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Chapter Cover: The young man standing there facing forward as the symbol of the White Fang was placed above him.

Chapter Nineteen

Result of Training

Yang and her enemy faced each other as the man smirked at her, his weapon glowing with the amount of Aura he was releasing. Yang could feel her power surging through her body as she stared at him. She can still remember how helpless she had been against him three days ago when they faced each other in battle.

The girl knew that she wanted to have payback against what he had done to her and now, she was going to get that revenge, now that he was standing here right across her. The blonde girl tightened her hands into her fist as she stood there, staring at him from across her.

"Unlike last time," he said, "Your friend isn't going to save your life this time."

Yang smirked.

"Don't worry," she said, "This fight, is between you and me."

Suddenly the man had disappeared from sight and Yang stood there as he moved at incredible speed, aiming straight toward her with his giant Axe coming down toward her face but before the attack could actually reach her, the blonde girl had disappeared letting the Axe fall down upon the ground causing a large crater in the middle of the empty street.

"And no one is going to interfere," Yang said as she appeared right above him.

The man looked up toward her, and she could see the surprise in his eyes, that she had managed to avoid his attack unlike how it had been three nights ago. She had been slower, after all she didn't have her full power released like she did now. Yang stared down at him, as her Gauntlet gathered a large amount of Aura into her fist.

"Explosive Fist," she said launching her hand down.

The attack launched down toward the large man beneath her as he was completely engulfed in the large blast that overcame his entire body causing even more destruction to the ground, until all that remained was the large crater that was formed at her attack. Yang landed down upon a telephone pole that was not too far away from where her attack had landed and she stared down toward the man that was in the crater.

He was still upon his knees in the middle of the crater and Yang could see blood falling down upon the ground. His clothes was heavily damaged from her attack, but he was still conscious. Yang narrowed her eyes as he stood back up and turned his head toward her.

"You did get stronger," he said, "Unlike before, your attack couldn't even wound me."

Yang observed him.

"My attack was something that I did on instinct," she said, "Thanks to my Aura training, I was using it as a basis to use that attack…and it wasn't as powerful as it could be, but during my training, my Weapon had managed to teach me how to properly use it in combat."

The man let out a small chuckle.

"So…you know the name of your Weapon now do you?" he smirked, "Then, I won't be holding back my power any longer. Your friend was quite strong that night, and considering that I was under orders not to use my Awakening, I didn't…but now, I don't have any orders of holding back my full power."

Yang frowned.

The large man placed his weapon down upon the ground as his Aura suddenly shoots through the roof causing Yang's eyes to widen in surprise at the large amount of power that was being unleashed from the man in front of her. She can see his Aura taking shape around him and it was large causing the blonde girl's eyes to widen considerably at the sight.

His Aura, she thought, It's taking shape…

Suddenly as quickly as it had come, the Aura disappeared from around the man and he spoke two words.

"Growl, Ferre (Bear),"

His entire body started to grow larger as his large weapon disappeared from sight. His form became furrier as his hands grew sharps claws and his body becomes more animalistic in appearance. Then his form had finished growing large and he was now standing on his two back feet which were also covered in fur and had also growl sharp claws from his toes. The large man beast like creature turned his glowing eyes toward Yang.

What the hell…? She thought.

Then the figure was gone from sight, and Yang could feel her eyes widening as she had lost complete sight of her opponent. Then the figure appeared right in front of her and with a single claw strike, blood flew out of Yang's shoulder as she had barely managed to jump away from the attack that had being launched toward her.

He's…he's faster than before, she thought.

The girl slid back upon the very air around her as the large creature launched straight at her again. Yang yelled out as she launched her fist forward yelling, "Exploding Fist," at her opponent causing the yellow blast of Aura to shoot out straight toward the oncoming creature that had came at her but then, her blast was completely countered by a purple blast that came from the large creature's own mouth and the two Aura blasts clashed violently in the sky above the building and effectively nullifying each other.

The blonde girl took a glance toward the enemy that had appeared in front of her as the large creature stood there to face him. She can still see the trace of the man in front of her and then, the lips that were filled with the sharp teeth were pulled up at the corner.

"You will not be able to defeat me now Blondie," he said, "Not with my Awakening form, Ferre (Bear). My strength and Aura is now double of what you were facing as well as my speed. You are finished Grimm Slayer."

