Welcome to Phase 7 of Still Alive!
I see that you guys have taken a liking to my little story, and for that, I say thank you. Also, this story has reached up to 1000 plus views!
As thanks to you readers for being awesome, Phase 7 is around 5000 plus words. I hope you guys will enjoy it! And like I have stated in the previous Phase, Phase 7 will have a bit of a time skip. So yay! Classes for Kval!
I do not own RWBY nor BlazBlue.
-IIXII-
He felt so bored.
He wanted to sleep so badly.
Was this how it felt like to listen to an old man's tale?
He really wanted to get hit by Nine's fire spells rather than doing this.
They were supposed to be learning about the creatures of Grimm, which was something that was entirely new to him. And he was eager to learn about them too. But here he was, listening to Professor Port's tale about a young handsome man with his grandfather who smelled like cabbage.
Taking a moment to scan his surroundings, Kval noticed that most of the students in class were either sleeping, or were actually making an effort to stay awake. In his opinion, this was just a waste of his time, but he had no other choice but to listen.
Boring as it may be, this was still class.
And unfortunately for him, he did notfeel like sleeping. So he had to suffer until the end of this torturous class.
Kval jumped a bit when someone came poking at his arm, and soon realised that it was his leader.
"Psst! Hey! Are you asleep?" Ruby whispered, only to see Kval shaking his head in response. "Oh. It's hard to tell with your hair covering your eyes. Hehe…" She scratched her head in pure embarrassment.
Stopping his tale to check his watch, Professor Port sighed and made his way over to the small metal cage that was placed in front of the class.
"Now, since we have a bit of spare time, would anyone like to test their skills by challenging Edgar? Anyone?"
Kval perked up upon hearing the sudden question. He began eyeing the metal cage suspiciously. The cage was already there when he first arrived in class, so he assumed that the things inside were unimportant.
Was the thing inside the metal cage what he thought it was?
Professor Port eyed his students, but then landed his gaze on the new kid, who was also known as Kazuma Kval. "Ah ha! The new student!"
Kval went wide-eyed. He pointed at himself for confirmation, in which the professor nodded.
Just what the hell did he got himself into?
"Why yes! Now gear up and prepare yourself, because Edgar is being a lot more aggressive than usual today."
Well, now that just answered his question.
Team RWBY and Team JNPR gave him worried looks, minus Nora who gave him a thumbs up instead. The other students, on the other hand, began to whisper to one another, as they were curious to see his fighting style.
Kval made his way to the front of the class and smiled at his friends to ensure them that he was going to be fine. He then narrowed his eyes at the metal cage.
The professor cleared his throat to get his attention, and said, "Ready your weapon!"
Ruby whipped her head towards Kval, her face filled with nothing but excitement. It was obvious that she had been dying to see his weapon.
The young vessel gave a nervous laugh upon seeing Ruby's behavior, before pulling out his silver butterfly knives from his pockets.
"Oh…my…Dust! His weapons are so cool!" Ruby squealed with delight as she kept her eyes glued on Kval's silver knives. "Just look at how shiny they are!"
"Huh. I honestly thought he was going to fight with his bare hands," Yang said as she scratched her head, tilting it slightly. "Weird."
Weiss narrowed her eyes at Kval, then started whispering to Blake. "Hey, don't you think that weapon is a bit too small for killing Grimm?"
All Blake could do was shrug in response. "Well, the only way to find out is to see him fight."
Kval went into a combat stance, not tearing his eyes away from the small metal cage. Taking in a few deep breaths, he finally gave the professor a nod to tell him that he was ready.
"Then let the battle…begin!"
And with that, Professor Port sliced the cage's lock in half with just a swing of his weapon.
With the lock now broken, the Grimm inside lunged its way out of the cage and growled at Kval.
The two-legged Grimm stared him down, and Kval decided to do the same. The Grimm appeared to be a Creep, with its tail swaying from side to side as it was preparing to strike at any given moment.
"Go kick its tail!" Nora cheered loudly from where she was seated, causing Ren to cover his face with one hand as he sighed.
"Make us proud!" Ruby supported him with a bright smile, waving around a small red flag all the while.
"Show us what you got!" Yang gave him a thumbs up, her trademark grin present.
