[Hi everyone. Hope your all feeling well today. In case you ask, his is an idea that I've been pondering on for a while. Eventually, I couldn't wait any longer, so I decided to give it a shot. If anyone's interested, give it a shot. Hope you like it.]
The sun was setting as a couple dressed in cloaks were making their way back to their home town. Upon seeing this, they decided that it would be more beneficial for them to move more quickly, so as to not have to endure the dangers that the night would bring.
The couple came to a halt when they saw a light in the distance. One of the figures lowered their hood, revealing the face of a man in his early twenties. He had grey, long hair that was tied into a pony tail, giving the top of his head a shorter, spikier appearance. He also had pale skin, blue eyes and, surprisingly, the ears of a canine, more specifically, a wolf. Being a man who was part human and part animal, or 'Faunus', as they were known to the world, he was able to sense something irregular up ahead with his heightened senses.
"What is the matter?" came the voice of the other cloaked walker.
The second lowered their hood and revealed that it was a woman around the same age of the Faunus man, having long, crimson hair, green eyes and lightly tanned skin. Compared to her companion, who was alert and awake, she looked like she was ready to drop, with her shaky stance and dark shades under her eyes.
The Faunus narrowed his eyes towards his left, fixating on a specific dark area. He was quiet for a moment before his eyes picked up a faint red light in the darkness. At his he took an involuntary step back.
The woman looked worried. "Shaun, what's wrong?" she asked worryingly.
The Faunus, now known as Shaun, clenched his hands into fists and lowered himself onto the ground, as if ready to pounce.
"We've got Grimm." He said quietly.
At this, the eyes darted out of the darkness, revealing the large body of a wolf on its hind legs, standing like a human, as well as baring its claws on its large arms. The head of the creature was also that of a wolf, covered with a mask made of bone. No sooner had it appeared, eight more like it appeared.
The Grimm, creatures of darkness that sought to eliminate the light, circled around the couple. One of the Beowulf-type Grimm licked its lips, apparently looking forward to a late snack.
Shaun raised one of his hands and grasped one of the hands of the girl. He looked up to her with a face that was a mixture of worry and concern.
"Alice, listen to me. When I tell you to, run back towards the town. Don't turn back, just run. The Hunters back in Patch will protect you." Shaun said to her.
At this, the girl now known as Alice looked back at her companion with shock, unable to believe what she was hearing. "Shaun… Shaun, what would you SAY such a thing!? I can't leave you, I WON'T leave you!" she said to him.
One of the Grimm roared and lunged at the couple. Shaun's natural instincts took over in that second, releasing his hold on his beloved and, while quickly growing claws in place of his fingernails, slashed the Grimm across its neck, decapitating it in an instant. He then quickly turned back to Alice.
"There's more of them in the bushes, I can sense it. I can't risk you getting hurt, for your sake and-"
Before he could finish, two more Grimm launched themselves directly at Alice, who was oblivious of the danger due to her concern for Shaun, from behind. The latter, however, noticed the danger and dashed behind her and used his claws to kill them with as much ferocity as he used for his last opponent. Alice gasped as she heard the Grimm roar in pain. Shaun looked back at her.
"Please don't argue. I wouldn't be telling you to do this if it wasn't necessary. Please don't argue with me, just-" he was briefly interrupted when he saw another Grimm rocketing towards him, but Shaun delivered the same fate upon it as he did the others. "Just go, I'll catch up to you soon."
He turned back to her, seeing a worried and uncertain face. He gave her a face full of certainty. "Don't worry. I'll be fine." He said.
This did nothing to relieve her of her worry, but she didn't wish to argue with him. So, reluctantly, she nodded at him to show that she understood. Readying himself, Shaun eyed the area around him, keeping an eye on what the Grimm might do next.
A split second later, All the Grimm shot towards them. When they were close enough, Shaun shot out a leg and Spun it around, avoiding Alice, and struck all the Grimm at once. He brought his foot down and used it to launch off the ground and fly towards an air-borne Grimm. Shaun continued to strike the Grimm with a number of punches and kicks, ensuring it would never get back up again. When he was satisfied that the Grimm wouldn't be a threat any longer, he used it at a launching pad to sail through the air to another Grimm, where he mercilessly struck the Grimm with full force.
