Team JSON
Chapter 6
The Emerald Forest
Jaune and Pyrrha are walking through the Emerald Forest. They partnered up when Pyrrha threw he spear at Jaune to stop him from his fall and pinned him to a tree. She then found him and they partnered up.
As they walk through the forest Pyrrha pushes away a branch in front of her face. When she lets go it snaps back and smacks Jaune in the face.
"Ow!" he cries out as he is knocked back.
" Jaune! I'm sorry!" Pyrrha says as she reaches down to help Jaune.
"Heh. It's alright. It's just a scratch." he says, "Why didn't you activate your aura?" Pyrrha asked.
"Huh" Jaune asked with a confused look.
"Your aura." Pyrrha said, "Gesundheit" Jaune says.
"Jaune, do you know what aura is?" she asked. He scoffs and answers, "of course I do, do you know what aura is?" he says badly hiding his cluelessness.
"Aura is the manifestation of our soul. It bears our burdens and shields our hearts." she explained, "Have you ever felt like you were being watched without knowing that someone was there?"
"Uh yeah." Jaune answers.
Ren walks into a clearing. He narrows his eyes, as King Taijitsu a giant grimm snake rises out of the ground. It slithers around Ren and curls up in front of Ren then strikes.
"With practice aura can be our shield. Everyone has it. Even animals." Pyrrha explains, "What about monsters?" Jaune asks.
"No the monsters we fight are black at the soul." Pyrrha says.
Ren flips back and dodges the grimm as it crashes to the ground. It then comes right back up and head-butts Ren. Ren flips and lands as the grimm starts to curl around him ready to crush him.
"The manifestation of anonymity." Pyrrha says.
Ren equips his gun and jumps out from the middle of the grimm while shooting it.
"They are the darkness we are the light." Pyrrha says.
As Ren is falling he kicks the grimm in the head.
"That's why we fight them." Jaune says.
The grimm falls and collapses from the impact. As it gets back up it gets slashed in the face by Ren.
"That's why we fight them." Jaune said
"It's not about why, it's about knowing" Pyrrha says.
The snake uses the momentum to turn around and attempt to strike at Ren. He jumps out of the way and does a flip. He flips downward and stabs the snake in the head
"It's about understanding both dark and light that helps us manifest our aura." she says.
A white head emerges from the boy of the Grimm and attacks Ren catching him off guard.
"Everyone has some of both." Pyrrha continues.
Ren flips out of the way when he lands there are now two heads on the snake one white and one black.
"By bearing your soul outward as a force you can deflect harm." Pyrrha says.
As the two heads attack him he jumps on the first head and runs toward the other head.
"All of our tools and equipment are our conduits for aura."
Ren slides in between the two heads while shooting. He jumps into the air only to be head-butted by the white head knocking him back and disarming him.
"You can project yourself and your soul with fire."
The black head towers above Ren who is on the ground weapon less. It strikes as Ren raises his hand and yells, "No!"
"It's like a force field!" Jaune says opening his eyes. "Yes if you want to look at it that way." Pyrrha says.
Ren is using his bare hands pushing the snakes fang back. A pink glow surrounds his hand as his aura protects it from being punctured. He then grabs the teeth and breaks it off causing the snake to scream in pain. It backs up then immediately charges forward again. Ren spins to the side then jams the teeth into its head.
He then reels back and using his aura to enhance his strength he slams his hand into the impaled teeth. The impact sends a shockwave through the snakes head causing it to bow off. Its headless stub tumbles to the ground. Ren then charges the second snake head.
"Now close your eyes and concentrate." Pyrrha tells Jaune. "Uhh…okay." Jaune says.
Pyrrha places her hand on his chest and closes her eyes. When she opens then he pupils dilate and becomes smaller. Both Jaune and Pyrrha begins to glow. Pyrrha begins to recite,
"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite, and distanced, and unbound by death. I release your soul. And by my shoulder protect thee." She steps back and bends down in exhaustion.
"Pyrrha?" Jaune says worried, not knowing as he is glowing with his aura.
"It's alright I used my aura to unlock yours, but the energy that protects you know is your own." Pyrrha says.
She gives a smile as she sees Jaune's scratch closed up and disappears in a flash. "You have a lot of it." she says with a smile.
Jaune smiles as well, he looks down and says in awe, "Wow!" as he sees his aura for the first time.
Ren is standing over two dead King Taijisu bodys. With his Jade Dragons in each hand. He slides his guns away and pats the dust of his shoulders. Then something makes a weird noise, "Qrrraaawww qrrraaawww!" Nora pops out of a tree hanging upside down with a goofy smile on her face.
"Heh, I still don't think that's what a sloth sounds like." he said. Nora then reaches over and taps him on the nose, "Boop!"
END OF CHAPTER 6
