life in a miserable marriage with someone she doesn't love and be forced to do a career she never had an interest in. If that does happen it would destroy her...And the people around her."

"Hey."

The blind woman was snapped from her thought's when her girlfriend nudged her. "She'll be ok babe. This Coco we're talking about. Next to me she's the toughest bitch around."

Luna smiled, imagining the smirk that was probably on Revy's face. "I know. I still worry though. When this match is over Coco's future is pretty much determined."

The foul mouthed woman leaned over and gave her blonde girlfriend a quick reassuring kiss. "And that future include's being a badass huntress and a certain Schnee by her side."

Luna giggled. "Your always so positive. Thank's hon."

"Anytime. She replied with a grin. "Now let's cheer for that damn coffee addicted woman."

...

Meanwhile in Atlas-

"And they're opponents will be the muscle, manliness and and bachelor's of Haven Academy! Team SSSN!"

Shirley Adel was in her office alone sitting at her desk with a cup of coffee in her hand. In front of her was a live feed of the Vytal Tournament. She had a very bored expression on her face.

After taking a quiet sip she sighed. "Alright Coco. Show me what it is that drives you so."

...

Back in the stadium-

A young woman wearing a hoodie stood up from her seat and made her way down the row of people. A mic hidden in her hoodie near her mouth. "They are about to begin. We have to do this perfectly we only have one shot at this."

A response came from the mic. "Don't worry. The princess and the traitor will be our's before the second round even starts."

The woman smirked as she headed for the exit. "Good. By tomorrow morning Beacon and Vale will be up in flame's."

...

Team CFVY watched as Team SSSN were raised up into the arena across from them. Neptune gulped and nudged his leader/friend. "Dude. You do know we're going to lose right?"

The monkey fauns rolled his eyes. "Dude relax. We got this ok? Just stick with the plan. Keep them all separated and leave Coco to me. She may be good. But match her up with a quick close range fighter like me and she stand's no chance." He explained confidently as he twirled his staff in his hand.

Coco took a deep breath then slowly exhaled. "This is it." She thought as she held her weapon/gift in her hand's, looking it over. It was slightly different. The handle was now more curved and a bit smaller with the inside completely smooth. The studs on the bottom were now silver instead of gold. "Hope you don't mind the changes to the gift you gave me Tara...No of course you wouldn't... I hope your watching wherever you are. I'm dedicating this battle to Weiss, Luna, my team, all my friend's and you. I hope I make you proud."

"Coco."

The leader looked over to her right to see her three teammate's and friend's giving her a smile. Velvet continued when she got her ex's attention. "No matter what happen's just know that we're a team and we have your back."

Yatsuhashi nodded in agreement. "She's right. We've been through to much to let this team fall apart. Just say the word Coco. If your going to jump into hell we're following right behind."

Fox gave her a thumbs up and said. "We're going to show everyone what the strongest team at Beacon can really do."

Tear's were now running down her cheek's behind her shades. She smiled and quickly wiped them away, looping her wrist in her handbag's handle. "Yeah. Let's give the crowd a good show."

~When I was young.
If I just closed my eyes.
Then I could go anywhere.~

"Let's get the tournament underway!" Port yelled excitingly. "Fighter's get ready! Three!"

~Dream of any place.
Imagination set the pace.
And my heart was happy there.~

Both tem's readied their weapons as the countdown began.

"Two!"

~And how you'd scold and chide me.
Forever criticize me.
But now I think I know the truth.~

Coco glanced up at the stand's and almost gasped thinking her eye's were playing trick's on her. There leaning against the wall of the exit at the very top was Tara. The commando smiled at her and gave her a thumb's up. When Coco blinked she was gone.

The fashionista turned her attention back to her opponents and grinned. "Let's do this together." She thought as she started using the smooth rounded handle of her handbag to twirl in on her wrist.

"One!"

"BEGIN!"

~You were the one.
Who held me down and told me,
I was heading nowhere.
You said know your place.
Accept your fate and show good face,
And be thankful that you're there.~

Everyone but Coco charged at each other.

Yatsuhashi jumped in the air, his blade raised as he descended on sage. Sage raised his sword to defend himself and when both of their sword's clashed the ground beneath trembled from the force of the collision.

Fox charged at Scarlet with great speed. The dual wielder clashed and the pirate themed warrior's clashed. Fox was able to push Scarlet back and continued his onslaught of strike's. Scarlet was having trouble keeping up and was on the defensive while being pushed back.

