Hello all you Boils and Ghouls! This is going to sound bad, but the reason for my delay recently is because I've had IRL issues to deal with and had to take care of them. That being said, I see people actually enjoyed the previous chapter despite how short the actual fight scenes were, so I am hoping to rectify that with this chapter. Of course this means I will have to delay Dichro's weapon reveal for another chapter, but fret not; for I plan to unveil his Semblance in THIS chapter.
For now, though, on with the questions!
Raidentensho, I've never seen even a single episode of JoJo's Adventure and I can already tell you that, just from reading the wiki page, I can find no similarities to Aura and this "Hamon" thing... If anything, Aura is more akin to Dragon Ball Z's Ki so I MIGHT put more emphasis on that. As for Jaune's weapon... It won't need to be sharpened if Pyrrha's new hairdo is anything to go by, but Dichro WILL suggest adding on something to his shield.
Ride player hary... Not trying to sound mean or anything, but that would be a MAJOR d!ck move to pull after I have already set the grounds of what happens to BOTH people when a golden bondmate breaks said bond. I will NOT be doing that to the readers.
Chaos Lord Roscoso, Dichro will not use the gashats, but I won't spoil who will. XD
sandy... Look at how many stories there are where the main rider of a series appears as the main character or the main character gets the powers of the main rider. Now look at how many stories there are where a dark rider appears or someone uses the power of the dark rider for good. Quite the substantial difference, isn't it? That aside, I also love Para-DX's design and abilities over Ex-Aid's or any other rider's; even Muteki's. So it's a bit of a mix of wanting to do something "somewhat" different and personal preference.
The Mind Master, it's not that he doesn't trust them - it's more the fact that if he does tell them, the consequences could be disastrous. Remember, he's treating all of this like Doc Brown treats time travel; with excessive care until something naturally screws up on it's own.
And now, on with the chapter! Oop! One more thing to go over...
I own nothing but Dichro/Steven.
)-Legend-(
"Yo!" - Speaking
'Is he an idiot?' - Thinking
"Dearest love," - Reading
"Kaishin no Ippatsu!" - Specials
)-First Person PoV-(
I really and TRULY hate myself right now. I just literally SOCKED the heiress of the Schnee Dust Company INTO a WALL! With a SINGLE PUNCH! I was praying to whatever deities were listening that she was alright after that as I ran to the debris that now covered where she landed. Lo and behold, I found a tuft of white hair and pushed some of the debris aside to see her laying there... With spirals in place of her eyes... Oh gods, don't make me laugh, please; this isn't the time...
Unfortunately... They were not merciful to me...
"Shomeone... FIRE... that Bullhead pilot'sh mom..." the girl said in an almost drunken slur. I couldn't help the chuckle that escaped my throat as I picked her up and laid her across my shoulders in a fireman carry. As I did this, I felt annoyance aimed at myself and realized that Yang was getting impatient... I quickly ran back to the seats and set her down on the nearest one. Once she was safe and sound, I turned to the professors and said, "I guess there goes my Faunus demonstration..." as I shrugged my shoulders. Truth be told, I was really looking forward to seeing what my normal form could do on it's own... but now?
I may as well be living in a world of cardboard if this keeps up.
I looked over to the professors, whom were all looking at me as if they were expecting either a terrorist attack or a magic trick, and reached my hand into my jacket to pull out the GGD. "Now then..." I started as I held the device up for everyone to see before I continued, "Which one you wanna see first?"
I immediately felt a lot of disappointment coming off Yang as she practically shouted, "Oh c'mon, why can't we just fight first? You got me fired up seeing what you did to Weiss!"
"Because," I said with a sigh as I turned to face her, "You're a participant. Therefore, neither you nor I have any say in whom I fight first." I noticed Blake and Ren looking at me curiously before Ren spoke up, "I'd say show us your most powerful form first, and then your most versatile."
"Right, but if they're one and the same," Blake started, "We need to see which form he's more familiar with first."
Jaune simply shrugged before asking, "Can we just kinda... skip the whole 'head turning' thing, though? That still gives me nightmares..." Nora nodded uncharacteristically timid. As much as I wanted to, I just couldn't say no to that face... So instead, I compromised.
