RWBY Strange Fate
Chapter 2: Mordred vs. Team JNPR
"It would seem that the other kingdoms have reluctant to let Vale handle security for this years Vytal festival with the exception of Mistral being neutral on the decision." Karna said with him, Gilgamesh, Ozpin, and Ironwood being in the same room along with being on the call with the ruler of Vale.
"The best I could do for you Oz was give you at least some control as to where the units are placed; however," said the ruler who was a female who had blond hair with it tied into a bun in the back, with a golden crown on her head, along with a blue dress and a blue and white overcoat on. "If it were up to me, I would have us have full security, but it would seem that we all can't have what we want."
"I'm sorry Artoria Pendragon; however this is necessary."
Gilgamesh however laughs a boisterous laughter, "The fact that you think that this will help at all is amusing."
"What do you mean?"
"For someone as smart to infiltrate Vale, while your men were here as it is. Do you honestly think that they were not prepared for the added security from Atlas?"
Karna nodded, "He is right, the way that they approached this is as if they expected this and that something bigger is coming. Professor Oobleck did say it seem as though they were held up there at Mountain Glenn for a while now."
Ironwood snarled at this, but said nothing and exited the room.
With his exit Artoria and Ozpin sighed, "He is quite a handful are you sure it was a good idea to invite him into this inner circle," Artoria said
"He maybe a little impulsive, but his heart is in the right place," Ozpin said.
"Is this all we were here for, because if so this was a complete waste of my time," Gilgamesh said waiting for an answer.
"Actually no, there is a task I would like your two teams to do, if it isn't too much trouble for you." Artoria asked.
"Of course, but what is this task?" Karna asked.
"We would like you to investigate a certain area in a week's time as there seems to be an abnormal amount of grimm in a certain region." Ozpin said.
"And why should I care as to what is going on in this so called area?" Gilgamesh asked.
"Because this request is from the Mistral council as it has been worrying them and they have asked what they should do about. I just assumed that you would want to check it out yourself," Artoria said as she she had him at Mistral because no matter how arrogant and self-centered he was. He truly cared for Mistral and his kingdom.
Gilgamesh thought for a second, "If it was such a worry to cause the council to contact me then it must be an issue," he whispered to himself, "Very well. When do we leave."
"In a week's time."
Gilgamesh nodded and Karna spoke, "There is more. There is something else you wish to ask."
Ozpin smiled, "Can't ever get by you can I Karna, but yes we would like you to take teams JNPR and RWBY along with you."
"And why should we?" Gilgamesh asked curious.
"In the case of JNPR, Pyrrha is the one I have suspected to be the next fall maiden and that the team as a whole could learn a lot from your teams, same with RWBY. I also think they're abilities and personalities might surprise you."
Gilgamesh and Karna thought about it and they looked at each other, "Very well they may come along; however they must first prove themselves here and now, otherwise they are being left here. Are we in an agreement?"
Ozpin nodded to the king of Mistral, "Very well, we'll have something set up for you."
"Very well. Until next time old wizard," Gilgamesh said.
The next day Teams RWBY and JNPR who were in combat class, however with Professor Goodwitch so Ozpin decided to give them a second/fourth year teacher who was free.It was a new professor with a long black dress along with long black hair and amber eyes along with pointy ears and a spike in each hand, "Hello everyone since Professor Goodwitch was busy I will be taking over as your combat instructor for today. My name in Professor Semiramis, and today I will also have teams KCSA, GEMC, and CFVY here to help out with sparring today.
Multiple came and gone with team CFVY talking amongst waiting for something interesting to happen, team GEMC looked bored throughout the whole thing, and team KCSA was just sitting patiently. "Alright the next match will be-"
"Actually teach if you don't mind I would like to fight this time around," Cu said as he stood up.
"Hey no fair you had majority of fun yesterday its my turn!" Mordred called out as she stood up too.
"But-"
Mordred pulls her sword out, "No buts my turn."
Cu sighed and shrugged his shoulders and sat back down, "Alright they're all yours," he says with a smirk on his face as both Gilgamesh and Enkidu were amused by this with Enkidu giving a chuckle.
Mordred jumped down to the center of the stage as she pointed her sword towards JNPR, "All of you come down here now, we've waited long enough."
