"Welcome back beyblade fanatics. We are neck deep in action, as the Mistral White Tigers take on Menageries own White Fang" A black beyblade drove back a silver beyblade with a series of hits. "With Blake facing up against Arslan" Blake seemed unfazed as she had her beyblade back pedal away from Arslan own. Arslan panted heavily as she continued to urge her blade forward. Blake switched her foot freezing her blade on the spot, and before Arslan could stop her assault her own blade was sent flying with an up swing. Arslan flinched as stopped spinning a couple of centimetres from the lip of the stadium.
"Yeah I think Arlsan used up all her energy on that early blitz" Port replied with a twitch of his moustache.
Arlsan sucked in a deep gasp of air then roared "Attack Galion!" Lightning crackled through the stadium as Galion grew closer and closer to his opponent "Spiral lightning!"
Blake smirked at the slow attack knowning full well that Galion didn't have the strength left to knock her Wolborg out of the stadium. "Now it's my turn" Ice and snow poured out of the blade quickly ever taking Galion, Arslan froze as a beautiful woman threw opens her arms only for a large wolf to bound out her cloak.
"This could be it Bart!" Port exclaimed as the wolf bit into the blade freezing it in a large chunk of, before his blade followed up with a devastating straight strike that sent Galion over the lip of the red dish.
"That was Arlsan last chance at victory Peter!" Oobleck replied as Galion landed by Arlsan.
"Well let's make it official Bart, take it away Glynda" Port added.
"White Tiger of mistral stadium out in the first round against the White Fang!" A Large screen with four picture of Arslan, Ren, Jaune, and Blake hung over the stadium. Beeped loudly as Arlsan Picture faded. "Arslans loss to Blake give the Whitefang a one nothing advantage over the White Tigers" Jaune sat still his eyes closed. "If the Whitefang win the next round they move on to the finals"
"You feel that tension, Jaunes up next and he's about to face his old teammate Ren"
Away from the main arena Beacons team of Ruby, Penny, Velvet, and Pyrrha sat in their teams dressing room as the camera shifted to an image of Jaune sitting with his eyes closed. His armour gleamed in the sun light of the open air arena. "So Ren is finally up against Jaune" Velvet stated. "Who do you think will win it in the end Penny?"
Penny looked up at the tv screen Jaune, and Ren on either side. "It's really hard to predict who will win this match, we'll just have to wait and see"
Ruby jumped in puffing up her chest confidently "I couldn't careless Jaune got lucky back in Beacon when he beat me. Both won't last a minute in the dish against the new me" Ruby pulled out her own purple Strata Dragoon proclaiming "I can't wait to strut my stuff"
Pyrrha was the last to chime in with "The fact is Jaune has more brute strength then Ren, and Ren is a lot faster then Jaune. What we know for sure is whoever wins this is going to be an intense battle" Pyrrha smiles fondly 'good luck do JNPR proud'
Ren eyed his teammate warily make her way down from the bey stadium. "So sorry" she muttered.
"Oh Arslan" Nora helped her to a seat.
"I thought she had Blake for sure" added Reese.
"I Guess she just gave up" Bolin piled on.
Ren pink eyes sharpened "Quit talking about her like that. I think it's time we remember what it means to be a team. I haven't forgotten those rainy days where we would like to do nothing more then go home and rest. But we didn't, we trained hard. Not just to be better Bladers but so we would become a true team, not half JNPR half ABRN. A Team that cheers each other on in the good times, and then picks each other up during the bad times. I Know Arslan lost, but if we stick together the White Tigers never lose" Ren said with conviction in his voice.
Nora smiled at her best friend "You're right Ren, we are a real team"
"Yeah we stick together"
"Together"
Nora eyes widened "I Know" she tore a large piece of fabric exposing her hip. "In my culture a king would ride to battle wearing his princesses ribbon"
Bolin laughed "I am no princess" He said tearing a chunk off his jacket "But I still like the idea"
"Yeah" a piece of purple fabric joined pink and orange finished with one of Arslans white arm bands.
"There you go" Arlsan as tied the four pieces of clothing to Rens arm. "I Think that should do it. Now even in battle you'll have a piece of the team with you"
Ren looked at his new team, not JNPR but something he could be proud of none the less. "This really means a lot to me"
"We wouldn't have gotten here without you Ren" Bolin mumbled.
"We may have forgotten" Nora added.
"But now you carry a piece of us with you" Reese continued.
"Now let's show them what the White Tigers can really do" Arslan finished.
"White Tigers!" The rest of the team cheered.
