Hello everybody! I am The Burning Ruler and I am here with the next chapter of RWBY: The Fire King! I like writing this story a lot. I like how this story is going and I hope you guys are enjoying it too. No new reviews, so how about we just get into it?
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Chapter 4: Magma Morph
The group finished eating and went to the training room. Marcus took out his daggers as Pyrrha readied her weapon and shield. Marcus and Pyrrha started to circle each other, waiting for an opening. Marcus reached into his jacket and grabbed something with a smile. In a split second, Marcus threw three objects in Pyrrha's direction. Pyrrha ducked and looked behind her to see three shurikens embedded in the wall behind her. Pyrrha turned back around and was greeted with Marcus in front of her.
"Surprise!" said Marcus, swinging his dagger at her, which hit her. Marcus spun around behind her and went for another strike. Pyrrha spun and blocked his strike before slashing at Marcus, hitting him.
Marcus jumped backwards, out of Pyrrha's reach when she threw her shield at him. Marcus ducked under it and ran for Pyrrha, catching her off guard and landing a couple hits before he took a hit from Pyrrha's shield returning.
Pyrrha went for a strike which Marcus blocked with one of his daggers before sweeping her legs out, causing her to fall. Marcus spun, hoping to kick Pyrrha, but she ducked out of the way, only to jump up into a swipe from Marcus.
Pyrrha countered and hit Marcus in the head with her shield before slashing at him, keeping him on the defensive and landing a few good shots before Marcus created some distance.
Marcus saw his aura was only at 37% while Pyrrha still had 68%. He then reached into his jacket again and pulled out two fire dust crystals. He pulled on the handles of his daggers, separating it from the blade enough for him to put one crystal in both of his daggers, turning their color to a deep crimson. After banging them together, they both caught fire, and Marcus charged at Pyrrha. Marcus entered a blade lock with Pyrrha, shooting embers everywhere. Marcus continued pushing, but didn't gain much ground. Marcus jumped backwards and charged again, running around Pyrrha quickly but landing a few shots, before Pyrrha slashed him and knocked his aura down to 23%.
"Damn. I was hoping to have a few more days before using this, but whatever." Said Marcus, ejecting the dust crystals from his daggers. He reached into his jacket and pulled out two more dust crystals, these ones black as night, and putting them in his daggers.
"What kind of dust is that?" asked Yang from the stands.
"A very rare and dangerous kind of dust, known as cursed dust." Said Weiss.
"Cursed?" asked Ruby.
"Yeah. I don't know how Marcus plans to use it, but since he put those crystals in his daggers, they will be able to go through aura." Said Weiss.
"What. Marcus, we aren't trying to kill each other yet!" said Blake.
"I know. Don't worry. I'm not going to use them on Pyrrha." Said Marcus.
"What are you-" Blake was cut off when Marcus stabbed himself in his arms and dragged his daggers up them. He then cast his daggers aside as a glowing liquid started to drain out of his arms. As the liquid continued to pour from Marcus' body, the flow became stronger and the same liquid began to pour out of his ears and eventually his eyes seemed to melt and cause more liquid to fall from his eye sockets.
The liquid began to form a sort of cocoon around Marcus. Just before it fully formed Marcus shouted "Magma Morph!" as it formed and sealed Marcus inside.
"What the hell did he just do?" asked Nora.
"I… I don't know…" said Weiss, in shock.
"You don't know?" asked Ren.
"No. I've never seen him do anything like that before." Said Weiss, before she had an idea. "Actually, that could be his semblance."
"Semblance? Magma Morph." Said Jaune.
"Sounds like it." said Yang.
"Wonder what it does?" asked Ruby.
"I guess we'll find out soon." Said Weiss.
Weiss happened to catch a glance at their aura levels to see that Marcus' aura seemed to be replenishing. Eventually it stopped at 73%, and they looked back to the cocoon Marcus had sealed himself in.
After waiting for a few more minutes the cocoon began to shrink. Before it exploded, sending shards of rock everywhere. Once the dust cleared they looked to where the cocoon was, but didn't see Marcus anywhere.
