Chapter 6: One With Your Soul
(Student Dorms)
Cinder was in the room she, Mercury and Emerald were staying in, during their stay at Beacon. She was looking through her scroll at files she had acquired. Cinder then looks out the window, at the clear blue sky, on a beautiful day.
"Hmm, only a few weeks left...until spring truly arrives." Cinder said.
She listened to the sound of the wind blowing past the trees, causing them to rustle. Cinder suddenly gets a message on her scroll. She picks it up, and it only says:" The Relic has been spotted". Cinder smiles at this and looks out the window.
"Today...might be very eventful."
(Beacon: Amphitheater.)
Nathan walks around the stage, looking at his tablet, as the students watch him.
"Hmm, I can't quite put my finger on it, but something about this new teacher gives off a... Unique aura." Ilivane said.
"What do you mean?" Hero asked.
"I mean, he has this strange unique aura around him. He feels different from all the other professors around here."
"What are you on about?" Oliver asked.
"Oh, just talking about things you wouldn't understand." Ilivane said, with a smile.
"If your explaining it, then of course I won't understand it." Oliver said, slightly annoyed.
"Okay, class!" Nathan yelled out, getting everyone's attention." Let's get started!(He taps his tablet)First, some tips. The Vytal Festival will have three types of battles: Team Battles, Tag Battles, and my personal favorite: One-on-One Battles. These are the type of fights we will see today."
"Excuse me, Professor Nathan?" Weiss said, raising her hand." Are you sure it's alright, to be giving us information for the tournament?"
"Don't worry Ms. Schnee, Ozpin already gave me the go ahead. Now, let's get started with a one-on-one battle." He looks at his tablet." And the rest of your teachers have given me permission to keep you all here for the rest of the day. That means... You little kiddies belong to me for now."
"What!? You can't do that!"
"First battle: Soulia Aqua of Team SOUL, versus Hero Arthurus of Team HIRO!"
"He ignored me again..." Weiss grumbled.
"M-Me!?" Hero asked, in surprise, pointing to himself.
"Is their anyone else here named Hero? Come on down!"
Hero slowly got up and walks down to the stage.
"Good luck, Hero!" Ruby cheered.
"Kick some ass!" Oliver yelled.
Hero walked out onto the Amphitheater stage, looking around nervously for his opponent.
"He...looks a little scared." Blake said, looking at Hero.
"He's probably just nervous, that's all." Pyrrha said.
"Yeah. Hero's got this!" Ruby said.
"Break their legs!" Nora yelled out.
Hero's opponent came walking out, it was a young girl with short light blue hair and ocean blue eyes(she wore a light blue shirt underneath a gray one shoulder chestplate, short dark blue pants, with black boots, a small bracelet on her right hand, and a small black hand glove on her left hand). She walked onto the stage, and faced Hero, who was surprised by her appearance.
"Hello, my name is Soulia Aqua, leader of Team SOUL." She said, introducing herself.
"Ah! M-My name is H-Hero Arthurus, leader of Team HIRO. Nice to meet you." Hero bowed.
"Your nervous, are you?"
"Uh...Yes ma'am.
"Hehe... You and me both." Soulia smiled at him.
"Hero's fighting a girl?" Jaune said.
"Yeah, a cute girl at that." Oliver said, smirking
"Of course, if she's cute or looks 'hot', Oliver will show intrest in her." Ilivane said, smiling to himself.
"H-Hey! T-That's not true!"
"Alright class, watch the fight closely, and make sure you take some notes." Nathan said, smiling at the students.
Both Hero and Soulia took out their weapons(Soulia used tonfa blades, with Dust compartments in the handles), as the two got ready to battle.
"The first one, who's Aura gauge completely drops to zero, is the loser!" Nathan looked at the class." Ready...Fight!"
Soulia quickly turns her tonfas towards Hero and starts shooting at him. Hero quickly tries to out run the bullets, but Soulia charges at him, only for Hero to dodge each would be slash with Caliburn. Hero then tries to counter, but Soulia flips over and kicks him from behind, sending Hero across the stage. He quickly gets up and pulls out Blue Wave, which he uses to cast a line at the ground next to Soulia, causing him to rocket towards her.
Hero then tried to land a hit on her, but Soulia quickly moves out of the way, causing Hero to hit the ground. Soulia twirls around and charges at Hero again. However, Hero uses Blue Wave to zoom past her and attack from behind, but Soulia slides under him. Soulia quickly turns as Hero charges at her, the two go from blow to blow, with Soulia dodging all of the would be blows with her tonfas, and Hero does the same.
Soulia jumps back and gets into a stance, Hero notices this and quickly jumps back, only for Soul to look up and quickly shoot two shots at Hero, knocking him away. However, Hero quickly land on his feet, only to be kicked in the face by Soulia, who flips back. Suddenly, Hero jumps back up and cast a line on Soulia, rocketing himself to her, hitting her with the handle of his sword, pushing her back.
