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Chapter Cover: Ruby standing there with her Scythe on her shoulder as the red petals danced around her form.
Chapter Eighteen
Day of Reckoning
When she first came to, Weiss Schnee could smell the sweet scent of the lighten candle that usually comforted her room before she went to sleep. The young woman then started to feel pain coursing through her body causing her to gasp softly. She could feel how stiff her body was almost as if she had been lying down for too long and then, her eyes opened themselves and the young woman finds a familiar ceiling above her.
The girl blinked to herself as she lied there for a few moments before the memories of that night surged forward in her mind…
She remembered lying down on the ground in a pool of her own blood…
She remembers seeing that large Faunus about to kill her…
She remembers Yang being there…
The white haired girl instantly seated up from where she was lying down before letting out a gasp of pain at the white hot scourging pain she felt growing through her body right now as she placed a hand upon her body at where the pain was the worst. The young woman stared down at her body, noticing the bandages that had been placed there upon her form as she could feel the pain shouting through her becoming stronger…
"Lady Schnee."
Sebastian had entered inside the room, carrying a tray of food in his hand. The elderly man looked relieved to see that she was awake and Weiss can feel her pain continuing to rise around her body as he was quickly at her side.
"Take it easy Lady Schnee," the man said, "Your wounds were quite severe."
Weiss was guided to lie back down upon the bed, but the white haired girl was talking.
"S…Sebastian…the White Fang…," she gasped.
"Everything had already being taken care of," the man told her, "we have managed to push them back, and you were brought back here for healing."
Weiss stared at him.
"How long…was I out?" she asked.
The man met her eyes.
"It had been two days since the attack," he told her simply, "But you don't have to worry about that…you just need to rest and heal up."
Weiss relaxed into the comfort in her bed, thought slightly.
"They'll be coming again," she said raising her hand, "I need to be ready for them…"
"Either there is going to be a battle or not," Sebastian told her, "You're in way no shape to fight Lady Schnee. Your wound was quite serious and it won't be healed in such a short among of time. You're going to need your rest."
"I'm going to need to fight," Weiss told him, force in her voice, "Yang and Ruby are not prepared to face the White Fang…nor they should be doing so."
The girl was seating up again, her robe opening a little showing the bandages that she was wearing. The white hair was falling upon her shoulders as she pushed Sebastian's hand away from where she was. The young woman pulled herself off the bed and stumbled to the side and into the small beside table, pushing the objects that were upon it toward the ground as they shattered on contact.
"Lady Schnee, you are in no shape to be walking right now," Sebastian said, "Your Aura hadn't been recovered to its full potential yet…you need bed rest."
The white haired girl pushed herself into a standing position while her limbs were shaking with the mere effort.
"Then use some healing magic upon me," she said, "The White Fang is after me…I won't let them…kill anyone else because of it."
"Lady Schnee," Sebastian started.
But the girl had fallen down upon the ground on her knees despite her valiant effort to stand upright. She had huffing at the strain, her skin pale from the exhaustion. Sebastian was at her side in an instant to help her stand. Weiss placed her weight upon the man beside her.
"You're going to open your wounds again Lady Schnee," he said softly to her.
Weiss let out a chuckle.
"That's nothing but a scratch," she said, "I've survived worst injuries then that."
Sebastian's face became dark at the mention of the injuries but Weiss didn't notice it as she tightened her grip upon the man but her strength was failing her completely. The man must have noticed this for he picked her up in his arms and placed the girl back into her bed.
"I'm pathetic…," Weiss gasped, "I spend six days preparing the spell…six days of careful precaution and calculation…gone in a single moment, and now…this city…is going to suffer for it….because of my stupid mistake…"
Sebastian placed a hand upon her shoulder.
"You believed that you were doing the right thing Lady Schnee," he told her, "As long as you were following your belief, there was no mistake in that."
Weiss's tired eyes stared at him.
"How can it not be?" she asked, "I had left Vale…defenseless against the White Fang."
Sebastian shook his head lightly.
"Vale is not defenseless Lady Schnee," he spoke softly to her, "They are two Huntresses right now that are training to become stronger to be able to face the White Fang when they come. And you didn't forget about our young Faunus friend and there is me."
Weiss seems to be a little surprised.
