Disclaimer: I do not own the blazblue franchise or the RWBY franchise they belong to their respective owners
(A/N)
I initially intended to have more fights in this chapter. However the main idea for this chapter is to show what the new students can do and the extra fights would have felt unnecessary.
Chapter 25 New capabilities
(Beacon Hallway)
It has been a few days since Ragna's fight with Nu, and even though everything has gone back to normal. Ragna is still thinking about his talk with Rachel and the fact that he needs to keep what happened a secret. A part of Ragna wants to tell his friends and team (Jin excluded) about what happened and the fact that he has half of the Grimm Aura. Unfortunately, he had to admit that Rachel has a point that the General would do something that would make the situation a lot worse. Not to mention, Ragna is still thinking about the voice he heard that begged for death when he was fighting Nu. Ragna figured that it was a voice from Nu's memories, but whether or not it belonged to Nu is a question that will bother Ragna for some time.
"Hey Ragna, are you alright?" Ruby asked after nudging Ragna with her elbow getting him out of his thoughts
"Huh, oh yeah I'm fine Ruby, I'm just thinking about a few things and stuff." Ragna said which isn't too far from the truth
"Aww your probably just a little excited about our investigation in two days. Well don't you worry Ragna, with you and my team. We'll be able to handle anything that can happen. Though I have to admit, I'm a little surprised that you didn't try to bring your team along." Ruby commented to Ragna
"Well aside from the fact that anything can happen I have a few reasons. One of the reasons is like you said a little earlier, the less people that are involved the better. So that way if something goes wrong, then it will be less people who gets hurt. Another reason is that even though my team is good, they still have a lot to learn when it comes to fighting. Noel has her Aura Weapon, but it looks like she still has a long way to go to properly use it. Makoto is good, but I'm not that properly coordinated with her. As for Jin, well I don't get along with Jin so that should already explain itself." Ragna explained to Ruby
"Well when you put it that way, I can see why you wouldn't want to bring your team along. But you don't have much coordination with me and my team, so why come with us?" Ruby asked
"Well I figured that if we have to fight alongside each other, I can just adjust to what you and your team can do. Besides, isn't the mark of a good leader is being able to adjust to the unexpected?" Ragna said slowly stroking Ruby's ego
"Well when you put it that way, then I suppose that you can adjust to what we can do." Ruby answered as her and Ragna continued walking to class
"An investigation huh, looks like team RWBY and Ragna is planning something interesting." Bullet muttered overhearing Ruby's and Ragna's conversation
(Professor Goodwitch's Class)
"Alright class, before we get started on today's spars I have an announcement for everyone. Next week we'll be conducting team activities that will test each of your capabilities as a team. On the day of the team activity all of you will receive more details about your expected activities. Though for now we will conduct some sparring activities. With the Vytal Tournament coming up, this will be a good time to demonstrate your battle capabilities. Now are there any volunteers for the first match of the day. It will be a full team set match. Which will no doubt be a good way for the teams to see how they fully coordinate with each other." Professor Goodwitch said to her class
"Team KKMT volunteers Professor Goodwitch." Kagura said before him and his team went down the stage
"We know you'll win Kagura!" One of the female students yelled out
"We believe in you Kagura!" Another female student yelled out
"OK so who will be team KKMT's opponents?" Professor Goodwitch asked the classroom before Pyrrha spoke up
"We volunteer Professor." Pyrrha said volunteering her team
"Pyrrha what are you doing?" Jaune asked in a low and nervous tone
"This is a good opportunity to show everyone how far you came Jaune. Since I've been helping you train, I know that you can do it. I know that Kagura is your friend, but that's no reason to hold back." Pyrrha told Jaune in a low tone
"I see your point, but if we lose then don't blame me." Jaune said before him and the rest of team JNPR came down the stage
"It's good to see all of you down here, and I'm looking forward to seeing how far all of you came." Professor Goodwitch said before both teams set themselves up on opposite sides of the stage
"Hey Jaune, I know that we're friends and all, but don't think I'm going to hold back against you." Kagura said to Jaune with a confident smirk
"Don't worry Kagura, you'll see what I'm made of real soon." Jaune said with a smirk (though his knees shook lightly that Kagura noticed)
"Now are both teams ready to begin?" Professor Goodwitch asked
"We're ready Professor." Jaune told his Professor with his and the rest of the team's weapons drawn
"We're ready as well Professor, we will give a good show to all the wonderful students here. Even the lovely ladies that has high expectations for us." Kagura said in a loud and confident tone while giving various winks to the female students. (While his teammates shake their heads in disbelief yet knew he would do this)
"AWW HE'S SO COOL AND CONFIDENT!" One of the female students yelled
"Is he always like this?" Bullet asked Bang
"Yeah, but at least this time he's cutting it short. Despite his shameless antics though, he's very capable in many ways." Bang said not surprised at Kagura's display
"Your friend certainly isn't lacking in confidence." Amane commented
"So confident and with a lot of poise. Kagura is so cool." Ruby said with enthusiasm in her voice
"Now you all may now BEGIN!" Professor Goodwitch announced starting the match
Kagura started by activating his razor wind semblance and threw them at team JNPR, while Tsubaki used her semblance to gather energy from the light. Reacting quickly, Pyrrha and Jaune stood side by side and used their shields to block the attack. The both of them managed to block Kagura's attacks with their shields. Though this gave Mai and Hibiki to get around team JNPR.
