AN: Hey everyone, I have the next chapter here. Thank you for all the support and answer the last question. Since I asked for the Fate series favorite, I should ask who is your favorite form the Rwby side? (For me, of the main four I think Yang is cool. However, my real favorite character is Neo. Both should be obvious based on the way I write them in my stories). Anyway, I will try to keep these notes shorter now to get on with the story. This chapter has a few matches, weapons, and NP used, and introducing a new professor to the academy in the middle of a lesson. Hope you enjoy this chapter, let me know what you thought or if you have any suggestions, and have a nice day.
Chapter 7 – One Hit is All You Need
Nora.
Deep in the forest far outside of Academy, a duo of female berserker students walked down a dirt path. Leading the other was Nora, marching with a smile on her face. To her right was Frankenstein with a look of slight worry, "Aa uu?" The woman in a wedding dress said as Nora turned to here.
"Of course, I know where I'm going. It's I not too far from here." The orange haired berserker said before she inhaled the fresh air. After exhaling, she looked straight ahead, "In fact," She said before charging forward. Frankenstein followed her, leading to bright light in the clearing. As the two girls exited into the forest, the reached a shoreline to a vast ocean. They jumped off a small ledge onto the sand. The sand was smooth slightly scorched from the heat. "See, I knew I could find the sea." Nora said with a smile, "That was an easy challenge."
"Aa!" Frankenstein said as she turned to her roommate, a smile on her face. The woman in a wedding dress then turned to her right. She noticed something in the distance, parting her hair away from her eyes to see more clearly. "Uu!" Frankenstein said as she pointed again.
"What?" Nora said as she turned to where Nora pointed. She noticed a small group of students, all gathered around forming a small campsite near some large rocks. Sighting on one rock was Neo, who was watching Jekyll set up a stone for a firepit. She has a slight smirk as she watched him. Near the pint-sized girl was Emerald, who was emptying sand from her shoes. Relaxing against another rock was Robin, his eyes closed as he listened to the crashing waves. "I don't believe it, we're last."
"Not quite," The two berserker girls heard a voice call to them from the forest. They turned to see a woman with light magenta hair and a large scar across her face. she wore white pants with large black boots. While she wore a large red trench coat, most of her chest was still exposed. She carried larger bundles of wood over each shoulder, "You two had determination, but your luck didn't favor your endeavors this time."
"I thought I knew where I was going." Nora said as she kicked the sand, "What now Professor?"
"First, you don't have to call me professor, I'm Drake," The female pioneer said as she jumped off the small ledge, "Second, it's no big deal. You got here alright."
Frankenstein turned to see two other people exiting the forest. they were Ren and Kiyohime "Uu!" The women in the wedding dress said, causing Nora to turn at the moment Ren jumped off the ledge. He turned back to extend his right hand to help the draconic faunus down. Kiyohime smiled as she reached out for his hand, a slight giggle in her voice. However, Nora had a look of anger at two. Small sparks started to come from her body, colliding with the sand to make bits of glass. Frankenstein looked at Nora with a slight worry, "Aa?"
"No, I'm fine Fran," Nora said through her teeth, causing Drake chuckle as she walked by.
"Save your energy," The female pioneer said as she walked near Jekyll, dropping the wood next to his pit. "Okay class, now that every one got here. We can start with our second challenge test."
"What's next?" Ren asked, "Some type of test?"
Drake cleaned off her coat as she addressed his question, "Well, not one of those pen and paper tests. This is a little combat training." Upon finishing to brush herself down, she extended her right index finger, "However, for my test, you can only use one hit to defeat your opponent."
"One hit?" Emerald said as she put on her shoes, "What is that meant to test?"
"You know the saying, 'only have one shot.' Let's see how well you students from Beacon and Haven perform against our homeborn students." Drake said as she saw the other everyone gathers around, "We already had your weapons registered, but you'll be going up against some Noble Phantasms you have never seen before." She then scanned the crowd of eight students, "Now. How should I make the match up?"
"Excuses me," Robin interrupted, "But I think two people should portal the area. You know, save our strength in case any Grimm want to come by."
"That's not a bad idea," Drake commented, "Okay, you and Ren do that." She then looked to the rest of the group. "Anyone have any knowledge on who they want to fight?"
"I choose to fight Kiyohime!" Nora declared as she rose her right hand. The orange haired berserker then glanced over to draconic faunus, who had a slight giggle as she made eye-contact.
