Chapter 2
The girl currently known as HT1 approached this unknown, potential enemy as fast as she could.
'Dangit Tang, you wasted my interrogation time!' HT1 thought. 'Well at least he used the code names, even if only to mock me-' She was dragged out of her thoughts by the red blur slowing down in front of her, until finally coming to a complete stop. HT1 finally got a good look at who she was facing: a girl in a red cloak, with dark brown hair, and red tips. She was wearing mostly red and black, she looked about 15 or 16, and…
Silver Eyes.
'Silver eyes or not, I will do the mission that I was assigned, I will protect my team, and I will protect my partner. So if these guys are a threat, then I will eliminate them.' HT1 thought. The red-cloaked girl reached behind her back and pulled out her compact weapon. She extended her weapon and held it over her shoulder.
"Let my friends go, now." the girl said calmly.
'Wow, she must think that I'm a pushover. Oh well, might as well keep up a the civilised conversation while it lasts. Heck I might find out some useful information.' HT1 turned her attention to the girl in front of her. "What's your name?" HT1 asked.
"Ruby. Now, I'll say it again. Let. My. Friends. Go. Now!" Ruby said with finality.
"Don't act that way, am I not allowed to keep up a peaceful conversation?" HT1 asked jokingly.
"You can, as soon as you let my friends go." Ruby said. 'Well this is going to be harder than I thought. This gir- Ruby, doesn't seem to want to anything other than save her friends. I guess it's the exact same thing for me.'
"Sorry, but I cannot do that until I confirm your identity, and your reasons for being here. Either that, or one of us dies. But that one will not be me, so unless you can convince me that you are not a threat, you die." HT1 said calmly. Though for some reason, she kept looking away every time dying came up in her sentence.
"Okay, then you've left me no choice." Ruby said, glaring. She lifted Crescent Rose off of her shoulder, and pointed the barrel at HT1. "Oh, and before we start, you never told me your name." She said.
"Well I guess there isn't any harm at this point. My name is Hunter Cerulean, get ready to die." Hunter said. She pointed the end of her staff towards Ruby and pressed a button near the hand grips. Two long, curved blades extended from two sides near the top, while another long, straight blade protruded from the top , and one small straight blade protruded from the bottom. There were small, practically invisible strips of metal along the base, as well as the middle of the three blades at the top of the staff. Ruby couldn't help but geek out at the sight of the girls weapon.
"Ooaahh!" Ruby exclaimed excitedly. "If we both live long enough to talk things out through this fight, can I take a look at your weapon? Oh, what's your weapons name?" Ruby continued Hunter looked startled for a second, her mask moving along with her expression.
"Uh, sure, I guess." Hunter said awkwardly. "His name is Sky Breaker, the guantlets are called Earth Breaker. What's your weapons name?" Hunter asked, still a bit awkward in this situation.
"Awesome, the names are really cool. Oh and this-" she said holding her giant scythe out in front of herself with ease. "-is Crescent Rose. Oh, and we should probably start fighting now." Ruby said sheepishly, rubbing the back of her neck. Hunter immediately agreed, putting herself back into her 'fight mode'. Suddenly, Ruby rushed forward, activating her semblance briefly, and split herself into three whirling bullets of roses, before rematerializing behind Hunter. Just as Ruby was about to swing her scythe down on the masked girl, Hunter's left arm swung towards Ruby, and the three weighted chains extended, wrapping around Ruby's waist. Hunter immediately swung her left arm in front of her, moving in an arc-like movement. The chains holding Ruby followed the movement in a wider arc, and through Ruby towards the ground, Hard. Just before Ruby hit the ground, the chains unwrapped Ruby, and went back to their original position. Ruby stood up quickly, wiping the dirt off of her combat skirt, and smirked at Hunter.
"That was an awesome move." Ruby said. She picked Crescent Rose up, and dusted the scythe off as well. Hunter waited patiently. Ruby looked up, surprised.
"I'm surprised you didn't attack me while I was distracted, I was actually leaving myself wide open, and you didn't do anything but wait." Ruby said curiously.
"Well unless you're a grimm, I don't see a reason to attack you while you're down. Though if you do that during every fight you partake, I'm surprised you've lived this long." Hunter said bluntly. Ruby smiled at her.
"Oh, by the way. I'm a survivor from the fall of Beacon." Ruby said, still smiling. Hunter's expression changed from calm, to complete and utter shock. "Wait what!" Hunter exclaimed.
"Oh, and look at your teammate and my friends." Ruby said, giggling a little bit.
Hunter turned away from Ruby, and looked to where Tang was supposed to be standing guard, only to see the three captives sitting companionably with Tang, watching the small fight with Ruby and Hunter. "Tang!" Hunter yelled. "How long have you known that they were from Beacon!?" she continued, exceedingly pissed off. Tang stood up slowly, the others following suit. Jaune patted his shoulder sympathetically.
One minute later.
"Uhhh, weeell. Just after you left to fight, Jaune pulled out his scroll, and showed me that he, as well as his two teammates were from Beacon, then he told me that Ruby was also from Beacon. So I let them out, and we kind… of decided... to watch you fight." Tang explained, grinning sheepishly. They were all gathered at the tree line where Tang and Hunter had originally captured the NJR of team RNJR. Hunter was fuming. She was pacing back and forth, muttering angrily to herself about how Tang was being mean. She stopped suddenly and looked at Ruby, then the rest of RNJR. She seemed to have thought of something.
"What are you guys doing here anyways? Shouldn't you be in Vale, or at Beacon, dealing with the grimm problem there?" Hunter asked, confused. Team RNJR looked at each other, silently coming to an agreement.
"I don't think that we should tell you guys, it's something that we need to discuss with the people at Haven academy." Jaune said. "So I don't know if it's really your business-" Jaune's sentence was cut-off by Tang.
"Actually, that makes it our business, right Hunter." Tang said, smirking at Hunter.
"Indeed it does Tang." Hunter replied, also smirking.
"So wait, you guys are from Haven?" Nora asked surprised.
"Indeed, we're apart of second year team, team HANT. I'm the leader of the team, and Tang here is my partner." Hunter replied.
"Wait, aren't you guys a bit too young to go to Haven academy?" Jaune asked.
"You do know that Ruby is the same age as us, right?" Tang asked. Jaune looked sheepish at Tang's question. Ruby giggled.
"He's got a point Jaune." Ruby said, high fiving Tang at Jaune's defeated sigh.
"Actually, I think that it's because of Ruby that we're even going to Haven right now. The headmaster heard about the youngest person to ever have attended Beacon, and deciding to not be out done, he devised a program for the second and third year students attending some of the nearby training schools. Whoever was able to beat a soon- to- be second year Haven student in a one- on- one battle, would be allowed to attend Haven early. My entire team passed the test. There are a few others, but not many." Hunter said. Ruby grinned at her.
"Awesome." she said. "Oh, and Hunter." Ruby continued. Hunter turned towards the other girl. "I get to see your weapon now." Hunter groaned. 'This was going to be a long day.' She thought.
Okay, second chapter is up. I hoped you liked it. I also hope that it isn't too long. So what do you guys think of it? The entire reason that I'm even making this fanfic is to practice character development, and get feedback on my writing skills. Also, I want you guys to know that this while slightly curve off of the Canon. I will use things like Ren's and Nora's backstories, as well as other background facts, but it might not go the same way that the canon will. I can't wait for the next episode. Alrighty, I have to go do homework, so uh, yeah. Ouvre mes amis. =)
