Chapter 7:A Rare Sight
(Beacon: Student Dorms.)
Team HIRO's room was completely in dark, the only light in the room, was the light coming from the window. Riku, sat on his bed, curled up and looked out at the setting sun, with sorrow in his eyes. He buried his head, as voices echoed through his head.
Blake:" Sun!"
Neptune:" What the heck is wrong with you!?
Jaune:" It was almost as if, he was trying to kill him..."
Riku clutches his head, as more voices echo in his mind, voices of others in distraught, anger, and sadness. As all of the voices start colliding with each other, the strongest and loudest echo, of a wolf's howl, rings in his head.
Nathan:"All right class, let's begin our second battle!
(Beacon Auditorium.)
Riku opened his eyes, as he stood face to face with Sun on the stage. Nathan walked around the stage, looking at his tablet.
Blake is reading a book, when Yang slides over to her.
"So, Riku Vs Sun! Who are you rooting for?" Yang asked her teammate.
Blake remained silent, still looking at her book.
"Blake?" Yang tried to get her attention." Hey? You there, Blake?" She still didn't respond. Yang then got in close to her"(takes a deep breath)...Blake!"
Yang's scream snaps Blake out of her trance." Ah!" She turns to Yang." Yang! Can you please not do that!"
"Hey, your the one who's in her own little world." Yang said, smiling." So, did you get any information on Torchwick?"
"What? I...uh.." Blake tried to explain." I'm w-watching the battles, like everyone else."
Yang snatched the book away, and took Blake's scroll out of it, as she shows it to her." Watching the battles, huh?"
"I...can explain." Blake said, trying to explain herself."
"Hehehe..." Yang tossed the scroll back to her." It's alright. Your concerned, that's all."
Blake sighs, and puts her scroll." I'm sorry."
"Hey, come on. Everythin-"
Oliver:" Go Riku!
Oliver's cheer, interrupted Yang and Blake's conversation, as Yang looks at him, annoyed and looks back at Blake, smiling.
"Anyway, I know your determined, but don't let it rule your life." Yang said, as she turned back to watch.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Blake tried to ask, but Yang changes the subject.
"So, Riku and Sun are going to fight each other. Who are you rooting for?" Yang smirked.
"Uh, well..." Blake tried to explain, as Yang giggled.
Nathan checked his tablet." Let's see, Team SSSN is a team from the Shade Academy, and same with this team as well."He pulls up the stats of another team." Team RARE. Lead by, Randy Liontari." He continued looking at his profile, and found something that surprised him." His Semblance...hmm, very interesting." Nathan looked away from his tablet, and turned to the two students." Alright boys, pull out your weapons so we can begin."
Sun pulled out Ryui Bang and Jingu Bang, and looked at Riku." You scared, Riku?"
Riku unsheathes Shingi-To-Giri." Not at all."
Both get ready to fight, as Nathan walked out of the stage." Same rules apply for this match that went for the last one! If your Aura gauge reaches zero, or if it is at its lowest point, you lose the match." Riku and Sun didn't say anything, and continued glaring at each other."Ready...Fight!"
Both charged at each other, as Sun tries to hit him with a side hit, but Riku kicks him back and runs towards him. Sun shoots at him, but Riku deflects the bullets, as he attacks with his blade, but Sun deflects every would-be hit, with his weapon. Sun then jumps back and combines his nunchucks into its staff mode, as he goes in to attack Riku, but he dodges every hit with his blade, until their weapons collide and the two enter a struggle.
"Let me ask you something!" Sun said, trying to push Riku back." Why do you hate the White Fang!?"
"My reasons, have nothing to do with you!" Riku said, pushing Sun back.
"Just asking. Because you can be really annoying with your little tantrums!"
Riku kicks him back and charges at Sun, but Sun holds back the would-be blow with his staff.
"I'm just saying, Blake must find it annoying as well, putting up with your attitude." Sun said.
"Enough talking!"
Sun jumped over Riku and slaps the back of his head." Hey, your the one talking, not me." Riku turns to hit him, but Sun jumps over him, and kicks Riku from behind. Riku regains his footing and stands his ground, only for Sun to jump over him again, and slap the back of his head." I'm just saying, your little beef with the White Fang is really dumb."
"What!?" Riku glared at him.
"What's that monkey-bastard up to?" Oliver said, watching the fight.
"Yeah, it's almost like he's trying to annoy Riku." Ruby said.
"That is what he's doing, little Ruby" Ilivane said, getting their attention.
"Really!?"
"Yes. Sun is trying to use Riku's anger as a weapon to defeat him. That's why he's provoking him." Ilivane looked back at the battle." And sadly, his plan may work."
