Hi, everyone! WaterDragonMaverick here with my newest chapter of "Sideline: Another Story". I hope that you enjoyed the time between chapters since I completed the first match of the Vytal Festival. I LOVED writing up everything involving Azalea in the previous chapter because she's finally gotten all of her character arc finished. She's no longer a shy and timid girl, but a bold and confident warrior! With her battle against Team JADE as a victory for Team FCSA, it's time to move onto some more friendly matches between the rest of Fragment Hunter and their opponents.
RWBY Volume 6 is already off to a great start as well in my opinion. Especially with the Grimm in the first episode. I might be showing off more Grimm ideas I have for my story in the future, so be sure to check it out when things take the turn we didn't really see coming back in Volume 3.
Things are about to get wild!
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After Team FCSA's victory against Team JADE, Fragment Hunter was enjoying more of their day until the next matches began. Several fans that watched the battle earlier tried to get photographs of Azalea in her new leather outfit and armor, which the Cow Faunus happily complied to as she and her friends all posed for them. While everyone spent their time at different parts of the fairgrounds, Pinkie was zooming all around the place as she spoke with Slate. "Oh man, you were awesome against that Duke guy," Pinkie said. "You couldn't shoot him, but you still managed to take him out on your own! That was awesome!"
"Yeah, it was, Pinkie," Slate remarked as he paid for a drink and watched his little sister's boundless energy.
"Too bad Mom and Dad had to head off to Mirabelle already. But I think they still saw the match," Pinkie mentioned. "I wonder how they feel about you and Azalea at the end of the fight?"
"That was a thing that happened in the heat of the moment," Slate quickly countered with a blush on his face. "Azalea wouldn't usually do that sort of thing."
"Still, she was super crazy awesome against those jerk bullies," Pinkie stated. "That last move was amazing! How did she make the crater into that shape? I should find her and ask her about it," she exclaimed before rushing off. But before she could even get 4 feet away from Slate, she ended up crashing face-first into something. Pulling herself free, Pinkie saw that she ended up running into Azalea's chest as she and Ivy were passing by. "Wow... They're nice," Pinkie commented as she looked at Azalea.
"They really are," Slate agreed. "Did I say that out loud?"
"Yes, you did," Ivy replied with a smile as Azalea blushed at what Slate said. "At least you know where she gets her great figure from," she added as she crossed her arms under her chest. "Moving on, I'm still surprised that you got that jacket from Bianca. It makes you look so different from when you were younger," Ivy said to Azalea. "Makes me remember of when I was a teenager before I met your father. Here, look at how different I was back then," she said as she pulled out her Scroll and showed the teenagers a picture of herself.
Slate, Azalea, and Pinkie were all surprised at how Ivy was wearing a dark dress, wore purple lipstick, and had several streaks of teal in the left side of her hair. "Wow. Why haven't I seen this before," Azalea asked as she looked at how her mother seemed to resemble an elegant witch with that attire in the picture.
"Hmm... Not exactly something I share with everyone," Ivy remarked with a chuckle. "Like how you keep that little 'Batterfy' in your room back home."
Upon hearing her mother mention one of her stuffed animals, Azalea blushed more and turned back to the Quartz siblings before they could laugh. "I was 2 and didn't know the difference between a colorful bat plushy and a butterfly."
"You've loved that thing for over 15 years," Ivy commented. "I wouldn't be surprised if you kept it for your own kids in the future."
"How about we go to the arena again? I want to catch some more battles," Slate said as he placed his hand on Azalea's shoulder to try and calm her down. Agreeing to the suggestion, the four headed off to meet up with the rest of Fragment Hunter for the next match.
In the commentator's booth in Amity Colosseum, Port and Oobleck were talking about the previous matches. "What a bout between Mistral's Team JADE and Beacon's Team FCSA! I'm certain to say that nobody was expecting that outcome," Port said as clips from the battle played for viewers watching the tournament at home.
