Chapter 37; Tournament Begins

It's been two days since Team CRDL's leader, Cardin, had 'disappeared' from Beacon and because of this, Team CRDL can't participate in the tournament. But that didn't stop the Vyatl Festival from beginning. The festival was packed with people from the four main schools of Remnant, Beacon (Vale), Atlas (Atlas), Shade (Vacuo), and Haven (Mistral). And the best part, the Beacon group's suspension was over and they can participate in the tournament.

Inside the Vyatl Stadium, were the tournament was taking place, Team RWBY was fighting their opponents, Team ABRN (pronounced Auburn). As the teams fought, the announcers, Professors Port and Oobleck were commentating.

"Look at team RWBY and ABRN go." Said Port. "I know this tournament was going to be wild."

"I couldn't agree." Oobleck said as he turned to the camera. "Now, in case you don't understand the rules of tournament, there are exactly twenty four teams in this tournament, each picked their headmasters. There are also four rounds, Teams, Doubles, Singles, and finally the Triple Battle."

Port then said, "Correct, my friend. The first twenty four teams will fight in teams, then the remaining twelve teams will chose two of their members to fight in the Doubles round. After that, the winning six will chose a member from the Doubles team to move on to the Singles. And then the three remaining winners will fight in a lot triple battle."

Then screen showed twelve slots and eight of them have been filled with the previous winning teams. The screen showed that team CFVY of Beacon and CTRZ (Pronounced Stars/Cinder's Group) of Haven have made it to the Doubles round. The only teams that haven't made it yet were Teams SLNT, RWBY, PGON, PRFT, TPZS, ABRN, BRNZ (Pronounced Bronze), and GAKL (Pronounced Jackal).

As Team RWBY defeated the last member of Team ABRN, the screen showed Team RWBY's faces, indicating that they have moved on to the Doubles Round. Everyone cheered them on as they watched RWBY waving to the crowd.

Ruby then jumped in the air and yelled, "WE DID IT!"

In the festival grounds

Team SLNT were waiting for Team RWBY to congratulate them for an awesome fight, but then saw Ruby hunched over holding her stomach, Weiss and Blake walking trying to help their leader move, and Yang running over to Sora and giving him a hug.

"Awesome job, Yang." Sora said as his girlfriend picked him up and swung him around.

Yang then put him down and said, "I know. Now give me a kiss, lover boy." The two then started to kiss.

"You guys were awesome." Natsu said as he had his hands behind his head and a smile on his face.

"Yeah, you girls rock!" Lyra said as she hug Blake.

Blake then said, "Thank you, Lyra."

Tsubasa then went over to his heiress girlfriend and said, "You did great, Weiss."

Weiss then said, "Really? I thought I was a bit sloppy."

"No, you're amazing out there." Tsubasa said, making Weiss blush and smile with happiness. The two then hugged each other.

As he removed himself from Yang, Sora noticed Ruby holding her stomach and asked, "Hey, Are you okay?"

Ruby then replied, "Yeah, I'm just really hungry."

"Well, let's celebrate you victory with some lunch." Natsu said as SLNT and RWBY started to walk. Weiss scroll then starts ringing and she pulled it out to see that it's her father calling. But instead of answering it, she turned it off and continued to walk.

"HEY, EVERYBODY!" Diana yelled as she waved to the two teams. She and the rest of team PGON walked towards them

"Hey, Diana." Sora said as he waved back. "What are guys doing here?"

Gingka then said, "Our battle with Team TPZS doesn't start until after Team PRFT's fight with BRNZ."

"Be the way, congrats on your fight, Team RWBY." Said Neku.

"Yes, it was quite the show." Octavia added.

"So, who did you guys pick for the Doubles Round?" Asked Diana.

Ruby then said, "Well, as team leader, I picked who we should send to the doubles."

"We actually took a vote." Weiss corrected.

