How's it going everyone it's good to be back.
Now this chapter was a pain to deal with, no I really mean it was pain in the ass to write out. My god you don't understand the want to punch my computer and slam my keyboard on the ground with how difficult it was to write this damn chapter. I am not joking, I actually had to scrap the chapter four times before coming up with what I have now and I still have doubts about it because to me, it feels just wrong.
Not to mention all the distractions that happen around me when I was writing that just make me lose my train of thought. I just hope the next chapter would be better than this chapter, along with fewer distractions *Sigh* anyway enough of my problems, onto what you all care about
Now people are talking about how I was too mean to Weiss in the previous chapter. . . Okay maybe a little too mean and I even took out a small part from the previous chapter because I noticed you all were right about that, but that doesn't mean I hate her. The reason I did that is because for Sasuke he believes that children aren't too far away from becoming their parents, depending on their upbringing and their view of the world.
For Sasuke, he may have met Weiss once in the past but that's it, many things could've happened in those years to make her change. Like the fact Weiss is kind of racist before the end of the first Volume. Don't look at me like that, she was kind of racist about all faunus being degenerates
So until Sasuke can see Weiss is not like all other members of her family (Not counting Winter yet until she is shown and her personality is revealed) he'll be distant to Weiss until he can see that she'll turn out better than what people can expect from her. If not and she does become what everyone expects of a Schnee, well there's always room on halls of White Castle to hang her head from. . . I don't hate her dammit I'm just stating a point that drastic measures are needed for last resort because god knows how corrupt the Schnee family is.
Well that's enough explaining why I did in the last chapter like that, also who saw the Yang vs Tifa Death Battle. Hell fucking yeah that fight was amazing, you could say the fight ended with a snap. . . That was horrible and I'll shut up now
Another thing. . RWBY is getting a fucking Manga, I am not joking they are doing this. Apparently it's going to be a prequel for the series. I am not one to buy manga but dammit I'm buying this one when it comes out. . . In english of course or if someone is willing to translate it
Okay enough distractions, let get onto it
Disclaimer: All property is owned by their rightful owners, I only own the story
Now without further ado, lets begin
Sasuke was walking down one of the many hallways of Beacon with his team following close behind him. They are on their way to Itachi's class for one their first class of the day. They only have two today, Itachi's then Glynda's class after lunch
"Hey~" The four members of team SEVN looked on to see Yang waving at them with the rest of her team along with JNPR standing in front of the classroom door. They weren't alone as many other teams were there as well, waiting in the hallway for some reason "Good morning~" Yang said joyfully with a wave of her hand
"Morning". The three monotonous ones of the team said in unison.
"How's it going?" While Rhea said this in a slightly more upbeat tone than the others of her team.
"What are you all doing out here?" Sasuke asked calmly while looking at the other students minding their own business
"Apparently your brother isn't here and the door is locked" Yang said with a huff "I wanted to kick it down but Weiss stopped me from doing so because it would be considered 'property damage of private property'." Yang said while holding up her hands for air quotes when she said 'property damage' in a sarcastic tone
Sasuke rolled his eyes because causing property damage is quite normal for them. Sasuke then pulled out his Scroll and called his brother. Once the call connected Sasuke let out a huff "Itachi, where are you" Sasuke asked dryly, getting the attention of everyone around him
"Ah, Sasuke I'm glad you called. I'm going to be late, the babysitter I have for Tsuki is unable to come today so I'm currently out looking to find someone to look after her. So would you be so kind as to open the door for the class that'll be great. Bye" Itachi said quickly before hanging up before Sasuke could even get a word in
Sasuke put his Scroll down from his ear to stare at it before shaking his head with a sigh "Yang, open the door" Sasuke said as Yang looked at him for a bit before grinning wildly
"Wait but the door is-"
CRACK!
". . . Never mind" Weiss said monotonously as she saw Yang kick the door down onto the floor
"Well that's one way to open a door" Blake said with a small smirk
"Everyone get in, he'll be here in ten minutes or so" Sasuke shouted to the entire class waiting in the hall before entering the classroom with Yang in tow.
The rest of the students looked at each other before shrugging and after a moment, they entered the classroom.
"God damn" Yang said in awe at the eloquence of the room
"Yeah, brother decided to remodel this room into something more his tastes" Sasuke said before sitting down in first row of seats near the door. His team then sat down next to him on the same row
"Damn, look at these tables" Yang said sitting a row up behind Sasuke with her team "And these seats are really comfortable" Yang commented as the others agreed with Yang as team JNPR sat a row behind team RWBY
"Is that a koi pond?" Ren asked as they all looked to the corner of the room and saw the waterfall koi pond Itachi owned.
"He aparently finds watching the koi during his breaks to be relaxing" Sasuke stated as Ren nodded in understanding
"Hey didn't Itachi own a pet" Ruby said scratching her head in thought "I think it was a weasel, what was it's name again?" Ruby asked Sasuke
"You mean Kamaitachi? Apparently, after raising it for some time he decided to let it run loose in Beacon" Sasuke said with a shrug as the others just stared at him
". . . Kama. . Itachi? Really, he named it that?" Yang asked dryly "And here I thought he didn't have an ego" Yang joked while shaking her head in amusement of the pet's name
"You're more interested in the fact he named it after himself then the fact he just let an animal roam around freely around in Beacon" Blake deadpanned at her teammate's train of thought
"Meh, I have priorities" Yang said with a shrug and an amused smile on her lips
"Actually, the name Kamaitachi is an old folklore about a demon weasel with scythes coming out of its body or something along those lines" Sasuke explained
"That sounds really, really, cool" Ruby said really intrigued in the fact he mentioned scythes as her eyes got this far off look that you can just see she was imagining what the creature would look like.
Sasuke shook his head in amusement along with everyone else at Ruby's innocent outlook before Sasuke continued "Actually, before he released the Kama into Beacon he had trained the little mammal to deal with some rodents that were running around Beacon" Sasuke stated as the girls jolted slightly while Blake seemed intrigued, must be her cat faunus trait kicking in at the thought of the furry rodent "So apparently every time you see a random pool of blood on the ground in Beacon you'll know that Kama has made a kill and is probably eating somewhere close" Sasuke said bluntly as the others just stared at him blankly "What? I didn't train it to do that and besides" Sasuke said looking over to the side "Would you rather have that roaming Beacon instead of Kama" Sasuke mused as they all turned while most of the students picked their feet up in fear and screamed ever so girly when a brown rat ran across the classroom floor
"Of course there are rats here. Should've expected from this huge academy that some rodents would live here" Rhea said staring at the rat while her gloves crackled with lighting if it got close to her. Ivy just ignored the small rodent as she couldn't see, pun not intended, what the fuss about a small rodent was, they were training to fight monsters and they're scared of a small animal. Sad, really really sad in Ivy's opinion. Akio just stared at the rat dully as he seen bigger out in the wilderness with Cabval
"Ah, gross gross gross" Ruby said in a pitched tone as she hid behind her older sister. Weiss just pressed her back against her seat, wanting to get away from the flea ridden animal while Blake looked like she wanted to pounced. JNPR surprisingly was calm, excluding Pyrrha who seemed grossed out by the rat along with other students. Surprisingly Jaune wasn't bothered as Sasuke sent him a look which he noticed
"My family lives in a rural area where rats are a very common thing to see there" Jaune said with a nervous chuckle
Just when someone was about to do something to get rid of the rat a miniature karambit knife was thrown across the room and into the rat's back. The rat let out a high pitch squeal of pain before an animal the same size yet longer came rushing into the room through the broken door and lunged at the rat. The animal was Kama who bit into the back of the rat's neck as the rat struggled to get Kama off only for Kama to bite down hard as the rat the slowly stopped struggling until it was completely still in Kama's mouth. Kama dropped the rat before flicking its tail to grab the handle of the karambit and pulled it out of the rat as it started bleeding to death with a puddle of blood around it (Hey don't look at me, I was bored when I wrote this part and wanted to add in something interesting. Blame my thought process)
Kama then picked the rat using its teeth and strut out the room with its head up high in a sense of accomplishment.
