Chapter 5: Relic of Destruction


It was a silent night in the City of Vacuo and all was sleeping silently…except one. Standing on a building all on their lonesome was a figure.

His body was covered in a all black with dark grey and white intermixed into the coloring. His upper body was hugged by a skin tight black shirt that showed off every detail on his muscular upper body, and above that he wore a leather jacket that was left unzipped. He wore dark grey combat jeans that were tucked into black, strapped combat boot, and a pair of grey gloves were on his hands. And his body was adorned by a full body cloak of night that covered his entire frame. Around his neck was a choker that held a crescent moon, laying on its back.

His hair was a total white color, glimmering slightly in the pale moonlight, and his eyes, a brilliant silver color, were hidden behind a black mask that covered every corner of the top half of his face.

This…was Yín.

The young boy had decided to take a drastic change in appearance for what he is about to do. He had his hair temporarily dyed a different color, changed his attire, and had a voice modulator around his neck, which itself was the moon choker around his neck.

Right now, he was over looking Shade academy from afar, and his eyes narrowed behind his mask. He then threw on his hood as he transformed into a fly and began to make his move.

'Alright, it's now or never,' he thought as he moved his plan into motion.


Once inside, Yín transformed back into a human and landed softly on the ground. He looked around the dark and desolate hallway he stood in and looked around the place for a moment. He had to admit to himself, the place was rather nice. In the center of the room was a statue of a woman, silver chain with charms dangling from them wrapped around her, stood in the center of the entrance hall, giant windows letting in moonlight shines down on the woman, giving her an ethereal glow.

"Pretty…" he whispered faintly, before shaking his head. "No, I gotta stay focus." he then looked down and thought to himself.

'Now, if I wanted to hide a Relic somewhere, where would I hide it...?' he then got a thought. He then snapped his gloved fingers as an idea came to mind. 'The Headmaster's office!'

-Y-

Yín, as a bug once again, crawled under the door and into the office, to find the only light to make things visible was the moonlight that was coming through the back window of the office behind the main desk. He then transformed back into a human and began looking around the office for any clues.

He checked under the floorboards.

'Nope, nothing.'

Then he checked the closet.

'Nothing here either.'

And finally in the desk.

'And like the other two, nothing.'

Yín stood as he looked around the room with a inquisitive look on his face. However, it was than a glint caught his eyes. He looked in the last drawer he had checked when he was looking over the desk.

He pulled out the object to reveal a type of odd pocket watch, but to his surprise it was broken, the hands didn't seem to move across its face.

Deciding to keep it for sentimental value, he pocketed the watch and transformed back into a fly and flew out of the room.

-Y-

The next placed he check were some of the classrooms, but as one would expect, he didn't find in any of them either, much to his great dismay.

"Darn, and here I was hoping it would be much easier." he muttered.

-Y-

Next place he Yín checked were the bathrooms, both male and female. What? You'd expect one to hide somewhere you'd least expected…that and he was running low on options after searching all the classrooms.

-Y-

After the bathrooms, he searched around the entire grounds of the school, and even then there was no trace of anything off.

Although he had to admit, the flowers looked nice this time of year around the school…

-Y-

Yín found himself back in the entrance hall of the school, sitting in front of the statue, an aggravated expression laced on his features.

"Dammit," he muttered. "Where in this darn school could the Relic be!?" he groaned as he sat down and leaned back on the statue. He crocked his head back and stared at the statue of the fair maiden for a minute. She was beautiful, a work of art if he had to say. She was dressed in what looked like oriental robes, a basket of fruit in hand and she seemed to be holding up a circular platform over her head, woodland creatures surrounding the statue in all its glory.

But shouldn't he know something about statues…?

Suddenly, his eyes went wide as he remembered something.

Eight months ago, back at the Arc household, Yín was looking through the notebook Evanora had left him, mostly about the Relics. Jaune was out with his dad for bonding time and had asked him if he wanted to come along, but he declined, saying he wanted to look over something.

