So most of the training fights will be short, so that I can quickly transition to other parts of the story. With so many protags, it will be hard to manage, so not too many characters from RWBY will be in this story. Some of my favorites will make guest appearances. Drop some reviews, let me know what you think. Also, it's worth mentioning that the weapons are low tech compared to the weapons in Ruby, but that won't slow Yang or Ruby down one bit.

Yang leaps from one roof to another. Two weeks in the DWMA and she was having a blast, hunting Kishin. One in particular was chasing her. In the poorly lit night she couldn't make out the Kishin, but its form was massive. Yang leaps into the air, covering her face as she dives right through the side of an abandoned two story storage facility. Yang rolls back to her feet, turning just in time for the Kishin to leap into the side of the building, the top floor giving out under the strain and it collapses onto the bottom floor.

Yang forces herself to her feet, dusting herself off and chuckling "You crashed the party." The Kishin stands to his full height, he looked very similar to a cross between a fat giant and a porcupine, razor sharp spikes lining his back. He clenches his fists and a blade slides out of each arm. Yang points to him "Vlad the Impaler, as a Kishin, your dark and hopeless soul has been sentenced to death!"

Vlad chuckles "Oh yeah? You are going to carry out the sentence? Don't make me laugh!" Yang smiles "Actually, I didn't come alone. I brought an army." Two shadows step out into the light on either side of Yang. They are both dark skinned, with black hair and peircing blue eyes, their facial features were even similar. But that was where the similarities stopped, the boy was well build and tall, while the girl was short and thin. The girl smiles and her mouth is lined with razor sharp teeth "Food..." Yang smiles "These two are my army. Meet Demetrius and Deyonna. The Wolf Twins."

Deyonna takes a step forward and she says in a whiney voice "Yaaaannnngg... I'm hungry..." Demetrius chuckles "Na, you got the last one sis. This one is mine." Yang smiles to each of them "Alright guys, arm up." She raises her arms and they both glow grey, the energy wrapping around her arms. When the glow vanishes, Yang is wearing matching gauntlets, a bright silver color with a dragon emblazoned on the back of her fists and up to her arm where the gauntlets end halfway up her upper arm. Yang smiles "Get it? Armed?"

Vlad snarls and thrusts at Yang repeatedly, Yang easily dodges the large spikes that were at least 6 inches in diameter. Yang slowly retreats back while dodging his thrust attacks, and Vlad begins to get more confident, thrusting faster "I will kill you eventually foolish girl!" Vlad thrusts forward and his spike grazes Yang's cheek but she wraps her arm around it, bracing it against her shoulder "That so?" Yang flexes, snapping the bone spike in half. Vlad leaps back from her "You broke it like a twig?!" She smiles "I'll be saying the same about you in a minute."

Vlad leaps in the air, rolling into a ball and he rolls towards Yang. Yang punches the ground hard, causing a shockwave that sends him airborne and causes him to uncurl. She leaps up in the air, giving him a playful wink as her gauntlet becomes encased in a blue energy "Let me take a stab at you!" She punches him in the chest, her aura imbued strike causing such internal damage his back is blown open, his body fading away into a Kishin egg. Yang lands on the ground, her weapon partners dissipating and reforming in human form.

Deyonna looks over at the large Kishin egg "That sucker is massive. Demetrius, we are even right now, can't you let me have this one?" Demetrius shrugs "Whatever." She picks it up, squishing it in her hands, eyeing it like a piece of meat. Yang clears her throat "Deyonna, don't play with your food." She giggles "Sorry." She opens her mouth wide, swallowing it in one gulp. She sighs contently, leaning against the wall, patting her stomach "Much better." The wall gives way behind her, as the rest of the building begins to collapse.

Glynda stands in front of the group of students in the training hall, all of which were first year weapons. Deyonna chews on some gum, doodling in her notebook as they waited for the lesson to begin. Demitrius leans over, checking out her drawing. It was a near flawless drawing of Vlad the Impaler, the Kishin they defeated the night before. Deyonna smiles "Pretty good, huh?" Demetrius nods "Got any more?" Deyonna nods "Every villain we have beat so far. And one of Yang." Demetrius flips through the book "Your artwork is improving."

