Hello everyone! I am so sorry for you all waiting for a long time for a new update, but I assure you, you will not be disappointed. I am going to be honest with you all, I have been slacking off on my old stories and making new ones. Reason why is because I got more ideas to publish, but I decide to put those on hold until I finish a few of my old stories. So, without a further ado, let us begin.

Chapter 5

On Beacon Cliff, Ozpin was overlooking the edge with a Scroll in hand while Glynda walks up to him with her own. Once she was near him, she said "Well, sir, it seems that the last pair has been formed."

As Glynda pressed the button on her Scroll and showed Ren and Nora, she said "Lie Ren and Nora Valkyrie. The poor child, I feel sorry for him. I can't really imagine the two of them getting along…"

Once she pressed it again, this time showed Pyrrha and Jaune, Glynda said "Still, he's probably much better off than Ms. Nikos. I don't care what his transcripts say, I still think that Jaune fellow is not cut out for this level of combat. Not yet. But I suppose he will prove his worth soon enough."

When she pressed another button, an image of Blackheart, Cinder, Mercury and Emerald appeared and Glynda said "Well, looks like these four manage to form a team of their own. It would seem that Cinder along with the other two are working together…as the reports said. And it seems that they have taken Jonathan along with them. And at the pace they are going, they should reach the temple."

As she starts to walk away, Glynda said "Speaking of which, sir, what did you use for the relics this year?"

When she looks back at him, she noticed that his sights were glued on his Scroll. Glynda raised an eyebrow and asked "Professor?"

However, Ozpin was more focus on what's happening in his Scroll than Glynda. He was currently watching Ruby, who was currently paired with Weiss, sitting on the grass while Weiss was pacing back and forth. While Ruby was picking the grass, Weiss said while still pacing "It's this way… No, wait. It's this way…No, Definitely this way. It's official…we're lost."

Irritated, Ruby got up and said "Why can't you admit you don't know have any idea where you're going?"

Weiss huffed and said "Because, I know exactly where we're going…We're going to…the forest temple."

"Ugh!" Ruby cried, "Just admit it that you don't know!"

Weiss looks at Ruby and snapped "Oh stop it. You don't know where we are either!"

"But at least I'm not pretending like I know everything!" Ruby shouted.

Weiss placed her hands on her hips and angrily asked "What's that supposed to mean?!"

Ruby stomped her foot and replied "It means you're a big stupid jerk and I hate you!"

Weiss scoffed and said "Just keep moving."

As she turns and walks away, Ruby said in a mocking tone "Ehn, Just keep moving. Hurry up… Watch where you're going… Why are you so bossy?"

Weiss turns back at Ruby and shouted "I'm not bossy! Don't say things like that!"

Ruby then said "Stop treating me like a kid!"

"Then stop acting like a kid!" Weiss shouted.

Ruby then shouted back "Then stop acting like you're perfect!"

Weiss then gave Ruby a menacing look and said "I'm not perfect. Not yet, but I am leagues better than you are."

When she turns and walks away, Ruby sadly sighs and said "You don't even know me."

Blackheart felt a cold shiver up his back. He looks back and looks around until Mercury's voice said "Hey man, you okay?"

Blackheart looks back and replied "Uh yeah, just thought of something right now."

As Mercury nodded, the two of them along with Cinder and Emerald were making their way through the forest. Walking around for a few minutes, Emerald decided to speak by saying "So…where is this temple?"

Cinder looks around and replied "Hmmm, when we were falling, I noticed a secluded area on the far west."

"Same here," Blackheart said, "If we travel the path we are taking, it should take us to the temple."

Everyone nodded as they continue walking down the path they were taking. Mercury then looks at Blackheart and asked "By the way, we didn't ask you your name."

"Oh," Blackheart said, "The name's Jonathan Dragonborn. As you can see, I'm a Faunus."

Emerald studied him and said "I have never seen a Faunus like you before. What kind are you?"

Blackheart smiled and said "I'm a Dragon Faunus."

Once he said that, Mercury's and Emerald's jaw dropped while Cinder looks back at him surprised. Emerald broke the silence and said "A Dragon Faunus? I thought they don't exist anymore!"

Blackheart shrugged and said "Yeah well…here I am."

"Dude," Mercury said, "Can you breathe fire?"

Blackheart smirked and said "It is part of my Sembalance."

"Nice," Mercury said.

"Alright," Cinder said while playfully shaking her head, "Let us continue and find this temple."

