September 15 (More than 3 weeks after the Vale attack)
It was now 3 weeks since the grimm attack in Vale. Things had managed to calm down and the town was rebuilt, thanks to Glynda Goodwitch and Rex, who volunteered to lift the heavy stuff. A few days after the attack, Ozpin had decided to let everyone out early to get in some of their own team attacks to get ready for the Vytal Festival.
To get their own training in to be ready to fight.
Team RRWBY had decided to spend their time out at Ruby and Yang's house and train there. Weiss wasn't a fan of it, just because spending time at the house of Ruby and Yang seemed like a dangerous thing on its own. Rex chuckled when she said that while Yang and Ruby argued with her about how rude it was.
But after they got settled in, they began their training. They began working out by running and exercising, Yang's idea of course. But they soon began working on their weapons training. They even thought about battling one on one with Rex. Ruby and Yang were defiantly excited to fight with him, Weiss was overconfident that she could beat him, and she was close with her ice glyphs and time dial glyphs, but he had more stamina and strong builds to knock him down, and Blake was hesitant since she's seen how strong he is but gave it her best. But still lost.
Rex even came up with some ideas to use his builds and their abilities to make some strong attacks against their opponents. Soon it was the morning before the Vytal Festival began and it was time for Team RRWBY to get ready to head back to Beacon. But Rex was a little nervous. He knew more people from over the world would show up at the school and feared that may people would crowd him and ask questions he probably wasn't comfortable with.
It was now morning in Vale and just outside of the town stood a little, square grave. It had sat alone on a cliff out in the mountains near Vale. The soul that the stone belonged to was Ruby's mother, Summer Rose.
On the stone was carved "Summer Rose- Thus I kindly scatter."
A young girl kneeled down to the stone as she removed her hood, which turned out to be Ruby.
"Hey, mom. Sorry I haven't come by in a while. Things have been... well, things have been, pretty bisy. Oh, Dad's here, too! He's, uh, you know... Dad. He's still teaching at Signal. But he told me that he's going to be on some mission soon. I think he misses adventuring with you" said Ruby in a sad voice as she looked down at the ground with a sad expression.
Then she looked back at the stone saying "I miss you too. Haven't gotten kicked out of Beacon yet! So that's cool. I think being on a team with Yang helps. Keep her in line... That was a joke. She's actually a really great fighter! You can tell she's learned a lot from Dad! Oh, so are Weiss and Blake. Oh! They're my teammates!" said Ruby as she rubbed the back of her head.
She then gained an excited expression as she said "Oh and there's probably the best fighter as well as strongest in all of Remnant. His name is Rex Salazar. I'm sure you would like him. He has these cool powers that let him grow metal things out of his arms and legs. Sometimes his back too. He's super awesome and he's a part of the team too. I'm sure you would gush over his powers like I do. I still can't get over how he does it. It's totally awesome. Together, we form Team RRWBY! And yes, before you ask, that does cause a lot of confusion. Anyways, I made a bunch of new friends, and then I met some... let's just say, uh, odd teachers. Oh! We've also stopped some bad guys, too! I guess it's like they say: "like mother, like daughter"! as she chuckled at her exaggerated speech.
"I still wonder why Ozpin let me into the school early. But, uh, I guess he'll tell me one day. You know how he is. It's funny, the more I get to know him, the more he's starting to sound like Uncle Qrow" continued Ruby to her mothers grave.
She then heard a bark from behind her and saw her dad and Zwei by a tree as she tuned back to the stone and said "Oh! Looks like Dad's back! I gotta go! He's dropping me off at Beacon for the tournament match before he goes on his next mission. Wish me luck!" said Ruby as she pulled her hood down and said "It was good to talk."
With that said, Ruby jogged back to her family as they began to head to Beacon.
Timeskip
After Team RRWBY made it to the airship to take them back to Beacon, they all had began inspecting their gear as they wanted to make sure they were ready to fight in the Vytal Festival.
As Yang was readying her gauntlets by adding more shotgun casings, she looked over at Rex, who seemed to be lost in thought. She finished up her weapon and walked over to Rex as she shook his shoulders, trying to bring him out of his thoughts.