"I must agree, Peter. While Team JADE certainly held the advantage with Duke Cobalt's Trajectory Manipulation Semblance, Azalea Calla Holstein was the star fighter of the match as she easily handled three opponents at once," Doctor Oobleck remarked. "The final attack she performed was definitely one for the history books with how she used Dust in her weapons and armor to enhance her final kick."
"It was a wonderfully executed attack from Azalea that ended the battle by triple knockout," Port exclaimed with his usual boisterous tone. "As for the next match, we'll be watching Team PRDT of Vacuo's Shade Academy face off against Beacon Academy's own Team SLVR!" As he announced the team names, the eight competitors walked into the middle of the arena and waved to the audience. "Percival Ivory and his teammates are in their second year at Shade, so they have more experience than Team SLVR, but that doesn't exactly mean that our fighters from Beacon don't have skills of their own."
"We'll just have to see which team is capable of handling the other in this round of the Vytal Festival Tournament," Oobleck stated.
Team SLVR and Team PRDT all stood in the middle of the arena as the audience cheered for the upcoming battle. "This is going to be a fun match," Silver remarked as he and the girls prepared their weapons. "Good luck to you guys," the Wolf Faunus told his opponents.
"Same to you," Percival replied as he walked up to Silver. "May the best team win the fight," he said as he held out his hand. Silver took it and they shook hands before Percival started to turn it into his signature 'secret handshake'. Adjusting their grip, Silver and Percival bumped fists before they tapped their hands from top to bottom, then they fist bumped again before ending the handshake with a high five.
Having watched the interaction, Port and Oobleck commented on the two leaders. "And in contrast to the hostile behavior between the previous members of Fragment Hunter and their opponents, Team SLVR and Team PRDT display a friendly disposition before the match even starts," Oobleck told everyone.
"It's always great to see young students develop friendly rivalries with each other," Port stated. "They're excellent for instilling fervor and a drive to become better."
Soon, the biomes were chosen and the two teams saw what their battlefield was going to be for the match. The selected stages were revealed to be a geyser field for Team SLVR while Team PRDT's side of the arena became a desert, complete with an artificial sun for intense light and heat. Fortunately, the spectators in the stands were given sunglasses so that they could watch the action. "Sweet! It's just like the wastelands back home," Percival and Ebony exclaimed as they high-fived each other.
"Don't get too cocky," Rua shouted at them. "We wouldn't be fighters if we couldn't handle these sorts of environments."
"That's a good point," Twilight Roseus said as she adjusted her glasses. "We still need to take every detail and possibility into account."
"Yeah, yeah. We get it, Twi," Jennifer Dawn said as she prepared her weapon and switched it into its pistol form. "Let's just get ready to fight."
As the eight teenagers readied themselves, Professor Port started to count down. "3, 2, 1, begin!" At the signal, the girls of Team PRDT all opened fire on Team SLVR. However, Rua was able to use her shield to block every single shot before she charged at Jennifer. Bashing the blonde into the Desert Biome with her shield, Rua switched her weapon into arm blades and kept attacking. When she did, Lapis and Vixen joined in by using their Dust to create a burning gust of wind that kicked up a sandstorm. "And it looks like Team SLVR is off to a great start," Port announced.
As the sand was sent all around the battlefield, Ebony Rain closed her eyes in order to prevent any obscuring her vision and to concentrate. Listening for any of Team SLVR, she soon heard the sound of Silver's chainsaw as he pounced toward her and went for a slash. Blocking the attack with her shield, Ebony deflected the chainsaw and kicked Silver away before she fired a shot at Rua. Hearing the gunfire, the brawler of Team SLVR raised her shield to defend herself before she got hit. The force of the shot knocked her back a little, but Rua stood strong before Percival used his natural claws to slash at Rua like a wild animal. Getting caught off guard, Rua had to keep blocking Percival's swipes before she teleported away to the geyser field to escape the Faunus' aggressive battle style. "We got her to back off for now," Percival exclaimed to his team. "Keep it up with the rest!"
