Last Time:
"How do you move so FAST!" The resident Prankster managed to wheeze out.
"Trade secret, young one. Trade. Secret." The questioned professor answered, earning a glare from Colys.
"You better be prepared for me, Old Man." Colys threatened, getting a surprised look from the blonde.
"OLD?! I'm only 43, Kid!" The offended man yelled at the self-proclaimed King of Pranks.
"Works every time." Colys muttered under his breath just to spite him.
Now:
Signal Academy, Blacksmith/Weapon Making Room
Four Months Later…
"Okay you four, you'll be building your weapons today! I don't want any complaining or comments on the quality of them either! Now GET TO WORKING!" Stated the Shop teacher, known as Ivor Alan, a blonde male taller than most, with striking blue eyes.
"Yes Professor!" was the unanimous reply of the four as they scurried off to their workstations to finish their weaponry. Colys had a set of gauntlets that had a hatch open on the back, revealing wiring to inset a dust crystal for power, along with wiring leading to the knuckles of the fingers so as to produce a spark. Along the wrists was a set of dust sprayers, loaded with powdered burn dust so as to be used as an impromptu flame thrower. The pointer and middle fingers as well as the thumb were made of a material known as "Ignition Cloth" which can be used to produce a small flame that can therefore light the emitted dust for explosions. With Rhydwyn, he had the basic frame for a laser spear, designed to look more forest-like in its design. The spear head is green, with a flower like adornment on a bend in the blade, along with some leaf-like plates where the blade and shaft meet. On the opposite end of the shaft is a small hook, used for tripping enemies among other things. The shaft itself is painted and molded to look like a rich mahogany despite it being made from steel. At the end of the shaft, near the blade, is a panel that can be opened to insert a thunder Dust Crystal so as to make it's laser function available for use, and is activated at the push of a button on the grip of the shaft. Sinikka was building a basic weapon, consisting of combining a Blade and Pistol, being a simple Gun-Blade. Nuada, however, was working on a War Hammer, with a gun barrel at the top where the Hammer's head and shaft connected, as the Head served as a container for powdered burn dust so as to make it possible to be used as a flame thrower much like Colys' Gauntlets.
"Alright you four, present your weapons, along with the required informational sheet on their usage to me, and I will grade them based on the level of intelligence in terms of the information provided on their usage presented on the sheet." Professor Alan practically ordered of the four, with them bringing the requested material forward to their teacher, earning a look of approval from him in terms of the weapon designs.
"Good work. I will have your grades available next week. You are now dismissed." The oddly calm professor told them, as they walked out of the room to their next assigned summer class, however Nuada and Colys hung back a bit as they discussed their weaponry.
"I swear, if my Flame-Spark Gauntlets aren't deemed 'creative' I'll be surprised at the fact, same with Armageddon. How long did it take for you to think up that design anyway, Nuada?" Cloys somewhat rambled on, inquiring his friend of the War Hammer.
"Around a week or two, and another week to figure out the Flamethrower Function." The rotund male responded to the question, when he suddenly grimaced at the appearance of another male. Said male was a tad bit over average height, with shoulder length platinum blonde hair, teal eyes, and a dark skin tone, considerably so when compared to Colys' pale skin.
"Dredark." Nuada growled out at the Dark skinned male, now named Dredark. "Why are YOU here during the weekend. In the summer."
"I could ask the same of you four. Oh wait, that's right. You're the 'special' kids, and have to cram four years of work in two years time. How could I forget a detail like that?" Was the response of the Dark skinned male, that was also two years their senior, graduating the next year.
"Don't you have a game or something to practice for?" Colys sneered at the smirking male that always got on his nerves regardless of the situation.
"Practice? Who says I need practice? Everyone knows I'm the best basketballer at Signal. Why would I need to practice for a mere exhibition game?" The athlete responded to the two who were getting more irritated by the second. "And don't you have a weapon to build or something kid? I always see you tinkering around with those gauntlets of yours."
"I turned them into Professor Alan as we were assigned to by him." The "kid" responded with an increased edge to his tone.
"Whatever. How about you, tubby? Don't you have a bag of chips to eat or something?" That was the last straw. Something in Nuada snapped, as all of a sudden his arm increased in mass, and lashed out at the man, embedding him into a wall.
"NO ONE! CALLS ME! FAT!" The now enraged brunette yelled out as he charged the man, knocking him unconscious in seconds. However, by that time he had calmed down, and the events caught up to him quite quickly.
"Nuada, I think you just unlocked your semblance my dude." Colys stated with an astonished look on his face at his friend's now unlocked ability.
"Guess so. Now we need a name for it. We should test its full range of abilities first so as to know how it works." Nuada stated with a tone of finality.
"We can do that in combat class, taught by Qrow. My question is how that old drunkard got his position." Colys stated aloud, earning a slight, albeit non-threatening, glare from Nuada.
"Colys~ You better not be insulting professor Branwen." Nuada trilled out in a creepy, childlike voice.
"Jeez man, no need to get on my case. We both know it's true. Now come on, we're gonna be late to history with Professor Albrecht." Colys whined out with a slight hint of fear in his voice as they rushed to catch up with their friends in order to make it to said class.
