Kyle's Adventures in Remnant
A/N: Time for the as usual scorekeeper update.
Ruby: 3 votes (and 1 mention)
Weiss: 1 vote
Blake: 0 votes
Yang: 2 votes
Pyrrha: 0 votes
Nora: 1 vote
Velvet: 1 mention
Coco: 0 votes
Emerald: 0 votes
Penny: 0 votes
And to address the random guest who had an issue with me not using a 'color' name… Obviously no one else who reads this story cares. But since you addressed it, it gave me an idea. ;) Just you wait, sir/ma'am.
Chapter 4: The Three Musketeers?
Yang and I had been walking through the forest for a good long while. No Grimm, no third person… no fruit to snack on, I was getting hungry again, let me tell you.
Yang yelled, "HEEELLLLLLOOOOOO! Is anyone else here?! I'm getting kind of bored out here!"
"Me too!" I yelled into the forest.
"Your Semblance is electricity or something like that, right?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"People's brains run on electrical impulses traveling throughout the nervous system. Can you sense those?"
"I haven't tried. I can only use my Semblance to project electricity. Maybe if I learned some more from the other classes, I could try."
"Well, guess we'll just have to rely on our instincts, then." I nodded.
"I have cookies!" I yelled. Yang gave me an odd look immediately after I screamed it.
"Well, we are looking for Ruby. I thought that would help." I rubbed the back of my head, smacking myself mentally for my own stupidity.
"Whatever." Yang told me. We decided to search nearby bushes to try and flush some people out. Before I was launched from the cliff, I was given a badge that would allow us to have another partner instead of just being one group of two. We could be the three Musketeers! Yeah! I looked up, seeing something speeding through the top of the trees. I wondered if it was the gladiator girl, but considering she had a little too much gear and armor to be a ninja, I disregarded it. Maybe it was Ruby blazing through the trees and she wanted to surprise us? Or was it Blake? I had the feeling her sword was a katana or some kind of similar sword, judging by the handle and it's sheath from what I witnessed. She looked like a fast and agile girl, even if she was a bit of a bookworm. Is she a ninja? I pulled my head out of the bushes.
Yang asked, "Ruby, is that you?" I heard a growling noise. "Nope." She said. An Ursa jumped out and slashed at her, making her backflip. I charged up my fist, and jumped over her as she flipped, punching the Ursa in the face. It flew backwards, then another Ursa came up from the side of me, and Yang punched it, then a gunshot went off, blasting the Ursa away. Both Ursai got to their feet, and roared at us.
"Wow. I knew those things were cool, but I wasn't expecting a gunshot!"
"You surprised me, too. Charging your weapons with electrical punches." I looked down.
"Well, y'know. I aim to please."
"Look out!" I looked up, and the Ursa I hit was charging at me again. I sent out a pulse of energy, knocking it back, then recharged my fist with lightning, and punched it in the gut. It keeled over as I crouched, directing my fists at the ground, and fired another pulse, and gave it a flying high kick to the chin. It fell onto it's back as I tried to slam it again, but it slashed me away. So… it was smarter than I gave it credit for… Yang flipped again, avoiding the other Ursa's attacks with ease. She gave it an uppercut, then a straight punch, knocking it back with another gunshot from the Ember Celica.
"Well then… let's see how you like fresh lightning orb!" I transformed my fists into their cannon modes, and fired two lightning orbs at the Ursa. It took both orbs, but did not burst. These guys are more durable than the ones that live near my house. Holy crap! I tried to fire again, forgetting my cannons were single shot. They clicked, and the Ursa I blasted charged into me, bashing me through several tree branches. I transformed my cannons back into fist mode, and used a double-fisted hammer blow to the top of it's head, charged with my Semblance energy. It got the Ursa to stop, but I still needed to take a breath. Suddenly, a shock flew out of my gauntlets. CRAP! The shock hit a tree, and it fell onto the Ursa. I looked to my belt, grabbing two dust packs, and shoved them into the gauntlets as quickly as I could. Almost lost control of my own power… on the second day. Was Ozpin right about me not being on their level?
The Ursa tossed the tree at me. I charged up my fists again, and swung, breaking the branch apart. It charged again, as I slid under another claw swipe, and flipped onto it's back. I drove both of my fists into the top of the Ursa's head. It roared in pain, then backed up into a tree. I almost got gored by a spike on it's back, but gave it an uppercut to the back to force it forward, and heard Yang. It seemed another Ursa showed up to back up its brother.
"Wow, you couldn't hit the broad side of a ba-" She paused, and I saw a lock of her hair hit the ground. I raised my eyebrow, and even the Ursa I was fighting paused to look at the scene.