Anyways, Yín was reading a passage about the four schools.

"...Each school has a special statue of someone or people on its premises, and these are the keys in finding the Relics…" he wrinkled his nose at the passage. Statues guarding the Relics maybe?

He then came to the entry about the headmasters.

"...they all have a special item of the same origin that are the keys in unlocking and opening the ways to finding the Relics, and they aren't what one would expect them to be either…

He read on till he came to the detailing of the Relics and read over the one of Vacuo.

"Vacuo holds the dark and powerful Relic of Destruction. It can be used for great, yet dark, things if used in the wrong hands, but if in the right hands, despite it's dark potential, it too can be used for good…"

Yín closed the book after he was done looking through it for the day. He still had so much left to read in it, and so far he's only read a small portion of it. But his mind traveled to the connection between the stone statues, special keys, and the Relics.

But what could all that mean?

Yín blinked.

'Of course!' he thought, 'this must be the link to the Relic!' he instant shot up from his spot and looked the stone woman over. He walked up closer to get a better look of the woman and his eyes trailed down her body…

However, a short moment later, he noticed something odd…

She had a silver pendant around her neck, an empty charm dangling from it, and said charm had a deep groove embedded inside it.

"So this is where the key fits into all of this." Yín said. But what could be the key…

His eyes then widened remembering the item he found in the Headmaster's office. He reached into his pocket and brought out the broken watch he found.

Seeing as he had no other options, he placed the watch on the center of the pendent, and suddenly, the hands began rapidly moving in a clockwise direction as the statue rumbled. Yín jumped back from it out of habit.

Just then, the statue began to slowly begin to descend into the ground, and right as the platform the woman held above her was ground level, Yín could see the symbol on top of it, a violet leaf.

Yín stepped onto the platform and soon, he began slowly descending further and further beneath the school.


While Yín was doing that, a certain Headmistress was going to grab something she forgot in her office…again.

She was dressed in a white blouse that was covered in a checkered white and blue set of overall dress that hugged her abdomen and left her chest open, emphasising her busty chest. On her feet were a set of glimmering red heels. Her red hair swayed slightly as she walked towards her destination.

This was Dory Gayl, Headmistress of Shade Academy.

The woman had forgotten her key in her office, like usual. She didn't have much use for the darn thing, and even then she only used it monthly to check to see if the Relic was still where it was.

She entered her office, only to blink at the sight of it upon entry.

Her closet was wide open, and most of her coats and/or back up clothing were scotched back towards both sides, leaving a large gap opened in between them. Her desk had all of its drawers opened, everything out of place in some of them.

Upon realising this, she paled as she quickly searched through them, only for her worry to turn to fear.

"No, no, no!" she cried out in denial.

Her key was gone!

"Dammit," she said as she raced out of the office and towards the entrance hall where she found that her fears were indeed a reality. The statue had gone into the floor.

She then quickly pulled out her scroll and dialed a number.

"I need back up quickly, Code: Violet!"


Further down below, the platform reached the bottom, and Yín gave a low whistle at the sights before him. He was now in a giant chasm, and a fan door in front of him. Whoever, on both sides were two abysses that seemed to lead to nowhere and could very well be bottomless.

Yín walked forwards as he continued inspecting the chasm. Down in front of him on the floor were three glowing platforms that were all connected by two lines, also including the one he had came down on.

There were trees as well, glowing violet flowers growing on their branches.

Yín approached the door as the magic aura appeared from his a deep breath, he placed a hand on the door. At first nothing seemed to happen, and he felt his hopes get shattered.

Suddenly, the markings along the door began to glow vibrantly as the light began to trail up the door.

Yín looked on in awe at the sight. Just then, the fans that were covering the door began to fold in on themselves, giving way to another awe inspiring sight.

Before Yín and right through the door was an endless clearing. Lush green grass was seen for countless miles on end. However, before him stood were four stone platforms that were cemented into the ground, and the last platform held a large stone, and floating above it was none other than…

"The Relic." Yín said in awe.

