Chapter 10 hammer in the fog
Unhooking the cage in front of him, Arron put his arm up to the cage and the Falcon hopped out onto Arron's forge glove he was wearing.
Picking up a roll of parchment Arron opened up the cylinder on the birds back and slotted the roll into it.
Walking over to the window Arron whispered to the bird
"fly home"
With a flick of the arm, the Falcon takes flight climbing fast into the clouds overhead.
Slamming open the door to the ready room of the arena Scarlett stormed in over to Leo who had his back to the door clipping on his armored gauntlets.
"Leo! what the hell are you doing" she yelled
No reply. Leo just kept clipping on the gauntlets.
"Leo!" she yelled again
"LEONARDO IRONHAMMER YOU WELL ANSWER ME" Scarlett screamed at her brother.
Turning to look at her dead in the eye." what" was all he said
"What the hell are you doing," Scarlett said sternly holding his lock.
"I'm going to fight Seigfred," Leo said staring at his sister who was in his face.
"Why are you fighting him. The only time you're like this is when you've got into your thick iron cast head of yours that I need protecting" Scarlett protested.
"It's my job to protect you. I'm your older brother that's my job. To protect you both physically and mentally."Leo stated as he reached for his coat
before he could get it Scarlett Slapped Him Across The Face with enough force to knock most people out cold.
"When the hell will you learn I don't need to be protected anymore. I've trained just as much as you have and have pushed my body just as much as you and will continue to train as hard as I can till I die and you still think I need protecting?" Scarlett questioned, rage filling her eyes.
"All I want is for you to be safe. And if that means I have to personally dispose of every single Grimm in remnant then I well" Leo answered as he felt the burn of the slap on his cheek.
Taking a few deep breaths to calm her seething rage at her brother before she continues
"Your not alone In this fight anymore Leo. You have Olivia and Esper now and you will always have me and your side. Remember Ironhammer's stick together." Scarlett said as she touched his cheek
"That's right me and Esper well follow you anywhere and fight by your side till we fall. That's what makes a team. trust in your comrades and willingness to sacrifice everything for each other" Olivia called from the door frame coursing the two Ironhammer's turn to see Olivia and Esper leaning against the door frame.
"Since the first day, we were put into a team Iv seen you take on more responsibility than anyone I know. you've shown that you want to change the world, even if it is only to keep your family safe. And that is why I will stay at your side."Esper commented as he stepped into the room.
"Thank you, guys. It's good to know you've all got my back." Leo said as he placed a hand on Esper's shoulder.
"So how much you going to make that egotistical asshole hurt." Olivia chirped from the doorway.
With his mouth turning into that devilish grin
"Let's just say they might need to schedule a clean-up crew after I'm finished" Leo grinned
"Well then will let you finish getting ready and see you in the arena," Olivia said as she grabbed the other two members of LEOS and dragged them out the door.
Once the door shut behind his team Leo was able to sit in solitude for a few minutes to gather his thoughts and ready his mind for the coming fight. With his mind clear of all stray thoughts Leo stood up and opened his locker and picked out 6 long rune inscribed knives each with a different dust crystal resting in the center of the blade, closing the locker Leo turned on his heel and walked towards the door only to have the leader of Team CFVY Coco Adel and her partner Fox Alistair walk through the door.
Taking off her shades before speaking. " Leo I need you to hurt that asshole as much as you can" Coco asked
There was nothing but rage in her chocolate brown eyes as she asked Leo.
Taking a long breath out before asking
"This is about how he treats the Faunus in your team isn't it, Violate right?" Leo asked ice in his voice As he thought of how Seigfred treated the small bunny Faunus in Coco's team
"Velvet" Fox corrected
"Sorry, my mistake I'll make sure to remember it. Don't worry I plan on making sure he doesn't get up from this fight anytime soon" Leo basically growling the end
Stepping out of Leo's way as he headed for the arena.
"There's something strange about his aura"fox commented once Leo was out of earshot.
"What did you see Fox" Coco asked curiously
"Not only is his aura levels nearly as high as for miss Goodwitch's which in its self is rare but there's this strange radiant feeling to it that just draws you in" Fox answered after a few seconds of thought.
"Wow that higher levels aye that's extremely impressive, and for it to be a commanding aura at that is amazing" Coco whistled.
