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April 19, 20XX, Day 236/364


I'ts been over three weeks since my fight with Yang and my little heart-to-heart with Emerald. And since then, she's been more...nice to me. Before anyone asks, no it's not like the nice where she doesn't steal my shit...unfortunately, she does just that!

What I mean that she's been genuinely more nice, however you wouldn't notice it at first. You'd basically have to know her for a long period of time in order to tell the difference. Mercury and I had DEFIANTLY noticed it, and she's apparently more tolerable of Mercury' behaviour...but she sometimes gets annoyed from time-to-time

Can you really blame her? He IS Mercury after all, he's just as much of an asshole and annoying as I am!

She's also a bit more open and honest about things. If you want an example, she's more open to tell me about her foster father, otherwise known as the former wielder of Dimension Astray, a Sacred Array that is responsible for breaking into the most secure vaults in the entire world!

And in-case you don't know, here's a refresher. Dimension Astray opens up a small pocket dimension that can pretty much store just about anything in it. However, if used properly, you can actually teleport to any location in the world. But the catch is, you need to be in that exact place before, and you need to picture it clearly

So, if you want to rob something using that Sacred Array, then you need to secure a infiltration route towards the "treasure"


Grimm Studies

Now, as sad this may be to some of you, but this will be our last Grimm Studies session. But for this occasion, I've saved the best and more mysterious for last. So, let's talk about a creature that has never been seen...they called it the Great White. As mentioned, we petty much don't know what the Great White is, it probably isn't a Grimm at all!

But considering we've seen Grimm as big as an Atlesian ship, it was safe to assume that it is a creature of Grimm...keyword "assume". Theories show that these creatures are as old as Remnant itself, making it incredibly powerful and intelligent.

There was one professor who tired to further investigate on the Great White, the late Professor Azazel T. Blackwing. He used to work for Atlas as a Dust scientist, but left the kingdom after receiving reports of a large figure spotted near the waters of Solitas. But after a few weeks of no transmissions, the previous general launched a search party, but he was never found. Thye only thing that was recovered, was a small note

"You may or may not believe what you are about to read, my friend, but hear me out."

"In the more forgotten parts of the world, isolated pockets of creatures that live without Human or Faunus contact...that is until now. This 'Great White' that I've been studying about is old...ancient even, possibly the oldest life form on the face of Remnant!"

"Of course, this is purely a theory, but it is a theory based on convincing evidence. Throughout history, the Grimm we have seen have changed, albeit subtly. Every so often, a Grimm will be seen that matches a historical account, until it's either killed or ran off. But these sightings are rare and spaced out, both in time and in area."

"Several weeks ago, Great White was spotted in southern Atlas, I will be leaving to investigate this soon."

"If I don't return, get this to Beacon, Signal, Atlas, whoever will believe you."

"I leave this to you my friend, good luck."

- Azazel

So...if you want my honest opinion, don't go pursuing these kinds of things, you'd be better off not knowing...then again, I may do the same in the coming future


History

Alright, like Grimm Studies, this will be our last session of Remnant History. As as you already know, we've been talking about specific points in history where one or possibly more of the artifacts of Nicodemus were mentioned. We've talked about Summit Tempest, Oblivion Creator, Dimension Astray, Blue Dragon's Gauntlet, Black Dragon's Wings, Leonidas Nemean, Canis Hrunting, Sunforge Hymn, Sheer Cold, Destiny Karma, and Sefriot Graal.

All that's left to talk about is possibly one of the scariest of the artifacts, Innovate Clear. The origins of this artifact actually comes from a hidden tribe known as the "Heiro" in Anima and that to this day, is untouched by humanity. The tribe actually consists of Faunus and only Faunus that still haven't adapted to modern society by choice.

Now, this made bandits or rogue-huntsman think that the Heiro tribe were easy targets to them...but oh boy, they couldn't be more wrong! Despite the tribes more..."primitive" ways, they're actually an advanced culture! In-fact, they were the first one to incorporate Dust into their weapons and clothing! But anyone that goes out to look for them with the intention of causing trouble...were never seen or heard from again

Rumours say that once you enter the tribes boundaries, you will suffer mass hallucinations reflecting every bad thing that you've done in your entire life! You will literally relive your past sins, regardless of how minor they are! That pretty much sounds similar to Innovate Clear. And to this day, no one has gone out to look for them, even the Branwen tribe tend to stay away!

