A/N: Here's the conclusion to the Soren's test. Hope ya like
Edit: I cleaned a few mistakes here and there as well as adding a bit more dialogue. If it doesn't fit then I can change it a bit later.
Cardin chuckled as he and Nora clashed, a resounding crash causing both fighters to stagger away from each other. The orange headed knight growled as he charged again and swung forward. The hammerer grit her teeth as she smashed Magnhild into the mace causing its owner to reel back in pain. Once he was about to charge once again, his eyes widened as his weapon flew out of his hand due to a high impact shot hitting it. "Leg breaking time!" Nora grinned as she pulled the trigger on her weapon causing it to speed up before she was stopped by a a blade appearing under her neck. When Cardin looked down, the hammer was mere inches away from his knees.
"Good job Sky." The mace wielder grabbed his mace and spun it around his hand with a smirk. "Take little red. I'll handle hammer girl." The halberdier nodded as he charged at the crimson reaper who was unleashing a series of sniper shots at the charging lancer. "I guess I should pay you back for the almost broken knees." The hammerer tilted her head in confusion before charging at the mace wielder who quickly stopped her attack before kicking her away. With a grin she raised up her hammer which caused her opponent to brace himself. "Let's see you stop this!" With all of the force she could muster, she slammed her weapon into the ground causing it to fracture before it exploded due to the immense shockwave.
Everyone stared wide eyed at the destruction until the duo from team CRDL snapped out of it and charged at the recovering hammerer who pulled her weapon from the ground. "Haa!" She screamed as she pulled back and knocked away both opponents before they could do any damage. Both fighters landed on their feet and looked around for the missing reaper who appeared out of thin air. Before they could react, the crimson reaper slammed her scythe into the blue armored halberdier and pinned him to the ground. "That's one!"
Ruby grinned as she looked at the halberdier who was on the ground. He grit his teeth as he tried to struggle but in the end he sighed in defeat. "and now to take ca-" Her words were cut short when she felt a blunt force at her back. Her eyes widened as she was launched into a wall which cracked heavily on impact. The reaper barely pushed herself out of the wall before she took a second strike from the side which sent her into the ground. She coughed out some blood before she looked over at the hammerer who was clashing with Cardin. "Finish him Nora.." She watched the two clash once more before the reaper faded out of consciousness.
The hyperactive hammer wielder grinned once again as she and Cardin charged at each other once more, knocking each other backwards. "I guess I'll have to teach you your place." With a battle cry, his mace began to glow with a dark red glow. "Cataclysm!" He ran towards the orange haired girl and clashed with her once again but this time her eyes widened as she felt her hands become weaker after each clash. "Finally noticed?" He smirked as he swung at full strength as he clashed with her hammer only to see it fly out of her hands. "Every clash weakened your grip. You won't be able to handle that weapon for now." He slowly walked towards her with a twisted grin as he dragged his mace along the ground. "Now then. How bout I have some fun with you?"
Weiss grit her teeth as she avoided another volley of arrows accompanied by a rain of bullets as she countered with a series of quick spells which crashed against the ground. She looked around and ducked to avoid a kick to her head and quickly countered with a swift barrage of slashes and stabs that caused her attacker to fall back before he took too much damage in the assault. "Ren nearly took my head off with that kick." She scanned the area and took a deep breath when a series of arrows charged at her. "Tch! Take this!" She spun her rapier, creating a large glyph which stopped the arrows from piercing her until she felt a blunt force at her back.
Ren narrowed his eyes as he swept her off of her feet with a low kick followed by a quick palm strike to her chest which caused her to stay down on the ground. She coughed as she tried to recover from the barrage she had received when a large arrow was headed her way. The aura specialist grit his teeth as he stopped the arrow with a large aura wall. He held his ground until a second arrow crashed into the wall causing the fighter to fall to one knee as he attempted to keep both arrows from impaling the Schnee heiress.
