Violet couldn't keep track of where anyone had landed. She was so busy coming up with her own landing strategy that she didn't have time to consider where the others went.
"Birdy no!"
Well, that was strange.
Violet pulled out her tonfas; Spiral Songs, and pointed the gun end downward. She then began to fire rapidly at the floor, which surprisingly slowed her down. Still, at the pace she was falling she'd break several bones. Suddenly she got an idea!
I got it! I'll use my semblance in reverse!
With this thought, she pointed the blade ends of her Spiral Songs outward, then charged her aura.
Her semblance was the ability to create a gravitational rotation around her, or a 'storm' as she called it. She also possessed the ability to reverse her semblance and cause herself to spin at high speeds.
As she activated and reversed her semblance, the world went blurry in her eyes. She span so fast that she began to hover, lowering slowly to the floor.
When she finally landed and stopped spinning, she dropped to the floor with a screaming headache.
I feel sooo dizzy... She thought as she stared at the sky, everything waving around.
Nearby was Tanya, falling at a ridiculous speed and with not much time to think!
Gotta think! Gotta think! Gotta think! She screamed in her head.
She quickly activated her semblance, multiplying herself by fifteen. Then all the Tanyas grabbed ahold of each other, forming a ball of bodies to absorb the pressure!
The Tanya Ball slammed into the forest floor and all of the Tanya's except one were demolished. Tanya then tumbled on the floor and rose to her feet!
Gotta find someone, quick!
Elsewhere, Ross had used his Bullet-Breaker to boost straight toward the floor.
"Haaaah!" He cried as he fell to the floor! Ross removed one hand from Bullet-Breaker's handle, then pumped it in a fist, summoning a huge column of earth from the ground. He then proceeded to stab into it, allowing the blade to drag and slow him as he approached the forest floor. Finally, he stopped falling, just before hitting the floor.
Ross touched down onto the floor, the drag slowing him down. His blade was still stuck in the column.
"Graaah!" He yelled, pulling the sword's trigger and forcefully moving the sword. His blade smashed the column it was trapped in, and sent stone and dirt flying everywhere!
Great! Now to find an ally...
Flying right above him was Xavier, who was riding FLLFFL like an extremely thin board. One foot on the blunt of the blade, the other on the throttle.
"Woooo!" He cheered as he flew through the sky!
Apparently he wasn't the only one enjoying the flight, because the busty blonde girl from the cliff was cheering as well.
"Haha! Yeah!" She screamed, twirling through the air.
Wow, she's got a nice set of-
Xavier couldn't finish his thought because he collided with a tree.
Ouch...
After sticking to the tree for half a second, he comically fell off. Now he fell, straight towards the forest floor, branches flying by him and growing smaller as he fell back.
Then boom!
He was lying on his back, staring at the sky.
Well, not the most graceful landing... He thought, But hey, I'm still alive.
Xavier then righted himself to his feet, shaking the leaves and grass out of his hair similar to how a dog shakes water from their fur.
Alright, now where'd that sword land?
He walked around a little, sniffing around for the scent of his sword. Finally, he caught it!
Aha!
His sword was found lying on the ground, right in front of a bush.
Thought you could hide from me, did you? He thought as he bent over to grab it. As he did, he heard rustling from the bush in front of him.
Xavier lifted his head to come face to face with a Beowulf.
"Oh shi-" He was cut short by a swipe to his face, sending him flying back into a tree!
"Gahk!" He cried as he made contact, then he shook his head to focus on the target. There was a beowulf before him, and with his knowledge of beowulves, he remembered that they travel in packs, meaning there could be many more of them close by.
Xavier gave FLLFFL a spin, then pointed it at the Grimm.
"Alright, it's time to show you which of us is alpha!" He taunted, then burst quickly toward his prey!
The beowulf charged forward, but was met with a sword in its jaw. Xavier then pulled his sword out violently, gave it a spin, then used the jet to blast it away! Now, all that remained of the Grimm was its hind legs.
Xavier's nose immediately twitched afterward and he boosted quickly to the left, narrowly avoiding two pouncing beowulves!
Out of the brush came another three, making the pack amount to five.
Okay... You've been in stickier situations. He told himself.
They all charged and he activated his semblance. He disappeared before their very eyes, leaving the five Grimm confused.
Suddenly, one of the Grimm's head was severed, and they all turned to their fallen brethren, just before a boy fazed in from the tip of a stream of blue fire!
"Rhaaagh!" Xavier cried as he cut through the torso of another Grimm, then turned to face his kin!
The remaining three charged in, but stopped when they heard a crashing sound.
All four turned to see the trees next to them blown down and a boy holding a large blade bursting through them!
"Ryaaaagh!"
Ross brought his buster through two Grimm, leaving only one beowulf left!
"Sup!" Ross called to Xavier as he slowed next to him, both facing the remaining Grimm.
"Oh, nothing much. Just killing Grimm," Xavier replied, giving his jetsword a spin. "And you?"
"I'm having a blast!" Ross cheered as he launched himself into the air with a column.
"Haaaa!" He cried as he pulled the trigger, slamming down onto the beowulf and splitting him down the middle.
Xavier sighed. "I could've taken him." Then he slid FLLFFL into its sheathe.
"Yeah, right." Ross taunted, compacting Bullet-breaker.
In another area of the forest, Tanyas sprinted across the floor.
Tanya had cloned herself, now multiple of her were running around the forest in an attempt to find a partner quickly.
Finally, one of them spotted someone!
Tanya hid in the bushes as she made out who it was.
Forest! She exclaimed in her head! She was about to leave her cover when she remembered the way he'd treated her the past two days. No, joining him wouldn't be a good idea. She told herself. Still, she didn't move. She just watched her brother walk. He's my brother. Perhaps I should go to him and join him. She argued.
Finally, she decided to step out and talk to him.
As she stepped out of her bush, she noticed that Forest was helping another student to their feet. It was that girl from before; the one she'd bumped into in the hallway.
Lilac... Tanya thought as she saw the two of them talk.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a groan.
Another Tanya clone elsewhere looked to her left and saw a girl in purple sprawled out on the floor, staring at the sky, groaning.
A partner! Tanya thought as she deactivated her clones elsewhere, cutting off her vision of Forest and Lilac.
Violet's vision was finally coming back to her, and right above her was this girl wearing a bunch of tan and her hair in two long pigtails.
"Ungh..?" She grunted at the girl.
"Tanya Goldwin, pleased to meet you." The girl introduced, offering her hand to Violet.
Violet's concentration returned to her, and she took Tanya's hand.
"Uhh, Violet." She was pulled to her feet, "Violet Storm. Pleased to meet you too, I guess."
The two began to walk, not necessarily knowing where they were going.
"So, Tanya." Violet said in an attempt to strike up a conversation, "You know which way we're going?"
Tanya turned to her partner, "No, not particularly. I just know that we're going to a temple of some sort." She replied. Violet nodded.
So, the two pairs of hunters started their trek to the temple in the middle of the Emerald Forest.
Sorry that this chapter took so long to crank out. I was having internet problems.
So, is anyone here curious why Xavier's Jet Sword is named 'FLLFFL'? I know the answer, and no it's not related to the story at all.
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