"It seems we have another astonishing bout ahead of us! Wouldn't you agree, Professor?" Port asked Oobleck brimming with excitement.

"Doctor," Oobleck corrected. "And yes, Peter, I think it's safe to say this match may be one of the closest we've seen in the four-on-four round of the tournament." Oobleck said with a smile.

"For those of you just now joining us, welcome to the Vytal Festival Tournament!" Port shouted to the stadium, and those watching at home via broadcast. "Broadcast live from the Amity Colosseum!"

"Let's get back to the match between Team SKIL of Beacon, and Team SWRD of Haven." Port said with glee, eyeing the arena with anticipation.

"AAAAAAGGHHH!" Seth and a black-haired boy screamed at the top of their lungs.

Seth and the boy slashed at each other with speed only the two could seem to handle. The black-haired boy used two sword, one white and one blue, his blurring blades creating the same color sparks.

Seth was using all of his brain power to keep up with how fast he was swinging, since he only had one sword in comparison.

The sound of metal and wood clashing burst through the arena and kept everyone's attention despite the three other fights going on.

•

Meanwhile, Maia and a blonde-haired boy were dancing, their two thin blades combatting one another with lashes of electricity and a few streams of plasma.

Each spark from their swords exploded from the blonde's Semblance, and forced Maia to block and or evade.

Their blades scrapped against each other as they went for two stabs, and the blonde made the streaks of electricity and plasma combust. Maia flipped over the blonde and slice upward, making his arm fly up from the swing.

She kicked his chest and went for another stab, but he made the sparks from his sword explode again, and force it back down to block.

Maia grit her teeth in annoyance and sheathed her rapier, raising her hands to fight instead.

The blonde grew shocked and paused, before receiving a left hook to the face.

•

Kaitlyn was toying with the poor brown-haired girl with a bow, who was situated in a tree, her team's designated sniper as well.

Her opponent fired three arrows consecutively, but Kaitlyn leaned and swayed out of each arrow's path. She fired two bullets, one at the branch she stood on, and the next at where she went to land. The girl performed exceptionally well and reacted accordingly, switching her position and bouncing off the tree and to the next of the forest zone.

Kaitlyn sighed and shrugged, activating her Semblance so the two could move on.

•

Laura spun her axe and caught it, lashing it at a girl with long pink hair and bull horns. The girl blocked and sent a backhand towards Laura, but she leaned back and dodged, continuing to back flip and jump away.

In air, she threw her axe down and the girl blocked with a grunt from the force. She looked up, and watched Laura catch the axe as she fell, before slamming it down again, a shockwave blowing through the grass around them and uprooting some of the patches.

Laura smirked at the nervous stare of the pink-haired girl and laughed.

•

Back with Seth, he parried and deflected each slash with precision and poise, impressing those who knew him.

He flipped over an attempted leg sweep and spun, swinging his weighted Burden with a grunt, almost making the black-haired boy's swords fly out of his hand. Seth landed and tucked his sword back, and watched the boy attempt two diagonal downward slashed at him.

"Now." Seth muttered as he slid his leg around for balance.

In a black blur, he roared and swung his blade up, sending both swords flying from the boy's hands, and leaving him vulnerable.

Seth reeled his sheathed blade back for a stab and watched his opponent mutter something as well.

The two swords barreling through the air suddenly stopped, and fixed themselves to aim at Seth.

Seth ignored them and ran at the black-haired boy stoically.

'He doesn't care?!' The boy wondered throwing his hands down.

Seth kept his cool, and kicked away one of the swords fired at him, and blocked the other, watching it scrape off his sheathe with ring. The black-haired boy frowned and began waving his hands, his swords following as if he was a conductor.

Seth continued the previous feat of blocking both blades despite their numbers and speed, weaving out of the way of what he couldn't deflect.

'What's with this guy?! He moves like a leaf in the wind!' His opponent thought growling in irritation, since he made no headway, both of their Aura's at max.

•

Maia slid back with a huff, and panted after her consistent exertion against her foe.

The blonde himself wasn't particularly tired, but he was getting more injured since she out-maneuvered him by leagues above his own dexterity and agility.

