Outcasts and Outlaws

Volume 3, Chapter 15

Fierce Battle

All right, I know I already said Yang Vs Connor was one of my favourites in this volume, but this one...oh boy this one is just classic. Enjoy.

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

Volume 3, Ending 2

Play Music: http/youtu.be/PYq7Z4nuPVc

[Fairy Tail OST- Gekitou Mahoujin]

The moment the announcement to start the match came, Kane and Connor sprung into their battle pose. They both held their hands behind them, their fingertips barely touching, and began to build up aura in between the cups of their hands. Black clouds and golden light collected together in between their hands, fusing and pulsing with energy. Within a few seconds, a ball of dark clouds with light shining through the cracks had formed in their palms, ready to be fired.

All the while, Mars simply stated straight at them, not moving to make the first attack. They had predicted he would be like this, waiting for them to strike first rather than charging in full throttle. Even so, his expression angered them. He just stood there with his arms crossed, not remotely concerned about the coming blast.

Their faces turning to angry frowns, Connor and Kane then gritted their teeth and hoped for their attack to work, before flinging their arms forward simultaneously. As they did so the cluster of power in between the two of them pulsed and wobbled, until they together cried out, "Darklight Cannon!"

As they yelled their attack, the darklight they held blasted outwards, expanding into a massive beam of darklight, surging with overwhelming power. As the crowd was lost for words at the spectacle, the blast hit Mars head on, his figure disappearing in the middle of it. The blast continued for a few more seconds, then dissipated as Connor and Kane stood panting, having used up a great deal of aura.

[Stop Music]

The path that the blast had taken had created a trail like wreckage in the ground, like a plane had crashed there and skidded along the ground. The air filled with dust thrown up by the impact, the audience and Connor and Kane all waiting to see what had happened to Mars. As the dust clouds began to clear, the crowd was shocked into a terrifying silence, Connor and Kane staring in disbelief at the result of their attack.

It had done absolutely nothing.

Mars stood where he had stood before, his arms still crossed, the same look on his face. Kane's and Connor's eyes widened as they reused their attacked had been completely ineffective. The entirety of the audience was shocked into silence, staring in disbelief at Mars' undamaged form.

"You'll have to do a lot better than that." Mars commented dryly, keeping his composure and still staring straight at his opponents. "A straight up attack like that was easy to stop."

"Stop?!" Connor mumbled confusedly, desperately trying to think of what to do next. "He stopped that attack?! How?!"

"He doesn't even have a scratch on him..." Kane noted, hunching over slightly, feeling the effect of using so much aura at once. As he tried to straighten himself up, Connor fell to his knees, visibly more affected by the massive drain on his aura than Kane. "Connor!" Kane called out.

"I'm alright..." Connor assured his battle partner, rising to one knee and trying to rise even more, but being heavily affected by the amount of energy he's used.

"They used a great chunk of their aura reserves on that attack and now they're feeling the effects of such a drain." The mysterious man sat next to Ozpin in the stands commented, having started to take more interest in the battle below. "I doubt they've got enough energy left to carry on fighting for much longer, it's over." He then looked down at his feet, no longer interested as he was almost completely sure of the outcome of the fight.

"I wouldn't give up on them so hastily if I were you." Ozpin advised him, drawing attention back to the battlefield. "Just look at them." The mystery man did as Ozpin told him and found himself surprised.

Play Music: http/youtu.be/EWZrkO5jETU

[Naruto OST- Gekiha]

Connor had not only risen to his feet, but was standing confidently, staring down Mars with a cocky grin. Kane was just to the right of him, with the same stance and a silent but stern stare. Even Mars looked surprised at their resilience, raising his eyebrow at them. "Kane...you good?" Connor questioned, not taking his eyes off his mentor for a second.

Kane let out a small smile, just a small one, but a cocky one too. "Hell yeah." He replied, cracking his black gloved knuckles in preparation.

"Then let's go." Connor then said to him and without even a second of hesitation, the two of them shot towards Mars with lightning speed. When they reached him, the fight really got started.

Connor threw a punch at Mars, using his momentum to power it, which Mars avoided by leaning slightly to the side. Before he had time to strike back however, Kane was on his other side with a punch of his own. Knowing he didn't have time to move, Mars grabbed Kane's fist and held it there. Connor took advantage of this and threw another punch, forcing Mars to grab his shirt. Following that, he tossed Connor over in Kane's direction whilst stepping away from the two of them, distancing himself from the fight. Connor hit Kane in a mess of limbs, but they reacted quickly, their feet finding the ground and stabilising their balance. Seeing Mars stepping back, Kane quickly summoned up dark clouds in his hand and shot them towards Mars, creating a mighty boom when they impacted the ground he had been standing on.

Emerging from the clouds, Mars jumped high into the air, unharmed once again by the assault. Kane didn't let up though, he fired another ball of cluster of dark clouds at Mars whilst he was still in mid air, creating another loud crashing sound and vibrations up above. Mars then emerged from the clouds unscathed once again and landed with his knees bent, only to be hit head on with one last load of of Kane's semblance, the air filling with dust from the impact.

