Everyone was on the side of the cliff with Ozpin and Glynda giving them they're instructions while in the forest.
"You will all be required to use your own landing strategy so be ready." Ozpin said.
'Twisted fuck. He's enjoying this a little too much I think.' Jaune thought.
Jaune looked down to where Daegan was to see him waving goodbye as he got sent flying into the forest. Everyone else watched as he disapeared into the trees but Jaune knew he was okay. The other students then started getting flung into the forest one after another.
Jaune crosses his arms and waits for himself to get sent flying. He then gets sent head first flying not moving at all. He dosen't even try to take hold of a branch to stop his fall. Imstead he channels his aura to his feet and lands on the ground feet first making a mini crator where he landed. The sound of the impact could be heard throughout the forest.
"I've had softer landings thats for damn sure." Jaune said as he brushed himself off and climbs out of the crator.
Jaune looks around and can't get a bairing of where he is. He decides to climb a tree to see where he's at. He sees a clearing, an old bridge, and he could hear someone he could only guess was one of the other students not too far away.
"Might aswell go help um out." Jaune said as he jumped onto a lower branch and began to run from branch to branch.
He arrived to find a familiar black clothed girl was fighting a few beowolfs. Jaune pulls out his pistol and shoots one of them in its mouth as it was about to bite Blake. He then pulled out Blackout and sliced another head off then kicked the las onto its back before stabbing it in its heart.
Blake was in awe. Never before had she seen anyone fight with such furiousity or kill three grimm so fast.
"How did you do that? I've never seen anyone move that fast." Blake said.
"You learn a few things when you live a life like I have." Jaune said as he pulled his sword out of the grimm, cleaned the blade off, and then put it back on his back.
"Well looks like were partners now. So where do we go from here?"
"Were not partners yet. Our eyes haven't met so we aren't required to be partners. Unless you want to be my partner that is. I have no problem with being yours if thats what you want." Jaune said.
"I don't mind you being my partner at all. Besides after seeing what you can do I think i'd much rather be on your side then anyone elses." Blake said.
"Its settled then... partner." Jaune said as he turned around and their eyes met.
The two of them began walking through the forest trying there best not to encounter anymore grimm along the way.
"Jaune?"
"Hmm? Whats up Blake?"
"You think we should possibly go through this cave? It could be a short-cut." Blake said.
Jaune looked at the cave then at the ground infront of it and walked over to its entrence. He looked in the cave and then looked back to Blake.
"Theres a Deathstalker in here."
"What?! How do you know?"
"See the tracks. It comes and goes out of here to hunt and from the size of these tracks its pritty big." Jaune said
"So what do you wanna do now?"
"I'm going to kill it." Jaune said in a dark tone.
"By yourself? Are you crazy?!" Blake said.
"No... Well maybe a little. But if I don't kill that thing its most likely going to attack other people in the future and I won't allow that. You can stay out here if you want just wait for me to draw it out." Jaune said as he entered the cave.
'You really are something else Jaune.' Blake thought as she drew her weapon.
Jaune was walking through the cave holding his arm on the wall to make sure he knew exactly where he was and if he had to turn or anything like that he'd know how to get out of here. He then sees a large yellow glowing light in the distance and walks toward it. When he finally got infront of it the Death Stalker came out of the shadows and started hissing at Jaune.
"Hello beasty." Jaune said as he drew his sword.
The Deathstalker tried to sting Jaune and grab him with its pincers.
Jaune easily dodged its stinger and jumped onto its head. He tried to plunge his sword into its skull but its exoskeleton was to hard. The only thing he managed to do was put a small crack in it.
"Alright then lets try this!" Jaune said as he pulled out his pistol and shot a volley at the giant scorpion and one of them managed to hit it in its eye causing it to screech in pain.
Jaune then started running foe the exit with a pissed off Death Stalker on his heels. He exited the cave and saw no sign of Blake so he ran out far enough so he could see just how large the Deathstalker really was. When he turned around he saw that it was larger then any he's ever seen before. Then he noticed that his partner was on the top of the cave waiting to strike.
