A/N: Hello everybody, my name's Eragon and welcome back to Team MJJK. Out of all the stories I've made on this website, I still can't believe this one's my most popular, but I might as well take that popularity with grace. Last year, this one's story alone has had plenty of ups and downs along with some rather irritating matters, and even so look at what we've got. 36 reviews, most of them good, and as of now 41 favourites and 58 followers! Not to mention almost 8000 views! Let's start off the new year with a bang, but first last chapter's reviews!

Jacob Mercer: 1. Hell yeah I'm going to bring in Gordon Ramsay, who doesn't love a little Ramsay every once in a while. 2. It does sound pretty logical that the mysterious girl is her, but you'll have to wait and see.

DikiDrakon (cool name, btw): You're right, he does tend to get overshadowed by the likes of Freddy and Jason, plus he's got one of the best motives in my opinion. I could definitely see Hannibal making a cameo, perhaps another chapter or maybe even in Jaded he might make a cameo. As for the Lost Boys? I still have to watch the original movie, but I'll see what I can do!

Meta (as in The Meta from RvB?): Only one way to find out...

nobodyknowsimarwbyfan (I'm sure they still don't, buddy!): Puns for days, mate! Don't worry about Cardin causing a problem, I'm sure he's definitely going to have a hard time with Goodwitch. And yes, Neo is best badass! You guys might have to wait a few chapters though for that girl's identity to be revealed. Also, remember that review you made for chapter 4? Well, that wish is going to be granted with this chapter!

I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, because this one there'll be plenty of sparring, including the match-up that I'm sure everyone's been waiting for since this story began, Freddy vs Jason (but in a unique way)! You know who everyone belongs to now, as always I own nothing but my OCs. It's fight time ladies and gentlemen, sit back and enjoy!

Chapter 8

Beacon Courtyard

The Following Morning

"You should've seen what happened to Cardin yesterday during class," Jaune chuckled and said as he moved his rook to take out another pawn, "he got in trouble with the new cooking professor and got put on the floor twice."

Natalie frowned slightly as her pawn was taken, but regardless raised an eyebrow and asked, "Seriously? What the Hell did the jackass do this time?"

It had been two weeks since Jaune talked to his only friend from Team JADE and hanged out with her, with her team having briefly stopped by his home for a night during the summer. He actually met the steampunk brunette a few weeks into their first year at Beacon, with her actually having saved him from a bad situation involving blackmail.

"Well, you know how our professor is Chef Ramsay?" Jaune began with a question, to which she nodded in agreement, "Cardin didn't take that well because racism, and Ramsay made his team make eggs and caesar salad. He made another rude comment when Neo entered the room...then again, most of our class did seeing as they pulled their weapons out."

Natalie snorted in laughter, sighed and said, "I figured that would probably happen, after all mostly everyone in my class had theirs out too, all because of that reputation."

Meanwhile, under her breath she said, "Dude, why did you think it was a good idea for me to snort like that?"

Jaune was - hey hold on, are you seriously pulling the fourth wall crap here Natalie?!

"Yes, yes I am, and you know you can't stop me," Natalie muttered again, making sure Jaune couldn't hear her, "now take it easy on the snorting, I have a girlfriend you know."

Okay, sorry, moving on; Jaune was about to say something, but then shook his head and said, "I swear you better not touch my Queen Natalie."

"I wouldn't have if you didn't point it out, Jauney boy," Natalie declared as she effortlessly used her own Queen to take out the White Queen that was now open, "so what happened after Neo showed up?"

Jaune slumped over in faux sadness as Natalie removed his Queen off the chessboard, but replied, "Neo asked Cardin politely to shut up, and in response he claimed he'd probably kick her ass."

Having originally met Neopolitan over the summer, and having seen personally what happens when people pissed off the tiny terror, the brunette inquired, "Let me guess, she put him on his ass."

"Oh yeah she did," Jaune continued to explain as he took out the Black Queen with his knight, "and later when Chef was examining our dishes, CRDL went up front with rubbery scrambled eggs and a cheap excuse for a salad. Ramsay gave his typical commentary, and Cardin insulted his heritage again."

"What happened then?" Natalie asked, naturally curious as to how the situation went down.

