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Like we agreed, Me, Jaune and Weiss were inside Professor Goodwitch's class getting some assistance. Me and Jaune were reading from some books on advanced aura manipulation while Weiss was training with Professor Goodwitch. I was reading a section that detailed how to utilize aura's in spectral avatars and physical weapons which I wanted to test at some point. I noticed that Professor Goodwitch and Weiss had stopped training and walked towards me and Jaune.
" Thank You again Professor Goodwitch for offering to help us improve." She simply nodded at me and Jaune.
" Of course, as a teacher I look forward to see you all grow and mature to the best of your abilities." Me, Weiss and Jaune thanked her again.
" Tell me Grey what have you discovered while researching." Ms. Goodwitch were looking at me with interest.
" I figured out what I did wrong when I tried to make a scythe last time and I'm sure I can do it."
" Very good and you ?"Jaune was in what appeared to be a deep thought until he came up with an answer.
" I think I learned how to control and use my aura better. I also found some things I want to try later." Professor Goodwitch simply nodded at us both before she turned to Weiss.
" I am very impressed with your progress as of late." Weiss bowed slightly, " Thank you Professor Goodwitch your praise means much to me." Professor Goodwitch nodded her at Weiss before turning to me and Jaune.
" If you require other assistance I'm positive that your other teachers would be happy to assist you." We all nodded in understanding before saying our goodbyes to Professor Goodwitch and exiting her class room.
When we left, Jaune left saying that he had sparring with Pyrrha leaving me and Weiss by ourselves. We both at looked at each other before deciding to head into Vale and enjoy our time together. On the way their Weiss decided that since she heard a rumor that students from Vacou would be arriving for the tournament she wanted to 'welcome them to Vale'. I being me, went along with her little scheme as we boarded a ship headed to Vale.
" Weiss any reason as to why we're here ?" I asked as we disembarked the ship. She simply sighed at me as we walked through Vale until we ran into a familiar trio. We had somehow regrouped with the rest of Team Rwby.
" Hey you two !" Yang yelled while waving us over, we made our to the others who were happy to see us. Ruby gave me a welcome hug which I returned as I greeted Blake as well.
" So why are you two ?" Ruby was obviously curiously. " Weiss wanted to meet the students from Vacou that are going to compete in the tournament." I told her but Blake simply shook her head.
" She wants to spy on the competition." Blake said dryly earning her an angry expression from Weiss. We were all walking through Vale until we came across a dust shop with police tape across the whole store. We all walked over to the tape as Ruby as an officer what happened. He told us that this was the second dust shop robbed this week as he walked over to another cop who believed it was the White Fang.
Weiss snorted angrily at the information and I feared I knew what was coming next.
" The White Fang what an awful bunch of degenerates." I looked over at Blake who I knew didn't appreciate Weiss' comment.
" What your problem ?" Weiss looked over at Blake who I could was seething on the inside. Thankfully someone yelled out for help behind us.
" HEY STOP THAT FAUNUS." A ship-mate yelled while chasing a yellow haired monkey faunus who thanked them sarcastically for the ride as he jumped the ship and onto the dock. He then proceeded to throw a banana a peel at a cop while hanging upside down from a street lamp before jumping running past us. While doing so I could have sworn he winked at Blake.
" Quick we have to observe him !" Weiss yelled while running after the faunus boy as well. I sighed as we all ran with her until Weiss ran into some girl and the faunus boy escape by jumping to who knows where. I helped Weiss up as the girl Weiss ran into just stayed on the ground. We all eyed the girl curiously until Yang spoke up.
This led to the weirdest moments of my life. Mainly when Penny became 'friends' with my sister albeit unwillingly
After we all said goodbye to the girl who was named Penny, Weiss and Blake got into another heated argument about The White Fang. Then all hell broke loose.
" You want to know why I hate The White Fang.. It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves and MURDERERS !"
" WELL MAYBE WE WERE TIRED OF BEING PUSHED AROUND !" Blake then had a look of fear as to what she just said. She began to move towards the door and quickly ran away.
" Blake !" Ruby ran to the door but Blake was long gone. I decided to run after her and called on my aura to help me close the distance between us. I managed to catch up to her standing at the statue in front of Beacon with her bow off. I walked over to her slowly but moved away from me quickly.
We just stared at each other for what seemed like forever. I didn't know what to say until I remembered what she told me.
