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Shattered Dreams Arc Volume III (Episode 1)
Episode 1: “Let the Fight Begin”
(The episode starts with the mysterious narrator yet again speaking to the reader (if it’s a video it’s to the viewer) with the scene in black)
Narrator: So here we are… we are now in the final stretch of this story. You came to know these people & their lives, but now you will know their darkest times & their darkest hours. You will know the secrets of the past, the present & the future. The only question I have for you is this: Are you ready to embrace the outcome?
(The scene starts with a view of the golden sun in an orange sky over the tall grass and autumn trees. In front of Summer's Gravestone is a young girl with a cloak billowing petals in the breeze. Hands clasped and hood up, Ruby Rose stands over the white stone memorial)
Ruby: (lowering her hood, smiling sadly downward) Hey, mom. (looks down at the inscription: "Summer Rose – Thus Kindly I Scatter") Sorry I haven't come by in a while. Things have been... well, things have been, pretty busy. Oh, Dad's here, too! He's, uh, you know... Dad. (shrugs) He's still teaching at Signal. But he told me that he's going to be on some mission soon. I think he misses adventuring with you. (looks forlornly) I miss you too. (pause) Haven't gotten kicked out of Beacon yet! So that's cool. I think being on a team with Yang helps. Keep her in line... That was a joke. She's actually a really great fighter! You can tell she's learned a lot from Dad! Oh, so are Weiss and Blake. Oh! They're my teammates! Together, we form Team RWBY! And yes, before you ask, that does cause a lot of confusion. Anyways, I made a bunch of new friends, and then I met some... let's just say, uh, odd teachers. Oh! We've also stopped some bad guys, too! I guess it's like they say: "like mother, like daughter"! I still wonder why Ozpin let me into the school early. But uh, I guess he'll tell me one day. You know how he is. It's funny, the more I get to know him, the more he's starting to sound like Uncle Qrow. (A bark alerts her to the ever-adorable Zwei and the sight of her father, Taiyang Xiao Long, in the trees behind her) Oh! Looks like Dad's back! I gotta go! He's dropping me off at Beacon for the tournament match before he goes on his next mission. Wish me luck! (She puts the hood back on and starts to walk away, but turns and delivers one final message to her mother:) It was good to talk.
(With that said, Ruby jogs back to her family as a group of crows fly into the sun to make a very familiar sight. It returns to Ruby & Tai continue their walk until they encounter a man in a black suit)
Taiyang: Umm… can I help you?
Business Man: Are you miss Ruby Rose?
Ruby: Umm… yes?
Taiyang: (questions) What do you want with my daughter?
Business Man: Mister Raiden Nineheart wants you to see him immediately.
Ruby: Raiden wants to see me?
Taiyang: Ruby, who is this Raiden fellow?
Ruby: Oh he is a good friend of mine. I’m the reason I invited him to join me in Beacon Academy.
Taiyang: Oh really?
Business Man: (offscreen) Are you her father?
Taiyang: Well yes I do.
Business Man: Please escort your daughter to Vale’s memorial graveyard. Mister Raiden will be pleased to see you two upon arrival.
(The Business Man turns around & walks away, leaving Ruby & Tai pondering to what they heard. The scene cuts to them walking down the streets of Vale. They continue their walk until they arrived to the Vale’s Memorial Graveyard)
Taiyang: Is this the place?
Ruby: I think so. (looks ahead) Huh?
(In that moment a man in a black suit approaches towards them)
Agent: Are you Ruby Rose & Taiyang Xiao Long?
Ruby: Yes, sir.
Taiyang: One of your men came to use & told to come here.
Secret Service: Understood. (Speaking to Raiden via earphone) Sir, they have arrived.
Raiden: (speaking through his earphone) Good. Please bring them to where I am, ok?
Secret Service: Acknowledge. Ok you two, please follow me.
(Without a word they follow the Agent. During their escort they notice a lot of Agents in the area; like they are protecting someone important or patrolling the area. Upon arrival Ruby & Tai sees Raiden stands over a gray stone memorial grave. Raiden notice Ruby’s presents & looks to his right)
Raiden: Oh Ruby, you came.
Ruby: Hey Raiden.
Raiden: (look to his agent) Ok sir, you can leave us.
Secret Service: Understood. (Speaking to the other agents via earphone) Ok everyone, the guest has arrived. Keep you patrol as usual. (he walks away)
Raiden: Thank you two so much for coming. It means so much to me for you guys to come here.
Ruby: You invited use to come, we won’t refuse this invitation.
Raiden: And you must be Taiyang Xiao Long, Ruby’s father?
Taiyang: Sure do. It’s a pleasure to meet you Raiden.
Raiden: Likewise.
Ruby: So Raiden, what do you want with me?
(Raiden uses his hand to tell Ruby to come closer & she did. She approaches to him & he turns Ruby towards the grave. When she looks she sees that is written: Here lies Maria Helen Nienheart, may her light shines and her love to all children & give them the "Hope" to believe")
Ruby: *gasp* Raiden, is this your mother’s grave?
(Raiden ignores her as he speaks to his mother’s grave)
Raiden: (smiling happily downward) Hey, mom. Today is the 10th anniversary of coming to visiting you. I said that I will bring someone special for you to meet & here she is. This is Ruby Rose, she is a good friend that I met a few month back. She is the reason that I am a Huntsman in the first place; just like you back then. (pause) Dad is still working his best to honor your name. He is helping people all over Remnant. He's, uh, you know... I’m in a school as you wish me to be in & I’m doing my studies as well. Sebastian is doing well with himself & I made some new friends as well. I became a Leader of a four man team & my teammates are Sebastian along with my new friends Genji & Edgar. (pause) “Like father like son” hehehe… but… I miss you so much, mom. I miss you every day & I still think about you in my dreams. (Ruby notice his grief) If you were still alive right now I would have-- (pause) *sniff* *sniff* (he wipes his tears off) But you’re in a better place now, with the God of Light in heaven. (footsteps was heard as it reveals Raiden’s father, Lucas Nineheart, as he arrives & stands next to Taiyang) Oh! Looks like Dad's arrived! I gotta go! He's dropping me off at Beacon for the tournament match before he goes to work again. Wish me luck! (he pulls out of nowhere a Blue Rose, his calling card, & he whispers to it) May you find rest in the afterlife. ( he smells the rose as he then places the rose near her grave. He puts the hood back on turns around) Lets go, we don’t want to be late.