"You…" She said. The two Ursa growled an 'I don't know' at each other. Her eyes turned red. Oh man… not again!
"YOU MONSTERS!" She lit partially ablaze, and charged at one of the Ursa, and repeatedly punched it over and over again, each punch using a shotgun bullet. The Ursa roared in pain, and on the final punch, she blasted a hole in it's gut, killing it. The other Ursa roared at her. She reloaded her guns.
"WHAT, YOU WANT SOME TOO?!" She angrily asked the Ursa. I punched the other Ursa I was fighting and my last punch knocked it down. I then slammed it with two full powered smashes, and black goo leaked out of its head. I heard the other Ursa that was fighting Yang roar a death roar, and I looked, seeing that it collapsed. Blake had brought it down with her blade, and smirked at Yang.
Yang's red eyes disappeared, and she said, "I could've taken him." I walked over.
"You alright Yang?" I asked her. She nodded. "You kind of went insane there… that's why I asked."
Blake asked us, "So, you two already are partners?" I showed her my Beacon Academy badge. She said, "Well then. Looks like we're the three person team." Yang smiled again. I am amazed her mood changed so fast.
Blake asked me, "Kyle, was it?" I nodded. "You're welcome." She walked ahead, and Yang and I decided to follow behind her.
"What did I say thanks for?" I asked Blake.
"You thanked me for sticking up to Weiss. I never properly said it. Besides, Yang told me a lot about you last night."
"What did she say?"
Yang stated. "How you're just like Ruby and you want to prove yourself."
Blake said, "I'm also sorry about your father."
"It's cool, Blake. Everyone says that to me now." I told her. She looked to me.
"He was Kalin Tesla, right?"
"Yeah. He was."
"I think I may have seen him." Yang and I paused.
"Where?!" I frantically asked her. She was surprised at my suddenness, but figured she may as well talk.
"Team KNTO raided the White Fang HQ three years back. They fought their way through all of the forces, and made their way to their boss, and… then the base exploded."
"You had to have been pretty close by when this happened."
"I was in the area. I saw them blast their way into the building. There was some gunfire… a sword or two… The fight lasted for hours. I stayed safely away from it. Once I heard dinging, though, I fled, and the base exploded about a minute afterwards. I have no idea if they escaped, but knowing your Dad's reputation, I think he and his team survived." She smiled. I smiled slightly myself.
"It would take more than some building falling on Team KNTO to keep them down." I told myself. Yang put her hand on my shoulder. "I'm fine, Yang." I said. She pulled her arm off of me, then.
"I also saw an orange-haired man fleeing the scene that night. He had a black hat."
"Torchwick." I said rather darkly. Small sparks arose from my gauntlets, and the sound of two metallic objects rubbing against each other was heard from my gauntlets. "So, he was there when it happened. He WAS working with the White Fang." I was surprised someone in the White Fang trusted Blake enough to give her that information, but at least it confirms that Torchwick was somehow behind Dad's disappearance. Next time I see that flamboyant freak, he's going down.
Blake said, "The only reason I'm telling you is because he's your father and you deserve to know, Kyle." I nodded, and gave Blake a sudden hug. She looked surprised yet again.
"Thank you." I told her. I sniffled, but no tears came. "You have no idea how much that means to me."
"I can imagine." Blake said. Blake is so much nicer than she looks, let me tell ya. Yang looked in between us, and pulled us apart.
"So… now that THAT is out of the way, let's get one of those relics." She said. Blake and I nodded, and we made our way towards the other side of the forest. Blake kept herself a slight distance away from me, but close to Yang. I suppose I spooked her when I hugged her so suddenly.
"Sorry…" I said to her.
"It's fine." She told me.
"So… how's about we bring up another subject, huh?" Yang asked us. I nodded, agreeing that I could contemplate my father's whereabouts after the initiation. The more I think about it now, the more it might drag me down and make me think I'm ready when I am clearly not. Plus, I'm going to have a team to think about. If not now, it will be an issue later. Maybe they would be willing to help me, but now I must pass initiation.
"What book were you reading last night?" I asked Blake.
"Oh here we go…" Yang said. Blake responded, ignoring Yang's snide remark.
"It was a tale about two souls fighting over control of one body. It was quite the interesting read."
"Can I look at it sometime? I LOVE those types of stories." I said to her. Yang rolled her eyes.
"When I'm done reading it, sure. I am still about halfway through it right now. I could let you borrow something else for the time being." She looked back to me, grinning.
"I'm sure whatever you read will be interesting." I walked closer, but Blake still took a step back from me.
"I'm cool." I said. Am I coming on too strong? I hope not. Yang looked back to me, and saw me drooping a bit. She pulled me closer to her, but still kept me in arm's reach. Blake got closer to the both of us.