The Relic was a sword, an elegantly crafted double edge blade. The flat of the blade had a groove that traveled all the way down to the hilt, which itself was a dark red color, the ends of it curving upwards with one of the curves going up and wrapping around the blade. The grip was a black color made of a seemingly leather-like material.

Yín slowly walked up to the blade and marveled at it for a while, amazed by it's design. He then slowly reached out for it…


"Ma'am, are you sure!?" a soldier said. Dory had gotten her men to help her in this situation, especially when the Relics are involved. These man are part of a special task force that are aware of Remnant's true history. There were over two hundred men all armed and ready to fight this adversary.

Dory turned to her lieutenant.

"Undoubtable," she said. "Yet I wonder who the culprit is. So few people know of the Relics and-" suddenly she stopped, hearing a faint noise. "Into positions! They're coming!" the men all stood armed and ready as they heard the sound of the platform moving and surprisingly a voice.

"Why are the lights on?" the platform emerged from the ground as a figure stepped off of it as the statue returned to its place, but upon seeing just who the culprit was, everyone took a double take.

"A…child?" Dory questioned in surprise. She expected either a rugged man or a lethal woman, but a child was not what she was expecting!

Under his hood, Yín blinked at the sight of over two hundred men and the single woman stood before him, weapons aimed at him.

"Uhh…hi." he said. Dory got over her shock and gave the boy a heated look.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" she asked. Yín's eyes narrowed under his hood.

"My name is of no importance," he said cryptically, "but for reference, call me…Wizard." Dory's eyes narrowed.

"Could you do us a favor and take off your cloak." she asked. Wizard, knowing full well the situation that he was in, complied to make things a bit easier.

Dory and the men were shocked to see someone as young as him finding out the Relic's secret location. However, what caught all their attentions was the Relic strapped to his back.

'How did he get it?' Dory wondered, 'He's not a maiden, sure Summer died almost a full year ago, but her successor hasn't been found yet.'

"Boy, how did you acquire the Relic," she asked slowly. Wizard closed his eyes as a smirk graced his face. Then, his eyes shot open, but to everyone's sheer abashment, magic energy wisped off of his eyes in an array of silver coloring.

Dory paled realising how dire the situation had turned. This has never occurred to her at the chance of a male Maiden could appear! But to make sure she was right…

"Are you the Summer Maiden?" she asked. To her and everyone's shock and confusion, he shook his head.

"No," he said, "I just so happen to have magic like the famed Wizard from the legends." Dory paled further. But then shook herself of her worry before a defiant look appeared on her face, remembering he was severely outnumbered.

"I will only ask this once child. You shall return the Relic and come with us." she said in a tone that said there would be no arguments. Wizard simply looked thoughtful.

"How about...Nope!" a playful smirk was on his face. Dory's eye twitched.

"Men, take him down!" the men all raised their weapons as they charged up.

"Please," the boy said as the glow in his eyes seemed to brighten even more. "You, take on me? Don't make me laugh." The young boy then jumps off the ground as a sterling silver aura appears around him.

Outside, one could see the sky darken immensely as they all felt a growing pressure. Suddenly, lightning broke through the Windows, breaking each and everyone of them, and striking all those that surrounded him.

The men all fell to the floor unconscious from the immense shock they received. Wizard, however, noticed something off.

"Wait, wasn't there a woman with the-" he quickly dodged a downwards strike from the Headmistress, and said strike caused a mild sized creator to form on impact, causing Wizard to pale from the immense strength the woman had.

"Dear Oum lady! Is strength your semblance!?" The woman merely smirks as she stood up and flicked a peice of hair out of her face.

"No, I'm just naturally strong like that." was her reply before she rushed at him once more. Wizard quickly side steps as she tried to punch him, and he narrowly avoids the low sweep she tried to execute.

Getting fed up with not doing anything, Wizard reels his hand back and punched Dory, right in the jaw. The woman stumbled back from the surprise attack.

