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Chapter Cover: Ruby and Yang standing back to back with each other.

Chapter Ten

To Forge the Weapons to Kill

Yang rolled down upon the ground as she was violently slammed down upon it. The blonde girl coughed at the pain she was feeling before she got back upon her feet, glancing around herself. She saw that there we still in the same exact area but there was no sign of Ruby nor Weiss.

What the hell just happened? She thought.

"Yo,"

The blonde instantly turned toward the voice finding the young man from earlier seating upon a large rock behind her. He still had his hat upon his head which shadowed the top side of his face but his eyes were visible as they stared down straight toward her.

"I can honestly say that I am surprised you managed to clear the first stage of training," he said, "Considering how old you are, I had expected it to take out at least three to four months…"

"Where the hell have you taken me?" Yang asked, a frown appearing upon her features.

The young man let out a soft chuckle.

"The training ground you and Ruby were training on these past few weeks is the size of over two hundred football fields. It wasn't hard to actually fit this little piece of dimension here. Did you know I had to do it in a couple of days since you asked Weiss to train you? She had wanted a place exclusively for training the two of you."

Yang glanced around herself.

"So this is…the exact same place as before?" she repeated.

It does look familiar, she thought.

"Don't forget now," the young man said, "As to the reason why we're here Yang."

The blonde glanced up toward him as she noticed that he was standing up now. He stared down at her, his eyes seemingly shone a blue color as he raised his hand in the air and then, a weapon materialized in his hands.

"How exactly do you expect me to fight you without a weapon?" the blonde asked him, "That's cheating."

"Cheating?" the young man repeated, "Since when life ever played the rules humans set out. If you actually want to become a Huntress, you'll have to summon out your weapon during this battle if not…"

The young man had disappeared from her sight causing Yang to widen her eyes lightly when she noticed that. She briefly wondered where he had disappeared to when a sword appeared at her throat coming from behind her. The gleaming weapon shone in the light above and the girl's eyes turned toward the young man who now stood behind her.

"You'll die,"

An explosion took place as Yang's aura exploded into existence causing the young man to jump away from her, holding his hat down with one of his hand. He stared up toward her a small smirk appearing upon his lips.

"What do you know?" he said, "You did learn something during your Aura training."

The blonde stared at him, her Aura shining around her body as she tightened her hands into fists. She didn't like these odds at all that were stacked against her as she stared at the young man. He was more powerful than her, she knew that and staring at him across her holding that glowing blade in his hand…

He then came at her again.

Yang had no choice but to avoid the deadly blow that had aimed straight toward her head by stepping aside of the attack which completely destroyed the ground she was standing in a few minutes ago. The blonde can feel her eyes widening at the power.

If something like this hit me…, she thought, I…I'll get killed.

The young man turned toward her before jumping straight after her with his sword poised for an attack. He launched the sword straight toward her and Yang had no way of dodging the sword strike and she felt pain come from her elbow as blood flew out of the wound. The girl let out a yell of pain as she fell back down upon the ground holding her wounded shoulder.

That hurts…, she thought, biting her lips so that she wouldn't scream.

"Why are you just lying there?" the young man said, "Do you want to die?"

He came at her with his sword again, and Yang was forced to jump away from him as the young man crashed down on the ground she was a second before. The ground shook with the amount of power that the young man was unleashing and Yang still holding her wound turned toward her opponent as the smoke danced in front of her.

What the hell is going on? She thought, how is trying to kill me is going to do anything to help my training?

"I must applaud you for not running away when you had the chance," the young man said as he calmly walked out of the wave of dust wit his sword upon his shoulder, "You've got some guts kid, that much I can admit."

Yang stared at him.

"If you're fighting against me?" she said, "Weiss is fighting against Ruby right now is that correct?"

"It's obvious," the young man said, "It was what Weiss wanted after all."

Yang seemed confused.

"What are you talking about?" she asked.

The young man let out a soft hum.

"She said she wanted to test Ruby herself," he said, "Thought I do feel sorry for her, Weiss can be quite cruel when she needs to be."

Yang frowned.

"Between the two of you, which one is more powerful?"

The young man laughed.

"I don't hold a candle on Weiss," he said, "As I said earlier, I am more of a behind the scenes kind of guy. Weiss, however, is the girl that had been trained to fight to the death since she was old enough to generate Aura. Despite how obvious the difference is between us, I am still powerful enough to kill you Yang."

His sword started to glow again causing the blonde to tense.

"And if you have enough energy to worry about someone other than yourself," he said, his eyes taking a dangerous gleam, "You have enough to fight."

He brought his sword down and Yang was overcome with light as she yelled out in pain and blood flowed…

Meanwhile

Ruby's eyes widened in at the blade that was coming down straight toward her head completely frozen by shock at what was just happening before and somehow, her mind could see everything that was happening. She can see's Weiss's cold eyes as she stared at her, at the gleaming blade that was coming down on her and then…

Everything speed up as Ruby found her Aura bleeding through her system and she had moved out of way before the blade could reach down toward where she was and she heard the explosion as the earth shook behind her. The young girl rolled upon her shoulder before coming to a stop. She turned her attention toward where Weiss was noticing the large crater that was formed around the white haired girl. Weiss's eyes were staring down at the crater before they moved on toward where she was.