C'mon you big bastard! I'm right here!" Jaune yelled.
the Deathstalker sent its stinger at Jaune once more but Jaune steps to the side and the stinger gets stuck in the ground.
Blake sees her opportunity and notices the crack in its armor. She jumps and aims for it and plunges her sword into it. Her strike hits home and gets embedded in its skull and she couldn't pull it out.
The Deathstalker starts to shake and throw its body around trying to get Blake off of its head. Blake gets thrown off and gets sent into a tree and then fell toward the ground. Jaune quickly ran and before she hit the ground he caught her and landed.
"You think you can harm my friend and get off scot free?" Jaune said as twenty swords materialized all around the Deathstalker. "Think again."
With a motion of one of his friends all twenty swords stabbed into the Deathstalker. The swords were made of pure aura so they were able to peirce the Death Stalker exoskeleton with ease.
"What happened?" Blake said rubbing her head.
"You got knocked into that tree and were almost knocked unconcious. You seem to be okay now though so thats good." Jaune said.
Blake then realized he was holding her bridal style and at this moment of realization her face became crimson red.
"W-Why are you holding me?!" she asked franticly.
"I caught you before you hit the ground. I didn't want you to get hurt." Jaune said.
"C-Could you put me down now?" Blake said.
Jaune does as she asks and the redness on her face begins to fade away. But she was then stunned when she saw the mutilated body of the Death Stalker with all the stab wounds in it.
"Did... Did you do that?!" she asked.
"Oh that yeah that was me." Jaune said as he went over to it and pulled Blakes sword out of its dead body. "It made me mad so I decided to go a little over-board." Jaune then threw her sword to her.
She caught it and put it back in the sheathe on her back.
"How did you do it? It's armors pritty tough."
"My semblence allows me to create weapons of pure aura that can pierce threw any type of armor. I can also create real steel swords if I wanted too." Jaune said as a 5 swords materialize around him.
"Sword Birth, i've heard of it but never known anyone whoss had it." Blake said.
"Well you do now." Jaune said jumping off the Stalkers corpse.
"So what do we do now? Where should we go?" Blake asks.
As she said that a large shadow was seen hovering above them.
"Was that a Nevermore?" Blake asked.
"Yeah! Run!" Jaune said as he and Blake started running in one way.
The Nevermore followed at a distance and then they both entered a small clearing where they rested for a minute.
"Is it still up there?" Blae asked.
"I think so. Wait whats that?" Jaune said as something came falling towards him at a fast rate.
""Ruby?!" Jaune said as he jumped up and caught her then put her safely back on the ground. "Just dropping in?"
"Funny. Thanks for catching me though!" Ruby said.
"Wheres your partner?" Blake asked.
"OH NO! SHE'S GONNA KILL ME!" Ruby said in a sad voice.
"Who?" Jaune asked.
"HOW COULD YOU LLEAVE ME?!" a voice yelled.
Jaune recognized the voice. It was Weiss.
"How'd she get up there?" he asked.
"Long story. No time. Need to run. Now!" Ruby said grabbing the both of them and running at her top speed.
They ran until they entered a large clearing where Pyrrah, Yang, Ren, and Nora already were.
"Ruby!" Yang yelled.
"Yang!" Ruby yelled.
"NORRAA!" Nora yelled.
Ruby let go of Blake and Jaune and they both fell onto their backs.
"I feel sick." Jaune said.
"I know how you feel." Blake said.
The others hurried over to help them up when the Nevermore flew over them with Weiss still riding it.
"How did she get up there? More importantly how are we gonna get her down?" Ren asked.
"Easy. We shoot it down." Jaune said aiming his pistol at the Nevermore.
"I think your gonna need something a little bigger then that to kill it lsdy killer." Yang said.
"You think so? Lets watch and see." Jaune said as he began to pour his aura into it.
"Jaune are you..?" Ruby began to say.
"Yep!" Jaune said as he pulled the trigger firing an aura infused bullet up at the Nevermore.
