A/N: Chapter 39 of REKT. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or teams of RWBY, they belong to Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum. What I do own are the characters and teams of my OCs: REKT, GTSY, KACE and DAZE.
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Chapter 39: New Challengers (II)
Amity Colosseum...
"Ah, well, Vacuo fans are sure to be hurting after that one, but this next round will have them on the edge of their seats." Oobleck announced, recapping JNPR's win over BRNZ. He seemed to be just as excited as the students, unable to keep his voice from going up an octave. It was almost like he was lecturing about Remnant's history. "I can practically feel the energy from the crowd even up here!"
"Team NDGO of Shade is certainly a crowd favorite. But these lovely ladies are going against some of the toughest, testosterone filled, teammates we've seen so far." Port added, lifting his arms and proudly flexed his muscles. "I'm of course talking about Team SSSN!"
"Whoooooo! Go Sun!"
"Neptuuuune!"
"Kick ass, Scarlet!"
"Sage will rough 'em up!" Students all shouted at the top of their lungs, raising either their hands or pictures of the boys. One student even held up a picture of just Sun's abs with a huge red heard around it.
"Sun Wukong and his team are a force to be reckoned with. And although he'll be representing the Mistral academy of Haven, I'm sure his friends and family back in Vacuo will be cheering him along." Port watched as the all male team waved their hands to the crowd, making their way towards the middle of the arena.
"Good luck Neptune!" Weiss yelled from her seat, her mouth slowly twisting into a scowl when she noticed the looks we were giving her. "What?! Can't a girl cheer for a friend who is of the opposite sex or is that considered a crime?"
"What's a crime is you not giving Ru– oof!" Yang grunted, rubbing her side from where Blake elbowed her sharply. The Faunus glared at her lightly before looking away with a small knowing smile. The blonde grumbled under her breath but decided to let it slide since she actually enjoyed seeing a smile on the black-haired huntress' face.
"Ladies." Putting on his charming smile that would woo the females in Beacon, Neptune grinned at Team NDGO and began to flirt with them. The ladies just looked back at him unperturbed...except for one seething Ice Princess that jumped to her feet as if her butt was lit on fire.
"Break his stupid face, NDGO!"
"Make up your mind Weiss, you're giving others mixed signals!" I said, obviously laughing as she sat down with a huff and arms crossed. "Will you cheer for Neptune? Or will you not?"
"Of course I won't cheer for him, since he's busy FLIRTING with other ladies." replied Weiss, glaring so hard she almost wished to send an icicle straight into Neptune's head. "Hmph! Who does he think he is, pining after other girls in front of me..."
"Ohhhh...so you're the jealous type!"
"And what do you mean by that?"
"You're also very possessive, which explains why you're so cold! You don't like sharing and when you do you act violently to cover up! You're such an emotional wreck!" No sooner had I spoke Weiss whirled in her seat and would've strangled the life out of me with her hands if it weren't for Ruby holding her back. I was laughing really hard till tears came out.
"Alright girls, try and remember." Neptune grinned, still flirting as usual. "Hands...above the waist." He gestured to get his point across.
"Ignore him, for he..." Sun paused when he stepped in, looking at his blue-haired teammate for a minute before saying, "Yeah, he's dumb." Neptune winked, getting a scoff out of one of the ladies and an eye-roll out of another. There was a small 'ding' and half of the arena soon turned into a desert. An artificial sun appeared in the sky, prompting the audience to put on sunglasses to shield their eyes.
"Alright, home field advantage!" Team NDGO's leader, a purple-haired huntress named Nebula, exclaimed as she turned to look at the field. "This will be a walk in the park!"
"Don't get too cocky, that's my turf too." Sun announced as the roll for their side of the arena began.
"I hope I don't get sand in my shoes." Scarlet said with worry. "I really despise sand."
"Be cool, man."
"Hey, the ocean!" Neptune jumped and quickly turned to see the symbol of a palm tree surrounded by a tidal wave. His eyes bugged out out of his sockets, his breathing began to be eradicate and he whimpered.
"Uh...what's wrong with Neptune?" asked Ruby, squinting her eyes in wonder. "Why does he look terrified? And stiff as a board?"
