Hello everyone! I hope you are all ready for the Tournament Arc! Also, sorry for having you all wait for an update. Thank you all for being loyal fans of my stories, I means so much to me, especially for those who have read The Lone Dragonborn, thank you all so much. Anyways, the people who are going to fight in this chapter will be Team JCME vs an OC team that I have created (Here's a clue, expect some characters from Red vs. Blue!), and Team KVBO vs. Team CRDL! I know Team CRDL moved on to the Doubles Round, but just to let you all know, Penny will be mentioned that she won the Doubles Round and move on to the Singles Round (You guys know what will happen T-T). I just want Team CRDL to be humiliated. Anyways, let us begin!

Chapter 31

It was the day of the Vytal Festival! Everyone was getting ready and was heading to the floating coliseum called the Amity Coliseum to finally participate in the tournament. However, standing on the roof of Beacon were Elsa and her followers as they were all staring at the coliseum. As they were all looking, Kannon said "So, the time has finally come then?"

Elsa nodded and said "Yes, soon all of the pieces will fall into place and everyone will know fear."

Vaan's head flinched and said in his Rebel personality "Let's show these people what happens when they mess with us!"

Sephiroth, who had his back up against a wall, said "What are our orders?"

Elsa looks at him and said "It is simple: we just make our way to the Singles Round and we will go from there. But until then…we take fate into our own hands."

Balenton said "And how we do that?"

Otengui then said "Do we simply make our opponents suffer?"

"No, No," Elsa said, "We want to focus on Atlas, they are the ones who need to be punished for their actions."

As she was walking around them, she said "See, we can physically damage them."

She then stopped by Sheeva as she placed her gloved hand on her shoulder and said "But you…you will tear them apart…from the inside."

Sheeva nodded and said "I will not fail you."

"Good," Elsa said as she looks at her followers, "Not let's get on an airship. We have a tournament to go to."

"Ugh…" Mercury whined.

Emerald glared at him and asked "What are you whining about?"

Mercury replied "Why does this have to happen to us?"

While Blackheart and Cinder were standing by the entrance to the battle arena, Blackheart looks at him and said "Hey, as I always say, be ready for anything."

Mercury looks at him and said "But we never expected to be one of the FIRST teams to fight in the first round."

Cinder smirks and said "Then we should kick it off with a bang then."

"If Yang was here, she would have killed the mood," Emerald said.

"I agree," Blackheart said as he looks towards the entrance of the battle arena.

He saw the battle arena shape as a huge hexagon-shape that covered most of the area, with the outer area dark grey with the center light grey. Blackheart then looks at the audience where he saw thousands and thousands of people, both civilians and students cheering for the tournament to begin. While the civilians sit in the top and middle sections of the coliseum, the front and first sections were reserved for students from the different academies. As Blackheart cracked his neck, Cinder walks behind him, hugs him around his waist and asked "Nervous?"

Blackheart shook his head and said "Not really. We just need to be prepared.

As Cinder nodded, Mr. Port's voice spoke through the speakers in a booming voice and said "Welcome to the 70th Annual Vytal Festival!"

The moment Mr. Port's voice spoke, the crowd went while. He then said "I am Professor Peter Port of Beacon Academy, and with me is a dear friend of mine, Professor Bartholomew Oobleck."

"Doctor," Oobleck's voice said, "And yes, I am sure everyone in this coliseum is as excited as we are!"

Port then said "Exactly. Now before we start, let us go over the rules. Each division is divided into three categories: Teams, Doubles and Singles. If a team wins the Team Round, then they select two teammates to move on to the Double Round. And if they win that round, they select one of the two teammates to move on to the Single Round. From there, they will battle it out to claim victory for their Kingdom!"

Oobleck then said "Yes! And the only way to win is if you reduce your opponent's Aura below the red area or force them out of the battle arena! Remember, there will be no foul play or you and your team will be disqualified."

"Indeed," Port said, "Now that that's out of the way, let us begin!"