Yang then said "Are you ok, Rex? You seemed to be lost in thought. Whats up" asked Yang.
Rex sighed as he looked back out the window and said "Well, its just that I'm a bit worried. I'm scared that people might think of me as a freak or throw stuff at me. I'm just worried that I might not be able to convince the people of Remnant that I'm on the good guys side. That I'm not a threat or a danger. That I'm someone that they can rely on" as he saw that they were getting close to Beacon.
Yang could see the look in his eyes as he was genuinely worried about what to do. She knew that there were some people she met that didn't exactly like Rex and she knew that this troubled him deeply since he had wanted to avoid something like this. Hence why, he begged them not to tell anyone about his powers. But ever since the news incident, he's had to deal with problems like this and it was affecting him.
She then placed her hand on his shoulder, making him look at her, and said "Rex, you're worrying too much on this. I know you want people to see you as the good guy we all see you as but you have to remember that people are scared. With grimm roaming Remnant and the White Fang causing problems, so you've just got to give them something to believe in you. Maybe by talking or fighting something, you've got to think of something to make the people believe in you. Try thinking on something like that" said Yang as the airship suddenly landed on the ground, signifying that they made it back to Beacon.
The girls began to leave as Yang faced Rex and said "You're a good guy, Rex. So show them that you are someone that they can believe in or trust " as she began following the others.
Rex was surprised by her words as he didn't know she could be wise like that. Normally, she likes to tease him or make puns all day, but what she said began to sink in for him.
"Someone to believe in, huh. Easier said then done. Especially when its a completely different world of people. And Faunas" mumbled Rex as he then remembered something he heard from Ozpin as he then followed the girls to prepare for battle.
When team RRWBY stepped out, Rex was met with several glancing eyes and whispers as he knew that they were talking about him. But he was soon met with other people that were crowding and his team. They all seemed to be excited to meet him, though most of them were Faunas from other schools.
When it became too much, Rex formed his Boogie Pack and flew away from the crowds as he brought the girls along with him, by carrying Yang, Blake and Weiss were hanging on the wings as Ruby held onto his back.
They made it away from the crowd and soon made their way over to their rooms and began to wait for their call to the stadium. Once they heard their names, they began making their way over to the stadium. Rex wasn't prepared at first for this but he knew he had to do it.
No turning back now.
Here we go
Timeskip
The sun was shining in the sky as cheers from a crowd was roaring loud from the Amity Colosseum. They were all watching the students from different Kingdoms of Remnant battle against each other.
In the field of volcanoic earth and icy glaciers below, Team RRWBY was currently fighting against Haven's Team ABRN.
High above the action, the two familiar teachers of Oobleck and Port were sitting in a sportscaster's desk, with a microphone between them and the holographic image of the four kingdoms' symbols united as one.
"Hello! It seems that we have another astonishing match ahead of us! Wouldn't you agree, Professor?" said Professor Port.
"Doctor" yelled Oobleck as he was annoyed but then changed to excited as he said "And yes Peter, I think it's safe to say this match may be the closest we've seen of the of the four-on-five round of the tournament!"
"For those of you just now joining us, welcome to the Vytal Festival Tournament, broadcast live from the Amity Colosseum!" said Oobleck as as he gestured his hands to all of the colosseum.
"If this is your first time watching, allow us to break down the rules" said Port in his cheerful manner.
Oobleck held up three fingers as he said "The tournament is divided into three distinctive rounds: teams, doubles, and singles. Age and school year are irrelevant! In this tournament, your only attribute being tested... is skill" as the crowd shouted at his words.
Port agreed with Oobleck as he said "Correct! The winners of this battled will elect two of their members to represent them in the doubles round, followed by the winners of that round choosing one member to advance once again. The remaining combatants will then fight their way through the final bracket in the hope of achieving victory for their kingdom!"
"And yes, Peter, these certainly are some spectacular spectacles on which to spectate on! Especially with the team right in the arena now. I don't think anyone tuning in around the world is going to disagree with me on that!" said Oobleck as he pushed his glasses up.
