Hey guys, here is the next chapter of this story.
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Chapter Cover: Ruby Rose standing in the middle of a road with a giant Scythe placed at a angle behind her.
Chapter Thirteen
Sleeping Menace
Qrow had noticed how strange they were acting as he stared straight toward the two girls in front of him in curiosity.
"What's going on with the two of you?" he asked.
Ruby glanced at him.
"We're hearing the guy who worked with Weiss in our head," she told him, "It's like it's coming from inside my mind."
Qrow was instantly alert.
"Is something wrong?" he asked.
"He said that they were some Grimm problems that we need to deal with," Yang said.
Qrow knew that this day will come after all, his two little nieces have decided to become Huntresses and they even had their Soul Weapons. He was behind them one hundred percent, but he was still worrying about them.
"Are you two up for it?" he asked them.
Ruby stared at him, her eyes filled with a determination that he hadn't seen in quite a long while. As he stared at her now, Qrow found that her expression looked remarkably similar to her mother's. Filled with purpose and the look on Yang's face was similar. These two girls were determined to walk down the path they had chosen for themselves. The man stared at the two girls in front of him for a few moments before speaking.
"Just don't stay out too late," he said, "You have a school day tomorrow after all."
Ruby and Yang smirked at him before the two girls ran off leaving him standing there, staring at their backs.
Summer, Raven he thought, your girls have become quite something…the two of you would be proud of them.
Ruby as she ran, touched the small bracelet that she was wearing, the one that had the rose upon it and then it shone quite strongly as her Aura burst forward. The girl could feel the uncomfortable feeling surging through her body as the transformation took place and then soon enough, she was in her Huntress form, the gothic Lolita dress and the black boots as well as her red cape which danced in the wind behind her as the red petals spun around her form. The young girl could feel her power surging through her body, much stronger than it was when she was in her human form. She felt as if she had been released from a tightly enclosed space.
Beside her, Yang was also wearing her Huntress outfit as her hair glowed with power and even the air shook with the amount of power she has. Ruby could feel the power quite well as she moved through the air almost like she was gliding through it.
"Great," the young man said, "Seems that the two of you have managed to transform into your Huntress outfits quite nicely. Well, the Grimm are coming from different places at once so you're going to have to split up to take them all down quite nicely."
"Alright," Yang said, "But I have a question, what exactly Weiss was doing these past three days?"
Ruby was curious about that as well.
"Don't you worry about her," the young man answered them, "She is quite alright, just a little busy at the moment. It's why she isn't able to go out there and defeat those Grimm herself. Don't worry as soon as she is done with what she is doing, she'll be back at school in no time."
"Alright," Ruby said, "At least tell her that if she is going to disappear like that again, at least, talk to us about it."
"I'll make sure to pass on the comment on your part Ruby," the young man answered her, "Now that's all out of the way, I'm sure you guys already know how to sense each other's Aura during your Aura training. The Grimm doesn't have any Aura themselves but to a Huntress, the Grimm felt like a vague darkness and having encountered them yourself, I'm sure that you'll be able to recognize it quite well."
He was right.
Ruby recognized that dark feeling that she was sensing now. The girl could feel a frown upon her face as she moved side by side with Yang. The two were gliding in the air through the night, above the city of Vale.
"I know," Yang said, "I don't think I'll ever forget how that feels like."
"Me neither," Ruby told her.
"Yang," the young man said, "There is a pack of Grimm coming from north west of where you are right now, you'll head in that direction. I'd reckon they're Beowolves, the same species of Grimm who attacked you at school."
Yang's fists tightened.
"Bad luck for them," she said.
"Be careful," Ruby told her.
Yang gave her a small smirk before changing direction and heading toward the side where her direction was. Ruby herself continued straight forward.
"Ruby, there are Grimm coming up straight ahead," the young man told her, "I think it's best for you to start summoning your weapon out now. From what I can see from their movements, it's a couple of Ursa type Grimm."
The girl frowned lightly.
"Ursa?" she repeated.
"They're the same size as your average brown bear," the young man told her, "But with your level of Aura, you should be able to make short work of them."
Ruby nodded before coming to land at the top of a house. She could feel the darkness all around her now as she stared down straight toward the street bellow. She could see the Grimm quite well from down there. The large creatures were the size of a bear as the young man had told her but that resemblance ended there. Unlike when she had seen the Grimm last time, the Ursas had a lot of white plaques upon it's back and large amount of spikes growing from them.
Then the creature looked up toward her as if sensing her presence and her Aura and Ruby finds herself staring down at the glowing red eyes of the creatures that had almost killed both of her and Yang…
Flashback
Tenth day of Training
The young girl was seating upon the ground enjoying her lunch. She was quite glad that she was starting to make progress with the Aura Sphere training. The girl couldn't help but feel a little glad that Weiss had decided to let her train for this and soon enough, she'll be strong enough to protect her family and Yang from the Grimm…
At the thought of the dark creatures, her good mood started to evaporate.