"Ren, Nora deal with a person each. If they trap us then we'll put ourselves in a disadvantage." Jaune instructed to his teammates causing them to go after Hibiki and Mai each. With Ren going after Hibiki and Nora going after Mai
While Ren was running after Hibiki, he proceeded to shoot at him with his dual automatic pistols. Using a good deal of his reflexes, Hibiki used his twin swords to block the shots while the both of them getting closer to each other. Once the both of them got close to each other, Ren and Hibiki fought against each other using their weapons with a good deal of skill and precision. Ren made several attempts to slash at Hibiki using the blades attached to his automatic pistols. Hibiki managed to block the attacks and counter it with his own sword attacks. Ren managed to dodge the attacks and tried to kick him. What happened next surprised Ren, because Hibiki went into the shadows dodging the attack. A second later, Hibiki appeared and managed to land a cross slash against Ren. The attack knocked Ren back a bit but it only depleted 6% of his aura.
"Wow, did you guys see that. Hibiki just went into the floor and came out like he was in water." Ruby said in an impressed tone
"Yeah, you don't see techniques like that often. It's most likely the result of his semblance." Blake said observing the fight
Mai spent a good deal of time running around the stage trying to avoid the grenades that Nora was shooting at her. After a while, Mai had used her spear and launched the bladed tip at Nora with the chain still attached. Seeing the attack coming, Nora jumped to the side and dodged the attack. Though the bladed tip got stuck to the ground, it was what Mai wanted. Since Mai managed to retract the blade and launched herself towards Tsubaki and Kagura. After Mai landed near her other two teammates, Kagura stopped throwing his razor winds at the two shielded warriors.
"Tsubaki we need to switch opponents, Nora's too much of a powerhouse and she'll be too much for me to handle." Mai told Tsubaki
"Got it Mai." Tsubaki said before she ran towards Nora
"Mai, you're going to have to go for Jaune. I'll handle Pyrrha since my semblance and sword can let me deal with her." Kagura instructed Mai
After getting the instructions by her leader, Mai used her chain spear to hit Jaune's legs. The attack on his legs briefly staggered Jaune and it gave Mai the chance to swing her weapon at Jaune's shield breaking his defenses. While Jaune's defenses was broken, Mai retracted her chain and fully formed the spear. Then she threw her spear at Jaune hitting him and managed to knock him down. After getting knocked down, Jaune quickly got back up and raised his sword charging at Mai. Unfortunately for Jaune, Mai used the function in her glove and brought her spear back. Though in the process she managed to trip up Jaune as Mai was bringing her spear back. After getting her spear, Mai leapt towards Jaune and made a downward strike at him. Fortunately, Jaune managed to block the attack quickly and steadily managed to get up.
"Wow, Mai has gotten a lot more skilled with her spear." Noel said to Makoto in an impressed tone
"True, but her other teammates aren't half bad either. They actually work surprisingly well with each other, despite the complaints about Kagura." Makoto said while she's watching the fight
While Mai was fighting Jaune, Tsubaki found herself fighting against the powerhouse that is Nora. Tsubaki decided to keep Nora at a distance, by shooting her with energy blasts of light. Seeing the energy blasts, Nora smirked and transformed her grenade launcher back into its hammer form and knocked away the energy blasts. Realizing that her long-range attacks won't do her any good. Tsubaki strengthened her body aura with the light and made the bold move to fight Nora at close quarters. When Nora made the attempt to attack, Tsubaki managed to gracefully dodge the attacks. For the next few seconds, Tsubaki kept dodging Nora's hammer attacks until the both of them are near the edge.
Realizing Tsubaki's plan, Nora used her hammer Magnhild to smash into the ground and launch herself into the air. While Nora was in the air, she transformed her weapon back into its grenade launcher form and shot at Tsubaki as she was landing. Tsubaki herself used her shield to block the grenade shots, but was slowly getting pushed back. After Nora spent a few seconds of firing at Tsubaki, she transformed her weapon back into its hammer form again and made a move to knock out Tsubaki in one move.
Unfortunately, this is what Tsubaki wanted since she dived towards Nora while dodging the hammer strike. Then Tsubaki hit Nora with a burst of energy and as a result, Nora was trapped in a seal of light. After trapping Nora, Tsubaki used her semblance to gather more light energy and after a brief second, she hit Nora with a powerful energy blast. The blast was strong enough to send Nora back a good distance. As Nora was being launched, Ren managed to notice Nora coming his way as he was fighting Hibiki and flipped to the side avoiding Nora and saved himself from getting knocked off the stage. When Nora landed she found herself near the seats and hit the ground in frustration.
"Ms. Valkyrie is out of bounds!" Professor Goodwitch announced while the rest of team JNPR is fighting team KKMT
"Looks like Tsubaki managed to predict Nora's attacks and dodge them with grace and style. It takes a lot of skill to be able to pull that off the way she did." Amane commented about Tsubaki's skills
"She moves with such nice footwork, she makes being fancy look cool. Her weapon is also incredible, it can use light as a form of energy." Ruby said in an impressed tone
"Of course, her weapon can use light for various enhancements. While her semblance allows her to gather light so it can enhance her strength and aura." Weiss said briefly explaining Tsubaki's abilities
"How will Jaune's team will be able to turn this around?" Bang asked himself while watching the fight
After avoiding getting out of bounds like Nora, Ren decided to regroup with his team. After parrying another attack by Hibiki, Ren tried to trip over Hibiki while ducking to dodge another sword attack. Seeing the trip attempt, Hibiki jumped over the attempt. Though it is what Ren wanted, since he decided to spin a second time with an even greater speed and managed to kick Hibiki. The kick was strong enough to knock Hibiki back a good distance despite him managing to block it. This gave Ren the chance to run to Jaune at a good deal of speed.
