Author's Note:

Sorry that this took so long to update, it's just that it's been hard for me to write these days. No idea why, I guess I'm just getting too accustomed to summer break. Hopefully this'll get fixed when I get back to my friends in school.

Anyways, here's a lengthy chapter. Debuting soon is Allen's new form! Well, enough said, also supposedly this takes place during Jaunedice in volume 1. The next few chapters will take place during, what I think, is the suggested gap from Jaunedice pt.2 to Forever Fall.

Well, anyways, enough of me talking, enjoy the chapter.

- Lor

Chapter 11: Missing Memories

The following day passed easily, Ruby had repaired my armour and I tested it in the training room. It felt even better than before, the motions and joints felt smoother. I felt even more agile than before in the armour. I thanked Ruby enthusiastically and she blushed from nervousness. I smiled afterwards and chuckled at her naivety. Then Yang came in and brought the situation back to ground level. I was glad as the day after that was combat class and I didn't want to miss an opportunity to get back on my feet. I was pretty much in recovery for the last two or three days and was pretty sluggish due to the lack of action. Of course it wasn't completely unbearable; at least I was still with my teammates. They did cheer me up with their jokes and light behaviour.

When I entered combat class Professor Goodwitch was in her usual position on the stage, I decided to holster my revolver already. I stretched my back and my torso, hearing a few cracks on the back of my spine. "I haven't done anything in ages," I said while I was twisting my spine.

"I guess you could say, you're ancient," Yang said nudging me.

"Yang …" Ruby whined.

"What?" She asked.

"That was dreadful," Weiss stated.

"Oh come on, it was hilarious," She protested with a smile. Ruby looked at her and groaned. "Oh come on sis, I know you liked it," Yang continued pinching Ruby's cheeks.

"Ow, cut it out Yang," Ruby said smiling and later going into a laugh.

"Ha Ha," I chuckled.

"Oh don't think that you're out of it," Yang said grabbing me in a headlock.

"Cmon Yang, we have class," I said with a smile.

"Ahem!" Professor Goodwitch coughed loudly. "Attention class!" At this everybody became quiet, Yang let me go and we all took our seats. "Now that you've all settled down we can begin."

"Today I would like to begin by calling our best fighters up to the ring. Would Miss Nikos and Mister Rho please enter the ring."

The room became unearthly silent, I guess everybody expected a good fight out of us. We were both exceptional fighters and excelled our class. Pyrrha entered from the left of the arena and I entered from the right. We took our positions across from each other and bowed. Pyrrha took her stance with Akouo in her left and Milo in her right in sword form.

I crouched down and got ready, having my hand on my revolver.

"It's an honour to fight you today Pyrrha," I said with a smirk.

"As to you, are you sure you don't want to put on your armour right now?" She asked.

"Nope, I'm good," I said.

She nodded and Professor Goodwitch stepped off to the far side of the arena to survey us. Pyrrha made the first move and threw her shield at me, while she was doing so she changed her sword into rifle form. The shield would arc in a form that it would strike me from the top. I jumped back and saw the handle where she would put her arm. I caught the shield and saw her aiming for my face. I held the shield up to my face and blocked a few shots, dropping down to the ground and rolling. Apparently the show was impressive as I heard several exclaims of awe from the audience.

Pyrrha was impressed at my reflex and skills, I threw the shield like a boomerang back to her, aiming for her left side. She rolled forward and continued to shoot for me, I rolled to the left of her shots causing for them to hit the invisible walls of the arena with a buzzing sound, disintegrating. I took out my revolver in blade form holding it in a backhand style. Pyrrha rushed me and we got into a full on sword duel, I sliced first horizontally. She blocked it and caused for my attack to slide off and to the left. She began to press on with her sword and I was put onto the defensive. I was heavily pressured with no time to think of a plan or opening to counter. Her motions were fluid and perfect; she switched up from her sword and shield, constantly using it to bash me. I decided to go for my armour I had activated it and it was beginning to form but her shield had already hit me and knocked me backwards. I felt myself slide as I tried to balance my body from tumbling over. While doing so the armour formed, I still felt the force making me slide back so I stabbed my sword into the ground halting me in place.

