Outcasts and Outlaws
Volume 3, Chapter 16
Connor Against Mars
All righty, here's the finale to this fight, and also the finale to this section of volume 3. The next chapter will have new opening and ending music, and will be exploring a new part of the storyline. Things are gonna get serious, as the legend of Titan Aura is revealed!
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/4HlwLq4cQXg
[Fairy Tail OST- Fire Dragon VS Flame God]
Mars fired another bolt of green energy from his fist, his entire body still surrounded by it, radiating with a powerful aura. Connor dodged ever so slightly to the side, feeling the burst of energy whizz past the side of his side, his hair flapping in it's gust. Connor then gasped as Mars shot forward, getting s good view of his completely green and glowing eyes, an threw a hard punch towards him just like he had done to knock out Kane. Connor launched himself backwards with his legs, getting out of reach of Mar's punch. He followed up though, he kept throwing the punches powered by the green energy, Connor struggling to maintain distance. He knew if he took just one direct hit he'd be finished, he just needed to keep on his toes.
So a spectacle took place consisting of Mars punching towards Connor and Connor dodging away, desperately trying to avoid being hit. From the stands all was seen was the dashing green energy of Mars skirting around the arena, and the brilliant golden light on Connor's forearms retreating.
"They're going so fast, it's hard to see what's going on." Jim commented, trying to make sense of the light show taking place on the battlefield.
"Connor probably knows that a hit from Mars right now would be the end of him, so he's doing his best to avoid all his attacks." Stephane theorised, expertly analysing the battle.
"He got back up and he's still able to move that fast..." The mystery man seated with Ozpin muttered in disbelief, now taking quite a sizeable interest in the battle below.
Ozpin let out a smile upon hearing that from the mystery man, then added, "That's the power Connor holds within him! The power of a dragon!"
After a couple of minutes of the back and forth attacks, Connor drew back his golden light enveloped fist and charged up a larger load of power in it, the light building up and shining even more brilliantly. Mars did the same with his hand, the green energy pulsing and crackling with power. The two of them then charged forward with their fists, the two of them bumping together and their semblances exploding against each other in a brilliant light.
The audience gasped in awe as the arena with filled with an amazing multicoloured light. As the two combatants pushed their fists against each other, golden light exploded outwards from one side and green energy out of the other, their clothes and hair flapping around in the winds the force of the attacks was creating. Connor frowned competitively at Mars, wanting to try his hardest to win and willing to put all his power into doing it. Mars simply looked coolly back at him, only letting out a smug smirk, as if still of his victory.
Just as if he'd been putting in minimal effort until this point, Mars pumped more power into his fist, so much that the green energy broke through Connors attack and knocked him backwards into the air. Twisting his body as he flew through mid-air, Connor aimed a hand at the ground and fired a ray of his golden light down at it. The force of the ray pushed him in the opposite direction through the air, towards Mars.
Mars, who had not seen such an attack coming, was caught off guard by Connor's sudden approach. As Connor descended, he planted his foot on Mars' face and used it to bounce and land behind him. He then quickly turned and threw a hard but fast punch as Mars while he was still disoriented. Mars was knocked back onto the ground, but Connor didn't let up. He jumped up to get an aerial attack on Mars, charging what he suspected could be the very last of his aura into his hand, and landed on Mars with a hard punch. The hit created a large bang and sent dust flying into the air, masking what had happened to Mars after the attack for a short amount of time.
[Stop Music]
Rising out of the cloud of dust, Mars then hit Connor with an uppercutting punch, sending him onto his back. Mars then took a few steps away, maintaining a safe distance from his opponent, as the crowd looked and wondered if that was it.
To everyone's surprise however, Connor quickly got back up onto his feet, the only damage he had retained from the attack being a bruised and slightly bloody chin. On closer observation, the spectators saw that the green energy that not seconds ago had been surrounding Mars' body was now gone, his eyes also reverted back to normal.
"Running low on aura huh?" Connor teased, wiping blood off of his battered chin with the back of his hand whilst standing slightly hunched over and breathing a little irregularly. "What exactly is that Mystic State thing you used?"
Mars chuckled at Connor's curiosity while standing just the same way, knowing that he was probably wondering if he could get that sort of strength. "I'll have to explain it to you some time...but not right now." He tiredly replied, feeling the drain on his aura levels. "Speaking of aura though, you can't be doing so good yourself."
Play Music: http/youtu.be/gxGDEHf9Y2I
[Fairy Tail OST- Bucks Thieves]
"Ah, I've got plenty more where all that came from, old man!" Connor cheekily retorted, standing up a little straighter despite his bruises and getting into a battle pose.
"Don't call me old, you juvenile!" Mars snapped back playfully, before charging head on at his opponent once again.
The two then resumed their bout as the audience watched in captivation, throwing punches one after the other. The pairs skills matched each other, each of them either dodging or blocking the others hits, not taking any direct damage.
"Whoa look at 'em go!" Yang excitedly exclaimed, getting fired up seeing the two go at it so valiantly.
