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Chapter Cover: Jaune seating down with Ren and Nora as they joke around with each other.
Chapter Twenty
Against the White Fang
Earlier Today
Jaune could feel that something was terribly wrong about today.
Ever since he woke up this morning, the young man could feel a sort of wrongness in the air around him. He couldn't figure out for the life of him what was wrong, but he could feel it. The young Arc made his way through his morning routine so that he could get ready for school. The young man placed his bag there walked through the house he was staying in with his sisters before stepping outside.
It was a clear sky this morning and the air was quite fresh. It was everything that he realized that proved to be an ordinary morning and he took a deep breath taking in the city's familiar smell. If there was one thing that was always the same about Vale is that the smell never changed.
The young man decided to start walking the way up to the school. He will meet both Ren and Nora on the way there and then the trio will make their way up the Beacon together, thought, now that he was thinking about school, it made him think about Ruby and Yang.
The two sisters have transferred in over a month ago now and they had become part of the group quite quickly ever since he first met Ruby on that fateful day. He enjoyed Ruby's company, and her knowledge about games and weapons were always a blast and he even found himself letting the girl borrowing his X-ray and Vav comics.
Thought the girl hadn't been in school for the past few days.
At first, he had thought that she was out sick but her older sister, Yang didn't show up either. Jaune had passed it off as something going on with her family. He had been surprised to see that they had befriended Weiss Schnee of all people. Jaune had known who the girl was but he had never approached her to become friends after all, there was always some sort of chill whenever the girl was around.
Before he could complete his thoughts process, he caught sight of both Ren and Nora in front of him. He approached the two and Nora was the first one who caught sight of him.
"Jaune, Jauney, HEY," she called out.
The young man chuckled softly. He doesn't remember never seeing that girl so hyper all morning. In all of the years he had known the duo, he had never seen him not together like this. While they were some rumors around the school that they two were dating each other, Jaune knew otherwise. Having being raised together since they were young, the two have become inseparable from each other.
"Morning Jaune," Ren greeted with a nod toward him sounding much calmer than his companion.
Nora grinned happily.
"Say Jaune, did you eat pancakes today?" the girl asked.
Jaune blinked.
"I didn't," he said, "All I ate today was some eggs."
"That sounds boring," Nora told him.
"It's breakfast," Jaune answered.
"But it's still boring," Nora said, "Ren, Jaune eats boring breakfast."
"I am right here Nora," Ren said, sounding as calm as ever, "And I heard everything."
Jaune raised an eyebrow.
"So what did you have for breakfast today anyway?" he asked, "Since mind was boring."
"I had twenty three pancakes," Nora smiled, "And three bottles of syrup along with an apple and a couple of snacks and some popcorns."
Jaune stared at the girl with a surprised look upon his face. He could never understand how this girl can eat so much and yet was still as small as she is. He gave the young man that was beside him a glance and the look on Ren's face seems to be filled with a sort of exhaustion that can only come from dealing with someone as hyperactive as Nora.
"How can you eat all so early in the morning?" he asked her.
"I burn it when I am in Gym class," Nora answered.
"Nora we don't have Gym class today," Ren told her.
"Really?" the girl said, sounding surprised, "Oh well."
The young man gave Jaune a glance.
"Did you call Ruby's house as you were going to do yesterday?" he asked.
"I did ," he said, "But her uncle answered saying that they were having some family problems…that's why they couldn't get in school the past few days."
"I hope they don't miss too many days," Ren said, "The first exams are just around the corner."
"Well I did call their place," Jaune said, "Whether they show up at school today or not, is something else."
The day had stared out like this for Jaune as it had always did, and he was glad that something like this was familiar to him after all. He had been preparing to go enjoy this day but then before the morning was even over, a large explosion had drawn his attention.
The young man looked at the city that expended around Beacon and he can feel his eyes widening in shock at the very sight of the numerous buildings crashing down on the ground. The murmurs around him focused upon the sight of the black smokes rising into the air.
"Did you see that?"
"One of the buildings just collapsed," another student said.
"What the hell is going on?"