"Ruby…and Yang?" she said softly, "They want to fight against the White Fang…but why?"
"Miss Rose seems to be ready to fight against the White Fang for your sake Lady Schnee," Sebastian told her, "You may not realize it, but you have gathered some great people around you."
Weiss closed her eyes.
"You speak…as if I actively went searching…for them," she murmured, "It was…just…how it meant to be…I just wish…that they don't die for my sake. I'm not worth dying for."
The man's heart broke as she stared at the girl. Weiss seems to have fallen asleep at how exhausted she had been. Sebastian observed her for a few moments before pulling upon the cover and placed them upon the young girl so that she could be warm enough. He stared at the girl's form.
You're wrong Weiss Schnee, he thought, Ever since you were born…you were worth dying for. Neige saw how kind your heart was and despite what had happened to you…you still retain that same purity from your childhood…that kind heart is the reason that I'm here today with you…it is the reason Miss Rose wish to become friends with you…You may be a Schnee by blood, but you are Lady Neige's daughter through and through…
The next day
The sun was shining quite brightly on that day, with a few passing clouds against the clear blue sky that was above the city of Vale. The people started on their lives with no problems whatsoever as they continue on their daily routine unaware of the storm that was about to overcome the entire city. Standing above them, Blake stared down at the passing people her golden eyes staring unblinking at the place.
She was dressed in sleeveless white body armor upon her upper body and upon her back was the red head of a wolf with three claws behind it, the insignia of the White Fang. Upon her back was a sword, a black blade that was almost as lost as she was with black clothes wrapped around the handle. The two cat ears that sat on top of her head were moving, reacting to the many sound of the city around her.
Today was the day their attack will start upon this city and she unleashed her Aura causing the air around her body to tremble giving away the signal for the others to start.
As soon as she did so, beam of lights surged from each corners of the city of Vale before they all converged into the middle of the city, forming what look like a black tear in the sky above them.
So it begins, she thought.
Schnee Estate
Training Grounds
Both Ruby and Yang froze at the sudden surge of Aura they had felt right now. The two girls glanced at each other for a few moments as they questioned each other on what they had just felt.
"Did you…?" Yang started.
Her younger sister nodded.
"I did," she said, "Just what was that just now?"
"That was a powerful Aura," the young man said drawing the attention of the two sisters, "It seems that the White Fang is finally making their move."
Yang could feel a light chill run through her body at this. She had been expecting the people that were after Weiss to make their move for quite a while now, but to have them actually made themselves known like this made her feel a little afraid but…
"We can take them," Ruby said as she placed her Scythe upon her shoulder, "Our training so far had managed to make us quite strong and now that we know the names of our Soul Weapon, we can match them in strength."
"That remains to be seen," the young man told them, "Now let's go outside and see what our Faunus friends are up to these days."
The trio made their way toward the outside of the place they were training in, finding themselves standing outside upon the Schnee Estate lawn. Their attention however was upon the city of Vale that extended in front of them. Yang could feel the large Aura that was coming from the city and she was quite amazed at how powerful these people were.
"What's that in the sky?" Ruby yelled pointing upward.
Yang and the young man looked up as well staring up at the large black lines that was there in the air above them. It was line someone had drawn a black line with a permanent marker against a beautiful painting considering how out of place it was. The blonde had never seen something so bizarre in her entire life.
"So that's their plan," the young man said, and Yang could hear a worried undertone in his voice.
Yang gave him a glance.
"You know what this is?" she said.
"It's a Doorway," the young man answered her, "The White Fang had somehow managed to create a Doorway in the sky above the city. To be able to do something like this must have taken a large amount of Aura and preparation…that will certainly explain the sudden increase activities in Grimm we've been having these past few days."
Yang stared at him, completely surprised at what the man was saying.
"You mean…they're summoning…?"
Before the blonde could finish her phrase, a sudden rise of Aura caused the air around them to shake and Yang had a hard time keeping herself upright at how powerful it was. The blonde turned her lilac eyes toward the black line that was in the sky above them, thought now, it was hardly a black line anymore. Strings of darkness were surging out of the black lines, extending like snakes as they aimed down toward the city below and in the distance, Yang could hear the boom of the collisions in the distance.