As the four of them continue walking, Blackheart still had his Daedric Pistol and Daedric Sword and was looking everywhere if there were any Grimm nearby. Wanting a closer look, Blackheart took a deep breath and whispered "LAAS YAH NIR!"

When he activated his Aura Whisper Shout, that is when he knew he and the others were in trouble. Around them, Blackheart saw multiple auras hidden in the bushes and in the trees. From what Blackheart learned, the Grimm don't produce Aura like humans and Faunus, but thanks to Blackheart's Aura Whisper Shout, he can sense aura from almost anything. Gripping his weapons, Blackheart said "Guys, we got company."

Knowing what's going to happen, Mercury readied Flying Hermes, Emerald took out Desert Storms and Cinder had her hands over the vials of Dust. Just then, they all heard growls and saw a pack of Beowolves emerging from the bushes. After a brief moment, one of the Beowolves roared and they all charged at them. Cinder opened a vial and used her Sembalance to create her bow and arrows and fired three arrows at three Beowolves, which exploded upon contact and killed the Beowolves. Seeing two more, Cinder broke her bow in half, creating twin swords, charged at them and starts slicing them. In a matter of seconds, Cinder manages to cut the Beowolves into pieces.

Emerald aimed her pistols at the coming Beowolves and start firing Dust bullets at the Grimm. As some of them were getting near, she converted her pistols to kamas and dashed towards them and sliced their bodies. Now seeing herself surrounded by Beowolves, Emerald gritted her teeth as she pressed a button and the ends of her kamas came loose and the blades were released and were attached to chains. Using her Wind Sembalance, Emerald spins around and the wind starts to pick up and used her weapons to 'slice' the air and released a gust of wind at the surrounding Beowolves and, somehow, manages to slice all of them in half from torso.

Mercury was using his Teleportation Sembalance to teleport himself near the Beowolves and used his shotgun boots to blast each Beowolves head and each of them exploded. Seeing more Beowolves, Mercury teleports near each one of them and uses his weapons to kill each one of them. When one was near him, Mercury raised his right leg, pushed a button and his foot flew around and gives the Beowolf a roundhouse kick that knocks it to the ground. Once the Beowolf was on the ground, Mercury jumps on it's face, pushes a button and blew the Beowolf's head off.

Blackheart was having an easy time dealing with the Grimm. Aiming his Daedric Pistol, Blackheart fires blasts from his weapons and kills every Beowolf that was heading towards him. As some of them were closing in on him, Blackheart grips his Daedric Sword, rushes up to the Beowolves and slices them up. When more showed up, Blackheart took a deep breath and shouted "KRII LUN AUS!"

When Blackheart used his Marked of Death Shout, the Beowolves started to slowly die until Blackheart replaced his Daedric Sword with another Daedric Pistol and starts shooting crazy until the Beowolves are all dead. After minutes of fighting, all the Beowolves are dead. Taking a deep breath, Blackheart relaxed and said "Well…that was a nice exercise."

Mercury laughed and said "Yeah, no kidding."

Emerald looks at Blackheart's weapons and asked "I have never seen those types of weapons. What kind of Dust bullets do you use?"

Blackheart smirked and said "I don't use any Dust bullets. My Sembalance allows me to transfer my Aura to my weapons, giving them a boast of power."

"No Dust bullets?" Emerald asked, "And just using your Aura? Doesn't that drain you a lot?"

Blackheart shook his head and replied "Nah, I got a lot of it in me. Pretty cool huh?"

Cinder thought and said "What about when you shouted?"

Blackheart replied "That is also part of my Sembalance."

"Wait," Mercury said, "You have TWO Sembalances?"

"Yeah, it's strange," Blackheart said, even though he already knows, "But yeah, I'm a 'rare' case."

"Hmm," Cinder said, "Interesting."

Emerald motioned her head and said "Come on, we need to move. We may have caused a commotion and more Grimm might come."

"She's right," Blackheart said as he switched his weapons to his Daedric Rifle, "We gotta go and get those relics."

When everyone nodded, the four of them made their way into the forest, with their weapons drawn, in search for the temple.

Yang Xiao Long, along with her partner Blake Belladonna, arrived at the temple site. The temple itself was rundown and there were multiple pillars with objects on them. Yang leans on Blake and asked "You think this is the place?"

Blake just nodded as they walked towards the temple. Once they arrived, Blake noticed the relics, raised an eyebrow and asked "Chess pieces?"

As Yang looks around, she saw the white knight piece, picks it up and asked "Hmm, how about a cute little pony?"

Blake looks at her, playfully nods and said "Sure."

When Yang puts away the chess piece, she just said "That was easy."