Signal Academy, Combat Class Training Fields
Three months later…
"Class, today we will be working either on improving your semblance or unlocking it if you haven't already. Now, I need you to split into two groups, with those that have unlocked their semblances on the right and those without on the left." Qrow instructed his class, as he had planned out for that day. Nuada and Sinikka went off to the right, along with some others including another teen with pitch black hair and a huge ass sword. Colys, as well as Rhydwyn, still had yet to unlock their semblances despite constant stressful situations among other factors that normally cause the awakening of one's semblance. Turns out Sinikka was the first to unlock her's, rather than Nuada except it never came up in conversation. The four dubbed it "Cronos" due to it's ability to manipulate the perception of time on others. Back with Colys and Rhydwyn, they were approached by another teen with stark white hair wearing a hooded cloak and Aviators.
"So, you also haven't unlocked your semblances either? Sucks to be us. My friend Dakura over there managed to do it in a few hours. We named it "Darkness Maker" Based on his ability to form weaponry, limbs, or other miscellaneous objects out of seemingly nothing. However, they are always formed from pure darkness. I almost forgot to introduce myself. I'm Kaito Murabba." The now revealed Kaito said with no signs of being out of breath from how long he spoke.
"Nice to meet you, Kaito. I'm Rhydwyn Jedan and the 'Frost Emperor' over here is Colys Duran." Rhydwyn introduced while Colys was seemingly uncharacteristically quiet and cold to the newcomer.
"Colys, you going to say anything? You almost always have a quip or response of some sort when I say something?" The brunette said to his friend, who looked him dead in the eye with a serious look.
"Rhydwyn. We've been over this, I don't like meeting new people if I don't need to, and I hate it when you call me 'Frost Emperor'. It sounds like a cheesy villain name." The normally boisterous male growled out to the male.
"Fine, no need to get so angry with me. I just thought you might want to make some connections outside our humble little group. Sorry about him, he's normally quite friendly, I just don't get what runs through his mind at times. The 'little group' I was referring to is myself, Colys, our friend Nuada and my girlfriend Sinikka. They over in the other group as they managed to unlock their semblances last summer." Rhydwyn informed their new accomplice, as professor Branwen came over to begin his instructions for their half of the class. Back with Nuada and Sinikka, they were approached by the black haired teen.
"So, you two a thing, or something?" The now somewhat uncomfortably close male asked, which startled the two, causing Nuada to immediately start denying the claim, until the other teen bursted out in laughter.
"Ha ha ha ha! You should have seen the looks on your faces! Anyway, name's Dakura Scarlet. I figured based on the level of familiarity that you two seem to have with each other that you are only recently met friends." The now named Dakura revealed, causing Nuada to join in the laughter, and responded to the other man.
"Nice joke man, you should have a contest with my Friend Colys to see who the better prankster is. I'm Nuada Hurdanis, and 'little miss quiet' next to me s Sinikka Ortis. I assume that the sword on your back is your weapon?" Nuada inquired, which resulted in Dakura to blank out for a second, but only the most astute eyes would have noticed.
"Yep, this baby right here, 'Shadowsteel', is a Claymore type Sword, and has the capability of being infused with differing types of dust when specially made Dust clips are placed into the holes on the blade, allowing the user, me, to combine effects or amplify them depending on the dust types used." Dakura responded, causing Nuada's eyes to slightly sparkle in fascination due to his slight weapon obsession.
"Cool, I have this baby," Nuada started, pulling Armageddon out and slamming one of its two ends on the ground, causing a small flame to emit from the pole going through the head. "Armageddon. She's a Warhammer-Incendiary Device Combo. Essentially, It is also a Flame Thrower. I would have made it more compact, but where's the fun in that?" Nuada stated, earning a sweatdrop on the back of Dakura's head.
"And what about you, Sinikka? What kind of weapon do you use?" Dakura inquired of his fellow Raven-head, who remained deadpan and pulled out the Gunblade.
"A Gunblade class weapon. It functions both as a short sword and .50 caliber Dust round revolver." Sinikka responded with minimal emotion, resulting in another sweatdrop from Dakura.
"Is she always like this?" The aforementioned male inquired of Nuada, who nodded in the Affirmative.
"Yeah, we thought that her being in close proximity to Colys would fix that but nope. At least not yet. Maybe in a few months." Nuada responded to the question. "So, what kind of semblance do you have my friend? I can enhance the size of my limbs and as I grow enraged, my strength grows. Sinikka can change the perception of time for others."
"I call mine 'Darkness Maker' as it allows me to form whatever I wish out of darkness." Dakura said, earning a supportive nod from Nuada.
"Nice, nice. So, what were we supposed to do again?" He asked his two accomplices, who face faulted at his question.
"We were assigned to use our semblances to the furthest we can, as I have been by making our conversation last only a few seconds through usage of 'Cronos'" Sinikka responded with a slight edge to her normally emotionless tone.
"Someone dislikes it when people are forgetful. So, Nuada, want to have a bit of a spar to see if we can improve our semblance usage in combat?" Dakura inquired of the other male.
"Your on Dakura! I hope your ready to lose though!" Nuada responded to the Crimson Eyed male.
"Funny. I was going to say the same thing!" Dakura retorted, getting into a fighting stance with his right foot positioned further forward than his left, while his right hand reached for his sword. Meanwhile Nuada put Armageddon resting on his shoulder and had a relatively relaxed stance, as he and Dakura flared their Aura.
AN: I feel like this is a good place to end this chapter, I hope you all are enjoying it so far! Dakura Scarlet is an OC from another story I co-authored (and still am co authoring), Erza's Brother. Kaito, as mentioned in Chapter 1 of EB belongs to myself, however Rage and I have dual ownership of the entirety of Team DARKER as we call the little group, and most of said team will make an appearance in future chapters. As always, Rate, Read, Review, and Favorite. Blueghast900, Signing off!