The familiar darkness of the Grimm overcame the blonde's senses and she knew that her reasoning had been spot on. That black line that was in the sky was a Doorway into the Shadow World, the world of the Grimm.
"That's completely insane," Ruby said, "They're summoning the Grimm into this world on purpose?"
"Then the two of you knows what to do," the young man said, his voice grave, "As Huntresses, you need to keep the citizen safe from the Grimm, but you'll also need to keep an eye out for the White Fang members. I have a feeling they'll be around as well."
The two girls nodded at him.
"What will you be doing?"
"Finding a way to close this Doorway," the young man told them, "If that Doorway stay open too long, Grimm will simply continue to enter this world until they will be too much for all of us to handle."
Both Yang and Ruby nodded toward him and they both disappeared using the Light Steps technique. The two girls moved through the city at high speed and Yang summoned out her Gauntlets as her power surged from around her. The blonde girl instantly noticed the number of Beowolves upon the street below her.
"Ruby," she said, drawing her sister's attention, "We're going to have to separate to be able to take care of all of them."
Ruby nodded at her before moving away from the blonde disappearing in a burst of speed, leaving red petals to dance all around her. Yang then landed down upon the ground into a slid as the Grimm down there turned toward her, their glowing eyes turning to face her.
They all charged toward her but Yang was ready for them. She moved through them like they were nothing and she was completely overcoming them as her fists destroyed the Grimm completely as she completely destroyed them. The blonde was smirking to herself as she moved through the Grimm on the East side of Vale and she was still shocked at how much of the creatures they were now.
Unlike the times where she and Ruby were patrolling the city a few days ago, they were now twice as much Grimm to fight and Yang was burning through them with her Aura. The girl turned her gaze toward the other Grimm that were coming at her and she tightened her hands into a fist.
"Take that," she yelled out.
A large blast of Aura shoots out straight toward the Grimm coming at her, overcoming them entirely. The blonde smirked to herself.
With that training I have done three days ago, I feel like my power had amplified, she thought, is this what it means to be able to fight with my full power?
On her side, Ruby Rose was slashing through the Grimm that were around her as she moved too fast for them be able to do anything to her. The young girl was completely focused on taking down as many Grimm as she could. Each of her strikes and attacks completely overcame the Grimm as they were cleaved into pieces from the attack of the Scythe that she was spinning around in her hands.
When she had taken down the Grimm that were in this area, the young lady sensed the area around her and felt more Grimm coming from the right side of the city so the girl instantly headed that way, moving quickly.
My speed as increased a lot, she thought, Unlike before, I can maintain a high level of speed for longer period of time and it doesn't eat away at my Aura as it usually does.
Ruby had landed down upon the ground, noticing the Grimm she had sensed, Ursas, she realized recognizing the large bear sized Grimm that she first battled against. The young girl spun her Scythe in her hands.
"Sniper Mode," she said.
The Weapon glowed in her hands as it transformed into the sniper. The girl took hold of the weapon in her hand taking aim toward where the Grimm were. The creatures turned toward her and they all launched at her.
"Aura Shot," Ruby said.
A blast of Aura shot out from her sniper, forming a beam of red Aura that launched at the enemy coming at her, tearing through their forms like they were made out of butter and the girl smirked to herself. Ever since she knew her Weapon's name, she realized that she could make it do a lot of thing even without releasing it and in it's released state, the Weapon's power was completely off the charts.
Sensing a presence behind her, Ruby instantly turned toward where it came from finding a Grimm who was going to take a swipe at her turned back. Ruby instantly active her speed, disappearing in a burst of red petals from the sight of the Grimm as it launched its attack at her. The girl reappeared above the creature's form with her Weapon in it's Scythe mode again before she came down upon it with a yell instantly taking it down.
The girl turned her attention around her again, finding even more Grimm coming at her direction and Ruby took her stance as her Aura shoot out from around her body. The girl's silver eyes tightened before she launched herself straight into the fray of the enemies without holding anything back.
"I recognize those Auras," a voice said from beside Blake, "It's the two girls who helped Schnee escape from me."
Blake could feel the two Auras that had entered the battlefield shortly after the Doorway had been created. She didn't recognize them but from what she could feel, these two Huntresses were quite something. They were taking down the Grimm at an alarming rate, but despite this, it seems that Schnee hadn't entered the battle as she had thought.
