A/N Hai Guise :3
So here's the next chapter in The Black Rose and the White Flame, here with the Freezerburn fight scene!
This one's a little more in-depth with fighting and less-so on the emotional stuff, mainly because considering Weiss is more a planning person I should revolve around that.
You'll see what I mean ;D
Anyways, hope you guys enjoy!
As the time reached a little past 3:30 Weiss and Yang had stopped, seeing a clearing up ahead with plenty of Ursa. There were 13 in total, with nine minors and four majors eating some of the grass in the surrounding area. There were no trees in the surrounding area so the clearing had no kind of visual hindrances, and there were no rock formations or any kind of obstructions on the field. It was a plainly laid out field, nothing needing to be taken into account minus the Grimm that desecrated the area.
Looking out onto the clearing in the closest tree, Weiss began thinking of a variety of plans to take out the Ursa. Seeing that she was stuck in thought Yang began to do the same.
Usually in these cases Weiss would be the one to think of a plan. Usually with Ruby she basically just had to come up with a plan to do everything herself to account for whatever Ruby may do. She didn't completely discredit Ruby, she knew the young leader could fight and hold her own. That being said she could never follow a plan, so Weiss had to figure out everything for herself.
Yang saw that Weiss was clearly in a lot of thought but figured someone had to say something. "Seeing that you're still staring blankly I'll assume you have some kind of plan already?"
As Yang broke the silence she could see the annoyed scowl forming.
Ah great, let me hurry before she starts yelling.
"If you wana I have some idea of a plan. It's not much but it's something."
Weiss' annoyed face had acquired some slight surprise at Yang's words.
Hm, Yang with a plan? Interesting…Maybe this one will actually listen. Looks like she's already more competent then her sister.
Not daring to anger Yang again she decided not to probe the thought.
"Well what did you have in mind?" Weiss calmly asked.
Yang began to explain. "Well it looks to me like the Ursa are separated into three small groups in the clearing, each with three minors and one major, except for the one on the right which seems to have two majors together." Weiss took a look and saw that Yang was actually correct, each 3 minors were gravitating around one or two majors.
More observant too.
Yang continued. "I say we try to separate the three packs so that we can fight them easier. We should each be able to take one smaller group, and then after we can both take out the last group on the right."
Weiss stared at Yang with a hidden amazement in her gaze at her well thought out plan. She may act like a barbarian, but it looks like she can actually think about what's in front of her. This could be a good day. Weiss was slowly beginning to enjoy the idea of having a partner that could think for once.
"That's actually a good idea Yang."
Yang put on a slight nervous grin and held back a slight blush. She couldn't plan out too often with Blake given their lack of utility other than their weapons. But she didn't expect her plan to actually be plausible, let alone Weiss think it was decent.
"Thanks, but how would we do it?"
Remembering that Yang wasn't used to Weiss' arsenal of dust, Weiss begins to explain to her how it would work. "I can make an ice barrier similar to the one we used with the Nevermore to separate the groups, and I can melt part of it with my red dust when we finish." As she thought more, another thing crossed her mind.
"When we go you take the middle area, and on occasion fire onto the right side of Ursa to make sure they don't break the barrier of ice. We don't need this to get out of hand."
Yang nods at the plan, thinking that it made sense and was glad it worked out. "Awesome!" A smile returned to her face as her other wheels began turning.
"You know I'm just glad I'm with you for the day and not Blake. Anything like this with her woulda been a Cat-tastrophe."
Weiss began chuckling again, but tried to mask it with scowl.
That one wasn't even that good! Why am I still laughing?...
She pushed the thought out of her head for the moment. "Oh let's just go!"
Yang noticed Weiss' chuckle but didn't say anything, simply grinning remembering her earlier success.
Weiss prepares the teal dust on Myrtenaster to begin their attack on the Ursa in front of them. Weiss sat there patiently, waiting for them to separate more, while Yang simply stood ready to jump into the clearing.
"I'll wait for you to make the barrier before I go in." Yang said still in form ready to go.
Wow, it's nice to see that she's at least not as impatient as her younger sister either. Weiss for a moment took refuge in the idea that her new partner might actually follow the plan. She immediately pushed the thought away as she prepared Myrtenaster, seeing that the Ursa had separated far enough.
She fired her first ice line next to the group on the right side. Before the ones on the larger side could react Weiss immediately made another ice barrier between the center and left sides, making three equally sized areas each with a group of Ursa inside.
Perfect, time to get to punching. Yang thought with a smirk, ready to get into the fight. "Now!" Yang screamed as she jumps to the center divided area.
Weiss immediately after jumped onto the left most side, preparing for her fight against the agitated Ursa in front of her.