Sun smashes his palms together, creating two outline clones that dash towards Riku, colliding with him. Riku is left blind for a bit, giving Sun the chance to land a blow on him, sending Riku back." You never did answer my first question. Why do you hate the White Fang?"
"Stop asking me that!" Riku yelled, trying to open his eyes.
"What? Because they killed your mommy?" Sun jumped around him.
"What..." Riku said, opening his eyes.
"Yeah i said it." Sun stopped." You hate the White Fang, because they killed your mom?"
"Shut up Sun..."
"Hey, I'm just trying to understand why you hate them."
Riku charges at Sun, trying to land a blow on him, but Sun side steps around him and kicks Riku, sending him to the ground.
Riku tries to get up, as Sun looks down at him." So basically, you vent all of your anger on the White Fang, and take it out on Faunus!? People like you, annoy me!
"Shut up!" Riku yelled, trying to get up."
"You think your some all mighty rebel that's standing against the White Fang, for a noble cause! Your not a hero! Your not a vigilante! Your nothing but a coward and a bully!"
"I said shut up!" Riku shouted, now glaring hatefully at Sun." You don't understand anything about me!"
"And, all of this, over some stupid vendetta!? You know something, for someone who's trying to avenge their mother, you barely talk about her."
"Just shut up!" Riku yelled out, getting more angry, not knowing his horns were slowly growing out, almost becoming visible.
"Shut the hell up, you monkey-bastard!" Oliver shouted, trying to jump down to the fight. if it weren't for Hero and Jaune holding him back.
"Oliver, please calm down!" Hero said, trying to stop him. Yang looked at Blake, who had a look of fear and concern on her face.
"To you, she's probably just an excuse, for you to act like a complete jerk to everyone!" Sun yelled out.
"Shut up..."Riku said, clenching his fist.
"You don't even care! You never loved her!"
Riku's eyes shot open. Everything around him, was closed out. The sounds of Sun, his friends, and everyone else was fading away." I..." The thoughts of, a burning house, a woman on the ground, dead and in a pool of blood, shadow silhouettes in a sea of flames, and a younger him, outside the burning house, screaming out. These thoughts continue to play over and over in his mind, getting faster, the final memory he remembers, is his younger self, standing in front of the ruins, his eyes glowing red.
"Riku! Get up and kick this guys ass!" Oliver yelled out.
"He's already out." Mercury said." The monkey guy already won the match."
"Riku..." Hero said, concerned.
"Aw man, I think I went to far." Sun said, worried.
Riku picked up his blade, and slowly gets up.
"Hey Riku, look i didn't mean to say that." Sun said, as he about to walk towards him.
Suddenly, Nathan looked at his tablet, and saw that Riku's aura guard was going out of control. Riku pointed his blade at Sun.
Sun was surprised, when he saw Riku's face: His teeth were now sharp like a monster, his horns now, completely visible to everyone, and his eyes were crimson red(similar to Yang) his eye pupils, sharp, like a wild animal gone savage.
The entire class was surprised by this, with Hero and the others looking in surprise, Blake in fear, and Ilivane looking at the scene, normally.
"Sun! Get away from him, now!" Nathan shouted to Sun.
Riku let out a yell and charged at Sun, who got ready to defend himself. Riku swung his blade at Sun, only for him to block it with his staff. However, Riku kept striking away, with Sun being pushed back and having to keep his guard up against Riku, who wasn't stopping.
"What...What's gotten into Riku?" Ruby said, still surprised and a little scared.
"I don't know..." Oliver said, shocked." He's never acted like this before."
"It's almost as if...He's fighting out of pure rage." Hero said, still looking at the fight.
"Riku..." Blake said, looking Riku in concern.
Riku then knocks Ryui Bang and Jingu Bang out of Sun's hands, and then he kicks him, hard enough to the point his Aura guard breaks apart. Sun hits the ground, and barely tries get up, but Riku goes in and cuts Sun's right arm and left leg, causing Sun to scream out in pain.
"Oh my god..." Ilivane said, completely speechless.
Riku lift up his blade, as he was about to land a possible fatal blow...
?:"Don't let your hatred consume you."
Riku snaps out of his rage, with his crimson eyes becoming purple again, and his facial features returning to normal. Riku looks down at Sun, who is badly injured, shocking him, as he drops his blade." What did I..."
Blake gets up and hurries down to the stage, with the rest of Team SSSN following shortly behind.
"Come on!" Hero said, as he quickly got up and ran off, with Ilivane and Oliver following him.
"Fascinating..." Nathan said, quietly as Blake came running towards the two young men.
"Sun...I" Riku tried to say, still in shock by his actions.
"Sun!" Blake runs over to him and comes to his aid." Sun, are you alright!?"
Team SSSN arrives and quickly hurry over to their leader.
