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RWBY: Press Start

Level Thirty Four

PvP Rematch

The sounds of punching could be heard in a gym located in the basilicom. Yang still didn't have the slightest clue why there was one in the first place but she wasn't complaining. The blonde did wonder why the punching bag she was hitting would always break away after a number of hits. "You think with something called attack plus in this super training thing would be more durable." The bag she was punching currently broke off and joined the others. Another one dropped down from the ceiling. It was convenient, to say the least.

As she started her next round, the blonde failed to notice a figure sneaking up on her. "Hiya Yang!"

Yang screamed as she turned around who was behind her. "Neptune? What the hell?"

The CPU laughed at the other girl's reaction. "How's the EV training coming along?"

The blonde wasn't going to ask what that was. "Fine until you messed up my concentration. What are you doing here?"

Neptune smiled at her. "Just to ask a question. You still want to get even with Cave right?"

That brought back some bad memories to Yang. She turned back to the bag and started to punch it. "To be honest, sometimes. What she said about me still ticks me off."

The CPU thought the blonde would still feel this way after their impromptu fight. That's why she came up with a plan. "Good enough for me because I told Cave you wanted that rematch with her."

And that stopped Yang from what she was doing and turned back to Neptune. "Are you freaking serious?!"

The goddess nodded. "Uh-huh. Cave gladly accepted it and the rematch is happening next week."

Yang seriously didn't know what to think of this sudden development. "You got to be kidding me. How am I supposed to prepare within a week? In fact, why did you do this in the first place?"

She had a pretty good reason. "Well, I thought you would want a rematch against Cave considering how it ended last time."

There were times Yang would like a rematch but there was already a huge difference in between the two of them. "Okay but-"

Neptune wasn't done yet. "Not to worry. I know someone who can help you train to be the best like no one ever was."

Yang wasn't so sure about that description. "And who do you know that can help me fight against Cave?" Neptune's response was her smiling at the blonde.

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After flying for a while on Neptune airline, Yang (who was still wearing Marvy's extra outfit.) and the CPU herself arrived in the mountains. The blonde did admit it was rather slightly embarrassing Neptune had to carry her bridal style all the way out of nowhere. "Remind me why we had to come all the way over here? This friend of yours must be a total hermit or something."

Neptune transformed back into her human form. "Yeah, something like that. This place is supposed to be some great training ground with all the monsters around here. Follow me." She began walking in a random direction and Yang followed her. The terrain felt a little rough walking on but Neptune seemed to traverse it quite easily. After walking for a little while longer, they came across a small cabin.

As they approached it, both girls heard a loud growling sound that sounded familiar to Yang. "Hey, was that a-" Before she could get another word out, a large figure came up from behind and tried to strike the two girls. Both of them jumped out of the attacks way but it destroyed the ground they were standing on. Yang saw a clear picture of who the attacker was. "What the- what is that? Some kind of Ursa Major? It kinda looks like one but it's…brown and wearing a bandana around the neck." Whatever it was, the blonde activated Ember Cecilia. "Ursa or not, I'll kick its butt." She rushed over to the new animal and tried to punch at it but the bear countered with its own punch. It was obvious who the stronger of the two was. The blonde was sent back and crashed into the ground. She groaned in pain while standing up again. "Okay, I didn't expect that."

The bear growled again as it charged at Yang while delivering a flurry of punches. The blonde crossed her arms to defend against the attack but several of the punches broke through the defense and the rest of them struck Yang all over. After the last one was delivered, the blonde was sent up into the air and crashed down to the ground again. This time, she did have trouble standing up while being in great pain. "Okay, what is this thing?"

The bear roared again as it was getting ready for its next attack. "Kuma!" The bear stopped soon as it heard the new voice. Both the bear and Yang looked over to where the voice came from and saw a girl walking over to them.

Yang was wondering who she was and more importantly… "Why are her pants ripped up? I can basically see her underwear and…is she just wearing a sports bra? It must be a small one because it's really sporting some cleavage."

Before she could finish evaluating the new girl, Neptune spoke up. "Hey, Tekken!"

A question mark appeared above the blonde's head. "Tekken?"