(With that said, Raiden & Ruby walks with their parents as a White Owl was looking from a tree in a distance. It has a metal collar with a strange symbol & a strange halo that has the same symbol on its collar. He sees them as they began to be escorted out of the area until the owl flaps its wings & flies away into the sun)
(A white feather shifts the view of the camera away from the sky and over the grassy mountains, where a stadium of epic proportions is seen. Crowds are cheering in the stands, visitors from all over the world. In the two split areas below, Raiden was clashing with a fellow student from Mistral in sword to sword combat. They clash their blades as Sebastian flies over them from a blow from the other student. He counter attacks him & takes the advantage. Meanwhile, Genji & Edgar are teamed up to confront the other remaining two as from the distance Team RWBY are fighting their opponents)
(High above the action, two familiar teachers are sitting at a sportscaster's desk, with a microphone between them and the holographic image of the four kingdoms' symbols united as one)
Port: Hello! It seems that we have another astonishing bout ahead of us! Wouldn't you agree, Professor?
Oobleck: (annoyed) Doctor. (brightens up excitedly again) And yes Peter, I think it's safe to say this match may be the closest we've seen of the four-on-four round of the tournament!
Port: For those of you just now joining us, welcome to the Vytal Festival Tournament, broadcast live from the Amity Colosseum! (he waves his arm to gesture at the entire event from his place on the gigantic screen over the crowds)
Port: If this is your first time watching, allow us to break down the rules.
Oobleck: (he holds up the appropriate number of fingers for each of his explanations as a hologram to his side illustrates the rules) The tournament is divided into three distinctive rounds; teams, doubles, and singles. Age and school year are irrelevant! In this tournament, your only attribute being tested... is skill.
Port: (nods as another hologram pops up to do the same thing) Correct! The winners of this battle will elect two of their members to represent them in the doubles round, followed by the winners of that round choosing one member to advance once again. The remaining combatants will then fight their way through the final bracket in the hope of achieving victory for their kingdom! (the hologram disappears with the image of a victorious figure, sword raised and wearing a crown)
Oobleck: (pushes up his own spectacles as he says this) And yes, Peter, these certainly are some spectacular spectacles on which to spectate on! I don't think anyone tuning in around the world is going to disagree with me on that! (as they say this, the scene changes to their televised broadcasts all around the kingdoms, from a row of holographs above the patrons in the Mistral Distillery to an Atlas home with a group of friends seeing it together, a bar in Vale where everyone turns to view the screen, and outside a mobile home in Vacuo being watched by a few Faunus on a projection.)
Port: Ahh, and why would they? Now, let's get back to the match between Team RWBY of Beacon, and Team ABRN, of Haven.
Oobleck: Not to mention the other two team that are fighting today. Team ROSE of Beacon vs Team DOSK of Haven.
Port: Yes indeed. But we are not the only ones here talking, let us welcome our other commentaries J Ross & Tony McMahon.
Ross: Thank you so much mister Port.
Tony: Yes, yes, thanks for the introduction.
Ross: Yes viewers, we are here to co-commentate on the action.
Tony: But that’s not the reason for us being here. We are here to represent the Vytal Tournament Junior Leagues, sponsor by Vale Cybernetic Industries “A company who want the better for the people”.
Ross: Indeed, Tony. Vale Cybernetics is sponsoring this event as a token of their investment. The CEO of the company, Lucas Nineheart, wants this big event to go as smoothly without any confrontation of outside activities.
Tony: Also he recently announces something that he added in this tournament & that is the Junior Leagues.
Ross: For first time viewers, let’s let our co-commentators explain this new event.
Oobleck: As you can see (as they explained, they show images of what is the Junior Leagues) in this special occasion there are two Tournaments: The Main League & the Junior League.
Port: The two tournament rules are the same but it adds a twist in the mix. One of them is that they cannot face other opponents besides theirs since they will share the same stage. If either combatants from the Main League & the Junior League get into contact that does not involve with their current opponents or they interfere them during their matches they will be disqualified. For does that lose in the Main League they can have a second chance to redeem themselves in the Junior League Brackets.
Oobleck: Both tournaments can be sign in before the events started so you can pick which one you will like to enter. Also if a team wins in the 4 on 4 round & advance to the 2 on 2 doubles round they have the option to draft haft of their teammates into the semi-finals 2 on 2 doubles round in the Junior League brackets.
Port: But what’s important is that if both teams win in the 2 on 2 doubles round in the Main League & the Junior League brackets they have the privilege to represent to compete in the final round special.
Oobleck: Does in the brackets will receive a golden ticket to go to the finals without entering the one on one final round, the others who enter the Junior Leagues normally must with the matches in order. One things for sure though if the competitors that wins in the one on one final round they can challenge the golden ticket holder to take the spot in the finals; it’s up for grabs whoever gets to it.
Port: In any case for the finals special they will share the arena together. Since the center arena is also an octagon shape, the combatants will fight on their haft of the arena; but there is a specific rule to this: in this phase the combatants cannot interfere with each other’s matches, if either combatants from the Main League Finals & the Junior League Finals get into contact that does not involve with their current opponents or they interfere them during their matches they will be disqualified. The distance between opponents is from 10 meters & that also applies the distance with the other combatants that will share the same arena. Beyond the 10 meter distance the will have enough room to fight. But in the end of it all we will be broadcasting both the winners of the two tournaments simultaneously. Back to you Ross!
Ross: Thank you, Port! And now… back to the action!
(The announcements cut back to the action, the fights continue as follows with each side figting their opponents. Each of them tries their best to take the advantage but their skills make their job a challenge. However Blake manages to eliminate Reese on her side while Genji manage to beat his opponent by distracting him with his semblance. Each time he gets hit it replace him with a wooden dummy, thus giving him the upper hand to defeated him)
Port: (as Reese's Aura level drops in the team display until her image is crossed out and she angrily slams her fist on the ground) Ooh, a double whammy! Reese Chloris is eliminated by ringout and Aura level!
Oobleck: Oh, she really should've worn a helmet!
Ross: All say, but let’s not forget Osamu Genji that he manages to beat his opponent as well.
Tony: Yep. I feel that he is going to the dentist tomorrow after that side kick to the mouth.
(Back in the fight, Raiden sees that the victory is in their favor as he sees that Team RWBY is at the same as them. So Raiden calls out a attack command)
Raiden: (calling out to his friends) DUAL DYNAMITE!!!
(Knowing what to do, Team RWBY & Team ROSE set their plan into motion. Weiss & Edgar created a large frozen slide-like shape on their corresponding areas, Blake & Genji got to their position as Yang & Sebastian blasts themselves forward and skims over the wall of ice, Yang catching Blake's pistol while Sebastian is catching Genjis durable black cloth as Ruby & Raiden jumps on a jumping pad towards the remaining corresponding teams. Pushing them to the impact point the three separate teams look horrified as Blake & Genji whips Yang & Sebastian towards them, launched away side by side)
Yang: (screaming) AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!
