Metal Fox in my Discord made a meme, so I will post it here. Now enjoy it!

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  Byzan sits in the library at a computer as he stares at the screen, small bags under his yes as he rubs them. Then Wolf's voice pys in his head.

  ""I will only say this once, Roman and his gang are pnning something big with Beacon and all of Vale. What it is, I don't know, I don't work for Adam I work for Leader Sienna. So I recommend you leave Beacon by the end of the year, and head to Vacuo. I have someone there that will help you get settled in."

  Byzan sighs and puts a hand through his hair. "I have no idea what to do now."

  On the screen are several prices for tickets to Vacuo. He then exits out of everything and his scroll suddenly vibrates. Byzan hums in question and sees he has a message from someone called "Mint"

  Byzan growls in anger and opens the message and gnces it over, before smming his scroll on the table in anger. He then rubs his face and sighs in annoyance.

  "Fuck, fuck, fuck..." Byzan mutters then looks at a nearby clock. "Better get to Combat Css, don't need the Purple Witch to get angry at me."

  Fifteen minutes ter Byzan is in a spar with Pyrrha.

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  Byzan flies past Pyrrha as she swings her spear at him. Byzan spins around and tries to ssh at the Spartan, but she kicks his bde up and thrusts her shield forward.

  Byzan leans back as the shield nearly hits his nose. He then kicks Pyrrha's shield out of her hands as he flips back. Pyrrha looks at Byzan as he readies he katana, then she gnces at her shield which nds a couple meters away from her.

  Byzan smirks and shoots forward swings his weapons at Pyrrha, but she rolls to the side and slides for her shield. She swiftly grabs it and lifts it up as Byzan brings his katana down onto her.

  Pyrrha bashes Byzan away and stabs at him, only for it to be released that it was a clone. The real Byzan appears behind her and swings his katana. Pyrrha turns around and blocks the attack with her spear and extends it, trying to hit him in the face, but he tilts his head to the side.

  The two smile at each other, only for Byzan to change his katana into a gun, with the barrel pointed right at Pyrrha's face. She twists her spear and forces Byzan to fire at the ground and the two unch each other away.

  Pyrrha spins her spear around and changes it in gun form and fires several rounds. Byzan elegantly parries each round and a clone appears beside him an throws him up into the air.

  Byzan brings his katana down onto Pyrrha as she brings up her shield and swings her spear to the side and blocks an attack from Clone Byzan.

  Byzan chuckles and pushes Pyrrha back and swiftly loads a red tipped round into his flintlock, before he changes it back into sword form.

  Clone Byzan disappears as Pyrrha charges at the cat faunus. Byzan parries an attack from her spear and twists his sword enough to also block a thrust from her shield.

  Clone Byzan then appears behind Pyrrha and swings a sword at her, but she rolls forward which surprised Byzan, only for him to get hit in the but by Pyrrha's spear, throwing him back.

  "Aww, crap." Clone Byzan mutters as he gets shot in the head and poofs away.

  Byzan stabs his sword into the ground and stops himself. He coughs a couple times as his aura covers him for several seconds. Byzan then ducks down as a spear flies over head and he rolls to the side a Pyrrha tries to kick him.

  Pyrrha swipes her spear out of the ground and blocks a couple attacks from Byzan and his clone. Byzan slides back and spins his katana around as it goes into Flintlock mode and he fires at the Sparetan.

  Pyrrha hold up her spear as the round strikes it and explodes. Pyrrha falls onto her back as her shield flies out of the fighting arena.

  Pyrrha gnces at Byzan in surprise, who gives her a cheeky smile. Pyrrha chuckles as she flips herself up, grabbing her spear and unching herself at Byzan.

  Byzan ducks under an attack and blocks several before being pushed back. Byzan then ducks down as his clone flies over head, swinging his katana at Pyrrha.

  Pyrrha deflects the clones attack, and the real Byzan swings his weapons at her, only for him to barely miss. Pyrrha extends her spear, stabbing the clone in the chest, making him disappears, and twirls her spear around, blocking several attacks from Byzan.

  Pyrrha then hits Byzan in the leg, making him slightly stumble, before hitting him in the chest and unching him back. Byzan nds on his side as he chuckles and grabs a white tipped round from his bandoleer on his thigh and loads it.