The bullet hits it inbetween the Nevermores head and its right wing. Wiess falls off when the giant bird shifts it weight and she begins to walk on her glyphs down to the others.
"How could you leave me?!" Weiss yelled at Ruby.
"I'm sorry!" Ruby said.
Yang then chimed in and began to argue with Weiss. Jaune goes over to the chess pieces with Blake and picks the black knight piece. But then the Nevermore flew back up and was about to shoot its feathers at the group.
"Everyone get down!" Jaune yells.
The Nevermore fires five feathers at them and Jaune shoots them out of the sky. But one he missed was aimed right at him and Jaune holds his arms up in defense but then something slices it in half.
"What was that?" Blake asked.
"I know what it was. Its about damn time." Jaune says.
Everyone looks at him but then they see a miniature tornado fly up behind the Nevermore and slam into its back side forcing it to fall into the clearing.
"What was that?" Yang asked.
"That would be me." a voice said.
Someone came up from the back of the Nevermore and sat down on its head.
"Daegan." Jaune said.
"Sup." he said.
The Nevermore then started to try and get up but it was quickly ended when Daegan pulled out his pistol and shot it in the head. Effectively killing it.
"And stay down. So... waht'd I miss?" Daegan asked.
"Where you been?"
"Gettin a partner." Daegan said as he pointed to the forest and a girl started walking out.
"Hi! My names Ailie! Nice to meet you!" she said as she waved to the group.
"You too! So how did you do that? It was so cool!" Ruby said.
"It's part of my semblance. I can control the elements of nature and use them in combat like what you just saw." Daegan said.
"Thats so cool!" Ruby said again.
"Not really. I like Jaunes more then my own. I'd trade mine for his in an instant if I could." Daegan said.
"Really? Whats your semblance Jaune?" Ruby asked him.
Jaune closed his eyes, and exhaled deeply as he crossed his arms and a couple of swords appeared around him. Everyone eyed how the swords were made of his aura and then when he re-opened his eyes they turned into actaul steel swords that they could hold.
"Thats amazing! Can you make any kind of weapon?! Culd you make a replica of my weapon?!" Ruby asked.
Jaune looked at her then held his hand out and an exact replica of Vreasent Rose appeared on his hand. Ruby squeeled at the sight and went to touch it. When she did so she could feel his aura flow through her and she quickly retracted her hand.
"What did you do?" Ruby asked.
"If someone besides myself touches one of my weapons the are either hurt by my aura or they feel as if they my aura is proteecting them. Judging by how you reacted it was protecting you. Proably because I know you as my friend." Jaune said as the scythe disapeared.
"Now that thats settled how bout we introduce ourselves? I'll start. Names Daegan Daegan Aedus." Daegan said.
"Ailie Heolstor."
"Ruby Rose."
Weiss Schnee."
Yang Xiao Long."
"Pyrrah Nikos."
"Lie Ren."
"Nora Valkyrie!"
Blake Belladona."
"Jaune Aedus."
"Good. Now that thats out of the way anybody know where we go from here?" Daegan asked as everyone pndered the question.
"I guess we go back to the cliff." Yang said.
"Its never that simple." Jaune said as he drew his sword and turned to his right.
Daegan did the same and everyone looked to see what they were looking at. They could see in the distance that there was a huge grimm unlike any other they had ever seen before.
"What the hell is that!?" Yang asked.
"Its a Chimera." Ren said.
"How are we suppose to fight that?!" Ruby asked franticly.
"We can't! We need to get out of here!" Weiss said.
The Chimera stood on its hind legs and let out a monstrous roar that made most of them want to run away as fast as they could. Most.
Daegan walked up next to Jaune and the two nodded to one another. They then began to slowly walk towards it.
"Jaune! Daegan! What are you doing!? Get out of there!" Blake yelled.
"Yeah comeon we can't stay here!" Ailie yelled.
Both of them were then grabbed by a pair of hands and were being dragged away at a high speed.
"What are you doing!? Let me go! I need to help them!" Blake yelled.