Port laughed as he said "Ahh, and why would they? And you are right about what you said earlier. One of the teams in the arena now is truly something that is a once in a lifetime experience. Now, let's get back to the match between Team RRWBY of Beacon and Team ABRN of Haven" said Port as he rolled his "r's" at the name of RRWBY.
Back on the battle arena, Ruby was firing Crescent Rose at her opponent as Blake was fighting with Reese Chloris as Reese was fighting Blake with her hoverboard. Rex and Yang were fighting Arslan Atlan and Yang gave him a deceitful attack as he then saw Rex charging at him with his Smack Hands and with one fatal punch, Rex sent him flying back far and crashing into the dome.
"Ooo. And with that heavy metal punch, Arslan is out of the fight. I must say, Team RRWBY has quiet the advantage, don't you think? With Mr Salazar on their team, I'm almost certain that RRWBY will be the victors in this tournament" said Port in a proud voice.
"Yes indeed. With his abilities, I don't know if there's anyone that could stop him but we will have to see. This will certainly be a tournament to remember" said Oobleck as he turned back to the teams and saw Nadir Shiko fighting Ruby and Blake and saw Rex sneaking his way over to them. They then saw him jumping up towards them then saw him turning around and formed his Slam cannon and caught Nadir in the Maw of his cannon and then shooting her out of the cannon and into the dome wall as well.
"Ooo, now that's what I call friendly fire" laughed Port as he continued saying "And with that, Nadir is out of the game.
"And that leads Reese Chloris and Bolin left in the game. And quiet frankly, I don't like their odds" said Oobleck as he turned his attention back to the arena.
Ruby and Blake were fighting Reese as Yang, Rex, and Weiss were fighting Bolin. They got into a defensive stance until Rex looked behind them and saw two ice pillars far apart from each other. He then got a new idea and looked at the girls saying "Guys"
As the girls turned his attention, Rex smirked as he said to them "Giant Slingshot"
Hearing this, the girls knew immediately what he was going to do and what they needed to do.
Rex soon turned on his heels and ran over to one side of the pillars as he then formed his Blaster Caster and threw it around the left pillar as the end of the whip wrapped around the other ice pillar as Rex then tugged on it, making sure it was secure.
Weiss then turned to Yang as she was waiting for the signal then turned back to Bolin.
As Bolin saw that they were doing something, he didn't want to risk them doing whatever it was that they were going to do so he started charging towards them as he readied his weapon for them.
Seeing this, Rex smirked as he said "Now Ice Queen!"
Weiss groaned as he hated being called that but she shook it off as she swung her sword around and created a big gust of wind and threw it at Yang. The wind soon made Yang fly backwards as she hung in the air but soon swung her feet backwards as she guided herself to land on Rex's whip as she then faced her opponent.
In a split second, Weiss then quickly turned around to Bolin and changed her dust to fire as she threw some fireballs towards him to try and blind him. Bolin saw this and tried to swipe the fire away from him but got knocked back a bit.
As Weiss finished her fire blasts, she jumped out of the way as fast as she could. When she did, Rex smirked as he quickly yanked the whip as hard as he could, and doing so made Yang shoot forward as he yelled "Giant SLINGSHOT."
Yang was then launched forward towards Bolin as she pulled his right arm back as she flew in closer to him. When the fire disappeared, Bolin looked ahead of him and was suddenly met with a sudden blonde flash and a hard fist.
That same fist collided with his face, and with all her strength, Yang sent him flying back far as he ended hitting the dome wall. Just like his other teammates, he ended up falling to the ground and unconscious.
"Ooo, ouch. What devastating punch for that man. And Bolin is out. Now that just leaves Reese Chloris. Though I fear for her. Things aren't looking in her favor" said Oobleck.
"Indeed, Professor. Team RRWBY's victory is at hand. But let's not get carried away. Perhaps Reese has something up her sleeve. Let's wait and see" said Oobleck before screaming "And it's Doctor. If I have to crave it on my forehead, then I will" as he slumped back into his chair in annoyance.