Dove smirked as he channeled his aura and pulled back on the bow string once more. "Fall! Break Shot!" When he let go of the string, Ren's eyes widened as he felt the increasing pressure from the first two arrows attempting to pierce through followed by the overwhelming force of the newly shot arrow. "Ngh! I can't.. stop it!" He strained as he was now on both knees with his eyes locked on the barrier. He bit on his lip as he pushed out every last ounce of energy he could muster when the third arrow hit causing him to bite down hard enough to draw blood. Manipulate the aura. Take it in and let it become part of you. As it flows out let it flow back in. He growled as he dispelled the barrier and absorbed the aura he used to make it in the first place. The archer smirked as he thought he won but his celebration was cut short when the arrows he made were absorbed into his opponents body.
The green clad fighter stared blankly at the ground as his aura flared uncontrollably before he closed his eyes and allowed himself to settle down. The next few seconds were a blank to all fighters as all that was remembered was a series of heavy impacts followed by a loud crash. Ren stood over the downed team CRDL member before turning to Weiss who was barely able to sit up. "I can no longer fight. Take the scroll and go." The aura user nodded as he ran over to the piece and grabbed it. "Thank you for helping me."
Ren nodded as he placed the scroll in his sleeve before running off towards the inside training grounds. "I'm on my way Nora!" He sped up as much as he could while hoping that the battle between the orange headed hammerer and the mace wielder ended before his arrival.
Pyrrha quickly rolled out of the way as gambol shroud flew past her in an attempt to grab her. She quickly fired a few rounds from her sniper until Blake appeared in front of her with her weapon drawn back. In one swift motion, both fighters locked weapons until the gladiator pushed the raven haired girl back and followed up with a swift shield bash that caused her to fall back. "Surrender." She pointed the spear at the ninja's neck until a cloth wrapped around her neck.
"No. How about you surrender." She stood and pulled on the cloth which caused the gladiator to gag as she struggled for air. "I'll let go if you surrender and allow me to leave." She tried to keep herself conscious as she finally got a good enough grip on the cloth to pull its owner towards her and follow up with a swift punch to her face. Once they both fell, they stood back up and readied themselves again. "Guess we'll do this the hard way."
They both took a deep breath before Pyrrha charged at Blake with a swift thrust of her spear which was avoided by the ninja who struck back with her bladed sheath. The gladiator quickly pulled up her shield to deflect the weapon and thrust her weapon again which was dodged once more. "A bit more careful?" They circled each other as they looked for the chinks in each other's armor.
"Just a bit." The golden eyed girl lowered herself close to the ground as she held both sheath and blade in a reverse grip. The red head looked closely at the raven haired girl before she turned and raised her shield to block both slashes aimed at her back. "Nice reflexes." She smirked as she flipped back and disappeared once again. A second later, she appeared behind the spear bearer and slashed with both weapons which were parried once more by her shield which strained under the strength of her attack.
When they both backed away from each other, they took a couple of seconds to analyze each other once again. The gladiator took a deep breath as she focused her aura into her weapon before she charged at the ninja who threw Gambol shroud and quickly yanked on the ribbon which caused its trajectory to change to a lower angle which caught the red head's leg making her stumble forward. Seeing the opening, the golden eyed ninja closed the distance and swung her sheath which stopped right in front of her opponent's shield. "Wh-what the?!" She tried to attack once again but the same thing happened which caused the raven haired girl to grit her teeth.
"Sorry Blake but this victory is mine." She quickly bashed her opponent with her shield which caused her to stagger before she followed up with a series of slashes with her spear which caused the raven haired girl to stagger backwards until she rolled back and stood back up. She sighed and held out the stolen scroll. "I admit defeat. I should have remembered you could control polarity. I won't attack again." The ninja sighed as she sat down at the foot of one of dummies. "I'll rest up a bit before I regroup with my team if you don't mind." Pyrrha nodded as she sat down as well.
Nora winced as she avoided another overhead smash from Cardin as he continued attacking her with no regard for anything else. "Give up won't ya?" He quickly kicked her but growled when she grabbed his foot and instead made him fall onto his back. "I take it as a no." He stood back up as he saw the hammer wielder attempt to pick up Magnhild with no success as her hands immediately began shaking when she gripped the weapon. "I told you already. You ain't picking up your hammer for at least half an hour longer."
