Hello again everyone, sorry for the long wait guys, life can be very tricky at times, some video games can get in the way of doing work on some stories, and even having a 2nd shift job with full time hours. But I hope you won't be disappointed in this new chapter. Right now we deal with the Emerald Forest events as everyone continues with initiation.
Also, Volume 4 is out now. I am so excited to see what is to come now.
I just want to remind people, I don't own RWBY. That belongs to RoosterTeeth. I only own my OC Ryuma Kasai. Haken Haze, as he is NeoNazo356's OC he gave me.
*A few minutes earlier*
Yang was currently walking through the forest, looking for anyone, not realizing that someone or something was following her in the shadows. "Hello, is anyone out there? I'm getting super bored now." She called out looking for any signs of human life from the other applicants going through initiation.
Yang heard some rustling in one of the bushes as she turned to the sound. "Ruby, Ryuma is that one of you guys?" She asked as she walked to the bush. Yang had known they would try to play ninja and sneak up on Yang when they were younger so she thought it was one of them. However, when she did see what was behind the bush she was surprised that it wasn't either one, but instead two big bear like Grimm's called Ursa. Huge black bear like Grimm with white spikes on their backs and elbows along with a white and red mask.
"You are definitely not them." She jumped back into the clearing as the Ursas charged at her.
Yang came prepared for this as she activated her weapons, the shotgun gauntlets Ember Celica. One of the Ursa charged at her in an attempt to swipe Yang with its claws, but Yang hit it in the gut with a punch and fired one of her kinetic shotgun blasts at it sending it flying onto it's back. The other one tried the same tactic as Yang countered with an uppercut blast to the chin.
"By any chance, you wouldn't happen to have seen a girl with a red hood or a guy with a black and green tail would you?" Yang asked the Grimm's as she tried to make witty banter. They growled at her as the first one charged at her again. "A simple no would have sufficed." Luckily she had some acrobatic skills as she back flipped away from the Ursa's claw swipe.
"Man you guys just suck. You can't hit the broad… side of… a barn." Yang tried to say as her attention was diverted by a strand of her golden blonde hair falling in front of her face. "You…" Yang said as her eyes went from Lilac to Red. The Ursas looked at each other as they feared that something bad would happen soon, and they were right.
"YOUR FUCKING DEAD NOW!" Yang shouted as a burst of energy escaped from her body as she launched herself at one of the Ursa, letting out a quick barrage of punches and shotgun blasts that the beast couldn't do to stop. Yang had let out one huge punch as it launched the Ursa back hundreds of yards and through several thick trees. The other Ursa charged at her but stopped short, unsure of how to approach this blonde fireball of anger. "WHAT YOU WANT SOME OF THIS TOO?!" Yang shouted at the last Ursa.
Fortunately, the Ursa reacted to a sharp pain in its back before falling over in death. Yang saw behind the dead Grimm, that it was Blake the girl from last night who had slain the beast. Yang let out a few deep breathes to calm herself as Blake pulled a ribbon and brought back her Variant Ballistic Chain Scythe weapon called Gamboul Shroud, out of the dead beasts back.
"Just so you know, I could've taken him." Yang told her.
"Yeah, I could tell from the other Grimm you killed." Blake responded back to Yang.
"So… partners?" Yang asked, not sure if Blake already had one or not.
"Partners." Blake confirmed as Yang hugged her tightly. "Too tight, too tight. This is an unauthorized hug."
"Sorry, come on now partner we got to go find-" That was all Yang could say before hearing a loud noise.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
"What the hell was that?" Blake asked as she was on high alert, not knowing what made that loud scream.
Yang however knew what made that noise just now. "Oh don't worry, that was just my friend Ryuma screaming because he either got stabbed or shot himself in the ass." Yang told Blake in a normal tone like it was a normal thing.
"Hang on, how do you know that was your friend who made that noise? Also, how many times has he shot himself in the butt for you to know that sound?" Blake asked as those were some good questions.