"It's not so much a commanding aura but more like it's laced with pheromones that an animal would make while looking for a mate" fox explained
"So your saying Leo's an animal." Coco joked
"Haha very funny, no I believe he might be a Faunus"
"Really? But he doesn't look like he has any animal traits" stated Coco not really believing her partner in crime.
"I'm just telling you what I could see, I believe he's going to be one to keep an eye on and not just for the obvious reason of him being a powerhouse" commented fox as Coco lead him to a pair of seats next to the rest of there team.
Stepping through the archway into the arena Leo looked up and saw that the whole school had turned up for this match.
Looking across the arena Leo saw Siegfried standing there, his oversized repeating crossbow pointed at the ground and a smug grin on his face.
Slowly Leo raised his hand into the air and closed it into a fist sending a wave of cheers through the crowd of students seated in the stands
"What? where's that oversized toothpick of yours?" Siegfried called out from across the arena.
Silence filled the arena as they waited for Leo's response.
Looking around the arena before he answered
"I only use Striker on Grimm or hunters I deem worthy" Leo called back as he checked his gauntlets a shifted into his fighting stance ready to start.
"I'll show you worthy" Siegfried roared as he kicked his crossbow up and slammed the trigger on his crossbow releasing three flaming bolts towards Leo.
With a deep breath, Leo toke a step forward and as if in slow motion he deflected each bolt without a single point of aura dropping.
Drawing the runic knives from his coat Leo started to throw each knife at Seigfred as the boy toke of at a run leaving a trail of fog as he went and a never-ending stream of bolt directed at Leo.
It wasn't hard for Leo to either dodge or deflect the bolts, it was kind of like swatting flies out if his face.
It didn't take long for the whole arena to be filled with the thick fog Seigfred had produced but unfortunately, he had already walked (more like ran) right into Leo's trap.
Laughter filled the arena "hahaha what you going to do now that you can't see me let alone catch me" Seigfred laughed through the fog.
"This is over" Leo called back as he started pooling a large amount of his aura in his right hand.
From the stands, Fox could see what was about to happen, since he was born blind Fox learned to use his aura to feel other's aura around him. Seeing the large build-up in Leo's hand he knew that Leo was about to play his trump card in this fight and it was going to be a big one.
Feeling that he had built enough of his aura up in his hand Leo raised it high into the air before slamming it down into the ground sending a burst of aura through the arena knocking Seigfred to the ground.
From Leo's hand shoot out 6 lines of his aura each hitting a different knife which in turn started to glow, all at once the knifes shoot out one line of energy connecting it to the next knife in the sequence to form a giant hexagonal glyph on the ground with Leo and Seigfred in the dead center.
seeing the glyph appear on the floor Seigfred wasn't sure what was happening but Leo wasn't moving so sizing his opportunity while he could he fired a folly of bolts at the unloving boy. Just before connecting with Leo the bolts were halted in there flight by some shield around Leo. With nothing left for him to be able to do Seigfred just watched panic slowly seeping into his mind
For a second everyone just watched as the glyph steadily grew brighter and brighter as Leo's aura slowly drained as he poured more and more into it.
Seeing the glow of the glyph changed from a bright purple to a deep red Glynda realized what Leo was doing.
"EVERY ONE GET DOWN" she roared as she quickly drew her crop and started to cast aura shields over everyone.
Unfortunately, she wasn't fast enough to get a shield around Leo before the whole arena lit up in a bright white light followed but what felt like the planet cracking under the feet and gallons of smoke filled the arena blinding everyone.
Several minutes past before the smoke cleared and Glynda was able to see clearly at the chaos that had transpired.
Looking around the room her first priority was to make sure the students in the stands where ok but since her shields were still standing they were ok, shocked and panicked but alive and uninjured.
Next, she looked at the arena and her jaw just dropped, standing in the center of the arena which was cracked and charred black from the blast was Leo covered in his semblance completely uninjured.
Slumped against the wall beside Glynda was Seigfred slowly getting to his feet, a few minor cuts, and bruises but nothing life-threatening.
"MISTER IRONHAMMER AND MISTER TENSHON REPORT TO MY OFFICE IMMEDIATELY" commanded Glynda like a drill sergeant.
Without a word, both Leo and Seigfred headed out of the arena bound for Glynda's office.
A/N this is probaly going to be my last weekly chapter as work is getting busy again so no where near as much time to write so im going to be relacing them ever 2 weeks from this week onwards.
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