I couldn't believe it. Our first fight of the tournament wasn't only against fellow member of our school, but against a team of our best friends, led by one of my girlfriends, who was the one I've been dating the longest now. "My, my, team BDSS seems to be quite on edge. I suppose Sai wasn't expecting to fight a fellow team of Beacon. Certainly one in which he wasn't so FAMILIAR with the leader." Port said.
"NOT HELPING!" I snapped at him.
"But yes, indeed, these two teams are easily Beacon's most powerful first year teams: Team BDSS and team EVAD, led by Erika, who can control the battlefield both at a distance and up close, followed by Vega, the team's close-range killer, then comes Aisu, the speedster of the team with paralyzing ki blasts and finally the self-proclaimed Demon God, Dumplin, who is also the team's damage dealer from a distance! And for added excitement, both teams have agreed not to use weapons!" Oobleck announced.
"Sai, you wouldn't hurt me over a little competition, would you? Maybe if you guys just forfeit and let us win, I could repay ou for it later." Erika said with a suggestive wink.
I smirked at this, but shook my head, becoming serious. "You know, Erika, there was a time when I'd probably throw the match to get laid, but that wouldn't be fair to my team. We've made it this far together and we're going to finish it together." I said with a small fist pump, the guys nodding in approval.
"And now, let's see where our contestants will be fighting!" Port said as the randomizer things did their job. The first place was-
"Ah, good old Wasteland! Always some kick-ass training!" Dumplin said as a familiar area just shy of being a dessert appeared.
"And next..." Oobleck said, the randomizer stopping on another winter area. "Ah, the snowy mountains! An interesting match-up with the wasteland and it is sure to provide a number of battlefield strategies for our contestants!" He finished.
"Perfect. I could wrap this up on my own!" Vega smirked. As the last albino Namekian dressed in an all white Namekian battle suit (their default Xenoverse clothes), camouflaging himself would be as easy as breathing. Dumplin was of course wearing his Heart Suit, Aisu donned the always-intimidating, razor-sharp Berserker Suit and Erika was wearing her Training Temple Gi. Now that we've got that established, time to fuck shit up!
Background Music: "Light 'Em Up" By Fall Out Boy
Each individual rushed at the one across from them: Erika and I rushing in and locking ourselves in combat, throwing rapid strikes almost too fast to be seen. Vega lashed out his right arm, grabbing Nicolas and flinging him into the snowy tundra, quickly flying after him. Dumplin and Draco grappling and trying to overpower each other.
"You're mine!" Damion shouted, rushing in at Aisu and slamming his fist into the Icegen's chest, but thanks to the tough armor, at which point Aisu grabbed him and pinned his arms to the side, retracting his mask and opening his mouth, which then began to glow with a pinkish-red energy. "Ohhh, no." He said, before shouting as he was sent flying by the powerful blast, but managing to stop himself before he reached the end of the ring.
"Bet you're glad I didn't wear my Ultimate F suit! That would've just been overkill!" Aisu said.
Damion just smirked at this. "It's no big deal. I just have to stop holding back!" Damion said, rushing in again and throwing a much harder punch, this time to the face, sending Aisu skidding back. Aisu held his jaw for a bit, before looking back at Damion. "Better." He said.
Nicolas was sent flying after being thrown and crashed into a heavy snow mound that clearly had ice in it and before he had time to recover, Vega was instantly in front of him and kicked him through the snow mound. "Okay, lucky shot, but I'm still gonna kick your-!" Nicolas said, getting up, but then noticed his Namekian opponent was nowhere to be found. "Where did you go?!" He asked, cautiously looking around.
"It seems that Vega is using his natural lack of pigment in order to blend with his surroundings in spite of his incredible size and get the drop on Mr. Clodfelter!" Oobleck announced.
Nicolas too a few steps before Vega burst from the ground besides him. "HERE'S JOHNNY!" He said, uppercutting Nicolas into the air, before executing the Blue Hurricane, trapping Nicolas in it and doing massive damage.
