Next day morning.
"Is Jaune hurt?" - Pyrrha stormed into the cinema.
"How is he?" - Ruby asked.
RWBY and _PNR cornered the poor Author with a barrage of questions.
"Calm down, please." - Author pleaded.
"Everyone, I am sure Mr. Author will inform Mr. Arc state if you let him." - Ozpin calmed his students down.
After everyone settled down, Author said. - "Jaune condition has worsened." - He did not dare to look at anyone's eyes.
"What?" - Pyrrha yelped.
"Wait wait, He is still physically fine, but the ..." - Author murmured the last part.
"Speak up! What wrong with our leader.! " - Nora shook him.
"Please stop, I'll show you in a minute." - Author pleaded. He clicked a remote.
"Now showing: Nightmare Yang Xiao Long"
"Sis?" - Ruby horrified.
"No, not again." - Velvet denied.
"I.. I" - Yang babbled.
"Please take a seat. But I have to warn you, this is much worse than before." - Author said.
Everyone shocked but the screen was already rolling.
"I'll go get some buckets." - Author rushed outside.
"Bucket?" - No-one stopped him.
"Where am I?" - Jaune opened his eyes to see he was inside a cage.
Pyrrha looked at his blacked eye worriedly.
The cage is a big octagonal structure with walls of a metal chain-link fence.
"It looks like-" - Yang guessed.
"A fighting cage?" - Jaune got himself up and scanned the surrounding. He surprised to see a blonde girl sat in the opposite corner.
"Yang?" - The girl was keeping her head down but Jaune recognized Yang's outfit.
"Yang?" - Jaune called again but Yang but she gave no response. He tried to get closer but he realized he can't get to her side.
"Okay?" - He gave up trying.
Jaune looked back to see all his back turned to a black goo and dissolved into the ground.
"Ewww." - He also felt all his on body gear have the same fate.
"It's preparing the fight?" - Blake said.
"Between other me and him." - Yang hesitantly nodded.
"This stuff is the same as..." - Jaune looked at Yang horrified.
"No." - He scanned around again. - "No." - The realization hit him. - "Not like this." - He banged the fence.
"You can't make me." - Jaune shouted, screamed into the dark void outside the cage.
"Jaune..." - Pyrrha cried.
"No no no." - Ruby's shaken.
"Maybe... Maybe they don't need to kill each other." - Velvet hopefully said but deep down she already knows the truth.
Light flashed on top of the cage, Jaune looked up to see a giant electronic board counting down.
"5" - Jaune terrified.
"Wait." - Yang shouted
"4"
"You can't" - Ruby scream.
"3" - He took a battle stance. Yang slowly stands up.
"No." - Summer cried.
"2" - Chill went through his back as Jaune looked directly at Yang's blacken eyes.
Tai tightened his chest.
"1" - Jaune stoned his heart.
Raven smirked.
"0" - Light brightened up outside the cage. Jaune heard a sudden cheer echo loudly.
"Kill him." - Jaune chest tightened to hear Ruby's voice.
"Fight! Fight! Fight!" - Outside the cage, there were thousands of faceless human cheering.
"No." - Ruby cried.
"Break his leg." - Faceless Nora shouted.
"That not me, I would never." - Nora screamed.
Yang slowly walked toward Jaune.
"Yang, please." - Jaune begged.
Yang ignored and took her battle stance.
"I don't want to do this." - Jaune took one step back.
"Ha! He is a coward." - Faceless Cardin laughed.
"He just a trash scum who cheat the way in after all." - Faceless Weiss snorted.
"I would n-" - Weiss ate her word.
Yang stepped into the combat range. She started the fight with a straight punch. Jaune easily dodged it but he knew Yang just testing him. But as he cautiously fell back, Yang suddenly switched gear and gave him a powerful low kick.
"Fuck!" - Jaune fell his left leg bruising. - "Did it seriously just easy breakthrough my Aura?" - He jumped back defensively.
"Her fighting style is different from me." - Yang stunned.
"No, hers is just more refine." - Tai said.
"Unlike you, she knows how to fight." - Raven snorted.
"She is not pushing?" - Jaune caught his breath. - "She really looks down on me." - He rushed toward Yang. - "Fuck it."
Jaune threw a punch only to have Yang easily counter with a right hook. He didn't give up, stood his ground and trade some punch back but none it stuck and Yang easily returned tenth-fold.
"Now!" - Jaune tried to grab her only to have Yang grabbed the back of his head and gave him a knee to the face.
"What are you doing?" - Coco yelled.
Jaune's forced back to defend, Yang's punches became more and more intense, each aimed at Jaune's weak spot.
"No, wait, all her punch are slightly off the mark." - Tai impressed.
"Still not perfect but I can feel it." - Through Jaune's eye, the screen shows a mental image of Yang's next move.
"Oh?" - Raven intrigued.
"1, 2, 3, 4..." - Yang started to change her rhythm but Jaune already charged in. - "There." - He caught her punch into a wristlock.
"Nice." - Qrow whistled.
"Bold move." - James said.
"He read through her." - Tai shook his head.
"Huh? That fast?" - Yang surprised.
"This is not the first time Jaune fight against Yang." - Author return with a bunch of buckets. - "But never to the death though."
