Hey, guys. Sorry for not updating for a couple of days, well, don't know if you guys will listen though.
So, remember when I said I wanted to focus on art? Well, I'm dealing with art theft and art stealing right now. People started stealing my art without permission. I found out about it several weeks ago? Maybe? But, after finding out that my art was getting stolen or traced or claimed as their own, I got really upset and maybe depressed when finding out. I'm trying to find these people and ask them to take down my art, but most of them speak different languages and that's difficult for me because I don't speak any other language than English and Filipino. I'm still upset right now and those art stealers are still out there, but I know some of you guys have been wanting another chapter so...
Sorry for the long rant but, I hope you read it though. Anyways, here's the chapter.
The stage was set, the next combatants were ready. The seats were once again filled with cheers from the crowd. The spotlights shone down onto the ring, and a certain black haired hero sat amongst the crowd. He took a deep breath and sighed, he had gotten used to the screams and cheers from the civilians that surrounded him. He closely watched the ring, and as he did so, he felt a certain Ki exit the seats and felt another Ki behind the ring.
He slightly frowned, knowing the two Ki all too well. It was Ruby's and Mercury's Ki.
He looked around him, searching for a certain young girl wearing mostly red. It didn't take long for him to spot a red cape from the distance. He had just looked down in time to see her departure by the corner and disappear from sight, well, not from his.
"Alright! Now it's time to begin the randomization process for our next fight!" Oobleck said through the microphone.
Goku stood up from his seat, "Something isn't right here…"
"It looks like our first contender is… Penny Polendina from Atlas!"
He then felt the two Ki confront the other. Seems that they're face to face,
"And her opponent will be… Pyrrha Nikos from Beacon!" Port announced once again.
The crowd cheered around Goku, but he didn't cared. He watched as Penny and Pyrrha walked up into the stage. The platform beneath the two contenders rose, but other than that, he could sense her distress. But for now, Pyrrha wasn't in danger, Ruby was. He sensed her Ki had tensed up, and so did Mercury. They were getting into a fight, not something that Goku would expect.
"Fighters! Are you ready?!"
Penny grinned towards Pyrrha, clearly excited about their match, while Pyrrha on the other hand, was the complete opposite. She looked down, still in doubt. But she knew she had to finish the match, and that there's still time for her.
He quickly relocated her Ki, and used Instant Transmission to get to her immediately.
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Ruby stopped, as she saw Mercury walk right in front of her. She stood there, in complete shock. She couldn't believe it. The last time she saw Mercury, was when Yang broke his leg and needed to be sent to the hospital after that. She believed her sister yes, but she never thought to see Mercury right in front of her.
She squinted her eyes, as if doubting he was even there.
"Mercury?"
Mercury stood there, not saying a single word. She couldn't read him,
"What are you doing?" She asked once again, as Mercury looked up, hearing Pyrrha's name when it was announced. He turned to her again, a smug smirk fixed on his face. Ruby tried to understand the situation before her, and once she did, a horrified expression was on her face upon realization.
"No…" She said, almost whispering to herself, but it was loud enough for Mercury to hear her.
"Oooh… Polarity vs. metal," Mercury placed a finger on his chin,
"That could be bad." He grinned,
Ruby felt her heart began to race, on instinct, she reached for her Crescent Rose, only to find out that she didn't bring her weapon, leaving her unarmed in front of him. Mercury. Nevertheless, Ruby had to ready herself as well.
"Mercury… What are you doing? What's going on?" Ruby questioned him, expecting an answer, but only to have silence as her reply.
Ruby frowned, "Fine."
"If you're not going to tell, th-"
Ruby stepped to one side, only to have Mercury follow her. She did the same with her left foot, Mercury seemingly copying her movement. Or more like, blocking her. She then heard the match outside about to begin, as said by the announcer.
She gulped, as she heard the countdown.
"THREE,"
"TWO,"
"ONE,"
"BEGIN!"
"Show time." Mercury smirked, as he then approached towards Ruby. Ruby trying to find a way passed him, side-stepped from one side to the other, but Mercury following her steps, blocking any escape to get passed him. She frowned, as she then ran towards him, bringing a slight gush of air to her wake, turning into somewhat a tornado form as she charged towards him, only to receive a kick to the guts. The force sent her flying back, she hit the ground hard.
Ruby tried getting up, as Mercury walked towards her. Ruby grabbed her phone, hoping to contact anyone for help, but the phone was knocked out of her hand by a bullet.
