Chapter 6

The Grimm came across a couple of initiates with weak auras. The initiates were scared as they saw this large unknown grimm in front of them. The Grimm could feel their fear but wasn't interest in them. It was going to move past them but one of them fired their rifle at it. It was going to kill them. It then felt the ground shake under its feet and the initiates were losing their balance. The two initiates were trying to keep their balance. Out of the trees burst a large Grimm impaling one initiate on its horn and biting down on the other. A loud crunch is heard and the initiate was bitten in half. The Grimm found a test for the wolf faunus.

Micheal and Hitomi's positions

Micheal and Hitomi were almost to the temple. Micheal said looking at Hitomi "Hey Hitomi." He asked a minor question.

"What," Hitomi asked looking at Micheal.

"Is that a PSG-1," the wolf faunus asked pointing at the rifle on Hitomi's back. The fox faunus pulled the rifle out.

"Kind of, it's actually a .50 caliber rifle; I just designed it to look like a PSG-1," she said.

"Why did you design it to look like a PSG-1 instead of a .50 caliber sniper like an M82," Micheal asked. Hitomi put her rifle back in its holster. She scratched the back of her head.

"I think the PSG-1 is a really sexy looking rifle, better than an M82," she said. Micheal raised an eyebrow. Hitomi said, "I'm surprised you know what a PSG-1 and M82 is, and why are looking at me like that?"

"Video games Hitomi, and 'sexy'," the wolf faunus said with a chuckle at the end. He said, "I wouldn't have thought you would use the word sexy when describing something." Hitomi blushed a little and hit Micheal in the back of the head.

"I can use whatever words I want to describe things," She said and walked faster.

"I don't use the word 'sexy' to describe anything other than a woman but yeah, the PSG-1 is a cool looking rifle," Micheal sped up too and the duo eventually reached the temple.

Micheal sees Yang and Blake are already there. The temple is in the middle of a large clearing. It reminded him of one of those circular Greek temples he had seen on TV a couple of times except there was no actual building in the middle. There were still stone pillars set up in a circle but a couple of the pillars were broken. There is a part of a wall to the left side of the temple. The stone floor has patches of grass scattered about and vines hanging down from the pillars. Micheal sees twenty-one circular stone pedestal in the temple. Micheal sees little objects on the pedestals, but couldn't make out what there were from where he was.

"Blake! Yang!" The wolf faunus yelled and waved at them.

Yang turned to Micheal and smiled "Micheal! you made it," and waved back. Blake smiled and waved. The faunus duo stepped onto the stone floor of the temple. Micheal sees what looked like chess pieces on the pedestals. The pieces on the left side are yellow and the pieces on the right side are black. Two of the black are missing and one of the yellows is missing. Yang sees Hitomi "Who's this Micheal?"

"Hitomi Hunters, my partner," the wolf faunus said then he walks off to get a relic.

"I call it fate that the last wolf and fox faunus would become partners," Blake said and Hitomi just shrugged. The trio of girls looked at the wolf faunus as he walked by the relics. Blake noticed the blood stain and slash marks on his jacket. The raven-haired girl asked "Micheal, are you alright?" Micheal gave a reassuring smile.

"Yeah, a raptor slashed me but I'm alright," looking back at the chess pieces. Micheal sees an interesting relic. It wasn't a chess piece. It was a yellow shield. Micheal felt drawn to the relic and picked it up. Micheal walked over to the trio of girls.

"Where did that come from," Yang asked pointing to the relic in Micheal's hand.

"It was just there in plain sight," Micheal said and the brawler looked at Blake confused.

"We didn't see it," Blake said and Micheal looked at the relic confused. He looked at Hitomi. The fox faunus shook her head.

"I didn't see it either." Micheal sighed and placed the relic in his one of his jacket's pockets and zipped up the pocket. Then high pitch girly scream was heard.

"Some girl is in trouble," Yang said. Blake looked up. Micheal and Hitomi looked up as well. The three faunus could hear something coming from above. The blond asked "What should we do," and then above the faunus trio could hear a familiar voice shouting "Heads up."

"You guys hear that, what should we do," the blond asked again said waving her hand in front of them. The three faunus' ears twitched and Blake pointed up. Yang looked up to see Ruby falling towards them flailing her arms.

"Heads up," She shouted again dragging out the words but then Jaune went flying into her and they both went flying into a nearby tree.

"Did your sister just fall from the sky," Blake asked.

"I…," Yang said before she could complete her answer, a noise got everyone attention. The group looked to see a few trees fall down and an Ursa coming into view. It was flailing its front around then a flash of purple light appeared behind the Ursa, followed by a "Yeehaw." The Ursa fell down and an orange haired girl rolled of its back onto the grounds. Micheal recognized her as Nora Valkyrie.

