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The Unforgiving Path
Ch 3: Experience
(Professor port's room)
" -And that class, is how I took on an entire hoard of beowolfs with just a branch from a sapling." the literary sadist, we call professor Port said, finishing his story. Not noticing half the classroom asleep.
But out of all the students that we're awake, I was one of the students that last through the story session. Seeing as I have half the classroom to myself, I couldn't get away with sleeping in class so I was forced to stay up and listen. I was fine, but I was a little tired, Reaper on the other hand, he wasn't taking it so well.
" Finally, his story finally ended, great Oum, how long have we been in this torture chamber. A day, a week, a month, please answer me." Reaper wailed, praying to Oum for an answer.
'It's been twenty-five minutes, the class still has thirty-five more minutes.' I answered, looking any the clock on top of the door that lead to the exit.
"Really, your teacher makes it feel like a year. How do you go through this everyday?" he said
'Dedication, coffee, thoughts of a pissed off Goodwitch and you're set.' I answered as I scribbled random things in my notebook.
" Now let's see here, can you answer my question." I heard the professor say. Lifting up my head to see what was going on. Only to see Port, and whatever part of the class that was awake staring at me.
"What." That was my response to what he just said. It looked like lady luck was on my side, because he seemed to have thought something else of my actions.
" Oh, I see, you were so caught up in taking notes that you didn't hear my question." he assumed, adding one of his traditional hearty laughs to the end of his sentence.
" Y-yeah sorry professor, can you repeat the question again." I said, thanking whatever holy being there was for the slip. Whatever part of the class that wasn't asleep started to get on the edge of their seat just to see me fail at the question.
" Of course Mr. Arc, the question was, why are beowolfs consider to be a threat, even if they are the lowest class of Grimm." Port repeated. And once again I saw other students snickering.
" Oh man, this is going to be a train wreck." one student said. not even trying to whisper, as the student next to him chuckled.
Once again, I felt everyone's stare on me, knowing that my knowledge on Grimm was low. It took all of my willpower not to cause a puddle with my sweat. Everyone staring at me didn't exactly make things better, especially teams NPR and RWBY.
" Jaune what wrong, the question should be as simple as 2+2." Reaper said.
' Dude remember, snuck in here, the only thing I know about Grimm is kill them.' I said, looking around to see if they were still staring. Everyone was.
" , we're waiting on your answer." a
Professor said, getting a little impatient with how much time I was taking.
" Alright, just repeat what I say alright." Reaper said, then told me what to say.
" Um, beowolfs are considered a threat because of the sheer numbers they have in each of there pacts, not only that, but an alpha can be pretty dangerous. Seeing as they have more armor and body spikes, there claws are also larger so that they could leave bigger cuts on there prey."
The class seemed to be shocked by the answer, but that wasn't the end of the question.
" And what do you think would be the best way to combat these monster."
I listened closely to what Reaper was saying, I repeated with no hesitation.
" My idea of combating them would be to do anything as long as you are able to sever the spinal cord. If it's torn, the body won't be able to respond to the electrical signals it's brain sends. Dying either instantly, or moment after. But that's just an opinion." I said, putting my chin to rest on the palm of my hand.
"Mr. Arc, that was…" oh great I think that I just made a bigger fool of myself. I can already see the other students laughing in there. "one of the best answers I have ever heard."
"Huh" the entire class repeat in surprise, including me.
" Never in my teaching career, have I ever had a student so expertly explain the proper way to kill a Grimm, most student don't even know what the Grimm anatomy is like, how is it that you do though." he asked, lifting one of his eyebrows .
" Thank you professor port, I've been trying to keep up with my studies." I lied, keeping the one in my head a secret.
" Indeed you have young man." he said as his head to me and turning to the rest of the class. " but now that the question is out of the way, would anyone like to try to this method out for a test." he said taking his hand away from his back, guiding his open palm to the corner of the room.
Looking to the corner, I saw a large cage. At first it looked empty, but I was wrong, as a pair of red eyes opened. Then the caged jumped with a violent shake, followed by growling.
" Who here feels like they are brave enough to face Charles over here."
No one raised their hand, as everyone seemed to not want to embarrass themselves in front of the whole class. I didn't raise my hand for obvious reasons, seeing that I'm still bad at fighting. Well that what I thought anyways, until my left hand shot up and my right hand slammed on the desk, attracting the attention of professor Port, and the classroom once again. Seeing the action wasn't my own, it left me in a daze.