"Where'd he go?" asked Ruby.
Everyone looked all around the training room, but couldn't see him anywhere.
"This makes no sense. Where did Mar-" Weiss stopped talking suddenly when she looked up.
"What is it?" asked Blake.
"I found Marcus, I think." Said Weiss, pointing up, her voice a little higher than usual, sounding like a mixture of fear and surprise.
"What's so-" Ruby was also shocked when she saw Marcus, or rather, what Marcus had become.
He had changed. Wings had sprouted from his shoulder blades and they spanned five feet each. His forearms and hands had changed to two long blades that seemed to be a part of his body. He had a smile on his face showing that his teeth had sharpened. He also had a tail that ended in a cross.
Pyrrha noticed Marcus flying above her and jumped back a little. Marcus dove down and started flying low to the ground and went towards Pyrrha, starting to spin. Pyrrha held out her shield to block Marcus, but Marcus flew right into it and started to push Pyrrha back. Eventually Pyrrha was pushed against the wall, and she let her shield slip, causing Marcus to fly into her and drive his head into her stomach.
Pyrrha jumped out and regained her footing, but Marcus was in the air again. He swung his tail at her, wrapping it around her, pinning her arms to her sides and flinging her into the air. He flipped and swung his tail into her, sending her back to the ground with great force. As Pyrrha was getting to her feet Marcus flew down and swiped at her, sending her back into the wall and dropping her aura to the red.
Marcus then began to change back into himself. His wings retracted back into his shoulders, his tail vanished and his arms turned back to normal. He then smirked and his teeth were back to normal. He reached into his jacket and pulled out a pair of sunglasses before putting them on and pressing a button on the side of them before sighing.
Marcus sat down and Ruby spoke.
"What was that?" asked Ruby.
"My semblance. Magma morph lets me warp my body into any shape I desire. I can grow new limbs, replace my existing ones, and change their shape, just to name a few. It also gives my aura a boost." Said Marcus.
"What's with the sunglasses?" asked Weiss.
"That's a side effect of my semblance. After I deactivate it, I go blind temporarily. How long depends on how long my semblance was active for. As a bonus, if I leave it active for too long, it starts to hurt me, and it could potentially kill me." Said Marcus.
"So, you can't see us right now?" asked Yang.
"Not exactly. These glasses let me see in a different way. I can see using synesthesia." Said Marcus.
"Synes-what?" asked Ruby.
"Synesthesia. It lets me see scents as colours." Said Marcus.
"So, we all have different colours?" asked Blake.
"Yeah." Said Marcus, turning to look behind him.
"What am I?" asked Yang.
"Which one are you? I can only see your outlines." Said Marcus.
Yang then stood up and waved at Marcus.
"Hey Yang." Marcus then paused. "Huh…" he said after some silence.
"What is it?" asked Yang.
"Nothing. I just expected something… I don't know, tougher." Said Marcus.
"What colour am I?" asked Yang.
"Didn't expect that at all." Said Marcus.
"Am I pink? I'm not pink am I?" asked Yang.
"No. You're actually purple." Said Marcus.
Marcus looked around and saw someone pink. He pointed to them and said "You are pink."
After he spoke everyone started laughing.
"What? Who is it?" asked Marcus.
"Jaune's pink!" said Nora, laughing hysterically.
Marcus then started laughing as well facing his head down and causing his glasses to fall off. He looked up and saw his friends.
"Great. I can see again." Said Marcus, putting his glasses back in his jacket. Marcus checked his watch and stood up.
"What's up?" asked Jaune.
"I need to head into town to take care of some business. I'll be back soon… probably." Said Marcus.
"Can I tag along?" asked Weiss.
"Sure, come on." Said Marcus, leaving with Weiss.
"Wonder what business they have?" asked Jaune.
"Well, he owns Jordan Enterprises and that she is a Schnee. I suppose that would make them rather busy." Said Blake.