Typical of a Schnee, she thought, disgust growing within her, letting the others doing the work for them while they take all of the credits.
The girl turned her attention toward the Faunus beside her.
"Do you think you can take her down?" she asked him.
"She was nothing but a nuisance against me that night," the large Faunus answered her, a bitter tone in his voice, "I"ll make sure she dies this time."
Blake nodded.
"Then you will take care of her," she said, "Mirkia, you'll take care of the other one and keep them from leaving the battlefield. The rest of you, you will come with me, we have a Schnee to kill."
Blake launched herself forward with the two following after her, while two from her group dispersed into another direction. The cat Faunus had her eyes narrowing lightly as she moved forward, aiming straight toward where she knew the Schnee Estate was.
She knew that the girl must still be healing from the wound that she had received from her mercenary's attack that night three days ago and the girl had been weakened when she had tried to recast that spell that they had destroyed from the night of their arrival.
And now, we have her exactly where we want her, the girl thought, a small smirk working it's way upon her lips, and this time, I'll make sure that you die Schnee.
"Take this," Yang yelled out.
She slammed her fist straight into a large Ursas face as the Grimm was send flying backward through the hair and dissipating into nothingness. The blonde was huffing lightly as she took her stance staring at the large number of Grimm that were coming at her. It was just as Weiss had once told them. The Grimm were drawn by people who have Aura and considering that she was releasing hers in waves, Yang was making herself standing out like an all you can eat buffet.
With this many, she thought jumping away from an attack that had came straight at her, I'll be overwhelmed in seconds if I don't do something.
She could feel her Aura rising as she concentrated her power into the Gauntlets that she was wearing. The blonde girl launched many punches forward as blast of Aura escaped from her golden Aura, taking down the Grimm with extreme prejudices. The large amounts of explosion echoed around her as she flew backward through the air, with her hand raised to block the amount of dusts that was blowing everywhere.
Then Yang's attention was drawn toward the black line that was above them in the sky as the many large snake likes tentacles were coming from it. She can feel the darkness coming from it and she knew that more Grimms are going to come pouring out of it. It didn't matter how many of them they took down here, the blonde knew that if they don't find a way to close that Doorway, then they'll soon be drowned into a sea of Grimm.
I just hope he had found a way to reverse it, she thought, thinking about their mysterious Faunus friend, He of all people should know that we can't continue fighting against the Grimm forever.
The blonde's attention was drawn once again by the Grimms that were coming her way and the girl took a stance getting ready to fight…until a large wave of purple completely destroyed the incoming enemy. Yang blinked in confusion for a few moments, wondering what just happen until a large form appeared from the smoke of the Grimm's dissolving corpse…
"You haven't forgotten about me…have you Blondie?"
Yang felt her eyes widen as she recognized the same man from that night. The same on that had wanted to kill Weiss and the same one that the young man had defeated. She can still see the scars from that night upon his skin as he stared at her with a grin upon his face. The large Axe was seating upon his shoulder as his grin grew vicious at the sight of her standing there.
"It's you," she said.
"So you do remember me," the large man smirked, "Good. I'd hate for you to forget about me so soon after all, we've got to finish the fight from that night…before your friend interfered."
He slammed the large Axe on the ground beside him. Yang was feeling a little intimidated at the sight of the oversized weapon again. She had thought that he won't have any weapon.
"I'm surprised that this oversized Axe of yours is still in one piece after what happened that night?" Yang said with a frown upon her face.
A chuckle came from the man.
"You really are a rookie if you don't know that," he said, "A Soul Weapon can't be destroyed that easily. As long as the owner of that weapon is still alive, it will regenerate with it's wielder's Aura."
He raised hit again aiming straight toward the blonde girl across him.
"And this time," he said, "I won't be holding back on you girl, even if you don't know your Soul Weapon's name."
Yang stared at him for a few moments before a small smirk grew upon her face.
"A lot have changed since three days ago," she said as she unleashed her Aura, "And this time, you'll be the one on the ground."
Yang confidently stand in front of her enemy...The battle against the White Fang has begun...
Next Time: Result of Training.
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