AN: Hello my peoples. I've decided on Ren's semblance (it was selected through reasoning instead of number of votes) as well as special equipment for Ruby and Nora. I just need to think of a good idea for Yang.

AN2: I've decided to do the Draco spin off story.

A Grimm Huntsman

Chapter 12

-Ren-

Leaning back against the frame of the bullhead he looked around, taking in his surroundings and the other teams that were being taken to the forest of Forever Fall to collect the Red Sap for one of their professors. It had been a couple of weeks since Harry had gone and gotten them a massive pile of Lien, which he had to stop Nora from blowing on pancakes…eight different times.

"Ooooooooh!" an eager Nora exclaimed as she looked out the window and saw the never ending expanse of red leaved trees below "Pretty!"

"Yes students," Professor Goodwitch, who was chaperoning the two six person units, said with a nod at Nora's exclamation "the Forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful but we are not here today to sight see. Professor Peach wants samples of the red sap from deep within the forest so each of you will be collecting one jar's worth today. As this forest is filled with the Creatures of Grimm, I was sent to make sure you don't die while doing so."

"What sort of Grimm can we expect in this part of the forest?" Dove, the leader of the Unit that had adopted the codename of Stonewall, asked seriously. The three ex members of what was once team Cardinal had changed drastically since Cardin had been expelled, likely wanting to avoid the same fate. They by no means liked Faunus, given their expressions upon seeing those with the animal traits, but they kept any opinions to themselves.

"Good question Mr. Bronzewing." Professor Goodwitch nodded, "This part of the deep forest mainly contains Ursa and Nevermore. There have been occasional sightings of Beowolves but other Grimm types are incredibly rare here." Bronzewing nodded at the answer just as the bullhead began to land, moving slowly so as not to crash into the trees surrounding them on all sides.

"Alright children," their professor instructed once they had exited the bullhead "you may go out and collect your sap but do your best to stay within hearing range and try not to get lost."

"Alright Professor." Harry nodded, the draconian warrior having taken well to leading their six person unit and had even slowly opened up to them all, even if many things about the man's past were secret and likely to stay that way for a long time if not forever.

"Let's move out guys!" Jaune ordered their unit, which had been codenamed the Blackbriar Unit. Jaune had been growing more and more as both a leader and a warrior since getting his Aura unlocked, the blonde's healing semblance allowing Jaune to train at full force for an amazing amount of time which showed results on Jaune's build rather quickly.

Nora cheered happily as she followed Jaune and Harry, who had become something akin of personal heroes to the bubbly energetic Juggernaut over the past few weeks. Yang followed more sedately, although that may be so she could, as she would put it, 'enjoy the view' she got from being behind Jaune and Harry. Ruby just stood next to Harry, rather close to, as they talked about different weapon designs Ruby was working on.

"They seem relaxed together." He said, stepping next to Yang and matching her pace as he nodded at Ruby and Harry.

"Yeah," Yang grinned amused "my baby sister's got her first crush. But if he hurts her…" Yang trailed off in an attempt to sound threatening.

"And get crushed by a scaly dragon leg?" he asked, unfazed by her failed attempt, or by the pout the blonde brawler sent him at his comment.

"Oh ye of little faith." Yang mock cried.

"I do have Faith," when Yang looked up hopefully he continued "in Harry." He would never admit to anyone that it was actually fun messing with Yang like this.

"You're mean." Yang pouted as he gave a small smirk before a loud sneeze drew his attention back to the front as he saw Jaune wiping his nose, both the leaders of their unit starting to look worse for were.

"You alright Jaune?" Nora asked concerned as the blonde sneezed again, this time joined by Harry.

"Yeah," Jaune's responded but sounded horribly congested, like he could barely breathe "I just-ACHO!"

"I think we're-ACHO- allergic to this stuff." Harry piped in, the raven haired leader removing his mask so it didn't fill with snot.

"Can you fight?" Ruby asked worried, a sentiment that was shared by the rest of the group as Harry and Jaune were two of their best frontline fighters given Harry's training and the fact that Jaune just wouldn't stay down.

"I thin-ACHO!" Jaune tried to answer only to sneeze again, actually going a little airborne from that one.

"Okay that's bad." Yang frowned, the more playful part of her personality going as she recognized the seriousness of the situation "Ruby, you stick with Harry and I'll stick with Jaune to make sure nothing attacks them when they can't defend themselves."

"Agreed," he nodded "let's get in, get the sap, and get out so those two can get to Beacon's med bay. I think an allergy shot is in order." The two leader whimpered in protest at the idea of needles but said whimpering's were ignored.

Finding a good patch of trees, he started collecting the sap for himself and Nora, hammering a spigot into a tree while Ruby and Yang did the same nearby, Jaune and Harry both collapsed on the ground due to their newfound allergy.

"Alright," he said, passing back a filled Jar to Nora, "second jar please."

"Okey dokey Renny!" his childhood friend said happily as she handed him the second jar. It was partway filled when he heard slurping and turned around to see Nora had drained the first one he handed her.

"No." he scolded, flicking her nose as she gave a small yelp "Bad Nora. We need the sap to get out of here so Jaune and Harry can stop looking like zombies." Said Zombies groan in protest at the term "And sounding like them."

"Fine." Nora pouts "But I want to come back later and get more sap! I demand Sap Syrup for my pancakes!" Rolling his eyes fondly at his friend's cheerfulness he went back to filling up the jars.

