So... remember when I said that I'll be making a Holiday Special? Yeah I couldn't make any good progress on it so I had to scrap the whole idea. Sorry about that... anyways, we dive deep into Season 3, the last season of the Vale Chronicles. Without further a do, let us commence forth!

Chapter 21: Bastard's Magnet

Amity Colosseum, Vale

"For those of you just now joining us, welcome to thr Vytal Festival Tournament, broadcast live from the Amity Colosseum!" boomed Professor Port's voice as he was met with a series of applause and cheers from the crowd in the grand Amity Colosseum.

Jaune couldn't help but applaud as well as this was one of the few times he saw Amity Colosseum in person, the very place where the Vytal Tournament takes place.

As he redirected his attention towards the ongoing fight between JNPR's sister team, RWBY and ABRN of Haven.

His opinion of the fight? RWBY will win with a landslide.

As he observed Blake facing off against Reese Chloris, he heard Pyrrha approach him from behind.

"Jaune, about that combination you were planning..." she began, but Jaune immediately knew what was next.

"You think that we should come up with better names? Specifically our combo? I agree, I suppose we could change that."

Pyrrha was taken by surprise by his guess and nodded, "Yes, thank you. Enjoying the festival so far Jaune?"

"Aye. I've watched the fights before back at home, but seeing them in person is really something else." Jaune replied as he continued to observe the fight.

It wouldn't take long for RWBY to wipe the floor clean with ABRN, not as fast as he'd hope them to be, but it was amazing nonetheless.

As the crowds cheered for the young warriors, Professor Port announced the victor to be team RWBY, while said team began to leave the arena.

Seeing his sister team exit the arena, Jaune got on his feet "Come on, might as well congratulate them before our match."

His team followed suit as the Rifleman walked to meet their friends.

He made the right call to check in on them as well as they just caught Weiss in a rather big pickle.

"Looks like someone ran out of Lien." He whispered to his partner.

"Shall we go and help them out?" The Spartan asked with a smirk.

The Blonde's smile was already a good enough answer for her.

"Maybe we could help?" Pyrrha offered as she approached the noodle stand.

"Pyrrha!" Ruby cheered.

"Aw you don't have to!" Yang began to decline.

"Butshecould!" Blake immediately interjected.

Pyrrha looked at her partner who was resisting the urge to giggle. "Well, I do believe you all earned it after that fight."

Jaune, suddenly hungry, offered "Hope you don't mind us joining you. I feel like I could go for a bite."

"Then what are you waiting for? Sit down! Your match will be up soon!" said Ruby as she ushered team JNPR to eat with them.

...

After their meal, Jaune found himself quite full, as did his friends.

"You know, I'd kill for these if the British Army had ramen... me and the boys would really dig in to this." The Arc sighed.

"Are you sure it would be wise to eat this much?" Ren asked Pyrrha to which she replied "Of course! It will give us energy! Just look at Jaune."

The Rifleman, now feeling energized, stood up "Aye, now we still have time before our match. We better get going."

Suddenly, a mighty burp echoed throughout the Fair Grounds.

Nora's burp.

"Think you guys are ready?" asked Ruby.

Nora was quick to reply "Yep! No doubt! We've got a world-renowned fighter on our team, one's basically a ninja, I can bench 5 of me, and we also have a battle hardened soldier who can come up with some good plans. We trained all year, our weapons are awesome, Miss Goodwitch rarely yells at us anymore and we have the best tactician!"

Jaune smiled at his teammates antics "Well, Ms Can Bench 5 of Yourself, what do you say we get to the arena so we can show the 2nd placers why we're on top."

"Yes sir Major Arc sir!" Nora saluted as she marched away, followed by Ren.

"Oh that's how it's how it's going to be huh, Dick?" Yang smirked.

"Wouldn't have it any other way Yang, now we really must get going. Xiao Long!" Jaune waved as he, with Pyrrha and Ren caught up to Nora.

Jaune found himself walking onto the arena, followed by his team. As the began to take position, Professor Port began to introduce his team.

"And to represent Beacon Academy, we have team JNPR! Consisting of Nora Valkyrie! Lie Ren! Pyrrha Nikos, and led by the famous Major Jaune Arc!"

The crowd cheered for the supposed Major as he looked at his opponents with observing eyes.

"They have a sniper, she'll try to harrass us from a distance, keep notes of her position." Jaune advised as his team nodded in affirmation.

"3... 2... 1..." Port began to countdown.

"Let's show the buggers a fight." Jaune said under his breath.

"BEGIN!"

Just like Jaune predicted, Team BRNZ's sniper took off for the trees, while the rest of her team went to engage JNPR in melee.

Jaune stood back as he began to seek his female counterpart, which wasn't hard as she was barely one to use camoflauge.

Seeing that she hadn't notice him yet, he aimed for her hand.

He squeezed the trigger and watched as the female sniper flinched at getting her hand shot.

She glared at the shooter as she began to switch positions. Jaune, seeing that he'll need to support Ren against a buzzsaw wielder, decided to let her move.

His stoic teammate was doing alright, but it was clear that he was struggling to keep on avoiding his opponent's attacks.

Fortunately, Ren was relieved of that pressure, when Jaune rolled in with his sword and took a swipe at his opponent's leg.

Unfortunately, it barely missed as Roy flipped. It was a bad move however as upon landing, Jaune was right on him. The Rifleman swept him off his feet and used the flat end of his sword to hit him on the head.

"Thank you Jaune." Ren said as he caught his breath, just then, a shot narrowly missed Ren.

"The sniper! Ren, Pyrrha covering fire!" Jaune ordered as he dodged a shot from the sniper.

Pyrrha, who was engaged with Brawnz, bashed her shield against his face and began to run back to give that covering fire Jaune ordered.