"Mr. Arc, I can see that you're excited to face Charles, but are you sure you want to do that." Port asked, bringing his hands behind him.
Before I could say a single syllable, I stood up and started walking towards the exit. Now I was confused, I was doing absolutely nothing, yet my body was moving.
" Oh, action before words I see. I like your style." he said as I walked out the door, confusion written over my face.
" What the hell is going on." I said walking down the hallway. Before I came to a stop.
" You'll thank me for this later." Reaper said
'"What did you do."
" I volunteered you by possessing you, I told you I can do that right."
"NO, YOU DIDN'T!". I shouted thankful that the hallway was empty.
" Oh, well I'm trying to help you by giving you experience. Because what you have now you'll be slaughtered within the next major Grimm you come across."
I sighed "But do you think you could have told me, I mean this is my body you're in." I said taking a right, and now walking straight ahead. " Now I have to prepare for a fight with Charles."
Now in front of the door leading to the locker room, walked in and straight to my locker. Took me a few minutes to find my locker seeing how big the room was, but I found it nonetheless.
' let's see what was the code again, 0726, yep that's it.' now with the locker opened, I saw nothing in the locker but my hoodie, pants, and sneakers. " crap, I don't have any gear for the fight." I sighed, facepalming leaving a loud slapping sound to echo through the room. I still changed into the clothes, not wanting to ruin my uniform.
"No gear, huh." my mental partner said, while I shut the locker and found a seat to sit in.
" Nope, everything was taken back by the Arcs because it was their property, so I'm basically a dead man walking in this school."
" Well, that makes it simple, I have a something for you." He said.
" what is it?"
" Give me a minute, I need to find them." He said, followed by the sound of stuff being tossed around "Here it is, I think that you might like this Jaune."
Then for the second time today, the shadows started to shift. This time though, they were shifting towards me. I jumped in shock, until the shadow jumped to my arms and legs. Once they were on me though, I felt something wrap around my arms and something on my legs. When the shadows left there were armor on my arms and legs. The the armor on my arms where what looked to be bracers. The bracers were golden with a weird look, they both had a design that gave them both a face that reminded of a golem. The armor on my legs were silver, they seemed to only cover my shins and knees to allow my legs to move freely. They didn't look very unique as compared to the bracers, but they felt like they wouldn't break anytime soon. My shoes were changed too, they went from being a pair of sneakers, to a some brown boots that felt very flexible.
" What are these Reaper." I said admiring the new gear that was put on me.
" something i decided to stop wearing, so it's your new armor now. Or at least part of it, you'll get the rest later. Now answer me, do you know any martial art, or fighting styles?" Reaper asked me, now that I stopped looking at the armor.
I stood up and started toward the door " Not very much. Just the basics of boxing and some grapples, why." I answered, exiting the door and making a left to reach the room.
"Because anything helps in a fight, whether it be experience, or performance. Having both would be great." Reaper said as I approached the door to port's room. " So, you ready to face your enemy."
"No"
" Well too bad, you're doing it whether you like it or not so let's go." he said.
I rolled my eyes at this and decided to open the door to the class. When I did, Port was just finishing putting the in the center of the room.
" Back already mr. Arc, that was fast." Port said, wiping a little sweat off his brow.
I looked to the clock above to see how much time I took. It looked like I took five minutes to get into the gear. Walking down the stairs I answered him.
" Well I didn't put on much gear, so I didn't take too long." I answered, reaching the bottom of the stairs.
He nodded, then looked me up and down as if he was inspecting me. " I can see that, can I ask, is that new armor." Port asked in an interested tone.
" yeah, there something that I've been I've kept for awhile." I said, looking at the gear once again.
" Really now, that good. They do look oddly familiar though." he said. " No matter, are you ready for your fight. He finished, preparing his blunderaxe to break the lock that held the Grimm captive.
I nodded my head to him indicating that I was ready, seeing no way out of this. I got into a boxing stance I saw Yang use. Everything was quiet, so quiet you could hear a pin drop, then the lock was cut.
That was when whatever was in the cage busted out, revealing a beowolf alpha. The alpha was big, it looked to be 6'10, the armor on the Grimm was located specifically around it's chest and head, fangs were fully out, and dripping with maw, three spikes protruded from each of its shoulders, it's claws extended with red painted on them, almost like it was blood. It seemed to be looking for a target to pray on, then it eyes landed on mine, making me tense up in fear. Then it let out a fierce roar, and charged.
" Jaune, move!" Reapercommanded.
