Chapter 6: Show and Tell
"My wings came out?" I said as I sat up from my bed.
"Yeah they flipped the table and knocked us all back." Yang said as she emerged from the bathroom covered in a towel and using another to dry her hair. Blake walked out after her the same way.
"They came out with such force I thought a bomb went off." Blake said as she walked over to my room divider. Sun stood and walked from the corner of the room and headed into the bathroom.
"Luckily they weren't out for too long, it's good that not a whole lot of people saw them but it's bad that so few people saw them." Weiss groaned. "All those rumors that are spreading like wild fire."
"At least tomorrow won't be boring right?" Ruby said trying to lighten up the mood.
"So someone tell me what happened." I said as I tried to stand.
"I heard you say something about having your hair messed with and I rubbed my hand through it. Then you flew to the ground and hid under the table shivering and crying. You must have been reliving a memory from what you were saying." Yang admitted while walking over to the divider that Blake stepped away from.
"And then your wings came out sending everything everywhere, but they disappeared almost instantly." Blake was wearing her normal outfit.
"Aside from all the bad that happened I did quite enjoy seeing them again." Weiss sighed. "And no it's not because they are made up of dust but because how beautiful they look."
"They looked almost like royal purple angel wings. I wonder if you can fly!" Ruby exclaimed.
I covered my mouth and coughed. I looked down at my hand and saw blood. I wiped it on my shorts before anyone saw. 'Don't want them worrying any more than they already are.' I thought to myself. I stood and stretched before turning to them.
"Well are there any classes left for the day?" I was still unsure of what time it was.
"Last class ended an hour ago that's why all of us are here. They only let Weiss out to watch over you until school was over." Yang shouted from behind then divider.
"Since there is nothing else to do can I see your weapons?" I threw the idea back out because I didn't feel like doing nothing. Ruby sprung up and rushed to my side.
"YES! That sounds perfect so let's go." She pulled me out of the room and led me outside. I looked back and realized that we just left everyone in my room. Ruby stopped and turned then motioned for me to stay where I was. She pulled out a red metal rectangle and started swinging it as it extended and formed a scythe.
"This is my Crescent Rose." She said proudly.
"That's a big scythe." I said in awe.
"It's also a customizable high impact sniper rifle." She added.
"Like a gun?" I stared at it.
"Yes just like a gun." Ruby nodded and smiled. I felt a hand placed on my shoulder and turned to look at Yang with Blake and Weiss standing behind her.
"My Ember Cecilia is also a gun, kinda. They are Dual Ranged Shot Gauntlets." She said as she shifted them from their inactive form. "They shoot compressed dust."
"Whoa. Does it hurt a lot to get hit with them?" I asked circling around her.
"Yeah, why, do you want to see for yourself?" Yang said excitedly.
"Kinda I mean yeah I'd like to-" I was cut off by a solid punch to the chest and sent back a few feet by the mini explosion that happened on contact. I wheezed heavily and struggled to catch my breath.
"YANG!" A collective shout from the three other girls rang out.
"What? He said he wanted to feel it and besides I held back I only used half power." She defended her action.
"That was only half?" I coughed out as I finally caught my breath. "Then hit me with full power some other time." Yang smiled and laughed.
"See I knew he could take it." She slapped my shoulder and I doubled over holding my ribs.
"I think you bruised my ribs Yang." I said laughing through the pain.
"YANG!" Another collective shout sounded.
"Don't worry I did say I wanted to know." I stood slowly and looked at Blake. "Now Ms. Belladonna would you care to show me your weapon now?"
"Gambol Shroud is a Variant Ballistic Chain Scythe. It is a katana, cleave, pistol, and Kama and chain." She held it in its default form and then unsheathed the katana. I tilted my head to get a better look at the blade. I ran my finger across it and cut my finger.
"Sharb." I said as I sucked on my cut finger.
"Yeah it's a sword they are supposed to be sharp and if you wanted to know how sharp it is I could have cut something. I held up my finger and nodded.
I was still looking at Blake as she showed me the two other forms when a long silverish gray blade was placed into my view.
"Oh and what is that?" I said following the blade to the hilt.