"Oh no..." Blake covered her face with a hand and sighed. The arena changed to where water surrounded them and right in the back was a ruined ship. Sensing questioning gazes, she explained, "Neptune's...afraid of the water." One look at Yang's shocked expression was all she needed to know that Neptune's phobia of water wasn't well-known.
"Three, two, one, begin!"
"Neptune!" Sage shouted in surprise when the blue haired huntsman made a mad dash towards the desert field. Even NDGO looked at him in wonder, unsure of why their opponent was taking shelter on their side of the field. "What the hell are you doing?!"
"Oh, you know, just, uh...getting to higher ground." was the shaky reply.
"On the enemy's side?!" Sun roared in confusion as Scarlet discarded his jacket. "C'mon dude!"
"They would never expect it!"
"He's not wrong, we didn't know he was gonna do that." Dew, one of the members of NDGO with dark blonde hair, commented. "He's actually funny if you think about it."
"Open fire!" Nebula ordered and ran forward, hoisting her weapon in her hand. Noticing that the opponents were making their move Sun also rushed forward watching as Scarlet got into a scuffle with Octavia, the member of NDGO with bright red hair. Sage was in his own fight against Dew, slamming his broad sword against the unique looking spear.
"Heh!" Smiling the brown-haired female slowly conjured up three dust devils in the blink of an eye, building them up till they were large in size. The green-haired male of Team SSSN watched as attack merged together, gobbling him up in a swirling vortex before throwing him outside the ring. "That's one down!"
"Damn it!" Sage growled, hitting the ground with his fist as Port announced the status. Watching their teammate fly out of bounds Scarlet and Sun dodged Octavia's attack. One swipe from her dagger – loaded with fire Dust – managed to blind Scarlet due to the dirt that kicked up from the shock-waves.
"Neptune! A little help would be greatly appreciated!" Sun yelled as he made a break for it, turning his back on the enemy. The blue-haired male jumped down, catching Octavia's attention. When she attacked him, he lowered his goggles in response which protected his eyes. Taking aim he fired a bullet, watching it getting deflected easily with her sword.
"HYYAAAAAAAH!" Using the sun as a shield Sun came flying in and kicked her right in the head. He watched as she got angry and knocked her out with Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang, dazzling the audience with a display of great martial skills. Taking a deep breath he watched as the others were fighting bravely and tried to come up with a plan.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Scarlet, having paired up against Dew, fell to the same thing that sent Sage flying. Getting sucked up by a large dust devil he was sent hurling towards the sunken ship. Grabbing onto the wooden mast he hoisted himself up, flailing his arms to maintain balance before getting into a sword fight with Nebula.
"Nice footwork boy!" She smiled, darting behind before blocking the pirate's cutlass from cleaving her head off. She almost won against him until he retaliated and knocked her off the beam. Glancing down Scarlet watched as Gwen did a ballet spin, throwing out what seemed to be knifes from her skirt at Sun. The leader of SSSN was busy dodging tornadoes conjured by Dew and barely noticed the knives whizzing past his head.
"Heh, there you are." Whipping out his pistol, Scarlet took aim and fired the grappling hook which snagged onto Gwen's left ankle. She yelped, falling flat on her face before looking up to see that she had been caught. "Gotcha." He smiled, lowering himself to the ground while Gwen was raised high into the air.
"Oh no!" While trying to keep her skirt from falling over her face, Gwen watched as the knives all rained down and impaled the ground. Some of them were mere inches from Scarlet's face as he stayed frozen in fright, barely moving an inch. Once he made sure he wasn't hurt he relaxed his arms and breathed a sigh of relief.
"You're not too bad!" Dew yelled as Sun dodged her attacks. "I wonder how long you can last dancing on that little sandbank!"
"Oh yeah? See if you can catch these!" Hitting the palm tree with a fist Sun caught the two coconuts that fell down and gripped them tightly. Smiling he hurled them towards Dew, hoping that they'd reach their target. Twirling her weapon over her head she smacked both fruits right back, watching them turn into fireballs. The monkey Faunus dodged both, his eyes widening in shock at how fast her reflexes were.
"Ack!" Scarlet unfortunately got smacked by both, one to the face and the other to the groin. His aura couldn't protect him and he went down, curling up into a fetal position.
