hello once more ladies and mentalgen. It is I, your host Lost once more with some more RMD. Anyway, hope y'all enjoy. One of these days, I'll learn the spell Pyrrha right.
Wait... I just did. VICTORY IS MINE!*queue stewie laugh*
Ahem, anyways. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter out. These past few days have been hell at work and prepping to move back to Florida. So I've been dead tired. Tomorrow I also have to go to the eye doctor to get a new prescription because I havnt worn glasses in over 3 years and my eyes are going to shit. So if there is no chapter tomorrow either I'm blind from pupil dilation or I cant think of what ti write next.
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- That night-
As I walk into the ballroom in a black Vneck and cargo shorts with my cracked visor still on for my pajamas, I take in the room and get a feel for the atmosphere.
Smells a lot like desperate sex actually... oh wait. In the far left corner of the ballroom, I see groups of prospective students who obviously didnt think things through when partaking in such activities in a public venue. Especially the night before initiation. Obviously putting us all coed into the ballroom was a test to see if whether or not they could control themselves.
Guess this is why in the show, there were a lot less students there for the initial launch into the Emerald Forest.
Well as long as they keep that stuff away from me and my group of friends. Especially when I'm having such a dry spell. I'll only get irritable.
My musing however is interrupted as the door to the men's changing area opens and out walks Jaune in a blue bunny onesie.
"You know bro, when I told you to embrace your clumsy dork side, I didnt exactly mean like that" I say deadpan.
"Why? I like my onesie." Jaune responds defensively.
"Because that is most definitely not the way to get a girl to see you as attractive or take you seriously. Turn around, put on some shorts and a tshirt and then come back. I'm not gonna have my prospective best friend be known as the onesie guy. If you sont have any extra clothes, I'll lend ya some." I say and turn him around around while pushing him back into the changing room as I look and see if anyone saw him and see Yang and Ruby looking at a trio of guys without shirts flexing.
Heh, tools. I dont need to flex to look sexy. My body is sculpted from my workout routine and liberal use of my semblance to strengthen my body. Turns out while I may not be able to manipulate others bodies, I can use my semblance on my own.
"Ok is this better?" Jaune asks while sulking and wearing a pair of blue shorts with a Pumpkin Pete's orange tshirt with a small bunny icon over the heart.
"Way better bro. Now you dont have to worry too much about embarrassing yourself with just your clothes. Now you'd only embarrass yourself with your personality." I say smirking.
"You're an ass." Jaune smiles and punches my shoulder.
We need to work on his strength. Wait a minute, he doesnt have aura right now. He won't until Pyrrha unlocks it during initiation. That's also when Arkos starts to form.
I'll let my sis handle her lovable oaf.
"So why do you wear that visor?" Jaune asks.
"Because people find my eyes to be disconcerting. Apparently I look way too intense." I say scratching my cheek.
"Mind if I see?"
"Sure, why not." I say and take off my visor.
"Woah..." Jaune says as he stares into my silver gold and crimson eyes.
"Yeah, apparently I remind people too much of a Grimm." I say with a casual shrug.
"They look cool in my opinion, really goes with that whole edgy imma kill you look you have usually."
"Thanks. Originally I wasn't gonna go with that look but then I realized that I have no other clothing styles that wouldn't look gaudy and pompous as hell." I say so it doesnt seem like I actually like the edge lord look. I mean I do, but that's besides the point.
"Cmon bro. Let's go find a free spot to sleep for the night. Also try to ignore the sounds and smells coming from the left of the room." I say walking towards Ruby and Yang.
"Why?"
"Look for yourself." I answer as I step around two people making out.
"Wait, are all those people?" He asks starting to blush.
"Yep. Dont expect to see them after tonight though. They already failed the first test of initiation, the test was to see if we could control ourselves in a coed environment. Obviously they all failed." I say as we finally reach the two sisters.
"Hey D-man, Vomit Boy. By the blush on Jaunes face, he noticed what's going on." Yang says with a smile and wink.
"What's going on?" Ruby asks innocently with a tilt of the head.
"""Nothing.""" The three of us respond at the same moment.
"So what were you talking about before me and Jaune came over?" I ask and wave to Pyrrha and she starts walking over.
