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As far as he'd come and as hard as he'd worked, the fight between Tyrian and Neo was on another level. They blurred and tore their way through the clearing, bending at angles that didn't seem possible, deflecting attacks with the barest of warnings and staying perfectly silent the entire time. Even Tyrian, who had been running his mouth all through their fight, didn't waste a single word against Neo.

[...]

Jaune threw himself to the floor. Tyrian's tail stabbed through the space he'd occupied, the faunus having skipped Neo entirely to attack him. Their eyes met for a brief instant before Neo was on him again, spinning and flipping, literally backflipping up under his guard to drive both feet into his chin and knock him off his feet. He cartwheeled in the air but managed to fire a hail of shots back. Some hit the ground and leaves, one struck Jaune's shoulder and pinged off his aura. At least six struck Neo, though she warded her face with one arm and let her aura tank the damage.

[...]

Tyrian's objective wasn't to win. It was to kill him.

Neo caught an elbow to the face and bent with it, bleeding off the force and falling back.

[...]

The proof of that came as Tyrian lunged in again. Neo tensed her legs to dodge but then glanced back and held her ground. Tyrian was bigger and heavier than her and leaned his weapons down onto hers, pinning her arms in place. He pushed her down onto one knee, all the while bringing his tail around.

Sienna hurled herself onto it, wrapping both arms around the stinger and her legs further down around the tail. Tyrian yelped, obviously not enjoying his tail gaining a full human body worth of weight. The barbed tip tried again and again to scratch her face, but Sienna was holding on grimly, keeping both hands on the stinger tip like she was warding away a knife.

"Nice," Jaune panted, dashing over. "Keep it there – I'll cut it off!"

"I think not!" Tyrian slammed through Neo's guard and kicked her away. The small girl went skimming over the rocks with a crackle of pink aura and sparks.