P.O.V: 3rd
Characters: A RNJR
Universe: Slight AU
Story Start:
"How did I get to this point," the slim boy thought to himself "In a tiny village in the middle of bloody nowhere surrounded by trees and now a tonne of Grimm"
The Grimm edged inwards closing the gap and tightening the metaphorical noose however as soon as a Grimm was dumb enough to charge the boy, he would swing his blade with little effort and slay the Grimm, but as the battle drew on the ring got smaller and smaller with the boy getting weaker from the numerous small cuts from the beasts but just as the boy was about to fall a single deafening roar bellowed throughout the town and even the Grimm cowered before the origin of the roar.
"Oh great" the boy muttered to himself
As a large hulking mass appeared from the tree line, the ground shock with each thunderous step. The boy recognised it as a Beringel but he had only seen it in books, and he knew that it had high strength and durability. So ending it quickly was out of the window and he need that in a battle of attrition the Beringel would win 97 times out of 100 but this fact did not seem to rattle the hunter as he took on a basic sword pose both hands on the handle with the blade parallel with his left foot as he prepared himself to counter the great brutes first attack as a pale blue mist coated the blade.
The boy closed his eyes he spoke in a soft level tone "Spirits of steel and flesh guide my blade to carry out your will" and with a flash his eyes opened and he rushed forward towards the beast that stood before him as it bellowed and raised one of its massive forelegs they swung the hunter was launched backwards by the powerful attack but the Beringel seemed to hesitate before continuing as on its arm was a deep slice that did not seem to close. The boy stood up slowly as he watched the beast glare from the cut to sword to the boy and back its eyes narrowed and it sprung forward to catch the boy just below his right eye and as it swung again the boy was launched through the air until he smashed into a tree snapping it in two and continued through another 2 trees.
"Okay that bloody hurt" exclaimed the boy before he felt his check become wet with his own blood "at least I can still see" the boy continued he then dropped to the floor as his aura was depleted but as he slipped out of consciousness he would swear he saw a flash of red and the Beringel fall dead.
"REN, NORA, JAUNE" the red figure yelled "We have an injured person over here" suddenly 3 figures appeared from the opposite tree line in a quick sprint as they all knelt around the collapsed figure
"Ren what do we do" asked the figure in red to one of her friends
"He is not bleeding but it looks like his just out of aura" commented the boy in green as he lifted the figure over his shoulder "we can leave him here so we will take him to the next village and will wait for him to awaken as he might be able to tell us what happened here"
With that, the 4 set off stopping only to allow Ren to give Jaune the limp figure to carry and vice versa this pattern continued till they reached a small walled town.
"Halt state your affiliation and purpose" a guard commanded from the travellers
This time it was Jaune who spoke up "we are hunters from Beacon we are on our way to Mistral when we came across a village overrun with Grimm and this boy is the only survivor, his aura was depleted defending the village so we ask for momentary refuge in your town till this boy wakes up"
Upon hearing this the guard turned to his unseen colleges "Open the gate they're hunters and they have injured" with that gate swung lazily open and an elderly gentleman robed in white rushed out to them and introduced himself as Doctor Mason and that the village was called Marlene as them walked briskly over to Doctor Masons home he quizzed them with anatomical acuteness about what had happened and had looked downhearted when they told him of the fate of the villagers
"Okay lay the boy down on the bed I need to assess the boy's injuries," The Doctor told them in a calm tone
"How are you going to check there's no equipment" Jaune pointed out
"My semblance allows me to not only see the true extent of injuries but to also heal them" The doctor replied with a slight chuckle "Now go get something to eat from the market and tell them Mason sent you" after they left the doctor turned his attention to the figure sprawled out on the bed next to him "Now let's see what's wrong with you"
~With team RNJR~
"This town is doing quite well for being so far from a city, I must say I'm impressed" came the near monotone voice of Ren
"Do you think they have cookies?" Ruby asked
"Pancakes I can smell them," Nora said giddily
With that team, RNJR followed Nora to the pancake stall
"Are you those new hunters from the south?" asked an elderly fox Faunus
"Yes ma'am that would be us" Ren answered
"Then is it try that Villaeh has fallen," The woman asked again
"I am sorry but yes there was only 1 survivor" Jaune replied solemnly
"A young boy clad in ashen grey with a sword" the woman quizzed
"Yes, how did you know" Jaune half answered
"Because his up and moving already" the woman pointed past them and to a cloaked figure
...
"HEY STOP" they heard Dr Mason yell as the figure inclined their head so the hood fell off slowly and turned towards Ruby and the gang
"Thank you doctor" the boy responded with a voice like lead plates dragging against each other with that he walked forward until he was a foot away from the shocked RNJR as he draw his sword from his side his eyes burned fiercely but what followed shocked RNJR more as the boy slammed the blade into the ground in-between them and he knelt on his left knee and with a tone like a humble soldier he softly said "In accordance with my villages tradition, I, Absolum Grafinite hereby swear myself to you services as payment for saving my life" as he finished he kept his head bowed.
"It's okay we were just...Erm doing our job" Ruby fumbled out
The kneeling figure did not respond nor move
"Raise your head Mr Graphinite" Rens' voice cut though
With that small sentence, the kneeling figure stood upright until he stood above all but Jaune he sheathed his sword
"Now tell us what happened at that village" Ren ordered
"As you wish sir" came the now monotonous voice of the boy "The town in question was attack 3 nights ago by a large swarm of Grimm, as I was travelling through the town when the attack first happened I tried to get the townsfolk to the town hall while I dealt with the Grimm as I was the only train person there, however I failed to save anyone as the town hall was destroyed by 2 Geists while the village was overrun by 47 other Grimm, that now lay dead by my blade and your" he said turning to Ruby "sniper round"
"How did you know that I shot the round" Ruby looked shocked
"Your scythe when active has two forms the aforementioned scythe and a high-powered sniper rifle I know that because you are Ruby Rose you were in the newspaper a few years back"