"We were talking about Rubes making new friends here at Beacon, so far we're at plus two with Jaune and Pyrrha." Yang responds as she falls back onto her sleeping bag.
"So far, we are at plus one, because technically Weiss counts as a negative friend." Ruby responds cutely with a determined expression.
"Umm, I'm pretty sure that's considered an enemy." Jaune butts in.
"Hello." My sister says as she walks up and give me a hug as she also waves hi to the others.
"""Hi Pyrrha.""" "Hi sis." We all respond.
"So sis, question considering you're the one with a 'magnetic personality'." I say with a grin as she glares at me. "Is a negative friend considered an enemy? Or something else?"
"I'm pretty sure that's an enemy, why?" She asks confused.
"We are trying to figure Rubes friend counter for the first day of Beacon." Yang explains.
"Oh."
"Hey how about this. There is that girl from earlier today after the explosion. Go try and make friend with her." I say pulling up Ruby by the arm and pushing her towards Blake, who is reading by candlelight.
"Yeah Ruby, go add to that friend counter." Jaune cheers for her from the sideline.
"Yeah little sis. Let's go." Yang agrees and starts pulling Ruby by the arm as she tries, and fails, to break free from the older sisters grip and we follow behind.
"Hello~, I believe you three met earlier today." Yang starts off the conversation interrupting Blake's reading.
"Arent you two the ones that exploded earlier? Also arent you the one who vomited on the bullhead?" Blake asks skeptically.
"Yeah, my names Dorian, pleasure to meet you." I say with a theatrical bow.
"I'm Pyrrha, Dorians sister." My sis says as Blake quizzically raises a brow.
"M-motion sickness is more common than people think. Also my name is Jaune." Jaune responds defensively.
"Heh,heh, yeah. My names Ruby, but you can just call me Crater... actually just call me Ruby." Ruby responds awkwardly.
"Okay." Blake goes back to reading. Yeesh. It's one thing to see it through a screen, its another to witness it firsthand.
"What are you doing?" Yang asks while whispering to Ruby.
"I dont know! I need help here!" Ruby whispered back with a desperate plea.
"So, what's your name?" Yang asks with growing irritation.
"*sigh*Blake." She responds with growing irritation herself.
"Well I'm Yang, Ruby's older sister. I like your bow." Yang says trying to be amicable. Nice attempt at a segway.
Not what I would have gone for.
"Thanks." Blake deadpans.
"Yeah, it goes great with your... pajamas." Yang says slightly perplexed.
"I think that's a Yukata Yang. The style is fairly popular on Anima and Menagerie." I add to the conversation.
"Right..." Blake states clearly giving up on niceties.
"Nice night amiright?" Yang tries to continue.
"Oh yes, quite nice. Almost as nice as this book, that I will continue to read, as soon as you all leave." Blake responds.
"Well that's quite rude." Pyrrha mutters.
"Yeah this girl is a lost cause." Yang says nonchalantly while giving up.
"Well, what's it about?" Ruby asks.
"What?" Blake.
"Your book, what's it about?" Ruby asks again.
"Oh... well it's about a man with two souls that try to fight for control his body." Blake responds growing more amicable.
"Is it an allegory for the duality of good and evil in people?" I ask.
"A-actually yeah. How'd you know?"
"I didnt, I just know that life isn't black and white. Even if my color palate is. Also if we're being honest, that's not a very original premise for a story." I say with a grin and Blake blushes slightly.
"Oh great, Dorian is speaking in rhetoric again. I dont see you for a year and you still haven't changed." Pyrrha says with an eye roll.
"Like you're one to talk about who spews rhetoric. If I remember correctly, for a good few years, you viewed yourself as something of a philosopher and tried to act wiser than any other 10 year old. Failing as well, I might add." I say teasingly and Pyrrha throws a pillow at me.
"I love stories, Yang and our Mom used to read stories about hunters and huntress's to me all the time when we were little... they're the reason why I want to be a huntress." Ruby says with a nostalgic smile.
"And why is that? Hoping for a happy ending?" Blake asks a teensy bit derisively.
"I'm hoping we all will. As a girl, I wanted to be like those heroes in the books. Someone who fought for what was right and protected those who couldn't protect themselves." Ruby says with a bright smile that lights the room.
