*Amity Collosseum, above Atlas, Remnant; August 6, 2018*

"And welcome, ladies and gentlemen from across the multiverse to the 41st Vytal Festival hosted by the kingdom of Atlas! Today marks the first day of the Tournament! Combatants come from across Remnant and even from schools in other universes to compete for this event! The first and second days are dedicated to the Team Competitions! The winners of the teams competitions will select two members and move on to the Doubles bracket! Our first competitors of the day are Team RWBY of Vale, and Team VRDN from Earth!" The announcer yells with an essence of a WWE announcer's enthusiasm.

Ruby Rose of Team RWBY waved to the audience, along with her teammates, as both competitors walked onto the arena.

"This is an especially interesting match since both teams include survivors of the Provinence Incident of 2016!" Another announcer added.

"Not just survivors, but leaders, in fact! That is, save one member of Team VRDN!" The first announcer clarified

Ruby definitely recognized Vanoss, Nogla, and H2O Delirious' GTA avatars from two years ago, but didn't remember the lanky young man with dark brown, almost orange, hair and narrow red eyes.

"Let's see... Russet Autumn, he's actually a Huntsman-in-training who didn't get a team until these guys showed up.. He might actually be the most experienced hunter of the team..!"

Russet smirked at the others, after which they unsheathed their weapons as the arena began changing.

The arena seemed to shift into a half-urban, half swamp setting, complete with destroyed buildings on one side, with low trees and mud-stained earth on the other.

The teams suddenly heard a loud buzz indicating the countdown.

3...

2...

1...

"BEGIN!"

Ruby swept out towards a dilapidated building on the left side, using Crescent Rose's sniper to help her get on top of the building to act as cover fire while her teammates battled below until she could scope out a strategy.

In a surprise move, Vanoss fired a grappling hook at the street light above her, swinging onto the same rooftop as her.

"'Eyy, Ruby! What's goin' on?!" Vanoss waved.

"Hi, Evan!" Ruby waved before hitting Vanoss in the face with the blunt end of the scythe blade.

"Ow!" Vanoss winced, thinking of a plan.

"Hey, is that a shark eating a cheeseburger?" Vanoss asked, pointing directly behind Ruby.

"A what-now?" Ruby turned directly behind her.

"SURPRISE, MOTHERF**KER!" Vanoss had yelled, who was now slamming his Ragnarok DG-4 into the building, causing Ruby to levitate above the rooftop as Vanoss roundhouse kicked her 20 feet to the dusty ground.

"...And a clever move by Vanoss of Team VRDN!" the announcer yelled as Ruby pulled herself up.

"Glad I thought of that, Mr. Announcer man!" Vanoss smirked as Ruby leapt up again, kicking Vanoss directly in the face. As Vanoss was nearing the ground, Yang threw him 10 feet into the air and falcon-punched Vanoss into Delirious.

"Get off me, dumbass!" Delirious yelled as the two struggled to stand up.

"Not my fault, bitch!" Vanoss retorted, unsheathing a machete.

Russet, who had been fighting with his bare hands up to this point, pulled out a stylized glaive and spun it around, using the handle to redirect Blake's attack and the blade to disarm Weiss, leaving Nogla to grab it.

Once Nogla grabbed Myrtenaster, he planted the blade into the ground, fire spewing from the ground in a 20 foot diameter, forcing Ruby to evade the flames with Vanoss latched onto her back.

Ruby backed Vanoss into the wall of another dilapidated building, giving him a swift kick in the groin, and using the scythe's curved blade to fling Vanoss out of the ring, and face-first into the protective barrier between them and the audience.

"And, in a well-excecuted attack, Vanoss is out!" An announcer yelled as Ruby sped to help Weiss fend off Delirious.

Delirious hacked away at Weiss using an axe, and all Weiss could do at that point was dodge.

Suddenly, Ruby shot Delirious in the head, leaving his body to skid almost to the edge of the arena.

"Ow... Thank Destoyer for this Aura shit, otherwise I'd be dead..!" Delirious chuckled as he staggered up, only to be met by Weiss, who had her rapier back and wasn't too happy with Delirious at that moment.