"Something wrong Ruby?" Yang asked her, noticing her gloom appearing.
"I'm just thinking about the Grimm," Ruby said, "When we become Huntress, we are going to have to fight against them."
Yang nodded, "That was part of the deal."
Ruby nodded, giving the white haired girl that seated across them a look. Weiss book seating upon her lap as the blue eyes gazed down upon it. Ruby then realized something that she had overlooked before.
"Hey Weiss," she asked, drawing the blue eyes from the book, "You mentioned the Grimm having this power to control our fear…how are we going to be able to fight against that?"
The white haired girl looked at her for a few moments seemingly confused before her eyes sparked with remembrance.
"Yes," she said, "It won't do the two of you any good if you can't protect yourself from that attack..."
The white haired girl fell silent for a few moments, gathering her thoughts before she started to speak.
"The Grimm's technique knows as Black Breath instills fear and with it, they can also control your own fear. Huntsman and Huntresses had fallen to the Grimm because of that simple fact. While they have been cases of people fighting it off with willpower alone, most fell pray to it so my clan created this technique knows as Coating to protect us from that."
"Coating?" Yang repeated, sounded skeptic.
Weiss stood up upon her feet and come to stand across them. The girl's Aura then started to rise as a light appeared around her body almost like a protective shield of some kind around her.
"This is Coating," she said, "With your Aura, you will created some sort of barrier around your body protecting you from the Grimm's darkness."
"You want us to be able to do this just like that every time we have to face a Grimm?" Yang said, "That's completely crazy. Just trying to have control over the Aura is hard enough."
Weiss stared at them.
"You may think that this is hard," she said, "But it's quite basic. Once you mastered your Aura Sphere technique, you'll find that that it's quite easier than it looks, but despite that, practice make perfect."
End flashback
Ruby's entire body was coated in her Aura as the reddish black glow grew around her body. It seems that Weiss was actually right about how easy it was to learn that technique quite easily.
"Looks like you were right after all Weiss," Yang said as the golden glow appeared around the girls' body, "This is quite easy to learn."
She was walking down the street having found the Grimm that she was looking for. The blonde girl was glaring toward the creatures in front of her and she could see their glowing red eyes staring at her as she approached and their chilling howl echoed around her and even after that, she couldn't feel any fear within her body.
Their Dark Breath have no effect on me, she thought, Good.
Yang slammed both of her fists together as her Gauntlets were brought into existence with a wave of Aura shooting through the air. The girl glared at the Grimm across her as she lowered her armored arms down, continuing to walk straight toward them.
"Well come on," she said.
The Grimm all launched straight toward her as she took her stance getting her fist ready. Yang hadn't fully figured out how her Gauntlet works yet, but she still remembers what she had done on the first time she had brought her weapon into the light. She had launched out a large wave of Aura from her fist at the young man.
I remember how my Aura felt when I was doing it, she thought, It's because I wanted to protect Ruby…and even before that, when they came at us at the school, I had started to summon them out when I saved Ruby…
The Grimm were almost on top of her now.
I learned that power to protect my family, she thought, and to do that, I'll take all of you down.
She launched her fist forward as the Grimm reached her and a large wave of Aura exploded from around her as she launched the large blast straight into the Grimm that were in front of her were completely obligated in a large blast of Aura that caused a large explosion to shake the ground around her feet as a large crevasse was there, the Grimm's having being completely evaporated from the attack.
And down you go, she thought.
Yang looked down at her fist.
I released a whole lot amount of Aura in that attack, she thought, I'm going to have to be careful at how much I release. I don't want to run out of Aura before the battle has even started.
The blonde looked up toward where the flame was and she can feel her eyes widening lightly. There standing among the flames was a figure. It was female from how she was shaped and Yang didn't even have time to say anything for the image was gone as soon as it had come.
W…What the hell was that? The blonde thought, her eyes staring at the spot where she had seen the figure standing.
Ruby on her side was standing upon the top of the building with her hand extended outward and then, the large Scythe appeared in her palm. The girl tightened her grip upon the weapon before coming down straight toward the Grimm in front of her.
The large creature let out a roar and swapped at her oncoming form, but Ruby had seen the attack coming at her. Using the bottom half of her Scythe which collided with the Grimm's palm, the force was only strong enough to send her backward flying through the air.
Ruby grit her teeth as she slammed the blade part of the Scythe into the pavement forcing herself to a stop and then, using her hand as leverage, she pulled herself up so that she was now standing upon the weapon's form staring at the Grimm coming at her.