In the arena, Team RRWBY had managed to join together and were now facing Reese and her hoverboard. They all got into a defensive stance until they heard Rex saying "You know what guys. Why don't you take a break? Let me handle this."
The girls were surprised by this and were wondering why he wanted them to take a break in the middle of a battle. Weiss decided to be the first to break the ice saying "And why would we do that?"
Rex smirked at her words saying "You guys have worked hard today. Why not take a rest?"
"Sorry but we're not letting you take her down alone" said Weiss as she readied her weapon.
"Yea. Like I'll let you take all the glory" said Yang as she readied her gauntlets.
Rex sighed at this as he said "Alright. I didn't want to do this but you left me no choice."
He then turned his head towards Ruby saying "Hey Red. I want to try out a new build I thought of. And I'd like to do it alone for now. Mind telling the others to stand down for the time being" as he knew Ruby couldn't resist seeing something awesome.
Upon hearing this, Ruby's eyes turned into stars as she was excited to see his new build as she screamed "Aaaahhh. A new build. What is it. TELL ME?!" as she continued to squeal.
"Well, I'm not sure exactly what it is but I need to try it out and build it. But I can't do it with it being a crowd out here, so do you mind" said Rex in his confidant tone, as Weiss heard this and knew what he was trying to do.
But before she could try and counteract his statements, Ruby turned to the girls saying "As your leader, I order you guys to stand down."
Weiss couldn't believe what she was hearing and was about to protest until Rex said "She's the leader. Better do as she says" as he said it in a smug way.
Weiss grumbled in annoyance as she sheathed her weapon as the others began doing the same. Rex smirked at this as he was a bit excited since it wasn't too long ago that he made a new build and now he was seeing a new build. He saw this as a good thing as they could be anything. He just hoped this build wasn't going to be a sucky one as he then began walking towards Reese.
Port and Oobleck were surprised by this and Port said "Now what's this? It's seems that Team RRWBY is letting Mr Salazar take the lead on this battle. What could it mean? Does this mean he has something up his sleeve. I don't know and it's just making me more curious. Let's see what this boy has in store for us" as he began to focus on what Rex was about to do.
But deep down, he was thinking "Don't forget that you're being watched by many people so don't make a mess of things."
Reese smirked as she saw Rex walking toward her as she then said "So you've decided to take on the lone wolf approach. Admirable, but do you really think you can stop me?" as she readied her board.
Rex just sighed as he simply said "I don't think, I know so. Truth be told, you're not an opponent for me" as he looked smugly at her.
Reese was annoyed by this as she asked "Oh and what am I then."
Rex closed his eyes and said "Let's just say... that you're my genie pig this time round" as he opened eyes with a devious look in them. Reese was a little taken back by this but then said "Genie pig? For what?" as she got into a defensive stance.
"Genie pig... for my new creation" said Rex as he closed his eyes again and soon began to see the blue prints for whatever this new idea of his was as he soon began creating it.
Rex then opened his eyes as he smiled as he then felt his nanites began taking the new form. They flowed from his arms to his back and soon out popped his new build. Rex saw the his arms went into small boxes where were sandwiched between two boxes on each end. At the front end of the bigger box, he saw that he had actual 5 fingers on this build with glowing blue lights were in the cracks of the fingers. It was odd since his old hand builds normally had 3 fingers. There was also a giant screw on the top of the back box on his arms as a small blue glowing pipe was shaped in the shape of an L and at the back end of the back box.
Rex was amazed by this new build of his and was excited to see it could do. He took a guess that this was a heavy hitting build so he knew he had this match in the bag. Well, even if he didn't have a new build, his other ones would be able to take her down but since he found new blueprints, he thought it would be a good time to test it out. Afterall, this was his second new build in Remnant and he was excited to see what it could do.
He gazed over at his opponent and said, "You should be feel honored. You're the first person for me to test out this new baby" said Rex as he began to get into a defensive stance.
Reese began to be a bit nervous as she was scared as to what he was going to do but still kept her defensive stance but manage to step back to get some distance from him.
