Hey guys, so I think that I'm going to just make it a thing that on the weekend I'm not going to upload chapters because those are the days that I can hang out with friends and family. When we do stuff it lasts all day and usually involves a lot of walking, or driving around, then I also have to do all of my homework, so ya. Anyway let's start Chapter 18!
Chapter 18: RWBY vs. JNPR
Lunch had been interesting. Velvet and I had sat with team RWBY and JNPR as we ate. I had sat Across from Juane and Pyrra. For the most part Velvet and I just listened to the chatter, occasionally Velvet would chime in, I chose not to. But finally Pyrra had started talking to me about what made me change back to my old fighting style and how different my capability is.
Weiss had jumped in the conversation and asked me why I was so different when I fought now. And I had answered, honestly. I told them that I had an animalistic tendency with this weapon and tended to lose myself in the fight. I stayed clear of the subject on my wings as I told them how I hadn't attended combat school had had got in on my talent. Weiss looked at Ruby for a moment, her look betrayed her thoughts. She was wondering how many other students managed to work their way into Beacon without graduating combat school.
Now Velvet and I were watching from beside Ozpin and Goodwitch as team JNPR and RWBY faced off. I silently matched the two teams together in the moments before they started. Ruby and Weiss are by far the fastest two out on the field; however Weiss's speed depends on linier movement for the most part. Pyrra, Nora, and Yang are the three powerhouses on the field, and as for the rest of each team, Blake is agile and can keep herself away from damage as well as dish it out, but so is Ren; and her is able to strike with his aura. I narrowed my eyes at Juane. And Juane, the odd ball leader. He started a terrible fighter but has come a great distance. The only problem is that he relies on Pyrra to be fighting with him, otherwise he isn't as good.
"Team JNPR and RWBY. Congratulations on making it to the final round. Let the match, Begin!" Goodwitch announced and immediately it kicked off. Ruby Charged forward and went after Juane, forcing him back away from the group with powerful and quick strikes. Pyrra tried to help but Yang rushed her. Ren and Blake immediately started clashing, Ren dodged and blocked against Blake as Weiss rotated the revolver chamber before moving out of the way of Nora.
Weiss rolled away and got to her feet and was hit by a few of Nora's explosive rounds, being launched away. Nora immediately turned and shifted her launcher into its hammer form and lunged at yang. Blake managed to see the event and warned Yang. She rolled out of the way and turned to face Nora before and Pyrra, only to find the fanatical form of Nora charging her with her hammer. Pyrra took that moment to switch her sword to its rifle form and fired at Ruby, catching her in the side and forcing her off balance for a moment.
Pyrra descended on her in that moment and started working with Juane, who had managed to hold Ruby off for long enough. Weiss was back on her feet and, using her glyphs, launched forward going to Ruby's aid. Ruby and Weiss fought Pyrra and Juane, their team work was on the same level as Pyrra and Juane's, but they did their best.
Blake and Ren were easily matched. Blake was fast and able to deliver fast strikes from different angles but Ren was aware enough to keep up and block or dodge each of her strikes. Yang and Nora went back and forth constantly. Nora struck and slammed her hammer, before dodging Yang as she tried to hit her with her shotgun fists. Yang didn't get very many chances to strike back as Nora was absolutely relentless in her attacks.
Ruby and Weiss tried to use their speed against Juane and Pyrra. However they didn't try to keep up, they stood back to back and waited for them to stop and engage. Team JNPR is being more tactical in their match ups but the members of team RWBY are working them hard. I felt my adrenaline kick into my veins as I watched. It was truly an amazing fight to watch. Weiss started launching ice and fire at Juane and Pyrra who rolled out of the way or blocked the attacks with their shields. Ruby was trying to use her speed to do a similar maneuver that she used on me, hit them faster than they could defend, but between the two of them they were on top of it.
Blake was slashing away at Ren in a frontal assault that, after a moment, went downhill for her as Ren parried one of her attacks and counterattacked, delivering a strong combo. The final hit forced her up into the air. Wait what? I blinked a few times as I saw Blake back flip away from Ren's strike. The 'Blake' in the air faded and vanished a moment later. An after image, it's not speed that makes the after image, it's the aura that she leaves behind as she moves out of the way. She got back on her feet and charged again.
I looked over at Nora and Yang as Nora bashed Yang away and shifted her hammer into the launcher and firing on Yang. Using her weapons force she shot sideways to boost her speed in order to get out of the way of Nora's explosives. After a moment she started firing at Nora as she ran in a circle. Nora started running in unison with Yang and firing. They ran in circles with each other, jumping and dodging around the projectiles that landed near them.
I was so into the fight that was happening in front of me that the rest of the world might as well not have existed. I watched everything I could, but they were so spread out that it was impossible to see everything at once.
I looked over at Pyrra and Juane to find that Ruby sipped in to attack and was tripped by Pyrra. She rolled across the ground and Juane descended on her, braking away from Pyrra and drawing Weiss's attack. She stopped and slammed her sword into the ground, sending ice spiking up from the ground at him. Pyrra took advantage of her stillness and pounced, changing her weapon into a spear and striking. Weiss broke away from the ground and the ice stopped advancing towards Juane. Weiss clashed with Pyrra, blocking and dodging mostly, using her glyphs and speed to get out of the way. Pyrra managed to catch her with a strike and managed to force her down and deliver a finishing blow.
