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Craning his head, Minato saw that he was not the only one who noticed the noises coming from the entrance of the bandit camp they were in at the moment.
Everyone that had been spectating their meeting also was looking in the general direction, each of them slowly bringing up their weapons as if they knew what was to come. Raven and Vernal both frowned. Yang meanwhile had a confusing look on her face. "What's going on?"
"Something not good from what I can tell." Minato only commented, tilting his head once more to listen better.
Raven's gaze swept around the camp as all of the other bandits had their weapons up, ready to fight. "Everyone, pack your essentials and weapons!" She ordered loudly, stepping down from her positioning while grabbing her mask. She started to put the accessory on and continued to walk towards the entrance of the camp. "Once you do, rendezvous at the safe camp! Vernal and I shall make sure you all try and manage to get there safely! Take my daughter and her companion with you as well!"
Yang saw that all of the bandits did as they were told. Looking around her, she almost felt herself lost despite just standing in place. But soon her eyes fell upon a familiar figure with black hair among the crowd and broke into a run towards her. However, Vernal grabbed the back of her jacket.
"And just where do you think you're going?" The girl asked, almost looking annoyed that the blonde was even trying to do something. "You heard Raven. You're going with the others and getting out of here."
"Oh, come on!" Yang exclaimed, swiftly turning around and slapping the hand off. "What does she know about me anyways?! I'm been training to become a huntress for a couple of years, so I can at least take the opportunity to try out practical work here and now! I'm not just some sort of girl that's sat on her ass for her entire life!"
"Yang!" Raven roared back, seeming to have heard each and every one of the blonde's words. She took large strides towards her daughter and grabbed her by the collar. "This is not a game! This is an actual situation where you could die!"
"I'm well aware of that!" Yang glared, her eyes lighting up with red. "But I'll play it safe! If things to get too hot, I'll just back off and run where everyone else is heading! I can help you!"
"Did you not understand a word that I said?!" Raven exclaimed.
"I understood everything!" Yang retorted. "But I still can help! It's just one guy from the sound of it, and you need as much support as you can!"
"I am your mother, young lady!" Raven stated. "You will do as I say!"
"You abandoned me, our family for sixteen years!" Yang replied with equal force. "And now you're concerned for me?!"
Gritting her teeth at that one remark, Raven raised her right hand and swiped it towards Yang. However, Minato managed to surprisingly come from the side and grab Raven's wrist before she could slap Yang. The black-haired female's head snapped over towards Minato in a flare of anger.
His face on a bit of a darker tone as his eyes were half open. He was not smiling at all, as usual, but his lips were curved down just by the slightest. With her wrist in his right hand, he glanced over to his limb to see Raven struggling. He only tightened his grip while tensing his arm so that her efforts would be completely futile.
"I'll make sure Yang doesn't get too far ahead of herself." Minato said slowly, his quiet voice almost being deafening to Raven's ears. "Now, I believe that you had something to do. So why don't we go do that instead of arguing?"
Raven took deep breaths in and out, her gaze switch between Minato and Yang over and over again. With a final huff, Raven was free from Minato when he let go of her wrist. Looking around, she saw that everyone else was almost done packing. "Vernal, we need to start now." She stated before the two bandits ran towards the entrance.
Minato however didn't move from his spot. Looking towards Yang, the girl was still panting angrily. A growl escaped her lips with fists balled up tightly. Grabbing her head with both of his hands, Minato pressed his forehead against Yang's. "Yang, deep breaths." He stated, not letting go as he could feel her breath against his skin.
Closing his eyes, he steadied his breathing. In… Out… In… Out… The pattern was almost hypnotic to him. Soon though, the effects spread towards Yang as he heard her begin to synchronize her breathing with his. A couple more seconds passed and he embraced her. "It's okay, Yang." Minato said quietly "Maybe there was something that prevented her from coming back home? She could be very concerned about her family in the end."
"…Maybe." Yang mumbled before sighing. "I… don't really know why I just wanted in that fight all of a sudden anyways. The idea… it just went up in my mind."
