The Cockerel Festival, Part 2!

A/N: Welcome, one and all, to Weiss Reacts! Now, for the second day of the Cockerel Festival, with the fight you might have been waiting for, Norn versus Velvet.

It might be a little soon for disclaimer jokes, though. We'll see. I'll place one in to see if it's fine with you guys. I'd also like to announce that we have received permission to do UhhICanExplain's fic Blake and Jaune's Infinite Playlist- that will, of course, be after the Shadow of Fire, Agents of Beacon and The Layman's other fics are covered.

So, without further ado...let us begin the second chapter of the arc.

DISCLAIMER: RWBY will never be my property, otherwise we'd have team RWBY in bunny suits playing J-pop.

All mentioned characters and franchises belong to their respective owners.

Early in the morning...

"Are these modifications to my hardware entirely necessary, Miss Belladonna?" Norn inquired with a flat face, sitting calmly with her pain sensors turned off as Blake adjusted some of the upgrades she had made to Norn.

"Relax, you'll be fine." Blake shook her off. "You're not a full Persocom anyway- you're part...whatever Aigis and Labrys are supposed to be. And I MAY have robbed part of Penny's blueprints to give you Aura potential- granted, I never managed to get around to that before the Life Dust incident, but..."

"I see." The Persocom nodded slowly, her eyes glowing slightly as Blake downloaded a new program into her operating system.

"Wait...what is the...Silver Crow Protocol?"

"You'll see." The catgirl wiped her sweaty face with a towel, rolling Norn's wires back up into her head ports and closing her laptop. Sighing, Blake stood up, rubbing her hands together.

"Modifications complete. You're free to stand up."

The robot maid did so, reaching behind her own back to do up the back of her uniform with several deft movements and a well-made knot.

As she did so, she gave a barely-perceptible sigh. Blake's cat ears twitched, and she tilted her head curiously.

"Norn?"
"Miss Belladonna," Norn said in her typical flat tone, without turning to face her. "I calculate I have a thirty-to-forty percent chance of succeeding in this next fight. The best course of action would be to forfeit the fight-"
"Norn," Blake interrupted her, walking in front of her to look her in the eyes. "Are you scared?"

"I...no data available." The Persocom looked away slightly, clasping her hands together.

Blake chuckled. "You'll do fine. Trust me."

"The probability calculations state-"

"As Team Dai-Gurren once said, even if it's zero-point-zero-zero-zero-zero-one percent, it's still above zero." The catgirl reassured her. "I made you, you're a badass ninja maid, that's all that matters."
"I...see." Norn nodded once, her mouth curling slightly into a smile. "Thank you, Miss Bella-"
"Call me Blake. I feel old being called 'miss'."

"...sorry, Miss Bel-Blake."

"There we go." Blake said with a chuckle, before donning her triangle shades and pointing to the ceiling.

"Now, let's show those dusty-eared idiots just HOW TEAM ANTIC ROLLS!"

Later, in CFVY dorm...

Velvet opened her eyes, having finished praying to O-Yuno-Sama for her yandere blessings.

"Ah..." The bunnygirl sighed happily, kissing a picture of Weiss. "...just perfect. Perfect, perfect, PERFECT!

We HAVE to win next match!" Velvet declared with determination. "I can't lose. I have to impress Weiss-sempai!

This'll be the best day EVER!"

Vivi, who was sitting on the shrine to Weiss that Velvet hung on the wall next to her bed, stood there with her arms crossed and shaking her head.

"Pipipi. Pipi pi piiii."
"I just think that this is it! This is the day we've been waiting for! The day I finally get Weiss-sempai!"
"Pi?" Vivi lifted one of her stuffed eyebrows. "Pi pi pii."
"D-don't doubt me, meanie!" Velvet pouted, offended."

"Pipipi..." Vivi chuckled, leaping up and hugging Velvet's ears comfortingly. "Pi pipi pipiiii."
"I know you're kidding, I know." The bunnygirl smiled, patting the plushie lightly.

"Hey." Yatsuhashi poked his head in through the dorm door. "Velvet, you ready to go up to the tent? They're going to call the next matches in ten minutes. Hurry up.