"You…punched me?" she was more shocked than confused.

"Yeah, you were trying to hit me, so…" Dory didn't care anymore, she just wanted this boy taken down, now! She aims a round house kick at Wizard, who ducked under it at the last minute. Wizard then went for his own roundhouse kick, of which the Headmistress caught with ease.

"Do you honestly think that's going to work on me?" she asked. Wizard just merely grinned.

"And did you forget the fact that I'm a Wizard?" he asked rhetorically, the magic aura in his eyes never fading.

Suddenly, all the lights over head simultaneously combust with one another, leaving everything in the dark, with no electrical lighting, or moon light from outside.

Just then, there were flashes of silver and red, going at it in the dark space. It is revealed to be Yín and Dory fighting on another, their fists covered in their respective aura color. Yín was smirking all the while, while Dory had a neutral look on her face.

Dory then got in a punch on the boy which made him go skidding back on the ground as his hands trailed on the floor, creating a wave of ice in his wake. He then moved his hand harmonically as he willed the dust in air to condense itself as shards of ice formed. His then thrusted his hands out as he sent the shards at the Huntress.

Dory stood her ground as she used her Semblance to create whirlwind around her, causing the shards of ice to not only miss her, but be thrown in all directions.

'So her Semblance is manipulating wind then huh?' However, despite how skilled Wizard may be, even he knew he was outmatched and in experienced in this case.

He looked at the woman who looked right back at him, her face stern and showing utter serious at the situation.

"Well, this was fun, but I have to run." Suddenly, a dome of ice erupted around Dory, taking her off guard from the surprise move. Wizard then jumps onto the statue, grabbing the key from the neck of it, and then he leaps to the open seal of on of the windows as he gave the woman a final look, a smirk plastered on his face. "A pleasure meeting you Headmistress, but I must bid you ado." The boy leapt out of the window, and disappeared into the night.


"I can't believe I just did that," was all Yín could think about while he paced his room back and forth, looking down in thought.

The way he felt when doing the heist was just…exhilarating! The adrenaline in escaping the Headmistress clutches and fighting her one on one, all of it was so surreal. Heck, if you told him that he would have infiltrated Shade Academy a little over three years ago, he would have laughed.

But now? Now he had finally started working on his Mentor's goal she had set for him. However, his attention turned to the Relic that laid on the bed, the light of the rising sun giving a faint gleam off of its surface.

He hadn't gone to sleep since the heist, but his hair was back to black color, the Dust Mask he had made was destroyed, and the clothes he had on were stowed away in a secret compartment in his pack, folded so small no one would find them and he now wore a simple pair of shorts and a plain white t-shirt, his star necklace dangling from his neck.

But now begged the question on his mind…how the heck was he going to transport this thing everywhere!? They were going to be looking for it 24/7 and it was easily a dead giveaway.

He grabbed hold of the blade and looked at it, an annoyed expression on his face.

"Man, I wish you were something easier to carry, maybe even wear, like a ring or something-" suddenly, and event occured. The sword gave an almighty glow that partially blinded Yín's view, but the boy felt the sword seemingly disappear from his grasp.

When the light died away, he saw the sword wasn't in his hands no longer, but, there was a snazzy ring on his finger that looked like a sword all the way around, the gem at the center of it giving a faint red gleam.

Yín blinked in surprise at the ring on his left middle finger, but you don't see him complaining about it!

"This is perfect!" he said in glee. "Now no one will know the Relic is with me!" he then laid down on the bed and gave a great yawn.

The events of the day were getting to him as he found himself having a hard time staying awake.

"Alright, I'll get some shut eye then head out the day after tomorrow," he told himself, "then, I'm off to train and then it's to Atlas to get the Relic of Creation." and in a few moments, Yín was in the land of Dreams as the sun rose higher in the sky…

Unaware of the chain of events he had created.


Ozpin was having a fairly normal day at Beacon academy. The paperwork was at a bare minimum, the Students were all doing well, and the staff seemed on ease. Everything was going nice today…

However, his relaxing was cut off when his scroll began to rang, and rather violently if he may add.