The two were more so tired of the bout itself since their similar Semblanced made the fight drag on to a standstill.

The two dashed at each other again, Maia swiping her hand down her blade, and the blonde dragged his blade through the stone of the mountain zone, the two closing in with sparks and fire following.

•

Seth flipped over and spun horizontally towards the black-haired boy as he fired both swords at him, and landed on one foot, reeling back his blade to slash and kick at him.

The boy brought one sword back to block the slash, but got kicked in his side, sending him rolling into a boulder.

Seth rushed after him and ignored the blades flying at his side to return to sender.

The black-haired boy muttered again, before he flew forward with impeccable speed. Catching his blades as he arrived in front of Seth, he reeled both across his hips and prepared to deliver another onslaught from his position in midair.

In a flash of lightning, the two clashed and began to slash and swipe away at each other's blades, Seth flaring his wings out and flapping them to push against the constant stream of attacks.

"Oh! With a double knockout— Maia Ironwood and Kieth Winrow are out of the match!" Port announced.

Seth's wings flapped and shook the air around them, creating a gale of wind that began to throw the boy's swings off trajectory.

Whiffing completely, the boy fell past and Seth and he hit the ground with a crash, sliding on his face.

Seth flew into the air with the gale and spun around towards the boy behind him.

"Gale Stream Slash." Seth whispered, spiraling around with the winds roaring over the crowd, their silence louder.

With the blink of an eye, Seth appeared at the end of his swing, arm out with Burden fully extended, legs wide, eyes closed.

A second later, several slashed of wind landed and coiled around the poor boy, tearing him and his Aura to shreds, and sending him flying past Seth.

"Samuel Adams is finished by Aura knockout!" Oobleck shouted.

Seth turned coldly to the camera, and spun his sword, catching it, and sheathing it, finishing with a cocky smirk.

'Hell yeah.' He thought with a confident gaze on the screen after seeing it capture his elimination.

•

Kaitlyn blocked the thrust of a knife with her gun and elbowed the brown-haired girl in the chest, making her cough and stumble back.

She glared and aimed the knife upward, the blade heating up significantly.

She swiped it downward, and Kaitlyn dodged a lash of fire with a sidestep. She spun her handgun around, before stopping and firing at the girl.

She dodged each bullet with ease as she ran at Kaitlyn, but grew shocked when she reeled back her arm and threw one of her guns at her.

She parried the pistol away and smirked, but heard something buzz behind her.

"Bam." Seth said with a smirk, holding the pistol above her.

He fired and it hit her back with enough force to make her crash just like her teammate. She slid in front of Kaitlyn, and she spun her gun again, before placing it in her holster.

"Night night." She said with a smirk as well, following with a kick to the girl's head.

"And that makes three! Diona Nautus is also eliminated by Aura knockout! Team SKIL is now in the lead by two." Port said with a heart laugh.

Seth landed at her side and handed her the pistol, and she holstered it as well.

"You think Laura's got it?" Kaitlyn asked as the two began walking back to the center. "Yeah, but I'm gonna go help anyway. Check on Maia." Seth said with a shrug.

He thrust his arms out, and took off with a boom.

"Damn. A lot cooler than before." Kaitlyn commented, nodding with approval.

•

Laura slammed the handle of her axe into the thin katana blade of the pink-haired Faunus, and she reacted by spinning and attempting another horizontal slash.

Laura ducked and rigidly thrust her axe upward, but the pink-haired girl dodged and thrust her blade at her torso.

Hearing a boom in the distance, the pink-haired girl turned and saw Seth headed straight for her with his foot aimed right at her head.

She blocked a punch from Laura and caught Seth's foot in the same motion, making them and the crowd shocked.

Seth was flung away with ease and Laura blocked a kick from the surprisingly strong Faunus.

"Hohoho! You're like me! Let's do this!" Laura said with a toothy grin. Seth appeared opposite of Laura on the other side of the pink-haired girl.

"What's your name?" Laura asked. "Rina Florus." The girl answered with a calm sigh, changing her stance to a more aggressive approach. "Name's Laura. I think you're cool." She said with a smirk.

