Outcasts and Outlaws
Volume 3, Chapter 13
Knight VS Lady
Opening Music: http/youtu.be/qBB-R7lBspc
[Fairy Tail OP 4]
(Shows the runic symbols of the Ancient Remnant Tomes)
(Shows Kane)
(Shows Mars)
(Shows Jim)
(Shows Ruby)
(Shows Connor)
(Shows Team KALOS)
(OUTCASTS AND OUTLAWS) (Shows Beacon)
YO HO kaji o kire tori kaji ippai de! YO HO uosao
(Shows Team JNPR inside the Beacon sparring arena cheering) ikina jinsei!
(Shows Team RWBY and Ozpin cheering)
(Shows Team KALOS cheering) (Shows Team KALOS standing on the cliff of Beacon)
Hi ga ochiru
(Zooms in Connor's eye) koro ni wa (Pans over Team KALOS)
shukko no utage!
(Shows Damien on top of a tree, wearing a cloth make over his face) Sabishiku nanka nai iki
(An apparition of Daryl appears behind Damien)
terya mata
(Damien jumps down from the tree and runs towards Beacon)
dokka de aeru!
(Shows Kane pull out his scythes and summon up dark clouds) Mukaikaze buchi nuki
(Shows Jim next to Yang, Yang blushes and looks away)
tabidate!
(Shows Connor and Kane go back to back as Mars' shield surrounds them)
Namida namida kareru made (Shows Mars standing on a telekinetic platform above them) otokonara tsuyogatte!
(Shows Irileth flip in the air and summon up her purple crows) Tomo yo tomo yo
(Stephane takes out all the purple crows with his blade)
itsu no hi ka
(Shows Connor punch at Mars) warette!
(Mars blocks the punch and hits back, sending Connor flying)
Katai katai
(Kane fires a dark cloud arrow at Mars)
kizuna
(Mars dodges back then jumps up) o sa tashikame
(Mars fires balls of green energy at them)
aeru
(Kane fires black clouds from his hands)
yo ni
(Connor jumps over Kane's head and fires light from his hands)
Ima
(Shows Yang)
kagayaki dasu
(Yang activates her semblance and fire appears)
mirai no chizu o sa tsukami tore!
(Shows Ozpin signalling the start of a sparring match)
(Shows Irileth attacking with her whips)
(Shows Jim running with his boomerangs in his hands)
(Shows Damien walking into the Beacon entrance hall)
(Shows Mars go into Mystic State)
(Connor and Kane throw punches at him)
END
Play Music: http/youtu.be/xaF5gBX_R5k
[Fairy Tail 2014 Main Theme]
The crowd roared passionately as the two combatants took their places on the battlefield, locking eyes fiercely. On one side stood Stephane, being cheered on by a gaggle of girls in the stands behind him. On the other end stood Irileth, the other members of Team Kalos minus Mars, along with Ruby and Yang supporting her from behind. On their right side were there was the main stands, a path cutting through the middle of them to the main arena doors. On their left was a blank wall, on the other side of which was the Beacon gardens.
Stephane held in one hand an enormous cleaver like sword, one side of it a straight blade, the other straight up to almost the end, then a curve into the sharp bladed shape at the end. In his right hand he held a great shield made out of a sturdy rock. The surface of it was not smooth, but in fact rocks jutted out everywhere, as if it had been roughly assembled. Despite that however, it gave the shield a menacing look. Irileth noted the rocks were unscratched, meaning they must be incredibly sturdy. Irileth herself was equipped with two small bronze cylinders, one in each hand. She didn't intend to show her weapon until the battle began and so kept it sheathed.
"I seem to remember you saying I wouldn't be able to hit you." Stephane spoke loudly, to be heard over the rambunctious crowd whose excited screaming showed how much they had been looking forward to seeing him fight. "I hope you're ready for me to disprove that theory!" He challenged, entering a battle stance with his sword in front of him and his shield behind. Irileth took this as an aggressive tactic, but also wondered if he planned to attempt to parry her.
She said nothing however, not wanting to give any inkling as to her strategy for this fight. Instead she sternly stared back at him in an attempt to make him nervous. It didn't work though, he looked back at her with the same grit and a cocky grin to boot.
Ozpin then appeared in the stirs case between the stands, just outside the arena, and announced, "Normal rules apply, weapons may be used as well as semblances! The match shall end when one of you falls and does not get back up!" He then shot a quick glance at both the competitors to check that they were ready and, after receiving a quick nod from each, raised his hand in the air and yelled, "Begin!"