And well, that's about everything in Remnan't histroy...well, all the important and non-boring parts. Everything else was about the discovery of this and that

Now, I know what you're all thinking "you mentioned twelve of the thirteen artifacts! Where's the last one!?". And, you're right, there are thirteen. But unfortunately, no matter how far I looked, how many books I've read...I've found no trace of the strongest of all the artifacts, the spear Triam. All I do know about it is that is capable of doing powerful elemental magic.

What I did manage to find however...is something called Fusion Arrays, and from what I'm able to understand, you're able to combine Sacred Arrays into more powerful ones, keeping their original abilities while also gaining new ones


Beacon Academy, Beacon Armoury (My POV)

Currently, I was standing in Beacon's Armoury...well...more like I'm sticking my arm through a small hole in the armoury's wall as I standing outside...why you ask? It's because I've had a request for a small upgrade for my gauntlet. I'll give a little tease on what it is. You see, my Blast Enchantment is VERY powerful, especially with multiple charges in the gauntlet...but that can also be bad in small and tight spaces. This upgrade on the other hand is to help me control that!

Now, waiting for my upgrade to be finished wouldn't be a problem...if I left the gauntlet in the armoury, then come back for it when it's finished. But...one of the downsides of having a Sacred Array such as mine...is that you can't get it off no matter how hard you try! And if someone somehow managed to get it off, I'll die!

So, I'm just sitting here...as three other people started poking at my gauntlet, trying to figure out HOW to put the new upgrade in. But the thing is, only Ozpin, Goodwitch, and all the other professors are apparently aware of the fact that most fairy tales are real...so...WHY IN THE HELL CAN'T THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO!? I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR HOURS AND MY FINAL FIGHT IS IN FIFTEEN MINUTES!

Not only that, I've been hearing but nothing but them arguing and trying to figure what to do! I wish that I brought my scroll with me before coming down here...speaking of...where the hell is Ozpin, wasn't he suppose to be here?

Then, after literal hours, I could see Ozpin in the distance, holding his signature mug that was probably filled to the brim with cocoa

"What the hell took you do long!?" I yelled

"Sorry, a black cat crossed my path as I was making my way here. So, I had to take another path" Ozpin said with a calm demeanour

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"YOU SONUVA BITCH!" I yelled

"Now, I thought this would also be an important lesson" Ozpin said

"What...kind of lesson?" I slightly gritted

"One of patience" Ozpin said

"...I hate you...so fucking much" I grumbled

"Oh, I know" Ozpin said with a chuckle

"Well, whatever...is it ready yet?" I asked "I honestly can't tell anymore"

"Yes, it took a long time to develop so that it would work with your...Blast, you call it?" Ozpin asked, earning a nod from me "Well, we had to make sure that the power you store wouldn't shatter it in an instant. But yes, it is ready"

"Well, thank god! I was hoping I would have it in time for the finals!" I said

"Yes, come inside, Hack and Geoff have it ready for you" Ozpin said

"...I can't...remember?" I asked

Ozpin simply chuckled as he randomly grabbed a nearby handle and pulled up the metal sheet, similar to what you see at food vendors at amusement parks.

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"Was...that always there?" I asked

Before Ozpin could answer, I could hear a very loud explosion from the room behind the counter, smoke began to pour out of the back room and out the window. Now, this wouldn't be a problem, but the problem was, not only I had to stick my arm in a small hole in the armoury, but they also had to strap my right arm down to make sure I wasn't squirming

"Uh..." I began, only to be stopped by Ozpin

"Give it a minute" Ozpin said

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"GOD DAMN IT, GAVIN!" A voice shouted from the back room

"What in the god d-!?" I began once more, only to be stopped by Ozpin once more

"Mr. Pendragon, I have met a lot of people throughout the course of my lifetime, and during that time, I have never met a group of individuals nearly as bizarre as these men. I have learned that it is best to not question their actions, no matter how bizarre they are" Ozpin said

Damn...not even Ozpin know what goes through the mind of the Achievement Hunter crew...

"Excuse me" Ozpin said, clearing his throat

Suddenly the door leading to the back room slammed open, revealing a group of men scrambling out the door.