"Now it begins," I said looking up at Pyrrha.

I activated my jets and flew at her, a small explosion was heard as I shot towards her like a rocket, she tried to dodge but I was too fast and caught her. She was caught by surprise of the armour forming on me and the grab. She maneuvered her sword and was about to stab it into my armour. I noticed the sounds of her tilting her sword, in this position there would be noticeable sounds as she would need to position herself properly. I positioned my body upward and kicked her downwards, sending her into the ground with a large bang. There was dust and ash cloaking the view but she was unscathed, I saw her shield at her feet.

Brilliant show, but it's my turn, I descended as Pyrrha was regaining her composure. She shook her head alleviating her dizziness. She then switched her Akouo into its rifle form and began to fire. I merely stood there as the bullets made no scratch at all, I didn't even need to activate the shields for this. The bullets simply met my armour with a twang, falling to the ground. She caught notice of how my helmet worked and the noticeable visor and reticles. She quickly took aim and shot straight in between them. I felt a blur as it hit its personal shields.

I closed my eyes as the HUD pulsed from the normal brightness level, distorting my vision. She sensed that something was wrong and pressed on, the HUD returned to its normal state right when she was in front of me. I didn't have time to pull a punch so I thought quick; I held out my right hand and activated the jet, she saw this and activated her aura to protect herself from getting scorched.

I prepared myself for the counter that was sure to come and flared my aura, booting up the shields and the system to full capacity. Pyrrha turned Akouo into its javelin form and flung it towards me, intending to impale my foot into the ground. I cartwheeled with my jets to the left and caught it with my right hand. Tapping my watch I called my blade back to me, I scanned the Javelin quickly for a switch or release, Pyrrha advanced closer with her shield raised up. I found the switch just in time and felt the weapon churn into its sword form. I did a massive overhead strike with both of the blades that Pyrrha blocked, I pushed harder, I could feel Pyrrha's struggle to continue to block. I began to raise the blades and bash on her shield pushing her closer to the ground, she had no choice but to push the force off. In a single push she pushed the blades off and knocked me off balance causing me to stagger backwards. She bashed me with the shield sending me onto the ground.

She advanced forward with her blade pointed towards me, my blade had flown off somewhere and I was left defenseless.

"Do you yield?" She asked.

I contemplated my chances of dodging and coming out unscathed, if I rolled to the left or right she would catch me with her sword or shield. If I rolled forward I would be meet with a simple downwards thrust. I was on the edge, I gulped, that was when I had a brilliant idea, I activated the jets on my hands and flew with my feet aimed towards her chest. She raised her shield and deflected my kick, but I did get the job done, escaping the situation.

I tapped my watch and activated my Earth state, "EARTH QUAKE!" My watch rang as I created rock tendrils that wrapped Pyrrha's foot, trapping her in place. I created a large ball of rock in my right hand and leaped to strike her. She raised her shield but the combined force of the rock, my fist, and my aura knocked her shield from her hand. The rock shattered and I was about to deal the finishing blow when I felt myself being lifted up from the ground.

I was not in control and it seemed that the electrical circuits in my suit were going haywire, I was flung around mid-air as my HUD vibrated, pulsing on and off. I felt myself thrown onto the floor with so much force that it created a crater. I felt a rush of pain in my chest and arm as I lost control of the tendrils from the ground. I struggled to get up as she made her way over, ready to finish the blow. Being tossed into a crater did a number to my shields. My aura levels dropped, I activated my jets and repositioned myself upwards. She then again held out her hand again and I felt myself being constrained yet again. Magnetism, figures, I thought as I tried to force my hand over to my watch. We both struggled; Pyrrha struggled greatly trying to keep me immobilized, so much that she couldn't move any other part of her body. I on the other hand was slowly making progress to get over to my watch, eventually after a moment of struggling I got access to it, and activated my wind form.

"Teeeeepet," The watch murmured as it was being obstructed by the strong waves of magnetism.