Sometimes I forget how bright of a light she and her mother shine in this dark world.
"That's a very admirable goal for a child... sadly though, the world isn't like those stories." Blake says sadly.
"That's the thing though Blake." I but in. "It's up to us to Make the world like that. Life and love are what we make them."
"But what if the world doesn't want to change around us?" Blake asks hopefully as if I have the answer to an unspoken question.
"Then we persevere no matter what and stick to our ideals. I sometimes like to think of an old quote. 'Its not about how hard we get hit. It's about how no matter how many times we get hit and knocked down, we keep going.' Yes the world sucks Blake, but running from our problems, be them with others, or with ourselves, will never fix the world around us. Learn to embrace the suck." I say while staring pointedly at her bow and she shrinks back almost imperceptibly.
"Once more my brother proves to be smarter than he looks." Pyrrha says with a proud smile.
"That was pretty deep man." Jaune says, looking as if he just had an epiphany.
"Well, that's why we're here. To make the world better." Ruby says with a bright smile.
"Oh I'm so proud of my baby sister!" Yang exclaims as she drags Ruby into a hug and starts crushing her.
This starts a wrestling match between the two and we all start to laugh as it gets more and more ridiculous.
"Well you guys. You've all give me a lot t-" Blake is interrupted as Weiss walks up to us and whisper screams,
"What is going on here!? Cant you see that people are trying to sleep!?" She then looks to see who shes scolding.
""Oh not you again."" Weiss and Yang intone at the same time.
"*yawns* Yeah, Snow white is right. It's late and we got a big day tomorrow." I say turning towards our groups sleeping area.
"Yes, sleepy time." Jaune agrees and follows.
Everyone follows as Weiss quiets down and walks away towards her area and Blake blows out her candle.
- The next Morning-
The next morning I wake up to feel a wet spot on my chest.
Looking down, i see a drooling Jaune with a smiling Pyrrha being his big spoon and Yang and Ruby clutching each other on top of my left arm with Ruby holding my hand.
This would be picturesque if i wasnt being drooled on and have a dead arm.
*snap*
I hear a camera snapping as I see Blake a few feet away, standing in her full combat gear holding her scroll.
"Blake... a little help here? I seem to be indisposed." I ask pleadingly.
"Uh-uh. You gotta deal with this on your own. You know, Jaune looks rather cute drooling, laying across your chest, as the bodies of the others tangle around you two drawing you closer together..." She peters off and starts to blush and breathe heavily.
I forgot... she likes to read smut.
"Hey smut cat. If you dont help me imma tell them what was really going on in that book of two souls." I say with a deadly smile.
"You haven't read it!" She quickly says, "Also it's not smut, it's literary art." She amends with a glare.
Hearing the argument between me and Blake, Yang stirs awake to see the sleeping situation we're all in.
"Oh this is just precious. Damn D-man, you must be a good pillow if Jaune is that deep asleep and drooling that much." Yang unhelpfully adds to the conversation.
Luckily enough, because she is no longer on my arm making it fall asleep, I can proceed to wake the others and get them off of me.
Which I do... violently.
"AAagh" "Oooh""yeesh" Jaune, Pyrrha, and Ruby all say rubbing the tops of their heads in pain.
"So... anyone want to explain why I wound up as everyone's favorite body pillow? Anyone at all?" I ask sternly, glaring at everyone.
"Well Dorian, it was sort of my idea." My badass little sister says with trepidation. Which then I motion for her to continue.
"Well I remembered the last time we slept together in the same room, and how warm and comfy you were while your scales stayed cool like the otherside of the pillow. I said as much and Yang and Ruby decided to see what I was talking about. Then Jaune did... then so did I." Sje explained sheepishly as she shrinks a little smaller.
"While I appreciate the sentiment little sis, I dont exactly appreciate becoming the communal droolpan and body pillow." I say pulling at my soaked shirt.
"Sorry Dorian, you were just so comfortable. Best sleep I've had in a while." Jaune adds.
"How are you warm but your scales so cool?" Ruby asks confused.
"How should I know?" I retort irritable.
