To provide an explanation as to why an update took so long, i was without internet for the weekend, got back on Monday and started up re-typing chapters 1 and 2 to make it easier to read. Chapter 3 will also be included in this update. I really hope it makes up for my absence, and also i hope you guys enjoy (feedback would be great) *ramble end* Anyways You guys are AWESOME! Without further adue.
Heroes of Beacon Academy!
In one night, the once peaceful city of Vale was turned into a battleground. With the Atlesian's robotic forces, the White Fang, and the Grimm attacking in unison the situation was dire for the students of Beacon Academy who were fighting tooth and nail to hold the line and defend their home. The infamous Cinder Fall had gotten the better of them her plan working "nearly" to perfection. The one thing she didn't count on was a young persistent scythe wielder name Ruby Rose who defeated Roman Torchwick, with the help of a hungry Grimm which she promptly decapitated, and destroyed the aircraft that was giving the control of the Atlesian robots to the enemy. While this gave the defenders rooms to breathe, the battle was far from over for Cinder had successfully obtained the power of the Fall Maiden.
Weiss and Blake had just split up to help some students in trouble. After putting an end to a group of grimm, Blake is startled by a cry of pain coming from the mess hall, turning to where the noise came from, her heart sinks as her amber eyes begin to fill with fear and disbelief at the sight of her old partner Adam Taurus. After tossing aside the fallen trooper, Adam turns to her, an evil grin forming on his face.
"Hello Blake." He says coldly, sheathing his sword. "I was wondering when i would run into you."
Unknowing of how to react, Blake backs away as fear fills her mind and her body begins to tremble.
"Why are you doing this Adam?" She shouted at him, terror clearly registering in her voice.
"You know why, Blake!" He shouts back, "you and I, we were going to change the world, we were going to lead the revolution together,don't you remember?" His words coming out with a hint of hurt in them.
"Well this is only the beginning," he smiles, placing his foot on an immobilized student and drawing his sword. "Nobody can stop me now!" He laughs, raising his sword, all emotion in his voice replaced with a cold tone.
Blake's eyes widened at seeing what Adam was about to do so fighting against the overwhelming fear rooting her in place, she lunges herself forward clashing her blade to his pushing him back.
"I won't let you hurt anyone else Adam," she shot out at him, fear still clinging to her words, "I'm going to stop you here and now!"
He smiled, pushing his sword forward. "I would love to see you try." He spoke, each word a challenge.
Kicking her to the floor, he sheaths his sword and begins circling her, his stare making her tremble even more.
"You know Blake, all i ever wanted was you, everything i did was for you, and you betrayed me and abandoned the cause we fought for for so long." Each word from his mouth sending waves of guilt through her, "You threw it all away and for nothing!" He yelled, punctuating his sentence with a backhand, knocking her to the ground.
He leans down, gripping her chin tightly in his hands and making her wince in pain, her face still stinging where he slapped her.
"You will be mine or you will be no one's" he spoke coldly.
Just then Yang ran past the windows of the mess hall, the brawler's hair in a mess and a worried expression on her face.
"BLAKE! Where are you?" Yang yelled, scanning the area.
Covering Blake's mouth with his hand, Adam put a finger to his lips.
"Shhh…" he whispered to her.
All Blake wanted to do was call out to her partner but all she could do was wait. Finally Yang decided to move on to search somewhere else. Removing his hand from her mouth, he smiled as he saw the scornful look on Blake's face.
"Why don't you just kill me now and get it over with?" She spoke slightly under her breath.
"Kill you?" He questioned, "No, I don't want to kill you."
"Then what do you want?" She choked, surprise coating her voice.
"It's quite simple really." He started, "I'm going to take you home and make you suffer for your betrayal." He said, in a cold yet calm tone as if it were obvious.
She tried to think of what he would do to her but was cut short by a kick to the head knocking her out. Binding her hands and feet, Adam lifted Blake onto his shoulder and carried her to his awaiting Bullhead and signaled for the White Fang to retreat.
Meanwhile at the front lines of Beacon's defense without the Atlesian army at their throats and the White Fang beginning to retreat things were becoming a little more bearable until the Dragonic Grimm was summoned and began circling the Beacon Academy Tower it seemed to not only increase the strength of the grimm but also summon more. The combined power of the teams from all over Remnant was barely enough to hold the line.