"Alright..." I said with a sigh as I shrugged, "I won't transition between forms like I normally do, but only to demonstrate how I drop the armor. In a combat scenario where dropping my armor will mean I drop my guard and reveal my identity, I WILL be transitioning between armors like normal. Okay?" They both nodded reluctantly as I finished. I nodded back and turned to Blake and Ren before saying, "If you want my most powerful form, then that will depend on your definition of the word "power". If you want versatility, the choice is going to be Perfect Puzzle, which also has the greater potential - it's also the form I'm most familiar with." Everyone besides Yang and Pyrrha voiced their opinions though they were mostly in favor of seeing Perfect Puzzle first.
"Then that's that," I said as I turned and walked to the stage and pointed at it before saying, "Okay, Pyrrha, you heard'em - let's get this show on the road."
She followed suit and climbed up as I did before we turned to each other. She gave a small smile and a nod before she drew her weapons back out. I lifted the GGD up before grabbing the dial and turning it to the game I first became when I came to Remnant.
"PERFECT PUZZLE!"
I heard a couple of sounds of awe as the title screen appeared behind me; the moment it did, however, I could hear several shocked gasps as the power-ups filled the entire theater as the standby music and quote began to play.
"What's the next stage?"
Once the power-ups stopped forming, I wasted no time in transforming as I called out "Henshin!" before hitting the buttons with my free hand; triggering the confirmation sound as the device announced it's intentions.
"DUAL UP!"
The familiar hologram of the Puzzle Gamer Form appeared in front of me and swept over my body, covering me in that familiar blue armor that I have grown accustomed to wearing.
"GET THE GLORY IN THE CHAIN! PERFECT PUZZLE!"
With the transformation complete, I holstered the GGD immediately after it formed and cracked my knuckles. 'No more fooling around,' I thought to myself, psyching myself up for what I expected to be an excellent fight, 'It's game time!'
"Oooh, what're these things?" I heard someone ask and looked to see Nora pointing at one of the power-ups... 'Guess I'd better explain things first' I thought to myself before thinking it would be safer not to mention that there are differences between my GGD and the original one that I knew about.
)-Third Person PoV-(
The headmaster of Beacon stared at the scene in pure curiosity as he stared at the once dichromatic boy almost literally 'transform' into his Kamen Rider form... Sure he had seen him turn from it back to his default Faunus form; and possibly him taking down the Nevermore, but that was it. He hadn't seen anything else that the form was capable of. In short...
Ozpin was dumbstruck.
His fellow professors were more expressive of their surprise than he was, but he shared their sentiments. He needed to find out more about this... Kamen Rider Para-DX.
His musings where interrupted when Nora asked, "Oooh, what're these things?" pointing to one of the round discs that had formed all over the amphitheater. Dichro simply looked at her and replied, "Those are called Energy Items, or more commonly power-ups. I use those to enhance my own forms' capabilities. My Fighter Gamer form can only use one at a time and can't make them when I turn into it whereas my Puzzle Gamer form can make them and can use up to four at a time currently."
"You mean you have the capacity to use more than four?" Goodwitch asked, and got an answer in the form of a light chuckle and a nod.
"In fact, Professor," the armor-clad warrior spoke, "I can use up to six if I reach level 40."
"Can other people use them?" Nora questioned as she looked up at the young man expectantly. "Y'know... I'm not so sure, to be honest," he said as he thought for a moment before suggesting that she try and nab one to use herself. That was all the permission Nora needed as she crouched and jumped straight for the one she was pointing at; expecting to either grab it or crash into it...
Only, that didn't happen...
What DID happen, though was that she fell straight through it like it wasn't even there and crashed into the seat behind the one it was standing on; her feet dangling in the air above her head as she tried to regain her orientation.
"Yeesh... at least now we know what to expect..." the armor-clad fighter cringed as he said this before turning to Pyrrha. "I think it's about time we got this started, don't you?" he asked his opponent as he raised his hands up to his chest before taking on a stance that the students present had only seen Yang take; a kickboxer's stance. With this declaration, the Invincible Girl nodded and raised her shield while her weapon, in it's sword form, was pointed slightly forward in a relaxed position yet held in a firm grip. The combatants stared each other down, sizing each other's strength, for what felt like hours to them but in reality was only a few seconds to everyone else. It was at this moment that the true spar started.