"Nicolas!" Blake called out worriedly.
"Don't- Worry- Babe- I- Got- This!" Nicolas said,having to stop and pause each time he was whipped around the massive blue tornado.
"I don't think he's got this." Weiss said flatly.
Draco wasn't fairing much better. He was able to match Dumplin physically and even managed to find and opening and attempted to land a powerful kick, but the Majin vanished before he could land it, at which point Dumplin reappeared behind him. "YAK YAK YAK!" Dumplin One Piece laughed, grabbing Draco and slamming him back and forth on the ground before throwing him over his shoulder, quickly spinning around and unleashing his. "LAST... BLAST!" He shouted, firing a yellow planet-busting laser towards the blood demon.
"BALLS!" Draco managed to cry out before being blasted.
Erika and I were still locked in combat and countering each other's moves before this happened. "Draco!" I shouted, looking towards the dust cloud my teammate was in, leaving me wide open to a knee to the gut, which Erika quickly followed up by locking her fists together and slamming them down on my head sending me crashing down into and through a plateau, sending chunks of rocks everywhere, which were luckily stopped by the arenas barriers.
"This match doesn't seem to be going well for team BDSS, but let us not forget, they've been known to take on far worse than this." Port said.
"Indeed, Peter! With a correct change in strategy, they MAY be able to bounce back!" Oobleck said.
"Right. Change in strategy. I always thought this was a good one!" I said, lifting my hands just above the ground at my sides, quickly launching two fireballs and creating a large explosion, sending the remaining debris from the plateau flying upwards at Erika, who managed to dodge it, but failed to notice me rising up after, catching her off-guard and allowing me to deliver and long stringing combo, followed up by and axe kick sending her back to the ground.
"Whoa! I didn't think Sai would come up with a plan like that!" Ruby said.
"An insane explosion causing massive destruction and borderline kamikaze attack? Sound a lot like him." Weiss said flatly.
"Not exactly a kamikaze attack if he didn't take damage himself." Blake corrected, pointing to the screen, showing how my aura hadn't dropped any more after I crashed through the plateau despite the explosions.
"Time to break out the big guns!" Aisu said, clearing some distance.
"I can't agree more!" Damion agreed, surrounding himself with darkness.
"Aww yeah! Damion's stepping up to the plate with a vengeance!" Yang said excitedly.
Aisu then began to surround himself with powerful, red hot crusher balls. "I don't even know... WHAT I'M DOING!" He shouted as he threw them.
"Dark missile!" Damion announced, flying in, still surrounded by dark aura, dodging the various super heated orbs and slamming into Aisu, sending him flying.
Meanwhile, at a bar in the city called the Crow Bar, it was pretty empty besides the bartender and one customer, watching the fight with interest. "Well, these first two fights have gotten off to a good start. This one's starting to get intense." He said.
Back with us...
"LEEEEEEROOOOOOOY JEEEEEEEENKIIIIIIIIIINS!" Draco shouted as he flew out of the dust cloud, delivering a roundhouse kick to send Dumpling flying, teleporting after him and knocking him to the ground with an axe kick, teleporting again and pulling his hands back just as Dumplin bounced off the ground.
The Majin struggled back to his feet and his eyes instantly snapped open at the sight of Draco using one of the attacks he hates most. "Motherfu-" He started.
"KAMEHAMEHA!" Draco shouted, shooting the blue beam of energy and sending Dumplin flying.
Nicolas was still in quite a spot of trouble. Although he managed to escape the Blue Hurricane, Vega was still easily ambushing him in the snowy tundra and preventing any attempt he made to escape to the wastelands. "Hold on to your lunch!" Vega shouted as he flew upward at the still-airborne Nicolas and slammed his foot into the necromancer's gut, causing him to throw up, the vomit raining down on the Namekians' face, blinding him. "Aww, that's nasty! I can't see!" He said, desperately clawing around for Nicolas, but not managing to catch him.