"Awakening?" Yang repeated.

"That's right," the large man grinned, "Unlike you Grimm Slayers, us Faunus instead of releasing our Soul Weapon, we release our Animal Spirit. Since the Faunus share qualities with a type of animal, that Animal Spirit became the source of our power and our strength. When we do an Awakening, it grants us the ability of our Spirit Animal, as well as a few extra abilities."

He opened his jaws and in front of Yang's eyes, a large amount of Aura gathered there before she was completely overcame by the blast...


Meanwhile…

Ruby Rose stared at the new arrival in front of her.

It was a young girl, seemingly a few years older than her. She was dressed in a white upper shirt that seems to be like body armor. She was also wearing pants upon her lower body and Ruby could see a tail dancing behind the girl. She knew by just looking that this girl was Faunus, one of those people that was born with animal like features.

"You're quite something," the girl spoke out, "To be able to take on so many Grimm this quickly. You Huntresses are always quite efficient in your works."

"I'll take that as a compliment," Ruby said placing her Scythe at the ready to battle.

The violet eyes stared down at her for a few moments and Ruby decided to speak.

"Why are you people targeting Weiss for something that happened hundred of years ago?" she asked, "It doesn't have anything to do with her."

The violet eyes of the Faunus girl seem to harden.

"She is part of that accursed family," the girl answered her, "That is a reason enough for her to die."

"Just because of her bloodline, you'll make her suffer," Ruby said, her eyes narrowing into a glare.

"The Schnee values their pure bloodline out of everything," the girl told her, "That bloodline will remains forever tainted by the thousands of innocent that it had killed. The only way for us Faunus to have peace is for that accursed bloodline to disappear from the world's existence."

She placed her hand upon the blade handle at her side.

"Listen Grimm Slayer," she said, "I don't have a quarrel against you but you're the one who helped Schnee to escape from her judgment. In my eyes, that makes us enemies."

Suddenly the Faunus's eyes widened as she noticed that the girl that was in front of her was gone and the large weapon the Slayer was carrying was now coming straight toward her neck. The girl instantly drew out her blade and managed to block the attack that came at her causing sparks to appear around the collided weapon.

"You've made an enemy out of me the moment you targeted my friend," Ruby answered coldly.

The Faunus girl let out a tch sound before she pushed the weapon off of her causing Ruby to fly backward through the air and she followed after her, the blade coming straight at Ruby's chest but she spun her Scythe toward the oncoming attack blocking them and the two weapons clashed against each other as both fighters clashed against each other with ferocity.

Ruby spun her weapon again as she dodged an attack, shifting her weapon into Sniper mode and she fired an Aura blast straight at the Faunus girl who widened her eyes at the sudden shift of the attack. The blast overcame the Faunus girl as Ruby landed down upon the ground looking for if her attack had did any damage but a new sound drew her attention.

It was Grimm, well, a large number of Grimm that were coming at her turned back.

They're drawn by our Aura, she thought, We'll be overwhelmed if this continue.

The Scythe was once again in it's normal mode and the girl used her speed yet again to completely slice and diced the Grimm that were going to attack her.

"You've let your guard down," a voice spoke.

Ruby turned at her and the sword sliced at her and she felt pain coursing through her head as she had instantly leaned away feeling the wind of the blade passing by her face. She slid away from the Faunus as the blood glided down from the top side of her head and down on the corner of her left eye. She can see the blood upon the Faunus girl blade as she approached toward her, the violet eyes cold.

As a Huntress, you'll know fear…as a fighter, you'll know death, and as a killer…you'll have to be merciless…

The words from Weiss's training came back to her head as Ruby's entire face became a blank wall. Her silver eyes had become as cold as ice as she stared at the Faunus across her, placing her weapon to a level normal and the girl could feel the Aura growing around her body, like a dark red pulse of power. The Faunus girl didn't have a scratch from sniper shot, meaning that she has either blocked it or managed to avoid it completely.

She then charged toward her enemy, her speed causing red petals to spin around her form as she attacked from all side, and her opponent was blocking her attacks with her blade, the sparks of the weapons clashing against each other.

