A/N: Here's the end of the first round. Hope you guys enjoy. Oh and on a side note. RWBY season 2 will prolly have a lot to kinda fill in from the first season mainly being the Cinder/Torchwick partnership thingy. Maybe we'll see some more character development with prolly some of the members of team CRDL as well as introducing some more characters. Apart from that there's my two cents.
Ruby grinned as she closed the distance between herself and her sister before attempting to get Yang's leg with her scythe when she was launched back by a point blank shot gauntlet burst. The crimson reaper grit her teeth as she slid across the ground from the heavy impact she had just received. She spun her scythe before slamming it into the ground and launching shot after shot from her weapon. The shots harmlessly bounced off of Yang's gauntlets as she used them to block the sniper shots until she stomped on the ground and shot forward like a speeding bullet.
The two sisters clashed causing the ground under them to shake from the force of the impact. "Nice reaction time Rubes." The two jumped away from each other followed by Ruby closing the gap with an overhead slash which the blonde fighter sidestepped before sweeping the crimson reaper off of her feet with a swift kick followed by slamming her heel down onto the downed scythe bearer who rolled out of way before her chest was caved in by her sister's boot.
Once the crimson reaper was up again, Yang grinned as she closed the distance this time and unleashed a series of punches and kicks which the scythe wielder countered by using a series of slashes and parries which caused them both to slide back. "Are you even taking this seriously Yang?" The scythe wielder spun her scythe as she dashed forward and swung her scythe low which was easily avoided until the pole end slammed into her sister's face which caused her to reel back. She smiled as she spun once more, this time the blunt end of her weapon slammed into her gut which sent her sliding across the ground.
"I am taking this seriously Ruby. I just wanted to warm up a little bit." Yang grinned as she avoided a series of slashes until she grabbed the blade and flung it and Ruby over her shoulder followed by a series of shots from her gauntlets. The crimson reaper's eyes widened as she twirled midair and deflected each of the bullets with her scythe until a burst from the shot gauntlet caught her side which caused her to wince in pain. Seeing the opening, she dashed forward and punched forward which was harmlessly deflected by the reaper's scythe.
The two ended up entering an all out close quarter's brawl as punches, slashes, and various degrees of physical injuries got the two of them to finally excite the crowd enough to cheer. After the sudden exchange, the two backed away from each other and quickly checked themselves for their injuries. "Man you really can keep up with me Rubes." Yang cracked her neck and entered her fighting stance once more before running towards her sister. "Time to kick this up a notch!"
Ruby winced as she looked at her side which was killing her. She grit her teeth as she swung horizontally in order to knock her sister away until she began to glow a bright crimson color. "Alright let's go!" She dashed forward and swung overhead once more but was deflected by the fighter's incredible strength. The sounds of metal meeting metal engulfed the arena as they continued to deflect and counter each others blows.
Yang grinned as she looked at her sister who was wincing every once in a while. The shot she launched earlier connected and did damage, she cracked her knuckles as she focused and unleashed a massive amount of aura at once. The crimson reaper grit her teeth as she spun her scythe and unleashed her crimson aura which began coming off of her skin like rose petals. "Let's do this Yang!" She charged forward leaving an afterimage which caught her sister off guard before she felt the scythe wrap around her mid section.
With precise reflexes, she grabbed the edge of the weapon and kept it from fully gripping her. The two deadlocked as they tried to overpower each other until a flash of red caught her attention. "What in th-" The golden fighter's eyes widened as she felt a gash open across her chest as she looked behind her where a stream of rose petals were flowing. "Ngh..got me." After a few seconds, they both disappeared and instead a crater formed where the two clashed once again. The force of the impact was enough to knock both fighters down to the ground as they caught their breath.
