After everyone finished up changing they all gathered around the arena and sat in wait. Torvi, in her armor, jumped up and down in excitement near the rails encompassing the edge that looked down into the pit itself. She, unlike the other students, was not up for waiting and was about to jump down and face whoever came down but team RWBY held her back.
"You'll get your turn alright so just wait a bit" Yang chuckled. She then donned a confident smirk on her face. "Maybe enjoy the show I'll give everyone".
"That is if you are even called" Weiss said to her blonde teammate. She then turns to Torvi. "The fights are randomized. None of us know who is going to fight"
Torvi groaned in frustration. Ruby smiled encouragingly and patted her shoulder. "Maybe you'll be called, who knows"
"First fighters: Ruby Rose and Pyrrha Nikos" Glynda called out.
Ruby smiled awkwardly at the shaman while said shaman was giving her the stink eye. Ruby then walked off to the arena as did Pyrrha. Torvi looked down to see the two enter together before coming into the center, facing each other.
The two girls smiled at each others with no malice but determination and encouragement in their eyes.
"Best of luck Ruby" the spartan girl told to her friend.
"You too. But I was kinda hoping Torvi could be called up. She looks like she's itching for a good fight"
Pyrrha looks up in Torvi's direction and sees what she is being told: the willingness to fight, to experience the thrill of battle but there was something else behind her eyes. Something she couldn't determine as either bad nor good. She shakes her head and smiles up at Torvi with one returning back to her.
"Are you both ready?" boomed Glynda.
They simply nod and get into their battle stance.
"Begin!"
Ruby acts first, shooting behind her to throttle herself towards Pyrrha. Pyrrha raises her shield and blocks Ruby's first of many blows. The red reaper does not stop though because as soon she saw her attack did not connect, she shots herself up in the air. In that moment, Ruby went for range and used her height to shoot at her opponent while also shooting herself towards the wall.
She used this though for as soon as she neared the wall, about to smack into it, she maneuvers her body for her feet to plant instead and jumps forward towards Pyrrha. Pyrrha once again acted defensively and blocked her, but Ruby started using her semblance to move around red head, leaving rose petals in her wake as she attacked her from different angles. Pyrrha defended while also using her own semblance, polarity, to slightly readjust Ruby's attacks for the to be slightly off.
As the two girls fought, Glynda watches, analyzing their moves and tactic to give review afterwards. Ozpin walks behind the in-thought professor and taps her shoulder. Though she did not show it physically, she was surprised by the headmaster's appearance.
"How are they doing?" Ozpin questions. He then turns his head towards the two to see that Pyrrha has started to move towards Ruby with her rifle shooting accurate shots that the young red caped girl barely dodged.
"Good enough" Glynda simply says.
Torvi looks to the fight is glee and jumps in excitement at every blow dealt. She was slightly confused though. Projectiles weren't new to the shaman or people from her universe. They did have bombs and arrows. But what was shot weren't arrows or bombs. They were fast and small but deadly all the same. Will she have the same weapon at her side or will she be at a disadvantage? She shakes her head. Fast projectiles or slow projectiles won't matter. She'll defeat her enemies no matter what.
The two combatants close in on each other with force, clashing weapon against weapon, sparks resonating off the collision. Pyrrha and Ruby swing strike after strike until Pyrrha rolls back from a strike from Ruby before quickly shifting her spear into a rifle and shooting at Ruby. Ruby acts quick and uses her semblance to dodge the bullets before coming behind the Mistral champion to resume their close battle. Pyrrha blocks the attack with her shield and strikes her with spear.
Ruby yelps loudly from the strike and back ups from Pyrrha but right before she recovers, Pyrrha goes on the offensive, sending attack after attack at Ruby while also using her semblance to slightly adjust her blocks to allow her to hit the redhead. Ruby backs up after every attack, trying with all her might to keep defending but her scythe was made for pure offence and the attack were coming too fast.
