Chapter 3
Ruby saw the mass of arms coming at her and reflexively activated Rose Petals. A flurry of rose petals replaced her as the Nuckelavee tore through the petals, confused by the petals which floated past its head and gathered behind it. As the petals gathered, the Nuckelavee turned around to the blade of Ruby's scythe heading for its neck. Instinctively, its upper body twitched and twisted to the side at a 90-degree angle, and Crescent Rose sliced through its shoulder, cutting off its right arm. The Nuckelavee screeched and flailed wildly with its remaining arm, until Ruby started launching various types of magic while running around it. Its screech heightened in pitch, then came to an abrupt stop, as Ruby's scythe tore through its head and sliced straight down, severing the Nuckelavee into two pieces. The Grimm collapsed on the ground with a thud and its body started to dissipate into black smoke. A bloodred crystal shard remained, and as Ruby picked it up, a tag popped up which read 'Grimm Essentia'.
Weiss's POV
Weiss saw the Manticore coming for her and summoned a dozen glyphs around it, trapping it behind a small dome of energy. Weiss then jumped back and casted a Summon glyph, summoning her Arma Gigas (the giant suit of armor). The living armor swung its sword and sliced through the Manticore's head, then turned, swung again, and sliced the Manticore's head clean off. The Manticore fell to the ground and dissipated into shadowy smoke. A crystal remained behind, with the name 'Grimm Essentia' floating above it.
Blake's POV
The Minotaur swung its hammer at Blake, who disappeared and reappeared on the hammer. The Minotaur stared a Blake for a second, then roared in rage and began to swing its hammer frantically, trying to shake Blake off. Blake stared at the Minotaur, trying to figure out a pattern, then shook her head and started disappearing and reappearing randomly between the Minotaur swings. Then suddenly, the Minotaur stopped swinging, and a thin red line started glowing on its neck. Then, with a soft thud, the Minotaur fell to the ground in a puff of smoke. All that remained was a single bloodred shard, another Grimm Essentia.
Yang's POV
Yang could feel the wind in her hair, and it felt nice. Then the giant wolf pounced.
The wolf was fast, almost faster than Yang could react, and instinctively, Yang put her arms crossed in an X-shape in front of her face. The claws came a second later, and Yang was knocked back into a wall, her boots leaving a trail of marks on the stone pathway. The wolf howled in triumph, but stopped and turned towards the wall which it had knocked Yang into.
A faint yellow light came from the hole in the wall, and Yang walked out, her hair flowing like fire under the darkened sky. The wolf growled, pacing the floor with one paw, and lowered its head. Its eye seemed to gleam a little more. Then a yellow strand of hair fell in front of Yang's eyes, and all hell broke loose…
Yang's eyes turned a bright crimson, and her normally carefree expression was replaced by one of rage, as she instantly pounced forward, her passive Rage activating and stacking upon her in a yellow glow (similar to aura glow, I guess). The wolf's eyes widened, and before it could act, a flurry of punches, kicks, and elbows hit it in the underbelly. The killing blow came with the uppercut right under the jaw, enforced by a bolt of fire from Yang's vambraces. The shadow wolf dissipated, and a single crystal shard remained; another Grimm Essentia.
A few moments later
The last of the demons, or Grimm, as RWBY addressed them as, have been killed. Not every single one of the lesser Grimm dropped any kind of Essentia.
Team RWBY gathered together in one of the small squares in the city, each showed their own Essentia shard and put them on the ground to try to figure out what they were for. As they watched, the four shards started glowing and resonating, and suddenly the pieces combined, and merged. A magical circle appeared, then another, then some more. Suddenly, the essential disappeared into the circles of glyphs and four boxes appeared. The girls looked confused, but each picked one up.
A/N: So that's it for the first battle, I guess? What will the girls get from the boxes?
To be continued…