Shaun looked back at Alice. "GO! NOW!" he roared before going back to the Grimm.
Alice nodded back towards him and then ran towards the town. She felt something inside her break, having to leave him behind. However, she didn't want to go against his wishes. She ran with great speed, which was important considering that she needed to make it to the town as quickly as possible.
After five minutes of sprinting, however, she ran out of breath. She stopped running and leaned against a nearby tree. She then turned and pressed her back against it before slowly making her way to the ground. She continued to breathe in and out slowly, trying to calm herself down. At the moment, the worst thing she could do was give into panic.
"Please… please be okay." Alice said to herself.
After taking another minute, she got back onto her feet and started to run again. She had to keep telling herself to keep moving forward and not to go back.
However, she came to an instant stop when she heard a loud roar pierce the air. She felt every inch of her go cold, recognising this specific roar. She slowly turned around and saw another pair of eyes hiding in the bushes. In that moment, the fight or flight instinct took action, her choice being flight. She ran away, hoping to escape the beast. However, it proved to be more agile. It got ahead of her and stopped in her path.
Alice skidded to a stop, getting a full few of the creature in front of her. It was another Grimm, only this one was the shape of a bear, but still wore the bone ask. This Grimm was an Ursa, much stronger than the Beowolf. Alice knew that she would have difficulty here.
The creature roared again, followed by it barreling towards her. Alice saw the creature coming and dodged to the side, causing the Ursa to run head-first into a tree. It did nothing to damage the Ursa, but it did irritate it. It recomposed itself and continued to try and kill its target. However, Alice proved to be quite nimble. Every time the Ursa tried to swipe at her, she managed to dodge it. She was soon pressed up against a tree, where the Ursa took the opportunity to charge at her again. However, when it was close enough, Alice jumped into the air and landed on the monster's back as it crashed into the tree. This time, however, the tree was damaged to the point where it started to tilt down. Alice saw this and dashed off its back, where she allowed the tree to do the work for Ursa was crushed in seconds. Alice watched as the carcass began to fade away into ashes. When it had fully faded, she turned around and was about to continue on her way .
However, she was interrupted when another beowolf appeared in front of her and slashed her in the stomach. Alice, whose face was of disbelief and confusion, was unable to register the pain of her stomach being slashed open. The force of the attack had still sent her flying in the air and was knocked into a nearby tree. She fell to the ground, blood slowly flowing from her abdomen. She looked at the wound, soon becoming hysterical with fear.
But not for her own safety.
"No… no… please, no, don't let this be… real." She managed to say. The wound was leaving her weaker by the second, making her more vulnerable to the monster before her. Her peripheral vision picked up more glowing orbs in the darkness of the forest.
No sooner had they appeared did the first immediately pounce towards the dying woman. With her remaining strength, all she managed to accomplish was letting out a scream of terror as her end came towards her.
…..
Alice shot out from her bed. She was panting from both fear and lack of breath; she tried her best to catch her breath and recover from the shock. When she calmed down, she flopped back onto the bed, placing both her hands over her face as the images in the dream were still fresh in her mind.
"That night again. It's never anything else but that night." She said to herself quietly.
She was interrupted from her thoughts when she heard a light knocking on the door. She shook her head for a moment before responding.
"Come in." she said.
The door slowly opened, revealing the person behind it. Standing outside Alice's bedroom was a boy around seventeen years of age. He had brown, messy hair that was black at the tips, emerald, green eyes and a slightly angular face. He wore a blue t-shirt that had a white cross in the centre, closer too the neckline, having a grey cotton jacket over it. He also wore a pair of denim jeans that were slightly baggy, giving him more freedom to move, which were held up with a black belt with a symbol shaped like a dragon on the buckle. At the moment, he was wearing a pair of baby-blue slippers. He was holding a tray that had a plate of bacon and eggs, toast and pancakes.
"Hey mom." The boy said.
Alice formed a smile on her face. "Morning Simon. How are you this morning?"
"Ecstatic for a new day, but I feel I should be asking you that." He said. He went over to the bed and placed the tray on her nightstand. "I could hear you screaming your head off from downstairs." He said.
