The second half of Aodh vs Tyrian fight coming right up! Enjoy!

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Ruby, Qrow and the rest watched nervous as the two continued staring off with one another. "So they can't hit each other then." Jaune asked.

"No. It means who ever is faster wins." Qrow answered

"Then I should help out if it's about speed." Ruby stated before rushing off with Crescent Rose.

"Ruby! Wait!" Qrow shouted out but Ruby had already rushed off.

Aodh meanwhile took in a deep breath before roaring out a vortex of flames in Tyrian's direction. Teleporting behind him Aodh aimed to strike from both sides making it near impossible for Tyrian to avoid both attacks. 'Gottcha.' Aodh smirked knowing either attack would land.

However Tyrian was smirking as he turned around to face an oncoming Ruby. Aodh's eyes went wide as he realized Ruby was about to be caught in the oncoming flames. Using his stinger Tyrian aimed it for Ruby.

Teleporting once more Aodh got between the two of them and kicked Tyrian away but not before his stinger grazed his neck. Aodh grunted in pain but he ignored it as he wrapped his body around Ruby in order to prevent her from his flames.

When the flames struck Aodh's back there was an explosion as everyone waited to see if both Aodh and Ruby were okay.

Volume 4: Chapter 5: When the Dust settles.

When the flames and dust cleared Qrow and the rest of Team RJNR looked at Aodh still covering Ruby as he held her tightly. "Stay out of this fucking fight Ruby." Aodh groaned out before he softly sighed out. "You idiot."

"I'm sorry... But why didn't you teleport us away?" Ruby asked in a worried tone.

"I can only teleport myself and what weapon I'm holding. I can't teleport with other people." Aodh continued groaning as he let go of Ruby. "Get back to the old man and your friends now Ruby." Aodh pointed at the group before turning to Tyrian.

"I can't just sit back and watch someone else fight for me!" Ruby argued.

"I understand that you want to help Rubes... But you're not ready to face off against someone out of your league. His semblance is like mine, so you won't be able to beat him alone." Aodh countered.

"And you can!?"

"I'm not too sure about that. It won't be easy but I should be able to severely weaken him. Just stay with the others and this is not up for debate. Now move it!" Aodh shouted. Ruby wanted to argue but when Aodh was telling her off he was facing Tyrian the whole time.

"Be careful." Ruby softly spoke before leaving. Aodh meanwhile touched the scratch on his neck to check if it was bleeding. But it wasn't.

"My poison will be moving through your body. Soon you won't be able to move freely."

"I already have fire dust flowing in my blood. A drop of poison won't be much worse, so I'm a lot tougher than I look asshole." Aodh stated as he flicked his wrists to reactivate Rua Solas but sparks flew out of his gauntlets instead of it's blades.

Seeing his change to strike Tyrian rushed at a now weaponless Aodh. "Shit." Aodh cursed and he used the gauntlets as a make shift shield to block Tryian's relentless attacks. He somehow managed to hold Tyrian's arms as the two locked there arms between each other.

"AODH! GRAB HOLD!" Qrow shouted out as he threw his weapon up high into the air. Both fighter's noticed this as they seen the weapon spin in the air above them. Headbutting Tyrian's nose Aodh quickly teleported up into the air and grabbed a hold of his father's weapon.

"It's been a while since I've used this. It's over." Aodh smirked as he activated the weapon's scythe mode. Teleporting back to the ground Aodh then rushed at Tyrian.

Overusing his teleportation Aodh was putting more and more pressure on Tyrian. With each attack his speed increased as he began to randomise where he would be striking. Eventually he managed to break Tyrian's block and slashed his back taking a huge chunk of his aura.

But as Aodh was about to deliver the final blow to Tyrian's unguarded neck a sharp pain pulsed through his body. Aodh then fell to the ground holding his neck and he yelled in pain. Tyrian wildly laughed and savoured the moment as he slowly walked over to the downed Huntsman.

"You were right. It is over, this is the end of you, Aodh Branwen." But before Tyrian was about to finish off Aodh his father Qrow appeared behind him with Ruby's Crescent Rose in hand.

