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Chapter Cover: Yang looking down at the camera with a smirk upon her face.

Chapter Eight

To be A Huntress

A few days had passed since Yang had learned everything about her Clan, her mysterious past and of her mother. A few days had passed since everything she thought she knew about the world had changed. She knew knows that they are forces in this world that no normal human beings can ever hope to face and become victorious.

And one of those forces was coming after both and her sister with a relentless abandon.

When she had gotten back to the Schnee Manor after school today, the girl approached Weiss who was talking to Sebastian about something or the other. The girl turned her attention as she approached and she could see the curiosity in the depth of those eyes as she reached her.

"I'm ready," she said simply.

Weiss nodded at her.

"Have dinner ready later Sebastian," the girl told him, "It would seems Miss Xia Long and I are going to be quite busy."

"As you wish Lady Schnee," the man said.

Weiss approached toward Yang telling the girl to follow after her. They walked out of the Manor, making their way through the large and open land that was around them. Yang had realized in a few days since they have been staying here, that Weiss was the only Schnee in the place. She had been expecting to run into someone that was related to the white haired girl sooner or later but they have been nothing. From how was Weiss, it seems like the girl wasn't waiting for someone to come either.

"Why are you the only one living here?" Yang asked as they crossed through the Estate's open grassland, "I had expected to see another Schnee around other than you."

Weiss came to a stop causing the blonde beside her to come to a stop as well. The white haired girl turned to face her, an empty look in her eyes as she stared up straight into Yang's.

"If you still want to be trained by me," she said, "Don't ever bring up my family."

The blonde could feel surprise growing through her body.

"Why not?"

"Because it's not of any of your business," Weiss said simply as if stating a fact.

Yang stared at her, unable to understand why the girl didn't want to talk about it. She wanted to push for more answers, but the white haired girl had already turned away from her and continued to walk effectively ending the conversation. The blonde let out a soft sigh before following after her.

They arrived right in front of a house as Weiss entered into the place, the door opening and Yang followed after her. Yang could feel her eyes widening in shock at the large open space that extended in front of her.

"How can you hide something that big…inside that small house?" she asked, shocked.

"It's a pocket dimension," Weiss said, "It's the only place were we can actually release our Aura without disrupting anything around us. I wasn't the one who created it if that's what you're thinking. It's beyond my skills."

"It's beyond anyone's skill to create an actual pocket dimension," Yang argued.

"Beyond normal humans you mean," Weiss said as they walked through the large open area.

They reached the young man with the hat who was on his knees in front of what look like a giant case. He turned toward them, a small smirk appearing upon his face as his hat shadowed his eyes quite well.

"Hello there Weiss," he said, "and Yang, so you're starting your training today?"

"Yes," the white haired girl told him, "Would you mind handing over two Aura Spheres?"

The young man turned his attention toward the case in front of him and pulled out two white soccer ball sized sphere from it. He handed them over to Weiss who took hold of one and handed another over to Yang.

"Follow me," Weiss said, "When he is working, it's best not to disturb him."

Yang glanced at the young man that was hunched over the case in front of him before turning herself to follow the girl. When they reached a place far enough from the young man, Weiss turned toward her.

"This is your first lesson Yang," she said, "To have control over your Aura. With how little control you have over it, I think it would be best to start with that before moving to actual combat training."

Yang nodded, "So what do I have to do?"

Weiss placed the sphere in both of her hand and then in front of Yang's eyes, a white glow started to appear in the depth of the sphere until it was glowing like the girl was holding a star in her hand but the glow didn't seem to be coming outward. It was like everything was kept inside of the sphere and the blonde had found herself mesmerized by it.

"This Sphere is known as the Aura Sphere," Weiss started, "It's the quickest way for anyone to learn to control their Aura and also be able to identify what time of Aura that you possess. The more in-tune you are with your Aura, the more efficient you become in battle. While they have been case of Huntsman fighting without any control over their Aura, and because of it, they manage to run out of power because of their lack of control over how much they can release."

The white haired girl looked up at her.

"Today," she said, "We will start your Aura training and with how little control you have over your own. We will remedy that."

The girl nodded at her before focusing on the Sphere she was holding in her hand. She narrowed her eyes at the white ball she was holding in her hand went suddenly her Aura exploded around her body causing the ground to blow away from the girl as the power bleed through her being. The white ball in her hands glow a bright ember color as if it was seating in a volcano of flames as her power continued to rise until it exploded in her hand throwing the blonde backward a few feet.

She landed hard upon the ground upon her back, hissing in pain as her hand felt unbearably hot. The girl groaned as she slowly starts to seat back up and Weiss approached her. The blue eyes stared at her silently.

"That was the most epic failure I have ever seen," she said.

"Thanks, I feel really motivated right now," Yang answered, the sarcasm dripping in her tone.