"Let's just keep this between us friends…" Mercury said, his foot raised.
Mercury was about to fire another shot, but stopped mid-air when he suddenly saw Goku in front of Ruby. His index and middle fingers were on his forehead, he frowned as Goku saw Mercury in front of him. Ruby looked up at Goku, noticing a tall shadow looming over her.
"M-Mr. Goku?" She stuttered as she looked up,
Goku turned towards her, a soft smile on his face. He then offered a hand to her, which she immediately accepted. Goku lightly brought her up, then turning towards Mercury, his expression changed completely once he laid his eyes on the silver haired boy.
Goku could still feel Pyrrha's Ki, the match had started and as much as he wanted to see the match, he had to take care of this 'things' first.
Mercury took a step back, he was back in his stance.
"Ruby, go on ahead, I'll have a talk with this young man," Goku told Ruby as she frowned upon hearing it, but nodded nevertheless.
"You," Mercury scoffed,
"Alright kid, I suggest you surrender if you want to get out of this without a scratch." Goku said, as this was his last chance of backing down before he gets hurt.
Mercury only spat, and grunted as he charged towards him. He attempted to send a kick to his guts, only to have Goku grab his leg and slammed him onto the ground, Mercury hit the ground hard, a yelp manage to escape through his throat.
"Go Ruby, NOW!" He ordered Ruby, as she started sprinting out of the area. Mercury tried to get up, but was stopped by Goku.
"You're not going anywhere," Goku cornered him, as he pinned him down to the ground.
Ruby ran as fast as she could, she had to warn the others about this, that Yang was right. She never thought that Mercury could be up to something, she felt bad, and betrayed. And yet, it only got worse when she realized that he was related to Emerald, she ran and ran.
Mercury tried getting out of Goku's grip. He turned to face him, and raised his knee attempting to knee him in the abdomen, but Goku blocked this. He growled as he raised his foot, and fired at him. Goku brought up his two arms to block the explosion, letting Mercury free but only for a second, and a half.
Mercury immediately got up and threw a roundhouse kick at him, but Goku blocked his attack with his wrist. Mercury immediately backed up, and threw another kick at him towards the knee, but Goku swiped off his foot, causing Mercury to lose balance and land on his back once again.
"I didn't expect you to go this far kid, but I'm putting a stop whatever plans you have in mind," Goku stated as Mercury got back up again, his breath quickened.
"This is your last warning kid," Goku threatened,
Mercury growled in annoyance, and charged at him again. He sent several kicks at him, he threw everything he had at him, but Goku dodged each incoming attacks. Goku could read his movements, knowing what he would do next before Mercury could even implement them. It was already obvious that this kid's fighting style is kick boxing.
Mercury did an axe kid, followed by a front kick, to which Goku dodged swiftly. Mercury attempted to do land another attack when Goku threw a punch to his abdomen with his free hand, the force of the jab sent Mercury into a wall, upon contact with the wall, a large crater formed behind him knocking the air of him.
He fell to the ground, face first. Mercury struggled to get up, but failed. He clutched his abdomen, he groaned and winced in pain.
That was the weakest punch that Goku could muster, he knew that if he did use his full strength he might end up with a dead corpse in front of him, but Goku knew how to control his strength, lucky for Mercury. As Mercury struggled to even get on all fours, Goku felt a sudden burst of energy. He looked up, and recognized that the Ki belonged to Pyrrha's.
"What the…" Goku muttered, as he looked up.
Goku seemingly staring at the ceiling, Mercury finally mustered up the strength he had left to stand up, and recklessly charge once again at Goku.
"HYAAAA!"
He dashed at him and threw a side kick at Goku, but then Goku disappeared from his sight, and he kicked the air instead.
"What the hel-"
He was cut off when Goku reappeared behind Mercury, and swiftly struck a certain area behind his neck, knocking Mercury unconscious. Mercury limply fell to the ground, he was blacked out. Goku stared at Mercury's unconscious body, he didn't have any serious damage that might be critical to his life, but he knew that he isn't going anywhere, for now.
Goku knew that Emerald was here, and he knew that she was probably up to something. He then heard the crowd gasped, as if in horror.
"What's going on out there?"
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Ruby ran towards the exit, and she found herself back to the stadium. The loud cheering from the crowds seemingly deafened her, but she regained her hearing soon after. The match was still going on,
On the ring, Pyrrha and Penny fought.
