Hey guys, it's been a while since my last update. Sorry about that, got really busy out of nowhere.

Anyway, here is the next chapter of this fanfic.

Enjoy the read.

Chapter Cover: Blake seating alone as the masks of Grimm littered the ground around her...

Chapter Sixty-Eight

Void of Darkness

Somewhere…

A young woman with green hair was walking down a hallway by herself. She had darkly skinned with ruby red eyes which were narrowed in annoyance. The hallway she was walking in was completely empty with the dark stoned ground which reflected her upon it. She then reached a doorway and opened it, letting the light settled inside the room she had stepped into.

At the end of the room was a wall of fire which was dancing in the distance. The orange flames bathed the room in warmth similar to a warm summer day but the sight of the flames caused the green haired girl to falter in her steps almost like she was intruding in something.

"Emerald," a female voice called out.

It was a sensual voice, and it sounded inviting promising and yet there was a touch of danger in the voice as well, and it caused a shiver to run through the young woman now revealed as Emerald.

"I'm sorry," Emerald spoke, her voice carrying an accent, "I didn't know that you were…meditating."

"It's quite alright child," the female voice, "You wouldn't have come here without reason…am I right?"

Emerald was quick to nod.

"Yes," she said.

"Them come closer child," the woman spoke out.

Emerald walked forward getting closer to the wall of flames. Just beyond them, there was womanly shape which had risen up from the seating position that she had being on. The most curious thing about that figure was that her clothing was glowing as well. There was design upon the clothing which shone the same color as the flames from where she stood before she turned her attention toward Emerald, revealing the two amber colored eyes.

"What is it then Emerald?" she asked.

Emerald lowered herself down until she was on her knees in front of the woman and bowed her head down.

"The White Clan has started their assault on Las Hazard," she said.

"That's surprising," the woman spoke, sounding a little surprised, "I haven't expected them to find out what was going on there this early. Mercury had been able to fool him for quite longer before he could figure out exactly what was truly going on."

"What shall we do?" Emerald asked looking up toward her.

The soft clack-clack of heels made contact with the marble floor as the woman had walked through the flames and was now standing right in front of the kneeled form of the green haired girl. Her features now revealed and she had this light frown upon her face, which was oddly pale. Then a small smirk worked it's way upon the woman's lip as she turned her gaze down toward the kneeled Emerald.

"For now…we wait," she said, "And we will see at how this will bode. If Las Hazard is lost then pity but If the White Clan falter…then we would have removed one of the most likely threat to stand in our way. A shame Mercury didn't kill the Schnee Family while he was with them…Yggar's blood descendants are as tenacious as he was."

"Of course," Emerald said standing up.

The woman smiled gently at her.

"Come on Emerald," she said extending a hand toward her, "I have something I wish for you to do."

Emerald looked at the hand, still puzzled by it before taking hold of it. Emerald had never really touched her in the past before. Those amber eyes were so different than the eyes that she saw today and it was what had drew her toward that woman to serve for her and in the many years that she had been with her, Emerald had become aware that she still don't know anything about the woman that leads them.

"Anything to serve My lady," she said.

There was something in that smile that send shivers down her spine and it will take Emerald some times to realize that the shivers were not of affection or awe…they were of fear and terror.


Las Hazard

Yang had launched forward straight toward the black clothed figure that was in the direction that she was in. the blonde had a focused look upon her face as she launched a fist forward straight toward it and it was blocked with a familiar blade. The girl's purple eyes narrowed dangerously at the sight of the sword before she launched her other fist forward causing an explosion of power caused the figure to be pushed backward lightly.

"It's you again," she said, narrowing her eyes at the young man across her, "Just so you know…I don't lose to the same opponent twice."

The young man in front of her simply raised his sword and the familiar dark power surged through him, his sword transforming back into the black blade just like the first time when they had faced each other back in Vale.

"Burn as hot as the Sun, Ember Cecilia," Yang said.

Flames grew from around Yang's gauntlets as her eyes bleed into red. The young woman tightened her fist as she stood there in front of her enemy. The young man stared at her for a few moments before launching forward aiming straight at her with that same strange speed but Yang blocked the attack causing the dark shadows to rise around her again.

Then the young man spun his sword around slashing at her. The blonde jumped in the air to avoid the attack. While she was above him, Yang spun around launching a kick down straight toward his head but he took hold of the foot with his free hand and then he spun her in the air before slamming her down upon the ground causing the area to rattle around them.

Yang blinked in pain as the young man came down upon her with his sword again, slashing down at her downed form. The blonde instinctively used the Light Steps technique to avoid the attack but she still feel the pain surging through her body. The blonde slid backward as she landed upon her knees and she stared down at the wound that was upon her…

He still managed to cut me…, she thought staring at him.