Once the dust died down again, Mars was still unhurt, but his two opponents still weren't done with him. Next Connor leaped towards him through the air, having activated his semblance much quicker than ever before, golden light now enveloping his forearms and trailing off behind him as he jumped. Connor thrust his fist forward, Mars only just having time to bring up his arms over his chest to block the punch but pushed back by it all the same.

Connor still didn't let up, he threw more punches at Mars, relentlessly attacking over and over, trying to whittle down Mars' arms and break through. By this point the forearms of the sleeves of Mars' cloak were in tatters, ripped apart by Connor's golden light semblance. Connor then pulled back for a moment, shouting unintelligibly and preparing for a harder punch. This time he had attacked, Mars' fist impacted with his, and a massive bright light filled the arena, followed by a bang and a cloud dust. Connor and Mars emerged from either side of the dust, sliding back from the strength of each other's blows and squatting down to quickly recover.

[Stop Music]

Quick as a flash, both Connor and Kane were racing towards Mars again, intent on continuing their barrage of attacks. Mars however, had had enough of it. He charged up his aura, crackling green energy building up in his hands, then punched forward into the air. The green energy shot outwards, splitting in two directions. Connor and Kane were both in in the chest by the blasts, which sent them flying back across the arena. They both landed on their backs, wincing from their wounds, as the crowd once was once again shocked into silence.

"That was a powerful blast..." Jim worryingly commented, the others looking just as concerned as him. "In all the time I spent looking for Damien with him, he never used anything like that."

"That suggests he was hiding it, like a last resort." Stephane added, analysing the damage and trying to guess if Kane and Connor would get back up. "Now that he's shown it, it means he's serious about not holding back."

"Oh!" Oobleck cried from the announcers box upon seeing Kane and Connor helpless on the ground. "Mars knocked them both down with one strike! Will they be able to rise back up after this?"

"I really don't like the way Ooblecks commentating!" Yang complained, clenching her fists. "Connor fought well against me, he can do the same here."

Connor stayed on the ground however, gasping for air. The strike to the chest had winded him, and he wouldn't be able to get back up before he had regulated his breathing. Kane was in a similar predicament, but as expected was having an easier time dealing with it than Connor and would probably be up again soon.

"Are you done already?" Mars taunted, crossing his arms again, showing his causal attitude towards his opponents. "I expected more from you than this. You were able fire off a number of impressive attacks at me, but I thought you'd be able to stand more than one blast of my telekinetic energy."

It was then that Kane rose alone. He pushed himself up, breathing heavily but still able to keep going. Connor remained on the ground, looking at Kane standing proudly and feeling ashamed that he couldn't help, but not being able to move his body.

Play Music: http/youtu.be/bB_Qpt7TqLM

[Fairy Tail OST- Kurogane]

"Don't underestimate me, old man." Kane taunted back, wiping the dirt from his face with his sleeve. "I've got a lot more power than what I've shown so far, you know it."

"Then show me!" Mars shouted back him, in way of motivation. Kane responded readily, his hands becoming covered in large dark clouds as he charged.

For the next few minutes, the crowd watched in awe as Kane and Mars' semblances crashed together in a display of might. Kane's dark clouds rushed into the green energy covering Mars hands, creating massive bangs every time they impacted. The two of them skirted around the arena, closing in on each other to smash their semblances against each other, then backing off and circling around before coming in again. From the stands the battle was a majestic show of power, seen only by the high up crowd as a trail of dark clouds and a trail of green energy speeding around the arena, smashing into each every few seconds. Neither of them let up or showed any sign of weakness, they kept going, repeatedly ramming into each other and creating massive bangs. Connor stayed on the ground, still unable to move, watching Kane proudly.

After a few minutes of this, Kane backed off to one end of the arena whilst Mars stood at the other. Kane held his hands together by his side, crying out as he charged up a super powerful charge of dark clouds in them. Mars saw it coming and held out his hands in front of him, the green energy forming a wall between him and Kane. Both sides fired their respective semblances at each other, each of them putting all their strength into it. After a few seconds Mars frowned as a bead of sweat rolled down the side of his face. Seeing this, Kane put more power into his side side of the blast, creating a storm of raging dark clouds, one last hit to finish the battle.

Kane was surprised to see Mars' expression change into a smirk. Suddenly, the green wall which Kane's dark clouds were barrelling into let out a shockwave that shook the arena floor and sent a gust of wind flying past Kane as his dark clouds were blown away, his long black coat flapping behind him in the gust. The shockwave quickly became powerful enough to lift Kane off the ground and throw him high into the air, however he didn't lose his balance. He straightened himself out in midair and held his arms out to his sides for his next attack.

The next thing Mars knew, the sky above him was filled with dark clouds, which gathered in circle shaped clusters around Kane. There were at least twenty of the clusters in all, every single one of them raging with Kane's last iota of power. As the clusters start to pulse and expand, Kane cried out, "Dark Rain!" He then swung his arms out in front of him and as he did so the clusters shot columns of dark clouds like meteors down at where Mars stood.

