Chapter 16

Tag Team Turmoil

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

Flashback

"Scroll Communications / Speakers"

Location / Date / Time Change

Amity Colosseum

Russel ran and jumped behind a rock as Penny launched her swords at the rock. She sent more swords at Lark who did the same as his teammate. Penny smiled at here teammate, who merely pointed at her watch. Penny raised her hands and the strings tightened and rose to the sky before they were slammed back down on the Beacon students.

The buzzer rang as Penny retracted her swords and bowed. "Victory goes to Penny and Ciel of Atlas!" Oobleck said.

"Thank you for a wonderful time." Penny said as the boys groaned.

Ruby ran from her seat and caught up with the Atlas 'students' as they were leaving the Colosseum. "Penny!"

"Ruby!" The 'girl' turned around and jumped on the scythe wielder, forcing both to the ground before standing back up. "Ruby, this is my teammate."

"Ciel Soleil." The dark skinned girl bowed.

"Hi, I'm Ru-" Ruby started.

"Ruby Rose." Ciel interupted. "Age, 15. Hometown, Patch. Leader of team RWBY. Status, questionable."

"You know, you didn't do much in that fight." The girls looked over to see Vergil walking into the colosseum. "All you did was stand there and point at your watch, and occasionally moved out of the way of an attack."

"Vergil Angelo. 17, unknown hometown, member of Team NVAR. Status, questionable." Ciel said, sparking an argument between the two.

"So... Penny you were amazing out there! How do you keep track of all those swords!?" Ruby asked. "It's so cool."

"It's kind of like your friend Ryuko's Semblance." Penny explained before looking over as Vergil kept yelling at a seemingly unaffected Ciel.

"So, is she your friend or...?" Ruby asked.

"In a way." Penny answered. "She kind of like Blake, if she was ordered to spend time with you."

"Oh, like Weiss." Ruby joked.

"Exactly." Penny nodded.

"So, does she know about the whole... you know... Beep boop bop, does not compute?" Ruby asked.

"Not at all." Penny shook her head. "Mister Ironwood doesn't want anyone to know. There was this one incident with a magnet, but I was able to play it off."

"What did you do?" Ruby asked.

"I wore a hat." Penny said, making them both laugh. "Ruby, there's something I've been meaning to talk to you about." She glanced over at Ciel, who was staring at her watch as Vergil kept yelling. "I want to stay here at Beacon."

"Penny, they'll never let you..." Ruby reminded.

"I know, but I have a plan." Penny said as Ciel walked over.

"Ma'am, we really should be going." The third girl said.

"I'll talk to you more soon, Ruby." Penny said as the Atlas duo walked away.

"Freakin' grunt..." Vergil mumbled as he walked passed Ruby.

"What's his problem?" Ruby asked out loud.

"He's just mad because Ryuko is going into the doubles round with Natsu instead of him." Aerith said as she walked towards Ruby.

"Why?" Ruby asked.

"Truthfully, Ryuko's mad at him." The brunette explained.

"Well, he did care about a sword more than his own teammate." Ruby reminded.

"That's not why she's mad at him." Aerith said as she followed the swords man.

"Our next match is in fifteen minutes!" Port shouted though the PA.

"Oh, my gosh that's right!" Ruby remembered. "It's time for..."

In the ring, Weiss and Yang stood next to each other as Yang stretched. "Well, it's our turn."

"Just remember to keep proper form..." Weiss requested.

"Fine..." Yang huffed. "So, you're from Atlas. Any idea what we can expect?"

"Well, given that their kingdom, military and academy are all merged as one, I think we can expect disiplined, military-like fighters with highly advanced weaponry and carefully rehearsed strategies." A whiz from behind caught their attention as they looked at their opponents. A boy who looked like a jazz musician, and a Faunus girl who looked like an Internet meme come to life. "Or whatever they are."

"Hey!" The boy, named Flynt, cried out to Weiss. "You're Weiss Schnee, right? The heiress..."

"I am." She nodded.

"So I guess your pretty good with Dust, then?" He asked.

"I do my best..." Weiss answered.

"Yeah! My dad was pretty good too." Flynt added. "Owned a little Dust shop of his own. 'Til yo father's company drove him out of business."

"Oh..." Weiss hung her head. "I'm sorry to hear that."

"I bet you are..." Flynt rolled his eyes.

"Hey, why don't you-" Yang started.

"Hey, why don't you..." The other girl, Neon, mocked. "That's what you sound like."

"Okay..." Yang mumbled.