"Well, for the last question, he has shot himself in the ass three times. All of which is when he holsters his weapon in a fancy way, but accidentally pulls the trigger at the last second. And for the first one, well he has sat on some sharp gears for mine and Ruby's weapons before as this is kind of a normal sound for him to make." Yang explained to her as she chuckled from the memory of each one happening.
Blake didn't know how to respond so she started to head off to the temple where they were supposed to go to.
*With Ruby, Ryuma, and Weiss*
The trio had their backs together in a triangle formation as they were surrounded completely by Beowolf's. "So does anyone have any good ideas at this moment?" Ryuma asked as he had nothing at the moment.
"Kill these Beowolf's?" Ruby suggested out loud.
"Sounds good to me." Ryuma replied.
"What? But what about battle strategy, tactics, which one to go after first? Do none of these things even come into your small brains?" Weiss asked in a snarky tone as Ryuma and Ruby charged at the beasts in front of them. Weiss sighed as she went after some as well, but not before thinking this through.
Ruby was using her speed to her advantage as she cut through several Beowolf's with no trouble. Some of them tried to swipe at her but luckily she was able to avoid those claw slashes as she killed them. She even used the gun part of her scythe, after stabbing it in the ground, to fire at some of them as they tried to rush her.
Ryuma was in a similar situation as he killed several of these Grimm's with no trouble. He had his Flamberge in sword form as he cut through these beasts with ease. Some of them tried to jump him, but luckily he had his elemental power still active as he held his hand out and unleashed a strong gust of wind at them making them fly into the air. He switched his weapon to gun mode and shot them all in the head through their eyes with no trouble. His semblance didn't last long afterwards as the green scales on his body turned black like the rest of his scales. "Shit, I'm out of power." He cursed himself. Normally when this happens he is slightly defenseless for around a minute or so, depending on the Dust crystal he ate.
He fell back to where Weiss was still standing, as she hadn't left her spot. "Weiss, what the fuck are you waiting for? Kill some of these things already." Ryuma shouted as he continued to shoot at the Grimm that got close to him.
"I'm waiting for my turn to strike you dolt. And I found it." Weiss said as she flew towards one of them as she was prepared to strike it down, before Ruby appeared in front of her and killed it with one slice. This disoriented Weiss as she fumbled a bit and fired an arc of flames at a tree, catching it on fire.
"Watch where you're going!" Ruby told Weiss seeing it as her fault.
"Excuse me, you attacked out of turn, I could have killed you just now." Weiss said as they argued. While they were arguing, one Beowolf tried to swipe its sharp caws at the two girls while they were distracted. It didn't work as Ryuma jumped right at it and plunged his Flamberge in sword form into the beast's neck.
"Now is so not the time to argue with each other!" Ryuma yelled as they still had several Grimm to deal with. Unfortunately, the tree Weiss lit on fire caused a small forest fire which was starting to surround them all. The fire was distracting the Grimm, giving the trio a means to escape for now, much to Ruby's displeasure.
They had made it to a safe distance as there was no Beowolf following them or around them anymore. "Oh man, that was a close one there." Ryuma said as his orange spots lit back up, signifying that his powers were back to normal, as he ate an orange dust shard he had in his pocket.
"What was that just now?" Ruby complained to Weiss, wondering what happened back there.
"If you two had exercised the smallest amount of caution and battle placement, I wouldn't accidentally cause a forest fire." Weiss yelled at them as she was annoyed by these two delinquents in her eyes.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. You do not have any right to complain about our tactics." Ryuma said as he approached Weiss. "Me and Ruby were out there dealing with those Grimm and taking them down while you just stood there waiting."
"You two were attacking out of turn." Weiss countered.
"What the fuck does that even mean?" Ryuma had never heard that being said out loud before. "What do you think this is some kind of RPG where we all take turns launching one attack? Even the monster know that is just a stupid tactic to use while out in the open."
