RWBY: Lost and Forgotten

Chapter 45

Chrome

Our eyes locked as Adam slowly moved to the left and I mirrored his actions. "I considered you my brother at a point in time, Adam." I told him.

"And what do you consider me now?" he asked.

"Another monster that needs to be dealt with."

Narrowing his eyes, he rushed me with blinding speed. As he slashed, I jumped back, barely missing the tip of his sword as it sliced through the air.

Placing my hand on the ground to keep myself from sliding back, I rushed toward Adam and he quickly took a defensive stance. As I reached him, he slashed again but I just fell to my knees, my momentum sliding me under his sword.

Getting back to my feet, I rushed to my remaining sword and picked it up, turning around just in time to block a strike from Adam. Pushing him back, he stabbed his sword into the ground to keep from sliding.

"You're going to pay, Adam." I told him as I readied myself.

"Why don't you just lay down and die, already?"

"If you wanted me dead, you shouldn't have let me live back in Beacon." I growled as we began circling each other. "And you really shouldn't have followed Blake here."

"And why is that?"

"Because I'm going to kill you. Here. And now." creating a glyph, I rushed forward and swung my blade, connecting with Adam's scabbard as he moved it to block my attack.

Pulling back for another strike, Adam aimed his scabbard at me and fired off a shot. Raising my sword, it connected with the side of it, the force causing me to slide back a few feet.

As I regained my balance, laughter filled the air. "You're going to kill me?" Adam said between laughs. "Did you forget? I know all of your moves. All of your techniques. You don't stand a chance."

"Not all of them." pulling the magazine out of my weapon, I replaced it with a dust filled one. Infusing my glyph with lightning dust, I summoned one under my feet.

Adam quickly rushed me, trying to stop me from what I was about to do. However, he was too slow.

Dodging Adam's attack, I created a glyph behind me and used it to push myself towards him, slashing his chest as I passed by before using another glyph to leap back towards him.

Creating countless glyphs around him, I bounced off them and slashed at Adam with each passing. He wasn't able to catch me thanks to my Time Dilation as I slashed at him with more and more speed.

Pressing against another glyph, I launched myself at Adam only to be blasted back by a shot from his scabbard. Rolling across the bridge, I finally came to a stop a few yards away from him.

Getting to my feet, I felt my aura flicker and break as did Adam's. Holding my arm, Adam slowly stalked towards me. "It's about time we finish this, Schnee."

Raising my sword, Adam tossed his scabbard to the ground as he raised his blade as well.

After a moment passed, the two of us rushed each other. Just as we met, we both slashed our blades at one another as we passed by.

Holding still, I felt blood soak some of my hair and trickle down my cheek as a cough came from behind me. Standing up straight, I placed my weapon on my back as I looked to see Adam hunched over, clutching his chest.

He had fallen to his knees at the edge of the bridge in front of the waterfall. He was staring directly at me as I walked towards him.

Reaching him, he looked up at me. "I should've killed you back at Beacon." he said as he spat blood from his mouth.

Leaning forward to meet his eye level, I spoke. "I'll be sure not to make the same mistake." raising my foot, I kicked him off the bridge and into the water below.

Glancing back, I saw his scabbard laying a few feet away. Walking over to it, I picked it up and looked it over before tossing it off the side of the bridge as well. "Good riddance."

"Chrome?" I looked back to see Blake walking towards me, holding her side.

"You're okay!" I tried to take a step towards her but collapsed.

"What happened?!" she asked as she looked me over.

"I got him." I told her. "He won't be following you anymore."

She didn't reply as she looked over my arms, chest and face. "You're covered in blood!"

"It wasn't an easy fight..." I chuckled but winced as a slight stinging pain rushed through my chest.

As Blake looked me over, she suddenly gasped and moved back, her hands over her mouth. "Chrome..."

"What?" I asked.

She slowly reached for my head and I moved my right hand to follow hers.

Reaching up, I felt around my head and noticed my right cat ear was cut. The reason why my white hair was currently soaked red with blood. "One of your ears..." Blake said softly. "Y..your ear is..." she trailed off as she began to sob softly. "I'm so sorry..."

"It's not your fault." I told her as I attempted to stand. "It's better than losing my life."

Blake wrapped her arms around me as the adrenaline began to slowly fade, replaced with the pain of my injured cat ear. "We should probably get back to the others..." I said softly.

End of chapter 45