I'm back!

So... After watching Volume 4, I learned that one of the big bad Elite 4 villains' name was Hazel... The same name as one of my OCs... Now, I NEED your input on this. Do you want my Hazel to be somewhat connected with their Hazel, or just make a few jokes with this odd coincidence?

Also, the picture above is the other members of Team SHDW's weapons. Did my best to capture what they look like.

But now, on with the chapter!
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Skyler Yin skidded backwards across the ground of the battlefield, before he stopped, grinning. He was honestly having a bit of fun with this battle, maybe a bit too much. Oh man, was he turning into his girlfriend?

Skyler gripped onto his sword tighter, facing his opponent, a gray haired opponent wielding the strange combination of a buster sword and spiked hammer, the leader of the opposing team.

Oh, I should probably mentioned what's currently happening. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Vytal Festival Tournament. This first round is the second fight shown in the tournament, this fight featuring Team SHDW (Shadow) of Beacon and Team ASTC (Astric) of Atlas.

The first fight had featured Team RWBY (Ruby) of Beacon and Team ABRN (Auburn) of Haven. Skyler and his team had watched Team RWBY's spectacular match, in awe of how far their friends (and girlfriend for Skyler) had come since the beginning, especially young Ruby Rose. But back to the match.

Skyler was currently facing off against ASTC's leader, Austin Tang. The guy was well built and his expression showed that he was becoming a bit arrogant. Skyler could use that as an advantage. He quickly monitored what his teammates were up to.

His partner, Hazel Tikal, was handling Selena Rustin, who had long brunette hair with an odd mix of purple stripes, and wielded twin scimitars with linings for Dust. Hazel seemed to be doing smoothly against Selena, though it was becoming difficult to keep up due to the different ranges the girls' weapons had.

Skyler's best friend, Dante Williams, was currently having a shoot-off with Tracy Smith, who had short black hair, and wielded dual pistols/knives. The two fighters seemed about equal in accuracy, but Dante's crossbow packed a bit more power to it than that of Tracy's pistols. Dante had the clear advantage against his male opponent.

That left the last team member, Walker Elliot, who was facing off against Caitlin Allen, herself wielding what appeared to be a cross between Walker's sword and Skyler's katana, seeing that it was double bladed, but the handle opened up at the bottom for Dust. But instead of wielding fire, like Skyler's, her weapon was currently specialized in ice. Walker seemed to be getting a disadvantage, due to that Ice Dust.

(A/N: If you watch the Flash show and know the ships in it, I really hope you get that last OC I made.)

But back to Skyler's fight. Austin charged him, beginning to swing his blade. Skyler smirked, leaning a bit to the right and raising his sword. The two swords skidded across one another, sparks flying. As soon as Skyler's blade hit the hilt of Austin's, Skyler pulled the trigger.

There was a burst of flames, knocking Austin back and on his butt. He shook his head, trying to get back to his senses. But as Austin's vision cleared, he saw Skyler's foot just before it impacted his face. Austin's Aura went into the red, knocking him out of the match.

Skyler caught his breath and turned back to the others. Dante had finished off Tracy and was rushing to help out Hazel with Selena. Skyler grinned for a second at that, but turned and ran towards Walker, who was losing ground against Caitlin.

The female jumped and swung her sword down at Walker. But then Skyler arrived, blocking the blow with his own sword, setting off an explosion of fire and ice. Caitlin landed on her feet, skidding back. When she looked up, she saw Walker's sword in whip form wrap around her waist. With that, Walker swung her around until the whip unraveled and Caitlin was sent flying...

...Right into Selena, who had also been pushed back by Hazel and Dante. The two remaining members of ASTC collided, stumbling a bit. SHDW regrouped and Walker turned to Skyler.

"Flame Tornado?" he asked.

Skyler grinned, "My pleasure."

Skyler switched his weapon back into gun mode and aimed while Walker raised his hands and activated his Semblance. A large burst of air came out of Walker's hands like a tornado as Skyler pulled the trigger. The fire and air swirled together, just as the combo attack's name would suggest.

(A/N: Yes, Walker is basically an airbender.)

Needless to say, Selena and Caitlin were pretty screwed. Next thing SHDW knew, the buzzer went off, signaling ASTC's defeat.

Another thing that's needless to say: There were high fives and fist bumps all around.
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A few minutes later, the team was chowing down at a vender in the courtyard, slurping on noodles. But it also wasn't long before they were interrupted, though that wasn't necessarily a bad thing considering.

"Skyler!!"

Next thing SHDW's leader knew, his girlfriend, Yang Xiao Long, tackled him in a hug. Nearly knocked him off his seat, in fact.