Alice's eyes soon became a bit gloomy. In truth, it was often for her to have nightmares. Eventually, after her son had been constantly checking on her after hearing screaming her heart out, she eventually told him to give it up, since it would only be a waste of time for him. Albeit more concerned for her after hearing that, he obeyed her.
"I'm so sorry." Alice said.
Simon shook his head at her. "Don't ever apologize for that. Besides, I was already on my way to give you this when I heard you wake up." He simply said.
Alice nodded at him before turning her attention towards the breakfast. "That looks lovely. Were you up long making that?"
"I'd say around half an hour. The pancakes were the easiest to make." Simon replied. He held out his hand for a moment. When he clicked his fingers, a knife and fork suddenly appeared in his hand. "Ta-daah!" he said. He placed the utensils on the tray. He was about to give her the tray when she shook her head and said she could get it. She took the tray and started with the bacon and eggs.
"These… these are amazing." She said. She looked back at Simon. "You've gotten a lot better, haven't you?"
Simon shrugged his shoulders. "Well… after the incident with the barbecue at Taiyang's house, I thought it best to learn how to cook without causing mass food poisoning." She said.
Alice let out a small laugh. When Simon was younger, Taiyang offered to teach him how to cook on the barbecue. Somehow, Simon had managed to leave all the guests with sore stomachs from food that seemed cooked at the outside, but were actually still too raw to eat. He managed to make the front page of the local paper as a result. "Well, it's certainly better than that."
"If ANYTHING is better than that, I take it as a personal victory." He said.
Alice continued to eat as she spoke. "Speaking of Taiyang, are you meeting up with Yang and Ruby today?"
"Yep. Yang said that she had something interesting planned for today, so I might as well see what it's about. Speaking of which…" he pulled out a paper towel and another fork and took one of the pancakes. "Chef's treat before going out. See you later." He finished before making his way out.
Alice waited for a moment before going towards a window in her room, watching Simon race towards his friends' house. She let out a small sigh. Seeing her son everyday was a gift to her. Before he was born, he had been seriously injured after her stomach was sliced open by a Beowolf Grimm, striking him as well.
She wasn't sure how he was able to recover, but after she had fallen unconscious and awoken, she found herself in a cottage, with her stomach fully intact like it was never cut, and the baby still in full health. She didn't know how it was possible, but she and the child were alive and well. She later learned that she was discovered by two Hunters, defenders of humanity and those who fought Grimm. The hunters were Qrow Branwen, a black-haired sword/scythe wielder who, despite his alcoholism, was a man who showed great concern for those who are in need, and Taiyang Xiao Long, a blond haired man who was quite laid-back and whose kindness was only matched by his incredible skill in hand-to-hand combat. Since they saved her, they all had been incredibly close.
Alice was glad to see that her own son was able to get on well with Taiyang's children. She hoped that their friendship would last a life-time.
"Have a nice day." She said to herself, hoping that Simon would hear her words.
….
In the Xiao Long household, two girls were getting ready to go out. One of them was sitting on a sofa watching the news. She was around seventeen years old, having long, blond hair, pale skin and amethyst eyes. She was wearing a biker jacket, a yellow t-shirt that had a flame symbol on it, gloves, short-skirt and combat boots. She saw reports of many stores being robbed in the city of Vale.
"YAAANG!" came a voice of another girl.
The girl, now Yang, turned around to wear she heard the noise. The space was empty for a moment, until a blur of red appeared and went all around the room, leaving behind a trail of rose petals which faded away as soon as they appeared. When the blur came a halt, it unfolded, revealing it to be a red cape with a hood attached. Beneath the fabric was a girl, seemingly around fifteen years of age. She short, black hair that was cropped short and had a hint of red at the tips, silver eyes and pale skin. She wore a black blouse that had thick sleeves, black combat skirt that was red at the edges, black stockings and combat boots. She wore a belt as well that had a rose emblem that was against her right side, tilted at an angle.
"C'MON YANG! TELL ME WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY!" the girl said, clearly excited for something.
Yang rolled her eyes. "I told you, Ruby, you'll know what it is when Simon gets here." she said.