"Alright, Hero made a comeback!" Oliver cheered.
"But that Soulia is quite the opponent." Riku said." Ilivane, which academy does she come from?"
"Let's see..." Ilivane looked at his scroll." It seems she's from the Atlas Academy. Her team is at the top of their class."
"Oh, so she's a big shot from Atlas, huh?" Oliver said.
"Hey, your really good with that sword!" Soulia said to Hero, breathing heavily." To be able to swing a sword like that, you probably have a strong soul!"
"H-Huh!?"
Soulia got her tonfas ready, as her eyes glowed blue." Here I come! No more playing around!" She charged at him, as Hero got ready to defend.
Nathan:" Match over!"
"What!?" Soulia yelled out, as she stopped, and looked over at Nathan." How can the match be over!?"
"Look at your scroll and see for yourself." Nathan said.
Soulia pulls out her scroll and sees that Hero's Aura gauge was almost empty. Hero had his scroll out, and saw this as well.
"As you can see, Mr. Arthurus' Aura gauge is nearly depleted." Nathan said, walking around." In the tournament, if your opponent's Aura gauge is near empty, that's a clear cut sign that they've lost the fight, and it would be mere suicide if they continued fighting." Nathan then looks at Hero." This is a sign, that Mr. Arthurus has a very weak Aura guard."
"He's just weak in general!" Cardin said, as his teammates joined him in a laugh.
"Oh..." Hero lowered his weapon and head in shame.
"Anyway, The winner of this battle is: Soulia Aqua!" Nathan said, as Soulia put her weapons away.
"That was a... pretty good match!" Soulia bowed.
"Ah...Yeah." Hero said, still sad.
"What's wrong? Are you sad about losing?"
"Ah, well...I'm not sad about losing..."
"Is it about you're Aura?"
Hero remained silent and held his head down.
Soulia looked at Hero for a few seconds and smiled, as she walked over to him, and placed her hand on his cheek, causing Hero to look up at her.
"You may have lost the battle in terms of Aura, but in terms of soul, you are the true winner." Soulia said, smiling at him.
"My soul?"
"Yep. You have a strong soul, and it will lead you to victory one day. So don't be sad, because from where I see it, your the real champion here." She winked at him and left.
"My soul..." Hero looked at Caliburn and smiled." I guess...I've got a lot of work to do!"
Soulia walked back up to the other students and to her team. Hero slowly put Caliburn away and walked back up to his team.
"That fight, was boring." Mercury said, looking unimpressed.
"It wasn't gonna be good at all. The kid's Aura level is weak, so of course he would lose." Emerald said.
"Even I knew that, great Emerald."
"Whatever." Emerald rolled her eyes.
Hero rejoined his friends." Hey guys!"
Oliver got up and caught his leader/friend in a headlock." Haha! You were great out there!"
"I second that notion!" Ilivane said, smiling.
Riku nodded, smiling as well.
Hero sat down. Ruby went over and sat next to him.
"You were so awesome out there, Hero!" Ruby cheered.
"Hehe...Thanks Ruby." Hero said, embarrassed.
"Your awfully happy for someone who just lost." Yang said.
"It's alright...I know I lost the battle, but I want to keep trying. I want to be as useful to you all, no matter what!"
"He's made his cause." Riku said, smiling at his leader." And as a team, it is our duty to follow our leader."
"Well said, Riku." Ilivane said, smiling.
"Yeah!" Oliver yelled." Nothing can take us on if we fight together and help each other out!"
"Right." Hero said, nodding in agreement.
"Now then, on to our next battle." Nathan said, looking at his tablet." Riku Okamiden, of Team HIRO Vs Sun Wukong, of Team SSSN!"
"Oh! Quite the interesting match this will be." Ilivane said.
Riku looks over at Sun, who is also sitting with his team, also looking at him. The two glare at each other, with Blake sitting in a row that just happened to be between the two, as she continues to read the book that she was holding.
"Yeah..." Riku said, as he continued to glare at Sun.
And that's another chapter! Yeah, I know a lot didn't happen in this chapter, but I promise you that the next chapter will be better. Now then, on to what happened in this chapter.
First off, the fact that it is almost the season of Spring in Vale. Now, I know that I might have gotten my information wrong, regarding the seasons and how they play out in the actual RWBY series, However, I decided to place this into the story, because the season of Spring actually ties into what is happening right now.
Lastly, the new team that was introduced in this chapter: Team SOUL. As of right now, we only have the leader, Soulia Aqua. The rest of the team will be revealed later on in the volume.
Anyway, comment and let me know what you think. Until then...Keep Moving Forward!