The first person to come out of the door was a tall man with black hair and a thick mustache. He wore a black shirt with a white hand holding up a middle finger, as well as a pair of brown cargo jeans. His arms had a variety of tattoos, but the most noticeable feature was a scar he had on his left arm

Huh...I wonder how he got that

The second person was a tall man with orange hair and a short orange unnerving beard, as well as a pair of glasses placed upon his face. He wore a grey shirt that had the same beard he wore upon his face, and a pair of brown shorts. Similar from before, the man had a scar across his left eye, and speaking of his left eye, it was pure white

The third person was a tall man with curly brown hair, a pair of glasses placed upon his face. He wore a red shirt with a stack of dynamite that had a frowning yellow face in the center of it, and a pair of dark blue jeans. While he didn't have nearly as many tattoos as the first man, he still had some visible ones that were on the lower parts of his arms. But the one part that caught my attention the most was the pair of bear ears that were on his head

That's fitting...

The fourth person was a short man with messy brown hair and a very short beard on his face. He wore a similar shirt that the third person was wearing, only instead of a frowning yellow face, his stack of dynamite had a smiling yellow face on the center of it, and a pair of black jeans

The fifth person was a tall man with brown hair and a very short beard on his face. He wore an army green shirt that had a Boarbatusk in a hole, and above the hole were the words 'Edgar is the one in the hole' written in big bold letters, as well as a pair of dark brown jeans. The most noticeable, feature, however was the prosthetic left leg he had

Wow, and here I though this world wasn't nice to Yang...

The sixth and final man was a short man with brown hair, but the top of his hair was green. He wore a white shirt with the words 'I am monster truck' written on the front of the shirt, a pair of sunglasses on his face, and a pair of gray shorts

"Mr. Pendragon, allow me to introduce you to the Achievement Crew" Ozpin said

"Hey kid, I'm Geoff" Geoff greeted

"I'm Jack" Jack greeted

"That name's Michael" Michael greeted

"Gavin" Gavin greeted

I'm Ryan" Ryan greeted

"Jeremy" Jeremy greeted

"Hey, my name is Christian" I said, as I tried to raise my right arm to greet them "Uh...a little help here?"

"Oh, uh, sure" Ryan said, undoing the bindings on my arm

As soon as Ryan freed my right arm, I rubbed it to get the blood flowing again. I then turned the gauntlet towards me to see two holsters sticking out the front "And...you're sure these will work?" I asked, causing the six of them to nod

"However, kid, I've got to ask, how did you get your hands on a weapon like that?" Jack asked

Well...I was born with it...wait, I thought Ozpin told them about the gauntlet

"It's a family heirloom" Ozpin said, stepping in

"But, then why dd he leave it on?" Gavin asked "He could've just left it"

"Unfortunately, Mr. Pendragon's weapon had a small lock near his wist and had lost the key" Ozpin said

"But, couldn't we just cut if off?" Gavin said

"No, whatever that metal is, it's too strong to cut through" Jack said "Here's some advice, next time, please don't lose the key"

"Uh...okay?" I said, unsure of what Ozpin said

Maybe he didn't tell everyone of the weapon I have. I mean, that's the only explanation, right?

"So, where'd you pick this one up, Oz?" Geoff asked

"In the Emerald Forest" Ozpin said "I saw potential in him, so I decided to take him under my wing"

"Damn, you're one very lucky kid" Geoff said

"I...question that sometimes..." I said dryly

"Damn, is it really that bad?" Jack asked

I looked towards Ozpin with my eyes narrowed "That is an understatement"

"But, I'm gonna ask again...is it ready? I'm in a hurry" I said, trying to rush things along

"What's the rush?" Ryan asked

"Well, I'm participating in this tournament, and my final match is today. However, I was told that an upgrade of mine was almost done, and was going to take a few minutes...then it turned to HOURS! I would've gotten there on time, but SOMEONE ran into a black cat!" I said, as I glared at Ozpin

"It had to be done" Ozpin said, causing the Achievement Crew to laugh

"Ha ha! You'll never change Oz!" Jack said in between laughs "So, kid, how's training with Ozpin?"

"Well...it's not just Ozpin" I said

"Oh, then who else?" Jack asked

"Goodwitch as well" I said "And for Ozpin...I was never a religious person. But if hell truly exists, I can't imagine that it'll be far off than from what this cocoa drinking, smug little asshole has done to me for the past year" I said, causing Ozpin to chuckle

"Damn...that's rough" Geoff said

"You have no idea" I said

"Well...what about Goodwitch?" Jack asked "I've only heard nothing but horror stories from her study hall!"