"Ua?" Frankenstein said as she looked over to Neo. The pint-sized girl looked over at the woman in a wedding dress, nodding her head. After she stopped, Neo had a smirk on her face as she changed the orientation of her eye color, "Grr," Frankenstein replied as she clenched her fists.
Emerald was still making she see was clean of sand when Jekyll got up, "Excuse me, your Neopolitan's friend?" He said as he turned to the green-haired assassin, giving a slight bow, "If it's okay with you, I would like to challenge you."
"Uhh, okay," Emerald replied with him responding with a smile, "Odd, he doesn't seem to be that wild." She thought to herself.
Drank pointed to Robin and Ren, "Alright, you two make sure nothing interrupts these fights." She said with both nodding before going back into the forest. she then turned to Nora and Kiyohime. "You two were the first to pair up, why don't you two go first."
"I would love to," Kiyohime said with, but for mouth frowned at the end of her sentence, "But I wish I could have shown Ren how talented I am."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Nora commented with a scornful look.
"Oh nothing," Kiyohime said as she took her position a few meters away from the orange-haired berserker, "I guess I should end this quickly, otherwise I'll get sand all over my kimono."
"Oh, it will be over quickly," Nora said as she put on a sinister grin. She then looked at her hands. Bluish energy started to form, sparking like that of a lightning bolt. She then clapped her hands, creating an almost thunder-like sound with a shockwave of bluish energy. As she spread he hands apart, the bluish energy grew into a large bubble radiating electricity. Once the bubble was just over a foot and a half in diameter, what looked like a grenade launcher formed in the center. Nora reached into the bubble with both hands pulling out her weapon. She looked at it with a smile as it was still sparking, "This is so cool." She said before looking to her opponent.
Kiyohime smiled as she pulled out a hand fan form her left sleeve. As she opened the fan, she showed a fire with serpent-like dragons decorating the design. The draconic faunus held her fan to cover the lower half of her face.
"That it?" Nora asked, "A fan?"
"Well, it is what I like to use in my Berserker class," Kiyohime responded.
"It doesn't look all that special. Or that it could turn into anything." Nora said before she pressed a button on her grenade launcher. The weapon began to morph and transform its shape, creating a long pole. The base of the weapon showed a flat, hammer-like head at one end, "Unlike mine." The orange haired berserker said with a smile as she took up a fighting stance. Kiyohime giggled as she covered her mouth with the fan, causing Nora to grit her teeth.
"Ready you two?" Drake said as the other students stood behind her. She smiled before taking off a flintlock pistol, "Go on the gunshot." The female pioneer said before aiming the gun at the sky.
After a couple of seconds of silence, Drake shot into the air. At the moment, Nora rushed Kiyohime. The orange-haired berserker primed her hammer with sparks of electricity radiating from the head.
Kiyohime closed her eyes, her body stayed still. A bluish aura started to surround her, behaving like a fire radiating from her body. She opened her eyes, which now turned to a bright red. She reeled back her right hand with the hand fan starting to gather all the blue energy. As Nora was a couple of feet away for the draconic faunus, Kiyohime smiled as her gaze became focused. Kiyohime's body flashed in blue light as she fanned towards the orange haired berserker.
Suddenly, the draconic faunus' body vanished. The blue light gathered in the hand fan before quickly erupting out. Nora stopped in shock as the fiery blue energy took the shape a long, serpent-like dragon in the sky. The dragon roared before plummeting towards Nora. The orange-haired berserker could not defend fast enough before the fiery dragon collided with her body. The collision created a pillar of blue flames that were a couple of meters in diameter and height rose above the nearby tree line.
Drake looked with her arms cross and a smile on her face as Emerald shielded her eyes from the fire had a look of Neo covered her eyes with her left hand as she reached into her right pocket. From her pocket, she pulled out a pair of sunglasses and quickly put them one. The pint-sized girl smiled as she looked at the inferno.
Frankenstein had a look of panic and had already started to run towards the fire, but Jekyll grabbed her right shoulder with his left hand. She turned back to him with rage in her eyes, but he shook his head. "Don't worry, she is not going to kill your friend," Jekyll said in a calming voice. Frankenstein looked back to see the fire begin to calm down, disappearing in almost an instant. All the group could see was a crater surrounded by charred sand.