As Mars collected his energy to bring up another shield, the meteor like clusters of dark clouds smashed into the ground around him one after another, each one creating a shockwave that sent more dark clouds sprawling all across the battlefield, completely enveloping him. When the last cluster hit, the combined force of all of them created a massive explosion of the dark clouds, Kane observing as he fell back down to ground level and landed perfectly on his feet.

[Stop Music]

As soon as he did, the crowd went wild, erupting into cheers. Mars was still hidden a massive cloud of dust and slowly fading dark clouds, but no one doubted even for a second that Kane had beaten him.

"Yes! That's my Kane!" Irileth happily yelled, unable to hold in her emotions, waving her arms in the air in celebration. "I knew you could do it!"

"Uh...your Kane?" Jim commented, wondering what had gone on between the two that he hadn't heard about.

"Shh, you'll ruin the mood." Yang ordered him, lightly elbowing his side as Irileth continued to cheer for her childhood friend.

Ruby smiled joyfully at the scene, happy that it had been settled before Connor had gotten too hurt, but also hoping Mars was alright after being barraged by such a powerful attack. She dropped her smile however when she looked over to Connor, who had rolled over onto his front unnoticed and was smiling at Kane, looking extremely exhausted. She hoped he would be alright as well.

"That was some very impressive power." The mystery man commented, not hiding the fact he had been enthralled by the fight. "Kane was strong from what I remember, but I never thought he'd improve to this sort of level."

"Indeed." Ozpin agreed, feeling immensely proud of the two he had taken in all those months ago. "I'd even go as far as to say he now outranks his brother in terms of power."

By the time the crowd had started to die down, having taken in the events of the last few minutes, the dust clouds around Mars had almost completely disappeared. The last small bit of dust was blown away, revealing what remained of Mars after the attack.

While his green cloak was torn beyond repair, his body was bruised all over, Mars still stood. The audience was in silence once again as they saw him stood there, slightly hunched and holding one arm, but still on his feet. "Damn, that was almost it. Good thing I got my shield up just in time." Mars said, standing up a little straighter to look Kane in the eye.

"Impossible! He blocked that?!" Irileth exclaimed, a hint of worry audible in her voice as Kane stared back at Mars, weak and shaking from using up so much aura in one attack.

"Most of it, I'd say." Stephane added, pointing out the condition Mars was in. "Despite using his shield he didn't come out of it unscathed."

"Kane..." Connor muttered weakly, trying to push himself up but ultimately falling back down on his stomach before he even got to his knees.

"You've really put your all into this, I can tell." Mars said to Kane, throwing away his cloak and then setting to work unbuttoning the pale green shirt underneath. "I suppose it's only fair that I do the same...so here I come."

Kane stood frozen still as Mars continued to open up his shirt. He couldn't believe Mars still wasn't done yet, that he still had something up his sleeve. Kane couldn't move however, he was too low on aura to make an effective escape or to attack pre-emptively.

Once Mars shirt was fully undone, he stood there for a moment staring down Kane, his chest muscles on display to all the crowd. "Sorry to do this to you, but I said I wouldn't hold back." He told Kane as he charged up green energy in his hands, which then moved up his arms and across his chest.

"Mystic State!" He cried when the green crackling energy had covered his body completely, giving him a powerful green airs surrounding him. His eyes had also turned pure green, the whole eyes, the pupils gone. The green energy was radiating from his entire body, a terrifying amount of power around him.

The next thing Kane knew, Mars was punching his belly hard without mercy, the green energy powering the punch and shocking Kane. The force of the hit sent him flying back across the arena, his back scraping across the ground and creating a trail as he went, as if a plane had crash landed there. When all the noise created from the attack died down, Kane laid on the ground motionless and unconscious.

"Kane!" Irileth cried out to her fallen friend as the crowd cheered in Mars' favour. Although Irileth and the others hoped Kane would get up and keep fighting, he didn't. Mars' strongest attack yet had knocked him out cold.

"That's that then." Mars stated before sighing, slightly disappointed. "I had hoped you'd be able to be to take a hit from me in Mystic State and keep going, but I guess it's too much for you."

It was then that the sound of a fist smacking the ground was heard. Mars turned round, the green energy still blazing around him, and saw Connor. He had risen to one knee whilst watching the other two fight and was kneeling with one fist on the ground, having just punched downwards. The golden light had returned to his forearms and was now starting to orbit around him just like when he had fought Yang.

"I almost forgot you were here." Mars joked, turning his full attention towards Connor as he struggled to push himself up more. "I assumed you were down for the count."

"After seeing you do that to Kane..." Connor responded, finally pushing himself to his feet and staring down Mars once again as he winced slightly, feeling his bruises. The audience looked on in silence, anticipating what he would say next. Ruby held her hands, praying he'd be alright to continue and wishing for his victory.

He then raised his fist in front of his face, the golden energy sparkling luminously, and said, "I'm fired up!"

Mars grinned cheerfully at the remark, admiring his former students fighting spirit, and declared, "Come! Let's fight until one of us drops!"

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