Velvet summoned blue versions of Pyrrha's weapons and used her shield to block the shot's fired from Neptune's rifle. When she got too close he changed his weapon for melee combat and swung.

Velvet jumped and flipped over him dodging his attack and landed right behind him and charged. Her shield bashing into his back sending him skidding across the ground a bit.

He quickly swung his weapon back around forcing her to summon Ruby's scythe and using the gun part to shoot herself upward's. While in midair she aimed and fired at Neptune's position forcing him to run in the opposite direction. "Hey come on! Can't you take it easy on us!?" He yelled while trying to avoid each shot.

The faunus girl smirked and landed on the ground and summoned Nora's hammer in it's grande launcher form. "Nope!" She fired right behind him the blast sending him flying past Coco while screaming.

The fashionista chuckled in amusement.

~That was so long ago
when you owned me.
I believed it was true.
Bend me shape me,
Build me break me,
Why was I your fool?~

"You look pretty smug! Cocky doesn't suit you Coco!" Sun teased as he charged at her.

Coco stood her ground as she kept her handbag twirling on her wrist. "I'm not Cocky Sun! I'm confident!"

"Well don't blame me when your confidence is knocked down on it's ass!" He swung his staff downward but Coco deflected it with her hand bag. The blonde faunus just grinned as the other end of his staff came loose and it's bottom shotgun aimed at her torso.

He fired but to his surprise she was able to kick his gun upward as it fired and it hit her handbag instead. With the distraction she swung her weapon back down hitting him on top of his head. He grunted in pain and then again when her knee came up hitting him in the chin. She spun her entire body around and smacked her weapon into his torso sending him skidding across the ground.

~And now I'm so much stronger.
I'm not yours any longer.
I've got a message here for you!~

Sun shook his head a bit trying to shake away some of the dizziness. "Damn. She got a bit quicker." He mumbled to himself.

Coco was still grinning as she kept her handbag twirling in her wrist with her other hand on her hip. "Trust me Sun! Your going to have to be a lot faster than that to catch me off guard! I'm not the same person I was last year!"

"Rule number one for being a huntress. Always remain calm and never show your opponent intimidation. Always be confident in yourself and your abilities." Tara's word's repeated in her mind.

"Let the real battle begin!"

Coco charged at the faunus leader, catching him off guard once again with her new swiftness.

~Time for you to learn!
It's my turn!
I won't be held down any longer!
I've waited all my life and finally it's here!
It all begins,
A chance to win.
A dream that's been a lifetime!
An endless vast uphill climb!
The day I've waited for is drawing near!~

He was able to dodge the swing of her weapon and transformed his staff into it's nunchaku form. He twirled them around his body while firing it's shotgun blast's as they came around aiming at her. She used her twirling handbag to deflect each and every shot. The fashionista was smiling, enjoying the fight while Sun concentrated on trying to hit her.

"Astonishing! They are moving so fast that even my veteran eye's can barely keep up!" Oobleck yelled over the speakers.

Meanwhile in the stand's-

"Holy crap! I didn't think Coco could move like that!?" Yang said completely shocked. "I was able to beat her in the last round's last year because I was faster. How the hell am I suppose to beat her this year if I face her again!?"

Weiss smiled proudly. "Well she did have me for a teacher. We've been helping each other with training for month's. I've also gotten a little bit stronger and more durable, but with my umm...Ahem. Petite form I've pretty much hit my limit. Coco on the other hand just kept improving. I am very proud of her."

"Awwww. That's so cute~" Reese teased.

"Oh shut up!" Weiss countered while turning away with her arm's crossed, her face completely red.

"Guy's, look!" Jaune yelled making everyone turn their attention back to the arena.

Back in the arena-

~Hey, wait turn and show your face!
I've got a lot to say,
And you're not going anywhere!
You lose; the time you ruled me's through!
I'm in control I own my soul,
And I'll never go back there!~

Coco dodged the next attack by falling back onto her hand's then launched herself with her arm's into Sun. She wrapped her legs around his neck, his face buried into the crotch of her pant's. He became completely still from the unexpected move as his face burned up.

The third year leader just smirked as she flipped back keeping him interlocked as she landed back on her hand's, she back flipped while he was still in her hold and smashed him into the ground when she landed on her knees.

"Rule number two. Use your body as a weapon, it can be a great distraction especially against male opponent's. Don't ever be ashamed if it can bring you victory."

"Come on Sun! Is that all you got!?" She looked over her shoulder to see how her ex was doing. "Good Vel. Go with the plan."

