ReRWBY: With Bumblebee

Chapter 6 - Juanedice

*RWBY and its characters belong to Roosterteeth and Mounty Oum. This is simply a fanfiction written to honour their works.*

"So, what's the plan?" Nora asked, "Divide and conquer?"

They were in combat class, and Team JNPR was preparing for a match against Team CRDL.

Jaune quickly grew nervous at Nora's idea.

"Well… it might be better if we stuck with partnerships. You and Ren know each other pretty well."

"But you and Pyrrha don't." Ren supplied. "You two should stay divided until you have a better feel for each other's fighting styles."

Jaune began to sweat a little.

"Don't worry," Pyrrha supplied with a smile, "I'll come to your aid if you start to get into trouble."

Jaune took some comfort in that. "All right, Ren and Nora take Russel and Cardin, and try to work together if you can, Pyrrha takes Sky, and I'll take Dove."

"Everyone ready?" Goodwitch asked.

"Ready!" Jaune called in what he hoped was a confident voice.

"Then begin!"

The buzzer sounded, and the two teams charged forward. Nora and Cardin quickly clashed, with Cardin attempting a powerful overhead swing on Nora's head, which she blocked with the handle of Magnhild. She dropped to a knee, and It seemed that she would be crushed until she slowly began overpowering Cardin and rose to her feet with a manic grin on her face. Cardin quickly backed away, barely avoiding the powerful swing she sent his way.

Russell was working on keeping Ren away from Nora, as he and Cardin had recognized that the two of them had a good rapport and would likely be a deadly duo. Unfortunately, Ren always seemed at least one step ahead of him. Russell was fast, but he could barely keep up with Ren's agility and fluid, natural movements. It was all he could do to keep Ren occupied, knowing that if he and Nora were able to work together, it'd be all over.

Team RWBY looked on from the bleachers. Weiss was glad that Ruby seemed to be paying attention to this, at least.

"You knew Cardin and his friends in Signal, right, Yang?" Weiss asked the brawler.

Yang nodded. "Cardin's the only one that ever came close to beating me, the rest of them you could practically walk over."

"Well they're managing against JNPR." Ruby noted, slightly worried for her friends.

"Seems like it" mused Blake.

"But with Pyrrha on their team, there's no way they'll lose." Said Weiss.

a buzzer as Jaune's Aura hit the red after a flurry of blows from Dove. Weiss looked at the match timer to find that barely a minute had passed since the beginning of the match. Pyrrha wouldn't have had time to help him even if she had noticed.

"You were wide open, dude" Dove looked down at his opponent with a look of both sympathy and disappointment, before turning to aid his struggling teammates. He first focused on Nora, who was chipping away at Cardin's defenses as he used all his energy to keep her from landing a solid blow on him. Dove rushed to their battle, firing three shots at Nora's back, which distracted her long enough for Cardin to go back on the offensive, landing a solid hit on her chest to send her flying and allowed the two to dispatch her quickly. The three then focused on Ren, whose speed was no match for three enemies at the same time. Three members of Team JNPR were defeated in as many minutes.

Cardin, Russel, and Dove all turned to where Pyrrha and Sky were fighting, only to find Sky retreating towards them. Cardin glanced at his scroll to see that Sky's Aura was already in the orange, and then glanced at the screen to find Pyrrha's Aura untouched.