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Reading Ch 13: Ruby vs. Cardin & Pyrrha vs. Harry, Round II! Part 1
"Hermione, are you going to give the next book to someone?" Harry asked her. Hermione ignored him, flipping to the next page. "Hermione!"
"Come on, just one more chapter please!" Hermione pleaded with the puppy eyes. Harry resisted for a moment, but just like any man, his will eventually crumbled.
"Fine." He sighed. "But the next chapter, give the book to someone else." Hermione nodded and went back to reading eagerly. "Chapter 13: Ruby vs. Cardin & Pyrrha vs. Harry, Round II!..."
Several perked up at this, especially Ruby and Pyrrha. "I'm going to get another match with Harry?" Pyrrha questioned with a big smile. Hopefully, he won't be doing any tests in that fight.
"And it look like my little sis will have her revenge against Cardin." Yang stated with an evil grin. Ruby, however, look a bit nervous at the prospect of fighting in a crowd. While she got a bit better with dealing with other people, she know her other is still as socially awkward when she first got to Beacon.
Safe house somewhere in Vale
Cinder smiled as she opened up the feed to Harry's combat class. Leaning back in her chair beside Aegis's bed as he slept, Cinder decided to check up on what Harry was doing at the moment. She figured this would be a great way to pass the time as she waited for more instructions from her master…
Several frowned/scowled in irritation at the reminder of who Cinder actually is, with Ruby looking depress. But then a few things caught their interest.
"Wait a minute, she's has a camera in our class?" Yang questioned with wide eyes.
"More importantly, did anyone else notice the last part of that paragraph?" Blake stated with narrowed eyes. "Cinder has a master." Is it the same in their world? Also, who is her master?
Harry saw a strange look in Ozpin's eyes before it was masked. He narrowed his eyes. What is he hiding?
"Alright, you cute little would-be Hunters and Huntresses!" a clear, bell-like voice startled the woman from her thoughts. "I don't care who you are, or where you came from! From here on out, however you were taught up to this point is wrong! And it's up to me to teach you how to fight the right way!"
Cinder stared wide eyed as a woman with silver eyes and a white cloak walked up onto the stage and say, "My name is Summer Rose, and for the next four years, I'm your new combat instructor, best friend, and of course…" She gave an unnerving smile. "Your worst fucking nightmare!"
'S-S-S-Summer?! NO! It can't be! She's dead!' Cinder panicked and scoured through several archives and videos Beacon stored to try and understand just what was going on at Beacon. She opened the video of Harry's initiation, something she had been meaning to view anyway, and saw him exit a hole with his new team (with Adam Taurus and two others she didn't know) and Summer in tow.
Cinder's reaction caught everyone's interest. "Look like someone is afraid of mom." Yang sang.
"But how does she know her?" Pyrrha questioned.
"She may have heard of her reputation." Glynda answered for Pyrrha. "Summer has been well known for her frightening skill level."
Then the Death Eater crawled out. Cinder was shocked. 'Little Summer Rose actually survived in the Death Eater tunnels?' She knew of the tunnels, of course. Her master had told her of them, and warned her never to attempt to draw out the Death Eaters inside. Her master had said Death Eaters cared little for anything that wasn't killing man and his creations and would never view anyone that wasn't a Grimm an ally.
Even the Maidens had stayed clear of these Grimm when they first obtained their powers.
"Yes, the Maidens would avoid those creatures if they existed in our world." Ozpin mused. And even their Summer, the one without Maiden powers, could be one of the few who could survive a Death Eater nest for over a decade.
And Cinder knew of Summer's fear rather well. She actually began chuckling in sheer amusement as she closed the video of Harry's initiation.
"From the sounds of it, she may have heard more than her reputation." Ren stated. "It seems like she know Summer very well."
"But how?" Weiss questioned. "And does Cinder know Summer in our dimension?" The group turned to Spirit for the answers, as usual.
Spirit didn't hesitate. "As far as I know, Cinder doesn't know Summer in your dimension, at least not personally. As for how, well, just keep reading. You'll find out."