"Hey, where'd you get your hair extensions?" Neon asked.

"Extentions? This is all my natural hair." Yang answered.

"Ooh, really?" She asked.

"What, is that a prob-" The blonde started.

"You should try rollerblading some time." The Faunus interrupted before spinning in place. "It's super fun. Might take a while for you to get the hand of it since your so, you know... Top heavy."

Yang looked down at her bust as Weiss just stared in shock. "Excuse me?!"

"Oh, boy, here we go..." Ruby mumbled from the side.

"Did she just insult Yang?" Natsu growled out from his seat.

"For your information, I have a boyfriend!" Yang shouted.

"What, he lose a bet or something?" Neon teased as the arena randomizers popped up.

"Let me at her!" Natsu growled as his teammates held him back from jumping over the barricade and fighting the Faunus girl himself.

The randomizers stopped at the desert, geyser field, abandoned city, and lava field. "Three..." Port counted as Weiss drew her rapier. "Two, one..." Flynt took a breath as Neon winked at the other two, confusing them. "Go!" Flynt let loose a solo as Neon rode the sound wave towards them. Weiss created a Glyph that held her in place as the Faunus sent Yang back.

Weiss stood up as Flynt let out another solo. Weiss launched forward, but was stopped by the sound. She created Glyphs that let her walk forward until he stopped, sending Weiss tumbling towards him. He kicked her in the back, sending her crashing through a crystal, earning a chuckle from the musician.

Yang launched blasts from her gauntlets which Neon rolled out of the way, creating a rainbow behind her. She grinded a rail and stuck her tongue out at the blonde, angering her. She launched more rounds that the Faunus avoided, muttering 'never miss a beat'.

She raced towards Yang and swung her nunchucks at the blonde. She skated away as Yang reloaded her gauntlets while Neon cracked her weapon like glowsticks, making them glow blue. She skated towards Yang and swung them, coating her right leg in ice. "Hey, now you're bottom heavy too. Better for your boyfriend."

Yang slammed her foot down and broke the ice before turning around and having her left arm coated in ice. Neon rushed towards her and sent the blonde into an old wall. "You really need to cool off." Neon said. "Get it? Because you're angry."

"Hilarious..." Yang growled as she punched the wall, freeing her arm and destroying the wall.

Weiss and Flynt stood across from each other as Weiss created four small glyphs that sent ice spikes at the man. Flynt looks down and smiled before blowing a geyser of fire at the spikes, melting them. "Even with all that money, you can't buy skill."

Weiss stomped her feet before the chamber switched to wind Dust as Flynt let out another solo. The two met and balanced each other as Weiss created a circle of glyphs around the two. She jumped from glyph to glyph as ice spikes shot out after her. Flynt recovered and stood back before he split into three others, each with diffrent colored tie. The four trumpets worked in concert and sent Weiss out of her glyph circle.

"Whoa..." Jaune mumbled from the stands.

"What's this?" Port asked.

"It seems that young Flynt has just activated his Semblance.. Oobleck said. "And a remarkable one at that. Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes on Flynt Coal's 'Killer Quartet'. The four looked up at the score board and walked forward as they sank back into the original.

Neon jumped off a ramp as Yang raced after her, now with her red eyes. "Flashy eyes, cool. You know, I'm actually starting to see how you could get a boyfriend. You're kinda cute when you're angry."

"Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!" Yang shouted before launching herself forward. Weiss reached for Myrtenaster only to have Flynt step on the blade. "Hold still!" Yang shouted.

"I wasn't saying you should go on a diet." Neon said as she circled the blonde. "I'm just saying if you want to keep this 'boyfriend' you NEED to go on a diet."

"Shut up!" Yang shouted.

"You're fat." The Faunus said.

Flynt turned and activated his Semblance. Weiss looked at the ground and noticed a lava geyser about to erupt. She tackled the musician just as the heat erupted.

"What?" Yang looked over in confusion.

"Weiss!" Blake and Ruby shouted.

"Looks like we have a double knockout." Port commentated.

"Yes, miss Schnee has completely depleted her Aura to take out Flynt." Oobleck added before looking back at the field. "Or, maybe not."

The smoke cleared as Flynt staggered in place. "Well, I'll be. Flynt Coal is still standing!" Port said impressed.

"Nice job, Flynt." Neon said as she skated over. "Don't worry about her, she's easy. But really annoying."

"Uh oh, looks like Yang is angry." Port said as the blonde clenched her fists. "And you don't want to be around her when she's..." Geysers exploded around her as her eyes turned red. "Upset."

