Mission 2: Round One

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Sudden bursts of inspiration lead to finished chapter. Who knew? Anyway, enjoy this little tidbit of about 2.5K words while I work on procuring more.

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"I'll never forgive you V!" Neptune declared as V and Nero stood opposite Team SSSN in the arena. V just pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed while Nero got a little laugh out of the interaction.

"It was just a piece of toast," V said as he adjusted his vest.

"Team VN is certainly attracting a lot of attention today, being the smallest team in any Huntsman academy since Dante Redgrave roamed the halls of Beacon as a solo Huntsman," Port announced as the crowd cheered, "However, these young men will be facing off against possibly the most testosterone filled team we've seen so far. I'm of course talking about...Team SSSN!"

Neptune was still stewing in anger over his breakfast feud, but his teammates still waved to their cheering fans, many who held up pictures of their faces with hearts on them. V and Nero spared a glance up as well to try and find Team RWBY, though that was kind of impossible given the amount of people.

Wonder what they're up to? the two of them thought.

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"Good luck Neptune!" Weiss cheered.

Blake huffed in annoyance, both at her apparently traitorous teammate and a new problem. The spot that she and her teammates sat in had a group of fan girls in front of them. Unlike the ones for SSSN, this small group somehow got pictures of V and Nero to hold up. Blake growled in mild jealousy before snatching one of each despite the protests and handing the one of Nero to Ruby.

"Take this," she demanded.

"Wha—" Ruby was about to ask before it was shoved into her hands.

"Just take it and hold it up."

"Okay..." Ruby hesitantly complied as Weiss and Yang looked on, wisely not speaking a word to rile up the possessive cat next to them.

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V and Nero witnessed the scene from afar, each of them sweat dropping.

"Let's agree to never discuss this."

"Yep."

As they turned their attention back to the field, multiple holographic roulette wheels appeared, spinning between various symbols. The ones on V and Nero side landed on a yellow image of sunny dunes and rock formations, and as it did, the half of the arena behind them shifted into a desert like environment.

"Jeez, I don't want to get sand in my boots. That's such a pain," Nero groaned.

"Agreed," one of their opponents, Scarlet, concurred.

"Try sandals," V wisecracked as he gestured to his footwear. The only response was Nero flipping him off.

"Just be cool, man," Neptune whispered to Scarlet. As the last set of roulette wheels came to a stop, his advice became quite hypocritical.

"Oh boy, the ocean. How fun," Nero deadpanned.

"What's so bad with water?" V asked him.

"Well, nothing in particular. I just don't think it'll be very—" Nero was cut off as he looked at Neptune and noticed him shaking like a leaf in a breeze, "Hey, you good there man?"

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"What's wrong with Neptune?" Ruby asked.

"I think—" Blake gave a small laugh before continuing, "I think Neptune's afraid of water."

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