Blake directed Ruby and Weiss into their initial striking position for the first team. Together they jumped from branch to branch, tree to tree to get into position. Ruby using her semblance to stay on top of the trees and Weiss using her glyphs to keep balance.
Then Blake got Pyrrha and Ren in position.
"Alright, the enemy will be in position in just a few minutes," Blake said to them after everyone was in position. "I'm moving to another vantage point, so I won't be able to help for a couple of minutes. Do your best."
"Alright, forward team," Ruby whispered into the mic. "Ren, you jump ahead and observe. Keep out of sight and let us know if there is anything we can use to our advantage. We want to make this a quick victory"
"Of course," said Ren, and he glided ahead making no noise in the tree branches.
After a minute his whisper came over the radio, "two members from team CRDL. Cardin and Sky. They are armed. No evidence of communication ability. Two of us can drop behind them and pin them while the other knocks them out."
"Ok, thanks Ren," Ruby said. "Weiss, can you pen Sky with your glyphs?"
"Yeah, I can contain him." Said Weiss.
"Alright then. Ren, you and Weiss will immobilize the targets. And me and Pyrrha will come in quick to knock them out. Weiss, we'll take Sky. Ren, Pyrrha, I'm sure you'll be happy to take Cardin?"
"It will be my pleasure." Pyrrha Said, I bit of fire in her voice.
Jaune spoke up also, "get him good for me Pyrrha."
"I will" she responded. She was going to enjoy this.
Weiss spoke up then, "they're in range, is everyone ready?"
They were, and they took their positions.
"Ren, Weiss, on my mark ... Mark" Ruby commanded.
Ren landed noiselessly behind Cardin and in one move, fast as lightning, had pined Cardin's arms behind his back and held him fast.
Weiss was just as fast, landing a few feet away from Sky. She had already started creating her glyphs before she landed, and soon Sky was pinned.
"Now, Pyrrha!" Ruby called to the redhead.
Ruby launched off her perch using her semblance to gain speed. She came flying in, barely even a blur, and landed a massive kick on the side of Sky's head. He immediately crumpled to the ground, unconscious.
Pyrrha landed in front of a reeling Cardin, and his eyes went wide when he recognized who it was. Pyrrha gave him a sadistic smile, and with a glint in her eye punched him square in the face with all her might. Ren let go of him and he too crumpled to the floor, unconscious with blood flowing from his nose.
"That was satisfying," Pyrrha hummed happily to herself.
Ruby activated the mic. "First group eliminated. No trouble. Blake, has there been any change in the other groups of the enemy?"
Before Blake could answer, Jaune spoke up, "hey Pyrrha, how is our friend doing?"
Ruby could see Pyrrha smile, "I am probably a little too pleased to announce that he will be very unhappy when he wakes up."
"That's my girl!" Jaune blurted our, without realizing what he was saying. Ruby saw Pyrrha's face turn as red as her hair.
An awkward silence passed before Jaune's voice came over the mic again. "Ah ... uh ... I meant ... well, carry on," he said awkwardly embarrassed.
"Blake?" Ruby asked again, trying to hold back a laugh.
"There has been no change in either of the groups. I would suggest tying them up. We can drag them back to the base after the other groups are neutralized."
"Good idea," Weiss said. "I'll tie them up."
When Weiss finished, Blake directed them to their next group. When they were near, they stopped and Blake said, "if you wait there they will reach you in a few minutes."
"Thank, Blake," Ruby said. "We'll Wait here."
Then Blake addressed the vanguards. "Yang, Nora. Your group has stopped on the perimeter to your left. They might be waiting for a signal from their other team mates. I'd suggest waiting for the forward team to neutralize the other group. Then you girls can have your way with them."
"Sounds like a plan to me!" Nora said!
"Hurry it up then, I'm itching for some action!" Yang said.
"I'll radio as soon as we are done!" Ruby promised.
The young leader turned to her teammates. "This time I'll serve as a distraction. I'll use my semblance to flash by them and while their distracted, you guys take them out. How does that sound?"