"Nuts." growled Sun and he noticed the smirk on Dew's face. She whipped up some tornadoes and the blond fled, yelling for Neptune to help him out. "Any time would be greatly appreciated! Preferably now!"
"Uh, ya know, it would probably be better if you came over here!" was the reply as the blue-haired huntsman stayed well away from the water. "Yeah! I can guard this...sector! We're in lockdown mode!"
"What the hell are you talking about?!" Sun argued, not noticing Nebula helping Gwen down by shooting an arrow through the cable of the grappling hook. "There's nothing to lock down!"
"Lockdown! Right! You got it!"
"Mother of god!" Sun jumped, dodging Dew's spear as it impaled right where he was a minute ago. Throwing his hands up in the air he attempted to persuade his battle partner again. "Look, I know you're afraid of water but you gotta-"
"There, I helped! Are you happy now?!" Neptune snapped back after blasting Dew away with a well aimed shot. He frowned a bit before continuing, crossing a hand over his chest like he had been insulted, "Also, I'm not afraid of water and I have no idea what YOU are talking about!"
"NEPTUNNNNNNE!" Sun yelled with frustration, looking over his shoulder to see the three ladies in the water and their weapons were pointed at them. "Help me!"
"Okay, fine! Just get out of the water!" Neptune ordered and rushed towards the bank. Changing his weapon to its trident form and making sure his buddy was out of harms way he stuck it in the water. Electricity began to flow out and since the liquid was a great conductor, NDGO was electrified to the point of defeat. "There you have it!"
"Nice job!" Sun smiled and they chest bumped before breaking out into victory dances. "Alllllll right! We did it! Oh yeah!"
"And with that, Team SSSN moves on to the doubles round. You know what I call that victory?" Port asked to which Oobleck replied that it was shocking. The gray-haired professor gave his co-worker a fixed stare. "No, well earned. What you said is stupid."
"Oh man, that was too close for comfort." Ruby sighed, sliding into her seat.
"Looks like the dorks made it to the next round." Yang laughed, slapping a knee with a hand. Blake nodded and then blushed when Sun pointed finger guns her way, adding a wink for good measure.
"Emphasis on 'dork'." The dark-haired Faunus found her voice and managed to utter that phrase despite trying to erase the blush that happened to overstay its welcome.
"We'll take a quick intermission before getting underway with our next match." We all perked our ears at Port's voice and noticed that some of the students rose to their feet. Others leaned back in their seats or raised their arms high into the air for a great stretch.
"Come on, let's go congratulate 'em!" Yang rose to her feet, giving us a bright smile. "We have time anyways! Besides, these seats wouldn't be taken by the time we get back."
"I was wondering when we'd get a break!" Efram chortled as we followed them to where most of the fighters go before and after their matches. "I was running out of popcorn!"
Inside the locker room...
"Maaan, that was a close call." Sun sighed as he sat on a bench, his tail twitching slowly from side to side. He raised a hand and placed it on his chest, feeling the eradicate beating underneath the skin. "My heart can't seem to settle down even after the fight. What an adrenaline rush!"
"Could've gone worse." Sage sighed, sitting down beside the leader. Burying his face in his hands he let out a huge frustrated groan. "How embarrassing getting thrown out so fast...I gotta do better."
"Scarlet's getting checked out in the medic ward, but it'll be quite awhile before he'll be able to move." Neptune announced, typing away on his scroll. He stopped and thought about something for a minute before thumbing away at the keyboard. "Sending him a swift recovery message from all of us!"
"Yo boys!" They looked up to see us filing in with Yang ahead of the pack since she called out first. "Congrats on the win!"
"Hey, thanks Yang!" Standing up Sun gave the brawler a high-five. "We appreciate your support!"
"That was really close!" Ruby added, jumping up and down on the balls of her feet. "I couldn't sit still in my seat!"
"Yeah but I'm glad you're doing fine...especially you Neptune." Weiss spoke, glancing shyly at the blue-haired huntsman. "Assisting Sun at the last moment was...heroic, if you will."
"Hey thanks doll!" Neptune winked at her and smiled, folding his arms across his chest. Glancing towards me he asked, "Do you feel the same way Reina? You can tell me what's on your mind."
"Why you...!"
"Calm down Weiss." I laughed, patting her on the shoulder. Her Aura spiked high enough for me to imagine the ice heiress whipping out her rapier and stabbing Neptune. "At least he said thanks."