Fox brought you some breakfast down there- some breakfast muffins and orange juice."
"Y-yes Yatsuhashi!" Velvet nodded hurriedly. The swordsman blinked at her briefly, before closing the door with a sigh.

Velvet stared at her picture of Weiss again, sighing dreamily.

"Don't worry...this fight's for you, Weiss-sempai."

"Pipipi!" Vivi jumped happily, patting her rabbit ears. "Pipipi!"
"Thanks, Vivi." The bunnygirl smiled. "I'll do my best.

Not just for Weiss-sempai...but for you too."

"PIII!"

Velvet patted a small, orange box, which unfolded into her axe Grimmbane, comfortingly.

"And together, we're going to be UNSTOPPABLE!" The bunnygirl declared, giggling insanely all the way.

Later, in the Tournament Tent...

The screen stared down at the remaining competitors on the second day, as eliminated spectators and competitors alike sat down together. Glynda stood in front of the screen as usual, adjusting her microphone and waiting for the din to subside.

On the screen, the top three competitors of yesterday were shown. Weiss and Ren occupied the top two spots, while Adam took third place, with replays of each competitor's victory being cycled through as the names appeared.

Ruby hugged Weiss tightly, chomping on breakfast cookies while doing so.

"Congratulations!" Ruby declared through a mouthful of biscuits. "Weiss, you're the best!"

"Heh. It wasn't that hard to beat Yang." Weiss stated smugly, smiling at Yang, who glared at her.

"I-I demand a rematch, Weiss! One on one! I'll beat you easily! I-I wasn't ready, that's all!"
"Just accept it, Yang," Blake calmly stated, drinking a thermos of chocolate milk. "You got beaten by Weiss after talking smack to her. It's fine!"

"Cheater..." The brawler crossed her arms, pouting. "S-stupid cheater..."

"Good morning, competitors!" Glynda announced over the din, silencing the crowd, team RWBY included.

"Guys!" Ruby pointed up at Glynda." Shush!"
"...okay, okay..." Yang sighed, still pouting childishly. "I still say Weiss cheated..."

Clearing her throat, the instructor looked over the crowd to ensure nobody was speaking, before continuing to speak herself.

"Welcome to the Second Day of the Feast of the Cockerel Tournament. Yesterday was an incredible, excellent day of battling, with Hunters from all four Kingdoms showing off what they have.

The best competitors of yesterday were, in order, Weiss Schnee, Lie Ren, and Adam Taurus! A round of applause for magnificent fighting from all three of them!"

Ruby whispered over to Blake. "Psst...how do they decide the best fighters?"
"They have a panel of three judges." Blake responded with a whisper. "From what I can tell, the judges this year are Professor Torchwick, General Ironwood and...I think the last one was either Tohru, Miss Lupin or an unknown judge, to keep it neutral.

Because we all know that Cinder would vote for Yang, Port and Oobleck would vote for Beacon..."

"Why Torchwick, then?"
"He's salty enough to make an unbiased, if sarcastic, decision."
"Fair enough."

"However, competitors, the tournament is still continuing." Glynda continued, gesturing to the screen as the tier list reappeared with everyone's names on it.

"We are now in the second round of eliminations, and today will be one-on-one duels. The first matches today will be as follows!

On the Desert Plains, Jaune Arc versus Neptune Vasilias! In the Ruined City, Sun Wukong versus Lukas Rasmussen!

Upon the Pillars of Balance, Penny Polendina versus Winter Schnee!

And finally, on the Field of Justice, Norn...err, Norn Belladonna versus Velvet Scarlatina!"

"Belladonna, Blake?" Yang looked over at the catgirl.

"Well, I am technically her mother." Blake shrugged. "And she needed a last name to enter the competition. Hence, Norn Belladonna."

"I'm sure your dad might be surprised to learn he has a new daughter." Weiss remarked drily.

Blake raised an eyebrow quizzically. "Was yours surprised when you brought Elsa home?"
"Touché, Belladonna. Touché."

"Competitors! Make your way to the venue now!" Glynda announced. "Spectators, make your way on the venue transports!

Let the matches commence!"