Shivers went up my spine as he said that. Every rumour I've heard about her study hall...they'e all true! They're so scary that it could put the worlds scariest haunted house to shame! "Well, they're all true!" I said, with fear in my voice

"R-Really!?" Jack asked

I nodded "If I even looked away from the page with her back turned, she'd know!"

Serisouly!? How in the hell does she know!?

I suddenly pulled out my scroll, and saw that I even had less time than I did before "SHIT! I GOTTA GO!" I yelled out as I ran towards the courtyard


City of Vale, Downtown Vale, Warehouse (My POV)

After my little encounter with the Achievement Hunter Crew of the RWBYverse, I ran towards the courtyard and into the city of Vale. And, thinking I might be late, I did the most reasonable thing...I sat in the Bullhead, let my gauntlet charge up a few times, and spammed the Blink Enchantment until I was close to the warehouse

Turns out, that was really unnecessary, because my scroll wasn't on "day-time" savings. And in-case you don't know, day-light savings is when everything opens up an hour later. Let's say if something opens at 6:00 AM, but because of day-light savings, it opens at 7:00 AM.

I looked at the two holsters in my gauntlet with anticipation "Oh ho, is he in for a surprise!" I smiled, as I arrived at the arena, where I saw Emerald and Neo waiting for me

"Well, you took your sweet time" Emerald said

"Sorry, I got held up" I said

"Awww, what could possibly be more important than being around little old me?" Neo asked/texted

"I'm right here you know?" Emerald said

"Oh, yeah, Emerald too" Neo typed

"Gee, thanks" Emerald said sarcastically

"You're welcome!" Neo typed with a grin "But, what took you so long?" Neo asked me

"It's a...surprise I have for Mercury" I said

"What kind of surprise?" Emerald asked

"It wouldn't be a surprise if I told now, would it?" I asked

"But you said it was for Mercury though!" Neo typed/complained

"Oh, I know. I just thought it would be fun to keep it from you two as well" I said

"Asshole/Asshole" Emerald and Neo said in unison

"I do my best" I said "Anyways, where's Mercury?"

"He's waiting fr you inside" Emerald said

"Well, it'd be rude if we kept him waiting. He's pretty much as impatient as I am!" I said, as we walked into the warehouse, and into the arena's bar

The reason I headed straight towards the bar first is because that's exactly where Mercury would be, he really likes the drinks there. As we walked by the bar, we could see Mercury face down on the bar and snoring loudly

"What's with him?" I asked

"He's been training all night" Emerald said

An idea suddenly sparked in my head as a mischievous grin formed on my face. I pushed my index finer against my lips, telling Emerald and Neo to keep quiet. Both of them smiled and nodded, knowing what I was about to do. I slowly crept towards Mercury, and as soon as I got over to him, I suddenly grabbed his shoulders, shook him violently, and screamed "AHHHHH! AHHHHHHH!" I screamed

Merucry shot awake and began to scream along with me "GAH! WHAT!? WHAT HAPPENED!?" Mercury asked/shouted. After several seconds, he began to calm down, breathed heavily, looked at me laughing, along with Emerald and Neo laughing as well

"Prick" Mercury said, as he punched my arm

"Oh come on now, you should be happy I didn't consider the hand in warm water one" I said

I turned behind me to see Emerald and Neo smirking mischievously

Oh no...this can't be good if those two are smiling together...

"Hey Mercury, you better watch out, Christian here has a surprise for you" Emerald said

"I knew I should've kept my mouth shut..." I muttered

My own greatest weapon...used against me...

"Yeah, you're in for a real good time" Neo typed

"Oh come on! You too Neo!? What he h-...wait...good time?" What the hell do you mean a good time?" I said, as I turned towards Mercury, who had a very shocked and confused expression

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"WAIT! OH HELL TO THE NO! THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEAN'T BY SURPRISE!" I shouted

"It's fine Christian, we understand" Emerald said

"Yeah, we won't think less of you" Neo typed

"YOU TWO AREN'T HELPING!" I shouted, prompting Emerald and Neo to laugh, with Mercury joining soon after

Yeah, yeah, yeah, laugh it up why don't you..." I muttered

"Hey" We all heard, causing all of us to turn around to see one guard behind us "Mercury, Christian, you're both up"

"Well, then, it's about time we had that rematch" I said "And this time, it will be different"

Mercury chuckled "No, it won't. I know all of your tricks"

"Not all of them" I said

"Emerald told me about your speed power" Mercury said

I whipped my head towards Emerald "EMERALD!?" I yelled. Emerald simply whistled in response "This is why I never told you and Neo what my surprise is..." I muttered "Anyways, I did pick up a new trick on the way here"

"Good, this would've been way too easy if you use used the same tricks over and over again" Mercury said, as we began to follow the guard through the tunnel

"I'll tell you what, if you surrender now, I'll give you cupcakes" I joked

Mercury chuckled "Nice try, but I've been looking forward to this"

I shrugged "Hey! I-It's worked before!"