Ruby then said, "But I came to the conclusion that we should take a vote…"

Blake then finished Ruby's sentence, "We voted for Weiss and Yang."

Weiss, with a smirk on her face, said, "I would be happy represent Team RWBY."

Yang then slammed her fists together and said, "I'm happy just as long as I get to fight."

"What about your team, Sora?" Diana asked.

"We haven't decided yet." Sora admitted.

Tsubasa then said, "Plus, our fight is the last match."

"Who are we fighting again?" Natsu asked.

Lyra then replied to her boyfriend, "I think we're fighting someone from Mistral."

Blake then felt her stomach growling and said, "I think we should go eat now."

Ruby then said, "I agree."

"Well, see you guys later." Diana said as her and her team left to let them eat. As the teams went their separate ways for now, they were unaware that Ryuto heard the whole thing.

"Stalker much?" Trixie asked from behind Ryuto which scared him.

"Shut up." Said Ryuto

Trixie then smirked and said, "Aw, were you thinking about his new girlfriend. Ooh la la."

Ryuto's face then blushed and said, "I said shut up."

"Whatever, did you get what we needed?" Trixie asked.

Ryuto then said, "Yes. For Blake team, they picked the heiress and the bimbo. Team SLNT hasn't decided yet."

Trixie then said, "Well, we're halfway there."

At the stadium

In the Vyatl festival stadium, the fight between Team PRFT of Beacon Academy and Team BRNZ of Shade Academy. While they were fighting, Team RWBY were cheering them on while teams SLNT and PGON were getting ready for their fights. Ruby and Yang were cheering for their friends. Blake was just silently watching the fight, and Weiss was pouting.

The reason why was because for some reason, her father cut her off from her money. She tried to pay for lunch for everyone but her card was declined. It was so bad that Tsubasa decided to pay for everything and because of how much Natsu eats, it was probably a big bill. So not only was she upset about her father cutting her off, but she also felt bad because her boyfriend had to pay for something expensive. But she tried to not think about it and cheered for her little brother to win the fight.

After Pyrrha and Tucker delivered the final blow, Professor Oobleck said, "And with that, Team PRFT moves on to the Doubles!"

Ruby then yelled, "Yay, Roxas!"

Weiss then yelled, "Good job, little brother!"

Roxas then noticed his girlfriend and his sister waving to him, so he smiled and waved back.

As Team PRFT left the arena and reset the battlefield, Team PRFT walked other and jump the barrier to see Team RWBY. Blake then said, "You guys did pretty well."

"Pretty well?" Ruby asked as she jumped into Roxas' arms. "They were amazing."

Roxas then chuckled and said, "Thanks, Ruby." He then felt a hand on his shoulder which belonged to Weiss, who was smiling at her brother's victory.

"Alright, on to the next battle!" Professor Port said, making teams RWBY and PGON sit. Blake then noticed Ryuto and his team walk towards them and she blushed.

"Ryuto, it's good to see you." Said Blake.

Ryuto then smiled and said, "Good to see you too." He then noticed everyone looking around and had confused looks on their faces.

"Where's you're forth member?" Yang asked.

Trixie then replied, "Well, he's very shy and he doesn't get along with others."

"But I heard he was very good in the Singles round with you." Tucker said as he sat down next to Pyrrha.

"He's very reliable." Cinder said with a smile on her face. "Mind if we join you?"

"Not at all." Said Pyrrha. The members of Team CTRZ then sat down next to Team RWBY with Ryuto sitting next to Blake.

Professor Oobleck then said, "The first team that has entered the field is Beacon's very own…Team PGON!" Then the team entered the arena with Diana and Gingka waving to the crowd and Octavia and Neku just walked.

Professor Port then said, "Team PGON might be one of the toughest teams in Beacon, but there are going to fight against the strongest team in all of Atlas…Team TPZS, led by Taylor Ironwood, the daughter of General Ironwood!" As he said that, Taylor Ironwood, Penny, Zeo Abyss, and Skylar Rain have entered the arena with all of them, except for Taylor, waving to the crowd.