"He made all of Team CRDL clean up the entire classroom before they could go to their next class," Jaune replied, still chuckling at what happened, "though it honestly was the rest of his team, Cardin got into serious trouble when he tried to attack Ramsay."

The brunette gave a slight whistle and said, "I'm guessing that's the second time he ended up on his ass. Was it Neo again?"

Jaune nodded and continued, "Believe me, she even pulled out her weapon and had him pinned down and everything; she took him to see Ozpin, and Professor Goodwitch's covering his detention for the rest of the week."

"Ooh, okay, that's going to suck," Natalie audibly winced, noting to herself never to get into trouble with the Headmaster's right hand woman, "so, I've heard from my partner about how our group of friends is expanding."

"You mean Team MJJK?" Jaune raised an eyebrow at the statement, and when she nodded in reply he continued, "Yeah, they're a pretty cool team, so far I've mostly only seen two members of their team fight, and it was mostly sparring."

"Do tell," Natalie encouraged, reminding Jaune that Team JADE didn't have sparring class with his team or the other two teams this semester.

"Well, we first met their team when Pyrrha fought John in Goodwitch's class," Jaune began to explain, "oh, he's a pretty chill guy, I mean he has a cane but it's also a musket (I think) and a halberd. Actually, not only that, he's in the top three in the second year classes, plus he beat Pyrrha."

"Wait, hold up," Natalie interrogated, clearly interested, "this guy won against Pyrrha Nikos, mother-fucking Pyrrha 'The Invincible Girl' Nikos, that Pyrrha Nikos?!"

"Yeah, that same Pyrrha," Jaune sighed, shaking his head at his friend's fangirling antics, "anyways, the other guy from their team I saw fight was the one that fought Jane, actually, Jason Voorhees, I think that's his name."

"I know, Jane already mentioned that," Natalie noted, "she said he had a machete-shotgun hybrid."

"It was, but I'll admit he had a good strategy using it," the aforementioned Team JADE member declared as she walked towards them, an ever present red-loving brunette holding her hand, "for the most part he didn't use the shotgun part until after I pointed out he hadn't used it yet."

"Hey Jane, hey Ruby," Jaune exclaimed and smiled as they sat down at the table, "and you're right, he didn't use it until you mentioned it, perhaps Jason prefers melee over range."

"I'd say you should ask him yourself, but that's actually why we walked over here," Ruby stated nervously, scratching the back of her head, "I mean, Yang and Weiss got-into-an-argument-and-decided-to-make-a-bet-and-somehow-they've-dragged-him-and-his-partner-into-it-and-now-they're-getting-ready-to-spar-in-one-of-the-sparring-rooms and-"

"Ruby would you breathe already, you're going to pass out if you do that," the gothic Cat Faunus warned, sighing in relief when her girlfriend calmed down, "bottom line, everyone in our group is invited to watch the fight. Apparently, seeing as it's a day off from classes, we can also use the time to have other matches."

"Yeah, and almost all of Team MJJK is going to fight today," Ruby declared, having regained her breath, "sometime today John wants to spar with Janey (seeing as the other day Jason got to do that), and their leader Michael is going to spar with someone if he's challenged."

"Okay, now you've caught my attention," Natalie said, curious about Team MJJK's leader, "do you know if he's any good?"

Heh, this will be a perfect opportunity to show off my skills again, Natalie thought to herself in the few moments before Ruby began to explain anything, oh, and so that you can show off once again how skilled your characters are, Eragon.

Can you please not do that right now, I'm trying to tell the story.

Anyways, Ruby began to explain, "So far he hasn't been called to fight in class yet, but from what he's shown me it's a pair of combat knives that turn into really awesome Colt's."

"Colt's eh?" Natalie asked, surprised and thinking of opportunities, "and their knives too? Ooh, I so call dibs in fighting him!"

"Do you seriously have to call dibs in fighting someone every time you discover they wield knives Natalie?" Jane inquired, the only proof she was enjoying this was the amused grin on her lips.

"Hell yeah I'm calling dibs if he's a knife-wielder," Natalie jokingly declared in reply, "I've gotta keep my street cred for being the best knife-wielder in Beacon, after all!"

Ruby snorted out a laugh and said, "You've got street cred, eh?"