Play Music: http/youtu.be/CZq88bs0kHs
[Fairy Tail OST- Invoke Magic]
The instant Ozpin had signalled the start of the match, Stephane shot forward at incredible speed, launching himself off of his feet. He stuck his sword forward, intending to hit Irileth in the chest right from the start and take her down quickly. He was surprised however, when Irileth jumped over his head incredibly fast, dodging the stabbing motion of his weapon. Once directly above him in the air, she lashed out with a kick aimed right at his face. He reacted just as hastily as she had before, turning round and raising his shield above his head to block the hit. Irileth then launched herself off the shield and into the air with the power of her legs alone, and pressed a button on the sides of the bronze cylinders she was still holding onto. The two cylinders shifted and transformed into two small pistols and when Irileth pulled the trigger, shots of purple energy fired from the thin barrels. Stephane moved his shield in reaction and blocked the hit, the purple energy causing a small wave of energy and a cloud of dust as it impacted the rock. Irileth landed perfectly on her feet, then pointed one pistol straight at Stephane, whilst holding the other up near her head, presumably to be ready for quick aiming.
Stephane looked round the edge of his shield as the crowd went wild for the action they had just scene. Most were cheering for Stephane, but some, Team Kalos and friends included, cheered for Irileth. "I'm seen as a great warrior you know." Stephane informed his opponent. "That's why they for me over you, I'm known by them as one of the best."
"I'll shatter that title!" Irileth snapped back fiercely, making even Stephane a little uneasy. "For what you said to Kane, I'll shatter your reputation!"
The crowd cheered harder at that, more generally now than for a specific fighter. Irileth's determination and skill had taken them from supporting the one the saw as a great knight to cheering for more action from either side in seconds.
"She's really fired up isn't she?" Connor commented, seeing the look in Irileth's eyes as she planned her next move. "She's doing all that that for you too Kane, what do you think about that?"
Kane scoffed in response, not in the least bit bothered by Irileth's manner. "I can handle a little insult, she didn't have to butt in for my sake." He said. "Besides, if it was me out there, he'd already be on the floor." He added, staring at Stephane's back maliciously and imagining how he could win a fight against him in mere seconds.
"Oh, really?" Jim replied doubtfully, holding his arms crossed and wearing a disbelieving smile. "Even with that big shield to get past?"
"I'd smash it to pieces with one blow." Kane menacingly replied, unintentionally showing how much he had wanted to fight.
"I don't know about that, Irileth's attack didn't even make a dent." Ruby pointed out, knowing well how durable the shield must be to withstand a shot like that without being damaged at all, and also knowing rock and stone wasn't strong enough. Something was up, his shield was somehow stronger than the material it was made out of.
Before they could speak more about their thoughts on the fight so far, Stephane stopped hiding standing still behind his shield as charged forward with his weapon by his side and his shield covering his face. Irileth didn't bother taking any shots, knowing it wouldn't do a thing to the shield and essentially be a waste of dust and aura. When Stephane swung his sword from left to right, she ducked under it, her entire body practically touching the floor. Before the shocked Stephane could recover from his wide swing, she pressed a button on her pistols and the crowd awed as they folded back into pistols, then purple energy shot out of the ends and took the form of two long energy whips. In one swift motion, she smacked the whips past Stephane's legs, tripping him up and resulting in him ending up on the ground while Irileth stood tall.
"She knocked him down?" Yang commented, amazed that Irileth found a way around the massive great shield.
"Go Irileth!" Jim cheered, raising his metal arm into the air and Yang cheered along with him. "Keep him down!" They both shouted in support.
Kane simply stared, he wasn't normally the kind to cheer, his shouting during Connor's fight against Yang and been a one off and he had no intention of repeating it. Despite that, he was impressed by Irileth's skill. When he had last seen her as a child she showed no prospects of becoming a huntress, whereas he was already well learned in the powers of his semblance, and shortly after leaving he also became adept in combat. Now she was here, kicking the arse of a pompous knight, she had come a long way.
By the time Stephane rose to his feet, being weighed down by his shield, Irileth was already walking away from him towards what had originally been his side of the stands. She took a moment to glare terrifyingly at the girls seated there who had previously been cheering for the great knight, but were now shocked into silence.
"I did say you wouldn't be able to land a hit on me, didn't I?" She then said, addressing Stephane without even turning to look at him. "You told me you were gonna disprove that statement, so what are you waiting for?"
Now steady on his feet, but slightly bruised from where he fell, Stephane answered, "You wench, guess I'll have to step my game up."
"You're not different from everyone else, you know." Irileth then told him sternly, still turned away from him. Stephane felt his breath caught in his breath at what he figured she was talking about, but how had she figured it out?
"What's she going on about?" Connor whispered, not wanting to disturb the serene silence that had come about after that line. Everyone who has been cheering up to this point was now not making any sound at all, each and every one of them waiting for the explanation.
"Jim told me and Kane all about you..." Irileth continued, all eyes and ears on the arena on her, watching and listening. "Your family's pretty well off, so your a rich kid."
"What's that got to do with anything?" Stephane questioned, pretending he didn't know what she was going to say. "It's not like I bribed any judges, there aren't any."