"My turn!" Nicolas said, delivering a haymaker that sent his opponent flying, before sending him down to the ground with an axe kick.
Vega landed face-first in the snow, grabbing giant handfuls of it and using it to wipe off his face, turning and growling at Nicolas. "You'll pay for that!" He shouted, about to rush in.
"Not now, since I can see you." Nicolas smirked, raising bone hands to trap Vega in place. "Now let's see if I can get a home run!" He said, rushing in, the bone hands opening at the last minute and allowing Nicolas to land a roundhouse kick sending the Namekian flying easily out of the ring and slamming into the barrier separating the battlefield from the spectators.
"Incredible! In spite of failing misery mere moments ago, Nicolas Clodfelter has managed to completely turn the fight around and eliminate his opponent with a mere slip up!" Oobleck said.
"Well, you could give me a LITTLE more credit than THAT..." Nicolas said, slightly dejected, before being sent flying himself after being hit with a powerful green ball of energy, taking him out of the ring.
"There's your credit!" Aisu said with a smirk beneath his mask, still in the same pose as when he fired a Perfect Shot at Nicolas.
"Ooh and just as he began to triumph, Nicolas is eliminated. I suppose a cheap shot for a cheap shot." Port said.
"You'll pay for that." Damion said with a glare.
"Cash or credit?" Aisu asked.
"Your chance of winning." Damion answered, rushing in as Aisu swung his tail towards the vampire, who managed to catch it, spinning twice and sending him flying.
He recovered in mid-air and began laughing loudly. "You realize that has NEVER worked, right? Just throwing someone ain't gonna finish the job!" He taunted.
"I know, that's why I'm doing this!" Damion said, firing a barrage of dark fireballs towards the Icegen, who at first easily dodged them, but soon stopped when they were flying right past him.
"Damion, what's wrong?! You're missing every shot!" Yang said both worried that Damion might be losing his game and somewhat disappointed. She wanted to see action, dammit!
"Oh, hey, I don't know if you noticed, but I stopped dodging. Are you even trying to hit me?" Aisu asked in confusion.
"NO!" Damion shouted.
"The hell do you mean no?" Aisu asked, before realizing the dozens of fireballs now surrounding him.
"Ohhh... OHHH... ohhh..." He and everyone else in the crowd said at once.
"Shit." He said, bracing himself as they flew in at him.
"Boom." Damion said as they connected. A giant smoke cloud came from the the explosion and after a few minutes, the reptilian alien fell from the sky into the snow.
"Okay... that was pretty good." Aisu said dizzily before passing out.
"Incredible! The two opponents were greatly matched, but in the end, Aisu's overconfidence cost him and eliminated him!" Oobleck said.
"One might say it was a great finish!" Port said.
"I would've said explosive." Oobleck added.
"...How foolish." Port scoffed.
Despite having taken a kamehameha to the face, Dumplin managed to get back up and again started trading blows with Draco and eventually knocking each other back, preparing for one final attack.
"Kamehame..."
"Last..."
"HAAAAAAA!"
"BLAST!"
The two beams of death collided and shook the very stadium. "Incredible! We should've saved this fight for last! It will be quite difficult for anyone to top this!" Port said.
"Indeed, Peter! I've got to say, never before have we seen a battle quite like this!" Oobleck agreed.
But two things made the deciding factor in this battle, one: Dumplin was already weakened with Draco in somewhat better shape and two: the Super or Perfect kamehameha are both more powerful than Final Flash. Dumplin was eventually forced back and overtaken by the blue wave of energy, collapsing outside of the ring. "Well, I guess Dumplin went out with a BLAST, eh girls?" Yang asked, getting groans from her teammates in response.
"And after an incredible struggle, Dumplin has been taken down by Draco! Now all that's left if for the leaders to finish their battle!" Oobleck said as the crowd turned back to us.
