Chapter 32

Round 1

Letting outa cheer at the sight of team RWBY in their victory, Loki and his team cheered with the crowd as Yang sent their opposing team off the arena, trapped in Weiss' ice, Loki turned to Nora with a hug of excitement.

Loki to seeing his other girlfriends victorious, Nora for her fellow girlfriends also winning, Odin had kissed Gabrielle in joy while Yennefer was clapping with Lie Ren.

"WE DID IIIIIIIT!"

Turning to team RWBY Loki raised his hand with a yell of cheer, with Loki staring right at Blake who smiled at him, waving to him he waved back before Nora dragged him to the exit to meet with the others.

Following after Nora to the fairgrounds of the Vytal festival. They went into the Bullhead before the rest of team JNPR and GLOY arrived, scolding Nora in her excitement of dragging her boyfriend.

Minutes later.

"is anyone else starving?"

"No, But I'll pay for the food" turning to Loki with smiles, Blake and Yang more widely, Weiss merely settled with a small smile that was accompanied by a blush.

"Loki, YES, I'm hungry" looking down to Ruby as she hugged his chest, the large group joined with a smile as they began looking for a place to eat, until Weiss spoke..

"Gee, if only there was somewhere on campus to get food around here. Oh, wait." Looking to the surrounding stalls of food, Loki chuckled while bringing her into a hug, followed by Yang, Blake, Ruby, Nora and… wait Neo.

Looking to the petite who hung off of his shoulders, Loki and the others smiled at neo.

"Hello, little ninja number two" pulling her to whisper into her ear, Loki pulled away as Neo let out a shiver as she slid off his back, lightly tapping his right cheek he jumped at her playfulness.

"Hey, you already had your fun"

"Along with me" turning to Yang Loki had to fight down a Blush as Neo stood behind her, cupping the brawlers breasts in her hands with a luscious smile.

With Jaune, Lie and Odin giving Loki looks like he was a god.

"You have an odd affect on women Loki, and that is saying something" turning to Juane with a small grin.

"It's the wolfish charms, among other things"

"That can satisfy a blonde brute like Yang" turning to Weiss, the blonde stuck her tongue out, before Loki's hand shot out to Ruby, who jumped while Loki spun with whoever tried to take Ruby's wallet now lifted off the ground in his grip, followed by Loki's teeth growing into fangs bared to Emerald Sustrai who froze as he let out an inhuman snarl, his eyes faintly growing crimson under the golden glow.

"I knew I smelt your lingering hands, thief!" ripping her hand away from Loki as the others turned as they saw Emerald holding her wrist with a wince, Neo hid behind Yang and Blake.

"I was up wind from you!?" Emerald said as Odin glared with his spear extending from his standby mode.

"I don't need the wind to tell me where people are, I have ears too, you were walking like a damn goliath…" pointing to the right the others spotted Mercury looking at the shoes, completely oblivious.

"I saw your metal footed monkey before I saw you, so yeah, I put two and fucking two together so back the fuck away from me and my friends, or so help me you'll be needing more then prosthetic legs" seeing the red glow in Loki's eyes Emerald stepped away while Nora moved to stop Loki from whatever he had planned.

"Loki, calm down" seeing him inhale the red underglow faded away, as he stared at her.

"Come on, let's go" feeling Yang pulling him away they quickly left Emerald stunned, something Mercury noticed as he approached.

"So, what happened?'

"I think the wolves bite is far more worse than any dogs"

"So, aside from Loki's fangs being bared, are you four… ready for your fight?" sitting down at the ramen store, after Loki paid of course, the three teams were calmly eating their ramen, Loki more focused with… carving into his chopsticks with his clawed fingers, he occasionally ate a quad of noodles.

"So, are you four excited for your match?" looking up with a smile, Loki spoke.

"We're gonna mop the floors" getting a cheer from Odin and Yennefer, and a thumbs up from Gabrielle, her mouth full of noodles.

"Yeah, this'll be a breeze for us"

"Well don't take all the excitement from us, we still got our matches to contend" looking to Pyrrah now as Loki went back to eating, his three teammates gestured to him with raised eyebrows.

"Kind of hard with this tank on our team" looking to Loki as he ate, the eleven teens saw Loki slowly eat like his namesake animal, going as far as to have fur growing from his neck and chin.