"Fight well!" The fact that Blake had just also given him her support surprised him.
Kval smiled at them as thanks.
The Grimm was getting impatient, however. It immediately charged at Kval without warning. He knew this, and simply evaded out of the Grimm's way.
"Quite agile. I like that!" Professor Port complimented.
The Creep turned itself around and attempted to charge at him once more, but this time Kval stood his ground with his knives at the ready.
"Hey! W-What are you doing!?" Jaune shouted upon seeing the sight of Kval not moving out of harm's way.
Once the Creep was close enough, it opened up its jaws and attempted to bite its prey.
But Kval had other plans.
His hands quickly went inside the Creep's opened maw right before stabbing its lower and upper jaws, keeping it extremely wide open.
"Whoa!"
One of the students stared at him in shock. Scratch that, everyone in class was staring at him in shock, and that included Professor Port.
He was keeping the thing's jaws open like it was nothing, but the look on Kval's face clearly told them that the Creep was fighting back. Though, it's no surprise, simply because any other type of Grimm would've done the same.
Kval gritted his teeth. "B-Be a good boy…and stand down."
The Creep didn't take the words too well, as it started shaking its head around. This made keeping the damn thing's jaws open a lot more harder, but Kval didn't give in, lest he wanted to lose his arms.
"L-Looks like…I'll have to use it," Kval muttered, closing his eyes. "Let's just hope this works."
As the students were staring at the struggle that was currently happening in amazement, they didn't take note of the dark green energy around Kval's arms. Said energy then shaped itself into two serpents, which were wrapped around each of his arms, their light green eyes glowing brightly.
After a few more seconds of struggling, Kval finally opened his eyes, revealing his snake-like slits. And with that, he decided to say one last word to the poor creature.
"Die."
Kval forced the Creep's jaws wide open and ended up ripping its upper jaw apart, killing it instantly.
Everyone in the room was stunned upon witnessing what he just did, along with Port himself. They finally took note of the faint green energy emitting from his arms, but none dared to question. At least not yet.
The entire classroom was filled with silence. Apparently, the serpents around his arms had immediately vanished after the Creep was killed, so no one saw a thing.
"Kazuma, h-how did you do that?" Pyrrha finally asked.
Kval scratched his cheek upon receiving the question. "I-It was…nothing?" he said, and was later caught off-guard when someone gave him a pat on the back. A quick look revealed that it was none other than Professor Port.
"That was an incredible fight! I will be looking forward to having you in my next class!" Port exclaimed.
Once Professor Port told the students that class was dismissed, the entire class wasted no time in bombarding Kval with tons of questions. He could not even answer a single one they gave him, simply because they were asking at the same time.
"Dude! How the hell did you do that!?"
"How did you managed to keep that thing from biting your arms off!?"
"That was insane! Weren't you even afraid when you were holding that thing!?"
"Mind teaching me that move you just did!?"
"What on Remnant is your Semblance!? You gotta tell me!"
"I…uh…I…" Kval felt a hand land on his shoulder before he could say anything. He looked behind him, and to his relief it was Yang.
"Sorry guys, but we need to go so later!" The blonde wasted no time in dragging Kval away from the group of students. She had no other choice but to run when some of them started following her though.
-IIXII-
"Dude! What was that!?" Yang exclaimed.
The bubbly bomber was practically bouncing beside him and flailing her arms around as she talked, much more energetic than usual. "Yeah! You were like grabbing and then you were like struggling and then and then you ripped its upper jaw off!" Nora opened her arms widely to emphasize her point, her face filled with nothing but excitement and energy.
Ren nodded. "I have to agree with Nora on this. I'm quite impressed at what you did back there."
"And you did all that with just your knives! That's impossible!" Jaune exclaimed in disbelief, prompting Weiss to smack his head not too long after that.
"Not too loud you imbecile!"
Jaune rubbed his head in utter embarrassment, averting his gaze elsewhere as he grumbled.
"W-Well, it was nothing really," Kval said, which ended up with him receiving unconvinced looks from his friends and teammates. "What?"
"Oh it was something! You don't know how proud I am to have you on my team!" Ruby exclaimed with a bit of pride in her voice.
"T-Thanks," Kval thanked her in a somewhat shy manner, letting out a nervous chuckle moments later.
