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No big reviews that need a response this time around. Now I have to do tournament fights… prolong drawn-out fights aren't really my thing as you all can tell so I am apologizing now, likely what you'll be getting is clips of fights while others talk about what they think will happen. Do not worry you won't miss the cool stuff. I have realized Remnant is kinda screwed the mecha arms race has started. LET THE LORD OF CHAOS RULE!

Chapter 30

The crowds were cheering as Pyrrha lead her team onto the arena after that rather colorful opening. The arena was top of the line with four separate areas a small forest-like area, a volcano-like area, a frozen area, and a mountainous area. She had explained how breaking apart the enemy team could be a viable strategy when Yang brought it up but how that could easily backfire as they would be focusing mainly on one opponent and should one of their own team members like Ren or Weiss fall then that would leave the rest open for a surprise attack.

The biggest issue Team PYSL faced was aura level differences. While a good fighter Weiss's Arua always drained far quicker due to her Glyph Semblance. Ren on the other hand just had less Aura than an average student and he knew it which lead him to develop a more acrobatic combat style meant to chip away at his enemies while avoiding direct confrontation. The two teams stood face to face waiting for the match to begin each member was in a state of relaxed alertness and as the buzzer sounded they lunged into battle.

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"Come on Renny show that wannabe her place!" Nora cheered as Ren started peppering Reese with Stormflower keeping her at a distance and on the defensive.

"Come on Nora, it's been years since she took the last pancakes at Sanctum." Jaune tried to calm down his teammate. He still remembered the call from Saphron saying how Nora was suspended for attacking the poor girl.

"I called dibs and she had the gall to take them! Pancakes are life Jaune you know this." Nora whistled as Ren landed a clean shot throwing Reese from her board. Blake just sighed and shook her head at her partner's eccentricities.

"Come on Yang dodge and weave you got this Sis!" Ruby joined in on the cheering. Weiss stopped an attack that came at Yangs' blindspot with ice making a quick wall."Great catch Weiss!"

'Ren's looking good you wouldn't even know he was sick a few weeks ago.' Char commented as Ren used his acrobatic skills to doge an onslaught of strikes from Bolin's staff. Jaune nodded and hoped Char was right.

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Ren's breathing started to speed up. He was cleared for the tournament so it wasn't like he was still sick. Bolin was faster than he thought though and he was surprised he was able to avoid being hit. So far he only got a few scraps from dust rounds grazing him. As Bolin came in for the next strike a chill ran up his spine ad Ren instinctively ducked under the strike that would have surely knocked him out. Using the momentum he had built up Ren struck out with stromflowers edge and tore a chunk of Bolins' aura off. As he staggered out of Ren's range Pyrrha's shield came out of nowhere and knocked the guy out.

"Thanks for that." Ren nodded while scanning the treeline for Reese.

'She's crafty Ren be careful. And watch your back.' Amuro advised. 'The only advantage we have is she's got an aura level like Weiss so good solid hits will drain her fast.'

"We're a team Ren I'll always have your back." Pyrrha kept her weapons ready and her senses on high alert. The sound of something landing drew her attention to a small mixture of trees and bushes. Switching to her rifle mode she fired off a shot throwing up some dirt but no one was there.

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'Waste of ammo. That girl is playing with her.' Char commented. 'This isn't like those gladiatorial fights Pyrrha needs to be more conservative with her resources.'

'Doesn't help the fact they both went to Sanctum. Reese has seen how Pyrrha fights.' Jaune added. 'I wonder what ever happened with that whole arranged marriage thing?'

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Whitley had just gotten out of a meeting with his father where they discussed two things in particular. The first was the joining of families with the Arcs or that was supposed to happen. His father had learned that Wiess was not able to either woo or capture the heart of Jaune Arc as there were multiple reports of the boy with another girl. His father had explained since Weiss failed he was in talks with Richard Arc about a potential match between Whitley and one of the younger Arc girls. The second part of their meeting consisted of his father ranting about those new machines that had made an appearance in Vale and were all over the news. Whitley was drawn towards the machines and when he heard his father saying they could make better machines he knew what he was going to do.

"I'm going to build one. But not just a copy it will be of my own design." Whitely spoke to himself as he made his way to his room. He didn't bother watching the vytal festival today was just the opening match and he already knew his sister team would win they had that champion but then again she did lose that one time to that Char fellow and it looked like he was also in Beacon. Shaking those thoughts out of his mind he pulled out a drafting sheet and set a video of the GM fighting against Grimm during the breach. Unbeknownst to him a blue-haired boy was watching from his mind and guiding his hand.

'I think it's about time I introduce myself.' The blue-haired boy decided.

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With great force, Yang pulled on Arslan's bandage and dagger that made a makeshift rope dart and built up as much momentum as she could and slammed the girl into the icy cliff face beside them shattering the girl's Aura. Checking her own Yang sighed seeing she was deep into the Yellow. All that was left was Reese and she was nowhere in sight so she figured Pyrrha and Ren were fighting her.

Over in the forest area Ren and Pyrrha were indeed fighting Reese. Much to Pyrrha's annoyance Reese wasn't fighting them head on. It didn't take her long to notice Reese's Board had changed there was still metal but not enough for her to manipulate greatly only a few nudges here and there. Ren on the other hand was having an easier time he didn't quite know how but he knew where she was at all times and had a weird feeling each time she attacked allowing him to just barely dodge while laying down suppressing fire.

'Concentrate Ren feel where she will be and strike.' Amuro informed him. Ren followed the advice and stayed on the defensive until… Now on instinct, he struck hitting Reese from her board. With his weapon pointed at her he signaled Pyrrha to take the board.

"Do you surrender?" Ren hovered his index finger over the trigger. Pyrrha came up from behind with her Spear ready to strike.

"I guess I'm done. You've gotten good Lie. Might have had a chance if miss superstar wasn't here as well. Oh well, I still held my own until the end." And with that, the horns blew for PYSL'S victory. Ren holstered Stormflower and helped Reese up.

"You knew what you were doing. I just got lucky with that cheap shot." Ren dipped his head in respect for his opponent.

"Soooo is Nora still annoyed about the pancakes?"