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As a second roars sounded off Jaune and Ruby looked around once more and they noticed Ren and Nora running towards them.

"What are you guys doing here?" Ruby asked.

"Did you guys hear that noise? What was that?!" Jaune asked as well.

But before he could answer Ren's eyes went wide as he falls to his knees. They could see that he was distressed about something. "No..."

"Ren! What is it?!" Ruby asked but once more didn't get a response from Ren. Instead they could all hear the clear sound of plodding footsteps coming closer to them.

"Wait, you guys hear that?" Jaune asked.

"I think it would be best if we move... Now." Aodh stated as he tried to get up but couldn't find the energy to do so.

Jaune went to help Aodh up but then the sounds of the footsteps stopped. All five then turned around to a bone horse's head breathes loudly, exhaling black smoke as it done so. Within the bones are glowing red lights and around it is the black flesh of a Grimm. Weapons were covering the back of the Grimm. The body itself looked human in appearance but on the crown of it's head was upward curved horns.

The mouth, the bones, and the eyes of the Grimm were all glowing red as the Nuckelavee twitches its head and roars.

Volume 4: Chapter 8: The Nuckelavee

Hitting the dead Sakura tree hard the four members of Team RNJR groaned in pain. Despite having aura it didn't cushion the blow. The only one who was swiped backwards by the Nuckelavee was Aodh as he was out of reach from the creature. However he was now standing alone against it.

Twitching various parts of it's body it roared outwards causing all five huntsmen to flinch before it charged at Aodh.

Jaune quickly got up and sheathed his sword in order to make a run for Aodh. Lashing out one of it's arms the Nuckelavee just missed Aodh as Jaune was able to push both Aodh and himself of of the Grimm path. Pulling Aodh up to his feet Jaune put his arm over his shoulder and tried to get Aodh out of harms way but the Nuckelavee was quick on his tail.

Noticing the oncoming Grimm Jaune closed his eyes and waited but nothing happened. Slowly he opened his eyes to find the Grimm directly in front of him looking around in confusion. "Just get him to safety!" Jaune heard Ren shout out to him. It was only them he noticed Ren had used his semblance to save him

Not wasting another second Jaune quickly escorted Aodh away and set him down beside a building away from the battle. As he was about to walk away however Aodh grabbed a hold of his wrist. "Use it's arms against it... Pin... Them." Aodh informed Jaune through his heavy breathing.

Nodding at his and the former teacher of Beacon, Jaune quickly grasped what Aodh was trying to tell him.

When Jaune arrived back he seen the three remaining members of his team standing around the Nuckelavee. The Grimm was trying to grab a hold of one of them but each time it was about to grab one another opened fire upon it stopping it's attack before it cried out in pain. .

"Guys, keep moving, go in a circle!" Jaune ordered out as all four started to follow his plan. Using his and run tactics against the Grimm they were slowly killing the beast. But when Ruby noticed Jaune sheathing his sword after another successful strike she became distracted.

"What are you doing?" Ruby asked but she found her answer when she realized that Jaune is using his upgraded Crocea Mors to try and attack the Nuckelavee.

Attacking the Grimm's hind right leg the Nuckelavee screeched in pain behind kicking the center of Jaune's chest armour sending him backwards.

Ren was about to take his turn to attack but the Nuckelavee swatted him backwards before pinning him to the side of a nearby building with it's extended arm.

"Ruby!" Nora shouted out gaining her attention. Using momentum from Crescent Rose to launch Nora between the Nuckelavee's final strike and a helpless Ren, Nora just managed to block the attack. But in the process Magnhild is pinned to the building above Ren by the Nuckelavee's other hand. With Nora dangling from it.

Ren looks up at Nora who seemed to notice the embarrassing position she was in as she pulled down her skirt. "Stop looking!"

In a loss for words Ren tried to avert his eyes but even as embarrassing as this moment was it was only to be a short lived one as the Nuckelavee flung Nora around in the air with it's tight grip on Magnhild. After a few moments of resistance Nora was finally knocked to the ground. The impact of which depleted the last of her Aura.

See his oldest friend's Aura run out forced Ren to continually stab the Nuckelavee's hand with StormFlower before the creature released it's hold over him. As if possessed he repeatedly went after the creature, his eyes wild wityh rage and fury.

"Ren! Knock it off!" Jaune shouted out to his friend in worry. He had never seen the normally calm and cool man act so strange before.

But Jaune cry to his friend fell on deaf ears as Ren continue'd attacking until he was once more swatted away. Landing on the ground beside Nora and separated from StormFlower the last drop of his Aura dropped to zero.

As the two partners rise together Nora was the first of them to get to their feet. However as Ren stood up his only focus was on the Grimm. As he moved once more to face the Grimm Nora had tackled him from behind and dragged him under a nearby building.

The Nuckelavee however advanced towards them but Jaune got in it's way and blocked it's attack with Crocea Mors.

Ren once more attempted to rejoin the fight but Nora held onto his wrist tightly. "Nora, let go!"

Ren turned around to see that Nora's head was facing downwards. "Nora, they're going to get hurt if we don't."

