Author's Note:
This is going to be part of the Extra Chapter series where I also include unfinished or scrapped ideas into them.
This scene was going to be in chapter 12 around when Roland called Yang a hooker. She challenges him to a fight, he gets into it, and Yang ropes all of Team RWBY into it, blah blah blah. Yeah, this idea was scrapped because it was somewhat avoidable.
Whatever, let me know if I should continue doing this idea: where I post my scrapped/unfinished ideas in the Extra Chapters.
Both sides made their way to the arena with the others sitting on the bleachers to spectate the fight. Ozpin and Glynda sat near each other like they always do while Angela was surrounded by Team JNPR. They were asking her all sorts of questions regarding Roland's combat abilities and some stuff about her.
Roland whipped out his gloves and put them on, feeling the material of the glove line up with his hands. For this fight, he would turn off the gloves' muting ability because he felt like it. The talk with Angelina had made putting on the gloves feel like a new experience, something made it feel stronger than it did back in the City. He took out his mask and looked at it, deciding whether or not to equip it for the fight. Roland only used it to hide the ugliness of the City from his naked eye, but here? Remnant was a place a million times prettier than the City. The black fixer walked over to the sidelines and placed his mask on one of the bleachers.
Over on the other side, Team RWBY was having a last-minute discussion.
"Okay, remember the plan?" Ruby asked.
Weiss, Blake, and Yang nodded. It was definitely a crazy plan, but that's what Team RWBY was all about. All they need to do was wait for the perfect moment.
"If we beat Roland, we could definitely say that we are one step closer to getting close to Gebura," Yang claimed.
Weiss pinched the bridge of her nose, fuming, "I was going to study for Professor Port's class, but here I am. Going to fight against the legendary Black Silence, hooray."
"Aw, cheer up, Weiss," Ruby said encouragingly.
The blonde brawler cracked her knuckles and slammed her fists together, making a loud sound. "So, the big man finally decided to show up," Yang taunted the man across from them. "Here I was believing you to be too scared to fight some girls."
"Yang, that was rude," Ruby chided as pulled out her scythe, prompting the other girls in her team ready their weapons as well. "Sorry about that, Roland!"
The black fixer smirked, "Apologies accepted Ruby. Remember, this ain't personal, so whatever happens, is entirely your guys' fault."
"Whatever old man," Yang quipped.
Professor Goodwitch stepped away from the bleachers carrying her expanded scroll in its tablet form. She gave both sides a good look, seeing if they were ready. Then, the blonde professor inputted the Aura gauges of Team RWBY, and all four of their faces appeared on the main screen with all bars being fully green.
When they saw Roland's image appear on the opposite side of the main screen, Ruby and Weiss looked nervous, Yang was excited, and Blake looked indifferent. But, when they heard and saw their sister team cheering for them, they broke out into a smile. Although they were a mix of emotions, all of them had their weapons out and ready, prepared for a fight.
On the other side, Roland was stretching his arms and trying to get as flexible as he could. When he heard the supporting cheers from Team JNPR, he turned toward Angela who was now sitting near Ozpin. She gave him a half-hearted gesture that told him: "I don't expect you to win, but don't embarrass us."
When the black fixer sighed, he heard Professor Goodwitch begin to talk, "If the fighters are ready, we shall begin." The blonde professor touched her scroll, starting a countdown timer on the screen.
"3…" Just like last time, Yang put Ember Celica behind her, preparing to launch herself. Her teammates also adopted a stance in preparation. To the black fixer, he was thinking about what was for dinner.
"2…" Mentally sighing, he couldn't think about this right now; for now, he would wing it. It always worked for him back in the City.
"1…" The buzzer rang out. "Fight!"
Yang shot her weapons, blasting the ground and sending her forward with a huge amount of force. A blur of yellow zipped across the arena toward the black fixer who stood there looking at them impassively, like he was thinking about what to do. He saw Yang do this maneuver before: when they first met and when Yang fought Gebura.
However, that was when she was fighting alone. Roland noticed Ruby jump back instead of forward. He questioned why she was backing up. Did she not want to fight? But then, he remembered that Ruby's scythe was also a…
A gunshot rang out as Roland immediately whipped out Ranga Workshop's gauntlet and knife combo. He placed his knife in a reverse grip and sliced the rifle round, the bullet split off into two different paths. When the bullet made two different clinking noises as it hit the ground, it wasn't long until Yang was about to make contact with Roland.