"Ahem" The guard said "Do you need me to expalin the rules a-!" He tried to say

Mercury cut him off "We made it to the finals...why the hell do we need to hear the rules again?"

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"...Good point" The guard said "Good luck to you both. I'm curious to see which one of you will come out on-top"

"Well, good luck" I said to Mercury

"I won't need it" Mercury said

"You'll be eating those words" I said, as we walked out of the tunnel and into the arena

As we walked through, the arena's stands were once more filled to the brim with people, each one of them cheering my or Mercury's name.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the final match of Remington's Grand Fighting Tournament!" Remington shouted through the mic, causing the audience to shouted out of excitement

"I think that's our cue" Mercury said

"Probably, just try not to get your ass kicked" I said

"Same to you" mercury said, as he extended his fist. I smirked and bumped my fist with his own

"On our right, we have is the Blue Dragon, please give it up for CHristian Pendragon!" Remington said through the mic

"CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN!" The crowd shouted my name in unison

"On our left, we have the former assassin, please give it up for Mercury Black!" Remingotn shouted through the mic

"MERCURY! MERCURY! MERCURY! MERCURY! MERCURY! MERCURY! MERCURY! MERCURY! MERCURY!" The crowd shouted Mercuy's name in unison

As we walked towards the centre of the arena, I looked to the left of me to see Neo waving the same flag that she was waving during the regular tournament. I smiled and waved back at her and noticed that Emerald was giving Neo a comedic glare. Seeing this, Neo stuck her tongue out at Emerald, only managing to deepen Emerald's glare.

Huh...do those two have a rivalry or something?

"Are both sides ready?" The referee asked, shaking me out of my thoughts

"Yeah" I said, as my blade popped out of my gauntlet

Mercury nodded as he got into a martial arts stance

"Then, begin!" the referee said, as he moved out of the way

As he said that, the jewel in my gauntlet glowed. I used that charge on the Blink Enchantment and "blipped" towards Mercury. Over the course of two weeks, I was able to use the new Enchantment for efficiently and could manipulate how far I wanted to go, making it much easier to movie around.

However, Mercury saw this coming and blocked my oncoming sash with his boot, pushing me away as he used a cartridge of steam dust. As he pushes me away, her fire steam dust at the ground, propelling himself forwards towards me. I managed to block the oncoming attack with my blade just as the jewel in my gauntlet glowed. Just as Mercury went for another strike, I quickly duked down and slashed my blade at his abdomen.

The jewel in the gauntlet glowed once more, and I used one of my spare charges on the Blink Enchantment once more. I quickly moved towards him, slashing all around him on each side. I repeat this barrage of attack for a few seconds until I lost my footing and slammed my self against the wall, making a loud thud on impact

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I said I could manipulate my blip, never said I had full mastery of this power. There are a few times where I lose control of the enchantment and it just decides that it's going to make me move at the highest speed possible without stopping

"Ow..." I groaned as I got off of the ground

As I got back to my feet, I see Mercury was laughing his ass off, holding his side "That was the funniest thing I've ever seen!" He shouted in between laughs

"I like to see you try and control this stupid Semblance!" I shouted

"Yeah, whatever you say" Mercury said with a shrug. After he calmed down, Mercury ran at me, swinging his left leg in an upward motion before bringing it down on my head

However, as Mercury calmed down, my gauntlet had managed to charge a total of three times. So after I recovered, I quickly used one of the three spare charges I had in my gauntlet on my Buster Enchantment and wung my blade at Mercury. He quickly did a backflip, only to be knocked towards the wall

He quickly recovered and fire steam dust from hus legs, launching himself off the wall and straight towards me. I quickly used my second spare charge on the Barrier Enchantment to block Mercury's attack. As I deactivated the Barrier, the jewel charged up with another charge