"Anyway, what was that green energy from earlier?" Blake inquired, gaining everyone's attention.
Kval took the time to think, before quickly cracking up a small smile when an idea crossed his mind. "Well…I can show you guys later back at our dorms."
"What about us!?" Nora jumped and hugged Kval's arm tightly, pouting as hard as she was able to. "You're not gonna leave us in the dark, are you?"
Kval turned to look at Nora with an unsure expression, then to Ren. "Uh…Ren, a little help please?"
Ren shook his head. "Again, I have to agree with Nora. To be honest, I want to know more about that green energy myself. Sorry about this."
"I am a bit curious as well," Pyrrha said with an apologetic smile. She then giggled. "Sorry."
"E-Eh? Then, I guess it's fine. I don't mind that much really," said Kval, earning him a bone-crushing hug from Nora afterwards. "O-Ow…"
"Thank you!" Nora grinned.
Kval laughed nervously.
"A-Anyway, what kind of class are we having next?"
"Combat Class is next, so be prepared," Weiss answered. The heiress folded her arms and looked to the side, adding, "Though, it seems to me that you are more than capable enough of handling yourself in battle, so there is no need to worry."
"Speaking of which, here we are," Yang announced, which gained the others' attention.
True to her words, the class was just in front of them. And upon entering, it revealed that Professor Goodwitch was already inside, and she gave them a nod in greeting before tapping something on her scroll.
Glynda eyed the green-haired boy for a brief moment, before shaking her head sideways, which was then followed by a short sigh. It's clear that she was still uncomfortable with the idea of him attending Beacon alongside the other students. Though, the sight of Kval getting along with his own teammates along with Team JNPR managed to ease her worries, if only for a bit.
As they took their seats and talked to one another, more students began filling up the room. And soon after, class began.
With this, Glynda cleared her throat, gaining everyone's undivided attention.
"Alright class, the first pair of people who will get to spar today will be…" She tapped on her scroll, and the two large screens in the sparring room showed two familiar faces. "…Nora Valkyrie and Yang Xiao Long."
"Ah crud. Well, wish me luck guys," Yang said with a sheepish grin.
"Don't worry Yang, I'm rooting for you!" Ruby cheered. She then gave her sister a quick hug, prompting the older girl to giggle as she returned the gesture.
"Be more confident will you?" Weiss told the blonde brawler with her arms crossed. "You'll be fine."
"No need to worry Yang. I'm sure you can do it." Blake gave her blonde partner a small smile and patted her on the shoulder.
Kval simply observed the scene with a raised brow.
"I'll do my best!"
Though, Nora's reaction was no different. A quick look at her teammates, it revealed that they were wishing her luck as well.
Kval tilted his head to the side, then turned to Ruby. "What's going on?"
Ruby let out a nervous laugh as she answered, "Well, the match always ends in a tie when it's the two of them."
"R-Really?" Kval asked, sounding genuinely surprised.
"Yeah. Yang's really strong. If she keeps taking damage from her opponents, then her power level will just keep on rising. While Nora, she's…well, she's the type of person that you don't want to mess with. Plus, her weapon is pretty dangerous," Ruby explained, sweating all the while.
"I-I see." Kval nodded at that.
Glynda tapped on her scroll, causing a shield dome to appear around the ring. The dome was installed to prevent stray bullets from harming the other students. Obviously, it was for safety reasons.
The strict professor eyed the two female combatants, and gave them a nod to start the match.
Upon receiving Glynda's signal, Yang activated Ember Celica and charged at Nora. Seeing this, the other girl decided to stand her ground with Magnhild at the ready.
Once close enough, Yang lunged herself forward and, with the help of Ember Celica, attempted to punch Nora in the face. Nora countered the attack, however. She sidestepped and swung her large war hammer upwards, sending the blonde brawler high up into the air.
"Ouch!" Kval winced at the sight, as Yang crashed herself down to the cold floor.
Getting back up on her feet, Yang then tried charging at Nora again, lunging herself forward once more. This time she was able to punch Nora, who was at that time in the middle of transforming her weapon, mixed with a shot of Ember Celica.
Nora was sent halfway across the ring.
