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"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.
Now:
Signal Academy, Combat Training Fields
Dakura and Nuada stared each other down waiting for some form of signal to start their fight, which came in the form of a twig snapping off a nearby tree, prompting Dakura to fire off an arrow of darkness at Nuada, who immediately dodged to the right, and rushed at his adversary with Armageddon held above his head, which he proceeded to attempt to slam on to Dakura.
"It's Hammer Time!" The brunette yelled out despite missing when Dakura dodged by rolling left. Said noirette then proceeded to slash at Nuada who jumped backwards repeatedly until the assault ended, upon which he enlarged his arm and attempted to hit Dakura with a Right hook, however the red eyed male was not going to let that happen as he melded with his shadow and hit Nuada with a point blank blast while his arm was still out stretched, launching him forward. This attack left Dakura wide open for a flame blast from Armageddon however as he was engulfed in flames for a second, however Nuada ended the flames quickly for fear of charbroiling his opponent. His fears were unfounded however as Dakura was not even in the blast radius afterwards, and popped up behind Nuada with a small sphere of darkness in his hands.
"This is it! Dark Lances!" Dakura shouted out as the aforementioned attack slammed into Nuada, however it failed in its task of defeating him, leaving the cloaked male dumbfounded but open for an attack, which Nuada took by hitting him with a swing of his hammer, sending his Aura levels, if they were being measured, into the red levels while Nuada was in the lower ends of the yellow section.
"Wait a moment! I think that should be good enough for now, as I began to feel that last attack." Dakura shouted out to Nuada, who was preparing another flame blast, which resulted in a small burst of flame to pop out of the War Hammer.
"Alright, guess that's fine. Didn't realise I already did that much damage to you friend." The Hammer user stated as he placed Armageddon over his shoulder in a lazy fashion as if it weighed nothing, which is a complete Fallacy based on the amount of damage one hit managed to do to Dakura. Back over with Colys, their group of three was working on unlocking at least one of their semblances.
"Come on Kaito, there must be SOMETHING that could be the root of your semblance. Maybe you have a fondness for a specific hobby or something?" Rhydwyn inquired of the albino, who shrugged his shoulders in response.
"I mean, I DO enjoy collecting beetles. That's about it, though. What about you or captain frosty over there? Heh, captain frosty. Maybe his semblance is ice manipulation." The Sunglasses wearing teen joked, causing the target of said joke to perk up a bit in response.
"Hm, Ice Manipulation, huh? Either of you have any Ice Dust?" The suddenly more active male inquired of his companions, who responded in the negative. "Welp, I'll have to try that sometime later, unless…." Colys drifted off, looking in the direction of the cafeteria, gaining a mischievous glint to his eyes as he chuckled softly to himself as he snuck off in that direction to get some Ice from the freezers.
"Rhydwyn, you gonna stop him? From what I've heard someone is known around Signal for pulling off large scale pranks, and based on how he looked, I'd guess Colys is that guy." Kaito inquired of the brunette, who just shook his head.
"It's pointless. When 'ole Colys has a plan for a prank, none can truly stop him. Did you hear of the Jello Incident of Classroom J-5?" Rhydwyn inquired of Kaito, who shuddered in response
"Who didn't? They couldn't get the stains off the walls for three weeks. They never caught the perpetrator, did they?" The Albino asked of his current companion, who just sighed.
"They didn't because Colys is probably the best prankster Remnant has seen, somehow. Not even HE knows why, it just simply happened." Rhydwyn said with a shrug of his shoulders and a distant look in his eyes. As this was occurring, Colys came back with a few bags of partially melted ice.
"Well, time to try this out. What should I try to make though? Screw it, I'm making a statue of myself." Colys stated as the Ice in the bags began shifting a tad bit and forming slight blades, slicing the bags to shreds. The ice also had a bit of a black outline to it, as it began shifting into a slightly humanoid shape, but it stopped and with a stocky torso, short legs, and stubs for arms.
"That… does not look like me. Maybe I could use for Cannon fodder later on in battles though." The new Ice User stated as his creation fell apart as pieces of ice. "At any rate, it seems like class is nearing the end point. How about a friendly spar, Kaito?"