". . . . Did that just happen" Ivy said after a moment while the others just stared at the door the weasel nonchalantly walked out of the classroom.
"I did say Itachi did train him didn't I?" Sasuke pointed out.
"What kind of person teaches an animal to use a weapon!?" Rhea exclaimed in shock while pointing at the door
Sasuke simply stared at her for a moment before raising his hand along with Yang and Ruby
"Okay, I can understand him, but you two?" Jaune asked in shock as the girls turned around to look at him
"Technically, we didn't train him, just we know how to fight with him. Our dad was the one who taught our dog" Yang said with a shrug
"Which is below average at best to what I could've done if I taught that dog of yours" Itachi said walking into his classroom with Kamaitachi on his shoulder as the tail of the rat was poking out of its mouth. Itachi scratched under its chin before it slurped down the last of the rat before jumping down from Itachi's shoulder and scurried off to the koi pond where it took a nap on one of the rocks next to waterfall
"Sorry I'm late, had to find a decent babysitter at a short notice" Itachi said walking to the center of his classroom
"Huh, I thought you were going to keep on wearing that suit you had on yesterday" Yang said as he was wearing a different set of clothing
At the moment he was wearing mesh armor with navy accents under an identical T-shirt in the same color with a simple white belt around his waist and dark blue pants. He also wore black shinobi sandals with a white wrapping that went halfway up to his knee and a three silver ring necklace that had a red gem in each ring. Over that he was wearing a grey cloak with black trimming that was only buttoned around in the middle as he was resting his left hand on it
"What? Oh that, that was only for a meeting I had to go to. Honestly I hate wearing suits, so constricting" Itachi said with distaste "Well anyway, might as well start the lesson" Itachi said before coughing into his fist as he took a serious look "Welcome to your first class of Tactics and Strategies. Here I'll be helping you develop ways to fight opponents who are your better, as well as strategize with your teams and come up with plans mid-fight if necessary. We will also be taking notes on past battles and talking about how their tactics work or how they didn't and what would be a better plan at the time to win that losing battle". Itachi said looking around the students of his class "This class will give you all the skills you need to lead in your missions you will be going on in the future with great success. Any questions" Itachi said before noticing a student was raising his hand "Yes" Itachi said gesturing to him to talk.
"This sounds like something the leader of our team should be learning, why are the rest of us here?" The student asked as the others murmured in agreement
"You see, that's the thing. What would happen if your leader were to fall in combat? Tell me, who would lead if he or she fell in the middle of an important assignment?" Itachi asked with a raised brow as the student stayed quiet "Exactly, this class is to help Everyone because no one knows what would happen in the middle of a battle" Itachi said before pulling out an odd looking remote control and walked off to the side "That's why you're all here, to learn to be prepared for any situation" Itachi said before stopping "Now for today I was just going to go over the basis of what I consider a good plan is but I decided to let you all have a taste at what we do at the end of each month" Itachi said before pushing a few buttons on the remote. The room's lights dimmed as a projector appeared out from a panel from the ceiling as it lit up the center of the room with a holographic display of a random forest "What we do at the end of each month is I will have one team at random go through these simulations and finish them in front of the entire class. The rest of you will be watching for the duration whichever team is up and will watch what they do, pick up interesting tactics they use and improve on what they do for future scenarios you may get yourself in. For now I will use a beginner level simulated mission which is simply go with your instincts on how you want to finish this 'Mission' if you will" Itachi explained before looking at the students with a smile
"Now which team would like to go up" Itachi said looking around the class for volunteers
"Oo oo we do, we do~" Nora said excitedly
"We do?!" Jaune said in shock
"You do, good for you" Itachi said taking his shock as acknowledgment, even though he knew the boy didn't want to. Itachi then tapped a few more buttons as their black marble desks lit up as a hologram screen covered the entirety of their desk
They all looked shocked when the desks became a holographic touch screen while at the same time they didn't notice they were being scanned by the projector above. After a moment the map in the center of the room zoomed into the forest and into a clearing where four figures digitized in the clearing.
"That's us!" Nora exclaimed with glee to themselves in holograms. The holograms were a fraction of their actual sizes so they actually went up to their knees
"This is the latest in strategy based simulations, don't ask me how I got them because I would have to kill you if I did" Itachi said with a joyous laugh as no one could tell if he was joking or not "You will need do objectives on the screen above you. You are not limited in time or any physical effects on the bodies as shown, though I may add stuff like injuries, sickness, loss of limbs, bleeding out or even dying a slow death into the equation of a simulated mission in the future" Itachi said casually while his students, excluding his brother's team, cringed at the thought he put in their minds of that happening to a smaller version of themselves "So for now like I said before we will be using the simplest settings so everyone can get the gist of what we're doing for future references" Itachi said while gesturing for everyone to look up as there were four key points written in the air. They read as such
Locate the enemy base
Find the leader (Photo has been given to use)
Take down the leader in any possible way
Exfiltrate the hot zone
"I will not give you any advice on how to approach this mission, like it should be when you're out in the field in the possible future. I'm only here to give a ranking on your strategy skills, that is all. During other classes you have with me, the position of leader will rotate to see who can come up with the greater plan but for now we will be relying on your leader to come up with your plans but as a team it only makes sense for you to help your leader whenever you can, let it be simple directions, advice on what to do or even how to get to the place you are heading to" Itachi said before remembering something "I would like to add that the holograms are essentially copies of yourselves so they will fight as best as you can and with the advancements of today's technology, they will be able to predict somewhat accurately to what you may or may not do in combat scenarios. At the moment they are still calibrating to your fighting style so the only knowledge of you combat prowess is from the data we received from the initiation or other recordings we have on file about you students. This means that future fights, training or even tournaments you participate will be cataloged and taken into account of how the simulation represents yourself. So essentially when you improve your skills, the simulations improves along with you which you'll see in future simulations how they will act more like you" Itachi stated before looking at the team directly "This mission is a basic one so you should be able to do this in at least ten minutes, remember that" Itachi added while looking intently at Jaune
Jaune let out an audible gulp as he looked nervous "Don't worry, you'll be fine. It's just like he said, it'll be easy" Pyrrha said placing a hand on his shoulder and gave him a small smile.
Jaune returned the smile with one of his own "Right, let's do this. . . . How am I supposed to do this?" Jaune asked as he just stared down at the four holograms of his team.
