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A/N
I suppose I should state that I will be using OC's for this story. For what stories I've seen of Naruto entering this world, he's always with team RWBY. Not gonna lie, I like the idea of doing that, but it's also something that I hate. I have mixed feelings about that and while the idea of using three other OC's is generally kind of frowned upon because they're author created characters, in this case, I kind of want to do it. So without further delay, here is the first chapter for what I hope will be a fic you guys want me to continue.
Chapter 3
Sasuke's eye snapped open and he jumped to his feet as he felt a pair of eyes on him. Persia was staring at him from her spot at the bathroom door, her air still damp from her shower. They shared a quick glance before she grabbed her clothes and disappeared back into the bathroom. Sasuke blinked and flexed his hand. He could feel something hard near his leg and sighed in frustration. Grudgingly he got up and grabbed his clothing for the day. He waited in his chair by the door for his chance to get cleaned up for the day ahead. When the door opened, his eye remained transfixed on Persia's face. She had the decency to look embarrassed about earlier.
"Sorry," she muttered under her breath. Sasuke shook his head and passed her by. She clutched at her chest and breathed a sigh of relief. When a low groan escaped someone else, she turned and saw Emert slowly sitting up, yawning and proudly showing his fangs. He was more animal like than she gave him credit for. "Get dressed," she ordered. "Sasuke is in the shower and then we can get to work cleaning up our room and unpacking."
"In that order?" he joked with another mighty yawn. Her eyes hardened on him. He put his hands up slowly and chuckled nervously. "Someone's angry this morning." He sniffed the air and her face grew red with anger. "Hey! I'm a dog Faunus. I have a good nose. So I know you're bleeding yet."
Jasper awoke to the sound of Emert getting beaten by Persia. When she stopped and stared at him, he blinked and rolled over. "Five more minutes, princess."
"I hope that's not aimed at me," Persia hissed.
"It's aimed at whoever wants it aimed at them." Jasper fell back asleep.
Emert got out of bed and stretched as he looked outside. "The moon is still up. What time is it?" He didn't see a clock anywhere yet. He didn't really care for an accurate time anyways. Time was a trivial thing to him. He was here because he could make a life out of this and not much else.
"It's a little after six in the morning," Persia said sternly.
"That's an actual time?" Persia's face deadened and she glared at him. "I haven't seen six in the morning since I was a baby still nursing on my mom's tit."
Persia gave an exasperated sigh of frustration as her teammate more or less admitted to being a lazy person. At least Sasuke was up without a problem, even if he did see her naked this morning. That was awkward. She wasn't sure about Jasper since he had clearly woken up from the fighting, but his five more minutes comment made her question if he was going to take this seriously or not.
The door to the bathroom opened and Sasuke walked out drying his hair and dressed in a pair of shorts and high collar black t-shirt. Emert nursed a purple bruise on his cheek and faked tears as he ran into the bathroom with his clothes. Sasuke didn't question it. He just accepted that his new found team was going to be a little odd. It wasn't like Konoha where they paired you with people you knew. He'd have to learn their skills, their abilities, and their overall goals in life. As much as he licked reminiscing about his past self, he was going to have to accept that there were some methods that worked better than others, even if you hated them.
"Jasper, wake up." Sasuke ordered. His first friend sat up like a zombie. He smacked his lips and looked for something to drink as he got out of bed. "Once you're cleaned up and ready for the day, we're all going to sit down and talk. As much as I don't like the fact I'm leader of this group, there are some things I do know how to do when it comes to being a leader. So I'd like to at least know what I'm working with since I only know how some of your abilities work. Is that okay?"
"I'm okay with it," Persia confessed with a grunt of disapproval. Sasuke wasn't sure if she was being heated or just stuck up. A woman liked to keep some secrets. If her abilities were one of them, Sasuke would be fine with that as long as it didn't get them killed in the long run.
Jasper yawned as he found some water in his bag and gulped it down. "Can do," he said once he finished gulping it down. He smacked his lips some more and grabbed his clothes for the morning shower. Emert walked out a moment later wearing only his pants. He sported three scars: One across his abdomen, another across his left arm, and a final one across his back. Jasper disappeared into the bathroom.
Emert threw on a black t-shirt and grabbed his pack. He emptied the contents on his bed and looked them over. Persia was doing the same thing. Sasuke put his clothes away. He didn't have anything but clothes. Persia brought books. Emert brought sketchpads, drawing pencils, a small knife, and an eraser. When Jasper walked out he put up clothes, found a spot for a photo of a woman with flowing gold hair, a pretty smile, and standing next to two dogs and holding a cat. Jasper was in the photo behind her with a big smile, along with another woman.