Glynda clears her throat "Welcome to Weapons Defense class. Your meisters will take a similar course, but seeing as how using your aura offensively and utilizing semblances is not an option for weapons, instead we will be focusing on training your hand to hand, and form manipulation. The time may arise when your meister will be incapacitated, and you will be forced to defend yourself." Glynda looks around the room "Deyonna and Tsubaki, please step forward." Deyonna hands her sketchbook to Demetrius, and she steps in the arena on Glynda's left, Tsubaki on her right.

Glynda smiles "Both of you are perhaps the most talented hand to hand combatants, from the information we have gathered, though your styles are vastly different." Deyonna grins "A fight? I think this is my favorite class." Glynda nods "Both of you, try your best." Deyonna walks up towards Tsubaki, holding out her fist "Us girls, top of the class." Tsubaki pounds her fist, smiling sheepishly "I was really surprised to hear that actually." Deyonna smirks, hands on her hips as she stands proudly "I'm not."

Deyonna takes a few steps back, observing Tsubaki closely. Tsubaki rushes towards her, dashing right. Deyonna leans towards her right and Tsubaki leaps to Deyonna's left side, striking her in the head. Deyonna recoils from the hit, smirking. Tsubaki ducks her retalitory right hook, hitting her with a palm strike to the chest that causes Deyonna's feet to leave the ground. Deyonna leaps in the air, her diving punch missing, but she pushes off the ground and connects with a strong right hook that sends Tsubaki reeling.

Tsubaki goes for several kicks, Deyonna blocking her high kick and her kick to the side, leaping to avoid her sweeping kick. Tsubaki rotates her whole body, pushing off the ground with both hands and both her feet find their mark in Deyonna's chest, knocking her back. Deyonna lands on her back and rolls backwards, blocking Tsubaki's followup overhead ax kick, grabbing her leg and throwing her. Tsubaki lands on her feet but Deyonna was already on her, right arm cocked back for a punch.

Both fighters freeze and Glynda walks towards them "Tsubaki, your clever and careful approach is the kind of defensive training that comes from a long lineage of demon weapons, isn't it?" Deyonna looks down, Tsubaki had her fingertips aimed at Deyonna's chest, her fingernails gleam with the hint of metal. Had Glynda not stopped the fight, Tsubaki may have accidentally killed her on impulse. Glynda releases them both, and Deyonna holds out her hand "That was fun. I will have to try harder to pay attention next time." Tsubaki smiles "That was a rather short fight."

Marik stands "Glynda, if you would indulge me, I haven't had the chance to show off my fighting techniques." Soul elbows him "Can't have the girls running the show. Someone has to represent us at the top." Marik shrugs "Not even really that. I just want to see where I measure up." Glynda smiles "Deyonna, would you like to fight another round?" Deyonna nods "Sounds good." Marik turns to Soul "Wanna show off?" Soul stands, hands in his pocket "Sure, why not? I get bored watching other people fight, not getting in there myself is so uncool." Marik smiles "Well then, we wish to challenge the Wolf Twins."

Glynda sighs "Not exactly the purpose of this class, but knock yourselves out." Soul and Marik walk out into the arena floor and Soul transforms, Marik grabbing him out of the air and wielding him with ease. Demetrius walks over to his sister and she transforms, wrapping around his left arm. The emblem is different, a wolf instead of a dragon, but the gauntlet is largely the same. Marik gives Soul several test swings and he spins Soul a few times, demonstrating his profeciency at wielding Soul.

Demetrius charges right towards Marik, who deflects his right hook to the side with Soul in his left hand, punching Demetrius hard with his right hand. Demetrius barely feels the shot, knocking Soul free of Marik's grasp, slugging Marik in the gut. Marik headbutts Demetrius, then hits him with a left, right and uppercut combo. Soul leaps over Marik, arm blade cocked back. Demetrius and Deyonna dematerialize, Deyonna wielding her brother on her left arm. They use this ploy to dodge Soul, knocking Marik out with a left hook. Soul turns to her in time to receive a spin kick that knocks him down.