They had just finished filling up the last jar when a loud and furious roar shattered the silence of the forest, accompanied by a scream of pain. Looking up he tried to find the source of the scream only to see the three female members of team stonewall running out of the forest from a clearing up ahead, Blake and Weiss dragging an unconscious Pyrrah but there was no sign of the three male members. The two running girls don't even stop to acknowledge their team, actually running across the stomach of a prone Jaune as the blond groans out in pain along with the allergies. They exited the clearing after slamming into him, knocking him aside and shattering the jars of sap he had been carrying.

"Jaune!" Yang yelled, pulling their friend to his feet as Nora did the same to him while Sap dripped off of him.

Three new yells, each filled with pain and fear, filled the clearing as he looked up to see the three male members of team stonewall stumbling and rolling down the steep hill from the clearing, a group of large Ursa majors following them angrily. Russel, Dove, and Sky rolled to a stop, unable to keep going with the injuries they apparently took from the Ursa.

Reacting quickly, he pulled out his weapons only for a click to meet his efforts. Glancing down he saw that the firing mechanisms were locked up and jammed with the thick and sticky red sap. That moment of looking down though was enough for the Ursa to attack, going for the downed forms of Jaune and Harry only for the two downed fighters to be protected by Yang and Ruby who got hit, and rendered unconscious, trying to move Jaune and Harry out of the way.

"Guys!" Nora yelled, running over to their unconscious friends only to get slammed back by the Ursa.

"Nora!" he yelled, seeing his friend grasping her injures side only to have to jump back when the Ursa turn their attention towards to him. grimacing he leapt back, trying to use the blades of his guns to fend of the Ursa as he couldn't shoot.

"Ren!" Nora called out with a pained grimace "Use your semblance!"

"NO!" he yelled, refusing vehemently. He had sworn to never used that power again…not after what happened.

"REN!" Nora's yell was of fear this time as the Ursa had turned their attention to her with her yell.

"No." he whispered in horror as the beasts turned away from him, lumbering towards the eight downed hunters in training.

"No." his voice began cracking as the ground shook with each of their lumbering steps.

"No." his voice began growing angry as he knew he had to break his promise and use his semblance.

"NO!" he roared, jumping up into the air and landing between the other and the Ursa. His exclamation, a single word, soon turned into an echoing ethereal roar, visible as waves upon waves of green aura. The winds howled along with his roar of fury as the Ursa gave howls of pain as they began being pushed back. Dropping to a knee he felt his body growing tired due to having not used his semblance for several years.

Digging deep he pumped the last of his aura into the roar, stripping the trees in his roar's path from the ground and tearing the flesh from the bones of the Ursa as they dissolved upon their death. With the threat gone he dropped to the ground, his world fading to black just as he saw the running form of their professor.

-Nora-

Sighing she sat in a chair in the med bay of Beacon, staring at the unconscious forms of her teammates. The three boys of the Stonewall Unit were passed out in beds in another part of the room, along with Pyrrah, while Weiss and Blake had been drug off to Ozpin's office by a pissed off Glynda Goodwitch.

"Harry!" a panicked voice yelled as she saw Ruby shoot awake in a wide eyed panic, Yang following suit a moment later.

"Hey guys." she gave them both a weak grin, a far cry from her usual exuberance.

"Nora, what happened?" Ruby exclaimed, looking around and seeing the boys passed out in the hospital beds.

"After you two got knocked out Ren…he was forced to use his semblance." Her voice was filled with guilt at that. She knew how Ren felt about his semblance and why he hated using it but she had gotten him to do it anyway. What's worse was that he didn't need to as Professor Goodwitch had shown up almost instantly and would have been able to save them.

"What's his semblance?" Ruby asked, her head tilted "I thought Ren had a non-combative semblance which was why we never saw it."

"No," she shook her head "he…it…"

"It's not a semblance," the weak voice of her oldest friend said form his bed as all heads snapped towards him "it's a curse."

"What do you mean?" Harry asked, the two leaders coming to as well as all attention was now on Ren causing the marital artist to sigh.

"It...I had my aura unlocked at an early age. Nora and I live in a town outside the main cities so most children had their aura unlocked to offer some form of protection. I tried practicing with my semblance here and there but it was too strong to use in most areas so I didn't have much control over it. Then one day, a burglar tried robbing my home when my parents and I were inside. He had a gun and while my family all had our aura unlocked none of us had any combat training."

She moved over and squeezed her friend's hand, knowing how painful telling this story was for him but she hoped that in doing so it would help Ren finally begin to heal. Squeezing her hand back Ren continued "I was six years old and I was scared. I saw a man with a gun, my dad had a bullet wound in his shoulder, and the man was ripping at my mom's clothes, a bag with all our valuables next to him. I…I tried using my semblance but I couldn't control it fully. I killed the bastard…along with my parents."

"What exactly is your semblance?" Yang asked confused.

"An Aura roar." The voice of Ozpin spoke up as they all turned to the door to see the headmaster along with Professor Goodwitch entering, "A powerful one too. One that can do this." Ozpin clicked a button on a remote as a screen on the wall showed a picture of the Forever fall forest from the sky, revealing the destruction Ren's semblance had caused.

"I can't control it." Ren choked out again, tears forming in her friend's eyes "I…it takes all my aura and once it activates I can't stop it. I heard them die that day. I heard their bones break, their screams echo with my roar. That roar is no semblance…it's a curse."

AN: Yeah, I went with the aura roar because 1. Ren would have to have a semblance with some sort of dark history or drawback to have never used it in the show and 2. I liked the concept. So yeah, bit of a darker ending to the chapter and the next chapter will have some angst and much feels as well.