Power of unity
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(The story has a little change - Ginjo has been swapped by Uryu Ishida)
Pyrrha knew that it wasn't appropriate with the current situation, she should be focused, tense, ready to attack the first thing that moved, and she was!
But she also felt somewhat happy, usually she would use her semblance to deflect any attack that got too close to her -if any did- but the Grimm didn't have anything metallic to deflect, therefore she had to be 100% guard all the time, and she liked it. The real danger, that one wrong move would be your end, it felt refreshing compared to many of the fights she had on Argus.
Jaune on the other hand was both terrified and amazed. He knew that a trained Huntsman student would be different from him, but the friendly girl that helped him from the fall, belonged to a whole different league, the way she fought, the way she reacted in a fraction of a second, it was deadly, beautiful and terrifying. Were all the students that were on his own age, that different from him!?
How was he supposed to catch up?! How was he supposed to be a hero when he would only be in the way?!
000
A while later both Uryu and Russell finally arrived at the ruins and the relics were chess pieces.
"Chess, huh?" The spectacled teen muttered curiously while noticing another two arrivals.
"Dang' still no sign of Ruby!" Yang muttered in annoyance, as to her partner simply hummed nonchalantly while picking a piece of her own.
So far, the ones that arrived on the ruins besides Uryu and his partner, were Yang, Blake, Nora and Ren.
Yang was beginning to get anxious about her little sister, sure it had been her idea to leave her on her own since she knew that the little red ridding hood could take car of herself, but she really needed to learn to socialize on her own.
But the fact the Ruby was taking so long was getting to her and it certainly wasn't helping the fact, that Nora girl was even more eccentric than herself.
Then another pair arrived, it was the blonde lady killer and the red-head girl scout from last night.
"You're giving yourself too little credit Jaune." Pyrrha stated while the Knight following after her. "I never would have thought of the strategy you came up with the Death Stalker."
Jaune simply rubbed the back of his head a little flushed at the praise, considering how odd it was for him, before he replied. "It honestly wasn't much, I just figured that with me being the weakest, it would follow me to the hill, with you striking at the unarmored areas making it fall."
Yang suddenly intruded between the pair. "Excuse me, but have you seen a short girl, about 15, wears a red hood, uses an oversized scythe, has the most adorable face you'll ever see?"
While rising an eyebrow at the description, both potential students shook their heads, only making the blonde even more tense.
She got distracted by her musings when she heard a pair of voices coming from another section of the forest, revealing the rest of quartet from the scene last night.
Bonds were formed in different ways; some share with others similar interests, others introduced new sensations, but this kind of boding was… unique.
"I don't care, Weiss. Beat it, already!" Ichigo stated annoyed at the heiress, not even noticing his fellow potential huntsmen, while walking towards the ruins and grabbing a relic.
They were getting along well enough, until he slayed the last Grimm she was fighting. But instead of being grateful, instead she felt offended at the fact he helped her, it made her feel as the little doll that her father saw her as, the helpless girl that couldn't do anything without being said so and it angered her, a lot.
"No. It was my kill!" Weiss interjected in anger as she picked up a relic of her own, with her whole attention centered in her partner.
"Weiss, enough! This isn't a competition, I already won!"
She was tempted to respond with a sharp insult, but she suddenly realized that a Schnee was above such things. She hated the fact that her reprobate saw the need to help her, but it wasn't something she should focus on, if anything; being petty like that, was something more akin to her father.
With that terrifying thought in mind, she quickly took a deep breath to calm herself down. So, what if she needed help this time? This scenario would only be a stepping stone in her path to achieve greatness befitting a Schnee. Usually she was more restrained than this, but something about her partner riled her up!
A sudden cough got her attention, given that it didn't came from her partner. Turning around, she saw that the ruins were surrounded by other students like her, staring at the pair in silence.
Oh, gods! She lost her composure in front of so many! Winter would be so disappointed!
