Saij groaned as he fired his weapon into the ground to help him get up quickly. Osiria used water to push her back up before the two of them looked at what threw them around. In front of them was a black and white centipede looking Grimm that was lightly bigger than a death stalker. "A baby ground dweller?!" Osiria cried.
"What do you mean baby! That thing is huge!" Saij screamed.
"Well I hear that the adults are huge although we've never seen one before." Osiria said. She then jumped away as the ground dweller slammed it's head down on her in an attempt to eat her. But instead of coming back up in attack it continued to dig underground. "That's done." He sighed sarcastically. He then looked up to see Osiria still having her weapons out while looking around. "Uh Osiria, it's gone now."
"I don't think it's that easy..." Osiria replied. After saying that, the ground started to rumble once more. The two of them looked around, trying to figure out where the Grimm was going to come up this time. "Saij! Watch out!"
"Huh?" Saij looked at her in slight confusion before being thrown up into the air. Saij then screamed as he looked down to see the creature coming at him with its mouth stretched open. The head of the monster then jerked sideways and Saij landed between it's snapping jaws. He then instinctively grabbed one of them instead of hanging on to both in attempt to not fall into the swirling pool of teeth. The mouth then closed and he started to be thrown around. Saij then heard someone calling to him, "Saij! Get the mouth to stay open!"
"How the hell am I supposed to do that!" He screamed down to Osiria who yelled back, "With your weapon! You said it can punch through iron. The mouth of that is a thin layer of hard flesh!" Saij looked back between the snapping jaws at the opening and closing mouth attempting to get a snag on him. He then gulped before he reached upwards. Firing the weapon into the eye of the creature, he was thrown up into the air. He screamed once again as he saw the swirling pool of teeth. Saij continued to fall closer and closer before he turned to Osiria, "Any time now!"
"Hold on!"
"There is no holding on!" He screamed, watching as he fell towards the teeth in imminent death. Saij continued to fall towards the creature before he closed his eyes, accepting his death. He was then hit with something hard before he was soaked with liquid. 'This is a way to die. First day of school during initiation to a Grimm Well the headmaster did warn us not to die soo... Well. I'm in a better place now. Even if it's completely dark.' Saij thought to himself. He then felt a sharp pain in his back, "Get up dummy."
"W-Wha?" Saij open his eyes to see Osiria standing over him with a disappointed face. "Honestly. You were pretty good bait but seriously, thinking you actually died? Did you really think I wouldn't save your incompetent self."
"Well that's a bit harsh." Saij remarked. Osiria only shook her head, "Whatever, just get up so we can get moving or I'm leaving you." Saij scrambled to get up, finally seeing his surroundings. The body of the ground dweller was laying there on the ground, or at least what was left of it. He then turned to see Osiria already far ahead in the forest and he ran to catch up. "Don't you think that was a bit overkill for an adult."
Osiria only laughed. "I thought I told you that was a baby! We'd be the size of a young ground dwellers leg!" She said.
"Only the leg of a young dweller! What the heck is the size of the adult then!" Saij exclaimed. Osiria turned to him with a face of disappointment again, "I thought I told you that humans have never seen an adult. Well they probably have but no one's survived." Saij shuddered at the thought of seeing an adult and continued to walk. They then came across a cave positioned in a small cliff face. The two of them turned to each other and Osiria shook her head. She then closed her eyes as if in thought before opening them and pointing west (The cave is north). "It's this way."
"How do you know?" Saij asked.
"The best idea is choose a direction and go." She replied. Saij shrugged and started to walk west as she pointed. Osiria started to follow him after he passed by her. She then yelped and started to make odd sounds. Saij turned around, "Are you having an org- Holy mother." He then reeled his fist back before punching the Grimm in the head, firing his weapon on full power. The head of the bat was disintegrated and Osiria fell forward. Saij caught her before looking down at her back where the fabric was torn away. Blood flowed down near her neck and shoulders where the blood shrieker had placed it's teeth. Saij then held her straight in a standing position, "You alright?"