"While this is adorable, we should get ready. Initiation starts in an half hour." Blake says with a smirk and everyone rushes towards the bathrooms and lockers to get ready.
"It may not be anytime soon cat nip, but I will get you back." I say with a dark smile and Blake pales while holding her hands over her bow.
"How?"
"The bow twitches too much during conversations. They look like cute little cat ears. Also, you really think I wouldn't recognize the daughter of Ghira and Kali Belladonna? Especially without those psycho tools Adam and Illia not following that nice butt of yours? You probably would have had an easier time if you dyed and cut your hair." I say, poking holes in her rather poor attempt at hiding herself.
"Are you gonna tell anyone?" She asks warily as she looks around for escape routes.
"Tell people what? That you left a group of terrorists because they lied to you and you didn't want to hurt innocent people? If anything, people will respect you for coming to trust them with that info and also the decision to turn away from that life." I say.
"Then you dont hate me. The things I've done-" I interrupt her right there.
"Were done by a teenage girl who wanted a better life in the world full of hate. Done by a girl who truly wanted equality for all. Blake... no I dont hate you but you do, at some point have to deal with the fact that your past will catch up with you. Whether or not your ready for it."
"But I'm a horrible person-"
"Were are horrible person. Which is a better fact? Commiting evil in the name of good but feeling no remorse, or committing that same evil but feeling remorse and wishing for a better way. As long as you hold that wish to atone. You'll never truly fall. So dont run Blake, otherwise you'll fail yourself and those who truly care and believe in you." I finish and walk away to go get ready. Leaving Blake to stew on what I just said.
Not gonna lie, I'm sorta just spouting bullshit wise sounding advice. It's rather easy for them to listen seeing as how the adults in this world dont really give good advice until it's almost too late.
I love Summer, Tai, Qrow, and my father to death, but they give shitty life advice. Maybe that's because I'm technically older than them?
Eh, who knows.
My musing however is interrupted as I walk into the Men's locker room.
In front of the sink and mirror are none other than Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren.
Nora is a fair-skinned young woman with orange hair and turquoise eyes. She wears a collared black sleeveless vest, with a blue central front section with red accents, her vest has her emblem, on the back. Under the vest, she wears a white sleeveless t-shirt with a heart-shaped cutout above her breast line in the centre accompanied with a pair of white detached sleeves on each arm. She sports a short pink skirt with a single white layer under it. Her white ankle boots sport pink soles with part of her emblem, the lighting bolt, on them and low heels with pink laces, the tops are folded over revealing the pink lining. She also wears a silver armor piece that wraps around waist, under her breasts and around the back on her neck with metal connecting each piece together at the front.
Her weapon, Magnhild, is a war hammer that runs into a grenade launcher. Thankfully enough she doesnt have it with her. Usually that means, something's legs will soon be broken.
Then we have her partner in life, Lie Ren.
Ren is a young man with long black hair that ends midway down his back. There is a magenta streak on the left side of his hair. His eyes match the streak in his hair,he wears a dark green, diagonally-buttoned, long-sleeved tailcoat that is red on the inside, with black and gold trimming and pink cuffs. The trimming goes down the right side of his torso and forms a black collar. Along with this, he wears a black, long-sleeved shirt beneath the suit and light-tan pants with black shoes. He ties his hair back in a low ponytail.
His weapon ,Stormflower, are a pair of dual Smgs with blades going down the front of the gun around the hand grip and extending past. I dont currently see them, but if the show is to be believed, he has them hidden in his sleeves.
As I walk past them and get ready, I overhear their conversation and cant help laughing to myself at how ridiculous it is.
"I know! We'll have some sort of signal! Like a distress signal! *gasps*A secret signal so we can find each other in the forest! Can you imitate a sloth?" Nora states with the severity of a doctor telling a patient that they have cancer.
"Nora?" Ren says ti finally interrupt his friends diatribe.
"Yes, Ren?"
"I don't think sloths make a lot of noise." Ren says slightly perplexed.
"That's why it's perfect! No one will suspect we're working together!" Nora exclaims like she found the meaning of life.
"Come on Nora, let's go." Ren says and turns to walk out the room.
"Not 'together-together...'" Nora giggles and follows Ren.
Finishing up myself, I walk out as well and run into Yang and Ruby.
