I know I was going to do another thing, but this got my attention by ShadowofAxios. Today your going to see an all out Battle Royale, GRAY vs RWBY vs JNPR (Take that Shadow!). I know a three sided battle may be difficult, but it isn't team against team, its a Battle Royale, last man standing. I am playing fair with their talent and natural ability, not a cliche 'you know who's gonna win' scenario. Shall we begin? I own nothing except my ideas and OC's.
Team GRAY was in their room, arming themselves like they were going to war. Ash was wrapping bandages around his arms, to prevent his fists from getting bruised in battle, a common practice he learned in Pandaria. George was sharpening Earthbreaker and checking its 'special' ammunition in a satchel on his waist, his Aura mortar shells only took a chuck of aura out, his special rounds are to use as a last resort. Ryan was checking his large array of weapons, checking his gauntlet, making sure its loaded with dust along with his dust revolver, Requiem and Echo were in tip top shape, and ready to use, his Paladin, which he repaired, painted and upgraded personally, was fully armed and ready to use, Ozpin gave him clearance to use it in this fight, it was ready outside the arena. Yaron was checking his supply of containers, Ozpin gave him permission to go into the Emerald Forest at his own time, to 'resupply' so to speak. Ash sheathed Celestial's Will on his back, and his Lightning Lance on his waist, George put the sharpening rock down and loaded the mortar, getting a satisfying 'click' when he loaded the mortar into position, Ryan sheathed his Pistols and adjusted his watch, Yaron sheathed Nightfall on his waist and adjusted Daybreak on his back. "We ready"? George asks. They all nodded and set out, ready for a brawl.
Team RWBY was no different. Ruby was checking Crescent Rose's aim and sharpness, before going for bullet count. Weiss checked Myrtenaster's dust supply, and was satisfied, before checking her satchel of dust, Blake tightened the ribbons of Gambol's Shroud before looking at the small dust packet she began to use regularly in a tough battle, Yang loaded Ember Cecilia before putting them in her compact form, and checked her stronger supply of rounds she had in case of emergency. Ruby sheathed Crescent Rose on her waist, Weiss sheathed Myrtenaster on her side gracefully, Blake sheathed Gambol's Shroud on her back and stretched slightly, Yang simply retracted Ember Cecilia and did a few practice punches. "Ready"? Ruby asks. The other three nodded and moved out to the arena, ready for anything.
And surprisingly, JNPR wanted in on this. Jaune simply sharpened Crocea Mors while checking his shield for dents, Pyrrha did small adjustments to her weapons, satisfied with the result, Ren did a few practice moves, having already prepared his weapons, Nora was checking Magnhild while humming 'I'm Queen of the Castle' to herself. Jaune sheathed Crocea Mors in its shielth, Pyrrha sheathed Miló and Akoúo̱ on her back, Ren sighed and cricked his neck, Nora cheered and sheathed Magnhild on her waist. "Are we ready"? Jaune asks. His teammates nodded, with Nora cheering. The four walked out and headed to the arena, ready to fight.
Ozpin, being the man he is, was happy to reserve an arena and alert the academy of the fight, stopping classes for the next 2 hours, he decided the school needed to see experts in action, and he also wanted to win a couple of bets he had with the professors and students alike. Ozpin stood on a balcony overlooking the arena, with the other professors with him, Port being in the middle of the arena, ready to start the match. Multiple students rooted for separate teams, a majority of the females rooted for Team GRAY, which made Ash and Ryan shrink in their spots, Yaron shake his head, and George flex his muscles. Multiple men rooted for RWBY, half of them for Yang only, getting a facefault from the other girls. And finally the last remnant of the crowd was for Pyrrha and her team, multiple people having signs and flags of the JNPR logo but most of them had a Pyrrha sign instead.
Ozpin smirked as he walked to the arena, dismissing Port from his position as the battle starter. "I have decided to not only go through with this, but to switch it up a bit". Ozpin began while all the contenders listened. "Instead of a team battle, this will be an all out Battle Royale, you have 10 seconds to get a good position away from your teammates before the fight begins". Ozpin says while the teams exclaimed in shock and scrambled around, getting a good 10 feet away from each other. "What the heck Ozpin"! Ash snaps. "I want to see how you deal with crowd control, in a fight where no one is you ally, and everyone is your enemy, there will be no cooperation with each other unless its to take down another enemy, then you must either fight each other or go for another target". Ozpin lists off the rules, while the teams had mixed emotions.