"Easy for you to say," a voice within the forest said.

When Yang and Blake turn around, they saw Blackheart, Cinder, Emerald and Mercury walking towards them. Yang smiled and said "Hey bro, what's up? Killed any Grimm on the way?"

"Yeah," Blackheart said as he looks around, "You've seen Ruby?"

Yang shook her head and replied "No, I haven't."

Blackheart sighed and said "I hope she is alright."

As the two of them talked, Blake just kept her distance from Blackheart, just seeing Blackheart made Blake fear him a bit. Blackheart then looks at her and said "Hey, you're the girl from last night. What's your name again?"

The hidden Cat Faunus simply said "Blake."

Blackheart then looks at Yang and whispered "She's your partner?"

When Yang nodded, Emerald looks at the relics and asked "Chess pieces? Seriously?"

"Hey," Yang said, "I'm just glad it's that and not anything else."

"True," Mercury said as he looks at the temple.

Cinder then walks by Blackheart and asked "Would you mind if I get the relic?"

Blackheart shrugs and replied "Sure, go for it."

As Cinder smiles and walks to the relics, Yang walked behind Blackheart, moved her hand in a whipping motion and made a whipping noise. When Blackheart heard that, he turns around and starts smacking Yang while Yang did the same. While that happened, Cinder walks up to Mercury and Emerald and said "Well Mercury, what do you think here?"

As Mercury place a hand on his chin and said thoughtfully "Hmmm, it would seem that there are both black and white chess pieces, each of them having a two of them. And it seems that some are already taken."

Mercury walks around and said "I'm guessing if two different pairs get the same relics, then a team would be form."

When he saw two black queen pieces, Mercury smiled and said "And why not be the most powerful piece in the game?"

He then walks up to the black queen piece and picks it up. Cinder smiled a bit, walks up to the other one and picks it up. Now knowing what it mean, Emerald smiled and said "Guess we are a team now."

Both Pyrrha and Jaune were walking into a cave hoping to find a way to reach the temple and finding a relic. After walking for minutes, the two of them saw a glowing gold bulb floating that oddly seem to have been heading towards their way. As Pyrrha looks at it suspiciously, Jaune quickly assumes it being the relic.

Getting excited, Jaune said "That's the relic!"

But when he tries to reach for it, the bulb moves away. Irritated, Jaune tries to grab it and said "Hey! Bad relic!"

As he tries to get it, Pyrrha was starting to get worried and said "Uh, Jaune? I don't think that's the relic."

However, Jaune got the bulb and said "Ha! Gotcha!"

But the moment Jaune got the bulb, there was a low snarl and the bulb moved until Jaune was face to face with a Deathstalker…and Jaune was holding it's stinger.

There was a high pitch scream that was heard for mile. At the ruin temple, everyone heard the scream and Yang said in a worried way "Some girl is in trouble!"

However, Blackheart just said "That was no girl."

Yang looks at him, raised an eyebrow and asked "What do you mean?"

Blackheart laughed a bit and said "That was Jaune. And that was the most girlish scream ever. Of all time."

After a moment of silence, everyone stood quiet until Yang and Mercury were holding back their laughter until they couldn't hold it and just burst into laughter. Emerald was slightly laughing and Cinder just rolled her eyes. Blake however heard something and just look up into the sky.

Just outside the cave, Pyrrha rushed outside until the wall crashed and the Deathstalker, along with Jaune on it's stinger, burst and screeched. Moving it's tail, Jaune cried in horror and shouted "Pyrrha! This is not the relic! It's not!"

Holding her position, Pyrrha looks back and said "Jaune! Whatever you do, do not let…"

But before she could finish, the Deathstalker pulled back it's tail and flung it forward, sending Jaune flying across the forest towards the direction of the temple. Along the way, Jaune just cried for help. Pyrrha saw Jaune flying and finished saying "…go."

Hearing the Deathstalker, Pyrrha sheepishly rubs her head while smile a bit before rushing towards the direction Jaune flew towards.

"Blake, did you hear that?!" Yang said while controlling her laughing, "That girl was Jaune! Man, that is so…"

But when she looked at Blake, Yang saw her looking at the sky for some reason. Yang raised an eyebrow and asked "Hey Blake, what's up?"

When Blake pointed towards the sky, everyone looks up and saw an object falling towards them. Before anyone could say anything, the object shouted "HHHHHHEEEEEEAAAAAADDDDDDSSSSSS UUUUUUPPPPPP!"

Everyone now saw who it was and Blackheart said "Yup, there's Ruby."

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