"T-This is…highly dangerous," Kval found himself saying as he watched Nora. However, the girl was up and ready in just a matter of seconds, which greatly surprised him. "Wow…"
"Well, this is just a sparring match, so don't worry about it too much," Ruby assured with a sweet little smile, despite the scene happening before her.
"D-Don't…worry too much, you say?" Kval was not entirely too sure about that though, as the sight of Yang being blasted away by Nora's Magnhild which was now in its grenade launcher form came into view. "So how does a sparring match ends usually?"
Ruby pointed at one of the large screens. "Well, whoever has their Aura in the red first loses, thus ending the match. It's really simple."
Kval nodded and fixed his gaze back on the fight. The two large screens above showed that both Nora and Yang's Aura were already depleted in half, which means that the fight was nearing its end.
Talk about a quick battle.
"Take this!" Yang roared, as she began shooting her flares at Nora repeatedly.
The bubbly bomber simply dodged through all the flares with ease, smirking as she did so. However, not too long after that, one of them somehow managed to hit her in the chest.
"Ow!"
Nora quickly recovered herself and began shooting her grenades in Yang's general direction.
Yang attempted to counter the attack by shooting the grenades with her flares, but there were just too many. And so, she was eventually overpowered by the never ending grenades and was blasted away.
Nora changed Magnhild into its war hammer form and immediately charged towards Yang, in hopes of ending the match with herself as the winner.
However, Yang had slowly went back up to her feet, with her beautiful blonde hair now emitting fire of all things. She bumped her gauntlets together, causing her entire body to light up in flames.
Nora went wide-eyed at the turn of events and stopped in her tracks, transforming her weapon back into its grenade launcher form.
Yang didn't wait long though, as she began shooting her flares repeatedly at Nora again. The bubbly bomber quickly did the same with her own weapon, shooting down the flares with her grenades.
But that's when their weapons went dry.
"Does this also signals the end of a match?" Kval asked his young leader, but was surprised when Yang and Nora began charging at one another.
"Nope!" Ruby replied with a small grin.
Kval turned to look back at the fight, just in time to see Yang uppercutting Nora with Ember Celica. However, Nora had apparently shot her final grenade at the blonde brawler when Magnhild was brought down, taking Yang with her.
It seemed that she had been saving that last one.
"Heh. That tricky little pancake lover," Kval heard Ren say, and with a quick look it revealed that he was smiling.
The large screens above now showed that both Yang and Nora's Aura were in the red, meaning that the match was over.
"The match is a tie. Again," Glynda announced. She then proceeded to deactivate the shield dome. "How surprising…" she muttered.
The two female combatants stood up limply, and gave each other their trademark grins.
"Nice shot, Queen of Pancakes," Yang complimented, giving her a thumbs up.
"You too, Hairy Flames," Nora said and did the same. She then slowly and steadily made her way towards the exit, and was then followed by Yang seconds later.
-IIXII-
"Well, that was…something," Kval commented. He then handed Yang a bottle of water, which she took before giggling.
"You haven't seen me go all-out yet." Yang grinned widely and drank the water, leaving Kval speechless at what she said.
"Y-You…weren't?"
Yang emptied the bottle and turned her head to face him.
"Nope!"
Kval's face paled up at that moment, but then Glynda cleared her throat to get their attention once more before anything else could be said.
"Alright class, the next match we will have…" Glynda trailed off as she tapped on her scroll. Yang and Nora's faces on the screens were then replaced with two more familiar faces.
Kval was currently trembling in his seat, chewing on his lower lip in slight fear upon seeing the sight of his own face being displayed on both screens. With quick reflexes, he raised his hand in order to ask a simple question.
"Professor Glynda Goodwitch, may I excuse myself?"
All Kval received from Glynda was a sharp glare, and some nervous laughs along with sheepish smiles from his friends, which prompted him to sigh in defeat. Looks like he had no other choice.
Slowly, Kval made his way over to the ring.
Upon entering the ring, the shield dome was activated again. And his opponent, was none other than Cardin Winchester.
If Kval was surprised, then he did a pretty good job at hiding it. Well, if he was even surprised in the first place.
The tall boy was currently glaring daggers at Kval. "Hey freak, you're going to regret what you did to me a few days back at the dining hall."