" Blake we can never escape our past only delay it catching up to us remember. You taught me that so please come back." I held out my but she moved away from me while clutching her bow and shaking her in sadness.
" I can't I just can't." She said in a somber tone.
" You gotta admit she looks better without the bow." I turned around to see the same monkey faunus boy sitting in a tree while watching us. He then jumped down, walked over and put a hand on my shoulder.
" I think she needs to be away for a while." I sighed knowing he was right about Blake. I nodded in agreement as he walked over to Blake. I looked at them at and sighed knowing she really did need to be away from us, mainly Weiss for a while.
" So who are you ?" I asked the boy who replied, " I'm Sun." He said while his tail wrapped around his waist freely.
" Sun can look out for her for a while, I need to fix somethings. Blake I promise I'll come find you when this all over." Sun and Blake both nodded at me as they turned to leave. Blake stopped and walked over to me before giving me a tight hug that I returned. She broke off and turned to Sun.
" Can you give us a minute ?" Sun nodded and a few feet away out of ear-shot. " Grey promise that you won't tell the others about what happened here or my past until this is all over." She looked sad and damaged so I promised.
" I promise but just be safe until this all blows over." I pulled 3,000 lien out of my pocket and handed it to Blake. " Use this until this is all over and try to stay out of trouble until then." She looked at me which shock as she hugged me tightly.
" Grey why go through so much for me ?"
" It's because your a dear friend and because we aren't so different. Now go with Sun and don't answer your scroll unless I send you a message." She nodded in agreement and walked over to Sun who was waiting patiently.
" Goodbye." Blake said as she left with Sun leaving me standing in front of Beacon as I sighed deeply and made my way back to the rest of Team Rwby.
I opened the dorm door as the others eyed me but I only shook my head.
" Weiss we need to talk." Weiss looked at me nervously but nodded as I held her hand and led her to the roof. We got their I let her go and sat at the edge of the roof.
" Weiss why did you say those things to Blake ?"
" Are you really defending her ? She a member of The White Fang so why should I care." She crossed her as she fell into what I called Princess mode. I simply sighed at her.
" I was a member of a group the same as The White Fang so how come you accepted me ?" I could tell that she was shocked at what I said. " Because you didn't lie about it. Blake ran away-" I put my hand up to stop her.
" You drove her away Weiss. She was scared and acted on emotion. She's fragile on the inside so did what she thought was right at that moment and ran. She was scared, and desperate." I motioned for Weiss to come sit by me which she albeit angrily.
" Weiss your one of the most important things to me but you to learn that not everybody was given a choice about their life. I was discriminated against for my ears, and I'm sure Yahto was to seeing as how he hid his tail. Faunus are seen as lesser beings and animals to some humans. The White Fang made things worse by becoming violent and now Faunus are treated as equals out of fear." I turned to look at Weiss who crossed her arms and turned away from me.
I put my arm around Weiss and scooted closer to her. She sighed in an annoyed tone which meant I was doing something right.
" Grey why do you care about Blake so much ?" She still didn't want to stare in my direction but I'm sure she got the message so I decided to have some fun.
" First Velvet now Blake, I didn't you were the jealous type Weiss." This caused her to blush angrily and smack me in the back of my head. When I was done laughing she looked me in my eyes.
" In all honesty it's because me and her are the same and because she's a friend and I don't abandon my friends."
With that Weiss sighed in defeat and put her head on my shoulder as we stared at the shattered moon of Remnant as it made it's way across sky.
Me and Yahto were standing on the roof of Beacon's dorms as we watched the other students go about their daily activities. I had decided to tell him about Blake being gone but to my shock he already about her past and her being a faunus.
" Ruby, Weiss and Yang are looking for Blake but I doubt they'll find her. So when she tell you ?" I turned to face Yahto and waited on his answer. His coat was moving with a slight breeze and my trench coat had the same effect.
" After Cardin tried to ambush us in the training gym me and Blake talked more about me being a faunus. She confessed to me about her past and we talked more."
" Well you think things have died down now ?" Yahto silently stared at the floor before speaking.
" I wish but until Weiss and Blake can talk about it then I don't know." I sighed realizing that Weiss wasn't completely over Blake being an ex-member of The White Fang.
I suddenly got a message on my scroll as it beeped. I opened it and saw that the message was from Blake.
" Yahto, Blake just sent me a message." He walked over to me as I read it aloud.
