It was the next day. The day of the tournament that the others, and I, have been preparing for. Team RWBY was sat outside waiting for us to finish getting ready, whilr we put on the tournament suits that they had given us. Might I say: I love these suits. So comfortable and easy to move in.
When we headed out, Yang complement on how good we look in our outfits. "Thanks," Nathan began "these suits you gals made us make us more agile than our other ones. Now why don't we head out to that tournament and see what's up."
Once the seven of us reached the arena, we were told by administrators that we all need to enter the match zone since we are competing. As we entered the match zone, we noticed about thirteen other contestants. Jeez. For a small tournament, it sure has a lot of people.
Ms. Goodwitch was the one to get us all in order, and the twenty of us watched as a large crowd sat down to watch the tournament.
Finally the announcer's voice appeared. "Welcome everyone to the "Beacon Annual Tournament"!" It was a familiar voice that was followed by a booming laugh. The voice belonged to Professor Port, the teacher that watched us during the village mission. "Let's get right into this shall we? For thr people at home whi have never seen this tournament before; there are no teams what so ever. Everyone fights one on one, and the winner is decided by who the first person to grab a Jade Blade is."
Nathan and I were shaken up by hearing those words. We thought of the time we met Master Chen after he got some information very important to our mission at the time.
"The two contestants to compete in each battle are chosen random out of the twenty here." Port continued. "Now let's see who our first two warriors are." He pressed a button and a board with two randomizers popped up. The randomizers spun tell the first one stopped revealing a boy with blue hair and googles. "Neptune Of team SSSN!" Port and the crowd cheered. The second randomizer stopped to reveal Nathan. "Nathan of team NHL!" The crowd continued to cheer. I could see Nathan was a little nervous. "If the guards could please bring them to the place in which they will be fighting for the Jade Blade... On a Grimm cargo ship."
A Grimm cargo ship!? Why does that even exist!? The guards came over and escorted Nathan and Neptune to opposite sides of the arena. The rest of us were brought to the stands where we could watch the fight as it was displayed on a large holographic screen. Team RWBY, Lloyd, and I all sat next to each other waiting for the fight to start.
About twenty minutes went by until it was finally time to watch the two fight each other. They were put on opposite sides of the ship, where several Grimm cargo containers and the bridge sat in between them. Port's voice began to boom over the loud speaker again. "The fight will begin shortly, but first: the location of the Jade Blade. It is sitting inside the bridge on top of the control panel. First contestant to get it wins, so good luck and may the best man win!" After he finished a horn blared initiating the battle.
Neptune was the first to get a move on, he started jumping from container to container, so that he could get across the massive ship. "I won't lose this. This win is gonna be for my team." The blue haired boy grinned; still jumping from container to container. Nathan didn't really know what to do so he ran between the containers with the intention of trying to find the stairs that led to the bridge.
Suddenly another horn blasted and the two froze in front of two containers. The ends of them both fell off to reveal a Beowulf in each, that looked very hungry. Nathan took a step back and ran back towards his starting point. "What is he doing?" Weiss asked, confused.
"Being himself." Lloyd smiled. "He'll fight back eventually." Lloyd was right. Nathan ran for a couple more seconds and then blasted the Grimm with water, and pushed it off the ship.
Neptune on the other hand took out his weapon and basically vaporized the Beowulf in one shot. "Don't mess with the junior detective: Neptune!" He grinned. The crowd roared for the two as they both continued to press on for the Jade Blade.
Nathan had finally found the stairs and began to run up to the bridge, while Neptune finished jumping from the cargo containers and jumped onto the balcony on the back of the bridge and ran towards the command center. The water ninja kicked the door open from the stairs. The two both met each other in the bridge's command center and noticed the Jade Blade at the same time . "Sorry little ninja, but I'm getting that Jade Blade." Neptune flashed his weapon at Nathan.
