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Adam was walking around with his team. After waiting what felt like months, the Vytal Festival was finally here

He was excited

"So, what do you think we'll face?" Yang asked

"At this point? Possibly anything. Many teams are taking part this year and each will have unique weapons among them." Adam answered

"Adam's right. There are many people taking part this year and we can most likely run into nearly anything." Weiss agreed

"Well, either way, we'll win! Right?" Ruby asked

"Maybe. There is a good chance we will win, but an equally good chance we won't. So, for now, we must trust our strategies, teamwork, and individual skill if we are to win." Adam answered and elaborated

"You might wanna take that somewhere else." A female voice came from behind them

Team RWPY looked behind them to see another team. There was a blonde woman, looked about 21 years in age. She had a yellow t-shirt on with black pants and shoes, as well as a black gauntlet with black fingerless gloves with yellow on the back. Her eyes were gold and had eyeliner around them. Her hair was back in a ponytail and her skin was white. She was rather skinny

"Yeah, there are other people here." She said, almost condescending

"And I am sorry. But we are just trying to find ways to fight as hard as we can." Adam said to her

"And I understand that. But it's kinda hard not to listen in, which can lead to your plan being revealed." She retorted

"Yes, it can. But I feel that we should at least know each other before we continue our debate." Adam subtly asked

"Oh, I'm sorry. My name's Aryl Xanthe, and this is my team. Verdant Shamrock and Azure Lapis. There's one other, but he can introduce himself. But, until then, we form team XASS (Xanthous). You?" Each team member shook hands and exchanged greetings

"My name's Adam Capra. This is Ruby Rose, the leader of our team. Weiss Schnee and Yang Xiao Long. We form team RWPY." Adam introduced themselves to her

"Where does the P come from?" Aryl asked

"My middle name is Pacificae." Adam explained

"Oh... that would explain it." Aryl said before everyone stood in silence, with only the idle noise in the background to keep them company

"Well, we must be going now. It was nice to meet you." Weiss was the one to break it

"And the feeling is mutual." Adam said to them. Aryl chuckled, which Adam found to be cute

"Likewise. Cheers." Aryl said, turning away while giving a two-fingered salute

"Cheers!" Ruby yelled as they were walking away. They turned and walked away

"Well, she was interesting." Adam remarked

"Yeah! I like her!" Ruby said enthusiastically

Adam simply nodded

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They had only minutes to go before the rounds started. Adam had all his stuff ready and he was waiting on the rest of his team

They finally walked out and Adam grunted

"And here I was, thinking that rumor about women taking forever to get ready was actually true." Adam remarked

"Har har." Weiss said, rolling her eyes

"Well, at least we look good and smell good. Whereas, you do not." Yang insulted Adam, who was not having that

"I'll have you know, I took a shower and washed myself and still got out here faster than you." Adam insulted back

"At least I made sure I was actually clean."

"At least I don't wave my body to the world."

"Ahem!" Weiss cleared her throat and Adam and Yang looked over to her

"Let's not argue, please? We have to focus as hard as we can to win this tournament." Weiss said to them

"Alright. This is postponed. For now." Adam said before walking away

"*click* Will teams RWPY and XASS report to the arena?" The intercom sounded with ports voice before Adam could get far

"Alright! You heard the man! Let's go win!" Ruby said energetically

"We got that Ruby." Yang said to her little sis

Adam hoped Aryl wouldn't feel bad about this

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"What are the chances?" Aryl asked Adam. To be honest, Adam wondered himself. She was different then when he last saw her. She now had a black vest over her yellow t-shirt with black boots instead of shoes. Aryl also had a spear

Adam shrugged to her question

"I don't know, probably low." He said to her

"Well, either way, good luck." Aryl said to him, and by extension, the rest of team RWPY

"Good luck to you as well." Adam echoed back to her before bowing

"3!" Adam smirked as well as Aryl

"2!" Adam got down into his stance while Aryl did the same

"1!" Adam tensed along with Aryl

"Begin!" The fight between the two teams started

Sorry for both the short chapter and cliffhanger. The chapter was more or less an intro into V3 so...

Anyway, here's Aryl Xanthe's bio. Her team will be done next chapter when I've had enough time to type them up

Name: Aryl Xanthe

Age: 21 (fourth year)

Race: Human

Gender: Female

Hair Color: Blonde

Hair Style: Her hair is down past her shoulders and she tends to put back into a ponytail

Eye Color: Dark Yellow

Aura Color: Gold

Skin Tone: White

Alignment: Lawful Good

Semblance: Dust Devil

This allows Aryl to use dust without draining the crystal for a certain amount of time up to 1 hour. She will be extremely worn out after depending on how long she used it

Clothing: Aryl wears a yellow t-shirt with a black vest over and has a black gauntlet on her right arm and has black fingerless gloves with yellow on the back of them. She also wears black pants with black boots and has a gold bracelet on her left wrist that's imbued with gravity dust. Sometimes, she wears a black coat with yellow details

Physical Characteristics: Aryl has a tattoo on her right shoulder with her teams name on it. She has eyeliner as well. She is very flexible, being able to do acrobatics all over the battlefield. She has a light scar on her left arm so small, It's seems invisible

Birth Kingdom: Mistral

School: Haven Academy

Greatest Friend: Vermilion Sanguine

Greatest Rival: Pyrrha Nikos

Love Interest: Adam Taurus

Personality: Aryl is very carefree and usually has a lot of fun no matter what happens. She could be competing tooth and nail for something that her rival is trying to achieve and still laugh in the middle of the fight. However, she can get serious when the situation demands it and is not afraid to hurt someone. She loves her friends like family. She won't usually hurt someone if they hurt her friends. But, depending on what you did, it can happen. She is very trusting of new people and loves to socialize

Weapon: Aryl has a Spear named Flavus. Flavus can turn into a shotgun and can also fire shells out while in spear form at the downside of the metal possibly heating to the point where she can't hold it. She also has a buckler that is named Aurum. Aurum has gravity dust in it and can be thrown like a boomerang. Aryl rarely uses Aurum, but it is a sign that she's about to get serious if you see it in a fight. The bullets of Flavus can be infused with dust, but not the blade itself

Fighting Style: Aryl seems to mimic Qrow's, Ruby's, and Pyrrha's fighting styles while still having a unique touch of her own by being decisive on when to rely on smarts and brute strength. Being a fourth year in Haven has allowed Aryl to master the hand-to-hand style of Krav-Maga and semi-perfect Tae-Kwon-Do

Backstory: Being a surprise for someone like Aryl, she didn't have a particularly interesting backstory. She grew up in Mistral being told about her dad's and other hustman's adventures and immediately wanted to become one. She was applied for Sanctum Academy by her parents, where she would go on to meet Pyrrha Nikos and become good friends with her. However, before meeting Pyrrha, she was very closed in and silent. She was often picked on before Phyrra stood up against them, which is how they became friends. When she was about 16, her grandparents died and she shut down and wouldn't talk to anyone. She covered it up as hard as she could before she eventually broke down in class. Pyrrha helped her recover and became much more social before she applied to Haven. When she learned that Pyrrha was gonna go to Beacon just before her 21st birthday, she wished her goodbye and continued at Haven. She hopes she'll meet Pyrrha at this years Vytal Festival

Luine Mercury LWG: Since I neglected to last chapters, here are my responses to your reviews. Your need to see more dust used with Moonslice will be satisfied as I am planning on making more scenes like that, and Subject Detla from Bioshock is who Jayden is based off of

There y'all go! Hope you enjoyed!

And see y'all later!