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Chapter Cover: Weiss holding her sword in front of her face.
Chapter Twenty-Three
Desperate Situation
Pain was all Weiss could feel next.
The release of her Soul Weapon caused the previous spell she had casted upon her body to dissipate that she could reach the Faunus's level of power and it was excruciating. She could now feel the pain of the wound the Axe had given her. She could now feel the pain of the stab the Faunus girl had given her earlier and all of the wounds that she had received during the entire fight.
Weiss bit her lips so that the scream that bubbled through her throat doesn't let out, but she couldn't help the heavy moan that grew from escaping and she can feel tears falling from her eyes because of how painful everything was. Her grip upon Myrtenaster tightened as a way to make her deal with the pain, and she hadn't fallen down upon her knee yet. The released Myrtenaster had taken it's rapier shape and the cross shaped guard was also there as the blade itself glowed white with her power. Weiss stared at the weapon in her hand for a few moments before turning to look up toward the enemy in the Faunus above her.
The dark haired girl was staring down at her as she had released her weapon, the golden eyes empty of any feelings that were there earlier. Weiss floated toward her until the two of them were right across each other.
Blue eyes met golden ones.
"So, you've finally released your sword's true power," the Faunus said, "So you're finally taking this seriously."
Weiss stared at her unblinking.
"I…always take my…battle seriously," she answered, a light gasp in her voice, "But…before we continue, I want to know something."
The Faunus girl blinked lightly at her, surprised at her request.
"Oh…and what is it?"
"You…Your name," Weiss said, "What is it?"
"Why would you want to know that?" the Faunus said raising an eyebrow.
Weiss stared at her, the white hair flowing behind her as she observed the young woman across her.
"You share…a history with one of my companion," she said, "From the way he reacted to you, it interested me. From how mysterious he is about his past, you are someone who knows that past. When he left earlier, he had decided to trust me to be able to face you on equal terms. Since you are someone of his past, I want to know…your name."
The Faunus stayed silent for a few moments.
"I don't see how that will change anything in telling your name," she said, "Despite my past with Noir, I shattered my connection to him the moment he decided to serve you."
Weiss stared at her.
So that's how it is, she thought.
She took her stance.
My body is trembling with the strain I am putting it through, the white haired girl thought, I don't know how long I will last…but I need to finish this battle quickly.
Across her Blake could see the change in the girl's form. Before the release of her Sword, the Schnee girl was unmoving and unfeeling but now, she could see the strain that was upon her body. She didn't know what happened, but whatever had caused the girl to be unfeeling of the wounds that she had, had finished and she was now vulnerable.
As expected, she thought, she hadn't fully recovered yet and she decided to enter this battle. A foolish move and that will lead to your death.
The Faunus took her stance as well as a confident smirk worked upon her lips. The girl was not at a hundred percent. She was completely at her mercy and Blake is going to make her pay for it.
She then decided to start the battle by launching straight at the Schnee girl, and noticed her tensing. Blake increased her speed and lunched at the girl's side and the Schnee girl managed to block her attack with what look like a white Glyph that was spinning in the air around her. Blake blinked lightly at the sight of the large symbol that had appeared in the air before she instantly jumped away from her.
The Schnee girl had one of her finger aimed straight at her.
Ice grew from the large Glyph like thorns, aiming straight toward her and Blake managed to avoid them by simply using her clone spell to completely avoid the attack, appearing on the white haired girl's other side. She launched forward and the Schnee girl turned to face her and attacked with a swing of her blade toward her and Blake noticed the ice that followed the blade forming an arc wave of ice that forced her to jump away from the attack.
Multiple Glyphs appeared around the white haired girl floating form. They were five of them, spinning lazily around the Schnee girl as she placed her sword facing downward. The blue eyes turned to face her, a light frown appearing upon them and then the Schnee girl raised her sword toward her and then the Glyph all shoot out straight toward her.
She can control these things? Blake thought surprised.
The Glyph had become strings of white lights as they all aimed at her and Blake instantly avoided their incoming lights by simply using her Acceleration attack. The young woman continued to dodge the strings of light that were coming at her and from the corner of her eyes, she can see the Schnee girl moving her unharmed hand almost like she was the maestro of a orchestra.
From what I can see earlier, Blake thought, She can make Ice grow out of the large Glyphs that protected her…meaning that those things have a similar ability.