"Look, I'm just surprised that you lack communication during an encounter like that." Weiss replied back with a stern look upon her face.
"She may have a point Ruby," Ryuma said as Ruby looked shocked by that as well as Weiss.
"What?" Ruby asked in shock as Weiss looked triumphant.
"We always fought those things together without needing to communicate all that much because we have known each other for so long." Ryuma explained to her as it made sense. "However that may be, Weiss you have no ground to stand upon when you just stood there when a Grimm could have snuck up upon you and sliced you into ribbons."
"Yeah, sorry you needed our help to win that fight." Ruby told Weiss as she wasn't liking her new partner's attitude towards them.
"Well at least I got through to one of the youngest children to sneak their way into Beacon. Even if he is a Faunus delinquent." Weiss said as she walked away from Ruby and Ryuma. Ruby had an anger spout as she used Crescent Rose to cut a tree down with one cut.
"Let it go Ruby," Ryuma told her as he held her shoulders to help calm down Ruby.
"Why is she so mean to us?" Ruby asked not understanding why she had to be partnered with such a crabby girl.
"Not sure but let's go to the temple, maybe I'll find a partner there." Ryuma said as they walked to the temple. "But if she makes one more remark about me being a Faunus in a negative tone like that again, I will smack the white off that bitch."
*Jaune, Pyrrha, and Haken*
Pyrrha was leading the trio as they tried to find their way to the forest temple. As they walked through some bushes to find their designated location, all three of them heard gunshots in the distance, unsure of which particular direction they were coming from.
Jaune looked back as he heard the echo of the shots from the distance. "You guys heard that too right?"
"Yeah... Judging by the echoes, I'd say they were a mix between 45 ACP, 10 mm, and .416 Barrett centerfire rifle cartridges," the silver-haired teen hummed as he mulled the echoes through his mind.
"Impressive guess right there Haken, it sounds like the others have already encountered the enemy. I just pray that they aren't shooting the other applicants." Pyrrha said as she didn't want to know that there was blood spilt from people who would do this to those who wanted to become huntsmen/huntresses as well.
"I doubt anyone'd be foolish to take out their grudges on other humans here of all places. Cameras notwithstanding, while Huntsmen are above police and even military, no one is above the law. No one..." he grumbled in a stern demeanor, shaking away the memories of electricity lancing through his vision and leather straps around his wrists and ankles.
The group continued forward as Haken began to lead the way. He pushed a branch away for Pyrrha and Jaune to make it by, but as soon as he let go of the branch, the branch swung right into Jaune's back launching him onto the ground they walked on. "Dude, seriously? That branch wasn't even thick or heavy and it still knocked you on your ass." Haken said as he saw Jaune fall.
"Jaune, are you alright?" Pyrrha asked as she was worried about her new partner's wellbeing.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a small cut and bruise, nothing to worry about." Jaune said as he tried to play off the embarrassing moment from Pyrrha as she looked at the cut on his cheek and the bruise on his chin with a laugh.
"How come you did not activate your Aura Jaune?" Pyrrha asked him as this got Haken's attention.
"My what?" Jaune asked in confusion.
"Your Aura, ding-dong. The thing every Hunter-to-be knows from day-fucking-one," Haken said with a flat look on his face. "Seriously, this is beyond the basics of the basics. How do you not know this?"
"Jaune… do you… even know what Aura is?" Pyrrha asked in curiosity as she was beginning to get confused by this.
Jaune looked around, trying to avoid eye contact with them as best as he could. "Psch, yes I do, who doesn't know about Aura? Do you know what it is?" He tried to make himself aware of the subject by not directly answering the question.
Haken however, wasn't buying it one bit. "Screw it, I'm calling bullshit. Pyrrha, tell him what Aura is since he obviously does not know. I on the other hand, will try getting to some higher ground and find that temple, or better yet, a partner of my own. Whichever comes first," he said walking up to a tree. Undoing a panel on the back of the large coffin on his back after unlatching it from his shackles, a large grappling hook was launched out of the top and coiled around a higher branch before a foothold folded out and he ascended, a pair of binoculars in hand.