Rex saw how far she had gotten from and took one look at his left arm and pondered at his new build. He then looked deep into his mind and gazed at his blueprints and then found out its function. He gained his confident smirk and looked towards Reese. He then bent his knees down a little and raised his arm to where it was aimed right at her, judging on the way Rex raised his arm and got ready to attack.
"Hope she knows how to dodge. And I hope this doesn't break my arm" he thought as he began to activate the function of his new build.
As Reese waited for something to happen, everyone soon heard a gear cranking sound as the back box part of his build began to move backwards in a slow movement as a black rectangle was moving out of his arm.
Rex smirked as the back box kept slowly moving as he said "Its' like I always say, you should take things..one..step..at a time."
But he then looked at her smugly as he yelled "But now it's time for you to catch these hands" as he then quickly leaned forward but also formed his punk busters and launched himself forward at high speeds.
As he flew fast towards Reese, the back box then stopped and in one quick swoop, the back box slammed itself down on the middle box as it made a loud clicking sound.
Reese didn't have enough time to strike back as she quickly shielded herself with her board as in that split second, the front box with the hand of the build then shot forward and struck Reese's hoverboard, causing her to get hold on tight as she was then flown back at tremendous speeds.
As she was flown back, she ended up crashing through some of the ice blocks and landed and landed near the outside of the ice area.
Rex soon skidded to a stop as the front part of his build recreated back into its originally position as he stood up and pondered in thought at his new build while looking at it.
Oobleck and Port were surprised by this as Oobleck said "Well, now this is something. It seems Mr. Salazar has created something new. I say, I have seen many of his creations but never have I seen a creation such as this before. Oh, the anticipation and excitement is killing me. Let's see what this new creation of his can do" as they both heard many "Oohs" and "aahs" from the audience. Everyone knew that they were in for a treat as they anticipated how this battle would go.
The girls were watching on the sidelines and were shocked by what was in front of them. Rex had just formed another new build and it was two giant box arm-like builds. And seeing that Rex was able to create such a power punch and send some through much ice and towards the outside was crazy.
Ruby was the most excited and just kept gushing over Rex's new build. Oh, how she had so many questions and it was difficult for her to contain herself from running over to him. But she also wondered what she name would work with this build.
Weiss looked at his new build in an intriguing manner. She was surprised by the new build and didn't leave where she stood as she wanted to know what this new build could do.
Blake stared at Rex's new build in curiosity and worry. She too was curious as to what this new build could do but she was also skeptical as he began to worry if he could build giant crusher-like arms, what other dangerous things could he make. She was still wary of him but as time went on, she began to see the heroic side of him and saw that he was a great fighter and someone to depend on. But she still feared where he possibly came from and what would happen if the wrong side got him or his powers. What would happen then?
Yang stood there as she put her hands on her hips and formed a sultry smile. She was excited it see what this new build of his could do. And she too began to wonder, like Blake, of what he could also create.
Rex then saw from the broken ice that Reese was slowly crawling her way up to stand up. As she stood up, she spat some blood out as she thought "Not a bad punch. This boy is something else" as she then saw that he was running towards her and knew that this wasn't good. Just with one punch he managed to send her flying backwards through some ice. She knew that she couldn't stop him in her current state so she knew she had to get a distance away from him.
She quickly turned around and ran for her board. She grabbed her board and tried to fly far from the group but then something wrapped around her leg and before she could see what it was, she was yanked by the thing around her leg and she fell off her board and landed on her side. She grunted in pain and turned around to see what had stopped her. She turned to see the Rex now had his blaster caster on his right arm, but saw his left arm still had his new build.
Rex released his grip on her leg as he deactivated his whip, but kept his new one on his left arm as he gained a confident smirk. Reese stood up to try and look at him to see what he was going to do.
"Welp. It's been fun but I'm hungry now so I'm going to end this now" said Rex as swung his right arm around, pulling Reese along with him. He then began swinging her around and around as Reese just screamed in fear at bing swung around.
He then brought his arm towards the direction of the dome wall as he then chanted,
"HAVE A NICE FLIGHT" as he then let go of Reese leg as she flew through the air and ended up slamming into the wall of the arena and came falling down with a thud. She couldn't take it anymore and just collapsed to the ground in defeat.