"On it," Twilight replied as she made her way over to one of the cliffs in the Desert Biome and placed her hand on the rocks. When she removed her hand, a glyph appeared on the surface and the stones began to move. Throwing her hand forward, Twilight sent shards of rocks at Vixen and Silver, which forced the latter to use his chainsaw's whip form to defend the two. Placing her other hand on the rocky cliff, a second glyph appeared and the stones began to turn into a small golem that Twilight controlled like a puppet.
Everyone watching the battle was amazed at what they were seeing and wondered what Twilight was doing until Professor Port began to explain everything. "Looks like Miss Roseus is using her Semblance. With the glyphs she creates, she can freely manipulate the object she places them on. This allows her to deconstruct and reconstruct any matter she wants, but can only use two glyphs at a time."
"Hmm... with that description, it sounds very similar to alchemy," Oobleck explained. "Let's see how Team SLVR can handle this."
The members of Fragment Hunter were all talking with each other about how their friends could deal with such a powerful ability. "They're in for a fight now," Layla remarked. "It's like battling a Geist when it possesses rocks."
"Didn't they say that they beat one before finding their chess pieces," Sunset questioned as she remembered a conversation with Team SLVR earlier in the school year.
"Come on, Team SLVR! You can do it," Bianca shouted in encouragement with Pinkie joining her. "Fight! Fight! Fight!"
Silver, Lapis, and Vixen all had to run away from the golem as Twilight controlled the artificial monster's movements. Soon, they all reached the Geyser Biome and Twilight commanded the golem to smash the three. Just before it could, Rua teleported in and blocked the large stone fist with her shield. The force of the clash cracked the stone floor of the biome and even made some of the geysers start to erupt. Smirking at what happened, Rua teleported to Twilight and threw her toward the geyser field for Silver to catch her with his chain. As Twilight was smashed down onto the ground, she had to dodge Lapis' trident as the latter went for an impaling strike. Just as Twilight was about to control the stone golem again, a geyser erupted and broke her creation into pieces. "No," Twilight shouted in shock as she watched the stones fall apart. As she had to dodge and shoot Team SLVR, she soon saw another geyser that was about to blow and placed a glyph over the vent. "I can control more than just metal and rocks," she stated to Team SLVR as the water and steam shot out from the geyser. With the glyph affecting the vent, the water began to freeze and a storm of icicles began to fall on the students from Beacon.
"Better try again," Vixen taunted as she used the Fire Dust in her fans to melt Twilight's attack. With the ice not bothering her, Vixen went in for an attack and Twilight had to defend herself with her weapons. As the two fought, Vixen's superior martial arts talent gave her the advantage and she managed to knock Twilight into the air. "Rua, deal with her now," Vixen exclaimed. Hearing her teammate, Rua teleported in and struck Twilight with her shield to knock the girl out of the Geyser Biome. Hitting the forcefield that protected the audience, Twilight saw that she was knocked out of bounds.
"And Twilight Roseus is eliminated by ring-out," Port told the audience. Twilight only pouted and fixed her glasses as she left the battlefield. "It's now 4 against 3 in this battle with Team SLVR taking the lead."
"Not for long," Jennifer Dawn said as she changed her weapon's form into a whip sword. With the new mode, Jenny swung the whip of blades and hit all the members of Team SLVR while they regrouped with each other. After she did that, Percival used his Semblance to create bone spike missiles and fired them at the Beacon fighters. As soon as the spikes went flying, they nailed each member of Team SLVR and sent them in different directions. "Nice one, Percy," Jennifer exclaimed as she and Ebony went to battle Silver and Rua, ignoring the protests about the nickname from the clawed Faunus.
After getting over the use of the nickname Azalea gave him, Percival looked at Lapis and Vixen as he stood ready to fight. Knowing that Percival was able to pressure Rua into backing off, the girls knew that they had to play it smart if they wanted to stay in the battle. Nodding to each other, Vixen took an Ice Dust crystal from Lapis and used her Semblance to create an illusion of a blizzard to surround their opponent. As the snow blew around him, Percival actually felt the cold and realized that Vixen was able to make her illusions solid based on what kind of Dust she used with her Semblance. Feeling that the two girls were giving him a challenge, Percival roared as he charged through the snow and ice to attack.