Weiss was face to face with 2 huge Ursa, freezing the one on the right in place she lunged at the on on the left using her sigils to dash around the beast landing multiple strikes in all its major weak spots, the beast fell to the ground with a loud THUD! Forgetting where she was standing, Weiss was unaware of the other ursa rearing up to strike her. As his massive paw came barreling towards her he was interrupted by Crescent Rose hooking around his neck as Ruby fired the sniper jetting her forward and decapitating the beast. The comotian finally got Weiss to turn around to see the headless beast falling backwards.
"How could i make such a rookie mistake!" She scolded herself mentally.
"You're welcome" Ruby announced, snapping Weiss out of her thoughts.
Looking over she saw Ruby with her hood flowing behind her as she reloaded her weapon. Realizing that once again the young redhead had saved her, she glared at Ruby.
"I didn't need your help." She scolded turning her head upright.
Ruby couldn't help but smile at her partners defiance.
Weiss's scroll began buzzing, startling her, she fished it out of her pocket to see who could be calling her at this time.
"Jaune?" Weiss puzzled as Ruby got close enough to hear.
"Jaune where are you is everything okay are you…"
"Weiss you've got to help Pyrrha" she was interrupted by Jaune's pleads.
"Why what happened to her?" she questioned.
"She is going to the top of the tower to fight Cinder, you guys have to believe me she doesn't stand a chance..."
"I'll go help her Jaune" Ruby cut in.
"Thank you Ruby" he sighed in relief as he hung up.
"Hey Weiss, ya think you could…" she was cut short by Weiss making a trail of her sigils up the side of the tower leading to the top.
"GO!" She yelled. Ruby dashed up the side of the building.
Arriving at the top floor of the tower the first thing Pyrrha saw was Cinder standing in the middle of the room, flames enveloping her from the waist down.
"Cinder!" She boomed "I'm here to put an end to your plans once and for all!" She declared, pointing the tip of her blade at Cinder.
To this Cinder just turned around and laugh. To say that her laugh terrified Pyrrha would be an understatement, but she couldn't afford let Cinder know that.
"While you may be strong what power do you have that can match that of a god?" She spoke ever so calmly as she lowered herself to the ground, dispersing the flames.
Pyrrha wasted no more time with words and lunged at Cinder, fighting with all her might. The fight carried on for some time, with Pyrrha's combat experience and skills being the only thing keeping her alive but and arrow in her heel changed all that as she fell to her knees unable to move. Just as Ruby made it to the top of the tower.
"Pyrrha!" Ruby screamed, running to aid her friend.
"No Ruby, stay back please!" Pyrrha cried out.
However Cinder was to quick and let loose an arrow whistling at Ruby. Thrown back from the impact, the last of Ruby's aura was depleted. Cinder materialized another arrow in her hand and drew the bow string back aimed at Ruby. If hit again without Ruby's aura having time to regenerate the next arrow could seriously wound her.
"Stop!" In a desperate attempt Pyrrha yelled at the top of her lungs, "Cinder your fight is with me leave her out of this!" She pleaded.
Cinder turned to Pyrrha with a sinister grin that sent shivers down her spine, "As you wish" she turned directing the bow at Pyrrha drawing the string back once more.
Tsk tsk tsk, she clicked her tongue, "Such a shame, you would have made a wonderful pet" she chuckled.
"I would never serve someone like you Cinder" Pyrrha shot back.
"I know" Cinder smiled, her eyes flaring up.
Time seemed to stand still, the only sound to be heard was that of the monstrous grimm circling the tower as well as the fast and hard thumping of her heart beating. She had accepted that she was going to die here. She looked down and braced herself for death as she heard Cinder let the bolt fly on it's path to pierce Pyrrha's heart. All she could do is wait and admire the rose petals falling to her view... Rose petals? Her eyes widen as the realization dawned on her.
"Ruby no!" Pyrrha screamed but was far too late.
The younger woman had used her semblance of speed to launch herself between the arrow and Pyrrha. Pyrrha reached up to pull Ruby down but to no avail. The sound of an arrow piercing flesh, accompanied by Ruby's scream of agony made Pyrrha's heart sink. She readied herself to catch Ruby when she fell, but instead of falling, after she screamed in pain she screamed once more but this was different it sounded more like a battle cry.
What came next Pyrrha did not expect, a burning white light surrounded her and Ruby but the weird part was it seemed to be coming from the younger girl herself. Then came a cry from Cinder as the light reached her, followed by a high pitched screech from the gigantic grimm that continued to circle the tower. Unable to bare the intense brightness level of the light it Pyrrha had to clench her eyes shut. The cries of Cinder and the Grimm were drowned out by the immense ringing in her ears. In about a minute or so the light finally faded and the ringing stopped soon after.