Sebastian: (screaming) WELCOME TO REMNANT!!! OH YEAH!!!
(They land a devastating punch (Yang with her right & Sebastian with his left) that sends the two trio’s flying into their elimination)
Port: And that's the end of the two matches! Team RWBY & Team ROSE are victorious!
Weiss: (looking around and sounding surprised) We... did it?
Edgar: (arrives towards Weiss in a rush) Yes, Weiss. We did it! WOOOOOOO!!! (he realize his exaggeration & fix his composure) I mean, we have one this bout. We are victorious.
(The scene pans out to show Raiden looking at them from a distance)
Raiden: (Thinking to himself) And we all did it as a team. No matter the restrictions or the rules… we have won the match without even assisting each other.
Ruby: (looking at her sister for confirmation, she smiles and leaps into the air, screaming) WE DID IIIIII- -...is anyone else starving? (suddenly hunched over)
Raiden: It looks like someone needs some food to calm down their stomach. Let’s go somewhere to eat, my treat.
(The scene changes to myriad of tents and small shops wreathed in colorful flags in a large forest clearing as people mill about to experience it all. Team RWBY & Team ROSE starts to follow Yang as she knows of a good place to eat, but Weiss suddenly stops as she hears a ringtone on her Scroll. Edgar looks back as he sees Weiss attending to her Scroll. Edgar looks at her expression of what she was looking & asks Raiden about it)
Edgar: Um… Raiden.
Raiden: Yes?
Edgar: I’m starting to feel worry about Weiss lately. Do you know what is causing it?
Raiden: If I knew that I would have told you about it.
Edgar: I know but…
Raiden: (he stops to talk to Edgar) Listen, you are doing a great job as Weiss’ protector, but don’t go to overboard about it. A woman needs her privacy sometimes you know.
Edgar: I guess…
Raiden: (puts his hand on his shoulder) You’re doing fine, just relax.
Edgar: (feels confidant) Ok.
Emerald: (offscreen, holding a red wallet filled with Lien) Hey! Might be hard to eat without this.
Ruby: (frantically patting around her outfit, panicking) No, no, no, no!
Emerald: (laughs) Good to see you, Ruby.
Ruby: (takes the wallet back from her "friend" and puts it away) Oh! Thanks, Emerald! Oh. Guess I dropped it. Girl pockets are the worst! (slouches as she says this)
Yang: What's up, Em?
Emerald: Just left the stadium after your amazing fight! You guys were awesome!
Ruby: (blushing and mumbling) Oh, shut your stupid little face...
Blake: (over Ruby's incoherent gushing) I heard your team progressed to the next round too.
Weiss: You know, I feel that we haven't seen your other teammates.
Blaze: (Offscreen) It’s because they are resting for the next fight.
Raiden: Huh?
(From out of nowhere Blaze shows up behind Emerald; still playing the role of his alter ego Tim)
Raiden: Oh, hey Tim.
Ruby: So you must be Tim. How you doing?
Blaze: I’m fine. Emerald & her team have managed to win in the first round without any problems.
Edgar: Really?
Blaze: Yep. They managed to beat the other team without breaking a sweat.
Ruby: That's great. Uh. Why don't we all go and get a victory food together?
Emerald: Oh, gosh, that's so nice of you, but my teammates are all kind of... (looking back at Mercury as he sniffs the inside of a boot, looking perplexed after he does so) ...introverted. Really socially awkward.
Yang: (nodding) Ooh, yeah, I could see that.
Blaze: Indeed, even these two are heading to the doubles round. In my case, Meta & I are going to the doubles round on the Junior Leagues.
Emerald: Yeah. What about you guys?
Ruby: (looking pretty proud of herself) Well, as the leader of this team, I thought long and hard about this decision.
Weiss: (popping in to remind her, straight-faced:) We put it to a vote.
Ruby: (nervously tries to backtrack) Yes, so, but I decided that we should put it to a vote.
Blake: We voted for Weiss and Yang.
Weiss: (curtsying) I will happily represent Team RWBY.
Yang: (pounding her fists together) Yeah, we're going to kick some butt!
Blaze: Ok then. It seems that Mercury & Emerald took too much of your time. (he along with Mercury & Emerald turns & walks away from them) Will chat later, bye.
Ruby: (waving her arm) Have fun!
Emerald: (cheerfully giving her own wave) See you later! (immediately drops the act as she walks with Mercury and looks disgusted)
Mercury: So, how are the new friends?
Blaze: (he talks back in his normal voice) No matter who befriend with our goal is our top priority, agreed?
Emerald: Agreed & besides… I hate them.
Blaze: More reason to stay focus. Come on… we have a match to attend.
(At one of the unassuming huts set up in the fairgrounds stringed with paper lanterns with a sign overhead saying A Simple Wok, Team RWBY & Team ROSE sits at the stools outside, ready to order)
Raiden: (ordering his food while holding the menu) I want to order some Ramen noodles, please. (a bowl of Ramen noodles slides in front of him)
Sebastian: I want a Burger, sir. (a plate with the Burger is place in front of him & feels exited to eat it)
Edgar: I want just a simple salad, please. (a bowl of salad slides in front of him. The boys looks surprise that Edgar eats salad)
Yang: I'll have a bowl of the regular, please. (a large bowl of noodles slides in front of her)
Ruby: (staring at Yang's meal) Oohhh... I'll take the same. (a large bowl of noodles slides in front of her, as she clasps her hands in excitement)
Weiss: (looking concerned) Do you have anything with a low-salt ...? (a large bowl of regular noodles instantly slides in front of her instead) Um... okay...
Raiden: (he notices Genji & Blake that they didn’t order yet) Um… say… you tow haven’t order yet. What do you like to eat?
(Instead of saying anything, Blake & Genji merely gives a nod and smile to the Shopkeep, who returns the gesture as he rushes through one door of his shop and comes out the other to leave a large bowl of noodles topped with fish in front of her & a plate of baby back ribs in front of him. Genji’s & Blake's eyes light up as they drool over their orders)
Edgar: Rib?
Sebastian: Baby back Ribs.
Edgar: Why?
Sebastian: I think I made him like it on the day before the dance when I use some ribs as bait to lure him to talk.
Raiden: Well if you guys got your orders? (he pulls out his credit card) I will pay for it. Here you go sir.