After getting hit by Percival's spikes, Silver and Rua recovered enough to see that Jennifer and Ebony had returned to face them at the center of the arena while the others kept battling in the Geyser Biome. "Time to wake up, Rua," Silver told his teammate as they stared down the girls from Vacuo. Gripping his chainsaw, Silver ran toward Ebony to slash at the Bat Faunus while Rua threw her shield at Jennifer. The girls managed to block the attacks with their own shield and whip respectively, then went for a counterattack. Ebony knocked her opponent away and aimed her shield's rifle at Silver before pulling the trigger. Firing a round of Wind Dust at him, Ebony sent Silver flying into the air. At the same time, Jenny used her whip sword to grab Rua and throw her into Silver. However, Silver had the same idea and used his chainsaw's whip form to throw Ebony into Jennifer. As the fighters crashed into each other, they soon heard Percival's roaring. "What the heck," Silver questioned as the four turned to see what was happening.
Soon, Lapis was thrown toward the center of the battlefield and Doctor Oobleck made an announcement. "And with Percival's onslaught, Vixen Kosaku has been eliminated from the battle," he said. "This brings the battle to even numbers again."
"Not if I can help it," Lapis stated as she took a deep breath and looked at Team PRDT as the three members regrouped. Seeing what Lapis was doing, Rua grabbed Silver and they teleported behind one of the rocky cliffs in the Desert Biome. Screaming at the top of her lungs, Lapis unleashed her Semblance to try and defeat Team PRDT before they had a chance to attack again. As the silvery-blue soundwaves went toward the Vacuo team, Ebony was screaming in complete agony before she was sent flying into a cliff in the Desert Biome. When she hit the rocks, they began to shatter from Lapis' Semblance and fall on Ebony. Jennifer and Percival tried to power through the sonic scream, resisting enough to either reach Ebony or attack Lapis. As Lapis continued to scream, her throat felt like it was burning and her voice was getting weaker. Seeing that she wasn't keeping up her attack, Percival used his own Semblance to fire a bone spike at her to knock her out of the battle.
Falling over from the damage she took, Lapis checked the Aura level readouts to see that she and Ebony were defeated, but Jennifer only needed to be hit one more time before getting taken out of the battle herself. However, Percival was still holding in there with a good level of 62% and could still battle. "With a powerful use of her Semblance, Lapis Ondine has eliminated Ebony Rain from the fight at the cost of being taken out herself," Professor Port stated for the audience as Doctor Oobleck checked his hearing.
"What," Oobleck questioned as he looked at Port.
"You're messing with me, aren't you," Port asked as he didn't believe that Lapis' scream reached the commentator's booth.
"A little, yes," Oobleck admitted as he turned away.
As Percival turned to see Jennifer Dawn helping Ebony out from the rocks, Silver used his weapon to grab one and Rua teleported in to kick the stone at Jenny. The impact from the rock lowered Jenny's Aura enough to knock her out of the battle. As Percival watched this and the remaining two members of Team SLVR stared him down, Percival only cracked his knuckles and extended his claws before using his Semblance to create spikes on his legs. "Time for a little payback," Percival said as he looked at the two.
"He looks pissed," Cereza remarked as she watched the battle with the rest of Fragment Hunter.
"Yeah. He is," Sunset agreed as she could sense his emotions.
"Well, he's still our friend. We don't have to worry about anything going out of control," Layla said.
"Yeah. Percy's just going to give it his all against Silver and Rua," Azalea stated.
"Still, he's already taken out both Vixen and Lapis. Plus, he's pressured Rua into backing off from a fight earlier," Celadon mentioned. "I wouldn't be surprised if he was able to win this whole thing."