Jaune on the other hand spent a good deal of time blocking Mai's spear attacks with his shield. Though every time Mai attempted to attack Jaune, he parried the attacks with his sword. As things stand, the two fighters were at a stalemate because of their different fighting styles. Though Jaune has options for offense and defense, his inexperience and lack of skill greatly limits his options (despite his training with Pyrrha). Though Mai has options for long-range and close-range combat. Her options are limited when it came to defense. After a few seconds Jaune had thought of an idea, for how to deal with Mai. Jaune decided to run towards her with his shield raised. Not wanting to take any chances, Mai extended the blade of her lance and consistently attacked Jaune. Mai's attacks landed, but Jaune still powered on through despite the attacks, and the depletion of his aura.
When Jaune got close, Mai made a move to make a forward stab at Jaune. Though before she even made the attempt, Ren grabbed her arms from behind and stopped her attacks. While Ren trapped Mai, Jaune rammed his shield at Mai and managed to knock her back. After Mai got hit, Ren let go of Mai and ran towards Jaune, then Jaune raised his shield and Ren jumped on the shield and leaped off it raising himself high into the air. While Ren was in the air, he proceeded to shoot at both Mai and Hibiki. While both Mai and Hibiki was defending themselves, Jaune proceeded to furiously slash at Mai and after the final hit, he rammed his shield into Mai and managed to knock Mai down. After getting knocked down, Mai quickly recovered but it didn't last long because Ren jumped kicked Mai off the stage.
"Thanks for the help." Jaune said before him and Ren ran to fight against Tsubaki and Hibiki
"Mai is out of Bounds!" Professor Goodwitch announced as the match was still going on
"Mai did pretty good out there." Noel commented (while happy that Jaune did good as well)
"Yeah, it's pretty impressive that she managed to hold her own against both Jaune and Ren. Their teamwork coordination is actually impressive." Makoto said while watching
Pyrrha and Kagura spent a few minutes fighting against each other. It slightly caught Pyrrha off guard that despite the size of Kagura's sword, he's very handy with his huge sword and is fast and agile with it as well. Kagura made several quick yet massive swings at Pyrrha. Seeing the attack coming, Pyrrha decided to dodge the attack by jumping over it. After Pyrrha landed, she proceeded to transform her javelin into its rifle form and shoot at Kagura while running around him. Thinking quickly, Kagura blocked each shot with his massive sword while trying to get closer to one of his teammates. As Kagura was moving, he tried to create another razor wind so he will be able to fight Pyrrha at a long distance. Unfortunately for Kagura, Pyrrha's constant shots prevented him from getting the required concentration to form the razor wind and attack Pyrrha.
Hibiki noticed this and decided to go for Pyrrha so he can help Kagura. Though as he was running, Jaune stood in his way and tried to attack him with his sword. Using his reflexes, Hibiki slid underneath Jaune's sword attack and continued to pursue Pyrrha with Jaune chasing him. When Hibiki got close, Pyrrha noticed him quickly and jumped over Hibiki while kicking him towards Kagura. When Hibiki was going towards Kaugra, he noticed that Kagura held his sword defensively to stop Hibiki from going further and knocking the both of them out. Before they could recover, Pyrrha fired at the both of them while running towards them. Kagura and Hibiki blocked her shots with their swords and a few seconds later, Jaune caught up up to the both of them and clashed swords with them along with Pyrrha.
While Kagura and Hibiki were fighting Jaune and Pyrrha, Tsubaki found herself fighting Ren. Not wanting to take any chances, Tsubaki fired several blasts of energy at Ren while trying to charge up her energy. Ren proved to be more agile than Tsubaki anticipate, since he quickly dodged each blast by quickly stepping from side to side as he was getting closer. Once Ren got close, he made several melee attacks at Tsubaki. Reacting quickly, she dodged each of Ren's attacks while trying to attack as well. However, Ren proved to be just as agile as her and blocked and dodged her attacks as well. When another one of Tsubaki's attacks has been blocked, she made a burst of energy towards Ren. Remembering what happened with Nora, he quickly jumped back to avoid Tsubaki's attack. The energy burst attack missed and Ren capitalized by attacking Tsubaki rapidly. After a few seconds of attacking, Ren managed to jumped kick Tsubaki off of the stage.
"REN LOOK OUT!" Jaune yelled getting Ren's attention. Though it was too late since Unfortunately for him, he was blindsided by Hibiki getting off the stage a few seconds after Tsubaki.
Lie Ren and Tsubaki Yayoi are both off the stage!" Professor Goodwitch announced
"Our girl pulled through and held her own. YOU DID GREAT TSUBAKI!" Makoto yelled out to Tsubaki
"She looks pretty tough, but it looks like that she has to keep using her semblance to keep the strength of her aura up." Ragna said summarizing his thoughts on Tsubaki's skills
"That's true, your pretty spot on Ragna." Noel said in an impressed tone
"Ren also did well, he must have noticed the weakness in Tsubaki's weakness as well and utilized it. It was unfortunate that he was blindsided by Hibiki, but he fought well along with everyone else of team KKMT." Bang said overhearing Ragna's comments
The fight is now between Jaune and Pyrrha vs Kagura and Hibiki. Kagura still fought against Pyrrha, while Hibiki was focused on fighting against Jaune. The fight between Jaune and Hibiki went on for a few minutes that felt like hours. Hibiki's strategy was to make the first attack on the shield and the follow-up attack somewhere his shield couldn't protect against such as his legs and arms. Hibiki's attacks had continuously hit its mark and Jaune was both losing his strength and aura. After spending a few seconds blocking, Jaune made a move to attack Hibiki. Unfortunately, he realized that his attack didn't have much power behind it and realized that he fell into a trap. After Hibiki side stepped the attack, he used a powerful cross slash against Jaune knocking him out of the ring.