Jaune stared at the windows in front of him, unable to believe what he was seeing. All morning, he had been getting a bad feeling something was going to happen. With how well the morning had been going so far, he had expected that something from the class to happen…
But now seeing the buildings falling down and even more of them were getting caught in the fire, it made him realize that the bad feeling just got worse…
Present Time
Street of Vale
Qrow had been at work when the attack first happened. The man turned his gaze toward the window to see what was going on and was completely taken aback by the black lines that was now in the sky above the city and could feel fear surging through his body at the sight of the number of Grimm that were coming through.
He had never expected the White Fang to actually open a Doorway like that. Despite the Grimm being mostly drawn toward people with Aura, that single fact won't stop them from attacking ordinary people who gets in their paths. With most of the people in the world not being able to see them, it was going to be a massacre at best.
When the building beside the one he had been working with suddenly crumbled from one of the large string of darkness that had came from the Doorway, everyone was ordered to evacuate the city and Qrow wasted no time getting the hell out of dodge and the street were filled with people running away from the destruction. He could see the Grimms that were appearing throughout the city and as they were about to attack some people, a blur or red simply shone through the area before it was gone causing Qrow's eyes to widen at the sight.
Then the man turned away from the Grimm and ran toward most of the people on the city getting straight toward where his car was parked but had found that it was crushed in the debris of the building that had fallen.
Deciding on what he was going to do, the man ran into the streets among the hundred of terrified civilians who were just baffled at what was going on around them.
The flames burned around Yang as she had slammed her punch straight into the Faunus's Awakening form, blood flying out of its lips. The force of her punch had send him flying backward, causing the nearby building to rattles at the force of the punch.
The golden flames burned around her form as the large figure was send flying into the air above the city and then the girl jumped after him. The large Faunus took hold of himself in the air. Yang can see the anger in those eyes as they stared down toward her and can see the blood that was falling from his jaws showing just how powerful her attack was.
"Die," he yelled.
He opened his jaws and let out the large purple blast from before. It aimed down straight toward Yang who had both of her hands ready as the blast came at her with a ferocious force and she aimed both of her hand straight toward the attack which hit her straight on. Yang growled to herself as she was pushed back through the air from the attack but it didn't push her all the way down for the girl pushed against the attack and with a yell and sudden surge of her Aura, she nullified it from sight.
"What?" the man said.
Yang stared up at him before charging at the large man coming at him with a lot of power and the man lashed out at her with his claws but Yang avoided it, by going under his attack and as she did so, her left fist was getting ready for attack and she launched it forward aiming it straight at his jaws in a vicious uppercut.
The large creature was send flying upward by that and Yang followed after him with another punch launching forward but the Faunus turned his head toward her.
"Black Dust, Darkened Cloud,"
Yang blinked to herself as all around her form a black cloud completely overcame her completely. The girl glanced around herself at the black smoke light features that were around her and as she stared at them, she realized that her Aura was draining in a rapid state.
What the…? She thought, My Aura…
The blonde stared at the golden flames that were around her wrist and noticed that they were getting weaker. She glanced around herself at the spell that he had used. That thing that was around her, it must be the one responsible for her sudden lost of power. The young woman instantly jumped to the side and flew out of the black mass of darkness that had surrounded her and into the clear air again.
"Got you,"
Yang turned her attention toward the voice just as the claws came down at her. The claw marks hit her straight into her back causing the girl to yell out in pain as she was thrown back down unto the ground, landing down in a large crater.
The blonde let out a coughing sound at the pain on her back throbbed. She got back upon her knees and then her attention was drawn at the side noticing the large number of Grimm that were coming for her. That bastard had sent her flying down into the ground where bunches of Grimm were situated.
Yang got back to her feet quickly, wincing at the pain she was feeling on her back but she stood her ground well as the Beowolves launched at her with their jaws wide. The girl gathered her Aura around her fist and launched it forward, taking down the Grimm that was closest to her, sending it backward. Another one came at her and Yang raised her gauntlet, blocking the clawed attack the Grimm had launched at her.
Using her other hand she took hold of the Grimm's throat before slamming it down upon the ground face first causing cracks to appear upon the asphalt beneath her. The other Grimm launched at her, the blonde the jumped backward from their attacks and slid upon the ground as she placed both of her fist at the ready and then.
"Double Explosive Fists," she yelled out, launching her hands forward.