Terracotta only watched the battle as he looked at Percival Ivory. Ever since he saw him spending time with Fragment Hunter, he couldn't get the thought of this student being his old teammate's son out of his head. "Hmm... What's your next move," Terracotta muttered to himself about Percival as he watched the battle.
"Come on, Silver! You can do this," Bianca exclaimed as she shouted to Silver from the stands.
Taking the battle to the center of the arena again, Silver and Rua had to dodge or block each of Percival's spikes as he sent them flying. After defending themselves, Rua began to teleport all around Percival and hit him from every angle she could. However, Percival either managed to block the attacks or powered through them before he punched Rua hard enough to send her flying into the Geyser Biome. When she landed next to a vent, Rua noticed it was about to erupt and placed her shield on top of it. As the water shot up, Rua was sent flying into the air and was high enough for her plan. Throwing her shield at Percival, the weapon transformed into a giant shuriken and it was about to strike at Percival as he charged toward Silver. Seeing the weapon coming his way, Percival only kicked at the weapon and sent it flying back to Rua. As she was shocked by what he did, Rua was nailed in the face by her own weapon and sent flying out of the battlefield. "Oh, and Rua Amaranth has been eliminated by low Aura and ring-out! To be fair, none of us were expecting that kind of counterattack," Port stated.
"Indeed. And now, we're down to only the two leaders of the teams," Oobleck added. "Silver Wuruhi and Percival Ivory. Both of these young Faunus are capable fighters and leaders in their own ways. So, let's see how they handle a one-on-one duel with each other."
As Rua got up and joined the other girls, the six began to watch the rest of the battle together. Percival and Silver both growled before they rushed each other and attacked. As Percival slashed at Silver's chest with his claws, the Wolf Faunus' shirt was ripped and his jacket was falling off. As he backed away, Silver used his chainsaw to attack Percival and deal similar damage to him by using the chain whip form and revving the engine. The chain vibrated and cut away at Percival, ripping his clothes and lowering his Aura level further. Using the chain to grab at Percival's leg, Silver managed to grab him and pull him forward. Countering, Percival began to move the spikes on his leg and the chainsaw began to fly out of Silver's hands. With Silver disarmed, the two Faunus stared each other down and wordlessly removed their ruined shirts. With the shredded clothes discarded and their jackets removed, Percival belted out a mighty roar at Silver as the latter adjusted his stance for a hand-to-hand duel.
"Why did they strip," Rua questioned as she watched the battle.
"Don't question it," Vixen, Lapis, Twilight, Ebony, and Jenny all said at the same time as they stared at the boys with big smiles on their faces. Rua only rolled her eyes at what the other five girls said as they were checking out Silver and Percival. As they looked on, Rua noticed the scar on Silver's shoulder and realized it must have been from when he escaped the White Fang attack that killed his parents. As for the rest of the audience watching, Silver's tattoo of the original White Fang's logo was on full display. Before anyone could say something about it, the two boys attacked each other.
Silver attacked with punches, kicks with his bladed shoes, and even using his Semblance to transform between his different forms to slash and bite at Percival. Meanwhile, Percival was using his claws, spikes, and even a few headbutts to try and beat down Silver as the battle raged on. "This fight has gone feral," announced Port as the boys kept trading blows. "Both contestants are channeling their inner warrior and are duking it out with nothing but their bare hands!"
"Um, Mister Wuruhi still has his shoes with hidden knives in them," Oobleck corrected.
"You know what I mean, Barty," Port exclaimed with excitement as they kept watching the match.
As Percival and Silver traded attack after attack, the Aura readout showed that Percival was at 40% while Silver had fallen to 37%. Both Faunus were smiling as they kept fighting, punching and kicking each other, using their claws, and doing whatever they could to win the match. Soon, their Auras had fallen to around the same level and were just above the elimination limit. "One last hit should do it for this fight, Percy," Silver remarked as he panted.
"You're right," Percival agreed as he smirked at Silver. "Let's do this." Nodding to each other, Silver and Percival ran forward and drew their fists back for one final punch on each other. As they charged and clashed, they decked each other in the face and the force pushed each other back with a shockwave that sent them flying to their sides of the arena. Picking themselves up, the two Faunus warriors looked at the readout to see who won their final clash.
