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[And the victor for this fight is Minato Arisato!]
Yang was not shocked but still winced a bit at Minato's brutal methods during the first match of the Mistral Tournament.
Turning her head towards the people ranging around her age to see their reactions, she did expect to see a few of them swallow at the sight. Minato after did just summon what could be described as some sort of weird monster that punched someone continuously while Minato simply slammed his head over and over against theirs. Not only that, but that monster looked like a humanoid-Grimm of sorts now that she had to think about it.
But that be thought about later or never again as she watched Minato simply walk out of the arena with his usual expression which was even.
"Well… that was… a sight to see…"
Pyrrha's comment was perhaps the one thought that everyone had going on through their heads. Yang nodded her head. "Yup." She stressed out the y of the word while popping the p. The blonde dropped herself down onto the couch that was behind her. "That's the reaction most people have when they first see Minato fight."
The red-head slowly looked over, surprise only building up due to Yang being rather nonchalant about the events that had just passed. "You know what that thing is?" Pyrrha questioned slowly.
"Yeah, kind of." Yang shrugged while nodding her head. "Though that's something you want to ask Minato if you do have any questions. Speaking of which." Yang suddenly got back up on her feet despite being on the couch as she walked towards the area where Minato was coming back from. "Yo, Minato, way to start off the Mistral Tournament."
Minato nodded his head. "Thanks." He answered simply.
"But, damn," Yang commented, deciding to use Minato's shoulder as an arm-rest for her right arm. "Already bringing out the big guns for that first fight? I at least expected to see the right side in action if that were the case." Her right elbow seemed to jab Minto's neck and cheek playfully as Minato led the two of them to the couch.
She also noticed the small amount of berth they were given.
Minato shrugged his shoulders. "Fear is a potent feeling. It can change their behavior and lead them to do anything in order to save themselves. Finishing the first round like that simply presents what I can do so future opponents would forfeit in order to avoid extreme measures." He stated as if it were a simple thing.
Yang just blinked, processing his words in her mind. "…In other words, you're just trying to scare them into giving up immediately against you." Minato nodded his head at her statement. She raised an eyebrow. "Should I ask why?"
Minato looked towards her. "Because you want to see your mom as soon as we can, correct?" He asked quietly but then his words were loud in the blonde's ears. "If so, then I'm finishing these fights as fast as I can using whatever I have."
Yang stared at Minato with surprise herself. But then she smiled. "Come on, man, you don't have to be like that." She said, putting some weight onto Minato so that she would lean on him. But with a bit of force, she pushed herself right off of him and watched the blue-haired male sway a bit. "While that's real considerate of you, you have to take some time to enjoy yourself as well! Relax! Have a bit of fun!" Raising a hand, Yang patted Minato back. "I've never seen her for 16 years. What's a few hours more?"
He was silent for a few seconds. "Not much I'll assume." He answered.
She only chuckled. "You got that right." She jabbed his side. "Now let's enjoy ourselves!"
Y13
Yang didn't have much of a problem dealing with the competition. While the fighters were standard, she was able to take them down due to them not being able to figure out what or how Semblance worked. Minato pretty much managed to intimidate most of his opponents due to that first round. But then those that still faced him, he took in Yang's words and actually let the fights draw out a bit.
The two of them however had to agree that almost everyone else barely posed a challenge for Pyrrha Nikos. She was not hit even once at all but they thought it was not only because of her unique fighting style. Minato pointed out to Yang that the attacks that should have hit actually seemed to just barely miss.
[And that means Pyrrha Nikos gets to move into the finals!] The pair heard the announcer call out as the red-head helped the person she had beaten back to their feet before walked out of the arena for the next match. [That means there is only Minato Arisato vs Yang Xiao Long left before the final fight! Can we have both fighters come out to the arena?!]
Yang grinned in anticipation as she stood up and cracked her knuckles. "Alright, Minato, I've been waiting for this." She stated while walking away. "See you out there." She pointed before taking one exit towards the arena.
Minato took the other way. While walking down the path, he crossed paths with Pyrrha. But then she only wished him luck and he nodded in response. As he walked out into the open arena, he watched Yang walk right towards him at the same time.