Tekken saw her friend and smiled. "Neptune? Is that you? Why are you here? Did Kuma attack you? I'm sorry about that."

Now that made Yang a little mad. "Uh, that weird Ursa thing attacked me and it seems to be really weirdly strong for some reason. What is it?"

Tekken finally saw the blonde. "Who are you?"

Neptune giggled as she thought to clear things up. "Right. Tekken, this is Yang. Yang, this is Tekken. Like you, she's the brawler and is really good at what she does."

The other girl bowed to the blonde. "Hello there. It's nice to meet you. I'm sorry about Kuma. He tends to attack those he doesn't know. I'll be sure not give him fish for tonight's dinner." Yang still didn't get an answer as to why something like that looks like an Ursa Major can be so strong. "So, what are you doing here Neptune?"

The CPU smiled at her brawler friend. "Easy. I'm here to bring you Yang so you could train her"

That surprised both girls. "Train her/me?"

Neptune nodded at the question. "You got it. See, Yang has this important rematch against Cave and I was thinking how awesome it would be if you trained her."

Already Yang saw a hole in this plan. "Hold on. You want this chick to train me? No offense but she looks a little on the scrawny side."

Oh, how little did she know about Tekken. "Trust me. If you want to prepare against Cave, this girl is the one you want to train under. So what do you say Tekken? Ready to take on a disciple?"

Hearing that actually excited Tekken. "T-Taking under a disciple? Me? I'll have someone training under me?"

Neptune loved the other girl's reaction. "Yep. You got that right. What do you say, Yang? Ready to train under Tekken?"

Yang was still a little skeptical about being trained by someone who looked like she could be bruised easily but in the end, she trusted Neptune's judgment. "Okay then if you say so. The thing is what about when that mage chick shows up with the way back home?"

The CPU already thought of that. "Relax. If she does show up with the way back, I'll just come back to get you. That okay by you?"

The blonde nodded. "Yeah. If you ask me, going back home is more important than some rematch."

Everything was set then. Neptune changed into her CPU form. "Then it's settled. I'll see the both of you one week from today. I'll let your team know. You can manage that, right Yang?"

Yang chuckled at that. "It will be a little tough not seeing Blake but we'll have to settle with texting each other." She also knew it'll be hard on Blake as well.

Neptune turned away from the two girls. "I'll see you again in a week. Oh, and good luck surviving the training Yang." She flew off into the air and back to Planeptune.

Now it was just Yang and Tekken along with the giant bear. The blonde sighed. "Guess I'm stuck here for the next week." She turned to the other brawler. "So…should I start calling you master then?"

It did ring a good bell for Tekken but she shook her head. "No that's alright. You can just call me Tekken. Now, are you reading to train Yang?"

Yang smiled at the question. "You bet. Let's get this started." Even though she said that, Yang wondered why Neptune said she needed luck to survive the training.

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A week had passed since the rest of team RWBY had last seen Yang. To Blake, it was the lonely time in her life. Not having the blonde around made her realize how quiet her life is without her girlfriend. Of course, Neptune told them she was training with a friend of theirs to prepare for the rematch against Cave but that didn't make the Faunus girl feel any better. The best she had was the texts the two lovers sent to each other for the week. Judging from the texts Yang sent her; it seemed the training she was receiving was very brutal. It was much more than whatever training segment the blonde could ever think of. There was even a text of Yang saying if she didn't make it back, she always loved Blake. And that was the last text she ever saw from the other girl. So here she was now along with the rest of her team in some underground colosseum. Something Weiss was baffled with. "Just how is there a giant underground colosseum here? Who did your planning?"

Nepgear giggled nervously. "It's just how it is." Along with the team were the rest of the CPUs and the other candidates. Not only them but several of the girls Ruby and her team met before. Red, Marvy, Nisa, and 5pb along with IF, Compa, and Histoire. Out in the middle of the arena was Cave standing and waiting patiently.

She wasn't the only one. Everyone was waiting for Yang to show up and that's what was making them wonder. "So what's taking Yang? Shouldn't she be here by now?" Ruby asked.