Kval stared at Cardin in utter confusion, tilting his head slightly. "Eh? But all I did was glare at you."
Cardin's left eye started twitching. "Do you have any idea how humiliating that was?" he said through gritted teeth. Cardin quickly pointed his mace at Kval before he could come up with a reply. "I'll make you pay."
Glynda simply ignored their talk. She gave the two a nod to tell them that the match has started.
With this, Cardin charged forward.
Kval sidestepped as Cardin swung his mace downwards. Seeing a small opening, Kval gave Cardin a swift kick to the gut, which created a short distance between them as results. The leader of Team CRDL tried charging at his opponent once more, but Kval simply rolled out of the way.
Catching his opponent's movements, Cardin turned to Kval and proceeded to swing his mace around wildly in hopes of landing a single hit.
But Kval had avoided death by evading attacks from three assailants at once when he was a member of the Mage's Guild, so he managed to avoid all of Cardin's swings rather easily. To be perfectly honest, the big guy was pretty slow.
Comparing the three assailants who tried to kill him with Cardin, this was nothing but cakewalk.
While everyone was amazed at how Kval was able to evade the rapid swings without getting hit, Cardin was currently getting more and more angrier by each passing second. So in the end, Cardin did the first thing that came to his mind.
He smashed his mace down onto the floor and sent a series of explosions towards Kval.
Taking note of the explosions, Kval jumped to the side and immediately blocked a swing that could have cracked his skull with his silver knives.
"That was so close," Kval muttered.
"You're really starting to piss me off," Cardin growled.
Kval pushed Cardin's mace away with enough force and swept his legs off the floor, which caused the tall bully to fall on his back.
"Damn it!"
Pretty much pissed off at the fact that his opponent wasn't taking the fight seriously, Cardin got up to his feet and taunted, "What's the matter? Too scared to hit me?"
Kval looked to him, then smiled a sheepish smile. "W-With your armor and everything, I don't think my weapons can do any damage," he explained, scratching his cheek all the while.
"You…" Cardin gripped his mace tightly, before quickly calming himself down.
Figuring that insulting him would not effect him in any way, Cardin was about to send another series of explosions towards Kval, until a thought came to his mind. He let out a chuckle, and gave the smaller boy a cocky grin, much to his confusion.
"Weak," Cardin said, prompting Kval to tilt his head slightly.
"Excuse me?"
Cardin chuckled once more, but then glared at his green-haired opponent. "You told me that you couldn't hurt me, right?"
Kval slowly nodded, still confused.
"Well, that's because you're weak. Just like your friends over there." Cardin wasted no time in pointing a finger at said group of friends. Team RWBY and Team JNPR, not expecting this, began glaring at Cardin.
And unbeknownst to all of them, Cardin's words managed to cut into Kval.
Bit by bit.
"Yeah that's right. A bunch of weaklings. Especially that pathetic excuse of a leader you have there."
A sudden gasp could be heard, and it revealed that it came from Ruby.
Kval twitched.
Yang gave Cardin a death glare as a warning, along with the others. She held Ruby close to her in order to comfort her, but the blonde could clearly see the pain in her sister's eyes. Ruby was a deadly fighter, that much was clear, but Yang knew that she still could not handle insults that well, especially if they came from people like Cardin.
And so after this is all done, she will make sure to murder Cardin.
"What's wrong, freak?" Cardin pressed further, feeling as if he had won the battle.
A small smile settled itself across Kval's face.
"You going to take that back?"
Cardin raised an eyebrow at the sudden question, before chuckling. "Once a freak, always a freak," the bully said, but was immediately confused at the sight of Kval shaking his head sideways.
"I wasn't taking about me. I was talking about my friends," Kval clarified, his smile still present.
Cardin scoffed.
"Of course not. The little brat got accepted into Beacon Academy two years early. That's solid proof that she's weak. What are you, stupid or something?"
Everyone began whispering to one another, all the while Ruby tried her best to ignore Cardin's words by hugging her older sister for comfort.
Glynda only stared at the scene with a neutral expression. She wasn't helping simply because these people will be the defenders of Remnant. If they couldn't handle a few words from someone like Cardin, then how else were they going to survive a battle against the creatures of Grimm?
