Chapter 8: The Fall Begins

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(Opening Theme: When It Falls Ft. Casey Lee Williams)

    Today was the day of the final round in the Vytal Festival tournament, everyone was excited than ever before. Today the winner from one of the academies will walk away as the victor. Everyone was excited about it, students, teams, and many others alike. They all cheered and clapped for the contestants wishing them all the best of luck.

    Professor Port said through the speakers, "And now the moment you've all been waiting for! The one on one finals!"

    A total of eight people stood in the middle of the arena. Five of them being, Yang, Sun, Penny, Mercury and Pyrrha.

    "Barty, why don't you explain the rules?" Professor Port asked his colleague.

    Everyone heard Oobleck say, "It's quite simple Peter, instead of a bracket system, each round of the finals will randomly be determined immediately before the match takes place!"

    "Much like a good hunt, there will be zero time to prepare!" Port had added.

    "Now let's see what the first match will be!"

    Team RWBY members Ruby, Blake and Weiss were sitting in their usual sits, next to Team JNPR members, Jaune, Nora and Ren. There was one person missing however, and that was little Destiny.

    "Hmm, I wonder where she could be?" Ruby said with a worried expression.

    "She said she had to use the restroom." Weiss said, "I assume that the lines are pretty long."

    "Still, she's taking a long time." Blake said, "I wonder what's keeping her?"

    "She had better get here soon! They're about to announce the first matchup!" Nora said.

    They spoke too soon when they saw that the randomization process had already begun. They watched up on the screen as it began to slow down. The first two people up was Mercury Black and their teammate Yang Xiao Long.

    "The first match of the day will be, Yang Xiao Long of Beacon, vs Mercury Black of Haven!" Port said, "Would all other contestants please leave the stage."

    The other contestants left the stage and Pyrrha went to go join the rest of her teammates. She noticed that a certain someone was missing, "Hey, where's Destiny?" She asked, "I thought that she would be here with you guys."

    "She said that she had to go use the restroom, but she's not back yet." Ren said.

    "She probably ate something that didn't agree with her." Jaune said.

    Blake got up from her seat, "Maybe I should go get her."

    Pyrrha than stopped her, "No, wait, I'll go get her. I think Yang would've wanted all of her teammates to see her fight. Don't worry, I'll be back." With that Pyrrha took her leave out of the stadium.

    The middle of the stadium it began to set itself up for the fight between Yang and Mercury. Instead of the stage splitting into a geyser field or a ruined city and so forth, it had just lifted the two of them a few inches off of the ground.

    Spotlights hovered above them and around the arena that Mercury and Yang were standing in. The spotlights lit up, so that it would be better for everyone to see the fight take place.

    Yang smiled and said to Mercury, "You better not go easy on me."

    Mercury chuckled, "You wish."

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