Chapter 8: Hard mode
My opponent in the semi finals is much more..... intimidating that Fiore. The main reason for my easy win against her is simply that she was a poor match up however the next person may prove to be a bit more challenging.
His name is Fenrir Foul and if it wasn't obvious, he's a sheep dog faunus! He has shaggy white hair obscuring his eyes like a sheep dog. Or for men of culture who wouldn't interact with mongrels, a hentai protagonist.
Besides his fashionable hair his dress code is what draws my attention. A white fang hoodie with a red emblem instead of white meaning he agrees with Adam Taurus. Watching his footage showed that he's particularly more brutal when he fights humans than faunus.
In his qualifying match he was about to chop a girl down until he sniffed and cut a little of her combat skirt revealing a tail. After that he lightened up a fair bit, and when I say chopped I mean it literally. He wields four tanto blades with one at a different spot on his body. One at each hip and one over each shoulder. His sword drawing is at pro hunter level and he's pretty fast.
Now I'm standing in front of him watching him snarl a little. Yep definitely an Adam follower, this means I can exploit a weakness. People who go by the broken fang have temper issues. So I spoke up "so a broken fang huh?!" I watched his hair tremble at my words so I continued.
"Your following the horny swordsman?" He reaches for one of his swords "he's not a bad goat to follow, though I can't really get on board with the pedophilia. What kind of a polo am leader has a thing for a girl a decade younger than him.... wait don't answer that!!!!!"
He blasted forward and drew a blade over his right shoulder whilst trying to stab me with a blade from his left hip. I just tossed Atreus at one of his wrists while catching the other blade between my hands. As the shield hit and I caught one blade I push kicked him off while retaining a blade between my fingers.
Atreus bounces back into my hands, he looked at me with a snarl. So I stabbed one of his swords into the ground and then used Atreus to hammer it down to the hilt like I was putting a nail in a wall.
Fenrir put one blade in reverse grip while tinkering with the sheathe of the sword I buried. I just smirked while throwing Atreus towards him. He rolled to the side and sneered thinking he dodged but my shield just bounced off two walls before ending up in the back of his head.
The force behind that hit launched him towards me, while he was in mid air he pointed the sheathe and pulled a string causing it to fire a pellet like an old fashioned flintlock pistol. I flared my aura and directed it to where it should hit.
I was shocked when it phased through and hit my chest. It didn't have much power behind it but it still shocked me for a split second. While he tried to stab me I just grabbed his head and planted it in the ground. I kicked his second sword up to my hand and then stuck it into the ground diagonally.
The first hilt was pointing straight up and his foot was next to it. So when I smashed my palm on the second his foot was trapped. Unless he was strong enough to yank those swords out ( which he isn't) then he's not getting out.
He tried to get to his feet quickly like any good fighter would but tripped. When he turned around and looked through his shaggy hair he saw how I trapped him. He didn't waste much time before trying to draw his other two blades to try and stab me. But by this point I had retrieved Atreus and held the shield against his hit. I then punched the shield causing a gong like noise and the impact to go directly into his head.
He slumped over unconscious and I let a sigh of relief leave my lips. That surprise shot of his was troubling, getting to my feet I heard the announcer and the experts discuss his semblance "bypass". It allows him to slip past any defence in exchange for aura depending on the density of what he passes through.
My aura shield must have cost him a fair bit though, those swords of his could be thrown and stab into anyone without any warning. His hidden gun trick could also prove effective. That pellet may have actually passed through if he had enough aura to go through my armour as well.
The cheering was much louder as more people came to watch the finals. I walked back to my changing rooms to rest for three hours. I checked my scroll and received a notification about my winnings. Only the top three get prize money of course but I also chose to bet on myself. Who wouldn't? Fenrir and Fiore are older and have competed before meaning they are a favourite while I'm a dark horse.
Not to mention Pyrrha who will be my opponent in the finale. I chose to get my winnings on Jaune beating Pyrrha which would make me a millionaire based on the odds of my victory. The bookey didn't even think her opponent would win in the semis.
While I waited I chose to go open a briefcase that I had delivered. You see weapon construction is actually a major hobby in remnant and I chose to take it up. I've seen a lot of weapons in my first life form different fictions and Cap faced some of them.
So when I clicked open the case I was greeted with two black rods with a blue circular line at the base of one of them. These rods I designed to let me use my Arnis without any issue. When I thought of people who used it I came up with Black widow, dare devil, Mockingbird, Kick ass and lastly the person I based these two weapons on.
I slung my two stun batons which I named Nightwing over my shoulders into a modified holster that would allow me to attach them followed by Atreus. Cayde-6 was also strapped at my thigh ready to be pulled at a moments notice. Walking into the final arena I saw Pyrrha there waiting for me with a smile on her face.
Her eyes though showed an expression as if she wanted to get this over with. Since she won last year her fame skyrocketed and she was constantly in the public eye. She won last year without taking a single point of damage which earned her the nickname "invincible girl".
Her style has remained the same as no one could touch her this year. Her semblance is unknown and theorised as some danger sense or force field type that blocks hits. I know better though~
"Hello~ lets have a good match" she greeted politely. So I returned "sure thing, ready up". She pulled her her sword and shield while I just pulled Atreus out.
When the buzzer sounded we both tossed our shields hard. When they hit each other mine actually managed to tear into hers and lodged it sped there. She paid it no mind as she rushed towards me swapping her weapon to a spear.