Rolling his head around, he reached into his pockets to pull out his earphones and clipped them to his ears. Reaching up towards his chest, he felt around for the mp3 player that was hanging around the area before cycling through the music he had stored on it.
(Play Mick Gordon (feat. Omega Sparx) – I'm Back (to Rise))
[Here we are folks! The battle between the cool Minato Arisato vs the hot Yang Xiao Long! The two of them fighters that use their fists! What a good time for a swell battle! A brawl between these two will surely brew!]
Minato just looked up towards the announcer box, still able to hear their words despite the music playing in his ears. To him, those were odd choices of words to use.
The two of them were still across from one another, just waiting for the signal to let them begin. Bouncing her stance back and forth, Yang jabbed the air in front of her towards Minato a few times before beckoning with both of her hands. Minato grabbed the top of his head, yanking it back and forth to pop his neck around before holding his hand out as if reaching lazily towards her.
[And begin!]
Minato walked forward towards Yang while she decided to run directly towards him. As Minato swung a left fist, Yang ducked right under the hook. About to counter such an attack, the blonde felt a knee embed itself against her side as Minato snuck it in. Raising her hands to try and defend herself, the blonde felt Minato tap her guard once before slamming his left fist into her stomach.
Yang however recovered quickly and step sided another one of Minato's swings. It only saved her for less than a second though as Minato only advanced on her. When he threw another left punches one after the other, Yang simply ducked and weaved around each and every single one. She eventually saw an opening, retaliating with some fine blows of her own.
Minato's eye twitched when he felt Yang punch his chest a few times. Just as Yang threw another punch, he slammed his left fist against her face at the same time. Watching the blonde stumble against the arena wall, Minato only advanced again in a small run.
Shaking her head, Yang looked up and was forced to put her guard up once again. This time, Minato kept on going for her head which was protected by her. After a few jabs, the blue-haired male reared his left fist back for a strong blow. But then that gave Yang the perfect opportunity to duck out and off of the wall just as he threw the punch.
When Yang managed to escape, Minato had embedded his left hand into the wall. Running over to Minato while leaping, Yang saw the male look at her before she slammed his head against the wall. Changing her footing on the spot, the blonde immediately began overwhelming the blue-haired boy with powerful fists while he just immobile on the spot with his face against the vertical surface.
Her moment lasted only a couple of seconds though as Minato tore his arm out of the wall and caused him to throw a wild haymaker. Yang managed to hop out of the way in time, and then she moved back again when Minato kicked in her general direction. Jumping into the air, Yang threw a fist right against Minato's face and knocked him down to the ground.
On the floor, Minato's left hand twitched and the grappling claw shot out. As the metal grabbed Yang's ankle, Minato got back up. Reeling the blonde in with his surprise move, he kicked her across the arena.
Getting back up onto her feet, Yang ran straight for Minato again. Minato charged her as well. When the two of them got close enough though, Yang still charged and headbutted Minato right against his stomach. Just as he was knocked off of his feet and away from her, Yang fired both of her gauntlets to propel herself forward. When she got close enough, she pointed her hands to the ground and released another shot in order to throw an uppercut.
But then Minato recovered fast enough and planted his feet onto the ground. Slamming his head down, he felt Yang's fist against his chin but then did his best to resist against the impact. Bringing up his right hand, it revealed another blue bracelet on his wrist before it transformed into a gauntlet that looked exactly like the left one.
Balling his right hand into a fist, he nailed Yang right against her stomach. But while she was sent flying back, she felt herself suddenly stop in midair. Looking down, Yang saw that there were the grappling claws clamping down right around her buckle before they pulled her back towards Minato. As soon as Yang was close enough, Minato had the claws release their grip and slip back into the gauntlet. But then that gave him the perfect opportunity to punch her stomach again before releasing a single shot from his gauntlet.
Yang growled as she felt the pain hit her stomach more than once in a row. Flying up into the air once more, she knew that Minato using his right hand meant that she was going to be able to dish it back twice as hard with her Semblance.
Firing her gauntlets, she began careening down towards the arena floor where Minato stood. With another shot, Yang flipped around and slammed both of her fists right on top of Minato's head. But rather than knocking him down, Yang felt the resistance Minato put up against her blow.