'I just need to make sure I still have one charge left!' I thought to myself, as I reeled by blade backwards before brigning it down on Mercury as he landed

I go in for another slash, only for Mercury to recover and kicked me in the chin, sending my flying upwards. He then fire two steam rockets at me, but I used one of my charges on the Barrier Enchantment to block the attacks. Mercury smirks and kicks the barrier. As his boots made contact, he fired two close range wind rockets, sending me flying towards the wall and shattering the barrier

"You know, you should really give me the number of that girl" Mercury said "I need to thank her for showing me that trick she used with your Barrier"

I quickly got up and dusted myself off. With me fighting it's hard to keep track of all of my charges. But if I have to guess, I'm currently at one spare charge, and I have to at least keep one in my gauntlet if I'm gonna do the surprise I have for him. It's true that I could easily get more, but I have wait ten seconds to do so. That's a bad drawback in my case!

For once...curse you power balancing!

Rather that...or it's irony doing its thing with my lack of waiting

For the last minute, Mercury and I have been carefully circling one another, my gauntlets' jewel flashing a total of six times as we did so. Thankfully, I never really told him, Emerald or even Neo how my Semblance works. All I need to do is build up enough charges for a full-scale at-!

I was suddenly brought out of my thoughts when Mercury charged towards me. I quickly used one of my six spare charges on the Blink Enchantment, running past him at speeds that would put Ruby to shame and slashed behind his back as I ran past him.

'Five...' I thought to myself

Not missing a beat, I landed on the wall and launched myself at Mercury, using my second charge on the Buster Enchantment and slammed by blade at Mercury, sending him flying towards the wall

'Four...' I thought to myself

Merucry quickly gets up off of the ground and quickly runs in my direction. We traded blows as our weapons clashed against one another. But as I went in for a slash, Mercury back flipped to get some distance between us

Noticing that Mercury was about to use his wind rockets to propel himself in the air. I quickly used my third spare charge on the Boost Enchantment, just a the gauntlet flashed

'Still at four...' I thought to myself

You see, my Boost Enchantment allows to give a power boost to someones semblance. But, what about their weapons? If the Enchantments worked on my sword, it may as well work on Mercury's weapon...right?

As Mercury landed, he fire steam dust towards the ground. His eyes widened as he realized that he was going much higher than he wanted too, lauching himself straight towards the ceiling, making a loud thud as he made contact

"Ha! How does that feel you motherf-huh!?" I yelled in surprise, as Mercury smirks and begins to fire steam dust around the room...ones that were powered by the Boost Enchantment "...At this point...I need a stronger word than fuck..." I muttered as I charged towards Mercury, using one of my charges on the Buster Enchantment

'Three...' I thought to myself

Mercury smirks as he jumps just as soon as I swung my blade at him, landing on my blade. I quickly shook him off of it, but Mercury fire wind rockets from his boots to lauch himself at me, slamming both of his metal boots in my abdomen, sending me flying towards the wall. All of a sudden, the wind rockets that surrounded the arena came speeding towards me, exploding as they made contact with my body

As I got up from the ground, I could see Emerald and Neo "Oh, hey...how are you to doing?"

"Damn...that's gotta hurt" Emerald said

Understatement...

"What about that trick you're going to show us?" Neo typed/asked

"Guess now it would be a good time to use it" I muttered as I dusted myself off

"Sorry man, better lick next time" mercury said with a cocky grin

As I got up, I hid my gauntlet behind my back and used one of my spare charges on the Blast Enchantment, a small orb of blue energy appearing in my palm. However, instead of firing the orb of energy, I immediately closed my palm

"Maybe I'll give you some of the reward money. How about a thousand? No? Then maybe two thousand? How about t-!" Mercury trie to say, but was cut off by the sound of a loud bang that filled the stadium that sent Mercury flying towards the arenas wall

"No thanks" I said, smoke emitting from the two holsters on my gauntlet "I'll be taking ALL of it!"

Yep, those are what those two holsters are, a fucking gun fused onto my gauntlet! To explain it, I can focus my Blast or Buster Enchantment into these two holsters. As I close my palm, the energy splits anf transfers into the two cylinders and is converted into bullets just stored under my arm guard

So, instead of firing one massive anti-tank blast, I can fire weaker smaller Blasts if that makes any sense. They maybe be "weaker" when comparing them to the actual Blast Enchantment, but they still pack on helluva punch

"Oh, and I forgot to mention" I said as I pointed the two holsters at Mercury "If you can't tell, I have a gun now!" I shouted as I fired another bullet, but instead of firing a regular bullet, the bullet was glowing blue, the same colour that I used when firing my BusterEnchantment

However, Mercury managed to dodge the attack, causing the bullet to immediately shatter the wall from where he was standing "What the-!? What the hell are those bullets made of!?"