The two remained silent for a moment. "…Do you still want to have a go at them anyways?"
Yang snorted at Minato's question. "Yeah, sure, why not?" She laughed at bit, stepping back with a grin. "And it's like you said. If things get too hot for me-"
"You're just trying to make this sentence an innuendo, aren't you?"
"You got me there."
Minato stared at Yang's face that didn't even sport an ounce of shame. In fact, it looked more like she relished in the look she was getting from him. "So we going to do this or what?" She asked, holding out her right fist.
A smirk was worn on her face at the same time as she nodded to the outstretched limb. Lifting his left arm, he pounded the fist with his own. As their fingers pushed forcefully against one another, the two hopped away from each other before rushing towards the battle.
As they ran, it only took them a couple of seconds to arrive to the scene. If they could describe the fight they had come upon with just one word, it would be fast. Back and forth, left and right, two figures would be rushing from one place to the next. Raven was recognized among the two, which made the duo wonder where the other girl was.
But the one Raven was fighting was chuckling manically, which led Minato and Yang to suspect they were the one who started this to begin with. They were male with gold eyes and a brown onytail braided to resemble a scorpion's tail. He wore a white sleeveless jacket with leather belts strapped to it, along with white pants. His jacket was left wide open, exposing his bare chest, which was criss-crossed with prominent scars. His arms were covered with purple bandages and leather vambraces. He also wore leather boots covering his entire shins with knee guards.
"Hah!" The man suddenly shouted, lunging forward in a predator-manner. Diving forward, he soared forward a bit. Raven, however, dodged his attack with ease. As the black-haired female attempted to punish the attack, she paused for a second. Looking down, she saw that a scorpion tail had wrapped itself around her leg before she was suddenly yanked off of her feet.
Yang and Minato watched as the male revealed himself to be a scorpion-Faunus since such a rather disturbing limb was connected right to his backside. But the blonde began to run when she saw that her mother was at a disadvantage. "Mom!" She yelled, extending both of her gauntlets to their full length before releasing a shot from the both of them to fire herself forward at an incredible speed.
Just about to run after her, Minato found himself pausing for a single second. If Raven was fighting the scorpion-Faunus, where was that other girl? Vernal, if he remembered correctly.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw something flying towards him as he raised his left hand to catch it. Looking to his left, he saw that he had actually managed to catch the exact person he was thinking about a couple of seconds ago. Unconscious, but thankfully alive. With that question answered, another one grew. What had caused Vernal to careen towards him?
As Minato moved his hand down, he immediately understood what happened as a massive fist swung towards his fist.
Landing a blow against the Faunus' face, the blonde flipped around before landing on her feet and taking on a fighting stance. But it seemed that Raven was not very pleased at her daughter's presence by the look on her face. Yet when she stared at the blonde's lilac eyes, Raven found herself hesitating a bit before getting back up to her feet. "You are really stubborn, you know that?"
"I get that from you." Yang commented without even looking towards Raven.
Hearing the sound of impact nearby, Yang snapped her head around and saw Minato's body fly a bit before it skidded on the ground. A partially deep trench was formed due to the body as Minato sat up with Vernal right on top of him.
The blonde winced, having a feeling that hurt a lot more than it looked. Minato may be tough and be able to take hits like a tank, but he still could feel pain. "You okay?" Yang asked, turning her head back towards the direction of the Faunus who seemed to have his head tilted while having a curious look on his face.
"Maybe." Minato grunted, getting up after gently pushing Vernal off of him. "Bad news." He added, smacking the dirt off of his clothing. "I believe there is another one here that hits as hard as you."
With a bit of a surprised expression, Yang turned her head and saw another male in the direction which Minato came from. A tall muscular, middle-aged man slowly walked towards them as he only rubbed his wrists. He had short, brown hair, a beard and hazel eyes. He wore a two-tone olive green coat over a black sleeve shirt, and a large belt. His pants were black with a pouch strapped to each pant's leg, and his boots were brown with white fronts.