"Just talk out loud or type in the commands, whatever you say or do will either make an action for your team if you don't, they'll get confused and request a new command" Itachi explained
"Uh, okay" Jaune said while scratching his head "So, what should we do first?" Jaune asked his team who looked at the screen in thought
"Do we have a mission folder or something along the lines with the photo we have" Ren asked as the hologram of Jaune pulled out something as the holograms gathered around. Then above them was a giant detailed file along with the picture of the enemy leader came up for everyone in the room to see
"Well that's useful" Jaune said slightly amazed before he and his team read over the file while the class watched silently "Alright, so he's somewhere northeast of our current position. He is currently being guarded by seven heavily armored men in a middle of a small fortified old outpost. The enemy leader is wearing an eye patch and has a receding hairline, so that should be easy to identify" Jaune said summarizing what he read
"Is there an overlook of the outpost" Pyrrha asked as the files that were hovering on the screen changed to an overhead photo of the outpost
"Seems that the west side is less fortified, then the rest of the fort. We could have Nora break down a section of the wall to create a distraction for us" Ren pointed out as the west wall was highlighted
"I also see that the south wall is somewhat falling apart. Maybe we can climb up from that side and we climb onto the walkway of the fort we could move over here" Jaune said gesturing to the corner that overlooked the courtyard of the fort "When we're in position we signal Nora. . How do we signal Nora?" Jaune asked as his team went into thought
"Oh, you signal me like you were a sloth , kuroo, kuroo" Nora said while making animal noises
"Nora, I like I said before I don't think that's how a sloth sounds like" Ren deadpanned
"Which is why they won't expect it" Nora said excitedly
Ren stared at her before turning to the rest of his team "Got a better idea?" Ren asked monotonously to the rest of his team
"How much time do we have to charge before Nora breaks down the wall" Pyrrha asked calmly
"This is Nora we're speaking, so the second she hears something out of the ordinary she'll burst through that wall without thought" Ren deadpanned while Nora beamed as if that was an accomplishment
"Alright, I can whistle pretty loudly so I could do that" Pyrrha said as they all nodded in agreement as they saw the holograms of themselves have talk bubbles above them and in that bubble was a picture of Pyrrha whistling while the others had thumbs up in them
"Alright, so we know where they are, how to infiltrate it, how are we supposed to take the guy out" Jaune asked as they all looked over the map
". . . There's a truck parked next to the outpost, maybe we could use it. Do any of you know how to drive" Pyrrha asked as Ren raised his hand "Good, then you are the getaway driver" Pyrrha stated as a bubble appeared above Ren's hologram with a steering wheel and a check mark next to it
"Yes but I think we're forgetting about something. The seven armed guards that are protecting the guy" Jaune pointed out as they all hummed
"Well from the summary about the guy he's just some low class criminal so they should be a run of the mill grunts. Though the keyword there is should so we probably will need to tread carefully when we start fighting" Ren stated as they all nodded
"Alright, so we in agreement of the plan" Jaune asked as they all nodded "Alright then, I guess we just need to do it then" Jaune said as the hologram went back to their holographic selves as they started jogging in the direction of the fort. The hologram seemed to be fast forwarding
"It fasts forwards when there is no danger and normal time will resume when something significant is going to happen" Itachi informed his students who wondered why it was going faster.
Everyone watched as the holograms, from the holograms point of view, jog through the forest until the fort came into view for them. Then as they said the hologram of Nora went to the west side of the forest while the rest went around to the south side. The three holograms began climbing up the wall, with the hologram version Pyrrha helping the hologram version of Jaune
"They really are accurate about this stuff" Rhea muttered as everyone nodded with a snicker as they watched the hologram version of Jaune struggled to climb up a wall. The real Jaune put his hands against his face and let out a groan while Pyrrha pat his back supportively
Everyone watched as the holograms soon got into position as the guards along with the target was now seen in the courtyard. The hologram of Pyrrha then let out a loud whistle that everyone heard. In the next instant the west wall came down, knocking down several of the guards in the explosion
Fighting on the hologram soon commenced as all of JNPR started attacking the guards. Nora shooting Dust grenades, Ren running around shooting or his use of martial arts, Pyrrha expertly taking down most of the guards by herself and Jaune. . . . . His hologram was using his shield to protect himself while flailing his sword
The real Jaune groaned in embarrassment as he would definitely do something like that in real life
"Now that's realistic to the point that its kind of scary" Ren commented at how he would definitely fight like that and agreed Nora would go guns crazy in this situation
They watched as the holograms easily took down the guards with little problem and was tying the target up and left the area with no problems. After that an icon popped up on the hologram
Mission Complete
"Wow, that was pretty easy" Jaune said in amazement
"Told you" Itachi stated walking back to the center of the room as the lights lit back up and the holograms died down "During the year I'll be teaching you maneuvers to help in your plans and strategies so they become so complex that your plans will have a backup plans for your backup plan's backup plan" Itachi said with utmost seriousness while everyone sweat dropped at what he just said
"Professor, I have a question" Ivy asked with her hand held up high
"Yes, what is it?" Itachi said while gesturing for her to continue
"How will this be directed on the field when we go on missions? Yes this will be challenging our minds but it doesn't really do good without actual real world experience" Ivy pointed out as Itachi responded with a chuckle
"That is the reason why you all have combat class on the same day as strategies. In there you'll be fighting against each other, other teams, even a simulated area to fight or do objectives just like what we did here. There you'll hone your coordination skills amongst your team to become proficient Hunters. That's why I'm here to teach you tactics and strategies because you'll need to have this knowledge when you're out on the field on missions that end with no repercussions because of what I taught you. Honestly, going into a fight guns blazing is not going to work all the time" Itachi said before looking at Yang who let out a nervous chuckle and rubbed the back of her neck with the "It's always best to plan ahead and prepare before this and even when you don't have time to prepare you must always think while you're in the move. That's the importance of this class" Itachi said before pushing several more buttons on his controller as the rest of the desks, excluding JNPR's desk, lit up with holographs "Now, the rest of you will be doing similar missions as well for the rest of the duration of the class. Our next class we'll have together we'll go over certain maneuvers that were used in the Great War, where you'll be taking notes on it. Team JNPR you have the rest of the class off, you could either wait patiently for everyone to finish or" Itachi said as he pushed several more buttons as their holographic table lit up again "You can watch other students in their missions" Itachi said as their desk had several screen tabs for each team
Itachi walked off once again as all other students got to work on their holographic missions.
"So how are we doing this" Rhea asked she played with holographic version of themselves
"Well if you guys forgot and that I'm probably going to have to remind you a lot, I'm blind" Ivy deadpanned
"The holograms are physical enough for you to see" Sasuke said as he flicked a random boulder that was on the hologram as it made a vibration across their holographic desk
"Yes but 'looking' at the holograms are giving me a headache with how its giving off that hum" Ivy irritably while picking her ears
"What hum?" Rhea asked as she couldn't hear anything from the projections
"Exactly, fill me in with what happens later" Ivy said before pulling out a pair of earmuffs for both sets of ears
"Fine, go to sleep then" Sasuke said monotonously with a sigh
"Well let's get to work because this seems fun" Rhea said excitedly at the aspect of playing such a fun activity.
"You mean other than the fact this counts as what would happen in real world and if our holograms die that means we would've died as well" Sasuke deadpanned
"Seriously, can you be more of a brooder" Rhea asked irritably at his outlook
"Trust me when I say that he was far worse four years ago" Yang said leaning over her table to look down at them
"How could he be worst than he is now. I mean look at this antisocial guy and tell me how he could've been worse" Rhea said pointing at Sasuke who's mouth was twitching and a vein on his forehead pulsed
"I'm right here you know" Sasuke said dryly.