GRAY was slightly excited, wanting to see how each other can do in a fight, RWBY was nervous, having never fought each other in a no ally fight against such odds, JNPR, mainly Jaune, was nervous, no friends and all enemies, how will this end?
Ozpin smirked before stepping back up to the balcony, and began to count down.
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"BEGIN"!
The twelve contenders stared off, not knowing who to fight, and who to be aware of. Half of them were nervous to attack, simply because they are fighting their own teammates without any support to each other.
Ash decided to kick it off and race forward for Ren, who returned. The two clashed in hand to hand combat. Ash threw a punch, which Ren deflected and threw a palm strike to Ash's chin, who used the recoil as reinforcement to a Blackout Kick, Ren was grazed by the dark energy surrounding the kick, barely missing the strike itself. Ash threw a Tiger Palm, which Ren countered with an Aura Strike, making a shockwave vibrate, stirring adrenaline in the other contenders.
Pyrrha jumped into the air and threw her javelin between the two, making them step back. She grabbed his javelin and swung a strike at Ash, who blocked and threw a punch, which Pyrrha deflected with her shield, before smacking away a palm strike from Ren, who threw a sweep, which she jumped over, to quickly get kicked away by Ash, who went back to fighting Ren in an instant, having adapted to a situation like this.
Yang ran forward and threw a punch at Weiss, itching for some well deserved revenge. Yang didn't show it, but she was still reeling from the argument on their first night, and has been dying for a good chance to get back at Weiss with no repracutions. "Yang! What are you doing"? Ruby asks worriedly, Crescent Rose shaking in her grip, not used to fighting her teammates at such an intensity. She yelped when a sword nearly grazed her, she turned and saw Jaune with his sword aimed at her. "Sorry Ruby, but last man, or woman, standing". Jaune apologizes before rushing.
Ruby yelped as Jaune lunged at her, only to swing Crescent Rose at him, which launched him backwards. "I knew that was bad move"! Jaune snaps. Jaune yelped when George appeared out of nowhere and slammed Earthbreaker into Jaune's shield, which knocked him back. "No fair". Jaune complains. "War isn't fair, get used to it". George replied darkly, taking experience from the Revolutionary War in this fight. George leapt forward as Ruby charged, pining Jaune on both sides. "Why me"? Jaune asks as he holds his shield up pathetically.
Ryan swung at Nora, who swung downward with Magnhild and nearly broke his arm. Ryan growled and fired dust blasts, only for Nora to playfully dodge and fire pipe grenades at him, making him run. He wasn't paying attention, or he would have seen a black sword slam into his side, making him grimace and jump back. Blake twirled her weapon and threw it at Nora, who dodged and ran forward, ready to beat the two into paste. Ryan ran forward to Blake and shot a bullet, forcing Blake to use her Semblance, and Ryan to get a better shot. Ryan jumped up and swung at her, a dual of duel blades took place before Nora, being who she is, charging in while singing 'Rise of the Valkyries".
Yang punched at Weiss, who dodged and scraped her with Myrtenaster, which made her growl and her hair glow. Weiss gulped and screamed slightly when Yaron stepped on Yang's head and used it a springboard to strike at Weiss, who blocked it. Yang's growling grew and charged at the man, ready to beat him senseless. Yaron, being the adaptive man he is, waited for Yang to get in close, and dodged, making Yang punch Weiss. Yaron smacked Yang away as Weiss blasted her with ice dust, and swung a blade at Yaron, who parried.
Ozpin sipped his coffee as he watched the three teams fight it out. He noticed how people were unconsciously avoiding certain fighters, Pyrrha when Ash knocked her near Jaune for example. The crowd was now cheering for their favorite fighter, which was just a blur of names being shouted. With CFVY being the majority of the shouting, mostly by Coco Adel herself. Even the professors couldn't escape letting a cheer escape when an absolutely daring move was taken, except for Glynda and Ozpin, both who were watching intently, the former with a critical eye on their fighting, this was a practice match after all.