The two of them leapt away from each other. Yang's hair was on fire as she had taken more than enough hits from Minato and was ready to end it. Apparently, Minato had the same idea. As if it had appeared out of nowhere, that beast that Minato could summon rose up from behind the boy and growled menacingly.
The two of them then ran at each other. Propelling herself forward with her gauntlets once more, she managed to approach Minato faster and land a quick blow across his jaw. Raising her hands up to her face, she unloaded the shells around her gauntlet to partially blind the blue-haired male. Jumping up while positioning herself horizontally with feet facing forward, she ended up planting her feet right against the fist of the monster Minato brought out.
Reaching to the pack around her waist, she kicked off the beast while bringing out two strips of red shotgun shells. Slamming them both against her gauntlets, Yang fired a shot from each arm. The first one struck the summoned creature and exploded, causing such a beast to shake its head in anger. The other was meant for Minato, but then he raised his right hand just in time.
A black miasma consumed the hand and he caught the projectile without any kind of detonation. With a throwing motion, Minato sent the explosive round right back towards Yang. The blonde rolled out of the way and looked up. Having her body be grabbed by the monster, she saw its skull-head slam against her face before being thrown towards Minato positioned himself for an uppercut.
But as soon as he threw his right fist up, Yang grabbed it before it could hit her. Tugging the hand, she brought Minato with her and pulled him in close. Grabbing his head, she lifted it up a bit while still in the air. Minato however did the same thing to her, now having the both of them clutching each others' heads.
As the two of them landed, they slammed their opposing skulls against the floor.
(End Music)
There was then a loud buzz.
[I… I can't believe it! A double K.O between Minato Arisato and Yang Xiao Long!] The announcer called out in surprise yet excitement at the same time. [I have never seen this before, ladies and gentlemen! This double whammy has been unheard of in the Mistral Tournament! There have been close calls, certainly! But nothing like this! I… I don't know who to say is the winner. Just give us a moment, and we will be right back.]
Yang groaned, feeling a fair amount of pain in her body. "Minato…" She said quietly, shifting her face up. "You awake?" Her question made her wince a bit.
"…Apparently." Minato replied dryly with his face still on the floor.
"Hehe- ow…" Yang snickered before flinching in a bit of pain. "Everything hurts." She sighed. Looking up, she saw the thing Minato summoned come up towards them. With what she thought was a huff of disbelief, Yang watched it reach down and pull the both of them up. Being dangled around for a few seconds, the two were dropped onto their feet but then had to use each other for support.
Standing in the middle of the arena, the two of them listened to the many calls of the crowds. Some chanted Minato's name while others called out Yang's. It seemed that the both of them were liked by the same amount. But then Minato looked to Yang after a couple of seconds. "…So are we just supposed to stand around and wait?" He asked.
Luckily, and all too quickly, the announcer was back. [After a small debate and view of the replay, both contenders did end up bringing each others Aura levels down to minimum amounts at the same time! So, it is a tie between the two fighters! But wait, I can hear you all asking, how will this work now?! This technically means that there are three fighters up for the spot for first place! Unfortunately, our two fighters do not have enough time to recover fast enough… So Pyrrha Nikos will take first place while Minato Arisato and Yang Xiao Long take second! As for Silver Mona, he will take the final spot of third place! Can we get everyone out into the arena?!]
Minato thought he would be the only one to give a weird look towards the announcer box, but apparently Yang was doing so as well. "…Are they even allowed to do that?" Yang pointed upwards to where they were staring at.
Hearing machinery behind them, the duo looked behind them to see a podium of sorts slowly beginning to rise up. But while that happened, Minato saw Pyrrha and Silver both come out from the opening that led to and from the arena. Watching the red-head take her spot up on the 1st spot, Minato blinked when Silver took up the 3rd area without complaint.
"You're okay with third?" He asked the silver-haired boy. "Even after a rather unfair judgement?"
The boy shrugged his shoulders. "If that's the call, then that's how I'll take it." Was his answer. "Besides, I wouldn't stand a chance against you or blondie if we were to fight for second place. Honestly, I'm shocked I managed to be placed in third."
Just eyeing the boy, Minato slowly helped Yang as she pulled him up towards the second-place spot. While everyone stood in their positions, there were now many cheers yet boos at the same time.