"Jaune Arc is out of the stage!" The professor announced before she focused on remaining fighters.
Pyrrha overheard the announcement and realized that it is now a two on one fight. Though Pyrrha is glad that Jaune handled himself as well as he did, she had to focus on the fight and knew that she was outnumbered. However, Pyrrha saw where Hibiki was and started to formulate a plan. She spent a few minutes dodging Kagura's attacks and waited until Hibiki got close. Once Hibiki got close, Pyrrha used her shield to block an attack from Kagura. Though this is what she wanted since she used the momentum of the attack to send herself away from Kagura and closer to Hibiki.
Once Pyrrha landed, her and Hibiki clashed blades against each other. Hibiki tried to attack her the same way he beat Jaune. Though he quickly learned that Pyrrha is a lot faster than he anticipated. Every time Hibiki attacked, Pyrrha quickly blocked and parried the attack using her lance and shield. A few seconds later, Hibiki jumped back a small distance and hit the shadow that he was near. After hitting the shadow, several small dark birds flew towards Pyrrha. Fortunately, Pyrrha didn't get distracted and quickly destroyed all of the birds. Then out of reflex, she blocked a sword attack from Hibiki with her shield. Pyrrha quickly noticed Kagura coming towards them because of the faint sound of his footsteps.
Hearing Kagura getting closer, she figured out what his plan is and had an idea of her own to kill two birds with one stone. When Kaugra made a move to swing his sword, Pyrrha used her semblance to increase the movement speed of his sword to keep it swinging. Since she figured that he would stop himself when his attack could hit Hibiki. Before the attack got too close, Pyrrha rolled behind Hibiki and kicked him in the direction of Kagura's sword attack. The attack was strong enough to deplete Hibiki's aura and knock him off the stage. After Hibiki was dealt with, Pyrrha used her shield to attack the hand Kagura used to hold his sword causing him to let go. After letting the sword go, Kagura tried to use his razor wind semblance to get Pyrrha away. Unfortunately for him, Pyrrha blocked it with her shield and proceeded to furiously attack him with her weapon depleting the rest of his aura.
"Pyrrha has depleted the rest of Kagura's aura, the winner of this match is team JNPR!" Professor Goodwitch announced to the whole class before she addressed the fighters
"Ms. Nykos, you have showed a remarkable level of adaptability when the odds were against you in the last moments of the match. Keep up the good work and you will go far in the Vytal tournament." Professor Goodwitch told Pyrrha
"Thank you for the praise Professor, I will continue to improve my skills." Pyrrha told Professor Goodwitch
"Kagura, most people who use swords as large as the one you have tended to lose speed in exchange for the extra power. However, you managed to cleverly utilize your weapons attack strength and kept your speed consistent as well. Just improve on the level of control you have with your weapon and your skills will be remarkable. Though I must ask that you keep your entertaining tendencies to a minimum." Professor told Kagura
"If I'm going to be fighting in front of a crowd, then I want to make sure their getting a good show. But don't worry I will keep your advice in mind Professor Goodwitch." Kagura told the Professor
"As for you Hibiki, you have done really well during this match. Your able to calculate the capabilities of your opponent and used your semblance when necessary. Continue to find creative uses of your semblance and you'll be a truly strong fighter." Professor Goodwitch said
"Thank you Professor." Hibki responded
"Ren, you've managed to increase your agile capabilities and you quickly discovered your opponent's weakness. However, I must advise that you find a way to improve your attack capabilities." Professor Goodwitch advised to Ren
"Understood Professor." Ren responded
"Tsubaki, you have a good balance of power and speed, but you need to improve your skills with your semblance. Otherwise you will regret it in the long run." Professor Goodwitch said
"Yes Professor, I will improve the use of my semblance." Tsubaki told Professor Goordwitch in a respectful tone
"Nora, I see that you are as strong as ever. But I must strongly advise that you maintain some level of caution when dealing with threats that are unknown to you. If you do not, then Tsubaki's trap will be the best-case scenario you'll experience." Professor Goodwitch told Nora
"You got it Professor." Nora said with a hint of enthusiasm
"Mai, I see that you have good reach with your weapon, though I must strongly advise that you work on defensive strategies." Professor Goodwitch
"Yes ma'am." Mai responded
"Jaune, you have come a long way since the previous semester. I see a great deal of improvement with your skills, and you managed to coordinate with your team member wonderfully and without words. Keep up the good work and you'll be a truly capable leader." Professor Goodwitch said praising Jaune
"Thank you, I really appreciate this, but I didn't do it alone." Jaune said before he went back to his seat
"You did good Jaune, I know that you got knocked off the stage. But considering who you were up against you deserve the praise. Your moving up Jaune, and I look forward to our rematch." Kagura said praising Jaune as they were both getting back to their seats
"Thanks Kagura, I appreciate the words of praise your giving me." Jaune said in a humble tone
"Alright, now the next match will be a two vs two match. Are there any volunteers for the next match?" Professor Goodwitch asked
"Me and my bud Neptune will go!" Sun said before jumping down to the stage with his friend Neptune going down the stairs
"Alright, now is their anyone else that wishes to spar with these two?" Professor Goodwitch asked
"We volunteer Professor." A male voice said that has gotten Professor Goodwitch's attention. The young man appearance is that he has a dark skin tone, what made him stand out even further is that he has white hair that looked so smooth and silky that it could be part of his clothes. His hair when still and uninterrupted appears to have a marking on it that is an eye. His partner, is a young woman who has a lot of blonde hair that could give Yang a run for her money.
