Darkness Dances Upon The Winter Wind
Black and red Aura erupted from the blade and began to flow throughout the frost covered section of the forest. The scene that was unfolding in front of Rukia's eye was surreal to say the least, the amount of Aura that was flooding the air was enough to leave a person speechless but the contrast of the dark Aura flowing against the ice that covered the nearby trees made it even more breathtaking; the scene was cut short as a black blade cut through the air, revealing Ichigo's new weapon.
"Say hello to Tensa Zangetsu," the new blade's appearance was the polar opposite of Zangetsu, the shape of the blade was now identical to that of a katana and this new "Tensa Zangetsu" now brandished a manji shaped guard oppose to the previous guardless monster of a blade. He held the blade in pride as he wore a look of determination; Ichigo dug his boots deeply into the guard before dashing directly at the Grimm. The beast brought its blade down upon the orange haired teen however it was met by his own. With an audible groan, Ichigo pushed the creature back before planting a slash on its torso and another one on the forearm.
"Alright ugly, let's finish this!", Ichigo grasped his blade tightly before charging in for another assault.
Rukia couldn't believe what she was seeing, just a moment ago Ichigo and her were having such a hard time handling this creature but now he was hardly breaking a sweat as the Grimm exchanged blows with him. It was amazing but that wasn't what had her so baffled.
"Since when did you have a Bankai?!", Ichigo snapped his head back at her and sighed.
"Are you serious right now? Do you not see me fighting the Grimm that has a fucking sword?", Rukia shouted once more.
"Just answer the damn question!", Ichigo shook his head as he parried another blow from the creature.
"Goat chin had it forged for me as a gift for getting accepted into Beacon! There, happy now?", unfortunately he thought that this would be the end of the discussion but as fate would have it, it wasn't.
"I barely got a 'Congratulations Rukia!' from my brother and your dad gives you a bankai ?!", Ichigo was flabbergasted by the fact she was getting jealous right now, not only that is was getting annoying.
"Yea, yea. Now can you just wait until I kill this thing, please?", the short girl pouted slightly as the sound of metal clashing echoed throughout the forest. With a heavy slash, Ichigo managed to put a deep slash in the Grimm's mid-section as it let out an extremely loud cry of pain before smacking the bright haired teen to the side. He quickly stood up as he noticed a slight glow coming from his peripheral vision; the Grimm was doing the impossible, bright cyan Aura was gathering at the tip of its blade before shortly releasing in a beam like attack. Ichigo barely evaded the blast as he ran directly at the beast before plunging the blade of Tensa Zangetsu into Grimm's chest.
"Getsuga Tensho!", black and red Aura tore through its chest leaving behind a hole in its place before it fell to the ground; the Grimm's body evaporated into a black mist leaving behind the body of a girl, who couldn't have been any older than 15, with a mask on her face that was identical to the one that belonged to the recently deceased creature. Ichigo slowly backed away from her body in horror.
"A Vizard," he spoke in a low whisper as Rukia looked at him in confusion.
"Ichigo, what the hell just happened? And what is a Vizard?", Ichigo had begun to walk away from the body, beckoning for her to follow.
"Ichigo answer me!", he stopped for a moment to speak.
"I'll...I'll tell you some other time. Let's just go get that relic," Rukia took a look at the body of the masked girl before deciding to follow him.
Ozpin stood beside Glynda as she looked in awe at the screen of her tablet.
"The Vizards...they're real…", Ozpin took a sip from his coffee mug before speaking.
"Such a shame. If only we had found her before any of this could've happened," he turned to Glynda with a calm glance.
"Have someone collected the body as soon as the students are out of the forest."
"But Professor Ozpin what if one of the other groups find it?", Ozpin simply shook his head.
"If they keep on their current route then none of the other groups should be within a 30 yard radius of that area. But if a group does get too close to the area then we'll have someone dispatched immediately," looking at the forest once more he calmly spoke.
"After all we don't want this to be made into a bigger situation than it already is.'
There was an incredibly uncomfortable silence between the two as they continued onward. Rukia's mood was lifted up a bit as she looked into the distance.
"Ichigo, the ruins!", she darted ahead as she signaled him to follow, without fail Ichigo managed to stay within a foot of her as they sprinted towards the clearing. Rukia came to a halt as she saw a stone structure, Ichigo swiftly walked past her.
"Come on, let's get the relic and haul ass outta here," the relics became fully visible as he walked over to the ruins.
'Chess pieces? Not what I was expecting but okay,' after examining the pieces that were carefully placed on the stone pedestals, his hand snatched the black rook piece. A light rustling could be heard as he placed the piece into his pocket; Ichigo grasped Tensa Zangetsu with both hands as he prepared for the possible encounter to come. The rustling subsided as the cause stepped out from the bushes, Orihime and Tatsuki. The two looked just as surprised as Ichigo and Rukia as they stared at each other in silence for a good six seconds...that is before Ichigo tossed the remaining black rook at Tatsuki, who wasn't all too thrilled by the gesture.