The blonde stood back up and cracked her neck. Without her knowledge, a small grin grew upon the girl's lip as she was staring at him.

"Is that all you've got?" she said.


On her side, Ruby Rose was spinning her Scythe with great speeds as she matched the black clothed figure that she was fighting against. The small girl eyes were fixed upon the figure, her eyes easily following the movements of the enemy with great speed. It was a men as well but the darkness that was surging from him was something that was so similar to the Grimm that it caused her inside to churn at it. She couldn't believe that something like that had happened to him and what was worse, that someone had been using people to conduct experiments crossing men and Grimm to combine the two species.

Then the girl jumped backward from the one that was in front of her as the strike passed past her head and she narrowed her eyes as she spun her Scythe yelling out, "Crimson Wave," launching the powerful wave like attack straight toward him causing a large gash to appear upon the ground and all around them.

The figure she was fighting against however, simply raised his weapon, a small baton from the looks of it and then with a wave of it, her attack was neutralized. Ruby could feel her eyes widening lightly at the sight of what had happened causing her to widen her eyes a little at that.

I guess I'm going to have to go all out then, she thought frowning.

She placed her Scythe beside her as her Aura surged through her body.

"Bleed the world Red, Crescent Rose," she said.

The Scythe in her hands literally transformed into an Aura shaped weapon in her hand which was a solid red as her own Aura seems to mesh with it. The girl stared up toward the enemy across her and noticed the shadows that were growing around its form and his eyes started to bleed into yellow as he stared at her and then the weapon he was holding had lengthened into a staff. He spun the weapon in the air and wind started to gather around it.

"Crimson Wave," Ruby yelled launching her attack against straight at the man across her.

The wave launched straight at the enemy but as it was getting closer to him, the man brought his staff down toward it causing the attack to disperse completely. Ruby's silver eyes widened in surprise at the feat he had just pulled unable to understand how he had managed to do that to her.

"What the?" she said shocked.

He managed to counter the Crimson Wave so easily?

The figure then launched his staff forward, moving quickly and the tip slammed straight into Ruby's stomach causing the young girl to widen her eyes at the force that was behind it. A sudden surge of power pushed through her and Ruby could feel blood falling out of her mouth from where she was standing pain surging through her body.

The staff slammed straight into her face sending her crashing down upon the ground completely taken aback by the level of power. In just two strikes she had been brought down. Not even the people of the White Fang had been this powerful when they were fighting against them all those weeks ago…

Weiss was right when she said that this will be different than the fight with the White Fang, Ruby thought staring up at the man across her, then…I will have to be better than I was before.

She stood back up, her silver eyes actually seemingly to glow with power as her aura shaped Scythe as red petals started to spin around her along with her Aura which had started to rise again. Then the girl launched forward, her form becoming a streak of red as she had launched herself at the enemy and he met her attack square on causing a large burst of Aura to explode around them with Ruby pushing against her enemy, her face set into a frown.


Weiss moved swiftly against the opponent with the Axe, Myrtenaster singing as her strike came down quick and fast upon her enemy who was struggling to keep up with her speed. Now within the barrier that kept Las Hazard separated from the real world, Weiss was unleashing all of her power causing the area round them to start to freeze over completely, each of her strike leaving ice upon her enemy who was starting to step back from the attacks.

The figure glanced at her, the darkness growing from around his body before he raised his hand toward his face. Weiss narrowed her eyes lightly at him and then a mask started to form upon his features causing the girl to step back at the phenomenon. It was a Grimm mask, that much he could see as he stared at him and then as the mask was forming, his body started to change as well becoming more and more larger. It was like fur was growing from his body as bones started to burst from his back.

Goddess, Weiss thought staring at the phenomenon, it's like he was becoming a Grimm…

The enemy let out a large roar that caused the ice around Weiss to shatter into pieces as the white haired girl stepped backward.

"Ice Age," Weiss yelled launching a large wave of ice toward him.

The large sudden wave of ice aimed straight at the enemy in front of her pushing him back as it roared loudly and Weiss grit her teeth as her Aura surged through her body as her attack was clashing with the enemy's own form and she was surprised that he was still alive with the ice starting to cover his form and then in front of Weiss's eyes, a ball of darkness started to form right in front of the open lips of the mask that the enemy was wearing.

That thing…it's just like the Leviathan…, she thought.

The blast aimed straight toward Weiss and the white haired girl raised her sword forward before she was completely covered by it and then the blackness simply froze into dark ice. The attack completely dissipated into nothingness as Weiss appeared from it, the white haired girl having fallen down upon her knees. She was breathing heavily at the amount of power she had used just to be able to freeze that attack so that it didn't destroy the entire room they were in right now.

She looked up toward him and stood back up.

