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Chapter 4: Combat
I starred at Goodwitch with a blank expression. I knew I should be confused about what she just said, but after that whole trip I just went on it didn't really faze me. "So can I go now?" I stood up and placed my shield on my back and looked at her. She held a amused expression as she tapped her scroll a few times. "No, I want to see you use your semblance." I shook my head and laughed. "You expect me to fight after I just learned how to activ-" I stopped speaking when I heard boots stomping to my left. I quickly turned my head to see a suit of armor charging at me and swing at me with its fist. I quickly moved my head out of the way as the fist passed by in slow motion.
I skipped backward to place some distance from me and the suit. "That thing could have took my head off!" Goodwitch just smiled as the suit stood in front of her. "Oh I know, but I need to see how powerful that semblance of yours really is. Don't worry, this suit will stop when you either deactivate it, or it breaks your legs and arms." I just starred at her in awe. 'You have got to be kidding me.' I thought, this really was outrageous.
The suit charged at me and went to swipe my legs. In response I back peddled away as it tried to hit me with a multitude of punches and kicks. With my new semblance it almost felt like child's play, seeing your enemy attack before they even think about it was pretty helpful. A smile crept across my face as I kept dodging around its attacks. I waited for the right moment after the bot through a punch. I ducked under it and planted my foot on his chest plate sending it flying away from me.
It maneuvered in mid air and landed on its feet while simultaneously pulling out a rifle. I had barely enough time to pull my kite shield down to block the hail of bullets. I peaked around the side of the shield to see the suit slowly walking towards me as it fired. I pulled Ember from its sheathe and waited for the bot. I closed my eyes and started to count down in my head waiting.
When I felt the time was right I ran forward and slammed my shield into the bots rifle, knocking it off balance. With one motion I spun and sliced the rifle in half with Ember and shield bashed the bot again to keep it stunned. With another spin I stabbed Ember into the bots stomach and pulled upward. Sparks and wires erupted from the cut as I dragged my sword up through its body.
With a loud yell I pulled Ember from the bots body, effectively slicing it in half. I watched as the bot fell to its knees and slouched forward. Goodwitch approached from my right as I placed my weapons back to their respective places. She walked up beside me and flicked her riding crop at the bot. Soon after a purple glow emanated from its body as the circuits and wires reconnected.
The bot slowly stood and looked at me. Even if it didn't have a face it was still a little intimidating. The bot turned and walked back into the darkness and disappeared. Goodwitch turned to me and tilted her head slightly. "Well you didn't get incapacitated, so I guess that deserves a well done don't you think?" I gave her a annoyed look as she smiled. "It is lunch time right now, so please help yourself to the food. Combat class is right after so don't miss it. Who knows, maybe you'll get to fight against some real opponents." Her smiled vanished as she turned and walked away. I watched as the elevator doors hiding her body, but yet I was still able to see her purple aura in the box as it lifted upwards.
Cafeteria: 5 minutes later
I pushed open the cafeteria doors and was instantly met with the aroma of food. I swear I could have been in heaven with how good that over crowded room smelt, even with all the students. As I made my way down the isles I noticed a few people giving me looks but anytime I would look in their direction it was like I was about to turn them to stone.
After the long and awkward walk I made it to the food heaven. It was the hardest choices I've ever made (Ok, a little exaggerated). So many choices of pizza, burgers, pasta's and salads. I even noticed a few of the lunch ladies laughing at me a little, but I couldn't blame them because of the faces I was probably making. After making my decision of a few burgers and pizza, I made my way back down the long walk of awkward. This time not as many people looked my way except for one table that had all of its occupants staring at me like I was some sort of prize.
I tried my hardest to not look at them and kept walking until I found a table all by its self. After placing my tray down I quickly got to work on my feast. Since I didn't eat breakfast and had to sit in the same place for a few hours AND finally learn how to control my semblance, I was pretty hungry.
About half way through my food I noticed a girl approaching from my left. I slowly turned and saw yellow and only yellow. Long blonde hair flowed behind her accompanied by bright vibrant lilac eyes boring into me. A sweet yet cocky smile was plastered on her perfect skin. She slid into the seat across from me and winked at me. For some reason, I felt a strange heat radiating from her.
"Hello there fellow blonde, names Yang." She stuck her hand out and held it there. I looked down to her hand then back to her eyes. They had a look of confidence in them, as well as strength. I swallowed my bite and shook her hand. "Jaune." She smiled brighter and released my hand. "So, your the new kid huh? What school did you go to before coming to the mighty Beacon academy?" I finished up my second to last burger and wiped my face. "I didn't go to a school before here." I watched as her face adopted a look of surprise.