"You were supposed to control your Aura," Weiss said as the blonde got back to her feet, "Not let it run rampant."

"This was my first time," Yang said, "How do you expect me to get something that I was doing for the first time. It's not like you gave me any hint at what to do either."

Weiss's eyes became a glare.

"I'm not here to hold your hand," she said, "All I can do is point you the path. You're the one who is going to have to walk through it."

Weiss's gaze became even fiercer.

"And if you have enough strength to complain," she said, "You have enough Aura to start again."

She threw her Sphere toward the blonde who caught it. Weiss turned away from her.

"And you will continue this exercise until you can control your Aura to some level I deemed good enough."

Yang growled before she turned her attention back toward the Sphere in her hand. The girl frowned to herself as she focused upon her Aura again. The power surged forward just like before and it was like a flood growing around her body as her form was completely encased with it. The blonde girl noticed the ember glow growing inside the ball she was holding in her hand and it was continuing to rise even higher and higher and higher…

Then she girl instantly dropped the ball upon the ground as her Aura fizzled out from around her. The girl could feel an odd fatigue growing upon her body as she fell down upon her knees. She can feel sweat falling down from her forehead.

Why am I so tired all of a sudden, she thought, I wasn't even running or anything…and yet…

She stared at the white ball on the ground in front of her. The blond girl stared at it for a few moments.

So when I use Aura, I get tired too, she thought, I guess I should be careful at how much power I can release. I don't want to run out of strength yet…not when I just started to train.

The girl approached the Aura Sphere in front of her before picking it up.

Alright, once more.

Her Aura grew around her body again as the blonde grit her teeth at the power that she was unleashing from around her and the ember glow appeared within the Sphere again. The air around the girl had started to tremble and even her blonde hair had taken the glow of the ember as it seems to become fuller than before…but as earlier, the Aura grew too powerful around her body causing the girl to yell out in as she threw the Sphere down on the ground again, her Aura diminishing almost instantly around her.

The blonde girl huffed as placed both of her hands upon her knees, her chest heaving at how hard she was breathing out.

T…This is going to be more difficult than I thought, Yang thought.

The hours passed like this as Yang continued her training at controlling her Aura and the girl keep messing up at how much power she was releasing, finding herself on all four most of the time after she had unleashed her Aura. The blonde kept standing back up and taking hold of the white sphere that lying innocently upon the ground in front of her, wanting to continue on her training.


Schnee Manor

"Uncle Qrow, can I talk to you?"

The man who was looking over some files about work glanced up toward Ruby. The young girl was standing by the door of his room and the man nodded at her. Ruby entered inside the room and took a seat beside him.

"Something the matter?" he asked.

"Weiss and Yang aren't here," Ruby told him.

Qrow nodded.

"Yang's training started today," he said, "She went up to Weiss to ask her to start a few hours ago…why are you asking?"

Ruby looked at him.

"I want to become a Huntress too."

Qrow's eyes widened at the girl in front of him.

"Why?" he asked.

"I don't want Yang to think that she has to do everything alone," Ruby told him, "I don't want her to be the only one fighting to protect us from those Grimm."

"Ruby do you realize what you're asking?" Qrow asked her, "Do you realize that if you make that choice…you can never go back."

Ruby looked up toward him, her silver eyes become even more determined than it was when she stepped into the room a while ago.

"That choice was made for me when the Grimm attacked us," she said, "I don't want to be the only one who is afraid. Weiss said it herself, I have the same power as Yang does and we were both part of the same Clan…and if she is willing to risk her life to protect us. I will risk my life to protect her."

Qrow observed the girl silently in front of him. He never would have expected Ruby of all people to be determined to become a Huntress. He had to admit that the girl was right in a way, after all, she has the same power as Yang does and Ruby was a pure blood of the Rose Clan, just as he was and he knew that it was in her being to be a warrior.

"There is nothing that can prepare you for what you're asking Ruby," he said, "So I will ask you again, are you completely sure that's what you want to do?"

The girl stared at him.

"I don't want to be left behind uncle," she said, "I want to stay at my sister's side…just as we always have been when we were younger."

The man let out a soft sigh, running a hand through his hair.

"I'll talk to Weiss," she said.

Ruby nodded, before she thought about something. The man noticed the sudden stillness coming from the girl.

"What's the matter?" he asked.

"Did you hear it that night?" Ruby asked softly, "The howls of the Grimm."

Qrow nodded.

"I could hear them," he said, "I was more shocked that you were able to hear them."

Ruby stared at the man.

"But why didn't you do anything against them?" she asked, "You were a Huntsman right?"

Qrow chuckled.

"I'm not the Huntsman I used to be," he said, "I don't have my previous powers anymore so I can't even fight against the weakest of Grimm. Despite being able to see and hear them, I can't do a single thing to fight against them."