"Don't be stupid! We can't beat that thing! They're giving us a chance to escape so we need to go!" Weiss said.
Blake pondered what the young heiress said and knew she spoke the truth. She wanted to live. Live to make up for all the wrong that shes done in her life and too make amends. But she also wanted to go help Jaune and make sure he didn't die just to protect her. She and Ailie were both torn in their decision of what to do.
~to the guys~
They started off by pulling out their pistols and unloading a volley of bullets on the Chimera. The most of the shots bounced off of its body but a few of them made a few small wounds and a little bit of blood flowed but not enough to severely injur it.
The chimera roared at them and began to charge them with its goats horns pointed forward.
Jaune dodged to the left and Daegan to the right but as they did so the Chimeras snake tail hit them both. It then turned around and ran at Jaune.
Daegan rebounded form the attack and shook the earth underneathe the Chimeras feet so that it couldn't get to Jaune. He then tried jumped onto its back but the snake intercepted him and hit him back onto the ground. The snake then opened its mouth to bite him while he was on the ground.
Jaune then got up and hurried to Daegan before the snake could bite Daegan. He punched the snake with a aura infused fist and then grabbed Daegan and pulled him to his feet.
"You alright?" Jaune asked him.
""Yeah. I'm gonna kill that fuckin snake." Daegan said.
"Then lets get this done. You with me?" Jaune asked.
"Hell yeah!" Daegan said.
The two of them then release a massive amount of aura that can be seen from lies around. They then run at the Chimera again with enhanced speed and slice its legs.
The Chimera roars out in pain and falls to its knees and the lions head breathes fire at them but to no availe. The snake spits out venom onto the ground and it corodes the earth.
Daegan and Jaune are moving too fast for it too see. The only thing it can see are black and white blurs. Daegan then slashes the lions head leaving a giant gash down the middle of its face.
The lions head rors out in pain and attempts to bite Daegan.
Daegan however enhances his hands with aura and holds its head at bay. Jaune then runs up and kicks it in the face breaking its teeth in the process. They then both upper cut it and then kick it in its exposed stomach sending it flying back.
"You think its dead?" Daegan asked.
"Don't know. Don't care. Lets go catch up with the others." Jaune said as he began to walk the other way and disperse his aura.
"Whatever you say Jaune." Dagean said as he began to follow him.
But before they could re-enter the forest the Chimera lunged at them one more time and aimed his claws at the two of them. They didn't have time to draw their weapons but then someone shot the beast in its paws and it someone else ran and sliced its hind legs again. Then two people ran up and hit it back as two explosive objects were shot at it.
Jaune and Daegan looked to see who it was and they were a little surprised to see who it was. It was the others. Excluding Weiss.
~a few minutes before that~
'Because I consider you a friend.' those words were rringing and repeating over and over again in Rubys mind until finally she stopped in her tracks.
"Ruby whats wrong?" Yang asked.
"This isn't right. They're fighting that monster because were too scared to help them and they could die because of it! I refuse to beleave that this is the best way we can help them!" Ruby yelled.
"Don't be stupid! We need to get out of here now not go play hero!" Weiss said.
"Isn't that why were here. To help people." Pyrrah said.
"Ruby and Pyrrah are right. Jaune is my partner and I refuse to keep running away like a coward!" Blake yelled.
"Same!" Ailie said.
"Yeah!" Nora said while throwing her fist into the air.
"Agreed." Ren said.
"Is this really what you want Ruby?" Yang asked.
She was met with a nod from her sister and she responded with a smile.
"Then lets go! I'm with you no matter what!" Yang said.
"Your all fools! If you want to go die then fine go ahead!" Weiss said as she stormed off in the other direction.
They all then started running back towards the clearing to help Jaune and Daegan.
"Hold on Jaune. Just hold on..." Blake said to herself.
".. were coming to help. No matter what." Ailie said to herself.
~back to the present~
"Where you been?" Daegan asked.
"We were wrong to leave you behind we should have stayed and helped. I'm sorry." Ailie said to him.
