Hey! LV, signing in for the fourth chapter, so yay! Now, a friend of mine made a comment, and I'm sure some of you may be thinking the same. The end fight in the last chapter was admittedly rushed. And therefore not as good.

Another thing, we haven't seen much of John fighting. We get to see his true potential this chapter. I also realize, reading back, that I did not give adequate descriptions of character clothing. I will fix this, at some point. When I do I will put it in an authers note so you can go back and read that. And also this WILL for the most part follow the same plot and story line as cannon RWBY. But eventually I will break off. Now, without further ado:

chapter 4: making a name.

I woke up from a very pleasant sleep, only to be brought out of my good mood by a blow horn next to my ear going off. I practically jumped out of my bed, on the floor, and coincidentally into the wall head first.

"ouch! Why!?"

"you over slept and I thought it would amuse me. Now get up, before I plastic wrap you to a pole"

"you have a pole? Gee, I didn't know you were that desperate for money"

"just get up!" she said, punching me in the shoulder.

"ouch! That hurt."

"please, your aura blocked that"

"it hurt emotionally" she punched me again.

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"okay, first class. Dust and first aid with prof. Peach. After that its Grimm studies with Port" I announced, reading the schedule provided to us. I had since changed into my uniform with the addition of my cape and a silver cross strapped to my belt. And of course the bandages covering my arm and most of my hand.

Frost had her knee high riding boots added on along with her black and white gauntlet. Sky added on his 2000 Lien watch, a golden ring with a family crest on it, and a black fedora. The crest portrayed a roaring lion head surrounded by large tulips.

We headed out and down towards the main building, ready for anything.

30 minutes later...

"we were not ready for this." Frosty grumbled under her breath.

"now, who can tell me what the most effective way of incorporating dust into healing severe injuries is?"

Weiss's hand shot into the air. "infusion of dust directly into the wound. But this method is banned from use by the schnee corporation and the MSI company." [ medical safety inspection company ]

"and can anyone tell me why?" nobody raised their hand. Not even Weiss. I sighed, and raised my own. The professor looked surprised. "yes, Mr. rose?"

"because very rarely does anyone ever survive having more than an ounce of dust infused into their bloodstream. 50% of those who do survive use the power of the infused dust for bad things." everybody stared at me. I don't think I was supposed to know all that.

"correct. When infused, dust will mold with blood cells, as well as brain cells, and it is thought that those who do not posses a willpower strong enough will develop an evil mind set."

the clock hit the 11, and the professor dismissed us with a few assignments,one including collecting sap on a field trip to forever fall. "so, honestly John, why do you have such a stupid semblance? Infinite super arrows? Really?!"

"trust me, if you get on the receiving end of one of those you will not be complaining. And besides, that's not all I can do."

"yeah? Can you also set stuff on fire? Useful for camping I guess."

"oh, shut up sky!"

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"monsters! Demons! Prowlers of the night! Yes, the creatures of Grimm are known by many names, but I merely refer to them as prey, HAHA!" he bragged dramatically, waking up a couple students. "uhhh, and you shall too upon graduating from this prestigious academy! Now as I was saying...vale, as well as the other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world"

"our planet is absolutely teaming with creatures that want nothing more than to tear you too pieces!" trust me pal, this ain't the only world like that. "that's where we come in. huntsmen! Huntresses." did he just wink at yang? Nah, I'm probably seeing things.

"individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves. From what you ask? Why, the very world!" he dramatically announced. "eeeyya!" a student next to me cheered.

"that is what your training to become. But first, a story. A tale of the young, handsome man. Me!" and this is where I stopped listening. Instead, I started writing in ancient runes on my note paper. All kinds of advanced enchantments. When I ran out of room on my sheet, I grew bored and diverted my attention to other things.

like Weiss. Is she... vibrating? How is she even doing that?! Darn it, stop breaking physics woman! "a true huntsmen must be honorable. A true huntsmen must be dependable. A true huntsmen must be strategic, well educated, and wise." its getting worse. I think she's going to explode.

"so, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?" her hand shot into the air. I confidently rose mine as well.

"I do sir!"

"well, let us find out! Ms schnee, step forward and face your opponent!" he moved beside a large cage I hadn't noticed before. 'Oh my god I hope its a killer rabbit! Please be a killer rabbit.' I shouted inside my mind.

"go, Weiss!" I made my way down beside them as they cheered on their team mate.

"fight well!"

"represent team RWBY!"

"ruby! I'm trying to focus!"

"focus on what? You aren't even doing anything yet!" I called her out. She opened her mouth to make a retort, but then she realized I was right.

"alright, let the match begin!" prof. Port shouted as he cut the bolt with a blunderbaxe. A boarbatusk charged out, and after a short fight she managed to kill it by knocking it over and throwing herself at it from above with a glyph, impaling it in the stomach.

"bravo! Bravo! It appears we are in the presence of a true huntress in training! And what of you? Step down and face your foe" he applauded. I stepped down, already in my battle outfit. No matter what happens, the important thing is to kick ass.