"Oh my," The scorpion-Faunus seemed to gasp mockingly, his hand even placed against his chin in an eccentric moment. "Someone got up after you hit them, Hazel." He then grinned. "Are you sure you're not slacking off?"
"You know why we came here in the first place, Tyrian." The man, referred to as Hazel, seemed to grunt in response. "We want to make sure the Spring Maiden is still alive when we capture her."
"But of course!" The other male, known as Tyrian, gestured airily. "I would never forget what has been assigned to us."
Yang looked between the two of them in a look of confusion. "…Spring Maiden?" She asked out loud. She eyed Minato, but the boy shrugged his shoulders. He was in the unknown as she was.
Raven however did not seem to like Yang or Minato heard those words. "You mentioned the Spring Maiden." There was a small pause of distaste. "So… it seems that Salem has managed to track her down." She did not seem pleased. "And two of her lackeys were sent. A psychopath and a silent, strong-head. I perhaps should feel honored that so much effort is being used when it comes down to me."
"Oh, you know, we're just motivated by the fact that we already have one Maiden." Tyrian placed his hands to his back while looking rather proud of himself, rubbing the bottom of his nose. He then noticed Raven shift over Vernal in a guarding manner. "And soon, we'll bring that number to two!" He flashed a manic grin.
"We only want the Spring Maiden, Raven Branwen." Hazel stepped closer, but then had his hands raised in a peaceful manner. "We are not after you or your tribe." He stopped for a second to make sure his words were registered. "Just give us the girl, and we will leave you alone."
"How about no?"
Yang cracked her knuckles protectively, standing right on top of the unconscious Vernal. Raven snapped her head over to her daughter and glared. "Yang, stay out of this!" Raven hissed. "You don't know who these people and how dangerous they are!"
The blonde however stood her ground. "You're right, I don't." She admitted, but there was no hesitation in her tone. "There are tons things I don't know. But you're going to need all the help you can get right now." Her eyes narrowed. "And I'm not taking no for an answer."
Raven glanced at Yang. "And why would say that?"
Yang didn't look at Raven. "I have my reason."
The black-haired female rolled her eyes, but then didn't say anything else. Instead, she slid her stand down to make sure she was keeping an eye on both Tyrian and Hazel at the same time.
"Yo, Minato," Yang voiced out, holding her left hand out. "Hit me up."
The blue-haired male glanced at Yang. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his left earphone and handed it over to the blonde. While Yang put it on, Minato fished out the other one and placed it against his right ear. While doing all of that, he fiddled around with his mp3 played until he found a piece of music he was content with.
(Play DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ – Main Theme [EPIC METAL COVER] (Little V))
Yang cracked her knuckles while Minato yanked his head around to crack his neck. Sliding down into their own positions to fight, Tyrian watched and sighed. "Of course, it's the hard way. It's always the hard way!" He seemed to whine, but then grinned like a predator. "Just how I like it."
Hazel chose not to say anything, instead thundering down towards the trio that still stood. Minato remained in his spot, this time ready for an incoming hit. Hazel raised his fist and embedded it right against Minato's cheek. The blue-haired boy almost felt himself go off his feet once more but made sure that he stayed grounded. Pushing right against the fist, Minato slammed his left hand against Hazels' face in turn. The man didn't seem affected by the punch though as he grabbed Minato's fist and threw him.
However, Minato's left gauntlet had shot out the grappling claws while grabbed Hazel's arm. Before the adult knew what had happened, he was dragged away with Minato.
While that happened, Yang punched the air towards Tyrian. Their surroundings began to fill with gunfire as Yang fired shot after shot. Raven took a similar approach, repeatedly swinging a red blade which caused waves of fire to fly forward. Each projectile flew, but then Tyrian was fast as he only dashed around each one and ended up in front of Yang.