'Oh, Harry,' she thought, 'you never cease to amaze me. And now thanks to you, I have Summer to contend with. Annoying, but…' She zoomed the camera in on a black-red haired student with Summer's silver eyes. Cinder cursed herself for not seeing it earlier. 'Everyone has their weak point.'
"Oh, she better not go after my sister!" Yang raged, her eyes going red.
"Ms. Xiao-Long, calm down." Mcgonagall said sternly, giving the girl a firm glare. "I know you're worried, but getting angry right now isn't going to solve a thing." Yang growled, but did as she told at the Transfiguration Professor's glare.
'When I get the chance, I might ask her for some advice.' Glynda thought to herself.
Auditorium/Combat classroom; Beacon Academy
Summer smirked darkly as she scanned the room. First and second year students all crowded into the auditorium for their last class of the day. Her eyes found teams RWBY, JNPR, and HAIL; and she smirked at them. They were, currently, doing their best impression of a goldfish.
The looks on their faces were her new favorite memory.
"Mom!" Ruby whined while Yang pouted.
Jaune felt the urge to slam his head on the table, but refrained. At least he wasn't the only one being laughed at.
"Rose?" a girl in the back questioned with a sneer. "No wonder that little girl got into Beacon. Her mommy's a fucking teacher."
"Grab her!" Blake shouted, and instantly, Pyrrha and Nora grab Yang as she was about to punch the TV.
"What to say that in front of my face you skank? Huh?!"
Spirit sighed, and with a wave of his hand, push Yang back onto the couch. "I recommend controlling your temper Yang." Spirit told her calmly. "While I understand why you're angry, breaking the TV isn't going to help. Stand down, or I'm going to strap you into the chair until you cool down."
Yang gave him a fiery glare, but Spirit only met her with an icy cool stare. Finally, after a moment, Yang sat back and nodded reluctantly, her red eyes turning back to lilac.
The statement was heard throughout the auditorium, and Ruby winced at the mocking tone. However, she sat straighter in her seat, Harry's advice about letting idiots win ringing in her head. She would not let someone's petty words get to her.
Harry nodded in approval to this, and sent a smile to Ruby, causing to the girl blush a little.
Summer, however, had no restraints. She looked over at the girl in irritation. "Eh?" she ground out crossly. She vanished in a gust of wind, and reappeared next to the girl before slamming her boot into the girl's head. The next thing the student knew, her head was slamming into the metal box Summer had brought with her.
"Listen here, little girl," Summer hissed. "Firstly, I've been indisposed for close to ten years and had no part in Miss Rose's placement in Beacon. That stands between her, her father, and Headmaster Ozpin. Secondly, her being accepted into Beacon came BEFORE I was offered this teaching gig. Thirdly, your condescension of my daughter is not wanted, NOR is it needed."
She kicked the girl, and she flew into the far wall in front of her. "Now shut your mouth, or I'll sew it shut for ya," Summer said tetchily. The other students were shocked at the display of power Summer displayed. Many were staring at her and the student she kicked in muted shock.
The same is happening with the teens reading, with Ron being the most shocked, since he didn't see Summer's skills when they read the fight against the Grimm. 'So fast!' Ruby stated in awe, eyes shining.
"How fast is she?!" Hermione exclaimed. If this is the speed of a Summer recovering, who knows how fast Summer really is.
"Did you see that?!" one student whispered loudly.
"She just vanished!" another whispered back.
"Wait! That can't be-! It's Summer Rose! The Summer Rose! The White Hurricane!"
"No way! You mean that Huntress that killed over a hundred Grimm in a matter of seconds?! THAT Summer Rose?!"
"Oh my, God! No wonder that Rose girl got into Beacon early! If she's anything like her mother, she must be a real monster in combat!"
The group was shocked to hear about Summer's achievement. "She really did that?!" Ron shouted.
Ozpin nodded. "She was the best after all," he said, taking a sip of coffee.
Glynda hummed in agreement. "Of course, in our reality, it was more of a matter of minutes than seconds," she admitted. "I wonder why this version of her did all that in mere seconds?"