Dichro was the first to make a move as he pushed forward in a dash with both fists cocked back towards his opponent. He threw the first punch as his right fist landed on her shield; the vibrations of the impact rattling her body before she made her first attack - a vertical slash aimed for his head. With his free arm raised, he caught the blade on the bracer armor as it came down - giving him the chance to drop onto his knee and try to sweep a leg across Pyrrha's own to knock her down. The Spartan was having none of that as she back-flipped away; transforming her weapon into it's javelin mode as she did so and performing a horizontal slash at the Kamen Rider's leg in return. His own answer to this was a simple backwards hop to avoid the strike as he ran for her again with both fists cocked back. His attack changed when he landed his left fist onto her shield from the punch before using his right fist to punch the side of the shield; knocking it and her arm to the side and leaving her own side wide open for a left jab into her rib cage that he gladly took. The force of the blow pushed her back a foot or two as she stumbled but was able to get ahold of herself easily enough; the time it took for her to recover, however, was just long enough for the armored Ant Faunus to leap at her with a swinging kick. She lifted her shield to try and block it, but the leg caught the small gap in the shield itself and flung her to the side once more before she was blind-sided with a sidekick to her underarm. Once more, Dichro launched a simple punch, but this time aimed directly for her shield as Pyrrha tried to block what looked like an attack on her torso. As soon as the fist collided, though, her opponent's free hand slapped the bottom of the shield and sent her arm upward before launching another side kick; this one blocked by her javelin.
"I don't get it..." Ruby muttered to herself as she watched the fight in confusion. Her half-sister looked at her and asked, "Get what, Rubes?"
"He's acting like all he's really focused on is her shield..." the reaper began to explain as she crossed her arms, "But why? It's not like it's something that can actually harm anyone - not like her weapon can."
"Wait, he's what?" Yang spouted in dumbfounded confusion.
Ren and Blake both nodded to each other before turning to Team RWBY's leader. "It's simple, really," Blake stated, "He's attacking the most vulnerable part of her defense he can find; her shield."
Weiss simply stared incredulously at her Cat Faunus teammate before asking, "How does that make any sense at all? Attacking the one thing literally designed and intended for defending is a fool's errand."
"Mayhaps to someone who has not used a shield before," Professor Port interrupted, "But when you have learned to use one, you come to a realization that they can be just as hindering as they can be useful." The portly man pointed to the ongoing spar just as Dichro once again strike's Pyrrha's shield, this time with an elbow strike, before punching the shield to the side and landing a jab into her rib cage yet again. "Did you see that just now?" he asked rhetorically, not expecting the nods he got, before explaining, "He's using the shield's size against her. When a person who specializes in melee combat goes against a shield user, they tend to find ways around that shield... Either with raw speed, tactical trap placement, or, as we are witnessing now, sheer brute force. He is leaving her wide open to any attack he can squeeze in while also using the vibrations of his attacks on her shield to whittle down her aura until eventually -" A metallic clang is heard as a jumping spin kick from the Kamen Rider nails the side of Pyrrha's shield, but unlike before this sends the shield flying off of the Invincible Girl's forearm and straight into a seat off to the upper rows; embedding it deep inside the cushioning and wooden frame.
"That happens..." Professor Port finished as Ruby, Nora, Yang, Jaune and even Weiss eyes the events in awe. "He just... He just rendered Pyrrha, a renown champion athlete, defenseless!" the heiress exclaimed in shock. Port merely chuckled at this before pointing once more to the combatants whom were still fighting and saying, "I wouldn't be so sure about that, Ms. Schnee. Just because a shield user loses their shield it doesn't mean that they cannot defend themselves... It just means that they're hindered to some degree."
"It also means he can fight head-on with no restraints," Yang said before punching her fist into her hand and exclaiming, "This is getting me even more pumped!" Weiss simply stared at the fighters on stage with wide eyes as she thought to herself the one question that burned in her mind; 'Just who are you REALLY, Dichro?'
