Over the last couple of days the tournament went on, they were down to the semi-finals and the remaining contestants were Chase, Blake, Shu and Flash. Chase would be facing off against Shu after Flash and Blake were done with their match. The semi-finals were set up like this so that the combatants could see who they might be facing the next round in battle. Chase was sitting in the audience which was a weird feeling for him. Up until know he had only ever been in the arena as they would have multiple fights go on at once. Blake had been keeping pressure on Flash who hadn't been able to even try to counter her. Though she had only knocked him down about halfway and the match had been going on for at least ten minutes. He knew in a battle of attrition Flash would win as he wasn't doing anything and since he was standing still he could eventually regain the missing aura.

After Blake backed away to catch her breath before trying to take him down the rest of the way Flash took off his heavy armour and smiled at Blake. At once he disappeared and reappeared beside Blake where he swiped at her with his sword, only to cause the shadow to dissipate and Blake to show up behind him and strike. She then flipped back and threw Gambol Shroud in gun form to attack him from a distance. He parried one of the attacks and ran towards Blake to close the distance, whenever she tried to switch it back to a katana Gambol Shroud jammed and Flash was able to land a finishing blow with his hammer.

"How did Gambol Shroud break, she did maintenance on it yesterday?" Ruby asked

"Well there's always the chance that he sabotaged it" Chase replied

"Unlikely, he goes to a lot of tournaments. If he cheated then people would've noticed by now" Pyrrha interjected

"Either way. If he's cheating it would be quite hard to mess with someone who uses dust as a weapon."

"It would if he changed your crystals with fakes or defective ones" Weiss said

"We'll just have to see, anyway, it's my turn to fight now."

Chase walked down to the preparation area and passed Blake on the way.

"Hey, what happened out there?"

"I don't know, I did maintenance yesterday. That shouldn't have happened"

"Do you think he messed with Gambol Shroud?"

"It's the only way something like that could happen"

"If I find that he cheated I'll beat him up extra hard in the finals"

"Assuming you get to the finals"

"Come one, I used to have 3v1 sparring matches with the mercenaries. This should be an easy win"

"I wouldn't get too cocky"

"I know, anyway I have to get ready for the match, see ya"

Chase checked the gauntlet he had made after his match with Onyx. It was fitted on his left arm and worked like a dust chamber on a standard weapon except he stored his arrows in it. This would mean he wasn't completely defenceless in the moments where his weapon weren't out as he had access to dust as well as the fact that he could shoot arrows much faster. As soon as he was done equipping it and checking Gelida Furore he walked to the entrance to the arena and waited for the doors to open before walking in.

He faced Shu and waited as the announcer gave a brief description of both, brief as he hadn't much information on either of them. After the bell went Shu waited patiently, Chase didn't need to analyse him as he had fought against Shu many times. He used his gauntlet to load three ice arrows into his bow and then aimed them at the ground, stopping any charges from Shu. He then walked slowly towards the edge of the ice.

"What are you waiting for?"

Chase remembered Shu's semblance but it was too late to back away. Shu appeared in front of him, causing a shockwave which caused Chase to stumble and the ice to crack. Shu wasted no time and quickly swept up with his greatsword, launching Chase into the air where Shu continued to hit him before smashing him into the ground. Chase finally got up and used an energy arrow to cause Shu to leave some distance between them. Giving Chase the chance to switch Gelida Furore to it's short swords and then he dashed towards Shu, closing the distance and then he began swinging with his short swords, Shu was able to block with his greatsword but didn't notice that Chase was drawing him towards the ice. The ice dust Chase had used in his arrows was his own so he was able to create an ice spike with is to knock Shu forwards into Chase. Chase kicked him into the air and used the ice dust to force a tower upwards below where Shu would land.

Both of them were in the red in terms of aura. -If I could teleport behind him then I could easily end this- I wouldn't do that if I were you -And why is that?- Because you need that aura to keep in your inner monster, that aura is what keeps you human -I should still have enough to make an illusion though, even if it won't last long-

He ran towards Shu and as Shu began to swing his greatsword Chase created an illusion that kept running to SHu while Chase slid under him and struck him from behind. Ending the match.

"I have to hand it to you, you've gotten a lot better than when we last fought"

"Thanks… win this for us though…. not sure that other guy…. would let us in" Shu said exhausted.

Luckily Chase had a couple of hours until his fight against Flash as he needed time to regain his lost aura. He ate as much as they allowed in the canteen with the others, he had been ignoring their conversations and focusing on eating everything he had until they brought up the topic of the mercenaries.

"So if Chase wins this round we'll be getting new people in the school." Ren said

"Yeah, lets just hope I can beat Flash again."

"Well if your weapon just happens to stop working then it would be an easy win for him" Blake said with a hint of aggression

"I'm guessing you think he messed with Gambol Shroud"

"Yeah, when I checked it there was something sticky at the hilt so when I transformed Gambol Shroud to gun form the blade got stuck to the hilt."

"So I have to be careful against him"

"Yeah, make sure he doesn't get near Gelida Furore."

"He'd have to break into my locker to get near it. Anyway I always have the dust inside me as a last resort"

"Though I'm not sure what the judges will think of that"

"A win is a win. But I'm going to need some rest before I fight again"

"You sleeping on one of the makeshift beds again?" Ruby asked

"Well yeah, I don't have anywhere else to sleep"

"We can't allow that, you're a finalist."

"Where else can I sleep?"

