Hope you guys like the last chapter, and hope you guys are enjoying the lengths. I know they're not super long chapters yet, but they will continue to get longer as I write more. I have probably the next 2 or 3 chapters already brainstormed, so keep expecting the once a day chapter! Thanks guys, and enjoy!
-Chess Temple 30 minutes later- Crysis POV
How...am I...alive…!? I slowly dragged myself out of the forest and into an opening of some sort. I Limped slowly over to the circular stone area, which had pedestals all around it. Almost all were empty, except for one. A black pawn piece.
Well since it's the only one left. I went over and picked it up, then shoved it into my belt pouch. I then lost my footing and went to one knee. I soon coughed up more blood.
I gotta get out of of this place, I'm not gonna die here. Not yet. I thought as I rose, using Victorias Wrath as support, and limped back towards the cliffs.
-10 minutes previously, Where Crysis was "Killed"- Crysis POV
Ugh my chest…. I woke to a blue sky, and barely any feeling in my body. I looked to my left, both my weapons were about 25 feet away. Grimm corpses everywhere, but no living Grimm.
Huh, they must of thought I was dead and ran off. I should get out of here before they get back. I tried to get up but my body didn't respond. I moved my fingers, trying to let the blood circulate, but they continued to stay a whitish skin color. I look at my chest, to see the giant puncture wound from where the Death Stalkers stinger struck me.
Damn, thats gonna hurt in the morning…. I thought. I slowly inched my arm over to my belt pouch and pulled out a syringe.
Never thought I'd be using this. I then shoved the syringes needle into my leg and pushed. The fluid pumping through my body, I moved my arm over my face and moved it around.
This should keep me going for at least 4 or 5 minutes, just enough time. I pushed myself up and opened my pouch again. I pulled out a pressure bandage and wrap, and began wrapping it around my chest. I soon started to feel the pain of the wound. I lifted my hand and looked at it. It was covered in blood, my gloves in tatters due to using my weapons so much. I continued to wrap the bandages, wincing at every wrap around.
Oh god this hurts. I finished wrapping the bandage. I then got to one knee, then another, until I was barely balancing a stand. I saw my weapons and began to slowly move. at first my body wouldn't move, then it got the idea and slowly started to listen to my commands. I limped over to my weapons, picked them up, then morphed Victorias Wrath.
A Bow as a crutch huh? Call that ingenuity. I leaned against the top limb and scanned my surroundings. I looked to the corpses and then saw a small trail of rose petals.
Clever girl…. I thought as I trudged into the direction I thought was the one Ruby and Weiss fled in.
-Back to Present, Cliff were the eight fight the Nevermore and Death Stalker- Crysis POV
Well, Well, Well. Would you look at that. As I limped out of the forest, I saw the same Death Stalker that almost killed me dead on the ground, its stinger hammered into its head.
Son of a bitch deserved it, no one impales me and lives. I heard familiar gunshots, and look up. I soon saw Ruby in a slingshot-like band with a black glyph underneath her. A Nevermore pinned by ice in the direction the slingshot was pointed.
Don't tell me shes gonna… She then launched out of the slingshot, just as the Nevermore broke free, but the Nevermore was a second too late. She hooked the blade of her scythe around its neck and hit the cliff wall with her feet, at the same second a line of white blue glyphs that went vertically up the cliff appeared, and Ruby began to run up the cliff, the Nevermore still in her scythes deadly grasp, firing round after round to maintain her lock and speed. When she finally reached the top, shot fired one final round, decapitating the black beast, doing a flip to land the top of the cliff, sticking Cresent Rose into ground. A flurry of roses fluttering around her.
Well that was quite the finish, was the last thing I thought before I began to feel the anti - pain fluid I injected myself with wear off, and the pain flowing into me all at once, causing me to collapse on the ground, blacking out once more.
-2 Days Later, Beacon Auditorium- Ruby POV
"And now, Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward you will work together as...Team RWBY. Led by….Ruby Rose." Ozpin stated.