"Everyone thinks you hate Jim because of what his kind did to your family, but that's not the case." Irileth kept going, getting closer to saying what Stephane desperately didn't want her to in front of all the people watching the fight. "There's no way that over all those years you haven't forgiven him. I've spent a lot of time with you at Mythril Academy, I know you're not that stupid."
Everyone, Stephane included, then waited for the final statement as Irileth finally turned around to face her opponent. Everyone was on the edge of their seats, wanting to know the juicy secret that Stephane had been hiding. Jim especially was intrigued, deep in thought about what this all could mean.
When Irileth stopped turning and fully faced Stephane, her hand was surrounded by a thin purple glow and her eyes had the same aura emanating from them. She pointed her hand, energy whip still in it, out towards Stephane and pointed at him with her first two fingers side by side. She then opened her mouth again and, breaking the silence of the arena, announced, "The real reason you hate Jim...is because you thought with all the money and fame your family had, all the pride they possessed...you thought you could never be his friend anyway."
After that silence returned, no noise was heard in the arena, and no one moved. They all just stared at Stephane as he hung his head, his secret side revealed. Jim looked at him, unable to see his face from behind, and wondered if maybe...
"You are a wench...I'm gonna pummel you." Stephane threatened, raising his head to show a look of extreme fury. She had revealed his deepest secret, something he had intended to take to the grave, and he was going to make her pay for it. His eyes widened however, when he saw her drawing back her purple glowing fist.
When Irileth punched forward into the air with her fist, the purple glow intensified, and shapes emerged from the light. They then took on the shape of crows, small purple crows. They had no features, no eyes or any other extremities, they were simply plain purple birds. Not even feathers were distinguishable, their bodies were plain and purple. About thirty of them in all rushed through the air towards Stephane, gliding valiantly without the need to flap their wings.
Stephane went down on one knee and held his shield up in front of him in response, the crows ricocheting off the rock and melting away into nothing but a light purple vapour, which in time also vanished. Despite that, Irileth kept up with her assault, sending more and more of her birds constructed from nothing but her own energy to attack Stephane in the hope of damaging his shield. "So this is her semblance...it's no match for mine." He thought to himself and then shouted out over the noise of the flock's war cry, "My semblance has added an extra layer of protection to my shield, you won't be able to get past it!"
Irileth heard that and observed his shield as she kept up her attack, noticing a thin blue aura around his shield, the extra layer of protection he had spoken of. His semblance certainly was strong, but Irileth had faith in her own. She increases the power of the flock ever so slightly, and as she had hoped, Stephane's shield was knocked to the side.
"She broke my guard?!" He thought to himself in disbelief as he started to fall backwards from the force of the blow. He managed to get a hold of his footing, but he didn't have time to raise his shield again before the next wave of crows was on top of him.
The entirety of the crowd was lost for words as they laid eyes on what happened next. Stephane stood completely straight, unaffected by the barrage of birds, with a thin blue aura surrounding his body. It was the same aura he had previously imbued his shield with, except now it was all over him. "This is true potential of my semblance." Stephane declared, grinning cockily as even Irileth's face looked shocked. "I'm impressed you managed to break my guard, but I always have a backup plan. My semblance has now formed a protective barrier around my body, your attacks will do nought."
Taking advantage of Irileth's surprise, Stephane then rushed forward, charging the blue aura of his semblance into his executioner's blade. Just like before, Irileth dodged under his swing, but this time Stephane had a follow up attack. He smashed his blue imbued sword into the ground next to Irileth, sending a wave of invisible energy bursting through the arena, Irileth being lifted up into the air by the force of it. He then charged the same blue energy into his shield, and smashed Irileth out of the air with it, sending her across the arena and hitting the floor with a crash.
The crowd cheered in Stephane's favour after that, all except Team Kalos of course. Irileth lay on her hands and knees, bruised all over from the hard landing. She pushed as away from the floor as much as she could, but the hit had been a hard one and she couldn't rise. "How about we end it here?" Stephane suggested. "You're not going to be able to get up, and I don't want to hurt you anymore than I already have. You are a woman after all."
Play Music: http/youtu.be/R01X4vaerUc
[Fairy Tail OST- Fairy Glitter]
"Is this...the way you think you'll make friends?" Irileth weakly asked, still recovering from the blow she had received. Still down on the ground, she turned her head to look at Stephane. "This way...you'll only push people further away from you."
"What are you going on about now, wench?" Stephane asked in response, even though he knew exactly what she was talking about. He clenched his fist as it hung by his side, holding the handle of his blade, the long side of his hair covering his facial expression.
"You...treat people like...crap because of your family." Irileth continued as the crowd was once again thrown into silence by her tone. "Your family is...rich and famous...and so they'd see it as a betrayal for you to...associate with us, we commoners, but it doesn't have to be that way!"