With Marcus and Weiss
Marcus walked through Vale checking around him to make sure he wasn't being followed. He then approached an alley. Taking one step in, a large man walked up to him.
"What do you think you're doing here?" asked the man.
"I think you may want to let us in." said Marcus.
"Why would I do that?" asked the man.
Marcus pulled up the side of his shirt to reveal a symbol on his side, while Weiss showed a tattoo.
"You have the brand… and you have the mark" said the man.
"Yeah. That's right. You gonna let us past now?" asked Marcus.
"Of course." Said the man, leading the duo in.
After a brief walk into the hideout Marcus and Weiss were greeted by a large group of people with tattoos.
One turned to see Marcus and Weiss and looked to the man next to Marcus.
"Derek? Why did you bring two outsiders here?" asked the man.
"Relax Al. He has the brand, and she has the mark." Said Derek.
Marcus held up the side of his shirt as did Weiss.
"Oh. Very sorry." Said Al.
"No worries Al. Just checking in on our shipments. How much are we getting?" asked Marcus.
"We're getting about 10,000 lien a day from our average stuff, 5,000 from our crappy stuff, and at least 25,000 for our good stuff." Said Al.
"Good to know. Keep up the good work boys." Said Weiss.
"Why should we listen to you?" Asked Al, gesturing to Weiss.
"I'm his right hand woman." Said Weiss.
"Oh. Very sorry ma'am." Said Al.
Marcus was about to leave when there was an alarm.
"Put this on sir." Said Al, handing him a mask.
Marcus put the mask on and took off his shirt, showing his brand. Weiss stayed in the shadows.
After a few minutes, the guards brought in a girl with a bag over her head. Once she was in the middle of the room, the bag was removed to reveal that is was Ruby. Marcus was briefly shocked before regaining his composure.
"Why are you here?" asked Marcus.
"What do you mean?" asked Ruby, terrified.
"Why have you come to our territory?" asked Marcus.
"I-I'm sorry. I didn't know about this." Said Ruby.
"What number of offense is this?" asked Marcus.
"This is her first offense." Said Derek.
"I see. Very well. You are free to leave, but this is your only warning. If you come back here, I may not be so forgiving." Said Marcus.
"Thank you. I won't come back." Said Ruby.
"Good. Let her go." Said Marcus.
Ruby was led out, Weiss left shortly afterwards and Marcus waited a few minutes, looking over some shipment details before leaving himself. Putting his shirt back on and removing his mask, he left the hideout. Once he got out he went back to beacon and went to his room. He walked in and saw his teammates and team JNPR in the room.
"What's going on here?" asked Marcus.
"Well, we were planning on playing "Kiss, Marry, Kill", but first we are trying to figure out who almost kidnapped Ruby." Said Blake.
"Kidnapped?" asked Marcus.
"Well, they let me go. But their leader had a brand on his side. It looked like a snake with stars for eyes." Said Ruby.
Marcus and Weiss exchanged a glance. Marcus grabbed a paper and drew a symbol on the paper. He then held it up to Ruby.
"Did it look kind of like this?" asked Marcus.
"Yeah. That's really close." Said Ruby.
Marcus sighed and showed Weiss the drawing.
"Oh god." Said Weiss.
"Yeah. Ruby, please promise us you will never go back there." Said Marcus.
"Yeah. Never go back to that area. That group is a gang known as 'The Celestial Serpents' and if you go back, there is a high chance that you will be killed. They don't typically give second chances." Said Weiss.
"How do you know?" asked Nora.
"They have a branch in Atlas as well." Said Marcus.
"We've had a run-in with them." Said Weiss.
"Oh god. Ok. I won't go back. I promise." said Ruby.
"Thank you. So, 'Kiss, Marry, Kill'?" asked Marcus.
"Hell yeah." Said Yang.
There we go. Much longer wait this time. Sorry, severe lack of motivation. Hopefully, I can get back into the groove soon. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed, let me know what you think with a review and I hope to see you in my other stories. Goodbye!