"You used your Aura to increase your speed enough so that you could avoid my blade," she said, as she turned toward Ruby, "Your Aura training is paying off."

"Weiss…," Ruby said, "W…Why are you doing this? You…You could have killed me."

"I know."

Those two words caused a chill to go down upon Ruby's back as she stared at the white haired girl that was walking toward her. She couldn't believe at how matter-of-factly Weiss had said those words. She made it sound like killing her was something she could have done without any feeling or remorse.

"I told you earlier," Weiss continued, "That a Huntress without a weapon is a useless one. A useless Huntress is a dead one."

Weiss raised her sword again as she charged straight toward the small girl and Ruby dodged her again causing the girl to destroy the ground with her blade.

"But I don't have a weapon," Ruby yelled as she ran away.

"Then you'll die," Weiss said appearing right beside the girl causing the silver eyes to grow wide with terror.

A large explosion took place as Ruby was blown backward, screaming out in pain as blood flew out of her arm. She had felt the blade cut through her arm and it was an excruciating pain that shoot through her entire being. The girl slammed into a large rock feeling pain shoot through her again as she fell down upon the ground coughing.

Weiss appeared in her vision again, holding her sword in her hand and Ruby can see the blood that was dripping down upon the blade's gleaming form. She knew that it was her own blood and it caused fear to shoot through her being at the realization that Weiss is going to kill her starting to sink in. The girl can feel her body starting to tremble as the white haired girl approached closer.

The white haired girl raised her sword as it glowed again before slamming it down on the ground and ice shoot out of nowhere as they all aimed straight toward where Ruby was and the girl moved away again as the ice obligated the ground rising in the air like a twisted formation. Ruby glanced around herself for as she run off and suddenly Weiss was there above her, with her sword ready to strike and the girl had to jump away as the attack came down toward her and Ruby felt pain once again and this time, coming from the side of her cheek in a straight vertical line.

The girl jumped away from Weiss who raised her sword at her.

"Ice Age," she said.

A wave of Ice shoot out straight toward Ruby's who raised both of her hand and yelled out as the Aura grew around her body resulting in a large explosion which she was blown backward and slammed through a stone pillar, but she had managed to block the attack that was coming at her. She could feel her hands stinging and she glanced down at them.

They were bruised and could see blisters as well as blood appearing from them.

"You're putting your Aura training to work," Weiss said, "Managing to block an attack like this with your bare hands. If you hadn't done that, you would have been completely encased in ice and then simply die from the frostbite."

Ruby gritted her teeth unable to stop the tears that had fallen from her eyes.

"Crying already?" Weiss noticed, "That's something you seem to be pretty good at lately. Crying for protection…crying because you are nothing but a child. You may have potential, but this…this is just pathetic."

"I don't care if this training…but what you're doing is just cruel," Ruby yelled at her.

Her words seems to anger Weiss as she moved with a speed that Ruby didn't even see and then her entire world was filled with pain as she was blown backward and screaming out in pain as she slid upon the ground hearing the stones crashing around her slumped form.

"Do you think your enemy is going to be nice?" Weiss asked as she approached her form, "When the Grimm attacked you that night, did you think they were going to show mercy because you shed some tears. That word doesn't exist in this world you have decided to step into. Mercy is another way of getting yourself and everyone you care about killed."

Ruby slowly got on all four.

"The only mercy you can give your enemy is to draw your weapon and kill them," Weiss continued, "Your mercy should be your weapon at their throats as you watch them die. You said you wanted to stand side by side with Yang to protect your family…well, newsflash Ruby Rose, as a Huntress, you have to know fear…as a fighter, you have to know death…and as a killer, you have to be merciless."

Ruby got back to her feet as her eyes found Weiss.

"If you still think like a child," the white haired girl told her, "This world will destroy you completely and as a Huntress, that means death."

The blue eyes stared at her coldly.

"As you are now, killing you will be an act of mercy."

Ruby stared at the girl in front of her who stood in front of her with her blade raised into the air. Her Aura was shining around her form like a star causing the earth to shake with how much power the white haired girl had. Ruby stared at her as she got upon her feet and then her own Aura started to rise through the air around her form.

It was like something had changed with the young girl. She couldn't explain it, but she knew something was different within her body and her Aura seems to be rising even higher with that knowledge that was growing within her.

Weiss noticed the change almost immediately.

The girl's eyes noticed that Ruby's young body wasn't shaking anymore. The girl had become completely still across her and then, her Aura grew around her, a blackish red color dancing all across the young girl's form. Weiss narrowed her eyes at the girl across her for a few moments as her Aura danced around her and then Ruby looked up toward her.

The silver eyes didn't have a trace of the tears from earlier. They had completely changed from the eyes she knew earlier and as she stared into the twin pool of silver, Weiss noticed that those eyes were also telling her something.