"Shut up, you whore..." Stephane cursed, his fists shaking uncontrollably. Even though she was trying to help him, he didn't want her to spill his secret emotions.
"You want more than anything to associate with us though, don't you?" Irileth kept going, the audience enthralled by her speech. "You're not like the rest of your family, deep down, under the cover you put over yourself. More than anything...you want to set yourself apart from your prejudice family...and have friends like us."
Stephane loosened his grip on his weapon and shield upon hearing that, she's hit the nail right on the head and he didn't know how he should react. If she hadn't called him out, he could've carried that secret to his deathbed.
"Friends that laugh and cry together are so much more than a family wound up on formalities and old traditions, you know that." Irileth added, everyone hanging on to her every word. "Friends like us...support each other no matter what, where an old, rich family such as yours might throw you out on the street. You desperately want to be a part...of the Beacon family."
Stephane was frozen still by this point, not out of fear, but out of relief. Finally what he had wanted to say for years had been said. "She's right..." He thought to himself. "My family has always been so...different to me. They hated the Faunus, whereas I had a Faunus friend. They made me get rid of him, they didn't want me to associate with his kind. Now though...now I can..."
Stephane's thoughts were cut off when he felt the impact of a flock of crows hitting him. In his emotions, he had left his shielding down, but he didn't care. He fell to the ground and dropped his weapons, unconcerned about the result of the battle. When he stood, he didn't left his equipment on the floor and announced, "I forfeit, Irileth wins."
Cheering them filled the arena for the last time that day. Despite his the match had ended, the crowd had thoroughly enjoyed it, and cheered the outcome. Stephane walked solemnly out towards the exit of the arena, whilst hearing Team Kalos and friends cheering Irileth's name. One thing he hadn't anticipated however, was that Jim was be standing in front of the open double doors, blocking his exit.
"Jim..." Stephane said to him, lifting his head up so the hair would move out of the way of his face. "I've been a dick, I know. Now you know why. I won't be surprised if you don't forgive me, and I won't blame you if you don't want to be my friend but-"
"What do you take me for?" Jim interpreted, surprising Stephane, who looked at him in confusion.
"I-"
"You think I'm the sort of guy who won't forgive someone for their actions?" Jim said. "I'm not a dick, like you have been these past few years. After hearing how much you need a good friend, and how denied you were in having one, how could I refuse you my friendship?"
For the first Jim remembered seeing, and for the first time in a long time, Stephane smiled gratefully. He was happy that Jim had so readily forgiven him, such was the kind of friend he's always wanted. "Jim..." He started to say, but was again interrupted.
"Come on, let's get those bruises looked at!" Jim chummily suggested, wrapping his arm around Stephane in a friendly manner. The two then left the arena as the rest of Team Kalos congratulated Irileth on her victory, and one person watched the two new mates leave.
Ozpin smiled sincerely, the group was coming together nicely.
Ending Music: https/youtu.be/QIG4_FLvRb0 [Naruto S ED 33]
Hitori janai yo! Osoreru mono nante nai kara!
(Shows Damien at night)
Ikou
(Damien smiles)
saa aa
(Damien raises his hand) me o akete!
(Rocks float in the air behind him) Butsukatte ita hontou wa
(Shows Damien and Daryl reaching out for each other)
oitsukitakute!
(Damien and Daryl clash swords then Murlough stabs Damien in the back)
Kizu
(Shows Damien's sword in the ground)
tsukeatte
(Shows Damien on many battlefields standing over dead bodies)
tsunagitomeru kizuna hoshikute! (Shows the Outlaws fighting people)
Gomen wasure
(Shows Damien meeting Brook and then meeting Murlough)
naide
(Shows members of the Outlaws dying in front of Damien)
Shinjite
(Shows Damien getting the Kalos Crystal)
mattete
(Shows Kane and then Connor as kids)
Mukae ni
(Shows Damien taking off his jacket and then dropping it)
ikunda!
(Damien goes into a battle pose and is surrounded by soldiers) Yuuki no tomoshibi terashidase yowasa o! Kizu datte itami
(Damien pulls out his flintlock pistols swords and starts fighting the soldiers)
datte wakeaeba
(Damien runs along a cliff edge) heiki da!
(He jumps off the cliff)
Kimi no senaka osu
(Shows Brook sharpening his hooks against each other) musunda yakusoku!
(Shows Murlough and zooms in on his eye)
Itsudatte
(Damien activated the Kalos Crystal)
haretatte!
(Kalos appears behind him sitting on the massive rune wall) Shinjiirareru
(Shows Damien as a kid)
kizuna
(Shows Daryl as a kid)
wa muni ni
(Shows Damien grown up sucking in the purple Kalos Crystal energy) nemutteru!
(Shows his eye go purple)
END