Velvet, who now had Penny's weapon's out, Was making the sword's fly around Neptune striking at the ground around him forcing him back further and further. The blue haired boy grunted in annoyance. "Hey! What give's!?"

The rabbit faunus just smiled innocently and pointed in the direction behind him.

He looked over his shoulder and paled. Behind him was the lake, the back of his feet just hitting the edge.

He actually made a high pitch scream. "No! Get me out, get me out, get me out!"

Before he could run one of Velvet's swords went up through his jacket carrying him and flew just above the lake. He started flailing in mid air like a fish out of water. "No! Please put me down! Anything but the water!" He begged with anime tear's running down his face.

Velvet pretended to think for a moment before saying. "Give up and i'll put you down."

He answered immediately. "I give! I forfeit! Just put me back on land! Please"

The photographer smiled. "Ok!" She sent him hurdling into the stadium wall. When her sword disappeared he face planted right into the barrier.

"With a forfeit and ring out for added measure, Neptune Vasilias is disqualified!" Port announced.

~Wasted years that I spent
never knowing.
I was kept, I was used.
Never-ending,
Condescending,
Now I just refuse.
I don't care what it costs me.
I know I almost lost me.
Won't spend another day confused.~

Sun slowly raised his and shook off some of the dizziness. "Oh come on dude! Really!?"

"Rule number three. If you know a weakness, exploit it. There is nothing cowardly about it, do what ever you can to beat your opponent and survive."

Coco grinned. "Good job Vel!" She yelled then turned to her other two teammates. "Guy's! It's time!"

Sun flipped back up on his feet. and tried attacking again. Coco ducked under his swing and backhanded her handbag into his back sending him flying towards a giant boulder in the waste land area.

Fox pushed back Scarlet's sword upward leaving him wide open. He brought his fists together and pulled his arm's back. The green eyed boy sighed sadly as he didn't have time to react. Quicker than the eye can see Fox punched Scarlet in the chest sending him flying toward's the same boulder as Sun from the left side of the field.

Yatsuhashi blocked a swing from Sage's massive sword with his own without flinching in the slightest. He then did a quick leg sweep knocking Sage off his feet and swung the side of his blade into the falling ma's side sending him flying toward's the same boulder from the right side of the field.

Meanwhile in the stand's-

"You guy's got this!" Ruby cheered.

"Break their leg's!" Nora cheered while bolting from her seat.

Ren just silently pulled her back down into her seat.

Blake felt her scroll vibrate and duginto her coat pocket to see what it was. "Huh...Strange."

"What's up?" Yang asked.

The cat faunus turned to her partner and answered. "Just got a message from Ilia. She said she need's me and Weiss immediately."

The heiress shook her head. "I can't leave now! Coco is fighting! Why am I needed!?"

"She said those kid's you forced into hard labor from the festival are causing a ruckus at the dorm's and they won't listen to her." Blake answered while putting away her scroll.

Weiss groaned. "I swear i'll...I can't leave though, Coco-"

"Weiss. I think everyone here know's who's going to win. Beside's she'll be in double's round. You can cheer for you cup of 'hot Coco' then." Yang teased.

With a heavy sigh she stood up. "Fine. Let's just get this over with. Please tell Coco that i'll see her as soon as this matter is taken care of. Let's go Blake. I'm going to give those racist hooligan's a piece of my mind."

Blake stood up following the heiress. "We'll be back soon! Save me some popcorn too!"

"No promises!" Ruby called out as she devoured another handful of said snack.

Everyone turned their attention back to the arena when they heard a loud crash.

Back in the arena-

The three boy's crashed right into each other right in front of a large boulder. They all flopped to the ground with a loud thud before slowly standing back up. "Ouch. That hurt." Sun mumbled while rubbing his head.

~You rose I fell,
Made my life hell!
Anything to crush my soul!
Anything to feel control!
Finally free I've come so far,
Finally see how sick you are!
I spent my life degraded.
But I won't leave here jaded.
I'll start again and finally prove.~

Coco who now had her entire team standing next to her, turned to Velvet. "Now Vel!"

The rabbit faunus gave a short nod before summoning Reese's board, flying toward's the three dizzy boy's. She then quickly summoned Blake's weapon and shot the small pistol knife into the boulder and flew around the boulder as fast as she could. The blue energy like rope from Blake's weapon wrapped the three boy's onto the boulder, unable to move.

"Rule number four. Always trust and believe in your teammate's. Never doubt them or their abilities."