"Sure, It would relieve some stress and possibly enable me to unlock my semblance. I believe utilizing your semblance, lest I unlock mine, should be prohibited?" The Albino inquired of his opponent, who nodded in response.
"Seems fair. I hope your ready for this, Kaito. Because the receiving end of the Flame-Spark Gauntlets is not a fun local." As Colys stated this, he activated the aforementioned weapons, which sparked with electricity on the knuckles and emitted a short burst of Burn Dust that was quickly ignited by a snap of the fingers. Kaito, meanwhile, reached behind his back and unsheathed a long sword in all meanings of the word. The sword was easily 8 feet in length, and had a single bladed edge which curved slightly backwards. Once the blade was out, Colys only gave it a passing glance as he settled into his boxer stance while his opponent pulled out a Dust crystal and inserted it into the bottom of his blades hilt, causing the sword to erupt in flames. Soon after, the two ran at each other, their Aura blazing behind them in a swirl of color. Colys started off with a Right hook followed by a left cross, and finishing with an uppercut, however only the last two hits truly hit their mark, knocking off a small portion of Kaito's Aurameter. The Sunglasses wearing albino then swung his weapon at his adversary, who dodged the actual blade, but was burned by the flames surrounding it. The Black eyed male then emitted some Burn Dust from the sprayers on the Wrists, which he ignited with a snap of his fingers.
"Most people *Cough Yang Cough* would use a shotgun type weapon on their gauntlets to increase the effectiveness of the attacks. I am not most people. Flamethrowers on the wrists are where it's at, baby! That, and I can use this for Ice Dust now, so that's cool." Colys stated as he watched the flames die down, and then part with a swing of Kaito's sword.
"Oh, so NOW you talk with me? What, too frosty to speak earlier?" The Odachi user taunted, which Colys did fall for.
"FROSTY?! I TOLD YOU I DISLIKE ICE PUNS!" The suddenly enraged male yelled as he rushed his adversary, Gauntlets sparking with electricity as he began a vicious combo of Jabs, Crosses, and Hooks. This resulted in Kaito being slightly burned, but otherwise no worse for wear. The Albino then did a surprise attack by hitting Colys with the Bottom of the Hilt of his sword, resulting in him being knocked unconscious despite his still active Aura.
"That was a fast fight. At least, faster than I expected from Colys. Usually the only person capable of knocking him out is Yang, and that's only after a long battle that, in the past, has taken up multiple Combat classes. Kaito, I am impressed my man." Rhydwyn stated as he walked over and patted the Albino on the back in congratulations. "I wanted to ask what do you call your sword anyways?"
"It's name is Masamune, and it has been passed through the Murabba family for generations. It's and Odachi type Long Sword, measuring 8.35 feet in length with a curve of .5235 radians. What kind of weapon do you use?" The Crimson Eyed male inquired of hs companion, who pulled out a Spear from on his back.
"This, is Lament: Dawn of the Forest. She's a Bohemian Ear Spoon type spear capable of launching out a long range beam of electricity thanks to an internal Electric Dust crystal stored in the shaft." Rhydwyn stated in an almost practiced fashion, earning a sweat drop from Kaito. Meanwhile, Colys began to stir from his forced Slumber.
"Anyone get the Plate of the Bullhead that hit me?" The boxer inquired in an oddly drunk style, before he regained his proper senses. "Nevermind, that's unimportant. What IS important is getting you two your semblances unlocked."
"Colys, we can do it on our own. Thanks for wanting to help though. I think you might want to tell Professor Branwen about your unlocked semblance. Maybe he'll be impressed and stop trying to get you to join him on his drinking escapades." Rhydwyn responded with a slight chuckle at the end, earning a deadpan stare from his best friend.
"Dude, that was one time. Anyways, I guess I'll take care of tha-" Colys didn't get to finish his statement as the bell for the end of class rang, signalling the groups to begin leaving. "Or not. Let's find Nuada and Sinikka and head to combat strategy"
Amphitheater, Signal Academy
Graduation Day, One year, 3 months later...
"It is with great honor that I can see all of you leave this school, armed with the knowledge to be prepared to enter any of the 4 great Huntsman Academies: Beacon, Haven, Shade, and Atlas. I Hope you will all succeed in any future endeavors that you proceed to endure, and furthermore..." The headmaster of Signal Academy, Gervasius McCreery drawled on as Colys yawned silently to himself.