All of JNPR was surprised and looked a Semiramis, "I am not like Glynda Goodwitch. Now you have been challenged by Mordred. Now will you accept the challenge or not."
They thought about it, "Hurry up or I'll drag all of you down here."
They all shrugged, "She does realize that she is facing all of JNPR with the most world renowned fighter Pyrrha Nikos doesn't she."
Gilgamesh chuckled for a second, "You know absolutely nothing of our abilities Schnee. Watch and see what happens. Not only that but your whole team will get their chance as well."
Once all of JNPR was here as well Mordred smirked, "Great you guys are all here now we can get started with the test."
"Test? What test?" Jaune asked.
"Oh don't worry about it, little swordsman. Now then before I didn't fully introduce myself so allow me to do so now. My name is Mordred Pendragon illegitimate child of Artoria Pendragon. I hope your ready because your real battle starts now!" Mordred exclaimed as she ran at them.
"Wait she hasn't started the match yet!" Pyrrha said.
However Semiramis yelled back, "I told you I'm not Glynda Goodwitch. In a real fight no one is going to tell you when to start a fight!"
Mordred went straight for an unaware Pyrrha; however, her path was intercepted by a rain of bullets from Ren.
"Well, well at least someone is on their toes," Mordred said as the rest of JNPR grabbed their weapons and stood at the ready. Mordred smirked at this as red energy in the form of lightning sprouted around her. "This is going to be some fun. Show me what you're made of team JNPR!"
Mordred sped toward them with such ferociousness akin to a beast, as she appeared behind Jaune and went for a sword strike across his back; however Pyrrha threw her shield and blocked his back just in time but it still sent him away.
Nora ran up to her, jumped, and slammed her hammer at Mordred on for it to be caught by Mordred in a smirk with one arm, "Is that all you got?" Mordred took her sword and launched Nora with a single sword attack.
"Nora!" Ren called our only for Mordred to appear and bat him out of the way with a back hand sending him to Nora.
Pyrrha went on the offensive with her weapon in lance form as she stabbed and swiped at Mordred who dodged and deflect all of her attacks. Mordred went for a downward strike only to be met with Pyrrha's shield as she began to press more and more on Pyrrha showing that she was stronger physically. Pyrrha decided to use her semblance to maneuver Mordred's blade slightly to the right as it slid down her shield to the ground. With her weapon now in sword form she planned a strike to her chest only for Mordred to grab the blade with her bare hands.
"What?" This was Pyrrha only response before she was kicked away from Mordred.
"Come on get up! I know this isn't one of the best that this year's freshman class have in store! Especially with a team with the renowned Invincible Girl!"
Team JNPR all got up and regrouped, "Okay so individuality will not work. She's too strong," Ren said.
"What about Pyrrha?" Jaune asked.
Pyrrha shook her head silent until she finally spoke, "I don't think I could beat her by myself no matter how hard I tried."
"What?!"
Pyrrha looked towards Mordred, "She has a mastery over her aura so much so she can use it to augment herself in burst. Her strength is on par with Yang's and her swordsmanship is top of the line.
"What about your semblance? Shouldn't we have an upper hand in that?" Jaune asked worried trying to think of something they can use.
"Honestly I think she-"
"So your semblance is polarity," team JNPR looked to Mordred who smirked, "Powerful semblance honestly and can be a problem for multiple people. But I wonder how long you can keep that up before I overwhelm you."
"Damn," Jaune cursed under his breath, "Ren can you sense how strong her aura is or how much she has."
Ren shook his head, "No, it seems as though something is blocking me from seeing. The only we have to go by is the little aura that we took from when she grabbed Pyrrha's weapon."
Jaune looked over to see only 5% was depleted. "Okay, okay. How about we overwhelm her Ren provide enough cover fire to get her off of us. Pyrrha and Nora you're with me and we are going to fight in close. We are fighting in the dark and we don't know what here semblance is. Stay on guard."
"Right!" The rest of team JNPR answered.
Mordred looked pleased now, "Well it seems as though your done. Well now let's begin!"
Mordred dashed over to the Pyrrha intercepted her as Mordred brought her sword down on Pyrrha's shield with Pyrrha using both hands to block the attack.