(While the shopkeeper goes through the transaction, Weiss looks strangely at her teammate, she gladly offers her Schnee Dust Company credit card to the Shopkeep)
Weiss: Consider it thanks for sending me to the doubles round. (her joy is ruined when the card is flung back at her, and the annoyed Shopkeep points to his register as it beeps "DECLINED") What?! How can my card be declined? I was barely into my monthly allowance!
Raiden: That’s odd. *munch* *munch* I remember you using it when you ask me to accompany you to the clothing store. I wonder was the cause? *munch* *munch*
(Looking around panicked, she attempts to slowly slide her bowl closer to herself before the Shopkeep disappears with her food, causing the poor girl to slump over in defeat)
Blake: Nooo!!
Pyrrha: Maybe I could help? (the girls of RWBY look up to see Team JNPR – Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, and Lie Ren – approach the stand)
Ruby: (flings her arms wide in delight) Pyrrha!
Yang: Aw, you don't have to ...
Blake: But she could!!!
Pyrrha: Well, I think you all earned it after that battle.
Jaune: Mind if we join you?
Raiden: Sure. The more the merrier.
(Later on, the bowls are empty & the plates are cleaned, and each student is either content with their meal or holding their stomachs sickly)
Ren: (to Pyrrha:) Are you sure it's wise to have eaten before a fight?
Pyrrha: (as the Shopkeep quickly gathers the bowls, the plates and vanishes) Of course! It will give us energy!
(Nora simply gives a hearty belch)
Jaune: (splaying himself over the counter, sickly saying:) If I barf, I'm blaming you.
Nora: Ooh! (grinning evilly) Aim at the enemy!
Ren: Nora, that's disgusting. But if you feel the urge ...
(Sebastian simply gives a powerful belch)
Edgar: Dude! That was disgusting!
Sebastian: Oh? Am I the villain now?
Genji: You just ate a burger & a soda; he ate it like a paper shredder.
Raiden: But at least he is well fed. He will need it for the doubles round in the Junior Leagues semi-finals.
Ruby: So, you think you guys are ready?
Nora: (gestures to each of her teammates) Of course! We've got a world-renowned fighter on our team, one's basically ninja, I can bench five of me, Jaune, we trained all year, our weapons are awesome, Glynda barely yells at us anymore, and uh... Jaune!
Ren: (to Jaune:) Are you gonna take that?
Jaune: She's not wrong.
Nora: I'm kidding, he knows I'm kidding. (begins talking quickly, the color slowly draining away as she gets more worried) Don't be so nervous! The worst that can happen is we lose, that is just a few more years of walking around school with everyone knowing we're failures, our friends will slowly abandon us to preserve their social status, we won't be able to show our faces in class, no one will sit with us in the cafeteria, Ren and I have no parents, we have no home left to go to, we'll be officially renamed Team Lose-iper! (her mad laughter turns into sobs as she slams her head on the counter)
Ren: (unperturbed) So, yeah, we're feeling pretty good.
Pyrrha: Don't fret. If anything, we should be looking forward to a fight with actual guidelines, and not, well, ...murderers.
Yang: Yeah, don't sweat it, we've all faced way worse before.
Raiden: Well the Grimm attack on the city was something, but we manage to prevail at the end.
Jaune: Yeah. If we haven’t stop them… we would have lost the fight.
Raiden: But at least my father’s military & the Atlas military arrived on time. But still…
Ruby: What is it?
Raiden: (everyone has their attention to Raiden) Before the day of the festival my dad went to talk to Axel. He went to interrogate him to gets some info on his actions & to what he said… troubles me.
Weiss: What troubles you?
Raiden: Well… he said—(he gets interrupted by Ports call)
Port: (crackling in over the intercom system:) Would Team JNPR & Team SOUL please report to the battlegrounds immediately!
Oobleck: (adding in to Port's order:) Yes! Like they were scheduled to, several minutes ago!
Pyrrha: Well, it looks like this is it.
Ruby: (to Team JNPR as they walk away, Nora still depressed and Jaune looking queasy) Go get 'em!
Edgar: Did he say Team SOUL?
Raiden: I heard that. It looks like Miller & the others are heading to the arena. No wonder they didn’t show up with Jane & the others.
Sebastian: (suggest) We should watch their match.
Genji: I agree. At least we can see their match for a change until our turn come up.
Raiden: Yeah. Let’s go!
(Team RWBY & Team ROSE enters the Coliseum through one of its tunnels and head to their seats as Emerald and Mercury are seen walking behind them to do the same. Down in the field below, the scorched ground and cold plains are no more, and only a layer of white mechanics is left, with a central stage on which the teams will be gathered)
Mercury: (having found his seat with Emerald and munching on a large tub of popcorn) I wonder who's gonna win.
Emerald: Tch. As if we didn't already know.
Cinder: (walking up behind them, showing off her new outfit of jeans, an orange jacket, and sarashi bandages over her chest as she takes an unpopped kernel from Mercury's bucket) Oh, come now. Even if you know how the story ends, that doesn't make it any less fun to watch. (her eyes glow with her fingertips and the kernel finally pops, which she enjoys while sitting down as Mercury and Emerald share a devious smirk)
Blaze: (offscreen) I see you guys are seated? (appears next to them, showing off his new outfit of worn out jeans, a brown jacket, bandages that covers his upper body & arms, and brown leather long gloves as he his carrying a bucket of unpopped kernel & sits next to Cinder) We all know what’s in stake here & we need to be ready for it when the time comes.
Mercury: (curious) Um… Blaze; what’s with the bucket full of kernel? (Blaze stuffs his hand inside it & his eyes glow. Inside of the bucket began to glow as well & the kernels finally pop simultaneously) Oh… I rest my case. (returns to look at the arena)
Raiden: None the less… it’s not that bad to kick back, relax & enjoy the show. (he begins eating his popcorn as he enjoys the match. Cinder grabs some of his; he doesn’t seems to mind)
Port: (announcing over the cheering crowds) Team JNPR of Beacon versus Team BRNZ of Shade!
Ross: (announcing over the cheering crowds) And on the Junior League side: Team SOUL of Beacon versus Team BNZA of Haven!
(The arena divides by a red line to separate the combatants. As each team readies their poses, a circle of holographic roulettes start spinning frantically through various symbols and colors before finally landing on a green pine tree and gray thunderstruck mountain. With these random selections, half of the field opens to reveal a tree-filled forest, while the other raises a small rocky outcropping to fill in the circle)
Port: Three, two, one, begin!
