My RWBY AU
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
It was an hour later when Ruby dismissed her class for lunch, walking with them to the cafeteria as they kept asking her questions about different ways to use spirit energy.
"You are a freaking awesome teacher!" A second year named Coco said grinning as Ruby sat with her and the rest of the students, some of their teams joining them.
"Haha. Glad you think so. This is my first time being a teacher and not a student." Ruby said cheerfully with a laugh, only to stop when a throat was cleared behind her. Glancing up and backwards she saw Glynda standing behind her looking at her with amusement.
"Decided to eat with the students instead of your fellow teachers huh?" Glynda asked causing Ruby to nod.
"Scoot over. I want to hear how your first lesson went." Glynda said causing Ruby to grin as she scooted over, getting closer to the rabbit Faunus she had learned was named Velvet, to make room for the older woman.
"Well aside from one of the students throwing a temper tantrum because she didn't have Spirit Energy I think it went pretty well. Those that have Spirit Energy have already unlocked it at least partially, and teaching them how to blow things up with their fists and feet unlocked the rest of it." Ruby cheerfully told the older woman who stared at her for a minute…before turning and staring at the students who grinned.
"…You taught them the dangerous and violent parts first?" Glynda asked staring at the girl beside her who finished off the cookie in her mouth.
"Well there's only so much theory you can do with Spirit Energy and it's usually unlocked a bit when someone unlocks their Aura for the first time and since most of the ones who have Spirit Energy have been using Aura for a while, there's not much I can do with them on the theory part. I did take safety precautions though if it makes you feel better." Ruby said shrugging her shoulders before taking a bite out of her apple.
"Besides I didn't teach them any of the dangerous moves. Just a few spirit Kicks and maybe a couple of Spirit Combos but nothing that can do any real damage to themselves or anyone else in the class." Ruby said after swallowing her apple, causing her students eyes to widen slightly.
"…You mean…me making a crater in the self-fixing arena with an Ax Kick coated in spiritual Energy…was the results of one of the non-dangerous moves?!" Velvet asked looking at the girl next to her wide eyed.
"Yep! Spirit Kicks or regular hand to hand combat attacks coated in spiritual energy aren't very advanced or dangerous to anyone with spiritual energy. Spiritual energy absorbs other spirit attacks much like how Aura absorbs damage. You could still feel the punch or kick, but it'll just be a regular one without Spiritual Energy enhancement. Ask my sister. I've been using Spiritual kicks and punches since I could walk. I've destroyed houses, bars, and Grimm with them but because I have spiritual Energy, I've never been damaged by it. You have to be careful when facing an opponent without spiritual energy though. While Aura could absorb some of it, the forces are too different for it to absorb most of it so you'd hurt someone pretty badly if you're not careful." Ruby said causing the students to gape at her while on the other side of Velvet, Yang nodded solemnly in agreement.
"She accidently broke my arm and three of my ribs once with a Spirit kick when she was two and that was with my Aura protecting me a bit! Those things do damage, and they freaking hurt!" Yang said causing even more dropped jaws as everyone stared at Ruby who was cheerfully finishing off her apple.
"Not like I meant to do it on purpose." Ruby muttered under her breath, causing the others to pale slightly.
"…You're going to teach us some of the more advanced moves though right?" Pyrrha asked staring wide eyed at the small slip of a girl who nodded.
"Yep. As soon as you get a grasp on the basics I'll teach you some of the more advanced ones and help those of you with specialized energy learn how to use it." Ruby said before taking a sip of her milk.
"You can tell who has specialized Spirit Energy already?" Blake asked looking over at the girl curiously and causing her to nod.
"Yeah easily. Specialized Spirit Energy is different than generalized Spirit Energy. Pyrrha has a generalized Spirit Energy which means she'll probably be able to do a little bit of everything, but hers is focused more towards attacks than healing so that means she won't be a good healer but will be a very versatile attacker. Velvet on the other hand has a specialized Spirit Energy that seems to revolve around nature, plants specifically, so her attacks will be stronger if she uses plants in conjecture with her Spirit Energy. Coco however seems to have a wind based Spirit Energy, so she'll be able to use wind attacks like small hurricanes, and she may even learn how to fly eventually. While Blake has Sword Spirit Energy, so she'll use her sword weapon in conjecture with her spirit Energy to make it even more dangerous. She may even learn how to summon Spirit Swords on her own without the use of her weapon." Ruby said listing examples and causing those she listed to have their eyes widen slightly as they stared at each other.
"…You can teach me how to fly?" Coco asked slowly beginning to get a grin that could only be called devilish.
"Yeah. It's not that hard once you get the hang of it. You should find it easier than I did because your Spirit Energy is suited for it while mine is more like Pyrrha's." Ruby said nodding her head in agreement and causing Coco's grin to widen even more so.
"What's our Spiritual Energy like?" Nora asked practically bouncing in her seat.
"Well…yours is a pure attacking one, mainly using your spiritual energy to make your attacks stronger and stronger much like how you do it with your Aura. Eventually you might be able to make a spirit ball in your hands that you can shoot at the Grimms, a Spirit Bomb if you will. Ren's seems more defensive based but also versatile. So he'll likely have a strong shield and a few strong attacks but not very many. Juane's seems to be more of a sensor/healer type. He'll be able to heal most wounds and sense a persons killing intent but he won't have very many attacks. Yastuhashi's is a ranged one, likely to be used in conjecture with a weapon that can be thrown or something like that. A yoyo or boomerang perhaps? Fox has a strong Sensor type with a minor sonar and exploding type, likely the exploding Grimm technique that I've heard about uses some of his Spiritual Energy so he will eventually be able to make a large spiritual bomb as well. The others seem to have a more generalized Spirit Energy like mine and Pyrrha's although for some reason theirs aren't as strong." Ruby said ticking them off of her fingers idly and causing everyone to gape.
There was a full minute of dead silence at the table, before Coco said a remark that would be agreed with by almost everyone over the course of the next few months to years.
"You…are a complete badass…and the best teacher ever!"