  The cat then rolls to the side as Pyrrha stabs her spear into the ground. He unches himself at her and swings his sword, only for it to barely miss again, but he swiftly drops it into his other hand and brings it up and blocks a heavy attack from Pyrrha.

  He then pushes her away and aims his flintlock at her, which she swiftly brings up her spear, but he swiftly aims at her feet and fires. Pyrrha gasps in surprise as when the round hits the ground it creates a rge smoke cloud around her.

  Pyrrha, with her spear at the ready, looks around, spotting Byzan and his clone running around within the cloud. She thrusts her spear to the side but misses her target. She ducks down as a Byzan flies over head and swings his katana at her, only to miss.

  Then the Byzan disappears back into the smoke cloud. Another Byzan appears and strikes at her, but she blocks it and he jumps back into the smoke. She then swiftly brings her spear behind her and blocks another attack, and tries to stab at the Byzan, but he disappears into the smoke.

  Then suddenly both Byzan and his clone jump at her from both sides. Pyrrha looks at both and notices that the one on her right has a bck like smoke around the katana.

  Pyrrha swiftly shoots the Byzan on her left and he disappears in a cloud of purple smoke, then swings the butt of her spear into the real Byzan's gut, sending him flying.

  Byzan sms onto the ground and groans in pain as the smoke clears around her.

  The lights turn on and Glynda walks on stage.

  "And that's the match." Glynda states and smiles at Pyrrha. "Well, done, Miss Nikos. You should have no problem qualifying for the tournament."

  Pyrrha smiles. "Thank you, Professor."

  Pyrra walks past Glynda and stands over Byzan. "Good match, Byzz." She holds a hand out.

  Byzan smirks and grabs her hand, and she lifts him up onto his feet. "Thanks, Spartan, I honestly want a rematch after the Vytal Festival."

  Pyrrha smirks and nods. "Think you can beat me then?"

  "Of course, cause I pn on beating you during the Tournament, and I ain't pying fair."

  Pyrrha chuckles as she walks off and picks up her shield.

  Glynda taps at her scroll as Byzan walks past her and into the stands. "Well done, Mr. Beldonna, I do think you'll also do very well in the tournament."

  Byzan nods as he slightly limps up to his team, he gnces to his side and sees Emerald smirking at him. Byzan scowls as he sits down next to Maize, who asks if he's okay and he just nods.

  "Alright, now." Glynda speaks to the css. "I know that's a tough act to follow, but we have time for one more sparring match." She looks around at the observing students. "Any volunteers? Ms. Beldonna?" Bke sms her books shut and stares wide-eyed at Glynda. "You've been rather docile for the past few csses. Why don't you-"

  Mercury raises his hand. "I'll do it."

  "Mercury is it? very well, let's find you an opponent."

  "Actually, I wanna fight... her."

  Mercury points to Pyrrha. Byzan grits is teeth as he gives a side gre at Mercury.

  "Me?" Pyrrha asks in confusion.

  Glynda shakes her head. "I'm afraid Miss Nikos has just finished the match. I recommend you choose another partner."

  "No, it's fine! I'd be happy to oblige."

  Mercury stands up and heads down into the arena. As he passes Byzan he gives him a wink, while the cat just gres at him.

  Mercury struts into the arena, visibly sizing up Pyrrha. Their spar begins when he makes the first attack and is knocked down. Recovering quickly, he deflects an attack and begins trading blows with Pyrrha until she knocks him back with her shield.

  "Wow, he's kinda keeping up." Rose mutters.

  "He gives me a weird vibe." Ambré states.

  "He and his team are weird." Maize comments.

  Mercury unleashes a series of powerful strikes. Pyrrha allows his kick to sm against her forearm before Mercury manages to disarm her, a kick impaling her bde into the ground.

  Pyrrha uses her Sembnce to redirect the direction of Mercury's next kick. As she charges him with her shield, he shoots off of it and turns his back to her. Pyrrha tires to rush him again.

  "I forfeit." Mercury nonchantly says.

  Pyrrha almost stumbles as she stops beside him.

  "You... don't even want to try?" Pyrrha asks Mercury.

  Mercury shrugs. "What's the point? You're a world-renowned fighter. We're obviously leagues apart."

  "In that case..." Glynda speaks up. "Pyrrha Nikos is the victor of the match... again."

  Emerald smirks, Mercury sneers smugly. Pyrrha has an annoyed and disappointed look on her face, and pces her left hand on her hip. The Aura dispys for Pyrrha and Mercury are shown as Mercury's is changed from green to red indicating his loss.