Once everything was squared away they sat down and Sasuke began. "So, I explained this earlier, I'm not much of a leader, but I know a thing or two about it. I've never lead anyone before, but I've been part of a team once before, so I know how the leader should act and what they're required to do. So to start this off, since we're all new to each other, let's get to know each other the only way I know how. Tell us about your hobbies, skills, dreams, and desires."
Emert raised his hand, a stupid grin on his face. Sasuke thought of Naruto and wanted to punch him at the stupid and clearly not needed action. "I'll go first, Leader." It came out as a joke. Sasuke saw it. Persia didn't. She elbowed him and he glared at her. "Can't a guy have some fun? Jezz, totally buzz kill over here." He cleared his throat. Persia shrugged and looked at their leader as if asking if she were in the right. Sasuke rolled his eye. Her eyes softened. Sasuke snorted and she rolled her eyes. "Aside from that," Emert said after watching the quick gesture talk between the two, "I'm a skilled hand-to-hand fighter. I grew up outside the Kingdom's walls and learned how to fight to survive with my family. My hobbies are drawing, sleeping, and martial arts training. I don't have a dream. Dreams are meant to be just that; a dream. And as for desires, I want to become a good huntsman and get my family inside the walls of the city so that we're not sleeping with one eye open at night."
"Is it really that bad out there?" Sasuke asked. He hadn't stepped foot outside their walls since he got here. Ozpin said it was bad. Only the truly brave or crazy did it.
"It's bad," Emert said sadly. "I lost my baby sister to some Grimm last year. I'm the oldest child and my father can't fight anymore. My mother works to feed all five us before I left. I came here because I want to change that and get them here."
Jasper took a deep breath when Sasuke turned his gaze on him. "I don't have that noble of a reason for doing this. My skills are in long-range, close-range, and mid-range combat. Vicious Skewer makes it possible. I have limited knowledge on dust spells, but I'm better at taking hits and returning them than I am running. I'm doing this to be the hero my father wanted me to be. I'm here for the fun, not the glory or the fame. I'd rather be the hero that know no one knows than be rich. My dream is to travel the world and become the strongest fighter ever. As for a hobby, I don't have anything noteworthy."
Persia felt their eyes on her and she groaned. "How about you go next, Sasuke?" she suggested softly.
Sasuke shrugged. He stitched something together before he started. "I'm doing this to find a new life for myself. My old self was a jerk and didn't care about anyone. I'm trying to be a better person. I'm a close-range and mid-range expect with high proficiency in fire and lightning skills. My goal is to be the hero my friend wanted to be before he was struck down. You could say I'm living his life for him. My hobbies are training, fighting, and mastering fire and lightning spells. My dream is to protect everyone I care about with my power. I desire to never see my friends cry."
"That's asking a lot," Jasper said with a chuckle. "But at least you're here for a noble reason as well. I'm still an asshole of this group." They turned on their last member. She sighed.
"My goal is to prove that I'm a capable fighter to my family. I'm here because I ran away from home after I couldn't stand my father's prejudice towards women and Faunus. My mother is a Faunus, so yes, I'm one as well. My father believes all women are weak people that need to only be used for birthing children and cooking. My dream is to see him dead or behind bars for his actions. My hobbies are cooking, training, and reading. And before you even ask; yes, I know that's what my father made me do, but I enjoy it. I'm a long-range expert with my weapons Disrupt and Despair." She turned hopefully to Sasuke. He was indifferent to her plight.
"So we got three people here for a noble cause, two Faunus, someone trying to change their life for the better, someone trying to change their families' life, someone trying to prove to their old man that's he's wrong and a dick, and then there's me, who's only here because he wants to be a hero for fun?" Jasper looked at the group. They nodded and then shared a laugh. "So I'm the outcast here? Great…"
"Don't worry about it." Emert told him. "If I get my parents inside the walls, you can meet my youngest brother. He's a real handful, but you won't be an outcast. He dreams about coming here too and wants to be a hero for fun." Jasper chuckled and gave his thanks. "So now that we know a bit about each other, how about we go get something to eat since we're done putting stuff up and cleaning? I'm hungry and could eat a horse."
"I would pay good money to see that," Jasper commented sharply.
They walked out into the hallway and caught sight of Blake and Yang heading back inside their room. "You girls get something to eat already?"
Yang stopped and Blake got halfway in the door as Yang said, "Yeah we went and got something to eat. We're waiting for Weiss to wake up. Ruby was up really early this morning." Yang yawned. "She's a slave driver right now, but she's enjoying her new role." Her eyes danced to the former Uchiha. "How about you? You enjoying your new role as leader of your group?"
"So far it's okay," Sasuke admitted. He was still uncertain about the choice. Why make him a leader when he might revert back to his old self and ignore them, or worse, leave them to die? He wasn't Naruto, damn it. He would never be able to be that blond haired idiot. "Tell her to take it ease or she'll drive you all insane." He gave a mock wave as he started heading for the cafeteria.