I jumped and rolled to the right to avoid the claw aiming to take my head. I managed to avoid the claw, but felt the wind from the strike. I recovered from the roll in a kneeling position, adrenaline practically replacing the blood in my veins. As I was kneeling, something from my head fell, I look to find out what it was. It was my hair.
' What would I give to be Yang right now.' I mentallygroaned. Shooting back up to avoid another swipe from its claws, it went on like this for a few minutes until my back hit the wall, I looked back, only to see the gray plastered wall. A roar took my eyes away from the wall, I looked back at the beast, only to see it right in front of me, claw raised. Then time slowed down, literally, the beowolf's claw seemed to be coming at me very slow, almost at a snail's pace. It took time to get me out of my confusion, then I realized I was fighting, so I slipped under its claw, and got a good distance away, then time resume, putting me in more confusion. I looked to the rest of the class to see if they notice, but they seemed to be looking for something, then they looked at me, all of there eyes almost bulged out of there sockets.
' What the hell just happened.' I thought as I tried to wrap my head around what happened.
" Jaune, you never take you eyes off of your enemy." Reaper said, effectively bringing me back into the fight.
'Oh crap.' I thought, whipping my head back to the beowolf. When I looked back, I saw the beowolf was struggling with something, while he was looking at me with one claw trying to get me, his other claw wasn't moving. I moved to the right to see what was the problem, it's claw seemed to be in planted to the wall.
" It's claw must be stuck on a stud in the wall." Reaper concluded. " Now's the perfect chance to attack Jaune."
I nodded, running towards the beast. Avoiding it's claw, I grabbed it's forearm and swept its legs, causing it to go off-balance. Then before it could hit the floor, I wrapped its arm over my shoulder and through it performing an arm throw so fast, it almost made me dizzy. After that, I heard the class gasp in surprise, I looked up to see what happened to the wolf, only to see it on the other side of the classroom.
" looks like you gained more that just my senses Jaune." Reapersaid as the beowolf got up. When the beowolf got back up it looked at me and growled in frustration and pain. Then I noticed something about the beast, it's entire left arm was missing. I looked back and saw its arm, it was just hanging there limp and dead, before it started to turn to ash. " Stay focused, your enemy isn't dead yet." Reaper calmly stated.
I looked back to see the beowolf charging at me once again. As the beowolf was charging me, I got an insane idea.
' If channeling aura to my legs me faster. What would happen if I did this.' I asked myself, bringing up my right arm in front of me, and focused my aura into it. Then my arm started to glow a bright white, but this time the aura also had a black outline, showing Reaper's assistance in this matter.
" Jaune, let's finish this in one blow." Reaper said, sounding as if he knew my plan.
I didn'tanswer, I just looked up at the beowolf and stood still, waiting for the right moment to release my attack. Then for the second time, time slowed down.
' Three.' the beowolf was starting to close in, claw high in the air, ready to take my life.
' Two.' The beast was now five feet in front of me, bringing its claw down. I brought my left arm up to block it with my bracer. When the claw met the metal sparks flew and I almost fell due to the pressure the attack generated.
' One.' As I held the claw back with my left arm, I cocked my right arm and prepared to release the now condensed aura.
' Now.' And the I punched the beowolf straight in the chest. As my fist sunk into its chest, the Grimm plate that covered it started to break under my fist. Then an explosion followed after, bringing a cloud of dust, and leaving my ears ringing. When the dust cleared, all I saw left of the Grimm was its lower half.
" What the-" I said, looking behind the legs and saw the floor caved in, I followed it and saw the other half of the Grimm in planted into the wall with a web like pattern behind it then it started to turn to ash. "hell." I finished.
Everyone was put into a state of awe, watching the ashes disappear. And then there was a awkward round of applause.
" My dust, that was incredible Mr. Arc." professor Port said.
" Indeed it was Professor." an unknown voice said bringing all of our attention to the door.
" Professor Ozpin, what are you doing here?" Port asked.
" I came to see what the ruckus was about, and then I come to see a student obliterate a Grimm along with school property." Ozpin said looking at me. " Young man could you please along with me to my office." he said walking out the door.
'well if the transcripts didn't get me expelled this surely will' I thought while I followed Ozpin.
(End of Ch 3)
AN : hey guys I'm back and here's another chapter for you guy. This chapter was originally going to be posted last week but I didn't like the idea so I changed the idea.
Also thank you to all who were patient with this chapter. Also leave a review and tell me if there are any problems or your thoughts. But until then unknown out.