Weaponry

Velvet and Coco saw the temple up close. Several students had arrived already and left, lined along the ring of the temple was plinths, three were empty and three more were available. Walking over, Coco and Velvet inspected the objects sat on the plinths.

"Cutlery? Why are there cutlery on here?" Coco asked curiously.

"They must be the items we were meant to get? A knife and two spoons remain, a pair of forks must be missing." Velvet explained and walked over to a spoon. "Do we take it?" she asked and Coco nodded, watching Velvet slowly take the golden spoon, leaving the silver one on the plinth across from it. Nothing happened when they took it, so they headed back the way they came.

"Well that was easy" Coco smirked softly, walking through the underbrush with Velvet. "Only a few Grimm and not even anything bigger than the one that chased you" she chuckled to herself. She thought this was going to be a big challenge but it was easier than she thought.

"It was rather big" Velvet admitted then stopped, putting a hand on Coco's shoulder. "Stop" she whispered quietly.

"What?"

"Something is following us. Its big, very big… but… its stalking us" she whispered quietly, motioning her eyes behind her in a quick darting motion. "Ten meters behind us, very close" she added.

Coco nodded, pulling her bag close, readying her finger on the release catch for the unfolding process. On a count of three, the pair jumped around just as the beast leapt out at them, realising it had been spotted. The beast was indeed huge and Velvet's determination was very correct.

The beast was fox like and taller than the pair of them together. Coco spat some curse that Velvet heard even over the noise the beast was now making, stealth was out the option for it, it was time to kill.

Smirking and lifting her gun up to fire, she laced the beast with tracer fire but it didn't seem to even bother with it; slowly looking at the pair in slow movements before locking its eyes on Coco. Gruffing and snuffing, the beast kicked back its leg several times before charging.

"Watch out Coco!" Velvet yelled as she pushed the girl aside, sending her flying and her weapon skidding away. Velvet faced the beast, which in its charge, was going straight for her now. She began to back flip until she reached the edge of the tree's and then jumped to the side, kicking off the tree for a boost. The beast ran into the tree's and uprooted several; shaking its head in shock, it turned and saw Coco getting up again. It began to charge once more but Velvet jumped in the way again and it turned to go for her.

"Follow me!" she called and ran off into the forest.

"Velvet!" Coco yelled, reaching for her gun, she packed it up and ran after the pair. She could hear it snorting and chasing her down. There was a loud smash and Coco found the beast and Velvet again. Its head had ran straight into a large cliff face and rocks tumbled down. Velvet back flipped and rolled out the of the way as she came back over to Coco.

"Aim for the rocks, We can't shoot it so we bury it" she explained, Coco nodded and smirking, unfolding her minigun again, she began to lace the rocks above its head. The beast turned to face them and began to charge once more but a large rock collided with its muzzle; knocking its chin to the floor. Even as it began to get up, it was pounded by more rocks until the entire beast was covered in boulders.

"Nice work Vel" Coco panted and smirked, calling Velvet by a new nickname while also punching Velvet in the arm, causing the girl to fall to the floor rather hard. "Oh…Sorry about that, My semblance is my strength, so I can heft this thing around" she chuckled and lifted the minigun by its handle with one hand.

Rubbing her arm, Velvet got up and nodded. "It… it was exonerating… running away from the Grimm, dodging and fighting" she was hyped up on adrenaline, it was clear by her wide eyes.

"You did well, it was a good plan" she nodded, about to say something along the lines of 'lets go back to the school before dinner' but the rocks in front of them scattered. "Ah…shit" Coco snarled and lifted her weapon up again, firing rounds into the mound as the beast clambered out, a large chunk of its face mask broken and damaged, leaking black fluid which hissed on the soil.

The beast was pissed, that much was obvious as it failed to give its usual kicking start and charged right at them. Coco laced it with fire but it just kept coming.

"Coco!" Velvet yelled and pushed her out the way, with strength that Coco did not know Velvet had. Both Coco and her weapon flew out the way and although hit the ground hard, were well out of danger from the beast; however, Velvet was right in the middle of it.

"Velvet!" Coco screamed, her voice breaking as she watched the girl turn to face the beast with… a calm stoic expression on her face?

Raising her hands up from her sides, she swung one up in front of her face while the other swung back and began to press a hidden panel on the outside of the bag she wore. Her fingers moved like lightening on a number pad and a bright glow emanated from the box. In her right hand, a light formed at her palm and quickly extended out into a long blade; a two handed longsword with intricate designs and which the grip curved like a pistol grip.

Swinging the blade of blue light, the beast recoiled from the parry and came in again, she pirouetted and swung the blade again in an upwards parry. The beast slashed and hacked at her but her moves were like that of a dancer, the beast her partner as she parried and deflected the blades. Jumping backwards in a back flip, the blue blade disappeared as she typed in another series of numbers.

In her hand, replacing the blade, was a large blunderbuss which the end of which looked like a large mace or morning star. Firing the cannon in a single blast at point blank, the beast flew back in a cry of pain.

Swinging her hand back again, she typed more numbers into the pad and Coco couldn't believe her eyes as she saw a weapon too familiar. Her minigun was now in Velvet's hands, but… the weapon was still in her own hands. A blue light version of Coco's minigun fired up at the beast, its arms coming up to shield its face as her fire ripped into it.

Although something was wrong with this copy of her weapon, it staggered its fire, bursting and chocking itself before letting out a large blast, it wasn't a perfect copy.

"Velvet?" Coco asked quietly, confused as to what she was seeing. The Rabbit ignored her for now as she got down onto one knee and raised her hand up, tapping more numbers before a long rifle appeared in her hands, pulling back the bolt, she fired a single shot, putting it directly into the crack of the beast's mask. Black blood flew out the back of the creatures head before it fell into a pile in the dirt; fading away into nothing as all Grimm did when killed.

"Fuck me sideways and inside out! That was fucking amazing!" Coco cursed.