To think…they would have been able to use such an attack…, she thought, It's just like Noir had said…the attack that he got injured from…I never expected to actually face it so head on like that…

Weiss took her stance.

Not like I expected this to be easy, she thought.

The girl narrowed her eyes as her power surged through her, the now masked man with the Grimm mask had launched toward her, his speed incredible despite the size difference, his fist came down toward her as the white haired girl simply moved using her Light Step technique disappearing from sight until she was standing right behind him.

Then she raised her hand toward the place where the enemy was standing and then, a black glyph appeared right underneath him. The glyph grew powerful and then Weiss said two words.

"Black Void," she said.

A beam of light rose from the glyph on the ground, completely overcomes the enemy's form as it roared loudly as he was completely engulfed within it. Weiss stared at the man for a few moments, before lowering her sword toward the ground, staring at the place where he had been standing for a few moments and noticed that the area was completely empty of the enemy.

Weiss let out a soft sigh before turning away from the area and then a fist suddenly slammed upon her body causing the white haired girl's eyes to widen in shock. She was send flying backward and she landed down upon the ground on her back and sliding away from the sudden attack had came upon her.

Weiss coughed as she pulled herself up to her feet, her eyes staring at the figure that was standing across her. They were the damage of the attack that she had done upon him but other than that, he was still standing and the mask he was wearing was cracked in some places…

He managed to withstand my Black Void spell, Weiss thought staring at him.

The man launched at her again and Weiss raised her sword at the same time to block the attack causing a shockwave to dance across the area as the force behind the attack started to push against her causing the ground around her feet to crack and Weiss spun letting his momentum carry him forward as she spun herself around him and then raised a hand straight toward his face.

"Dust Level 89, Heavenly Thunder," she said.

The blast of Dust magic completely overcome the side of his face as light pushed him away from her sending him flying backward and crashing into nearby cages causing them to fall down upon the ground.


Meanwhile

Blake had landed down in front of her enemy, her golden orbs staring at the figure across her. He was wearing a small hood upon them and the long black cloak was dancing softly across his form. The man was holding a sword in his hand as he stood across her. Blake raised her weapon getting ready to fight when…

"So…are you really going to fight against me Blake?"

The girl's eyes widened.

"Adam," she whispered.

The young man approached toward her and pulling back the hood revealing the red hair that she was familiar with along with the two small horns that were upon his head. As Blake stared at him, she realized that she couldn't feel his Aura at all. There was nothing of that familiar power that she had trained herself to recognize under any circumstance.

"What had happened to your Aura?" she asked.

"My Aura…," Adam answered, "I have discarded it."

She stared at him, her mouth dropping open.

"But that's impossible…Your Aura is your life essence," she said, "You can't discard that…you will die if you do."

A small smirk grew upon his lips.

"I am very much alive Blake," he said, "For so long I have been seeking power to destroy the White Clan, and have my revenge for what they have done to our people…and now I finally have it."

"What power is worth turning yourself into this Adam?" Blake asked, "Turning our friends over to Saddler so that he can experiment on them?"

"He is making them better," Adam told her, "He is doubling their strength so that a failure like you have done at Vale never happened again. This is what you have been waiting for isn't it Blake? For us to destroy the White Clan…"

He raised his hand toward her.

"Blake," he said, a light smile appearing upon his face, "Come with us…our White Fang brothers and sisters are waiting for you to return."

Blake narrowed her eyes at him. She stared at the hand he had raised toward her before she looked back up at him again.

"If I don't…you'll kill me like you did to Arkos?"

The mention of his name caused a twitch to appear upon his face.

"Mirkia might not have realized it," Blake continued, "But I recognized the technique you used against him to rip his body apart."

"Arkos didn't understand," Adam told her lowering his hand, "He couldn't see the vision that I had for the White Fang and for our future."

"So you killed him in cold blood?" Blake argued, "A friend that had been with us for so many years…a comrade. Is that what you do to the Faunus that didn't join us?"

Blake shook her head as if she had an epiphany.

"This is why Noir left," she whispered, "I never understood, even when he spoke to me about it but now I understand…he saw what you were turning the White Fang into…he saw what you were becoming."

Adam stared at her.

"Are you going to turn your back on me as well?" he asked.

Blake glared at him.

"You turned all of our friends into monsters," the girl snapped as her Aura raged around her, "What makes you think that I will become what you are."

"Then you have become as weak-willed as Noir was," Adam said narrowing his eyes at her and then darkness started to surge around him and in front of Blake's eyes a Grimm mask appeared upon the upper side of his face.

He drew his sword so fast that Blake had barely time to block as the young man was upon her in an instant.

Blake clash against her former mentor...

Next Time: Cometh the Hour

Jacques0 out.

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