Osiria looked up at him with dull eyes, "Y-yeah... A bit tired though."
"Can you move?" He asked. She shook her head before falling forward onto him again. 'Damn.' Saij thought. He looked back down at her to see her slipping in and out of consciousness before finally blacking out. He then looked up at the trees in thought, 'Agh. What do I do? I can't stay here or Grimm will get us. Welp, drastic times call for drastic measures.' Saij then stooped down and picked Osiria up, noting how light she also was.'Wait. Why am I thinking on how light she is? I need to get out of here!' Saij exclaimed before turning and starting to jog through the trees. He then stopped in his tracks as a large figure of water stood in front of him. The water figure then held out it's hand.
Saij tilted his head in confusion and the figure pointed at Osiria. He then shook his head in denial. The water figure nodded it's head and a large sword of water materialized in it's hand. Looking at Saij it spoke in a distorted, watery voice, "Follow, We shall leave this area."
"Uh. We were supposed to find some type of temple with some artifacts."
"I see. Come this way." The figure then started to walk west before turning back to wait for Saij to follow him. He wasn't sure whether to trust this random water statue that appeared out of nowhere but he assumed it to be something from Osira. With the guidance of the statue, they found the temple. Saij bent down to put the still passed out Osiria against a slightly leaning pillar. He turned to see the statue plant it's sword into the ground, the tip phasing through the ground rather than denting it or splashing in different directions. He then turned around to look at the artifacts that waited on separate pedestals.
They came in different colors and shapes. He quickly picked up the last of the black pieces and pocketed it. Turning around, Saij saw that the statue wasn't there. He looked at Osiria to see her leaning forward in an attempt to get up. "You're up." He said.
"At least I didn't fake death." Osiria grunted. She stumbled before finally standing straight and looking at Saij who held up the chess piece. Nodding she started to walk towards the forest. Saij put a hand on her shoulder which was only slapped off. He then spoke to try and get through to Osiria, "Hey. I think you should really rest."
"I'm fine." She barked before stumbling slightly. Saij shook his head, "I'm sure stumbling after just waking up from an attack isn't 'okay'. At least lean on me for support. I'm going to be your partner for the time we're here so might as well let me help." Osiria looked at him before grumbling, "Trying to be the all good hero I see."
"Wha? No I'm not." Saij said. Osiria then leaned onto a tree with her head down. Saij saw that she was breathing quite heavily and sighed, "Stop pushing yourself like this. You won't make it through the year like that."
"I've made it through many years like this." She growled. Saij sighed at her actions, "I don't care what you've done before this or what you will do after this. But while we're here at beacon, I'm your partner so I'm going to help you whether you like it or not." Saij then picked up Osiria before she could walk off or object. Osiria kicked at him for a while before finally giving up. "This once. That's it." She muttered before turning away. Saij smiled, "As you say your majesty, the all great water goddess."
Her face turned red and she socked him in the face. Saij took the hit and looked at her, "Hey now it was a joke. Would you prefer to be dropped."
"Shut up." Osiria growled, her face still red. He only shrugged and continued to walk. He walked for a few minutes carrying Osiria before she spoke, "It's quiet."
"Yea..." Saij agreed. A loud screech then seeped through the trees along with yelling. Osira jumped out of his grip before testing her ability to move. "Are you sure you should be doing that?" Saij asked.
"Doesn't matter. Lets go." Before Saij could object, Osiria started to head through the trees, pushing away branches. Saij had no choice but to follow, readying his weapon in the process. Bursting though the bushes to almost run into Osiria he looked at the large clearing. Multiple other people were fighting against four large Grimm. Saij immediately recognized them as all of the other students that were launched with them. The students were having no luck however against the tortoise type Grimms. They looked like a normal tortoise, except that above the main head was another head. And it had two others next to it. With the snake-like heads protecting the front and sides, it was almost impossible to attack from the front. It didn't help that they were heavily armored, and that there were four of them.