Ozpin had an idea, but thought it best to wait and see if he was right.
"Still," Weiss said in shock. "To be able to take on a hundred Grimm like that..."
Ruby was awestruck. "Mom's so awesome!"
Meanwhile, RWBY, JNPR, & HAIL were lost in their own thoughts:
'Whoa! Mom's really, really fast!' Ruby thought in amazement. 'I wanna race her! I wanna race her!'
'So do I!' Ruby whined in her head, stars dancing around her.
'Holy shit! She left a fucking DENT in the wall!' Yang sweated. 'Now I know where I get my temper from, at least.'
"Definitely," Yang mumbled, pale as a sheet.
'I didn't even see her move!' Blake thought, panicking. 'She was faster than Ruby! The fuck?!'
"That's what I'm thinking!" Blake said quickly.
'So…This is the strength of an S-class Huntress!' Weiss thought, wide eyed. 'I…I have my work cut out for me. If THIS is the level I need to be!'
Weiss quickly began taking notes as fast as she could, hoping to remind herself later of this moment.
'As if she wasn't scary enough before!' Jaune raved in his head, sweat collecting on the back of his neck. 'I mean, Grimm damn! How am I supposed to survive whatever hellish training this woman can cook up after being hounded by Grimm for ten years?! I'll be lucky to even keep up with it AND keep up with my OWN training regimen!'
'You've GOT to be FRIGGIN kidding me!' Jaune thought in terror. 'WHY?! WHY CAN'T I CATCH A GRIMM DAMNED BREAK!'
'I knew from the rumors she was one of the best Huntresses in the world, but this is just insane!' Pyrrha thought. 'I couldn't keep track of her! It was like she didn't even move at all!'
"T-That was..." Pyrrha muttered, trying to comprehend what she just saw.
'Oh my, gosh! That was sooooooooo AWESOME!' Nora squealed mentally. 'I hope she teaches us how to do that!'
'…We're screwed,' was the only thought Ren could form. He knew very well when they were all in over their heads. And Summer was WAY over their heads.
"Ah, come on Ren!" Nora whined. "We'll be just fine! She seems really really nice!" Everyone but Ren looked at her like she was nuts.
Ren sighed. "Nora?"
"Yes?"
He gave her a flat stare. She frowned at him.
"Stop that."
Stare.
"I said stop that!"
Stare.
"Plllllleeeeeesssssseeeeeeee, stop!"
Raised eyebrow.
"Ugh! Fine!" she pouted, crossing her arms. "I'll stop!" Everyone looked impressed.
"How'd you do that?" Harry asked. Ren just smiled.
"Experience."
'I…I…I…' Isabella couldn't even form words, she was so shocked.
'Whoa! Whoa! WHOA! I'm gonna learn from Summer-fucking-Rose?! AWESOME SAUCE!' Lily exclaimed mentally with a crazed smirk on her face. Lily, and many other young girls, were inspired to become Huntresses because of Summer Rose. She was practically bouncing up and down in anticipation.
Most looked at the book incredulously as Nora cheered. "You got that right, Lily girl!"
"Well," Glynda said uncertainly, "the book's not wrong." Many a young Huntress were inspired by Summer's selflessness and honor.
'...Okay…Need to make sure I never piss this woman off,' Adam thought while shook in slight fear.
That shocked Blake. Summer scared Adam? That was...actually amusing.
'If this is Summer while RECOVERING from ten years of malnourishment and insomnia, then a fully healthy and WELL-RESTED Summer must be a damn nightmare in a fight!' Harry observed fearfully, his eyes wide. 'Wait. Forget nightmare! She's a fucking night terror!' Harry understood his abilities well. He was Pyrrha's level in Aura combat, and at minimum Bellatrix Lestrange's level in Magical combat. Yet, Summer just demonstrated that she could kick his ass soundly no matter what style he would use, and she looked as if she wasn't even trying!
Everyone was shocked at Harry's evaluation of his skills. "Bellatrix Lestrange's level?!" McGonagall exclaimed.
"W-Well," Hermione said, just as shocked, "he did have two years to train, and Harry's always good at doing the impossible..."