"Alright, it appears that this will be a match between transfer students. May I have you and your partner's name please?" Professor Goodwitch asked
"My name is Venom, and my partner's name is Millia Rage. I apologize but the rest of my teammates couldn't make it today due to some special circumstances with our schedule." Venom told the Professor
"Looking at the both of you I doubt that either of you are first or second year students. So if you don't mind me asking, what are the both of you doing here?" Professor Goodwitch asked
"Our team completed a good portion of our classes so we were given special permission to observe classes and participate if we choose to do so. We have the documents to confirm our story in case you want proof." Millia said before handing Professor Goodwitch the documents.
"I see, it looks like everything is in order. I apologize for questioning you but please understand that it is my duty to get all the facts and be prepared for unusual circumstances." Professor Goodwitch explained to the two
"If you only knew." Mercury muttered causing Emerald to elbow him in the chest
"Looks like we'll be going up against our upperclassmen. Don't feel too discouraged when you lose." Sun said to Venom and Millia in a confident tone
"You're not lacking in confidence, but such confidence will introduce carelessness." Venom told Sun maintaining his calm and focused demeanor
"Well it will be a big mistake for you both to underestimate us." Neptune responded defending his friend
"True, but it will be an even bigger mistake to ignore sound advice." Millia said in calm tone like Venom's
"You may now begin!" Professor Goodwitch announced before the teams went after each other
Venom started the match off by tossing several pool balls into the air and hit them with his stick. The pool balls went in the direction of Sun and Neptune and the duo dodged accordingly. After the pool balls were dodged, something happened that surprised the audience. The pool balls had suddenly stayed in the air with a strange energy of aura surrounding them. Though Sun and Neptune were slightly curious, they pushed it out of their minds and focused on fighting the team. Neptune decided to use his gun and shoot at both Venom and Millia. Millia stepped in front and used her hair to form a shield and protect both her and Venom from Neptune's shots.
"She's using her own hair as a weapon, that is so cool." Ruby said impressed with what she's seeing
"I bet keeping her hair clean must be a real pain huh?" Nora said to her friends
"Most likely, but it also shows that she knows how to look good even after a battle. Her teammate is no slouch either, but I never heard of someone using pool balls and cue stick as a weapon." Amane commented while watching
After blocking the shots with her hair, Millia used her hair and made twin swords out of them and charged towards Neptune while deflecting shots. Venom on the other hand, focused on Sun while the Faunus did the same and they charged towards each other. When Sun and Venom got close, the both of them fought against each other with their respective weapons. Sun used his natural reflexes to keep moving around Venom to find an opening to attack. Venom on the other hand stayed on the defensive by blocking Sun's attacks.
After a few moments, Venom managed to find an opening and jumped out of the way of Sun's attack. After jumping out of the way, Venom threw his cue stick and hit Sun in the head. After the stick hit Sun's head, Venom ran towards Sun and hit him with several quick jabs at the body while not giving him the chance to use his staff. After a few more attacks, Venom managed to get his cue stick and smack Sun in the side of his chest before kicking him. Recovering from the attack combo quickly, Sun turned his staff into its gun-chucks form and fired at Venom. Unfortunately, Venom quickly dodged each shot for a few seconds before hitting him with his cue stick which pushed him back. After pushing him back, the small pool balls that was still in the air started to move towards Sun. Sun did the best he can to dodge them, but it wasn't enough and he was hit with a lot of them causing a chain of small explosions. After getting hit, Sun was staggered but was able to recover. Unfortunately, when he took a quick look at the screen he saw that his aura gauge is at 65%.
"Ouch, Sun lost a lot of his aura in a few minutes. I see the big gap in skill between him and Venom." Makoto said looking at the fight
"Yeah, looks like we're seeing a big difference between novice and experienced students. Not to mention that this is nothing compared to a veteran huntsman." Jaune said after seeing what happened
Neptune has been spending a few moments fighting against Millia. Using his lance, Neptune has done the best he can to keep Millia at a distance. Unfortunately, Millia quickly pursued Neptune and used her weapons made from her hair to keep the pressure on him. After a few seconds, Millia threw one of her hair swords at Neptune causing him to raise his lance to block the attack. Unfortunately for Neptune, Millia's hair sword changed into hair and wrapped around the lance itself. Using a good deal of strength, Millia pulled the lance out of Neptune's hands, unguarding him. Before Neptune could try to recover his weapon, Millia quickly attacked Neptune with his own weapon. After spending a few seconds attacking Neptune. Millia threw Neptune's own weapon at him causing him to fall over and be staggered. Millia took advantage and made the move to attack Neptune while he was down. Fortunately, Neptune continuously rolled to avoid Millia's attacks and also get closer to Sun. After a few seconds, Neptune managed to get up and recover and found himself back to back with his team leader.
"Alright, it looks like the both of them are a lot stronger than we though. The best we can do is stay on the defensive for now until a plan comes to mind." Sun told Neptune while they were facing their respective opponents
"Got it Sun, I'll try to get my weapon back in the meantime." Neptune said before they ran towards their opponents
Millia was silent as she was using her hair to attack Neptune. Seeing the attacks out of the corner of his eye, Neptune proceeded to dodge each hair attack as he was going to his spear. After a few seconds, he got his weapon back and transformed it into its gun form and proceeded to fire at Millia. The blonde woman proceeded to dash towards Neptune, while using her hair to block the shots that's been fired at her. Once Millia got closer, she transformed her hair to wings and jumped high into the air. Once Millia was in the air, her hair changed into something that resembled a crescent moon and proceeded to spin dive towards Neptune. The attack came quickly and he wasn't fast enough to dodge it in time and was given a direct hit. After getting a strong direct hit, Neptune was knocked down with his aura depleted.