"Of course Haken," Pyrrha said as she walked closer to Jaune as he began to blush as she approached him. "You see Jaune, Aura is the manifestation of our very soul. It bears our burdens and protects our hearts. Have you ever had the sensation of being watched without knowing that someone was even there?"
"S-Sometimes, but I just thought I was going crazy." Jaune answered as Haken looked like he was about to say something, but instead just kept looking through his binoculars.
"You see Jaune, with practice, our Aura can act like a shield to protect our bodies from harm. Every living thing has Aura, even animals." Pyrrha told him as he grew curious about something.
"Cool, wait, does that include Grimm and monsters as well?" Jaune asked as he wasn't sure about that fact.
"Not true Jaune," Pyrrha told him once more. "The monsters we fight do not have a soul. They are the manifestation of anonymity and darkness. We are the light that vanquishes the darkness or those beasts."
"So that's one of the reasons why we fight them." Jaune said out loud.
"It is not a matter of why, but of knowing. When someone understands dark and light, it helps them manifest their Aura. Everyone has some of both, it's all about balance." Pyrrha went further into detail about it. "You see, by baring our soul outward as a force, we are able to deflect harm. All of our tools and equipment we use are conduits for Aura. You protect yourself and your soul when you fight."
"So Aura is like a Force field then." Jaune said as he understood what she meant by that.
"Well, sure if you want to put it that way Jaune." Pyrrha never heard a comparison like that before but if it helped Jaune understand it she went with it.
"Oh angels up above, give this guy some braincells to rub together, please," Haken said as he heard Jaune's comment. "Yeah, sure, having Aura is like something from a Saturday morning cartoon. Congrats, you figured out something known only by everyone," he commented, causing Jaune to feel down. 'Hate me all you want, string bean. You clearly need to hear this if you want to grow as a freaking person.'
Pyrrha stood closer to Jaune's face as she rested her hand on his cheek. "Now I want you to close your eyes and concentrate Jaune. And Haken, please don't disturb us while I am doing this please."
"Sure whatever." Haken responded as he looked around for anything. He wanted to tease Jaune again but knew what was about to happen so he remained silent, if only out of respect for every Hunter to ever come before them.
"Um, okay." Jaune closed his eyes and concentrated as Pyrrha started to glow red faintly as Jaune started to do the same but in a white color.
"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become an embodiment of virtue and glory to rise above all, infinite in distance and unbound by death itself. I now release your soul and by my shoulder protect thee." Pyrrha chanted as she kneeled down from slight exhaustion. When Jaune opened his eyes he saw her and began to worry.
"Pyrrha, are you okay." Jaune asked in worry of his partner.
"Don't worry, your Amazonian fantasy girl is fine Jaune," Haken said in a teasing tone to Jaune, making him blush. "She just used her own Aura to unlock yours. It's the only other way to do so other than unlocking it on your own."
"He is correct, I used my Aura to unlock yours Jaune. The energy that protects you is now your own." Pyrrha stated as she saw the cut on Jaune's face close and heal up in seconds and his bruise completely vanish. "You seem to have a lot of it in you Jaune."
"Wow, that's awesome." Jaune said as he looked at his hands faintly glow white before the glow vanished. "So I guess we go to the temple now? Haken, did you find it yet?" Jaune asked as he looked up the tree.
"Negative, but I did watch some Mistrali mafia-successor-looking guy fighting and defeating a King Taijitu all by himself. OH SHIT!" Haken shouted as he saw something in the distance.
"What is it, do you see the temple?" Pyrrha asked as she was wondering if that was the cause of the reaction Haken just had.
"Not even close." Haken answered as he leaned forward.
"Is it someone who is perfect to be your partner?" Jaune asked as he began to grow curious as well.