He slashed through Tyrian's stinger taking it out of any possible per-longed fight between the two of them. "You bastard!" Tyrian shouted out in pain. He went to move towards Qrow but with a lapse of concentration of his surrounding Tyrian felt a sudden pain rush through his left arm.

He looked down to find it was missing from his body and lying on the ground. "AAAHHHHH!" Tyrian yelled out in horrific pain as he looked behind him to find Aodh struggling for breath looking back at him with a smirk on his face. Soon was he found everyone was standing nearly encircling him. "She'll forgive you. She'll forgive you." Tyrian silently stated as he grabbed his arm and slowly walked backwards before dashing off.

Once Tyrian was gone Aodh collapsed to the ground. Qrow and Ruby rushed over to him. "Aodh are you alright speak to me!" Qrow panicked as he held his son.

"I'm fine.. Just need a moment to rest up. We're not far from Mistral I'll be able to make it there." Aodh stated as he was helped up to his feet by his father.

"Who was that guy?" Nora asked the father and son duo.

"How did you get here?" Ren followed with his own question.

"Why are people after Ruby?" Jaune also asked.

Seeing that Aodh and Qrow were having a silent conversation between then Ruby waited before asking. "Uncle Qrow? Aodh? What's going on?"

"We have to tell them. They're now caught up in this dad." Aodh stated to Qrow. /he knew he was serious when he called him dad instead of old man.

Knowing his son was right Qrow sighed in annoyance before asking the group. "What's your favourite fairy tale?"

(Later that Evening)

Sitting around a campfire Qrow and Aodh had just finished telling Team RNJR everything. The six of them were sitting in silence as Aodh took a drag of his cigarette while Qrow took a swig from his flask. "Really? No questions?" Qrow asked.

"Of course we have questions. This is just... a lot to take in." Jaune softly spoke as he looked at the fire.

"I understand... It was alot for me to take in when I first heard it as well." Aodh agreed with Jaune as he continued smoking.

"So these... Maidens... They're powerful fighters that don't need Dust to use magic. And Amber was one of them?" Ruby asked.

"Yeah... She was." Aodh sadly answered.

"And there are four of them?" Nora asked.

"Yup. Always." Qrow answered taking another swig.

"Which means that, whenever one of them dies, the power transfers to someone... A female... That they cared about?"

"Whoever was in their thoughts last. Important distinction. Best option is someone we can trust. Regardless, their souls become combined, in a way." Qrow corrected Ren.

"And that's what you were trying to do to Pyrrha... The night the tower fell. You were trying to turn her into one of them." Jaune accused Qrow and Aodh. They could both feel the anger in the tone of his voice.

"When Amber became the previous Fall Maiden she was young and inexperienced. When she was attacked, who we now know is Cinder, her powers somehow were stolen... But not all of that power. We were afraid that if we didn't do something, the rest would go to her as well."

"So you forced it on Pyrrha." Jaune's anger didn't let up as he asked again.

"No we didn't." Aodh softly said as he looked at Jaune. "At first I wanted to track down who ever attacked Amber. I hoped that she would gain her powers back and wake up again but... Time wasn't on our side. So after Ozpin told me what was going to happen with Pyrrha and Amber, I test Pyrrha's resolve."

"What do you mean tested he resolve?" Jaune asked confused by what Aodh was talking about.

"Do you remember being attack while in Vale by a masked hooded man?" Aodh asked the remaining members of Team JNPR.

"You mean that." Ren stated realising.

"Yes. That was me. If I didn't feel Pyrrha was ready for the responsibility of becoming a Maiden we would've been back to square one... But she passed my test and after we explained the situation and gave her the choice... She chose to become the new Fall Maiden." Aodh answered as he stubbed out his cigarette.

Jaune wanted to argue but he remembers Pyrrha's voice saying what Aodh had just said. He then got up and walked a few feet away from the group. Qrow was the only one watching him as he left.

"That guy, Tyrian... Why was he after me?" Softly asking Ruby looked at her uncle with a concerned look.

"Well, you definitely painted a target on your back with what you did at Beacon. I told you having silver eyes is a rare trait. And the fact that you were able to use them seems to have upset some very powerful people. Not many people know about the silver eyes. Those that do aren't very happy that one has surfaced. That's why I've been keeping an eye on you in order to make sure you were safe. All of you."