Blake strode towards her team her eyes landing on Jaune still sitting perfectly still. "Way to go Blake" Sun exclaimed.
"Thanks but considering how close Arlsan came to almost beating me it's hardly a victory. Especially considering we face Ren next" Her focused continued to be solely on Jaune. "Are you ready to beat the best of the Mistral White Tigers Jaune?"
The blonde mind however was at a distant place. A single boulder the size of school bus jutted out of a blazing hot dessert. His Blade was stringed and ready to launch. "Jaune!" Blake exclaimed when suddenly the blonde rose to his feet. His deep purple blade in hand, Dranzer the phoenix proud and ready to strike.
Yang growled in her dressing room. "When are we going to see some beyblading!"
"You're about to see two of the best bladers in our generation go at it Yang"
"These two don't know what it means to battle, and I can't wait to show them" Yang countered with vigour.
"Welcome back to mistral stadium boys and girls. Where beyblade history is about to be made" Jaune and Ren strode confidently up to the stadium. Their eyes meeting as Ren stats blazed onto main screen of the stadium. "Ren has take Mistral further then they've gone before" the screen shifted to a large white tiger with green stripes primed to pounce
"He's a natural leader Peter" Oobleck finished.
"That's true" Port cut in. "But when you're up against Jaune. You got to throw all that out the window. This one is tough as they come" Port countered "I Wonder what Ren is thinking right now?"
Ren eyed Jaune, calm cool collected. He was every bit the blader Ren expected, and more. 'Jaune you definitely hold a candle to Pyrrha. No, you might just be better. But I won't let that stop me, I will defeat you, and bring the White Tigers to the finals'
"It's time to unveil our Shamanic Stadium, it's a nod to Mistrals aboriginal peoples" The floor of the stadium wide, revealing a ten foot square bowl with ornate bamboo pools jutting out of it. "And it looks like one mean old dish"
"I Hope it will hold in the tense feeling between our two bladers"
Jaunes eyes narrowed at Ren as the green garbed teen strung his launcher and readied his blade. 'No matter who gets in my way. I will be victorious' Jaune silently vowed.
"Three! Two! One! Let it rip!" Both Bladers fired into the centre with furious growl. Dranzer instantly closed the gap, faster then anyone on RWBY or JNPR thought she could move. Ren didn't have time to bring up a defence as Dranzer connected bouncing Driger back. Jaune quickly followed having Dranzer fly straight into Driger before he could recover taking a chunk of bamboo off a pole he nicked in his chase. "Whoa!" Ren gasped he had known Jaune was strong, and skilled. But this was different then anything Jaune had done during his time at Beacon.
"Jaunes looking to prove something in this match, that's for sure" Ports voice echoed through Weiss and Yangs locker room. Both watched Dranzer bounce Driger back for a third time.
"If they think that's impressive wait till they get a load of me" Yang boasted, but even still was a little stricken by Jaunes sudden improvements even from their own match a few short weeks ago.
"The crowds not here for a show off" Weiss replied.
"No they're here to see beyblading Weiss"
Both heads snapped to attention as Jaunes yell echoed across the stadium "I'm coming for you for you Ren!"
However unlike the previous hits Ren was prepared allowing Driger to get flung high into the air. "Bring it on a Jaune!" Driger bounced straight off one of the bamboo poles, flying straight into the unprepared Dranzer. Causing the blade to role end over end. Stopping only when Dranzer and Jaune snapped back to reality. "Jaunes come on strong, but Ren bit right back" Driger landed perfectly still spinning atop one of the many poles. "And now he's pulling a zen balancing technique.
"Alright!" Arslan and her team cheered loudly. Driger spinning proudly above Dranzer in the dish below.
'Concentrate' Jaune slowed his rapidly accelerating heart beat. 'He can't win' Deep blue flames began crackling around the attack ring of Dranzer. 'Not after this' Dranzer exploded to the left quickly slicing not just through the single Bamboo pole Driger was on but every pole in the dish. "Deal with that Ren!" Jaune challenged finishing with an explosive flame on the pole holding Driger.
"Oh Yeah Jaunes turning up the heat!" Oobleck leaped from his seat.
"He just eliminated Rens best defence" Port added.
"I'm tired of running away Jaune, attack Driger!" Using the still falling bamboo poles Driger pounced exploding off the rubble. Jaune flinched as the white tiger flew into his blade. The two bounced back a a half step before flying straight into one another once more. Neither were giving ground as they drilled into one another.
"Yes!" Pyrrha cheered as the Driger sent Dranzer skidding around the base of one of the destroyed poles. Ren barely parried Dranzer counter strike. "This is great both are doing awesome!"
