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Alright guys, so 3 awesome things happened.
1. As of November 3, 2014, at 6:50 PM we broke 1000 views! That is just unbelievable, we can't thank you guys enough for just checking out this story and even sticking around to read more, it really is just amazing. We're just going to keep going, so if you like what you've been reading, please by all means stick around and enjoy.
2. As you might notice in this chapter, there are a few new faces. Both of which are OC's but one was sent in by 'The Baz'. They made a request that I was definitely not expecting, I am truly honored to oblige and I will try my best to write their OC into the story. So, you guys will be introduced to this new OC in this chapter. This also leads to something I want to announce.
"To anyone who wants to take part in this story as well, please don't hesitate to PM me about OC ideas. However, I'm requesting some for an upcoming tournament in Vale, just a few cameos as tournament competitors. They don't need to be too in depth, but all the details you need to send will be (Weapon, Weapon Name, Fighting Style, OC Appearance, and Aura/Semblance)."
3. Lastly, another author reviewed our story, and hey...I thought that was just awesome. They will be revealed and referenced by the end of this chapter as a small way of saying 'Thank You'.
That's all the announcements I have, as I said above, there will be a reference to another Fanfic in this chapter. It's just something I like doing in this story so you can expect more references later on. So, without further ado...chapter 21!
*Future me says this announcement is no longer valid, so yeah… but can't wait to see what you think of the tournament!
XSRA's Flame Chapter 21: You Got Shot?!
Skyla's POV
I left the room after finishing our game of Risk. I headed towards the cafeteria for some ice cream to celebrate my victory. I walked around the place and scanned over the ice cream options. I crinkled my nose. "They don't have my favorite flavor!" I pouted as I headed for the door, bumping into someone in the meantime, knocking them down.
"Oh my gosh, I am so sorry!" I shouted, reaching down to help him up. His baggy pants became ruffled as he stood, giving off a high pitched laugh. "It's alright."
I smiled. "I'm Skyla." I held out my hand but he barely looked at it.
"Um..." I said awkwardly pulling it back to my side. "Isn't it a little hard to see from under that hat?" I asked referring to his beanie pulled over his eyes. I looked at his arms hanging by his side and realized that in place of one of his arms was a fake one, most likely fixed to help him in combat.
"I'm blind actually." He said stuffing his hands into his jean pockets. My eyes widened in shock.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean…" I trailed off.
"No, it's alright!" he laughed. "I'm Rideat Dente."
"Skyla Xerious. So what team are you on?" I asked.
"Team SNAR (Sonar)."
"Who's on your team?"
"Sun Wukong, Neptune Vasilias, and Anna Clyde."
"Anna from the coffee shop?"
"I think...?" He asked, uncertain about it.
"And as for Neptune, you mean that really cute guy with the blue hair?"
"Not sure. I'm blind." He shrugged.
"And Sun as in, the monkey?" I asked,
"So that's what that was, it was a tail!"
I looked at him quizzically, "Wait, how did you see a tail?"
He shrugged again and stated, "I may be blind, but my semblance allows me to see the silhouettes of people's aura, usually just colors."
"Oooooo, what color am I?"
"Purple." He said simply.
"Cooool. Hey, I'm sorry for asking all these stupid questions."
Rideat shook his head as if saying, 'It's Alright.'
"I get that a lot." he said, his voice never leaving its happy tone. His laugh was high pitched and he seemed to laugh a lot, which kind of reminded me of…
"You sound like the hyena from The Lion King!" I accidently blurted out. He stared at me, not sure of what emotion it was since his eyes were covered with a beanie cap. "How did you know?" he suddenly asked, catching me off guard.
"What do you mean?"
"How did you know I was a faunus?" He asked, leaning closer as if inspecting me.
"Wait…you're a faunus?"
He nodded briefly removing his hands from his pockets. If you listened closely you could hear a faint noise of metal scraping together, like that of the Terminator in those movies.
"A hyena faunus," I said, finally understanding multiple things.
"Hey Skyla!" Someone called out from behind me. "I see you met my good buddy, Rideat." Sun said, suddenly coming out and swinging an arm around Rideat.