"Little!?" Nathan sounded offended. Neptune and Nathan both ran for the Jade Blade, and the two gripped it. The two began to tug at it like they were little kids trying to not share a toy. "Give it!" Nathan yelled.
"No it's mine!" Neptune retorted.
"Come on Nathan, use your powers to take it!" I spoke nervously. Seeing my brother fight over a blade like this isn't the safest thing I've ever seen, so I wanted Nathan to try to end at as fast as possible. Eventually the two pulled on it so hard that it slipped out of their hands and broke through the windshield of the ship.
The two watched it go flying and land on top of a container. Nathan quickly pushed Neptune out of his way and used his elemental powers to propel himself towards the Jade Blade. As he was flying, Neptune switched his gun into a spear, which he threw at Nathan hooking his uniform. Nathan screamed in fright as he was pinned to a cargo container. "Ha! Have fun getting out of that." Neptune laughed as he jumped out onto a container. The blue haired boy began jumping towards the blade, when Nathan quickly caused a big wave to head towards the ship.
Neptune stopped dead in his tracks as the wave came closer and closer. Terror in his eyes. "Oh no." Lloyd and I heard one of Neptune's team mates sigh. The wave crashed down on Neptune pushing him and the blade towards the edge of the boat.
"Things seem to be getting interesting." Port laughed. "Let's make it a little more interesting shall we?" Norns blared again and 6 more containers were opened up around the two. Nathan took the spear out of his suit, and pulled his techno blade out, as three more Beowulfs surrounded him.
Neptune sat surrounded and defenseless. Nathan noticed it and dodged the attack the Grimm that surrounded him made. "Don't worry Neptune! I got you!" Nathan grabbed Neptune's weapon a and jumped over in front of Neptune. "Take this," he said handing Neptune his weapon. Neptune didn't speak. He only stared in shock at the fact that his enemy was protecting him. The two stood side by side ready to face the Grimm that challenged them. Neptune took his spear and stabbed a Grimm with it, while shocking it with electricity. It roared in pain as it fell to the ground disappearing into black ash.
Nathan's Grimm soon joined the fight that was going on. "I can't look." I said covering my eyes, though I did peak a little. The water ninja began to look annoyed with the Grimm. He was sick of their presence and wanted them gone. Nathan screamed in annoyance and blasted the five Beowulfs, and several containers of cargo, far into the ocean with his elemental powers.
Finally, the Grimm were gone. Now it was just Nathan and Neptune. They both looked over at the Jade Blade which lied near the edge on the ship. Neptune put his hand on Nathan's shoulder. "I never thought I would say this," Neptune began, "but I want you to take the blade."
"What!?" Nathan spoke surprisingly. "Aren't you gonna fight for it?"
Neptune laughed. "You protected me, when you could have just gotten the Jade Blade for yourself. To thank you, I want you to take the Jade Blade and win." I'd never thought I'd ever see this in a fight. We all looked like we'd never see this in a fight.
"A-are you sure?" Nathan was still a little confused. Neptune smiled and walked over and picked up the Jade Blade. He held it up high to show that he had won.
"What a turn of events!" Professor Port boomed over the loud speaker. "It seems young Neptune is just gave Nathan the Jade Blade! That makes Nathan the winner!" The crowd began to cheer and clap for Nathan as he held up his Jade Blade. You know what? Even if my brother did win in a really weird way, I'm proud of him. He did the right thing protecting Neptune.
Nathan was eventually brought back where Team RWBY, JNPR, Lloyd and I congratulated him. "You did great brother" I laughed reaching up and ruffling his hair a bit. Nathan laughed as well, but stopped when he saw Neptune heading over to his team.
"Hold on a sec guys." Nathan said. He began heading over to Neptune. "Hey Neptune!" He called out. The blue haired boy and his team turned to see him. When Nathan reached them he put out his hand, hoping for a handshake. "Thanks for everything Neptune, it was a good match."