"You didn't go to a combat school?" I shook my head and started on my last burger. She blinked a few times and mumbled under her breathe. "Wait if you didn't go to a combat school then how did you get in? Fake your transcripts?" She nudged my arm and winked. I gave her a blank expression and shook my head. "No I didn't, don't take me for someone stupid." She backed down after that and laughed nervously.
I quickly finished my food and leaned back and released a content sigh. "So, why did you come over here? Surely not to accuse me of faking my transcripts." I folded my arms and watched as students began leaving the cafeteria. I saw a brute of a man follow a rabbit Faunas out the back doors. From what I could tell she wasn't happy. Before I could get up Yang spoke up again. "I came over because you were sitting alone, so I decided to give you some company." I looked back to her to see if she was kidding. And from what I could tell she didn't seem like it.
"Well thank you for looking out for me Yang, not a lot of people do that anymore." I mumbled the last part and stood up while grabbing my tray. She stood with me and smiled. "I'll have to introduce you to my team sometime, I think you could get along with them. Speaking of teams, are you on one?" I threw my trash away and shook my head. "Nope, Ozpin said nothing about a team. I usually don't work with teams anyway." I placed my tray on the trash can and started to walk to the back door. "Nice talking with you Yang." I half waved as she turned and walked away.
The door let out a low screech as I pushed it open. To my right I was able to see the back of brute from earlier. As I approached I was able to hear what they were talking about. "So, you like it when I pull your ears you Faunas freak?" The brutes voice boomed throughout the empty lot. I heard whimpers start to come from the poor girl who was on her knees.
"I bet you get off on me pulling your ears huh?" A scowl made its way across my face as I heard him keep harassing the girl. "No please leave me alone Cardin!" She yelled but to no avail he kept his grip as she struggled to get away. I rushed forward when I saw him bring his fist back to hit her. Before he could however, I kicked his mid section causing him to stumble away from the girl. I walked over and stood in front of her, blocking his view.
I looked down to see one of her ears bent as well as tears streaming down her cheeks. "Hey what the hell asshole!?" I turned to see Cardin holding his stomach and glaring at me. I just crossed my arms and rolled my eyes. "I'm the asshole? Weren't you just abusing this poor girl?" His face shifted into an even angrier glare. "Girl!? That thing is a monster! Don't you see those huge ears on her head?" I turned and looked down to her ears then here red eyes that were staring at me. I turned back and kept a straight face.
"I just see a girl who was treated in a way no woman ever should." I heard the girl gasp behind me as Cardin stood to full height. "Oh so you're a Faunas lover huh!? Well then you deserve the same fate!" I watched as he slowly ran at me. I unfolded my arms and placed my hand on a nearby trash can. Cardin brought his fist back and sent it barreling towards my face. I knocked his fist to the side and slammed my leg into his balls then followed up by slamming the trash can over his body and kicking him away. He stumbled and fell to the floor with a crash.
I spun and grabbed the girls hand and rushed away from Cardin. As we ran I turned back to see Cardin's teammates appear and crowd around the bully. Before they could spot us we entered one of the classroom buddings and into a empty classroom.
I stood by the window and watched to see if any of the goons were following. After about a minute, I released a sigh and turned to the brunette. She was sitting on the teachers desk rubbing her injured ear, a frown was also present. As I walked closer she perked up and smiled. "Thank you for helping me! I'm sure you want something in return right?" I shook my head and smiled slightly. "No, just seeing that smile on your face is good enough for me." She giggled and rubbed her arm. "Why did you save me? If you don't mind me asking..." Her eyes flicked to mine then down to the ground as I folded my arms.
"Lets just say I'm not fond of bullies and while you seem like you could handle yourself in a fight, I couldn't just stand by and watch. That and I was taught that woman shouldn't be hit if its not necessary. Plus I hate people who treat Faunas wrong just because they were born like they are." I watched as her face lit up at my words. Before anything else could be said the class bell rung. Before turning to leave I walked up to her and held my hand out. "Names Jaune by the way."
She smiled and shook my hand gently. "Velvet." I smiled back and headed to the door. Before turning the nob and walking out I turned to her one more time and nodded. "It was nice meeting you Velvet, even under the bad conditions." She giggled and waved as I walked into the hall.