Once he said that, the audience roared with excitement. Mercury took a deep breath and said "Well…here we go."

Port's voice then said "Our first team comes from Beacon Academy, they are the toughest and worthy warriors that Beacon has to offer. That is right, I am talking about Team JCME!"

"Well," Emerald said, "Now or never."

With that, the four of them walked out of the tunnel and made their way to the arena. While they walk, the crowd cheered as Mercury waves his hands at the crowd while blowing kisses at them. Emerald saw this, narrowed her eyes and asked "Really?"

Mercury shrugged and said "Hey, the crowd loves me."

As they made their way to the center of the arena, Port's voice said "Their leader, Jonathan Dragonborn, is in the top of his class and is already making a name for himself!"

As Blackheart shook his head, he looks around and saw Team RWBY, JNPR and AVGR all cheering for him and his team. He laughed when he saw Ruby holding up a poster saying 'Go get them, bro!' while Yang had a poster saying 'Bring the heat!'. Cinder saw this and laughed and said "Already have some fans?"

Blackheart gives her a teasing look and said "What? Jealous?"

Cinder chuckled and said "Hardly."

Oobleck's voice then said "Their opponents hail from Vacuo, and is considered one of the most formidable team to enter Shade Academy. Please welcome, Team ALLM (Alamo)!"

When Team JCME look across the arena, they saw four figures emerging from the tunnel. Instead of wearing clothing, they were all wearing armor that covered their bodies except for their heads. One of them was a female who had long red hair that she had in a ponytail, pale skin and green eyes, and on her back was an assault rifle while her armor was black. She was Alison Texas, or Tex, the leader of Team ALLM.

Standing next to her was her partner who was male, had regular Caucasian skin, black eyes and short black hair. His armor was cobalt and had a sniper rifle on his back. This person was Leonard Church.

Next to him was an African man who had long black dreadlocks and brown eyes. He had a battle rifle on his back along with, what looks like, a blade handle on his right hip and his armor was turquoise. This person was Lavernious Tucker.

And lastly was a TALL guy with short blonde hair, pale skin and blue eyes. He was happily holding an assault rifle and his armor was blue. This person was Michael J. Caboose.

Once Team ALLM stood in the center arena, they all stared at Team JCME while, for some reason, Caboose had his back turned on them.

Tucker saw him and shouted "Caboose!"

Hearing Tucker, Caboose quickly turns around and said in a child-like tone "Ah! Sorry! I thought you want me to turn my back on them."

Church looks at him and said "No, you idiot! We said DON'T turn your back on our opponent!"

"Ahhhhhhh," Caboose said, "Still don't get it."

Team JCME stared at them and Emerald said "You've got to be kidding me, right?"

Mercury said "This is Shade we're talking here, what you expect?"

While Cinder shook her head, Blackheart noticed Tex glaring at him like she was about to kill him. She then said "Hey! You're Dragonborn, right?"

Blackheart nodded and said "Yeah, that's right."

Tex huffed and said "You are nothing from what I heard. Is it true that you can cure cancer with your tears? If not, I'll be sure to make you."

Mercury looks at him and said "Oh, you gonna take that from her?!"

As Blackheart shook his head, eight hologram slots appeared in each end of the arena and started to spin. Behind Team ALLM, the fours slots stopped at an image that resembles a forest and the area behind them opened up and a forest area appeared and covered half the arena. Behind Team JCME, the slots stopped at an image of a ruin city and the same thing happened to their side, except theirs was a ruin city area. Once both areas were locked, Emerald looks at Blackheart and said "We're in luck, you got home-field advantage on both ends."

When Blackheart nodded, Port's voice said "The first round of the Vytal Festival will begin in 3…"

Everyone took out their weapons.

"2…"

They then got into their fighting stances.

"1…"

The tension in the air was getting thicker.

"Begin!"