"No, no, don't mind us. Continue with your lovers spat." Yang commented with a teasing smirk at the scene and at the reactions.
Ichigo blushed red at the implication, with Weiss mimicking the reaction but with a little fury added to it.
"Watch what you're saying, knave!"
"Did you actually, just called her that?" Ichigo asked in surprise at the wording, while the heiress flushed in shame at her slip up.
"Silence, it's your fault for getting me so emotional!"
The argument continued with the spectators watching in silence, except for Nora who was egging them on.
Yang on the other hand turned to her partner while letting out a low chuckle. "Those two are a riot, don't you think?"
But her partner wasn't paying attention to her, instead she was staring at the sky in bafflement and Yang could have sworn that she saw Blake's bow twitch.
"What'cha looking at?" She asked curiously while mimicking the action herself and immediately felt her insides turning into stone.
IT WAS HER BABY SISTER RIDING ON A NEVERMORE!
"What the actual f-." Her words got interrupted when she saw her sister stab the over-sized bird in the throat with her scythe and a blonde boy -her partner, most likely- helped by shooting the Nevermore in the eyes. With that done the Grimm was reduced in ashes but in return the duo began to fall.
"Ruby!" Yang yelled in panic preparing to catch her sister in a jump
000
For the little red, it had been surprisingly easy to convince her partner on her idea of riding the Nevermore through the skies. A little too easy.
But when she finally saw the ruins and killed the Grimm before jumping, she had realized that she hadn't planned a landing!
"HEADS UP!" She yelled in panic hoping for her to save her.
Until suddenly she felt herself being caught on the air in someone's arms. Until they landed in the ground on the person's feet without dropping her.
Turning to the person that helped her, Ruby was surprised to see the scowling handsome face of the guy from last night that reminded her so much of the heroes from the books that she read.
"Are you unharmed, my fair lady?" He asked in a strong, manly voice.
"What?" She croaked amazed; this couldn't be happening! She wasn't ready! Her heart wasn't ready!
"I asked; 'are you all right?'" He repeated but this time his voice normal.
Okay, she might have been hallucinating a little from the high altitude and the sudden second fall.
Realizing that she was in the ruins with everyone staring at her, including her sister - who looked like she was trying to burn holes in her savior's head with her eyes - she rapidly got off his arms, while noticing someone missing.
"Thank you, but where's Sun?"
"I'm over here!" His voice came from the atop the trees, apparently her partner did plan his landing.
Once getting to the ground he caught the sight of her savior, who apparently knew each other.
"Wukong?"
"Yo' Ichigo!" He greeted happily while shaking the swordsman's hand.
They had met each other in Oscuro Academy, and while the blonde faunus antics could be a little hyperactive at a times, they were still strong friends.
But their musings were interrupted when they heard growling coming from the trees. They were Grimm, many Beowolves and Ursa's and while any were simple to handle for a trainee, their numbers were enough to be a problem.
"Why are there so many?" Ruby asked in shock.
"More than likely, they were attracted at the lovers spat of the strawberry and the ice queen." Yang commented with a smirk, annoying the heiress and the swordsman again.
"We don't need to fight right?!" Jaune suddenly asked, paling at the hordes of monsters. "We already got the relics, so we can run away now, Right!?"
"He's right." Weiss stated to the group, much to the relief of the knight. "Our mission is already accomplished, fighting now would be pointless."
Everyone agreed with the though and began to move away, except for a certain orange haired teen, which didn't go unnoticed.
"What are you doing Ichigo? Let's go!" Weiss ordered, but the swordsman stayed put.
"If we truly can't defeat them, then running away would be pointless. They'll just catch up to us and kill us." He stated, while unsheathing his sword. "But if our power is greater, then we should just beat them and be done with it."
The heiress felt a migraine coming at the lack of logic of her partner, but she was shocked when she saw Pyrrha joining him.