"Why do Headmasters always give long speeches on graduation day? Sure, it's an Important day, many of us are going to be heading to the Great Huntsman Academies, blah blah blah, we get it, we're leaving Signal." The Raven haired male, now 17 years of age, was sporting a new outfit, consisting of a black and navy hooded trench coat, a Black muscle shirt, crimson and black tennis shoes, and black cargo pants. In fact, the only remainder of his old clothing is a set of gloves with only the middle and index fingers as well as thumb covered, with said covering being made of Ignition Cloth in a black coloring. Next to him, Nuada was sporting a crimson hoodie with a matching pair of sweatpants, as well combat boots.
"I know, right? It seems like it never ends." Yang said while standing next to the brunette. The blonde brawler had grown close to the four unknowing dimension hoppers, and her puns had accented Colys' pranks, prompting an increase in the amount of pranks pulled.
"Guys. be quiet. We get it, you dislike long assemblies like this. No need to state your dissatisfaction." A silver haired male stated from behind the three. This is Raiden Murabba, Kaito's twin brother. Next to him was a teal eyed Lizard faunus named Enkaar Raiyu. The two were oddly close, with Enkaar practically following everything Raiden stated to a fault.
"Raiden, shut up." Colys hissed out to the Violet eyed male as he got a glare back from both him and his slightly reptilian friend.
"Make me, Frost Emperor." Was Raiden response as he began cracking his knuckles threateningly
"Oh I will, Shocking Sovereign." Colys responded as the air began to cool around him. However, before the two rivals even started to fight, they laughed out loud as if they had heard a great joke.
"This is why you're a good friend Raiden. You know how to pull off a bluff." The Ice user stated while trying to catch his breath.
"You too, Colys. You too." The slight albino wheezed out while breathing heavily as the other three in their general vicinity looked on with sweatdrops.
"Are they always like this?" Yang inquired of both Nuada and Enkaar, who both sighed and nodded, with Nuada throwing his hands up in defeat.
"I honestly don't know what goes through either of their heads at any time. I just roll with the metaphorical punches." Enkaar responded to one of the three violet eyed people known to the world. Colys and Raiden just made small talk with one another as the assembly drawled on…
From Dust till Dawn Dust Shop
Two days before the Start of the Beacon School year…
"Rhydwyn, why are you here?" Ruby inquired of the male who also happened to be in the shop at the same time as her.
"Colys assigned me to get enough Dust for our team to last until sometime next month. I was going to get it and leave, but I may as well stay here so we can go home as a group. For safety measures, as crime has seemingly skyrocketed." The Headphone wearing male replied, as he slipped on the aforementioned clothing Item and tuned out the world. Besides the small bit of Tech he was now sporting, Rhydwyn also had a new off white T-shirt and green Camo Cargo shorts. Strapped to his back was his ever present spear, Lament. After some time, spent with Ruby checking out the weapon magazine section of the store, Rhydwyn began moving towards the door, but didn't get far as 12 men in black suits walked in the door flanking a redhead in a white suit and bowler cap swinging a cane around. While he didn't pay to much attention to the news, Rhydwyn knew of the increased Dust robberies, and figured this was the guy behind them.
'Gotta find a place to ambush these fools, then warn Ruby. If Sinikka were here, this would be easier as she could slow them down so as to make our attempt at most likely taking them down much easier.' The Aqua colored teen thought while looking for a good spot that is difficult to be spotted in. 'There! Behind that shelf should work. Only one way to see into it, and that's where I would be looking towards.' as he thought that to himself, he heard from in the section that Ruby was in a shout of "Put your hands where I can see them" as well as the sound of a sword being unsheathed.
"I said, put your hands where I can see them. You got a death wish or something kid?" The thug inquired of the Hooded girl, who still was silent due to her headphones, which were loud enough to be heard by others. The thug gestured to her headphones after turning her around, prompting him to say, again, "Put your hands in the air. NOW."
"Are you… Robbing me?" Was all Ruby responded with, causing the armed thug to sigh in exasperation
"YES!" he shouted out in a slight rage. Next thing he knew, he was launched out the front window of the store by a beam of concentrated electricity, but the source was nowhere to be seen. Three of the other thugs went back, only to get hit repeatedly with a spear shaft courtesy of Rhydwyn.