Delirious let out a scream and held the axe in front of him. Weiss quickly leaped to avoid the axe head, only for the masked avatar to swing the weapon upwards, directly into Weiss.

Weiss held the spot Delirious had hit as she tiptoed to avoid falling backwards out of the ring, Delirious figured he saw his chance and swung the axe in a massive arc, causing Weiss to leap behind him and summon a glyph between her and Delirious.

Delirious swung his axe high as he charged directly into the glyph, only to be blown backwards out of the arena.

"And H2O Delirious is OUT!"

"W-What the f**k?!" Delirious gaped as Vanoss laughed across the arena.

Blake and Russet were engaged in an evenly-matched duel up to this point, and with two of Vanoss' teammates out, Ruby was quick to join their clash.

Russet caught the glaive's blade into Ruby's, and using his strength, flung her into Blake, leaving both stunned so Russet could kick Ruby hard enough to lower her Aura to about 65%. Russet swung the blade sharply upwards, causing Ruby to fly into the air as Russet folded the glaive's blade back, revealing the barrel of a cannon.

Russet fired the weapon's cannon directly into Ruby, who was blown completely out of the ring.

"And Ruby is out in a clever move by Russet!"

Yang was quick to avenge Ruby, hitting him hard enough in the back to blow his Aura down to 15%.

Nogla latched onto Yang's back and pulled her away from Weiss and Blake.

"Gaah..! How much do you weigh?!" Yang yelled.

"F**k you!!" Nogla indignantly yelled back.

Weiss stabbed at Russet, forcing him to leap onto Myrtenaster and do a backflip, kicking Weiss in the chin as he did, slamming the 'ice queen' in the stomach with the handle of his glaive, and swung the end of the handle hard in her side, dropping her aura to around 78%

Blake attacked Russet again, using the dust ammunition in her weapon, she created an explosive clone of herself moments before Russet could even strike her. The copy exploded, blowing Russet into the mud and barely able to stand. Yang's prior attack left him vulnerable, and the explosion managed to completely incapacitate him.

"Russet Autumn is out due to Aura Depletion!" The announcer yelled.

Nogla pulled Yang towards the edge of the ring before launching off her back and onto the floor, with Yang a hair away from a ring-out.

Nogla struggled to get up, and was eventually surrounded by the three remaining huntresses.

"...I'm f**ked now, aren't I?" Nogla groaned.

"Right in the down-under." Yang smirked.

"But I'm not Australi-AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"

Punctuating her retort with a ridiculously hard punch in the face that blew him out of the ring. The effect the punch had looked somewhat unusual, with a minor hint of a spark.

"AND DAITHI DE NOGLA IS OUT OF THE RING!!! TEAM RWBY IS VICTORIOUS!!" The announcer yelled, causing some to cover their ears due to the sheer volume.

Ruby instantly ran to hug her sister.

"Sis, that was AWESOME!!" Ruby cheered.

"Ahem..?" Weiss coughed.

"R-Right.. Good job, everyone..!" Ruby meekly smiled at the other two girls.

"Hey..Good job, guys..! Especially Weiss, you really f**ked Delirious' shit up.." Vanoss congratulated.

"F**k off, you little bird bitch!" Delirious yelled.

"Wait, where's Nogla and your other teammate?" Blake asked.

Russet was in the background, carrying Nogla on his back.

"Not bad, Daithi, not bad.. But we are out though.." Russet reassured the injured GTA avatar.

"W-We were mowin' troom.. Gweeey.." He muttered.

"Yeah...no." Russet rolled his eyes.

"It was nice seeing you guys again!" Yang waved.

"You too... Let's hang out sometime after this.." Vanoss tiredly waved as his team walked out of the arena defeated.

"Alright, I think we should be heading back now." Yang said.

"Sounds good!" Ruby smiled.

The four huntresses-in-training walked out of the arena as it reset into it's normal state. Once they got inside the hallways of the arena, they were met by Princess Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Pinkie, who had quickly formed Team TRAP.

"Hi, guys!" Twilight greeted.

"Oh, hey Twi!" Yang waved, happy to see her other friends again.

"Applejack? You're looking much better after I last saw you!" Ruby smiled.