"It's a legitimate excuse to spar with him," Natalie faux pouted as everyone else laughed at the almost serious look on her face.

"Well, what are we sitting here for?" Jaune finally said after he stopped laughing, "We should meet up with the others; by the way, checkmate Natalie."

"Ah! No, my King!" Natalie nearly shrieked, having clearly forgotten to pay attention to the game they were playing, as both her partner and her partner's girlfriend exploded into laughter.

After a moment's hesitation Natalie ended up laughing with them, and with that they packed the chessboard away and headed towards the sparring rooms.

Sparring Room 19

A Few Minutes Later

"Why again did I get dragged into this?!" Freddy openly complained for the sixteenth time that day as he paced back and forth next to Jason, waiting for the girls who started this entire situation to walk out of the girl's change room.

"As much as I want to give an answer Fred, I seriously don't have one," Jason grumbled, his complaints as much as his partner's, "one moment Yang and Weiss were arguing, next thing you know they're dragging us into a bet to see if brains are better than brawn, or vice versa."

"Yeah, but still, why did we need to get involved Jace?" Freddy growled, his pacing only now stopping as the girls finally arrived, "I mean, we all know that brains beats brawn anyday!"

"Excuse me Freddy, I'm pretty sure brains can't survive without brawn," Jason stated matter-of-factly, earning a glare from his best friend, "and neither can brawn survive without brains, therefore they're both superior and inferior to each other at the same time; regardless of that, I don't care about the bet so long as I get to spar with my partner like we did last year."

Sitting on the sidelines watching his teammates bicker, Michael couldn't help but chuckle at their antics, but still turned to John and said, "At this rate they'll take hours just to start this match."

"Indeed they will," John agreed cooly, their attention being drawn to a nearby door opening and the four missing members of their group finally arriving.

"Did we miss anything yet?" the blonde leader of Team JNPR inquired as he sat down with his team, the other arrivals sitting with their teams.

Michael merely shook his head and said, "Jace and Freddy are still bickering over the whole situation, and the girls just got out of the change room."

"Oh, Michael," Jane declared as she quickly brought one of the other arrivals, a brunette with a steampunk outfit, over to where he sat, "you've already met Annie and Frankie, but this is my partner Natalie."

"I hear you wield knives," Natalie said after she shook his hand.

"Indeed I do, Natalie, a pair of combat knives," Michael replied calmly as he turned back to the soon to start fight, "Jane told me earlier that you wield hunting knives, let me guess, you wish to challenge me."

"Actually yes, yes I do," Natalie declared as she showed her knives, "I challenge you to a fight."

The Tiger Faunus pondered for a brief moment before nodding and said, "Very well, I accept your challenge ma'am, but let's wait until after this current fight."

Meanwhile, down in the arena the four had finally began the fight, with Weiss zipping towards Jason while Yang began to attack Freddy.

"I wonder if you can keep up with me, Fred-bear," Yang joked as she activated her gauntlets and went for a punch, only to find herself knocked back by a set of blades.

As she rapidly picked herself off the ground, she turned to face Freddy who was examining his weapon, a pair of leather gloves with brass-knuckles and dust-powered claws sewn onto them, as he said, "You dented one of my claws. Also me keeping up with you shouldn't be an issue, rather, it should be you trying to keep up with me!"

"Oh, it's on now!" the blonde declared as she launched an attack of buck-shots from her gauntlets, dodging as Freddy sent a wave of fire at her from his claws.

"What can I say, I'm all 'fired' up!" Freddy joked as he rushed in for a right uppercut, knocking her back with the hit.

"Hell yeah, love the pun," Yang declared as she sent her own left hook his way, "but believe me, I can take your pun-ishment!"

Weiss, on the other hand, was having some difficulty with the juggernaut of Team MJJK. No matter how many times she used her glyphs or her beloved Myrtenaster, Jason's combination of shotgun/machete combined with his Unstoppable Endurance kept him going despite the number of hits he took.

"I don't get it," Weiss grumbled as she blocked yet another strike from his machete, "I've hit you numerous times and yet you're completely unphased!"

"That's how my semblance works, Weiss," Jason apologised as he casually broke out of the ice she then trapped him in, "I always get back up."