Wait, I'm the leader? I thought, as Yang came up and hugged me. Ozpin nodded to me with a smile, before facing the crowd yet again.
"Now before we end, There is something I must say. There were a total of 25 first years who entered initiation. One was left out. One person was going to be a…"Ozpin thought for a moment.
" A lone wolf, to put it. But, if you don't already know, one student was severely injured trying to save two others. Putting his life below those he sought to defend, and saving two lives by doing so" He looked at me, as I knew who exactly who he was talking about. I started to feel dreadful, and lowered my head.
"This young man is known as Crysis Rapture." And as soon as he said that he looked to his right, behind team my team, to see a camouflaged figure limp on to the stage.
"... And he is far from dead." He said, As Crysis raised his cap, and smiled. I looked at him in disbelief.
But...he...I saw...the stinger…. I didn't know what to think, I looked to Professor Ozpin who was justing smiling as he raised his mug to his mouth. I looked at Crysis, and sprinted at him, locking him in an embrace.
"How?" I sobbed, refusing to let him go. I looked up at his face, tears flooding my eyes.
"I SAW you die...The Death Stalker….it-it…." And before I could finish he wiped away my tears with his finger. He then pulled out a folded piece of paper and handed it to me. I opened it up and it said.
Thanks for being safe, and thanks for being my only friend. I then let go of him as he walked over to Professor Ozpin. He stood in front of him and he put his hands behind his back and waited to be address just like the rest of us. Ozpin stared at him, then began to smile.
"Crysis Rapture. You obtained the only black pawn piece, and piece to which there was no twin. You will be your own team ,and your own leader. You will be placed with teams if they lack a member, or if back-up for a mission is required. From hence forth, you are Team CRAV (Crave)."
Professor Ozpin then shook his hand, and walked off. As soon as we were done and the ceremony was over, I hugged him again.
"Why, a-and how?" I asked, needing to know the answers. He looked at me with confused eyes.
"Why did you almost die for me? How did you live?" I began to cry again, and just as the first tear came out, again he wiped it away. He took of his hat and glasses to show his dirty blonde hair and bluish grey eyes, and he smiled. Then he took out his pad and wrote.
One question at a time. I did it because you needed help. I swore an oath remember? And I would be rather die than see you get hurt. And I know whats its like to die, and if I had to do it again, for you, I would.
He cares about me…. I looked at him, and he gave me such a happy smile. Then he grabbed his chest and began to fall, I caught him and raised him back up, his arm over my shoulder.
"Are you alright?" I asked. He just nodded, lifting his shirt to show the bandages that covered his entire chest, some still stained with fresh blood.
"So now, how did you survive?" I asked, helping him back to his feet, it seemed impossible to be impaled by a Death Stalker than just walk away. He leaned against a wall, I could tell he was in pain and was exhausted, he wrote a note and gave it to me, this one a bit longer than usual.
Well to be honest I don't actually know how I survived. One second I was on the ground, just having been tossed off the Death Stalkers stinger, and I started to feel woozy and blacked out. Then, I woke up and could barely move my body. I opened my belt pouch and injected myself with a small amount of anti - pain fluid. I then bandage myself as best as I could and, using Victorias Wrath as a make-shift crutch, I limped in the direction I saw you run off in.
He seemed just as confused as I was, but nowhere near as glad. I went up, and hugged him again. He recoiled for a half-second, then hugged me back as best as he could with one arm.
"I'm so glad you're okay. I didn't think I could continue when I saw you die. It was too much. And After all you've told me, all those secrets you've shared, when I saw you get hurt I felt I betrayed you…." I hugged him even harder, not wanting to let go. He then put his finger on my chin, and raised my face so my eyes were on par with his. He then smiled. And when I saw his do that, I knew everything was gonna be okay. And he wasn't going to leave me again.
This, and the previous, was my favorite chapter to write. Expect things to die down, and the shipping ships to start setting sail. Still haven't decided on other ships so, since you guys have supported me so much, I have decided to leave that up to you. Tell me what you guys think of the story so far, and post the ship you want to see with it! Thanks guys, and see you next time!