"Hey firecracker, little gem. How's it going? You guys ready?" I greet them and make sure I have Luna and Sol properly secure on my belt. I hope I get to use them today. This running gag is growing old.
"Doing great D-man. Rubes seems very chipper this morning." Yang says greeting back and then looking towards her sister.
"Yep! No more awkward small talk or "getting-to-know-you" stuff. Today, I get to let my sweetheart do the talking." Ruby states as she caresses her Crescent Rose.
"Eh, you get used to the small talk. Have to agree though. Finally get to do a little workout. Oh did ya hear? We get our partners and team members today as well." I say dropping the bomb.
"Wha?" Ruby says and pales.
"Yep. We might get completely random partners today." I say as Ruby starts to go into freakout mode.
"Yang?" Ruby asks and Yang just shrugs.
"Well ya gotta grow up sometimes little sis. You're not the only one going through initiation. You're gonna have to meet and work together with new people." Yang says sounding more mature than usual.
"Uuugh, you sound like Dad. What's meeting new people have to do with fighting. I dont need people to grow up, I drink milk." Ruby pouts adorably.
"Summer would say the same thing little gem." I put my two cents in and Ruby shoots me a glare that does nothing to me whatsoever.
"Hopefully I get grouped with either you two, Jaune, or Pyrrha." Ruby says slumping.
"Maybe you should try being one someone Else's team." Yang says as she brushes her hair out with her hands.
"My dearest sister Yang. Are you implying that you dont want to be on the same team as me?"
"What? No! I was just thinking that you being on another team would help you... ya know. Break out of your shell." Yang puts out and Ruby looks outraged.
"Break out of my shell? That's absolutely-" Ruby is interrupted as Jaune walks between all of us holding a map of some kind in his hand.
"Ridiculous. There is no way I put my stuff in locker 636. I would remember having to count that high. Ugh, why does this have to happen today?" He says tuning out the rest of us.
As my eyes follow him, I see him walk past my sister and Weiss who're talking to each other and Weiss gets an evil smile as Pyrrha agrees to whatever she just said.
Leaving the two sisters to argue about the merits of Ruby growing up, I walk up besides my sister and hear Weiss berating Jaune about him not having heard of me and Pyrrha yesterday.
"They graduated top of their class at Sanctum Prep." Weiss says as if that school really meant that much in the way of our after school learning and activities. Me and Pyrrha got smart and strong on our own. Didnt really need the school except to keep appearances.
"Well technically I dropped out to move here a year early, but yeah, me and Achilles were top of class." I share with the group.
"So hearing all this, do you really think you're in a position to ask them to be one your team?" Weiss asks caustic as a nuclear reactor's waste.
"N-no..." Jaune visibly deflates as Weiss smiles triumphantly.
"Well you're not gonna be the one deciding the team's Weiss. They're random." I say as Pyrrha makes her move to get closer to Jaune and cheer him up.
Arkos is still a go! Let's get it!
"Well I think Jaune would be a great leader." Pyrrha says patting his back and Jaune brightens up.
"Daaaw stop." He says blushing.
"Yes, please do." Weiss says turning green at the thought. Shes most definitely not gonna be happy with the results of today then.
"Will all remaining first years report to the Beacon cliffside. Repeat, all remaining first years report to the Beacon cliffside." We hear Glynda over the academy intercom.
"Well, time we get this show on the road everybody." I call out and head towards the west end of Beacon that leads towards the Emerald forest.
As I'm walking, I cant help but think. How exactly will I be incorporated into this first year at Beacon?
I mean, for the sake of the show and not introducing too many characters, they made the other first years just placeholders. But this is real life here. I'll have to actually meet and partner with people I know absolutely nothing about. That's even if I actually get a chess piece and pass the test.
Or is there gonna be some narrative cop out with me being added as a 5th team member to one of the main two. Or how about having my own room and being solo freelancer.
I'd rather be freelance between the teams.
*sigh* I just dont know. Though maybe I shouldn't make my disdain for Oz show so easily either. Me and Ruby are very likely to be brought into his circle and so is Pyrrha. Well... maybe just me and Pyrrha more than Ruby.
