Chapter Three: Lilac Trailer

Lilo Ehre

"I cannot believe Donna talked me into this." a tall and lean boy of about seventeen grumbled as he walked through a polar forest in southern Atlas. He was wearing a light purple military-esque uniform. He had buzzed light lilac hair and eyes. He shivered. "It's so fucking cold and this blazer does nothing!"

He looked around at his surroundings. He groaned. He pulled out his scroll and opened the list that Donna had sent him. "Alright… Boarbatusk, check… Beowulf, check… Ursa. Not check. Shit. Of course she wants me to kill an Ursa. Alone. Ugh."

He dialed her number. It rang twice before she picked up. "Hey, Lilo. What's up?"

"You know 'what's up,' Donna. An Ursa? By myself? I'm a good fighter but I'm not exactly strong enough to kill an Ursa without backup." he pointed out as he kept his eyes peeled for any Grimm activity.

She scoffed. "Oh, come on, Lilo. I wouldn't have put it on the list if I didn't think you could kill it. You've got this, buddy."

Lilo rolled his eyes as he scanned the treeline. "I can't help but feel like you're overestimating my abilities, Donna. I'm not strong like you."

Donna was quiet for a bit. "Donna? You there?" Lilo asked.

"Are you implying I associate with weaklings? Because I don't." she stated after awhile.

Lilo rolled his eyes again. "Really, Donna? I'm just saying Ursai are pretty strong. It's not wise to underestimate them." he clarified.

She chuckled. "I guess you're right there."

Lilo reached a large clearing and thought he heard light growling. He whipped around and drew the saber from belt. "Donna, did you hear that? I heard growling."

"I didn't hear anything." she said.

"Huh." Lilo turned on his scroll's flashlight. "Why did you tell me to do this at night?"

"Because Grimm are more active at night. Duh." she pointed out.

Lilo groaned again. "Of course." He thought he saw movement out of the corner of his eye and flashed the light toward that direction. Nothing.

He heard light growling behind him and he whipped around. He looked up at a massive Ursa Major, body scarred and battered, a testament to its age and experience. Large, cracked white bone spikes extended from its back and shoulders. Its face was covered in cracked bone mask, blood red eyes leering out at him. It had reared up to its full height of about fifteen feet.

"Uh… Donna? I'm gonna have to call you back. I found one." he squeaked as he hung up. He put his scroll away as he backed up slowly.

The massive Grimm dropped backed down to all fours and edged closer to Lilo. It snarled as it tensed, ready to pounce.

It leapt at Lilo, raising a clawed paw to maul the teen. The creature brought its paw down, only to find that he wasn't there anymore. It looked up and saw him ten feet in the air.

He brought back his fist and flung them forward, unleashing a massive torrent of wind that forced the bear-like monster back a few feet. Lilo floated back down to the ground. The second his feet touched the forest floor, he blazed toward the Ursa, aiming a flurry of slashes with his saber.

He slashed at the creatures arms and belly, striking where there was little armor to kill it faster but the blows seemed to only annoy it. It lashed out with a massive paw and backhanded Lilo across the clearing. He crashed back first into a tree and slumped to the ground.

"Ow… okay, that's not gonna work." He got back up and began running again. He ran circles around the Ursa, using his Semblance of air manipulation to boost his speed and created a miniature tornado that lifted the bear monster a few inches off the ground. He drew his six-shooter revolver from its holster and took a couple potshots at the Grimm but realized quickly that the shots would not penetrate its armor.

He stopped running and the twister ceased, dropping the Ursa to the ground. He started launching air slashes, aided by his saber, causing shallow cuts to appear on the Ursa.

As before, the blows seemed to only annoy the beast as it shook itself and rushed at Lilo. The lilac haired teen again dodged the heavy strike from the monster. He again slashed at the creatures arms and belly, hoping to get some sort of damage on the beast. The Ursa roared in annoyance and attempted to bite Lilo but couldn't move fast enough to actually hurt him.

Lilo's mind was racing a mile a second to come up with a strategy that could actually take the huge Grimm down but he couldn't think of anything other than slash at it a lot. The teen had to backflip away to dodge a particularly hefty swipe from the beast.

"Damn it! Nothing's working!" he cursed as he continued to dodge blows that, if they actually hit, would definitely kill him. He fired his revolver at the monster's face but the bone mask deflected the shot. "Shit!"

He continued to slash at the creature with his saber, launched air blasts and even included punches and kicks into attack sequences, though they didn't do much.

He leapt forward and landed on the Grimm's back and stabbed his blade into its shoulder, between the spikes and armor plates.

It roared in actual pain now and tried to buck him off. The teen held on for dear life, in a definite state of panic as the beast's movements nearly caused him to fly off into a tree again.

The Ursa suddenly dropped and moved to roll onto its side. Lilo had to leap off of it to avoid getting crushed under its weight. He was starting to pant in exertion. He was tired and had to finish this fight soon or he would die.

He put the majority of his remaining Aura into a massive blast of wind and fired it at the Grimm, sending it flying into a tree. He then flung his sword at the monster, nailing it in the throat. He rushed the creature and fired the three remaining revolver rounds into the beast's eye, not quite killing it but definitely weakening it quite a bit.

He pulled his saber out of the Ursa's throat and pressed it to the back of its neck. He put his weight on the blade, slicing through its neck and finishing it off. He fell to the ground on his back as the Grimm disintegrated. He dialed Donna's number on his scroll again. She picked up immediately. "Lilo, are you okay, I've been trying to call you for the past ten minutes!" she shrieked.

Lilo chuckled tiredly. "Oh, I'm fine. Just one thing."

"Yeah? What is it?"

"Don't make me fight another Ursa on my own again."


AN: Sorry this one is shorter than the other two, couldn't figure out how to make it longer without ruining the pacing. These trailers are supposed to be short after all.

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