"We'll try that," Blake told his retreating form. She looked to Persia and Emert as their eyes remained fixated on her bow. She narrowed her eyes and shut the door as Yang went inside to watch the antics of her sister waking Weiss. "What are you staring at?"
"Why do you hide it?" Jasper asked. She looked stunned and her instincts to flee screamed at her. "If it makes you feel any better, I knew the moment I caught you reading your book in the middle of the night with no lights on. Plus," he wiggled his ears with his fingers, "not that hard to put it together when your bow is wiggling to every sound you hear. I saw you do it when Ruby came flying out of the air and got t-boned by Jaune."
"And… you're okay with it?"
"He's got us two on his team and he doesn't give two shits," Emert said, receiving an elbow from his female teammate. "What? Neither does Sasuke. We got the golden teammates here. They don't give two craps about us being Faunus. I say that's a win." Blake stilled was tensed up, ready to flee or worse, hurt them. "Look," Emert became serious, his hands in his pockets and his eyes suddenly very wise looking, "I won't tell anyone. If this is how you want the world to see you, fine. I don't care. Just… don't abandon your heritage. That's all I'm going to ask." He walked off. Persia glanced at Blake and gave a knowing nod. Jasper remained.
"Listen, I don't care what you are or who you are. Those don't define who you are. What does define you are your actions. You haven't done anything to make me hate you, but you haven't done anything to make me like you either, aside from saving me and Sasuke when we feel off the bridge. So look, I won't tell anyone either. Just… don't worry yourself too much about us knowing. Other people will find out eventually. Mistakes happen." He put his hands in his pockets and started walking.
"You won't tell anyone?" Blake asked quietly.
"Not my style. Consider it my way of dealing with things or just trying to act cool. Whichever suits your opinion of me, I guess."
Blake closed her eyes, relieved that none of them cared and were going to keep it a secret. She walked inside to hear Ruby blowing a whistle in Weiss's face to wake her. At least they were oblivious to it.
(-)
Sasuke was about to strangle the professor he had. Iruka was boring with his lessons on his history and its deep meaning. Kakashi was a lazy pervert that would show up late to all meetings, pretended to not listen to anyone that was speaking to him, read porn in the streets, always wore a mask, and was arguably the most powerful person in the village. And despite all of those negative things, Sasuke was willing to listen to both men over this fat, self-centered, egotistical jackass of a huntsman.
Teams RWBY and JNPR ran into the classroom and professor Port was slow to acknowledge them. Sasuke was excepting an eraser to come flying up and smack one of them. Sadly, no such thing happened. The fat oaf hardly acknowledged their late arrival and continued his tirade on how he single handedly took down a Beowolf at the ripe old age of nine. Sasuke wasn't sure if he was lying about his age in the story or if he was just making the whole thing up.
"Monsters! Demons! Prowlers of the night. Yes! The creatures of Grimm have many names. But I merely refer to them as prey." He laughed at his own joke. No one else laughed. He chuckled nervously and coughed into his fist before beginning again. "And you shall too upon graduating from this prestigious academy. Now as I was saying, Vale, as well as the other three Kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world. Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear you to pieces. And that's where we came in. Huntsmen! Huntress!" He arched a thick brow as he looked Yang's way. "Individuals who have sworn to protect those that cannot protect themselves. From what you ask? The very world!" Sasuke had someone scream in agreement in his ear and felt a strong desire to stab the black haired man beside him grow within him. "That is what you are training to become. But first," there was a smile that formed on his face, "a story. A tale of a young, handsome man… me!"
Sasuke banged his head on the desk. I left Konoha for power, fought my teammate in a death battle, ended up here, and now have to listen to this fat bastard tell us a story about his youth when he should be teaching us?! I should have staying in Konoha. Port kept telling his story and Sasuke kept questioning whether or not he could truly take the man on. His Sharingan could win him the battle. He was sure of that. This oaf couldn't be that fast and even then, the only person will real speed that he knew of was Ruby. He saw how she was able to close the distance with one blast from her scythe on the scorpion.
"Are you really paying attention to this guy?"
Sasuke cast a sharp glance to his left. A young man wearing the same god awful school uniform was sitting beside him. He had combed back dark blue hair and blue eyes. Sasuke was slow to remember his name. "Sky, right?"
"Yes, but I go by Lark," he said heatedly. Sasuke shrugged. A name was a name to him. He'd call him whatever he wanted. "Are you really listening to this guy? I'm not. He's too boastful about something that can't be done."
"How so?"
Lark gave him a curious glance but played it off. "Have you ever fought a Grimm before the other day?"
"Can't say I have."