I nodded, smiling again. "I did. And I learned that you, Neptune, and Anna are all on a team now."
"Indeed, we are. Isn't it awesome!?" He said, fist pumping the air.
Behind us more voices came.
"I want to rematch you some day." Ruby said walking along side Allix. I looked at them side by side and realized both of their main colors were red and black. I smiled at them, they were almost twins, besides the hair.
"Someday." Allix said.
Ruby stopped in front of us and looked around. "Have you seen Blake? She wasn't in her bed this morning."
I shook my head. "Nope. But funny thing is, neither was Xera."
Sun tilted his head to the side and stared at us. "So both Xera and Blake are missing? Those two lovebirds must have run off again!"
"Ewww…."
"I just think they went to the café for an early morning breakfast. Xera usually goes there." Allix said knocking Sun's theory off the table.
Suddenly, the sound of running footsteps came echoing through the empty halls. Allix, Ruby, Rideat, and Sun all looked at the place where the noises emitted from. Suddenly, a person appeared with a panicked look on their face.
"Someone was shot! Someone was shot!" they shouted repeatedly. Sun grabbed the guy and stopped him in his tracks.
"Who got shot?" He asked holding the teen still.
"Two teens! One wearing green and another wearing black with hints of purple!"
I glanced at Allix. "Do you think...?"
She shook her head. "Can't be…"
The teen shook off Sun's hands and faced Allix and I. "The students Xera Stark and Blake Belladonna are in the medical bay right now!"
3rd Person
Blake slowly opened her eyes and immediately noticed all the white light panels that littered the ceiling above her. A faint beeping sounded out through the air from her left, as she felt around with her hands, she realized she was in a hospital bed.
"Good, you're awake."
Blake turned her head and noticed a nurse standing at the left side of her bed, typing on a medical scroll that had a red plus symbol on the back of it.
"You were unconscious for a few hours, but nothing major. The wound in your leg is mostly healed thanks to the healers and your aura, so you should be able to walk." The nurse continued.
"What about Xera?" Blake asked.
The nurse looked up for a second before going back to her scroll, "He's still unconscious due to the amount of blood he's lost. However, for some reason he seems to be healing quite fast. I've never seen anyone self-heal like him before."
The nurse walked out of the doors to the hospital room, this gave Blake some time to actually look around and take in her surroundings.
Along the opposite wall were multiple beds all spaced out from each other with movable curtains, each bed had a tall metal stand next to it, most likely for IV Bags and aura stimulants. Continuing her gaze she noticed a couple of windows at the far wall to her right, the sun was just setting on the horizon.
She turned her head to see what was on her side of the room and noticed one of the beds had its curtains closed around it.
Taking in the information that the nurse told her, she should be healed enough to walk on her injured leg. Blake took a deep breath and slowly lowered herself to the floor, gradually putting more and more weight on her leg.
Surprisingly, no pain occurred and her leg actually felt like it hadn't been injured at all.
"Huh, I guess those healers really did a good job." She said to herself as she took a few steps further, testing to make sure she can walk.
When she was satisfied that she was definitely healed, she approached the closed curtains. Blake peaked through around the edge of the fabric and noticed who was lying in the hospital bed.
"Oh, hey. You're awake?" She asked, pushing aside the curtain a little.
Xera was currently reading from a book, the author's name was hidden by his hand but the title was in clear view, 'Vale's Valentine'.
"Yup." He said simply.
Blake pushed the rest of the curtains open, "What are you reading?"
Xera looked up for a second, "It's a Romance series. The author is extremely good at writing and these books definitely show it."
"Never knew you liked romance." She stated, now finished with opening the curtain.
"Yeah, I'm a huge sucker for those kinds of series." He shrugged, now looking at Blake curiously.
"I'm a pretty big fan of romance as well." Blake said, turning her gaze back to the injured teen.
"I overheard the nurse speaking. What happened to your leg?" He asked, closing the book and giving Blake his attention.
"Oh, it's nothing, it was just a slash. But it's all healed now so you don't have to worry about it."