"He threatened to kill me on several occasions when we first met" Yang deadpanned as no one but the two Uchihas noticed Pyrrha flinch ever so lightly
". . . . Seriously" Rhea said looking at her leader who was looking away from the conversation
". . . Its not like I actually attempted to murder you" Sasuke said after a moment
"True mostly he would threatened me to leave him alone, hell most of time he would run away from me" Yang said as she let out a boisterous laugh
"Really?" Rhea asked intrigued while Sasuke let out a frustrated groan
"Yep, he always told me to leave him alone or get away from him, or shut up you annoying blonde, stuff like that" Yang said with a shrug "But we soon became the best of friends, right Sasuke" Yang said giving the raven haired boy a smile
"Sadly, yes" Sasuke said honestly with a bland look on his face
"Oh don't be like that, you know you can't live without me" Yang said with her smile reaching ear to ear
Sasuke let out a scoff as he looked away as a small smile appeared on his face
"I see that smile, come on, admit it" Yang said poking his side with her finger causing him to swat her hand away
"Now I don't really mind you two flirting, hell I'll even support it but would you please do it after class or at least finish your assignment because you're distracting everyone at the moment from their assignments" Itachi said walking up to them with an amused smile as everyone in class started to laugh
Yang and Sasuke slowly turned theirs and gave everyone a deathly glare that made them shut up. Yang's eyes glowing blood red with murder while Sasuke's eyes becoming hollow and somewhat grey stricken the students with fear as they started to sweat nervously, some even fainted
Yang then smirked and fist bumped Sasuke who had a smirk as well as the pressure they were exuding onto the students dissipated instantly as everyone let out a breath of relief
"The double glare of death, always works" Yang mused while snickering at the other students horrified looks
"And you said learning how to do something like that was a waste of time" Sasuke said with an amused scoff
"Yeah, yeah, you are better when it comes to fear tactics than me I get it" Yang said before turning back to her team as they, excluding her sister, looked at her in shock "What? I can be scary when I want to be" Yang said innocently as they shook their heads of the image that was planted in their minds and got to work as they noticed Ruby already written up a plan for them
Sasuke went back to his team who was participating and saw the mission was quite easy. The most difficult about the entirety of what they were doing was the stubbornness Akio had to agreeing with his ideas on how to do things in the simulation
Apparently they started arguing on just how to approach the base. While this was happening Rhea was having fun giving the holograms commands and when she saw the boys weren't going to finish their argument she let out a sigh and made the holograms get to work on the mission. By the time the argument was about to get violent the boys heard a mission complete from their desk and saw Rhea had finished what their assignment by herself (1)
"Seriously, arguing about something simple" Rhea said shaking her head
"They're boys, its in their DNA to argue or fight with another to show their 'Dominance' in a sense of words" Ivy said opening one eye to look at them while taking her earmuffs off
"That would be fun to watch" Yang said with a perverse smile as it took a moment for the boys to realize what she meant and scoot away from one another. Yang just laughed happily at their embarrassed looks
"Well it seems everyone is done with their assignments so you can all leave early. I'll be looking forward to our next class" Itachi informed them as they all got up from their seats and started walking out the door "Ms. Nikos, could you stay for a moment" Itachi asked as Pyrrha flinched before nodding.
"I'll meet up with you all later" Pyrrha said as her team nodded before heading off
Sasuke looked at his brother who gave him a shrug as he let out a huff before following his team out, leaving Pyrrha alone with Itachi
"Is there something you want to talk about professor?" Pyrrha asked politely while trying to keep calm
". . . Ms. Nikos, are you scared of me?" Itachi asked after a moment
"What!? No, of course not" Pyrrha lied quickly while waving her hands out in front of her nervously
"You don't have to lie, I can already tell you had a. . Talk with my brother" Itachi said as Pyrrha visibly flinched. Itachi let out a huff when he saw her flinch "What did he say to encourage this fear" Itachi asked as Pyrrha looked unsure what to do before deciding to tell. After Pyrrha recounted what happened the day before Itachi let out a tired sigh "So you figured out who we were and decided to confront my brother about it. You two ended up fighting and he threatened you in the end to keep silent about it" Itachi summarized what he just heard
"Yes, that's about it" Pyrrha said nervously
Itachi let out another sigh while shaking his head "Let me apologize on behalf of my brother. He isn't very subtle about these sorts of things, though technically you did corner him into a wall to act like that" Itachi said as Pyrrha looked confused
"I cornered him?" Pyrrha asked for clarification as she couldn't believe what she was hearing
"Of course, you decided to confront him of what we do behind the scenes and then questioned his reasons to hide this from the one person who's opinion matters to him" Itachi stated as Pyrrha flinched because what he said does have some meaning to why Sasuke seemed angry at her yesterday "Let me be blunt Ms. Nikos, my brother doesn't have that many friends. Actually he only has one friend and that is Yang" Itachi explained
Pyrrha narrowed her eyes slightly in confusion "That's not true, he has Ruby and the others of our group" Pyrrha pointed out while Itachi just shook his head
"The only reason Ruby is even around Sasuke is because they are only affiliated because of Yang and Sasuke can't really relate to the others because he honestly doesn't know how to be friends with people" Itachi clarified as Pyrrha felt sorry for Sasuke "That's why he felt cornered, because of what you said put doubts in his subconscious that probably went along the lines of: I can't let Yang know, she mustn't know, I don't want to lose my only friend, etc." Itachi stated with a sigh
Pyrrha frowned at this, she didn't realize how much stress Sasuke must've been under to constantly keep this a secret from his only true friend ". . I see" Pyrrha said after a moment as Itachi nodded
"Please don't take Sasuke's threat to heart, he's just doing what he thinks is best in the situation" Itachi pleaded lightly "Even if it means he pushes away people who could be his friends in an attempt to protect them or himself from the truth of why he does the things we do" Itachi said with a frown as that had more depth to it than the redhead would ever know
"I understand" Pyrrha said honestly as she could see that Itachi loved his brother dearly and didn't want him to be alone 'I'll talk to Sasuke again later and apologize' Pyrrha thought
"Good, you can go now" Itachi said as Pyrrha nodded before leaving the room to meet up with her team
~Few minutes earlier~
"So what do we have next?" Blake asked as Ruby pulled out her schedule
"We have lunch then combat class" Ruby stated as the other two teams nodded as their schedules was the same
"Great, I'm starving" Yang said happily
"Oo! Do you think they dessert" Nora said happily
"Nora, no". Ren spoke up "Remember what happened the last time you decided to eat a bunch of sweets at a buffet table" Ren said dully
"I only destroyed half the building" Nora whined as if that justified what she just said
"The answer is still no" Ren said as Nora let out a hmph with a small pout before returning to her cheerful nature
They all soon arrive to the lunchroom where many students were already seated and eating
"I'll find an empty table, just get me something that I could actually eat" Ivy asked of her team before walking off into the crowd.