"Who's next, fools?" The angered male asked, causing The bowler hat wearing male to slightly groan out in frustration at his minions lack of strength.
"Well, get them." When the evident leader said that, two of the remaining thugs charged the two, however most were just swatted back, but one got close enough to try and hit the two, however he ended up outside courtesy of Ruby kicking him in the chest, causing her to be outside with her opponent. As she stood up, the red package on her waist expanded out into a red and black mechanical looking scythe which she ended up having the blade in the ground besides her. Soon enough after, the remaining thugs charged her while Rhydwyn came up from behind them, holding his hands out, which caused three of the six thugs to fall to the ground clutching their ears in pain.
"Heh, how do you like my Sonar Pulse?" The seemingly strained male asked of the now unconscious thugs. 'I need to work on my Aura control as even one Pulse strains me severely, while Colys can make hundreds of constructs with his Eternal Frost, but that could be linked to his, oddly, monstrous reserves. Lucky bastard he is.' While Rhydwyn was thinking this, Ruby had managed to knock out the other three thugs, the last f which landed near the ring leader.
"Worth every cent, truly they were." The feminine looking male sarcastically drawled out, while beginning to walk slightly forward. "Well Red, White, I can say we've had an eventful evening. But, I'm afraid this is where we part ways." as he said that, He lifted his can up towards the two, shooting out a Burn Dust bullet, however Ruby and Rhydwyn managed to dodge it and when they looked back in the Criminals Direction, he was gone. Rather, he was climbing up to the roof of a nearby building. As they watched this, the shopkeeper came out as Ruby asked him one simple question:
"You okay if we go after him?" which he just responded with an affirmative grunt. By the time the Redhead had made it up the ladder, Ruby had launched herself up the building with the Recoil of her Sniper-Scythe. Rhydwyn, meanwhile, was climbing said ladder at a slightly slower pace than expected due to a small amount of fatigue.
"Persistent, aren't you?" The cane wielder growled out as a Bullhead flew up from the Alleyway opposite them and the male got in it.
"End of the line, Red!" he shouted out while tossing a Burn Dust crystal at her feet, which he shot causing a large scale explosion. However, after the resulting cloud dispersed, another Woman was standing in front of the cloaked girl with a purple Circle spinning in front of outstretched fingers. The newcomer was around 6 foot something inches tall, had light blonde hair kept in a bun in the back as well as giving of an oddly Librarian Vibe with her clothing. The woman then launched out spears of the same type of energy as the Circle she had in front of her hand, which impacted with the Bullhead. This prompted the White Suit wearing male to head to the cockpit to alert the pilot of the situation, and then switch places with them. Around this time, Rhydwyn had managed to scale the building as he joined in the fight. The evident Huntress created a storm cloud above the aircraft and pelted it with icicles. The Pilot then launched a flame based attack with her dress glowing, prompting the Huntress to leap back to avoid it. The Debris was then manipulated to form a spear which was launched at the Bullhead. The Pilot tried to break it, but it reformed. The Cane wielder then tilted the VTOL so as to prevent his accomplice from being hit. When the attack bounced off the roof, it was then relaunched as three spears, however the remaining Debris was reduced to dust by a pulse of energy by the Mystery woman. It was at this time that both Ruby and Rhydwyn began launching their ranged attacks at the craft. Ruby's bullets were just blocked by the woman, however Rhydwyn managed to get in a lucky shot with his Electric Beams, prompting the WOman to cause an explosion at the feet of her adversaries, which was dodged by the three. When they got back to their feet, the Bullhead had already flown off to who-knows-where.
"You're a huntress?" Ruby inquired of the savior of her and Rhydwyn, causing the Blonde woman to look at her, with a slight deadpan stare as if to say 'No shit, Sherlock.'
"Can I have your Autograph?" The energetic Girl asked, however next thing both she and Rhydwyn knew was they were in an interrogation room in the Vale Police Station.
"I hope you realise that your actions from tonight cannot be taken lightly. You managed to put both yourselves and others in extreme danger. If it were my decision, you'd be sent home with a pat on the back, and a slap on the wrist. However, there is someone here who would like to meet the two of you." The Blonde stated as she walked away from the doorway, prompting a Silver haired male wearing a green based outfit and tinted glasses to walk in, carrying a plate of cookies.