"Thanks.. It was tough for the first couple months after the war, but I bounced back!" Applejack sighed, looking towards the small exo-skeleton that was needed to move her hind legs.

"You as well, Rainbow. How's your wing?" Weiss asked.

"I'm just happy to be flying with the Wonderbolts!" Rainbow raised her prosthetic wing.

"And what about you, Pinkie?" Yang asked.

"I've had worse landings before Gamma threw me, you know!" Pinkie smiled.

"How are you even alive?" Blake gaped.

"Plot armor." She answered, glaring directly at Destoyer.

"So, when's your match?" Ruby asked.

"It's the second-to-last one. I'm sure we can handle it!" Rainbow confidently postured.

"Wait, who's next again..?" Ruby wondered again.

"Well, us and Team RPID." A voice answered to their right.

Ruby looked right and smiled brightly.

"Lime?!" Ruby looked at another team, running over to hug Lime.

"Who are they?" Pinkie asked.

"They're my friends from Signal before I was transferred to Beacon! This is Lime, Robin, and Carmine!" Ruby answered, pointing to a young, husky man wearing a lime-colored tunic, a light-blue haired girl wearing a form of tunic/dress combination, and another man wearing a dark red jacket with sharp features.

"Heya!" Lime nodded in greeting.

"How are you?" Robin smiled brightly.

"Hi.." Carmine replied, seeming rather aloof.

"Everyone, this is my sister, Weiss, Blake, and.." Ruby began introducing the other group.

"Cool it, Ruby. We already know who they are. It's about that whole 'multiverse' incident." Carmine dismissively waved.

"Okay, then.. Who's your other teammate?" Yang asked, pointing to a young, armored man with a purplish-red shawl and somewhat spiky, bright purple hair .

"Oh, him? That's just Tyrian. He doesn't talk much.." Lime introduced.

Tyrian walked up to the group with a very subtle hint of confidence, stood in front of Ruby hand outstretched. Ruby eagerly shook Tyrian's hand as he nodded his greetings.

"Hi, you must be Ruby." Tyrian slightly smiled.

"H-How do you know my na-." Ruby began to ask.

"The others were so eager to see you again, they couldn't stop talking. I'm antisocial, not deaf." He replied.

"O-Okay.." Ruby smiled anxiously.

"You like these guys, Tyrian?" Yang wondered.

"Eh.. They're not bad, but they're really kinda... Talkative. I'm used to it." Tyrian answered

"Wow, haven't heard T talk this much in a while." Robin commented.

"Fun fact, Tyrian actually fought in this whole 'Blood Red Night' thing you guys were in. Did you meet him at all then?" Lime asked.

"I don't think so.." Twilight replied.

"Anyways, we should probably get ready for the fight. See you later some time?" Robin asked.

"Sure! See you guys!" Ruby waved.

"Let's move, LRTC!" Lime ordered as the four first-years walked towards the arena for their fight.

"You guys are popular!" Applejack noticed.

"Yeah.. I guess." Blake sheepishly figured.

"So, we have a little while, at least.. Want to hang out with Vanoss and the others?" Yang asked.

"I heard they have some fun stuff at the festival, we could meet there!" Pinkie smiled.

"Alright! Let's go!" Ruby eagerly followed Twilight and the others to the exit.

Only Tyrian remained, having watched them from around a corner.

"Come on, T! You fighting or what?!" Carmine yelled.

Tyrian promptly stood up and followed Carmine to the arena for their battle.

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An armored man walked inside the dark room, met by three other figures.

"Sorry to keep you guys waiting, I was out looking for that bastard, Emphas." The armored man grumbled.

The middle figure stood up, one eye glowing an ominous orange color.

"Don't worry, you and I both will have a chance to settle our score with young Alex. Soon. But first, we need to send the people of Atlas a... message." The figure glared confidently.

"Of course... Cinder."

Author's Notes:

*Cue Dragonball Z announcer*

Already the plot is beginning to thicken!
Who will be the next team to be eliminated in the tournament, and what is Cinder's plan?
Find out on the next episode of Blood Red Shadows 2!!

-The Destoyer