Her hearts in the right place but that type of pressure would crush her. I also know how serious my sis can be and we'd be pretty much the go too liaison for Oz when it comes to Mistral when we go back at the end of school. Especially if I let Ozpin know about the Cowards betrayal.
Though maybe we should stay to make sure Ruby, Summer, and Amber stay safe. I'd rather be directly involved in the protection of all these important players being in the same place. Unlike Raven, I can't teleport when a person I've connected with is in trouble.
Hmm. Seems I've been so absorbed in my thoughts that I've already arrived with the others at the cliff.
Taking a look around, I see all of teams CRDL, RWBY, and JNPR here and no other students.
That cant be right. I know I saw more students still here this morning. Did they run away from fear? Maybe there is gonna be a cop out like I thought?
Huh, nevermind. Turns out there are others, three others to be exact. All standing around a empty launch pad. Deciding to take initiative, I stand on it and introduce myself.
"Hi, Dorian Nikos. Pleasure to meet you." I say, turning to them.
The first, a 5'9 reptilian faunus with crimson hair, scales, and bright acidic green eyes, small but pointed nose, high cheek bones with crimson scales on them, wearing a tight white turtleneck sweater that clings to her perky ,C-cup?, breasts, white and red shoulder pauldrons, black leggings that cling even more to well rounded hips that give her a slight sway back look with her standing up straight, with low wedge black heels and holding a white longsword that has a red gun barrel going along the central spine of the blade, introduces herself.
"Hi, I'm Lilith Styles. Pleasure to meet you." She says with a smooth silky voice that wouldn't sound out of place on a phone sex operator.
I'm just guessing there, I've never heard phone sex operators out of comedy movies where they make fun of the lonely guy.
The second, was a 7 foot handsome looking guy with a square jawline, buzzcut brown hair, hazel eyes, low cheekbones, wearing a gunmetal grey hoodie with a blue line and chainmail weaved into the inner lining, brown cargo pants, and has a sawed off shotgun with a shell clip instead of being one where you " break" the barrel to reload, a tomahawk blade on the bottom of the barrel and a 5 inch dagger that looks to be made of bone strapped to his left leg.
"Names Dagothur Warren, all you need to know for now. Survive, then we can exchange more pleasantries." He coldly states and turns towards Ozpin.
The third and final person, is a 5'9 crimson haired human woman with searing blue ice like eyes, wearing dark green hunting leathers, a torn brown cloak, skin tight leather pants. Her weapon seems to be a spool of wire on her hip. Yeesh that's morbid to think about what she can do to people with that.
Oh god Penny. It's ok, Pyrrha has been training for the past 4 years specifically to be careful of that situation. Plus I know to look for Emerald during Vytal. Penny will be always "Combat Ready" if I have anything to say about it. She's like a second Ruby with how adorkable she is.
"Thia Terebith." She nods to me and gives a slight smile and blush.( yes, Bridge to Terebithia. Anyone who says that wasnt a good book and movie can suck a dick. Was sad though. Little Lost cried when he first saw it)
"Dont mind if Dag and Thia are quiet or a teensy bit rude. They're not 'people' people." Lilith says explaining uer friends behavior.
"Eh, I dont mind. A long time ago, I used to be reticent and the only times I'd talk would to be a smartass. I can understand." I say technically telling the truth.
"Be quiet you two, the adults are speaking." Dag says and points at Oz and Glynda.
"For years, you have trained to become warriors, and today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." Oz says starting us off.
"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of "teams." Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates... today." Glynda states.
"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well." Oz says and is interrupted by a groaning Ruby. Continuing, "That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years." He says with a small smile.
"WHAAAT!?" Ruby exclaims in horror.
"See Ren? I told you~." Nora states with a dreamy smile on her face.
"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path... or you will die. You will be monitored and graded through the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. We will regard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?" Oz finishes.
"Uhm ye-" Jaune raises his hand but is interrupted.
"Good, now we will begin." Oz says, being a smug ass as he presses a button and Lilith is the first to be launched into the forest.
Seems I'm among the first to be launched. Knowing how Jaune will be screwed and scared until Pyrrha saves him, I call out to Jaune.
"Hey Jaune! Make sure that when your falling, have your arms and legs spread out so you have more air resistance!" I say and Dagothur gets launched. I also put my hood up and brace myself.