Watching him finish his meal, they stared in odd fascination as the hair receded,

With Loki leaning back with a loud burp.

"Sorry, I was hungry" looking at Loki as he wiped his mouth, the stall owner zoomed by with the bowl gone.

"Yeah, we kind of guess that" looking to Jaune with a smirk, the blonde shook his head with a smile.

"You really don't like those three, don't you?" looking to Neo as she sat beside Nora, the wolf of Beacon sighed, running a hand through his now long hair, he looked up as his eyes glowed slightly.

"Not one bit, they rub me the wrong way" saying this Loki lifted up a drink, before he stopped at hearing the announcers(Ports) voice echoing through the grounds speakers.

"Would Team GLOY please report to the battlegrounds immediately!" looking up downing his drink, Loki crushed the can while getting off the stool, walking by Nora he kissed her cheek, followed by Neo and high fiving the rest of team JNPR before he jogged to his teammates side.

Following them through the team prep area's, Loki took his weapons from his locker, Jekyll and Hyde secured on his thighs, another new revolver called Cerberus, thankfully made with the help of Ruby, and finally, another new revolver, called Fenrir, housing the kick of a elephant rifle, a recoil only Loki could take after his "death", sighing at remembering his old weapons were in need of heavy maintenance, he was lucky Jekyll and Hyde were even left intact.

Shrugging with his black shirt and pants breaking down into ash, he frowned in thought as they solidified, weaving into an extra layered shirt with paddings, the newly made shirt melting into an ashen grey with a howling wolf finishing the image on Loki's chest, his pants were baggy with ammo patches forming on his upper thighs, along with a belt loosely around his waist with a Katana forming connected to it.

Closing his locker at retrieving his weapons, Loki turned to his teammates to see Odin had extra armor on his shoulders and legs, his arms sporting bracers over his hoodie, he also wore thigh guards and shin high boots, his hair tied back with a few locks going down his face, he looked like the Norse god Odin himself as a young man, except with Lion ears.

Looking to Yennefer… she now wore a similar attire to Lie, but with a purple coat over her being, her pants dark green and a white sash tying them both together, making sure her daggers were clean, she spun them in hand before sheathing them.

Smiling to Odin and Loki, the three turned to Gabrielle as she was fully decked out in makeshift knight armor, a pauldron on her right shoulder sporting a holographic emblem of her family crest, she had her zweihander shotgun on her back.

Looking her helmet in her hands, she joined the four as they stood in a semi-circle.

"So… anyone got any words of inspiration, to get us pumped up?" looking to Odin as he said this, Loki chuckled.

"Well, I guess I can go ahead with this, speech of improvisation." Looking down in thought, Loki spoke.

"Today we fight not only for those wishing to watch a show of strength…we are fighting for our kingdoms, for honour, for family, this is merely a stepping stone to the future ahead of us, if we lose do not get angry, get better, if we get knocked down, we get back up, we are fighting for our Glory, of being Huntsmen, we will fight for those innocent" bringing a fist up, Loki's eyes glowed.

"Let's show these guys what happens once you mess with those destined for Glory"

Lifting up their weapons the loud chiming of metal hitting metal echoed loudly as they left the prep room, with Loki spinning Jekyll and Hyde in his hands while following Gabrielle to the hallway leading to the arena.

Hearing the crowd cheering for the teams, the crowd impossibly grew louder as Loki and his team stepped out to the open, making Loki smile widely at the cheering crowd, he frowned at hearing… his name.

Looking to his smiling teammates, Loki shrugged as they approached the middle, showing their opponents to be from Atlas.

The leader a head taller than the others, the standard attire a lieutenant would wear, but with black pants.

"Well, look at this, the lapdog of Ozpin" blinking in amusement to the smug looking leader Gabrielle groaned while resting her hand in her left palm.

"Great, another Cardin" turning to Gabrielle with a pointing hand, Loki spoke.

"Hey, he's redeemed himself, you have to give him credit"

"Yeah, but now we have to deal with smug and ugly" looking to the leader who had a scowl of anger on his face, Loki grinned with his canines growing, bringing out Jekyll and Hyde, he threw Jekyll in the air before he began juggling them both, whistling casually he caught them just as Ports voice echoed over the stadium.