Looking at the screen, everyone saw that the team that won the round was Team PRDT as Percival's Aura was higher than Silver by a 1% difference. "This match was a close call! This winner after a hard-fought back and forth battle is Percival Ivory and Team PRDT of Shade Academy," Port declared.
"A tough break for Team SLVR, but they have definitely proven themselves to be capable fighters in this fight," Oobleck commented.
As the crowd cheered at the results of the battle, Percival and Silver approached each other. "Good one, dude," Percival said.
"You deserved that win," Silver stated as he and Percival performed the same handshake from earlier.
At the fairgrounds, Team SLVR was with the rest of Fragment Hunter as they talked about the battle. "That was a tough battle," Rua said as she ate some popcorn. "Seriously, that Percival is on a different level than us."
"Perhaps for you, but I'm sure that any of us can handle him," Cereza commented as she unwrapped a lollipop to enjoy.
As she said this, Percival walked up to the group. "Maybe you can, but we'll just have to see about that in the next rounds," the boy remarked. "How are you guys feeling after our fight," he asked Team SLVR.
"You took out each of us on your own," Silver said as he slouched. "Admittedly, a little upset about it."
"I know what will perk you right up," Bianca told Silver as she snuck up behind him. Turning his head toward hers, she kissed Silver deeply before letting go. "You earned that after such a great battle, Silver," she said before lowering her voice to a whisper. "And maybe something else as well," she added before gently blowing into Silver's ear. Hearing what Bianca said, Silver raised his arms in victory with a giant grin on his face as the Dove Faunus kissed him on the cheek a few times.
The others watched as Bianca kept kissing Silver, Slate and Azalea blushed as they looked at each other when they turned away from the public display of affection. As it continued, Percival was the first to speak up. "Lucky devil," he stated with Vinyl nodding in agreement.
"Not the first time, either," Sunset mentioned as she remembered the afterparty for Bianca's concert. When memory returned to her, Sunset grabbed her drink and downed it all without stopping for a breath. "Anyways," Sunset exclaimed to change the topic. "The only ones who haven't gone yet are us," she said as she gestured to Team SAFR. "I'm sure that we'll be in for a good fight, too."
"Hopefully none of our clothes will get ruined like the last two battles," Celadon remarked as she looked at Azalea, Silver, and Percival. As she did, she had a small blush as she looked at the boys, remembering the end of the fight. "So, have you chosen who's going into the next round?"
"Definitely gotta go with Azalea after her win against Team JADE," Cereza said with a smile. "But we let her choose who she's going with into the second round."
"I decided that Layla needed to help me out," Azalea told everyone.
"Nice. I'm going with Ebony into the next fight," Percival said. "Maybe we'll end up fighting each other?"
"Who knows? We'll have to see who we're battling next before we talk about the next round," Rebecca stated as she and Team SAFR looked at Amity Colosseum.
And with this chapter, we're only one match away from ending Fragment Hunter's involvement in the first round. I'm betting that some of you wanted to see Team SLVR win, right? Well, I thought that wouldn't be as much fun, so I decided to mix it up and have characters from Shade Academy take the win. Plus, I'm still following canon, so none of my OCs are going to make it to the finals. If they did, you can totally expect Azalea and Percival to go into the last round at least. For now, we still have Team SAFR's match to deal with and it's going to be not only a physical confrontation, but one of wits and brains as well.
For the battle in this chapter, I say that most of the fight between the two teams would have the song "Crash and Burn" featured in Death Battle's episode, Crash Bandicoot VS Spyro The Dragon. However, I also suggest the song "Ride On Right Time" from Kamen Rider OOO as that is one of the main themes I've chosen for Percival Ivory.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and if you did, make sure to leave a review of what you thought about it. The next one will take a bit because I still need to figure out the way to describe some of the battle styles of the next opponents.
Until next time, WaterDragonMaverick signing out.