At that moment, said Kamen Rider had just landed a right hook onto the Spartan's javelin before swinging his right leg into her side that she barely blocked with her entire left arm, though this sent her rolling to the side and landing on one knee and her left hand. Pyrrha's hand glowed a soft, black hue as it turned to face it's palm to her opponent who was jumping up to launch a flying kick - expecting it to take control of the metal in his armor and send him flying back... Yet nothing happened as the kick flew straight for her, clipping her shoulder as she rolled out of the way; hoping that her opponent didn't see the blatant, in her opinion, use of her Semblance. Dichro, however, did notice, but, when he saw nothing happened, the same question that ran through Pyrrha's mind ran it's course through his as well.
'What in the world? Why didn't that work?'
The armored brawler landed on his feet, he ran straight for his opponent with a left uppercut aimed at her and blocked by her weapon before launching a right hook into her face, his thoughts drifting in the middle of the fight. 'I know I saw it,' he mused as he performed a roundhouse kick into her solar plexus, 'That black glow meant she was using her Semblance - I'm practically a walking tin can for crying out loud...'
As this was going on, Pyrrha's mind also began to wonder as she muddled what had happened, 'My Semblance was working fine earlier today... I know I channeled it right, but it felt like something was blocking it...'
'Just what in the hell is going on?!' they both asked themselves in their heads as Dichro launched a sidekick that Pyrrha barely blocked. Desperation was forming in the Invincible Girl's resolve as she tried to fling him off her weapon before back-flipping away, transforming her weapon into it's musket form as she landed, and opened fire as soon as her sights were set on her opponent. The bullets nailed their target in several places as he tried to block them with his arms, but it wasn't doing much good before Pyrrha turned her weapon back into it's Javelin mode and threw it at her opponent; it landed on his chest and sent him flying... straight into one of the power-ups he had summoned earlier - one he hated being flung into.
"LIQUEFACTION!"
As the disc broke, his body immediately turned into a puddle of goo; leaving nothing discernible of him save for his Rider eyes. At this, everyone there, save for Ozpin who dropped his mug and cane in shock as his skin turned even paler than normal; the former of which shattering as it hit the floor, screamed in horror and fear with Nora jumping into Ren's arms and Jaune tripping over the back of one of the seats.
Pyrrha looked on in horror, tears formed in her eyes thinking she had killed him, as she cried out, "OH OUM, I'M SORRY - I DIDN'T MEAN TO KILL HIM!"
"SHADDAP! I AIN'T DEAD YET! ALL YA DID WAS TICK ME OFF"
Everyone looked at the puddle in utter shock as it 'scuttled' near Pyrrha, only Yang being able to feel not only the anger but annoyance coming off of Dichro due to her bond with him. "Besides," he spoke again, this time barely calmer, "You're giving yourself too much credit thinking you killed a Kamen Rider."
"Then..." the Spartan sniffled as she wiped the tears from her eyes before looking at her 'melted' opponent before asking, "Then what DID I do to you?"
"You knocked me into the single, most annoying power-up to ever be unintentionally knocked into," he answered as he 'looked' around before continuing, "The Liquefaction power-up; it grants total immunity to all incoming damage at the cost of not being able to attack... Also, I'm not used to moving around in this form, so a reduction in movement speed also counts against me intentionally using this one... Although..." An idea ran through his head as he spotted the Stretch power-up just shy of his reach. He concentrated on the disc and tried to will it to come to him; and come to him it did - it practically flew into his melted body before shattering against the puddle and ground.
"STRETCH!"
As the power-up took effect, his puddle form soon took on a 'slightly' more humanoid form as a pair of flabby arms sprung out from the blob that coalesced into the torso and head combined; his new form now twice the size of his opponent.
"Oh man... This is weird..." Dichro spoke as he tried to steady his new body, "I've never done THIS combo before... But let's see how useful it is." He lifted one of his arms and swung it downward at the Invincible Girl who barely rolled out of the way and made a beeline for her weapon. "Oh no you don't," the Blob Rider called out as his other arm stretched out with five tendrils forming at the end and wrapping around her like a hand before flinging her to the total opposite side of the stage. Her body crashed into the stage floor and rolled until she nearly fell off the actual stage itself. Before she could recover, he was already stretching his body until his head slammed next to her with the rest of him catching up and reforming his slime monster form before he backhanded her into the back of the stage.