"Nope, even better." Haken said as he got very excited by what he saw.
"Well what is it man, spill it already!" Jaune said as he grew tired of the suspense already.
"The cutie in the hot pink miniskirt and the great legs is back. OH! And she's hanging upside down from a tree branch. Come on baby, let me see the goods..." he chuckled with an ear-to-ear grin on his face, Jaune and Pyrrha face-faulting at Harken's declaration. "Oh booooooo, that's not fair. Her skirt's defying gravity like the creator of this universe didn't want there to be any panty shots in moments like this," he huffed as he threw the binoculars down, which struck Jaune in the head and knocked him out.
"Jaune!" Pyrrha cried.
"Oh don't have a cow," Haken said as he reeled out the rocket-propelled winch. "If anything, the brain damage will be good for him."
*Beacon Cliffs*
Glynda approached Ozpin from behind as she held a tablet in her hands. "Well it appears that we have another team paired up sir. All that remains are the two extra students you admitted this year, Ryuma Kasai and Haken Haze." Glynda said as she looked at the footage from hidden spy camera's all in the forest.
"Do not worry about those two Glynda, I want to see more of what they have in store for us to see." Ozpin cryptically said before taking a sip of his coffee.
"Very well then sir, however I feel bad for this Lie Ren boy, can't imagine how he can get along with a girl like Nora. Well at least it's better than Miss Nikos at the moment." Glynda said as she watched the two trek through the woods along with Haken by their side.
"Mmm." Ozpin said as he looked at the video as well.
"I do not care what his transcripts say, he is not ready for this level of combat. Why did you let him in anyway sir?" Glynda asked as she turned off her tablet.
"I have my reasons Glynda. Some talk a big talk but fall under the pressure, I want to see what Mister Arc will be able to do when faced in a tight situation. Seeing someone in action, is better than reading about their accomplishments." Ozpin told her as she still thought Jaune wasn't up to par with the rest of the candidates.
"Well I guess we will have to wait and see then now won't we. At the rate they are going, they should reach the temple in a matter of minutes anyway." Glynda said as she was about to walk away a sudden thought crossed her mind. "By the way sir, what relics did you use for this year's candidates? Sir?"
Ozpin did not respond as he watched on his tablet live footage of Ruby's group and how they are faring at the moment. All he saw at the moment was Ruby and Ryuma, sitting on the grass as Weiss walked back and forth looking lost.
*Ruby's group*
Ruby was sitting to Ryuma's right as Weiss was beginning to walk all over looking for something. "Okay this is definitely the correct way to go." Weiss stated as she went to the left of Ruby and Ryuma.
"That's east." Ryuma pointed out as he was starting to get tired of all of Weiss' antics at the moment.
"I knew that, I meant this is definitely the correct way to go." Weiss said as she went to the duo's right.
"West." Ruby stated to her partner.
Weiss stood back before them as she gave up on directions and came to her own odd conclusion. "Well it's official then, we passed it already." Ruby and Ryuma were starting to not believe her as she didn't want to admit they were lost.
Ruby stood up as she was done doing this song and dance with Weiss. "Weiss, why can't you just admit that we are lost and have no clue where we are at the moment?" Ruby asked as it had to be said sooner or later, she just chose sooner.
"Because we aren't lost and I know where we are going! We're… going to… the Forest Temple!" Weiss declared as she didn't sound very sure of herself at the moment. She grew annoyed when the duo made a frustrated sighing sound. "Hey stop it! You have no idea where we are either!" Weiss said as she thought this justified her situation.
"At least I'm not pretending to know everything Weiss." Ruby countered as she was getting frustrated. Ryuma just stood back up as he needed to stretch his legs.
"And what is that supposed to mean anyway?" Weiss asked in an accusing tone.
"Oh, oh, oh pick me, pick me." Ryuma wanted to say something as Ruby cut off his chance at something.
"It means you are humongous, stupid, jerk and I hate you so much right now!" Ruby said as she told off Weiss in her own way.
