I have something I should say. Up until this point, I've been using the actual episodes for reference. But from now on I won't be doing that. Oh, there will still be similarities to cannon, up to a certain point. But soon enough I'll be going off-rails as far as canon is concerned. Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY or Devil May Cry.
Chapter 28: Preparations
The Doubles Round of the Vytal Festival Tournament was slowly drawing to a close. Already Team JNPR had bested Team KOBE, Team SABR had defeated Team BTLE, Team SSSN had won against Team MTLL, and Team IVRY had beaten Team FLLW. This left just two more fights before the long awaited Singles Round. And right now the first of those fights was underway. The fight was against Ciel and Penny from Team CPPR, and Russel and Sky from Team CRDL. The fight was already well underway as the two CRDL members ran for cover in the mountain biome.
"Jeez," Sky remarked, "Just how strong is Penny supposed to be? Does she even need schooling?" Before Russel could reply, the two of them felt themselves get raised into the air. Penny had dug her blades into the boulders the boys had hidden behind and lifted them into the air. "Make it quick," Ciel said, "We still have that appointment." "It won't take long," Penny responded, before slamming down the two boulders and knocking out both opponents. With that, Team CPPR was declared the winners. As the duo left the arena, Penny spotted Ruby.
"That was awesome Penny," Ruby said, "Looks like it's just my team left." Penny nodded. "By they way, I managed to work out a deal with General Ironwood. Since my team reached the Singles Round, he said I could schedule more visits to Beacon." Ruby smiled as the two friends. "That's great, Penny! Now we can see each other more often!" She looked to see Weiss and Yang waiting in the arena for their fight. "So," Yang said, "Our opponent is Team FNKI." "Normally I'd expect a rigid and strictly trained team," Weiss noted, "But I recently watched the fight between Team SLVR and Team JINX. And given Junko and Ibuki, I think we should be ready for anything."
Sure enough, the duo that approached them was nothing like what one would expect from Atlas. The two representatives from Team FNKI were Flynt Coal, a young man dressed like a jazz player and wielding a trumpet, and Neon Katt, a Faunus girl with a cat tail who dressed like a party girl complete with what looked like glow sticks. Flynt lowered his sunglasses as he eyed Weiss. "Well, well, if it isn't the young Miss Schnee. I heard a lot about your family." Weiss just looked at him. "Is that right?" "Yeah," Flynt said, "You know, my dad had his own little Dust shop at one point. It was good living, until your dad ran us out of business."
Weiss rolled her eyes. "You're not holding a grudge against me for something my father did, are you?" Flynt dropped his glare as he gave a few blinks. Clearing his throat, he muttered, "Not anymore..." Meanwhile, Neon was busy speaking with Yang. Yang rolled her eyes as she weathered quip after quip about her appearance. Finally Neon, realizing Yang wasn't listening, asked, "Is this even affecting you a little?" Yang, chuckled, replied, "Sorry, but it's hard to take criticism on my appearance from a lollipop on roller blades." Neon gaped at the comment. "Oh, it is on now!"
And with that, the battle began. Flynt started by launching a massive blast from his trumpet Smooth Wave, hoping to push the two girls back. Yang simply leapt away from the shockwave while Weiss anchored herself with her glyphs. Neon chased after the blonde while Flynt tried a second blast. Weiss used her glyphs to buffer the wave as she approached slowly. Flynt then stopped his blast, the sudden lack of resistance sending Weiss rushing ahead. Realizing what he was trying, Weiss simply created several ice blocks to throw off Flynt's intended attack.
"Okay," Flynt said, "Was not expecting that." Meanwhile, Yang was freerunning through the urban biome chasing after Neon, who was using her roller blades to similar effect. Yang fired off a few shots from Ember Celica, but Neon managed to dodge them. After a bit, Neon moved in to attack, striking at Yang several times. Yang kept her guard up, bearing the full brunt of each hit to charge her Semblance. Seeing a chance to strike, Yang threw a punch at Neon's shoulder hoping to hinder her. The blow worked, and knocked Neon back a bit, but she still smiled as she had manged to use her glow sticks, which were really a nunchaku named Bright, to freeze Yang's leg.
Seeing this, Yang quickly broke the ice by slamming her leg into the ground, causing Neon to rush away for another attack. As the attack came in, Yang backflipped out of the way, surprising Neon. "Aren't you supposed to try blocking these?," she asked. "Not when getting hit means getting iced over," Yang quipped. Neon responded by rushing past Yang to build up speed across the arches and rails, finally moving in to kick Yang in the stomach. This time Yang took the full brunt though she did move her arms to defend herself, which caused her to be knocked back far less than Neon hoped.
Meanwhile, Weiss had summoned four glyphs and was passing Myrtenaster through them, creating a large, pointed chunk of ice which she aimed at Flynt. Flynt, seeing some bubbling magma near him, aimed Smooth Wave at it and caused the lava to hit the projectile. While he managed to melt the ice before it could reach him, Weiss showed up right behind it, hitting Flynt with a binding glyph. Weiss then boomeranged right at Flynt using another glyph, catching Myrtenaster on the way and delivering a heavy blow. Flynt, now free of the glyph, chuckled. "Not bad, Weiss. But this ain't over yet."
He activated his Semblance, creating three clones of himself in a straight line. The four of them fired off a powerful shockwave, launching Weiss across the field. He walked over to her, then spotted Yang still fighting with Neon. He prepared to to activate his Semblance again, but Weiss, who had managed to use Myrtenaster to keep from being thrown too far, surprised him with a summoned Boarbatusk made of ice. The construct disintegrated as soon as it hit Flynt, but was still strong enough to send him right into a nearby magma pool as it erupted, reducing his Aura past the threshold.
As Flynt got up, Weiss walked over to him. "I wasn't planning on showcasing a flawed version of my summoning, but you kinda forced my hand there." She then turned her attention to the fight between Yang and Neon, using her ice constructs to help Yang finally catch up to the cat girl. A quick punch sent Neon sailing into the geyser biome. She got back up, but the uneven terrain proved a quick disadvantage to her fighting style. One bad trip got her launched by a geyser, which Yang capitalized on with a quick blast from Ember Celica.
With Neon knocked below the Aura threshold, Team RWBY was officially the winner. Flynt approached the two girls as they celebrated. "You really caught us off-guard there. I wasn't expecting that sort of planning." "What planning?," Weiss asked, "Believe it or not, I was just reacting to how you fought." Flynt's jaw dropped at that statement. Neon, who had just recovered, couldn't help but giggle. "Wow, they really got us on all counts, didn't they?" Up in the stands, Winter couldn't help but be impressed with how Weiss fought. "She still has a ways to go, but Weiss has certainly grown much stronger."
Back in Ozpin's office, he and Qrow were speaking. "Just got word from Ironwood," Qrow said, "Our little infiltrators have taken the bait. They've managed to gain access to his scroll, and now have all the information on his prized student. Gotta admit, if Ironwood can see Miss Polendina as a person and not a machine, he must have a heart after all. So, have you chosen your Guardian?" "Yes," Ozpin replied, "But there's a chance she may have second thoughts. Even Ironwood explained that the equipment was untested. At best it might not even work, at worst... It could completely supplant who we've chosen." As he spoke, Team JNPR walked into the elevator to the office.
To be continued...
Yeah... I wanted to change the details of the fight to show how much the girls are improving, but as warriors and as people. We'll be seeing more to come in the next chapter... And oh boy, this is where things start to get crazy. Read and review.
