Chapter 2
One year later, Ruby and Yang were standing side-by-side at attention. General Locust stood in front of them. They were finally going to start their training to get accepted into the Delta training core. This was to become privates and start the real training process.
Ruby wore a black t-shirt with a red rose on the back. She had black jeans with red rose petals at the bottom of the right pant leg. She also had red and black combat boots. She wore a red cloak attached to her t-shirt near her shoulders on her chest. Black fingerless gloves with a red skull on the back of both gloves on her hands. A black bandana with a red rose and skulls tied behind her neck, resting there. She also had a black belt with a silver rose belt buckle and a black pistol holster attached to it.
Yang wore a yellow t-shirt with a gold and orange burning heart. She had an orange scarf around her neck. She wore black gloves with yellow and red fireballs on the back of gloves. She wore light brown and orange combat boots. Black shorts with an orange burning heart on the right side. She also had a gray bandana tied around her right bicep.
"Alright! The order goes as follows as you move up in the ranks! Delta is for Privates to Corporals! Charlie is for Sergeants to Sergeant Majors! Bravo is for Warrant Officers to First Lieutenants! And Alpha is for Captains to Colonels! Once you reach the rank of Colonel, you are then placed under a General and earn the rest of the ranks from there! But before you are placed in the Delta Training Core, you must train to be able to handle yourself against a creature of Grimm!" Locust watched them carefully. They stayed quiet and kept their composure.
"Good to see you two aren't afraid! Now, the first lesson for is… learning how to unlock your powers and control them! As you know, both of you have inherited your parents' powers and abilities! Ruby, you used Dancing Rose while Yang used Volcanic Shield! As time goes by, you will be able to use those abilities to their full extent! Eventually, you will be able to unlock your true powers! Are you ready?"
"Yes sir!" they both replied. He smiled.
"Good! Now… you both need to practice your parents' powers… after practicing it for a certain amount of time, you will be able to use them on reflex… your own powers will awaken during this process… I have some dummies set up for you to practice on… you practice until I say you can stop… understood?"
"Sir, yes sir!" the two replied. They walked up to a dummy and started practicing.
Locust watched them as they practiced. Ruby would stay where she is and remained visible when the rose petals appeared. They flurried around and cut up the dummy. She needs to learn how to activate her speed to get further in that… he thought watching Ruby.
He turned his attention to Yang. Yang erupted into fire and burned the dummy. She is closer to getting Volcanic Shield perfected than Ruby is with perfecting Dancing Rose… the intensity is barely enough to kill an Ursa Major… she also needs to have it appear in different locations to use it more effectively… he thought watching Yang.
This might take a long time before they get the hang of it… he thought. He soon started to correct them on any mistakes and explained how Ruby could use her speed and how Yang could use the ability on different places away from her.
After six months had passed, Ruby and Yang had perfect the abilities of their parents. They stood at attention once again for the real training.
"Okay! Now, the real training for your powers can begin! This one requires something different then forcing it happen on command! For this, you will be meditating!" the two looked at each other with a confused expression. Yang looked at Locust.
"Why do we need to meditate?" she asked. Locust smiled.
"I'm glad you asked! The point of meditation in this training is to look with in yourself. To see the kind of ability or power is truly yours! I'm sure you noticed during your practice sessions. The feeling of something different trying to show itself, yet never did. That is what you are looking for. Finding it will involve looking into your very soul. You will have to conquer your true fear in order to find out what it is!" the two nodded.
"I think we understand…" Yang stated. She didn't sound too sure of herself.
"Then show you understand! Get into a meditative state and relax! Enter yourself through your mind and find what power and abilities lie inside your soul!" Ruby sat down with her legs crossed and closed her eyes. She started taking deep breaths.
"Ruby?"
She didn't respond.
"That's what I mean! She can't hear you until she wants to return to the real world! Now you try!" Locust smiled. Yang sat down next to Ruby and crossed her legs. She took deep breaths to relax herself. Soon, Yang was in her own world.
A/N: I'm not going to say much for this. Review and all that stuff
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