A Very Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 13: Round One

Reese Chloris of team ABRN steers her board through the ice that Weiss made the floor into. She then launches towards Blake, who knocks it away, only for Reese to direct it back at her opponent. Blake blocks it again, but the board rotates back to its wielder just in time to defend Reese as Blake delivers several slashes and kicks. Reese deflects each attack and spins her weapon around until she can flip away and ride it again, rushing towards a smirking Blake. She collides with the frozen shadow clone, and Blake uses his opportunity to slice the board in two, only for the halves to become dual katars that in turn fold up into bayonet-bladed revolvers. Reese manages to fire off a few green rounds before her tailbone collides painfully on the cold ground. Blake winces with sympathy.

Blake: Ouch.

Meanwhile, Yang lands mere feet away from Arslan Atlans from team ABRN as well, who backs away before being pounded by a flurry of punches and kicks until she delivers her own hits, ending with the two smashing fists and creating a shockwave of force from the impact. Yang and Arslan are both thrown back, but Yang reaches her and tries delivering more blows before Arslan uses her rope dart to tangle up Yang and land a kick of her own to send Yang skidding on the ground.

Yang: Dammit!

(Y/N): *on comns* Calm down. Don't let your anger get the advantage of your actions.

Yang: Yeah, I know. You know this is cheating right?

(Y/N): *on comns* It's not cheating if you don't get caught.

Yang: Fair enough.

Arslan: Hey, who are you talking to?

Yang: No one.

Arslan: You must be going crazy blondie.

While Yang tries to get her balance back on the slippery surface, Arslan rushes forward and knocks her back even further. Nearby, Nadir Shiko of team ABRN tries aiming with his assault rifle at Yang before a sudden burst of frosty blue explodes behind him and leaves the whimpering him in a block of ice up to his thighs.

Ruby: Got your back!

Bolin: But who's got yours?

Ruby looks up behind her as Bolin twirls his staff, right when a black snowflake glyph appears to his left and Weiss kicks him through it into a rock.

Ruby: My BFF!

Weiss: No.

Ruby: Yes.

(Y/N): *on comns* Ruby, remember to keep your guard up, got it?

Ruby: Got it!

Bolin crouches with his weapon as he sees a white glyph appear in front of him. A second later, Weiss dashes by and slashes at him, then leaps up and attempts an aerial attack, which he's able to block. She readies her sword while preparing a glyph behind her, and Ruby uses it to launch herself straight up and come down spinning on Bolin, who manages to block Crescent Rose. Ruby blasts herself away to Weiss' side, and Bolin rushes at them, rolling away from the shards of ice that rain on him and jumping over Ruby's swing as he continues running.

Ruby: Whaaat!?

Bolin manages to reach an orange dust deposit and slice off a shard, which he throws to Reese over in the other side of the stadium. With dust in hand, Reese fuses it with her board, turning the blue lights to a crimson shade. She winks at Blake, then uses the board's heat to free Nadir from his icy snare. She comes back to Blake and slams her board into onto Gambol Shroud, but propels herself backwards and knocks Blake through a frozen pillar.

(Y/N): *comns* Blake, you alright?

Blake: Yeah, I'm fine!

Reese attempts to use her board to slam Blake into the ground, but when she dodges that, she spins around in a flaming circle that Blake narrowly misses thanks to her shadows. Blake launches the pistol part of Gambol Shroud at a nearby glacier and launches herself behind it, as Reese follows her and sees Blake with her back turned to her under an arch. Reese grins before riding in to deliver a flaming spiral at the shadow clone, only to see the ribbon Blake is launching to trap her opponent a moment too late. She pulls tightly and causes Reese to slam body first into the string, only to use a final kick to knock her out of the stage. Reese crashes into the wall of the stands before landing on the ground, defeated.