But she had to admit, she pretty much hated Cardin ever since the first day he had started bullying Velvet. And let's not even begin with his teammates. They were always being racist against the faunus people, and just by looking at them made her feel sick.
"I'm sorry, but I think you heard me wrong."
The entire room was filled with utter silence. All eyes focused in on Kval, his smile now nowhere to be seen.
"Are you…going to take all that back?"
Cardin did not know why, but he suddenly felt uneasy for some reason.
"O-Of course I won't, you freak. Why would I?"
"Are you sure?" Kval tilted his head in an unnerving manner. "You'll regret it." As if on cue, some sort of dark green energy began engulfing his entire frame.
To say that the students were shocked was an understatement.
"What the hell is that!?"
"Shit! You see that!?"
"Isn't that the same energy we saw on his arms when he ripped that Creep apart earlier?"
"This is getting intense. I got a bad feeling about this."
"He should have just taken back what he said when he had the chance…"
Team RWBY and Team JNPR looked to one another with worry etched across their faces, before landing their eyes back on Kval.
"Y-You think he's okay?" Jaune asked, his question directed at Ruby.
Ruby, who was still hugging her sister for comfort, shook her head. She was also focusing her eyes on Kval, unsure of what to make of his sudden change in behavior. "I…I honestly can't tell," she said.
Weiss examined the dark energy around Kval's body, and was surprised to find it glowing, albeit faintly. "Pyrrha, what is that thing?"
Pyrrha shook her head in response, as she herself did not know the answer to that question.
Ren was scanning Kval from head to toe, while Nora was getting more and more excited as seconds passed by. "I'm guessing he's about to show us what that green energy was," Ren murmured.
"I'll make you regret…saying all those things about my friends," Kval growled at Cardin, which surprised pretty much everyone, and that included Glynda herself.
Kval always appeared to be a kind and gentle person, but this was the first time they have seen him act all hostile towards someone. Luckily, that someone was Cardin Winchester.
"S-Shut up you…y-you…y-you…"
Cardin was at a loss for words, as three large green serpents appeared behind Kval. He couldn't help but take a few steps back in fear as the serpents eyed him, their jaws opened up slightly as if they were about to strike at any moment.
"What kind of Semblance is that!?" some student whispered to his group of friends.
Ren and the others were quite shocked at the sight of the green serpents. Nora on the other hand, was grinning widely at the turn of events.
"S-Snakes!" she exclaimed in an excited manner, but was ignored.
Glynda was not sure if she could even believe her eyes. Kval had the ability to summon green serpents, and it sure as hell was not something that she had seen before. She was tempted to end the match, but curiosity got the better of her, as she wanted to know more of his powers.
So in the end, the strict professor simply adjusted her glasses and hoped that no one would end up in the infirmary.
Though one could only hope.
"I hope you're ready Cardin, because right now…" Kval aimed his knife at Cardin, causing the serpents to snap their jaws wide open to reveal their sharp fangs. "…I'm not messing around."
The large serpents then lunged themselves at Cardin, who was taken off-guard. He quickly swung his mace down onto the floor and sent a series of explosions to counter the incoming attack.
It worked, but Kval did not hesitate to send him up in the air with a kick. He proceeded to summon another serpent above Cardin, which slammed him back down to the floor, vanishing afterwards.
Kval was about to stomp on Cardin's head for good measure, but the tall asshole managed to roll out of the way in time, causing the spot where his feet crashed into to crack slightly.
"Get back here, Cardin."
Once Cardin was up on his feet, Kval engulfed his right leg in dark energy, and kicked the bully from behind. To add things up, he managed to send Cardin a few extra feet away with the help of two serpents, which had appeared out of nowhere as they slammed themselves into his back.
"Ugh…that freak…"
The leader of Team CRDL cursed as he slowly got to his feet. He turned to Kval, and simply charged at him with his weapon held up high. "You stupid freak!" Cardin yelled out in anger. He swung his mace down on Kval, but his attack was unfortunately blocked by a small black portal, which appeared out of nowhere.
The portal produced green sparks of electricity as the mace made contact with it.
"H-Huh!? The hell is this!?" Cardin shouted, his eyes widened in utter shock.