I landed on the ground as Erika was getting up from being slammed to the ground from the axe kick. "Not bad, Sai. What do you say we give them a real show and push our powers to max?" She asked.
"You're on. Let's hope this stadium can take it." I said, both of us powering up, creating massive pillars of energy, mine red and Erika's blue.
Background music: "This is Gonna Hurt" by Sixx A.M
I went into my Devil Trigger and Erika became... you know, the next level up from a Super Saiyan God. I'm not saying that stupid name.
"We might have seen everything now, folks! Erika and Sai have pushed their power to the absolute limits!" Oobleck announced.
"I wouldn't be surprised if the entire kingdom could feel this power!" Port said.
"That power's incredible!" Blake said in disbelief.
"We're way back here and it's overwhelming!" Weiss agreed.
"I kinda like it." Yang said in a pleasured tone.
"Yeah... All the shaking makes this feel like a massage chair." Ruby agreed in a relaxed tone.
"They've had their chance to gawk at us. Now let's wrap this up." I said, my voice now demonic.
"I was just waiting on you." Erika said, the two of us rushing in and slamming into each other, shaking the stadium again. We once again threw lightning fast punches and kicks while managing to counter the other's attacks, before grabbing each other and spinning as we flew down towards the ground, repeatedly slamming into it and more plateaus and snow mounds.
Eventually, I was able to slam her into the ground and jump back, waiting for her next attack, knowing what she'd do. She got back up and powered up a bit more before flying in, ki in each hand, preparing for one of her strongest attacks, Rush Buster, basically where she just flies and blasts her opponents point blank with two incredibly powerful ki blasts at once. But, anticipating this, I waited until she was JUST close enough to use her attack before countering and blasting her back with Gravity Impact, before vanishing and reappearing at the ring's edge, unleashing a giant barrage of energy blasts, putting everything I had into the final blast and managing to deplete her aura.
End Music
"Outstanding! A battle that close to the wire ending with one final attack of truly awesome power, winning the match for team BDSS!" Oobleck announced as the crowd went wild.
"Indeed! Truly the other competitors will have to work hard in order to top THAT." Port agreed.
"Yeah, team BDSS! THAT. WAS. AWESOME!" Ruby cheered.
"Way to go, Damion!" Yang cheered as well.
"Great job, Nicolas!" Blake shouted.
"Yeeaahh, Sai! That's the way to do it!" Nora cheered.
"That was one of the best fights I've ever seen! Great work, Sai!" Pyrrha also cheered.
"Aww, no one cheered for me in particular." Draco said, drooping down a bit.
"Don't worry about it, Draco. You were just as important as the rest of us." I said, then leaned in. "And honestly, between us, I think Nicolas did the worst job out there." I whispered.
"Yeah! Wait, what?" He asked, looking at me.
"Well, come on, man, You DID only win because you threw up in Vega's face. And that's just gross." I said.
"Hey! The urge presented itself! Just like Ren said!" Nicolas defended.
"Well, it looks like this is it." Pyrrha said as we cleared off the field and team JNPR took our spot along with another team we didn't know.
Across the stadium from us...
"I wonder who's gonna win?" Mercury wondered.
Emerald scoffed at this. "As if we didn't already know." She said.
"Oh, come now." Cinder said, walking around behind them from the next row, reaching into Mercury's popcorn and taking out an uncooked seed. "Even if you already know the outcome of the fight, that doesn't make it any less fun to watch." She said, heating it and turning it into a piece of popcorn, which she then ate.
"Team JNPR of Beacon vs. Team BRNZ of Shade!" Port announced as the two teams took their stances on the field. The randomizers set the field for a forest and a mountain and as everyone cheered, the two teams readied themselves again. "3. 2. 1. Fight!" Port announced as the two teams rushed in, minus a member of team BRNZ, who jumped back with a sniper rifle and Ren, who did some kind of jump back with his guns out.
"Badass screenshot for the win!" I said.