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Chapter 29:
A kick to the back and a punch to the face was what finally defeated Team NDGO's leader. Yoru looked at the other side of the combat arena and sees Pyrrha jumping around, hitting the rest of Team NDGO and using the surrounding trees to dodge their retaliation attacks.
Yoru then turned to the other side of the arena, where Ronald was posing dramatically on top of a sand dune while saying something. Around him he had multiple red dust crystals. Yoru smiled. Ronald was chanting. An enormous fireball appeared on top of him. Yoru looked towards Pyrrha and saw her coming out of the forest. He saw the Aura meters of the rest of NDGO. They were around fifty percent.
"The fireworks are about to start" said Weiss beside him. Yoru nodded and kept watching.
Ronald raised his hand as he finished chanting and brought it down towards the forest, sending the giant fireball towards it. Yoru grinned as he saw it blow up the forest and instantly bring the rest of Team NDGO's Aura to ten percent. The match was called and Team PYRU was given the victory.
"Let's go congratulate them" Jaune said as he got up. The group started walking towards the changing rooms when Yoru saw Weiss stop.
"What's wrong?" he asked as Ruby stopped to look at Weiss. Weiss was looking at the sky with a smile. Yoru saw a metallic deathtrap flying in the sky.
"She's here!" she exclaimed as she used her Glyphs to go towards the exit quickly. Yoru and Ruby looked at each other before they ran to follow Weiss. Ruby using her Semblance and Yoru just shoving people aside.
They managed to catch up to her when she got into a Bullhead to go to Beacon. They entered with her and then had to run after her again towards the airship Yoru had seen.
"Who are you talking about?" Ruby asked as she stopped beside Weiss. Yoru decided to stand behind the girls.
"Winter" Weiss said and Yoru stood straighter. 'Gotta give a good first impression' he thought.
The airship's door opened and a white haired tall woman walked down escorted by two Atlesian Knights. 'Ha! Weiss is prettier' Yoru thought while maintaining a neutral expression.
"Winter!" Weiss said happily as she rushed towards her sister, with Yoru and Ruby following her "I'm so happy to see you!"
Winter looks at Weiss and then looks around "Beacon" she said and Yoru was already narrowing his eyes at her "It's been a while since I've been here. Certainly colder."
"Well yeah, it's Fall" Ruby said, earning a glare from Weiss.
"So… What are you doing here?" asked Weiss.
"Classified."
"How long will you be here?"
"Classified."
"Oh…" Weiss looked downwards.
"Kinda cold" said Yoru with a serious expression.
Winter looked at him, narrowing her eyes "And who may you be?"
"Yoru Ogami, ex-hobo, local Mixed Blood" the Mixed Blood grinned at her "Weiss' boyfriend."
"Y-Yoru i-it's too early to tell her that" Weiss stammered and Ruby giggled.
"Interesting…" Winter said, letting a silence settle.
"Well… this is nice" said Ruby. 'Bless her awkwardness' Yoru thought.
Weiss got excited "You are going to love it here! I know you travel a lot but so much here is different from Atlas! Vale too. The government and school are completely separate! Can you believe it? I-"
"I'm more than familiar with how this kingdom handles its bureaucracy. That is not why I came" Winter interrupted, earning a glare from the Mixed Blood.
"Right… I'm sorry" Weiss said.
"Nor did I come here to watch my own blood fail so miserably in battl-"
"And you didn't" Yoru interrupted Winter, earning a glare "She fought at the best of her capabilities."
"Believe me Ogami, that should not be the best of her capabilities. She has much to learn if she wants to be as strong as me."
"Prove it Ice Queen" he snarled at her. Weiss and Ruby got out of the way.
"Fine then, you asked for this" she said, drawing her saber and looking at her guards "Leave us" the Atlesian Knights left her sides.
Yoru cracks his neck with a grin and he activates his Kodachi. After that he activated his Semblance, managing to engulf his arms up to his shoulders in his dark armor and surprising himself as he managed to engulf his feet up to his ankles in his Semblance.
Yoru got in a charging stance but barely managed to block Winter's charge with his blade. In a second she had activated a Glyph and charged at him. The attack destabilized him due to not being prepared to block and Winter took full advantage of that opening, attacking quickly with her saber. Yoru barely managed to block the strikes with his arms so they didn't cut into his unprotected body.
Yoru tried to find an opening in Winter's attacks but he couldn't due to having to concentrate on protecting his less protected areas. 'If you can't find an opening…' He decided to take a hit and use that opportunity to position himself inside her guard, clearly surprising her. Yoru grinned cockily at her and head-butted her in the face, making her close her eyes in pain and take a step back. Yoru used that opportunity to kick her in the stomach with a front kick, making her fall back.
Yoru decided to press his advantage and he charged at her while preparing a sideway cut with his blade. With his free hand he had prepared his other hand to grab her when she dodged him by jumping to the side. Winter found her footing and surprised the Mixed Blood by crouching and charging below his strike. Yoru panicked and tried to grab her but she simply slashed his armor away with her saber and did the unthinkable.