Growling in frustration, Weiss went in for another strike, only to suddenly be peppered by his shotgun, putting her right into the red.

"Anybody ever mention that you should watch your temper in a fight?" Jason politely asked as he helped the heiress to her feet, "I mean, from what I've noticed you were getting pretty miffed at how I wasn't going down, which therefore made you lose focus and not think straight, leading to what just happened a moment ago."

While tempted to snap at him for saying that, Weiss then realized that he wasn't wrong and replied, "You're right, I should be more careful with my temper, good fight."

"Indeed," Jason nodded in agreement, turning his machete back into a shotgun, "now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to give my teammate in this duel a helping hand!"

By this point Yang's semblance had become very much active, her blonde hair glowing with flames and eyes red as she shook the ground the moment her fist punched the ground centimetres away from Freddy's feet.

"I didn't mean to cut it, I swear to Oum it was an accident!" Freddy shouted in panic as he attempted to dodge the angry blondes strikes, a couple strands of her locks caught on his claws.

"Get over here so I can break you Freddy!" the blonde brawler angrily snarled as she continued to chase him, "You'll regret touching my hair as soon as I catch you, even if it was an accident!"

"I'm regretting it now!" Freddy merely yelled as he continued to dodge her swings, one of course coming very close to hitting his mask off.

"Not yet you aren't!" was Yang's only reply as she managed to snatch him up and proceeded to chokeslam him to the floor.

She did expect the slam to hurt, but what she also got was completely unexpected. The mask covering the right side of Freddy's face was knocked clean off of his face.

For a moment it seemed as if the entire room went silent, then Freddy hissed in anger as he shouted, "Argh, you broke my mask you bitch!"

Indeed the mask had shattered on the floor, revealing the horrifying sight that Yang could now see. She was now able to see the burns on the right side of the fedora-wearing boy's face, a hideous mess of scar tissue caused from possibilities that the blonde could only guess about. It was then that she noticed, while his left eye was a normal bright blue, his right eye was pale white and practically reptilian (it would later be explained to her that the eye was damaged from said burns and the pupil was actually mostly covered by ashes that couldn't be removed), both of which glared at her in sheer anger.

"Oh dear, it looks like your sister's about to be taken out of the fight, and probably won't be in good condition because of it," John sighed in exasperation to the speedy brunette, "Freddy hates having his mask knocked off."

"Why, what happened to him?" Ruby inquired, her silver eyes going wide in fear.

"His mother accidentally knocked him into the fireplace a few years before he came to Beacon," Michael replied quickly, "if you're not trying to fight him and it gets knocked off he will quickly forgive you, but he especially considers it an insult to him during a fight and has a tendency to - and he's already used his semblance on her!"

As they spoke Yang was already waking up in the Dream Realm with Freddy leaning against the wall nearby, the scars still exposed. He didn't say anything at first, merely smiled as a familiar nightmare for Yang began to play out.

"A rather messed up fear you have here, Xiao-Long," Freddy snarled, disappearing into the background with his claws ready to strike at the right moment, "peace falling apart is one fear we usually have, but to fear having that happen and being afraid of your entire life abandoning you is even worse, eh? You shouldn't have destroyed my mask, even if an accident, now you'll suffer at the hands of my semblance, Enter Sandman!"

What followed for Yang felt like hours of torture, when in actuality it was but two minutes suffering her worst fear. By the time it was over Yang was back in reality, gasping for breath and covered in scratch marks which ultimately took her out of the fight.

Freddy kneeled down next to the exhausted blonde brawler and said, "I'm sorry for putting you through that, and I know you're sorry for breaking my mask so you're forgiven."

"S-same goes for you, Fredbear," Yang managed to joke, "perhaps later I'll pay for a new mask for you?"

"Thanks for the offer, and seriously, reference much?" Freddy chuckled slightly, only to suddenly duck from a swing from Jason's fist.

"Come on Freddy, again?" Jason asked calmly as he helped his partner to his feet, "Well, now it's just you and me Freddy, let's fight!"

"Aw hell yeah, just like old times Jace!" Freddy declared as he straightened his gloves, "Let me re-introduce you to prime time Mr. Hockey!"

With that the claws were sending flames at Jason, only to be effortlessly blocked by the machete, all the while both Weiss and Yang watched in awe.

