Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of The Dragon and her rook. Enjoy the 2000- word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.

(Vale, Beacon, Never Miss a Beat.)

Yang found Skyler with a group of Atlesian Soldiers and AK-200s. He looked up from his scroll before turning to one of the soldiers.

"Report back to me or Specialist Winter, General Ironwood is in a meeting until next match," Skyler ordered and the soldiers nodded and walked away.

"I heard you're fighting a team from Atlas, from Alsius Academy it used to be called," Skyler said, Yang rocked on the heels of her feet as Skyler put his scroll into his pocket.

"Ok, you want something, firefly, what is it? I kind of have to keep an eye on the tournament." Skyler said, Yang, smirked.

"Do you know who's fighting who? I wanted to see who I'm up against next." Yang stated, Skyler groaned and shook his head.

"Yang, I can't, I'm in charge of who fights who unless the team decides for me…. I'm sorry, but that's cheating." Skyler said, Yang nodded before he turned to her, he heard the PA call her name.

"Go and win, I'm going to tell you you're in for a fight… I'll see if I can show you one match… But only one." Skyler said before he and Yang heard Oobleck and Port were calling for Yang.

"Ok…. Go and knock them out." Skyler said before Yang nodded and ran off as Skyler walked away.

"Neon Katt and Flynt Coal… Oh, Yang is going to kill Neon if she's anything like I remember like last time…" Skyler said as he walked to the ledge where Atlesian Soldiers were allowed to keep an eye on the fight.

"This is going to be interesting…" Skyler said as he pressed a button that locked in the choices each team made.

He saw Weiss and Yang talking with Flynt and Neon, he knew Neon always angered people to get on their nerves, it lowered their guards until she could blitz them.

And he knew Yang's temper was explosive… He wanted to tell her about Neon… But that'd be cheating and the last thing he wanted to do was get RWBY thrown out of the tournament.

He watched Flynt blast, Yang, away with a few breaths from his trumpet, Neon rushed after her as Weiss managed to leap into the air on a glyph, coming down and slashing Flynt back.

"Oh, and Weiss counterattacks to draw Flynt's fire!" Oobleck yelled, Skyler turned to see how Yang was doing with Neon.

Neon dodged several bullets from Ember Celia before slamming Yang, freezing her arms, and then slamming her into the wall.

Skyler couldn't quite hear what Neon said since he was a level too high… But he heard Yang growl in anger.

He moved down a floor and caught the end of Neon's taunt.

"And you really should try and aim more… Unless that was your best…. All that weight slowing you down?" Neon taunted; Yang ground her teeth together before she punched part of the building behind her with her human hand.

It shattered and dropped rubble all over as Yang slowly advanced on Neon, cracking her knuckles as her eyes glowed red with anger. Her hair blazing with fire.

"Yang, don't let her get in your head!" Skyler yelled; Yang turned to look at him only to be sent skidding by Neon.

Neon turned and rushed back only to be punched in the ribs by Yang, sending her crashing into a wall, Yang took a deep breath before looking at Flynt.

Weiss continued to besiege Flynt with ice and her Glyphs, bouncing off them whenever Flynt aimed at her.

That was when 3 more copies emerged from his body and blasted her with a massive soundwave. Her aura dropped to 65% from the force of the blast.

"Oh, and there goes Flynt's Semblance: Killer Quartet!" Oobleck yelled as Skyler watched Neon rush, Yang, again.

Yang unleashed a barrage of bullets, not at Neon, but the floor, cracking and sending panels flying, one of which knocked Neon to the side.

"What, you decide to start using strategy now, firefly?" Skyler joked as Yang rolled her eyes and smirked. She knew how Neon fought, it just meant she had to force Neon onto the defensive.

Dealing with Flynt was tougher as Weiss couldn't even advance on Flynt to fight him, and his soundwaves gave him the advantage.

Yang would blast him and allow Weiss to get back to try to take him down if she could… But taking an eye off Neon meant she'd go back to blitzing her.

"HEY SKYLER! DO YOU KNOW THIS CHICK, SHE'S ANNOYING… AND SLOW?" Neon called out; Skyler sighed as Neon managed to get a swing at Yang which froze her leg before Yang managed to shoot her in the back as she circled.

Neon's Aura dropped to 60 Percent, Yang took the moment to cock her remaining Gauntlet and fire a round that missed Flynt due to the range but forced him to turn and allowed Weiss to leap into the air.

Flynt turned only for a kick from Weiss to knock him back, his Aura dropped to 90%.

"You can do this, firefly!" Skyler yelled only for Neon to blink.

"Wait… YOUR DATING SKYLER!?" Neon shrieked, Skyler felt several people look at him as Yang rushed Neon, raising her cybernetic fist.

"So, what if I am? He made me this arm, like an awesome boyfriend!" Yang yelled as Neon slid back while Yang's fist crushed concrete-like sticks.

"Wow… You're lucky…. That Skyler looked at you with the amount of skill you have…." Neon said, Yang blinked and frowned.

"What do you mean?" Yang asked, Neon swung at her, and Yang blocked it with her cybernetic arm.