A guttural pain made its way inside his body. His nervous system responded by making him bring his free hand down to cover the damaged area. 'That… THAT BITCH!' SHE HAD KICKED HIM IN THE BALLS! WITH HEELS!
"AAAAAAAAAAA-" Yoru's scream was cut by a heel to the face that sent him flying towards a pillar. His body indented itself in the stone and he fell down to the ground standing. 'Remember the old man's teachings. It's just pain. Walk it off' He stood in a stance in time to block Winter's charge.
Yoru tried to block her attacks, barely managing to deflect some of them but still managing to keep his body mostly protected. Just when she was winding up a big attack he managed to punch her in the face, digging his thumb in her eye.
"That… was for… my balls" he said grinning at her. That only seemed to anger her more.
She pressed her attack, this time managing to land the majority of her blows. Yoru tried to at least take the blows in awkward angles so they didn't cause too much damage to his Aura. But he already knew he was going to lose. By his estimations he was at around twenty percent. She winded up her saber for an overhead strike but the head of an Atlesian Knight hit her in the face, making her fall back to survey the situation.
"Sheesh pup, you look like you need a lot of help" Yoru heard that gruff voice and smiled. Yoru was about to greet his friend and master when he saw Qrow bring Harbinger down in front of the Mixed Blood "Bullying children Ice Queen? That's not very cash money of you."
"Did you just meme at me?" Winter asked, clearly disgusted. Yoru took advantage of that moment by ramming his blade in Winter's gut, shoving her away.
"Thanks Qrow. What do you want me to do?" the Mixed Blood asked as he put his body into a defensive stance.
"Try to rest for a bit and survey the situation. Prepare yourself for a Marked One maneuver when you see the opportunity" Qrow replied while cracking his neck in the same way Yoru had done before. It made sense, Yoru had copied that from him after all. Qrow charged at Winter.
Steel against steel. Harbinger against Winter's saber. They were moving at impressive speeds. If Yoru wasn't trained he would only see two blurs. As he saw Qrow going into the defensive he grinned and pulled out his flare gun.
Yoru saw Qrow jump back while pointing Harbinger's barrels towards Winter and saw his opportunity. He pointed at them and pulled the trigger. The flare travelled quickly and found itself in front of a charging Winter. Yoru could feel Qrow's grin as he pulled Harbinger's trigger, shooting the flare and making it blow up in Winter's face, creating a smokescreen besides damaging Winter.
They had invented that maneuver when Qrow was training Yoru. Qrow would be the bait in order to goad the enemy into being more reckless. When Qrow was ready he would jump back while pointing Harbinger's barrels at the enemy and Yoru would shoot at the enemy using his flare gun. Qrow would shoot the flare in front of the enemy while using Harbinger's recoil to get away from the explosion. The flare was modified to create a smokescreen after blowing up and damaging the enemy. Yoru had to thank Nora for teaching him about explosives.
Qrow took advantage of the smokescreen and rushed Winter, hitting her multiple times with Harbinger and pushing her away with a sideway slash. Yoru saw Winter growl at them and she pressed a lever in her saber's handle, making a dagger fall towards her other hand from her saber, arming her. She stabbed her saber in the ground, creating a massive light blue Glyph Yoru had never seen before.
"Oh shit" Qrow said and jumped back "Prepare your defense Yoru, the Ice Bitch will use her summoning."
"Her what?" Yoru asked while getting into a defensive stance. His answer came quickly as a small Nevermore flew by him, hitting him with its wing. Yoru looked at Winter and saw a bunch of light blue Nevermores flying towards them. He moved his blade to cover the most of his body while protecting the less protected parts of his body with his other arm. Qrow simply dodged the Nevermores.
Winter seemed to realize she couldn't just spam Nevermores at them and made a repulsion Glyph behind her and prepared to charge at them. Yoru prepared himself to block her but found his arms shaking and barely managing to lift his blade. He looked at Qrow and saw him just flip Winter off. Apparently this made her even more angry because she charged at them quickly.
"Schnee!" she stopped centimeters away from striking both of them with her weapons at due to that authoritative voice. Yoru looked at the source of the voice and saw General James Ironwood himself walk up to them. Yoru decides to disengage his Semblance and his weapon.
"General Ironwood, sir!" Winter stood straight and turned to see him.
"What is going on here?" Ironwood asked.
Before Winter could ask Qrow decided to reply "Specialist Schnee here was picking on my student."
"Is this true?" Ironwood asked while looking at Yoru.
The Mixed Blood looked at Winter in the eyes 'For my balls' "Yeah, she said I wasn't worthy of dating Weiss and decided to attack me" he said in a low voice so only the General, Qrow and Winter could hear him. He added downcast eyes to his expression so he could be more believable.