Norn got up to leave, dusting off her maid uniform, but she was stopped by Velvet, who smiled sweetly at her.

"I WILL win this!" Velvet declared, giggling insanely. "A-and Weiss-sempai will love me..."

Norn merely stared at her, allowing her to rant.

"S-so, d-don't count on winning! I-I have my love for Weiss-sempai!" Velvet pumped her fist. "A-and she'll love me and w-we'll have seventeen and a half children together!"

"Interesting." Norn spoke.

Velvet raised an eyebrow.

"You define your probability of victory as one hundred, Miss Scarlatina." Norn stated matter-of-factly, without a hint of emotion. "Yet, even with the purported boost that strong feelings will give you, you have only at best a forty-seven percent chance of victory."

Velvet twitched.

"The outcome is not decided yet." Norn adjusted her dress. "I would not attempt to predict the outcome until you have sufficient data to do so."

As the Persocom turned to stroll away, Velvet could've sworn she saw a little smirk form on Norn's face.

At the Field of Justice...

The arena, in contrast to its sister arena the Desert Plain, was planted with billowing long grasses and clipped short grasses, with small fans in the sides angled towards the grasses to give the impression that they were blowing dramatically in the wind and create a sufficiently epic atmosphere.

The commentator and referee for this match was Professor Tukson, arms folded with scroll and microphone in hand, his white gi baring his mighty arms and musculature.

Floating below him were Norn and Velvet, facing each other, with Velvet muttering a quick prayer to O-Yuno-sama, while Norn's eyes flashed, as she ran several calculations at blinding speed to check all of her systems were ready.

Weiss rested happily in Ruby's arms, watching the pre-fight preparations on the large floating screen, while both girls shared a box of popcorn. Meanwhile, Yang and Blake were talking to each other, exchanging Lien.

"So, you're betting on Norn, eh?" Yang looked over at her partner.
"Of course. I made her." Blake stated proudly. "No way Velvet would beat her, even if she's got the ensemble darkhorse thing on her side."
"All my money's on Velvet."

"If Velvet loses, you're buying us all dinner tonight." The catgirl stated. Yang smirked.

"Deal!"

"It's settled then." Blake extended her hand. "By the way, Ren, Melanie, Sun and Melodia bet Norn. Only Nora and Fionn bet Velvet."

"Well, then you'll be eating crow when we're done then, won't you?" Yang retorted mischievously.

"We'll just see about that."

"RIGHT!" Tukson boomed into his microphone, making his voice heard over the din. "TODAY, WE ARE TO EXPERIENCE A BATTLE WORTHY OF THE WAY OF THE SPIRAL!

ARE OUR COMPETITORS READY TO BATTLE?!"

"Affirmative." Norn drew two kunai from her uniform, wielding one in reverse grip.

Those kunai were named Verthandi and Skuld, forged elegantly from the best metal parts Blake could find. Verthandi was blue and white, while Skuld was red and black, creating a contrast between the paired kunai. Attached to their hilts was a pair of chains, allowing her to swing the kunai around at range and strike around enemy defences.

Overall, the perfect weapon for the calculating Norn.

Velvet merely unpacked her box, unveiling her large, serrated, Grimm-slaying axe and slamming it into the ground at her side. She gave Norn a manic smile.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you too much, as long as you lose so I can impress Weiss-sempai, okay?"

Norn merely lifted Verthandi to protect her face, not even flinching.

"When you are ready, Miss Scarlatina."

'Wow...' Velvet mentally cursed herself. 'I can't shake her...I'll just have to beat her the old-fashioned yandere way! By beating her to a pulp!'

"EXCELLENT!" Tukson whipped out a flag, raising it in the sky. "ON THE COUNT OF THREE!

ONE! TWO! THREE!"

LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!"

He grabbed a large hunting horn from behind him and blew it, signalling the beginning of the match.

Velvet ran at Norn, yelling while hefting her large axe behind her.

"FOR WEISS-SEMPAI!"

Norn merely readied herself, bracing herself for an attack. The bunnygirl jumped up, raising her axe over her head and looking down at the Persocom, readying herself to slam it into her.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

The axe smashed...into the ground Norn had just been standing on. The robot maid stood up, having rolled out of the way from the strike. She briefly studied the cleft in the ground formed by Grimmbane.