The three teams went to get their foods before finding Ivy at a lone table with a few faunus eating at the edge of the table while she sat dead center of the table. There was also four guys on the other side of the table directly across from Ivy who had looks of scorn on their faces
"And I told you to get lost you freak". The orange haired brute said as Sasuke remembered the guy he was about to beat up during his first night here in Beacon. Cardin something, not someone important at all in his opinion
Sasuke turned to hear Akio growl angrily and raised a brow at him. Sasuke noticed his fists were clenched and he was about to attack
"Stop, that's an order" Sasuke said sternly as Akio turned to glare at him
"He's insulting our teammate, your teammate and you're not going to do anything about it" Akio hissed as he moved to assault the four racists pricks
That is if Sasuke raised his arm and pressed it against his chest "Who said I'm not? So stand back for a moment. It's best to deal with these things quickly and not draw out a fight longer than you should" Sasuke said sternly before handing his food tray to Yang who graciously took it
"Aim for the face" Yang suggested.
Sasuke let out an amused 'hmph' before walking towards the four.
"How many times do I have to say I don't give a damn if this is supposedly your table. I was here first and I'm waiting for my team so beat it" Ivy said irritably as she propped her elbow against the table
"Well I feel sorry for that team to get so many freaks, hell even that leader of yours is no better" Cardin said snidely before turning when he heard something drop to the floor
He and his two other teammates turned to see Sasuke standing over their fourth member, Sky lark "I suggest carrying this fool to the infirmary before you end up like him" Sasuke threatened them ever so calmly
"Do you think I'm going to do what you say, do you?" Cardin said angrily as Sasuke looked at him with a blank expression
"Let me answer your question with another question, does it look I give a damn about your opinion in this matter?" Sasuke said as his expression turn cold
Cardin charged at Sasuke who took a deep breath before taking a step to the side when Cardin tried to grab him. Sasuke kicked the side of his knee, throwing the larger student off balance before he grabbed Cardin's face and pulled it back as he threw Cardin down onto the ground. Sasuke then ducked when Russel tried punch him, he returned the favor by elbowing the mohawk students gut. Sasuke then followed up by grabbed the back of Russel's head and bringing it down on his knee. Sasuke then did a spin kick and sent him flying
Sasuke moved to the side when Dove tried to tackle him. Sasuke then sweep his leg against Dove's and tripped him face first. He then kicked straight up against Dove's head before doing another spin kick against his face and sent him flying towards Russel who was getting back up before being knocked down by his teammate's body.
Sasuke then raised his leg when Cardin tried to grab his ankle from his position on the ground. He then brought it back down on the leader of CRDL's leader outreached hand.
Cardin let out a howl of pain as Sasuke grind his foot against the back of his hand "Let me make this clear to you, if I ever see you or your teammates ever try to harm someone because of what they are for whatever reasons. I will make your life a living hell" Sasuke said darkly before pulling his foot off Cardin's hand
Cardin got up and ran off with his team who just got back up. Sasuke let out a huff before turning back to the others and noticed Akio staring at him
"What?" Sasuke asked dryly
"How is that different to what I would've done" Akio asked dryly
"You would've just made yourself a target for them to get revenge because there would've been a struggle for dominance which showed you can to be taken down. What I did was to show them that I could beat them faster than they could beg for forgiveness and placed myself in their minds as someone they don't want to mess with" Sasuke said as he nonchalantly cracked his knuckles ". . Probably, don'r really know because I can tell they're idiots so they'll probably try to get revenge and it will end horribly for them" Sasuke added after a moment with a shrug
"Damn straight" Yang agreed wholeheartedly as she handed his food back to him
"Now what you did to protect me was nice and all" Ivy spoke up and gained everyone's attention "But did you at least get me something to eat" Ivy asked dryly as if she wasn't being 'bullied' by Cardin and his goons
Sasuke rolled his eyes and looked at Akio who was holding Ivy's food and handed it over to her
"Thank you" Ivy said before she started to eat her salad. Everyone else then sat down at the table, eating their own foods before Pyrrha came up to them a moment later
"Hey, what did I miss" Pyrrha asked as she sat down next to Jaune who saved her a plate of food
"Nothing important" Sasuke as he began eating his food causing Pyrrha to look at her teammates for details
"We'll fill you in later" Jaune said as she nodded before digging into her food along with everyone else
"You know, we should do something later" Yang spoke up a few moments later
"Yang no" Sasuke said immediately
"You don't even know what I was going to say" Yang said with her arms crossed
"You were going to suggest we do something that may or may not end us in jail like you did last time" Sasuke said dryly
"First off, that was a holding cell not jail. Huge difference" Yang said irritably with no shame of admitting of her being detained
"I've been meaning to ask sis, what did you do again to get arrested?" Ruby asked innocently
"I may or may not broke a beer bottle over a random drunks head" Yang muttered as everyone stared at her
". . . Why in the world would you do that?" Blake asked incredulously of her partner
"She was drunk, end of story" Sasuke butted in before Yang could make a response while Weiss let out a groan
"Great, one of my teammates is an alcoholic" Weiss said dryly
"I am not an alcoholic" Yang said irritably before noticing was making a so-so gesture with his hand "Why you little" Yang said while shaking her fist at Sasuke who waved her off casually. Yang let out a huff before looking at the others "Still, I say we should do something fun that we can all do together" Yang said
"Like a sleep over!" Nora exclaimed causing Yang clap her hands in joy
"Yes, that's what we should do, a girls night of fun" Yang agreed wholesomely with Nora's idea while adding onto it
Sasuke when he heard what Yang said raised a single brow "So what are the rest of us doing while that happens" Sasuke muttered while taking a sip of his drink
"I figured you guys would need a good opportunity to get to know one another" Yang said as the guys looked at each other before staring straight back at Yang silently
"Yang, that's a terrible idea" Sasuke stated bluntly while Yang completely ignored him and continued to converse with the others. Sasuke let out a sigh before continuing to eat his food
The three teams enjoyed their lunch together, talking about random topics before the bell to for their next class rang.
They all got up and left the cafeteria and headed towards combat class
Once they arrived to their destination they walked through the double doors to be greeted to a sight of a giant room with a training stage in the back. There was nowhere to sit so they continued to stand until Glynda came walking towards them and the other teams that came in as well.
Glynda stopped with a click of her heels as she faced them "Welcome to combat class, in this class I'll be teaching you the proper ways to fight as well as teach you to fight in ways you didn't think was necessary. That includes fighting in dress attire, because we don't know when we will be forced to fight and it's best to be always prepared" Glynda explained as Ruby let out a whine as she didn't want to wear a dress
Glynda fixed her glasses before looking back at her students "For today we'll have a simple training assignment. You and your partner will be fighting together against the other members of your team so you can be familiarized with their fighting style. This will also allow you to help the other with some flaws any of your team may or may not have" Glynda stated before pulling out her scroll as it then showed the aura bars of all the students
Glynda then noticed something amongst the chart of her students "Mr. Winchester, why is your team and your aura down in the red" Glynda asked curiously. They didn't respond as their eyes kept flicking towards Sasuke. Glynda turned her head to her step-brother who was doing a good job of not making eye contact with her ". . . You and I will have a talk later" Glynda said dryly to Sasuke before returning her gaze to team CRDL "Your team is excused for this assignment, you may sit in the sidelines" Glynda said before taking their names off the chart of her Scroll
Glynda let out a huff before several square fighting platforms rose about a foot off the ground "Your fighting area is within the square, if you move off the platform then you are done for the fight. Now normally I would have one team fight another team at a time but sadly it seems the arena I was going to hold this class in but its currently indisposed because someone decided to use it before it was open and did some property damage that needed to be fixed before our repairmen even arrived to fix the place when it was supposed to be ready" Glynda said to everyone but her eyes were looking directly at Sasuke who was looking away as he realized that stabbing several holes into the ground or causing explosions was not a good thing to do when fighting in a private training facility without a proper maintenance workers
"You're in trouble~" Yang said in a sing song voice which made Sasuke's brow twitch
"Urusai" Sasuke muttered dryly which caused her to laugh at his expense. Sasuke let out a huff and shook his head at her with a small smile peaking at the edge of his lips
"You may change into fighting attire and gather your weapons before returning here" Glynda stated as everyone left to change before coming back eager to get started.