The suit slowly brightened into it's green colour as it switched the type of dust it used. I felt the wind dust in the system and used my semblance to explode a tornado around us. Pyrrha was flung upwards as she was sucked into the tornado, this distracted her and caused for the strong waves of magnetism to stop. I then proceeded to create strong gusts of wind to continue knocking back Pyrrha, she held out her shield to block a blast that was advancing towards her. I merely caused the blast to curve quickly and slam her from the side knocking her down. She got back up, more determined than ever and tossed her shield towards my stomach, I shot a blast of wind at it but it was unfazed, that was when I realized it was spinning rapidly while gaining massive amounts of speed. There seemed to be a wave of energy targeting the shield. It was too late to roll to away so I attempted to slide under it. Hopefully I could duck under the shield, this would get me in a closer position to her to deal more hits.

But it was too late.

The shield dug itself into my armour, cutting through my exterior shields and knocking me onto the ground. I felt a massive pain shoot up as the shield rebounded back to Pyrrha.

I was sure to lose if I didn't do something, and I didn't want to lose, I heard Professor Goodwitch move for her whistle to halt the match. I slowly stood up; I was panting, exhausted and Pyrrha was making a continual advancement. I was engulfed in a yellow glow as I floated off of the ground, levitating. Pyrrha was surprised to see me rise and prepared herself for the retaliation. I felt a deep stream of energy, so hidden that it was out of reach, but it beckoned for me to come closer. It was as if the energy was promising me strength, and I grabbed it. A yellow wispy colour formed around me, this time my mind was conscious yet my body was unconscious at the same time. My suit pulsed a yellow colour as I unleashed several streams of yellow liquid in a circle around me. Pyrrha raised her shield and it ate straight through it, creating a dent in it. She took a step back and I raised my hand and shot another stream she dodged the stream and it hit the floor with a sizzle.

She widened her eyes and pressed on cautiously. She rushed forward, thinking that I couldn't use my acid if I was too close, for fear of the residual splash that could occur. When she did get closer though I curled my back and unleashed another stream of acid, she didn't react in time and this sent the acid straight into her aura, causing for her to slowly lose her aura reserves. While I did this I was losing mine as well, the faulty electrical wires on the armour coupled with a huge expense of aura from using the acid caused for me to begin to pant from exhaustion.

I could see that Pyrrha was also on the verge of collapsing, the acid did a number to her even though her aura took the hit. Unfortunately, my aura exhausted first and I collapsed to the ground. Pyrrha followed shortly afterwards but she still seemed to be fine, albeit exhausted. I got up and my HUD disappeared, I'd completely exhausted my aura reserves and Pyrrha came to meet me.

"That was a good match," She said holding out her hand for a handshake.

I massive headache occurred and I clutched my head. It felt like a jolt occurred to my brain. It seemed to sever a connection in my short term memory, "What just happened?"

I stumbled around on stage and seemed to fall forward into Pyrrha, she caught me and put me up straight. "Are you okay Allen?" She asked.

"I think I'll be okay, could you tell me what happened?" I asked.

"Wait, you don't remember?" Pyrrha questioned.

"No, I seemed to have misplaced the memory," I simply answered. I yawned, "Why do I feel so tired?"

Professor Goodwitch inspected me curiously, she must've been thinking about what just happened and putting the pieces together with the mission report. "Is something the matter Professor?" I asked curiously.

"Nothing," She answered turning to the class. "That was an excellent match, both fighters fought to their best capability, thinking critically in tight situations and using their abilities to their very best."

Pyrrha bowed and I took suit, unsure of why we were bowing.

I sat next to my team and they all looked at me concerned. "Are you okay Al?" Ruby asked.

"Yeah," I replied, yawning. "I'm, just gonna go and take a nap now." I said feeling my body fall down into a deep sleep.

"Would you look at that, he's sleeping on Ruby," Yang giggled.

"Stop it Yang," Ruby hissed, blushing.

"He He," Yang giggled. "I can't wait till he realizes."

"Oh," Ruby whined, still blushing.

I came around near the end of class, I heard Jaune and Cardin fighting. I seemed to have slept on something soft as I turned my head and looked straight into Ruby's silver eyes, she was blushing as she squealed. "Eek!"