"begin!" he announced cutting the bolt on a second cage. A small Ursa bursted out, its bloodthirsty eyes searching for something to kill. Its gaze landed upon me, and it charged with a load roar.

I could hear my team mates and the whole of RWBY shouting for me to move, but I stood my ground. Port tightened his grip on his blunderbaxe ready to intervene. The Ursa swung at me, and I made an x with my arms, activating my aura creating a purple-ish barrier that deflected the hit like it was nothing.

The giant bear recoiled back, and I jumped at it with my sword drawn. With a single right diagonal slash, its head fell to the ground with a thunk and its corpse crumpled to the ground. I pulled out a cloth, and wiped clean the clear white crystalline blade before sheathing it.

"bravo! Yet another impressive display of skill. But I'm afraid that's all the time we have today. Be sure to cover the assigned readings, and stay vigilant! Class dismissed."

Weiss sent a spiteful glare my way, clearly not happy about being upstaged. As we exited the classroom, Weiss stormed off past me. I decided to go after her. When I caught up, she was talking with Port.

"...but the best person you can be" and he walked off. She turned on her heel and walked right into me. "hey! Watch where your going!"

"someone is moody. let me guess, You think you should have been the leader of your team."

"yes" she admitted.

"why?"

"because I have been trained, I have studied and prepared my entire life to lead a team into battle, and ruby is childish and knows nothing of how to lead a team"

"but her plan worked didn't it? She has shown a lot of potential. Imagine how much better she will be when she learns. And do remember she is still a child, as are you. I never got the chance to be a kid, so trust me when I say savor it while you can."

"but how can she learn to be a better leader?"

"you said it yourself. You have trained your entire life. So teach her." she walked away looking thoughtful, and I sat down on the bench to watch the sunset. I hope she can see the value in what she has been taught today. I would hate to see her end up like my brother.

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I woke up in a beautiful red forest, with only the sound of wildlife reaching my ears. I got up and wondered around until I found myself in a clearing, with a small stream. I felt thirsty, so I bent down to take a drink. A strange feeling washed over me, and I heard the familiar whistle of an arrow. I rolled away, and reached for my sword but it wasn't there.

I looked in the direction of where the arrow originated, and saw two glowing white eyes burning holes into my head. I didn't know why, but those eyes terrified me beyond belief, so much that I couldn't move. Behind it, blood red pairs of eyes began opening all around until there was thousands of them.

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I woke up in a cold sweat again, and I could see myself in the mirror across from where I slept. My eyes had very dark purple flame like aura leaking out of them and they were glowing. As I calmed down, they became more and more normal again.

"another one... except this one was different." usually there was fire, blood, and the black skeletal soldiers of hell. Those eye's... it was probably nothing. After all, a nightmare is just a nightmare.

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the next week, on the way to Pt and dueling with team RWBY,and team STD...

"so, did you hear that they put the field trip to forever fall back a week to 3 weeks? I guess there was a high level threat that they had to take care of first" Frost said, probably making conversation.

"really? Good thing they found out before we went. We could have been killed"

"eh, a little training, a plan, and a tube of glue could have easily allowed us to beat them."

Weiss dawned a look of confusion. "why glue?"

I smirked. "I knew you would get stuck on that"

everybody either sweat dropped or face palmed. "oh god..."

we sat down in the bleachers overlooking the fighting ring. "in this class we will be testing your skill against other students and grading you appropriately"

Glynda Goodwitch POV

I pulled up the class roster and looked over it. "any volunteers?"

none of the students raised their hands. "very well,..." perhaps this would be a good time to test Mr. John Diamond Rose, the supposed boy who lived. As the rumor goes he survived in the wilderness on his own for 6 years, the only one to ever have done so. Not to mention, when attacked he stood and fought rather than running like any other child.

"Mr Rose, and ms. Nikos please make your way down." this fight should be fairly one sided. The two of them are on whole different levels.

John Diamond POV

"begin" before she even finished the word, my feet were in motion. In one smooth motion, I pulled out my sword and delivered two blows each deflected by her shield. She returned with several slashes that I barely dodged. I swung my sword in a shimmering arc downward, with enough force to crack a wall.

Mid swing I felt it slow down, and she managed to hold her defense, but only barely. 'that should have destroyed her defense.' I pushed down, but it was like trying to push over a brick wall.

The blade I had no problem controlling, but the handle and cross guard... she must be able to control polarity. Unless I change tactics this is going to be very one sided. Suddenly, she rolled away sending me nearly crashing to the ground and hit me with countless lightning fast attacks. I managed to deflect a few with my aura but that was it.

I made a cross with my arms, creating an indestructible barrier as I backed away. Then I dropped my sword on the ground. Lets see how far my 'condition' can actually get me in a fight. If I can't use metal...I'll use shadow blood. "are you...forfeiting?"