  Glynda then turns to Mercury. "Next time, you may want to think a little harder before choosing an opponent."

  "I'll be sure to do that." Mercury rolls his eyes.

  An arm sounds which makes Byzan cringes a little as he slightly covers his ears before rubbing his tried eyes.

  "This is all for today." Glynda calls out to everyone. "And remember, the dance is this weekend. But you all have your first mission on Monday. I will not accept any excuses."

  As everyone leaves Byzan gres at Mercury and Emerald. Emerald just winks at Byzan, before tapping her wrist, signaling he's running out of time. He sneers at them before following after his team.

  Team AMBR heads off towards their next css.

  Rose steps up next to Byzan. "So, Byzz, do you have anyone your going to the dance with?"

  Byzan shakes his head. "I've had many, many, many people ask, but I rejected them all."

  "Why?" Maize questions.

  "Eh, If I'm going to a dance, I'd rather go with someone I know. I know we're in charge of the music and all, but I think I'll only stay for that." Byzan lets out a small yawn. "These past couple weeks have been kinda tiring, and I kinda want to catch up on some sleep before the mission. So I might only show up for our songs, then head to bed."

  "So..." Rose nervously shifts. "If someone you know, were to ask you to the dance, would you stay the whole time?"

  Byzan shrugs. "Probably, but still, I'm pretty tried."

  Rose smiles as she has a slight skip in her step. Maize gnces at Byzan with a smile.

  "Well, we better not sck on the music, we still need to come up with the songs." Ambré calls out.

  "Well, I think we should personally do three songs, then just have a pylist take it from there." Byzan calls out.

  Ambré hums in thought, then nods. "That could work."

  Rose pumps her fist slightly. "Yes, they're working together!"

  "You say something?" Ambré looks back at her sister.

  "Nothing~"

  Byzan smirks as he leans onto Rose. "Oh, is there something you want to say. Rosie?"

  Rose blushes and swiftly shakes her head. "Nope!"

  Maize slightly pouts as she watches the interaction.

  The hours go by and Cinder sits on her bed as she does a bck dress. Emerald is sitting on the floor while looking at her scroll, and Mercury is lying on the ground and reading a comic book.

  Mercury then sighs. "Where's the cat, he's te."

  "He said he's on his way, be patient." Emerald gives him a side gnce.

  "Can he hurry up though!"

  Suddenly a knock is heard at the door and Cinder grows a rge smirk. "There he is~"

  Cinder sets her dress to the side and heads over to the door. She opens it up with a smile and sees an angry Byzan on the other side, his dress top is all loose and open.

  "I got it." Byzan mutters as he flicks something at Cinder.

  Cinder catches the object and looks at it, it's a USB. "And everything's on here?"

  "All the teams, their members, their weapons and sembnces. Now, if you need something from me, don't contact me, I only work for her, not for you!"

  Cinder puts a hand on Byzan's cheek, only for him to sp it away. Cinder scowls, before smiling. "Oh, then do you want me to contact Salem?"

  Byzan tenses up a little as he gres at Cinder.

  Cinder smile grows as she notices this. "Tell her you're not pying like a good kitty? You know our deal."

  "...My deal is with her, not you." Byzan whispers as his ears slightly droop.

  "And she said you work for me, when she's not ordering you. You know she can wipe that little vilge you call home off the map, with a single snap of her fingers." Cinder leans towards Byzan and whispers into his ear. "Do you want to be responsible for the lose of the only pce Faunus' can call home."

  Byzan gnces down and grits his teeth as he curls his hands into fists. "...No."

  Cinder pats Byzan on the cheek, making him flinch. "Good boy, now, next time I have something for you to do, you do it, no questions asked. I say jump, and you say 'How High'? Got it?"

  Byzan doesn't respond and Cinder roughly grabs his neck and forces him to look as her.

  "Got. It?!" Cinder asks in a threatening tone as her right eyes catches on fire.

  "...Yes, ma'am."

  Cinder grows a satisfied smile and she pushes Bzyan back, and he nearly falls over as he clutches at his throat, it being slightly red.

  "Good, now get out of my sight." Cinder orders as she sms her door shut.

  Byzan gres at the door as he rubs his sore neck. "...Bitch."

  Byzan then heads back towards his dorm.

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  06-12-2024

  2500 words