The Grimm's glowing eyes were staring hungrily at her, and Ruby knew by just staring into those eyes, that her enemy was a creature without consciousness. It was a creature that could devour her without a second thought. It was a creature that the word…mercy…doesn't exist…
Weiss's words from her training came back toward her.
Do you think your enemy is going to be nice? When the Grimm attacked you that night, did you think they were going to show mercy because you shed some tears. That word doesn't exist in this world you have decided to step into. Mercy is another way of getting yourself and everyone you care about killed.
The girl's Aura started to rise around her as she took hold of her weapon, her cloak dancing behind her as it seemingly was leaking out red petals from her rising Aura.
The only mercy you can give your enemy is to draw your weapon and kill them. Your mercy should be your weapon at their throats as you watch them die. You said you wanted to stand side by side with Yang to protect your family…well, newsflash Ruby Rose, as a Huntress, you have to know fear…as a fighter, you have to know death…and as a killer, you have to be merciless.
Ruby now fully understood what Weiss was talking about as she stared into those glowing red eyes. She knew now that when battling against the Grimm, there was no such thing as mercy. It was either kill them or be killed by them. Ruby had already faced death twice before because of those creatures and they had even attacked Yang and her Uncle Qrow…
The girl's tightened her grip upon her Scythe, her silver eyes becoming pool of gleaming death and then the young girl kicked off the air, disappearing in a burst of speed along with her giant Scythe. Her entire body had become a blur of red and petals as she headed straight toward the large Ursa who roared at her but the monster was suddenly cleaved into two halves by a swing of her Scythe, instantly dissipating into nothingness.
Her boots slid upon the ground as the girl spun her Scythe in hand, fixating the other Ursa with a glare as she reached forward and then with another swing, the head of the Ursa was separated from its body. The monster twitched one and twice before falling down upon the ground dissipating as well.
Ruby was the only one standing in the middle of the road with her Scythe leaning upon her shoulder, and her red cape flowing behind her with the spinning red petals.
It continued like this for the next three days. The two newly made Huntresses were protecting the city during Weiss's absence thought, the young man still didn't say what exactly Weiss was doing that was so important that she'll skip upon her Huntress patrol. If there was something Ruby was sure about is that Weiss take her Huntress job seriously, probably even more seriously than school. Ruby had find herself growing used to her Scythe presence and learning to use it each time she fought against a Grimm. It was like the weapon was filled with secrets that she was finding out everyday thought, there are times when she defeated a Grimm, Ruby found herself seeing the mysterious white cloaked figure from her dreams out of the corner of her eyes.
Ruby didn't understand why she was seeing that figure and whenever they met in her dreams, the white cloaked figure seems to be always to want to tell her something but there was nothing coming from it.
However, Ruby wasn't the only person that was suffering from that effect.
Yang had also started having strange dreams of standing inside large volcano. She could see the woman made of flames there but she couldn't even understand the woman whenever she was speaking to her. It was either her voice was too faint almost like she was speaking in whisper. The blonde could feel herself becoming frustrated at the entire phenomenon.
Then, just like that it was the sixth day since Weiss had disappeared from the face of the earth.
Schnee Manor
The young man turned his attention toward the footsteps that were approaching toward him. It was Weiss and the girl had the giant Scroll wrapped up and he can even feel the amount of Aura the thing had within it.
"I finished it," Weiss said, "The spell is finally completed."
The young woman was dressed in her Huntress black robes with a small smirk upon her face from where she stood. It had taken a lot of Aura to be able to complete the spell so quickly but the end result was worth it. Soon enough, they will discover who was behind the barrier failure at the school and the ones who had taken down her previous barrier she had placed around Vale.
"Where are Yang and Ruby?" she asked.
"I already have them patrolling the city as we speak," the young man told her, "These two are quite something. Even without the full power of their Soul Weapon, they are able to manage and wield such high level of Aura almost effortlessly."
Weiss was proud of them for that.
"They're a couple of natural at this," she said, "Well, I'm off to cast the spell."
The young man stared at her.
"Are you sure you should be doing this right now?" he asked, "You just spend six days using your Aura without any rest."
"I had taken a little rest a couple of hours ago," Weiss told him, "And I still have a lot of power left in me…no need to worry, the hard part is already behind me. All there is to do now is to cast it."
"Why don't you let me cast it?" the young man asked her.
"To use this spell, you'll have to have the blood of the man who created it," Weiss told him, "Sorry."
"Just be careful out there," he said, "Should I send Ruby and Yang after you?"
"No," Weiss said, "Keep them here in the city. They must go after the culprits when I am done revealing you their location and apprehend them immediately."
The young man stared at her for a few moments before nodding, letting out a sigh.
"As you wish," he said.