"YEAH!" Yang cheered as she pumped a fist into the air, "Get'er, Dichro; show'er who's boss you are!"
"My word..." Was all Professor Port could mutter as Ozpin finally recovered somewhat. He turned to Glynda with wide-eyes and spoke to her in a hushed tone, "We are VERY lucky to have someone like him on our side..." The deputy headmistress could only nod as Ozpin's attention returned to the battle, only to find that Dichro had reverted to normal and Pyrrha was kneeling on the ground. As he walked over to her, the professors recognized her actions as one of yielding and were about to stop the match before he squat down next to her and put a hand on her shoulder. When they saw this, the professors and students watched the interaction with rapt attention.
"You doin' okay, Pyrrha? What are you doing?" the Kamen Rider asked his opponent who merely looked up confused.
"Isn't this how you yield a spar or a match where you come from?" the Spartan asked in return. Dichro merely chuckled before shaking his head and replying, "Nah, we usually tap the ground 3 times. Look, you were doing great out there. If I had been in my Faunus form, I would have been screwed over." Pyrrha's confusion only increased at this while he stood up and took out the GGD from it's holster.
"GASHOON!"
At least three confirmed people fell onto the floor laughing their butts off at the sound the device made upon it's removal; Ruby, who tried to hide her reddening face in her hood; Nora, who had to hold her sides to stop the pain of her laughing; and Jaune, who was slamming his fist into the floor.
"WHAT 'WAS' THAT?!" Ruby yelled out between laughs as she tried to catch her breath.
"I dunno," Jaune answered as he calmed his laughter down somewhat before he continued, "But it sounded like some super buff macho guy trying to make a sneeze sound manly!" That did it; he broke down again.
"Oh ha ha, very funny," the armored brawler said before he turned the dial to it's default position and hit the button, causing the armor to vanish and leave him in his normal Faunus form; taking the power-ups away as they vanished with the armor. Though the professors and Blake caught something interesting; his blue left eye had become red to match his right eye. It only lasted for a few seconds, however, as the next time he blinked his left eye returned to it's normal blue color. He held a hand out to Pyrrha who gladly took it and stood up before she walked off the stage. "Two down, one to go," the dichromatic young man said with a small smile as he looked out at the students, "It's time to end this little demo while we are still on a high note. Yang, c'mon up here."
"Alright, its my turn!" the Blonde brawler cheered before she ran to and jumped onto the stage. Dichro lifted the device up before turning the dial to Knockout Fighter; the title screen appearing as the confirmation sound and loop track played.
"KNOCKOUT FIGHTER! THE STRONGEST FIST! Round 1! ROCK AND FIRE!"
Unlike before, no power-ups manifested from the title screen, which only confirmed Dichro's earlier words on them. Dichro gave a call of "Henshin!" before he pressed the button on the GGD, triggering the confirmation sound and a holographic image of his Fighter Gamer form to appear in front of him.
"DUAL UP!"
The screen passed over him, once more donning him in the armor of Para-DX.
"EXPLOSION HIT! KNOCKOUT FIGHTER!"
With his armor fully formed, he slid the device into it's holster before pounding his fist-like weapons together in a taunting fashion. "Now's a good time to back down, if ya want," the armored brawler suggested to his opponent before taking up a more traditional boxing stance. The blonde brawler merely chuckled as she shook her head before replying, "You really think I'm not up for this? Dichro, I was born for this kind of fighting." She got into her own stance as her bracelets expanded into the shotgun gauntlets she and her sister were so used to seeing.
"Then let's see you get fired up!" the Kamen Rider exclaimed as he dashed at her with both fists raised to cover his face. The blond brawler's own charge mirrored his as she dashed. Their right fists cocked back with their left arms blocking any potential hidden strikes before they launched their attacks; fist and gunfire met solid metal as the force of both punches combined sent a small recoil wave across their arms. It was at this point the true fight began.