Lark tightened his jaw and looked back to make sure the teacher was still ranting about his story and trying to get the message across to the class. Half of them weren't paying attention anymore. "When you kill a Grimm, their bodies turn to ash. So taking back their head or even their skin or fur is impossible. Even a removed arm turns to ash. So his story about taking back their heads is already a lie." Sasuke absently wondered why Lark wasn't calling out the teacher then. Did that mean that Professor Port was just a liar and didn't deserve to teach her at Beacon? "On top of that, most Grimm are impossible to capture. And even if you succeed, it usually ends up dying as a result of being captured."
"Then what's the point in him telling us this story if everything he says is a lie?"
Lark had nothing to that question. Sasuke returned to his thoughts as Lark continued to pester someone else beside him. The end to the day seem far away and Sasuke was too tired to truly do anything more than sit and listen. All his strength was out of him after how late he stayed up last night. His fight had taken a lot out of him and having a nightmare about his brother coming here wasn't helping. The memory of his fight against Naruto haunted as well. Sasuke wondered how Naruto would react to this place once he woke up. There were a few teams that only had two or three members. Would he get placed on one of their teams? It was a real head scratcher. Ozpin promised to do right by Naruto when he woke up.
"I do, sir!" Sasuke snapped from his train of thought at the sound of Weiss's voice practically screaming over the students.
"Well then let's find out. Step forward and face your opponent." Lark whimpered as Port gestured to a beast in a cage. Sasuke gave Lark a hard glance. He might not have been wrong about the Grimm not being able to be contained for long, but to have one on the school grounds and caged was just a little unsettling.
Weiss walked out of the classroom to get her gear and weapon. Sasuke put his feet up on the table. Professor Port launched into another tirade about his youth. Sasuke shuddered at the very mention of the word. Memories of watching Gai and Lee hug each other against an impossible ocean scene by the beach in a gym still haunted him. Truly, that was the biggest mystery of his village. How two people could do that was beyond him. Sasuke was sure that he even got splashed by the illusionary water from the waves during that little moment.
Weiss stormed down the stairs as she arrived, her weapon in hand. Lark made a cat call. Weiss ignored him. Sasuke's Sharingan came to life. He wasn't going to miss this for the world. He hardly got a chance to see her fight during their initiation.
Port took his axe off the mantle and asked if she was ready. With a nod, Weiss poised rapier for combat. With one swing he busted the lock and opened the cage up. A smaller version of the pig that Sasuke and his team fought came charging out and attacked Weiss. She spun out of the way of the small Grimm and slashed at its side. Her rapier tasted no flesh. It stopped slowly, turned to face her. Her team cheered her own. Sasuke watched in mild fascination as she prepared to charge it head on. It jerked its head to the side and used it large tusks to hook her weapon. Suddenly caught, Weiss fought hard to remove the weapon with no luck. She was pushed down and her weapon was sliding along the stone floor.
Weiss huffed as she got up. The Grimm moved in for another heavy blow. She rolled the side. It couldn't stop in time and hit the wall to the desks with a resounding thud. Her team cheered her own. "Weiss," Ruby called out as Weiss snatched her weapon back up, "go for its belly. There's no armor underneath."
"Stop telling me what to do!" Weiss hissed.
Sasuke narrowed his eye. That sounded like him and Naruto fighting.
Weiss looked back at the Grimm as it rolled wildly in place before bolting towards her. Her hand moved along the blade of the sword and created a floating array in the air. She took a knee as the pig came crashing into it, the resulting being that it knocked itself silly and was left on its back. Another array appeared behind her and she jumped up to it before pushing off and stabbing her rapier into its gut. It gave a shrilled cry as death took it and it turned to ash.
Weiss huffed and gasped for air as Port congratulated her. "Bravo! Bravo! It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true huntress in training." He checked a clock and sighed. "I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today. Be sure to cover the assigned readings. And stay vigilante! Class dismissed."
Turning his Sharingan off, Sasuke stood up. He saw enough to know that Weiss was good. She got a boost of speed when she jumped from array. It was hard to track her, but he saw enough. He got outside first and waited. Weiss passed him. Ruby followed, calling out to her. He watched their heated argument before they both parted. He pushed off the wall and marched towards Weiss.
"You listened to what she said, despite telling her to not order you around. Why?"
Weiss jerked to a stop. Sasuke's one eye was sickening to her. It was an evil thing to her. "I already knew they didn't have armor on their bellies. I've done my research. I know how to fight them. Her telling me that was doing nothing to help me. It only broke my concentration."
"And your other teammates' cheering you on didn't?" Her eyes narrowed. Sasuke did the same. "She's your leader, like it or not, and you should show her some respect."
"Did she send you out here after me? She really is just a child."
"Aren't you a child as well?" Weiss snorted. "I heard your little argument. I'm only curious about why you did what she said after ordering her to stop telling you what to do. I don't care about how you treat her or anything else for that matter."