As I walked down the halls towards combat class, I noticed Cardin farther down leaning against the door to the class. I made my way over and walked through. When I did I noticed he gave me a glare. I winked and stepped over his foot as he tried to trip me. He grumbled under his breath and followed me in.
I noticed most of the seats were already filled as I made my way up the steps. Fortunately I saw Cardin break off and sit with his cronies. I decided to take the highest seat up so I could be by myself since I didn't have any friends. I watched as the last of the students walked in. I watched as Velvet walked in and sat down next to a girl in black. She had a bow on top of her head and a book stuck to her face. Velvet said something causing her turn her head and look in Cardin's direction. That's when I realized that she was the girl from the docks last night.
I instantly shrunk in my seat hoping she wouldn't look up my way. Luckily she didn't and turned back to her book. I let out a sigh of relief as the bell rang starting the class. Goodwitch walked in and looked up at me and smiled. I kept a blank look on my face hoping to not give any indication that I didn't want to fight. Luckily, her eyes shifted to other students as she picked a few.
As the class dragged on I decided to toss my knife around. A few fights went on, most uninteresting. Yang went up but totally crushed her opponent with one punch, it was actually kinda funny when the poor kid tried to block her fist. He was sent flying out of the ring and into a wall sending cracks webbing up the side. I couldn't help but feel sorry for him, he could have just gave up.
A thought invaded my mind as I continued to flip my knife. Ozpin never told me who killed Isaac. Hell that was the whole purpose of even being here. Of course when I find out I'm gonna hunt that bastard and make him pay for what he did. I could feel my aura reacting to my anger. My hands started to feel hot as the flames tried to rise from them. I let out a breath and calmed down, making the sensation die down as well as my anger. The buzzer sounded signifying the end of another match.
"Alright class, now we are going to have our new student come to the ring." I looked down to Goodwitch to see her smiling. I grit my teeth as my knife slipped through my fingers and stuck into the floor. "Come on Jaune, don't be shy." I stood slowly and picked up my knife and slid it back into my pocket and made my way down the stairs to where she was standing. Before turning to the locker room I glared at her. She just smiled innocently and nodded.
"Now any volunteers?" I looked up into the stands and saw Cardin smile and raise his hand. "I'll beat him into a pulp for ya!" He walked down puffing out his chest and plastering a huge grin on his ugly face. As he walked past me he slid his thumb across his throat and smiled brighter. I just rolled my eyes and waited for him to disappear. Before making my way down the steps I glanced to the girl in black to see her amber eyes boring holes into me.
Cardin gripped my arm as he went to leave and turned to me. "I've got a deal for ya Blondie, you throw the match and I'll forget about what happened in the back OK?" I pondered the request for a second then smiled. "Yeah I'll throw the match. I'll run at your first and then just knock me out in one hit alright?" I kept a cheery expression on my face as he smiled. His hand left my arm as he laughed and left the room. The smile on my face disappeared almost instantly as he turned the corner. 'Oh he is going to get his ass beat.' I thought as I slid my shield onto my back and headed for the door.
As I entered the arena I saw Cardin on the other side with his mace placed on his shoulder, a huge grin plastered across his face. I didn't even bother to activate Instinct, with how slow he was before, this would be a breeze. I looked up to Goodwitch to see her tap her scroll a few times then look down to the arena. I rolled my shoulders a few times and prepared to charge at the brute across the way.
"Same rules as normal, when either persons aura hits red or are knocked out of the ring then the match will end, understood." I nodded and watched as Cardin got his mace ready to hit me. 'I can't believe he actually thought I am going to throw the match.' I thought as the buzzer sounded. When I ran at him I ran much slower so he could actually hit me. Cardin went for a horizontal swing to my head, a smile still on his face. Said smile disappeared when I bent backwards under the swing.
He tried to go for and over head slam but stopped when my boot came up and stopped the mace mid-swing. I spun on my hands and knocked his mace away then planted my feet on the floor and lunged forward and slammed my fist into his gut causing a grunt to escape Cardin's lips. I backed away as he fell to his knees still holding his stomach. Cardin's eyes slowly met mine, a look of anger filled them. "Y-you were supposed to throw the match..." I shrugged and yawned. "I'm not your bitch, and neither is Velvet." I swiftly planted my foot on the back of his head and slammed his head into the floor with a curb stomp. The buzzer sounded soon after.