" Me and Sun are going to stakeout the docks. Large dust freighter heading to Vale." I closed my scroll and sighed. The White Fang had been accused by Weiss for robbing the dust shop we saw last time. Blake didn't believe it so we probably going to catch whoever was doing it.
" Yahto are we going to have time to make it to the docks by night ? "
" If we leave now then we'll have more time to spare. Should we tell Team rwby ?"
" No not yet. Lets get going." I then jumped off the roof and landed on the ground causing it to spider web crack. Yahto jumped a second later but unlike me he floated down and landed on his feet calmly. We then made our way to the airships while ignoring the looks we were getting from other students who saw us land from the roof.
Me and Yahto were on a roof over-looking the docks with Blake and Sun. Sun left for a few moments before returning.
" Hey guys I stole you some fruit." Blake turned to face him. " Do you always break the law without a second thought ?"
" Hey weren't you in a cult or something." This earned him evil looks from me, Blake and Yahto. " Ok to soon."
Suddenly a large airship flew overhead and landed in the docks as a group White Fang grunts disembarked and grabbed tow cables. Then a man I recognized as Roman Torchwick began insulting The White Fang grunts while urging to hurry up. Blake got up and pulled her sword from her.
" This isn't right The White Fang would never work a human especially one like that." She was about to jump off the roof but Yahto pulled her back and nodded at me. We both jumped off the roof and made our way over into the docks.
When we were close enough I dashed behind a grunt and knocked him unconscious while Yahto did the same to another. We then jumped onto a few high shipment crate to get a better view of what we were fighting. Then we saw that Blake was holding Roman hostage while being surrounded by White Fang grunts. I swore silently and looked over at Yahto who's normally calm expression was one replaced by one of annoyance.
Then more airships arrived as Roman fired his cane at Blake`s feet knocking her back. Blake recovered and back-flipped and after imaged away from Roman as he fired shots at her. She ran behind some shipping containers and gathered herself while Roman slowly approached her.
Sun threw a banana peel at Roman as he drop-kicked him while rolling onto the ground. Sun recovered and turned to face the now visibly pissed Roman.
" Leave her alone." Sun was surrounded by the White Fang grunts that began dropping in from the airships above us. I looked over at Yahto who nodded at me. Yahto and I jumped from our vigil and handed next to Sun. I activated my retractable sword while Yahto unsheathed Sea and Sky.
" Sun you ready ?" I asked. Sun turned his head to look at me and gave me an affirmative nod.
" Not the brightest bananas of the bunch are you kids." I stared down Roman as The White Fang grunts charged us.
Sun was surprisingly adept in martial arts as he was fighting off any grunts that attempted to mob him. He pulled a collapsible staff from his back as he twirled and spun it, striking multiple grunts at in fluent succession before slamming his staff into ground causing a shock-wave to erupt.
Yahto was fending off multiple grunts as well since using two swords gives you more room to do that. Yahto was twirling through the ranks of the grunts that were attacking but instead of looking like a fight he looked as if he was dancing and cutting them down in swift and precise motions that seemed weightless. His sword, Sky was shimmering which was causing grunts that made contact with his sword to be sent flying back into either other attacker or crashing into shipping crates. Some we knocked unconscious while others were cut down by Yahto as he moved through their ranks, his cloak following behind him.
While Sun and Yahto were battling the grunts, I was dueling Roman. He was surprisingly skilled because instead of trading blow for blow he skillfully evaded and parried my sword strikes with his cane as we fought. I held my sword in a two-handed grip as I spun and continued to try wear down Roman`s guard. I went for sword thrust which Roman parried as he put distance between us only for Blake to jump in with Gambol Shroud.
" HE'S MINE !"
Blake charged Roman in flurry of swords clashes and sparks. I had never seen Blake like this in a fight. She was trying to overpower him but Roman wasn't taking any chances so he kept his defense up as he fell into a rhythm of light parries and quick evades. Blake was using her after-image ability to try to catch Roman off guard but he turned that against her. Blake swung at Roman with the sword of Gambol Shroud but he hooked it with his cane and punched her which dazed her. Roman then spun with his cane and hit Blake on the head which knocked her back. He followed up by striking her in the stomach and hooked her feet from under her.
I dashed at Roman and unleashed a flurry of strikes at Roman. I was mimicking Yahto's style by fluently twirling my sword through the air and still striking all in the same motion. Roman and I ended up in a blade lock and stared each other down.