The man glanced at her as Ruby took his hand in hers.

"All the more reason I should learn to become a Huntress," she said, "So that I can protect you."

The man smiled at her and took the girl into a hug one which Ruby returned.

"I know," he said softly.


Training Grounds

Weiss Schnee was seated upon the ground as she observed Yang's training. The blonde girl was struggling to control her Aura, just as she had expected she would. With the amount of Aura she possessed, Weiss would have been beyond shocked if the blonde had managed to learn to control it in just a few hours. She was attentive toward Yang's Aura whenever the girl pulled it out.

She had heard of the Dragon Clan and their destructive Aura when she was younger and she had read about it many times in the White Clans Archives. She knew how powerful that Clan was when they were in their Primes. Observing Yang's Aura as she trained, she knew instinctively why they were such a mighty Clan.

The blonde's power was quite something and Weiss could already see the progress being made as the girl continued her training.

"I thought you were training her."

The young man had appeared beside her seated form as he observed Yang training as well.

"I am training her," Weiss said simply.

"No the way I see it," the young man said.

Weiss gave him a sideway glance.

"My training isn't the way one would expect it to be," she said, "They are some things that only Yang can figure out as she tried to control her Aura. She notices them each time she released her power into the Sphere."

Weiss's eyes turned toward the blonde again.

"When she uses her Aura, she will feel the fatigue," the white haired girl continued, "That will teach her to limit the amount of Aura she has to unleash. Because of the Sphere that exploded in her hands before, that will teach her to control her Aura when she has it active and it will also teach her to draw upon that power from within herself until it is second nature. Without her even realizing it, she is doing three training in one."

The young man let out a low whistle.

"Thought this one through didn't you?" he said.

"It's only the basics," Weiss said, "If she is to become strong to be able to protect her family, she will have to be able to do those things without really thinking about them….but even so, did you find any evidence on what caused the Barrier at the school to disappear?"

"No," he said, "But my suspicions is someone that know that spell inside and out to be able to do something like that. Either someone from the White Clan had been in town that day."

"That's impossible," Weiss said, "I placed a detector around the entire city of Vale. If anyone from my Clan entered Vale…I will know immediately."

The young man stared at her, surprised.

"When exactly did you do that?"

"Since my first day here in Vale," Weiss told him.

The young man let out a soft hum.

"You know…you and Sebastian still refuse to talk about what happened back there," he said, "and as to why you're suddenly wearing the back robes compared to the ones you used to wear before…I mean, I don't think I ever heard of someone's Huntress clothing changing."

Weiss stayed silent, and from how frosty it suddenly became around the girl the young man knew he wasn't going to get an answer out of her.

"Fine," he said, placing a hand upon his hat, "I won't ask again…but you should know Weiss, whatever happened back then, you can't keep it bottled up inside like this."

Yang suddenly collapsed on the ground beside the Aura Sphere which had fallen down upon the ground at her side. Weiss glanced down at her watch.

"Seventeen hours and twelve minutes," she murmured.

The girl stood up and made her way toward the fallen blonde girl and fell on one knee beside her. The lilac eyes stared at her as the girl breathed heavily with her face completely covered in sweat and her hair seemingly drenched also.

"I….feel…so…tired," Yang said.

"What you're feeling right now is called Aura depletion," Weiss told her, "You have exhausted your Aura completely. You went for seventeen hours before you gave out…not as long as I expected you could go with how much Aura you have but…with the little control you have…I didn't expect you to last longer than three hours."

Yang let out a chuckle.

"eh…,"

Weiss took a seat beside her fallen form before pulling out a book.

"It will take a while for strength to return to your legs," she said, "So just lie there, and rest."

Yang didn't say anything and Weiss glanced down toward the girl noticing that she had fallen asleep. The blue eyes stared down at the girl on the ground beside her. She let a soft sigh at her and turned her gaze back at the book in her hand.

I am impressed that she managed to reach seventeen hours with how little her control is, she thought, I guess that the rumors about the Dragon Clan are true in a way…you really were unmatched in the amount of Aura that you have within your bodies…for a member of that Clan to be right here beside me considering how many of them were destroyed…

The white haired girl turned her gaze at the girl beside her.

Footsteps drew Weiss's attention away from Yang's slumbering form and she found Qrow there and he wasn't alone. Ruby Rose was also with her and the two were approaching toward where she was seated. The girl stood up from where she was seating down and turned to the two new arrivals.

She had inkling as to why they were here so she turned her gaze toward Ruby who met them quite evenly.

"Have you reached a decision Ruby Rose?" she asked.

"Yes," Ruby said, as she approached toward her before giving her a bow, "Please teach me on how to become a Huntress as well."

Yang had started her training and Ruby decides to join in as well...

Next Time: To be a Huntress part 2

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