Weiss frustratingly sighed and walked in a random direction, "Just follow me and keep moving."
"Wasn't that how we got lost in the first place?" Ryuma asked as it was exactly how they got lost in the first place. Weiss gave him a cold, hard stare as she didn't want to speak to him at that moment.
"Oh, just keep moving, you're doing it all wrong! Waaaah, watch where you're going!" Ruby said as she was mocking Weiss at the moment. "Why are you so dang bossy anyway?"
Weiss turned around and looked at Ruby in anger. Ryuma knew that look all too well as there was about to be an argument commencing in a few seconds. "I am not bossy! Stop saying it like that right now!" She said in a bossy tone.
"Stop treating me like a kid!" Ruby said to her as she grew tired of being treated like one and being called a child.
"Well stop acting like one then!" Weiss countered as Ryuma was starting to get annoyed by this back and forth arguing.
"Stop acting like your so damn perfect!" Ruby said as she grew sick and tired of this.
"At least I am more perfect and more prepared for this than you or your Faunus pet here." Weiss said in anger as Ruby gasped by what Weiss just called her best friend. The moment was silent for a few seconds as a loud slap echoed throughout the woods. Weiss was shocked by what just happened, Ryuma was insulted by the pet comment and owned up to his earlier comment and slapped Weiss in the face. "Y-Y-You just hit me, I am a proper lady. How dare y…"
"Oh get off your fucking high horse, you stupid bitch!" Ryuma was angry as he had enough with Weiss' derogative comments about his Faunus nature. Weiss was shocked again by what he had just called her. "I have had enough with your fucking comments about my race in a negative tone. You are not the perfect person, no one is. We are all trying to become official members of this academy and you just think that everything will be handed to you like your everyday life, well your wrong! We all fight to get what we want in life so shut the fuck up. Stop hiding behind your family's name, status in society, and other crap, because that doesn't fucking matter right now. So you better apologize sooner or later because I am done talking to some bitch who thinks she is better than everyone else!" Ryuma stormed off a random direction as Ruby tried to follow him as Weiss stood there in shock. No one had ever talked to her like that before, not even her family or private tutors.
"Ryuma wait," Ruby said as she hugged him from behind. "Please don't leave me, I don't want you to go off on your own without me."
"Ruby, I just need to take a small breather so I can calm down." Ryuma told her as she let go. "I know you don't want to be left alone with Weiss, but she is your official partner. I'm just a tag along who still has no partner."
"That's not true, if it wasn't for you Weiss would have been Beowolf chow earlier. I want you to stay with me and I am not taking no for an answer." Ruby said with determination as she looked sternly at her friend. Ryuma couldn't help but look and see the determination in her eyes as he knew when she put something in her mind, there is no going back.
"Alright, but I am not talking to Weiss until we get to the temple." Ryuma said as Ruby led them back to where Weiss was still standing as they ventured off to find the temple all together.
*Blake and Yang*
After talking and getting to know each other, Yang and Blake entered a clearing and discovered the temple they were told to go to. "… And that is why I am no longer allowed to ride my motorcycle, Bumblebee, in a bikini when it's daytime. Oh look, we found the temple." Yang said as she pointed to the stone ruin temple as there were formed to make a rotunda with a symmetrical design on the floor and twenty small pedestals with either gold or black chess pieces on them.
"Good because I have so many questions about your past antics I want answered but that can be saved for later." Blake said as the two of them went down to where the ruins lay and stood in front of them as they noticed some missing pieces. "Looks like some of the other new students got here before us."
"Yup, it sure looks like it. Hmm, I wonder why they're Chess Pieces?" Yang asked as she looked over all the pieces and wasn't sure which one would be the one they needed to bring with them.