"Seth. I like your sword." He said with a shrug, but didn't draw his own.

"Yours is fascinating as well." She replied, but that was the end of their friendly conversation.

Seth burst forward with his fist reeled back, and Laura ran at her with her axe tearing the ground. Rina stabbed her sword into the ground, and it dispersed into luminescent butterflies, spinning around her with a gust of wind.

Seth threw his punch at blurring speeds, and Laura swung her axe with a laugh, the two's attacks nearing the 'vulnerable' pink-haired Faunus.

"Ascend!" She shouted, thrusting her arms out, where they glowed from pink to blue ending at her biceps.

She caught Seth's punch, and Laura's axe, making them both stare, neither shocked by the feat, but more excited.

Seth tried to rip his arm away, but Rina swung him around and into Laura, but he twisted his body so he rolled off and into the air.

Laura smirked and let go of her axe, rushing under it and throwing an uppercut. Rina leaned her head out of the way, but felt a strong kick to the back of her head.

Next, a bullet struck her shoulder, and then she was hit with a right hook to her cheek. The sheer power of each overwhelming attack, back to back, left even her Semblance useless against their teamwork.

Laura dodged a wild kick from Rina, and elbowed her away, for another bullet to crash into her leg, making her fall to her knee as her Aura began to run thin.

Seth spun around towards her, and back kicked her chest, sending her flying, and setting her Aura into the red.

"And that's the match! Team SKIL is victorious!" Port shouted, making the crowd erupt into cheers and applaud the first-years.

Seth fell to his knees in exhaustion and winced, holding his arms in strain.

"May have over did it..." He muttered as Laura ruffled his hair in triumph, messing up his hat.

[A/N: Holy shit, 2k word fight? I did my damn thing.]

~•~

Seth was stretching his arms as he and his team walked through the fairgrounds.

In search of a place to eat after such a bout, Seth heard Yang mention a spot after their fight, which was just before his own.

"So, what happened with the blonde, Maia?" Kaitlyn wondered.

"He grew incredibly annoying. It was a bad matchup on my part. His Semblance seemed to out match my base version. So I finished the fight, at the cost of me as a factor." Maia sighed, seemingly upset with how she fought.

"Don't sweat it. What made him so difficult, if I may ask?" Seth questioned as well.

"His Semblance. It was similar to my own, but seemed to activate only through either friction, or on command, because he only used it in a certain circumstance." Maia explained.

"Similar to yours... friction... so, some sort of combustion, I'm assuming." Seth said with a smirk. Maia thought about it, and remembered that it only did explode on contact with her blade, or the ground. "Hmm. I guess he was just exploding the sparks." She agreed.

"Hehe, I'm on a roll today." Seth said with a grin.

"There he is! The MVP!" Yang shouted from her seat at a noodle stand.

Team SKIL sat down on the other side of the stand, and gave their greetings.

"MVP? Why's that?" Seth asked. "Uh, did you see your fight?" Blake asked. "You took out that duel-wielding guy against the odds, and assisted each teammate afterwards. That takes a lot." Weiss admit. "In short, she thinks it was cool." Ruby snorted. "Don't put words in my mouth!" Weiss retorted.

"I don't know. I feel like anyone could have, and would've done it. Also, medium with light soy sauce, sir!" Seth replied, while ordering his bowl to the cook.

He nodded and zoomed to the back, coming right back out with his dish in hand, earning a grateful nod.

"Regardless, you all did great. Who are you sending to the doubles round?" Blake asked.

"Seth." The girls replied with straight faces.

"Wha... where's my say?" Seth asked. "It's unanimous." Laura shrugged.

"It's safe to say, he out performs us all. He's a necessity in taking home first." Maia said with a small frown, still upset by her performance. "I also suggest, Kaitlyn. With her Semblance, she can be ranged support without having to worry about hitting Seth." Maia added.

"Fine by me. You two up for it?" Laura asked.

"Sure. We got this." Kaitlyn said with a smirk.

"It's uNaNiMoUs." Seth mocked, making Laura glare and the rest laugh.