She began making thrusts time keep me at a distance. I reached for night wing and pulled them out and turned them on causing the lightning dust to spin inside it's head which showed through the neon blue lights increasing in brightness.
I swung my two batons and batted away her spear and tried to move closer. After I knocked it away and drove one baton in to deliver a shock I noticed it having little effect. Her boot trembled before a small blade slid out of the toe. I saw the black sure surrounding it as she swung upwards and kicked knocking my batons away. She managed to do that when I jumped back to avoid having my eye cut my her high kick.
I tried to pull my revolver but she got her gun first and swapped her spear into its rifle mode. One shot sent Cayde out of my hand. When it hit the ground I noticed it flung itself a way a little to far to be a coincidence.
This Pyrrha is clearly more open to using her semblance. She's being using it to get my weapons away, redirect the electrical strike to the ground and then using the metal parts covering her limbs to manoeuvre them at faster speeds than she should be able to with her muscles alone.
I rushed in close to start CQC which allowed me to analyse her armour. It's been painted to cover up how it's segmented like Clementines armour in overlord. It's forged with pieces being wove together and considering they're metal I would assume that anyone who grapples her would get a porcupine treatment.
The blades hidden in her boots and bracers aren't that noticeable as well until she uses them on you. She's armed to the teeth then! She swapped her spear to a sword so she could make faster attacks.
We got into a quick trade of blows where I landed some punches and she managed to cut me a little.
Seeing an opportunity I chose to sweep her legs and then rush to our shields that are connected to each other. When her toned ass hit the ground I was 3/4 of the way to the shield. When I was about to grab Atreus *bicawn* Pyrrha had already gotten to her bearings and shot towards me.
Her firing rate was much faster so I grabbed what was closest, her shield Akoúo and used it to block a head shot. It's design is different than mine so it felt a little uncomfortable but it's still an amazing weapon.
When I slid my hand through the handle I noticed some switches near where my fingers are located. Her shield is also a weapon?!? I flicked one and watched as the shield slightly shifted into what looks to be a small crossbow designed to fire a hidden shot.
So I thrust the arm with the shield attached which made the bolt shoot at her. I watched it scares against her hand, the aura protected her from losing it. She frowned and looked at me so I flicked one of the other switches causing the shield to shift into a more familiar shape.
It was the same as the Wakandan shield cap had during infinity war. I rushed towards her and struck out. She tried to stab me with her Miló but I just smacked it hard sending it flying like she did my gun. Noticing this she tries to tackle me so I put her shield between us. When I heard scraping I looked at her torso and widened my eyes (not in a fun way) at how I was right about the porcupine thing.
The metal shards she was draped in were stuck in the shield. Not wasting the opportunity I chose to lift her entirely by one arm and slam her down. When she was hoisted in the air I saw her eyes widen.
As I slammed down I heard a clicking noise and felt a loss of weight on what I had lifted. She had taken off her corsets metal part lightening my load. She scowled while the horndogs in the audience cheered as a little more skin was shown.
The shield was useless so I tossed it, when I turned back to her I saw how a black aura was around her fingers and she was twisting them in a similar manner to Scarlet witch. My armour began to tighten and I realised she was going to straight jacket me with my own clothes.
Fortunately I refrained the ninjutsu which had numerous escapology techniques. I skipped down to the ground topless displaying my chiselled young body to the world whilst my armour was suspended. Pyrrha was distracted my the sweat on my pecks first a second before she realised I was moving towards her.
She released her control on my armour and reached for the string holding her pony tail. I was confused until I saw the ribbon she used elongate and sharpen, she held it like a combat knife. Of course her clothes are also more weapons. I thought I was a walking arsenal but she takes the cake and cuts it too.
Cap has a lot of experience against people coming at him with knives and even I did I think my first life once or twice. We got into another trade between blows with me hitting her and doing more damage due to a lack of armour and her trying to carve up my body more than I would like. When I say I want to be shredded it wasn't meant to be like that!
Searching for an opportunity Pyrrha finally chose to unravel the sash on her waist then slam it down. It functioned similar to the black cloaks used in Irregular at the magic high school during the inter high. They formed a shield and cover using their cloaks. Pyrrha has done the same, however this also works good for me.
When she peaked around the corner with a Taurus PT111 she was shocked to see I was gone. I wasn't going to ask where she kept that gun hidden but she wouldn't have been able to speak about it anyway. When she slammed down the shield as cover I chose to jump over it rather than go around.
Using her extremely short confusion I slithered around her and got her in a chokehold. We fell to the ground and my bicep was around her throat. She had a struggling look on her face alongside a blush. I swear if she whispers "harder" I'm taking her in the changing room.
Un/fortunately she didn't and just passed out after a few seconds. The buzzer sounded hot showing I was the winner but I was too tired to show enthusiasm. I just went to grab my weapons while the medics tended to her. The shuttering off the cameras over my naked upper body was mildly annoying. But instead of thinking aboht that I chose to consider how heavily armed Pyrrha was.
She wasn't like that in canon, either she dropped the weapons to better perform with the ones she had or just never had a chance to display them in canon. Little tricks like the ones she pulled wouldn't really work against a maiden or a Grimm, not for very long anyway.
Some dude in a fancy suit walked down and grasped my arm before shoving it in the air causing the crowd to go wild. My enhanced senses weren't doing me any favours, if this is what it's like winning constantly I think I'm not gonna join the tournament next year. No point anyway because I achieved what I wanted.
I got some publicity and got to gain some legal fighting experience. I have four years to gain some less the legal fighting experience next.
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