Weiss glared at him and wished to stab him. The one eye of his… It bore through her. She was sure that he was looking past her and to somewhere else. He didn't seem to care about their conversation. "What I do is my own business and not yours. Go back to your team and leave me alone." She marched off. Sasuke watched her go and snorted.
"No luck with the ladies at all, huh?" Sasuke glanced back. Cardin was there. He remembered him during the event yesterday. He was the leader of team CRDL. Sasuke didn't have much faith in his skills. He heard they saw no combat and Cardin was only elected leader because he got them back in one piece by evading all of the Grimm. "I'll admit, she's a fine looking woman if she didn't have that mouth of hers."
"I don't care about her mouth."
"Funny, I don't either, if you know what I mean."
Sasuke blinked slowly. Killing this man was on his mind at the moment. Rape wasn't funny. As much as he might have enjoyed that happening to him from Sakura or any of his other fans if he was anyone else, he was going to take a stand and say that it wasn't funny and not something to joke about. But, that said, if Cardin wanted to mouth off, he could do that. Sasuke wasn't going to stop him. It didn't affect his team and Weiss was not one of his friends. As far as he was concerned, she was a nuisance and a spoiled brat. Putting his hands in his pockets, Sasuke turned and started walking away.
"You don't wanna go teach her a lesson?"
"I'm not interested in that kind of thing. But if you want to take a shot at it, go ahead. Just be prepared for the wraith of her team and friends."
"I can take them." Sasuke doubted that and kept walking. "I'll see you tomorrow for the matches."
Sasuke groaned. Tomorrow they were doing the sparring lessons. He was happy to know that was happening soon. He could see what everyone could do and gauge them appropriately. "Sasuke," Ozpin's voice sent a chill through his spine. He turned slowly. Ruby was leaving. She must have spoken to him for some time. "I want to talk to you about tomorrow." Ozpin took a sip of his coffee. Sasuke snorted. "I know this is going to be difficult to explain to you, but if you are to fight tomorrow, understand that your fellow students have the ability to withstand a great amount of damage through the use of their aura. You remember that i had it unlocked it for you, right?"
Sasuke blinked and nodded. That was an overly… sexualized moment in his mind. Glynda unlocked his aura for him. He didn't care for it. They explained it could deflect bullets, heal him, shield him from harm, and in time show him his semblance. Sasuke asked why he had such a thing and Ozpin's reply was that all living people had it. Sasuke had yet to use it and had his doubts that what was done to him was beneficial. It didn't help him any in the forest. Perhaps he didn't have one and Ozpin had pulled a fast one over him? He was an old man so it was possible he did something shady like that.
Besides that, Ozpin had a theory that Sasuke's Chakra and their Aura were one in the same, just under different names and a slight alteration of their uses. It was true that aura produced many incredible uses from using ones' semblance to using it for augmented strength and speed. Ozpin was more than willing to demonstrate this by both taking a punch without his aura and then one with it. Same could be said for his speed. Sasuke had watched as the man ran as fast as he could without his aura activated and got from his desk to the door in about five seconds. That time was halved with the use of aura as a augmented source of power. While Sasuke doubted that what was done to him was a real thing, he was shown to have a slight aura, something that could break under the simplest of punches due to him not knowing how to fully manifest it in the traditional means.
Glynda had offered lessons. He refused. Now he wanted to take her up on it if matches were going to be starting tomorrow. He'd cross that bridge when he got there.
"Good," Ozpin put his cane behind his back and smiled warmly at him. "I do trust that when you choose to fight, you remember that it is only a sparring match and nothing more."
"I'll show some restraint," Sasuke promised. He wondered though if he could keep that promise. In a fight, things changed quickly. Emotions ran high. A need for self-preservation would take hold and Sasuke was sure he would slip up. Killing one of these students or crippling them was his greatest fear. Not for them, but for himself. Ozpin gave a slight nod before departed. Sasuke touched his Curse Seal mark and shut his eyes. There was that thing to fear as well. What if it went rampant while he fought? Was he going to be forced to explain that? Ozpin didn't know about it. He saw it only as a tattoo.
Stowing the thoughts away, Sasuke returned to his dorm. Persia was already asleep in her bed. Her lessons were completed and placed neatly on the desk they were provided. Emert was procrastinating by drawing instead of working. Jasper was nowhere to be seen. Deciding that he had a long day, Sasuke turned in and slept until he was awoken by a nightmare. He dreamed Naruto was killed by the Grimm and he was powerless to stop them. He checked his Scroll and saw his heart monitor still working. He was alive. Shutting it, he collapsed back in bed and shut his eye. Sleep did not come for him that night.