Pyrrha ends the barrage of strikes with a strong back kick against one of Ruby's hands holding the scythe. Ruby lets that hand off Crescent Rose in pain and Pyrrha then uses her spear to sweep Ruby off her feet, making her land on her back. She grunts in pain and props herself on her elbows before a spear's pointed end came inches before her face, stopping there.
She looks up to see the panting face of Pyrrha and then turns to the large screen showing their aura levels. Pyrrha had about 40% of her aura while Ruby had zero, with the legs sweep taking what little aura had.
She chuckles as does Pyrrha as she helps Ruby up. Once on her feet, Ruby winces but gives Pyrrha a congratulatory smile.
"Good Fight Pyrrha"
"Indeed Ruby. You did very well"
"I will be the judge of that" Glynda's booming voice exclaimed.
The two girls turn their head to their professor while also spotting their headmaster behind her.
"Miss Rose, while your offence is very good, your defensive options are limited. Blocking works well up until you are cornered and unable to get out. Your semblance allows you to move quick so use that more along with dodging. Half of Miss Nikos attacks could have been easily dodged by someone of your caliber"
Ruby nods her head at the review. Glynda then turns to Pyrrha.
"Miss Nikos, your offense is adequate and your defense is even greater but during your spar with Miss Rose, you were constantly defending against her attacks. While that isn't inherently a bad thing, if it was against more enemies, you would've been overwhelmed. I will simply say this: attack more. Like I said, your offense is adequate"
Pyrrha nods and the two leave the arena.
"Now for the next-"
But before she could continue Torvi jumps down into the pit.
"Miss Birgerdottir, please wait until you are called!". Glynda wasn't even sure if she should allow the girl to even participate. From what she saw of her fighting skills, they were violent and savage. And that was the bare minimum of what she could say.
"I'll fight her!" a male voice states. It was then lead with cheers and agreement from his teammates.
"Cardin" Jaune mutters.
After the incident in Forever Fall, Cardin has left him and his friends alone. Whether that was out of respect or fear, it was unknown to the blonde. Still, it did little to change him, He was still the bully people know him as but after running from the ursas in Forever Fall, he and his team had been labeled cowards.
That was probably why he was opting to fight against Torvi. For respect. That or he doesn't think Torvi is much of a threat.
This concerned Jaune, but he had a feeling the new girl could handle himself.
"Yeah! Go Torvi! Kick his ass!" Yang cheered along with Ruby after coming back up with Pyrrha.
"Woah, If Yang's cheering this good, Torvi must be pretty strong! Right Ren?" Nora told her silent friend.
Ren simply nods and turns his head back to incoming fight.
Cardin jumps down into the arena with mace in hand and went to the opposite end facing Torvi.
Glynda was about to command the two to return back to their seats but was stopped by Ozpin with a hand on her shoulder. He seems to have shared her thoughts as well.
"I understand your reservation, but lets have the girl demonstrate herself" he calmly stated. Before Glynda could speak again, she was stopped once again. "If anything happens we will stop her, do not worry"
"She doesn't even have a weapon. How is she going to fight?"
Ozpin expected this and so he came prepared in the form on a bag. He reached in it and came out with two small, close ranged weapons. A hatchet and dagger.
"Miss Birgerdottir! Catch!" and Ozpin throws the weapons toward Torvi. Torvi looks in the direction of Ozpin and catches the familiar set of weapons in her sights. When Ozpin threw them, she caught them with the experience of a master and examined them. They were not simple weapons made of steel, wood, and leather. They were made of something much stronger. They also looked very technical, like there was more to them than met the eyes. They were also colorless and gray with the exception on a few glowing light, symbolizing the dust rounds already in them.
"Like I said, don't worry"
She still worried but sighed in resignation. She imputed Torvi's and Cardin's auras on the screen and walked to the edge where everyone could see her.
"Are you both ready?"
Torvi and Cardin nod and face each other going into their battle stances.
"Begin!"