"Neptune's aura is depleted!" Professor Goodwitch announced
"Poor Neptune, he did his best but I guess it wasn't enough." Weiss said to her teammates
"I guess Neptune was having a bad hair day." Yang commented with a pun causing her team to give her an awkward look
Sun was holding his own against Venom, but he wasn't doing much better. Venom hasn't been on the offensive and focused entirely on counterattacks against Sun which proved to be effective. After receiving another hit from Venom, Sun was pushed back and decided to use his semblance and summon two other figures and sent them after Venom. Seeing the figures, Venom quickly grabbed some pool balls, and hit them and the ground causing a ricochet to hit the Sun figures that was summoned by Sun. The figures quickly disappeared, but Sun decided to blast the floating pool balls with his gun-chucks before Venom could do anything with them. Though before Sun could do anything against Venom, Millia wrapped her hair around Sun's body and threw him off the stage.
"Sun is off the stage! The winner of this match is Venom and Millia Rage!" Professor Goodwitch announced
"Wow, those two are good. They make us first year students look like complete amateurs." Bullet commented with some students near her agreeing with her by nodding
"Your right Bullet, they prove that skill and experience goes a long way when it comes to being a Huntsman and Huntress." Bang told Bullet
"Heh if that's the skill of a student on their last year. Then I really want to fight one of them." Ragna said with a tone that has excitement
"Sun and Neptune, the both of you did remarkably well against students who has more experience than the both of you. Neptune, you need to be able not rely on your weapon so heavily. As for you Sun, you shouldn't let down your guard no matter what. Professor Goodwitch told the guys
"Yes ma'am." Sun said as him and Neptune was getting up. After the both of them got up, Venom and Millia approached them.
"The both of you fought well, improve your skills and focus and you will surely do better." Venom told the two boys before extending his hand for a handshake
"Thanks, but the skills both of you have are insane. We have a lot of training to do if we want to catch up." Sun told Venom after shaking his hand
"Here's a bit of advice for you two. If you guys think we're strong, then our team leader is in a whole different league." Venom said before him and Millia went back to their seats
"Wait, who is your team leader?" Sun asked with his curiosity getting the better of him
"His name is Zato, and if you can't handle us. . . then you'll stand no chance against him." Venom said before him and Millia left to return to their seats
"Well now we class, we have time for one last . . ." Professor Goodwitch said before the doors of her classroom were kicked open getting everyone's attention. The guy who kicked the doors opened has spiky brown hair and is wearing red and white clothes. What made him standout even more is the sword he's holding.
"So it looks like a combat class, guess I made the right call looking around this school." Sol said before he sat down in a manner that shows he has little to no care
"Do you have any idea what time it is young man." Professor Goodwitch asked Sol giving him a stern gaze
"Don't give me that look you stern old lady. I have a pass that lets me watch and participate in a class. My other teammates are doing other boring crap, but I prefer something more exciting and worth a damn." Sol said in a careless tone oblivious to the stunned look on many students faces because of the way he's talking to the Professor
"I will excuse your lack of manners for today. But if you want to stay in my class, then I will need you to at least watch your language. Now would you please tell me your name?" Professor Goodwitch asked Sol
"My name is Sol Badguy, remember it well." Sol responded (slowly getting on Professor Goodwitch's nerves)
"WHAT HE'S A VILLAIN!" Ruby yelled getting a few awkward looks
"I think it's just a name Ruby." Yang told her sister
"That guy looks more unrefined and thuggish than Ragna. I didn't think that was actually possible." Weiss told her teammates
"To actually talk to the Professor that way, does he want to be in a world of trouble?" Makoto asked Noel while looking at Sol with a small hint of nervousness. As Sol was going to sit down, he looked around the room and noticed that a lot of them were giving him quick stares. Before he sat down, he recognized Sun and Neptune from a few days ago making their way to their seats.
"I remember you two from the other day, and it looks like you got your asses kicked hard. Well don't worry about it, if you two were against me, then it would've been much worse." Sol said with a confident grin on his face
"Sol, what did I tell you about that language?" Professor Goodwitch said getting closer to her boiling point. Before anything else can happen, a blonde young man wearing blue and white clothes entered the room
"SOL, ARE YOU DISRESPECTING THE PROFESSORS AGAIN?" The blonde young man yelled before he looked at Professor Goodwitch
"I apologize for my team leader Professor, keeping his behavior in check has been a very consistent problem for our team. My name is Ky Kiske and like this ill-mannered student, I am also close to graduating." Ky told the Professor before showing her his paper
"SCREW YOU KY YOU DAMN SUCK UP!" Sol yelled to his teammate
"I understand Ky, but please make sure that your leader sets an example for the next generation of students. Professor Goodwitch said (ignoring Sol's outburst)
"We will do our best, but it is much easier said than done." Ky said before he sat near Sol (ignoring his outburst as well)
"Alright class, are there any volunteers for this last match of the day? This will be a one on one match, so please keep that detail in mind." Professor Goodwitch asked waiting for a response
"I volunteer Professor and I have an opponent in mind." Ragna said with a smirk on his face
"Then who do you have in mind Ragna?" Professor Goodwitch asked Ragna
"I challenge Sol Badguy, he looks strong and no doubt it will be a good experience." Ragna said oblivious to the mutters that's happening
"You look like you could be worth a damn. Alright I accept your challenge. I've been itching for a fight all day. What's your name?" Sol asked as he was standing up
"My name is Ragna, but you can call me Ragna the Bloodedge." Ragna said with a good deal of confidence
"Ragna the Bloodedge huh? That name suits you perfectly, just don't be full of nothing but hot air. Hey Goodwitch, can we have this spar? I'm riled up and the anticipation is killing me" Sol asked
"Since it is the last match, I will allow it. The both of you just need to make your way to the stage." Professor Goodwitch said (Ignoring Sol calling her by name)
"Ooh this is so exciting, Ragna the Bloodedge vs Sol Badguy. Just being able to see Sol's cool looking weapon in action is already worth the wait." Ruby said while she's literally at the edge of her seat
"This fight should prove to be informative at the very least." Cinder thought to herself while watching the two closely
"Are the both of you ready?" Professor Goodwitch asked
"Yep." Sol said with a smirk
"You know it." Ragna responded with a smirk as well
"Then the both of you may now BEGIN!" Professor Goodwitch announced
A brief second after the announcement, both Ragna and Sol ran towards each other clashing blades that caused a shockwave of strong aura. The shockwave was felt across the room and it was felt by everyone, including Professor Goodwitch. After their blades clashed, Ragna and Sol foght against each other at an intense speed that was blinding to some of the students. Every attack that Ragna made has been either blocked or parried, while the same thing could be said for Sol's attacks. The strategy that the two fighters has is clear, and it is to stick to the fighting basics so they can get an accurate gauge of their opponents skills.
