My RWBY AU
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
"Welcome to your first class on dueling. Now many of you have experience with fighting but this class will pit you against each other and yourselves to push you to get better, and we will be using the traditional dueling format fighting. Once someone's aura is below thirty percent then they lose and the match is over. There will be no fatal hits and nothing permanently damaging." Glynda said standing in front of the students with Ruby leaning against the wall behind her smirking. This class was usually for first years and was a demonstration between two teachers to show how a tournament style duel is done…but after learning that it'll be Ruby fighting Glynda…yeah…half the academy showed up and the other half were cursing the fact that they were either on missions or in class.
They stopped cursing that a few minutes later when a video feed popped up on everyone's scrolls and the other teachers gave them permission to watch the video of the two women's fight.
"Since this is the first class, today will be nothing more than a demonstration fight between me and my colleague here to show you how it's done. If there is time afterwards then I will let some of the students test their metal against an opponent of their choice. Due to her…extra…abilities. Professor Rose has been kind enough to agree not to use her Spirit Powers or her 'Fairy Powers' as she calls them against me…although I'm sure that's just to make it an even playing field." Glynda said dryly and causing Ruby to shoot her a grin.
"Don't want to hurt you by accident Professor Goodwitch. I'm pretty sure the Headmaster would get upset with me if I broke one of his top teachers in a simple sparring match." Ruby called causing Glynda to give her a playful stink eye, while a few of the students 'ohhh'ed at that and Nora shouted 'Burn!' much to several peoples amusement.
"And since I know that at least a few of you, yes Yang and Coco I'm looking at the two of you, are going to be betting on this match I've taken the liberty of giving Blake a book to keep track of who bets on who for how much. Professor Goodwitch and I will give you all five minutes to place your bets before we start." Ruby said smirking and causing the two she mentioned to grin sheepishly before there was a stampede as everyone rushed to place their bets.
"…You…are actually letting them bet on the match?" Glynda asked looking at the younger girl in disbelief and amusement.
"Why not? They're going to bet on it either way so might as well make it legal and so that there's no fuss about it later." Ruby said shrugging her shoulders and causing the older woman to think about it for a second before conceding the point, she remembered how often the students would bet on who would win what matches back when she was a student too…and she didn't think things changed that much.
"Fair enough…what are you doing?" Glynda asked catching sight of two small different colored Roses tattooing themselves onto Ruby's forehead just over her eyebrows.
"These are my seals. The blue one is sealing away my Spirit Energy, and the orange one is sealing away my Fairy Powers. That way no one can say I accidentally used them during our match. Am I allowed to use my Semblance or should I seal that up too?" Ruby asked causing Glynda to stare at her for a moment.
"You can use your Semblance, I don't want you to be at too much of a disadvantage. Besides I'll be using mine." Glynda said after a moment as the students finally started calming down and retreating back to their seats after placing their bets.
"Okay but you'll be wise not to underestimate me. The skills I showed you in that fight with Torchwick weren't even scratching the surface of my abilities without my powers." Ruby said smirking as the lights began to dim around them while Glynda drew her riding crop.
"And you'll be wise not to underestimate me. I'm not considered one of the top Huntress's for nothing." Glynda said giving a small grin of her own as she got into a ready position. Everyone except Yang and the teachers gaped when Ruby drew her monster of a scythe and held it easily in one hand.
"Ready?" Ruby asked as she fell into a fighting stance no one recognized.
"Ready." Glynda said her eyes glowing as her Aura and semblance began to balance.
"Go!" The two shouted at the same time, in an instant a spell shot forward and destroyed the ground where Ruby was…only…Ruby wasn't there anymore.
"What the?!" Glynda was just as surprised at this as her students were, except for Yang who was cackling almost evily.
"Nice shot. But all the Aura in the world can't help you…" Ruby said from behind Glynda now, causing the woman to jump away and fling another spell at Ruby.
"If you can't hit me." Ruby finished as she appeared behind Glynda again, this time kicking the woman across the arena and knocking down ten percent of her Aura.
"How in the world?!" Glynda asked surprised as she righted herself and shot a spell at Ruby, hitting nothing but rose petals again.
"I have two semblances…one is Speed and the other is Absorb." Ruby said grinning as she appeared right in front of Glynda, giving the woman a clean uppercut that knocked out twenty percent of her aura.
"Ouch…Gotta give you props Professor Goodwitch. Usually someone who gets hit with lil sis's uppercut are out for a month!" Yang called out to the blond teacher who staggered to her feet and held her chin, reworking her jaw slightly.
"I know what Speed does…but I've never heard of Absorb before." Glynda said after massaging her jaw a bit, and shooting another attack at Ruby again. Ruby merely appeared beside the woman with a grin on her face as she grabbed Glynda's face. Everyone was shocked as they watched Glynda's aura drop faster than a rock from a cliff while Ruby's rose, her next comment shocking everyone but Yang.
"Absorb means that your aura and semblance are mine!"