Weiss begins using her rapier training as the Ursa charges at her. Seeing the major farther behind from the minors she made a temporary glyph to push it back and trap one of the minors with it, leaving 2 minors in front of her.
Using this gap change she switch to yellow dust, removing the glyph made previously from her white dust, but using her added agility and general skill with her rapier to kill the two Ursa minors that had charged instantly before the others could get to her.
Yang had taken similar approach, hitting the major with a round from Ember Celica forcing it backwards, and pounding the three minors in front of her into submission with relative ease. She began firing at the major to weaken it, waiting for it to make a last desperate charge at her. When it did, she jumped over it with two rounds pointed downwards from her gauntlets, leaving the major looking up at her.
Before beginning her decent she fired a few stray shots on the right side, keeping the Ursa away from the ice barrier Weiss had made. She also saw Weiss block a hit from the major on her side and pushed backwards. Yang knew she should help, but didn't want to hit the major directly and distract Weiss.
Distract!
She fired two more rounds from her gauntlets, each placed behind the last two Ursa on the left side.
After blocking the last hit Weiss was trying to think of a proper way to dispose of the remaining Ursa without taking possible damage.
Red dust? No, no need to start a possible fire like in Emerald Forest. Teal dust? I think I used it all to make the barriers. Maybe the-
She was cut off by two rounds from Ember Celica appearing behind the Ursa, each creating a small explosion.
IS SHE INSANE?
Weiss looked up at Yang, only to see her point back at the Ursa as she began her decent downwards to her own remaining major.
Weiss then realized the Ursa in front of her had their backs turned to her, distracted form the minor explosions.
Not bad Xiao Long, not bad at all.
She immediately charged at the remaining Ursa minor, stabbing it in the neck and killing it instantly. She was about to stab the major when it turned its head and ducked before Weiss could land a hit. She had to think of something else and fast.
Yang had just taken care of her last major, landing a nice downward strike from her descent. She noticed Weiss next to the major.
"Need some help over there?" She didn't mean to sound so casual, but also knew that Weiss could easily take care of herself, so wasn't exactly worried.
Admittedly Weiss was a little thrown off by the question. If it were Ruby she probably would've already done something by now that Weiss would have to address after. It really is nice for someone to follow a plan…
She couldn't think of that now however as she still had to deal with the major in front of her.
"Just keep the right side contained, I'll be done shortly."
Yang obliged, realizing Weiss already had an idea of what she was doing. Following her wishes Yang continued to shoot past the ice barrier, keeping the larger Ursa group behind it, and in the process actually killing two of the minors as she waited for Weiss.
Weiss in the meanwhile had made distance between her and the major, waiting for it to charge. Once it did, Weiss immediately activated her Blue dust, sending the Ursa skyrocketing upwards, then made one for herself as she jumped up after it and stabbed it clear through the chest, ending its life. She immediately then spun around as to get on top of it, landing on it as she and the corpse fell to the ground.
Finished with her side she used her red dust to melt part of the barrier between the left and middle, moving to get next to Yang so they could tackle the final Ursa group.
Weiss wanted to address the situation before removing the last barrier as Yang continued to fire onto the other side. "What's our status Yang?"
Our Status? A little professional, but I could get used to it. Yang thought as she prepared to answer Weiss' question. "I've managed to keep em from breaking the ice more than we did." Yang smirked at her own joke, looking back at Weiss to test her luck. Hm, no laugh…but no scowl either I suppose. Progress!
Ignoring Yang's crude pun she tried to devise a plan.
We can't just take on this many Ursa alone with what we currently have. Yang's ammo is probably low by now and most of my Dust is depleted. I only have enough red dust to burn another path through the ice and a small amount of violet dust (I really should've restocked on dust before coming here…). I do have plenty of white dust though for glyphs…
A clever idea formed in Weiss' mind.
"Yang, how much ammo do you have left in your gauntlets?
"Four in each." She preceded to fire two more shots at the remaining Ursa behind the barrier, and ended up killing the last minor in the process. "Make that three."
Hm…that should be enough to kill one of them. "I have a plan. Just remember, my glyphs may as well be a hard concrete wall that won't break."
Weiss had used the last of her red dust to burn the barrier before Yang could even ask what she meant. The two charged through the opening, ready to attack the huntresses that had ambushed them so effortlessly.
As they made their way over Weiss formed a rather large glyph to separate the two. She called out to Yang "Aim for the target Yang!" Hoping she would catch on.
She had, immediately charging the Ursa as she smashed into it with a jab, sending it flying towards the glyph and smashing into it. Not being able to take much force Weiss couldn't hold it after an impact, but could still make plenty more.
Her next glyph appeared behind Yang. She knew this next part would require some quick and precise motions on her part, and Yang's trust of course.