The attack completely overcame the Grimm that were coming at her and Yang hardly had time to do anything else before a large weight slammed down upon her body causing the blonde to yell out in pain. A dark chuckle echoed behind her as her lilac eyes turned toward the large form that was upon her back. The Faunus had a dark grin upon his lips as he stared down at her.
"You've let your guard down," he said, "And now you're going to die."
He opened his lips as the purple blast gathered there within his jaws and then he launched it down straight toward her form and the blonde was completely overcome by the blast as it grew large like a ball of purple upon the ground that grew larger and larger causing some of the power lines to snap out of the poles that nearby as the said poles fell over upon the ground and even nearby cars were send flying off into the air at the pressure of the attack.
When everything was settled, Yang was lying down on the ground unmoving and the large Faunus smirked to himself at her unmoving form. The blonde was covered in bruises as he lied there unmoving. The large Faunus let out a large laugh that echoed around him.
"I told you Blondie," he said, "I will kill you."
Yang was unmoving.
The man let out a small smirk as his Awakening disappeared from around his body, transforming back into the normal man that he was before and his Axe was seating down upon his shoulder.
"Despite your power," he said, "You're still a rookie. Killing you should get me a spot on the White Fang after all, the death of someone that's protecting Schnee is worth quite a while."
He walked away from the fallen girl behind him as he turned his attention toward where the amount of Aura was coming from.
"Mirkia is facing against the other one," he said, "I've got a score to settle with that other girl too, after all, she interfered with my fight. I'll make sure that I get the killing blow on that little red wearing bitch as well."
"Who are you going to kill?"
The man turned his attention at the voice only for a punch to slam straight into his face sending him flying backward through the air, landing down upon the ground on his back. He stared up toward the girl behind him. Her hair was flying behind her as she stood there, glowing bright yellow in color. Her eyes were glowing a bright red as she stared at him, filled with anger and hatred.
"How are you even still alive?" he said, shocked, "You should be dead."
The girl stared at him with her red eyes as her power surged through her body.
"Ember Cecilia has a special ability," she said, "It made my body into a living Aura battery. When I released it's power, whenever I am hit by a Aura attack, it absorb it completely strengthening my body and my own power."
The red eyes stared up at him.
"I'm sure you can understand what that means after you have unleashed your powerful attack on me," she said.
S…She had absorbed…my attack?
Her hands tightened into fist her power surged around her form causing the ground and windows of the nearby places to blow outward at the sheer pressure of the Aura she had within her and then she charged forward, leaving behind a trail of flames behind her. The Faunus eyes widened lightly noticing that the girl's entire Aura had become the jaws of a large dragon.
"Flame Second Step," Yang said, "Ablaze World."
The Faunus guy yelled out in pain at the amount of power as he screamed out as the flame completely overcame his entire body as he was launched into the air above her, his body completely enveloped into the large flames that was completely taking him down a peg or too and then he fell back down upon the ground, unmoving and defeated.
Yang was huffing at the large amount of power she had just unleashed in one go and the girl fell down upon the ground on her knees her as the glow that was in her hair dissipated into her normal hair. The Gauntlets around her wrist that had golden flames growing out of it dissipated as Ember Cecilia returned to it's normal state. Yang knew then she had used too much of her Aura in that last one. She wasn't really that good at using her Weapon's special ability yet but at least it had managed to get her to be able to defeat that guy…
I depleted my Aura in that last one, she thought, I didn't think it will take this much out of me…
Yang's eyes were drawn toward the black line in the sky above her. There were still black lines shooting out of the thing in the air above her and she took notice of Grimm that were flying in the air above her and she counted three of them. They were the same type of Grimm that Weiss had killed when Yang first as her as a Huntress back on the school ground.
Nevermore, she thought, That what's they're called.
Yang forced herself back upon her feet as the three creatures aimed straight for her…but before they could even reach her, blast of green Aura shoot from above her and tore through the Nevermore like they were made out of butter causing the blonde girl to widen her eyes in confusion at what had just happened.
"And down they go," a voice said smirking.
Yang turned her attention behind her finding five figures approaching toward her.
"W…Who…are…?"
New peoples approaches the battlefield...who exactly are they?
Next Time: Dances of the Red Petals
Jacques0 out.
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