(-)
"Welcome to your first day in Combat School," Glynda said to the class. Everyone was dressed in their combat attire. Every first year student was here. The arena was set and medics were on standby in case someone hit someone too hard and hurt them. "Each of you will be fighting today. These matches are in no way linked to your grades or your assigned roles or teams. They serve to only better your combat skills and in time, strengthen the bond you have with your teams. I understand that a lot of you are working with people you have spoken to. You come from all walks of life and different Kingdoms in some cases. With that said, depending on your combat abilities, we will eventually make things more difficult for you by having other members of your opponents team work with them to defeat if you prove capable of the challenge."
"So it could eventually be a four vs. one kind of match?" Sasuke looked for the speaker but couldn't find them.
"Eventually, if someone presents themself with enough skill to do so, yes. I know of at least two people that could have potential take on such dangerous odds and possibly come out on top. I'll let you all think on that one." Sasuke figured he was one of them. He couldn't think of anyone else that might be able to do it. "Now, our first match will be based on volunteers, but if I don't get any I will randomly select you to compete. You will all fight."
"How are the matches won?" Sasuke finally asked. It was bugging him. Obviously he they couldn't fight to the death.
Adjusting her glasses, she regarded him with a light glare. "The matches can be won by way of forfeit, aura depletion, or me calling the match." She pulled her Scroll open. "Do I have any volunteers for the first match?" Sasuke stood up. She nodded. He came down. "Do I have a second combatant to face him?" Weiss stood up, her eyes narrowed on the raven haired youth. "Our first match will be Weiss against Sasuke. Take your places and when I call the match, begin."
Weiss took her fighting stance. Sasuke activated his Sharingan and took his stance. Weiss blanched when he didn't pull his sword out. He took a hand-to-hand combat stance and waited for the match to begin.
Glynda looked between the two and a buzzer sounded.
They dashed at each other. Sasuke proved quicker than she expected and closed the gap quickly. She lunged forward, her weapon ready to spear him. Sasuke juked to the left and tagged her in the back with a well-placed kick. She stumbled, dropped, rolled, and sprang to her feet. Sasuke was on her in an instant and hammering away on her with a furious set of blows that left her reeling. An array appeared in front of Weiss. Sasuke's eyes narrowed as his fist was stopped by it. Weiss flipped and jumped off it. Sasuke growled and ran around it. More arrays appeared in the air. He stopped and looked at them. Weiss jumped up on one of them and then dove down on him. He avoided her thrust with ease but the wall came up too quick and he was surprised that another array had formed behind him.
Weiss sprang up to another one and jumped forward, getting a massive boost of speed in the process. Sasuke juked to the left, but he felt the cold touch of metal on his face. He was too slow to avoid her thrust and his cheek was grazed. He rolled and sprang to his feet. More arrays formed around him. He thought of Haku in that instant and knew pain was coming. Weiss blinked inside the doom of arrays and bolted through him from different angles. Sasuke coughed and groaned. Each time she jumped from an array it disappeared. He waited. Took three more hits and then finally the last one came. He reached up and snatched her out of the air as she came down on him. With an angry hiss he shoved to the cold floor and punched her in the gut. She coughed and yelped like a kicked puppy.
Weiss lashed out with her rapier. At close range Sasuke was barely able to dodge it or see her follow up kick to his shin. He stumbled back two steps and ran at her. She stabbed her rapier into the floor. Sasuke questioned it. His feet slipped out from under him and he cursed when he hit the ground and kept sliding on ice. Weiss had no problem on the ice and slid right to him. Sasuke came to a stop against the wall. She thrust her weapon forward. The sound of metal hitting metal rang out and a look of surprise was on her face.
Sasuke held up a kunai with the flat end pointed towards her. He stopped her blade with the flat side of his own kunai. She was a tad impressed by it.
Sasuke swung his leg out to swipe her legs out from under her. She flipped backwards and slid across the ice with a smile. Sasuke got his feet and wobbled once before he stood upright on it without problem. Weiss came sliding back at him. Sasuke jumped over and landed in the center of the arena. She changed directions and headed for him.
Sasuke smirked.
Weiss thrust her weapon forward.
Sasuke caught her wrist and didn't move when she ran into him.
Confusion had to wait as Weiss felt her entire form get lifted. Sasuke had her over his head with one hand. With one swing he tossed her away and calmly walked towards her. Weiss hit had. She groaned and got to her feet. Sasuke broke into a run. Weiss hissed a curse and formed more arrays in the air. Sasuke came a stop, unsure of what they would do when they were in front of her. The air grew cold. Shards of ice shot out from them and speared the ground around him. Sasuke jumped high and clung to the ceiling with his chakra. Weiss glanced up, unimpressed by his sticking skills and formed another set of arrays to throw more ice at him.
Grunting, Sasuke flipped through a set of seals and took a breath. Her ice flew at him. He shot fire from his mouth. The flames won over the ice and continued its journey for her. Weiss vanished in the flames. Her aura didn't show any depletion due to damage.