Then again, I've done crazier.
She noticed Yang fire two more shots at the 2nd major farther behind, trying to keep it at bay. Three left. Both girls thought at the same time.
"Yang, when I say kick your legs, do it!"
Yang was a little baffled until she saw the Glyph appear under her. She kicked off it, realizing where the trajectory was taking her: back to the 1st major she punched last time. She waited for Weiss' signal.
Waited…Waited…
"…NOW!"
A Glyph immediately appeared right behind Yang perpendicular to the ground. She immediately kicked out pushing off the glyph, also using another round to accelerate her further. Then, as soon as the major was in front of her, used another round with her added speed and a flare of her semblance to send it skyrocketing upwards into the distance, not to be seen coming down.
Yang finally slowed down upon impact with the ground, leaving a decent sized skid-mark in the soil below her.
What do you know? Beat it with one shell to-
She cut off her thought as she saw the last major charging towards Weiss, who was distracted by Yang's outstanding punch.
She pointed her gauntlet with the last shell at Weiss' feet.
"WEISS JUMP!" She fired her last shell.
If it were Ruby Weiss would've tried to ask her why before doing it. But knowing Yang had trusted Weiss this far to follow her plan, her conscious didn't even question Yang when she screamed.
Weiss immediately jumped up as the Ursa was next to her, and the explosion from Ember Celica was just enough to push the Ursa back and sent Weiss upwards, far away from the beast and with no form of damage whatsoever.
Eventually Weiss landed on her feet, the Ursa temporarily looking at Yang before directing its attention back to Weiss.
Not bad at all.
Having had enough, Weiss created four small glyphs around the Ursa's arms and legs, similar to her battle with the Giant Armor, locking it in place. Activating the rest of her white dust her sword began to glow, as she immediately lunged at the Ursa. As the sword passed through the beast, nothing was left behind, it having disintegrated upon contact with the blade.
As Weiss took a moment to recover from her final attack, she took a moment to observe the field around her. Yang did the same after noticing Weiss, slightly mesmerized by the view of the disintegrating Ursa that had stood in front of her not too long ago.
The remaining ice had begun to melt, a mixture of regular time and the heat from Ember Celica's shots. The only other thing that remained in the area was black residue from Yang's gauntlets and Weiss' red dust, and the scattered dead Ursa, some stabbed and others simply lifeless with a few dents on their bodies.
Weiss found herself overall pleased with the battle by the end of it. Not only did she not suffer any major injuries from the Ursa, but she also had a plan that was actually followed properly. Plus Yang was a much easier partner then Ruby: she paid attention, followed the plan, and thought on her feet. Plain and simple, she wasn't the child her sister was.
Yang found the battle to be…interesting. Usually when it came to Blake it was about hitting fast and hitting quick, basically just the two of them side by side hitting what was in front of them. With Weiss there was an actual plan, and not only did the plan work but Weiss trusted her to follow it. Plus, that whole pushing off a glyph thing was pretty badass she had to admit.
It was a new experience for them; both having a plan and it being followed properly, and they both knew it probably couldn't have worked with their respective partners. Both couldn't have been happier with the results.
Weiss decided to check her scroll and realized it was already 3:45 by the end of their battle. This being said she decided to break the silence. "Its 3:45 now and we're each out of our respective ammo." Still can't believe I came here unstocked on ammo. Weiss mentally scolded herself. "We should probably start heading back now."
Yang checked her scroll as well, realizing Weiss was right and they didn't have much time left anyways, so they might as well head out.
"I actually still have a reload on me, but that works for me!" She preceeded to reload her gauntlets in front of Weiss, letting the empty shells pop onto the floor as she let the new bullets fall in.
"I'll use my ammo to take out any strays we catch along the way. I've got you Weiss!"
She had a reload on her? Weiss ended up having a slight scowl on her face, not so much for Yang forgetting to mention that she had ammo but rather for thinking she had to protect Weiss. "I can protect myself even without my dust thank you very much Yang." Her scowl was slowly replaced with a smile. "But thanks."
Yang noticed the Heiress' smile and couldn't help but smile back.
Hm…Weiss doesn't really smile that often around us. It was nice to make her laugh a bit before, but this seems a little more…special?
Yang wasn't sure what exactly she was feeling seeing Weiss smile, but knew it was positive so didn't exactly think much else of it.
The two turned around and started heading back towards their meeting place with Blake and Ruby. Having some extra time, they decided to go back into their walking pace, not as slow as previously but enough that there was no effort put into it. Both the brawler and the heiress had turned with smiles on their faces.
A/N That was in total 2,998 words. Don't want to break the 3,000 barrier just yet :p
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