"Nothing… Just thought he would date someone at his skill level…. Like Winter." Neon said, Yang was speechless as Neon managed to hit her 4 times, chipping at her Aura.

Yang roared in pure rage and Skyler hoped Yang wouldn't be mad at him. Skyler was happy there was a barrier around the arena so the spectators couldn't be hurt.

If she could destroy a building with a single punch, he hated to see what she could do to him…

"What? You up…" Neon started to say before Yang slugged her with her cybernetic arm with all the force she had. Neon crashed through a building, her Aura falling like a rockslide.

Neon spun to the ground, knocked out, Yang turned to look at Skyler, Skyler gulped and smiled nervously, praying she wouldn't kill him when the match was over.

Thankfully, Weiss's fight took her attention away, Weiss slid back, her Aura in the pitiful 15%.

"Yang, I need help!" Weiss yelled, Yang rushed over, and Skyler turned to the citizen.

"Some fight…. Huh?" Skyler asked, the man nodded and chuckled.

"I hope she doesn't break you in half, kid." Skyler heard, he gulped again and leaned on the railing.

"Yeah… Me too…" Skyler said, Flynt, blasted at Yang only to be tackled by Weiss, taking them both out as they crashed into a geyser of steam and flames.

Skyler winced before looking at Neon, she got lucky that the match hadn't gone on for more than a few minutes, Yang would have mauled her.

"And Team RWBY takes the win with only a minute to go! What an explosive match ladies and gentlemen!" Port announced, Skyler looked at the Aura counts.

Neon, Flynt, and Weiss had nothing left while Yang's was still around 70% if not a little lower.

"Geez, she's scary when she gets mad…" Skyler muttered as he walked to the outside of the arena, there were citizens and Atlesian Soldiers and AK-200s walking around.

Skyler went to board a Manta which would take him to Beacon, he figured he'd get the meeting with General Ironwood done and over with.

"SKYLER!" Skyler heard and he turned to see Yang and team RWBY standing behind him, Skyler turned to them.

"Yes?" Skyler asked, Yang thankfully didn't have murder eyes and flaming hair, the Atlesian soldiers turned to him, waiting for orders.

"I'm so excited we won!" Ruby yelled and Skyler chuckled and leaned on the Manta.

"Well, team FNKY isn't going to be the only challenge left, you still have the singles match…" Skyler said, Yang, spoke up.

"Those guys were from Atlas, right? They know you?" Yang asked, Skyler, nodded.

"Team FNKY was from Alsius Academy before it was renamed Atlas Academy…. I see Neon still likes to anger people to win…. It didn't work last time when she tried battling Winter…" Skyler said, he turned to see that Weiss pulled Blake and Ruby away to discuss the upcoming battles.

"Are you mad at me for what Neon said? Winter and I are friends, Yang…. She's like a sister to me…" Skyler said, Yang, huffed in annoyance.

"No… A little, maybe… But I'm madder she was so annoying, that's who you warned me about?" Yang asked, Skyler, frowned and nodded.

"About how she'd try and say anything from how you look to our relationship to anger you, so you'd lash out at her without restraint, and she'd end up blitzing you and knocking you out? Yes. Neon is like that, I wouldn't let her get to you, she'd do the same thing to anyone she fights." Skyler said, his scroll buzzing.

"Captain Azur, Ironwood sent a message to your terminal for you to read, he wants you to read it when you have time." Skyler heard from Winter, he put his scroll into his pocket.

"I'll let you choose who you fight… I'm going to do that for the singles just so nobody thinks you're getting special treatment…. Please don't make me force me to do this again." Skyler said, Yang, rolled her eyes.

"I'm not," Yang said, Skyler looked at her and was glad the Atlesian soldiers behind him had left to handle something else.

"You are guilting me with how your talking… Now, choose, I'm going to have Winter ask the others for their choices…" Skyler stated before he handed his scroll to her and sat on the door of the Manta. Yang began scrolling through the choices on the scroll.

"You know sooner or later I'm going to have to leave Vale… I'm a soldier, and my uncle needs every soldier he can get soon… Merlot is going to come back and I'm going to have to deal with him." Skyler said as Yang typed on his scroll.

"I could help," Yang said, Skyler chuckled, not to mock her, but he shook his head all the same.

"Yang, the only way you could help and fight right alongside me is if you're a Huntress… Which from what everyone told me, you're still in your first year… Or you join the Army and become a Specialist… And the only one who could make you a specialist would be my uncle." Skyler said as he took his scroll back. He climbed into the Manta and tapped his foot.

"And he's the only one that can let you skip right to the Army, Firefly… I'm sorry, but you can't help really unless you become a soldier." Skyler said as the Manta flew off.

If he had stayed even a second longer, he would have seen a smirk tug at Yang's lips that would have horrified him.

"Maybe I will, Mr. Captain," Yang said before she turned and walked away.

Author notes

Phew, another chapter is done! I know the fight was a bit short, I'll have the next fight be longer. I also want to point out while the Mercury vs Yang fight will still happen, it will be different. The next chapter will be next Saturday and will be set a day before Fall. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!

Ps: Fall's chapter will start right at the start of Yang's fight with Mercury.