"Myrtenaster, my Multi Action Dust Rapier. It focuses my power and on top of that I am an excellent swordswoman." She said as she swung it around and stopped with it pointing at me. "Don't forget that either."
I shot a half smile her way and she gave me one right back. I felt a sudden uneasiness and felt like I was being targeted. I jumped out of the way as a red and gold spear stabbed into the ground.
"That's Pyrrha's Miló!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Yes it is and I can see that I judged Icarrus appropriately seeing as he knew I was aiming for him." Pyrrha said as she walked out of the tree line.
"You were actually trying to hit him?" Yang said accusingly.
"No now that I look at where it hit she was only trying to glance me. What an extremely precise throw." I tried to stand but fell back because of the pain in my ribs. "I forgot about my ribs." I said with a laugh.
"I took into account that they had been injured and hoped for the best and you exceeded my expectations." Pyrrha said with a slight chuckle.
"Where's Jaune at Pyrrha? I thought you two were going out now." Ruby said with a smile.
Pyrrha blushed and looked away. "For your information I was just with him and we made plans for dinner. I was on my way back to our room so I could get changed when I stumbled upon you all." She looked back up and I saw that her face was red.
"Ah blushing. That means she's embarrassed right?" I asked Weiss.
"Yup totally embarrassed." Weiss laughed.
"Hey knock that off Jaune is a great guy, I mean if I didn't fall madly in love with Blake I would have gone after him myself." Yang said as she walked over to Pyrrha's side.
"Thank you Yang and now I will be on my way good night to you." Pyrrha walked off towards the doors.
"Jaune seemed pretty happy that Sun showed Cardin not to be a bully anymore." I rolled onto my back and looked into the sky.
"Well that's because Cardin bullied him a lot and even after getting him to stop bullying him Cardin continued bullying everyone else." Ruby sat next to me and looked up also.
"It's not every day that someone stands up to a bully Icarrus." Yang followed her sister.
"Then why didn't you girls do anything?" I looked at all of them.
"Oh I would have if it wouldn't have gotten me expelled. You think a broken collarbone is bad? I was going to break way more than that." Blake said angrily.
"Yeah there were never any appropriate times to put him in his place but whenever we saw him bulling someone we would walk over and make him stop." Weiss took a seat behind my head and sighed.
"I just hope he learned his lesson." Blake sounded calmer. Suddenly Jaune erupted from the tree line and ran to us.
"Blake hurry Cardin's teammates are trying to get revenge on Sun for what he did to Cardin!" He was breathless and hunched over. I could see Blake's eyes narrow.
"Where?" She sounded strict.
"Over by the big statue out front." He said in-between breaths.
"All the way on the other side of the campus I'll never make it on time. Ruby can you get me there like a couple minutes ago?" Blake turned and Ruby stood. I jumped to my feet and grabbed Blake's shoulder.
"You stay I don't think you would hold back on them." I smirked.
"Icarrus don't, fighting outside of school between students is strictly prohibited." Weiss shouted.
"Hey don't worry I'm not going to fight." I looked at Ruby and she grabbed my arm. In an instant I was being pulled behind her at super speeds. It felt like only a couple seconds before we stopped and were standing in front of the statue. I looked around until I spotted Sun easily dodging attacks from three people who I recognized as the people who took Cardin to the nurse's office.
"SUN!" I shouted as I rushed in and knocked one of them down. I equipped my Anima Mortem and took my stance.
"Icarrus don't stoop to their level I was just going to keep dodging them till they collapsed from exhaustion and besides you'll get suspended for fighting even if your are only defending yourself." He said in a mocking tone as if mimicking someone.
"Oh I'm not going to fight them I'm just doing some shadow sparring and if they so happen to get in my way oh well?" I laughed to Sun.
"I see what you mean. Would you care if I joined you then?" Sun said as he pulled out a red and gold staff. He twirled it and stopped it behind his back.
"Let's do this." I said as I felt a familiar twinge of excitement similar to what I used to feel when I had to fight at the labs. "If I win I'll get morphine during the next test." I mumbled under my breath. I felt my mind start to slip but I was too far gone to stop.