Winter looked quite angry at Yoru for selling her out to the fair General "Of course the drunken failure would take in the half-breed scu-"
She was interrupted by Qrow putting Harbinger's barrels right in front of her face in an instant "Keep talking like that and I'll make sure you have to use a mask for the rest of your life Schnee"
"Winter" the General said, clearly disappointed "Go back to my ship. I'll give you your punishment there" Winter huffed and walked away, with Weiss following her quickly.
"I'll go talk to my niece" Qrow said, putting Harbinger away and going to talk to Ruby, who was standing at the sidelines.
"I'm sorry for what Specialist Schnee did and said" the General said.
"Don't worry, I'll admit it was also a bit my fault there" Yoru said "Could you be a little lenient with her? Weiss would get angry at me if I got her sister into too much trouble."
"I see" the General said "It's good to see Miss Schnee has such a good boyfriend."
Yoru blushed a little at the compliment "Thanks sir."
"Well… that was interesting" came Ozpin's voice from the side. Yoru turned and saw Ozpin drinking coffee while Miss Goodwitch was working behind him. The real Beacon experience.
"Hi Ozpin" said Yoru smiling.
"Good evening Mister Ogami" the Headmaster returned his smile "I must say, you fought well against Neptune Vasillias."
"Thanks!" Yoru replied excited. Praise from Ozpin meant a lot. The Mixed Blood saw Ozpin as a nice uncle.
"Now I'm afraid I must borrow James for a bit" Ozpin said.
"Okay" Yoru turned to the General "It was an honor to meet you General."
"It was an honor to meet you as well Mister Ogami, I hope you can find more of your people" and with that the General left with Ozpin.
"I have to go too" said Qrow while walking by him "You've improved on your Semblance, we'll talk later" and with that he left.
"That was so cool!" Ruby squeaked from beside him, making him turn to see a vibrating Ruby.
"She kicked my ass" replied Yoru with a blank expression as they started walking towards Beacon.
"Still cool" Ruby replied, making Yoru laugh.
"Yeah, if Qrow hadn't arrived she probably would have killed me" Yoru said.
"Hey, it was you who picked a fight with her" Ruby said.
"Not what Ironwood believes" Yoru winked at her and Ruby gasped "It was Qrow's idea, and I gotta listen to my teacher."
"Ha! That sounds like something Uncle Qrow would do" Ruby said "How is your combo move called?"
"Marked One" Yoru said "I'm guessing you know about his Semblance?" Ruby nodded "Well, since we are both 'marked' in some way we decided on that name. Jaune and Qrow's is called Plume, I don't know why."
"Cool" Ruby said fidgeting a little "Can we get a combo move?"
"Sure" Yoru said smiling at her and they made their way towards the training rooms.
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"Interesting" Cinder said once she finished reviewing the footage Mercury had given her "So the scarecrow has come back from his trip."
"What do we do?" asked Mercury.
"I believe he didn't get to see our faces. Right Emerald?" Cinder asked.
"He didn't Ma'am" Emerald replied.
"And it seems the Mixed Blood was trained by him" Cinder pulled the scroll they were using to arrange the fights "We should give the audience a good fight" Emerald saw Cinder move some icons and she saw the reflection of her picks.
"JNRY against PYRU" Mercury said "Seems cool. I wonder who will win between the Mixed Blood and Nikos."
"Pyrrha Nikos shall be the victor. Right Emerald?" Cinder asked.
'You shouldn't do it' "Of course Ma'am" Emerald replied, incapable of looking at Cinder in the eyes.
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Dun dun dun. Mistery. What will they do? Who knows? I certainly don't. Sorry if this chapter came out a little later than usual. I had some stuff to deal with regarding my application to College.
Reviews:
Merendinoemiliano: It's nice that people liked the fights. I just hope they liked the one in this chapter. I think it's the longest one. I wonder how Emerald will act.
The Ancient Irish Viking: Regarding the Semblances.
Cat and Wolf: You are correct. His Semblance is called "Bodyguard Contract". It lets him create a contract with a person and whenever that person is in danger Yoru gets stronger.
Too Far Back: You are kind of close. The hint I'll give this chapter should say more about it.
Team JNRY: You were on the right track with last week's guess. Think a bit. What kind of power one gets from his soul in Remnant?
And about the theme… I don't really see it for this Yoru. Maybe a different one.
HikariHoshinoAsakura: Jesus, I hope you are okay. Hey, if you see them as an action anime it's already better than they actually are. Yeah, Yoru is a really nice dps while Jaune is a good tank. And you are right about one of the Semblance guesses.
Now, we shall see the Semblance guesses.
The Cat and the Wolf: "Bodyguard Contract": Yoru creates a contract with a person he cares about and whenever that person is in danger he will be stronger. The contract can only be broken if Yoru and his contractor want to end it.
Too Far Back: So the last two hints are "Power" and "Unity". The next hint (which will probably give away what I want to do with this Jaune) is "Game."
Team JNRY: So the last two hints are "Fake" and "Soul". The next hint is "Semblance."
And those are the hints. If you want you can ask pretty much anything in the reviews. Also, if you guys want to suggest a music theme for Yoru feel free to do it.
Anyways, bye!
