Once Ruby's vison had cleared of the white flash of light, she saw that she stood in a dark blue, circular arena, reminding her very much of a movie Jet had taken her to see.

Tron.

The arena was as Dennis had described. Marked in red neon circles were their starting places, and in green was the goal in the center. A scoreboard was to the left of her, and people sat in stands around the ring. Ruby saw Dennis waving from the abnormally large crowd that had gathered.

"All players, state designations." an automated voice commanded.

"Dean Cornfield. Class E, Trainer Suit! Designation Blue Brawler!" Dean yelled out, his suit's fists clenching.

Ruby did a double-take, before she remembered her own suit's designation.

"Ruby Rose. Class E, Trainer Suit! Designation Red Rum!" Ruby called, feeling her suit awaken and activate, the displays coming to life.

"Tom Birch. Class D, Power Suit. Designation Swooping Hawk." Tom called, and his custom suit blazed in red light as he rose up to a standing position.

Then it was Jet's turn. She watched as he raised his arms and blanketed himself in shadows. Within a moment, the form of Abyssal Chaos Jet burst outward, sans the cannon-tail, Jet's eyes gleaming from the visor. Ruby heard gasps from both Dean and Tom, and he even heard a 'What?!' from Dennis. The crowd roared in apparent surprise.

"Jet. Class S, Omega Suit! Designation, Abyssal Chaos Jet! The embodiment of dark hatred!" Jet roared from within the suit, and a mechanical screech accompanied which Ruby could only assume was a battle cry from the suit itself, almost as if she'd heard a great roar of a Grimm.

"All players recognised. Begin." the mechanical voice announced, before a change in the music caught her attention. It turned to a rock-style guitar solo as the steel ball appeared in Jet's hands, and Ruby felt intensity in her lover's gaze as he focussed on the ring in front of him, the entire floor turning a deep red…

'No.' Ruby thought to herself. This was a true game of honour to Jet and his friends, and in this ring, they weren't lovers. They were opponents, and Ruby had to give him the best she had, as she was defending against him. She had to wonder though, if there was a point where her action would decide victory over defeat, would she let Jet win?

Jet took a look at the three of them, then immediately took off running for the center. Ruby held her hands out in front of her and felt a charging ball of energy at her palm as Dean moved to intercept, and Tom stood his ground, also charging a purple ball of energy judging from the sound behind her. Jet ran straight towards Dean with a red flare of energy and barrelled the mech over, stepping over the opponent as he continued running.

Both Ruby and Tom unleashed their shots, Tom missing but Ruby's slammed Jet in the shoulder, slowing him down, but not stopping him. As he got closer to the scoring area, Ruby ran sideways, determined to intercept him. She reached his path just barely several strides away from the scoring area, and dodged an energy blast that Jet fired with his own hands, but Jet turned his shoulder and shoulder barged, forcing Ruby to plant her feet to resist his push, using her own mechanical body to brace as she swung her metal fist at the arm holding the ball.

Jet knocked her arms aside with a sweep of his arm, and then nutted her with a resounding clang in Ruby's helmet that caused her to double over as Jet ran past her, the disoriented girl watching as he ran at the neon green scoring ring, ducking another energy blast from Tom before he reached the ring and smashed the ball into the scoring area. The display gave Jet two points (one of them indicated as the 'first base' bonus), before white light blinded Ruby again.

After a brief pause, she opened her eyes to find herself in the same position before Jet had charged. The other players were in the same position as before, and it seemed as though nothing had changed, though Dean looked to be clutching his side, possibly from Jet's charge.

The siren sounded again, and Ruby ran at Jet, determined to get him this time. Dean also took off running, but Tom once again hung back. What was his deal?

Jet reacted as Ruby neared him, taking her shoulder barge but infuriatingly still keeping his hand on the ball. Ruby pushed with all her and Red Rum's might, but Jet held firm, though Ruby could see his strength was beginning to wane.

BAM!

Dean suddenly tackled them from the left and knocked both of them down, seizing the ball from under Jet's arm and taking off towards the goal.

Ruby landed on top of Jet with a resounding crunch from the suit and a faint cry of pain from Jet. She got up, completely distracted from the game, and looked at Jet, who got back up shakily, the suit he was in flickering a little, almost as if it was flickering in and out of reality, before he shot off, chasing after Dean.

Ruby shook her head, before she gave chase.

The match continued, with various points being scored by all contestants. Ruby looked up at the score to see she and Dean were tied at 5 after she made her third goal. Tom and Jet were battling it out for first, with Jet at 9 points and Tom at 8 points.

Jet's armour was proving superior in every way to theirs, but Ruby was beginning to notice that something was happening to Jet. He was getting more and more tired as the game progressed.

Ruby kept her eyes on him as she moved to her designated starting zone for the next round. His armour was beginning to flicker more erratically, and Ruby could almost sense something was wrong.

Her suspicion was conformed barely a minute after she started running. Jet immediately flew at her, anticipating her circling tactic that gave her two of her 3 goals. Ruby braced herself for the impact, which came a moment later, as Jet hit her so hard it turned her around and caused her to slam to the ground, on top of him.

A scream of pain erupted from the body under her, and Ruby immediately jumped up to see Jet, down, bleeding from multiple injuries, and his left arm was bent at an odd angle. Ruby looked at him, confused and shocked, until she snapped to one, important fact.

Jet's armour had disappeared!

"STOP THE GAME!" Ruby screamed as she lifted Jet with her mech's arms. Both Dean and Tom whirled around, and saw.

"What the…" Tom asked.

"Ruby!" Dennis yelled as the crowd erupted into worried calls and chatting. "Take Jet back into the changing rooms! I'm coming down!" he commanded, pointing to a door Ruby hadn't seen before.