Chapter 29 – Pyrrha Nikos

Pyrrha shoots at Wave as he runs towards her. He blocks the shots by spinning Neptune's weapon. As soon as the gunfire stops, Wave closes in on Pyrrha. She raises her hand and focus on him, but in shocked to see her semblance not working.

Wave gets close to Pyrrha and land a left hook across her face. The red haired warrior is stunned form the impact, but reacts in time to avoid a strike from Neptune's weapon. She uses her semblance to send Neptune's weapon out of his hand and across the street. In response, Wave winds back his right arm. Pyrrha holds her shield to block the incoming hit. The punch sends Pyrrha back a few feet, sliding on the soles of her heels. She then looks at the man gets ready for another attack.

"What is that armor made out of?" She think as she knew it was not any type of metal she could control before. She holds her weapon, transforming it into a spear as she take an offensive stance.

"You do not have a chance against me." As Wave finishes the taunt, he rushes at Pyrrha and begins an assault of punches and kicks. Using her spear, she parries Waves attacks while looking for an opening. Upon finding one, she stabs Wave with her weapon. However, the head of the spear breaks against his armor.

Taking advantage of her astonishment, Wave kicks the red haired girl in the stomach. The force of the impact causes Pyrrha to drop her weapons and cough up blood. She is flung across the air, skidding on the pavement landing near Nora. Pyrrha looks over to see her friend barley breathing as she tries to move. Wave walks over to see the two in agony. He stops when something hits the back of his head. Turning around, he see Jaune, hold his shield and sword.

"So you are up again." Wave says as he is unfazed by his opponent's attacks.

"Get away from my friends!" Jaune screams as he continues to strike with his sword. The blade only bounces off of the Grand Chariot armor as Wave tries to make counter strike. The Jaune blocks Wave punches with his shield, staggering from the power behind each hit. Wave sweeps his enemy's legs causing Jaune to fall on his back. He stands over Jaune and stomps on his chest, denting the chest plate. Jaune feels his aura fade and his ribs break on the force of impact. He loses his grip on his sword and shield. Wave steps away from his defeated and looks back towards Pyrrha. As he gets closer, he again feel something thrown at the back of his head. He looks behind him to see Jaune standing back up, barley able to hold his sword after throwing his shield.

"I said. Get away from my friends!" Jaune says as he runs at Wave.

"You do not know when to quit, do you?" Wave says as runs to collide with his enemy. He raises his fists to punch Jaune in the face. Jaune slashes with his sword to intercept Wave's attack. The blade connects with the fist, stopping both fighters in motion. Wave's fist starts to overpower Jaune's sword, until a black aura surrounds his blade. Jaune looks past his enemy to Pyrrha raise her hand and focuses on his weapon. His sword brakes through Wave's armor, drawing a large amount of blood as he slashes across his enemy's arm and chest.

Wave looks in rage at Jaune as he clenches his other fists. He tries to punch Jaune again, but his enemy gains a yellow aura around him, absorbing the impact and pushing Wave back.

"What was that?" Wave says as he looks at the blond student, "You know what, it does not matter. I am going to end this right now." He then charges at Jaune. Before Wave closes in, he jumps high into the air. Jaune looks up in the air in panic.

"Jaune! Block!" Pyrrha shouts as she picks up her leaders shield and throws it to him. The blond student grabs his shield and hold in towards the sky. Wave looks down at Jane and position himself for a dive kick.

"Grand Fall!" Wave shouts as he descends towards his enemy at Mach speed. Jaune's body radiates with a yellow aura as his shield is supported by a back aura from his teammate. The two fighters clash on impact, creating a powerful shockwave that break ground Jaune stands on. Pyrrha fly back form the shockwave while Nora slides on the ground a shorter distance. The black aura around the shield fades, causing cracks to form on it. Wave sees the defenses weakening and puts more power behind his hit.

Jaune's shield shatters at the fore of impact. Wave's foot connects with his enemy's chest. Jaune's yellow aura glows violently as he stands on the crumbling ground. He holds his sword and slashes at Wave's left leg, drawing blood as he swings with all his might. Wave flinches in pain but still puts more power into his kick. He forces Jaune into the ground, destroying the street as his body plunges deeper in the ground. The nearby buildings break and dent from being near the heavy destruction.

Wave lands back on his feet and looks down at Jaune in a creator from his attack. The blue armored Jaeger see Jaune barley move as he tries to look up at his enemy. Both breathe in exhaustion as the stare at the other. Jaune tries pick himself up but fails. Wave looks over to see Pyrrha getting back, she stares back at him with rage as she holds her side. Wave begins to run at her as Jaune tries again to get back up. He fails the same way as he loses sight of Wave.

The blond student looks around and sees his sword, damaged from its use in this fight. He manages to reach it and looks at his reflection in the blade. His eyes begin to water as sees the damage he has taken in combat, knowing he cannot continue.