But soon a few adults approached the four of them. Among the small group Yang noticed Rouge while Minato saw Noir. One of the grown-ups stepped forward towards Silver. "Silver Mona, congratulations on achieving third place." They said while handing an envelope over and hanging a bronze medal around their neck.
Rouge and Noir meanwhile walked up towards Minato. "Nice job on getting' silver, sweetie. Even if it ain't the entire thing." Rouge smirked, holding up half of a silver medal. Probably to compensate the fact that there were two people in second place.
"A job well done to you as well, Mister Arisato." Noir commented, hanging the other half of the silver medal around Minato's neck. "As well as half of the prize money you would have won if you achieved second place." Noir gave an envelope to the blue-haired boy.
Yang looked a bit startled when Rouge also handed her a small paper package full of money. "Wait, there was prize money for this as well?" She asked. "I thought this was just a place to fight and show off your skills."
"Not many people would participate if that were the case." Minato only commented, still standing in place. Looking forward though, he noticed that there were cameras being set up.
"Alright, champs, just stay still and let us take a photo of this moment!" One of the photographers called out, still trying to set up their equipment. Just a few more seconds passed before they got behind the camera. "Smiles, everyone!"
Yang wrapped her arm around Minato's neck and pulled him in while the boy had a straight face but the corners of his mouth twitch upwards.
Y13
"Great meeting you, Pyrrha. Even if we didn't really get much time to talk."
Yang made this comment as she, Pyrrha, and Minato all walked out of the area and towards the parking lot where the blonde had put her bike. "Thanks for the tips on getting me through the tournament."
"Oh, it's not trouble at all." Pyrrha smiled while waving her hands around. "It was nice meeting you two as well. I assume that you both are training to become hunters and huntresses as well?"
"Yup!" Yang nodded her head enthusiastically, throwing her arm around Minato and placing her weight against him. "He and I are planning to go to Beacon Academy in Vale! How about you? You planning to go into Mistral Academy?"
"Actually," The red-head replied back. "I was thinking about Beacon as well. They have some classes that Mistral does not that interest me and may be much better to learn."
Hearing those words, the blonde grinned. "Sounds awesome! Right, Minato?"
"A matter of opinion, but it sounds appropriate." Minato only nodded his head. As he said those words, they had approached Yang's bike. "Should we get going back to the hotel and pack up?"
Yang gave Minato a confused look. But then seconds passed as she began to realize why he had said that in the first place. "Ooh… right." She then looked back at Pyrrha. "Sorry, Pyrrha, but we've got to go right now. It was nice meeting you though!"
"Likewise." Minato answered while fitting his helmet on.
"It was a pleasure for me as well." The red-head saw Yang extend a hand as well before shaking it. "I look forward to seeing the both of you at Beacon."
"Same here." Yang grinned, putting on her biker helmet before sitting in front of Minato. While the blue-haired boy pulled out the map, the blonde looked up at Pyrrha. "Hope we get a match together when we do arrive at Beacon. See you later!"
Revving up her bike, tire squealed as Pyrrha waved farewell towards the two speeding away.
Not good, not bad, holy shit was this ugly.
This chapter was supposed to come out earlier… like… last weekend earlier. But then the Dragon Ball FighterZ Beta took up a lot more time than I anticipated. As well as… just seeing Blazblue Cross Tag Battle make an extremely stupid decision for some reason killed my motivation to write this out for a bit for some reason. But after listening to a bit of music and schooling, I'm hopefully going to get back into the groove.
Anyways… HAHAHAHAHA, SUCKERS! You thought there was going to be a fight between Pyrrha and one of our two main people for this story! But it was Minato vs Yang! Yes, reasoning was bullshit but I still managed to pull us through.
So, next chapter. The two are finally going to see Yang's mom next chapter.
PARTIAL SPOILERS FOR CANON RWBY.
Now that it is actually confirmed that Raven is the Spring maiden… that seriously screwed up the plan I had in mind. We all thought that Vernal was Spring, but that was not the case. Was it?! BUT… I can work around it until a specific time comes. It's kind of amusing since in this story Yang is the Winter maiden.
I cannot make Minato's weapon any simpler for you people. There is nothing really fancy about it. They're basically like Yang's gauntlets but blue, the barrel is on the bottom, has grappling claws, is semi-automatic, and fires sniper rounds.
No flames please.