The arena then randomized and chose two areas, one desert and one ocean. As the teams readied themselves, Oobleck said, "Alright, the PGON and TPZS fight will begin in three…two…one!"

Diana then teleported away while Gingka and Neku shot at team TPZS and Octavia charged at them with her axe in hand. Skylar then charged at Octavia with her two blades, one red with a green handle and one yellow with a blue handle and using her speed and agility to dodge her attacks.

Penny then activated the blades and was helping the team by taking care of Gingka and Neku. The PGON boys dodged her attacks and kept shooting but their shots weren't hitting anybody. Taylor then activated her weapon, which was a purple staff with two gold and purple pistols at each ends, by separated the staff and shot her pistols at them and she was a pretty good shot. She managed to hit both Gingka and Neku making their auras drop from 100 to 84.

The only one that was holding her own was Diana, because she kept teleporting and every time Zeo would use his Gravity Semblance, Diana would teleport away. She also used her yo-yo to hit Zeo a couple times making his aura drop from 100 to 76.

"Go, Diana!" Ruby yelled from the crowd.

"She has gotten a lot better." Blake said.

Taylor then put her staff together and charged at Neku and Gingka, each of them putting a dust cartages in their guns. But before they could fire, Taylor got close to them and beat them with her staff, making their auras falling to the yellow zone.

"Gingi!" Diana said as she flung her yo-yo at Zeo, not paying attention where she was aiming. She accidently hit Zeo in his special place, making his aura drop to the red zone, eliminating him. Diana then said, "Whoops. I'm sorry." She then teleported away from Zeo to help her teammates.

Octavia was still trying to hit Skylar but she was way too fast for her to hit. Skylar then did a series of kicks to Octavia and then sent her flying in the air and continued kicking. Octavia then fell to the ground with aura now in the red.

Gingka and Neku then shot their bullets at Taylor and Penny, who kept dodging their attacks. Then Diana teleported next to Gingka and flung her yo-yo at Taylor who dodged it. Skylar then charged at Diana and tried to attack her, but Diana then used her natural strength to punch Skylar in the face. And because she's not that strong with her aura, she was knocked out pretty quick. Diana then turned around and noticed that both Gingka and Neku were on the ground and their auras were in the red.

Diana didn't give up though as she teleport and continued to hit Taylor and Penny. Taylor then looked at Penny, who knew why she was looking at her. Penny then wrapped her stringed sword around Diana's leg causing her to stop teleporting. Taylor then separated her staff and put them back together with the guns side by side. The gun then charged and blasted a beam which hit Diana in the gut and sending her aura to the red zone.

Professor Port then said, "And with that, Team TPZS moves on to the Doubles round."

Professor Oobleck then added, "But you have to admit, it was a good match." As Oobleck said that, Penny hugged her leader, who smiled and hugged her back.

"Wow." Said Yang. "Poor Diana."

"You can't say that she didn't try." Pyrrha said.

Sarah then said, "I feel bad for Gingka and his team."

As Team PGON walked away in pain to the Beacon group and Team CTRZ. Diana was then stopped by Taylor who smiled and said, "That was a good match."

Diana then smiled and said, "Yeah, good match." The two then shook hands and both of them went to their separate groups. As General Ironwood congratulated his daughter, Team PGON then sat next to Team PRFT.

Roxas then said, "Hey, sorry about you guys losing."

Diana then smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. It's just a silly game and we lost. No reason to cry about it."

Yang then looked at the screen and it said 'Team SLNT vs Team GAKL.' She then smiled and said, "Well, there's one more battle and this one should be good."

A half an hour later

"Now we get to the final match of the day." Professor Oobleck as the sun set behind the stadium.

Professor Port then said, "Correct, it is time for the toughest team in Beacon…Team SLNT, made up of four powerful and unique students in the academy." Then, Sora, Lyra, Natsu, and Tsubasa walked out into the arena and waved to the crowd who cheered them on.