" Not half bad kid but I could teach ya more." I head-butted Roman causing us both to stagger back. Roman recovered and aimed his cane and fired. I called on my aura and braced myself but Sun jumped in front of me while rapidly swinging his staff and blocked the shot. He then broke his staff into nun-chucks and charged at Roman.
As it turns out Sun's nun-chucks were also shot-guns since Sun was firing while swinging at Roman in flurry of shotgun shells and sparks. Sun then managed to break Roman's guard so I took that chance to call on my aura, dash forward and punch Roman in the chest which sent him sprawling back.
He got up and shot at shipping container above causing it to fall and come crashing towards us. I grabbed Sun and threw him back then called on my aura and did what I learned from my studies. Instead of crushing me, I was holding up the container with a pair spectral aura arms. I directed the arms and threw the container at Roman who dived out the way. I called back my aura as I heard someone call out.
" Hey !" I looked up and saw Ruby as she twirled Crescent Rose and planted it on the roof she was on. Roman looked more shocked rather than annoyed.
" Well hello Red isn't it past your bed time." Ruby looked away to talk to who appeared to be Penny. Roman took that chance and made the worst decision of his life. He aimed his cane at Ruby fired. I heard Ruby cry out in pain as Roman gave a maniacal laugh at his actions.
Penny then joined the fray as she began to cut down other White Fang grunts that joined the battle. I was seething with rage as I called on my aura and it began to envelope me as I charged at Roman and began deliver blow after blow against him. I managed to break through his guard as I grabbed him and threw him against another shipping container. I charged at him and swung at his neck but he ducked as I cut his hat instead.
He swung his cane at me but my aura absorbed the entirety of the blow as I grabbed him and threw him again. An airship landed behind Roman as two grunts hurriedly pulled him into the ship as it took off as quickly as it landed. I called back my aura and deactivated my sword as I saw Ruby running over to me.
" Ruby are you ok ?" I asked while looking her over seeing no visible damage.
" I fine but Torchwick got away." I sighed in agreement but then I remembered the others. I turned and saw that Sun was helping Blake over while Yahto was pulling his sword from the stomach a White Fang grunt. I covered Ruby's eyes and nodded at Yahto who quickly sheathed his blades when I saw Penny who was managing to pull an airship out of the sky with what looked swords on wires. The airship crashed into the river after crashing into shipping containers that it was pulled into.
I looked around and saw that the police were arriving so I walked with the others to a place to sit and await Weiss, who I knew would show up after the ruckus we had made.
As it turns out I was right about Weiss showing up. Her and Yang walked over to after Yahto waved them over. Ruby was trying to calm Weiss by explaining about Blake`s ears which I heard her call cute. Weiss simply walked past Ruby and stopped in front of Blake as she stared her down.
" Weiss I want you to know that-" Weiss put her hand up to stop her. " We've been looking for you the past weekend but before that Grey and I had a talk and I want to say... I forgive you for what you did."
Blake looked at me in a shock but I only smiled at her causing her to mouth a thank you to me. Then Ruby got and held her arms up in victory.
" Yeah Team Rwby is back to together ! Wait where's Penny." Everyone looked around and shrugged at the now absent Penny until Weiss pointed a finger accusingly at Sun, " I'm sure how I feel about you yet." Sun chuckled nervously at Weiss. I breathed a sigh of relief as everyone laughed until Yahto walked away and motioned me to follow which I did.
He waited until we were out of ear-shot before speaking. " That's one problem solved but another keeps popping up."
" Let's head back to Beacon and we'll cross those bridges when we come to them. Enough is enough for one night." Yahto nodded in agreement as we all began to make the trip back to Beacon but while walking I couldn't help but feel like things were going to get worse.
While Grey and company were walking back to Beacon they were being watched by something else that took an interest in them.
The creature was massive. It's scales were a midnight-black as it's veins were outlined in red as if lava through through it. It had massive horns that jutted out from the base of it's skull. It's massive black wings expanded to it's full-wings span which rivaled that of large nevermore. The creature turned to a another figure clad in heavy black armor that was kneeling at it's side with a massive mid-night great sword on it's back.
" Soon the boy will be strong enough. Soon." The figure in stayed kneeling as the massive creature spoke.
" Shall I send a message to the human, my master ?"
" No not yet. Send one of our chosen and tell our forces to reap mayhem amongst the humans." The figure in black armor rose up and bowed before turning to leave the creature alone with it's thoughts.
Soon.
Oh my what could that mean ?
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