The moment she finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. Ruby was the first to reach the door, opening it to see Simon standing there with his hands behind his head.
"Hi girls." He said.
"Hi Simon." The girls said simultaneously. Ruby motioned for him to come in, to which he obeyed willingly. Yang offered him something to drink before they headed out.
"Perhaps I should hear what you have planned before I make a decision." Simon answered, thinking that he may need a strong coffee if Yang had something stupid planned… again.
Ruby took a seat on the couch and looked pleadingly into Yang's eyes, showing she wished to know what was going on. Yang put on a mischievous smirk before explaining what was going on.
"We… are going to have a sparring session before I head over to 'Beacon'." She said.
Ruby grinned widely. "I boy, I can't wait, I be-"
"And Ruby, you have to leave your scythe behind." Yang finished.
As soon as she said that, Ruby's cherful and upbeat expression shattered, and was quickly replaced with a look horror. "WHAT!" Ruby screamed.
Simon raised an eyebrow. "How come?" he asked, never before considering the idea of Ruby not carrying her Crescent Rose.
"Today, I want to focus on helping Ruby get better with hand to hand combat." Yang answered.
"Oooooh. Okay." Simon said, now having fully understood the situation.
"YOU'RE AGREEING WITH HER!" Ruby screamed.
Simon took a moment to rub the ear Ruby screamed into before explaining himself. "To be fair, Ruby, there might be times you won't have the Crescent Rose on you and you need to fight. And, like it or not, your terrible at hand-to-hand."
Ruby lowered her head and began whimpering like a puppy.
So… what do you need me for?" Simon asked.
Yang smiled back at him. "One, I want to see you use that toy you made in action. You spent a while making it, why not test it out?""
"Ah, c'mon now, you're asking me to bring my weapon and asking Ruby to leave hers behind." he said, realizing the unfairness of the situation. "How about we let Ruby bring her scythe and we let her use it in case of an emergency?"
Ruby looked at Yang with puppy dog eyes, hoping she would listen to Simon's request. However, Yang shook her head. "Nope."
Ruby whimpered again and Simon frowned towards the ground. "You're real stubborn, aren't you?" he asked. Yang nodded in agreement. Simon then realized something. "You said 'one'. Is there another reason?"
"One other." Yang said, holding up an index finger to illustrate her point. "Knowing how good you are with medical stuff, we may need your help in case there's an accident… or if we have too much fun."
Ruby looked a lot more worried after hearing that. Seeing her discomfort, Simon placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Relax, Ruby. It's just a sparring match. How bad can it be?"
…
Ruby was knocked onto the ground for the fourth time as see lost, yet another, round in her fight against Yang. The poor girl was not happy.
"Oooow. Ugh." She managed to say. She looked to the side and saw Simon holding up large cards. The red card had the number '0' on it, while the yellow card had '4' on it.
"Come on." Yang said. "You totally could've dodged that." She went over to her sister and helped her up. Yang had decided to take the training session to a nearby clearing, where there would be plenty of space. Simon had remembered to bring an abundance of medical supplies, just in case.
"Yang, I told you, I'm just not cut out for hand to hand." Ruby said. "Why can't I just use my beautiful Crescent Rose?" the image of the weapon appearing in her head. A massive scythe with a red frame and a gun attachment to the top of the weapon, making it useable as a firearm. The scythe can be transformed into a hand-held cannon for ranged attacks as well, if needed.
"That's exactly why I didn't let you bring it." Yang said, which annoyed Ruby. Yang continued to speak. "Like I said, I'm going to be leaving for Beacon soon. I want to make sure that my little sis can hold her own while I'm gone."
"To be fair, Ruby, you weren't pretty good at fighting at all until Qrow showed you how to use a scythe, remember? How is this any different?" Simon said, trying to put some perspective into it.
Ruby tried to come up with an argument against Simon's point, only to come up with nothing. The girl sighed. "Fine." She said reluctantly.
At that moment, Yang lunged at her. Ruby managed to narrowly dodge the number of attacks aimed at her, until she found an opening. She launched her own fist at Yang, only for the elder sister to dodge it easily. Yang smiled and spun around, tripping Ruby over and was about to land a hit on her. However, in a brief moment of panic, Ruby sped away, becoming the red blur and speeding away to a safe area.