She brought up a good point and that was worrying Blake. Noire sighed in frustration. "That's something you should ask Neptune since she's the one responsible for bringing her and that was like what, forty-five minutes ago? It doesn't take that long when flying in HDD."

Blanc, who was reading to pass the time, thought of something. "So if the idiot doesn't show, does that mean she forfeits?"

5pb giggled a little. "I don't think Cave would like that. To be honest, she was looking forward having a rematch with Yang. She'll wait for as long as it'll take for her to appear."

"In other words, we may be here for a little while longer." Vert summed up.

Red didn't seem to have a problem with that. "That means I get to spend a lot more time with my wifeys."

Weiss sighed at that. "Why are you even here anyway? I thought IF sent you away."

The other girl just smiled. "I tried to find the dungeon Iffy told me about but I couldn't find it."

That was bad on IF's part. "Sorry about that Red. I guess it was a timed event."

The heiress leaned in close to IF. "How is it you screwed up on that?"

"Sorry okay but blame Nep on inviting her here." IF whispered back.

Marvy was also excited by this. "This'll be so cool. I wonder how the fight will go."

Nisa could say the same thing. "I'm sure it'll be an epic battle indeed."

Weiss scoffed at that. "If only you knew what happened last time."

The whole group waited for another five minutes until they heard a voice. "Ladies and…well, I guess it's just ladies. CPUs and humans alike. The moment you've been waiting for has finally arrived!" Neptune walked out of the entrance wearing a referee uniform for some reason.

While Noire was happy to see her girlfriend again, she was also a little made. "What took you so long!?"

The other CPU giggled awkwardly. "Yeah…sorry about that. I did fly over to get Yang but she and Tekken had different plans. For a last training bit, she and Tekken thought it would be a good idea to have a nice little jog from the mountains to the basilicom."

That explanation alone sounded a little too surreal for Weiss. "You're kidding me? Is she insane? I know Yang is all about training but that's crossing the line."

Neptune didn't seem too bothered by it. "Well, they are coming up from behind so I think you're wrong their Weiss-o."

One, that explained why all of them were waiting for so long. Two… "Don't ever call me that again."

Uni looked past the Planeptune CPU. "So where is she?"

An easy question. "Oh, they'll be here in a couple minutes. Now, if you will excuse me…" She made her way to the side of the arena and cleared her throat. "Now then. Over here on my left at this corner, the girl who is the bodyguard of the famous idol 5pb and member of the Leanbox Special Mission Department, Cave!" She looked over to the entrance. "And over to my right, she is the brute brawler of the team RWBY and a huntress in training…" Two figures started to come out of the entrance.

One of them was a girl Ruby and the rest her team didn't recognize but the other they did. They almost couldn't believe it. "Yang?" Indeed it was her sister but whatever week she had, the team could clearly see it in the blonde's appearance. She was still wearing the same outfit as before but it looked a little torn up and for some reason was barefoot. The most obvious changes to the blonde was the look in her eyes and her hair which Ruby couldn't believe was actually messy. As long as the younger sister knew the blonde, not once had she seen Yang's hair like that and she wasn't even bothered by it. Whatever training Yang was doing, it certainly did change her.

The brawler of the team stopped walking and was standing across from Cave. Tekken smiled at the blonde. "Good luck Yang." The other girl didn't reply and the other brawler left her alone with Cave.

Blake knew she should be happy seeing her girlfriend again but seeing her like this felt a little uneasy for her. Weiss had the same thoughts. "Just what in the world happen to Yang? It's like she's become a totally different person."

Ruby was worried as well. "Just what happened to her in that one week?"

"Training of course." The team looked over to Tekken who was walking up to them. "It did prove a little difficult for her at times but she stuck to it." She smiled at the team. "You must be the team Yang told me about. It's nice to meet you. I'm Tekken. The one who trained her for the week. Which one of you is Blake?"

The Faunus girl raised her hand. "That would be me."

Tekken was glad to finally meet the girl. "So you're the one Yang most talked about."

Blake was honestly surprised to hear that. "She talked about me?"