Ruby launched an attack at her again and the Faunus pared it yet again making it look easy as hell. The small girl let out a small grit of her lips as she glared at her enemy who was staring back at her, her violet eyes cold.

"If that's the best you can do," she said, "Then you're not worth my time."

Next thing Ruby knew blood flew out of the wounds upon her body as her enemy seems to glide past her form. The young girl could feel her eyes widening at how she was cut but then, she didn't fall as her Aura surged around her weapon, turning to face the back of the Faunus.

"Crescent Wave," she said.

The wave of black and red Aura launched at her enemy who turned toward it and with a single slash of her sword, the wave of Aura was sliced into two pieces in front of Ruby's eyes. The girl feel shocked at what just happened in front of her. The Faunus girl had managed to cut through her attack like it was nothing.

Then The Faunus's sword had started to glow with power before she launched it straight at Ruby's still form as a wave of Aura was launched straight at her and Ruby yelled out as she launched out her Scythe straight toward the blast that came at her causing a large explosion to take place around the small girl as she yelled out in pain…thought she had managed to use her Aura to lessen the damage, although not by a whole lot.

Ruby had her Scythe in a defensive pose as she stood in midair above the city. The girl was huffing lightly at the amount of power that the Faunus has and she could feel herself struggling against them.

That guy was right when he said that we wouldn't stand a chance against them, she thought, At my current level there is no way that I can defeat her.

Ruby looked up toward the Faunus across her as she walked in the air, her weapon at her side.

"It's time for you to die, Grimm Slayer," she said.

She attacked Ruby with full speed but instead of her blade striking flesh, it had made contact with Ruby's weapon causing a loud clang to echo in the air above them. The Faunus seems surprised that she had managed to block her attack.

"Seems that he was right," Ruby said, "If we have faced you with the power we had three days ago, we would have been slaughtered."

Ruby pushed her off. The Faunus girl landed down upon an electric line, her violet eyes narrowing lightly.

"What are you talking about?" she said.

Ruby looked at her.

"I was warned that the power of the White Fang was something that was too strong to face," she said, "so I had wanted to see it for my own eyes…and there was no joke in it. If we had faced each other three days ago, you would have definitely killed me."

The Faunus girl raised her eyebrows.

"So you're saying that you have managed to reach my level in just three days?" she said.

Ruby's silver eyes met her violet ones.

"That's exactly what I am saying," she said, "During our battle so far, I have been withholding my power back so the level I was fighting you now is the level I was three days ago."

Ruby tightened her grip upon the handle of the Scythe.

"This is my current level," she said.

Her Aura became enormous causing the violet eyes of the Faunus to widen considerably at the large amount of power the girl was releasing. It was causing the air around her to actually shake with the level of power that she has within her and even her weapon was glowing as well and then Ruby spoke.

"Bleed the world Red, Crescent Rose,"

Her power surged through the air around her form causing her Scythe to actually transform completely into darkish red Aura in her hand as the girl stared at her. Power surged all around her body as the violet eyes stared in disbelief…

She reached…that level of power…in just three days? She thought.

In Ruby's hand her Weapon started to actually howl with the amount of power she was unleashing before she launched an attack straight toward the Faunus girl. The said young woman barely had time to actually block the attack that came straight at her and the heaviness of the power had send her flying backward and crashing through a large amount of buildings in Vale causing the said things to crumble.

Ruby stayed floating there, with the Aura shaped Scythe in her hand; her eyes completely focused upon where she had sent her enemy flying in.


The Faunus girl was lying down upon the ground in a large crater that had formed when she had landed down upon the ground. She lied there for a minute completely taken aback by the strong power that the girl had revealed to her. She pulled herself upon her feet and glanced down at the wound that had appeared upon her shoulder. Despite having blocked the attack that had been launched at her, it still managed to wound her.

I had thought she'll be easy to defeat, she thought, but it seems that I was mistaken. That Schnee girl had managed to gather some powerful allies.

The Faunus got back upon her feet, her tail dancing behind her as she stepped forward.

I'm going to have to do an Awakening, she thought, To think, I'd have to do something like that in a mission like this.

She let out a soft sigh before jumping forward, the world blurring from around her and she landed down upon the ground just below where the Grimm Slayer was. She glanced up toward her, the violet eyes narrowing themselves at the girl.