Weiss nodded at him and she launched herself forward out of the Manor and heading straight toward the outskirt of the city of Vale, meaning the Emerald Forest. The large Forest had surrounded the elevated plateau the city was seating on and from there, Weiss will be able to cast the spell. The young woman could feel Ruby's and Yang's Aura as she moved through the city. It was quite surprising to feel how powerful their Aura was despite the duo being rookies.
They are quite something…thought, nowhere near on my level yet, the girl though, but they are getting there little by little and they didn't even learn the name of their Soul Weapons. I wonder if they had started having the visions yet?
The white haired girl refocused upon the front as she reached her destination. The Emerald Forest was quite dark at the moment, with the city of Vale expending a little way away from behind her. Weiss landed down upon the ground and placed the scroll down upon the ground beside her. She glanced toward the city for a few moments.
This should be far enough so that I can cover the entire city of Vale, she thought.
Weiss placed her hand upon the scroll and used her Aura upon the object. The scroll then started to glow a bright blue color before it shoot up into the air in front of her and unraveled itself. The many glowing symbols that Weiss had spend the past six days working on started to fly out of the scrolls and into the air above the city and a box appeared in front of her with small hole at the top of it.
Weiss approached the box and placed her hand upon it. The girl winced at feeling her hand behind stabbed before the box shone a bright red color and more symbols appeared around it forming the key's of the spell.
"A thousands starts shine in the blackness of night. The White God watches and protect, within his Crystal Cave of cold. The gaze that neither living nor dead can escape. White Knights watches and wait for the cry of war. By the blood that flows in my veins, I cast the White God's gaze this city as it protect and serve the purity of the White God's blood…"
"Annihilate, Black Fate," a voice spoke out.
Weiss's attention was instantly drawn toward the voice but she didn't have time to actually do anything form the attack that came at her from behind her. Blood flew out of her lips as she was blown forward and the spell she had been casting was destroyed. Weiss was thrown forward, crashing into a nearby tree as she landed on the ground coughing.
Blood fell down upon the ground from her lips as she looked up toward the enemy across her. It was a man, a muscled man wearing a white shirt upon his form, and in his hand was what looked like a giant Axe that was glowing with Aura. He had a smirk upon his face as he approached her and Weiss can feel her eyes widening noticing the animal like traits upon his face.
This man…he is…, she thought.
"That must have taken you six days to create right," he said indicating to the fallen burning scroll on his right, "It's just as the boss told us. You Schnee are quite predictable sometimes."
Weiss got back upon her feet as she drew out her sword. The girl took her stance and can already feel her limbs shaking lightly. The girl knew that despite her rest, she hasn't regained a lot of Aura yet. She doubts that she has enough power to even release her weapon's true form. The man then launched straight toward her and Weiss raised her sword to block the attack and she was surprised at how much power there was behind it as she was thrown backward by the mere brute strength that was being that last attack, but she didn't fall as she slid down upon her feet.
"Dust Level 33, Purifying Blue Lightning," Weiss said, aiming her hand straight toward her enemy.
The blue lightning surged straight toward the large man causing a grin to appear upon his face. He laughed out loud at the spell that was launching straight toward him.
"Relying on Dust to attack me Schnee," he said, "You really think a weak spell like that will be able to do anything against me with my released Soul Weapon."
He slashed down the large axe he has as his Aura was released in waves completely destroying the Dust spell attack that Weiss had launched at him causing a large amount of destruction around Weiss as the girl completely covered her face at the level of power that the man has.
Weiss tightened her hands upon the handle of her weapon as she launched straight toward him, her sword attacking him but the man had managed to take hold of her arm causing the white haired girl's eyes to grow wide in surprise at being caught so easily.
What…he caught me? She thought.
Then Weiss heard the large weapon coming down toward her as she raised he Aura around her body to hope to lessen the damage but the axe still managed to cut her causing blood to fly out of the wound that had crossed across her form as she flew backward as a large amount of blood flew out of the wound.
The girl then landed on the ground upon her back, her sword flying out of her hand. Weiss coughed as pain become excruciating. She can feel the warm blood dripping across her skin as she lied there, too weak to even move. The little break she had taken earlier hadn't been enough for her to restore her Aura back to normal…
Damn it, she thought.
The large man approached her with the large axe in his hand. He was staring down at her with those eyes that showed no mercy within them, but Weiss's eyes showed no fear as she felt only disappointed in herself, losing her life because of such a mistake.
"Defiant till the end," the man said placing his axe at her neck, "So typical of a Schnee….thought I am sure that you're head on a spike at the front of his Estate in Atlas will make a pretty present to your Father as he realized he lost one of his children."
Weiss couldn't help the dark through that sprung from her mind.
Like he gives a damn, she thought.
The large weapon rose into the air, gleaming under the light of the broken moon above them that shone in the sky above before coming down aiming straight at her…
Weiss on the brick of death...
Next Time: The White Fang.
Jacques0 out.
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