"AA!" Frankenstein said as she broke from Jekyll's grip. She ran over to see down the crater to see Nora's flat on her back. Despite being hit by the fire, her body was not as charred as the area around her. Kiyohime stood a few feet away, looking down at Nora with a smug smile. Her eyes returned to their normal color.
Emerald walked over to the crater, "What was that!?" She exclaimed.
Kiyohime looked up at the green-haired assassin, "That was my Noble Phantasm. I may not have a transforming weapon, but the ability to transform myself into a dragon is a pleasant alternative." The draconic faunus said before hearing Nora cough will on the ground, "I do need to be careful with the flames, otherwise I could burn my opponent alive."
"But…how is that even possible?" Emerald said with Drake walking behind her.
"I'm probably not the first to tell you this, but things are different here as opposed to the other kingdoms," The female pioneer said with a smile, "So when you see something amazing. Just go with it."
Frankenstein jumped down the crater to aid her roommate in getting up. Nora rested on her roommate's right shoulder, her hammer vanishing into particles of light. "Thanks, Fran." Nora said in a dizzy voice, "I think I need to take a quick nap." The orange haired berserker said before passing out.
Neo.
"Uu?" Frankenstein said as she smiled, carrying her friend out of the crater. Kiyohime jumped out of the hole in the ground, landing near a large rock. She gracefully sat down as she fanned herself.
"Okay, round one goes to the students from Chaldea." Drake said before looking over to the woman in a wedding dress, "How about you face your opponent now?"
"Aa!" Frankenstein said with a nod as she gently rested Nora against a hill of sand. Neo looked over to her opponent, taking off her sunglasses and changing the orientation of her iris color, "Grr!" Frankenstein replied as the two moved into position a few feet from one another.
Neo reached to her left side with her right hand. Suddenly, a white vortex around a foot wide appeared in her reach. Her right end entered the vortex. In a swift motion, Neo pulling out an umbrella from the vortex. She did a single twirl as she opened the umbrella and resting it on her right shoulder and bowing to her opponent.
"Au!" Frankenstein replied as she extended her right hand forward. A bolt of lightning formed in her right palm. Once she gripped it, the lightning condensed into a rod with a large steel ball at one end. She grabbed the mace weapon with her left hand as she took up a ready stance, "Ua?" The woman in the wedding dress asked.
Neo responded with a couple of nods as Drake remained her pistol into the sky.
Upon the sound of the gunshot, Frankenstein began to growl as electricity sparked for the body. However, the electricity had a greenish hue to it. The head of the mace began to open, revealing a green reactor. Neo had a smug look on her face as she maintained her stance. "Uuuuuu!" Frankenstein said before striking the sand with her weapon, causing a large pillar of lighting to erupt straight for the clouds.
Neo remained undamaged as she looked at Frankenstein panting. The pint-sized girl tilted her head to the left as she scratched her head with her left hand.
"Does that count?" Emerald said to Drake, "She attacked, but it missed."
"Well," Drake said with a smile, "The attack is not over yet." Her comment caused Emerald to have a look of confusion. Suddenly, the sound of a thunderclap came over the area. Emerald, Drake, and Neo looked up to see the sudden black clouds fill a section of the sky over the two fighters. In a flash, a bolt of lightning plunged down towards the pint-sized girl. Neo's irises turned white right before the lightning crashed into her body.
The impact created an explosion, sending a wave of smoke over the area. Emerald shielded her eyes from the smoke while Drake did the same. Kiyohime coughed as she tried to fan away from the smoke. The smoke did not last long before the area cleared. "My kimono!" The draconic faunus pleaded as the dust got on her clothes. In the distance, Nora laughed even while unconscious.
Emerald looked to the impacted spot was a crater smaller than the other one. However, the sand with not only burnt but also crystallized in a glass. Not only that, but Neo was nowhere to be seen. "Is she…" Emerald said before seeing Jekyll to her right. He had his arms crossed and smiling. Emerald was still confused until looking back to the fight.
The smoke now cleared over where Frankenstein's stood. However, the woman in the wedding dress was not alone. Standing on the head of her mace was Neo, who pointed her umbrella straight at Frankenstein's neck. Pointing out the tip of the umbrella was a thin blade; the tip was mere centimeters from impaling Fran's foe's windpipe. "Grrr!" Frankenstein said as Neo had a smirk on her face.
"Very clever," Drake commented, "She used a decoy right before the lightning hit."