Glynda puts smelling salts under Marik's nose and he jolts awake "Damn... that hit me like a runaway train." Deyonna giggles "I'll take that as a compliment." Her brother rematerializes and she reaches down to help Marik stand "Not bad little scuffle." Glynda nods "As you can see, your aura will defend you, but it is very limited, without your meister to unlock your latent potential as a weapon. Only through the union of a weapon and meister's aura can a weapon and meister realize their true abilities. You can train to utilize more of your aura on your own, so that you are not felled easily, but this takes time and focus."

Ruby was on her first solo mission with Marik. They were sent to take care of a small pack of grimm. Grimm had been around for quite a long time, but their numbers had dwindled substantially since Death founded the DWMA. Grimm packs were rare, and not typically dangerous, at least compared to the average meister. Ruby stands on a tree branch, watching the Beowolf pack as it approaches a village. Marik transforms and she leaps down from her branch. His gear clicks and the scythe becomes a spear with a curved blade. Ruby turns it so the sharp side is up.

Ruby approaches the group casually. They turn to her, splitting up and slowly circling her. Ruby leaps in the air, leaving a cloud of rose petals. She dives down and impales a Beowolf with Marik, springboarding off of him and slamming shoulder first into another. Marik rematerializes, backhanding a Beowolf, then he impales it with his blade. He transforms back into weapon form as Ruby dashes towards him. She grabs ahold of him, spinning like a top and butchering several more Beowolves.

The one Ruby knocked over makes it back to his feet, trying to attack Ruby from behind. She spins on the spot, slashing him in half. Ruby thrusts Marik in his spear mode at a Beowolf and it dodges, but Marik clicks back into scythe mode and Ruby pulls the scythe towards her, decapitating the Beowolf. She looks around at the corpses, sighing "It's good experience, but Grimm don't drop Kishin Eggs. We won't be able to make you a Death Scythe if we can't get enough missions to hunt Kishins."

Marik holds up his hand "Or maybe one will find us." The ground splits, and a man leaps out of the ground, holding a spear aloft. He brings it down towards Marik, who turns his arm into a blade and blocks it. The man wore little clothing, and was covered in dirt. Even his hair was dirt colored "How dare you slay my pack!" Marik transforms and Ruby grasps his handle, spinning Marik and motioning for the Kishin to attack. The beastmaster glares at Ruby, then charges at her, spear held at his side "You're dead!" Ruby's strike was lightning quick, and he barely managed to register it before his body began to dissolve and take the form of a Kishin Egg.

Ruby breathes on the glass pane, writing the number to contact Death on the foggy window. He holds up his hands "So?" Ruby salutes him "Mission accomplished. And we bagged the Kishin controlling the group." Death gives a sigh of relief "Great. And before they could cause too much more trouble. That's wonderful news. Come on back, I can't wait for your next assignment. You two never cease to impress." Ruby salutes again "Gladly!"

Elsewhere

Blake sits on the small bed, looking out the barred window. She holds her legs against her chest, bags under her eyes and her hair a mess. Her clothes were in tatters and singed in some places. The door to her chamber opens, the figure at the door was shrouded in darkness. Her eyes light up orange and she steps into the room slowly, making Blake wince "If you would merely embrace your new life instead of fighting us, you would find life much easier for yourself."

Blake looks away from her, hanging her head "Yes... Cinder. I understand." Cinder holds her hand out to Blake "Follow me. Let's try this one more time, shall we?" Tears stream down Blake's face, then her two tattoos begin to burn. One, a matching version of Medusa's snake tattoo on her right arm. The other, a tattoo of flames that ran from her left upper arm around her neck. Blake forces herself to stand, following Cinder upstairs to a large room.

Medusa stands in the middle of the room, her vector arrows wrapped around a defenseless man, who was screaming hysterically "...But I don't want to die! This isn't right! I have a famil-" A vector arrow wraps around his mouth, silencing him. Medusa grins over at Blake "End. His. Pathetic. Life. Now." Blake couldn't do it anymore. The constant abuse. The betrayal she suffered at the hands of Adam. The experiments... it was time to let go. If becoming the killer they wanted her to be could help make her life easier... well she didn't have alot of choice anyway. She raises her hand "Ragnorok, weapon form."

Say hi to Blake everyone