[X] Decadus
"Make sure we stay apart." Miltia said, as she and Yang approached the secret door to the Fight Club. "We'll be able to keep an eye over more people if we split up a bit."
Yang nodded. "Sure, sure. Send me a message if you identify someone. Four set up a group chat, didn't she?"
"I think so." Miltia mused. "Not entirely sure."
She stepped into the elevator that had the secret compartment, and Yang tried to focus. She could think about talking to Ruby later. For now, she was in the middle of something, and she was already enough of a failure to risk getting distracted and not being able to give it her all.
It was a good thing that the Fight Club had rules about leaving people with Aura, she didn't need to worry as much about being brought too low here at least. As long as she finished the night with her Aura intact enough that nobody noticed a problem, she wouldn't worry anyone.
So she didn't need to think about that, for now. Right now there was only her, and the crowd.
The door opened, and Yang stepped in. Miltia went to the left, so Yang went right. The room was a bit crowded, as people started moving towards the pit in the middle.
There was a lot of people, and not many that Yang recognised. She vaguely remembered a few of them from the last time she was in the Fight Club, but nobody by name.
Well, whoever the White Fang members were, they were likely gathering around the fighting pit so they could be ready to put their plan into action. So she'd probably be able to see people best if she got near it herself.
Squeezing between a few people as she stepped forward, Yang looked down to see the first fight.
As she stepped into view, Yang saw a fight already in process, between Decadus and a woman she didn't recognise. Decadus stepped forward and moved to punch her. The woman stood still as a shadowy limb emerged from her back, blocking Decadus' blow. A second limb emerged next to it and stretched out to touch the nearby wall as she did so, and in that second where both Decadus and the wall were touched, an ethereal shadow connected between the two. Then the arms shrank, and the shadow connecting Decadus to the wall shrank, slamming Decadus into the wall.
Decadus let out a moan, as the shadow faded away, and he turned back to the woman as she turned towards him and jabbed with the long, thin, spider-like limb. Decadus ripped his arm from the wall, and caught the limb, before pulling it towards him. The spider leg grew longer as he pulled on it, before the woman's face displayed her annoyance and she dispelled the limb.
It reformed a moment later, and another two spider legs emerged beneath the first two, before all the spider legs started dancing around the pit, touching the walls and floor in several places. They sped up as they grew more ethereal, less visible, and as Decadus charged forward into punching range, all the connections grew solid at once, arranging into a spider web that held him in place.
Decadus groaned, as the web formed around him and restrained him, and the woman smiled, as she stepped forward.
"How easy." She chuckled. "Now, let's get to the fun part."
She opened her mouth, displaying a pair of rather terrifying fangs, before biting into Decadus' neck. His Aura strained for a moment, before the woman pulled back.
"Ah..." Decadus moaned, and the woman frowned.
"Are you..." She mused, before suddenly stepping back, spiting in the process. "Oh, ew! Really? Are you serious?"
Yang got the idea she didn't want to know what the spider lady was thinking, so she didn't think about it.
"Ah, such a reaction..." Decadus mused. "I truly disgust you, don't I? I'm... Ah, detestable."
"Can I fight someone else?" The woman asked, as she turned away from Decadus. "Please? I really want to fight someone el-"
Decadus suddenly ripped out of the shadowy webbing, ripping forward to catch the woman's head in his hand, before slamming her down into the ground.
His other hand reached into a belt, before pulling out some sort of chain. He threw it over the woman, and it glowed purple as he let it go. The chain suddenly slammed downwards, as the gravity intensified, restraining around her and forcing her further down while digging into her body, her Aura visibly straining in the process.
Another shadow limb emerged from her back, and pulled at her own belt, before throwing a lightning crystal into the air. The four limbs emerged again and thrashed around, before connecting Decadus to the crystal and a dozen different points around the pit. Electricity started flowing through the shadows, zapping into Decadus, who let out a groan of... Well, hopefully pain, before he stepped forward and touched his boot against the chain around the spider woman.
She cried out as well as electricity flowed through the chain and into her as well, before she gritted her teeth and tried to through the chain off around her. The chain strained as four different shadow limbs pulled at it, but the alarm suddenly blared before anything could happen.
"Match over!" Announced a voice. "Decadus is victorious!"
He stepped away from the spider woman, who's shadow web vanished a moment later, and the two of them just waited for a moment as they tried to concentrate through the pain. Decadus picked up his chain, putting it around his belt again, and jumped out of the ring while the spider girl boosted herself out again with her shadowy spider legs.
Yang's scroll suddenly shook, as messages started being sent, and she quickly joined the chatroom to see who was talking.
Fuyu had reported the end of the first match, between Decadus and the spider lady- Who's name was apparently Haseltii- And suspecting the latter of being a Faunus because of the fangs.
Four responded with a message of her own. Likely to be a WF member?
Yang quickly joined in to continue. Maybe. Any more evidence?
We should keep her in mind at least. Miltia mused. Just in case. Anything of note, Decadus?
Decadus replied immediately. Her fangs contain a form of poison. It's incredibly painful.
Four responded by doing something to ban Decadus from talking for five minutes, and Yang took a moment to look over at Haseltii.