(As the start of the match, each team leaps forward at the other, ready to begin fighting just as the scene cuts to black and the third volume in this arc has begun)
(The episode starts with the mysterious narrator yet again speaking to the reader (if it’s a video it’s to the viewer) with the scene in black)
Narrator: So here we are… we are now in the final stretch of this story. You came to know these people & their lives, but now you will know their darkest times & their darkest hours. You will know the secrets of the past, the present & the future. The only question I have for you is this: Are you ready to embrace the outcome?
(The scene starts with a view of the golden sun in an orange sky over the tall grass and autumn trees. In front of Summer's Gravestone is a young girl with a cloak billowing petals in the breeze. Hands clasped and hood up, Ruby Rose stands over the white stone memorial)
Ruby: (lowering her hood, smiling sadly downward) Hey, mom. (looks down at the inscription: "Summer Rose – Thus Kindly I Scatter") Sorry I haven't come by in a while. Things have been... well, things have been, pretty busy. Oh, Dad's here, too! He's, uh, you know... Dad. (shrugs) He's still teaching at Signal. But he told me that he's going to be on some mission soon. I think he misses adventuring with you. (looks forlornly) I miss you too. (pause) Haven't gotten kicked out of Beacon yet! So that's cool. I think being on a team with Yang helps. Keep her in line... That was a joke. She's actually a really great fighter! You can tell she's learned a lot from Dad! Oh, so are Weiss and Blake. Oh! They're my teammates! Together, we form Team RWBY! And yes, before you ask, that does cause a lot of confusion. Anyways, I made a bunch of new friends, and then I met some... let's just say, uh, odd teachers. Oh! We've also stopped some bad guys, too! I guess it's like they say: "like mother, like daughter"! I still wonder why Ozpin let me into the school early. But uh, I guess he'll tell me one day. You know how he is. It's funny, the more I get to know him, the more he's starting to sound like Uncle Qrow. (A bark alerts her to the ever-adorable Zwei and the sight of her father, Taiyang Xiao Long, in the trees behind her) Oh! Looks like Dad's back! I gotta go! He's dropping me off at Beacon for the tournament match before he goes on his next mission. Wish me luck! (She puts the hood back on and starts to walk away, but turns and delivers one final message to her mother:) It was good to talk.
(With that said, Ruby jogs back to her family as a group of crows fly into the sun to make a very familiar sight. It returns to Ruby & Tai continue their walk until they encounter a man in a black suit)
Taiyang: Umm… can I help you?
Business Man: Are you miss Ruby Rose?
Ruby: Umm… yes?
Taiyang: (questions) What do you want with my daughter?
Business Man: Mister Raiden Nineheart wants you to see him immediately.
Ruby: Raiden wants to see me?
Taiyang: Ruby, who is this Raiden fellow?
Ruby: Oh he is a good friend of mine. I’m the reason I invited him to join me in Beacon Academy.
Taiyang: Oh really?
Business Man: (offscreen) Are you her father?
Taiyang: Well yes I do.
Business Man: Please escort your daughter to Vale’s memorial graveyard. Mister Raiden will be pleased to see you two upon arrival.
(The Business Man turns around & walks away, leaving Ruby & Tai pondering to what they heard. The scene cuts to them walking down the streets of Vale. They continue their walk until they arrived to the Vale’s Memorial Graveyard)
Taiyang: Is this the place?
Ruby: I think so. (looks ahead) Huh?
(In that moment a man in a black suit approaches towards them)
Agent: Are you Ruby Rose & Taiyang Xiao Long?
Ruby: Yes, sir.
Taiyang: One of your men came to use & told to come here.
Secret Service: Understood. (Speaking to Raiden via earphone) Sir, they have arrived.
Raiden: (speaking through his earphone) Good. Please bring them to where I am, ok?
Secret Service: Acknowledge. Ok you two, please follow me.
(Without a word they follow the Agent. During their escort they notice a lot of Agents in the area; like they are protecting someone important or patrolling the area. Upon arrival Ruby & Tai sees Raiden stands over a gray stone memorial grave. Raiden notice Ruby’s presents & looks to his right)
Raiden: Oh Ruby, you came.
Ruby: Hey Raiden.
Raiden: (look to his agent) Ok sir, you can leave us.
Secret Service: Understood. (Speaking to the other agents via earphone) Ok everyone, the guest has arrived. Keep you patrol as usual. (he walks away)
Raiden: Thank you two so much for coming. It means so much to me for you guys to come here.
Ruby: You invited use to come, we won’t refuse this invitation.
Raiden: And you must be Taiyang Xiao Long, Ruby’s father?
Taiyang: Sure do. It’s a pleasure to meet you Raiden.
Raiden: Likewise.
Ruby: So Raiden, what do you want with me?
(Raiden uses his hand to tell Ruby to come closer & she did. She approaches to him & he turns Ruby towards the grave. When she looks she sees that is written: Here lies Maria Helen Nienheart, may her light shines and her love to all children & give them the "Hope" to believe")
Ruby: *gasp* Raiden, is this your mother’s grave?
(Raiden ignores her as he speaks to his mother’s grave)
Raiden: (smiling happily downward) Hey, mom. Today is the 10th anniversary of coming to visiting you. I said that I will bring someone special for you to meet & here she is. This is Ruby Rose, she is a good friend that I met a few month back. She is the reason that I am a Huntsman in the first place; just like you back then. (pause) Dad is still working his best to honor your name. He is helping people all over Remnant. He's, uh, you know... I’m in a school as you wish me to be in & I’m doing my studies as well. Sebastian is doing well with himself & I made some new friends as well. I became a Leader of a four man team & my teammates are Sebastian along with my new friends Genji & Edgar. (pause) “Like father like son” hehehe… but… I miss you so much, mom. I miss you every day & I still think about you in my dreams. (Ruby notice his grief) If you were still alive right now I would have-- (pause) *sniff* *sniff* (he wipes his tears off) But you’re in a better place now, with the God of Light in heaven. (footsteps was heard as it reveals Raiden’s father, Lucas Nineheart, as he arrives & stands next to Taiyang) Oh! Looks like Dad's arrived! I gotta go! He's dropping me off at Beacon for the tournament match before he goes to work again. Wish me luck! (he pulls out of nowhere a Blue Rose, his calling card, & he whispers to it) May you find rest in the afterlife. ( he smells the rose as he then places the rose near her grave. He puts the hood back on turns around) Lets go, we don’t want to be late.