Penny was kicked back by Pyrrha, but she immediately regained her balance, and summoned her blades to form circles beside her. Her blades began to rotate, and green blasts were shot out from the blades. Pyrrha side-stepped an incoming blast, and dodged the next attack by a hair by back-flipping. Penny then thrusted her hands forward, sending her blades towards Pyrrha, obeying her command.
Pyrrha parried and blocked each incoming blades with her spear all the while trying to dodge more incoming blasts that were aimed at her. She then swung her spear back, and dashed towards Penny hitting her with her spear, and knocking Penny back.
Penny got back up quickly, her swords then formed a circle behind her, blasting her back towards Pyrrha. She then jumped up, and with a blast from behind her, accelerated her towards Pyrrha, knocking Pyrrha out of balance upon contact with the soles of her shoes.
Pyrrha flipped, and regained balance. Just as she was she readying to make another attack, two blades knocked Pyrrha's spear and shield out of her hands, making her vulnerable. She tried to get her spear, but was pushed back by another of Penny's blades. Penny smirked as she ordered her blades back to her again, Penny raised her hands to the air and flicked her wrists slightly, her blades right above her, ready to dash at Pyrrha again.
And in one of the seats, Emerald sat. She then focused on the blades, her eyes were locked onto the swords. In Pyrrha's eyes, Penny's blades began to double in numbers, she took a step back, her own eyes tricking her. Pyrrha looked at the blades before her, continuing to double in numbers until blades surrounded her vision, there were blades around her. It was seemingly an army of blades ready to attack her at any given moment.
Fear struck her entire body, as Penny threw her arms forward, sending the army of swords towards her. Upon instinct Pyrrha crossed her arms in front of her, gathering energy to her center, and swung her arms back, sending a wave of energy outwards from her, knocking back the charging blades coming at her.
Penny braced for impact, the waves of energy shook past her, sending the blades past her as well, but then stopped in mid air.
Penny's eyes were wide, as the blades were knocked past her, sending her arms back as well. She gasped, as she felt the seemingly invisible wires wrap around her limbs. She couldn't move her arms or her legs. She couldn't move her upper body as well.
Pyrrha then realized her mistake.
The wires began pressuring her, the momentum of the wave of the energy was strong enough to add force onto Penny's small body. Penny felt the wires on her limbs, and in an instant, she couldn't feel them at all, including her waist. She heard the metal crunching and screaching from underneath her dress, Penny knew what was coming.
Then in an instant, the wires ripped off her limbs, including her head.
The ripped parts then scattered onto the platform beneath her.
Her blades fell to the ground.
Penny's eyes were wide open,
Yet, they were blunt, seemingly lifeless.
Pyrrha stared at Penny's scattered parts in horror.
Everything around her seemingly fell quiet,
As if time stopped
She had realized her mistake,
And she immediately regret it.
"Penny!" Ruby cried out, as she saw the scene unfold before her. She fell on her knees, as she watched Penny's scattered parts fall unto the platform.
Gasps of horror were heard from the crowd, but she didn't cared, Ruby didn't care of the crowd around her, Penny laid on the floor, as if she was dead.
Goku ran and reached the stadium. What he saw shocked him,
Penny's limbs were torn off of her, her parts lay on the floor, like shattered glass.
"Penny?" He muttered, as he felt her Aura dying down.
The crowd muttered and gasped in shock and horror, and all of sudden, Goku felt different Ki from afar, as if it was awakened. Goku immediately knew what it was,
"Grimms," He said in horror, as he looked back,
"A lot of them,"
"Broadcast what are you doing? Kill the feed!" Oobleck ordered into his earpiece,
"Something's wrong! We don't have control over the cameras, we can't even stop the broadcast!" The broadcasters replied in the earpiece
"What?! How is that possible?" Oobleck questioned,
But he didn't get a reply, as he heard static and the screens suddenly turned red. A bishop chess piece appeared on the screen, painted in black. And suddenly, a voice went through the speakers.
"This is not a tragedy,"
"This was not an accident,"
The voice rang through the stadium, the TV, the broadcasts and holograms.
"This is what happens when you hand over your trust, your safety, your children." The voice boomed again.
"To men who claim to be our guardians, but are in reality, nothing more than men."
Goku looked around, the voice sounded familiar, it was uncanny. He knew, it belonged to Cinder's.