Once the ringing stopped Pyrrha blinked her eyes open it took a second for her eyes to readjust to the moonlight night. The first thing she saw was Ruby standing in front of her, swaying back and forth. As soon as she began to fall Pyrrha dove to catch her and succeeded holding the young girl in her arms, Pyrrha laid her head on her chest to find her pulse.
"Thank god" She exhaled, Ruby's pulse was there however weak it was.
She held Ruby close and took this chance to gather her surroundings and saw that they were alone, both Cinder and the grimm had vanished. The air around them was cold, wrath filling the atmosphere. Despite Cinder vanishing Pyrrha could still feel the evil aura in the air, but that didn't matter now, they were safe for the time being.
All seemed to be at ease for the moment until she heard a loud snapping sound and felt the tower start to tip. Fighting against a fatigue she had never felt before she gathered an unconscious Ruby in her arms and ran to the edge of the tower and in desperation she launched herself off. Pyrrha placed her body between Ruby and the quickly approaching ground, hoping to at least save Ruby from the fall, if nothing else.
"I'm not going to let you die!" She told herself as the ground grew closer and closer.
Pyrrha was squeezing Ruby hard refusing to let her go, as they descended the ground growing ever closer 8s… 7s… 6s… 5s…
"Is this how it's going to end for me" she thought to herself. 4s… 3s… 2s…
They stopped falling. "Is this what dying is like" she thought to herself, too afraid to open her eyes.
Pyrrha found herself holding her breath, too afraid to move an inch. She was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard a familiar voice in the distance.
"Will you guys hurry up and help them i can't hold this sigil forever!" Weiss spoke through fast, heavy breaths
"Weiss!?" She realized as her eyes shot open.
Her heart picked up, beating fast as joy filled it to the brim, and tears filled her eyes as she realized she hadn't died afterall. This caused her glance to shift to Ruby, the girl that had saved her life. Right there she swore to herself that she would return the favor.
Hearing Weiss's shout, Jaune and Yang immediately ran to their aid, Pyrrha's tears begging to be released as Jaune tried to lift her up but she refused to let go of Ruby until she was sure that Ruby was in safe hands, this was confirmed by the soothing voice of Yang
"I got you sis" Yang said softly as she picked her up her baby sister.
Knowing Ruby would be safe, she let her body go limp as she looked up at Jaune. Finally giving into her fatigue and letting her body go limp in his arms as she fell unconscious.
Pyrrha blinked her eyes open, the only sound being that of her heart rate monitor. She took in her surroundings soon realizing she was in a hospital bed. She tried to sit up only to see that there was a passed out Jaune Arc resting his head on her hand, this caused Pyrrha to blush slightly and smile gently nudging him.
"Who, what, when, where?" he blurted out as he shot up, a small line of drool following his lips.
Jaune scanned the room to see what woke him when he saw nothing he went back to resting his head to find Pyrrha's hand missing, confused he looked back up again, causing Pyrrha to giggle. His eyes widened as realization dawned on him. He all but tackled Pyrrha nearly knocking the wind out of her.
"Don't ever do that to me again" barely audible due to his face buried in her pillow.
She gently pushed him off her so she could see his face, his blond hair was all in a mess, bags under his eyes making it obvious he hadn't been getting much sleep. She looked into his blue eyes, her blush fading instantly, his eyes were filled with tears begging him to fall..
"Oh Jaune I'm so sorry I scared you it wa…" she was cut off by a pair of lips passionately connecting against hers.
Stunned for a moment, she was taken off guard which is rare for the warrior but she soon melted into the embrace of his lips, the blush re-emerging a darker shade this time as she ran her fingers through his messy blond hair. His tongue begged her lips eagerly for passage which she granted him without hesitation. Though his dance with her tongue it was clear how much she had worried him but also how much that didn't matter now that she was safe. After a few minutes he finally broke the kiss much to her disappointment, pulling away left a small line of saliva trailing between their mouths.
"Are you okay?" He questioned clearly concerned, looking down away from her.
"I'm fine Jaune i promise" she assured him, placing a hand gently on his cheek, lifting his face to meet her gaze.
Then suddenly it hit her "Wait where is Ruby? Is she okay?" Pyrrha practically shouted.
The question made him tense up a bit. "The doctors said she is going to be just fine but she hasn't woken up yet, they said she was lucky that the arrow didn't hit anything vital." He spoke with a tone of regret.
To that Pyrrha relaxed a bit but was still uneasy until he went on to say, "don't worry Yang and Weiss haven't left her side this whole time, shes safe." Gently grabbing her hand to give it a light squeeze.