(With that said, Raiden & Ruby walks with their parents as a White Owl was looking from a tree in a distance. It has a metal collar with a strange symbol & a strange halo that has the same symbol on its collar. He sees them as they began to be escorted out of the area until the owl flaps its wings & flies away into the sun)
(A white feather shifts the view of the camera away from the sky and over the grassy mountains, where a stadium of epic proportions is seen. Crowds are cheering in the stands, visitors from all over the world. In the two split areas below, Raiden was clashing with a fellow student from Mistral in sword to sword combat. They clash their blades as Sebastian flies over them from a blow from the other student. He counter attacks him & takes the advantage. Meanwhile, Genji & Edgar are teamed up to confront the other remaining two as from the distance Team RWBY are fighting their opponents)
(High above the action, two familiar teachers are sitting at a sportscaster's desk, with a microphone between them and the holographic image of the four kingdoms' symbols united as one)
Port: Hello! It seems that we have another astonishing bout ahead of us! Wouldn't you agree, Professor?
Oobleck: (annoyed) Doctor. (brightens up excitedly again) And yes Peter, I think it's safe to say this match may be the closest we've seen of the four-on-four round of the tournament!
Port: For those of you just now joining us, welcome to the Vytal Festival Tournament, broadcast live from the Amity Colosseum! (he waves his arm to gesture at the entire event from his place on the gigantic screen over the crowds)
Port: If this is your first time watching, allow us to break down the rules.
Oobleck: (he holds up the appropriate number of fingers for each of his explanations as a hologram to his side illustrates the rules) The tournament is divided into three distinctive rounds; teams, doubles, and singles. Age and school year are irrelevant! In this tournament, your only attribute being tested... is skill.
Port: (nods as another hologram pops up to do the same thing) Correct! The winners of this battle will elect two of their members to represent them in the doubles round, followed by the winners of that round choosing one member to advance once again. The remaining combatants will then fight their way through the final bracket in the hope of achieving victory for their kingdom! (the hologram disappears with the image of a victorious figure, sword raised and wearing a crown)
Oobleck: (pushes up his own spectacles as he says this) And yes, Peter, these certainly are some spectacular spectacles on which to spectate on! I don't think anyone tuning in around the world is going to disagree with me on that! (as they say this, the scene changes to their televised broadcasts all around the kingdoms, from a row of holographs above the patrons in the Mistral Distillery to an Atlas home with a group of friends seeing it together, a bar in Vale where everyone turns to view the screen, and outside a mobile home in Vacuo being watched by a few Faunus on a projection.)
Port: Ahh, and why would they? Now, let's get back to the match between Team RWBY of Beacon, and Team ABRN, of Haven.
Oobleck: Not to mention the other two team that are fighting today. Team ROSE of Beacon vs Team DOSK of Haven.
Port: Yes indeed. But we are not the only ones here talking, let us welcome our other commentaries J Ross & Tony McMahon.
Ross: Thank you so much mister Port.
Tony: Yes, yes, thanks for the introduction.
Ross: Yes viewers, we are here to co-commentate on the action.
Tony: But that’s not the reason for us being here. We are here to represent the Vytal Tournament Junior Leagues, sponsor by Vale Cybernetic Industries “A company who want the better for the people”.
Ross: Indeed, Tony. Vale Cybernetics is sponsoring this event as a token of their investment. The CEO of the company, Lucas Nineheart, wants this big event to go as smoothly without any confrontation of outside activities.
Tony: Also he recently announces something that he added in this tournament & that is the Junior Leagues.
Ross: For first time viewers, let’s let our co-commentators explain this new event.
Oobleck: As you can see (as they explained, they show images of what is the Junior Leagues) in this special occasion there are two Tournaments: The Main League & the Junior League.
Port: The two tournament rules are the same but it adds a twist in the mix. One of them is that they cannot face other opponents besides theirs since they will share the same stage. If either combatants from the Main League & the Junior League get into contact that does not involve with their current opponents or they interfere them during their matches they will be disqualified. For does that lose in the Main League they can have a second chance to redeem themselves in the Junior League Brackets.
Oobleck: Both tournaments can be sign in before the events started so you can pick which one you will like to enter. Also if a team wins in the 4 on 4 round & advance to the 2 on 2 doubles round they have the option to draft haft of their teammates into the semi-finals 2 on 2 doubles round in the Junior League brackets.
Port: But what’s important is that if both teams win in the 2 on 2 doubles round in the Main League & the Junior League brackets they have the privilege to represent to compete in the final round special.
Oobleck: Does in the brackets will receive a golden ticket to go to the finals without entering the one on one final round, the others who enter the Junior Leagues normally must with the matches in order. One things for sure though if the competitors that wins in the one on one final round they can challenge the golden ticket holder to take the spot in the finals; it’s up for grabs whoever gets to it.
Port: In any case for the finals special they will share the arena together. Since the center arena is also an octagon shape, the combatants will fight on their haft of the arena; but there is a specific rule to this: in this phase the combatants cannot interfere with each other’s matches, if either combatants from the Main League Finals & the Junior League Finals get into contact that does not involve with their current opponents or they interfere them during their matches they will be disqualified. The distance between opponents is from 10 meters & that also applies the distance with the other combatants that will share the same arena. Beyond the 10 meter distance the will have enough room to fight. But in the end of it all we will be broadcasting both the winners of the two tournaments simultaneously. Back to you Ross!
Ross: Thank you, Port! And now… back to the action!
(The announcements cut back to the action, the fights continue as follows with each side figting their opponents. Each of them tries their best to take the advantage but their skills make their job a challenge. However Blake manages to eliminate Reese on her side while Genji manage to beat his opponent by distracting him with his semblance. Each time he gets hit it replace him with a wooden dummy, thus giving him the upper hand to defeated him)
Port: (as Reese's Aura level drops in the team display until her image is crossed out and she angrily slams her fist on the ground) Ooh, a double whammy! Reese Chloris is eliminated by ringout and Aura level!
Oobleck: Oh, she really should've worn a helmet!
Ross: All say, but let’s not forget Osamu Genji that he manages to beat his opponent as well.
Tony: Yep. I feel that he is going to the dentist tomorrow after that side kick to the mouth.
(Back in the fight, Raiden sees that the victory is in their favor as he sees that Team RWBY is at the same as them. So Raiden calls out a attack command)
Raiden: (calling out to his friends) DUAL DYNAMITE!!!
(Knowing what to do, Team RWBY & Team ROSE set their plan into motion. Weiss & Edgar created a large frozen slide-like shape on their corresponding areas, Blake & Genji got to their position as Yang & Sebastian blasts themselves forward and skims over the wall of ice, Yang catching Blake's pistol while Sebastian is catching Genjis durable black cloth as Ruby & Raiden jumps on a jumping pad towards the remaining corresponding teams. Pushing them to the impact point the three separate teams look horrified as Blake & Genji whips Yang & Sebastian towards them, launched away side by side)
Yang: (screaming) AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!