"Go, Sora!" Yang screamed.

"Good luck, Tsubasa!" Weiss yelled.

"Kick their butts Natsu and Lyra!" Ruby yelled at the group.

Cinder looked at Sora and smirked, just waiting to see what he can do, making Yang very uneasy.

Then entered the arena was four other students, who were Team SLNT's opponent, Team GAKL of Mistral.

The leader of the group was a tall man with black hair and black eyes and wore a red shirt with grey straps and a grey waist, dark blue pants, brown shoes, white trench coat, and a silver cross necklace. His picture then showed up on the screen and the name 'Gray Fullbuster' appeared under his picture.

The next person was a tall girl with long blonde hair with the end tied in with a red band, green eyes, freckles, and big 'assets'. She wore a white sleeveless shirt, an orange flannel, light blue denim pants held by a brown leather belt with two holsters on them, brown leather boots, brown leather fingerless gloves, and a brown cowboy hat. As her picture showed up next to Gray's picture, her name appeared under the picture and said 'Alexandra Jaqueline.'

The next member of Team GAKL, was another male with spiky dark green hair with his tied behind his hair and light blue eyes. He wore a green low cut sleeveless shirt that showed off his abs, tan pants, brown boots with black laces on them, a black sleeveless hoodie, a brown belt, brown gloves, each with green and black talons on them, and a stone necklace. Both his picture and his name, Kyoya Tategami, appeared next to Alexandra's.

The final member of Team GAKL was a shorter girl of the group with short blonde hair that was swapped to the back and two antenna like stands of hair on her head, teal eyes, and wore a yellow muscle shirt, light blue shorts, a light blue sleeveless jacket with black designs and a black hood, yellow and black gloves, and black high heel boots. The final picture that appeared next to Kyoya's picture, show both her and her name 'Larxene Raijin.'

Natsu then said, "Wow, I'm impressed."

Gray then looked at Natsu with an annoyed look on his face and said, "What. We didn't live up to your expectations?"

"I don't know." Natsu said, "It depends on how strong you guys are."

As Gray tried to walk towards him, he was held back by his teammate, Alexandra. She then said, "Don't worry about him, Sugar cube. He just look like someone who has rocks for brains."

Natsu then asked, "Excuse me?!"

"What?" Alexandra asked. "I'm just being honest."

Lyra then said, "Hey leave my boyfriend alone, bitch."

"Hey!" Kyoya said as he looked at Sora, who was confused and pointed at himself. "Yes, I'm talking to you. Are you Sora King of Beacon?"

"That's me." Said Sora.

Kyoya then said, "I don't see why you're so strong. You don't look all that impressive."

Sora then said, "Hey, that's not nice. I've done a lot for Beacon, plus I have a girlfriend."

Kyoya then smirked and said, "Well, if she chose a weakling like you, she's probably as dumb as you pink friend."

Sora was offended when he said that and yelled, "Why you…"

Tsubasa then held his partner's arm and said, "Save it for when the battle begins."

Larxene then asked, "Hey, Otori. Isn't your girlfriend that Schnee girl?" Tsubasa then nodded yes to her question, making her laugh. "Funny, because I thought Schnees only care about themselves and their money and their dust then others."

Tsubasa then said, "Shut your mouth."

Larxene ignored his request and said, "In fact, if it wasn't for them, the White Fang would be terrorist group. So I guess the whole thing was their fault."

Tsubasa then pulled out his knife and said, "I said shut your damn mouth."

As each team got their weapons ready, except for Natsu, who crack his knuckles and Gray, the arena randomized to both a grassy area and a building ruin area. Then Oobleck said, "Three. Two. One. BEGIN!" Both teams then charged at each other and each member pick their opponents. It was Sora vs Kyoya, Lyra vs Gray, Natsu vs Alexandra, and Tsubasa vs Larxene.