"How in the name of everything holy did we get knocked out of the fight?" Weiss asked, stunned at the very thought, "I mean, didn't we start this bet in the first place?"

"Yeah, we did," Yang replied, coughing from some smoke involved in her nightmare, "then Jason managed to overpower you which made you lose focus when you got mad, and then Freddy practically used my worst fear a-against me."

"You mean that nightmare you had the other day?" the heiress inquired, to which Yang nodded, "Well then, that's gotta suck, but perhaps next time you fight him you'll be careful."

Yang nodded in agreement, but then smiled and said, "You got to admit though, seeing them sparring over our bet is pretty 'hot' eh?"

"Y-you oaf!" Weiss exclaimed as she punched Yang in the shoulder, both with surprising blushes on their face.

The two teammates would've continued their conversation had not the buzzer sounded suddenly, forcing their heads to turn back to the fight.

To everyone's surprise, both Freddy and Jason were lying down on the ground with both of their auras in the red, though Jason's was a little further down.

"How is it that when you fight somebody else you keep fighting even when your aura's gone, but when we fight both of us are exhausted?!" Freddy complained in a whisper as the other half of Team MJJK reached them.

"You tell me, Frederick," Jason replied in a similar whisper, attempting to sit up, "or maybe it's exactly as I said, brains can't survive without brawn, and vice versa."

"Oh just cut it with the philosophical shit Jace," the fedora-loving teen chuckled, allowing himself to be helped up by his leader.

"Both of you stow it," Michael declared coolly, "Your guy's fight is done, and now I must accept Ms. Evans challenge and fight her."

"Actually Mike, if you don't mind Jane and I would like to fight each other first," John asked his partner politely.

"Right, let's save me for last," Michael agreed after pondering to himself briefly, "make it a good fight for everyone, okay?"

John nodded in agreement, and with that both him and the Cat Faunus leader of Team JADE headed towards the locker rooms to get changed.

"Well, this will be interesting," Blake finally spoke up after having remained quiet for some time, "Jane's both leader of her team and the main tactician alongside Anne, she might get another win under her belt."

"Don't sell John short yet, I know you've already seen him fight, first day of class remember?" the Tiger Faunus interjected, gaining his fellow Faunus' attention, "He clearly didn't just earn the nickname Jigsaw for his tinkerings in engineering and mechanics, he's practically a prodigy when it comes to being a strategist, especially in our team."

"Actually, you're right," Blake said calmly, surprising the Tiger Faunus, "he did defeat Pyrrha and she's hard to beat, if he plays his cards right he might actually overpower my cousin's semblance and take Jane down."

"Only one way to find out, they're about to start," Michael stated, pointing out the two fighters now in the ring.

"Nice robe John, though I've noticed you don't seem to be armed," Jane declared as she unsheathed Midnight Revelation, "ready for a fight old timer?"

"Who you calling old, I'm only 18," John replied with a chuckle, realizing the irony of the joke that only the two of them understood, then twirled his cane and said, "I think Pandora will do just fine against your oversized broadsword."

"So the cane's your weapon, eh?" the leader of Team JADE said in interest, "well, let's see what she can do then."

Upon the last word Jane raced forward to bring the broadsword into an uppercut swing, but found it rapidly blocked by the cane and herself kicked backwards. She heard a button being clicked as, with the whirring of clockwork, the cane transformed into a medium-sized halberd and just blocked her next swing.

"Nice halberd, didn't think you'd be willing to use a massive weapon like that," the reality bender noted, her green eyes staring into his earl grey.

"On the contrary, however," John replied as he knocked her away and transformed Pandora into her rifle form, "I'm not the one wielding a sword that should be considered a claymore."

"Are you seriously considering dissing Midnight Revelation right now?" Jane asked, but then thought to make a joke and said, "You trying to make this sound like a contest of measuring-"

Before she could even finish her sentence she had to duck from the sudden onslaught of bullets from the rifle as her opponent asked, "Really Miss Arkensaw, that type of joke? I thought you were more serious than that."

"Please, I can do better," Jane replied as she turned her sword into a Tommie and began to open fire, actually managing to get in a few good hits and taking his aura down by a quarter.