All the teams got onto a platform and got into a fighting position. Sasuke, using only Kusanagi for the fight to be more agile, and Akio stood on one end of the platform while the girls stood on the other end.
"You may begin anytime you want" Glynda announced
"So how are doing th-" Rhea asked before being cut off when Sasuke rushed across the platform and punched her in the face "FUCKING HELL!" Rhea shouted before dropping down into her shadow and reappeared on the other side of the platform "You could've given me a warning!" Rhea shouted at her leader who was shaking his hand he punched her with
"Your reflexes are good, you managed to cover up your face with your shadows fast enough to take the brunt of the damage" Sasuke stated calmly as Rhea's eyes widened
"How the hell did you" Rhea muttered
"I've always been able to process things I see faster than most people can and no that isn't my semblance" Sasuke clarified before ducking when Ivy slashed at his back. Sasuke twisted his body around and grabbed Ivy's wrist before tossing her overhead towards Rhea. Ivy who was sailing through the air twisted her body midair to land on her feet "Not bad, you masked your presence well enough to get behind me. Sadly your intent to strike me down made it easy for me to know where you were" Sasuke explained calmly as he cracked his knuckles
"You know this isn't right" Akio growled at the fact Sasuke wasn't showing mercy when it comes to attacking his teammates. Even if it means helping them, he should at least show he cares
"Your right" Sasuke agreed surprisingly before turning to Glynda "Oi, Glynda" Sasuke called out and got her attention "Mind if I just have all three of them go against me" Sasuke asked as his team just stared at him in shock
Glynda pushed her glasses back up as the lenses went opaque "It's Goodwitch when we're in class" Glynda said as Sasuke rolled his eyes as Glynda out a huff "Just don't hurt them enough that they'll need to go to the nurse" Glynda warned him as his team just stared at her
It was then that they realized something, the professor thought the three of them couldn't take down their leader. This train of thought came to one conclusion
'What the hell kind of person is this guy to be considered that strong'
They all took a step forward whilst Sasuke just simply put his hands in his pockets. Akio pulled out his bow and fired two arrows at Sasuke who stepped out of the way of the first before ducking under the second. Sasuke then did a backflip when a bolt of lightning struck where he once stood that came from Rhea's gloves. Rhea dipped down into her shadows and out of sight while Ivy ran around the edge of the platform to flank Sasuke.
Sasuke took a deep breath when he dodged another arrow at his head moving back when Ivy came at his side with both her daggers in a downward motion. Ivy then twisted her daggers in her hands as they let out both fire and lightning. Ivy crossed her daggers in an x fashion as it let out a torrent of flames and lightning at Sasuke. Sasuke simply jumped over the attack and landed with one foot on Ivy's head before jumping off as she tumbled down to the ground.
Sasuke then performed a round house kick when Rhea popped out from his shadow with her fist covered in lightning and shadows. Rhea quickly blocked the kick with her left arm covered in her shadows before it hit as she was sent flying to the right from the force of Sasuke's kick.
Sasuke then finally took his hands out of his pockets as he moved to the side and caught the naginata blade with both his hands before it could touch him. Akio pushed hard against Sasuke's grip who stared at his blue haired teammate as he saw that his teammate wanted nothing but to attack him until he submits
Sasuke let out a sigh before pushing the blade away and elbowed Akio's face which made him stagger back. Sasuke spun around with another roundhouse kick that sent Akio off to the left. Akio tumbled on the floor before kicking himself upright with his weapon back in its bow form that was pointed at Sasuke.
Sasuke took a step forward before stepping to side when Ivy came from behind and tried stab him. Sasuke kicked his leg up high as it made contact with Ivy's chin, only for it to phase through Ivy's head. It was then that Ivy's supposed body vanished like smoke in the wind
"A clone?" Sasuke muttered before ducking when the real Ivy came up from above as she was actually dropped by Rhea who was now currently in the air. Sasuke rolled to the side as Ivy stabbed her daggers into the ground where he once stood
"An echo actually" (2) Ivy clarified before ripping Mente out from the ground as fire dust surrounded the blade as pieces of the rubble from the floor that were now on fire were sent flying at Sasuke
Sasuke ducked down low to the ground as they passed overhead harmlessly before moving to the side when Ivy did the same thing with Cuore as it sent electrified rubble at him. Sasuke was about to charge at Ivy when he heard something. He looked up to Rhea to see that she had her hands apart in a cupping gesture. One hand was burning with fire while the other was swirling with a green vortex of air as a ball of fire was made between her hands. Inside the burning ball of fire was a speck of green light that shown through the vortex of flames
Rhea while in the air went into a pitcher's stance before throwing the ball of fire as hard as she can. Sasuke rolled out of the way as it passed by him before watching Rhea snap her fingers. The green light that was in the ball of fire exploded as it caused the fire outward to blast outward and managed to singe part of Sasuke's clothes.
Sasuke pat the specks of flames that was on his clothes while moving to the right as an arrow passed just an inch from his face. He then unsheathed his Kusanagi to block Akio's downward slash with his naginata. Sasuke pushed him back before parrying Ivy's slashes from the side where he then. Sasuke then jumped back when Rhea started raining down bolts of lightning and fireballs at him. Distancing himself from the rest of his team who were very and he means very, willingly wanting to attack him.
Sasuke took a deep breath and calmed himself while the popping the kinks in his neck. The others just stared at him like he was crazy to do such a laid back action while they were trying to take him down
"Been awhile since I fought multiple people who have admirable skills to force me into a corner" Sasuke commented while rolling his neck around before snapping back to its normal position as he stared directly at them "Shame it took you three to do so. You're probably going to have to work on getting better if you ever want to actually do it by yourself in the future" Sasuke casually remarked as it irritated them to no bound
"The hell are you talking about" Akio growled out angrily
"I'll give you a hint, the blonde over there who just finished taking her team down with her teammate is the only person to fight me fairly in a fight and is able to back me in a corner" Sasuke said while jerking his thumb towards Yang as they saw that she and Blake were standing over the defeated other half of their team
"What?" Akio said unsure what to feel that the blonde, who was flaunting her victory with a playful dance to the others irritations, was a better fighter than him
Akio growled before turning back to Sasuke only to move out of the way when he saw Sasuke's Kusanagi was thrown at him. Akio smacked the blade away from with his naginata as it was sent flying up in the air. Akio looked back at Sasuke, only to be punched in the face that caused him to stumbled back a few feet. Akio righted himself as thrust his weapon forward as Sasuke moved to the side with hand up in the air as Kusanagi landed on his palm.