Yang fired two blasts from her gauntlets, forcing the Atlas students to dodge. "Neon! Go!" Flynt shouted. He let out a solo as Yang launched forward. The forces canceled each other out before Yang traded blows with Neon. She jumped into the air and blastsd the ground near Flynt, making him turn and sent Neon stumbling to keep her balance.

Yang rolled back on to the ground before sprinting at the trumpeter and blasting forward. Flynt reactivated his Semblance, forcing Yang to keep shooting until she clasped the horn, sending a shockwave that eliminated Flynt. "Ouch. Sour note for Flynt." Oobleck said.

Yang slid back as she looked over at the Faunus, struggling to keep her balance in the geyser field. "Never miss a beat, never miss a beat. Never miss a..." Her rollerblades got caught in a divot in the hill. "Beat?" She tumbled end over end before getting launched up by a water geyser. Yang smiled, fired a blast, and eliminated Neon.

The crowd cheered as Yang's adrenaline died down. "Weiss!" She ran over to her downed teammate, now covered in soot. "Weiss, are you okay?"

Weiss coughed a bit before looking at her teammates. "I don't think I'll be singing for a while..."

Yang let out a relieved sigh. "You know, I'm pretty sure that wasn't proper form..."

"Oh, ha ha." Weiss mocked before coughing again.

"What!?" Both Beacon girls looked over at the Atlas students. "We lost!? We LOST!? Team FNKI lost!?" Neon shouted. "That was... That was... Amazing! Oh, my gosh, you guys were super crazy awesome. We absolutely HAVE to party together sometime! Right, Flynt?" She turned to her leader standing up.

"That was a pretty risky move, Schnee." He said. "I dig it."

Both girls looked over as Ruby and Blake ran onto the field. "Good job, you two." Blake said.

"Yeah!" Ruby added. She and Blake lifted Weiss onto their shoulders and helped her to the infirmary.

"So, uh, were cool, right?" Neon asked, skating over. "You know I was just teasing you, right?"

"We are, but I don't think he is." Yang pointed behind the Faunus, making Neon turn to see Natsu jump the stands and running into the arena.

"Who is that?" Neon asked as she hid behind Yang.

"That... Is my boyfriend." Yang smirked as Natsu reached them.

He glared at Neon before grabbing the girls tail, pulling her out from behind the blonde. "Don't EVER insult her again, GOT IT!?" She nodded fearfully before Natsu let her go.

"You don't think I'm 'top heavy' do you?" Yang asked.

"Absolutly not." Natsu shook his head as Ryuko came out the arena entrance. "Your fine just the way you are."

"Thanks." The two hugged as Ryuko reached them.

"Alright, break it up." The second girl said. "We've got a match Natsu."

"Good luck." Yang winked as she ran to her seat next to Vergil and Aerith. "So, how come its those two? I thought you guys said it was gonna be Ryuko and Vergil."

"It was, but for some reason she's mad at me." Vergil explained.

"Some reason?" Aerith asked back. "You chose a sword over her. How do you think she feels?"

"I don't know what you're saying." Vergil confessed, making the girls shake their heads.

Ryuko just glared at her leader as the arena reset. "Don't give me that look. You know you want to do the same thing with Vergil."

"S-Shut up." Ryuko mumbled with a blush.

Natsu just chuckled at his friends embaresment. "So, these guys are from Vacuo. Any idea who were gonna get?"

"Hard to say..." She mumbled. "We could get someone like Sun, the NDGO girls..."

"Ahem." The Beacon students looked over and were surprised to see their opponents. The first was an 18 year old man with dark brown hair held by blue bandana with white streaks and matching side burns. A white, blue streaked, elbow length trench coat covered his arms and back, a blue skintight shirt hugged his chest, and the rest of his arms were cover by blue gauntlets. His leg were covered by matching pants and his boots were black with gold streaks and buckles. In his hands were silver bladed tonfas with the long end pointed at his elbows.

Next to him was a man 19 years old with long black hair tied in a pony tail and glasses covered piercing gold eagle eyes. White tribal tattoos covered his neck and upper chest, and he wore a long blue robe. Dark grey pants were held up by a copper belt, his hands were covered by black fingerless gloves and his feet were covered by grey mid shin boots. Jack chains covered his arms and legs, and his belt supported a lot of small bags.

Natsu and Ryuko looked up to see their names; Raoul Hoshigami and Yasha Gurē Okami. "Or we could get them." Ryuko said.