Suddenly the strings of light became firm like they had become true lines of lights and they were all forming around her like they had caught her in a large cage of light. Blake's golden eyes were wide with surprise at the mere sight of them.
When did she create…?
"You are probably wondering when I created them right," the Schnee girl spoke out drawing Blake's attention toward her, "It was my original plan in the first place. I knew that you will be cautious from the first Glyph I made and the ice that grew out of it and you may think that these ones will do the same if you're cornered, but these smaller Glyphs are different than the larger ones."
The blue eyes became cold.
"And I have led you right into my trap," Schnee continued.
Another Glyph appeared beneath the white haired girl's feet.
"White World," she said.
The strings of lights suddenly in powerful light and Blake's entire form were engulfed in a large explosion.
Meanwhile
Ruby landed down upon the ground with the Faunus girl that was upon her shoulder. The smaller girl placed her upon the roof of the house they had landed on. Ruby then turned her attention toward where the Doorway was situated above the city of Vale and she can see more Grimms appearing from within it.
There must be a way to actually close this, she thought.
She turned her gaze toward the fallen Faunus beside her.
"Hey," she said, "What were you guys hoping to accomplish by opening a Doorway here in the middle of the city? Weren't you guys thinking about the hundred of peoples that were going to get stuck in the middle of this?"
The Faunus girl let out a snort.
"Like I care about some Humans," she said, "There are already too much of your kind in Remnant. Killing a few along the way won't matter."
Ruby could feel her anger coursing through her.
"What the hell is wrong with you people?" she asked taking hold of the Faunus girl's shirt, "You are just going to draw innocent peoples into your mess."
The Faunus's girl had an angry look in her eyes as she glared up at her.
"And the thousands of Faunus who died at the hand of the Schnee," she yelled back, "What did you think they were?"
Ruby narrowed her eyes at her.
"Why you…?" she snarled.
"RUBY,"
The young woman turned her head toward the voice and the young man that had trained them. The said young man landed down right beside her and for once wasn't holding the hat he was wearing in his hand. He looked at her and then glanced down toward the Faunus girl on the ground.
"So you won I see," he said.
"Of course I did," Ruby answered him, "I said that I was going to protect Weiss didn't I? What are you doing here by the way?"
The young man glanced up toward the Doorway above them.
"Weiss send me there to deal with that," he said.
"Weiss is awake and okay?" Ruby said, relief in her voice.
The young man nodded at her, giving her a small smile. Ruby decided then to feel out for Weiss's Aura and sure enough, she could feel the other girl's power and it was a strong as she remembered but she could also feel another Aura.
"I can feel another Aura there as well," Ruby said, "Who is she fighting against?"
"Another member of the White Fang," the young man told her, "But Weiss is strong, she'll make it…"
A soft chuckle came from the Faunus girl on the ground beneath them.
"Fat chance of that happening," she said.
Ruby and the young man stared down at her. Ruby could feel her anger at the Faunus on the ground growing again.
"Blake was the one who went after her," the Faunus girl continued, "That Schnee girl got no chance to survive now considering how injured she was by Arkos's Axe…I'm sure Blake will make short work of her and the Schnee will be minus one."
"You're pissing me off," Ruby yelled, her Soul Weapon appearing in her hand at her burst of anger.
The young man however stopped her from getting any closer as he stared down at the injured Faunus girl on the ground. He approached toward her and kneeled beside her wounded form.
"There is something I wanted to ask one of you White Fang members ever since that Doorway appeared in the sky," he said, "Who was the one who gave you that knowledge?"
The Faunus girl looked away from him.
"Someone told them how to do it?" Ruby said.
The young man gave her a glance.
"Opening a Doorway into the Shadow World is different than opening a Doorway from the other side of Remnant," he said, "When you open a Doorway from a side of Remnant, all that you're doing is bending the space that separate the two locations and that knowledge is well know by anyone who is part of a Clan and anyone who is a Huntsman or Huntresses."
A more serious look appeared in his eyes.
"However, in the case of the Shadow World, there is a whole other dimension you have to cross and not only that, the knowledge of opening something like that is not something that many people are going to accidently come across," he said, "I find it highly unlikely that a criminal organization such as the White Fang has acquire knowledge to be able to open it without someone else giving him that knowledge."
He stared down at the girl.
"Which is why I will ask you again," he said, "Who gave you that knowledge?"
The Faunus girl's purple eyes stared at him.