"Considering the fact that both our auras are at seventy-five percent, yes," John declared, referring to exactly what the scoreboard was now showing, "you can do better, in fact both of us can."

Now's a good time to use my semblance then, so be it, Team MJJK's strategist thought to himself right then and there, considering her semblance and powers from her past life I might need to use it in order to defeat her.

To Jane's surprise the one-legged teen grabbed a small metal box off his back and quickly opened it, only to breathe lightly on the mass of scrap metals inside and toss them into the air. They began to glow red and black as they changed shape, and soon Jane found herself up against twenty miniature drones that buzzed around John's head.

"Is this seriously your semblance, making drones with your mind?" Jane joked politely as she thought to herself, This should be easy, I just need to destroy them.

"An interesting observation, but it's a lot more complicated than that," John replied calmly just as Jane began to fire again, "Switch to defense, boys!"

To Jane's astonishment the drones swerved in front of her target to block all the bullets and fell apart soon afterwards, only to swiftly reform and fly back into place with just a whistle.

"What the - Shit, they can regenerate?!" Jane growled aloud, as she transformed the gun back into its sword form.

"Oh, they can do more than that," John declared with a smile, "alright boys, swarming time!"

The drones zipped towards Jane, and as they reached her Jane realized that the drones had what looked like little lazer cannons on them, all of which began to glow in preparation to fire.

Jane was silent for a moment, but soon she smiled and said, "Really, do you think that's going to work on me?"

It was as she said this that the drones began to fire beams of energy at her, which she effortlessly dodged and declared, "You just want me to use my semblance!"

Her eyes turned from green to solid black orbs as she activated her semblance and thought to herself, I've got him now, all I need to do is bring those drones under my command and he's finished!

She waved her hand in the hopes to bring them under her control, to surprisingly no avail. Confused as to why they weren't doing what she desired, she tried again and again, each time with no results, at least until John began to chuckle.

"As much as your semblance has its advantages Janice, like everyone else's semblances it has its disadvantages," John declared as he reached for something in his pocket, "such a powerful semblance like yours is capable of great deeds, but it also is a big drain on your aura if its current status at 20% is any indication. I knew I needed to use my own semblance in order to exploit that weakness, which coincidentally enough brings to light another weakness."

"And that other weakness?" Jane inquired, unsure of where this fight would go, and the answer he gave would result in her surprisingly unavoidable first loss in a fight.

"I myself might not be a reality bender such as yourself, but my very semblance is the best defense and offense against such," John replied with a sinister chuckle, revealing a box-like contraption in his hands, "see, Marionette allows me to bring anything made by my hands to life and puts it under my control (the more animal-like or humanoid the better), and my control alone; your semblance is pretty powerful indeed, but the tools of my creation will never be yours."

Upon the last word he lightly tossed the contraption at Jane's feet, only for it to suddenly explode on impact.

As Jane was knocked into the air by the blast John smiled and said, "Harvest time, boys!"

To those watching, the final attack from the drones was so fast nobody could see what they were doing, but they soon had their answer the moment the buzzer sounded, ending the match. Jane was still conscious but her aura was now exactly at 0%, revealing John as the winner.

"Good game, Janice," John declared kindly as he helped her to her feet, "I believe that next time we spar you might be a little more prepared."

"Oh believe me when I say I will, thanks to you I now have a record of several wins and one loss," Jane replied with a chuckle, before they headed back to the changerooms, "you caught me off guard today John, now let's see how your partner holds up against mine."

A/N: That was chapter 8 of Team MJJK, and believe me I loved writing this one! It's filled with plenty of action and fun, and of course many references you might've caught (Metallica reference, anyone?).

So about that last fight, Michael's comment about how smart John is happens to be pretty spot on with Jigsaw. Jigsaw is well known for observing his targets in order to find their flaws, which he points out as they end up in his games. Therefore, it makes sense for him to find and exploit his opponents weaknesses in battle, which seeing as he fights for good is pretty useful.

Anyways, if you liked this chapter and want to read more, be sure to hit the favourite and follow buttons and check out my other stories. I should be able to make at least one more chapter for Team MJJK this month, next month is going to be for my RWBY/Rosario+Vampire crossover, Broken, so look out for that in February! Thanks for your support, and God Speed!