Velvet wrenched the axe out of the ground and turned around, swinging it at Norn, who ducked and allowed it to skim over her light frame, before standing up quickly and somersaulting backwards to gain some range on her.

The bunnygirl grinned insanely.

"What's the matter? Scared?"

Norn responded by curling Skuld's chain around her wrist and hurling it at Velvet with a deft movement. Only Grimmbane's massive head managed to stop it dead as she recalled it, clutching the hilt of Skuld in her hand.

"I see." Norn uttered. "So that's another use for her weapons-"

Velvet then charged at her, screaming.

"I WILL HAVE WEISS-SEMPAAAAI!" With intense zeal, the girl swung the axe with blinding speed- so blinding that no other Hunter could avoid them.

They were not aware of just how fast Norn's 'reflexes' were.

With blinding quick calculations, the Persocom managed to dodge all of the axe strikes with deft movements, attempting to locate a particular weak point she could exploit and strike at.

Tukson clapped into the microphone with uproarious laughter. "A true fight, it seems, is going on here! A clash of styles between the obsessed stalker and the ninja maid! Who shall prevail?"

"WAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!" Velvet laughed maniacally, her mad flailing finally leaving her leg exposed.

Norn saw her chance. With a quick flick of the wrist, she hurled Verthandi's chain around Velvet's ankle, allowing her to pull Velvet off balance and forcing her to open up.

'Now is my chance.' Norn thought to herself, nodding, before pulling herself towards Velvet using the chain, kicking her square in the chest, before using the force as a springboard, unwrapping Verthandi from her leg and coiling the chain up again for reuse in mid-somersault.

"Oof!" The bunnygirl slid backwards, using her axe to steady herself to stop sliding. She wiped her mouth, glaring at Norn.

"So, that's what you're good at?" Velvet wiped her mouth to remove a blade of grass before staring over at Norn.

"I have been equipped with an adaptive battle routine." Norn announced, sweeping her hair. "Designed specifically to develop itself against all threats."

Velvet blinked, before shaking her head. "That was such complete technobabble I don't know if that's even true or not. I'll still beat you, though- after all, I am the ensemble darkhorse of the fic!"

Norn merely made a small sound, before readying herself for combat again.

Velvet smiled insanely at her opposite number, before charging at Norn again, roaring loudly. Norn prepared to dodge the attack just as she had dodged the other, before-

"FEINT!"

"Hu-" The Persocom hardly had time to react before being thrown into the air by a massive shockwave from the ground, realising that the shockwave had emanated from Velvet's axe slamming itself into the ground.

Norn was helpless in the air, somewhat unfortunately, but Velvet was not. With a leap, the bunnygirl fired down at the ground to propel herself upwards and into a flip with the axe to slam into her.

The robot maid stood her ground. She could feel the shockwave's effects wearing off to let her fall down, allowing to fight back slightly more effectively.

Velvet swung Grimmbane down at her, hoping to hit her, only to meet a single kunai from the maid, before getting it pushed and flipping herself in the air back to solid ground. The bunnygirl landed shortly after, leaving another cleft in the arena with the large blade.

"Where aaaaare yo-oof!" Velvet was interrupted as she was slashed by Norn from behind, sending the former into stumbling forwards- the slash didn't do too much damage at all.

"Okay then! If you're going to be difficult about me impressing Weiss-sempai, then I will be difficult too!" The girl declared, turning to her opposite number. "Come on, Norn! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

With that cry, Velvet ran at her opponent with her axe, hefting it high and forcing it down-
"No."

Suddenly, a loud CLANG filled the arena, as Grimmbane was blocked by Verthandi and Skuld, with Norn struggling to hold against the weight of Grimmbane.

For a moment, both girls locked eyes, determination burning in each of theirs, as Tukson looked on proudly.

"And now, here is a test of manhood, a test of strength! Who shall prevail in this struggle of wills?"

Velvet growled, before jumping off of from the engagement and backing off of Norn, watching her carefully-

-and just as quickly, her next move involved a manuoevre that Norn did not anticipate- a forceful sidewards chop.