Nora is a young teenage girl with short orange hair and turquoise eyes. She is slightly shorter than Ruby. Her outfit is a mix of different colors but the main colors that stick out to Micheal are black and pink. She wears a black collared vest that ends at her waist, on the back is her symbol, a hammer with a lightning bolt. Under the vest, is two layers of clothing, one is red and the other blue. Nora also wears a white sleeveless top that has a tiny heart between her cleavage and collarbone, with detached sleeves on each arm. She wears matching pink fingerless gloves. Nora wears a pink skirt that starts at her waist and ends at her mid-thigh. Her shoes are a mix of pink and white with white laces. She wears some manner of armor that begins in the middle of her shoulders and neck and ends by her waist. She has a light-gray bow at the back of her skirt, with a ribbon extending to the skirt's bottom.

The ginger got up and sadly said "Aw, it's broken," and quickly moved on top of the Ursa corpse. She looked down and said "Ewww," and from behind the Ursa came a guy dressed in green. Micheal recognized him as Lie Ren. Ren is a teenage boy with a long black hair tied into a ponytail that went halfway down his back. He is slightly shorter than Pyrrha, the same height as Hitomi. There is a magenta streak in his hair on the left side. His eyes are also the same color as that streak. He is wearing a dark green, diagonally-buttoned, long-sleeved tailcoat with black and gold trimmings and pink cuffs. He also wears light-tan pants with black shoes.

Ren put a hand on the Ursa looking like he was catching his breath with his head down. He said "Nora…, please… don't ever do that again," and he looked up to see Nora gone. He quickly searched the immediate area around himself trying to locate his childhood friend. Micheal and the girls heard an "Oooh," behind them and turned to see Nora looking at one the relics. It looked like a rook chess piece.

Nora grabbed the piece and began to sing "I'm queen of the castle, I'm queen of the castle," in two poses. Her first pose, she stood on her right leg with her left legs up behind her, her hand under her chin and the relic was on her left foot. The second pose, she stood on her other leg with her right leg behind her, her arms spread out and the relic is on her head. She somehow ended up on the other side of her group of spectators. They turned again to look at her. Ren angrily shouted "Nora," and that stopped Nora's little dance. She stood on both her legs and saluted.

She giggled then said "Coming Ren," She giggled then tilted her head and the relic slid off her head into her hand. She skipped off to Ren.

"Did that girl just ride in on an Ursa," Blake asked.

"I…" Yang tried to respond but again was interrupted. A screech was heard as more trees fell. From the woods came Pyrrha with a Deathstalker right behind her. The Deathstalker tried to snap at Pyrrha but she jumped through the pincers and rolled on the ground and continued running from the scorpion grimm.

"Jaune," She shouted and Ruby jumped from the tree next to the group in front of the temple.

"Ruby," Yang said.

"Yang," Ruby shouted raising her hands in the air. Nora then got in the middle saying her name. Ruby saw Hitomi standing next to Blake. Ruby asked, "Who are you?"

"Hitomi Hunters," the fox faunus responded.

"She's Micheal's partner," Yang said looking around. Yang asked, "By the way where's Micheal?"

"Over there," Blake said pointing to the tree Ruby jumped from.

"Hey Jaune, need help getting down," Micheal asked.

"Yes please," Jaune replied and then Micheal unstrapped Order. Jaune heard a thud and then heard the wolf faunus climbing up the tree. The knight looked to see Micheal with Order's sword in his mouth. Jaune was confused for a second. The grey-haired boy gripped the tree tightly as he grabbed the sword with his right hand. He raised his sword above the branch Jaune was stuck on. The blond boy immediately panicked "No no no no no, wait I'm fine really," as Micheal swung his sword into the branch. Thanks to his newly awaken aura, he barely felt pain in his shoulder as he swung his sword into the tree branch again and again. A snap was heard and Jaune fell to the ground. After impacting the ground, Jaune groaned "Oh, come on," and the wolf faunus climbed down the tree. He put the sword back into Order and strapped it onto his back. He walked back to the group at the temple. They gave him some weird looks.

"Thought he might have needed some help getting down, and I didn't want to fall out the tree helping him off the branch," Micheal shrugged and then they turned back to Pyrrha still running from the Deathstalker. Micheal stood between Ruby and Yang.

"Did she just run all the way here with a Deathstalker on her tail," Blake asked and Yang was getting ready to explode. Nora was standing between Blake and Yang cooing.

"Rrrgh, I can't take it anymore, could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again," Yang shouted with an explosion of fire around her and her eyes going red. The fiery blond was breathing heavy after her outburst. Micheal felt a burning sensation on his tail. He looked back and saw a small fire on the end of his tail. He jumped a bit and slapped both of his hand on the fire. Ren ran up next to Nora, who happily cooed at his appearance.

"Um, Yang," Ruby said and Yang looked down in disappointment.

Micheal heard Weiss yelling from above coming "How could you leave me," and everyone looked up. The wolf faunus sees the heiress hanging onto a talon of a Nevermore.

"I said jump," Ruby said

"She's gonna fall," Blake said

"She'll be fine," Ruby replied

"She's falling," Ren said and then Weiss began falling. Micheal began to walk to get under the heiress. Jaune was already there.

"Hey Jaune, hold Order for me," The wolf faunus said and he unstrapped his shield and threw it to Jaune. The knight looked at Micheal confused for a second before he gasped as Order was flying at him. Jaune fell over as the extremely heavy shield hit him. He is now under the shield and groaning in pain. Micheal caught Weiss in his arms. Micheal looked Weiss in the eyes "You alright, Weiss?"