"Hey, what's the big idea!", Ichigo sighed as he began to walk away from the ruins.
"You were taking too long to pick a relic. Now c'mon and we can get the hell outta here," Tatsuki rolled her eyes at him before following behind Rukia; as if it waiting for the perfect time to strike, an Ursa emerged from the forest, which earned an annoyed groan from Ichigo.
"We're going through so go piss off!", the blade of Tensa Zangetsu was engulfed by black and red Aura as he charged at the enormous beast.
Applause filled the auditorium as Ozpin spoke.
"Russel Thrush. Cardin Winchester. Dove Bronzewind, Sky Lark. The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as team CRDNL. Lead by Cardin Winchester," the images of the four students faded from the giant screen as new ones appeared followed by the corresponding students walking onto the stage.
"Jaune Arc. Lie Ren. Pyrrah Nikos. Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work as team JPNR," Nora quickly latched herself to Ren whilst giggling as the auditorium began to applaud before Ozpin began to speak once more.
"Lead by Jaune Arc!", Jaune looked at him with a confused expression on his face.
"Lead by…"
'Congratulations, young man," Jaune looked at Pyrrah who proceeded to playfully punch him in the shoulder...which resulted in him falling on his rear as some scattered laughter ensued; Ozpin turned his attention away from them as another team walked onto the stage.
"Tatsuki Arisawa. Orihime Inoue. Rukia Kuchiki. Ichigo Kurosaki. The four of you retrieved the black rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work as team RIOT. Lead by Rukia Kuchiki," Ichigo chuckled a bit at the name as he looked at his new teammates.
"Hey, at least it fits," they stepped off stage to make room for the next team.
"And finally, Blake Belladona. Ruby Rose. Weiss Schnee. And Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work as team RWBY. Lead by Ruby Rose," Yang quickly embraced her sister in excitement and yelled.
"I'm so proud of you!", Ozpin looked at them before calmly speaking.
"Looks like things are shaping up to be an interesting year…"
"What do you think Ozpin called us up here for?", Rukia looked at Ichigo as he asked and shook her head.
"I don't know...unless," her sentence was cut off by the opening of the elevator doors.
"Ah and , come on.", the pair did as he instructed.
"Now I assume that know that I called you both up here to discuss the incident in the Emerald Forest correct?", the two nodded as he stared at them.
"Good. Now I need you two to never speak of this matter to anyone, not even your teammates," Ichigo's eyes widened in shock.
"What do you mean? Everyone has the right to know about what happened to that Vizard!", Ichigo's voice was a tad bit harsh as he screamed at the headmaster, whom remained calm despite the shouting.
"Calm down, they will know eventually. It's just that we don 't know too much about the Vizards which can pose a problem. Think about it . If we were to leak this information at this very instance, how do you think people would react? The confirmed existence of a group of people who were cable of fighting Grimm without Dust. Along with the fact that this particular Vizard had gone berserk and attempted to kill you both," Rukia stared silently at Ozpin as Ichigo was left speechless by his words.
"I-I didn't consider that...I'm so-," Ozpin raised his hand.
"No need for apologies. You're still young. I wouldn't expect you to think of every possible scenario for a situation," Turning himself away from the window, he looked at the two of them.
"Now go back to your dorms and get some rest. After all classes do start tomorrow," the pair nodded as they left the office.
Whilst walking back to their dorm room, Ichigo and Rukia ran into a familiar face, Ruby Rose, who greeted them cheerfully.
"Ichigo, Rukia! What are you guys doing out here?", Ichigo smiled a bit as he thought of the similarities between Ruby and his younger sister Yuzu.
"Just going for a relaxing walk," he crouched down to her height and asked, "And why are you at here at this hour?", Ruby chuckled as she rubbed the back of head.
"Well I was just so excited about being here at Beacon that I just had to some exploring before I went to sleep," Ichigo stood up.
"Alright, catch you later then," he began to walk away before stopping again.
"Oh and by the way, when are you going to introduce us to the rest of your team?"
"Hopefully tomorrow. But only if I get to meet your's too!", Ichigo chuckled a bit as Rukia began to walk ahead.
"Aright you will, you will," turning his attention back to walking back to the dorms, he noticed that Rukia managed to get a good twenty feet ahead.
"Hey wait up you damn midget!"
AN: Everyone is outta the forest and on teams, life is good. But on a serious note, I've noticed how short my chapters have been so I will be striving to make each chapter longer than the previous one...so, hope you enjoyed this chapter as well as this story in general! See ya guys next time.