"Fair Maiden, fancy seeing you here. Shooba-doo-wa~" Hearing the voice I turned and noticed Grimsley's aura come up on my right. A few other unnoticeable auras joined his and I realized that they were his teammates. "I didn't take you and your friends to congregate down here when you could have the opportunity to stretch your legs out there."
"Just wanted to congratulate a couple of friends on their win. By the way, yours is coming up soon right? I can't wait to see what you guys have to bring out there." I replied with a small smile, turning to face him.
"No need to worry yourself over that, we'll clean up our fight pretty quickly." He ran a hand through his hair and grinned. "I wonder how Coco's doing?"
"Coco?" I tilted my head, mulling over the name. I feel like I heard of it somewhere before...Then it clicked and I had one of those 'A-ha!' moments. "Oh! That Coco!"
"There's only one Coco and she's the leader of Team CFVY. I would hope that she's around as well." He told me before noticing the huntsmen and huntresses behind me. "Well then, I best be off, wouldn't want to ruin your little party."
"I see that he's taken a liking to you. And even if it isn't romantic I do believe he does have his interests." The girl I realized interrupted our conversation last time whispered to me, lightly tapping her hand against my cheek. "Don't think too hard about it, I wouldn't want to ruin your innocence or anything like that." Smiling she sauntered off, weaving a hand in farewell as she followed her teammates out.
"Seems to me that you and that hunk of a man have something going on...why didn't you say anything?" Yang teased, throwing an arm around my shoulder. I really hoped my cheeks weren't heating up but I could have sworn they were starting to get warm. "You wanted to keep him to yourself huh?"
"I-I-Idiot, what do you think your mouth is spouting?" I huffed, slapping her playfully but she didn't budge an inch and just laughed in response. "I'm not interested in those sort of things."
"That's not very convincing when you're blushing!"
"Oh yeah? Well two can play this game..." Tugging her left ear I began to whisper things that only she could hear, making sure my lips were mere inches from the flesh. At first her eyes narrowed slightly before widening with shock. The redness crept along her neck and slowly spread towards the face till she was full on blushing. Leaning back I laughed at her, "I can see your Aura fluctuating all over the place! You're so cute Yang!"
"The match for this afternoon will begin shortly. Will all students return to their seats IMMEDIATELY!" Oobleck's voice rang over the intercom, leaving a nasty ring in our ears. "Thank you very much!"
"Yang? What did she say?" Blake asked, a curious look on her face. I walked off to be with my team, my arms behind my back and whistling a happy tune.
"O-Oh n-nothing!" The blonde stammered, absentmindedly tugging at her orange scarf around her neck as she followed her teammates out. "Just a bunch of hot air was all it was!" Damn it! I'll be sure to pay her back!
Back in the arena...
"Welcome back students! Thanks to the energy built up from Team SSSN's battle lets keep momentum going for this match!" The green-haired professor commentated from the closure of the glass box, taking a huge sip of his coffee before continuing, "This one will perhaps be a home favorite since it will be featuring our very own team from Vale!"
"That's right! Please give a warm welcome to Team GTSY! And their opponents is another team from Vacuo, Team DAZE!"
Oh! It's Dalton and his teammates! My eyebrows rose in surprise as the Auras all cluttered around through my mind. It's been awhile since I've seen them, this is a great opportunity to watch and see their techniques.
"Now those are two teams I haven't seen before, well I mean with all the members. Individually I've probably seen them around but man this is why I love the Vytal Tournament!" Yang grinned as both teams approached each other in the middle of the arena, her eyes flashing with excitement. She managed to quell down her blush so she wouldn't attract any unusual stares. "It showcases teams from all over and allows us to see various fighting techniques! We may even get to see potential strong opponents to fight!"
"This is the first time we'll actually see any team from Vale fighting, besides us. Frankly I've never heard anything about them so I'm sure we'll be in for a treat." Weiss stated, crossing one leg over the other. "I, too, can't help but feel excited about this fight."
"Doesn't that maroon colored male look almost like Neptune?" Blake asked, looking at the man in question very closely. Her bow twitched slightly before saying, "The goggles on his head gave me the vibe but it seems he isn't afraid of water."