She may look young and innocent, she thought, But she is a devious one…and to think I was actually thinking of letting her off with just a few cuts. She played me, making me think that I was in control of the fight entirely.

The Faunus girl placed her blade in a horizontal shape in front of her as her Aura surged forward.

"Devour, Tigris,"

The large roar echoed around her form as her hands become claws for the animal. Her violet eyes were slited now as the patterned fur appeared upon her body. The Faunus stared up at the girl above her and she could see the light surprise on her face at her Awakening form.

"Playtime is over girl," she said, "This time, I will fight you without consciousness."


Meanwhile

Yang's entire body was covered by the large blast the transformed man had sent her way and he had enjoyed seeing her die like that. It was quite something to actually see her perish at his hand just as she was suppose to that night. A small smirk grew upon his face that is…

"Burn as hot as the sun, Ember Cecilia,"

Golden flames exploded the blast he had launched outward and his eyes widened lightly noticing the flames that were burning around the blonde girl's form. It was like her entire body was coated in a burning light causing him to narrow his eyes to be able to see through it. The flame was also coming from the Gauntlet she was wearing upon her wrist and the girl simply floated down toward him until she was now upon the ground in front of him.

Her eyes were glowing a bright red color as they stared back at him. The flames that were around the girl expended even larger as the very ground were she had been standing caught fire and was turning black at the amount of power she was unleashing.

Is this…her Released Weapon? He thought, as he stared at the blonde girl across him, Her Aura…it's burning everything around her…How can it be so powerful?

"Did you really think it was going to be this easy to kill me?" the blonde spoke out drawing his attention, "After what you had done to me, you have showed me how weak I really was compared to everyone else."

Suddenly the blonde was in front of him and a powerful punch was slammed upon his stomach causing his eyes to wide at the power behind it. He could feel blood flying out of his lips.

So…fast…

"And this time," the blonde said, "I will be the one who takes you down."


Schnee Estate

Meanwhile

Blake landed down upon the ground in front of the wrought iron gates of the Estate. The golden eyes stared up toward the place in front of her, a grave look appearing upon her features at the sight of the large Manor that stood in the distance.

"You know what to do," she said, giving one of her companion a glance.

The young man nodded at her before raising his hand toward the air in front of them.

"Black Dust Forbidden technique, Rejection,"

An odd blue glow appeared in front of the duo as it shone all around the Estate for a split second before disappearing entirely. Blake had a small smirk upon her features at that and then she charged forward, jumping over the gate with her two men following after her. Now that the protective spell around the Estate now gone, she could feel the Schnee girl's Aura coming from within the house.

After spending some days observing the girl, the Faunus had become quite familiar with the said girl's Aura and she focused upon it as she ran through the open grass, her hand upon the handle of the blade that was upon her back, her midnight black hair flowing behind her in the wind.

Their plan was working perfectly and soon enough, Schnee will die…

"Dust Level 51, Crystalline Shell."

Blake was forced into a halt as a tall crystal wall grew out of the ground in front of her forcing her to stop. All around the Manor, the same phenomenon was happening until it was completely hidden behind the blue Crystal Shell.

"At least it finally explains as to why the barrier around the school disappeared without a trace," a voice spoke out.

A man materialized in front of them. He was wearing a coat upon his body, his hat shadowing the top side of his face but his lips were set in a grim smile. He didn't have any visible weapon upon him but since he had used a powerful spell like that with seemingly no effort, Blake wasn't going to let her guard down.

"You have someone who used the Shadow Magic," he continued, "The power to manipulate the energy of Aura itself. With something like that, you could have easily caused the spell to disappear without leaving any trace."

He looked up toward them, his eyes glinting in the shadows of the hat.

"I had believed all of the Faunus created spells had become lost to time since the clan had been destroyed centuries ago," he said, "But it seems that some of its history still survives to this day."

Blake stared at him. Something about that figure in front of her was familiar. She just couldn't place him at all but then, the young man pushed his hat back revealing his entire face to the Cat Faunus and Blake can feel her eyes widening…

"For you to have joined the White Fang Blake," the young man said, "I never believed that you of all people who have let yourself be drawn into this endless blood feud."

Recognition flashes in Blake golden eyes...What history lays between her and the mysterious young man...

Next Time: Against the White Fang.

Jacques0 out.

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