This time, she was unable to take the attack.

The attack slammed into her side, throwing her aside and causing her Aura to flash around her as it attempted to soften her impact. Norn was thrown across the grass, tearing her uniform and sending her tumbling dangerously close to the border. She could vaguely hear Tukson call attention to her, but her hearing sensors were jarred by the force of the blow and needed moments to reboot.

The robot pulled herself up, shaking her head and checking her aura supply briefly-

Sixty percent Aura remaining.

Norn's expression hardened slightly as she pulled herself up, before rolling to avoid Velvet's second charge, lagging behind as she did.

'My systems were damaged by the attack,' the maid noted. 'Greater care must be taken.'

"So, Norn," Velvet said sweetly. "You can surrender, if you'd like. I don't really want to hurt you."

Norn merely stared at her, sliding Verthandi and Skuld into her hands again.

"The output of my pain sensors are none of your concern, Miss Scarlatina."

"Okay! I'll just have to end it for Weiss-sempai, then!" The bunnygirl concluded, before descending into crazed giggling and hefting her axe.

"SUPER DUPER ADORABLE BUNNY BEATING OF DOOM!"

Pointing her axe at the ground and firing a round behind her, Velvet lifted into the air with blinding speed, before flying at Norn, who stared up.

'No time for evasive manoeuvres. Time to test out Miss Belladonna's new upgrade.'

"Silver Crow Protocol, activate."

Before Velvet could react, Grimmbane smashed into the ground where Norn was barely seconds ago.

"Huh?" The bunnygirl's ears twitched as she looked up.

"What the..."

"Wings, activate."

Norn was in the air, kunai in her hands, staring down at her, with a pair of mechanical wings extruding from her back, the light of the sun glinting off of them. The wings were of elegant make, the 'feathers' made from sleek, hexagonal pieces of metal, with two small Dust-powered thrusters providing more lift.

Wing Attachments at ninety-six percent power.

Tukson could only look on in shock.

"I-It seems that one of our combatants has wings! Ladies and gentlemen, this may be a first in the history of the Tournament!"

Blake smirked. "Damn straight it is. Go get her, Norn."

Ruby stood up next to her, shaking pom-poms around. "Go Norn go! Go Norn go!"
"Ruby!" Weiss snapped. "Quit being silly!"

"S-sorry!"

Meanwhile, in the arena, Norn flew upwards, skimming the barrier of the arena with her wings, as Velvet, with more insane giggling, clenched the hilt of her axe.

"Very well! You're not the ONLY one who can fly!"

The bunnygirl decided to follow her into the skies, by pointing several blasts of Grimmbane towards the ground, flying at her with a squeal and her large axe trailing behind her.

"I'M COOOOMING FOR YOU!" Velvet stated, riding upon her blast-propelled weapon to strike at her opponent before slashing at her, using the force of the blast to propel the axe through her defences. Norn shifted aside, the axe skimming her wings' feathers, before stabbing at her with Skuld, forcing Velvet to flinch back at the pain.

"Urgh! JUST LET ME WIN SO I CAN IMPRESS WEISS-SEMPAI" The bunnygirl screeched, before slashing furiously at her opponent. Norn was equal to the task, however, and strike for strike, axe-head met kunai-blade as both girls danced in the air within a flurry of metal.

The last strike was punctuated with a kick as Velvet attempted to throw her opponent off, but it was met with Norn's own shin, pushing both girls away from each other and forcing Velvet back down to the ground, staring at Norn in the air.

"You can't stay up there forever, Norn!" Velvet complained. "You'll run out of energy anyway!"

Wing Attachments at forty percent power.

'What?' Norn was, for once, surprised. '...Miss Belladonna, it seems power efficiency was not your first thought when installing this hardware...

I'll have to end this quickly. And I know how to now. If my calculations are correct...'

Flying up, Norn gained altitude, flying higher and higher to the very top of the arena, where any further flight would serve as a ring-out.

Velvet's head could be seen tilting, wondering what Norn was planning.

"Wing thrusters, full power, reverse." Norn uttered, and the thrusters reversed to point upwards, forcing her down. She aimed her foot at Velvet, gathering speed and thus force.