Yang launched a left hook aimed for Dichro's head which was blocked by his right arm. The armored brawler retaliated with a swinging right kick aimed at her side; to which she blocked with her right fist connecting to the kneeguard. Hopping from his left leg to his right, Dichro launched an upward kick into his opponent's midsection, who caught it as it connected before she spun him around behind her. The young man barely managed to recover after rolling for a little bit before he had to block a jumping punch from his bondmate. Through their bond, they could feel each other's joy and exhilaration at fighting one another even as they threw and blocked punch after punch and kick after kick with neither one landing a true blow on the other; they were enjoying themselves. Dichro dropped to one knee in an attempt to sweep his opponent's leg's from under her, yet Yang merely hopped to avoid the attack and shot her right fist straight at him, only for his own right arm to block it as he spun from the momentum from his attack. Yang quickly punched the arm to the side in the same way he had done to Pyrrha's shield, yet when she went for a right jab he blocked it with his left. Feeling frustrated, she punched the arm away and tried again to strike; only for her fist to connect with a right hook of his own.
Ruby's eyes went wide in shock as her brow furrowed in embarrassment as she realized what her sister was doing. She cupped her hands to the sides of her mouth and shouted, "Sis, quit trying to be a copy cat - that's not gonna work!"
"So, you noticed it too?" Professor Oobleck asked the reaper girl as she finished calling out her sibling's mistake. Jaune looked at the older man in confusion as he scratched the back of his head before asking, "Um... Whatcha mean?"
"Why the fact that Ruby's sister is trying to use the same trick that Dichro pulled on Ms. Nikos, my boy," the green haired man answered before continuing, "But as she pointed out, this trick won't work on him."
"Why's that?" was the question that the blond knight asked only for the heiress to scoff at him and answer for their professor. "Because, you dolt, Dichro knows what to spot when he knows his opponent is trying to go for his weapon. Not only that, but he has two of them as opposed to Pyrrha's one shield and they are both smaller than it."
"Not exactly, Ms. Schnee..." Professor Port interjected as he chuckled, "While it is true that he has two weapons and that he knows what to look out for, there is another factor to take into account. Watch what happens."
As they looked on, they noticed something odd; the armored brawler started throwing sloppier and slower punches at Yang, who dodged them with ease before all of a sudden she gets waylaid by an unnoticed left jab to the gut immediately after dodging a right uppercut. As she recovered, he launched a straight left jab that was just as slow as his earlier attacks aimed at her head; she dodged this as well, only for her side to get hit by a right jab.
"Do you see it now?" the portly professor asked the students before Nora spoke up.
"Oh wow, he knows the Slight of Hand trick!" she deduced remarkably quickly.
"Precisely, Ms. Valkyrie," Oobleck congratulated her before continuing, "You see the Slight of Hand, while seemingly underhanded, is actually a rather impressive and difficult tactic to execute, but if done correctly it can make the opponent confused as to where you are really attacking from. The objective is to throw slow, easy to avoid attacks to make the opponent drop their guard before landing a swift, unseen blow to them. The reason this is so difficult to perform is that it requires moves that are slower than you normally would while still making it look convincing enough to fool the opponent."
The students continued to watch the fight unfold as Dichro's punches had once more returned to full speed, with a left hook connecting with her cheek. As she stumbled, her opponent took the opportunity to throw an uppercut that connected to her chin, sending her skyward a few feet before being forcefully pulled by her foot, spun around like a rag-doll and then let go of into a pillar. As she went straight through it, he called out, "So long, Gay Bowser!"
As she crashed through this, all the students, especially Ruby who simply said, "Oooh, that's gotta hurt...", cringed at the impact itself.
The blonde brawler pulled herself out of the rubble before glaring at her opponent; said opponent simply pounded his fists together in a taunting fashion before saying, "C'mon, Yang, is that REALLY the best you've got?" Her answer was to growl and punch her fists together as her golden aura flared up, signaling that she was activating her Semblance... But Ruby spotted something wrong almost immediately...
Her eyes were still lavender instead of red like they normally would.
