[Kageki POV]
I was sitting in the locker room next to the arena waiting for Ruby to finish explaining everything about the weapon she made and the changes she made. When she had gotten back to me with the weapon it looked less like a chokutō and more like Jaune's sword hilt, a fact I asked Ruby about to which she admitted she changed it because of my preference for what was considered "ancient weapons." Because of the larger hilt it couldn't condense into a smaller form so it remained regular sized for a sword hilt. Thanks to the larger size though, it could hold up to two Dust capsules, which Ruby took advantage of and put in a system that would let me switch between the equipped elements with the press of a button. For now I put in Lightning and Fire Dust into the sword to better compliment my chakra natures.
Once Ruby made sure that everything was going to work and that I knew how to operate the weapon she left to go sit with the rest of my team up in the stands. I debated with myself on whether or not to wear my flak jacket for additional armor, but ultimately I decided to forgo the jacket and just wear the clothes I bought from the shop earlier. However I did attach a pouch on each of my legs that contained a scroll each. The scroll on my left leg contained my chokutō. I didn't exactly know what was in the scroll on my right leg since it arrived this morning by mail from Father. A note had come with it simply saying; Use it well. I also had my usual waist pouch which held various other tools.
As I started to walk out towards the arena Ozpin was waiting for me near the entrance.
"Professor Ozpin, why are you here?" I asked puzzled.
"I'm here with a temporary solution to your problem." He replied calmly.
"What problem?"
"Your lack of Aura to protect yourself."
I narrowed my eyes. "I don't need Aura to protect myself. Shinobi have never used Aura and we've been fine."
"While that may be true, you are no longer in your country with your fellow shinobi; you are at Beacon and I must ask that you adhere to our rules of combat."
"Even if I did agree to your rules and let someone unlock my Aura, there's no telling how it would affect my chakra. And that is one risk I will not take." I said defiantly.
Ozpin took a sip from his coffee mug and continued to look at me calmly. "I understand, and as I said, I have a temporary solution to this problem."
I raised my eyebrow, "And that solution is?"
"We have someone unlock a small portion of your Aura so that your body can slowly become accustomed to it over time and unlock the rest by itself."
I pondered the idea in my head before I nodded. "Yeah, that should work. Ok, I'll try it."
Ozpin smiled. "Good. Now come with me so we can unlock it."
[Tenzo POV]
"Yo Ruby!" I said as Ruby came up to where our team was seated in the stands of the arena. "How's Kageki?"
"Good. Hopefully the sword works as well as I hope it does." Ruby said nervously.
"Of course it'll work." Weiss said to Ruby who relaxed at her words.
I raised an eyebrow. "How do you know? Did you help with it?"
Weiss narrowed her eyes at me. "Of course. I know more about Dust than anyone."
I scoffed. "One of the things Kageki and I have learned in our lives is that there is always someone better than you. Don't be so arrogant."
Weiss glared at me. "How dare you-"
"Where's Kageki?" Yang asked, cutting off Weiss.
I looked down in the arena and noticed that Kageki wasn't there. "Huh, you're right, he's not there." I said. "Hey Ruby, did Kageki say anything about this?"
"I don't think so." Ruby answered me, "But I did see Professor Ozpin at the door so maybe they're talking."
"I wonder what they have to talk about." Blake asked.
I shrugged at Blake's question when Kageki finally stepped out into the arena. On the other side Pyrrha walked out of the other entryway until she was face-to-face with Kageki in the center of the arena.
"Do you guys think Kageki will win?" Yang asked.
"I hope so,' I answered. "It's the only reason I'm here today; To see the two best first-year fighters and see which one is the best."
"You think Kageki is better than you?" Weiss asked, "Aren't you the older brother?"
I laughed. "Just because I'm older doesn't mean I'm better than him. Kageki surpassed me a long time ago."
We watched as Glynda went over the usual rules of the match and activated the scoreboard. Oddly enough, when the Aura meters started filling, Kageki's filled as well.
"Is the scoreboard broken?" I asked, eyeing it suspiciously. "Kageki's Aura is locked, it shouldn't show up."
"Maybe that's what Ozpin wanted to talk with Kageki about." Ruby guessed. "Or maybe he made something that uses his chakra as an Aura?"
I activated my sharingan and when I looked at Kageki I saw a weird light in the center of his body that was very faint and flickering. As I noticed that I looked around and saw everyone else had a similar light in the center of their bodies, but brighter and of varying colors.
"Huh." I said, surprised.
"What is it?" Yang asked.
"I'm starting to see a light in Kageki, a light that I also see in everyone else now, but brighter. I guess I can see Aura with a sharingan." I responded.
"Oooh," Ruby said in excitement. "What color is Kageki's Aura?"
I looked back towards Kageki and focused on the flickering light at his center. Unfortunately it was too dim and the flickering made it hard to focus.
"I can't see it very well. It's really dim and flickering too much."
"Its probably not completely unlocked." Ren said as Team JNPR sat down next to us.
"That would explain it." Blake agreed.
"That being the case, he won't have a lot and won't last long if he gets hit too much." Ren continued.
I looked back at the arena as Kageki and Pyrrha took their stances. "I wonder what that's going to do with his chakra." I wondered aloud.
"Only time will tell." Ren replied.
A thought popped into my head then. "Hey Ruby, does that weapon you made for him do anything else besides make a sword?"
Ruby thought for a moment. "No. I didn't think Kageki would want anything other than a sword."
I groaned. "I told Kageki if he sticks with just swords everyone is going to figure out how to beat him. He needs to use a more variety of weapons."
"What about that scroll your dad sent him?" Yang asked.
I shrugged. "I have no idea what's in it, but it's most likely a sword or some kind of blade." I sighed. "Kageki has potential in so many weapons, but for some reason he only likes swords. He rarely even uses kunai and shuriken. Although before we came here he did start to have an interest in using wires."
"Wires?" Yang asked.
"Yeah, shinobi use wires mostly for traps but they've been known to use them in a variety of other ways. One thing dad taught us is throwing a large shuriken with a wire attached so you can change direction if you miss, or using the wire to rig the shuriken to come apart and scatter the blades in four directions."
"That sounds cool." Ruby commented.
"Why doesn't he train with other weapons?" Blake asked.
"It's not that." I answered, "Kageki has trained with just about every weapon a shinobi might use, to the point that he can use almost anything proficiently. It's just for some reason he only likes to use swords."
"Well I hope that sword of his is strong," Jaune said, "because Pyrrha might end up breaking it. Her shield is really strong."
I looked back at the arena as Kageki and Pyrrha waited for the bell to start the match and wondered just how well Kageki would do in this fight.
Author Notes
Hey guys look, I'm still here! I apologize for the long wait for this chapter, as well as how short it is. I did plan to include the fight with this chapter, but I wanted to try writing the fight with a sort of neutral POV, like a third-person viewpoint. Also, I had to do a lot of revisions in this because I had actually written more than just this in my writing notebook, but decided that I went the wrong way than I intended so I'm going to rewrite a lot of it. I'll try to get the next chapter up as fast as I can. And as always, thanks for reading and please leave a review.