Sasuke then drove the pommel of the blade down onto the side of Akio's head which made him stagger back in pain. Sasuke spun his sword in his hand to a reverse grip as he thrust the pommel into Akio's gut this time, making him lurch forward. Sasuke raised his knee, making contact with Akio's chin before grabbing his shirt which he then used as leverage to flip Akio over his shoulder and onto the ground behind him.
Sasuke then turned back to the girls to see them rushing him. Sasuke parried Ivy's slashes before dropping low from Rhea's punches covered in shadows and fire. Sasuke stabbed his blade into the ground before jumping over Rhea and landed in front of Ivy. He then grabbed Ivy's wrist before she could move and used the palm of his hand hit her face, causing her to move back but was held in place by Sasuke still holding onto her. Sasuke then kicked the side of Ivy's knee which made her lose her balance as Sasuke used that to his advantage. Sasuke then threw Ivy over his shoulder at Rhea who ducked down into her shadow before Ivy's body could reach her as Ivy went sailing through the air and off the platform.
Rhea then appeared next to Sasuke and threw a punch covered in lightning. Sasuke ducked and did an uppercut as it connected Rhea's chin. Rhea flew backwards before landing on her feet, only for Sasuke to appear next to her and kneed her gut. Before Rhea could even do anything Sasuke put both his hands together in a downward hammer fist directly on the back of her head. Rhea fell face first on the ground as she tried to get back up but only for her arms to give out and fell back down in defeat
Sasuke let out a breath of air he was apparently holding in as he walked back to his sword and sheathed it. Before stepping off the stage he jumped to the side when Akio ran at him with a right hook, completely disregarding his own weapon to try and do whatever he can to hurt him. Sasuke in turned punched Akio who skid back a few feet. What Sasuke wasn't expecting was his knuckles to sting after he hit Akio.
Sasuke looked back and his eyes widened ever so slightly at what he saw. Akio was holding his arm out as it was covered in his aura that looked more tangible than it should.
Akio took a step towards Sasuke as he clapped his hands together before pulling them apart as his fists were covered by his aura in the shape of a ball forming around his fists. It was essentially the same as how he made his arrows but instead of pulling the ball of aura back to elongate it into the shape of an arrow he kept it in is base state to fight with his fists
". . . Right, forgot he could turn his aura tangible with his semblance" (3) Sasuke muttered as he actually looked into his teammates abilities earlier, thanks to his brother who graciously gave him access to student records. He found only Akio's file at hand that had details about his semblance while the others didn't have one at all. Probably will have to look in on that later
Sasuke jumped back when Akio slammed his fist down where Sasuke stood before as the floor beneath him cracked and exploded upward with debris.
Akio charged forward swinging his aura covered fists at Sasuke who dodged each attack. Sasuke pulled out his sword once more and swung at Akio who did nothing to dodge the blade because when it made contact with his shoulder. What Sasuke wasn't prepared for was his blade to be repelled back by his aura that formed on his shoulder a second before it connected
The slight recoil from hitting Akio's aura made Sasuke take a step back with a slight waver in his stance. Akio threw another punch as Sasuke held up his blade in defense but only for the force behind the aura punch to knock the blade out of Sasuke's hands and send it flying off to the side. Sasuke looked back at his teammate to only get punched repeatedly by Akio all over his upper body with each hit causing a loud resonating smack. Akio finished the barrage of punches and took a step forward as his fist dipped down low to the ground before pulling straight up with an uppercut that made contact with Sasuke's jaw
Sasuke was sent flying back a few feet back before landing on the ground with a thud. Akio was gasping heavily as the aura surrounding his fists slowly dissipated to nothing. Akio stumbled slightly before looking straight up with a smirk "Take that, you bastard" Akio said smugly
"Was it nescarry to dislowcrate mah jaw" Sasuke said slurring his words as he stood back up to reveal his jaw in awkward position
"How the hell are you still conscious!" Akio shouted at Sasuke who gripped his jaw with both hands
"Simphle reawly" Sasuke said before snapping his jaw back in place. Sasuke opened and closed his mouth while moving his jaw around to make sure it was back in place before looking at Akio "I forced my aura to congregate in the areas where you hit me, dampening the blows immensely. Though the uppercut you gave me had to much force behind it so I couldn't really stop it from dislocating my jaw" Sasuke explaining while rubbing his jaw with his hand
"What" Akio muttered as he couldn't understand what he meant by that
"Well seeing as you are my partner I might as well explain" Sasuke stated calmly which caused Akio to be irritated by his nonchalance of the situation at hand "Aura is a defensive mechanism to protect one's body while Semblance is the physical manifestation of aura in a specific action, like how you can turn your aura into tangible object to use as a weapon or a shield. But what if you take all your aura and protect a certain part of your body instead of it protecting everything. It'll not only give you a greater defense in that area but in return you will also leave be defenseless everywhere else. It's a simple concept of finding one's inner balance and concentrating on a single point of your body if you think about it" Sasuke explained calmly (4)
"How long have you known about this" Akio said with gritted teeth
"About a few years, but I honestly only use this to intimidate my opponents when I looked unharmed to their attacks" Sasuke mused before taking a step forward "But all I'm telling you now because" Sasuke said as he pulled out four kunais in both hands "I rather we end this fight now and deal with this problem we have with you hating me later" Sasuke said dryly as Akio let out a growl
Sasuke threw the eight kunai at Akio who stopped by forming a circular shield in front of him with both hands as the kunai was sent flying in the air around him. What Akio wasn't expecting was Sasuke appearing right next to him, grabbing a random kunai in the air. Sasuke slashed Akio's side before disappearing from view to only reappear behind Akio while grabbing another kunai from the air and slashing Akio again. Sasuke did this six more times, causing Akio to barely have enough to aura to defend himself, even less to even think of fighting back as fatigue stricken his body (5)
Sasuke appeared in front of Akio and put one finger on his head. Sasuke simply pushed Akio back as fell back with a thud. Sasuke let out a loud sigh as he looked around to see Akio struggling to move, Rhea regaining consciousness with a groan and Ivy who was nursing a headache off in the corner of the room.
Sasuke really didn't want to beat them this badly, just enough to show they have a lot to learn. Sadly it seems he forgot people can be stubborn when it comes to fighting and won't give up when they see they're outclassed
"Man, you went crazy with them"
Sasuke turned to look at Yang leaning against the edge of the platform. He let out a sigh before shaking his head "Didn't really want it to get this out of hand, but sadly it would've turned out this way no matter what I say" Sasuke said with another sigh
Sasuke walked up to Akio who looked up and glared at him "Get the hell away from me" Akio growled stubbornly
Sasuke crouched down a few feet from Akio while staring directly in his eyes ". . Why do you hate me so much?" Sasuke asked as Akio let out a scoff
"Like you'll ever understand" Akio grumbled while looking away
"Try me" Sasuke said calmly which made Akio look back at him questionably. They continued to look at one another for a moment before Sasuke shook his head with a sigh and stood back up "I can see the pain in your eyes, you detest me because I have power you don't have. Power you want to use for revenge for whatever reasons I don't know yet" Sasuke stated bluntly as Akio felt insulted that his leader could just say that without hesitation and was about to yell at him but stopped when Sasuke continued "I know that feeling very well, the want to make another suffer for what they done to you. I can tell you this from personal experience, you'll lose a lot more if you walk down that path you're headed" Sasuke said as his eye seemed to lose a bit of life in it before going to back to normal
Sasuke walked off towards Rhea while Akio just laid down on the floor contemplating what he just heard. His leader was being honest that much was clear, but the fact he seemed to know what it was to lose family was odd. He knows his leader has a family from the fact his older siblings work here but why did he have the look on his face that says he been through loss like him. Akio just contemplated this as he finally gained control of his motor function and walked off the platform.