"Our Academies' headmasters wield more power than most armies. And one was audacious enough to control both." The voice continued.
Ironwood immediately stood up, looked around frantically, looking for the source of the voice but failed nonetheless.
"They cling to this power in the name of peace and yet, what do we have here?" The voice said, pointing at the 'accident' on the ring. Pyrrha stood there, the poor girl was too shocked and too scared to even move a muscle. Guilt flooded over her as the voice continued, she brought a hand to her mouth as she tried to hold back the tears threatening to fall.
"One nation's attempt at a synthetic army, mercilessly torn apart by another's star pupil." The voice added,
"What need would Atlas have for a soldier disguised as an innocent little girl? I don't think the Grimm could tell the difference,"
"And what I ask you,"
"Is Ozpin teaching his students? First a dismemberment and now this?" The voice said, adding emphasis on the word 'teaching'.
On the other side of it all, Blake and Weiss watched the broadcast, a bishop chess piece was still on the screen. The both looked at each other in confusion, and frowned.
"Huntsmen and Huntresses should carry themselves with honor and mercy. Yet I have witnessed neither,"
Yang who was still in their dorm, listened to the voice through the microphones outside and looked down.
"Perhaps Ozpin as though defeating Atlas in the Tournament would help people forget his colossal failure to protect Vale when the Grimm invaded the streets."
Zwei went up to Yang, and barked, grabbing Yang's attention.
"Or perhaps, this was his message to the tyrannical dictator that has occupied an unsuspecting kingdom with armed forces."
Ozpin watched screen in his office, listening to what the voice had to say, and was clearly, not happy to hear this.
"Honestly? I haven't the slightest clue as to who is right and who is wrong. But I know that the existence of peace is fragile, and the leaders of our Kingdom conduct their business with iron gloves."
Ozpin looked back on his shoulder, and watched an airship fly past his office.
"As someone who hails from Mistral, I can assure you the situation there is… Equally undesirable."
"Our kingdoms are at the brink of war. Yet we, the citizens are left in the dark."
Goku felt the wave of Grimms approaching the city, he could feel every Grimm, as if they were right underneath him.
"So I ask you…"
"When the first shots are fired…"
"Who do you think you can trust?"
The speech then ended there, and the screens turned to static, then back to normal.
"The feeds are all jammed, we can't send the message out!" Oobleck exclaimed,
"Will somebody tell me what in the world is happening?!" Port questioned as he turned to his back, questioning anyone who would listen.
Warning sirens begins to blare, the crowds looked around them, the civilians were in fear. "Alert. Incoming Grimm attack. Threat Level: 9, please seek shelter in a calm and orderly manner," An automatic voice announced as the sirens blared. The crowd began to scramble out of their seat, and make their way towards the exit.
Screams of horror were heard all over the stadium, panic and havoc were all over the colosseum. Ironwood then walked up to Oobleck and Port, and grabbed the microphone.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, there is no need for panic." Ironwood tried to calm the civilians.
Then, the colosseum shook, everyone was scrambling their way out of the colosseum.
Goku looked up, and saw a huge eagle-like Grimm above him. Goku frowned as the Nevermore screeched, it's loud roar echoed through the stadium, shaking anyone who was there in earshot.
The Nevermore then began to break the barrier, gawking and slamming its beak into the invisible barrier.
It was trying to get in.
As the sirens blared, Goku looked around, he could feel a large army of Grimms approaching the city, and fast.
He felt them making their way towards the city,
The people's havoc was what made them on alert.
Then, he felt several Ki's not too far from the stadium. He frowned, "Roman."
The fleets crashed onto each other, only one air ship left, and Roman was controlling it,
"Woohoo! It's good to be back!" Roman exclaimed, it was clear he was having the time of his life.
Goku ran towards the ring, Pyrrha still in the middle staring at Penny's scattered limbs.
"PYRRHA! GET OUT OF THERE!" He screamed, but she didn't answer, not even turning towards him. Then, he felt another group of Ki onto the colosseum, and it clearly did not belong to the civilians. It was the White Fang. Then, another group of Grimm got onto to the stadium, and roared, it was loud enough to go through the stadium and onto the ring.
Everyone was panicking,
And everything was in chaos…
Hey guys, so that's the chapter, sorry again if I updated it late. I'll try updating tomorrow if I feel like it. I'm still upset about all this art theft, and I'm just trying to deal with it.
Hope you like it