"Well, then, why not just travel with us? It seems like that would've been way easier." Ruby stated to both Aodh and Qrow thinking it was an obvious thing to do.

However Jaune answered "He was using you as bait."

"No... For one I only joined yesterday. The other reason is more complicated and not really my thing to talk about." Aodh answered as he father looked away for a brief moment.

"What is all of this? Ruby's being hunted, the schools are being attacked, all for what?! What is the point of all of this?! Will you just tell us what's going on?!" Jaune demanded to know as he turned back to face the group.

"Would you sit down? You're stressin' me out, 'kid." Qrow sighed as he watched Jaune sit back down again. He was about to take another swig when Aodh grabbed his flask away from his hands. Looking at his son for a moment he seen Aodh leave the flask down on the ground. Sighing he continued. "Not many people are super religious these days."

"This world's been around for a long time, long enough that people have created dozens of gods. But if you believe Ozpin, two of them are actually real. They were two brothers. The older sibling, the god of light, found joy in creating forces of life. Meanwhile, the younger brother, the god of darkness, spent his time creating forces of destruction."

"As you can imagine, they both had pretty different ideas about how things should go. The older one would spend his days creating water, plants, wildlife. And at night, his brother would wake to see all the things that the elder had made and become disgusted. To counteract his brother's creations, the god of darkness brought drought, fire, famine, all he could do to rid Remnant of life. Life always returned. So one night, the younger brother went and made something, something that shared his innate desire to destroy anything and everything."

"The creatures of Grimm." Ruby answered to which she seen Aodh nod in agreement.

"Yeah, you guessed it. The older brother finally had enough. Knowing that their feud couldn't last like this forever, he proposed that they make one final creation... Together, something that they could both be proud of, their masterpiece. The younger brother agreed. This last great creation would be given the power to both create and destroy."

"It would be given the gift of knowledge, so that it could learn about itself and the world around it. And most importantly, it would be given the power to choose, to have free will to take everything it had learned and decide which path to follow - the path of light or the path of darkness. And that is how Humanity came to be."

"But... What does that have to do with us?" Ren asked.

"They gave mankind four gifts. Knowledge, Creation, Destruction and Choice. Those gift as well aren't metaphorical they're physical." Aodh answered before his father continued with the story.

"It's said that they were left behind by the gods before they abandoned Remnant, and each of them is extraordinarily powerful. If someone were to collect all four, they'd be able to change the world. That's exactly what the enemy wants. The Huntsman Academies were created to train generations of Humanity's protectors, but they also serve another purpose... Guarding the Relics."

"When Ozpin's predecessor founded the schools, he built them around the Relics to act as a fortress. Not only would they be easier to defend, but they would constantly be surrounded by trained warriors. The hope was that hiding them would keep mankind from using them against itself... And, of course, keeping them out of her reach. So yeah, there's that."

"By her... You mean Salem?" Ruby asked.

"That's right. Not much is known about her. Quite frankly, that's not what matters. What matters right now is that she wants the Relics, and if she gets them, it's not going to end well." Qrow answered as he watched the fire continue burning.

And Cut!

I noticed something after posting the last chapter. And not only is this the 40th Chapter being posted but I just passed the 100,000 word mark on the last chapter. Just want to start off these authors notes by thanking everyone who has read this story. Even if it was only one or two chapters or even the whole story up to this point, thank you!

Only 1 question for this chapter's Q&A as well.

1) What is your own personal favourite Fan Theory? Ohh tough. My personal favourite is that Salem and Ozpin are the son and daughter of the two brother Gods. For me it makes sense. The reason why Salem is the mother of Grimm is because her father created them. They are loyal to his bloodline.

And for Ozpin the reason he gained his powers as a wizard was because his father was a God. It also goes a bit into why Ozpin reincarnates as well. So basically Salem has kept her true form because she has never died. And Ozpin reincarnates because he fails to kill Salem and his container is destroyed. It also goes on to say that in order to truly kill off Salem both Ozpin and Salem need to die together.

So that's all for this chapter folks. If you have a question do feel free to post a review or PM myself. If I don't answer your question on next chapter's Q&A I will try to reply via PM. Thank you for reading this chapter. I hope you've all enjoyed it. Till next time