"Those two are incredibly skilled, I'm having trouble keeping up with just their speed." Ren said watching the two
"I see what you mean Ren, and I can quickly tell that these two are holding a back a lot. They'll no doubt be the biggest threats in the tournament." Jaune said while watching the two
"Despite his outward appearance, it appears that Ragna has had some training. A lot of it from the looks of it. I also get the feeling that he's similar to Sol in many ways." Ky thought to himself while watching
Sol and Ragna spent the next few seconds fighting and clashing against each other with no sign of slowing down. Before anyone realized it, their blades were locked again. This time though, Sol's sword had started to glow red and Ragna was having trouble holding his ground. A few seconds after Sol's sword glowed red, an explosion occurred at the exact spot where Ragna and Sol was at. As a result of the explosion Ragna whas knocked back a moderated distance and his aura dropped down to 90%. Ragna was able to recover from the explosion, but before he could do anything, Sol quickly caught up to him and made a strong downward slash against Ragna. Before the attack could hit, Ragna quickly used his sword to block Sol's attack cleave. Though the attack was blocked and the sword Bloodedge is intact, the force of the attack was felt by every which shocked Professor Goodwitch.
After Ragna blocked the attack, he realized that he needed to act fast before Sol could attack again. Before Sol did anything further, Ragna quickly jumped back and he used a good deal of strength to jump into the air. While Ragna was in the air he changed Bloodedge into its scythe form and spun towards Sol. Their weapons had clashed once again, but this time Ragna had a plan for Sol. After their blades clashed, Ragna used his left hand and punched Sol's chest with a good deal of strength. The punch was strong enough to push Sol back slightly but it was exactly what Ragna wanted. After pushing back Sol, Ragna quickly changed Bloodedge back into its sword form and gave Sol a strong upward slash attack. The attack landed but it didn't do as much damage as Ragna hoped, but he knew he was getting somewhere.
"Not bad for a first go kid. So how about you put some effort into this fight. Or else I'll surrender out of both pride and boredom." Sol said smirking that indicates he's enjoying the fight
"No problem Sol, RESTRICTION RELEASE!" Ragna yelled releasing his seal. When Ragna released his seal, Cinder felt a sudden sense of dread. For a while, something within Cinder has felt a strong desire to become whole. But when Ragna released his seal, Cinder felt a great deal of power that was similar to Nu's and just as fearful. Cinder sees that Ragna has a lot of control over his power, but the source of the power and the story behind it made Cinde even more curious.
After Ragna released his seal, he sent a stream of aura towards Sol. Seeing the attack, Sol responded by sending a strong stream of explosive energy towards the attack. After the attack collided, a small explosion occurred and both Ragna and Sol proceeded to fight against each other. But this time there was a lot more power and speed behind their attacks and movements. Sol knows that his earlier attacks has depleted Ragna's aura by a good amount, but he knows full well not to underestimate his opponent and he suspects that Ragna has a few tricks up his sleeves. Ragna on the other hand is focusing on his defenses, though Sol has proved to be more durable. Ragna knows that he has to be patient and wait for a chance to counter attack. Both fighters have furiously clashed their weapons against each other for a few seconds until Sol had a smirk on his face. After Sol had his smirk, his weapon started to glow red and a second explosion had occurred.
This time though, Ragna was pushed back a smaller distance than earlier but he was without his weapon. Ragna managed to stand his ground this time, but it was'nt too long before Sol got close to him. When Sol made the move to attack Ragna like earlier, Ragna grabbed Sol's sword with left hand and used right hand to grab Sol's face. After grabbing Sol's face, a strong burst of aura came from Ragna's hand and it pushed back Sol a good distance before some aura left Sol's body and went to Ragna restoring his injuries and aura.
Realizing he still has his sword after Ragna's attack, Sol looked forward before noticing that Ragna was running towards him. Sol then decided to swing his weapon at Ragna but he slid underneath the attack and got closer to Sol. Once Ragna got close to Sol, the both of them quickly noticed that Ragna's weapon fell from above and Sol quickly realized Ragna's plan. Sol made a move to attack but it was too late, as Ragna gave Sol a strong slash attack, and after the first sword attack had hit a strong burst of aura occurred and Sol was pushed back from the attack. After getting pushed back, Sol managed to stand up and saw the screen and noticed that his aura is at 78% while Ragna's had the same reading. Before the both of them could do anything further, a loud alarm has been sounded indicating that the both of them ran out of time.