"Excuse me," Weiss had to ask, "but what's so shocking about this other Harry being at Bellatrix Lestrange's level in magic combat?"
"Bellatrix Lestrange is considered the best wand in all of Great Britain," McGonagall explained numbly. "When she was arrested by Aurors after attacking the Longbottom family, she killed no less than 7 highly trained wizards and witches, and is the most dangerous witch in the whole Wizarding World. Her skill with a wand is so great, it's rumored that only the Dark Lord himself can beat her."
That made the hunters and huntresses in training and Harry and Ron pale. "Damn, mate," Ron muttered. "I knew you were good, but that's just bloody ridiculous."
"I'm right there with you, Ron," Harry mumbled.
"Impressive, Mr. Potter," Ozpin praised, his interest in the young man rising. If that's what he was capable of in two years, what would he have been like if he had been BORN on Remnant?
The student jumped up and glared at Summer. "Jesus, lady! You can't just kick me around like that!" she screamed angrily.
"You'll find that I can," Summer retorted. "This is a COMBAT school, miss. Designed for training WARRIORS. If I think it can help you become strong enough to survive the real world, then I have free reign to do whatever the hell I want."
"That's true." Ozpin admitted. "If a teaching method help students be better at fight, as well as better people, then teachers are allowed to use those methods."
"Summer is going to test how true that is, I just know it." Glynda muttered in exasperation.
While most students were staring at Summer in shock, one student was smirking at the Huntress. She was a second year student and had short dark-brown hair with one long strand on one side of her face that was dyed orange at the tip. Her dark brown eyes were not seen as she was wearing black, wire-rimmed aviator sunglasses. She wore the standard Beacon female uniform of a white dress shirt, black jacket with red trimmings, and red-colored plaid skirt with dark brown, high-heeled knee high boots and black leggings.
This was Beacon's fashionista and all 'round badass, Coco Adel. And she was one of the many young women that Summer Rose inspired to become a Huntress. Beside her, also wearing the standard Beacon ladies' uniform, was a brown haired beauty with a heart-shaped face the same age as Coco. Her large brown eyes shined with innocence and timid-ness, and had long brown rabbit ears on top of her head. This was Coco's partner and best friend, Velvet Scarlatina.
"Coco and Velvet." Ruby pointed the obvious, seeing their second year friends. "Look like they'll be in the book as well."
"Probably in cameo appearances." Blake added in.
Harry look at Velvet with a bit of interest. "Is it just me, or does Velvet look a lot like Susan, only with brown hair and bunny ears?"
"It's not just so." Hermione replied back, also seeing the similarities between their shy hufflepuff friend and the rabbit faunus on the TV.
Coco chuckled. "I think I'm gonna like this year," she said, her smirk never leaving her face.
"Of course she would." Blake, Weiss, and Ren muttered. If they think about it, Coco has several similarities to Summer. It kinda scares them a little.
Velvet, on the other hand, was unsure. "S-She seems scary," she mumbled. Velvet wasn't a violent person; and judging from what Summer had said and what they had just saw, their new combat instructor seemed like a very violent person. She only became a Huntress because she sincerely wanted to help people, and because she couldn't, and wouldn't, let her best friend go hunting Grimm alone. Coco was strong, but Velvet would never let her go off to fight those monsters without backup.
"That's very admirable of Velvet." Pyrrha stated, smiling.
Several nodded in agreement. "One of the few who have those genuine intentions." Blake agreed. She know that many, including some of them here, don't have the purest intentions when becoming a huntsman or a huntress.
"Oh, she doesn't seem that bad," Coco told her confidently. A little louder, she called out, "Excuse me, Professor Rose?"
Summer turned towards the voice and blinked. "Yes? May I help you, Miss…?"
"Adel, ma'am. Coco Adel, second year," Coco answered. "First off, I must say it is an honor to learn how to be a true Huntress from you, ma'am. You are the whole reason I dedicated my life to becoming a Huntress: you're fearless, strong-willed, independent…and looking drop dead gorgeous while accomplishing the impossible," she finished with a smirk.