"I'm not sure really, but since we got here, let's pick one out to bring with us." Blake said as she gave each piece an analytical once over. She wasn't sure which one would be the right one, which one could be a trap as part of this test, which one…
"Hey look, how about a cute little pony like this one?" Yang said as Blake saw Yang holding a golden knight chess piece. Blake was surprised and happy that there weren't any booby traps laid out to be sprung, or any other team that planned to attack them as soon as they grabbed a relic.
"Sure why not." Blake said in defeated agreement.
"Well that wasn't so hard now was it?" Yang said as she placed the relic in a special pocket for protection from accidental destruction as soon as they got back to Beacon.
"Yeah, it was surprisingly not hard. I thought there would be some kind of additional challenge or some booby trap when we took a relic off one of the pedestals. But seeing how easy it was to find this place I guess I shouldn't be all that surprised." Blake said with a smile on her face as Yang shared one as well.
"Wow, didn't think you were the skeptical type. Maybe you shouldn't watch so many Idaho Jones movies. You know what I mean, the ones you say are your favorite movies." Yang teasingly said as Blake turned her head away to hide her blushing face. Why did she tell Yang that? At least she never told her about her secret love for 'X' rated novels.
Before Yang could tease her anymore, a loud girly scream was heard all through the forest shocking both Blake and Yang as they worried about the safety of that mystery person. "Blake did you hear that? Some girl sounds like she's in trouble." Blake didn't respond as her attention seemed to be more focused on something up in the sky.
*Jaune, Pyrrha, and Haken earlier*
The trio walked further to find the Temple and trying to keep Haken from spying on some other girl with his binoculars. As they continued on their journey, they all stopped to see a cave with drawings all over the wall on the outside of cave. The pictures depicted many warriors chasing what appeared to be a giant scorpion towards the cave. "Hey guys I think we found it." Jaune said with hopeful enthusiasm.
Haken however, had some different thoughts. "Pump the brakes, blondie. Ozzy told us we're looking for a temple in the woods, not that it'd be in some random-ass cave," he said as he analyzed the drawings around the mouth of the cave.
"Come on maybe the temple is in this cave, Ozpin didn't really specify where we could find the temple anyway." Jaune said as he took a stick and lit it with some flint and rock to make a torch as he ventured into the cave.
"Uh, I better go check and make sure he's fine Haken." Pyrrha said as she followed Jaune into the cave. Haken just waved his hand as his focus was on the images.
Pyrrha quickly caught up with Jaune as she stood right behind him. "Jaune, I don't think this is the correct spot." She told him as she looked around and didn't see any normal signs of an ancient building or relics of any kind.
"But this has to be the place, I can feel it deep inside my very being. We are- gah." Jaune said as he unfortunately tripped and fell down as the torch flew into a puddle, casting them all into a pitch darkness surrounding them. Jaune was happy as he felt like an idiot right there and Pyrrha didn't see much of it.
As Jaune began to stand up, Pyrrha had this tingling sensation go off in the back of her mind. Something just didn't feel right about this cave but she wasn't sure what it was. "Jaune, do you feel that?" Pyrrha asked as she wondered if Jaune felt the same thing.
"Soul-crushing regret and a new level of humiliation no one else has discovered until today." Jaune said as his confidence took a small nose dive.
"No, it feels… warm." Pyrrha didn't know why it felt this way so they both ventured further inside.
Back outside, Haken was looking at the wall paintings, trying to decipher the message they were conveying. "Spirits beyond the glowing screen, why do I have the feeling that we should not be in this specific spot right about now? And what're these drawings trying to tell me?" he hummed as he squinted his eyes and looked closer at them. With all the weathering they'd undergone, some of the details were lost, but he was easily able to pick up on the images of people with spears and bows shoving something away. Looking at what was clearly the antagonist of the story, he saw speckles of color remaining on the creature's shell despite the wind and rain from over the years, eyes widening as he saw swirling red patterns on bone-white shell, and pincers.