The other girl nodded at the question. "Uh-huh. In fact, there were times the thought of you was the reason she stuck to the training in the end. It must be nice having someone like Yang care so much about you. She's lucky."

Blake smiled at that and looked over at her girlfriend. "Sometimes, I feel like I'm the lucky one to have someone like Yang."

Speaking of the blonde, she was looking dead straight at Cave. Unlike last time, she could see a change in the other girl. "It's nice to see you again. I can tell you're not like last time. I don't know if something important happened to you or it's the training you've gone through. In any case, are you ready?"

Yang's response was cracking her knuckles. "Let's get this over with."

That was something Cave can agree with. "Fine but this fight will be different than last time." She summoned to what it looked like a large pair of scissors with a skull. "I will treat you more seriously this time around. Keep in mind, even with your improved training, there is a severe gap in our experience. Therefore, I will add a few rules." She looked over at Neptune.
You don't mind, do you?"

The CPU smiled at her. "Not at all."

Cave looked back at Yang. "For your victory, three hits is all it takes. Do that and you'll win. Do take into account that blocking with the arms do not count. The same applies to me. I gain three hits to you and I win. Is that good enough for you?"

Yang continued to stare down at the bodyguard. "It is. Now let's get this show started."

That was something Cave could agree on. "Fine. Let us begin."

And that was Neptune's cue. "Alright then! Let's get this show started." She raised her arm. "Game…" And she set back down. "Start!"

As soon as Yang heard the word, she didn't waste any time activating Ember Cecilia and slammed the gauntlets together in activating her semblance. That was a move no one expected her to do. "Wait, she's going all out right now?" Weiss thought this wasn't Yang's usual fighting style.

Yang instantly rushed over to Cave and delivered the first punch from the right. Cave dodged to the right to avoid the attack. That was just what Yang wanted as she sent a punch from her left. The left hook struck Cave and as it did, flames suddenly erupted but the gauntlet didn't activate. The attack sent Cave away from the blonde as she grunted. The bodyguard took a good look at her opponent and understood what happened. The punch was a feint only to set up the real attack. She also took notice the little trick the blonde performed.

Ruby and her team noticed it as well. "Wait, what just happened? Fire came out of Yang's arm. What was up with that?"

"It's a move I taught her." The team looked over to Tekken who seemed to be quite proud. "It's something similar to my techniques. I taught her how to implement this aura and semblance of hers into something powerful. We only had the week for her to learn it, though." For Yang to learn something like that seemed surreal to the rest of her team. They looked back to the fight to see what else the training did for her.

There was also another question present. "Why is she using her semblance in the first place? Yang usually saves that until she's taken a lot of damage." Weiss pointed out.

Tekken could explain that easily. "She did mention that early on in the training. For the training I gave her, her body was constantly taking damage. You can say she had an early advantage in this fight."

Nepgear was worried about something since Yang was trained under her friend for a week. "She didn't…develop your tendencies did she?"

Ruby didn't understand that. "What tendencies do you mean?"

"Tekken's a masochist." Everyone looked over to Neptune who was near the wall.

Weiss had trouble understanding what the CPU said. "I'm sorry. For a moment, I thought you said masochist. On top of that, why are you here? Shouldn't you be looking over the match?"

Neptune stretched out her arms. "Relax okay Weiss? Any case, yeah, Tekken is kinda like a masochist. Meaning she kinda likes the pain."

Tekken was a little embarrassed by that. "I-I'm not like that. I swear!" Out of curiosity, Ruby karate chopped the girl's shoulder and she let out a cry of pleasure. "T-That kinda felt good." That was all they needed to know. Tekken was definitely a masochist which weirded out the team. She snapped back to her senses and decided to clear this up. "I-I mean Yang doesn't have that despite what she had to go through." That was good news for Blake. Otherwise, it would've been very awkward to hear Yang moan like Tekken did.