I looked up to Goodwitch who smiled slightly then turned to the crowd. "Can the rest of team CDRL please go and move Cardin from the training floor." I watched as his team mates slowly got up and moved down to the arena. each one of them gave me a dirty look as they left. 'Eh, shouldn't have challenged me.' I thought as I walked back to my position on the floor.
"Now we have time for one more match, would anyone like to fight?" I watched as the girl in black slowly stood and nodded. Our eyes met as she walked down the steps towards Goodwitch. "Ah miss Belladonna! Glad to see you participate." I saw her team mates stand up and high five each other. One of the team mates was Yang who had a massive grin on her face. "Yeah go Blake! Kick his butt!" Both Yang and a smaller girl in red said in unison. Blake just kept walking into the locker room.
When she finally emerged from the locker room I noticed she now had a very stern look her face. Her eyes met mine again and this time they seemed focused, not a hint of fear or any emotion really. As she pulled out her Katana I pulled out my shield. 'I'll test her first, then see if I need Instinct.' I thought as we got into our respective stances.
The buzzer sounded as Blake rushed forward without missing a beat. She went for a diagonal slash which I blocked easily. Next she tried to sweep my legs but I simply jumped away out of her reach. Her katana shifted revealing the barrel of a pistol. Soon after bullets started to ping off my shield as I blocked the barrage of shots. I was surprised when she threw her gun at me while simultaneously firing a shot to make it go faster. It harmlessly bounced off my shield then retracted back to her via ribbon.
I pulled my own pistol from is holster and hid it behind my shield. Luckily she didn't notice as I fired a shot from under my shield. The bullet hit her directly in the thigh causing her to yelp in pain. I looked up to the board to see it had taken a sizable chunk from her aura. 'So she doesn't have a lot of aura like me, that means sh will try to finish this quickly.' I thought as she started to circle around. I kept my shield pointed towards her just in case.
In the blink of an eye she threw her weapon again. This time instead of blocking it I turned my shoulder away from the pistol and let it fly past me. Before she could retract it I grabbed the ribbon and tugged on it. She was sent flying towards me as I brought my shield back to slam it into her. My attack connected but soon after her body disappeared into thin air. I reacted just in time to duck under her blade. Now she kept striking at my shield not giving me a opening.
I parried one of her strikes luckily which gave me a few seconds of time. In that time I pulled Ember from its sheathe in a reverse grip and swung at her consecutively. The small dagger only hit her a few times, the rest she blocked. I switched Ember into a normal grip and lunged at her. I watched her eyes, she knew it would miss, but I didn't. With the tap of a button Ember extended into its full form. The blade sliced through her side, taking a huge chunk out of her aura.
She jumped back and held her side. We both looked up to the board to see my aura still in the green while her's was halfway in the yellow. 'One more goo strike and she's done, but she knows that too. I'll have to catch her off guard.' I thought as I thought of a plan on how to get the last hit in. An idea popped into my head as I remembered that Instinct still wasn't active. A small smiled crept along my face.
I rushed forward and brought Ember down in a overhead slash. As I expected she blocked with her own sword. I closed my eyes as we struggled to dominate each other. I quickly activated Instinct and opened my eyes. Her own eyes went wide when she saw my gold irises. Her grip faltered for a second giving me the advantage I need. I brought me shield down and slammed the tip onto the edge of her sword. Her blade fell to the ground as she did leaving her defenseless. I brought down ember and held it just under her chin.
She let loose a sigh knowing the match was over. "I give." She called out to Goodwicth. Soon after the buzzer sounded and I placed my weapons into their respective places. I grabbed her weapon and held out my hand to her. She gripped it and hoisted herself up. Before I could let go she gripped my hand harder and got close to me and whispered. "Top of the roof of the dorm building tonight. We need to talk." Before I could respond she grabbed her sword and walked to the door as the bell for the classes rung through the classroom.
I turned to look at her to see she was walking with her team mates. But before she turned the corner she gave me one last glance then disappeared.
As I waited for the rest of the students to leave my thoughts from earlier started to flood back into my head. I've been waiting for so long to finally find the person who took everything away from me. People always say revenge doesn't let you live your life, but that has been my whole life. Revenge basically described me. First it was my father. I wanted to show him how strong I could become, how I didn't need his help all the time.
But that revenge was forgotten and buried after my second and only family was taken from me. It had been my only purpose; to kill the person who took everything away. It kept me up at night just thinking about how I would go about making them pay. Torture seemed like the best. Slow painful torture. It only seemed right, after what they did.