Jekyll looked back to the crater "Her decoy being made of glass was also a befit in this fight. As she could have convinced the enemy she really was obliterated." He said before looking back at Neo, a smile on his face, "But she chose to attack under cover of the smoke. That's impressive."
"…Au," Frankenstein said in a defected voice before Neo jumped off the mace. As the woman in the wedding dress was about to walk away. The pint-sized her bowed to her former opponent with a smile on her face. Frankenstein had a look of confusion before a small smile formed on her face. her mace vanished as she grabbed her dress. Frankenstein curtsied as she lifted her dress slightly to avoid any sand getting on it. The two then stared at each other with joy before returning to the group.
Emerald.
"Okay, it's one-to-one." Drake said as Emerald and Jekyll took their positions, "Time to see who is going to win it all."
"This should be interesting since we are both Assassin Classes," Jekyll said as she pulled out a small knife from his back. he started to rotate the knife in his right hand.
"That may be the case," Emerald said as she drew both her large revolvers, "But you brought a knife to a gun fight." She smiled, but Jekyll remained calm. The green haired assassin contemplated her next action as Drake git her gun ready. "I don't know what he is going to do or how crazy it will be. But I can use my semblance to make sure his attack misses." She thought as Drake pointed her gun the sky, "I can activate it now, just to be safe."
At that moment, Jekyll positioned his knife as the sun's glare glinted off it into Emerald's eyes. As he was about to rub them to ease the irritation, Drake shot into the sky. Emerald tried to refocus on her opponent, but she was taken a gasp as Jekyll was charging her at high speed. In her panic, she aimed the gun in her right hand at him, but he was too close. He grabbed her right hand with his left and forced her to the ground. Emerald dropped her other gun as she was pinned to the ground.
As she looked up at him, she noticed he seemed different. His hair was more disheveled and his glasses were off. The look in her eye spoken on a madness Emerald had never seen before. He reeled back his right hand with the knife held backward now, "Die." He whispered in an almost different voice to before as just when he was about to plunge the blade into Emerald's skull. However, he stopped himself only a centimeter from hitting her. Emerald's breathing was heavy as she looked at him, "Well, I think I have won here." Jekyll said in a calm voice, "Sorry about that, I tend to lose a bit of control in when I use my Noble Phantasm." He said as he got up.
"A little control!?" Emerald said as she got up, "You were like a whole different person!? And you said 'Die.' right before you could have killed me."
"Sorry, Hyde can get a little overzealous if I don't keep him in check," Jekyll responded.
"Hyde?" Emerald commented, "He has a name?"
Before Jekyll could answer, Neo tapped on his right shoulder. He turned to see the pint-sized girl offering him his glasses, "Thank you Neopolitan." The muti-persona assassin said as he took the glasses, "I must have dropped them." He said with a smile for putting them back on. Neo looked back at him with a similar smile.
Emerald watched the two with confusion before going over to pick up her weapons, "I see what she meant now." She thought to herself as she picked up her guns, "But that just means they are both crazy."
"That's it, the home team wins this little exhibition match." Drake said before putting her right hand in her chin, "I guess the two guys could fight for a chance at a tie. If you can't go for number one, I don't see the point." She then put her hands on her hips, "Okay, now for part two of our lessons for today," the female pioneer said before looking to see the sun, "We still have plenty of daylight, so let's get more supplies to build camp the night."
"Wait, we aren't heading back to the academy?" Emerald commented.
"Nope, I have you eight for a couple of days. I need it, so I teach you what really matters." Drake said while Jekyll and Neo started pilling the wood for the fire. Kiyohime waved her fan once, creating a flame that hit the pile of wood in the pit. The fire glowed in with a somewhat blue light as it appeared it could stay lit forever. Frankenstein picked up the rest of the wood, piling it away from the firepit.
"And what's that?" The green haired assassin asked.
"Easy," Drake said with a smile, "How to enjoy life to the fullest." The female pioneer said as Emerald looked to her in skepticism, "In my classes, you have to be ready to appreciate the world around you. That means you have to do some camping every now and then."
Emerald sighed as Drake walked away, "I never thought I would have to be doing this when Cinder picked me for the mission."
AN: there you go, I few quick fights and the intro of Drake as a teacher. I wanted her to be a lot more laid back and cool in this role, having her teach as a way of seeing the potential in others and wanting them to appreciate life. She is also fun and a good unit in Fate GO. That is all for now, thanks for reading, and hope to see you in the next chapter.