I answered her question by pulling out my bow and letting three arrows fly faster than I could even keep track of. The first one took her by surprise hitting square in her chest and pushing her back. The second one by pure luck bounced off her shield, and the third one 'missed' her. I made an x with my arms creating an aura barrier.

She charged at me, firing out of her gun hoping to chip away at it. While she released blow after blow upon my shield trying to break through, I reached into my back pouch, and pulled out a tiny chipped off piece of fire dust. Not enough to do any damage, but enough to put you in a hell of a lot of pain.

I put it in my mouth, and held it between my teeth. Then I bit down on the crystal fragment. My expression twisted in pain, and my infected eye began to glow. As silent as I could, I said "humanity gone without a trace; eternally engraved upon my face."

as far as they know, this is just my semblance. My cape began wiping around in an imaginary wind, and the area around me noticeably darkened. I released the aura barrier, and dark purple blood began pouring down my arm and forming a sword in my hand. I grabbed hold of it with my left hand, and readied myself.

Compared to before, my armor felt like paper, and so did the new sword. She dropped into her battle stance as well. I made the first move as I dashed forward, much faster than before.

Ruby Rose POV

"wow." this was actually the first time I had ever seen Johns semblance in action. Him and Pyrrha exchanging blows back and forth matching each others speed and blades perfectly. The way they were jumping around, spinning, slashing it was almost like they were dancing.

Suddenly, John slipped up and just when it looked like Pyrrha would finally land a hit in he took a step forward and materialized behind her. (shadow step) his entire right arm burst into purple flames, and he punched her in the back sending her spinning away. (shadow strike)

She managed to land on her feet, and switched Milo to a rifle and unleashed a hail of gun fire upon him. He jumped, then shadow stepped higher and farther away, and a ball of pure energy formed in his hand and he threw it at Pyrrha. She rolled away just in time, and it exploded in a huge sonic boom kind of way like a firework. (shadow bomb)

he landed, crouching and rolling away from a downward strike from Pyrrha. He deflected another with his reformed sword and shadow stepped away again. The sword formed into a bow and he pulled a much larger arrow than usual seemingly out of nowhere and pulled back. He let it fly, and it connected with the ground just in front of Pyrrha sending her flying into the wall from the force of the explosion.

She got up, and threw Akuo at John. It connected with his chin sending him reeling back, but he reached out and grabbed it before it could return to Pyrrha. I looked up at the aura levels. John in the yellow, Pyrrha in the orange. He threw it right back, almost hitting her but she caught it.

He raced towards her, performing a full 360 degree slash. It missed, and she made an attempt at his turned back, but he jumped over her arcing his back to avoid her slash at him in the air. He dropped to a crouch, picking up the conveniently placed diamond sword and duel wielding it with his shadow blade. He deflected a blow from Akuo, swinging the crystal blade at her head. She leaned back narrowly avoiding it, and hit the wrist holding it with Milo.

It clattered to the ground, and John tried to kick her in the stomach, but Akuo blocked it. He flipped backwards, away from her and threw his shadow blade into the air. It became double side, except a crescent shaped curve on one end, and a long gripped handle extended from the curve most side forming a scythe.

He spun it around through the air, impaling the ground pointing towards Pyrrha in a copycat of my style. Awesome! And then the most disappointing thing ever happened. The bell rang. The lights turned back on, and Johns eye stopped glowing and he and Pyrrha relaxed their stances.

"I'm afraid that's all the time we have today." were they really at it for 2 hours?

John Diamond POV

my blood re-liquefied and flowed back into my arm, and I walked over and picked up my diamond sword. "well, that was fun."

"indeed. I look forward to our rematch"

"until then,..." I walked over to where my team was, and joined them on their way out of class. "so, still gonna make PUN of me about my semblance?"

Hey. Sorry about any and all mistakes. I broke my arm, and several other parts of my body, the details I will not go into, and as such I am writing with one hand minus a finger. Anyways, hope you enjoyed, review and all that stuff, and I will see you whenever I finish new content.

Before I sign off, there is explaining to do so you won't be confuzzled. Johns shadow drive boosts his reaction time, his strength, speed, and allows him to move as he would without any heavy armor on. It also puts his regeneration into steriod overdrive as well as allowing him to use powerfull ability's that he would not be able to access otherwise.

But he can only be in shadow drive in a moment of extreme rage, sadness or pain, and as of this chapter can only use a few of these ability's. As such, he does not normally exploit this power. To activate it, he has to get really really mad, sad, or be in agonizing pain, or all of the above and then chant humanity gone without a trace; eternally engraved upon my face.

his shadow blood ability is basically Mirai Kuriyama's ability from koukai no kanata. His shadow bomb is basically the same as a warlocks super from Destiny. The shadow step is like the shadow version of a hunters blink ability from Destiny. His shadow arrows are like Minecraft arrows stacked up with almost every weapon enchantment level 10, and fully charged back in the bow. His shadow fire punch is pretty self explanatory. And his arm cross shield is just a very dense aura being utilized. now you know. LV out!

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