With that last move, the crowd cheered as Port shouted "And with that Team ABRN is out of the game. And Team RRWBY is the winner. Though that was to be expected, in my opinion."
Rex deactivated his builds as he turned back towards his team, and saw them with shocked faces with white eyes and hanging down jaws, which was what he was expecting.
He just chuckled and said "Well you saw the "show" but what can you "tell" about it" as he smirked at them while crossing his arms.
The girls were more surprised than anyone that he just created another new build that seemed to pack quite a punch and it made them a little scared, as they didn't want to get punched by this new build, especially the function that sort of acted like a crusher.
They then heard a loud squeal as they knew it was Ruby as they turned to see her eyes were completely entranced by Rex and the new build he made as the squeal broke everyone out of their train of thought as Weiss was looking around and sounding surprised "We...did it?"
Yang just chuckled at Weiss as she said "Duh of course we were going to win. With Rex on our side, Beacon is sure to win. Right, Ruby?" as she turned and saw Ruby squealing in excitement as she ran over to Rex and began asking him lots of questions such as "Ooo, when did you think of this one?" and "What kind of name should we give it?" until she suddenly hunched over and said "Is anyone else starving?"
Blake agreed Ruby saying "I may have worked up an appetite" as she rubbed her stomach.
"I agree with the two of them" said Rex as he began heading in the direction of the exit but as he got there, he saw someone standing by holding a mic. Rex knew what this meant. He had asked for it.
Before the Festival started, he had found Oobleck walking towards the arena and had asked him to tell someone to give him a mic when his team finished their first match. He wanted to say something to the crowds or anyone watching. Oobleck agreed to this as he knew what Rex was trying to do.
Rex grabbed the mic and turned around and began walking back to the arena as the girls were walking towards him. They saw he was going the other direction so Yang asked "Rex, what are you doing? Our match is over."
Rex looked at the girls and said " Making a difference" as he then turned back around and walked out towards the arena. Everyone saw that Rex was heading back to the arena as they were confused.
Oobleck saw this and knew what to do as he said "Oh, but before we continue, it would seem Mr. Salazar has something to say so I ask that we all give him our undivided attention" as he then leaned forward on his desk as he was anxious to see what he was going to say.
Rex stopped in the middle of the arena as people soon grew quiet, making Rex feel a bit nervous. He then took a deep breath in and then exhaled.
He then moved the mic close to his mouth and said "Hi, everyone. As you all know, my name is Rex Salazar. To those here now, and to those watching from home..." He started to say with a determined tone, making the crowd go silent.
"Today is a new beginning for not only myself, but for my classmates and my team as well. Today's the day that we may hope to take one step closer to our goal, to become like the Huntsmen and Huntresses that are here in our presence today. And for that case, I have something to prove as well" said Rex as he looked to the crowd sitting in their seats before he set his eyes on the seat where he saw James Ironwood sitting at with Penny next to him.
He then brought is attention down to the arena as he said "I know that there are many adults or parents that don't want their kids here at Beacon because I made myself an enemy of the White Fang and it ended up being public, something I wanted to keep a secret but regardless it happened, and you're afraid that I'm a danger to your kids for being here so you want them to retire from the school, but what you people don't know is the whole story about what happened that day..." as the crowd grew quiet, as this made Ruby and the others nervous.
"What's he doing?" asked Ruby, nervously.
"Hopefully nothing stupid" said Weiss.
"What happened that night was a friend of mine was being attacked by the White Fang. So I naturally got involved and showed them a thing or two. They needed to be stopped and I was the one to do it. And I know that some of you may be familiar with me, while a majority of the crowd knows absolutely nothing about myself. And most of you all in a sense... Look at me differently" said Rex as he knew that what he was saying was true.