Sebastian: (screaming) WELCOME TO REMNANT!!! OH YEAH!!!
(They land a devastating punch (Yang with her right & Sebastian with his left) that sends the two trio’s flying into their elimination)
Port: And that's the end of the two matches! Team RWBY & Team ROSE are victorious!
Weiss: (looking around and sounding surprised) We... did it?
Edgar: (arrives towards Weiss in a rush) Yes, Weiss. We did it! WOOOOOOO!!! (he realize his exaggeration & fix his composure) I mean, we have one this bout. We are victorious.
(The scene pans out to show Raiden looking at them from a distance)
Raiden: (Thinking to himself) And we all did it as a team. No matter the restrictions or the rules… we have won the match without even assisting each other.
Ruby: (looking at her sister for confirmation, she smiles and leaps into the air, screaming) WE DID IIIIII- -...is anyone else starving? (suddenly hunched over)
Raiden: It looks like someone needs some food to calm down their stomach. Let’s go somewhere to eat, my treat.
(The scene changes to myriad of tents and small shops wreathed in colorful flags in a large forest clearing as people mill about to experience it all. Team RWBY & Team ROSE starts to follow Yang as she knows of a good place to eat, but Weiss suddenly stops as she hears a ringtone on her Scroll. Edgar looks back as he sees Weiss attending to her Scroll. Edgar looks at her expression of what she was looking & asks Raiden about it)
Edgar: Um… Raiden.
Raiden: Yes?
Edgar: I’m starting to feel worry about Weiss lately. Do you know what is causing it?
Raiden: If I knew that I would have told you about it.
Edgar: I know but…
Raiden: (he stops to talk to Edgar) Listen, you are doing a great job as Weiss’ protector, but don’t go to overboard about it. A woman needs her privacy sometimes you know.
Edgar: I guess…
Raiden: (puts his hand on his shoulder) You’re doing fine, just relax.
Edgar: (feels confidant) Ok.
Emerald: (offscreen, holding a red wallet filled with Lien) Hey! Might be hard to eat without this.
Ruby: (frantically patting around her outfit, panicking) No, no, no, no!
Emerald: (laughs) Good to see you, Ruby.
Ruby: (takes the wallet back from her "friend" and puts it away) Oh! Thanks, Emerald! Oh. Guess I dropped it. Girl pockets are the worst! (slouches as she says this)
Yang: What's up, Em?
Emerald: Just left the stadium after your amazing fight! You guys were awesome!
Ruby: (blushing and mumbling) Oh, shut your stupid little face...
Blake: (over Ruby's incoherent gushing) I heard your team progressed to the next round too.
Weiss: You know, I feel that we haven't seen your other teammates.
Blaze: (Offscreen) It’s because they are resting for the next fight.
Raiden: Huh?
(From out of nowhere Blaze shows up behind Emerald; still playing the role of his alter ego Tim)
Raiden: Oh, hey Tim.
Ruby: So you must be Tim. How you doing?
Blaze: I’m fine. Emerald & her team have managed to win in the first round without any problems.
Edgar: Really?
Blaze: Yep. They managed to beat the other team without breaking a sweat.
Ruby: That's great. Uh. Why don't we all go and get a victory food together?
Emerald: Oh, gosh, that's so nice of you, but my teammates are all kind of... (looking back at Mercury as he sniffs the inside of a boot, looking perplexed after he does so) ...introverted. Really socially awkward.
Yang: (nodding) Ooh, yeah, I could see that.
Blaze: Indeed, even these two are heading to the doubles round. In my case, Meta & I are going to the doubles round on the Junior Leagues.
Emerald: Yeah. What about you guys?
Ruby: (looking pretty proud of herself) Well, as the leader of this team, I thought long and hard about this decision.
Weiss: (popping in to remind her, straight-faced:) We put it to a vote.
Ruby: (nervously tries to backtrack) Yes, so, but I decided that we should put it to a vote.
Blake: We voted for Weiss and Yang.
Weiss: (curtsying) I will happily represent Team RWBY.
Yang: (pounding her fists together) Yeah, we're going to kick some butt!
Blaze: Ok then. It seems that Mercury & Emerald took too much of your time. (he along with Mercury & Emerald turns & walks away from them) Will chat later, bye.
Ruby: (waving her arm) Have fun!
Emerald: (cheerfully giving her own wave) See you later! (immediately drops the act as she walks with Mercury and looks disgusted)
Mercury: So, how are the new friends?
Blaze: (he talks back in his normal voice) No matter who befriend with our goal is our top priority, agreed?
Emerald: Agreed & besides… I hate them.
Blaze: More reason to stay focus. Come on… we have a match to attend.
(At one of the unassuming huts set up in the fairgrounds stringed with paper lanterns with a sign overhead saying A Simple Wok, Team RWBY & Team ROSE sits at the stools outside, ready to order)
Raiden: (ordering his food while holding the menu) I want to order some Ramen noodles, please. (a bowl of Ramen noodles slides in front of him)
Sebastian: I want a Burger, sir. (a plate with the Burger is place in front of him & feels exited to eat it)
Edgar: I want just a simple salad, please. (a bowl of salad slides in front of him. The boys looks surprise that Edgar eats salad)
Yang: I'll have a bowl of the regular, please. (a large bowl of noodles slides in front of her)
Ruby: (staring at Yang's meal) Oohhh... I'll take the same. (a large bowl of noodles slides in front of her, as she clasps her hands in excitement)
Weiss: (looking concerned) Do you have anything with a low-salt ...? (a large bowl of regular noodles instantly slides in front of her instead) Um... okay...
Raiden: (he notices Genji & Blake that they didn’t order yet) Um… say… you tow haven’t order yet. What do you like to eat?
(Instead of saying anything, Blake & Genji merely gives a nod and smile to the Shopkeep, who returns the gesture as he rushes through one door of his shop and comes out the other to leave a large bowl of noodles topped with fish in front of her & a plate of baby back ribs in front of him. Genji’s & Blake's eyes light up as they drool over their orders)
Edgar: Rib?
Sebastian: Baby back Ribs.
Edgar: Why?
Sebastian: I think I made him like it on the day before the dance when I use some ribs as bait to lure him to talk.
Raiden: Well if you guys got your orders? (he pulls out his credit card) I will pay for it. Here you go sir.