Xera glanced at her leg and took note that she wasn't avoiding putting any weight on it. He also took a look outside and saw what time it was.
"So, uhh…this might sound a little stupid. But how did I get here?" He asked, sheepishly scratching the back of his neck.
"Right, about that…I think you would have to thank Vulderak for saving us." She responded.
Xera looked back and met Blake's gaze, just checking to see if she was believing her own words. "How did he know we were in trouble?"
Blake shrugged and adverted her gaze down to stare at her feet, fiddling with her thumbs a little. "You know, I never really got a chance to thank you." She stated.
Xera looked at her and tilted his head a little, "For what?"
"Well, for saving my life. I'm pretty sure if you hadn't have stepped in the way, that bullet would have pierced my heart." Blake said, looking up again at Xera.
"Don't worry about it, I guess I can get a little protective over my friends and the people I care about. It's just in my nature." He answered.
Blake continued to fiddle with her thumbs a little, wondering if she should say what she wanted to say next. Making her decision she spoke up again, "I still want to make it up to you. Do you…maybe…want to-"
Blake was cut off by the doors flying open, along with a purple blur flying through the room and skidding to a halt in front of Xera's hospital bed.
"You…you're…okay. I thought you got shot." The blur said quizzically.
Xera was still looking at Blake, waiting for her to continue but eventually turned to the new person in front of him. "It's alright Skyla, the bullet holes should be healed by now."
"BULLET HOLES?!"
Another voice pierced the silent atmosphere of the room as two more people walked in, the two remaining members of team XSRA.
"Oh come on, Rex, it really wasn't that bad." Xera stated, reassuring everyone that he was fine.
"How many times were you shot?" Allix asked worriedly, walking along side Rex as they approached the other three in the room.
Xera sighed, contemplating whether or not to tell them. That was until he was blinded by a bright light that was pointed directly into his face.
"Don't make me interrogate you. Because you know I always and I mean always get the information." Skyla warned, pushing her portable lamp closer to Xera's face.
"Fine…" He sighed and muttered "I got shot twice."
Skyla put away her lamp as fast as it had appeared, nobody really knows where she puts it. "At least you're okay. I was so worried about you, you know…because you're my partner."
"And we were worried about our teammate." Allix spoke up.
"Yeah man, you scared us pretty bad when we heard about what happened." Rex added.
"BLAKE!?"
Another voice rang out through the air as a yellow flash rushed straight for Blake, pulling the poor girl into a monstrous bear hug. "Oh My Gosh, you're okay."
"Yang, I'm fine. Now please let me go, you're crushing my ribs." Blake squeaked out, trying her hardest to swallow oxygen.
"Oh, sorry." Yang let her go and stepped back a little.
"Blake, we heard you were in the medical bay. What happened?" Ruby asked, approaching the others alongside Weiss.
"Yeah, Ozpin told us you were injured during a mission." Weiss added.
Blake looked and her team and gave them a warm smile, "I'm fine guys. I just got into a sword fight and the guy happened to land a hit on my leg. But it's completely healed now."
She turned her gaze back to Xera, who was still looking at her and waiting for her to continue. "I'll tell you later." Blake said.
"Alright."
The rest of team RWBY just noticed who else was in the hospital room and who else was hurt during Blake's mission.
"So, what happened to you?" Ruby spoke up, stepping forward in Xera's direction.
"Oh, he got shot." Skyla stated firmly.
"WHAT?!"
"Twice." Rex added, holding up two fingers.
"WHAT?!"
Xera just rolled his eyes and gazed out the window, watching as the sun slowly dipped out of view, finally signaling that night has descended upon Vale.
So, I'm still learning on this Romance stuff but at least I'm improving. Anyway, so Xera got hooked into this amazing book series/aka Fanfic written by 'xxnachomaniacxx', he is an amazing writer and an even more amazing romance creator. So please, go look him up and read 'Vale's Valentine', it's definitely one of my favorites. I hope you guys enjoyed and will continue to enjoy these chapters, as always...Favorite...Follow...REVIEW...have a good one guys!
Cya