As she jumped up to outside the pit, a girl with green hair jumped down, and pulled out two guns. Fuyu stepped down a moment later, and Yang looked around after Haseltii as the announcer began announcing the next round.
She noticed the spider woman looking across the arena, to Yang's left, and she quickly observed the people around there to see who it could be. Three people were immediately obvious, including at least one woman with multiple fox tails, a woman wearing a blindfold, and a rather bland looking boy about Yang's age.
None of them reacted to Haseltii's gaze, but it was curious, so Yang quickly jolted down a message about it on her scroll. Four responded with an order for someone to fight the woman with the obvious Faunus traits, and Fox immediately called dibs.
Yang payed attention to the fight again, and noted that Fuyu's upgrades seemed to include using a lot more drones than before. The girl with green hair tried to shoot at Fuyu for a bit, only for all her bullet to be intercepted by drones. Yang noticed a few drones circling around her, and the girl spun around to kick one of them.
She seemed inexperienced, Yang noticed. Or was possibly throwing the fight. She wasn't shooting as she ran, she was standing still too much, she seemed observant but wasn't using a Semblance or trying to get close to someone who was stationary.
Fuyu observed her for a moment, using the drones to make the green haired girl dodge away, creating more distance between them. Then, several of the drones formed together, folding together into a blade, before shooting forward and hitting the girl's side. She cried out, before taking a moment to focus on Fuyu. With a start, she started sprinting at him.
The drones slammed into her as she ran, knocking her off balance repeatedly, but she continued her forward momentum long enough to get within range of Fuyu.
The elegant man reached into his robe and pulled out a smaller sword, more of a dagger actually, and stabbed forward with it. The stab just merely missed the girl with green hair, who slammed her weapons into his head. He stumbled, as she opened fire, shooting him in the head repeatedly, before he brought his arm around and sliced her arm. The alarm blared and the round ended.
Yang couldn't hear anything, but could see Fuyu saying something, as the green haired girl looked frustrated, before leaping out of the pit and walking away from the crowd.
Fuyu exited a moment later, and quickly pulled out his scroll to note that his opponent seemed like she was afraid to lose, but didn't feel like a White Fang member. Didn't seem the type to be part of a big mission if she was fighting like that.
It was possible she was holding back, but to the degree of taking that much Aura damage? Not likely.
Yang nodded in agreement, then looked up again to see the next fight.
Two people she didn't recognise stepped into the ring, and Yang took a moment to look around again, see if she could spot anyone else. Over on the other side of the ring, Haseltii was talking to a young girl, about Yang's age, with a freckled face.
Another potential suspect?
Well, that assumes that Haseltii was a White Fang member, which hadn't been confirmed yet. But the way that the two of them whispered and looked around, with the younger girl looking somewhat concerned. Four did mention that people would be looking for that one missing White Fang member, so it was possible that they were the target.
Which then raised the question, who was the third? Yang looked over to the side again, but couldn't get a look of their facial expression to read them and see what they were thinking.
The younger girl did seem ready to jump into the ring after the current fight, as one of the people in the ring started bouncing from wall to wall while the ground beneath the other started glowing and sizzling.
Yang reported her observation on her scroll, and Four responded immediately.
Someone drop in to fight her, or distract her and have someone else try.
Got it. Yang responded. Briefly, she noticed Decadus' ban expire, and Four immediately reapplied it, stopping him from talking for another ten minutes. In the distance, Yang could have sworn she heard a muffled groan.
Who wants to hop in next? Miltia asked. I can see the girl Yang mentioned, if nobody wants to fight her yet I can bump into her or spill a drink or something.
I don't mind fighting. Fox texted back. Anyone notice someone else it could be, though?
Yang looked around a bit, trying to keep an eye on something.
...Actually, can't we check the current bets somehow? Fuyu texted through.
Four responded first. I've got it open on a screen here. No pictures, though. The biggest two bets here are from people named Violet, Aqua, Ilia, Lavender and Red. I'm seeing a lot of creativity in these names.
So keep an eye out for matches between two people with those names? Asked Miltia.
Yeah. If any Faunus turn up or if one throws a match to the other, keep track of them, okay?
k. Yang responded, as she looked around.
Over by the side, Yang spotted someone else familiar. Otoko. The Dust dealer that Four had mentioned was looking around the ring, back and forth from people to a scroll she was holding. Her haze looked straight across for a moment, and Yang followed her gaze to Decadus. As Yang looked back, she noticed Otoko looking in the general direction of the people Yang had been suspicious of earlier, the woman with fox tails, the blindfolded lady, and the other guy.
Looking at people who showed interest in buying?
Yang mused for a moment, as the two fightings in the ring kept shooting at each other. The current fight would be other before long, so if Yang wanted to do something, now would be a good time.
Opening up her scroll to communicate what she was thinking, Yang quickly came up with a plan.
[X] Miltia bumps into Freckles just before she jumps into the pit, and Yang keeps an eye on who jumps in at around the same time.
[X] Yang jumps in before anyone else can, maybe shoving the people next to her to make sure she gets to fight Freckles.
[X] Actually, Otoko was over there, Yang might be able to try going to talk to her to ask if sh was really okay with selling to the White Fang.