"Connor's got this!" Irileth cheered, completely forgetting Kane being knocked out on the floor not too far from the raging battle.
Ruby had been watching the match silently for a long time, holding her hands against her chest hoping Connor would come out the other side alright. Hearing her friends cheering Connor on behind her however, she found it impossible to remain silent any longer. She let out a small, cute smile as Connor looked in her direction mid-fight, whilst backing away from a left hook punch. Ruby opened her mouth to speak just as he smiled back at her.
"Connor! I believe in you!"
Spurred on by Ruby's passionate words of encouragement, Connor brought his left arm round quicker than even Mars could anticipate and smashed it into the side of his old mentors jaw. Seeing this comeback, Ruby felt tears at the edges of her eyes, but not because she was sad or upset, because she was so happy he was winning. The rest of the group behind her went crazy cheering as Connor landed the hit, the expression on Mars' face making it clear to see he was hurt.
[Stop Music]
Mars didn't stop his attack though, his left hook punch kept coming, aiming right for Connor's face. Connor tried to move out of the way to dodge, but then came to a dreadful realisation.
He was all out of aura.
He couldn't move, his aura being gone had rendered him immobile. Hunters desperately need their aura in battle not just for their semblance, but to stay on their feet and to shield them. Once someone's reserves hit rock bottom, their body would seize up and all they'd be able to do is lay there defeated. This is exactly what had happened to Connor, he couldn't move at all.
Mars kept coming despite the blow to his jaw and hit Connor in his face, knocking him back and down to the ground, where he lay unmoving. The crowd was shocked into silence by the sudden happening, surprised that after all the valour he had shown, Connor had gone down so easily.
"Looks like he's completely drained, he can't even move let alone get up." The mysterious man noted, Ozpin staring down worryingly at Connor's immobile form.
"End of the line..." Stephane muttered, looking down at his feet and ignoring the battle, believing it to be over.
"Don't talk like that!" Jim snapped at him, even though deep down he knew that what Stephane was saying was reality. Without aura, Connor was finished. Ruby knew it too, looking down on the battle solemnly.
"I win...Connor..." Mars declared, breathing heavily from the exhaustion of the fight. It had been a while since he'd fought so hard and it had affected him poorly. "I hope I didn't...hurt you too much...but I said I wouldn't hold back...and I kept my promise."
A tear fell from Ruby's eye.
Seeing it out of the corner of his eye, Connor immediately placed his hands on the ground next to him and tried to push himself up. He pushed with all his might, his arms wobbling as he did so, but he couldn't do it. He kept trying however, he didn't want to give up.
"Stop pushing yourself so hard!" Mars aggressively ordered him. "If you keep going when your aura's all gone, you'll die!"
Straining himself to even speak, Connor weakly replied, "I don't care if I get hurt, as long as I win...because I'm not fighting for myself." As Mars eyes then widened at Connor's excuse, he pushed harder, his bruised body shaking under the pressure he was exerting on it. Still, he got to his knees, putting in all his remaining energy to stand.
Despite his efforts however, he fell over again, this time landing on his front. Wincing from his bruises, he closed his eyes to try to diminish the pain and said, "I'm not fighting for myself...you may think I'm fighting for my friends...and you'd be partly right..."
Mars looked on in shock and disbelief as Connor rose to one knee despite his condition. All the time he was pushing himself up his body was shaking, the bruises wearing him. When he got to one knee, he crossed his arms over his stomach, feeling a painful throb from there.
"Mostly however..." He continued, still with his eyes closed to dull the pain, and now gritting his teeth too. "Mostly, I fight for her, for Ruby."
By this point in his speech, Ruby was silently weeping, tears streaming down her face as she blushed and looked down on Connor. Connor himself was beginning to be surrounded by the golden light his semblance again, it concentrating around his forearms.
"How?!" Mars exclaimed in disbelief, not knowing how else to react. "Where is all this aura coming from? You were all out all out just a minute ago!"
As the light formed sharp, golden, shark fin-like shapes on his forearms, Connor rose two both feet with renewed determination and declared, "I won't make Ruby cry again!" He then charged at Mars, and in a split second slashed past him with the sharp shapes on his arms while yelling, "Golden Dragon Wings!"
The crowd then broke into cheer as Mars clutched his stomach, still standing but in pain. He looked behind him expecting to see Connor standing triumphantly, but that was not what he laid his eyes on. Connor was hunched over, the golden light having completely faded once again. He fell over for a third time, hitting the ground hard and it was clear to everyone that he was truly unconscious this time around.
"Umm...Mars is the victor!" Oobleck announced from the private viewing box, unsure even himself of whether Connor was really down. Unfortunately though, he was knocked out cold, he had lost.
The crowd cheered in Mars favour, not caring that Connor had lost, only having wanted to see a good match. Connor's friends in the stands was silent, bewildered by the result of the fight. Ruby wasn't crying, but held her hands tightly against her chest, remembering what Connor had said before going down.
He didn't want to make Ruby cry again, so she wouldn't. She promised herself that.
Volume 3, Ending 2
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