Over to the match, Cave was actually glad her opponent had the first hit. Compared to the first fight, this was a far different cry. "She has improved since last time." She rushed over to Yang this time with her scissors in hand. The blonde prepared herself for the oncoming attack. Cave swung her weapon down at her opponent but Yang blocked it with one of her gauntlets. Cave didn't stop there as she continued to attack at the other girl with her scissors. To her surprise, Yang was keeping up with her blocking. Part of the blonde's training was keeping and enduring attacks like Kuma's which weren't easy for her. While Yang was grateful now for it, the constant blocking also meant she had little to no time for a counter. Cave smiled as she pulled back her sword and left herself wide open. It was the opportunity Yang was looking for. She charged right in toward the bodyguard.

Tekken already saw the trick to it. "No, Yang!"

It was too late. As soon as the brawler tried to punch Cave from the right, Cave caught her arm from underneath using her left hand. She then kicked the blonde from the right and sent her away from the bodyguard. Yang held the side she was kicked at and stared at Cave who was smiling. "That's a point for me."

Yang flexed her arms as fire came out of her hands once again and yelled as she ran over to where Cave was. The bodyguard thought to do the same and charged at the blonde. As soon as the two met in the middle, both of them attacked at the same time. What came after that was that both of their attacks were being exchanged. It was obvious that Cave was the faster of the two since she could match two of Yang's within each one is thrown. After the next cancel out of their attacks, Yang thought this wasn't going anywhere so she jumped back in the air and fired off some shots from Ember Cecilia. Cave jumped back each time to avoid the shots. Yang landed back down and continued to fire at the other girl. As she kept firing, Cave continued to dodge until she ran over to the blonde while dodging. Finally, Cave up close to Yang and was within striking distance. The next thing that happened was that the bodyguard summoned several green orbs around them. "Malicious Heaven!" The green orbs glowed brighter until both girls were surrounded by a tornado. The tornado raged on for a few more seconds until Cave came out of it in an unusual way. She slid out of it and came to a stop while wiping her cheek. "To think she could react that quickly." She remembered right around both of them were surrounded by the tornado, Yang delivered a quick powerful blow to Cave's left cheek that sent her out of the attack. As the attack subsided, Yang didn't come out unscathed. It was obvious she took on damage from the tornado. Cave knew where they stood at currently. "It looks like we've taken two hits each. The next one will be the deciding factor. I must say though, you're performing much better than last time."

Yang smiled at the compliment. "I didn't survive a week of hell for nothing you know. Plus, I got to look good for my girl." Ruby and some of the other audience giggled as Blake blushed slightly but smiled. "So, let's end this now!"

Cave smiled at the other girl. "Very well." She held out her hand and several strange objects appeared above her. "Full Burst Option!" The objects fired all at once at the blonde. Yang jumped high into the air to avoid the attack but that just created another opportunity for Cave. She jumped to where Yang was and swung her scissor weapon at her. The blonde crossed her arms to block the attack and it sent her back down to the ground. For her next move, Cave brought two of her fingers to her lips and removed them as orb of fire appeared around her. "Time to Kill!" She waved her arm and the orbs were sent right at the brawler. Yang saw the attack coming and tried jumped out of the way while avoiding the explosions. With a small pocket of time, Cave snapped her fingers and a larger explosion occurred. However, at the same time, Yang used the gunfire of Ember Cecilia to propel her off the ground right to where Cave was before the explosion happened.

The force of the explosion propelled her even faster to where Cave was. Cave herself was surprised by this and she couldn't quite dodge while being in mid-air. It was a clear shot for Yang as she pulled back her right arm. "You're mine!" As Yang neared Cave, she delivered a punch straight to the other girl's midsection while an enormous fire erupted from her arm. She screamed loudly while Cave felt the full force of the attack and it sent Cave all the way up to the ceiling and crashed into it. It was clear who the victor of this bout was. Yang chuckled as she started to fall back down and her semblance was deactivated. "I…win." She closed her eyes as closed her eyes while was back to the ground.

As the blonde was falling, Yang was suddenly caught by someone. "You are in caring hands now Yang."

Yang opened her eyes to see Ruby in her HDD form. "Ruby?"

Ruby smiled at her sister. She landed back on the ground set the blonde down and then flew back up to retrieve Cave just as she started to fall. The young leader caught her as well. Cave started to come around and saw who it was. Needless to say, she was surprised by what the bodyguard saw. "You. You're…"

Ruby landed back down to the ground and set Cave back on her feet. "Yang!" Everyone saw Blake running to her girlfriend and hugged her.