The two stood back up and charged once again as they left trails of their respective auras behind themselves. They both unleashed a battle cry as they collided with enough force to shatter the ground. Upon their collision, they exchanged blows as powerful punches, kicks, slashes, and thrusts were being unleashed, each impact destroying more of the ground until they knocked each other away once again. "Man Rubes..." Yang took a deep breath and readied herself once more before wincing from the various wounds she had gained over the course of the battle, especially the large cut on her chest which had stopped bleeding due to her aura healing a majority of it. "This might be it for one of us."
Ruby stood up using her scythe to support herself before coughing out some blood. 'She got me a couple of times. It hurts.' She straightened herself out as she raised her scythe and pointed it forward. "Yeah. I think it'll be you" She grinned which caused her sister to laugh as she planted her feet on the ground. 'Any more punishment and I'll definitely be done..' They took a deep breath before launching forward towards each other.
'Rubes is definitely gonna win if she makes contact. Time for plan B!' The golden fighter ducked and avoided the reaper's strike before she turned and wrapped her arms around her sister causing everyone to raise their eyebrows at the strange tactic. "Sorry Rubes but I need to win this." She calmly nuzzled her cheek against her sister's which caused the cloak wearing scythe bearer's eyes to widen. 'Oh no...She's using Plan B.' As the reaper tried her best to escape the hold she heard her sister's strangely soothing voice.
"Remember when I held you like this whenever there was bad weather?" She ended up sliding down one of the craters while keeping her hold on her sister. "Or when you would get into fights with the bullies in Signal?" She hummed which caused her sister's eyes to water slightly before she tried once again to struggle from her grip. "You remember when you ran away and I looked for you in that rain storm?"
Ruby nodded as she stopped her struggling knowing that she would never escape from her sister since she was using aura enhanced strength to keep her in place. "I got into a fight with you and I got mad so I ran off to look for uncle Qrow.." She sighed as she decided to relax and lean against her sister which caused the viewers to smile as the scene in front of them unfolded. "I got lost and.. If it wasn't for you. I wouldn't be here today." Finally she began to lightly sob as she noticed her sister's grip loosen before she turned and embraced her. "I...I.." She struggled to form words as she buried her face in her sister's chest. "f-forfeit..." Everyone was too shocked to even react as the announcer blanked out Ruby's picture and placed the word victory under Yang's.
The fighter smiled warmly as she carried her sister to the back to get themselves some treatment. Upon reaching the back, Blake looked at them with a smirk. "What a way to win. Making your sister cry by using the past. You fiend." She teased as she followed them into the medical area where they walked in on Jaune who was getting ready to leave which caused the blonde to whistle at the sight of the shirtless knight. "H-huh?! I d-didn't know you guys would be coming in h-here."
Yang winked as she set her sleeping sister on the nearby bed before she sat down on another one as they waited for the medic to arrive. "Well Jaune it seems you're doing a lot better than a couple of hours ago." The knight chuckled as he pulled his hoodie on but placed the rest of his equipment with the exception of his sword and shield in a locker which was there for the fighters. The knight looked over and noticed the opening on the fighter's clothing as well as the multiple bruises and cuts on her while on Ruby he noticed the faint trace of blood that had been on her lip. "Seems she had a rough match to be knocked out like that."
Blake took the opportunity to jump in as she leaned against the wall. "Well the two sisters fought each other and then once they noticed they were even. Yang decided to guilt trip a victory out of Ruby." She smirked as Yang feigned shock at her partner's comments. "So she's not knocked out from her fight but she did fall asleep from crying from Yang's little plan." Once again the fighter feigned shock until a medic walked in a shooed the ninja and knight out of the room before they began to work on both injured sisters.
Soren looked down at his book as he turned to the small canister on the table in front of him. His thoughts raced back to the tournament and the people fighting in it. He didn't think there were any White Fang members registered and he had been careful and placed ward seals on each of the people that were participating. He sighed and ended up looking at the tablet that lay in front of him as he attempted to make it work before frowning. The technology was far more advanced and it irritated him since he barely knew how to use it.