Pyrrha nodded. "Works for me." Ren said. Weiss gave her a smile and a thumbs up.
They positioned themselves, and waited for the enemy team to walk beneath them.
Ruby gave the signal, then rushed by them, more of a wind than a huntress. The enemy looked to where she had ran. When their heads were turned, Ren and Pyrrha dropped behind them and choked them out.
They didn't know the name of the huntress from team DSRT, but they did know Russel Thrush from team CRDL.
"I'll let the others know that we are finished. Then we can grab the hunters and huntresses and tie them up at base." Ruby said.
She informed their vanguard team that they were in the clear to attack. Yang and Nora both shouted finally and disappeared from the radio. Soon afterwards they felt the ground tremble and Weiss said she heard maniacal laughing on the wind.
"There is no holding back with those two," Ren said with a smile.
That made the rest of them laugh. Ren and Pyrrha grabbed the two enemies they just knocked out and headed back to base while Ruby and Weiss walked over to where they had left Cardin and Sky.
Weiss used her summoning to bring her ice knight to life. She used him to carry the unconscious hunters back to base.
They arrived to see Yang with an innocent smile explaining herself to Blake, and Nora looking proud standing next to two craters in the ground.
Ruby meet up with Jaune, and they called the rest of the group together.
"Good job, guys," Jaune praises everyone. "I don't think that could have gone any smoother!"
"Well, maybe if Yang and Nora could control themselves," Weiss said, her arms crossed.
"I don't see any complaining, ice queen," Yang said laughing. She stopped when she saw Blake glaring at her and assumed a guilty smile.
"It's true. Everything has gone perfectly so far!" Ruby said happily. "But we cant afford to put our guards down yet. We still have about 6 hours till the war games are over. So there is still a chance something could happen."
"I agree," Weiss spoke up. But I don't think we have to worry about hunters or huntresses any more. I suspect that these were the only two teams."
Everyone agreed with her.
"Therefore our main threat from here on out will be Grimm. So we probably don't have to keep up such a strong watch and we can take turns getting some rest."
"I think that's a good idea. We have all been up several hours more than normal," said Ren.
"What do you think Jaune?" Ruby asked.
Jaune sat there thinking for a moment before responding. "I definitely agree that we could use some sleep. We could probably get by with just two on watch, that way more of us can be rested if anything happens. Since I was probably the least active this whole time, I'll take the first watch."
"I'll join you on the first watch," Pyrrha said a little quickly, but it did make Jaune smile.
"Alright then, me and Pyrrha will have the first watch. Who are we gonna wake for the second?" Asked Jaune.
"Go ahead and wake me up. I'll take the second watch." Ruby offered.
"And I'll join her," Blake said.
"Me and Nora will take the third watch," Ren said, and Nora gave a big nod in affirmative.
"That leaves me and you, Ice Queen," Yang said to Weiss. "If it even gets to us. I know Ruby and Blake will likely try to take more time then they need to in order to 'spare' us," Yang said.
"Jaune might try to stretch his time too in order to spend more time with Pyrrha," Nora said with a suggestive tone.
Both Jaune and Pyrrha's eyes went wide and their checks turned crimson.
"You've got it all wrong. We would do that to take some of the burden of the rest of the group too, like Ruby and Blake!" Jaune defended himself frantically.
This got a good laugh from the everyone else, and more embarrassment for Jaune and Pyrrha.
"Alright alright, that's enough," Jaune commanded, getting over his embarrassment enough to take back his leadership position. "Me and Pyrrha are gonna start the watch, and you all are gonna catch some shut eye. Got it?"
"Yes, sir!" The whole group teased with a mock salute. They all got up, made sure the prisoners were properly tied up, and set up their beds around the flagpole.
Jaune and Pyrrha sat with their backs together. Before Ruby closed her eyes, she looked over and saw them whispering to each other. She was happy for them. She knew they would deny anything, but the soft smile on Pyrrha's lips as she looked at Jaune, and the light in his eyes when she was near told enough. She smiled and drifted off to sleep.