Neptune shook Nathan's hand. "Yeah it was." Neptune smiled. "Well my team and I have to get going. Good luck in the tournament Nathan! You might be seeing one of my team mates on the battle field!" He and his team walked away and Nathan headed back over to us.
"Wait a minute, where are the Sensei and Nya?" Nathan asked Lloyd and I. We both shrugged.
Sensei Wu and Sensei Garmadon, where heading back to the DBX with some food for the group. Suddenly they both stopped. "Do you feel that brother?" Garmadon asked Wu. He nodded. Garmadon then turned around and punched something. A Nindroid had appeared and Garmadon's punch went right through it. He took his fist out and the Nindroid fell to the ground.
"If the Nindroid knew we were here...then... THE STAFF!" Sensei Wu panicked. The two Sensei darted towards the DBX. When they arrived Ironwood, and Nya were trying to fight off Nindroids to protect Cyrus and Misako. Ironwood shot Nindroids down one by one. The Nindroids began to retreat, but suddenly, what looked to be a IS Unit fell from the sky and smacked Ironwood and Nya out of it's way. It ripped a piece of the floor board out and grabbed the Destroyer's staff, then it began to reach for Cyrus and Misako.
"Get away from my wife!" Garmadon yelled as he smacked it with his staff. The IS Unit grabbed Garmadon and put him in front of it. The pilot was revealed to be wearing a mask. "You've been watching us haven't you!" The old man tried squirming. Wu tried sneaking grabbing Misako and Cyrus, but the Pilot noticed and prevented him from taking Cyrus. He was lucky to escape with Misako.
"What is that thing?" Ironwood asked slowly getting up.
"Something from another dimension." Wu replied. The pilot threw Garmadon at Ironwood, grabbed Cyrus out of his wheelchair, and began to fly off. "No!" Wu cried out. All they could do was watch as Cyrus was taken. Ironwood and Garmadon got up, and Ironwood took a couple more shots at it with his gun, but the shots didn't even harm it.
"Great! Now he has the staff!" Nya spoke angrily. "Sooner or later, he's gonna get everything he needs and become unstoppable. Then what are we gonna do?"
"First we must be calm." Wu said. "Yes, that staff may fall into the Destroyer's hands from...who ever that pilot was, but know we need to protect Hunter more than ever."
"Yes. We can't let the Destroyer get his powers." Misako chimed in. "More importantly though, he'll know, through Cyrus, that Hunter's in the tournament and at Beacon. He'll go after his nephew." Everyone agreed, and they all decided that they were going to give Lloyd, Nathan, and I more security and have them ready to protect us. Security in the form of Team RWBY, but with ought the three of us knowing.
The IS Pilot returned to the Infinite Stratos dimension and returned to the IS Academy. It headed for the basement where the Destroyer Virus waited. "Did you get what I asked?" He spoke softly towards the pilot. The pilot nodded and showed Cyrus and the staff. "Excellent." The virus laughed. He moved to a screen closer to Cyrus. "Welcome back to my world Mr. Borg."
Cyrus grunted as he tried to free himself from the IS' grasp. "You won't win Destroyer! I'm not going to give you what you want!"
The Destroyer laughed. "That's funny." He moved back to his main screen. "You think you have a choice. Cryptor!" General Cryptor came came running in. "Cryptor please take Mr. Borg here to the transformation room and get my suit please."
"As you command my lord." Cryptor bowed. After Cryptor got the Destroyer his beast suit, the Destroyer marched his army towards Japan's military base. It was way off in the Desert where military leaders sat discussing how to stop the Destroyer. With no mercy, the Destroyer raided the base and killed all but three people. He headed deep underground where a high security prison was. It only had three cells with three deadly people inside them. "Destroy the doors!" Cryptor ordered the Nindroids.
All three doors were blown up, to which three women stepped out. "What took you so long?" A familiarly voice spoke. It was Squall. The three members of the terrorist organization known as Phantom Task were now free.