"Suppose Ren stands a chance Pen?" Velvet asked as Dranzer drove back Driger grinding him into the lip of the stadium.
Driger bit back launching Dranzer back into the middle of the bowl. "I wish I could say Velvet. But Ren, and Jaune are just to evenly matched"
"And that's not always a good thing" Raven announced her presence. Her red eyes falling onto the the bladers, both already breathing heavily. "Take a really good look guys. What do you see?"
Penny's eyes widened "they're both exhausted"
"They're both completely stressed out" Pyrrha added.
"Exactly in a match like this, where both competitors feel like they have to prove something, where both feel like everything is on the line. Victory relies on perfect execution. You see both Jaune, and Ren are waiting for the other to make the first mistake, at that moment one player will have the advantage, and they'll use it to take the match. We just have to hope that player is Ren" All eyes went to the television, Jaune stood unmoving. "And Jaune isn't as confident as he looks"
"Talk about pressure" Penny realized why she was an alternate not full competitor in that moment. "Ren can't let his guard down for even a second Raven"
"That's right, poor Ren. If he even blinks there's a chance he might mess up, then Jaune will be on him" Pyrrha sighed.
Both bladers looked eyes as their blades gained speed circling the dish. "Well beyblade fanatics I'm on the edge of my seat" Oobleck stated.
Suddenly flames exploded out of Dranzer as she circled into the stadium. "Blazing gigs!" Jaune called out as Dranzer flew ablaze straight at Driger.
"Gatling Claw!" Ren countered. Driger shot towards Dranzer crackling with deep green lightning.
"Hold on to your seat Bart!" As the two elemental beyblades closed the gap. A brilliantly ablaze phoenix, met a regal tiger. Causing a massive explosion to shake the entire stadium. "Jaune, and Ren were pushing their blades to their absolute limits" As the smoke cleared Jaune stood square, his hood slowly coming down. "I See Jaune but where's Ren"
"Oh no!" Oobleck gasped as the second blader came into view.
Laying face down Ren twitched "I must get up, and finish the match. But don't have the strength" He muttered
"In all my years of commentating I've never seen this! That last head on with Jaune, must've taken every last bit of oomf out Ren. I guess that means the match is over!"
"Come on get up Ren" Pyrrha gritted her teeth.
"Get up Ren!" Nora yelled at her friend laying motionless.
"Come on you can get up!" The three White Tigers made to run on Rens side only for Arslan to yell "Wait! Stop!"
Reese turned towards the hardened eyes of Arslan "Not now Arslan Ren needs our help"
"Look" Arlsan pointed at half destroyed dish. A Flash of grey circled quickly "Do you see that, Rens beyblade is still spinning the match isn't over. At least not yet"
Bolin watched Driger for a half second before saying "Will somebody pinch me, I must be dreaming"
"If any of us enter the beystadium while the match is still going Ren gets an instant disqualification" Arslan explained calmly.
"So what do we do now?" Reese turned back on Arslan.
"All that's left is for us to believe in our teammate, and hope that's enough to get him back on his feet"
Nora clenched her fist tightly, part of her wanted to run to Rens side. But the larger part knew. She knew that Ren wanted this match. She turned and eyed the blonde. The fearless leader of JNPR team. Then to Dranzer spinning quietly in the centre of the dish. 'Jaune why aren't you ending this?' Driger was defenceless without Ren. Their eyes met for the briefest moment, and then she knew. "Arslan right guys"
Glynda coughed loudly into her mic "If we could just have your attention for just a moment. This was a really hard decision for our judges to make. But we have to keep this game fair, and since Ren is no longer able to compete. We have no other option but to declare this match complete, and declare Jaune the..."
"Don't you dare you say another word!" Nora screamed.
Glynda whipped around as Bolin Reese and Nora speared her. "Get her!" Bolin roared as pushed at her knees. The four man struggle continued as the White Tigers furiously pulled Glynda off her platform.
"There no way we're gonna let you stop this match!" Nora growled pulling at the mic viciously.
Glynda sharp green eyes turned on Nora "Its already over" she countered.
"That's what you say" Reese began "But Drigers still in the game, which means technically this match is still on. Jaune doesn't deserve to win"
"Just give him another chance" Nora begged.
"Please" Bolin continued Nora sentiment.