"Wait what do you mean?" He asks and Thia gets launched.
Shit no time.
"Just keep cAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLM!" I get out just as I'm launched and see Jaune go slack jawed and Pyrrha giggles at our antics.
Ok so it seems I got one of the stronger launchpad as I can even see the ruined temple that is my objective.
So being the genius I am, I use my semblance to compress the molecules in the air and push myself in the direction while also allowing my fall and increasing drag on myself so I can land smoothly.
As I get a good thirty extra feet, I can see the ground and I seem to be dropping into an Ursa den filled with eight Ursa Minor and One Ursa Major. Small fry essentially.
Taking Luna and Sol off my belt, I flare my Aura and use the gravity dust weave in my clothes and in the handles of my weapons and throw them at two separate Ursai and land heavily on top of a third's head, crushing it as both Glaive and Chakram respectively embed themselves into the heads of another two.
Using my semblance and gravity dust, I pull both weapons back towards my hands and get into a loose boxing stance with Luna in front leading and Sol up by my face to guard my right side.
All is silent as the Grimm around me register the being that just dropped amidst them.
Not giving them anymore time however, I activate the motorized function on Luna and Sol and start towards my right side which leads to a more open area for maneuverability and cut Sol into the throat of a Minor and use my semblance to disintegrate a paw from another that was slashing at me from behind.
"Oy! This is Remnant, not Revenant. No bear is gonna be hitting me from behind." I say and decapitate the offending Ursa with a thrown Luna. As I pull Luna back with my semblance, I throw a still revving Sol into the chest of the fourth remaining Ursa Minor and fend of a strike from the charging major.
Getting bodily talked by a bear the size of a Mercedes sorta tends to send you flying. However, being the athletic and agile person I am, as I land on my back, I use the momentum to somersault backwards and dodge a strike from the last Minor as the Major is still writhing in pain and screeching from the pain of Sol chainsawing into its chest.
Feeling like this was enough of a warmup, I use my semblance to disintegrate the brain of the last Minor and use Luna to put an end to the Major's suffering.
Taking this chance, I clip both weapons back to my belt and dust myself off from all the Grimm ash flying away.
I wish I could just put a poison or something in the essence, just so I can make Salem just that much more uncomfortable as she gets stronger. For those who dont know, every Grimm that gets killed, its accumulated power gets sent to Salem making her more powerful. that's why Grimm turn to ash and dust and float away.
Silver eyed Warriors such as myself, Ruby, and Summer use our eyes to essentially destroy that connection and turn them to statues. That's one of the reasons why Salem got rid of almost all the silver eyes. We directly cut her off from her source of power.
However I'm not gonna be using that power right now. One it makes my eyes bleed and hurt. Two, I dont want Oz knowing I already know about my eyes. We can see if he uses that info as a bargaining chip to try and buy my loyalty.
Anyway, now isn't the time for such pondering. I hear what sounds like shotgun blasts as rush forward towards the sound.
Coming up on a 4 meter wide clearing I see Dagothur hunched over a Beowulf and pulling his Shottyhawk, which is what I'll call it until he tells me its name, from its facemask.
Leaning against a tree I clear my throat.
"Ahem... So. Nice to officially meet you partner." I say and he jumps startled and throws his Shottyhawk directly at my head.
Being the baddass I am, I 'totally' didnt duck outta reflex, and just let it sail past my face and thump into the tree.
"I dont like you." Dag states with finality.
"Feelings mutual." I say with a low growl and grab the Shottyhawk from the tree and throw it at the ground by his foot. Which he flinches his foot back from the prevent injury.
"Whether or not we like each other, we're partners now. So get your head out your ass and let's get going. I'm not getting kicked out cuz you got rage issues against people you dont know." I say brushing past him in the direction I saw the temple.
That's this one people. Hope you enjoyed. Let me know what you thought of the first real fight scene of the story.
This was also the longest chapter so far.
Also also, if you guys have looked me up on royalroadl, you know where these 3 OC's come from. Yes, I will be doing an OC team.
None of that shoehorned in bullshit that makes for lazy writing.
Anyway, feel free to review. Have a good night.