As the Faunus swung his arm around, Yang put of her guard when she saw that he had a pair of bladed gauntlets with two gun-barrels at the top of his wrists. Continuing to block, the blonde distracted the male this way as Raven came up from behind to try and attack. The scorpion tail however almost seemed to have a mind of its own as it smacked the incoming sword off target. At the same time though, Yang threw both of her arms out. It made Tyrian hop away, but the Faunus only rushed forward once more.
Laughing as if he were enjoying it, Tyrian slid under a punch Yang threw. He would have managed to stab her in the back if Raven hadn't intervened with a block. Hopping into the air, Tyrian used Raven's blade as support to vault himself forward in a roll. His body however was launched into the air as he pushed himself off of Yang's head. The trip was short though as Tyrian wrapped his tail around the blonde's arm. Pulling upwards, he prevented himself from flying while spinning Yang around in the air before slamming her onto the ground.
Pivoting quickly, he lunged forward to stab the blonde, but then Raven kicked the man away and ran after him. Getting back on his feet, he charged forward once more, locking both of his arms right against Raven's blade. As Raven glared behind her mask, Tyrian seemed to look curious before smirking in return.
Hearing the click of a gun, Raven eyed the firearm part of Tyrian's weapon as quickly hopped back. But the scorpion-Faunus proved to be relentless as he became a tornado of slashes, stings, and shooting. The adult-female almost had no choice but to block each and every single method of attack he used.
Hearing the sound of two shots though, not even a second passed as Yang came flying in from close to the ground. Rolling on the ground, she pushed off of the dirt with another pair of shots in an attempt of a two-footed uppercut. However, Tyrian stopped himself just in time as Yang flipped in the air and onto her feet.
With Minato meanwhile, Hazel had just wrapped his arms around the blue-haired boy and started to crush the teenager. Limply dropping his head, Minato suddenly snapped it up and slammed Hazels' face. It was enough force to make Hazel loosen his grip a bit with surprise, and enough time for Minato to raise his left arm and elbow the adult's stomach.
Throwing his left arm forward for a punch, Minato blinked when he saw Hazel catch his fist. His eye twitched when the limb was twisted before being thrown in the direction of Yang and Raven. As he flew right past them, Tyrian wrapped his tail around Minato's neck and slammed the boy onto the ground.
The scorpion-Faunus twisted his body in an attempt to pierce Minato's body with his weapons. But Minato grabbed both arms with his hands before shoving the man away with his foot.
Raven rushed right past Minato and began to engage Tyrian. Looking to his side, Minato saw that Yang had been approached by Hazel. The blonde had tried to kick the man's chest, but Hazel blocked her foot with his arm before pushing back with ease. Just as Yang landed on her feet though, she was punched square in the face.
Minato shot out one of his grappling claws and it latched right against Hazel's arm. With a yanking motion, he forced Hazel to engage him rather than Yang. As he spun around, Minato placed his hands onto the ground and pivoted on them in order to use his feet to deflect a couple of punches. Balling his hands into fists, Minato grabbed some dirt. Getting back to his feet, he threw the substance right in Hazel's face before Yang rushed in to land a punch against the adult.
Hazel shook his head, seeming to growl a bit as both Yang and Minato approached him. Yang ran forward, throwing a fist with a good amount of strength. But Hazel seemed to block it fine as he grabbed the blonde's throat before slamming her against the trunk of a tree.
Minato threw a sucker punch right against Hazel's back, the force causing the man to release his grip on the blonde. Grabbing the back of Hazel's clothing, Minato threw the adult over his shoulder and against the ground. Feeling a leg wrap around his own, Minato was pulled off of his feet. Just as he felt his body hit the ground, his foot was grabbed. Just as he realized what was going to happen, Hazel swung him like a bat and smashed him against Yang.
Knocking the blonde away, Hazel flipped Minato and snatched his face. Craning his arm back, he slammed Minato's head against the ground. Rearing the limb, Hazel repeated his action. Over and over again, Hazel kept at it as he only started forming a bigger crater with each impact.