Yang Laughed and Simon shook his head. "You know you're supposed to teach her, right? Not scare the skin off of her."
Yang ran her hands through her hair and casually smiled back at Simon. "What better way for her to learn?" she said, causing Simon to sigh in defeat as he knew he wouldn't get anywhere with her. She laughed and turned towards where Ruby sped off to.
"Nice one sis. You're not always going to be able to run away from your problems, though." Yang said. "Sometimes you have to stand your ground and fight, no matter what."
Yang started to stretch her muscles, getting ready for another round. Simon was personally amazed that at the level of energy she had when it came to fighting. And unfortunately for Ruby, she was burning a lot.
"Alright. Get back out here. We're going to see how well Simon can fight." The blond brawler said.
"WHAT!" Simon roared, clearly nod happy with the idea of fighting her after seeing how tough she was with Ruby.
However, she was only met with the sound of silence from Ruby. Then, there was the sound of large stomps going through the forest, breaking twigs and foliage behind the trees and bushes. Yang narrowed her eyes as she looked to see where Ruby was.
"Ruby?" she called out. Simon narrowed his eyes as he thought he saw something in the darkness. Both he and Yang soon saw the outline of a beast wearing glowing red marks across its body and menacing red eyes.
"RUBY!" They both cried in panic, realizing what the creature was. It emerged from the bushes, revealing it to be an Ursa Grimm, only this one was much bigger than the rest of them. This was the Ursa Major, which were both older and stronger, and would need careful handling when trying to take it down. The creature roared into the open air, making itself well known.
Simon ran up to Yang, readying himself for a fight against the beast. He turned his eyes towards Yang. "That match'll have to wait." He said.
Yang ignored him, instead readying her weapon. The yellow bracelets she was wearing increased in size, turning into her favourite Shotgun gauntlets that coated her forearms, the 'Ember Cecilia'. She ran towards the beast, ready to strike it down, with the Grimm responding in kind.
Simon wanted to go help, but he thought it best to see if Ruby was okay. He knew full well that Yang could take care of herself. He ran to where he saw the beast emerge, looking around frantically for Ruby. His peripheral vision then caught a familiar shade of red. He looked directly at it and saw Ruby lying face down on the ground. She ran towards her, sliding onto his knees as he was beside her and started to shake her.
"Ruby. RUBY! C'mon, wake up." He said.
As he continued to try and wake her, he turned back towards Yang. The brawler was repeatedly striking it with her fists, doing nothing to damage it. The Grimm swiped her away, to which she recovered quickly. She pulled back her arms and used the shotgun feature to fire shots at the Ursa major, striking it in the back. Simon thought it strange that these shot were ore like rockets than shot gun blasts, but he chose to ignore it for now.
The creature charged at her again. Yang continued to attack the Grimm with a mixture of punches and shots from her gauntlets. Every time the Grimm swiped its claws at her, Yang used the recoil blast from the gauntlets to help give her a speed boost to evade the attacks, which also helped to quickly get close to the creature if she was too far away to punch it. However, the beast saw an opening and struck Yang with great force, rocketing her into the forest, destroying a number of trees in the process.
Simon's eyes widened at the scene. As he did, Ruby slowly regained consciousness. She pushed herself up, trying to remember what had happened. All she remembered was getting hit from behind as she was speeding away from Yang. Simon saw her getting up and took on of her arms, placing it over his shoulder and pulled her up.
"Si… Simon?" Ruby said.
Simon walked back towards the clearing. There, he saw the Ursa standing idly by and Yang absent from the field. Ruby panicked when she saw it, realizing what was going on.
"YANG!" she cried.
The Ursa heard Ruby. It turned towards the two and soon rushed towards them. Ruby froze, afraid that it would soon be over. Simon, however, wore a face of scolding anger, Time seemed to slow down for both of them, Simon instinctively reaching for something inside his jacket. However, this was interrupted when a figure appeared in between them. The Ursa's jaws opened, clamping down and trapping the figure in its mouth.