And both teams were off! Team ALLM rushed towards the trees and hid behind them for cover while aim their weapons and started to fire them. Cinder was using her Sembalance to deflect the Dust bullets away from her, Mercury was teleporting away from the shots, Emerald was gliding around to evade and Blackheart used his Become Ethereal Shout and allowed the bullets to fly through him. Once he was close, he grabbed his Daedric Swords, channels his Aura through them and used them to slice through the trees and cutting them down all while preventing from accidentally slicing through his opponents. Team ALLM saw this and they quickly moved out of the way. While Church, Caboose and Tucker moved out of the way, Tex charged at Blackheart and shouted "He's mine!"

Irritated, Church shouted "Damnit, Tex! This is not a competition! Come back here and…"

Cinder then summoned her bow, pulled her arrows and said "Don't turn your back on your opponent."

She then fired her arrows at Church, which he quickly rolls out of the way. He then aims his sniper rifle at her and fires…only for the bullet to miss her five feet away from her. Cinder raised an eyebrow and said "You are a terrible shot, are you?"

"No one asked you!" Church shouted as he fired more…only for them to miss.

Cinder shook her head as she raised her hands and her sleeves start to glow and fireballs appeared in her hands. Church gulped and said "Oh fuck me."

In the ruin city area, Emerald was firing her Desert Storms at Tucker, who was evading them and was firing his battle rifle at her. While shooting at her, Tucker said "Hey baby, how about after you let me fire a load in you. Bow Chika Bow Wow!"

Disgusted, Emerald said "I have a boyfriend, you jerk."

When Emerald fired her pistols at him, Tucker puts his rifle away, pulled out the sword handle from his hip, pressed a button and a 3 foot double-edge blade popped out and it was glowing purple/blue. Tucker then swings his sword and deflects the bullets away. When Emerald stop shooting, Tucker firmly held his sword and said "Let me tell you, this isn't the only sword that I have that is big. Bow Chicka Bow Wow."

"Will you shut up!" Emerald shouted as he activated her Sembalance to create a tornado around Tucker.

Tucker screamed in panic as Emerald used her Sembalance to throw him out of the arena. When Tucker landed on the ground, Port's voice said "And with that, Mr. Tucker is out."

As Emerald smirk, Mercury shouted "Little help here!"

When Emerald turns towards him, her eyes widen when she saw Mercury teleporting around Caboose while firing bullets at him…all while standing completely still unharmed. Completely still, Caboose said "Are we starting?"

While Emerald fired his pistols, Caboose dodged them, aims his rifle and started to fire. As Emerald was dodging them, Mercury teleported behind Caboose and double-kicks him in the back, but as usual, Caboose stood still. When Mercury landed on the ground, he said "Damn! The guy is like a brick wall!"

Right before Mercury was about to make another attack, Caboose swings his left arm and knocks Mercury away, causing his Aura to drop a bit. Emerald saw this as she changed her pistols to her Kamas and swings them at Caboose, but Caboose just held up his free arm as he blocked Emerald's attacks. Wanting to end this quickly, Mercury teleported behind Caboose, grabs his shoulders and teleports him above outside the arena. But before he was going to drop him, Caboose said "Oh! I love hugs!"

To Mercury's surprise, Caboose grabs him and gives him a bear hug. As Mercury was letting out a painful groan, the both of them crashed to the ground. Oobleck's voice then said "Oh! Bold move by Mercury! However, he and Mr. Caboose have been eliminated!"

As Mercury groan, from inside the arena, Emerald shouted "You did good, babe!"

While Mercury gave her a thumbs up, inside the forest area, Church was still firing his sniper rifle at Cinder, but all the bullets were missing while Cinder was firing her Dust arrows. While dodging them, Church hid behind a tree and thought "Man, this chick is tough! I need to…"

All of a sudden, the ground started to shake and the ground started to move and trapped his lower body. Church struggles to break free until Cinder appeared by him, smirks at him and said "Times up."

All of a sudden, the ground around his lower body started to glow orange. Knowing what was going to happen, Church looks up and said "In case I don't say it…ow…"

Just then, the ground exploded and sends Church flying while he screams "OWWWWW!"