"Bullets. Bullets are made of bullets" I said, with a smirk, as my gauntlets jewel glowed, giving me another charge 'Back at three...'

"Bullshit they are!" Mercury shouted

"Well...to simply explain it, my Semblance isn't just limited to my blade. I can transfer it to other objects as well, including Dust crystals, bombs, your weapons and gear, or in this case..." I trailed off as I prepared to fire anther round at Mercury "Bullets" I said as I fired another round at Mercury.

"Shit!" Mercury yelled out, as he fired wind dust from his weapon, propelling himself upwards. I chuckled, as I used another charge on the Blast Enchantment. However, as I did I noticed that a series of blue cracks began to form on the holsters. Mercury tried to fire his widn rockets in an attempt to dodge, but one of the Blast bullets hit one of his prosthetic leg

As Mercury fell towards the ground, I unsheathed my blade from the gauntlet and used one of my charges on the Buster Enchantment 'Two...' I thought to myself, as I jabbed my blade at Mercury as he fell to the ground

Mercury struggled to get up, his arms and legs were starting to shake as he recovered from the recent blow "So THIS is the surprise you were talking about!?"

"Yep, it sure is" I said

"Well, you sure as hell surprised me" mercury said as he shot wind dust from his boots, propelling himself toward me

"Oh, and I forgot to mention. There's also a really cool feature that comes with being able to supply your Semblance to whater you have" I said as I ducked under Mercury's attack "Charged shots" I said, as I used my last remaining charge on the Blast Enchantment, then converted them into bullets.

Just as I fired the weapon, the holsters immediately shattered as they left the chamber. Mercury was sent flying towards the ceiling, shattering his aura as his body slammed on-top of the ceiling. Mercury landed on the ground with a loud thud, making a small clod of dust as he made impact. As the dust settled, Mercury stood up, his eyes met mine and just stood there for a few seconds as we both stared one another down

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Then suddenly, Mercury fell to his knees, collapsing to the ground as he breathed heavily

"It's all over! The winner of the tournament is Christian Pendragon!" Remington shouted through the mic

"CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN!" The crowd shouted my name in unison

The sudden realization that I won, my legs gave in as I lied down on the ground. As I laid there, I looked at my gauntlet, just noticing that the holsters were completely destroyed

Seems it can only withstand my Buster Enchantment...god damn it...one-hundred lien...right down the drain...

I mean sure, I could used the prize money to repair it, but if it's going to break every single time, then no its not worth it!

"Hell yeah!" A voice shouted

I slowly got up and turned around to see Emerald ad Neo walking through the tunnel and into the arena "What was that!?"

"I said, hell yeah!" Emerald yelled once more. Neo suddenly tapped Emerald on the shoulder, and handed Emerald her scroll "Neo says 'Good job! Maybe after you're done we can-!'" Emerald suddenly stopped herself, blushing wildly as she read further into Neo's message "I am NOT reading the res of that!" She shouted

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Yeah, knowing her, I don't want to know either

"Hey" I said as I shook mercury's shoulders, shaking him out of his daze

"Well, looks like you won the rematch, just like you said" Mercury said, as he sat up

"Well, I did say I was going to kick you ass" I said, as I extended my hand outwards

"Great job you two!" We heard someone say. Mercury and I turned around to see Remington walking towards us with two briefcases in his hands "Throughout my years hosting these tournaments, that fight was the second most exciting fight I've ever experienced!"

"Well, what can we say, Me-" I paused "Wait...second, what was the first?"

"Well, there was this one girl that had this strange looking rapier" Remington said "And her Semblance...it was something else!"

"Huh...what was her Semblance?" I asked

"Her Semblance allowed her to summon "spirits", they all glowed in an aura that was similar to her own weapon" Remington said "Now that I think about it, your weapon glowed a similar aura to hers, but hers was purple"

Wait...rapier...could that be Sefirot Graal!?