"Wow. How many people did mom inspire?" Ruby said in awe.
"Quite a lot, actually." Ozpin answered Ruby's question. "Your mother was an inspiration to a lot of huntresses, for various reasons." The more she hears about her mom, the more amazed Ruby is. How come she didn't hear about all of that?
Summer smiled at Coco. "Why thank you!" she beamed. "It's nice to be appreciated! Though, I'm sure how well I'll do as a teacher, honestly. I'm not really the teaching type."
Coco's smirk widened. "I'm sure you'll be a great teacher, ma'am," she reassured. "But I guess we'll see soon. But I'm getting off track. What I was wanting to know was…What's in the box?"
"That's what a lot of us are wondering." Ren said, with several others nodding in agreement.
Summer blinked in confusion as she stared at Coco, then down to the box. She smiled widely and closed her eyes. "Oh! The box! I forgot about the box!" Then, as calmly as any lady could, violently kicked the box into the air screaming, "WAKE UP, TAI!"
The box soared through the air and hit the far wall, opening to deposit one Taiyang Xiao Long to the floor in an unceremonious manner. The box then fell on his head, making him cry out in pain. Students were staring at the scene wondering if they should be amused or scared. Yang and Ruby were in shock, however. What was their dad still doing at Beacon?! And what the hell was he doing stuffed into a metal box?!
"...The fuck?" Jaune stated in pure shock. None of his friends bothered to reprimand him, just as shock as he is. "Why? And how?"
"Probably with a lot of force." Ren guessed, looking as shock as his friend.
"...The people there are more bonkers than Harry." Ron muttered. Hermione couldn't help but agreed. Harry pouted while several of the aura users look a bit offended at that. They are perfectly sane, thank you very much!
Well, a majority of them are.
Taiyang, meanwhile, was moaning pitifully. "Summmmeerrrrrrrrrrrr," he whined. "That hurrrrrrttttt!"
"Well, maybe if you woke up when I told you too, I wouldn't have had to put you in the box, Tai," she said remorselessly. "But now that you are, please be a dear and come up on stage. And oh, please bring my box. I love that box."
Eyes bulged out. "She did that just because he didn't wake up?" Weiss questioned in disbelief. "That's ridiculous!"
"That's Summer for you." Ozpin sighed. She did the same thing to not only Taiyang, but to Qrow and even Raven a few times during their time at Beacon.
"...I want to try that." Nora and Yang stated at the same time. Their teams look at them fearfully at this.
Taiyang grumbled as he picked himself up and grabbed the box. He walked up to the stage, and Coco had stars in her eyes. Well, you really couldn't tell because of her sunglasses, but those who knew her well could imagine.
"And it seems like Coco wants to too." Yang beamed. She always got along with the fashionable second year.
'I pity Yatsuhashi and Fox.' Was the thoughts of RWB and JPR.
"Um, Yatsu? Do you get the feeling that Coco's going to try that on us one day too?" a young male student with dark skin, messy copper hair, and white eyes asked his tall friend with lightly tanned skin, short-shaved black hair, and black eyes. Both males were wearing Beacon's standard male uniform consisting of a white shirt, black jacket with red trimmings, red tie, and black slacks.
These two were Fox Alistair and Yatsuhashi Daichi respectfully, the male members of second year team CVFY, and childhood friends of Coco and Velvet.
Ron's eyes bulged at the height of Yatsuhashi. "Bloody hell? What does that guy eat?"
"Don't know. Yatsuhashi never told us his diet." Ren told him.
Yatsuhashi looked over at Coco and saw her give him and Fox a look and an evil smirk, the light in the room reflecting off her shades. He shuddered. "Yes I do," he said. "I think we'll need to wake up earlier if we want to avoid Coco from now on."
"Here, here." RWB and JPR said simultaneously, glancing nervously at Yang and Nora. Pyrrha and Weiss are especially worried, considering they are the ones who sleep the latest.
Taiyang finally got to the stage, still grumbling as he jumped on stage. Summer smiled sweetly at him. "Thank you, Tai!" she said just as sweetly as her smile was, taking the box from him.
