Chapter 3

Rise of the Beasts

Blue scanned the Goliath. He deduced that due to its large mass, it moves slowly but packs incredible strength and durability. He also took note of Nadeshiko's bullets and blades attacking its skin. He wondered if he could kill it from the inside.

"This is gonna be hard... Draco, you're gonna have to be our tank," Blue said, earning a nod from his old friend.

"Got it!" he rushed forward.

Blue scanned Subasa's blades. Noticing its sleek and sharp blade, he went to the Garuda and asked: "You, do you think your blades can at least cut it?"

Subasa looked at the 20 meter elephant and replied.

"I'll try."

She hopped up into the skies. Blue looked at Nadeshiko.

"Hey, your bullets and blades don't work. What's your Semblance? It might work well against this elephant."

Nadeshiko smiled and demonstrated by shooting a bullet by the elephant's foot, summoning a large tree root that held down the elephant.

"Life-Giver. I can make stones or anything my Aura touches into plants or bugs... or some small animals with enough Aura," she said.

Subasa mounted on top of the elephant and threw a powerful slice with her sword, making a small cut.

"It cut a bit!" Subasa said.

"Come back here!" Blue commanded Subasa.

She was about to hop down, but she was grabbed by the trunk of the elephant.

"Subasa!" Nadeshiko shouted.

Draco roared as he charged. He hopped a short distance and fired a shot on the ground. He did a front flip and slammed his shield into the elephant's head, fazing it and letting Subasa go. Subasa created a small tornado on her feet and backflipped from it and back to Blue. Draco regrouped with the team and reloaded his gun.

"Okay, it can get cut by Subasa's blade, can get fazed by Draco's shield, and Nadeshiko can make plants and other small life," Blue pondered, "Okay, guys, this is the plan."

Before Blue could announce it, he did a twirl and spun his lance until it touched the ground. He summoned a large tsunami that engulfed the front part of the elephant and froze from his Ice Dust. He then looked at his team and told the plan quickly. After that, they all nodded and got into position.

Blue rotated his cylinder and his lance turned hot red. He stabbed the lance into the ice and melted the ice. He twirled his lance, gathering the water.

"Draco!"

"Gotcha!"

The elephant charged forward. Blue shot some water forward while Draco shot heavy shells and missiles from both his shield and lance. The missiles pushed the elephant back a bit, but the shells seemed to pierce a small area on its legs.

"Okay, Draco's heavy shells can pierce them," Blue noted, "Nadeshiko, you know what to do."

She nodded and looked at Subasa. Subasa leapt from a tree and mounted on the gargantuan. She laughed evilly as she savagely sliced the elephant's back. The elephant attempted to throw her off by standing up. Blue smiled, predicting what Subasa would instinctively do. Subasa stabbed her weapon into the skin and saw it slowly cut through. Nadeshiko threw her revolver at Subasa, who held it with her free hand.

"Up!"

Subasa tossed her up, letting go of the chain. The biker started doing front flips into the air and shot all the bullets into the crevices Subasa made. She then tossed a chain into one of the crevices and pulled herself down to the leg level of the elephant. The Elephant continued to stand up and Blue noticed that it's attempting to crush Subasa.

"Okay, Draco, go!"

"All right!" he charged forward and aimed his gunlance to the ground and continued to fire until he was above the elephant.

"Subasa! Fire Bird!" Draco said.

She nodded and formed a small tornado above Draco. Draco inverted himself and used the small tornado to boost himself downward. He dropped down into the elephant shield first, knocking the Elephant's head into the ground. Despite the force of the shield bash, it recovered quickly and pushed away Draco. The dragon knight hit was about to hit a tree, only for him to stop as his back hit the tree. He was glowing red, activating his Semblance.

"Did you think that hurt?" Draco said as he aimed his rifle at its legs, attempting to shoot its legs.

The elephant raised its leg and stomped the floor, creating a powerful quake. Blue and Draco were disoriented, and Subasa fell off.

"Suba!" Nadeshiko held on tight and threw her revolver at her, she grabbed it and Nade swung the Garuda upward.

The Garuda flipped forward and did a vertical spin dash downward. She sawed through the back of the Grimm, slowly, but surely piercing it. The Grimm screamed in pain as it pierced through. Nadeshiko's eyes shone pink as she activated her Semblance. A huge group of tree roots suddenly sprout out of the crevices, ensnaring the small goliath. It slowed its movements, but didn't halt it. Blue used the rest of his held water and flooded the area by its feet. He thrust his lance into the ground, forming a hidden link of water underneath that connected with the water by the Goliath's feet. He transferred his ice dust into them, freezing the water.

"It's not working!" Nade exclaimed.

Subasa was motion sick from overusing her Semblance and fell off the elephant. Blue cushioned her by draining the moisture of the water of the grass, forming a soft watery bed for Subasa to cushion in.

"I need a break..." Subasa called out, "My Semblance gives me a large headache from overuse."

Nade looked at Subasa, who fell back on a tree. She groaned.

"Blue!"

Blue nodded and jumped up. Nadeshiko passed passed Blue a revolver. He grabbed it and she flipped forward as she rose up. The elephant tried to reach for them with its trunk up, but it found its trunk being pulled down by Draco. The dragon knight glowed red as he reinforced his strength with his Aura.

"Nade, now!"

"Got it!"

She threw Blue down into the large cut and he threw a heated lance thrust into the crevice, sinking deep into the elephant. Blue pulled it out, making a large hole.

"Nadeshiko!"

"Gotcha!"

She focused her Aura on a bullet and fired it into the hole. Using up a lot of her aura, she lost her momentum in the air and fell. The bullet landed into the hole and Blue hopped up and grabbed Nadeshiko's tired body. He formed a platform of water that he froze with his lance above him and used it to push himself diagonally downward. He did a front flip and landed on the ground gracefully. Draco, knowing what was about to happen, quickly ran to Subasa, who was falling off the elephant. He leapt for her and grabbed her then immediately rolled into a shielding position, forming a large barrier. Blue landed behind Draco and looked away from the elephant as it exploded from a burst of sharp thorns spraying out of it from all directions. The elephant fell and dissipated as Blue let out a breath of relief.

Draco looked at his friend. His cape fluttered in the wind. The cape's blue color resembled an ocean tide hitting the beach. Draco was enchanted by his friend's majestic pose.

Blue then knelt to the ground and limped to the temple.

"Oh my goodness. I drained a lot of Aura..."

Subasa weakly used her Semblance to push Blue to the objective faster. As Blue hit a pillar, he got up and went up to the White Bishop relic. He raised it up high before falling down again. Draco weakly walked up to him and picked him up. Subasa recovered some Aura to move and helped her partner up. Nadeshiko looked at Blue and smiled.

"Well, we did it..." Nadeshiko smiled weakly, "I have to admit... while you bark out orders, you're actually pretty smart."

Blue smiled from Nadeshiko's comment.


Author's Notes

I'm hyped for Season 3. Also, just from looking at ABRN, I already like Reese; she's so cute. I'm also excited to see one of my most favourite characters that didn't speak or make any proper appearances: Sage. I swear, Sage's design is awesome... and I'm a sucker for the colour green. Also, I really love his weapon despite its simplicity X3.

The next chapter should be up by Monday. The progress of the first chapters are usually quite high due to the fact I already fleshed out the characters. Though, for the next few arcs, it'll be more or less 30%SoL and 70% Adventure, though, that 30% will come first. See you next time.

Also, I was about to add these codenames in Blue's orders, but decided against it.

"Burnwater" (Draco and Blue)
"Firebird" (Draco and Subasa)
"Water Lily" (Blue and Nadeshiko)