He picked it up and clicked it as a screen appeared over his desk showing not only one face, but two others along side it.

"Leonardo, James, you both were contacted too?" the other two males on the screen nod.

"Yes Oz, Dory called us about something, and she said this was urgent." was Ironwoods reply. It was then the only female of their group appeared on screen, and to their surprise, she wore a hysteric look on her face.

"Dory, what's wrong," Ozpin asked as he looked at the Headmistress.

"Ozpin! The most terrible thing has happened! The Relic, it's been taken!" Ozpin dropped his mug as it smashed upon hitting the ground as his eyes went dramatically wide, but he wasn't the only one. Leo and Jame's eyes went wide in both shock and horror as well.

"Dory, are you absolutely positive!?" he said in a voice that held utter and total seriousness in it.

"Dead serious Oz, and I have the whole ordeal taped." another screen appeared as the video was played while the other three headmasters watched.

They were stunned seeing the young boy being the one who took the Relic, but that turned to total shock upon seeing that he had magic!

Then came the effects of his powers which too proved to be cataclysmic, a lightning strike taking down an army of two hundred trained men. Not only that, but he was able to stand up to Dory's power and might, even with her crazy strength.

When it was over, there was a long, cold silence that hung over them all. Then, James spoke.

"I'll have my men on the lookout for the white haired boy." he said, "he needs to be found and contained." Ozpin nods.

"Also, increase the security around the other two Relics," the grey haired man said, "we have to be on the lookout." Ozpin's eyes then turned to the only woman of the group. "Dory, no need to hold yourself accountable for this, none of us saw this coming." the woman nods. "Now, we have to focus on finding the boy and reclaiming the Relic back at all costs."


Salem was over seeing her plan come to fruition when a Grimm Seer approached her, Leonardo's face on the screen. The Dark woman looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Leonardo, what do you want?" she asked.

"Miss, I have grave news." the woman rose an eyebrow. The last time he had bad news was the fact that they didn't know who the current Summer Maiden was, so what could be so grave that he calls her now?

"Out with it Leo."

"The Relic of Destruction, it's been taken!" Salem's eyes went wide hearing that.

"...what?" she asked slowly, making sure she heard right.

"It's true ma'am, the Relic, it's been stolen from Shade last night." Salem's eyes glowed red with rage.

"All the hard work I've had planned and laid out, and now an unknown factor justs walks in and ruins it!" she turned towards the Grimm Seer.

"We have a surveillance video of the proprietor of the heist." he told her.

"Then send me the video as fast as you can, I want to see just who and what we're dealing with." and with that, the communication was cut as the Grimm Seer left her.

Salem stared out her window at her domain, rage still swirling in her eyes. She had made plans to collect the Relics for the past few Centuries, but now an unknown factor had just waltzed in and begun to tear apart the carefully executed plans at the seams.

She had it all planned, she was training a girl known as Cinder Falls, who had shown great skills in battle and combat, and was her candidate for the Maidens' power. She was going to have her infiltrate all the Hunter Academies one by one and destroy them from the inside out and collect all the Relics and bring them to her.

But now that Shade was without the Relic, she set her priority of finding the one who holds the Relic, and having a nice, long chat with this person.

The world will burn if she has anything to say about and no one, not some unknown enigma, not some young Hunter or Huntress, and not even Ozpin, will stop her from doing just, that.


Holy Hell!

Yín has obtained the Relic of Destruction from the Vault of the Summer Maiden, and is now on his way to Atlas to obtain the Relic of Creation from the Vault of the Winter Maiden. But now he has distributed Salem's plans for world domination, and has found himself as target #1 for Ozpin's group.

Yín better be thankful in taking steps in assuring that they don't know his identity, otherwise he'd be found out so easily already.

So, next time, we get to meet more of our main Character as well as infiltrating Atlas Academy. But not only that, Yín gains a new friend and the first member of his future team.

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