"Oh fuck! The ancient people pushed a Deathstalker in there before closing the mouth of a much larger cave!" the coffin-carrying cowboy realized. "Guys! Get the fuck out of there right now! There's an enormous Deathstalker in there!" he whispered as loudly as he could so he wouldn't wake the slumbering giant by accident. Why people in the movies shouted at the top of their lungs like complete jackasses, he never knew. Seriously, who did that.
Pyrrha thought she heard something as she and Jaune went further into the cave. "Jaune did you hear that? I think Haken is trying to tell us something." She said to him as they were about to round a corner in the cave.
"I think I heard him, but it probably had something to do with a girl's skirt or legs or something like that." Jaune said as he ventured a good guess. Both teens saw a huge glowing gold item as it appeared to hover in the darkness. "Sweet we found the relic." Jaune said as he went to grab it but it moved slightly for some unknown reason. "What the? Hey bad relic, stop moving around like that." He tried to catch it a few more times until he got a good hold on it. "I got it Pyrrha, now how do we bring this huge thing back to Ozp… wait I just realized something. Why was the relic moving? Relics don't move."
Before Pyrrha could answer, her eyes finally adjusted and saw a huge form just past the glowing item. "Jaune, whatever you do, don't scream." She said as the huge form suddenly started to move and red markings and 8 red eyes began to glow in the darkness.
"Guys, guys, GUYS!" Haken shouted again as he still tried to keep his voice down. It was all for naught as from the cave, a loud girly scream echoed out of it and into the forest around them. "Wow, sounds like Pyrrha has a very cute girl-scream, and a very loud one too. Also, shit, the beast's been released," he said as he ran away from the mouth of the cave, fingers reaching into the eye sockets of the skull adorning the front as he readied himself for whatever was to come.
Moments later Pyrrha ran out the cave full-tilt, the sound of girlish screaming persisting. "Wait, if that wasn't you screaming, then that can only leave... Jaune!" he realized as the Deathstalker burst through the rocky walls, its age evident from the moss growing over its shell. "Jeez, just when I thought he couldn't get any wimpier. Oh well, at least he's busted open the sock drawer enough times that he has a strong grip on that thing," he said as Jaune dangled off the end of the Grimm's golden stinger.
"Up yours man!" Jaune cried at the comment.
"Also, I hope someone's going to pick up that phone," Haken continued.
"What phone-"
"Because I fucking CAAAAALLED IIIIIIIT!" Haken sung.
"Okay, you guys were right! This isn't the place! This isn't the place at all! So please help me!" Jaune cried as he held onto the stinger for dear life.
Haken was about to raise his weapon, the head of the coffin opening revealing a large gun barrel, before he paused. "Shit, I can't use anything in my arsenal without hitting dumb-dumb!"
Pyrrha readied her weapon as she was worried about her partner as well. "Jaune! It'll be alright, just whatever you do don't-" Just as she said that, the Grimm lashed its tail about and flung Jaune far away from their location, "...let go."
"Alright, we've got a clear shot, now let's take this thing down Pyrrha. . . Pyrrha?" Haken asked as he turned to see Pyrrha running after the blond, leaving him behind to stare down the Deathstalker that had just been roused from its slumber. "Dick move, Pyrrha! DICK! MOVE!" he shouted over his shoulder before he clicked a button in the emblem's socket, flinging the Death Hauler over his shoulder and revealing a large rocket launcher. "Alright tough guy, looks like it's just you and MEEEEEEEEEEE!" he cried as the Deathstalker back-clawed him through the air, flying in an arc after the blond who'd taken flight moments before.
*Back with Yang and Blake*
"You did hear that scream right Blake?" Yang asked before she turned to her partner staring up at the sky. "What should we do Blake, Blake? Blake what the heck are you looking at?" She asked as she saw her point up and heard a distant screaming. Yang looked up and noticed Ruby and Ryuma hugging each other as they were falling from the sky.
"What the holy fuck?" Yang asked as she saw them heading right towards them. How did they get up so high, and what the hell did they fall from?
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