"Damn, and it was just getting good." Sol said wanting to continue fighting
"Yeah, let us keep going since we were just getting started" Ragna told the Professor wanting to keep fighting
"I told the both of you that we only have time for one more match, but things lasted longer than anticipated and we ran out of time. So because of time constraints I will declare this match to be a draw. The both of you did well in this match, and Ragna I recommend that you work on your defense." Professor Goodwitch told Ragna
"Alright fine." Ragna said before he left disappointed that the fight ended so soon
"Hey Ragna!" Sol yelled out before Ragna went too far
"What is it Sol?" Ragna responded curious about what Sol has to say
"Your entering this year's Vytal tournament, aren't you?" Sol asked knowing the likely answer
"Yeah, I plan on making it to the top." Ragna said with confidence in his voice
"Then let's settle this when we both make it to the finals. You actually managed to give me a good fight and it would leave a bad taste in my mouth to leave it unsettled." Sol said challenging Ragna
"Only under the condition that you don't hold back and give me your all." Agna told Sol accepting the challenge
"Same to you." Sol said with a smirk as well as he gave Ragna a fist bump
(Team CMSN's room)
After leaving the classroom, the sense of fear that Cinder felt when Ragna removed his seal is gone. Even though what replaced it is a strong desire to be whole, it is still a lot more preferable than what she felt earlier. A part of Cinder thought that Nu was crazy to be obsessed with Ragna the way she is, however after seeing him fight she has a reason to be cautious of him for various reasons. She suspects that there is a big mystery surrounding Ragna and his power, but whether or not it can affect her plans in any way is something that she doesn't know. Though she would prefer to be prepared just in case.
"Emerald, Mercury what do the both of you think of Ragna?" Cinder asked
"The guy looks like a thug and a future wanted criminal. But if we judge him by appearances then it will be a problem. From the way he fights, it looks like he's gotten some training. From someone who is strong and experienced most likely." Mercury told Cinder
"Not to mention that power he has, thank goodness that Nu was here asleep. If she saw that, then there's no doubt that she would've went wild and crazy." Emerald said before she looked at Nu who was fast asleep
"I hate to say it, but if my hunch is right then he might actually give you a challenge." Mercury said causing Emerald to kick him
"Don't underestimate her Mercury, Cinder is a lot stronger than you think. Compared to her, Ragna is nothing." Emerald said defending Cinder
"I appreciate your confidence in my abilities Emerald, but it would be careless of me to underestimate him. Though he has power and is quite skilled, his mind is a whole different story. Once we do a little research into Ragna, then we should have the whole picture. For now, its best that we put him on the list. We'll need to start filling the list and look into these students as soon as possible." Cinder said as she was thinking about the immediate future and her plans for Vale
(A/N)
I hope you all enjoyed the fights in this chapter, especially the ones involving the Guilty Gear characters. The Guilty Gear characters that appeared in this chapter will show up again. Including Zato who has been given a mention in this chapter.
In a few chapters, there will be an activity that will give the characters in this story a proper test of their teamwork capabilities. But it will be after the investigation but before the dance. (Also the first pairing will be confirmed during the dance chapter)
Also the next chapter will be the start of the investigation and it will be two parts. I'll be doing a few things differently for the investigation so a fair heads up.
To prevent some confusion, Venom, Millia, and Sol are originally from the Guilty Gear series.
Now for the match results,
Team JNPR vs Team KKMT
One of team KKMT's best advantages in this fight is that most of them have semblances that can be used in battle almost immediately. Not to mention that Kagura is a smart and clever character despite his perverted habits. Though what caused them to lose is that despite knocking out Nora early, Jaune was able to figure out that Mai had limited defensive options and endured the hits so he could give Ren a chance to help him deal with Mai. In the case of Tsubaki, her semblance required time, which is something that Ren wouldn't give her and used his speed to deal with her. Though Hibiki was able to deal with both Jaune and Ren, Pyrrha used the strength of Kagura's weapon against Hibiki. Since Pyrrha was able to disarm Kagura, the match was in Pyrrha's favor and by extension team JNPR's.
Hibiki's semblance is called shadow blend and it allows him to merge with the shadows. The more shadows there are, the more he could merge with them.
Sun and Neptune vs Venom and Millia
Though Sun and Neptune are skilled in their own right. Venom and Millia have a lot more skills and experience. Since they were able to figure out what the two guys can do at first glance, it was simple for the both of them to deal with them quickly.
Venom's semblance is called air stasis, he has the ability to make things stay still in the air and he can launch them at high speeds at any direction he chooses. He's also able to do it for multiple objects but when he launches one he has to launch them all. The bigger the object, the more aura he'll require.
Millia's semblance is the control of her hair. It's similar to Yukako's stand from part 4 of the Jojo series but a lot stronger and more versatile.
Ragna vs Sol
Both Ragna and Sol are very powerful and skilled warriors. However, even though Ragna has been trained by Jubei. Sol has the advantage because he's had a lot more time to hone and develop their skills further. Though considering what they were working with in terms of the limitations of the classroom, the both of them did well.
Sol's semblance is called aura burn, it gives him the ability to burn his aura and he's able to make his aura explode. His gunblade is designed to contain a lot of his aura so he can make bigger explosions. He can also strengthen his body with his semblance.
I know about Sol's Dragon Install from the Guilty Gear games. But it will make its debut when the time is right. He might use it if he fights Ragna in the finals of the Vytal Tournament.
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