"What kind of Huntsmen and huntresses would we be, if we don't challenge the odds?" She asked rhetorically, but with a small predatory smirk forming in her mouth.
Ruby appeared in a flash of roses next to them. "They're right, besides if we just let the Grimm be, they'll become older and a real problem."
"I'll follow you, wherever you go Ruby!" Yang yelled, standing next to her sister, with Sun following her.
"What kind of partner would I be, if a let you have all the fun?"
Weiss couldn't believe it! A frontal attack was nonsense with their numbers and yet all of them were still going with it, she turned to Uryu who seemed to be the only one besides her with a brain in his head.
He was pressing his glasses against face, apparently in thought, until he released a sigh at the situation. "The chances of success would be greater if we all fight together."
Weiss couldn't argue with that and reluctantly stood beside her partner. "I can't leave everything to a dolt like yourself."
Ichigo simply scoffed at her words. "Whatever!"
With that all the potential huntsmen ran towards the Grimm with both Ichigo, Ruby and Uryu outrunning the others and leading the attack, with the dark creatures responding in kind.
Ichigo slashed a Grimm in half but leaving himself open for the Ursa about to attack him but Weiss quickly interjecting and stabbing the Grimm through the neck.
Sun struck with his nunchakus with Ruby slicing any Grimm that got too close, while Uryu shot countless arrows made of aura effectively destroying his targets, while Russell covered his back.
Jaune was panicking, how could he not. All of them didn't hesitate at all in fighting! They weren't afraid, they were actually enjoying the danger!
His musings were interrupted when he spotted an Ursa heading towards him.
Quickly he activated his shield and blocked the claws of the Grimm. Luckily, if he had something going for him, it was his endurance which had been dialed into overdrive when Pyrrha had awakened his Aura.
All he had to do was remember everything his father taught him… Which was nothing at all!
Dang! X-Ray and Vav made it look easier!
But he knew he had to do something! he might be ignorant, but he wasn't an idiot. He knew that aura would only protect him for so long.
He noticed that there was interval of 5 seconds, between the attacks of the Ursa. Enough time to throw an attack of his own.
So, the moment after the last swipe from the Grimm's claw, Jaune launched a diagonal slash, and the Ursa stayed put.
Had he done it!? Had he actually-?
The Grimm suddenly fell forward, with Jaune getting out of the way at the last second. Behind the Ursa was Pyrrha picking up her spear from the corpse of the Grimm, before passing her attention onto another.
The knight, meanwhile, felt like someone had struck him in the stomach, it was clear enough. He was in the way, he was… useless.
000
Almost half an hour later, the numbers of Grimm had rapidly dwindled into nothing, they had been no match for the combined raw power of the potential huntsmen.
Now they were all winded from the fight. Most of them resting on the ground, inhaling all the air that their lungs demanded and trying to ignore the ache in their bodies.
"Are we… done?" Ruby asked while sitting on her knees and resting her back against her sister who was in a similar position.
"Look's… like… it." Sun said completely back down in the floor.
"I told you… That this was… a bad idea!" Weiss reprimanded as much as she could in her winded state to her partner who was still on his feet but resting against a tree.
"Put a sock on it, princess." Ichigo muttered uncaringly.
Suddenly, the earth began to shake like crazy snapping everyone into alert.
"What is it now!?" Nora demanded annoyed.
A huge long figure began to rise from the ground, but the height it reached was nearly the size of Beacon itself!
It was a massive humongous black Grimm with a white mask on top and white feet.
"WHAT IS THAT THING!?" Jaune yelled in absolute horror and for once, he wasn't the only one, since that expression was being mirrored by all his fellow potential students.
The End
AndyKurosaki98 – Ah, thank you!
Deaths Remnant – Thanks, the blade Ichigo wields is a different Zanpakuto, that's not Zangetsu. But for now, it has the appearance of a katana.
SomethingAncient – Thank you, hope you like it.
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