Yang shook her head, groaning at the amount of pain she was feeling at the moment. Hissing, she slowly got up, rubbing her sides. Stumbling around a bit, Yang slapped her hands on both of her cheeks to snap herself out of her daze. Eyeing her surroundings, she saw that Raven was still dealing with Tyrian. Her mom was holding up evenly against the scorpion-Faunus. In her opinion, they were cutting it close against each other.
Minato and Hazel on the other hand… Yang nearly froze at the limp reaction Minato was giving as Hazel only continued slamming the boy against the dirt. Watching only for a single second made her blood boil. Her hands gripped into fists, so hard that it actually hurt. Narrowed eyes revealed an angry red to replace her beautiful lilac. Her hair suddenly was on fire.
A white Aura immediately formed around her eyes.
"GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF OF HIM, ASSHOLE!"
Roaring, Yang raised her foot. A block of ice formed in mid-air, just below her knee as she kicked the chunk right towards Hazel. The kick shattered the ice, but that only created shards like pellets that bombarded Hazel. The amount of force that hit Hazel was strong enough to drop Minato in surprise in order to block the shards. While Hazel was being pushed away with each hit, Yang started to run.
But she soon began to pick up speed as the ground beneath her started to ice up and she skated on the frozen surface. Skidding, Yang stopped in front of Minato and picked him up. At the same time though, Hazel leapt through the air with his fist reared. But by the time he had slammed his fist onto the two of them, he ended up shattered ice that was shaped like them.
Looking around, Hazel soon saw that Yang was setting Minato down against the trunk of a tree gently. "Take it easy, Minato." She whispered quietly into the boy's ear. But just as Yang turned to face Hazel, Tyrian came flying through the air and landed on the ground with ease. At the same time, Raven came rushing towards Yang's side.
Yang saw that her mom was staring at her from behind her mask. But the stare was much more intense than she expected. "…No…" Raven growled, the sound of teeth gritting coming from her mouth, yet it was not seen. "No, no, no!"
"…What?" Yang asked, narrowing her eyes at her mom. "What's wrong now?"
"You have no idea how much trouble you are in now, Yang." Raven shook her head while looking towards Tyrian and Hazel, the latter two seeming to look fine despite the scuffle that had occurred. "You don't even have any idea what kind of power you have and yet… you just showed it off like it was nothing!"
"What the hell are you talking about?" Yang questioned a raised eyebrow. "You're not making any sense at the moment! And what the hell was I supposed to do?! Just let Minato be beaten around like a rag-doll?!"
Meanwhile, Tyrian raised an eyebrow as it looked like he was thinking. After a bit, he began to giggle. "Ohohohohoho, not only do we have the Spring Maiden here," He eyed the blonde with a sick joy. "But now it looks like the Winter Maiden is here too! Oh, this day cannot get any better!"
Hazel however shook his head. "It's a shame, really." He sighed to himself, eyeing the unconscious Vernal who was still lying in the middle of the area they were all in. "They both are rather young. But… that is a fault that will only add onto Ozpin's shoulders." His words were only meant for him and Tyrian.
As Hazel cracked his knuckles, the female duo took on their battle stances. Raven let out a frustrated sound. "…Yang, grab your companion and get away from here as fast as you can. You just painted a massive target on your back."
The blonde looked over at her mom with a confused look.
"Now!" Raven exclaimed, rushing towards Tyrian and Hazel who charged at her at the same time.
Yang hesitated a bit at first. To be honest, things were going too fast for her. Too fast that she didn't really have any time to stop and truly think about it or react properly. Stunned, she shook her head before rushing over to grab Minato.
As Raven swung her blade, Tyrian ducked right under it and still rushed towards Yang and Minato. Raven tried to turn around to stop the scorpion-Faunus, but Hazel interfered by smacking the tip of her sword to the ground. Raven used the grounded weapon though to vault herself up and kick Hazel straight in the face.