Daegan went up to her and patted her head. She looked up at him and was met with a warm smile that made her feel better.
"You have nothing to apologize for. You did what you thought was right. Nothing more. Besides me and Jaune were kicking its ass before you guys came back." Daegan said.
They all laughed a little but it was cut short as they saw the Chimera get back up. They all readied there weapons as Daegan and Jaune turned back around and released there aura again.
"Alright if you guys can distract it I should be able to take out the snake." Daegan said.
"I'll take care of the goats head. Then we can take the lion out together. Alright?" Jaune asked.
"Right!" they all said.
Daegan and Jaune started to run around it again as everyone else started to try and get its attention. Blake ran to its side and swung her sword from its ribbon landing a few blows on its leg making it scream out in pain as Ailie did the same with its other leg with her twin short swords. Everyone else was shooting at its feet and all around it trying to distract it and make it raise itself up.
As they did so Daegan appeared infront of it and uppercutted it making it stand up. He then ran around it, jumped into the air, and sliced the chimeras tail off at the base killing the snake.
"Thats for hitting me into a tree you scalie fuck!" Daegan said.
The Chimera roars out in pain but then before it could react Jaune had latched himself to its back and had the goats head in his hands. It thrashed around trying to shake him but had no such luck.
~CRAAAAAACKK!~
Jaune twisted the goats head and breaks its neck. He then lets it go and the goats head falls limply down onto thee side of the lions body.
Yang then ran up and punched it in the ribs sending it falling onto its side. Blake then began to run up to deliver the killing blow but before she could the Chimera regained its footing and with its claws out it swiped at Blake.
Blake had no time to dodge so she put up a meager defense bt holding up her arms to try and block it.
~RIIIIP~
The sound of claws ripping threw both clothes and flesh could be heard as everyone went silent. The sound of blood dripping onto the ground was the only thing that could be heard. Blakes eyes were wide with horror when she saw that it was not her who was clawed. But Jaune. He put himself between them and he now had three large claw marks on his back like the ones on his chest. He then fell forward and Blake caught him before he hit the ground.
The Chimera went for another strike but was met by an enraged Daegan who stopped its paw with his bare hand. His eyes were a shade of red and his aura began to pour out of his body and resembled black fire. The Chimera then opened its mouth and breathed fire at them.
The others yelled their names only to find Daegan was holding it at bay with his hand and pushed it back inside its mouth. The fire made the Chimeras insides heat up and start to pop as it slowly walked back and roar out in unimaginable pain.
"I'm fire-proof. Your not." Daegan said.
He then ran at it and knocked it back down to the ground. He then grabbed one of the goats horns as he stomped the Chimeras lion head into the dirt. He then broke off the horn and then shoved it into the head of thee lion finally killing it.
"Noone harms my brother and gets away with it!" Daegan yelled as he hurried back over to Jaune.
His eyes were closed and he wasn't responding to Blake yelling his name.
"Don't you die on me Jaune. I won't be able to live with myself if you get killed because of me!" Blake yelled as small tears formed in her eyes.
"Do any of you know anything about healing?! Well?!" Daegan yelled.
They all wnet silent and tried to think of something.
"I can stop the bleeding but we'll have to get him back to the cliffs fast." Weiss said as she came out of the forest.
"Weiss! You came back!" Ruby said.
"Your lucky I did. Now hold him still." Wiess said as a glyph appeared underneath him that resembled a clock.
"Whats it doing?" Blake asked.
"I slowed down his body. All of his body functions have beenslowed down but only temporarily. Were gonna have to get him out of here fast." Weiss said.
"Alright! I can fly him there! Its the fastest way! I'll tell them to send a chopper to get the rest of you." Daegan said as he tried to pick up Jaune.
"No! Your not leaving me here! Its my fault this happened! I Don't want to leave his side!" Blake said.
"Very well then. I'd suggest you hold onto him tight." Daegan said.
He then turned to his partner who gave him an approving nod and he flew himself, Jaune, and Blake back toward the cliffs.