"Something's wrong..." the leader of team RWBY said as she looked on in concern. Ozpin noticed this and asked what she meant before she replied, "Yang's Semblance is her Willpower... The more damage she takes, the stronger her attacks become... But there's one dead giveaway that shows she's using it... Her eyes turn red when she flares her aura like that."
"And... they aren't?" the headmaster asked, getting a nod from the youngest student amongst the group. "Then we can only have one of two assumptions to draw from this... Either this is a Kamen Rider function..." he deduced as he noticed Dichro's fists become engulfed in fire along with the dial on his back before Ozpin continued grimly, "Or we've found out what Dichro's Semblance is."
Under his helmet, Dichro smiled brightly as his fists were lit aflame before saying, "There's that fire I've been looking for - now let's really test it!" He grabbed the device holstered to his hip and pulled it out just enough to trigger the release sound before turning the dial to it's default position and then back to Knockout Fighter as he slammed it back into the holster before it could call out Kimewaza.
"DUAL GASHAT!"
His fiery fists were soon covered in a red energy that fused with the fire; forming an odd, almost blood colored flame that licked his weapons.
"KNOCKOUT CRITICAL SMASH!"
Both brawlers charged at each other with a fist cocked back ready to punch the other. Ruby's eyes went wide in worry before she cried out, "Yang, don't!"
But it was too late; her attack connected with her bondmate's and was soon overpowered before his other fist landed an uppercut into her gut. The contact from this impact triggered an unusual reaction when Yang's body suddenly "exploded" much the same way that Ruby did when she had met Weiss on her first day in Beacon; yet this explosion was multiple explosions that clouded the area in dust and debris from the surrounding seats.
"K.O.!"
As the dust cleared, everyone could see Yang wobbling left and right as she struggled to stay standing; her eyes replaced with swirls in her dazed confusion as she asked, "Did I just explode?" She fell forward into the arms of her opponent, who sat down on his knees and layed her back across his legs with her head resting on his abdomen. "You okay there, aibou?" he asked in concern. His answer was her shaking her head to clear the cobwebs before she looked up at him with a wide grin.
"Better than ever after that fun fight, but what does 'aibou' mean?" she asked.
He chuckled at her reaction and simply said, "In one of the languages we speak where I come from, aibou means Partner."
"Makes sense..." the blonde brawler said with a shrug, but as she did both of them noticed something slowly falling to the floor out of the corner of their eyes; something bright yellow and thin.
A lock of Yang's hair.
Fear and guilt washed over the armored brawler as he looked down at a confused Yang. She felt his fear and sighed as she closed her eyes. "I don't get why everyone thinks I'm obsessed with my hair..." she admits as she looks back up at him before continuing, "The only reason I do that is because its someone or something that I either hate or have no problems really hurtin' them... And I definitely have problems hurtin' my friends." As she finished this with a smile, Dichro sighed in relief before removing the GGD and performing the same actions as before to deactivate the armor. Yang noticed something off about him and decided to voice her concern, "Hey um... Since when did your blue eye turn red?"
"It... what?" he asked dumbfounded as his left eye turned back from red to blue. His bondmate simply nodded as she sat back up and said, "Yeah, your left eye just went from red to blue, but it was clearly red earlier. Maybe you were using your semblance?"
"My semblance?" the dichromatic young man asked before his eyes went wide and fear once more washed over him, flooding into her through their bond as well, before asking, "Yang, did you feel or notice anything wrong with your Semblance when you used it?"
She cringed slightly at the tone and simply nodded before answering, "Yeah, now that you mention it... It DID feel like something was cloggin' it up..."
Pyrrha, who was the closest within earshot, heard this and spoke up, "The same thing happened with me when I tried to use my Semblance against you. If you did the same thing with Yang, then... There's only one logical explanation; that was your Semblance you used."
Dichro's reaction... was unexpected...
His eyes somehow went wider as he gripped the sides of his head before somewhat whispering, "Oh god... I..." He was almost afraid to even say it, but he had to point it out...
"My Semblance... is Eternal..."
xXx
And there we have it; the 11th chapter to the Paradox of Remnant! Hurray!
I hope you all enjoyed it and until next time, everyone...
See you next game!