Ruby loses the third round

Ruby was in the zone as she fired and cycled the rifle over and over again. She ignored the occasional jeers of the crowd, her bare legs and feet, her exposed bra, and the fear of ending up naked in front of the crowd of schoolmates like Velvet. There was just her, the rifle, and the intense desire to take down that bully May. Target after target went down. This would probably be her best round yet.

The ending buzzer sounded and Ruby excitedly looked at her score, seeing an impressive score of 308, her highest score yet. And also more points then May had managed to score thus far. She looked over at May with a smile of triumph.

"Ha! Take that!" She declared.

May however fixed her with a mocking look. "Take what? You're the one that has to strip."

In shock, Ruby looked at May's displayed score and felt her heart plummet as she saw the damning score of 309. She had not only lost yet another round but she had lost even when she was shooting at the best of her ability.

"I'll admit you did really well that round, best I've seen from a Beacon student. Very impressive." May said. "But....I'm better. Now I believe you owe me something."

Still in shock, the details of the scene came back to Ruby as her sense of victory faded and a feeling of dread took over. She turned to look behind her and saw the cheering crowd of students, the pointing of scrolls recording her, and Velvet still wrapped tightly in her cloak (now wearing her boots) looking resigned that Ruby's fate was now sealed.

"STRIP! STRIP! STRIP! STRIP!" Some of the crowd chanted.

"Well come on Ruby, give the people what they want." May said with a smirk. "A bet is a bet."

Ruby had reached a point of embarrassment she hadn't thought possible. Her mind almost shut down. But a part of her shouldered on.

She had to keep her word. That's what heroes do.

Slowly, Ruby reached for the zipper at the side of her black rose skirt and unzipped it. She felt tears of embarrassment form as she realized just what she was about to do. Resigned, Ruby lowered the skirt to the ground until it pooled around her ankles.

And Ruby Rose's black panties were seen by complete strangers for the first time.

As the crowd let out a cheer of appreciation, Ruby briefly wished she has chosen to wear a sexier pair of underwear. She has a pair or two hidden deep in her dresser but today she had chosen a pair of plain black panties since she thought she would only be walking around the festival.

Ruby stepped out of her skirt and turned around, now standing in just her underwear in front of everyone as she began to count to 30. Mentally, Ruby pointed out that as she was right now was only as exposing as being in her bikini at the beach. While that had been embarrassing, she had gotten over it with some prompting from Yang. But being seen in only her bra and panties was much more embarrassing than being seen in her bikini.

She tried not to focus on anything as she stood there with her arms at her side, but she still took in the details of the crowd. Once again people seemed to love it that she was exposing herself. The crowd mostly cheered, though some jeered at her. Some like CRDL had petty grudges against her while a few where jealous that she not only had gotten into Beacon early but was head of her own team. No matter their reaction though, everyone took plenty of pictures and video.

30 seconds finally passed. Ruby bent down and picked up her skirt, almost woodenly tossing it to May, who placed it in the pile of her other clothes.

"Well then? Ready for Round 4?" May asked, looking at Ruby with interest.

Could she even come back from this? Could she stand in front of this crowd in just her underwear and win five rounds in a row?

....Maybe. She had to try at least.

With a heavy sense of dread, Ruby picked up the rifle and bent over to aim. The crowd behind her cheered at the sight of bent over panty clad ass and she did her best to ignore them even as she shuddered in what she hoped was disgust.