Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Wolf and Reaper. Enjoy the 1200-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.
(Vale.)
Azul sniffed the air. He stopped suddenly inside the chamber, it was rounded, open… An opening to another chamber, he believed.
That was before a fireball rushed towards him. Azul rolled out of the way and drew Violet Shadow.
"The lady from the dance," Azul said as he flicked the blade to the side, unfolding the sword in one motion.
"I'm sorry, who are you again? You know what? it won't matter once I kill you and get what I came for." Azul heard from the woman who walked towards him.
He braced himself for a fight as the woman summoned a pair of glass swords and charged forward.
Azul slid under her first strike and parried the second before twirling around a stab and firing a round from the hilt.
The woman backflipped away from the shot and kicked Azul back as she went. He recovered before the two circled each other.
"All of this… Roman's robberies, the White Fang assaults… You've been behind all the crime in Vale, weren't you?" Azul flipped his blade to his other hand while preparing for her next move.
She moved quickly, slashing in an x form which Azul flipped back from as the woman threw herself into the air. Azul blocked the attack, pushing back against the blades with his own.
"Smart. You knew Roman wouldn't be behind all that? I didn't expect you to figure that out." The woman said before twirling away from a stab before Azul pivoted around a fireball.
He fired and was rewarded with her Aura sparking Orange. Azul saw her growl and threw herself at the Young Faunus.
Azul parried a right, left, then a low strike before he brought his foot down. He put a small amount of his Aura into the hit.
Cinder blinked as Azul's armored boot shattered her glass blade before he twirled his sword. He tilted his head, firing at her foot as he dodged another hit.
Cinder was sent skidding back as the high-speed hilt helped Azul backhand the woman across the chamber.
"WORTHLESS MUTT!" She hissed. Azul watched her growl and infighting her hand before throwing her shattered sword at Azul who leaned to the side and dodged it. Azul heard it clatter along the ground somewhere in the chamber.
"I'm not the arrogant sociopath who orchestrated a terrorist attack just to get what they want. You act like your clever, but I'm betting people saw the cracks…. Do you think everyone is stupid enough to believe Roman, a small-time gangster, would orchestrate this? Lady, I had no idea who was behind this until you showed up at the dance." He smelt something at that moment.
The girl turned to block a bullet before Crescent Rose wrapped around her before dragging her along the ground.
The woman recovered as her Aura sparkled again. Azul turned to greet Ruby as the couple faced down Cinder.
Ruby flicked Azul on his forehead as he winced. Ruby twirled Crescent Rose and faced the woman.
"NEVER run off like that again," Ruby stated before facing the woman.
"That hurt, Rubes… Ow." Azul rubbed at his temples before the woman formed her bow from flames.
She fired a trio of arrows which Ruby deflected before twirling at firing at her. Azul flipped onto her scythe as Ruby fired again.
The Woman blocked it only to have to lean back as Azul aimed a flying slash at her head. She aimed another fireball which sent Azul sliding back.
His Aura sparked a Light Violet and depleted at least a quarter of his Aura.
Cinder faced the duo before growling and rushing the duo. Azul parried her first two swings before Ruby fired another shot that shattered one of her blades.
Cinder growled and rushed Ruby before dropkicking her, her Aura sparked red.
"Ruby!" Azul yelled as Cinder panted and growled.
"I have come too far…. TO BE STOPPED BY SOME WORTHLESS BRATTY KIDS! I'M CINDER FALL, I DON'T…." She was cut off by dual shots from Ruby and Azul before Azul loaded a cartridge of Dust into his weapon.
He rushed by as Cinder blocked only for Azul to form ice under him while he ran. He kicked her back only for her to collapse onto the ice.
"We might be kids, but you're the arrogant one… Lady, whatever you came for? You aren't getting it, your scroll got broken and studied… Your Grimm/White Fang army is getting shredded outside… And I can smell Professor Ozpin and them… You're done, and all you're going to be remembered for is a psychopath eager for power." Azul said before his scroll buzzed.
It was the sign of his teammates losing their Aura. He blinked in horror.
Cinder took that as a moment to strike and tossed a fireball at Azul. He flipped backward as his Aura shattered while he slid along the ground.
"AZUL!" Cinder retreated just as Ozpin and Ironwood entered and noticed Cinder.
Ozpin noticed Azul before noticing Ruby cradling her boyfriend. They chose to go after Cinder.
Ruby went to call out for them before Azul stopped her.
"No… Let them chase down her… Ow, she hits hard. We stopped her here, she might be out of our league, she isn't out of theirs right now." Ruby looked at Azul's scroll.
Team AMET… Was gone, she clicked on the video footage.
Their bullhead was shredded, bullet holes in the craft. White Fang then.
"Azul?" Ruby asked. Azul had tears in his eyes before punching the ground.
"I'll be fine… I… I'm going to go and make sure the transports are leaving." Ruby let her boyfriend go.
Azul wasn't fine… He wouldn't be fine… But she had her thoughts at the moment.
It was a victory… But it didn't seem like one. She checked a camera since Vale allowed Huntresses and Huntsmen… Even students access cameras in emergencies.
The dragon was leading all the Grimm away… 2 Atlesian Airships, damaged or such, were in the city.
She could tell it wasn't without losses. Cinder might have been stopped, but her selfish desire for power had scarred Vale. They might have forced her to retreat, but she knew Cinder would come back.
She wanted to know what to do next, but that meant finding Ozpin… Who had gone after Cinder? They had no idea what to do next…
It was at that point that she felt tears in her eyes before following her boyfriend out of the room. Azul turned to look at her before collapsing on weak knees.
She hugged him as the Huntsmen in training finally broke down under the weight of all the destruction… The death of innocent people… Soldiers…
And his team.
Author Notes
Phew, another chapter is done! I want to point out that I didn't want the Cinder fight to be one-sided. The next fights after this will be tougher. Also, AMET is gone, I didn't know what to do with them. I wanted them to drive Azul onward. The next chapter will be on next Sunday and will show the aftermath and Azul and Ruby's relationship status. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: Yang's chapter is on Monday; Winter's chapter is 1200 words. Raven's is 1300, Glynda's is 1200 or so words.