After a few minutes, the green haired mage stood up and walked around the room before stepping out and noticing his friend and commander sitting in front of the television with his eyes glazed over as if he was in a trance. When he looked, he was watching the recap of the first seven matches while the arena was readied in preparation for the final match of the day. "It seems that most of Team RWBY advanced as well as team JNPR." The mage was knocked out of his stupor when he heard the vanguard speak. "Ren's match is up next and Ruby was defeated by Yang. In a strange way but a loss is a loss."
Soren stared at his friend as his cold and calculating stare analyzed the battles that had just happened while the recap was covering the results thus far. "Yes it seems that three fourths of each team except team CRDL made it to the quarterfinals." Ike growled as he stood and placed his sheathed blade on his back as he opened the door to the rather large apartment-like room. "Ike you seem to have something on your mind. What is it?" The vanguard sighed as he looked down at the ground with a hard stare.
"I'm thinking about Mist. I left on such a bad note that I never really got to apologize." He smiled wryly as he leaned against the frame as he reached into his pouch and pulled out a cyan colored cloth. "She was so mad when I told her my decision to leave shortly after her wedding." He closed his eyes as he tried to clear his mind. "After seeing the match that Ruby and Yang had.. I just couldn't help but remember when me and Mist would fight over such idiotic things. In the end we would always end up in a similar situation where I would end up comforting her and we just ended up getting along just as well as before." He placed the cloth back into his pouch and pushed himself off of the frame as he turned to the hall. "I'll be going to the arena to watch the next few rounds up close as well as checking on the students."
The mage sighed as he grabbed the canister that was in the other room as well as a tome before rushing out to catch up with Ike. "Wait up! I'll tag along since I need to clear my mind from the conversation we had with Wesson." The vanguard nodded as he motioned for the green headed mage to follow. Their walk to the outside of Beacon was a quiet one as the pair barely uttered a word as they each dove into their own problems and thoughts.
Weiss yawned as she looked around for her team mates which ended up disappearing after Ruby and Yang's match. "Those three disappeared quicker than Ruby when she's on a sugar rush." She sighed as she was going to go look for the rest of her team when she noticed Jaune and Blake headed her way. "Blake! Where have you been?! I asked if you could check how our leader and her sister were doing. Instead you bring the Jaune.." The blonde knight raised an eyebrow at her statement before stomping his foot.
"Hey I resent that!" He sat down on a nearby seat while the silent ninja sat in between the knight and princess. "Oh and to answer your question. Ruby and Yang will be fine. Just a couple of bumps and scrapes that should heal within a couple of days." He grinned as he looked up at the sky. "Man how long has it been. a couple of hours?" Blake looked over and nodded as she looked up at the sky followed by Weiss who sighed as they waited for the announcement of the final match-up for the day. "Well it got dark pretty quickly."
The heiress chuckled as she looked back down towards the center of the arena that was just about finished being repaired from the damage the sisters caused. "This has been going on for close to about three hours so it makes sense that its starting to get dark." She looked down at her watch and noticed that it said eight o' clock. "The last two left are Ren and Cardin right?"
Blake nodded as she looked up at the screen which came to life with the face of the announcer. "Guess he's about to announce the last match. Let's see how it goes." After a few minutes, the announcer began to speak with a huge grin. "Ladies and Gentlemen! Prepare for the last match of the day as well as the last match of the round one bracket! Lie Ren versus! Cardin Winchester!" He spread his arms as two screens lit up with each having a picture of one of the contestants. "Will team CRDL be wiped out in the first round or will team JNPR receive their second loss?!" He snapped his fingers as spotlights hit the opposite ends of the arena. "I now introduce! Cardin Winchester!" The leader of team CRDL stepped out and raised his mace with a battle cry as people who were on his side cheered while those who disliked him booed. "And from team JNPR! Lie Ren!" The calm and composed aura specialist stepped out and drew his jade dragons as he bowed towards the crowd causing the females who saw him swoon over his looks and style.
