Chapter 12: Conclusion

On their way to respond to their first quest outside of the guild, Ruby and her friends were attack by members of the dark guild known as Nightwing. Team RWBY had their back against the wall due to the dark wizards' magic. As the huntresses were on the edge of being defeated, they've unlocked a unique magic power inside of them. With the use of these new powers, Weiss, Yang, and Blake were victorious. Ruby was locked in a fierce battle with the sound wizard, Emi. As the battle intensified, Emi revealed that she was Remnant as well and that her goal was to revenge on Beacon Academy for fallen comrades.

"Wait a minute, why would you target Beacon?!" Ruby shouted. "They had nothing to do with this!"

"You don't think so, huh?" Emi said with a smirk. "You don't know the type of emotional Hell that I went through unless you experienced it yourself. Although I must admit, those friends of yours are strong. They've manage to defeat some of my comrades. However, they seem to the worst for wear." Then a wicked smile appeared on her face. "If they were to die…" Ruby's eyes widen when Emi said that. Her shocked expression turned into one of pure rage.

"No you can't!" Ruby shouted in anger. Emi appeared in front of Ruby and hit her in the chest with her magic infused palm, forcing her onto the ground.

"Like there's anything you can to do to stop me." Emi said. "Face it, you lost!" Emi turned around to walk away from the red hooded girl.

"I'm not letting you hurt any of my friends!" Ruby shouted in anger. A red circle appeared under Ruby's feet, causing her to disappear into a pile of rose petals. Ruby reappeared behind Emi and head butted her in the back, causing her to fall to the ground and skid a few feet. Ruby fell to the ground as well, struggling to get up.

"You're started to piss me off, you brat." Emi cursed, glaring at Ruby. "Fine then, you'll die first! Siren's Screech…" Emi fired a blast of sound waves from her mouth, creating a huge explosion and pushing Ruby back. "Someone like you can never understand my pain! You don't understand what it's like to watch your comrades fell before your eyes while you felt so powerless! Sound Burst…Machine Gun!" Emi fired a barrage of sound blasts at Ruby, hitting the huntress relentlessly and send her crashing through a tree behind her.

In the skies above, Happy and Natsu looked down at the forest, searching for a certain girl with a red hooded cape. "Do you see her yet, Happy?" Natsu asked.

"No, I haven't found her." Happy said.

"Damn, how could she be?" Then an explosion erupted, catching Natsu and Happy's attention. Happy flew Natsu to the site of the explosion and the two widen their eyes when they saw Emi slowly towards Ruby, who was on the ground and badly beaten up.

"Well what do you know; you won't able to experience the pain that I have experienced." Emi said, raising her hand as she prepares to finish Ruby off. "Don't worry, you'll be able to see your friends again when you all reunite in the afterlife."

"Let me down here, Happy!" Natsu shouted at his exceed friend.

"Aye, sir!" Happy shouted as he let Natsu out of his gasp. Natsu quickly changed his position so he could nose-dive into the fight. "Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Emi used her speed magic to disappear as Natsu crashed in front of Ruby.

"Natsu…" Ruby said weakly, happy to see the dragon slayer.

Yang slowly opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was the ceiling of a room. "Where…where am I?" she asked groggy.

"So you finally woke up." A familiar voice said. Yang looked to her left and saw Weiss lying in the bed next to her. She had bandages wrapped around her head, arms, and stomach. Yang had bandages wrapped around her head, neck, and stomach.

"Weiss…where are we?"

"We're back in the guild hall. At least, that's what I was told. I don't remember how I got here. All I remember was that I suddenly gained a new power." Weiss looked at her hand, thinking back to her battle against Kotori.

(Flashback)

Then black snow started to surround itself around Weiss as the heiress looked at Kotori with a fierce glare on her face. Kotori's shocked expression turned into one of anger as she prepares attack again. "Ice Dragon's Roar!" Kotori fired another powerful stream of snow and ice at Weiss. This time, Weiss didn't dodge the attack but she stood her ground as she took the attack head on. Weiss opened her mouth and ate the snow and ice from the attack. "What?!" Kotori widen her eyes as her ice was being devoured by her opponent. Weiss opened her mouth again and fired a blast of black ice and snow at Kotori. Kotori cried in pain as she hit by Weiss' attack.

(End of Flashback)

"Yeah, the same thing happened with me too." Yang said, thinking to her battle again Suzuki.