"Hey!" Raoul shouted, catching their attention. "I know who you are. Ryuko Matoi! The daughter of Ragyo Kiryuin."

"Yeah..." Ryuko nodded.

"What, you get bored and decided to buy yourself a team?" He asked.

"Excuse me!?" Ryuko shouted back.

"I've seen it before." The tonfa holding man said. "Self righteous rich people who think they've got it all, so they buy their way into this tournament without any real skills."

"I'm nothing like that!" Ryuko shouted.

"Then why is she here?" He pointed into the stands at a dark skinned girl with large sunglasses and light purple hair in all white, looking though her Scroll as if recording. "Everyone know who Revochs spokeswoman is."

"Look, buddy. I don't know what your problem is-" Natsu started.

"He wasn't talking to you." Yasha said, taking off his glasses and putting them in his robe. "But I guess a lack of manners is common among mercenaries. You sold yourself of to the highest bidder. You disgust me."

"I'm no sellout!" Natsu shouted.

The randomizers stopped at a forest, mountains, above ground caves, and the Savannah. "Three, two, one..." Oobleck quickly counted as Yasha pulled out three kunais and held them between his fingers. "Begin!" Yasha threw the daggers and they peirced the ground in front of the Beacon students.

"Ha! You missed!" Natsu taunted.

"I don't miss." The eagle Faunus said. Natsu and Ryuko looked down as the kunais glowed black before they exploded, creating a large amount of smoke.

As the Beacon students coughed out the smoke, Raoul charged forward with blinding speed, leaving a blue trail of light. He ran in a circle and suck them both up into a tornado, sending Ryuko crashing into the Savannah and Natsu into the mountains. "So, who do you want?" He asked his partner as he stopped running.

"I'll take the Faunus." Yasha said as he turned to the mountains.

"Fine with me." Raoul took off towards the Savannah as Ryuko pulled herself up. He rushed her and didn't even give her a chance to draw her weapon before slamming one of his weapons into her head, setting up a series of strikes that ended with a kick into a rock.

"Man, you're fast." Ryuko groaned as she stood up.

"You ain't seen nothing yet." He disappeared from sight before the rock split half, forcing Ryuko back. He stood on the halfs before he turned his weapons into uzi's before firing. Finally given some room, she drew her blades, turned them into their gun form, and fired back. The bullets from both guns meet and canceled each other out.

Ryuko started walking back as Raoul sprinted forward. He turned the guns back into tonfas and sent Ryuko flying into the forest with a double swing. "Man, she really is an air headed rich girl." He looked over as the spokeswoman shook her head.

Natsu pulled himself out of the rock as more kunais pinned him by his jacket. He looked up as Yasha, who now had four glowing yellow arms jutting out of his back, brandished three kunais in each hand like claws. "Semblance?"

"Semblance." Yasha nodded as he charged and swung all 12 in an X. Natsu flipped up and the knives carved the rock to pieces before he froze the ones pinning him. He jumped off the rock and punched the opponent, only to his tail caught by one of the hands. "Try to be a little less predictable."

The arms slammed Natsu on the ground and wall of the mountain before they faded back into Yasha's body. He picked Natsu up by the throat and threw him over his shoulder before throwing more kunais. Natsu stood up as they exploded, sending him crashing in front of a cave. The arms reappeared as Yasha climbed over the lower mountains.

Ryuko stood up against a tree, holding her blades close to her. "He can't sneak up on me like this."

"You sure about that?" She turned as the tree was cut down and a blue line rushed out behind it. Ryuko jumped of the way as Raoul unleashed another assault of blows. She tried to block with her blades, only to have them pulled out of her hands and kicked out of the arena. "Hey, I got a riddle for ya." He twirled his weapons in his hands while Ryuko caught her breath.

"What's a warrior without weapons?" He vanished from sight as Ryuko looked up at the girl in white.

'The hell is she doing here?' She shook her head as she tried to find the blue blur weaving between the trees.

Natsu stood up as Yasha reached the top of the small mountain. He launched blasts of ice to slow his opponent, only to have them blocked by the arms. Yasha threw more kunais at Natsu, forcing him to run inside the cave.

Yasha reached the front of the cave and dissipated his arms before walking inside the cave. An ice ball flew towards him, and he moved his head to the side, letting it fly by. "You're slipping, Dragneel." He pulled out a kunai and set the charge. "Eagles see better in the dark than lizards." His eyes caught a glimmer and he threw the knife.

