Act 4-3: Round Three: Slight Change of Plans

Ahem…. Sorry about last chapter. I don't do fight scenes well, as you can no doubt tell. And I was a little irritated because GTA Online: Gunrunning was coming out the next day, and I'd been through a fuck-ton of rage inducing shit. Had a good pizza for dinner though. Anyway, RWBY got a bye, Yang was chosen, blah blah fuck it start the damn thing.

The time had finally arrived. The solo rounds, where only skill could take one to the top. Others had gone, and the bracket was swiftly clearing. The next round was currently being decided by the roulettes. With a ding, the results were in.

"Jawsome of Beacon and Penny Polendina of Atlas!" Port enthusiastically boomed over the speaker. The announced combatants stood on the battlefield in minutes.

"Salutations! I hope you have a satisfactory showing in our match!" The orange haired girl said.

"Uhhhhh…. sure?" Jawsome muttered in confusion, flipping the Pyrobuster between fore and reverse grip in anticipation.

"BEGIN!"

Jawsome simultaneously extended Ecliptical Rose and fired six shards towards Penny, ing to the side. Penny merely evaded them, calling her blades to her side. Deciding that range wasn't going to get him anywhere, Jawsome charged Penny, feinting right with the Pyrobuster. When the other raised her blades to block, he brought Ecliptical Rose down in a cleave, using the extended range to dance away from a blade lock. Penny took a solid hit to her Aura, before surrounding the red hedgehog in several blades, which he flipped out of the way of, blocking their repeat attempt at skewering him.

"That the best you got?" Jawsome taunted, feeling on the edge of Burst Mode. Retracting Ecliptical Rose into sword form, he dashed in as the aura flared to life around him, Pyrobuster crackling as he prepared an X attack.

"Of course not!" Penny cheerfully replied, blades spinning like a small whirlwind around her, forcing the hedgehog to abandon his attack.

"Burst Flare!" Jawsome bit out as he threw a large explosive flare, different from his shards. The swords, however, deflected his attack from his opponent, the pursued him. Dodging as many as he could, they caught up to him and sliced away until his Aura was nearly halfway depleted. Whirling around, the hedgehog's eyes once again turned red as he activated Burst Rampage.

"Behold my power!" He roared, swinging his blades in shockwave producing rage. Penny swiftly dodged those, but was hit by the devastating slam. Having scored a hit, Rampage wore off as Jawsome settled into a flow of slashes and cuts, transforming to a twister of blade. Penny, however, leapt to the other side of the arena and summoned all of her blades, a cloud of them hanging over her.

Unbeknownst to either of them, Emerald manipulated the air so Jawsome saw many more than were there.

"Burst Shield!" Jawsome called, crossing his blades as a shield of defensive flames formed around him. Penny's swords fell like a swarm of arrows, but they all harmlessly deflected or dissolved against the flaming barrier. As the deluge ended, Jawsome raced forward, readying the X slash he had aborted before. It connected this time, and sent Penny's Aura to elimination levels.

"Whew… You're not too bad." Jawsome remarked as he replaced his blades on his back.

"You were excellent as well! I am pleased to lose to you!" Penny replied.

The two left, the roulette returning to announce…

"Yang Xiao Long of Beacon and Pyrrha Nikos, also of Beacon!"

Yang vaulted over the railing as Jawsome leaped back, the two slapping hands as they went. Pyrrha leapt from the railing to the battlefield as Yang stepped up, both settling into their combat positions as the volume from the audience reached a high.

"BEGIN!"

Yang blasted forward, a shot from Ember Celicia propelling her into striking range of Pyrrha. Flipping her spear around, a powerful punch was deflected with her shield, and both combatants were pushed away. Pyrrha transformed her spear into a shotgun, firing two quick shots before switching back as Yang took both and kept coming. Even though her Aura depleted, Yang's strategy was to tank hits, which in turn, meant more power for her. Each punch became a bomb, each kick, a hammer, etcetera. Pyrrha was doing all she could to avoid each hit, working her Semblance overtime to avoid an insta-loss. However, something shifted, slightly, and she took advantage, blocking Yang one last time and shoving out with her Semblance. Despite Yang's….. ahem… weight, she still hit the wall, signaling ring out.

"And the victor is Pyrrha of Beacon!"

The Rant:

*insert crazed rambling and Fallout 4 here*