The bunnygirl's eyes widened in fear as it dawned upon her just what Norn was doing.

"WHAT?!"

"I apologise, Miss Scarlatina." Norn uttered softly before her foot made contact with Velvet.

An explosion blossomed from the point of contact, a cloud of dust covering the combatants entirely and a shockwave shaking the grass around them

"It seems...the combatants have collided together in a massive explosion." Tukson read out, before he saw the smoke being slowly blown aside. "And it seems we have a survivor!"

Norn somersaulted out from the cloud of smoke, her uniform smoking and destroyed in areas, her wing upgrades falling off from her back. She landed with a worrying stumble, her systems further damaged by the force of the impact.

Thirty percent Aura remaining. Moderate damage to servos. Wing upgrades destroyed. Retreat advised.

The Persocom ignored the warnings in her head, shaking her head and looking into the smoke covering Velvet entirely.

She adjusted her uniform, crossing Verthandi and Skuld across her body to block a potential shot of Dust.

The fans in the sides of the arena slowly blew the smoke away, and Norn tilted her head as a similarly tattered-looking Velvet stood, bowing her head and clasping her hands together in the middle of the crater, seemingly praying. Tukson looked over at her from his platform.

"It seems that Velvet is beginning to pray." The man smiled, realising what was going on. "It seems we are about to witness another first, ladies and gentlemen!"

Weiss, in the audience, stared at the girl.

"What is she doing?!"

Blake blinked, shaking her head.

"Ohohohoh...I think I know."

"Wha-oh no." The heiress facepalmed, sighing irritably. "And when I thought I'd get away with the antics this time..."

Yang giggled teasingly. "Oh, Weiss, you poor thing! You should know antics will always follow you~"

Velvet's head snapped up, staring directly at her opponent. She began to intone calmly.

"I am the stalker of my crush."

Norn's eyes actually widened as she realised what was going on.

'A...Reality Marble?'

Velvet continued praying, invoking great magical power to fight her enemy.

"Set is my mind, and taken is my heart.

Have created over a thousand traps.

Unknown to my love, nor known by my rivals.

Have withstood pain to love a distant heiress.

Yet these hands will never hug Weiss-sempai.

So, as I pray..." She opened her hands and a glow enveloped the stadium itself.

A wave of energy washed over the stadium, turning the sky orange, with distant gears grinding in the skies above, replacing the whole arena with a field of effigies of Weiss, nets, sacks and Weiss shrines, with large knives and axes planted into the ground around the two combatants.

This, in effect, was Velvet's obsession made manifest, her mindscape made material.

"UNLIMITED YANDERE WORKS."

Norn stepped back as several massive, bloodied knives sunk themselves in front of her. Velvet rose up, sticking the heavily damaged Grimmbane behind her and smiling sweetly at her, despite her heavy breathing.

"You aren't... the only one with tricks up their sleeves, dear Norn~

This is my ...Reality Marble..." The bunnygirl explained cheerily, picking up a random Weiss doll and hugging it to her chest. "My love for Weiss-sempai! You get to see ...ALL OF IT."

Norn hefted Verthandi to defend herself, her arm sparking from damage incurred during the fall.

"Y-you...will not win, Miss Scarlatina." The robot maid said with a raised tone, stumbling again before regaining her composure. "I w-will not allow it."

"Dear, you're just not in Vale anymore." Velvet wagged her finger teasingly. "You're in ...my realm now. And guess who'll win in my-"

She was interrupted by Skuld slashing across her side, further depleting her Aura and making her stumble back, as she watched the knife clatter to the floor, its chain disconnected. The bunnygirl shook her head, before drawing two massive knives from the ground, slashing one's blade against the other.

Velvet wiped her face, her eyes burning with determination.

"FOR! WEISS! SEMPAAAAAI!"

She charged at Norn, slashing at her manically. Norn carefully parried it with Verthandi, drawing a knife from the ground to parry the other knife underneath. The bunnygirl attempted to follow it with a decapitating strike, only for

Once more, the girls locked themselves into a deadly dance of metal, manic slash meeting calculated parry blow for blow.