The audience including Team RWBY was impressed, hitting a bullet was no small feat, yet the black fixer did so without any problems.
"I can see some gray hairs on your head," Yang said without any provocation when she got near Roland. When he mused about why she was trying to provoke him, another bullet whizzed past him, making him refocus on the fight. He understood what was happening immediately.
The initial plan was to throw the black fixer off balance and surround him. Yang was the perfect main distraction considering her boisterous personality that made others look at her. She would continue to mock him in front of his face and try to get a hit in whenever she could. When he got shot by Ruby's supportive gunfire, he stumbled a little. Taking the opportunity to, the blonde brawler was going to punch Roland right in the chest. However, a black mist clouded the man, making her unable to see beyond the fog. However, that didn't stop her from deciding to punch through the fog to get to him.
A loud thunk sound reverberated throughout the room. Yang's attack struck true, but it was way too solid to be a person. Her attack also blew away the black mist, revealing a large, blackened wall in front of her. The blonde brawler looked up to see that it wasn't a wall, but rather a large blade. Once it started to move, Yang couldn't do anything but watch as the blade's flat side slam into her.
"Oh my brothers!" Ruby shouted across the arena, although it was kinda muted. She almost dropped her weapon when she saw what Roland was using.
Roland's new weapon was a giant sword made by Wheels Industry. Despite its name, the weapons manufacturer made top-notch heavy weapons. The designers of the mechanical blade made it so that the weapon would gain more speed when it was swung. More speed equals more impact. The giant cleaver of a weapon was almost as tall as Roland himself, it looked like only a giant would be able to wield such a weapon.
He picked this weapon because he knew it would do three things: block any attacks from hitting him, prepare himself for a counterattack, and make Ruby stop shooting. But the black fixer hastily picked it up with both hands, his fixer augmentations allowing him to do so easily, preparing to smash the blonde in front of him.
Right as Yang was about to escape by jumping back, Roland moved first. He had hoped to take the blonde brawler out of the fight first since she was the main attacker of the team and the fact that she made him participate in this fight in the first place. Plus it only seemed like heavy attacks like Gebura's final slash were the only things capable of taking out this brawler.
Since she had overextended herself and got knocked down, it was impossible to dodge this attack. The only thing she could hope for was that her Aura would hold up.
Just before the blade made contact with Yang, a white glyph appeared below the fixer, making him stop his attack and jump back.
In place of the white glyph, a bunch of ice appeared where it was. If Roland had been a bit too greedy with the attack and less attentive, he would've become a popsicle. The color of the glyph made him trace the origin back to the heiress of the SDC, who had her sword impaled into the ground.
He narrowed his eyes in acknowledgment. While he had never known Weiss's fighting style, it seemed like he was correct in that she was more of a supporting role than the rest of her team. If he wanted to take out the others, he would need to remove the white-haired girl first. Black mist surrounded his giant cleaver as it was put away, in place of it, Allas Workshop's spear came out.
Ruby realized that he was going for Weiss so she called it out, "Weiss! He's going for you!" Since she needed to help, the red-hooded girl lined up her sniper scope on the moving fixer and pulled the trigger. Instead of a gunshot, her weapon produced a clicking noise. Quickly, she pulled out the magazine of her sniper and realized that it was out of ammo.
Since Roland noticed Ruby reloading her scythe, he had a good chance to dash toward the heiress. With the spear pointed in front of him, it would block any attacks head-on whilst he charged. Yang tried to get to him, but he was just too fast with the weapon.
Looking past his spear, he saw Weiss desperately trying to shoot him using her revolver-rapier combo but was failing as the spear bounced off each shot. However, something made him realize something was off. The way the white-haired girl looked too vulnerable made it seem like they wanted her to be targeted. Roland looked between all the girls; there was Ruby over there preparing to shoot him, Yang charging behind him, Weiss in front of him, and Blake…
'Where did Blake go?' He wondered. The raven-haired girl hadn't shown any presence when the fight started. If Roland knew any better, he'd guess that the hiding Blake would strike at any moment, possibly right before he attacked Weiss. Either way, he had Weiss in his grasp and he saw how this played out.
Just like he predicted, a few moments later, he saw a shadow lingering above him and took drastic measures to avoid her attack. He put the spear back into the gloves to make himself lighter. Roland fell forward to dodge a black cleaver, but as he was falling forward, he used his momentum to spin around and kick Blake away from him. The force of the kick sent the raven-haired girl flying into her white-haired teammate. The heiress tried to catch Blake, but only to fall over due to the force exerted by Roland's kick. Blake got up first and started to shoot at Roland who was rapidly approaching them with a giant cleaver.
