Chapter 6

Everyone turned towards the door. Except for Junior, who was already facing the door when the man came in, and Ahria, who was sipping his drink. Yang stood in front of Blake, partially shielding her from the man. Weiss and Ruby stood on either side of Yang and slightly in front of her. Junior stopped polishing his glass and put his hands out of sight, behind the counter. The two girls off to the side tensed, but didn't get up. Wisteria and Leilah looked around, then took battle stances next to RWBY. Ahria sat at the bar, not looking, but his left hand went to rest on the large, thin rectangular case beside him.

"My name is Adam. Adam Taurus. I'm here looking for Blake Belladonna. We've got some, ahh, personal matters to discuss." Adam said, his lips curving up into a hungry smirk.

"I'm guessing your old partner from before, Blake?" Yang asked.

"Yeah." Blake nodded her head.

"Also your ex?" Wisteria asked.

"Unfortunately, yes." Blake sighed.

"So, what about it girls? Give me a moment with Blake, and this doesn't get ugly." Adam sneered, his hand on the hilt of the sword by his side.

"Well, Junior, I'll pay for the door." Ahria said, as he picked up the box beside him and buckled it onto his belt.

"Wait what are you gonna do-" Junior started to shout, but not before Ahria disappeared and reappeared in front of Adam. All that was audible for the next moment was the sound of wood breaking and cracking under extreme stress as Adam literally flew backwards out of the bar, with Ahria's hand over his face. Then his head slammed into the ground, and before anyone could react, Ahria turned and threw Adam down the street, where he landed about 20 meters away.

"Dammit man, now I need a new door." Junior grumbled, as he visibly relaxed and started to walk out from behind the bar. Everyone followed him outside, as they watched the battle

In the street, Adam got up, a faint red aura flickering around him. His masked face turned towards Ahria, and although his eyes were hidden, the spite that he felt against Ahria was so strong that the faint aura around him started to spike uncontrollably, which signified the activation of his skill Spite.

Skill:

Spite: Triggered by spite towards someone. Attack damage and attack speed increases drastically. However, insanity is likely. Current chance of insanity after full activation: 24%.

Ahria's left hand flicked on the case, and a handle popped out from the thin side facing the front. He pulled on it, and a black blade came out. It was double edged, and was only about two fingers wide. The hilt was sleek but smooth, allowing for maximum comfort.

Adam's left leg moved back, and he tilted his body off to the side. His right arm rested in front of the hilt of his own sword. As he got ready, he could see Ahria planting the black sword case on the ground.

Ahria was slightly annoyed with Adam. He hated the kind of person to barge in, threaten someone, and look so arrogant. So, he took action, and decided that he was going to teach Adam a lesson.

As Adam's body tensed up for a quick-draw skill, Ahria merely flicked his sword in a circle. Then time slowed down for the both of them.

Adam's left leg pushed, then his right leg, and he started to fly forward, while unsheathing his blade. He was staring hard at Ahria's arm, thinking that slicing off an arm will be a good lesson, when he realized that Ahria had disappeared. Then a tingling feeling came from his back, and he rapidly turned in midair, drew, and barely parried the down slash from Ahria. The force slammed him into the ground, shattering the earth in a 5-meter radius, and creating a small crater where Adam's body had smashed into the ground.

Ahria landed about 10 meters away, his sword pointed at the ground, not saying anything. Then he walked over to the black case, picked it up, buckled it back onto his belt, and sheathed his sword. The hilt was still visible, and he pressed a button on the top, which retracted the hilt back into the box. Then he opened his inventory, clicked around for a while, and materialized a bag of gold into his hand. He tossed the bag towards Junior, and went back into the bar. The girls watched with wide eyes, then followed Junior back in. Yang stayed behind to grab Adam.

Yang shook her head, walked over to the crater, and looked at Adam, who was now lying in the ground, unconscious, without his Spite aura around him. Yang picked him up by the collar and dragged him back into the bar, where the rest of RWBY, Wisteria, Leilah, Junior, and Ahria are sitting, drinking various drinks. Everyone looked at Yang, specifically who she was dragging on the ground.

Blake's cat ears twitched nervously again, and she tried not to look at the passed-out Adam. Ruby's eyes flickered back and forth between Adam and Ahria, and Weiss looked down into her cup, as if the coffee in there was the most interesting in the world. The two girls that were sitting in the table remained seated, aloof but present, and Wisteria and Leilah were sitting together, asking Junior questions about various topics.

Yang tossed Adam onto a table at the center of the bar, and everyone looked up, then at Junior, expecting answers.

"What, I don't care what you do to him now. He's not my problem." Junior shook his head and walked back behind the bar, where he resumed polishing glasses.

"So, what do we do with him now?" Yang asked.

Then, two more girls walked in.

A/N: Why are people walking in all of a sudden? Anyways, I guess more friends of mine joining the story. More RWBY characters will show up, like team JNPR (yes, this is an AU where Pyrrha didn't die, I thought I made it pretty clear that this is a world where everything was settled in a video game and just because you died in the game (before everyone got teleported) it didn't mean you died irl).

Next chapter will be some character stats, I guess.

To be continued…