I caught Ren and Blake out of the corner of my eye and turned to see what was happening. Ren delivered yet another quick combo, but this time forced a hit with his aura and sent her flying. There was no after image this time as she rolled over the ground. Ren chased after her and delivered a finisher, but Blake had seen him coming and delivered one of her own, knocking him out as well. Two for JNPR and one for RWBY. I looked over at Nora and Yang to watch Yang deliver a blow to Nora, before delivering a finishing blow. Make that two to two. It's down to Ruby and Yang versus Juane and Pyrra.
Ruby broke away from Juane as Pyrra joined the fray and returned to Yang's side. The two remaining members of each team regrouped and stared each other down. Ruby and Juane were panting slightly while Pyrra and Yang remained perfectly fine. It was truly a unique standoff, if I had to give one of the pairs an advantage it would have to be Yang and Ruby. I narrowed my eyes as I waited for the final engagement to begin.
I was faintly aware of Blake, Ren, Nora, and Weiss walking over to us, Weiss and Ren were panting from their excessive use of their aura. Blake and Nora were helping them when they needed to.
Finally Ruby mad the first move, charging forward after Yang had reloaded her weapons, and she fired as Ruby charged forward. Pyrra and Juane both ducked behind their shields and waited for Ruby to reach them. Ruby leapt over their shields as Yang's attacks landed around them. Pyrra broke from cover and charged Ruby. Wait she is going to leave Juane to fight Yang. She'll be lucky if he lasts a minute.
Ruby spun and lunged, but hadn't been expecting Pyrra to be there as she tried to dodge and strike clumsily. Pyrra deflected her attack and countered with a quick strike from her spear. Ruby took that to the chest and flew backwards. Immediately Pyrra switched to her Rifle, crouching down with her shield resting on her knee, peering through the cut out part of her shield before firing at Yang, who had just started her charge. Juane stood and charged after Ruby as she landed, Juane got to her just as she was back on her feet and struck at her. Ruby also struck and they both froze. They had hit each other in a way that would be fatal if they put force behind their strikes. They both lowered their weapons and walked towards the rest of us, leaving Pyrra and Yang to finish the battle.
Yang had been hit by the burst from Pyrra but didn't as much as wince as she charged forward, firing as she did. Pyrra fired a few more shots, each hitting Yang and bouncing off of her as Yang's aura flared to deflect the bullets. She seemed unaffected by Yang's attacks as they exploded next to and against Pyrra's shield. Changing to her spear, Pyrra rolled out of her path and got to her feet, turning to face Yang.
Yang once again used the force from her weapon to redirect herself into the air towards Pyrra, coming down and slamming her fist against Pyrra's shield. Yang's weapon discharged and forced Pyrra to slide back, using the range to her advantage as she launched it at Yang. It hit yang in the shoulder and forced her onto her back as she flew with the force of the attack. Yang back flipped to her feet and launched herself forward, unleashing a fast powerful combo against Pyrra.
Pyrra did her best to block each of the attacks with her shield, but all the explosions blasting against her shield and the momentary dust cloud that lingered made it increasingly more difficult to continuously block, and eventually took a few hits before Yang launched her away.
I was astonished as I watched. Yang and Pyrra had never fought in combat practice so this was truly something to see. Pyrra got back to her feet and waited for Yang. Sure enough Yang charged and tried to recreate what had just happened. But this time Pyrra was ready, she took the first few hits the same way she did last time, before thrusting forward and surprising Yang as she wasn't able to extend fully. Pyrra charged into Yang, forcing her off of her feet before slamming her into the ground reaching for her weapon.
Her weapon shot into her hand and drew it over Yang's chest, holding it their momentarily. Yang froze and looked up at the red haired warrior that stood above her. After a moment she sighed and stood as Pyrra removed her spear and held out her hand. Pyrra sheathed her weapons and they walked over to us. Pyrra certainly is the strongest of us, but I will soon be changing that.
"Alright then, we have the results. Great work team JNPR on being the top team of the first years so far." Ozpin said before he took a sip of coffee. "On top is team JNPR, followed by team RWBY and IV." He raised an eyebrow as he glanced over all of us as he turned to leave. "I look forward to seeing how you all respond." Goodwitch examined us all for a moment longer before following Ozpin back to beacon. Leaving us to follow more slowly, everybody talked and commented on someone else's fighting style. I remained silent, memorizing everything I had seen. I have to defeat Pyrra to be allowed to use my wings whenever I want. And after watching her today, ii think I can do it.
Epic battle scene between teams RWBY and JNPR. I am slightly off of where I wanted to be on the story line, BUT because of that, my mind has fired off in a million different directions, trying to right the story path. So I will need to take a moment and re-plan future chapters… AGAIN. As always let me know what you think in a review, likes and dislikes, concerns and phobias and I'll see you guys soon. Eternal out.