"Team GLOY of Beacon vs team BOIL of Atlas!" seeing the roulette of the arena spinning, Gabrielle and Odin got into stances while Yennefer spun her daggers in hand while in a running stance.

Looking to Loki team BOIL scowled as he merely stood with his arms crossed, looking to the roulette as it spun.

While Emerald and Mercury finally found their seats, Mercury eating a bowl of popcorn while Emerald watched with narrowed eyes.

"I wonder who's gonna win?" looking to Mercury as he ate, Emerald spoke.

"Who do you think?"

"Oh, come now. Even if you know how the story ends, that doesn't make it any less fun to watch" looking to Cinder as she stole a kernel of popcorn, her eyes glowed before it popped, ready to eat, looking to the arena she saw the roulette had the symbol for ocean, forest… and desert.

Looking to team GLOY, Cinder frowned as Loki merely stretched his muscles while his teammates fled from team BOIL after the match was called.

Seeing the teen interlock his hands he stretched them forward with his neck popping, making his eyes flash to a crimson red and sky blue, followed by the air around him rippling like water, and his mouth grinning like a certain psycho.

"Let's dance shall we?"

Watching the sight before him, the leader of team BOIL, Boyd nightshade flicked his wrists back, making steel mecha boxing gloves shift on his hands, followed by him taking a boxers stance.

"Luaren, go after the leopard, Orrick, after the Lion, Leonidus… go for the knight" nodding at their leaders orders, the three ran off to accomplish their objectives… leaving Boyd against the Zecromac charged Loki who grinned like his son, raising both hands, he gestured towards him.

"Bring it"

Scowling at being challenged by the werewolf of Beacon, Boyd rushed forward with his right fist flying at Loki's face, the grin glued on his face until Loki simply stepped back, vanishing as the fist flew forward, making Boyd spin around, he failed to see Loki above him appear and vanish, leaving an echoed giggle in his wake.

Unnerving Boyd as he spun around, failing to see the top half of Loki floating from a ripple in front of him, turning he merely yelled as Loki snatched him from the physical world.

Sliding under a uprooted tree while dodging a thrown nunchaku, Yennefer stood up to block the three blades swung down on her, leaving her face to face with Luaren, who had a smile.

"Come on now kitty, just take a damn hit!" manoeuvring the locked blades, the teen elbowed Yennefer in the face, making Lie grab his seat as Yennefer collided with a tree, then the sand dune behind said tree.

Getting up with a scowl on her bloodied mouth, Yennefer moved to a crouching position, clenching her shaking fists, Lauren leaped into the sand domain, smiling smugly he frowned as Yennefer let out a leopard worthy growl, looking to Lauren who stepped back, he saw her eyes glowing white with her leopard spots.

Lifting her right arm up, Lauren saw a tear in her sleeve.

"Lie made me this outfit!" stepped back as the girl stood up, she let out a yell as a shockwave shot out from her, her fingers glowing with ethereal claws.

Lunging at Luaren who screamed at her suddenly, feral look, he was sooner thrown with his armor littered with red hot claw marks.

Seeing the sudden change in Yennefer at her shirts sleeves being torn, teams RWBY and JNPR turned to Lie Ren who blushed at being caught out.

"When did this start?"

"Not important"

Walking away from his opponent, Odin sighed in boredom at his opponent being all bark and no bite, turning to look at his opponent as the buzzer went to his victory, the poor sod lay twitching with his hair standing straight, licking his lips to speak Odin looked up to see Lauren crash down on Orrick, the two letting out low groans as another buzzer went off, making him look up to see his aura and Yennefer's were still in the green.

Gabrielle's was stuck in a stand still with Leonidus' bordering the red, he heard an explosion with the buzzer going off, signalling her victory.

Looking up once more, they saw Loki's aura was… showing an error along with his opponents also with an error.

"Huh?"

"Where's Loki and that douche?" looking around the arena as the crowd went silent, the arena however was thrown off guard as Boyd landed on the ground, covered head to toe in feathers, a blue beak glued to his face.

Seeing this Odin looked up to see the error gone… and Loki's aura level untouched, and Boyd's aura in the red.

"INCOMING!" looking up at hearing Loki's voice, those watching cringed as Loki landed in a crouch, dusting himself off, he looked up to see Odin watching him as Yennefer approached, sooner followed by Gabrielle walking to them while holding her right side.

"Did we win?"