"You go tell the judges that Ren hasn't finished the match yet. He's going to get right back on his feet, and finish it himself" Arslan turned on Ren still unmoving. "Ren come on get up"
Rens fingers twitched as he heard his entire team beg for him to get back to his feet. 'So weak' He berated himself to the sound of his Driger spinning. 'But I have to get up now. I can't let my friends down now, especially after I lectured them. They're counting on me' His eyes popped open "What would Pyrrha think if I gave up now" slowly he pushed himself to his feet. 'No I can only imagine, I'm not going to give her the satisfaction' He growled just a ferociously as Driger meeting eyes with Jaune "Its time a stand my ground and win this thing"
"No way Ren's back on his feet this changes everything" Glynda announced knocking off the White Tigers.
"What a come back Ren's back on his feet and crowd goes wild" Oobleck announced over the crowds roar.
"Go Renny!" Nora exclaimed proudly.
'Bring it home Ren' Arslan let a breath she wasn't aware she was holding.
"Ok I'm back in the saddle I wouldn't count on anymore lucky breaks this time Jaune" Ren confidently took his stance.
"Alright Ren" Pyrrha hugged Ruby tightly.
Penny frowned as she watched the two "I'm just a bit concerned about the rest of the match. I don't know if Ren has enough strength to keep up, and we were worried before that had the advantage"
Pyrrha eyes snapped onto Penny a proud smile never leaving her face. "Calm down Penny, I'm sure Rens gonna take it all. Even if doesn't all that matters is he wouldn't back down when things got tough" Jaune barely had time to block the first strike of Rens renewed attack. He was faster and stronger then before. "And I think things are going to get a lot tougher for Jaune"
"No" Jaune growled, he parried to left only for the follow up strike to slam his right side. As strike calmed faster then the last, all Jaune could do was angle his blade enough to minimize the damage. Electricity sparked through the air as Driger continued his onslaught.
"Ren is back and with a vengeance" Dranzer swooped right only to take a hit on her left. "Ren has Driger at top speed and Jaune can't avoid him at all"
Ren watched each time Driger hit, waiting waiting for the perfect moment to strike. His eyes sharpened "Jaune!" He roared throwing a lightning fast jab.
Jaunes eyes widened as he saw what was coming, but both blader and blade didn't have the speed "Watch out Dranzer!" Driger met Dranzer head on with a thunderous bang that shook Amity. The shear force of the attack sent Dranzer flying straight back into the stadium wall right into front of Jaune, sending up a cloud of rubble into an dust.
"And Ren has taken control of the match with an explosive attack on Dranzer" Port roared excitedly.
"He's literally bringing down the house, but did he succeed in bringing down Jaune?"
Slowly Dranzer spun out of the cloud of smoke. Slowly the cloud lifted, revealing the blonde slumped down on one knee. Ren was about to launche a renewed attack when Jaunes dark blue eyes opened. Revealing a deep anger resonating within them. "You're going to have try a lot harder then that Ren" He warned dangerously standing back up.
"Don't temp me Jaune don't temp me" Ren replied
Pyrrha gasped loudly. "Pyrrha what is it?" Penny, and Velvet looked at the redhead.
Raven looked at the two boys with interest. "Tell them" She looked directly at Ruby.
"Rens losing" Ruby began shocking the two members of her team. "They maybe equal in their beybladings skills but Jaune will always be tougher. That's the only advantage he has over Ren, and its enough to give him the win"
"You may as well give up Ren" Jaune confidently releases the armour plating from his chest. "You see I'm done playing around" His armour slammed into the platform with enough force to crack the concrete. "It's time to unveil my new move" Jaunes comment sent shock radiating throughout Amity.
Jaune cracked knuckles in both hands, then let's his arms fall limp. "Bring it on Jaune"
Ilia stared at her only human teammate "This match is getting intense" She stated.
"Blake what new move is Jaune talking about?" Sun asked.
Blake's amber eyes glared coldly at the back of Jaunes head 'He didn't tell me anything about a new move' Her mind went to an earlier. Shortly after Jaune had appeared in Menagerie to fight in the preliminary Vytal Festival tournament.'It cant be' Jaune disappeared into the dessert. He didn't know that I saw him'
Jaune slowly walked through the waste land of menageries desert. His eyes on a distant spire of stone. 'He didn't know I saw him leave, but he sure knew I saw him return' Blake grabbed Jaunes arm roughly "Where were you Jaune? Humans can't just prancing around Menagerie. I know you snuck out" Jaune calmly ripped his arm out of her grip and continued to his room 'Typical Jaune, wouldn't tell me anything. So I followed his tracks to a burnt out hill' Blake looked up at two stone fifteen feet round, and ten high. But what scared her was that what was two stones was clearly a single stone. With a large chunk in the centre incinerated. 'Jaunes beyblade marks were all over the place. But could he really cause this much damage? At the time I didn't think so' Her eyes went back to Jaune standing confidently in front of Ren. 'But after today, I just don't know'
"I Have an announcement to make" Glynda announced "Despite the damage to the dish no repairs will be made, and the match will continue"
"Tough break, I'm sure both Jaune, and Ren were hoping for a clean up break" Bart stated simply.
