Lurking Darkness

ASPRO Vs. BRNZ

"What do you mean Jaune can't fight?" You ask worryingly. He looks horrible.

"Jaune.. ate too much food and now is too sick to be in combat." Pyrrha mentions to you.

"Well what's going to happen now?" You ask. You hear the familiar sound of a cane approach.

"Well Mr. Aspro, you still haven't had a fight, and you are registered to fight, I have put you against Team BRNZ in JNPR's stead." You look at Ozpin, determined.

"I suppose you're right. I do have to fight to advance in the tournament." You ready your armor, Thermopylae, your extra dust rounds, and proceed to head out of the lockers on Amity Colosseum.

"Will Team JNPR please repor—." Professor Port was cut off.

"Oh really? Understood. Will Team BRNZ still report you the field for your next match." You can hear the entirety of Team BRNZ run past you, confused as to why JNPR is sitting in the stands.

"Team BRNZ, your opposition will be Team..."
You begin walking out to the field.

"ASPRO!" You walk out to a stunned audience and BRNZ, who all wonder where the rest of your team is.

"Young Mr. Aspro is a very special case indeed, he is the only one man team in Beacon Academy at this moment, the reasoning for this according to Headmaster Ozpin, is because he possesses incredible skills, equivalent to that of Ms. Pyrrha Nikos! He also possesses an incredible Semblance that Team BRNZ will soon face." Professor Oobleck announces, you never had his class, but he is so energized all the time. You look up at the audience from Beacon and see all of Team RWBY staring at you, jaws agape, especially Blake.

"He's.. gonna fight.. by himself?" Blake utters out.

"Looks like it Blake..." Yang is even at a loss for words.

"Hello Team BRNZ, I am Y/n Aspro, it's my honor to fight against you all, They look at you, still stunned it's going to be a 4v1. Amity Colosseum begins it's random biome process and the first biome to be pick is a desert, and the next is a wintry tundra.
"Awesome, double field advantage." You say aloud, forgetting BRNZ doesn't know your Semblance.

"Let the match BEGIN!" Professor Port announces.

Pyrrha's P.O.V

"ASPRO!" You hear Professor Port yell.

"No.. way." Nora utters out.

"Is that even legal?" Ren states.

"Technically, yes it is, only full teams are allowed to compete in the tournament, he is the only member of his team, he's completely within the rule set." You say.

"He's going to 4v1?!?" Jaune mutters out sluggishly.

"Yes Jaune. I believe so."

Y/n P.O.V

You await Team BRNZ to make a move unsure about anything they do. As you wait, you gradually lower your body's temperature (and thanks to this snazzy watch that Pyrrha got for you.) to 40 degrees F. You decide that since they won't make the first move, you will.

"If you won't attack first, then allow me." You let BRNZ know. They weren't ready for your incredible speed. You manage to land a major hit on the sniper, May putting her out of commission for the time being, 3 left for now. You attack Roy next because him getting too close to you would maybe be the end of things, you land multiple hits on Roy, not before Nolan and Brawnz can back him up though, you retreat a few feet to load dust rounds into Thermopylae, your favorites in fact, ice rounds, you fire at Nolan's feet. Noticing the electricity emitting from his weapon, and freeze him in place for now, you also fire a few rounds May's way, immobilizing her as well, Brawnz and Roy rush you, you hear your Semblance up and brace for attacks, you block most of them, but Roy gets close enough to hit you multiple times, then knocks you back and looks at the Aura screen.

"Still at 98!?" He looks bewildered.

"Indeed, Mr. Aspro's semblance is an incredibly powerful one, he can control the internal temperature of his body, and depending on the temperature, he can become more defensive, like right now, or offensive; and believe me, his offense is immaculate." Oobleck finishes explaining your semblance to the audience. You look at your gauge and notice you're at 103 degrees F, you look at the two BRNZ members before you, and lower your temperature back to the 30s, just like with Pyrrha.

"Incoming." You casually announce, you rush Brawnz and Roy, taking both of them on, you attack Roy first again because he's the most troublesome, while Brawnz comes in behind you for a sneak attack, you easily dodge it and sweep his leg, while also smacking Roy in his chest with the blunt end of Thermopylae, leaving icicles on his armor, he looks stunned. Brawnz stands and attempts to land any hits, but he's just whiffing everything, you block his next strike and retaliate with speed that can't be countered, pushing him back multiple feet, doing the same thing you did with Pyrrha. You load gravity rounds into Thermopylae and fire at his feet, he flew through the air for a while before you heard a buzz, signaling that he's gone. Two left. Nolan had freed himself and Roy was coming your way, you attempt lunging your spear at him to keep him away, but he ends up getting close, trying to land strikes, but you keep dodging and blocking, you find your opening, whenever he throws a left, he does a back fist right after, you bait the backfist, grab his arm, and take him down, you pick him up and get a beautiful combo off on him with Thermopylae, a hilt strike to start and then multiple jabs, finishing with a powerful temple kick, looking up, his Aura is gone. One left.

"I got th—." A bullet zooms by your head, narrowly missing, you realize you only heard 2 signals for a four man team, May is still up, but where? You see the trees in the wintry part of the arena, you then see a glint. You put out incredible amounts of body heat, knowing if she hits you, you're done for. You then notice Nolan is rushing you, your offense isn't it's best, but still good enough for him. You're able to push Nolan off of you and load fire dust into Thermopylae. You fire four rounds into the snowy trees, exactly where she was, the smoke forces her to retreat out of the trees, you make a dash towards her, she fired multiple times, but they're deflected, you're in range for an attack and then a surge of electrical energy hits you, it hurts but not enough to take you down.
May kicks you away and reloads her rifle, they both look at your aura and it's at 71.

"Man you're a tough son of a bitch aren't ya." Nolan yells.

"Correct indeed." You lower your temperature, down to the 10s, now the air around you is getting cold enough to see your own breath.

"Just how cold can you get?"
"Enough." You smugly say.

You speed towards the remaining BRNZ members. They're too shocked by your speed to notice it in time. You hit Nolan with your spear in his right shoulder and the kick him hard enough to leave a crater, you hear the 3rd signal. One left. May couldn't retreat in time, you hit her with your hilt and load ice rounds in, freezing her to the arena floor, a final 4th buzz is heard.

"Team ASPRO is the victor!" You hear Teams RWBY and JNPR first, then the entire arena is alive with roars and chants. You feel tired, but remain standing, bowing and returning to the lockers. You need some rest before tomorrow.

Holy shit that was long, but the end product I think was worth it. I hope you all agree, and since we're in the Vytal Festival, we are now officially in Volume 3. Yes sad things will happen, it's Volume 3 what'd you expect? Again thank you so much for reading! -P