That they were going to kill her.

That's it, she thought, Let go of all that fear in your heart Ruby Rose. Let go of the tears that hide your strength, let go of the hesitation, that's stopping your growth and become a Huntress worthy of the Rose Dragon Clan's name.

Ruby's Aura was continuing to rise as the girl suddenly extended one of her hand to the side and then a shape had started to form around the girl. Weiss can feel her eyes widening lightly at the mere size of it and took notice of the arced form that was behind the girl.

It's shaping, she thought, Her Soul Weapon. Show it to me Ruby, show me the weapon that hides within your heart.

Then the weapon was brought into existence into a sudden blast of Aura causing wind to dance at Weiss's clothing. It was a large Scythe, she noticed the weapon easily size larger than Ruby's small frame as the said girl tightened her hand around the handle of the large weapon and then spun it with the expect of a master as her Aura continued to rise into the air causing the ground around her to shake with how much power she was unleashing.

Then the eyes focused upon her and then the girl moved.

Rose petals danced around her as Ruby launched herself forward straight at Weiss and the latter had a small smirk as the girl came at her with the oversized weapon for the kill and the white haired girl brought her sword down and then a large explosion overcome the two girls when their weapons met each other and size of the blast continued to grow and grow, causing the ground to shake and even knocking over the pillars of stone that were around them as a giant mushroom cloud of dust was formed, rising into the air.

When the smoke dissipated, Weiss was still standing as she stared down toward the girl on the ground in front of her. Ruby had passed out from her attack and had exhausted her Aura completely. Weiss then glances behind her at the large crevasse that had formed behind her from Ruby's attack. Her blade was holding the large weapon down at the starting point of the crevasse and then a soft chuckle came from her.

"You have finally become a Huntress Ruby Rose," she said staring down at the unconscious girl, "but you're still fifteen years to early if you think you can kill me."

The young man turned his head toward where the sound came from. He could feel the ground shaking from where he stood with his sword in his hand. Even from how far away Weiss and Ruby were, he could still feel their Aura clashing.

The level of the Aura, he thought, Could Weiss have done it already? I guess, I can understand now why she wanted to face Ruby. She must have known the right button to push…I guess you weren't wrong about them having potential…

"T…That was Ruby,"

He turned his attention toward Yang. The girl had bruises all over her form as she had pulled herself up upon her feet. Yang had blood falling from her lips as she holds the stone pillar beside her. The blonde's eyes had turned toward the direction where the explosion had come from.

"I know her Aura," Yang continued, "She is in trouble…"

The young man chuckled.

"Not that you can do anything about it now," he said as he landed right across her, "You still have your own enemy to fight here."

Yang's hands were tightened into fist.

"Get out of my way," she growled.

"Or what?"

Yang actually charged straight toward him in a burst of speed that actually surprised the young man who raised his blade to block the fist that had came straight at him. The force behind the punch actually pushed him back as he slid upon the ground, staring at the blonde across him.

That much force around her bare hands? He thought surprised.

But around Yang's hand, there was a glow of golden flames taking shape and the girl stood here as her Aura was starting to shoot through the roof causing the young man to smirk lightly at the surge of power that was running around the blonde's form.

The thought of her sister being in trouble is the thing that pushes her to start to materialize her weapon, he thought.

"I need to protect my sister," Yang said as her power continued to grow, "I need to…get to her and protect her."

"You won't be able to protect anyone if you're dead," the young man said as he unleashed his power as well, "You want to become a Huntress and you can't even materialize your weapon. You want to protect, but you're afraid that you'll let them die. Someone who is afraid…can't protect anything."

"You're wrong," Yang growled as her eyes shone a bright red.

Her Aura grew even larger as her weapons materialized instantly around her wrist in glowing gauntlets formed themselves as her power grew even more powerful. The girl was glaring at him and then she launched a fist forward and then a large blast of concentrated Aura actually launched from that point straight toward him and he raised his weapon toward the attack.

"Dust Level 25, Imperial Wall,"

The spell took form right in front of him as the attack of the girl crashed against it and the large wind of the area blew his hat off his head and unto the ground. The young man frowned to himself at that and when the attack subsided, Yang was on the ground breathing heavily as she stared toward him. He could see her eyes widening at the sight of his uncovered head.

"W…What the…?" she said.

The young man approached the fallen hat and replaced it back.

"It is considered rude to knock someone's hat over," he said, "and I must say…I'm surprised at your will to protect your family."

Yang stared at the gauntlets that were around her wrists for a few moments.

"I know why I decided to become a Huntress," she said, "I'm not going to let anything stop me from accomplishing it."

The man sheathed his blade.

"Stubborn like a mule," he said, "They did say that the Dragon Clan was quite well known for it. Anyway, your training is now concluded Yang Xia Long. Since you have summoned out your weapon out you are now a Huntress."

Having summoned out their Soul Weapons...Ruby and Yang are now Huntresses...but...

Next Time: A new Path is open

Jacques0 out.

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