Ash swung his now unsheathed lightning lance at Ren, who parried it with Stormflower, only to get slightly electrocuted when his hand brushed against the weapon. "Gotta keep away from that". Ren mentally notices as Pyrrha came in for round two. Pyrrha swung at Ash and kicked him in the chest, making him take to the air for a second before righting himself. Ren shot at Pyrrha who hid behind her shield, and ran forward for a tackle. Ren put Stormflower away and kicked the shield at the right angle, forcing Pyrrha's hand to jerk away, leaving her open to a punch from Ren. Ash came in from the sky, throwing his Lightning Lance down, making it imbed into the ground, which Ren backstepped away from. Ash leapt down and grabbed it before swinging it at Ren, who ducked, only to get a painful whack with the hilt as Ash rounded around fully. Ash decided to dish off this small fight, rotating around for momentum, Ash slammed the stunned Ren into the ground with a strong punch, taking him out of the fight.
Pyrrha however, decided to move away from Ash for a second, instead seeking to take on George, who was fighting both Ruby and Jaune. Pyrrha leapt in and swung at George, who backed away and swung in retaliation. Pyrrha was stunned when Jaune swung at her, but remembered it was a no cooperation fight, so she couldn't help him, the least she could do is avoid him, hoping she doesn't have to personally take him out. Ruby charged in at George, who blocked a swipe from her and swung in rebuttal, which she blocked with Crescent Rose, only to skid backwards, as he injected a small dose of his Semblance in that strike. "If that was just a small boost". Ruby mutters, shivering when she thought about it. "What is him at full power"? Ruby mutters to herself before charging.
Blake was getting annoyed along with Ryan, they followed Ozpin's rules and took down Nora together with no real cooperation. Ryan swung under a strike from Nora and slammed his gauntlet into her shoulder, forcing her to hold it, leaving her open to a strike from Blake, which took her out of the match, seeing as how her Aura dipped below the safety threshold. Ryan jumped back when Blake swung at him, and yelped when Ash showed up and leapt into the fray, slashing at the two. "This is madness". Ryan mutters to himself before deciding to call in backup. Ryan pressed the button on his watch, making a small signal ring out. The fighters stopped when giant footsteps began to echo. They all turned to GRAY's entrance of the arena, and saw Ryan's Paladin walk out, making others shiver.
Instead of a dull grey like it was before, it was now a dark blue with small silver linings, on its side was Ryan's symbol. It looked thinner then when Ryan got it, raising eyebrows from RWBY's direction. Ryan knocked Ash back before hopping inside, activating it and getting it ready for battle. Ash bit his lip and dodged Ryan's punch, and ran for Blake. Blake avoided Ash's attack and struck back, the two engaging in a small duel before Ryan shot rockets at the two, making them dodge. Ryan decided to finish half of the fight and ran for Blake, before grabbing her and slamming her into the ground, putting her aura below the threshold. Blake huffs before leaving.
Yaron was dodging a double assault by Yang and Weiss, who were fighting each other as well, making it a bit easier for him. Yaron dodged a punch and smacked her hand away, before parrying a blow from Weiss and slamming the hilt of his sword onto her forehead, making her cry out in pain. "Sorry for this Ryan". Yaron mutters before disarming Weiss and tripping her, before slamming his blades on either side of her head, making it an instant submit. Yang decided to spice it up and tackled Yaron near Ash and Ryan, who jumped away slightly.
Ozpin sipped his coffee as the crowd went wild, only eight were left, making use of two battles, sooner or later this will end up in one big battle.
Ruby was avoiding getting near Ash at all costs, it wasn't because she didn't want to fight him, she has fought him multiple times, its just that Ash found out a little embarrassing fact, despite them not being too deep in their relationship, Ash's Saiyan side has aptly named Ruby his 'Mate', and it showed. Ash tends to be protective, almost possessive at times when it comes to others around her. The entirety of RWBY and GRAY remembered when a man attempted to talk to Ruby into a date, the man ended up with a shattered wrist in the emergency room for 3 weeks.
Ruby shook her head from that memory and blocked a strike from both Jaune and Pyrrha, before swinging her scythe around to give her space. She decided to thin the herd, she hoped they didn't take this personally. Ruby raced forward and tripped Jaune, before swinging around and slamming the back of her scythe into his back, making his Aura drop below the threshold, and him to slam into a wall. "Sorry"! Ruby apologizes before speeding away at George, who went for Pyrrha.
Ash blocked a punch from Yang and kicked her away, before slamming his forehead against Yaron's, making him cry out in pain. Ryan punted Yang away, who roared in anger and slammed her fist into his Paladin, blasting it back and ramming into the wall out of bounds, taking both it, and Ryan, out of the match. Ash parried a strike from Yaron and held Yang's fist back, the three engaged in a three sided lock, each glaring, not willing to back down.