"Leave it to the announcer to overexcite the crowd." The aura specialist stepped towards the center of the arena as the crowds cheers and excitement peaked when he and Cardin both entered their battle stances. "May the best man win." He chuckled as he noticed the cocky grin on the mace wielder's face. The warrior chuckled as he spat on the ground and pointed his mace forward. "I intend to." Once the two exchanged words, the match began.
With a loud battle cry, the warrior charged and swung his mace forward which impacted on an aura barrier which took the full force of the impact. "Hmph. Still hiding behind those barriers.." With a grunt, he swung once more, this time with enough strength to shatter the barrier and send the aura specialist tumbling to the ground. With a smirk he caught up to the magenta eyed aura user and slammed his mace down which narrowly missed its target.
Ren took a deep breath as he jumped back to his feet and flipped backwards while firing a volley of bullets from his Jade Dragons. The red headed warrior winced as bullets tore through pieces of his armor but when it began to get through he screamed which caused the bullets to stop midair as he projected an aura barrier in front of himself. "Hiding behind a barrier?" The aura specialist smirked as he closed the distance and began unleashing palm strikes on the barrier which caused it to crumble after a few strikes. With the momentum from shattering the barrier, Ren slammed his palm into the warrior's chest which sent him sliding back.
The two fighters stared each other down as the brute unleashed another battle cry before enhancing his speed with his aura and charged at the aura user who ducked, weaved, and flipped to avoid the brutal strikes that were coming from the powerful mace. After a few minutes of dodging, the aura user decided to take the offensive as he back stepped to avoid a horizontal sweep followed by unleashing a series of punches and palm strikes which ended with a powerful punch across the warrior's face causing him to fall onto his back. While his opponent was on the ground, Ren drew his Jade Dragons once more and unleashed another volley of bullets which were blocked by another aura barrier which deflected them.
Cardin winced as he stood back up and cracked his neck. "You got me pretty good. But that ends now." He chuckled as his mace began to crackle with an orange energy. "Cataclysm!" Once the energy settled, the mace came to life with an orange glow as he charged forward and slammed the mace into the aura user's chest which caused him to cough up blood before being launched far away from the mace wielding warrior. After a few seconds, the warrior grinned as he closed the distance and slammed his leg into his downed opponent which caused him to smirk until he felt a burst of aura knock him back.
"Impressive power." Ren winced as he had his hand on his chest in order to use his aura to heal as much of his wound as he could before he readied himself once more. "You might be powerful but if you can't hit me. I'll win this match!" He focused as his aura began to swirl around his body creating a clear dome around him. He closed his eyes as the dome began to glow a magenta color before entering the aura specialist's body which caused his eyes to glow. "Come!"
Cardin chuckled as he dashed forward and slammed his mace into his opponent's chest but nothing happened as a wall of aura stopped the mace midair before it could collide with its intended target. After a few more strikes, he laughed at the fact that none of the strikes weren't penetrating. "All you did was make yourself more defensive." He smirked as he pulled back and swung forward unleashing a powerful blow that caused the aura user to stagger backwards as he held his head. "Aura can't protect you from everything. Especially shockwaves." He smirked as he began unleashing a devastating combination of punches and mace strikes to the disoriented aura user until he was knocked back by another burst of aura.
The disoriented competitor shook his head before he noticed a green blur close the distance and unleash a series of powerful strikes before he ended it with another burst of aura that launched him backwards into the ground. "Shockwaves might hurt me but if you can't attack then I won't have to worry." Ren winced as he channeled his aura into his arms and closed the distance which caused the mace wielder to enter a series of clashes with the aura user.
Once the exchanged finished, the two knocked each other away with a powerful clash that sent them sprawling to the ground. They winced as they stood back up and staggered towards each other as they entered another series of close quarters combat with Ren ducking and weaving around the mace while Cardin merely repelled any palm strikes and punches headed for him. At the end they clashed once more with the resulting shockwave forcing both contestants off of their feet and into the ground once again.