"Ruby Rose. You… have SIlver Eyes. So, where did you learn to do this?" The man said, gesturing to a Scroll Tablet displaying a scene from her fight against the Thugs.
"Signal Academy." Both responded, prompting the man to give a questioning look to both, asking another question of the girl.
"They taught you to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed? And how did you manage to learn to use a Laser Spear?" He inquired of the two, with Ruby answering first.
"Well, one teacher in particular."
"I see, It's just that I've only seen one other Scythe wielder of that skill before… A dusty old crow." The man continued, while gesturing to Rhydwyn. "And where did you manage to learn the Usage of a Laser Spear? Most ways of building them have been outlawed."
"I used a simple Dust-crystal based system, one that upon further research was shown to be perfectly legal might I add, which uses a Shock Dust crystal to fire off a beam of concentrated electricity. I was completely self taught in it's usage, Headmaster." Rhydwyn responded, Dropping a slight hint at the man's position in terms of who he is.
"Now, why would an Adorable little Girl like yourself be training at a school that helps people become warriors?" The Headmaster asked, turning his attention back to Ruby.
"Well, I want to be a Huntress." She responded the evidently powerful male.
"You wish to slay monsters." The Silver-haired male replied, earning a nod from the teen.
"Yeah. I only have two more years of training left at Signal, and then I'm going to apply to Beacon. See, my sister and some of our friends are going to be starting there this year, and the five of them plan to become Hunters and Huntresses. And I want to become a Huntress so as to Help People. Our parents always taught us to Help others, so I thought, I might as well make a Career out of it. Now, the police are alright, but Huntresses are just so much more Romantic, cool, and exciting, and" well, you get the point. When the Young Girl finished her Tangent, the Blonde Huntress stared at her with a slightly concerned expression as the Other male just kept his calm Expression.
"Do you know who I am?" The Silverette inquired of the Girl, figuring the other male knew him based on the Hint to his profession he dropped earlier.
"You're professor Ozpin. You're the Headmaster at Beacon." The Silver Eyed fifteen-year-old responded, earning a slight grunt of approval from Rhydwyn.
"Hello." The now named Ozpin responded to her, Which she responded in kind.
"So, you wish to go to mys school?"
"More than anything."
"Well, ok. Go on home for now. But not you yet, Rhydwyn Jedan. I still have a few questions to ask of you." The professor stated as the youngest person in the room left, leaving Rhydwyn alone with the two Professors.
"Ok, young man. What were you doing at a Dust Shop this late at night, with what is considered the most dangerous projectile based weapon created on your back?" The Blonde asked of the sound based male, who just sighed in response.
"My friend, Colys, sent me out to get enough Dust for the first few weeks of our schooling at Beacon as the four of us were running low. As for why I have my weapon? Even I know that city streets tend to be relatively dangerous, especially at this time at night." Rhydwyn responded to the two, who were satisfied at the blunt response.
"Now, last question. How did you manage to incapacitate those three?" Ozpin asked, gesturing to the Video feed from earlier, showing him knocking the three thugs he faced unconscious.
"My Semblance, Sonar Pulse, allows me to manipulate sound waves to the point that they can cause enough head trauma to render a target unconscious. Of course, as I only recently unlocked my semblance, it tends to strain me far more than other semblances. I can use the sound waves in other ways as well, such as sound amplification, pitch manipulation, and to nullify sounds entirely." The sound user responded, laying all his abilities on the table, metaphorically speaking.
"Alright, you can head on home too." Ozpin stated, with Rhydwyn nodding and saying a quick thanks in the direction of the two as he left.
AN: And another Chapter is complete! Sorry for the delay, I've been busy with other things, and having recently purchased Overwatch, I've been playing a lot of that as well. Now, I have made a slight alteration to my plans for the main team, or rather Teams now, and side Teams. I decided that team CRSN would share it's spot of being the main focus of the story with team DARK. The spot of side team is going to be filled by two more teams that I made as well, REDD and VRDT. If anyone can guess the references made in this chapter, they earn a Digital Cookie. As always, Read, Rate, Review, and Favorite. Blueghast900, Signing off.