"Welp, let's just get this over with," Roland quietly muttered to himself as he blocked or destroyed countless bullets. The hail of bullets got worse when Weiss recovered and joined in the shooting.
Even after a few seconds, Roland was still pushing forward, tanking all their shots. "Blake! Weiss!" Ruby called out as she ditched the idea of trying to snipe Roland and go for melee. She ended up using her Semblance to reach them in a blink of an eye.
Not wanting to waste a moment, Roland pulled out a set of two pistols made by the same people who made his shotgun. Atelier Logic's pistols pointed toward three targets who were sticking together. Ruby's eyes shone in astonishment before her face turned to panic as multiple gunshots rang out when Roland emptied both of his mags into the three girls. In an attempt to block the bullets, Ruby spun her scythe in a circular motion to protect her downed teammates which seemed to stop some of them.
Out of context, shooting a bunch of young girls was something that Roland wouldn't even do, but he knew that these girls would've shrugged off blades and bullets. When he ran out of ammo, he saw that the bullets seemed to have worked against the three. Ruby stopped spinning her scythe and crouched in exhaustion, Weiss was leaning on her rapier, and Blake was preparing to counterattack. Well, at least he was right; they weren't heavily injured and no blood was spilled after his hail of bullets.
Sneaking a glance at the monitor, Roland saw that Blake and Ruby's Aura gauge was hovering around 60% while Weiss was almost at the halfway mark. Although Weiss was worse off than the other two, they were still ready to fight.
It looked like Blake was ready to charge him, but she started to smirk.
"You'll pay for that!" Yang yelled behind him, telling the fixer that she was about to attack.
A flaming fist slammed into the black fixer's back when he forgot Yang was behind him. For a brief moment, his suit was on fire, but the wind pressure from the punch extinguished the flame.
Roland grunted in pain, "Argh!" He was forced to back up, allowing the team of girls to regather themselves.
"The food better be worth it," Blake complained as she prepared herself once again.
"Heh," Yang said with a smug on her face. "Finally got a hit in."
"Don't get too cocky," Weiss reprimanded. "It's not over yet."
Ruby walked a bit forward, talking while doing so, "We got this. We'll prove that we're the strongest team at Beacon!" She radiated an imaginary bright light that almost blinded the black fixer.
"Wow Ruby," Yang chimed in. "You should shine that light at Mr. Doom and Gloom over there dressed in all black."
For some reason, Roland really wanted to punch Yang's face in. It wasn't his fault that he just liked monochromatic clothing. He kept thinking of ways to get back at her, but he saw very unusual actions that the team of girls kept doing. The black fixer saw the red-hooded girl place her hand behind her back and noticed the others not moving an inch behind her, their eyes focused on Roland, but he felt like they were looking at something else.
Moments after, they jumped into action.
Weiss stabbed her rapier into the ground, causing multiple ice spikes to surge forward toward Roland. He dodged out of the way and noticed Yang and Blake rushing toward him. As he prepared to pull out his next weapon to counter, he heard another set of footsteps running behind him. He was put into another bind once again, but he had a counter to the pincer attack.
Pulling his twin blades made by Crystal Atelier, a set of dark blades that had an intricate design imprinted on the weapons, giving them a glassy look. He chucked both of them as fast as he could toward the two oncoming attackers. Both blades cut through the air, flying toward Yang and Blake.
With his original weapon out, he turned around and let Durandal block an attack from behind. Instantly, Ruby's scythe caught onto the crossguard of Roland's weapon. The black fixer pulled his weapon back, making Ruby let go of her weapon, effectively disarming her.
While Ruby was the weakest link currently, Roland had to defeat her right there to break the team. He swung his sword at her, only for her to speed away using her Semblance. Sighing, he looked over to Blake and Yang, both of them were relatively fine after getting swords thrown at them. Taking the chance, Roland backed up to gain some ground since he was in between all the girls.
"Running away from a bunch of girls?" Yang teased.
Roland shook his head, "I'm fighting a bunch of girls that have superspeed and an innate barrier that shrugs off bullets. So yes, I am running. I'm already not having a good time fighting in a 1v4."
"Don't be like that!" Yang laughed. "This is plenty fun!" The blonde brawler charged forward, her team also following behind. Breathing a sigh of annoyance, Roland pulled out Durandal and charged as well.
Author's Note:
And that's it. Have a good day!