"Of course, dear!" he said with a smile, despite his desire to sarcastically say "Yeah, Yeah." He had been married long enough to know that that response would get him launched back into the wall.
"Smart Taiyang, smart." Ozpin agreed.
She nodded to him and addressed the crowd again. "This, dear children, is my lovely assistant that Headmaster Ozpin personally asked to help me teach you the ways of combat: my loving husband, Taiyang Xiao Long!" she introduced grandly and gestured to him. He simply smiled and waved and gave a large smile.
This had many of the students talking again. Ruby and Yang were shocked and kind of psyched to have their parents as their combat instructors, though Yang's reasons were different from Ruby's. She wanted a chance to vent some of her frustrations out on her stepmom.
Weiss snorted in disbelief. "Yang, did you not see how skilled she is?" Weiss pointed out.
"Not to mention this Summer is merely recovering." Blake added in. Yang huffed and crossed her arms.
"My other still have a chance to take her." Yang replied back. Both Ozpin and Glynda held back snorts. From what they've observed, Yang style of fighting is a lot like Taiyang. And Summer can dance around Taiyang with minimum effort. They know good and well that Yang isn't even a match against Summer, not even close.
"Right then!" Summer shouted, bringing everyone out of their thoughts. "Now that the introductions are out of the way, it's time for you cute would-be protectors of humanity to understand just how underprepared for the real world you truly are!" This enraged some of the students, who began to yell furiously at the woman. "And to prove my point, I need a volunteer to come here and fight me! If you think I'm wrong, well then…" She gave everyone another unnerving smile. "Come up here and prove it."
Her voice was soft towards the end, but everyone heard her loud and clear. Most of the guys immediately raised their hands, hoping to either prove Summer wrong…or just to have an excuse to try and touch her. And not in a respectful kind of way.
Several disgusted look came from the group. "Perverts!" Yang yelled. Checking others out is one thing, but trying to touch them without their permission is a whole nother thing.
Glynda held back her laughter, but did smirked. "If they tried, Summer would teach them the true meaning of pain." Many shivered at that, especially the guys.
Summer looked around the room, examining each student, sizing up witch one she wanted to beat down and prove her point when she heard someone land on stage. She looked over and was shocked to see Yang standing there with a large grin on her face. She raised an eyebrow at the blonde Huntress-in-training and asked, "Miss Xiao Long? May I ask what you are doing?"
Yang smirked at her, and Summer was reminded of Yang's birth mother, Raven, for a moment. "Well, you said you wanted a volunteer, right?" she asked rhetorically. "Whelp, here I am, volunteering for your little demo! You're not gonna chicken out on me, are you?"
Yang's team and Team JNPR doesn't look so surprise. The Golden Trio, however, looked at her in disbelief. "Are you more suicidal than I am?" Harry stated to her. "Even I know when step down from an impossible fight."
"I'm not!" Yang protested.
"Yes you are Yang."
"Very."
"Just accept it, big sis. You'll feel better."
"Not you girls too." Yang whined in betrayal.
Despite herself, Summer couldn't help but smirk back. "Oh no! Not at all! I just never thought you little kiddies would take initiative and come outright and challenge me!" She continued to smirk at Yang as she glared at the blonde. "Alright, then, Miss Xiao Long, you wanna take me on, fine. Get to your locker and prep! You have four minutes. Don't be late."
"Does anyone else have a feeling Yang's body and ego are going to get bruised equally bad?" Nora questioned everyone. Several raised their hand. "Ah, good. Not just me."
Yang huffed. "Just wait till you see me beat her. Then you all will feel like idiots." She can't wait for her other to get some punches into Summer. While she isn't cocky enough to believe that she got it down no problem, she believes that she can't take her mother on.
And that's the end. I considered ending it with the introduction of the dementors, but I think I need more time to think on what to do on that part. Any advice from you guys? Next up, the group will see the dementors in the story for the first time, as well as the fight between Summer and Yang. Maybe more. Review, favorite, and follow and I will see you guys later.