After flying in the air, Church landed on the center of the arena while his Aura went into the red area. Port then said "Oh! That must of hurt! And with that, Church is eliminated!"

Inside the ruin city area, Blackheart was looking around to find Tex. All of a sudden, there were bullets flying towards him and he manages to dodge them. When he regained his balance, Blackheart whispered "LAAS YAH NIR!"

Using his Aura Whisper Shout to find Tex, he looks around and saw her Aura rushing towards him. But the strange part was that Blackheart can only see her Aura, which would mean that Tex's Sembalance must be invisibility. Aiming his Daedric Pistol, Blackheart fired a few shots and hits her in the chest. Tex appeared, went behind a building and whispery shouted "Damn! How did he know I was there?!"

When Tex glances over the corner to see Blackheart, but he wasn't there. Before she can move from the spot, the wall behind her crashed and both of Blackheart's arms appeared, grabs her and drags her into the building and throws her across the floor. As soon as Tex got up, she raised her rifle and starts firing at him. As Blackheart was dodging the bullets, he shouted "ZUN HAAL VIIK!"

Using his Dismaying shout, Blackheart disarmed Tex's rifle. She then cracked her fists and said "You think that will stop me? I can kick your ass with my bare hands."

Blackheart raised an eyebrow and said "What is your deal? Why are you pissed at me?"

Tex replied "Because a newbie like you showing up and making a name for yourself? It sickens me."

Blackheart narrowed his eyes and said "Are you jealous or something?"

Tex growled as she charged at him and started to swing her fist. But Blackheart puts away his Daedric Pistol and started to deflect her attacks while he punches her in the chest and stomach area. Grunting in pain, Tex tries to beat him up but Blackheart blocks her attacks and delivers a right elbow strike to her chin. When Tex was knocked back, Blackheart then delivers a powerful left kick and send her through the building and outside. As Tex was getting up, she looks up and saw the holo-screen and saw that her Aura was close to the red area. Pounding her right fist into the ground, when she got up, she used her invisibility Sembalance to hide from Blackheart and surprise attack him. However, Blackheart saw her, takes out his Daedric Rifle, aims and fires a blast at her and knocks her to the ground as she appeared. Just then, the buzzer went off and Port said "And with that, Team JCME is victorious!

When they heard him, Emerald jumps into the air and cried "Hell yeah! We won!"

Cinder playfully rolls her eyes as she said "Alright, calm down."

In the center arena, Church limps over to Tex and shouted "What the hell, Tex?! You fucked everything up!"

Tex groan in frustration and said "Go screw yourself!"

With that, Tex left the arena with Church following her. While Caboose and Tucker followed the two of them, Mercury got up while limping over and said "Ugh…guess we won?"

Cinder, Emerald and Blackheart nodded as Mercury raised his hand in victory. Minutes later, Team JCME was in the locker room getting refreshed, Team RWBY walks in and Ruby and Yang rushed up to their brother, hugs him and Ruby said "Yay! Big brother and his team won!"

"Oh yeah!" Yang said, "That's what I'm talking about!"

As Blackheart smiled, Weiss said "I admit, it was interesting, but that team from Shade was…out of it."

Emerald gave off a disgusted look and said "Tell me about it."

Just then, Port's voice said "Well I hope you all enjoy that last battle, because the next one will be another battle between Shade and Beacon! Only this time Team CRDL will go up against Team KBVO!"

"Oh!" Ruby said, "Kannon and his team are going to fight next!"

Blake shook her head and said "You're going to root for a team from Shade?"

Ruby looks at her and said "Would you rather me cheer for Cardin and his team?"

Blake thought about it and said "Good point."

Yang starts to walk out of the locker and said "Come on, Team JNPR and AVGR are waiting for us!"

