Chapter 26: Earth's New Year

Norris Lake

January 1, 2020

A new year has begun and Jacob, Britney, and their friends were all training extra hard under teachings from RWBY and JNPR.

"You guys are getting better everyday now," Ruby said.

"Thanks Ruby," Jacob said.

"Okay everyone. Now for the next test," Pyrrha said.

"Test?" Ricky asked.

"All of you guys, against all of us in a sparring match," Jaune said.

"So everyone get ready," Blake said.

"Yeah, cause I'm ready to break some legs," Nora said with excitement.

"Nora, we are trying to train them, not put them in a hospital," Ren said.

"To make things a little easier for you guys, if you guys can last for five minutes against us, we'll stop for today," Pyrrha said.

"Okay," all of the high schoolers said.

Jacob grabs his phone and sets his timer to five minutes then sets it aside. Everyone got their training weapons ready and both Remnans and Terrans are standing off, facing each other. A moment of silence had passed and nobody had moved. Finally, Yang charges towards Ricky to strike him, but Ricky steps out of the way as Kelly whacks Yang several feet away with his stick. The other huntsmen and huntresses in training then charges at the high schoolers.

Pyrrha slashes at Britney, who was carrying a stick in each hand, as she blocks her attacks. Britney ducked from another attack then backflipped away from several more. She then noticed Rebecca trying to fend off against Nora as she was swinging her makeshift hammer at Rebecca. Britney dodged and deflected more attacks from Pyrrha as she was backing towards Rebecca and Nora. Just when Pyrrha was about to attack again, Britney maddly dashed towards her and grabbed her by her waist. She then threw her at Nora, causing them both to crash to the ground. Rebecca looked at Britney and both nodded at each other as they charged at Pyrrha and Nora who were getting up.

Jacob was currently defending himself from both Blake and Weiss' attacks. He then strikes at Blake, only to hit a shadow clone instead. Weiss then attacks Jacob from behind, but steps out of the way in time. Jacob then elbows her in her stomach, followed by a back fist to the face. Jacob strikes at Weiss with his stick, but Blake blocks his attack on Weiss. Jacob sidekicks Blake in the torso, making her crash into Weiss. The two quickly recover as Blake charges at Jacob, while Weiss creates a black glyph under Jacob's feet, implanting him to the ground.

"Shit," he exclaimed.

Jacob was doing his best to block and parry Blake's attacks, not noticing Weiss creating a row of white glyphs from her to Jacob. Weiss then charges with incredible speed at Jacob, then whacking him straight into a tree. Jacob slowly gets up and prepares for more attacks.

With Allen and Kelly, they were both clashing with Ren who possessed two sticks. They were both having a hard time landing a hit on Ren as blocked and dodged every attack thrown at him.

"How can we not touch him already?" Kelly complained.

Ren kicks Kelly's legs, making her fall to the ground. Allen dashes at Ren about to strike, but Ren catches on and blocks Allen's attack. Kelly, still on the ground, kicks Ren's legs, sending him to the ground. Allen tries to strike at Ren, but rolls out of the way, all while Kelly gets up. Ren quickly gets up and gets back into his fighting stance as Allen and Kelly charge at him.

With Robert, Ricky and Kendra, they were both clashing with Ruby, Jaune, and Yang. Jaune strikes at Kendra, who steps aside and throws a counter strike, to which he blocks. Kendra then kicks Jaune in the head, then striking him in the side with her stick. Jaune then hurls a series of strikes as Kendra blocks them all.

Ricky and Yang are currently throwing punches at each other while blocking each other's attacks. Yang grabs on to Ricky's arms, only to have him headbutt her, breaking himself free. He then kicks her in the torso, sending her flying towards Ruby, barely missing.

Ruby uses her semblance to circle around Robert. She then swings her makeshift scythe at Robert who quickly dodges. Roberts slashes at Ruby with a series of strikes, all of which were blocked and deflected. Ruby then swings her scythe at Robert's legs, tossing him into the air, but quickly recovers. He then quickly struck Ruby in the side of her head, knocking her to the ground. Yang suddenly comes out of nowhere and punches Robert in the face. Just before she can attack again, Ricky shows up and punches Yang in the jaw.

Back with Britney and Rebecca, they were both currently defending themselves from Pyrrha and Nora. Britney dodges a swing from Nora, then strikes her side then her head. Pyrrha came up to Britney and was about to strike, but her attack was blocked by Rebecca who came up to help her friend. Pyrrha then focused her attacks on Rebecca who was blocking and parrying her strikes. Nora charges at Britney then jumps in the air.

"Nora smash!" she shouts as she raises her hammer over her head.

Britney jumps out of the way from Nora's attack. She front flips over Nora, then striking her in the back. Nora swings her hammer at Britney, sending her flying into Rebecca as she was fending off Pyrrha. They both get up and charge at Nora and Pyrrha.

With Blake and Weiss, they are both attacking Jacob who was fending them both off.

"Weiss, distract him," Blake said.

"Got it," Weiss responded.

Weiss then created glyphs around Jacob as he prepared for Weiss' next attack. Weiss dashes from glyph to glyph while striking at Jacob, while he dodges and blocks. While this was going on, Blake jumped over his head about to attack Jacob. Jacob notices Blake and jumps out of the way, just as Weiss was about to strike at Jacob, narrowly missing Blake. Jacob then charged at the two girls and struck at them both, sending them flying a few feet.

"Quick thinking, Jacob," Weiss said.

"Thanks," he responded. Weiss and Blake both got up and charged at Jacob once again.

Allen and Kelly were having difficulty knocking Ren down as he avoided and parried every attack.

"Seriously, why won't you go down?" Kelly complained as she charged at Ren again.

She made a series of strikes at Ren, who blocks all of her attacks. Allen charges at Ren who was about to strike, but Ren notices him and blocks his attack, now holding off both Allen and Kelly with all his might.

With Jaune, Ruby, and Yang, they are currently fending off Robert, Ricky, and Kendra.

"Not bad, Ricky. Not bad at all," Yang said, throwing a punch at Ricky.

"Thanks," he said as he ducks.

Ricky threw some punches at Yang, but all were being blocked and dodged.

"Ricky, switch," Kendra shouts, whacking Yang in the face.

She then tosses her stick at Ricky which he catches and charges at Jaune while Kendra charges at Yang. Ruby gave a series of swings with her scythe at Robert, to which he dodges and flips away from her attacks. Robert retaliates by striking her left leg, then her side. Ruby swings her scythe at Robert's feet, making him fall to the ground. Just when Ruby was about to strike, everyone heard the sound of beeping go off.

"Well, five minutes are up," Jacob said walking up to his phone, shutting off his timer.

"Great job everybody. You all did will," Pyrrha said.

"So what do you say we all head back, while Allen and get some pizza?" Kelly suggested.

"Yeah," everyone cheered.

"Alright let's go," Britney said.

Everyone started to make their way back, unaware that they were being watched the entire time by two men in camouflage with one of them holding a camera.

"You getting this, sir?" one of the men asked, talking on the phone.

"Yes," a voice answered on the phone.

"What do you want us to do now?" the man asked.

"Follow them. Make sure you aren't seen. And gather as much info as you can and report it back to us," the voice in the phone responded.

"Understood," the man answered.