Chapter 4: Sudden Attack

Ruby jumped out of the smoke, looking back for see if Emi was still there. "What are you looking at?" Emi's voice rang in Ruby's ear as she looked behind her, only Emi to kick her in the face. Emi used her sound magic, making Ruby crash to the ground. The dust started to clear and showed Ruby slowly getting to her feet.

"What's the matter?" Emi taunted. "Is that the best you can do?"

"Shut up!" Ruby shouted, using her speed to charge towards Emi. "I'm just getting started!" She swung her scythe down but Emi wasn't there.

"You're too slow!" Emi shouted as she struck Ruby in the back with her magic fueled palm and send her through a tree. "I'm through playing games with you, little red. It's about time to get serious." Emi used her sound magic and created another explosion. The smoke started to clear with Ruby back to her feet. "You're very persistent. I'll give that much at least." Ruby looked up and glared at the wizard.

"Now then, shall we get started?" Kotori asked, looking at her brother. Weiss and Blake quickly got in a defensive position, reaching for their weapons.

"Yes, let's get rid of them quickly." Kono said, looking back at her sister. "You can handle the girl with the white hair and I'll deal with her black haired friend." Then a sword appeared in Kono's hand as he charged towards Blake. Blake quickly drew her weapon, Gambol Shroud, and crossed blades with Kono's sword.

"Blake!" Weiss shouted, looking at the cat Faunus.

"Weiss, I can take care of this guy." Blake said, pushing Kono back. "Do you think you can handle his friend?"

"I can, don't worry about me." Weiss said.

"Just be careful." Blake warned. "If they're anything like that Emi person, we could be in trouble."

"I'm aware of that." Weiss said, drawing her rapier. "That means we going to give this everything that we've and then some." Blake smiled and nodded. "Then let's go."

Blake looked Kono and said, "Let's take this fight somewhere else."

"Lead the way." Kono said. Blake nodded and ran deeper into the forest with Kono following her.

Weiss looked Blake leading her opponent out of the area. 'Good luck, Blake.' She thought as she looked back at Kotori.

Meanwhile in Magnolia, the battle between Yang and Suzuki was already underway. The two had been exchange blows and blocking each other's punches and kicks. Yang skidded back a few feet, breathing heavily as she glared at Suzuki.

'I'll never going to get anywhere at this rate.' Yang thought.

Suzuki chuckled and said, "You're a lot better than I first thought. But I think that's enough warming up, don't you agree?" A blue circle appeared on each of Suzuki's hands and moved up to her wrists, taking the form of gloves. Yang widen her eyes, looked at the gloves on Suzuki's hands. They looked identical to her Ember Celica expect they had the insignia of the Nightwing guild on them.

"So you made a copy my Ember Celica." Yang said, charging towards Suzuki. "It's nothing compared to the original!" She threw a punch at Suzuki with her weapon and Suzuki easily dodged it.

"You're right." Suzuki said, throwing a punch at Yang but it was blocked. "It's nothing like the original. But…" A smirk appeared in her face. Yang felt something pushing her body, sending her crashing into a wall of nearby building. "It's much more powerful. I use my magic energy like an amplifier; each strike has more force in them. You can't beat me."

"Is that right?" Yang said, getting back to her feet. Blood streamed down her face from the cut over her eye. "Let's put it to test then. Let's see if that fake-me-out is better than the real deal."

Suzuki smirked at Yang and took a stance. "Trust me, it's not just your weapon that I've copied." Suzuki's body started to glow a bright light, forcing Yang to cover her eyes. When the light died down, Yang looked at her opponent and widens her eyes at what she saw.

Blake looked behind her and saw Kono still following her. She stopped running and turned to face him. "We'll fight here." She said, drawing her Gambol Shroud.

"That's fine by me." Kono said as a sword materialized in his hand. "Tell me, how confident are you to think that girl is able to defeat my sister? From what I can see, she doesn't stand a chance against Kotori. And the girl with red hood is in that same boat against Emi and her sound magic."

"I know Weiss will defeat that sister of yours." Blake said. "And the same goes for Ruby. If any two people I know that can find a way to win, it's those two." A chuckle escaped from Kono's lips. "What's so funny?"

"You're that confident they'll survive, let alone win, even though you don't know what they're up against." Kono said with a smirk. "You had a small taste of what Emi can do. But you don't have the slightest clue of what Kotori is capable of."

"Why's that?"

"Have you ever heard Slayer Magic?" Kono questioned.

"Slayer Magic?" Blake repeated, looking at the wizard with a confused expression on her face.

"By that look on your face, I'll take that as a no. Well you and that friend of yours will soon learn how deadly this magic can really be." Wind started to blow around both Blake and Kono as their duel was about to begin.

"Are you sure about this Erza?" Gray asked as he and Erza ran through the streets of Magnolia, trying to find Team RWBY. Erza looked down, thinking back to the theory she came up with back at the guild hall.

"I can't tell for sure." Erza said. "But if I'm correct, then Ruby and her friends could be targeted by that guild. However if we capture one of the members of that guild, then we'll be one step closer to getting Team RWBY back to their home. Gray, find Natsu and Lucy and tell them to head back here." Gray nodded as the two wizards split up. Gray went to find the celestial wizard and the hot-headed dragon slayer as Erza looks for the huntresses.

Weiss charged towards Kotori, trying to strike her with Myrtenaster but Kotori didn't attempt to move or dodge it. "Ice Dragon's Scales!" Kotori's body started to be covered in scales made of ice. As Myrtenaster got closer to Kotori, the wizard grabbed the weapon with her scaled-covered hand.

"This is a nice rapier you have." Kotori said with a smirk on her face. "It's too bad that it only looks sharp. The ice scales you see on my body are thicker than normal ice and harder than steel. Not even fire magic can melt this ice. Also…" Then ice slowly started to appear on Myrtenaster, causing to widen her eyes. "Anyone and anything that come in contact with me will be completely covered in ice." Weiss narrowed her eyes as she quickly used one of her glyphs and accelerated away from Kotori, getting her weapon out of the dragon slayer's grasp. Kotori looked down at the glyph as it disappeared. "That's unique ability you have there. But how long will that save you?"

'No way…' Weiss thought, looking at her Myrtenaster and the ice still on the weapon. She looked back at the dragon slayer and saw a smirk on her face. 'There's no way that one person could be that strong. No matter what I do, my attacks won't hurt her. I can't even get close to her. We may be in over our heads here.'

Another explosion erupted as Ruby jumped back from the smoke, breathing heavily as Emi calmly walked towards her with a smirk on her face. "Now then, shall we raise the curtain on Act 2?" She asked as the battle between her and Ruby begins.

To be continued…