(Flashback)

Then a gold circle opened up underneath Yang and engulfs her in golden flames. Suzuki widens her eyes as Yang slowly got back to her feet. She couldn't move and fear filled her body. "What?! What the hell is this?!" She slowly started to back away from Yang.

"Ember Celica: Burning Fang!" Yang shouted, punching Suzuki in the gut with flaming fist. Suzuki yelled in pain as the golden flames engulfed his body and she was send crashing through a wall. The flame died down and revealed Suzuki lying on the ground unconscious.

(End of Flashback)

"Whatever this new power is, it's not our semblance." Weiss said. "It's definitely magic."

"What about Blake and Ruby?" Yang asked.

"I don't know. But I'm sure that they'll be ok. Let's hope that they'll be it back safely."

"Natsu…" Ruby said weakly, looking at her friend.

"Ruby, are you ok?!" Happy shouted as he flew down towards Ruby.

"Happy…what are you guys doing here?"

"I heard that you and your team were in trouble so I got here as fast as I could." Natsu said. "Don't worry, I'll deal with her." Natsu looked at Emi, who had a smirk on her face.

"So you're the famous 'Salamander' that I've so much about." Emi said. "Well, I didn't expect an actual wizard from Fairy Tail to be here. But I hope that you'll be much more of a challenge that brat behind you."

"Happy…" Natsu said, looking at the exceed. "Take Ruby to the guild." Then he looked back at Emi with a fierce glare on his face. "I'll deal with her. No one messes with one of my friends and think they'll get away with it."

"No…" Ruby said, getting Natsu's attention. Natsu looked behind his shoulder and saw Ruby slowly getting back to her feet, using Cresent Rose to balance herself. "I'm not done yet. I can still fight. I told her that I won't stop until one of us is down for good."

"But you're hurt!" Happy shouted.

"I don't care." Ruby said, showing walking in front of Natsu. "If she beats me to a bloody pulp, if she rips my arms and legs off, I won't stop until I beat her."

"So you still want to fight in the condition you're in." Emi said. "I don't know if I should laugh or be impressed. But since you're in a hurry to meet oblivion, I'll be more than happy accommodate you. Siren Screech!" Emi fired a blast of sound waves from her mouth at Ruby and Natsu. A red magic circle opened up from underneath Ruby's feet as an explosion erupted. Emi's smirk grew wider

"What are you looking at?" A voice asked from behind Emi. Emi turned around only to feel a fist hitting her in her face. Emi fell to the ground and skidded back a few feet. "What?!" She looked at Ruby and Natsu with widen eyes. They avoided her attack and escaped without her noticed. Emi gritted her teeth in anger as she used her speed magic to charge towards them. A magic circle appeared under Ruby and she charged towards Emi. The two collided with Ruby hitting Emi in the stomach with the pole of Crescent Rose.

'What's going on?!' Emi thought in shock as Ruby pressed on with her advantage and hit her in the head with the pole of her scythe, forcing Emi to the ground. 'How is she faster than me? No one could catch with my speed.' Emi looked at Ruby's feet and saw a magic circle underneath them as she slowly got to her feet and blood flow from her head. 'I see. She turned her semblance into magic.' Emi looked at Ruby's eyes and widen her own. 'That look in your eyes…what's with that look? It's not the look of someone who has a grudge against me. It's the look of someone who is trying to understand me. It's the look of something who's trying to see things through my eyes and put herself in my shoes. Someone like you can never understand my pain!' Emi let a loud cry as she used her speed to create doppelgangers of herself and charged towards Ruby. A red magic circle appeared under Ruby's feet as she charged towards Emi, avoiding the doppelgangers.

Emi narrowed her eyes as Ruby got closer to her. "Sound Wa…" But Ruby was too fast for her to use her magic. Ruby punched Emi in the face, using her speed to accelerate the force of her punch and the sound wizard crashing through a tree. Emi fell to the ground, lying unconscious.

Ruby was breathing heavily as she fell to her knees from exhaustion. "I…I did it!" she shouted happily. Then her vision started to blur as she slowly falls to the ground.

"I got ya." Natsu said, catching Ruby before she fell and picking her up. "That was awesome, Ruby."

Ruby looked at Natsu with shocked expression on her face. "Really?"

"Yeah, you were amazing!" Happy agreed.

"Guys…" Ruby said as a small smile appeared on her face and she closed her eyes. "Thanks…"

To be continued…