"Hey, you okay Jaune?" I blinked a few times and turned to the new voice. Pyrrha was now standing to my right, a worried expression was on her face. I blinked a few times again and shook my head while deactivating Instinct in the process. "Yeah I'm, I'm good." I turned back to her to see she still had the same expression. "Are you sure? You seem like something is bothering you." For a moment, I almost wanted to tell her everything. It had been so long since I had someone to open up to. with me being on the move all the time and not really talking to anyone, it had been very lonely.
"Yeah I'm sure. Thanks for worrying." She was about to say something else until a new voice sounded throughout the room. "Hey Pyrrha let's go, team RWBY is waiting for us!" I looked over to see who the voice belonged too. A man in a black trench coat stood in the door way. He had black hair and dark green eyes. A large sword as strapped to his back. "Come on we got to go!" Even his voice was light and cheery. I thought back to when I used to be like that, happy and full of happy purpose. Pyrrha placed her hand on my shoulder and gripped it slightly. "I'll see you later okay?" I just nodded and watched as she walked out of the room. The boy gave me a stern look then followed. I silently laughed to myself. 'Man, what is it with people in black hating me?' I thought as I walked to the door.
I slowly pushed open the door to the roof and walked out. The sun was starting to set behind the mountains off in the distance. The emerald tower was glowing bright green since the sun was now reflecting perfectly off of it. A light breeze rustled the mop of hair I had on my head. My golden bangs lightly brushing across my forehead. I walked to the edge and sat down while dangling my feet over the edge. So much had happened in the last week it was stupid. between Roman and my plans of getting information getting screwed by Blake and her friend to attending Beacon. Now that I think about it, the last time I thought about going to Beacon was seven years ago.
Hours passed as I sat there ans starred up at the sky. Waiting fortunately was a specialty of mine, hours was nothing compared to years.
The door to the roof slowly opened with a low screech. Light footsteps made their way towards me then stopped about halfway. "I didn't think you would actually show up." I turned my head slightly to see Blake standing behind me. He weapon hanging from her back. I turned back to the tower and sighed. "I'm a man of my word." I heard her sigh then shift her stance. "I'll get straight to the point, why were you working with Roman at the docks?" I kept staring at the sky, not moving in the slightest.
"Even if I told you, you probably wouldn't believe me." I stood and turned to her and folded my arms. She started to frown and glare at me. "Go ahead and try me." I sighed and placed my hand on the hilt of Ember. "I was there because I needed information. I wasn't able to get any because you and your boyfriend decided to screw everything up." Blake tightened her fists and took a step towards me. "We were at fault!? You were working with a criminal who was stealing dust! He probably even killed a few people there!" I shook my head. "You don't know what I've been through to get to this point, the things I've had to do." She took another step forward and grit her teeth.
"So you killed and stole from people so you could work with the white fang!? You're not even a Faunas!" I closed my eyes and shook my head and absentmindedly activated Instinct. When I opened my eyes I could see her aura flowing through her at and accelerated rate. "I did those things because I had to watch my only family die in my arms at the hands of the white fang! I've vowed my life to getting my revenge for him!" I felt the flames try to rise out of my body again. I shut my eyes and grit my teeth trying to not let them out.
The more I focused on the flames the more they fought back. It was like something I had never felt before, the heat rising from me. I felt like a furnace, cooking from the inside out. My eyes felt like they were trying to jump from their sockets. 'Let me lose, I know you want to...' A voice called to me in my head, it was like a whisper but there. 'Come on, lets find the man who destroyed your life...'
"I'm sorry, for accusing you of such things." My eyes shot open as I looked to her. She was now looking down at the ground and her aura was calm now. "I know what its like to lose someone close to you. I had no idea." as she spoke I felt the flames start to die down as well as the heat. Even the voice had disappeared. " It was wrong of me to accuse you, its hard to trust people in the world today." I nodded and walked up to her. She slowly lifted her head, pain was evident in her eyes. "Just, listen to your friends and don't distance yourself from people." I paused for a moment and looked away. "Don't be like me and shut everyone out. It only leads to pain and loneliness." And with that I left the rooftop and headed to my dorm.
As I reached my dorm I saw Pyrrha and her team walking towards their dorm. I opened my door and went to walk in but stopped and looked back at them. Pyrrha let her team go in before looking at me. We held each others gaze before I turned and walked into my room and closed the door. I sat down on my bed and placed my head into my hands. Soon after my scroll buzzed from my pocket. I pulled it out and read the message.
"I believe you are ready to know. -Ozpin"
Chapter end
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