When Velvet was back in her team's line up the leader of Team CFVY grinned. "Sorry about this boy's, no hard feeling's."

The three boy's were struggling to get free until they saw Coco holding her handbag out in front of her. It slowly transformed into it's gun form but it was colored different. the gold was replaced with silver. "This will be the first time one of my parent's see's this form of my weapon."

She aimed it at the boy's, it's barrel's spinning. "Wai...Wait! Can't we talk about this? Haha..."

Coco just smirked as she held the trigger. The three tied up boy's were then bombarded with a rain of bullet's. After a couple of moment's a dust cloud started to form around them as the fashionista kept an eye on the aura levels of the stadium's monitor. When all three finally hit the red she let go of the trigger, the barrel's coming to a stop with smoke coming out of them.

-Song end's-

The three boys laid sprawled out on the ground groaning.

"And with a triple knockout Team SSSN has been eliminated! Which make's the winner of the first round of the tournament Team CFVY of Beacon! Good show!" Port announced over the intercom.

In the stand's Ruby, Yang, Reese and Team JNPR stood up with the rest of the crowd cheering and clapping. "Way to go guy's!"

"That was awesome!"

You guy's totally rock!"

"Score one for Beacon!"

Up further Revy shook her head in amusement. "Damn. Me and her definitely need to have a one on one sparring match. Not bad for a third year."

Luna who was clapping smiled and nodded in agreement. "I'm so proud of her. And i'm sure Tara is to." What Coco announced next made Luna shed some tear's.

When the ref came on the field Coco grabbed his mic and announced while holding her handbag up. "For three year's my huntress weapon has been not only my tool but a friend! And today it's finally earned it's name! Hell Fire!"

The crowd cheered louder.

She looked up back at the top exit of the stand's and saw Tara again. The dark skinned commando flashed her a smile before pushing herself off the wall she was leaning against and started walking away. With her back turned she gave a peace sign and slowly disappeared.

"Thank's Tara...For everything."

Meanwhile in Atlas-

Shirley Adel dropped the cup she was holding. Her mouth was slightly agape as Port announced the winner. "-the first round of the tournament Team CFVY of Beacon! Good show!""

The Adel mother was actually at a loss for words. This whole time she never thought that that her own daughter was capable of such strength and speed. Honestly she could probably take out the older woman's entire security detail without breaking a sweat. And they were some of the best of the best.

She was completely baffled about the whole thing and the only word's that came out of her mouth were.

"That...Was my daughter?"

A half hour later The winning team approached their friend's outside the stadium. "Hey babe! You were so bad ass!" Yang yelled while pulling Velvet into a bone crushing hug.

"Th...Thank's!" She wheezed out."

Coco looked around and noticed a certain girlfriend was missing. "Where's Weiss?"

"She and Blake had to go take care of something back on campus." The youngest leader replied.

"You guy's did amazing! Is Sun and his team alright?" Pyrrha asked.

The fashionista chuckled. "Beside's their wounded ego they'll be fine. I held back a bit."

"Liar. You went all out." Reese teased.

Coco just shrugged. "Maybe you'll find out first hand."

Bzzzzz.

"Sorry, hold on." The third year leader dug into her pocket and checked a message she just received on her scroll. What she read wanted to make her jump and cheer for joy.

"I'll send the paper work through the CCT...I'm still not happy with this but I suppose there's nothing left for me to say or do. Follow what you think is right, and if your life goes to ruin because of it you'll know where to find me."

Coco didn't reply. She was to happy to let her mom ruin this big victory. Honestly this was the hardest part of her plan. " Can't believe i'm finally saying this but I think everything is going to be just fine." The coffee loving leader thought happily. Until...

*BOOM!*

"Whoa! What was that!?" Yang yelled.

Everyone looked over toward's the school to see smoke coming from the dormitories.

(A.N.) And there we have it! Thank you again for the continuing support and now for the announcement.

I'm going to be moving out and getting my own place and will be working a bit more so these updates aren't going to be as frequent especially around the time I start moving. But I won't stop. I love making stories and I love that people enjoy them.

Thank you all again and hopefully see you next time.

Also my next story is going to be another RWBY fic with YAng as the main character. With what I have in mind there are only two options that would really work with who Yang will romance with. So i'll let you guy's decide.

Freezerburn- Yang x Weiss

Or

Hiddendragon- Yang x Ilia

Let me know which you would prefer and the most voted one will be the main pairing. This story has maybe five or six chapter's left and then i'll start on the next one. Until then have a nice a day :)