"I am not strong enough. I cannot protect them." Jaune thinks as he closes his eyes. However, when he reopens them, he looks up with determination, "But I will not let them let them die here!" The blond student throws his sword into the air with the last of his strength. Pyrrha sees the sword in the air and looks in confusion.

"Pyrrha! Use my sword!" Her leader shouts as she realizes what she must do. She raises her hand towards the weapon, have it become covered in a black aura. The sword heads towards Wave, pointing the tip of its blade at his shoulder. Wave looks back and dodges the sword at the last second. The sword keeps its momentum towards the red haired warrior. She grabs the handle of the sword and runs to her opponent. Wave refocus his attention on Pyrrha and launches into close combat.

The blade of her sword connects with her enemy's fists. She parries his attack perfectly as she pushes him back. Wave tenses up as he realizes the enemy and learned his fighting style. He had taken too much damage in the fight now to keep up with his enemy.

Pyrrha tries a downward strike with her sword, to witch, Wave blocks with his forearm. The she lets go of the weapons, keeping it in place over her enemy with her semblance. The red haired warrior backs up a few steps away from Wave. He looks in confusion, until his feels something grab his ankle.

Looking down, he see the girl he took out early in the fight, Nora. She looks up at him and give a small smile through her pain. Her body begins to spark with electricity as she it channels it into her hand. In an instant, Wave is struck with a bolt of electricity from his ankle. He screams in pain as Pyrrha shields her eyes. When the screams stop, she looks to see him stand still, smoke eradicating from his body.

The blue armor flashes, converging the light into a cutlass sword in his hand. Wave falls over on his back. Pyrrha walk over to help Nora up, "Are you okay? Can you walk?" She says as Nora smiles back.

"I think so, I feel like a beat up rag doll but I can walk." Nora say as she stands on her own feet. She stumbles a bit as tries to stand up. Her friend keeps her from falling over as they begin to walk over to Jaune. Both stop walking when they hear coughing behind them. Pyrrha looks back to see Wave trying to get up. She looks back to Nora, "Can you get Jaune?" She says in a serious tone as Nora nods. The red haired warrior leave her teammate to walk on her own as she turns to go to Wave, griping her sword. Wave stands up in a daze as he holds his cutlass. His weapon shake him his hand as he tries to steady it with his other.

"I am not going to stop until I get Kurome back!" He say as he looks at the red haired warrior in anger. She stops walking when she is in front of him, loosen the grip on her sword.

"Is Kurome the girl with you at the warehouse last night?" She says in a mournful tone. Wave nods slightly, confused at her change in tone. "She is dead." Pyrrha says as she look at Wave. He drops his weapon after hearing the news. He looks to the ground, tears poring out as he realizes he had been fighting for nothing, he was to late for his comrade. He looks back up to see with rage at Pyrrha. However, his rage change to astonishment as he sees Pyrrha crying.

"I am sorry. People should not die that young, that is not right." Pyrrha say as she looks back at Wave. He stands awestruck as he looks the genuine remorse in her eyes. "Why are you saying that, are you trying to mock me?" Wave says as he grits his teeth, not knowing if he is being fooled.

"No, I do not want to kill you. I just want to protect my friends." Pyrrha say as she looks back to see Nora walking back, helping Jaune as the two try to come over to them. She turns back to Wave, tears still in her eyes, "Please, give up so nobody has to die."

Wave stands speechless before Pyrrha. He sees Nora and Jaune look over at him. Both with eyes of determination of continuing the fright, regardless of the damage they had sustained. Never had he fought an enemy like this or meet any person like this in the Capital. He knees down slowly to pick up his cutlass. Pyrrha tights her grip on her weapon again, but losses it when Wave puts his weapon in its sheath on his back.

"Aright, I give up." Wave says looking Pyrrha in the eyes. She sighs of relief as she puts her sword away. Nora and Jaune walk next to their teammate and look at Wave.

"What about Mercury and Tatsumi?" Jaune says. Wave looks over to alley way the two had went in. He barely hears the sound of the two fighting still before he turns to Jaune, "They are still fighting and I do not think it will stop until one of them is dead."

"We have it intervene!" Pyrrha says as she begins to walk towards the alleyway. She is stopped by Wave raising his arm in front of her. "None of us have enough strength to stop it now. We have to leave now and find safety before we are overrun." He say looking in the distance behind Team JNPR.

"Overrun?" Nora says before turning around to see a stampede of creatures of Grimm quickly approaching. Jaune and Pyrrha look in fear at the large numbers.

"It is up to those two to decide how to resolve things. We need to get to the tower at Beacon if we want to live to see a tomorrow." Wave says before reactivating his armor. He grabs both Nora and Jaune, carrying them on his shoulders. He bolts off to the tower with Pyrrha fallowing behind. Jaune tries to get out of Wave grasp but cannot escape.

"Let them settle it. Tatsumi is a strong fighter." Wave says as he focuses on the path ahead, trying to block out the pain he is in. Pyrrha looks back to the alley seeing it slow come out of sight, "But Mercury, I cannot believe he is a bad guy."