Nora began to retreat with Jaune as Ren and Pyrrha kept the enemy at bay with their own ranged weapons.

Upon reaching cover behind some rocks, Jaune began to try and spot the sniper, however he found it more difficult as she had decided to use more cover this time.

It wasn't long before Ren and Pyrrha got to their cover as well.

"Any of you lot spot the sniper?" asked Jaune as he continued to try and search for her.

"I saw a muzzle flash in that tree." Ren replied, pointing towards a tree.

Sure enough, Jaune could make out the familliar muzzle flash of the sniper.

He raised his rifle, and shot at that location. It was unfortunately a miss as the sniper managed to dodge the shot at the last second.

"Fuck, Ren, Nora, Shocking Prey, Pyrrha and I will cover you!" Jaune told his teammates.

He reloaded his rifle and began to target other members of team BRNZ as Ren and Nora pushed up.

Then, he saw the sniper again, this time aiming at Nora.

Jaune was about to shoot her when he remembered his rifle was empty.

"Pyrrha, switch!"

The Spartan nodded as she tossed Mìlo towards him, whilst he tossed his Baker rifle towards her with a cartridge for her to reload.

He caught Pyrrha's weapon and using the scopes, managed to hit 3 shots on her.

Then,

BOOM!

"AHAHAHAHAHA!" was the indication Jaune got that Nora was behind that.

"Oh-ho! Looks like one of my favorite students, Nora Valkyrie, has charged up to use her Semblance!" chuckled Port, as Doctor Oobleck agreed.

"Yes, Ms. Valkyrie's Semblance lets her produce, as well as channel, electrical energy straight to her muscles! This allows her to jump explosively into the air, wield her mighty hammer, or in this case, absorb Nolan's attacks and send the young man flying!"

Jaune noted this, and then saw the thunder in the mountains.

"Nora! On that mountain! Move! Pyrrha, switch and push forward!"

Nora immediately disengaged as Ren covered her retreat.

Then, Pyrrha and Jaune, now with their respective weapons at hand, charged ahead to relieve their teammate.

Pyrrha went on to engage Roy and Brawnz while Jaune was faced with Nolan, the fool who used electricity on Nora.

"Shocking discovery eh?" he joked at Nolan, the latter didn't take this lightly and growled as he begun to relentlesly attack him with his cattle prod.

Jaune however met him with his not just his sword, but his bayonet as he dual wielded them to make sure he didn't leave any openings. The Rifleman ocasionally would make an attack, before tightening his defenses again.

Just then, he noticed the sniper lining up a shot for Nora.

"PYRRHA! BASTARD'S MAGNET!"

His partner knew what to do and ran back, Jaune following close behind.

She then angled her shield to give Jaune a boost and as he jumped on it, she tossed it up with him. Jaune did the rest from there as he took his revolver and grabbed the shield from his feet.

Just like in an anlternate universe, Jaune blocked the sniper's shot with his Pyrrha's shield, and as he was beggining to fall, The Rifleman managed to fire a single shot at the sniper.

Upon landing, the Arc would see that his gamble paid off as the sniper cursed out loud as her scope was now rendered useless by the bullet.

Another clap of thunder echoed and to BRNZ's fear, Nora was fully charged and was ready to kick ass and chew bubblegum.

Then, a bundle of grenades in a heart formation began to rain down on the treeline where the sniper was.

"ON ME!" Jaune ordered as his team went back in a tight formation, BRNZ doing the same.

The crowd began to cheer as both teams were ready to engage in combat even more fiercely than before.

"Last chance to forfeit." Jaune taunted.

"Over my red aura." Brawnz shot back.

"You're funeral mate."

Then, he lead his team in a sudden charge.

He decided to take on the leader this time as he saw how he was being rather clever, and he wanted to see how far that would take him.

Dual wielding his two blades again, he was quick to parry and strike against the quick paced attacks.

"Hand to hand base, good at both hand to hand and kicking. Very mobile too... let's change that." Jaune observed and as he made him shift his position that left his taget open.

Not wasting a second, he quickly raised his knee right into Brawnz's family jewels, before hitting him in the face with his elbow as he collapsed.

"Brawnz Ni! Eliminated by knock out by Jaune Arc!" Professor Port announced.

BRNZ was stunned by the sudden elimination, and this was a grave mistake as the rest of JNPR all found openings by their sudden surprise.

"HAMMER TIME!" cheered Nora as she took Nolan by surprise.

Ren and Pyrrha followed suit as they engaged May and Roy respectively. Jaune, not willing to let them have all the action, went to assist Pyrrha and took Roy from behind with his rufle as a club. Pyrrha followed up with a shield bash. Roy managed to dodge it at the last second and tried to run, but was finished off by Nora who threw the remainder of his team at him, before sending them all flting out the arena.

"AND THERE GOES THE REST OF TEAM BRNZ! TEAM JNPR WINS THE MATCH! NEAR FLAWLESS VICTORY IF I SAY SO MYSELF!" Port cheered.

The crowd both cheered and jeered, the latter was few and easy to ignore.

JNPR grinned as they began to take a breath. Sure the fight wasn't as hard as fighting Torchwick, but they had to agree that there was a struggle.

"Ren, time?" Jaune asked. Ren took his scroll out and read the time.

"3 minutes faster than RWBY." He said to Jaune's delight.

"Looks like they're buying us pizza today." The Rifleman smirked.

"I suggest we get going then." Pyrrha said as she began to latch herself onto Jaune's arm.

"Hungry already Pyr?" The blonde teased.

"Well, carbohydrates do burn up quickly, so I think it's reasonable."

Jaune chuckled as he led his team out the arena.

That's another fight scene down, and marks the beggining of Volume 3. It's really been a long time since I updated for which I aplogize for.

Until then, keep soldiering!

-Solemn