"I have nothing to say to a Schnee dog," she spat.
Ruby stared at her and the young man stood back up.
"I expected something like that," he said.
Suddenly numerous explosion drew both of their attentions to another part of Vale and Ruby can see smoke rising in the distance. Ruby focused upon them and can sense several different Auras in the distance.
"I can sense multiple Auras," Ruby said, "They're powerful as well."
"I can sense them as well," he said, "It seems Qrow send out for some help. Let's go and find them. I have a plan that I need them to know about."
Ruby nodded ready to go before glancing back toward the Faunus young woman on the ground behind them.
"What about her…?"
The man didn't even turn around.
"What about her?" he said, "It's not our job to apprehend criminals. Our duty is to protect the city of Vale, and that's what we're going to do...thought, what can she do in her condition? If we take her with us, she'll only slow us down."
The two instantly started to move with Light Step heading straight toward where the powerful Aura were coming from. Ruby didn't recognize any of them at all, but she can also feel the number of the Grimm lessening, meaning that they were Huntsman who had come to Vale. She was curious as to who they were and what they were doing here, but she could feel a small smirk working upon her lips at meeting other Huntsman.
"There," the man said.
Ruby focused forward noticing a group battling against the Grimm below them. She stared down at them noticing the armors they were wearing upon their forms. Their outfits looked oddly similar to Knights outfit and their weapons were similar to that as well, and Ruby instantly recognize the mass of yellow hair in the distance that stood beside a redhead girl.
"Yang," she called out.
The blonde turned her head toward her as she reached them.
"Ruby," her sister yelled, relief appearing in her lilac eyes.
The redhead gave her sister a hug which the blonde returned. The girl that was standing beside Yang looked toward her. She was holding on a Lance in her hand as well as a shield in her other hand. Her long hair fell down upon her shoulder and her eyes looked at her.
"The Warrior Clan," the young man said, "The Clan most prodigious at taking down large amount of Grimm at once…Pyrrha Nikos I presume."
The redhead now identified as Pyrrha Nikos gave him a light nod.
"Yes," she said, "At Sir Ozpin's request and the high level of activity of Grimm, I have been selected to lead the team here…but I am afraid you have me at a disadvantage."
The young man smiled.
"Don't worry, we're all friends here," he said, "Are you the only team that was sent in?"
"No," Pyrrha answered, "My advanced Team was send to the front line while the other team, is placing a barrier around the town. We are not letting the Grimm move away from this place."
The warrior's green eyes focused upon the Doorway that was in the sky above them.
"I never expected to see a Doorway here," she said, "This will be difficult since we don't know if there is a timer…"
"I doubt there is," the young man told her, "The people who opened this didn't seem to bother. The only way this is going to end is for us to close it."
Pyrrha nodded.
"Very well," she said.
Ruby could hear their conversation as she stared up toward the sky above them and her eyes widened at what she was seeing. A sudden surge of Aura caused the girl to stumble at how powerful it was. The others around her reacted as well at the sudden rise in power…
"What the hell…," Pyrrha said, "What kind of Aura is that?"
"Look at the Doorway," Yang yelled, "It's widening itself!"
In the air above them, the thin line that had formed when the Doorway first appeared above Vale was starting to become larger and there were a large amount of the strings of darkness that were moving through the air…then from the depths of the darkness beyond, two glowing red eyes appeared…
"What is that…?" Pyrrha said shocked.
The young man was also surprised as he stared up toward the sky. Ruby and Yang were completely frozen at what was happening right now. The very lines was continuing to widen itself as two large hands appeared through the air taking hold of the lines and widening them even more.
"That…That thing's huge," Yang said.
"And not only that," the young man said, "It's power…it's just gushing through…"
The Grimm that were on the ground in the city were getting completely dissipated as the darkness that their forms were made of were all going upward toward the large being that was in the depths of the Doorway.
"The Grimm…they're disappearing," Ruby said glancing around herself.
"Just what is going on?" Yang said.
"They're not disappearing," the young man said, "They are getting absorbed…I never thought I'll see one here of all places."
Pyrrha's face became deathly pale, probably understanding just what was happening.
"You're saying….that this thing is a…," she said.
The young man looked up.
"Yes," he said, "Leviathan."
A new dangerous enemy has entered into the battlefield...
Next Time: The Name of the One who Killed You
Jacques0 out.
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