"Yeah but I guess they'll just have to tough it out" Oobleck countered.
'Feel the lightning' Nora had once told Ren. Slowly the deep green electricity of Driger arced through his system. 'Everyone's behind me' Throwing both hands high into the air casting a bolts of green lightning high as the eyes could see, Ren roared "Feel the power Jaune, of the Proud Mistral White Tigers!" In a Flash of green energy Driger was gone. "Gatling Claw maximum!"
Calmly Jaune's blue eyes moved barely seeing what nobody else could. "Where's Driger!" Oobleck added. Dranzer slid to the left as a bolt light blitzed by her. A second strike clipped her. But she knew what Jaune had planned, so she waited and bore the strikes.
Jaune watched as Ren feeding his blade with every ounce of power he could. 'Now' It was that fraction of a second slower, as Ren's aura failed to supply Driger with the power he needed. That was the opening that this Arc was waiting for. "Blazing Gigs!" He roared as two fiery wings exploded out of his back throwing a series of feathers into the dish.
"No" Ren gasped Jaune had just forced him to use what little power he had left to defending from the onslaught of blazing feathers. To many it looked like a shotgun pelting the stadium randomly. But Ren could see Jaunes eyes perfectly tracking Driger. Each feather coming closer to hitting its intended target. Ren flinched visibly as a feather finally struck home, freezing Driger on the spot. Before the white tiger could move four more feathers pinned it to the spot.
Ren froze as Jaune, and Dranzer closed the gap. A Blazing ball of golden flames the intensity of the sun was growing as Dranzer screech echoed across Amity "Tempest!" Jaune finished his attack.
A Blinding explosion of flames shook Amity, both Ren and Driger were helpless as Ren was flung back off the beyblading platform. "This is it!" Port exclaimed as Driger sliced straight through the stadium wall following his Beyblader. "Jaunes last attack sent Driger straight out of the stadium, but what about Dranzer!?" Calmly Dranzer spun back in front of her blader, her feathers still raining down around her and Jaune.
Ren shocked expression never left him as he flew down the stairs. "Don't worry pal" Ren felt three sets of hands catching him before he could hit the ground.
"Guys?" He looked to his team holding him up, disappointment on his face.
"At your service, you did an amazing job out there" Nora hugged Ren tightly. "We're proud of you Renny"
"Thanks Nora" He took a tentative step.
"Don't forget this" Arslan handed Ren the heavily damaged Driger beyblade. "He did us all proud today"
They turned back to the stadium watching Dranzer jump into her bladers hand. 'I Did my best, as long as I can still battle again with you Driger' Jaune turned back to his team. "Jaune!" Ren yelled to the retreating blader.
"Yeah Ren?" Jaune stated halting his movement.
"Good luck in the finals" Ren still disappointed, but happy for Jaune.
"Thanks Ren" Jaune rose his fist holding Dranzer to the Whitetigers.
Weiss grinned at her boyfriends victory "Now that's the Jaune I know. What do you think Yang?"
"He's very good I'll give you that Weiss. But I would've beaten him without breaking a sweat" Yang slammed her fists together.
Weiss sighed at the aggressive blonde "He beat you already Yang"
"Alright Ren" Pyrrha touched her rapidly beating heart.
Jaune walked by Sun, his ever confident stride still holding. "Good game" Sun said, without a second of acknowledgement Jaune walked straight by towards the inner hallways of Amity. "What's his problem he seems so unfazed?" Sun wondered.
Ilia waved it off with a glare at the retreating blonde. "He's got a bad attitude" She frowned deeply. "He's to use to winning all the time"
Blake looked over her shoulder, her amber eyes watching Jaune. 'They don't trust you Jaune' She thought 'And frankly neither do I' She closed her eyes and smiled at Sun, and Ilia. 'It can't possibly be as easy as you make it look'
Jaune let out a loud sigh of exhaustion as soon as he was out of site of the crowd. Half collapsing onto the wall of the hallway. "That" He gasped in a deep breath. "One was way to close" He looked down to Dranzer, claw marks riddled her blade. 'Ren you were an excellent opponent. I Think I'm finally ready for you Pyrrha'