"Gah!" I exclaimed getting up. I looked at Ruby and she was embarrassed by the entire situation, to say it looked bad, was an understatement, it looked like I was, that she was my girlfriend. "Oh my god, Ruby, I'm so sorry."

"Nailed it," Yang said putting away her scroll.

I turned viciously to glare at Yang. "Did you just take a picture of that?" I questioned viscously.

"Yup," Yang smirked.

I bolted for her pocket trying to wrestle out her scroll. "Delete that!" I demanded.

"No way," Yang answered.

I heard a thump from the arena and turned to look around. Jaune was on the floor as Cardin was about to finish him, Professor Goodwitch stopped the match and declared Cardin the winner. Jaune was bummed out as he lost. In this moment I quickly grabbed Yang's scroll, she turned around and whined, "Aw, come on, stop denying it."

"Denying what?"

"That you like my sister," Yang said with a smirk.

I deleted the several amount of photos of me and Ruby that were taken today. "I do not!" I protested, I could feel my temperature rising and my heart beat faster.

"Then why are you embarrassed?" Yang stated.

"Drop it," I hissed.

"Fine," Yang said holding her hands up.

The situation slid under the rug, but it left a question in my mind. What did I think of her? I pushed the thought past as I focused on the missing segment in my memory. "What happened?"

"You slept on my sister's legs," Yang simply stated.

"No, besides that," I said, irritated.

"You glowed yellow when you fought Pyrrha," Weiss stated.

"Thank you," I replied. "So then happened?"

"Well, you began to shoot this yellow liquid at Pyrrha," Ruby stated.

"Heh, liquid," Yang commented obviously thinking dirty thoughts.

I groaned, "Come on, not now."

Ruby merely continued, "It began to eat through her shield, then you shot it at her aura and it began to disintegrate. How'd you do that? That was so cool and awesome; I wish that I could do that." She seemed to have gotten over the fact that we had a rather intimate moment.

"Honestly, I wish I knew," I answered clenching my hands.

She looked at me with concern, noticing me try to grab a memory that was simply not there. She then smiled cheerfully. "Well, that's okay, we'll figure it out later."

I smiled and we both cheered up, she alleviated my stress just a bit, "Aw," I heard Yang say.

The class ended with Jaune being beat by Cardin, that didn't necessarily surprise me, sure he was a great leader in the heat of the moment, but when it came to fighting he was not a strong fighter. He didn't have a great form and his tactical fighting skills were lacking. I pushed the thought past; this would be an issue that his team would have to deal with together. Yet I could see his confidence fade, I guess I could help with that later.

We entered our blacksmithing course, Ruby seemed to be working on something and putting the finishing touches. She had a face helmet on and sparks were flying as she was welded several materials together. I looked over and saw that she was working on some kind of helmet; it looked strangely similar to the helmet that I saw myself wear in the dream. It was more than strange actually, it was eerily similar, almost an exact replica of the helmet. No way, it can't be, I thought, I walked over to where she was on the other side of the table.

The room was bustling with sound as the Professor was moving around to examine his students work, and also to give them instruction and tips to improve their weapons. "Hey Ruby," I greeted. There was no response, "Hey Ruby!" I said louder, no one paid attention to me as the room was.

I tapped her shoulder, she flipped the helmet up and looked at me. "Gah!" She exclaimed surprised to see me next to her. She calmed herself down, "Oh, hi Al."

"What are you making?" I asked.

"This? Oh nothing, it's just an idea, it's probably junk," She answered tossing it over.

The metal on the helmet clanged, as it bounced on the table before stopping. I looked at the helmet; it was exactly like the helmet in my dream. What does this mean? I thought. "Hey Ruby, where'd you come up with this?" I asked. The helmet had a goggle like visor with a domed feature to it, similar to that of a jet flyer. Except the tubes were missing for the air, it was also heavily reinforced like the helmet in my dream.

"This just popped into my head after a while," She replied.

"Can I see the designs?" I asked while examining the helmet.