"Hey!" Skyler laughed, surprised, but not complaining, "How are you girls doing?"

"We're doing quite nice," Weiss Schnee answered.

"We just wanted to congratulate you guys on your victory," Blake Belladonna added.

"And we're also starving!" Ruby exclaimed, "Can we join you guys?"

"I don't see why not," Dante smiled.

Yang sat down and ordered, "I'll have a bowl of the regular, please."

Yang was passed a bowl of noodles, and Ruby stared at it, "Oohhh... I'll take the same."

Weiss looked concerned as she ordered, "Do you have anything with a low-salt-?"

She was passed a bowl of noodles, "Um... okay..."

Instead of saying anything, Blake merely gave a nod and smile to the Shopkeep, who returned the gesture as he rushed through one door of his shop and came out the other to leave a large bowl of noodles topped with fish in front of her. Blake's eyes lit up as she drooled over her order. While Weiss looked strangely at her teammate, she gladly offered her credit card to the Shopkeep.

"Aw, Weiss!" Yang said appreciatively, "What's the occasion?"

"Consider it thanks for sending me to the doubles round," Weiss smirked, but her joy was ruined when the card was flung back at her, and the annoyed Shopkeep pointed to his register as it beeps 'DECLINED', "What?! How can my card be declined? I was barely into my monthly allowance!"

"I don't know," Hazel said, "When was your last shopping trip?"

"Seriously?" Weiss glared.

"Sorry," Hazel grinned, "You make this too easy!"

As the two girls argued, Blake looked around panicked, and she attempted to slowly slide her bowl closer to herself before the Shopkeep disappeared with her food, causing the poor girl to slump over in defeat, "Nooo!!"

But a new voice said, "Maybe I could help?"

Everyone looked up to see Team JNPR, consisting of Jaune Arc, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie, and Lie Ren, approach the stand.

Ruby flung her arms wide in delight, "Pyrrha!"

"Aw, you don't have to..." Yang replied.

"But she could!!" Blake spazzed.

"Looks like P-Money's living up to her name!" Skyler grinned.

Pyrrha laughed a bit, "Well, I think you all earned it after that battle."

"Mind if we join you?" Jaune asked.

Later on, the bowls were empty, and each student was either content with their meal or holding their stomachs sickly.

"Are you sure it's wise to have eaten before a fight?" Ren asked.

"Of course!" Pyrrha said as the Shopkeep quickly gathers the bowls and vanishes, "It will give us energy!"

Nora simply gave a hearty belch. Jaune then groaned, splaying himself over the counter.

"If I barf, I'm blaming you," Jaune said sickly.

"Ooh!" Nora grinned evilly, "Aim at the enemy!"

"Nora, that's disgusting," Ren scolded, "But if you feel the urge..."

Jaune gave a weak thumbs-up, "Got it."

Pyrrha stood up from her stool, "Well, we should be off."

"So," Walker asked, "You think you guys are ready?"

"Of course!" Nora said, gesturing to each of her teammates, "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 turned to Jaune, "Are you gonna take that?"

Jaune shook his head, "She's not wrong."

"Come on dude," Dante said, "Give yourself some credit."

"I'm kidding!" Nora said, "He knows I'm kidding."

As Nora began talking quickly, the color on her face slowly drained away as she got 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 turned into sobs as she slammed her head on the counter.

Ren looked unperturbed, "So, yeah... We're feeling pretty good."

Pyrrha put her hands on Jaune and Nora's shoulders, "Don't fret. If anything, we should be looking forward to a fight with actual guidelines, and not, well... murderers."

"Yeah, don't sweat it," Yang assured, "We've all faced way worse before.

"Let's see," Blake counted off the threats on her fingers, "Grimm invasions, violent extremists, a destructive sociopath..."

"And that's all while were still in training!" Ruby got excited, "Oh, imagine what it would be like to graduate!"

"Yeah," Hazel agreed, "We're gonna be even more awesome!"

Weiss sarcastically mumbled to herself, "Maybe then I'll be able to pay for a meal."

Suddenly, the intercom system began crackling.

Port: Would Team JNPR please report to the battlegrounds immediately?

Oobleck: Yes! Like they were scheduled to, several minutes ago!

"Well, it looks like this is it," Pyrrha nodded.

Team JNPR walked away, Nora still depressed and Jaune looking queasy.

"Good luck!" Skyler called out.

"Go get 'em!" Ruby cheered.
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Since next chapter in the real show barely showed anything other than Team JNPR and Team SSSN's fights, I won't be including those fights, and focus on off-screen occurrences. That's right, another original chapter. But I think it's about time to include some of my friend's, H20FLAME's, characters. Till next time guys!