Hello all. So i know its been a while since I've posted a chapter Over 6 months by my count to which I am sorry. Mostly its been the usual things that get in the way, life, school, writing the chapter then not liking how it turned out and re writing most of the chapter. But I will say this chapter is turning out to be one of the longest ones yet so long I've been considering splitting it into a few parts just so i don't end up with a chapter that's almost 20k works long. But the main reason why im posting this update is purely to let you all know that I have been hard at work on the next chapter and hope to release it soon. If you want me to release it in parts please let me know. But I would feel bad if I didn't leave you all with at least something. So I think I'll give you all a sneak peak of the new chapter. Thanks for your time and viewership and I hope you all enjoy the little snippet.
"You ready Beo!?" Ruby shouted from across the arena. As the massive block of red and black steel unfolded from her back into the shape of a massive rifle.
A shot rang out as Ruby rocketed herself off to the side at a blinding speed leaving only a trail of rose petals in her wake.
Beo had seen what Ruby's weapon was capable of and how much damage it can deal. The sheer amount of speed she generated made it almost impossible for Beo to keep track of where she was. The limited peripheral vision from the helmet made it nearly impossible to track her movements.
Before Beo could move to try and intercept where he thought she might go,he felt something slam into his side knocking his breath away. Looking down he saw as Ruby brought the spiked end of the handle up towards his face, Beo dodged out of the way just as another shot fired propelling the rest of the weapon down in a deadly arc as Crescent Rose's blade unfurled into its large and intimidating scythe form. The large blade pierced into the ground just barely avoiding carving a chunk out of Beo's chest.
Beo's eyes went wide as Ruby yanked the scythe out of the ground effortlessly and rested the massive blade on her shoulder. Before Ruby had a chance to let loose another barrage of attacks Beo did the only thing he could think of in that exact moment. He got up, held his dagger in his hand, and dashed as fast as he could in the opposite direction in a futile attempt to put some distance between himself and the small red-headed reaper.
He would have moved much faster, but the damnable aura suit that Goodwitch made him wear was so bulky compared to what he was used to fighting in that he felt like he was trying to run through the forest in the winter.
There was another blast from behind him as Beo felt the impact of one of Ruby's bullets slam into his back. Beo turned to see another red blur zip off to the side and into the air as Ruby brought her scythe down shouting a battle time catching the Man-Grimm in the shoulder. The force causing him to slam into the eastern wall of the training floor.
He got up slowly, that should have killed him, or at least hurt, a lot. But it didn't, it was just another thing he found he hated about this suit. He couldn't feel anything around him, no pain, not the wind generated by Ruby's speed, he barely felt the impact of her shots and scythe. The force was there for sure but there was no pain. But that was the problem. There was no pain. How could Goodwitch or anyone expect to fight seriously if there was no pain or at least, no threat of pain.
Beo glanced up at the screen, the meter for the suit's artificial aura shield had barely moved. Did that mean that it barely did anything? Beo didn't understand the specifics behind any of the technical aspects of the suits purpose or why he needed to wear it. But seeing that meter barely move, made him angry.
He wanted it off, to fight uninhibited, the fear of death or injury pushing him forward. But he knew that Goodwitch would stop the fight if she saw him starting to take it off, but as soon as he looked at where Ruby's scythe had made contact, he got an idea.
"You ready for another one Beo cause here I cooommmee!" Ruby shouted from across the area.
Beo only had a split second to react, as Ruby rocketed towards him Beo lowered himself and dashed to meet her, well as fast as he could go anyways while stumbling around like a children's punch toy. And right before Ruby made contact Beo raised his right arm up and turned the side, causing most of Crescent Rose's blade to catch on a loose bit of plating.
There was an audible slicing sound as the two fighters changed places. A large chunk of the protective aura suit dangling off the end of Ruby's scythe. A thin red line slowly appeared across Ruby's face. When she wiped away the small amount of blood her aura had already begun to heal the minor wound.
She turned around to face Beo. He was still crouched low, most of the protective suit falling away from him as stood, most of the suit had been destroyed by Crescent Rose's blade leaving only remnants of the suit's pants and a bit of one sleeve. Beo said nothing as he tore the rest of the suit's top half and helmet off leaving only the black undershirt he wore underneath.
His eyes fell not on his opponent or the onlookers in the crowd, but to the blood that was left on the edge of his dagger. Without hesitating Beo slid his tongue across the flat of the blade and swallowed what little blood remained on it.