(While the shopkeeper goes through the transaction, Weiss looks strangely at her teammate, she gladly offers her Schnee Dust Company credit card to the Shopkeep)
Weiss: Consider it thanks for sending me to the doubles round. (her joy is ruined when the card is flung back at her, and the annoyed Shopkeep points to his register as it beeps "DECLINED") What?! How can my card be declined? I was barely into my monthly allowance!
Raiden: That’s odd. *munch* *munch* I remember you using it when you ask me to accompany you to the clothing store. I wonder was the cause? *munch* *munch*
(Looking around panicked, she attempts to slowly slide her bowl closer to herself before the Shopkeep disappears with her food, causing the poor girl to slump over in defeat)
Blake: Nooo!!
Pyrrha: Maybe I could help? (the girls of RWBY look up to see Team JNPR – Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, and Lie Ren – approach the stand)
Ruby: (flings her arms wide in delight) Pyrrha!
Yang: Aw, you don't have to ...
Blake: But she could!!!
Pyrrha: Well, I think you all earned it after that battle.
Jaune: Mind if we join you?
Raiden: Sure. The more the merrier.
(Later on, the bowls are empty & the plates are cleaned, and each student is either content with their meal or holding their stomachs sickly)
Ren: (to Pyrrha:) Are you sure it's wise to have eaten before a fight?
Pyrrha: (as the Shopkeep quickly gathers the bowls, the plates and vanishes) Of course! It will give us energy!
(Nora simply gives a hearty belch)
Jaune: (splaying himself over the counter, sickly saying:) If I barf, I'm blaming you.
Nora: Ooh! (grinning evilly) Aim at the enemy!
Ren: Nora, that's disgusting. But if you feel the urge ...
(Sebastian simply gives a powerful belch)
Edgar: Dude! That was disgusting!
Sebastian: Oh? Am I the villain now?
Genji: You just ate a burger & a soda; he ate it like a paper shredder.
Raiden: But at least he is well fed. He will need it for the doubles round in the Junior Leagues semi-finals.
Ruby: So, you think you guys are ready?
Nora: (gestures to each of her teammates) Of course! We've got a world-renowned fighter on our team, one's basically ninja, I can bench five of me, Jaune, we trained all year, our weapons are awesome, Glynda barely yells at us anymore, and uh... Jaune!
Ren: (to Jaune:) Are you gonna take that?
Jaune: She's not wrong.
Nora: I'm kidding, he knows I'm kidding. (begins talking quickly, the color slowly draining away as she gets more worried) Don't be so nervous! The worst that can happen is we lose, that is just a few more years of walking around school with everyone knowing we're failures, our friends will slowly abandon us to preserve their social status, we won't be able to show our faces in class, no one will sit with us in the cafeteria, Ren and I have no parents, we have no home left to go to, we'll be officially renamed Team Lose-iper! (her mad laughter turns into sobs as she slams her head on the counter)
Ren: (unperturbed) So, yeah, we're feeling pretty good.
Pyrrha: Don't fret. If anything, we should be looking forward to a fight with actual guidelines, and not, well, ...murderers.
Yang: Yeah, don't sweat it, we've all faced way worse before.
Raiden: Well the Grimm attack on the city was something, but we manage to prevail at the end.
Jaune: Yeah. If we haven’t stop them… we would have lost the fight.
Raiden: But at least my father’s military & the Atlas military arrived on time. But still…
Ruby: What is it?
Raiden: (everyone has their attention to Raiden) Before the day of the festival my dad went to talk to Axel. He went to interrogate him to gets some info on his actions & to what he said… troubles me.
Weiss: What troubles you?
Raiden: Well… he said—(he gets interrupted by Ports call)
Port: (crackling in over the intercom system:) Would Team JNPR & Team SOUL please report to the battlegrounds immediately!
Oobleck: (adding in to Port's order:) Yes! Like they were scheduled to, several minutes ago!
Pyrrha: Well, it looks like this is it.
Ruby: (to Team JNPR as they walk away, Nora still depressed and Jaune looking queasy) Go get 'em!
Edgar: Did he say Team SOUL?
Raiden: I heard that. It looks like Miller & the others are heading to the arena. No wonder they didn’t show up with Jane & the others.
Sebastian: (suggest) We should watch their match.
Genji: I agree. At least we can see their match for a change until our turn come up.
Raiden: Yeah. Let’s go!
(Team RWBY & Team ROSE enters the Coliseum through one of its tunnels and head to their seats as Emerald and Mercury are seen walking behind them to do the same. Down in the field below, the scorched ground and cold plains are no more, and only a layer of white mechanics is left, with a central stage on which the teams will be gathered)
Mercury: (having found his seat with Emerald and munching on a large tub of popcorn) I wonder who's gonna win.
Emerald: Tch. As if we didn't already know.
Cinder: (walking up behind them, showing off her new outfit of jeans, an orange jacket, and sarashi bandages over her chest as she takes an unpopped kernel from Mercury's bucket) Oh, come now. Even if you know how the story ends, that doesn't make it any less fun to watch. (her eyes glow with her fingertips and the kernel finally pops, which she enjoys while sitting down as Mercury and Emerald share a devious smirk)
Blaze: (offscreen) I see you guys are seated? (appears next to them, showing off his new outfit of worn out jeans, a brown jacket, bandages that covers his upper body & arms, and brown leather long gloves as he his carrying a bucket of unpopped kernel & sits next to Cinder) We all know what’s in stake here & we need to be ready for it when the time comes.
Mercury: (curious) Um… Blaze; what’s with the bucket full of kernel? (Blaze stuffs his hand inside it & his eyes glow. Inside of the bucket began to glow as well & the kernels finally pop simultaneously) Oh… I rest my case. (returns to look at the arena)
Raiden: None the less… it’s not that bad to kick back, relax & enjoy the show. (he begins eating his popcorn as he enjoys the match. Cinder grabs some of his; he doesn’t seems to mind)
Port: (announcing over the cheering crowds) Team JNPR of Beacon versus Team BRNZ of Shade!
Ross: (announcing over the cheering crowds) And on the Junior League side: Team SOUL of Beacon versus Team BNZA of Haven!
(The arena divides by a red line to separate the combatants. As each team readies their poses, a circle of holographic roulettes start spinning frantically through various symbols and colors before finally landing on a green pine tree and gray thunderstruck mountain. With these random selections, half of the field opens to reveal a tree-filled forest, while the other raises a small rocky outcropping to fill in the circle)
Port: Three, two, one, begin!
(As the start of the match, each team leaps forward at the other, ready to begin fighting just as the scene cuts to black and the third volume in this arc has begun)
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