She showed me a sheet of blue paper with white lines on it, on it detailed a figure like an apparatus. There were tons of scribbles on it but I looked at the overall features of the design, there were twin mortar cannons mounted on the back with heavy armour to counter the knockback. There were also boots that seemed to have clamps, designed to implant itself on the ground to further counter the knockback.

I only looked at the designs for a moment when I felt a migraine in my head, "Ahh," I seethed clutching my head, the world blurring around me as the pain throbbed.

"Al?" Ruby asked. "Al?!" She exclaimed noticing me in pain. She shook me, "Are you okay?" She asked rather loudly, but the entire place was so loud that only our team noticed it.

"Allie?" Yang asked looking at me.

The headache surged, my brain throbbed, causing pain to surge through my head over and over again. "Gah!" I yelled falling to the ground.

The Professor noticed me and came over, "What's happening?"

"I-I don't know, I just showed him something I was working on and then this happened," Ruby said, concerned and scared of what was happening.

"I'll take him to the infirmary, all of you people behave until I'm back," Professor Befur ordered picking me up.

He began to walk me through the halls to the infirmary; we met another person along the way. I could hear a conversation between the two people. I then felt myself being switched from Professor Befur to the new person, and then carried in the opposite direction.

I lost consciousness, as I switched to the other person.

Inside of Professor Ozpin's office Professor Goodwitch was examining the unconscious body of the boy in the room; his hat was set on Ozpin's coat hanger.

"How did this happen?" Professor Goodwitch asked.

"His semblance is evolving, give it time and the memory gaps will be gone," Professor Ozpin stated.

"But, that shouldn't be possible, nobody's semblance can change that drastically," She protested.

"He is a special case, his semblance can evolve. He cannot control when it does," Professor Ozpin stated.

"So what will we do?" Professor Goodwitch stated.

"We cannot stop it, but, we could remedy the problem. I believe the reason why he cannot remember is due to the extraneous use of aura. I've been looking into a device that should allow a person to share their aura with another, the research team looking into this was going to use it for medical purposes, allowing a patient to hang on until they could receive proper care," Professor Ozpin suggested.

"But where would he get that aura?" Professor Goodwitch asked.

"He's going to have to figure that out on his own," Professor Ozpin stated, taking a sip from his cup.

I woke up and hazily looked around the room, I noticed Professor Ozpin looking at several papers. "Ah, Allen, so you've woken up." The headmaster greeted.

"Good evening Mr. Rho," Professor Goodwitch greeted.

"Professor? Headmaster?" I held my head as it still ached from the pain. "Why am I here?"

"Well, you had a headache," The headmaster stated.

"But shouldn't I be in the nurse's office instead?" I questioned.

"Absolutely not, I brought you here so that I could tell you some information," He continued.

"Okay …" I replied, I didn't necessarily believe him.

He took out his scroll and displayed a video clip, it was me and Pyrrha fighting, this clip seemed to be near the end of the fight. It showed me in a yellowy wispy form, as I levitated off of the ground. It ended in a draw but not without me collapsing, "So Allen, do you believe the idea that semblances can evolve?" He asked.

"Why of course not, it could never drastically change, we've been taught that in combat class. It is possible to polish and perfect one's semblance but the ability is always the same," I stated.

"That is quite true," He said taking a sip of coffee, "But there are special cases where a person can develop their semblance to a great extent to which someone might believe that it has changed completely."

He seemed to be suggesting that I was special, that the footage shown was me and an evolution of my semblance. "You can't be serious; you're suggesting that my semblance evolved?"

"Yes, exactly," He replied, I was still unsure and he could see that. "Ever wonder why there are missing memories? Especially from today?"

I thought for a moment and attempted to remember what happened, there seemed to be exact gaps between breakfast and the second class, then from the second class to now. I felt a migraine hit and clutched my head, "What? That can't be."

"It's because you lack the aura to remember, I'm sure that a good night's rest will do the trick," He stated ending the conversation. "You are dismissed."

"Wait sir, I don't understand," I protested. "What do you mean? How could I lose my memory?"

"Why it's quite self-explanatory, you're growing stronger," He stated ushering me out.