But he picked up his confidence again and said "But I hope that today I'll be able to make you see me as someone else, something that will be different from the initial idea that you had of myself. As who I am, and as who I've always been. I'm not looking for everyone to care about me or fully accept me, but... I want show you all what I'm made of. That I can be a great hero, a great huntsmen. That I can be someone to depend on. And to show you all that your children are safe here at Beacon with me and everyone else here. I can become someone that everyone will depend on. And that's a promise" said Rex as he finished his speech, he slowly raised his fist high in the air as if the battle had been won.
The crowd remained silent for a moment, and clapped and cheered loudly at his words, with his teammates and students cheering in response. The other students from the other schools had a bit of mixed feelings as some cheered while most stayed silent with disheartened looks.
Ironwood watched from his seat as he looked left and right at the cheering people in the crowd as he smiled a little and began to clap for him as well as he said "Well done, Rex. You really are something else. Now I hope that you can keep that promise" as Penny cheered for him as well.
Rex smirked as he turned to walk off the stage and walking over to his teammate's who were also clapping and cheering for him
"Think I said too much?" asked Rex with a tone of nervousness and confidence.
"Nope, this was perfect" said Yang with a smile on her face.
"I'm sure you've riled up a quite a few amount of people. So you better keep that promise you made" said Blake as she smiled at him.
"Agreed" said Weiss with a small smile.
"Please share your level of confidence. I couldn't have thought of something as awesome as that" said Ruby as she tugged on his jacket sleeve.
Rex chuckled as he said "Sorry Red. Can't do that. This machismo is mine" as he pointed at his chest with his right thumb, making Ruby pout.
"Anyways, let go get something to eat. I'm starving" said Rex as he began walking towards the exit as his team followed.
Later
The team had made it down to the ground and began walking to the food stands that were close to the school.
They were all chatting to Rex about his new build and how he had come up with his new build, to which he said it was something he had been seeing for a while but couldn't figured out how t make it but during the battle they were having, he finally figured it out and build his new build, which Yang was about to title, "The Jack Slammers"
She thought about it since the function he had used on Reese reminded her of jack hammer moving up and down at fast speeds. And he slammed his fist against Reese's board and made her go flying fast so she thought of the word "slammer." And Rex liked it. It played on the words of "Jack" and "Hammer" and it worked well with it.
They were coming close to a stand to eat at until they were then stopped by a voice saying "Hey! Might be hard to eat without this."
They all turned around and saw Emerald holding a wallet with Lien in it as Ruby frantically patted around her outfit saying "No, no, no, no!"
Emerald laughed as she said "Good to see you, Ruby."
Ruby took her wallet as she said "Oh! Thanks, Emerald! Oh. Guess I dropped it. Girl pockets are the worst!" as she tried to put her wallet in a better place.
"What's up, Em?" asked Yang.
"Just left the stadium after your amazing fight! You guys were awesome! I was especially surprised your performance Rex. Very motivating speech. Made a lot of people excited. Even saw that new build of yours. That was so cool" said Emerald as she recalled what she saw in the arena.
"Heh. Thanks. Yea, I'm cool like that" said Rex in his confident voice.
"I heard your team progressed to the next round too" said Blake to Emerald.
"You know, I feel that we haven't seen your other teammates" said Rex with tiny bit of suspiciousness in his voice, barely noticeable by any.
"How'd they do in the fight?" Asked Yang.
Flashback
Emerald tiled her head up in thought, remembering how she blasted opponents with Theif's Respite, then slashed behind her as Mercury kicked out a shotgun blast with Talaria. Cinder did the same with her own target, landing the poor soul at the feet of their teammate, a mysterious black-haired girl who delivered a stomp on her victim's face into darkness.
End of Flashback
Emerald then said "Really well."
"That's great. Uh. Why don't we all go and get a victory food together?" said Ruby.
"Oh, gosh, that's so nice of you, but my teammates are all kind of...introverted. Really socially awkward" said Emerald trying to get out of the situation.
"Ooh, yeah. I could see that" said Yang.
"Oh, yeah, looks like Mercury and I are going to move on to the doubles round. What about you guys?" asked Emerald.
"Well, as the leader of this team, I thought long and hard about this decision" said Ruby in a depressed manner but was stopped by Weiss bluntly saying "We put it to a vote."