"Right?! But I can't wait to see their weapons! They're gonna be so awesome!" Ruby quickly cupped her hands around her mouth and cheered, "Whoooo! Lets do this!"
"Hmmmm! Seems like we got a very good audience today~" Grimsley mused as he looked around with a smile, sweeping his hair back with a firm hand. "What do you think Thalia?"
"The students of Beacon has always been like this or did you forget because you wouldn't stop flirting with the other ladies?" The huntress with platinum-colored locks replied with a huff. She wore a gray colored tank top partly covered by blue overalls with brown boots for her feet. There was a bit of oil grime on her clothing but her eyes were fierce, challenging anyone to fight her. "Their cheers is what keeps me fighting."
"Technically I try to flirt with ladies that are leaders of their team. There's just something about strong, independent women that gives me motivation." The dark-haired leader told her. "But of course the younger maidens also require some love and attention. Shooba-doo-wa~"
"And I rest my case that you can't help yourself from flirting with any girl you see." Thalia sighed, rolling her eyes. "You're horrible you know that?"
"C'mon! When can we start the action?!" A shorter girl asked, grinning as she gazed at her opponents. She had on an all black hoodie, a V-neck opened near the front to reveal what seemed to be a fish net under armor. There was also ribbons wrapped around both arms and legs. The black pants stayed attached to her waist by a red sash and she wasn't wearing any shoes. Reaching for the weapon strapped on her back she slowly trailed her tongue along the edge of the blade, making sure she didn't cut it in the process. "I really really want to cleave them with my sword!"
"Skyla you have a really nasty habit on the battlefield." A female sporting dark-brown hair spoke in a gravelly voice. She had on a muscle shirt that definitely showed every outline of her abs while the knee-length camouflage shorts was held up with a belt. Much like Thalia she had his own pair of combat boots for her feet. Her cyan colored eyes were stern looking as she chastised her teammate. "We aren't here to gut our opponents."
"You just haven't had the pleasure of killing something with your own hands, Yuri." Skyla replied with a huff, shaking her head hopelessly. "Honestly you just whack them unconscious with your wimpy stick and call it a win. What's the fun in that?"
"The other team looks strong. Damn!" Dalton glanced at his opponents and sighed. In his mind he was running through as many scenarios as he could, figuring out the best way to optimize his team and make it to the double rounds. "Of all the opponents we could've drawn...this would be quite the challenge."
"That girl who ran her tongue over that sword looks...hella mysterious." Aero grinned, managing to catch the said girl's attention and wiggled his eyebrows in a flirty manner. She scowled before fixating him with crazy eyes and slowly drew the weapon across her neck, signifying that she had the intent of killing him. "Yup, she's gonna be mine so don't anyone else butt in."
"I hope she kicks your ass. She doesn't even seem to be your type." Eryn huffed, planting her hands on her hips. "Really now, it's unprofessional to be falling in love with the opponent."
"Tch! You're just jealous!" was the snippy reply.
"Lets see what the setting is this time!" Oobleck smiled as the side for GTSY was chosen by the slot machine, a huge densely populated image of a forest biome popped up on the screen. "And it seems we have the forest greens once again! Must be a crowd favorite!"
"Perfect, we can use that to our advantage." Grimsley watched as the arena shifted and huge trees rose to the top. He sneered as the battle strategy was already forming in the front of his mind. "This is going to be a very very interesting match."
"And for the other side...we have an urban biome!"
"Huh? An urban biome?" Dalton looked back to see barely any cover on his team's side, but noticed the holes in the ground. He narrowed his eyes slightly, "Are those geyser holes?"
"Unfortunate we don't have much shelter in case we get attacked. That means we'll have to hit them hard and hope to knock them out before they have a chance to retaliate." Zack spoke, drumming his fingers against his chin in thought. "We are going to be sitting ducks out here."
"Lucky for you it's not an ocean biome." Aero teased his leader, watching the shoulders tense up. "Can't have people know you're weak to boats and all."
"I'm going to side with Eryn and say that I really hope that girl kicks your ass."
"Are both teams ready?" Port's voice spoke over the intercom as the countdown clock appeared. "3...2...1. Begin!"
A/N: Before you gripe to me about how the OC teams aren't based off of colors...I created them way before knowing about that rule. So, sorry about that!