Professor Goodwitch instructed me to return to my dorm room. I thought about what happened, then about the dream that I had only two days ago. I put two and two together and assumed that I must've developed something, even if I believed it to be wrong the evidence was right there. When I fought her I seemed to unleash some kind of liquid that ate through her shield. I then deduced that it must've been some kind of corrosive liquid able to eat through objects. The streams that I then shot from my body in the video looked almost like the ones in my dream. But, why am I basing everything off of a dream? I questioned.

There's no reputable evidence that the dream is true at all, so why am I so fixated on that dream? Why! It's just a dream, it makes no sense at all, so why am I so fixated? I thought as I walked back. My mind however, seemed to be heavily fixed on the thought, even though my logical thoughts deemed that impossible. I couldn't pin down a correct answer, it seemed like something was missing.

"Sir? Why are you so interesting in Mr. Rho?" Professor Goodwitch asked.

"He's simply an intriguing individual," The headmaster stated.

"That's not all, is it," She said.

"Fine," He sighed. "He might be the key to solving the White Fang ordeal."

"What do you mean sir? The White Fang hasn't done anything for almost four months," Professor Goodwitch simply stated. "Most people believe that they've given up their ballistic approach and returned to their peace."

"Glynda, I believe that there is a storm brewing, somewhere. And as much as the news dismisses it I sense something brewing," Ozpin stated. "It's only a matter of time before it becomes public."

"Sir, I mean no disrespect, but do you honestly believe that?" Professor Goodwitch asked.

"Yes," He simply said.

"Then it must be true, we must alert the public immediately," She said.

"No, they will not heed our warnings, the public is stubborn and don't sense the change coming. No, its best that we prepare for what is to come," Professor Ozpin stated.

I arrived back at the dorm and entered, I was met with a mix of concern and enthusiasm. "You're back, are you okay?" Yang asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine, just a bit of aftershock from the fight this morning," I stated. "I'll be fine."

"That's good," Blake said looking up from a book.

"Say, where's Ruby?" I asked turning to close the door.

I felt the door boot me from the behind and I fell down to the ground on my back. I heard someone come in with several items made of metal. The person was about to walk into the room when the person tripped and landed on top of me.

"Wah!" I heard a female scream.

I opened my eyes and I saw Ruby's pale face looking at mine. She opened it and our eyes locked, "Ah! Al! You're back," She hastily said getting herself up.

She was blushing faintly; I assumed it was out of embarrassment. "Ruby, you klutz, you dropped everything you were holding!" Weiss scolded.

"Sorry Weiss," She stated scrambling to collect several items.

I saw her put away several things along the wall, two large cylindrical tubes, a chest plate, the helmet from this morning and several sheets of metal. "Say, Ruby, what are you doing with all of that?" I asked before it kicked in my mind, it seemed like there was a rush of information that was just unlocked. My head pained a bit but I fought it back, "Is that for me?"

"Wha?" Ruby asked. "How?"

"You mean it is for me?" I questioned.

"Y-Yes?" She said.

"Oh you're already giving him gifts, how sweet!" Yang teased.

I face palmed, "Yang … Anyways, what's it for?"

"Well, you know what happened today?" Ruby asked.

"Yes?" I said moving closer to her.

She began to point her index fingers together, "Well, it's for what just happened."

"You mean my new power?" I asked.

At this everyone turned their attention to me. "Yes," Ruby stated.

"Hmm, so it's true," I said to myself.

"True? Are you kidding me? The entire class saw it," Weiss told me harshly.

I saw Yang glare at her but it seemed to unfazed her. "Anyways, what are the cylinders for then?" I continued.

At this Ruby pulled out a large blueprint and several sheets of schematics. "The design of the suit is meant for your new power. The cannons are where you will fire the acid from, which is why the cylinders are there. Now there are several clamps," She began to say before Yang interjected.

"There she goes again," Yang groaned.

"Quite interesting, I assume that the armour is meant to go over mine then?" I asked.

"Not exactly, I'm making a completely new set of armour specifically designed for this," Ruby stated. "It's gonna be so cool!"

"I bet it will be, so how can I help?" I asked.