Without even looking up, Nora slapped Ren. Stunned by what his friend had done Nora finally let go as she put her hands in her lap.

"No. I won't let you kill yourself like this. After everything we've been through, I won't let it end."

As she raised her head her head to look at him, Ren remembered a scene like this before in his memory. Like that day she had tears in her eyes. He cursed himself. He promised himself that he never wanted to see tears of sorrow and sadness on her face ever again.

That image of a scared little Nora was forever burned in his mind but when he blinked he more more seen Nora back to normal again. "Not like this."

Ren knew Nora was right. As he pulled out his father's knife from his boot he sighed as he looked down at the blade. Holding onto the handle with both hands tightly Ren noticed Nora placing her hand around his own. "We can do this." Nora stated to Ren with a fierce, determined expression on her face.

Ren looked at her before smiling back and nodding in agreement. Together the two of them step out from underneath the building. Nora picked up Magnhild as the two re-joined Ruby and Jaune.

"Ren. Jaune and I can take care of its arms." Ruby stated as her focus stayed on the Nuckelavee.

"I'll take care of the horse." Nora reassured Renas she placed her hand on his shoulder.

"And I'll take care of the rest." Ren stated as Team RNJR moved out.

As Nora moved towards the nearest rooftop Ruby used herself as a target until she eventually managed to pin an arm to the ground with the tip of Crescent Rose. To make sure the hand was secure she put her body weight onto the blade forcing it to sink deeper into the Nuckelavee's hand.

Ren then flung his father's knife striking the Grimm and gaining it's attention. The Grimm then extended it's arm towards Ren but he doged the attack by jumping in the air at the last second. With gravity bring him back down, Ren revealed Jaune's shield to pin down the other arm.

"Now!" Ren shouted out as Jaune stabbed through the Nuckelavee's arm. Pinning it as well into the ground.

"Nora!" Calling out to his best friend in a flash Nora freefall jumped from the nearby roof to land a killing blow to the head of the Nuckelavee's horse section.

The just the human half of the Nuckelavee left Ren slowly walked over to it's pinned down body. He pulled his father's knife from the hide of the dead horse.

'For my mother.' Ren though to himself as he cut off the Grimm's left arm.

'For my father.' Once more as he cut off the Grimm's right arm.

'For all those that you've slain.' He strikes a gash into it's flailing torso.

Ren closes his eyes. "For myself." He opens his eyes and swings with the knife, beheading the Grimm. The body of the Nuckelavee then slowly disappears in a large pillar of black smoke.

With his demons dealt with Ren drops the knife and breathes out a sigh of relief. But this moment was short lived as he was soon tackled to the ground by a giggling, triumphant Nora. He hugged her back as he smiled at her.

Meanwhile Ruby runs into the nearby alley where Jaune had left Aodh. But as she got closer to him she could see he was not breathing. "Aodh... Aodh speak to me." Ruby softly rocked his shoulders hoping that she would get a response but there was none.

As the other gathered around panic was now starting to take it's hold on Ruby. Slowly she could feel the air being sucked out of her lungs. "Guys! I think I hear something!" Jaune shouted out but Ruby couldn't hear his words.

As two Mistral airships landed in the large courtyard Qrow rushed towards Team RNJR and Aodh but he stopped when he seen his son motionless. "No.. Dammit... I was too late..." Qrow pained out as he punched the ground.

Ruby then softly placed he hand on her cousins cheek. "It's still warm..." She softly informed them.

Qrow then rushed once more to his son as he pulled out a mirror. Putting it to his son's mouth he waited until he seen a small amount of moisture appear on it. Not wasting another second he pulled out a syringe that was filled with a yellow greenish liquid and stabbed it into Aodh's leg. Emptying the content into his son's leg.

"Hopefully that should be it. All we can do now is wait to see if we made it in time." Qrow stated as he placed his hand on Ruby's shoulder.

Soon the medical team arrived and placed Aodh on a stretcher. They had put an oxygen mask over his face as he was brought onto the Airship.

The flight was a silent one as everyone on board was watching over Aodh. Ruby and Qrow in particular were both the nearest to him. As Ruby who was crouched down beside Aodh holding his hand asked. "What if we don't make it in time?"

"Ruby." Jaune spoke gaining her attention. Before he she could see the flourishing city of Mistral in front of them.

"We'll make it Ruby. Just like you've all made it this far." Qrow stated the them as he placed his hand on Ruby's shoulder.

And Cut!

Well there is gonna be one more chapter of Volume 4 left before I will be taking a break and resuming this story after Volume 6. I know it could be a bit of a long wait but I really want to work around cannon for my stories and since RWBY is released in short few months bursts a year we'll have to wait to see what potential twists a turns appear.

A few quested ion for this chapter Q&A so let's get started!

1) Will we be seeing anymore flashbacks of Adoh and his team? Or maybe even a prequel? I did think of having it but there will be a few flash back coming up. (As long as Volume 6 doesn't have anything that'll scubber up my plans lol.)

2) Can you later make Raven and Aodh vs Cinder? For the time being I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of extraterrestrial life... Oh and who's fighting who in Volume 5 as well.

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!