Osiria immediately pulled out her two weapons and crouched down. Saij stopped her, "You aren't in combat condition!"
"Don't worry. But I need you to punch a hole through the armor." Osiria assured.
Saij shook his head, "Hold up. This can punch through iron on full power. But that's a thick layer of Grimm bone. It's probably even stronger than iron."
"Then give them a headache. Once you're done, I'll attack." Osiria then crouched down and closed her eyes. Saij looked forward at all of the other students that were attacking the Grimm and he charged in. He charged straight towards the first turtle and waited for an attack. The middle head then came down and attacked. 'Like I wanted.' Saij smirked as he then slid between the first head and the main before jumping away from the main at the middle. He then fired his gun at the softer flesh at the bottom of the head before jumping away. The Grimm screamed in pain and anger as it backed into one of it's alleys, flailing it's decapitated middle neck. Saij then made another attempt at the same Grim, managing to take down another head. "Yes!" He cheered as the second head fell to the ground. He then turned to see the left head slam into him, sending him into a tree.
Saij got up again to see one of the students charging towards the Grimm from the side. He then started to glow before he grabbed the shell of the creature. He then yelled and flipped the tortoise off of it's stubby legs and onto it's spiked back. Another student slashed off the last head as Osiria dashed forward. Loud bangs then came from her direction as shots bounced off the hard shell. Saij determined they were coming from Osiria but she was holding both of her daggers. He then spotted a flash coming from the end of her tail. 'When did she get a tail? And when were tails able to shoot?' He thought. Some of the other student seemed to be confused too but ignored it as some took the chance to try and attack the exposed tail. Others however escaped into the trees.
Saij then got up and started to head over to the other students to join in on the attack. All of the students then joined up together in a group with the three Grimm's facing them. One of them charged towards them only to retreat when Saij sent a full powered strike to it's main head. The student went into a combat stance to prepare for the next strike. Osiria then turned slightly, "Hey guys, mind leaving for a sec?"
"Leaving?" A student asked. Saij turned to Osiria, "Are you crazy?"
"Just do it. What I'm about to do involves focus but I can't do it with everyone here. So please leave." She said. The students looked a each other in hesitation before agreeing to her wish. One of the turtles used this and attacked. Osiria was then hit slightly and Saij watched her Aura bar go down to a quarter. "Osiria, what are you doing? You're going to deplete your Aura fully at this rate!"
"Go dammit." Osiria said.
"We're hunters, we fight together." One of the students still there said. Saij turned to find that only two were left with him and Osiria. Only four people against three heavily armed Grimm. One of the Grimm attacked again, Striking Osiria square on, depleting her Aura bar even more. "Osiria! You are in no condition to fight. Your aura is at eighteen dammit! Let us stay, we'll defeat them. At least run with us." Saij tried to persuade. The other two students nodded in agreement.
The Grimm then striked again for Osiria to block them with her daggers. Saij grabbed her, "C'mon. If you continue you're going to die!" Osiria smiled at them, "Sorry. But I can't have anyone see what I'm about to do." They all looked down to see water grabbing around their feet. Saij looked at his partner, "Hey. Osiria!"
"Sorry about this." Osiria smiled. Saij attempted to say something with one of the other students but it was too late as they were launched into the air. One of the Grimm's roared, the sound echoing through the trees. The trio smashed through the branches as they fell before landing on the ground. A few of the other students were also there to see them land. Saij got up and punched a tree in anger. Firing his weapon, he started to blast the tree into different pieces. The other students started to inch away from him before he finally stopped. Breathing heavily he turned around, "Lets go. Initiation needs to be completed." Saij then started to stomp off towards where they first started. The students looked at each other in hesitation but agreed to follow him to complete initiation.
Here's another chapter. Is Osiria dead? Who knows, that's for you to decide. Also for the Grimm that are mentioned in the story like the centepede, bat, and tortoise, I got those from fan art. I thank the creators of those Grimm for the idea although I forget who made them. Either way I thank the people who made these Grimms.