Canceling his jutsu, Sasuke wondered if he went too far. Ice shards flew up at him and he dropped to avoid them. Weiss came out of the smoke with two ice shards ahead of her. Sasuke ducked and avoided them. Weiss spun, lowered herself, sprang up and over him, and stabbed at him. Sasuke narrowly avoided each stab, thanks to his Sharingan.
Sasuke grabbed her wrist, twisted it as he pivoted around her and tossed her into the air. Weiss corrected herself fast and formed an array behind herself. She landed and vaulted at him. Sasuke blocked her thrust with his kunai, batting it away and reached forward. Weiss's hand jerked up and punched him in the face. He grabbed her face and threw away once more. Her rapier was the real problem. That hurt. Her tiny fists did little more than tickle him. Naruto hit harder than she did.
Weiss once more proved a capable of fighter and corrected herself in the air. She landed with grace. She spun and created more arrays. Sasuke's ire was growing with each one of them. He felt a desire to call on his sword with each one she created. Ice shards shot out again. Sasuke snorted at them and avoided all by one. He put his foot out and snatched it out of the air with chakra at his feet. The action alone gave Weiss pause. He kicked it into the air and snatched it up. It was cold to the touch and no bigger than his hand.
"Try something different," he demanded while throwing the shard of ice away.
Weiss glared and created another array. Sasuke sighed and waited for ice. Balls of fire spewed out of the array. Sasuke braced and let them hit him, as he was not expecting fire from the array. The flames licked at his form and Sasuke could only curse his luck as he felt his shirt begin to burn. Obviously Weiss wasn't a pervert or she would have tried to burn all his clothes off of him. Either that or she was still fighting like this was a simple sparring match.
The flames died away and Sasuke was glade his shirt was turned to ash. Weiss charged forward. Sasuke grunted and she pierced his chest. Her weapon slid through bone, muscle and soft flesh. A look of horror was plastered on her face. A collective gasp of horror followed from the students. Sasuke winced and suddenly disappeared from sight. His shirt remained skewered by her rapier.
Coughing, Sasuke appeared behind her with only a small puncture wound over his heart. It wasn't deep enough to cause harm. Blood trickled out from his wound. He remained on his feet and a scowl formed on his face.
Weiss flicked her rapier in his direction, throwing his shirt at his feet. Sasuke kicked it away and glared at her. More arrays appeared. Bolts of fire and wind erupted from them. Sasuke jumped high and came down on her. A third array appeared before he could get close and he bounced off it with a thud. He rolled to his feet and felt the chill of cold air hit him. He looked up and spied a dozen shards of ice coming for him.
His mind went blank.
He acted on impulse.
His hand grabbed the hilt of his sword and in a flurry of motion cut each shard out of the air. His Sharingan spun wildly and anger was in his eye. He raced towards her. She created another array. Sasuke disappeared once the first ice shard flew out and appeared in front of her, another shard of ice taking the blow from its brethren.
He slashed.
She screamed.
Reality came back to him. His mind cleared and he watched Weiss hit the ground with a thud. He looked at his weapon. There was no blood that he could see. A red blade would make it hard to notice, but he knew there was no blood. She wore all white. It would have appeared by now. He took a step back as she groaned.
Aura, he told himself. She had just enough to shield herself from his enraged swing. He went back to his form life in that moment. He heard a whisper from the crowd and looked at his left arm. Black lines were slowly racing down it. He covered his Curse Seal up and willed its dark power away. The match was called and Sasuke sheathed his weapon and left. He scooped his shirt up before leaving.
(-)
"Sasuke," Ruby shouted. Sasuke wanted to ignore her but something prevented him from doing that. He finished putting his bracelet on. He wasn't partaking in any more fights. He was going to forfeit each one until he could better control his anger and the Curse Seal. Did it make him feel that way? Did it strip away his mentality and make him go berserk?
"What?" he asked irritably. Ruby looked hurt by his words. He looked back at his reflection in the mirror that was in his locker. He wanted to try and smile to forget this. The lingering doubt of it working filled his mind.
"What you did out there was incredible." Sasuke snorted. "You stopped Weiss. I didn't think anyone was going to be able to. I know I'm fast, but you adapted really quick to her Glyphs." She was overly proud of that. "She's fine, by the way. Just a bruise. She's a little angry that she lost her first match here. She's wanting to get another one, but Glynda is letting her fight any more today."
"That's good," he said softly. His shoulder still hurt. His Curse Seal was still acting up.
"So how did you do all that? That was really cool how you stuck the ceiling! How did you move that fast? Oh! How did you even spit those fireballs at her? That was so cool!" She gushed each word. Sasuke closed his eye. She read the mood and calmed down. "Hey… Sasuke… are you okay?"