"Weird, I thought Semblances were an exclusive thing" Mercury said

"Yeah, I thought the same" Remingotn as he placed the two briefcases in-front of us "Anyways, here's your prize money"

We took our respected briefcases from Remington and opened them up to see the amount of Lien that was inside "Hm hm hm hm hm hm!" I hummed as I closed the case

"Right, I forgot there was a second place" Mercury said, as he took his briefcase

"Well boys, enjoy your money" Remington said "Right now, I have a lot of cleaning to do"

"All right, let's get out of here" I said

"Yeah, let's go" Mercury said, as he got up from the floor and followed behind us out of the arena


(Timeskip) City of Vale, Downtown Vale (My POV)

"Are you sure you don't want to loan some of that extra lien you have?" Emerald asked

For the last...I don't even know how long, Emerald and Neo have been trying to guilt trip me into give them some of the prize money I won! Do I sound greedy?

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Probably. But, I literally had to almost die to Alexa and Yang to get this money! And I know what you're thinking "but Neo gave you a duffel bag full of money!", and you're right!

But, I had to give the money to Roman the very next day! I can't exactly give the stolen lien back to their respectable owners, because, well...let's just say they will get suspicious of me and may find out about my involvement with Roman!

"No" I said

"Surely you'll loan some of it to such an adorable girl" Neo typed

"No" I said, making Neo's head to drop "Besides, I already gave you the money back!"

"How about me?" Mercury asked

"You have your own money to spend!" I said

"Not as much as you!" Mercury countered

"Well sucks to be you!" I said, then I turned towards Emerald "You'd probably take the rest of it!" I said. Then I pointed towards Neo "You'd just spend all of it on ice cream!" I said. Then I turned towards Mercury "And you...well...I don't exactly know what you do, or how you spend it"

Mercury shrugged "Meh, I still don't know what to do with it"

"Exactly my point!" I said. Then suddenly, I heard a scroll vibrate nearby. I took ym scroll out of my pocket, but as I unlocked it, I saw that I had no new messages or anything

"Hey" Emerald said, catching my attention

"Yeah?" I asked

"Sorry, but our boss wants us back, we've been out long enough" Emerald said

"Alright, see you guys whenever" I said, as I waved goodbye to them as they walked in the opposite direction as me

Now that they're gone, I could think about Seefriot Graal in peace. Okay...here is what I have so far on recent history of the Sacred Arrays. Emerald's adoptive father was the wilder of Dimension Astray, but died due to a bad gripe with some mob bosses in Mistral. Then, we now have the unknown wielder of Seefriot Graal

But the problem is, I don't have a location for either of them! And the Fall is almost a year away! But with my new tricks and abilities, I may actually have more of a chance than I realized. I just need to come up with a proper plan. And I mean sure, I have a more than a few monkey wrenches to throw into Cinders plans, but I need to make every "throw" count

But for now...what the hell am I going to do with this money? I mean, I could probably set up a private savings account, and every time I get a cheque, I can put at least half of my earnings in there. The fall is almost a year away, so I do have to prepare for the aftermath

However, before I could continue my thoughts, I passed through the local shopping centre and saw four familiar figures walking out of it. Who I saw was Velvet, Yatsuhashi, and Fox, all of which had one or two bags in their hands. Coco on the other hand, had a total of over twelve bags in her hands. But what caught me off guard the most was that Coco was smiling

I guess she is feeling better. Not fully, but it is a huge step!

"See guys? A little retail-therapy after a stressful week makes everything better!" Coco said, holding twelve bags in her hands

"Coco, all of those bags are yours..." Fox said, before suddenly perking up and whipping his head towards me "Oh, look who it is! What's up, Christian?" He said, causing the other members of team CFVY to turn their heads towards my direction

Wait, how did he-!? Oh, yeah, Aura sense

"Hey, guys" I said "Why are you guys out this late?"

"I can't have my teammates looking like they just crawled out of the slums now, can I?" Coco said with a smirk

I looked at Coco and the rest of her teammates "You all look fine already"

Coco shrugged "It doesn't hurt to have variety now and then"

"True..." I said "But...if you don't mind me asking...how much did you pay for all of this?"

Coco's face suddenly turned pale as she slowly walked over to the nearest wall and started to bang her head against it

"Fuck...that bad?" I asked

"There she goes again, wasting all of her lien on clothing" Velvet said with a chuckle

"She'll never learn, will she?" Yatsuhashi said

'Just for safe keeping...I MAY keep the prize money quiet' I thought to myself as I slowly placed the briefcase behind my back