Sasuke walked up to Rhea who was lying on her stomach with a bored look on her face "You alright" Sasuke asked as Rhea moved her head slightly to look at Sasuke
"You could've held back you know" Rhea grumbled
"There's a saying a lot of people say; No pain, no gain. Besides you seem like a person who would be mad if I held back" Sasuke stated calmly with a slight smirk while Rhea grumbled incoherent insults at him "Come on, do you need help" Sasuke said as Rhea looked at him with a blank look
"Well I can't feel my legs after the pounding you gave us a moment ago, so yes, help me" Rhea said irritably
"Oh my~" Yang said mischievously as she walked past them with her teammates who seemed confused at what Yang said for a moment
It was then that the members of S.E.V.N realized what Yang suggested in that tone of voice about the context of what she said along with Blake and Weiss while Ruby seemed oblivious to it.
"Goddammit Yang!" Sasuke shouted at Yang who let out a boisterous laugh
Rhea let out a groan with a faint blush appearing on her cheeks from embarrassment "Could you just help me up now" Rhea said with a groan while she couldn't help but smirk in amusement at her leader's faint blush
After glaring at the snickering blonde Sasuke let out a huff before helping Rhea up by grabbing her arm and pulling her up on her feet seamlessly. Rhea stumbled a bit before righting herself by using her wings like a balance pole
"You actually have quite the ingenuity with the air dust mixed with the fireball you sent at me. Other than the fact you can come up with crazy concoctions with your Dust, you're fighting style is pretty straightforward and predictable" Sasuke stated bluntly
"Worked well for me in the past" Rhea grumbled while crossing her arms against her chest
"Yes and look at how well that turned out" Sasuke deadpanned which made a vein twitch on Rhea's forehead
"Why you son-of-a" Rhea said as her shadows appeared from her back like flames made of darkness was on her shoulders
"Calm down, all I'm saying is that you might how to use that creativity in how you fight more often. Best to make your opponent keep guessing what you're about to do then knowing what you're doing and stopping that" Sasuke explained while he had his hands up in a placating motion that did little with the stone face he had
Rhea stared at him for a moment before letting out a huff ". .Fine" Rhea grumbled before walking off, stumbling slightly as she did
Sasuke shook his head before heading over to Ivy who's ears twitched when he approached but made no motion to look at him "You alright" Sasuke asked politely as Ivy tilted her head towards him
"Yeah, just a sight headache I got when you threw out of the platform and landed face first on the ground" Ivy said placing a hand on her head
"My apologies" Sasuke said honestly as Ivy waved him off
"Nah it's fine, you were fighting against us fairly. No harm if we get hurt, as long as we learn from our mistakes" Ivy said as she picked herself off the ground
". . You're more relaxed about this than the others. . Why?" Sasuke asked curiously as the bat faunus wasn't being stubborn or complaining at all at what happened
Ivy turned her head to look in his direction while having a look that showed she was in deep thought ". . Mostly because I know what you're doing. You are forcing us to fight you at our fullest to identify what our capabilities are as well as our limitations so that you can try to help us overcome of said limitations. It's like what I said back in the forest, as long as the outcome outweighs the actions you do I don't mind" Ivy explained with a shrug
Sasuke stared at her for a moment before narrowing his eyes "Why do you wish to become stronger, I don't see you having a want for revenge at all" Sasuke stated bluntly which made Ivy raise a single brow
". . I guess the reason why is because I don't want revenge but at the same time I do" Ivy said before having a far off look on her face while Sasuke raised a brow at her response "I want power to regain something that has been taken from me. So if I have to work hard and endure whatever training I have to go through to do that than that's fine for me" Ivy said with utmost seriousness while Sasuke just looked at her, wondering what she meant that was taken from her "Now I have a question for you" Ivy asked after a moment
"Go ahead" Sasuke said while stopping mid gesture for her to continue when he remembered she was blind and put his hand back down
Ivy stood up and stared directly at him "How many people have you killed without hesitation to achieve your goals" Ivy stated bluntly
Sasuke's visible eye widen in shock before calming down "What are you talking about" Sasuke responded smoothly
Ivy looked at him before letting out an amused scoff as a smirk appeared on her face "It's nice to know I can tell when you're lying, especially when your heart started beating so loudly when I said that" Ivy said nonchalantly as Sasuke's hands twitched slightly at what he heard and figured he need to reign in his emotions when he's around her when she asks such personal questions "You know, normally I can't hear your heartbeat but when you lied about this, it was so loud that it was like a someone drumming in my ears" Ivy said with her arms crossed. Sasuke clenched his fists and tried to calm down "Now now, no need to be frustrated about this. A simple answer and I'll keep quiet about it" Ivy explained calmly with the smirk never leaving her lips during this entire conversation
"Is that a threat" Sasuke asked clodly while glaring at Ivy
"No, just needed to give you a push to answer is all" Ivy said lulling her head to the side as her hazy green eyes stared directly back at him
Sasuke stared at her for some time before looking away with a look of regret on his face "I've killed so many that I don't remember how many, all of it for the purpose revenge which when I finally got, it was so bitter that I couldn't even say it was bittersweet when I finally achieved my goal" Sasuke said looking down at his hands that caused so much damage in his past life
"Huh" Ivy uttered
"Huh what?" Sasuke asked when he heard her
"Nothing, it's nothing" Ivy said before walking off, leaving Sasuke behind slightly confused until he heard her said something else under her breath "Just wasn't expecting something like that from you"
Sasuke stared at Ivy's retreating figure before letting out a huff "What did I do to deserve such a team like this" Sasuke said with a sigh but he isn't going to complain. He already messed up the bond with the first team 7, he's not going to let it happen again
Sasuke let out another sigh before walking off. He'll deal with his team's problems one step at a time
Well I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter because it was a pain to make, also needed to clarify some things that I marked in the story
(1) The reason I didn't anything for any of the other teams but JNPR when it came to the simulated missions is because it would take too long to make. That and I was completely lazy in making that part. That and I feel that I need to involve them some how other than Pyrrha's part in the story
(2) Ivy can make echoes of her body, it is her semblance as stated before that ties in the fact she can 'See' through sounds. Just to make that clear
(3) Just figured with his semblance that he can make his aura tangible he would be able to wield it in any shape or form if he imagines it if possible with limitations
(4) I would explain that further but I'm too lazy. If you have seen Hunter X Hunter than you would know about Nen which is quite similar in my opinion. Then you can get what I'm trying to say, if not well I might explain it later if people demand it but like I said, I was getting lazy near the end and wanted the damn chapter to be done with
(5) I just wanted to take Shisui's technique and add it in there for the hell of it
Well that about covers everything, I hope the next chapter comes out faster than this one. Maybe keep it under 7k this time *Shrugs*
So if you please could leave a comment, review, PM and I'll see you all later, have a great day. Also
ONE MORE DAY FOR RWBY VOL 3! . . . . Well technically 34 hours from now but you know what I mean. . . Bye