When everyone agreed, everyone made their way to the stadium. Once they got there, Team JNPR was sitting the second to the front row with Jaune sitting next to Pyrrha, while Pyrrha sat next to Nora and Nora next to Ren. In the very front was Team AVGR, but there were seating a seat apart from each other. When Blackheart, Emerald and Cinder sat by Team JNPR, with Blackheart sitting next to Cinder and Emerald sitting close to the end with a seat open for Mercury to sit, Team RWBY sat next to their love interest: Weiss next to Arthur, Ruby with Victor, Yang with Grif and Blake with Riku. After they all sat down, Mercury shows with two large popcorn buckets and a tray of large drinks on it. When Mercury gave Emerald and Blackheart the popcorn, Mercury hands them their drinks and then sits down. As he shared the popcorn with Emerald while Blackheart shared his popcorn with Cinder, Mercury grabs a handful of popcorn and eats it while he said "I wonder who is going to win."

Emerald rolls her eyes and said "Like we don't know who is going to win."

Cinder chuckled as he grabbed an uncooked popcorn while her fingers glowed orange with the popcorn in her fingers and said "Come now, just because you know the ending, doesn't mean you can enjoy the show."

After she saw that, the uncooked popcorn to heat up until it popped into a regular popcorn and she then ate it. As soon as they got comfortable, in the center arena, they saw Team CDNL and KBVO standing in the center arena. Otengui had his metal fan on his hips and had his mask and cloak on, Kannon had a large chainsaw sword on his back with the blade like a chainsaw and the lower part like a sword with a revving trigger, Vaan had a large one-sided blade on his back and Balenton had a Gunblade with a rapier that is more bladed and the handle almost looks like a gun handle with six bullet barrels.

Across from them was Team CRDL were holding their weapons: Cardin Wincester was holding his mace over his shoulders, Russel Thrush has his twin short blade daggers with dust revolving chamber, Dove Bronzewing had a long sword with a gun barrel on the hilt, and Sky Lark has his double sided axe.

Once both teams were in the center arena and the hologram slots began to do it's selection, Cardin smirks and said "Look at these lamers."

Russel laughs as he points at points at Otengui and said "And look at this freak! Hey! It's not Halloween!"

When the holograms selected, one half of the arena was a desert while the other half was a geyser area. As both teams got ready, Oobleck's voice said "3, 2, 1…begin!"

Right before Team CRDL was about to attack them, they suddenly stop moving, their bodies were covered in a grey glow and they fell onto their knees. While struggling, Russel said "What…the hell…is going on?!"

On Team KVBO side, Balenton's left hand was still down and was glowing grey. While Balenton smirks, he looks at Kannon and nods. When Kannon nodded back, he, Otengui and Vaan all rushed towards Team CRDL and Kannon knocks Cardin away, Otengui grabs Russel and throws him and Vaan head-butted Sky away, leaving Balenton with Dove. Once Balenton was left with Dove, Dove regains his balance and rushed towards him. However, Balenton raised his gunblade and was easily defecting Dove's attacks. When Dove points his sword at Balenton and was about to fire Dust bullets at him, Dove's body was covered in a grey glow and was feeling heavy until he fell to his knees. Still standing, Balenton's left hand was covered in the same grey glow, smiled and when he raised his left hand, Dove was suddenly lifted into the air. Balenton then aims his gun blade at Dove, fired a few shots at Dove and reduced his Aura to 3/4. Once he was done, Balenton slams his left hand to the ground and Dove quickly falls to the ground and crashed into the ground, leaving a small crater. After that, Dove's Aura was reduced below the red area.

Port's voice then said "Oh! And with that, Dove is eliminated!"

In the geyser area, Sky was knocked to the ground as Vaan was swinging his sword while walking up to him. Vaan's head twitched and said in his Jester personality "Haha! Come on, let's have some fun!"