The aura specialist stood weakly as he channeled as much aura into his arm as he could before the warrior stood up and charged at him with a surge of power. "Come forth. Ouroboros!" Before his opponent was able to swing his mace, the aura user slammed his palm into the warrior's chest causing his eyes to widen as a large amount of aura to coursed through Cardin's body. The massive amount of aura shattered part of his chest plate followed by the armor on his back shattering before he collapsed to his knees. The tired aura user caught his breath as he collapsed onto all fours from the exhaustion he was feeling.
The first one to get back up was the warrior with the mace as he stood and walked over to the aura specialist who formed a strong barrier in front of himself as he hoped the shockwaves wouldn't do more damage than the actual strikes. "I'm going to end this Ren and I'm going to make sure you and the rest of your team are humiliated. Starting with you." He raised his mace before slamming it down on the barrier causing it to shake before the aura user's eyes widened as he coughed out more blood from the shockwaves tearing him up from the inside out. As he continued smashing his mace into the barrier, the magenta eyed aura user felt his vision go blurry.
After one last heavy strike, the mace shattered the barrier causing Ren to fall over to his side as he tried catching his breath before pushing himself up. "I like seeing you like this Ren. I respect you as a fighter but as a person. I need to pay you back for humiliating me." As he raised his mace he noticed the rest of team JNPR looking from both the stands and arena entrance. "Say good night!" With a swift motion, his mace impacted the side of the aura user's skull causing a loud and sickening crack. The blow strong enough to send him sliding across the ground as his body went completely limp from the severe head trauma. Nora's eyes widened as she noticed her friend's body wasn't moving at all which caused her to fall to her knees as she screamed. "REN!" Cardin chuckled as he swung his mace to clear the small amount of blood on it before he left the bloody and beaten aura user on the floor unconscious.
Jaune's eyes widened as he struggled to leave the seat he had taken in the arena due to being held back by both Blake and Weiss. "Let me go! I need to go!" He struggled as the two women held him down. "That bastard Cardin went too far!" After a few minutes of struggling he growled as he pushed his aura through his body to amplify his strength but before he could do anything he heard the ninja speak.
"And what do you plan to do once you get there? Fight Cardin?" Blake glared at the knight who kept struggling against her. "You can barely hold your own and you're planning to take on someone who just beat down your friend." The knight tried to pull himself off again only to be thrown back into his seat. "You need to calm down Jaune!" He growled as he held his head in his hands. "Listen to me. If anything the person you should be worried about is Ren not Cardin."
"Fine. Just let me go." He stood and pulled his arm away from the two members of team RWBY which caused Blake to wince slightly as her sore arm strained under the sudden pull. "I'll go see how Ren's doing." He quickly ran over to the edge before he jumped down and ran towards his downed friend who was being put onto a stretcher. "Ren!" He looked at his partner who was being worked on by multiple medics as they carted him off to the back where he could be set down somewhere stable.
Nora stared at the ground as she heard Cardin chuckle as he tapped his foot against the ground. "He never had a chance Nora." He grinned as he hefted his mace over his shoulder before walking away. As he took a few steps, his eyes widened as he felt a surge of aura behind him. "Well well well." He turned to face her with his mace drawn and smirked as his aura flared around him as well. "Bring it on then!" The two charged at each other with Cardin grinning and Nora eyes filled with rage as they were about to clash with full powered strikes.
A/N: OK so this was a bit of an experimental chapter. If you liked it the awesome if not then maybe I'll see what I can change but for one thanks for reading and since my brain is kick starting some more of the ideas I had. I'll be updating a bit more than before. (hopefully) Once again vote for Ike's pairing as the flag draws ever closer. Oh on a side note. What do you guys and gals think of Fire Emblem Awakening? I've put a lot of time into it and the game is pretty damn solid. I might have something cooked up for later but who knows. Well See ya next time!