He slammed his locker shut. She jumped a little. "No," he said sharply. His knuckles went white as he clenched his fists. Blood dripped between his fingers. Ruby gasped and reached for his hand to look at it. Sasuke punched his locker. "That… that wasn't me out there." He shook his head. No, he thought bitterly, that is me. The old me. The me that still exists because I'm still an Avenger at heart. He punched the locker again and dented it. Ruby took a step back in fear. He sighed and his rage left him. "Sorry," he said with a grunt. "I'm just… it's different for me. I'm not used to…" He stopped and sighed. He walked off. Ruby reached for him as if it would stop him, but he left anyway.
Ruby collapsed onto the bench and sighed. I hope he's going to be okay. She took a deep breath and walked back out to watch the rest of the matches.
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Sasuke huffed and puffed as the fight kept playing through his mind. He didn't know why Weiss pushed him that far. He read every single move she made. How she made those arrays or glyphs was beyond him, but it was the fact that she, someone so dainty and weak, was able to push him to a point that he went blank in the mind and reverted back to his old self. The old version that lusted for power and was willing to do anything, even murder a friend, to achieve that goal. It made him sick and he wondered if Naruto would have lost control as well and produced that red aura of his for the fight.
I could have handled that better, he thought to himself. He knew he could have. He should have left his weapon in his locker and used only his kunai. He could have ended it sooner. All he'd have had to do was wrap her up in his wire and she'd be out like that. But he decided to humor her until he was forced to a breaking point. Some level of restraint is showed. He doubted Ozpin would be pleased with what he did. If Ozpin wanted to, he could have him killed or worse, thrown in jail. Sasuke doubted that if came to that, he'd be willing to run.
There was a soft tap of boots on stone. Sasuke looked back. Weiss was on her feet and staring at him.
She glared at him and finally huffed. "That was impressive the way you fought against me. I didn't think my first match would be against someone as capable as you." Sasuke blinked slowly, unsure of what to say. He wanted to mock her. His old self was still there kicking him. She was weak compared to him. Why not mock her? "Ruby said that you lost control during that fight? What do you mean by that?"
Sasuke turned away from her and looked at the water in the pound. Fish swam by and he watched with his Sharingan as each muscle movement was seen before even the fish knew what it was doing. "At the end of the match when I drew my sword I went back to my old self. That version of me is still with me and I'm trying to destroy it. What you fought was a version of me that lusted for power and would do anything to attain it. I shouldn't have drawn my sword. You could have died tonight."
Weiss huffed. "Atlas technology has saved countless lives. People have been bitten in half and still live. There are even people with cybernetic limbs, lungs, even hurts. If you cut me in half, my father would spend all of his money to see me alive again. Believe me, I know he would."
"That's not the point," Sasuke told her. He turned back to her, his Sharingan gone. "I shouldn't have lost control. That was my fault. If you had died it would have meant I slipped up and would have returned fully to my old self. I don't want that. Not as the leader of my team. I can't… I won't use my sword to harm innocent people. That's not who I want to be."
Weiss shut her eyes and sighed. "I came out here to congratulate you on your victory, and you throw it back in my face by saying I would have died because you lost control. That's what these sparring sessions are about: control. You clearly lack it."
"Well then why don't you teach me how to control my anger when I fight, Princess?" He hissed at her. Weiss glared at him. Sasuke turned away, unhappy that he made an insult at her. "I'm going to get something to eat." He put his hands in his pockets as he marched for the cafeteria. Weiss followed. "Why are you following me?"
"I'm not done talking to you."
Sasuke cursed inwardly and started ignoring her. He spied Jasper chuckling from the safety of some shadows. He was not going to hear the end of this tonight. He could already tell. And that made him glad.
A/N
Okay so this chapter turned out a little longer than expected, but after this it's pretty much going to the next episode because I really want to get to Naruto waking up. His moment is going to be fun. At least in my head it is. Also means more fun time with other people. But before we cross that bridge there is one final bridge to cross for Sasuke because Naruto still serves one part before I'm waking him, and that is Sasuke coming to terms with his actions against him and admitting his own wrong doing to his friends.
So funny thing about this fight that he had with Weiss is that when I started thinking about matches since obviously the next one starts off with Jaune getting his butt kicked, ( I went back and fixed it in the previous chapter if you read it before the change took place), they said that it had been weeks, I wondered who could honestly stand a chance against Sasuke and do the most damage to him. I chose Weiss because, between everyone else that we've seen fight, her fighting style is speed, precision, and her glyphs. Sasuke knew about all of that, but not enough to know what she could do. His Sharingan would make almost everyone else easy to beat in my head with the exception of Pyrrha and maybe Dove since he is hinted to be the strongest of team CRDL.
So obviously they've all had time to get better acquainted with each other when the next chapter starts. Sasuke's little moment with his team at the start, pretty much doing what Kakashi did, was to flush out his team more. Jasper is honestly the only one that I wanted to not have a noble reason for coming here. He's like Yang. He's doing it for fun.