Yang really missed this as she hugged back. "Hey there Blake. I've missed you so much." Without a second's hesitation, Blake pulled Yang in for a kiss and the blonde gladly returned it. Going through a week without her favorite Faunus girl was the most agonizing pain she felt. Much more so than the training she had to go through with Tekken.

"Ahem." Both girls broke the kiss and looked over at Neptune who had an unamused face. "That's enough now. You can do the M-rated stuff in another story." They felt a little embarrassed by that.

However, that wasn't the entire focus. Right now, all the attention was aimed at Ruby. "Wow. I didn't your sister to be a CPU Yang." Marvy pointed out.

Nisa was just as surprised. "I didn't expect Ruby to be a CPU of all things."

Red just smiled. "Yep. That's my CPU wifey right there."

Tekken was also surprised by this. "She's a CPU?"

5pb was more like marveling at the new goddess. "A new CPU. Wow, that's amazing."

The other CPUs were amazed by this well. "Huh. Guess what Neptune said is true then." Noire stated.

Vert was actually liking was she was seeing. "My. You look quite the mature woman in HDD Ruby."

Blanc was indifferent about it. "Ruby's a CPU. Go figure."

Seeing Ruby as a CPU now raised a question from Uni. "So if Ruby is a CPU, does that make Yang something like a candidate?"

Nepgear gave an uneasy smile. "I think Neptune already covered that."

Weiss growled in frustration at what was going on. "Ruby! What were you thinking!?"

Ruby looked a little guilty and looked away. "I apologize Weiss. I acted hastily as my own sister was falling after the grueling battle she just had. Now I do worry about my sudden appearance to you all."

Nepgear was taken a bit by how Ruby spoke while in her HDD. "Goodness. She's speaking so formally."

Neptune just smiled at the other CPU. "Eh, don't worry about. We're all friends here so no biggie."

Rom and Ram seemed to care less about Ruby being a CPU and more about Yang's fight. "Your fight was so awesome Yang. I'm kinda glad you won."

Rom giggled quietly. "Congratulations."

Yang laughed as she was glad to hear that. "Thanks you two." She cringed in pain.

Blake was a little worried. "Are you okay?"

Her girlfriend laughed some more. "You can say that. To be honest, I could really go for a shower now. Bathing in a stream is really not a good substitute. Especially for my hair." That was the Yang the team knew all too well.

Compa smiled at the blonde. "I'll be sure to treat your wounds so you'll feel better."

IF and 5pb went over to Cave. The idol was clearly worried about her bodyguard. "Are you okay Cave?"

The other girl smiled at her. "I'm fine. I do admit Yang has become far better than the last time we've met."

Even though IF was glad to hear that, she couldn't help but feel something as little off. "You held back while fighting her right Cave?"

Cave chuckled at that. "But of course. If I had been serious, the fight would've been over in seconds. Still, it was a rather enjoyable fight."

With the fight done, Histoire was glad this was finally over. "Okay everyone. I'd suggest we return now. I'm sure we all could use something to eat after seeing the battle."

Everyone agreed to that. Especially Neptune. "I'm up for that. I call dibs on the pudding."

Ruby transformed back to her human form. "Sounds great. I want pudding too!" That was the Ruby everyone knew.

Yang just sighed. "Shower first then eating."

Blake chuckled at the blonde's words. "I'll be sure to save something for you."

Weiss had about enough of the scene. "Can we just go already?" As soon as she said that, a white light suddenly appeared across from the group and looked over to it. "Now what?"

Out of the light came out a familiar face that 5pb recognized. "MAGES.?"

Cave wasn't all too ecstatic seeing her. "What are you doing here?"

MAGES. wasn't too fazed by the bodyguard's glare. "The look is not necessary Cave. I'm here for a different reason."

Ruby somehow knew what the magician girl meant by that. "Wait. Do you mean…"

MAGES. smiled at Ruby. "Indeed you are correct. The way back to your world is now complete."