"For this time you can sleep in my bed"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah I won't be using it until tonight anyway"

"Ok then, if I'm not awake in three hours someone come and get me"

"I'll do it" Yang said deviously

He left the canteen and went to team RWBY's dorm, climbing the bunk bed that Weiss and Ruby shared to get into Ruby's bed though it swayed as soon as he got in it Ruby's bed was a lot more comfortable than what he'd been sleeping in for the last couple of days. -A strong smell of roses… of course- It would be real funny if you lost control in the next match -Well for you, not for anyone else- But think about it, if you went berserk and killed a bunch of strong people and died in the process God would be able to work a lot faster. His fear started creating images of the people he cared about dying by his hand, him rampaging on the other Hunters and Huntresses. The mercenaries trying to restrain him but he just clawed his way out and then ripped through them. Team JNPR are holding him off while the civilians try to get away, but he makes short work of them as well. Weiss freezes his feet to the ground but he easily shatters the ice and rips her in half. Ruby tries to talk with him, tries to calm him and he hesitates but grabs her by the head and-

"NO!" he screamed, walking from his nightmare

He noticed something warm and looked down to see that Ruby had wrapped her arms around him and was asleep behind him, at least she must've been until he screamed waking her as well.

"Ruby what are you doing?"

She let go and looked at him worried.

"I came in to check on you and you were moving about the bed and I climbed up and heard you mumbling to yourself in fear so I was trying to calm you down and I fell asleep"

"It was just a nightmare, I'm fine now"

"What was that scream then"

"It's… I'm...I'm fine, I have to get going I have a match" Chase said jumping out of Ruby's bed and rushing towards the prep room. She tried to chase him but he created an illusion as soon as he left the door so she couldn't see him.

He was shaken up but he focused on getting his weapon out of his locker, after a few failed attempts to open the locker he finally calmed himself and typed in the passcode. After he got out Gelida Furore the door opened and he left into the arena. Flash was standing at the other side of the arena with a sly grin on his face. Chase didn't know what he did to his weapon but he was winning this match.

The bell rung and Chase loaded a fire arrow in and shot at Flash, causing an explosion on impact, Flash didn't try to dodge but used the smokescreen of the explosion to close the distance between him and Chase without Chase knowing. Chase went to switch Gelida Furore into short swords but there was it stuck and he couldn't pull the bow into two. Flash took the opportunity to hit Chase with his hammer, knocking him to the other side of the arena.

Chase's aura was almost depleted, Flash's hammer hit a lot harder than he had expected. Chase's eyes went red as his aura sense forced itself on and Chase's ice arm thickened as the hand turned into a claw. Chase's ice tail also forced itself out and Chase had almost lost control of himself. The little aura he had gave him control of his deformed self. Flash stood still, lifelessly staring at Chase's monster form. It took Chase a couple moments to realise why, there was an aura behind him, it was an odd aura and Chase used some of his remaining energy to regain sight in one eye. A red blade was protruding from Flash and then the top half of Flash's body fell forward giving Chase a clear sight on who it was behind Flash. Standing behind Flash's corpse was a brown and red headed bull faunus with a grimm mask, though it was the katana which struck more fear into Chase. As far as he could tell it was made of the exact same material as God's sword and the katana of the girl he fought in the train.

Chase's anger took control as he jumped at the faunus, attempting to crush him with his claw. The bull faunus simply cut through Chase's arm. Chase, however didn't relent and charged him again, this time trying to stab him with his tail, though it got cut off as well. The bull faunus spat on Chase before swiping his sword to make a portal to leave. Chase went unconscious.

When he woke up in the hospital he wasn't met by team RWBY, JNPR or any of the mercenaries. Ozpin was standing at the end of the bed with Ironwood sitting to his left.

"We've run out of time, what's your decision?" Ironwood spoke up

"I'll do it."

"Since, you have made friends here at Beacon I am allowing you to speak to one person before you depart, however you may not tell them the details of your mission" Ozpin said

Chase considered who to speak to before he left. Ruby was the most obvious option but he didn't know how well he could hold up without telling her, after that the decision was clear.

"I'd like to speak to Yang Xiao Long"

Ozpin typed something on his scroll and then left the room along with Ironwood. After a couple of minutes Yang walked through the door.

"What is it you wanted? Ozpin said it was urgent"

"Yang, remember that bet I won?"

"If this is to tell me to do something stupid-"

"It's not!" Chase interrupted " I want you to take care of Ruby, and there is a something that I'm going to tell you that you can't tell her, no matter what. I just want you to keep this one secret"

"What is it?"

"I'm still alive"

"That sound pretty stupid"

"Trust me it'll make sense tomorrow"

"Is that it?"

"Yeah, tell Ozpin and Ironwood they can come back in"

Yang left and shortly after they both came back in, looking at him suspiciously.

"I didn't tell her about the mission…. I'm assuming you will have to make it look like I died"

"Yes, unfortunately you're going to have to leave through the forest behind Beacon, go to the edge and you'll get the information of this mission."

"Alright"

Chase created an illusion of himself outside the school wall and switched placed, heading through the forest.

Ruby's POV

"Why are you sending him on a mission already, he's just out of hospital?"

"He said he needed a break, it's not a mission but after what happened in the Vytal tournament he was given an escort" Ozpin replied

-I didn't even get to see him in the hospital, maybe I can say goodbye to him before he gets on the Bullhead- Ruby used her semblance to get to the dock as soon as she could but the Bullhead had already taken off, she walked back to Beacon sadly but then heard an explosion, she looked around and saw the Bullhead Chase was on fall into the sea. All Ruby could do was watch, her friends rushed to the scene after hearing the explosion. Everyone looked shocked as they saw the dropship fall under the ocean, they didn't see anyone jump out.

A/N: So this story will be going on hiatus for a little while and I decided to end the story here. The reason for the hiatus is that I have a lot of tests coming up soon. Even so I am thinking about doing a miniseries where I make a Vytal Tournament for OCs, let me know what you think