"You wanna know the answer?" Ryuko asked as strings rolled off her arms as Raoul charged her from the front. "A warrior still!" The strings wrapped around her arm and turned it into a gauntlet as she punched him in the face before doing the same with an armored leg, now sporting blades made of strings, stunning him.

She turned and ran to the edge as he sprinted after her, only to find her staring at the edge, looking at her blades. "Stupid, rich kid." He muttered before kicking her off the stage, only to have her break apart into strings. "What the?"

"How's this for stupid!?" He turned only to have spear of strings pierce his jacket and pin him against the wall of the arena. "Don't ever call me that again."

"And in a shocking upset, Miss Matoi has eliminated Raoul." Port said.

"I'm counting on it." Natsu's voice said. "Catch." He threw something at Yasha who caught it. He looked at a chunk of ice before he noticed the kunai stuck in it. It exploded, creating a bright flash of light that blinded him. "Let's try things my way." He tackled Yasha out of the cave before turning his claws into ice blades and swung them.

"Not done yet!" Natsu turned his tail into an ice mace before slamming it down on Yasha's head, making his aura drop to 12.

"And that's the match!" Oobleck shouted. "Team NVAR has defeated Team FORG!"

"Oh, yeah." Natsu cheered.

"Hey, Dragneel." Yasha stood up and dusted himself off. "Not bad." He held out his hand and the two Faunus shook hands. "But..." He reached in his pocket and pulled out his glasses, now broken. "You owe me some new glasses."

"Got admit, I was wrong about you." Raoul said as the spear fell apart. "You aren't some rich airhead. You got the skills."

Ryuko ignored him and walked out of the arena, ignoring her blades. She walked down the hall and noticed the girl in white. "What are you doing here, Rei!?"

"Following Miss Ragyo's orders." The girl said. "She wishes to see how you've progressed with your skills and Semblance."

"So she couldn't come herself?" Ryuko asked.

"She's a very busy woman." Rei answered. "You should know that by now." She turned and walked away, leaving Ryuko alone.

"Ryuko..." She turned to see Vergil running towards her, holding her blades. "You forgot these." She took the weapons and strapped them to her back. "Listen, I know I've seemed kinda selfish, but-" Ryuko grabbed his jacket and pulled him into a kiss.

A few seconds later, they separated and looked at each other. "Let's go, Verg." Ryuko said, and Vergil nodded, following her.

Cinder, Mercury and Emerald's Room

Cinder sat on her bed, looking over the data she gathered from Ironwood's Scroll before two files caught her attention. "Well, this is interesting."

"What?" Emerald asked as Mercury stopped his push-ups.

"Oh, nothing." The leader said, clicking on Penny's file. "We're just going to make some slight 'alterations' to the plan."

Emerald and Mercury stared at each other confused. "Meaning?" Mercury asked before resuming his work out.

"Not only will this be easier than we thought, but we're going to gain a new ally out of this." She explained as she moved on to the second file.

Ozpin's Office

Ozpin stared out the window as Qrow walked in, holding a mug. "You do know he's making you look bad, right?"

"His heart is in the right place." Ozpin said back. "He's just a little... Misguided."

"Honestly, I don't think he has a heart." Qrow said before drinking from the mug. "So, have you chosen your guardian yet?"

"Maidens choice themselves." Ozpin reminded the Huntsman turning around. "I merely believe I've found the right candidate. Ever since the day I meet her, I had a feeling she'd be the one. She's strong, intelligent, caring but most importantly... She's ready."

Bottom Floor

Pyrrha stood in front of the elevator and it opened. She walked inside and the door closed, taking her up to see Ozpin.

If that's what real trumpets could do, I'd have played mine a whole lot longer.

Keeping with the color rule, Hoshigami means starlight and Gurē Okami translates to 'grey wolf'. As for the other members, the F is Mordred le Fay from Fate type moon, and Haru Glory from Rave Master X Fairy Tail. Would have included them, but I can't find a picture of Mordred and I really don't want include all ten weapon morphs for Haru.

No, there is absolutely no relationship between Raoul and Ruby. Their Semblances are similar, but at the same time different. With Ruby, hers is more like a sprint, good for short runs not long. With Raoul's it's more like a marathon and he has the stamina to match it.

Up next is the last trailer, and all the names in Kill La Kill actually mean something so it's perfect match for this world. Ragyo means 'gauzy silk of the dawn' which works for here because that means white and yellows. Hououmaru means phoenix circle, and that brings to mind bright reds and fire.

See you then.

Beta read by Natsu is Awesome.