"Sun!" Neptune said, concerned about his friend, as Sage and Scarlet also had looks of concern.
"Argh!" Sun yelled out in pain.
Hero:" Riku!"
Hero, Ilivane, and Oliver ran to Riku's side." Are you okay!?" Hero asked, worried.
"What did I... What did I do..." Riku said, still in shock.
"What the heck is wrong with you!?" Neptune yelled out at Riku, with anger in his voice.
"I..I..."
"Whoa..." Ruby said, still in the stands with the rest of Team RWBY and JNPR.
"W-Was that really Riku just now?" Pyrrya asked.
"It was almost as if, he was trying to kill him..." Jaune said, almost sounding scared.
"Hey, this wouldn't have happened, if your monkey-leader have kept pressuring Riku!" Oliver said, defending his teammate.
"Of course, your defending him!" Neptune yelled at him." You've never liked Sun to begin with!"
"What's that have to do with this!?"
"He tried to kill Sun!"
"You don't know what your talking about!"
"I don't!?" Neptune said, glaring at Oliver.
"Alright boys, that's enough." Nathan said, as he walked over to Sun." If you want to fight about this, then save it for the tournament."
"But he-" Neptune tried to argue, but stood down.
Nathan kneels down, and examines Sun's injuries." Oh come now. These are just small little wounds, you'll be okay." He got up." Someone take Mr. Wukong to the infirmary, so his wounds can be patch up." Sage nodded, and helped him up, taking Sun to the infirmary, as Scarlet and Neptune follow in behind." As for the rest of you, this will end our first day of class. Thank you all for making my first day...Very eventful. Be sure to be back tomorrow, we're continuing our mock battles, so don't be late!" Nathan left after saying that.
Everyone turn their eyes to Riku, who was still shocked by his actions. Riku snapped out of his daze and looked at the others, who were giving him looks of concern.
"I...I'm sorry..." Riku quickly ran out.
"Riku!" Hero called out, as he held out his hand.
Ilivane looked at Blake, who was looking in the direction Riku ran in, worried.
A student with a shield on his back, was looking at the scene.
"He's just like me. His abilities are also a curse." The student gets up and leaves with the rest of his team.
Hero picks up Shingi-To-Girir, and looks back at Ilivane and Oliver, with concern for his friend.
(Present Time. Student Dorms.)
Riku opens his eyes and looks out the window, seeing the moon.
"I must have dozed off..."Riku said, as he slowly got up. He looks around the room, which is still dark and the only light in the room is coming from the window." Guess the guys haven't returned yet..."
Riku looks at his hand and then back at the moon." I...Lost myself." Riku gripped his hand tight." I don't want to be a monster. I don't want to..."
Through a crack in the door, Hero, Ilivane, and Oliver watch their teammate, completely concerned about him. Ilivane places a hand on Hero's shoulder, shaking his head. Oliver puts his hands in his pockets and walks off, with Ilivane slowly following him. Hero slowly closes the door, looking at his friend, in sadness.
Cinder was looking at the recorded footage of Soulia, during her battle with Hero. She closes the recording and looks at Emerald, who is looking through her scroll.
"Quite fascinating. And, you said she was a student from Atlas, correct?" Cinder asked.
"Yeah. And get this, her team is the top of their class back at Atlas." Mercury said, while doing push-ups.
"Also interesting." Cinder said, smiling evilly." Emerald, add her to the list."
"Wait, your making her a possible candidate?" Emerald asked.
"Of course. And if she isn't a candidate, she can still be of great use to us." Cinder then gets up, and walks past the two." Now on to our second subject. Are you certain, you both saw the Old Relic?"
"Saw him? The guy's literally teaching a class here." Mercury said.
"He's here, Cinder. And he might be here looking for us." Emerald said.
"That's...good." Cinder said, smiling.
Emerald and Mercury looked at each other in confusion and back at Cinder." How is this a good thing?" Emerald asked.
"You see, I've learned a few things about life at a young age, and one of those were: Keep your enemies close, and when their back is turned..." She turned to them, her eyes glowing."...You crush them, completely."
And that's another chapter! I definently know that a lot of you are going to be complaining about the way Sun was acting in this chapter, but the thing is, he never meant any of it. Like Ilivane said, Sun was trying to get Riku angry on purpose, he never meant for this to happen. Its after Riku has his mind breakdown, that Sun finally realized he went too far, and tries to apologize to him, but it was too late.
Now, Team RARE. The only member of the team that was introduced in this chapter, was Randy Liontari, the leader of the team. I know i did the same with Soulia, but like I always say, this won't be the last we see of them. The two will appear again in the future.
And lastly, The connection between Cinder and Nathan will be explored more in the future.
Anyway, comment and let me know what you think. Until then...Keep moving forward.