To that Pyrrha felt much better. Jaune brushed a little hair out of her face and leaned down to kiss her forehead.
"How about something to eat you must be hungry. I sent Ren and Nora down to the cafeteria but knowing those two, poor Ren is probably being dragged off somewhere else."
Pyrrha giggled at the thought of Ren being dragged all over the hospital. Seeing this Jaune smiled.
"There that smile i fell for." He chuckled out.
She blushed and admitted she felt a little hungry, and with another kiss on her forehead he left the room leaving Pyrrha to her thoughts.
Meanwhile a few rooms down the hall in Ruby's room Yang and Weiss were arguing over what to watch on Netflix.
"Come on!" Protested Yang "why can't we watch something, ya know, GOOD!" She said flipping through channels.
Yang sat in a chair to the left of Ruby, with Weiss on the couch beside her. Both of them dressed in their PJs, Yang in her usual orange tank top and black shorts, and Weiss in her nightgown.
"Because your idea of good is adrenaline packed movies and you're already full of too much adrenaline, we don't need to pump you with more!" Weiss shot back "we are watching Vampire Diaries so deal with it" she hissed.
"Fine!" Yang surrendered tossing Weiss the remote.
"Thank you" she grinned in victory.
"Jeez can't even go a few days without you two arguing" Ruby croaked weakly.
"RUBY!" Yang dove onto her little sister, knocking the wind out of her.
*SMACK*
Weiss smacked Yang in the back of her head.
"Yang don't jump on her like that unless you want to finish her off!" Weiss barked at the brawler.
Yang stood up rubbing the back of her head "i don't but damn Weiss you didn't have to hit me so hard?"
Ignoring that she turned to scowl at their leader.
"AND YOU" she raised her voice just below shouting level "You reckless idiot!" She started in "Where you trying to get yourself killed and worry us half to death?!"
Shocked, Yang stepped in, "Weiss take it easy on her, she just woke up." She spoke calmly, despite how excited she was that her sister was awake.
"I… I'm sorry Weiss" she spoke out softly as tears streamed down her cheeks.
Immediately regretting her words Weiss laid her hand on her leaders "It's ok just be more careful next time!"
To that Ruby smiled weakly "I promise" she said, squeezing Weiss's hand.
Yang decided to break the silence "But seriously how ya holdin up sis?" She questioned.
"I've definitely felt better but at least i'm alive" that caused Weiss to squeeze her leader's hand which she hadn't pulled away from.
"Hey kido" a low voice spoke up coming from the doorway.
That's when her face lit up with joy to the best of it's ability.
"Uncle Qrow!" She tried to voice her excitement but all that came out was a scratchy whine.
"Wow take it easy there kid, you got pretty banged up!" He said pointing at where the arrow hit her.
"Like you're one to talk" Yang shot back sticking her tongue out and pointing at his right arm placed in a sling.
"Fair enough, but you could have said that without the ""old man"" part." He smiled "you guys mind if i have a minute alone with her."
"Not at all, we were going to head down to the cafeteria soon anyways" she said as she grabbed Yang by the arm and pulled her out despite Yang's grunting.
"How ya feelin kido?" He said sitting by her bed.
"Can't complain, but i just wish i could remember everything that happened in the tower that night." She spoke, some of her spirit returning to her.
"What's the last thing you remember?" He asked.
"Well," she pondered "i remember jumping in to help Pyrrha then i felt a terrible pain in my stomach and everything went white next thing i know i'm being carried by Yang into a Bullhead and then everything went black." She finished with a shrug.
"I see, did you know you have silver eyes just like your mother"...
Meanwhile overhead in the Emerald Forest a group of Nevermores a flying over the forest when all of the sudden…
*SLASH* *SNAP* the enormous dragon raked its claws down a nevermore's back and then locked it's neck in its enormous jaws, then proceeded to land to devour its kill as a hooded figure jumps off the dragon's back, looking at Beacon Academy out in the distance, removing her hood.
"I will have my revenge Ruby Rose just you wait" Cinder Fall growled out, glaring at the school with eyes of never before seen hatred.
I really hope you guys enjoyed. Also hope i made it easier to read. I re-wrote some stuff, hopefully it's an improvement. This is also the reason behind the lack of the 3rd chapter i promised, i decided i would wait to post the 3rd chapter until i updated these, that and i had to change some stuff in the 3rd chapter as well, but anyways i hope you guys enjoyed and thanks for not hating it. Until next time. YOU'RE AWESOME! 3