"Also…" Yang looked at me as she talked. "Ruby talked a little about you." Ruby, talk about me?! Nah. She loves her scythe too much.
"A little?" I asked her.
"She's curious about your weapons, and about your history."
"With… Dad?"
"Sort of. She said your gauntlets are one of the most interesting devices ever. Made for people with elemental Semblances specifically. It can also contain their power."
"I never used my powers around her. How would she know?"
"She had a hunch. Ruby is pretty observant of the situation calls for it. I can confirm that from what I saw just now."
"Speaking of… That Ursa was stronger than all of the other Ursa I fought." Blake halted.
"Where was the last bunch of Ursa?" She asked.
"Near the agricultural district. Not IN it, but near it."
"Understandable. Grimm out there are weaker because of the less dense population. Less negative emotion for them to feed off of." She said this so nonchalantly. That's why, huh? Never would have guessed.
"Almost everyone should know that, though." Blake said.
"Almost?"
"Unless you've lived under a rock." Yang said.
"Hey. I try!" I said to the both of them.
"We're not saying you're not. But… It is weird. You should know that if you're being allowed into Beacon." Blake said to me.
"Eh… I'm a brawler. Not a learner." I said, brushing it off. Probably wasn't the best move, though. That got them both to look at me.
Yang said, "I'm a brawler, and I know that." She cocked her eyebrow at me. Oh no. I may have just given myself away.
"Have you gone to Signal?" She asked me.
"I'll tell you if you promise not to tell anyone outside of our future team." I said. Blake nodded.
"We'll promise. If you say everything."
"Okay. Truthfully, I never went to Signal. I was in the regular school system. No one knew my Dad had a son until today, minus General Ironwood of the Atlas military, and my Mom." I said.
"Ozpin admitted you into Beacon, knowing you had no combat school experience, AND no one was supposed to know about you?" Yang asked.
"He admitted me because Kalin Tesla is my father. He said he could help me find my answers, teach me the necessary knowledge to get that information, and bring him back. I have only two suspects, but I want to know which one was really responsible."
"Two?"
"Torchwick is the most likely. He's a dangerous criminal that steals Dust, and would want to off anyone that gets in his way. If Ironwood set up that mission because I got my weapons before they were legally released to the Huntsman/Huntress public to off my Dad as punishment… Then I'll off him back." Both Yang and Blake looked at me.
"No wonder Weiss was confused with you having them then." Yang said.
"My father did it to help me." I told them. Blake nodded.
"I understand your troubles. However, we need to do this right, with a proper team. We won't get anywhere if we stand around talking about it." She said to me. I nodded.
Yang said, "I'll stand by you. You deserve to know the truth." She raised her fist, and we bumped them. Blake joined in with it. Yang and I smiled to her, and she smirked back.
"What do you say we get to those relics?" I asked them. They nodded, and we ran through the forest instead of just talking now. We needed to get these relics, and return to the school. Blake leaped into the trees to get a better head start. Yang blasted her guns to get more speed forward, and I used my pulses to launch myself in a similar fashion, but I bounced between every tree. Giving it some more time, we reached a clearing where we saw a rocky temple-like area.
"Think this is it?" Yang asked us. Blake and I jumped up ahead to grab them. I reloaded my gauntlets now to ensure in case we ran into resistance, I wouldn't lose control again. Like I briefly did before. Yang got to us.
"Looks like other people got here before us." Blake said. I looked around, confirming her statement.
"And they're chess pieces." I said aloud, voicing my thoughts. Ozpin has a thing for chess, I suppose. They were bigger than any other chess piece I've seen before, too. Some were gold, and others were black. Did the colors represent something as far as grading and standings? It seemed insignificant, but noteworthy…
"How about a cute pony?!" Yang asked, holding up the horse one.
"Sure…" Blake said.
"It's called a knight, Yang." I told her. She rolled her eyes.
"That was easy." She said.
"It's not like this place was that hard to find, either." Blake mentioned. I heard a scream.
"A little girl's in trouble!" Yang said.
"No." I said in response. "I think it's Jaune."
"Jaune?" Blake asked.
"One of his and Ruby's other friends." Yang told us. "Why is it him?"
"It sounds like some sound he would make, knowing his voice." I told them.
"Couldn't recognize my voice, yet you hear that and think Jaune?" Yang said. I rolled my eyes.
"Apparently so. My ears are weird like that." I told them. Blake looked up in the air. "Uh…" She said. Yang's and my gaze looked upwards, and we saw Ruby falling right for us from the sky.
"LOOK OUT BELOW!" She was yelling.
To be continued…
A/N: Chapter 5 will have the teams finally being formed, don't you worry about that!