Sora used his keyblade to fight Kyoya, who used his claws and both of them clashed with each other. They both had the speed to keep up with each other. As Sora was about to strike, Kyoya smirk and activated his semblance which created a giant tornado, sending Sora flying into the grassy area. Kyoya has activated his Hurricane Semblance.

Natsu was using his flame engulfed hands and feet to try and hit Alexandra, but she dodging and kick him. When Natsu finally got a punch in, Alexandra absorb the fire from his punch and her fist caught on fire.

"You fight with fire too?"Natsu asked in shock.

The cowgirl just smiled and said, "Yep. My semblance is called Ember. With it, I can absorb any kind a heat related attacks to make myself stronger."

Natsu then smirked and said, "What a coincidence." Natsu then swallowed the fire from her legs, making her jump back. "I can absorb fire too."

Alexandra then smirked and said, "Well, Sugar Cube, let's fight like true fire warriors." Natsu nodded and both of them charged at each other.

Lyra and Gray were fighting in the ruin area and both of them were giving their all. Lyra was using her Levitation semblance and dodged Gray's Ice Make Semblance shoots.

Gray then said, "You know what. Time to get serious."

"You weren't serious be…" Lyra tried to say, but was distracted by the fact that Gray was removing his shirt reveling his abs. She then blushed, covered her eyes and said, "What the hell are you doing?!"

Gray then looked at her and said, "What are you talking about? I'm getting serious."

Lyra then asked, "And taking off your shirt is you way to get serious?!" Gray then smiled and put his hands together and form a giant ice blade and hit Lyra, making her aura drop to the yellow zone.

Tsubasa and Larxene were engaged of speed battle. Tsubasa was using his Enhancement semblance and Larxene was using her Electricity semblance. The two trying to hit each other with their knives, Larxene having two. Tsubasa was still furious at what Larxene said about Weiss.

Larxene then kick Tsubasa in the face and sent him flying into one of the broken buildings. Her hands were then coated in electricity and said, "You know, Schnee won't miss ya."

Tsubasa then saw Weiss looking at him with a concerned look on her face. He then grabbed Larxene's hand and used his semblance to be immune to her electricity. He then kick her a couple of times with his enhanced legs. He then sent one final kick to the face, knocking Larxene out.

Natsu and Alexandra was still fighting with their fire. Alexandra was also using her bladed revolvers to attack Natsu and tried to strike him down, but Natsu managed to get into Dragon Force mode to be protected from her shots. He then punched Alexandra in the gut and sent her flying.

Lyra, still using her Levitation, used her spear to attack all of the ice weapons that had Gray kept creating. She then pieced her spear into the ground, spun around and kick Gray into the middle of the arena.

Sora then smirked at how strong his opponent was, cut his hand and summon Oberon to enchant himself and was able to send Kyoya back a couple steps. Kyoya then created a wind gale, but was still being pushed back by Sora.

As he was being pushed back by Sora, Kyoya noticed that Gray and Alexandra was in the middle of the arena. Sora then saw Tsubasa and the two nodded at each other. Natsu and Lyra arrived and all four of them attacked at the remaining GAKL members and knock all of them out.

Everyone then cheered that Team SLNT and Team GAKL have given them a great match. Lyra hugged Natsu as he twirled her around. Team RWBY then ran over to Team SLNT to congratulate them. Yang and Weiss were hugging their boyfriends, Ruby high fived Natsu, and Blake and Lyra hugged. They celebrated know that Team SLNT is the final team to make it to the Doubles Round.

Here is the first chapter of the volume 3 portion of the SLNT RWBY fanfiction. I hope you enjoy it.

In case you were wondering about Team GAKL;

Gray Fullbuster is from Fairy Tail

Alexandra Jaqueline is Applejack from MLP

Kyoya Tategami is from the Beyblade Metal Fight series

And Larxene is from Kingdom Hearts