Yang twisted her arm, easily break out of the lock. But Jaune already prepared, pinned her into the ground. She attempted to throw a punch but Jaune grabbed and turned into an armbar.
"Go Jaune." - Nora cheered.
"Grappling?" - Pyrrha surprised. - "I never thought Jaune would learn this style."
Yang attempted to break free but Jaune constantly shifting his position into other locks. Finally, Jaune ended on a triangle choke.
"He totally locked her off!" - Ruby cheered.
"Yes, Grappling is a style focus on disarming and forcing the opponent into submission." - Tai nodded.
"So he just needed to hold her off until she lost consciousness." - Blake said.
"Yeah." - Tai nodded, but at haft way, he shook instead. - "But there's a reason Hunstman doesn't use this style anymore."
"Ahhhhh" - Jaune screamed in pain, Yang was pocking her thumb deep into his rib.
"Hffft." - Raven snorted. - "On the battlefield, left your body open is the stupidest thing you could have done."
"Unfortunately she's right, it really doesn't matter if your opponent just pulls out a knife then stab you." - Tai nodded.
Jaune still resilient to let go but Yang kept twisting her thumb into his flesh. His scream was getting louder and louder.
"Let her go Jaune." - Ruby's shaken by Jaune's scream.
In the end, Jaune decided to let her go but Yang had another idea. Grabbing her leg around Jaune's body, she sat on top of Jaune and process to continuous punch his face.
"Shit!" - Coco cussed.
Jaune held his arms up to block but he felt them are giving up. His Aura finally broke, his arm brushing by Yang punches.
"Come on Jaune get out of there." - Pyrrha yelled.
Jaune lost consciousness.
"Jaune..." - Pyrrha cried.
But Yang not stopping, she continued to smack his head to a bloody pool. The faceless audience's cheering louder and louder.
"What are you doing?" - Yang screamed. - "You already won."
After 1 minute, Yang not stopping. Blood spill all over her outfit.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!." - The arena started to chant.
"Stop." - Ruby cried.
"Pathetic." - Raven lost her interest.
After 2 minutes, Yang still not stop.
"Don't stop, punch that loser some more." - Faceless Ruby cheered.
"Please... stop." - Ruby busted in tears. Everyone's uncomfortable about the display.
Yang suddenly jumped back and take a defensive stand. The arena fell into an uncomfortable silence.
The audience surprised.
After a minute of silence, Yang still not dropped her guard and intensely stare at Jaune's body.
"Jaune?" - Pyrrha wiped her tears.
Jaune's body suddenly unorthodoxly twitched. He slowly stood up. When he looked up the screen showed he now had two blacked eyes.
"No." - Ruby held her mouth.
"Is he?" - Velvet terrified.
He suddenly charged at Yang. Yang was ready, she threw a power punch right at his chest. Jaune's down on the ground again.
"What ar-" - Weiss yelled.
Yang's right elbow was dislocated. She quickly self relocated it back.
"That's..." - Qrow stunned.
Jaune stood up again. Yang now got serious. Her blonde hair busted in flame.
Everyone intensely looked at the screen, not wanting to miss the next moment.
Yang attacked first, threw a fast jab at him. Jaune at the same time split blood on to her eyes. She was blind but unfazed, each punch was precisely hit Jaune.
"Cheap trick." - Raven snorted.
But Yang didn't see Jaune threw a wide swing, jammed his thumb deep into her left ear.
"What?" - Yang stunned.
Yang started to lose her balance, she grabbed Jaune's left shoulder tightly to stabilize her footing. She threw a powerful right hook but now it's not powerful as before. Jaune took his chance precisely poke out Yang's right eye.
Everyone horrified.
Jaune then knocked her down on the ground and pushed two of his thumb in her eyes. Yang the first time screamed in pain, flailing her punch into Jaune's broken rib.
Everyone petrified by the brutality.
Yang finally broke out but Jaune changed position to an armlock. Yang tried to push her thumb into Jaune's wound again but Jaune did something more horrified.
**Crack** - Yang's bone was broken. Yang screamed again.
Yang fell sick by her own scream.
Jaune let her go, Yang started to crawl away with an emotion the audience never had seen her before.
FEAR.
Jaune just stared at her.
"Jaune you won ok?" - Nora sensed something terribly wrong.
He started to slowly walk toward Yang, then sat on her.
"Don't" - Pyrrha's speechless.
He slowly raised his fist.
"Please." - Ruby cried.
He started to punch her in the same manner as she did before.
"Jaune stop!" - Summer cried.
"Kid! You won already." - Qrow yelled.
Raven started to feel conflicted.
The screen showed a close up look at Yang's face as she was being beaten to death.
"Yeah! Beat her to death." - Faceless Ruby said.
Ruby threw up first.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" - The faceless audience cheered again.
"She is worthless!" - Faceless Cardin cheered.
"Show her where she place is." - Weiss cheered.
Everyone each took one bucket and threw up.
After 5 minutes of disturbing punching and cheering, the screen finally faded to black but the sound still playing.
Too far? Or not far enough? I mean some of you did request Silent Hill after all.
So...
How can I get out of this mess? I can already picture the blowout of the next chapter already.
Keep your suggestion coming, I need them to finalize the full picture.