"Ahhhhh!" Jaune yelled out to make an offensive attempt but before he could even swing his sword Mordred kicked him back; however she was unaware of Nora behind her as she swung her hammer. Mordred saw this at the last second and followed the first thing that came to her mind so she projected aura from her body and made slight arm armor and blocked her strike holding both Pyrrha and Nora in place.
She then saw Ren firing his weapons at her thus making her act, so she release a small shockwave of her aura to blow both Pyrrha and Nora off of her before blocking the bullets. "You guys will have to try-" she started as she sped to Nora struck with her sword again sending her flying. She then in another burst of speed and red aura she was upon Pyrrha, "Better than that!" She swung with such speed and power to which she only had time to put up her shield, but the sheer power alone cause her to be sent flying with Nora.
"Nora, Ren!" Jaune called out. Ren and Nora charged at her again, however this time circling her with changing her hammer to its rocket launcher configuration. As they were shooting at her. Even though she deflected them with her sword when they hid the ground it began to make a cloud.
When Mordred was fully submerged in the cloud the bombardment stopped. "Huh a cloud of smoke to hide their appearance. Not a bad plan." Mordred stood knowing they would make their move soon, and right she was as Jaune came out yelling as he clashed swords with her. "Your physically weaker than the others and clearly haven't had as much training. So why are you team leader?"
Jaune struggles as Mordred put pressure on him, "I might not be as good as my teammates and that I'm severely lacking in both what it takes to be a leader and the strength that it takes to hold that title…" Jaune gritted his teeth and push back let out an unknown strength from within, "But my teammates, my friends, are fighting I can't let them down!"
Mordred was slightly surprised by the conviction and smirked, "Hahaha! Well then show me that resolve of yours then Arc!" She then applied more power than ever before and broke the power struggle between her and Jaune.
As she was going for the finishing on Jaune, he yelled, "Now!"
Mordred was alerted to this as she began to be surrounded from three sides while she was in mid swing. When Mordred tried to maneuver Pyrrha intercepted the sword with her shield holding Mordred in place. Mordred was going to use her free arm to get away however Ren began shooting her back stunning her enough for him to grab her Armand secure her. Mordred only had enough time to see she was open and then up at Nora who was coming at her full speed. "Now Nora!" The rest of team JNPR yelled. And with a thunderous roar Nora smashed her hammer into Mordred sending her flying.
Mordred skipped on the ground a few times before stabbing her sword down on the stadium in order to not be out of the ring. "I see now, you plan this all didn't you Jaune." Mordred began to rose. Her aura now at 40%. "That was a really great plan I commend you. I could see why your their leader, however…" Mordred raised her sword into the air. "I think it's time to show you who your dealing with." Just then the sword's guard open as a red flowing energy erupted from the blade and her. It became so huge that it pierced the ceiling.
Team JNPR looked on in shock, "She still had this much aura?!" Jaune questioned.
"Guys we won't be able to dodge that and if it hits…" Ren trailed off.
"I hope your ready!" Mordred, "Clarent Blood Arth-"
"Mordred!"
Immediately the energy vanished as Mordred looked to Gilgamesh, "What is it? I was having fun."
"I think that is enough. They've proven themselves to be useful enough," Gilgamesh said with his signature smirk, "It would be quite interesting to take them along with us."
Mordred just shrugged, "Suit yourself." With that she left the ring.
"Wait what is your semblance. I couldn't understand what it was but from what it seems you could do it to augment your physical prowess."
"Oh my semblance is the same as my parent's. It's called Burst. It allows me to augment various parts of my body for a short time giving me an additional speed, power, and endurance. What you saw just now was Clarent Blood Arthur. Think of it like my special move. I constantly feed this sword of mine aura every day and with it I can unleash it into the power strike that you guys saw." Mordred then began to walk to her team.
"And the winner is team JNPR!" Semiramis exclaimed. JNPR just stood their flabbergasted at how the events that just unfold. "Team JNPR would you please take your seats so that we may begin the next match." JNPR silently did what they were told, "Alright next match will be-" Before she was able to finish, Emiya appeared. "So I would assume that you will be fighting team RWBY."
Emiya nodded, "Indeed."
Sorry for the long waited update. I'm not going to make some excuse besides school but honestly I just never got to it, however recently. I've been meaning to put this out for a while now. Sorry that it came so late and I hope you enjoyed.