The others were also taken aback at the sudden appearance of the mysterious black portal. Though, none of them dared to question about it.
Cardin was about to create another series of explosions with his mace, but decided against it when he saw Kval's visible right eye.
"Ouroboros."
"What are you-" Cardin was unable to finish his sentence as a chain with its tip resembling that of a snake's head came shooting out of the portal, knocking him away in the process.
"M-More snakes!?" Nora exclaimed, staring at the chain in disbelief along with the others.
"J-Just how prepared is this guy!?" a student asked out loud, but no one even bothered to answer.
Kval looked down at Cardin with his face devoid of emotion.
The bully was currently on the ground and was trying his best to get back up, despite how exhausted he was. Cardin wanted to forfeit the match right then and there, but he needed a moment to catch his breathing.
Too bad Kval was not in the mood for mercy today, as he aimed his knife at Cardin.
Upon receiving its order, Ouroboros quickly coiled itself tightly around Cardin's body. The chain lifted him off the ground, and slammed him back down near Kval's feet moments later.
With Ouroboros still coiled around him and his mace out of his reach, Cardin knew he was screwed. Looking up, the first thing he saw was Kval's serpentine eyes, as they stared into his indigo ones rather menacingly.
"Now Cardin, I hope you've learned your lesson," Kval muttered as he lifted his foot, and later proceeded to crash it down onto Cardin's head. "Am I right?"
All Cardin could do at that moment, was do what his instincts told him to do.
"Y-Yes, I've learned my lesson…"
Kval sighed. He then turned his head to examine one of the large screens above, and it revealed that Cardin's Aura was almost near the red.
How unfortunate.
Kval fixed his gaze back down on Cardin. "Well, since you still have plenty of Aura left, I guess the match isn't over. You know what that means, don't you?"
Cardin only gritted his teeth in response.
"So, let me help you with that."
And so, Kval lifted his foot, and crashed it back down onto Cardin's head.
And again. And again. And again.
-IIXII-
Ruby could not believe what she was witnessing.
Kval was currently beating Cardin to a bloody pulp like there's no tomorrow. She almost felt bad for the bully, who was now currently getting his head stomped on over and over again. If Ruby was being honest with herself, seeing Kval acting like this made her feel uncomfortable for some reason. Though, no one could blame her for that.
Even though Kval seemed as though he was enjoying stomping on the bully's head over and over again, she knew that he just wanted to end the match quickly. He really was weird at times, but that was one of the main reasons why it was fun to be around him, as weird as it sounds.
With Cardin finally out for the count, Glynda immediately deactivated the shield dome and walked up towards Kval with a scowl across her face.
"Mister Kval, just what in the-" She stopped herself when Kval held up a hand, motioning for her to stop.
"My apologies Professor Goodwitch, but is it acceptable for my team, along with Team JNPR, to go and excuse ourselves for the rest of the day?" Kval asked, smiling sheepishly ever so slightly.
Glynda was about to scream in his face and say no, but the sight of Professor Ozpin standing at the doorway prevented her from doing that. She raised an eyebrow in her superior's direction.
Ozpin smiled, and nodded.
Glynda rolled her eyes. She then pinched the bridge of her nose, and said, "I shall allow it, but only for today. Do I make myself clear, Mister Kval?"
"T-Thank you, Professor!" Kval said. So with that all said and done, he quickly made his way to where his friends were seated at.
Judging by the looks on their faces, they were clearly a bit shaken from watching his sparring match with Cardin earlier. Minus Nora, who gave him a bone-crushing hug, yelling about snakes and chains for some odd reason. Soon after, she dragged him to the exit.
The rest of Team JNPR and Team RWBY stared at one another for a brief moment, before they too decided to thank Professor Goodwitch. It did not take a while for them to leave the room after that.
Professor Ozpin chuckled. He took a quick sip of his coffee, and smiled.
"This really turned out to be an interesting year."
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That's a wrap!
In Phase 8, Kval will show his friends a bit of his skills, and maybe also reveal a little bit of his past in the process.
Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed Phase 7 of Still Alive. Though, I'm not really that good when it comes to fight scenes. And also thanks a lot for your continued support! It means a lot.
Thank you so much for reading. I'll be seeing you readers again in the next Phase, I guess. Later!