Gritting his teeth, Sky got up and swings his axe at the Ram Faunus. But Vaan blocks Sky's attack while he delivered a powerful kick to Sky's stomach. When Sky was knocked to the ground, Vaan spins his sword and it changed into a heavy machine gun. As Sky's eyes widen in horror, Vaan laughed crazily as he pulls the trigger and released countless bullets at him. While Sky deflected some bullets, some of them manage to hit him and Sky hide behind a large boulder. As Sky was taking in deep breaths, he looks over and saw Vaan gone. When Sky saw everything clear, he heard a cough, and when Sky looks up, he went pale when he saw Vaan standing on the rock with his machine gun aiming at him. Vaan smiles deviously as he fires countless bullets yet again and knocks Sky to the ground. When Sky was about to get up, Vaan leaps into the air and fall on Sky with his knee slamming into Sky's stomach. Sky let out a painful scream as his Aura dropped below the red area.

The whole audience cringed while Ruby said "Ouch, that has to hurt."

Victor wrapped his arms around his stomach and said "That would've hurt."

Port's voice then said "That must have hurt! Because his Aura is below the red and is eliminated!"

In the desert area, Russel was swinging his daggers at Otengui, but he was merely dodging them. While Russel was thrusting his daggers, Otengui pulled out his folded fans and started to push Russel's attacks away. Irritated, Russel swings his daggers more until Otengui unfolded his fans and swings his fans and created a mini-tornado and knocks Russel away. When Russel tried to get up, Otengui teleported behind him, and creates more tornados and sends Russel into the air. Once Russel was in the air, Otengui soars into the air and swings his fans on Russel, reducing his Aura almost to the red, and when Otengui does a front flip, he kicks Russel to the ground, knocks him out and reduced his Aura to nothing.

Oobleck said "And Russel is out!"

In the geyser area, Cardin was running away as Kannon was holding his chainsaw sword with his left hand while it was making an inhuman sound, like an animalistic growl. When Cardin was hiding behind a rock, he breathe heavily and said to himself "What the hell is with this guy?!"

As Cardin looks over, he saw Kannon leaping into the air and swings it at the rock. Cardin was lucky to move out of the way while Kannon sliced through the rock with his chainsaw sword. While Cardin attacks Kannon with his mace, Kannon punches him in the face and knocks him to the ground. Kannon then grabs him by the collar and picks him up. While Cardin was struggling, Kannon smirks and said "You lost."

A vortex then appeared and Kannon threw Cardin into the vortex and the vortex appeared outside the arena and Cardin fell outside. Port's voice then said "Oh! And with that, Team KVBO is victorious!"

"Yeah!" Ruby cheered, "They won!"

Grif said "Wow, they slaughtered them!"

Riku shook his head and said "That's was Cardin and his team get for their bullying."

While looking at the fight, Blackheart thought "These guys' attacks were too aggressive. And they were holding back…why?"

"Jonathan?" Cinder asked as she looks at him, "Are you okay?"

Blackheart looks at her and replied "Hm? Oh yeah. I'm just tired from our fight."

Emerald rolls her eyes and said "Yeah right, like you are tired."

Blackheart sighs as he playfully shook his head as he and the others sit back while they enjoy watching the tournament.

And that is it! I hope you all like this chapter, especially Team ALLM! Haha, sorry, I had to do that! And if you're confused with Team KVBO's weapons: Vaan's weapons are based off of two weapons from the game Destiny, the sword called Sol Edge and the heavy machine gun called Thunderlord. Balenton's weapons almost looks like the gunblade that Leon from the Final Fantasy games has, only the blade almost looks like a rapier but more bladed. And Kannon's weapon is the chainsaw sword, like the Lieutenant wielded in Volume 2, only Kannon can use it one-handed with his left hand.

And for their Sembalances, Kannon can bend reality to the slightest so that he can store items into pocket dimensions and send him or his opponents away in short distances or bring them to him so that he can finish them off. For Otengui's, I know in the previous chapter, you all said that he copied Mercury's and Emerald's Sembalance because he used Wind and Teleportation. However, he uses a Sembalance called 'Wind Teleportation' allowing him to use the wind to teleport, and his fans can use Dust, mostly Wind-Element Dust for him to use. And finally Vaan's Sembalance, his is called 'Berserker' and it's just a power up that increases his strength and speed while his skin is tough as stone.

Anyways, hope you all like this chapter and see you all soon. Until then, please review!