"Yes and I had to think on that vote" said Ruby, still feeling down.
"We voted for Rex and Yang" said Blake, answering her questions.
"Yea with me, we will defiantly win that next round" said Rex in a proud way.
Yang pounded her hands together saying "Yeah, we're going to kick some butt!"
"Well, if Mercury and I see you down the line, don't think we'll go easy on ya" laughed Emerald.
Yang and Rex smirked at Emerald as Yang said "Wouldn't have it any other way."
"Alright, well we're going to catch some more fights" said Emerald as she walked away.
When she got far away from them, she gained a disgusted look on her face as Mercury caught up to her.
"So, how are the new friends?" said Mercury as he smirked at her.
Emerald scowled at his words saying "I hate them. How can they be so happy all the time!?" as she said it in annoyance.
"Did you at least get what we want?" asked Mercury.
Emerald answered his question saying "It's the bimbo and Rex. In other words, we're screwed. With his abilities, he's for sure going to make it to the finals."
"Hmm, probably. But if he does, we can maybe use his abilities to our advantage" said Mercury. Emerald nodded at what he said as they began walking away to the arena.
Back with Team RRWBY
Team RRWBY was sitting at a booth and had ordered their food 5 bowls of noddle, with one having fish in it. Rex tried his hardest not to snicker at Blake for being too obvious but it was difficult.
Weiss then pulled out her card as to pay for the food but it ended up getting denied.
"What. Denied. I was barely into my monthly allowance" said Weiss in annoyance but was also concerned about this manner.
Blake and Rex looked down at their food and the shopkeeper quickly took Blake's food as she cried "nooo" but Rex quickly acted and took the food began running away as he ate the noodles saying "You'll never catch me, Johnny Law."
The shopkeeper yelled at Rex as he threw a broomstick at Rex so good that it hit him square in the head, causing Rex to fall down. The shopkeeper then ran over to Rex in a hurry and took his bowl away and dragged Rex back to the counter as Rex rubbed the sore spot on his head.
"Maybe I could help" said a voice, to which they all turned to the side of them and saw Team JNPR heading their way with Pyrrha holding a card.
"Aw, you don't have to ..." said Yang, trying to be considerate. But Rex and Blake shot up from their seats as they both said "But she could!"
"Well, I think you all earned it after that battle. And after you gave that compelling speech there, Rex" said Pyrrha, as she was genuinely happy to see that he was trying to make a difference.
"Yea and especially with that awesome new build Rex made" shouted Nora as she raised her fists up.
"Indeed. That was an impressive new build" said Ren in his monotone voice.
"Yea. That was awesome" said Jaune.
"By the way, its called "The Jack Slammers" said Ruby as she and Nora squealed at how cool the name was.
Later
Some time had passed and the two teams had finished their food as Jaune was feeling sick but Nora encouraged him to aim at the enemy if he was going to puke. They then heard over the PA system "Would Team JNPR please report to the battlegrounds immediately!"
They then heard Oobleck saying "Yes! Like they were scheduled to, several minutes ago!"
"Well, it looks like this is it" said Pyrrha as she began walking towards the stadium.
"Go get 'em!" chanted Ruby as Team RRWBY and JNPR began making their way to the stadium.
Timeskip
As team RRWBY entered the Coliseum and headed to their seats, Mercury and Emerald were behind them as they began walking to their seats as well as Cinder was waiting for them.
"So, who's it going to be?" asked Cinder as the two sat down.
"Rex and that yellow bimbo" said Emerald to Cinder.
"Of course, they would choose him to be in the next rounds. As to be expected" said Cinder slyly.
"It's going to be difficult to try and take them down. They're the strongest ones on their team. If I'm being honest, we don't stand a chance against them. Rex is basically a walking impenetrable fortress" groaned Mercury as he leaned back in his seat.
"Come now, Mercury. Rex may be as strong as an impenetrable fortress but every building has a weak spot and we will find that weak spot and we will...
Tear him apart piece by piece until there's nothing left of him...
As Cinder finished talking, Port began the countdown for JNPR against their opposing team as he chanted,
"Three, two, one, begin!..."