"You will never understand the love I have for Weiss-sempai! It is PURE!" Velvet yelled as she struck at Norn, who batted them aside with her own knives.

"I can understand it perfectly." Norn responded coolly, dodging under another knife strike. "However, I must win. Not only for myself, but for Blake.

And I must apologise, but it means you must lose."

Velvet shook her head before screaming and hurling all of her strength into one final strike.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

She feinted, faking a blow at Norn's head, which the Persocom instinctively countered with Verthandi. However, she used her other knife to stab into Norn's torso, giggling insanely.

"...!"
The force was enough to stop Norn dead, before sending her stumbling back, looking at the blade as it clattered to the floor, its job done. Her Aura flickered around her, beginning to fail from so much stress. Norn looked up at Velvet, who breathed heavily as she watched her opponent flounder.

Ten percent Aura remaining. Torso damage sustained- category, heavy. Major servo damage. Retreat heavily recommended.

"N-no..." The robot maid shook her head. "...n-not...yet..."
"See? I told you I'd..."

"F-For...BLAKE!"

With the last of her strength, Norn hefted an axe from the ground, before hurling it at Velvet.

The latter was too exhausted to dodge. The die was cast.

The axe struck Velvet in the shoulder, bouncing off, but her Aura had had all it could take and failed entirely. As the Reality Marble faded around them, restoring the arena to normal, Velvet collapsed to her knees, smiling slowly.

"...I...I hope I...did a great job...Weiss-sempai...I...love you..."

She slumped to the ground and fell unconscious, breathing slowly, getting her well-deserved rest. Norn watched it happen, herself on her own knees, her servos no longer capable of keeping her up for much longer.

Tukson blew the hunting horn to announce the end of the match, before roaring into his microphone.

"Velvet Scarlatina has lost by total knock-out! Norn Belladonna is the winner!"

"YES!" Blake cheered, pumping her fist as the stadium exploded into applause. "I CALLED IT!"
"DAMMIT VELVS!" Yang cried, whimpering as she slowly fished out the Lien she owed Blake. "...dammit..."

"And now you know why you don't bet against me, Yang~"
"S-screw your stupid Persocom!"

Weiss sighed, shaking her head.

"You did good, Velvet. You did good."

Norn's hand was lifted up by Tukson to congratulate her on her victory. She could only watch as everyone cheered her name, but she focused only on one person.

Blake, who merely donned her triangle shades and gave her a thumbs up.

'...thank you...Blake.'

The other matches flashed onto the screen, as Winter triumphed over Penny- another close match, but Winter had managed to sever Penny's blades before she could hit her, Jaune beat Neptune in a surprising darkhorse victory, and Lukas beat Sun by a ring-out victory.

All in all, a good day.

END

A/N: Well, that's that. Back to the plot- next chapter, Blake versus Adam.

So, I hope you enjoyed that, leave your ideas, comments, thoughts, suggestions, criticisms and reviews, and I hope you have a GREAT day! Until next time!

oh and customary stinger.

Later, during the Risette concert...

As the idol Risette's voice filled the fields of the tournament, Adam sighed on his phone, standing on a balcony far away from the celebrations.

"Siegmund, I have some news for you."
Siegmund shifted on the other side of the call, growling deeply into the phone, akin to a dragon's breathing. "Do tell, Taurus. Is Weiss well-protected?"
"Very." Adam nodded. "Her father is present, as is her mother and sister. Not to mention her team."
"Siegfried..." Siegmund growled again. "...forget him. I can deal with my son.

And what of the combat gynoids that that Polendina traitor made and the one constructed by the Faunus?"
Adam flinched at the disdainful tone used for the word 'Faunus', but he obliged.

"Penny is out of the competition. Her weapons are broken, and will likely need to be repaired. Norn also sustained heavy damage during her fight with Velvet." Adam recounted. "Most likely, they will be easily slipped past or countered."

"Excellent." Siegmund stated smugly. "Continue your surveillance. You will be rewarded greatly at the end of this.

You are a credit to your race."

The call went dead. Adam breathed heavily before crushing the phone in his hand, discarding it and throwing it over the railing.

"If I didn't need you, Schnee, I would kill you myself."

END