Simon and Ruby looked up in horror and saw that it was Yang that was trapped in the creature's jaws, her aura, the physical manifestation of her soul that acted as a natural shield, being the only thing keeping her from being minced in the creature's mouth. The Ursa shook her briefly before it threw her away.
"NO!" Simon yelled.
"YANG!" Ruby screamed.
However, Yang wasn't finished yet. One common thing about hunter, when they unlock their auras, they can unlock their own unique abilty, or 'semblance'. When Yang activated hers, her eyes turned red. When she was close to a tree, she flipped and landed on the side of the tree with her feet, using her gauntlets to shoot herself towards the Grimm. The monster hurled its own paw at Yang. When their limbs collided, it created a powerful shockwave, one with twice as much the total damage the Ursa Major had dealt her, that separated Ruby and Simon and sent them flying into the air. Ruby flipped around and landed on her knees, while Simon was thrusted higher into the air, and clung on to a tree branch and spun around it, helping to flip himself on top of it.
A second later, the Grimm's arm snapped, causing the creature to roar again, only this time in pain. Yang fired a shot again from her gauntlet again, finishing off the Grimm. The remaining forward momentum sent Yang flying into a nearby tree, while the Grimm faded away into nothing. Yang was left slumped up against the tree.
"Yang!" Ruby exclaimed. She ran towards Yang. Simon jumped down from the tree and sprinted towards her.
Ruby looked quite upset. "Yang, are you okay? I didn't know how to help without my scythe. I'm so sorry."
"It's okay." Yang simply said. She looked up to Ruby with a comforting smile. He placed a hand on her shoulder. "I've always got your back, sis."
Yang turned towards Simon. "Thanks for helping Ruby. I really owe you one."
"Owe you what? We're friends, right?" Simon said with a friendly smile.
At that moment, they all smiled. Ruby tried her best to help Yang back onto her feet. Simon asked if she needed help, but she said she was okay. They soon started to make their way over back to their village, until they heard the sound growling in the bushes again. They all turned towards the sound of the noise.
"Uh oh." Ruby said.
"This isn't good." Yang stated.
"Oh, butterscotch." Simon said.
At that moment, Yang and Ruby looked at Simon with a curious expression. "Butterscotch?" Ruby asked, voicing their thoughts.
"It's better than saying f-"
Before Simon could finish what he was about to say, the source of the sound jumped out of the bushes in the form of beowolves. Thankfully, these creatures were much weaker than the Ursa major, but the teenagers were still wary. Ruby couldn't fight without her scythe and Yang was worn out from her battle with the Ursa. Simon, however, wore a smirk on his face that showed that he had something up his sleeve.
"Leave them to me." Simon said.
Ruby looked to her friend with concern. "Are you sure?"
As soon as she asked, Simon's body began to glow with a sickly red and black energy as he reached into his jacket. He pulled out a whip with a black and silver handle, the whip part being made of a black, scaly material with lining of silver material, the tip of the whip shaped like claws. He then threw off his jacket and readied himself
"I'm sure, Ruby." He turned his head towards Ruby for a brief moment. "Have you ever seen anyone use a whip before?"
….
After her breakfast, Alice sat in the front porch of her house, reading an old novel that she never got around to before. After a while, she was soon visited by Taiyang. Alice was happy to see him, as he always seemed to brighten the mood. The hunter (now teacher at the fighting academy for those who wished to own their fighting skills to become hunters known as 'Signal') had short blond hair, blue eyes, a brown jacket with short sleeves and waist, a light brown shirt underneath, a pauldron on his right shoulder, a glove on his right hand, cargo shorts and sandals.
"Hey, Alice. What's up?" he asked.
"Hi Tai. Just enjoying an old novel I found. How are you today?" Alice asked.
Taiyang shrugged his shoulders. "Y'know, just chillin'. I thought I'd see how you are." He said.
Alice smiled gratefully at him. "Thank you. Would you like something to eat?"
Taiyang was quiet for a moment as he considered the offer. "Well… it would be rude to refuse." He said, silently hoping to have a taste of her cooking. She was one of the best chefs in the village, and that was quite a feat.
