Cold As Ice: RWBY

Vytal Festival

Today was the day of the festival. We all woke up, excited about the fights we would participate in and witness. But right now, we were just hungry. Thus so, my team and I walked around the fairground, looking for a place to eat before going to the arena. "How about that sandwich shop?" suggested Zayne. Ezra wrinkled her nose. "Ew, no," she said. "Too much fat." Zayne scratched his head. "Okay then," he said. He looked around and spotted an exotic looking vendor. "How about that one?" I groaned and dragged my feet. "I'm so hungry, at this point I'll eat anything," I moaned. We walked over and sat down. "So what can I get ya?" asked the vendor. I looked at the menu. It had different kinds of rice with different sides. "I'll take the rice with shrimp," I said. Zayne glanced over the menu. "Ditto for me," he said. I'll take the meat lovers," Ezra said. "I will just have the rice," Yuuto said. The vendor nodded and went to get our food. "So, who do you think we'll be matched up against?" asked Ezra. Zayne shrugged his shoulders. "It doesn't matter," he said. "We'll pummel anyone that gets in our way." I cracked my knuckles. "I'm getting kind of excited," I agreed. The vendor returned with our food and we dug in. "This is delicious!" declared Ezra. Everyone agreed wholeheartedly. After we finished our meal, I left some Lien on the table to pay for it. "Will team RYZE please come to the arena. The match will begin in twenty minutes." a speaker announced. Zayne pumped his fist into the air. "That's our cue!" We ran off towards the locker rooms to get ready. 

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We all got dressed in our combat clothes, made specially for today. Zayne wore a black combat suit with our dragon head emblem painted on the back. Ezra wore her ninja gi with added armor plating around her chest, midsection and her shoulders. Yuuto wore his normal combat clothes, a black vest outlined with orange with matching pants. I wore a black motorcycle suit and combat pants with padding on the knees. "Will team RYZE please come onto the stage!" announced the referee. I started to leave but felt a hand grab my shoulder. I turned to see a government official from Atlas. "What is it?" I asked. "Your father would like it if you wore the aura armor to the fight." he said. I frowned. I had planned on fighting without it because it provided an unfair advantage to me. "Why?" I asked. "Your father wouldn't like it if you had another one of your... 'meltdowns' again," he said. "No, I am not fighting in the armor," I said, "I want to win this match without any help." I turned to leave put the official grabbed me again and turned me around. "Your father insists," he repeated, a dangerous tone entering his voice. Zayne popped his head back in. "Come on! We need you!" he yelled. I shrugged off the official. "No," I said, ending the conversation and heading out into the arena. I stepped out and the crowd roared, excited for the match to finally begin.

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My team and I took our positions, facing the opposing team. I recognized the team. It was team SSSN from Vacuo. I knew Scarlet and Sage were the weaker of the two. "Zayne, you and Ezra take out the one with the red hair and the green hair," I whispered to him. He nodded and passed the information onto Ezra and Yuuto. I noted the arena's selected attributes, the ocean and lightning. "FIGHT!!!" screamed the referees. I rushed Neptune. (I think you know why). I parried his strikes from his guandao and moved towards his right side. I swung at his right arm, knowing it was his dominant arm and he would struggle if he hurt it. A bo staff swung into my vision and I parried it, leaving my stomach wide open for Neptune to attack. I parried his strike and leaped back a couple feet to get my bearings. "Yuuto! Assist!" I yelled. Yuuto sprinted over and ignited his hands into flames. He attacked the bo staff wielder, who I remembered was named Sun. I focused on Neptune and joined my swords at the hilts, forming a double sided sword. I pushed forward, forcing Neptune to move towards the water's edge. As we moved closer, I saw his eyes widen in fear. I was confused at why he became afraid and then remembered a very important detail Weiss once told me. Neptune was afraid of water. I grinned sinisterly and continued forcing him back towards the edge of the sea, water lapping at our feet. I tripped him and pushed him into the water. I put my sword's blade at his throat. "Concede!" I demanded. He swallowed. "Whatever man, just get me out the water!" he pleaded. I picked him up and dumped him on land. "Looks like Neptune has been eliminated early into the match!" Professor Port announced. I looked over to see Zayne dispatch Scarlet with a punch to the stomach and Ezra throw Sage across the arena, winning by a ring out. "Looks like Sun's by himself now that his teammates have been incapacitated!" Dr. Oobleck announced. The crowd cheered even louder, signaling for us to end the match. My teammates and I closed in on Sun. "Come on, we can talk this out can we?" he asked nervously. Zayne cracked his knuckles. "No, we can't," he said. "Ezra, batter up!" Ezra got out her katana, still sheathed. "Let 'er rip!" she yelled. Zayne picked up Sun by the collar and threw him at Ezra. She swung and knocked Sun out of the arena. "Sun has been knocked out of the arena!!! announced Professor Port. "This concludes the match between team RYZE and SSSN, with team RYZE walking away with the victory!!!" The crowd seemed to cheer even louder at this. "We're the BEST!!!" yelled Zayne. I threw my fist into the air, cheering along with the crowd. "Lets go get a drink!" Ezra shouted over the cheering. "First rounds on me!" I replied. We left the arena to celebrate our win.

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An obscure location just outside of Vale...

"Why didn't you activate the Sphere when he was in combat?!" demanded John. "It was not the right time," Hanzo coolly replied. "He wasn't struggling and he wasn't wearing the suit," he pointed out. John groaned and rolled his eyes. "The Sphere only works at its best when optimized with the armor." John ran his hands through his slicked, jet black hair. "Fine, but we need to move on with the plan soon," he said. Hanzo chuckled darkly. "All in good time," he said. "All in good time."