"Micheal put me down this instant!" Weiss shouts with a blush. Micheal complied.

"Yes milady," Micheal said as he put Weiss on the ground. He grabbed Order and strapped it onto his back. Micheal and Weiss walked over to the group. Hitomi raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. Just as the duo joined the group, a smack was heard and Pyrrha landed in front of them.

"The gangs all here, now we can die together," Yang said.

"Not if I can help it," Ruby said and then ran off yelling.

She charged at the Deathstalker. Yang said with her hand out "Ruby, wait," trying to stop her sister but Ruby didn't listen. She pulled out Crescent Rose in scythe form and fired a shot behind her. She propelled her herself to the Deathstalker but the huge scorpion grimm swatted her away with its pincer. She landed face first into the ground a few feet away. Ruby slowly got up from the ground.

"Don't…, don't worry totally fine," Ruby said and the Deathstalker slowly walked up behind her. The reaper fired a shot at the Deathstalker, propelling herself backward. She turned around and began to run away from the Deathstalker while putting away Crescent Rose. The scorpion grimm chased after her roaring. Micheal and Yang began to run towards Ruby.

"Ruby," Yang shouting and then a screech was heard from above. The Nevermore was flying high in the sky behind Ruby. The giant bird stops for a bit in the air and flapped its gigantic wings in Ruby's direction. The Nevermore fired a barrage of giant feather towards the brunette. One feather snagged Ruby's cloak stopping her in place. Micheal pulled Order over his head and Yang got under the shield. He could feel the feather repeatedly pound his shield. Ruby was pulling on her cloak trying to get it dislodged from the feather.

"Ruby, get out of there," Yang shouted.

"I'm trying," Ruby replying then the Deathstalker was within striking distance. It reared back its stinger. Micheal wanted a speed boost. Order's miniature shield flickered yellow but died down. The Deathstalker's stinger came down aimed at Ruby.

"Ruby," Yang shouted as a white blur passed the duo. Weiss then froze the Deathstalker in place. The sound of ice forming could be heard.

"You are so childish," Weiss said and Ruby opened her eyes.

"Weiss," She said questioningly.

"And dim-witted, and hyperactive, and don't even get me started on your fighting style, and I suppose I can be a bit…," Weiss scolded her. She looked down trying to find the right word. Ruby looked at her partner waiting for her word. The heiress continued "Difficult, but if we're going to do this, we're going to have to do together, so if you quit trying to show off, I'll be nicer."

"I'm not trying to show off, I want you to know I can do this," Ruby responded.

"You're fine," Weiss simply said and Micheal and Yang arrived a second later. Micheal smiled at the scene. Yang hugged Ruby. A loud high-pitched roar akin to a scream was heard, Micheal immediately recognized it.

"What was that," Yang asked breaking the hug.

"Let's get back to the others, now," Micheal said and ran back to the temple. The trio of girls looked at each other confused and followed Micheal.

"W-what was that," Jaune asked with fear in his voice looking at Pyrrha. She shook her head.

"I don't know," she has never heard that kind of roar before. Hitomi was looking around and was shaking a little. Hitomi's ears were flat to her head and her tail was down, almost touching the ground.

"Hitomi, are you alright," Blake asked but the fox faunus didn't respond. She recognized the roar, even ten years later she would never forget that roar. Micheal ran up to the temple.

"Does everyone have their relic," He asked and Jaune shook his head.

"Well grab it," Micheal said and looked around. Ruby, Weiss, and Yang caught up with him.

"Micheal, what's going on," Yang asked but Micheal didn't answer. He was staring at the Nevermore. Everyone else stared at it with him. The Nevermore was flying in place and is looking to its right. Everyone followed its line of sight. A crashing noise could be heard and it was getting closer.

"It's here," Micheal said.

"What's here," Weiss asked and then the trees fell over. Out of the trees walked the Grimm covered in smoke.

Micheal pointed at the Grimm "That," he turned to the others "Anyone who hasn't grabbed their relic grabs it and let's get out of here," and Ruby and Jaune went to grab their relics. Ruby grabbed a yellow knight piece. Jaune grabbed a yellow rook piece. The group started to run back to Beacon cliffs. Hitomi wasn't moving. Micheal yelled "Hitomi, come on, what are you doing," Hitomi shook her head and followed the others.

"Micheal, do you know what that thing is," Weiss asked.

"No, I just saw it in a dream a couple nights ago," Micheal answered shaking his head.

"A dream," Yang said confused.

"Yeah, a dream, I know it's strange but it's true," Micheal said nodding his head. The Grimm watched the initiates runoff. It looked to its right and sees a large blur of black running through the trees. The Grimm walked over to the Deathstalker and smashed the ice. It roared orders to the Nevermore and Deathstalker. It wanted them to ignore the wolf faunus. It has chosen a combatant for the faunus. It wasn't interested in any others, even the other aura that felt familiar, so they were fair game. The Nevermore flew ahead with the Grimm and Deathstalker following behind on the ground.

Author's Notes: As always, criticism is good.