Ruby was avoiding the heavy hitter George, and trying to strike a hit on Pyrrha, who had a wider variety of weapons. Ruby was about to swing at George when he slammed his axe into the ground, sitting on its head. George smirks before waving. "Bye". George says before pulling the trigger. Ruby's eyes widened and barely put up a shield in time for the torrent of flames to break from the ground, making her Aura exhaust itself enough to drop out of the safety threshold. Ruby pouted and walked off, eager to check on her teammates.
Ash released the hold, Yaron and Yang decided to team up for one blow. Yaron distracted Ash's blade as Yang went in for a Semblance enhanced punch, knocking him back and into the wall, Ash groaned and growled when he heard he went out of bounds. Yaron turned to Pyrrha and George fighting and smirked. "Shall we"? Yaron asks before going and ready to see who wins.
Ozpin watched as the four stood off, each glaring at each other. He saw them bring out the big guns. Yaron activated his 'Awakened' mode in his weapons, George loaded a special mortar shell into his mortar, Pyrrha loaded a special round of potshots into her rifle, and Yang loaded her special rounds in her gauntlets.
"Let's go"! George shouts before running at the only blonde present in the fight. Yang ran forward and shot at George, who simply smacked them away with his axe. George shifted his axe into its gauntlet form and began to trade blows with Yang, as Yaron and Pyrrha fought it out. Yaron slashed at her with his darkness enhanced weapons, while Pyrrha struggled to keep up. "Looks like the rumors of the Grimm Hunters were true". Pyrrha said before Yaron slammed his weapons against her shield, ripping it out of her hand. Pyrrha jumped back and shot potshots at Yaron, who jumped and dodged, making it look like he was dancing.
Yang used her enhanced punches with both her Semblance and shotgun shots, to get a good advantage on George, who used his raw strength and Semblance to keep up. George dodged a punch as Yang slipped past him, before doing what most would consider insane. George grabbed Yang by her hair and slammed her onto the ground, despite the dangerous move, it was enough to put Yang under the Aura threshold, taking her out of the fight before George could get destroyed. Yang got up and growled at him, he rubbed his neck and apologized quickly, saying it was a last resort. She smirked and punched him in the chest lightly, telling him to win or else she will be angry. George smirked before turning to his teammate, who stood off against him.
Yaron waited for Pyrrha to reload, and took his chance. He raced forward with his blades in an X formation, and slammed them into her stomach, knocking her below the threshold and out of bounds. Yaron sighed before turning to George, who smirked.
George shifted Earthbreaker into its normal form while Yaron sheathed Nightfall and took out Daybreak, swinging it around before settling in a stance with the sword in front of him. George ran forward and roared, before slamming his axe against Yaron's sword, the two traded blows, with George going for brute force and timing, while Yaron went for speed and quick attacks. George kicked Yaron away and aimed his mortar, while Yaron righted himself and charged. George fired, Yaron cut through it when he was right in front of him. The mortar has a reaction to that and flashed for a second before exploding in a torrent of flames, blasting both beneath the threshold. The two looked up and saw who won, George won by a mere 2 points. George cheered while Yaron sighed.
2 hours later.
The three teams walked to their classes with Port, most of them dreading it. "That was fun". George says while holding his hands behind his head, too happy to complain. "Indeed it was, never had a fight like that in a while". Yaron agrees. Ash cricks his neck and nods in a agreement, while Ryan was tapping away on his scroll checking for damages on his Paladin. RWBY was a bit disappointed, seeing how none of them got to the final 2, but Yang was happy enough to get to the final 4. JNPR was decently happy, except for Nora, who was one of the first to go. Ozpin sipped his coffee as they passed him, giving him a greeting as they passed. "Well, looks like I win". Ozpin mutters, smirking as most of the professors had to give up their Lien to him after the fight, him being the only one anticipating a tie. Ozpin chuckles, that's why you always expect the unexpected.
The End.
WOW! That was a long one, I hope you like it. Also to answer a review in AC: Humor to a recent review involving the Valentine's special, Ash and Ruby didn't kiss simply because they are still a bit awkward in a relationship and are not ready for it yet. Anyway, my first outside character chapter will be coming next, with a certain friend from Ash's world making a visit. R&R This is Oathkeeper0317 signing out.