Alice giggled slightly. "Great, let me-"
Before she could finish, they felt a strong gust of wind. Taiyang and Alice both felt a cold shiver go up their spines when they felt the wind. Taiyang frowned towards the direction where the wind came from.
"Something's not right." Taiyang said seriously.
…..
A beowolf was sent flying back, landing on its side and was left to fade away. The remaining beowolves looked at their opponent, some backing away with uncertainty. Simon stood strong, cracking his whip and then pulled it back, coiling it in one motion. Taking a step back, he then rushed forwards, spinning around and releasing the surprisingly long whip. As he spun, he struck a great number of Grimm with the tip of the whip. When one appeared behind him, Simon, twirled and began whacking it with great speed and precision, using the leather to beat it while using the tip cut and wound it in multiple areas. It didn't take long for the Grimm to fall after that.
As more Grimm began to rain around him, Simon spun the whip around in a variety of ways, striking the Grimm that surrounded him with great force. At one point, one of the beowolf was close enough to land a hit on him, but Simon focused as much of his Aura into his empty hand blocked the attack with it. He had timed the block right, as the Grimm was staggered and Simon was able to counter attack with a few direct whip strikes, which were more powerful than his wide spread whip attacks that helped deal with more than one enemy surrounding him.
Ruby and Yang watched their companion with awe. They were surprised to see the color of his aura, as they never saw him in a fight before. It had been one of the main reasons why Yang was interested to see how Simon would fair in a fight. However, when they saw him battling the Grimm with the whip, and how well he was doing it... they were unable to take their eyes off of him as he cut them down with brutal precision.
"Wow…" Ruby managed to say.
"Show off." Yang stated, but was obviously impressed by his skill.
With only three beowolves remaining, Simon decided to finish them off with a little more style. He lowered himself to the ground and spun around, catching the enemies from underneath. He then used as much force as he could and jumped high into the air, using the force of the attack to bring them with him. When all were airborne, Simon turned upside down and spun the weapon around like a propeller, the force strong enough to slice the Grimm into pieces. When Simon was satisfied with his work, he stopped spinning, turned the right-way-up and landed on the ground with a roll, fading pieces of Grimm slowly floating down after him.
After he straightened himself, he looked towards Yang and Ruby, who were still awe-struck by what they saw. Simon coiled the whip back in one motion, placing it on his belt and then rubbing the back of his head with a nervous look.
"I… uh…" Simon wasn't really sure about what to say. He never really displayed his combat prowess to anyone before. He had thought about going to Signal to learn how to fight, but he had to stay home and look after his mum. So, he decided to train himself on how to fight, learning how to fight with a sword, his fists and, his personal favorite, the whip. Combined with his relatively quiet nature, it made him an incredibly dangerous warrior. Unsuspecting, but deadly.
Ruby was next to speak. "That… was… AMAZING!" Ruby exclaimed.
Simon raised his eyebrows with surprise, having not expected that kind of reaction. His aura was of an unusual color, one that had scared off Grimm he fought in the past so easily. He was afraid that revealing his ability and power would drive people away.
"You got some skill, dude. I can't believe you've been holding out on us." Yang said.
Simon managed a smile and shrugged his shoulders. "What can I say, I'm full of surprises." He sid.
Ruby looked around and found Simons jacket. She got it and rushed over to Simon, handing it back to him.
"Thanks Ruby." Simon said. As he put the jacket back on, all three teens suddenly felt shivers down their spines. They all turned their heads to where the source, only to see a confused looking Taiyang and a shocked looking Alice standing right before them.
"Uh oh" Ruby said worryingly.
[And that's it. I decided to use Yang's character short as the start of the story, given that I thought her fight against the Grimm was cool, as well as it being a different spin than just starting from the robbery at the dust store. I tried to introduce the OC character as best I could, hope no one is disappointed. In case you ask, he isn't the same Simon from any of the castlevania games. I chose the name 'Simon' because, partly, I kind of liked his portrayal in Castlevania Lords of shadow Mirror of fate, making him a personal favorite, but mainly because I like the name. Well, that all from me, but be honest with me in how this story was. Will I keep going, or give it a break for the time being? See you all later.]