As soon as Yang grabbed Minato, she turned around the dropped the boy. She didn't want to originally, but the Tyrian had approached her quickly. The scorpion-Faunus leapt into the air, pouncing towards her. Extending her fist to punch, Yang missed as Tyrian continued to go past the top of her head but wrapped his tail around her arm. Yanking forward, she heard the Faunus release a surprised sound before he landed in front of her.
But when Yang kicked, Tyrian pulled his tail and bit and cause the blonde to go off balance a bit and fall. Before she actually went off her feet though, she had created a patch of ice before her wobble. With the slippery surface, Yang had almost landed a flip-kick right against Tyrian's chin.
Tyrian leaned back to dodge the tips of Yang's two boots. When his back was arched, he supported his body with his tail and used both of his own feet to kick Yang away. Rushing forward after the blonde, he grabbed Yang by her jacket before flipping around a few times and suplexing her against the ground.
Yang released two gunshots from her gauntlets to launch herself off of the ground and get back to her feet. Stomping on the ground, Yang formed a wall of ice between her and Tyrian just when the scorpion-Faunus tried to charge at her. Punching through her own created, she didn't land a blow due to Tyrian dodging out of the way.
Entering hand to hand, Yang's attacks were only blocked. However, each blow applied ice to the struck part. When Tyrian hand hit Yang with the tip of his blades while trying to shoot her, nothing came out and there was no cut on the blonde. Looking at his weapons, he saw that the blades were solidified in ice while the barrel was jammed in the element at the same time.
But rather than disappointment, Tyrian just grinned. With a sucker punch, Tyrian punched Yang straight against her face. But then he didn't stop. He was just an onslaught of punches, his iced weapons not even handicapping him. Yang attempted to fight back, but then Tyrian was faster than she expected. Unable to land blows, she was just making her self more tired with each fist thrown.
Poising for a final blow, Tyrian's stinger started to dive towards Yang.
A white gloved hand then grabbed the back of his clothing.
Tyrian slowly turned around and came face to face with a creature with a skull-like helmet. It didn't seem to have any eyes whatsoever, the darkness of the sockets really just being a part of its pitch-black appearance. Chains rattled menacingly. Growls of a mad dog panted out of the being's mouth that didn't exist.
It then roared so loudly, everyone covered their ears at the sheer volume it could generate. Just around its feet, grass shriveled and died. Leaves withered and died. Tree trunks shriveled up. A black miasma poured off of its body like foul smoke coming from a cigar.
Even Hazel and Raven stared at the massive creature, shocked and surprised to see that something like that even existed. Yang turned her head to Minato though, knowing that he was the cause of its appearance.
He approached slowly, his eyes seen but were only half-open. His head was lazily tilted to the side, as if judging what he was seeing. Minato's breath was steady, but it just made his presence a bit more intimidating that usual.
Tyrian however had his lips curled downwards in thought as he stared at the monster. His eyes then looked over towards the approaching Minato. Back and forth, he looked between the two. Kicking off of the construct's body, Tyrian dashed towards Minato with his arms raised. As they snapped forward, Minato grabbed the hands and prevented even being hit by the scorpion-Faunus.
But rather than struggle, Tyrian still stared at Minato. "Hmm…" The adult tilted his head. "Hmm?" He made it go in the other direction. "Hm… Huh… Hoo… Hnn…" One expression morphed into another, a myriad of emotions being shown as if it were a movie.
Minato felt the corners of his lips go down by a fraction. "What?" He couldn't help but ask.
Tyrian only grinned. "Why, if it isn't Mini-Mini!"
(End Music)
Finally, got that out of the way.
Personally… I think I did decent for this chapter. Yes, OOC moment around the chapter were there. But I like how this turned out… in a way. If you guys didn't like Yang revealing herself to be the Winter Maiden too early, too bad.
Also, that last part of the reveal… Take that you people who thought that Minato was really a Schnee. Though there was one major clue to show that he was not a Schnee. From what I recall/can tell, there was always a glyph when Weiss or Winter used their Semblances. Whenever Minato summoned Thanatos, there was nothing like that whatsoever.
No flames please.