She took a deep breath and entered a hand to hand stance which resembled Ren's. "I am soooo thankful Renny showed me how to use his fighting stance." She waited for the mace wielder to charge at her before she side stepped the attack and grabbed his wrist before using her foot to make his knee buckle followed by a swift palm strike to his chest which caused him to hit the floor with a thud. She backed away as she waited for the mace wielder to get back up. Since she hadn't trained as extensively as Ren she couldn't quite use her aura to augment her strikes without causing some serious bruising on her hands.
Cardin growled as he stood up and charged at her with augmented speed which caught the hammer wielder off guard as she barely put up her guard fast enough to block a majority of the damage. "Cheap tricks won't work on m-" His eyes widened as a crimson scythe barely passed by his head which caused him to back away from the barely standing Ruby. She staggered forward and entered a full out sprint before clashing with the mace which turned out to be a bad idea when her weapon flew out of her hands and into the ground. She soon after fell on her knees due to the fatigue. "You just about pissed me off for the last time." He raised his mace and was about to bring it down when a green blur caused him to stop and look over where the hammer wielder was.
Ren stood in front of Nora with what could be described as an angered expression as he immediately charged at Cardin, impacting his chest with a powered up palm thrust which sent him sliding back. Both fighters were out of breath as they readied themselves for what could be called a one strike match. They charged at each other and avoided each others attacks until the warrior slammed his mace down, causing the green clad fighter to gracefully avoid the attack and carefully attack each of his joints with a well placed palm thrust until he pulled his arm back thrust it forward with a large amount of aura which upon impact, caused the leader of team CRDL to collapse.
"You two okay?" Both Ruby and Nora tackled him as they all fell back. "Geeze you two can be alike." After a couple of minutes, Ruby decided to forego the scroll and instead go back to her team to see if the others were okay. Ren on the other hand picked up the third scroll piece and helped Nora up as they began walking back to Pyrrha who was waiting at their defense point.
Once everyone was successfully regrouped, everyone was teleported back to the main area where all the students that didn't participate were sharing and comparing notes. Yang, Weiss, Ruby, Cardin, Russel, Dove, and Nora were all being treated for wounds and any damage not caught by the dust barrier while the others were just resting from their hard fought battles. Ren was asleep in one of the medical tents as he was resting from the overuse of his aura while Blake and Pyrrha were the only ones who didn't suffer any form of damage that would have required either medical attention or a large amount of rest.
Soren stepped in front of the two as he held his hand out. "The scrolls Miss Nikos." The red head complied as she placed the three containers in his hand. He took a couple of steps and reached into his robe. They both stared at what he was reaching for when they both noticed a fourth piece. "This is the final piece. You have earned it Miss Nikos." Once he held the last piece up, the other pieces began attaching to each other to form the complete scroll. "This is called the Imbue Scroll. Study it and master it." The spear bearer nodded as she took the scroll and bowed lightly as everyone clapped. "Now if anyone has anything to say about the strategies please do come forward and speak."
Some of the students were speaking about the different strategies when a boy with silver hair raised his hand. "Team JNPR was smart in having Pyrrha defend since everyone thought that responsibility would fall to Ren. On the other hand, had Yang been the one to reach Pyrrha, she would have lost. Easily." He scrolled to the next page and looked over some more notes before speaking again. "Team RWBY did a fine job in spreading their units but their mistake was sending Ruby to deal with Cardin. Blake would have been a better choice since she had the better mobility and range. As for team CRDL.. Russel should have just waited for the fights to end before he made an appearance."
The loud thud of boots hitting the ground caused everyone to look up at the person who clapped as he leaned against a practice dummy. "That's just what I was thiking." Ike chuckled as he looked at everyone. "Your strategies were solid since there wasn't much to work with. The choices as to who stayed behind were also well done with the exception of team RWBY who obviously felt a bit overconfident in their abilities." The statement caused the members who were awake to look down. "The best choice to fight someone like Cardin would have been Blake since she could have subdued him before any fighting needed to be done. The fact that his team played every one of you surprises me a bit." He sat down and then looked up at a screen which was replaying the battles between the members of the three teams.
A loud cough caused everyone to look at Soren as he walked over to his friend and look at the teams. "A person who holds a weapon, no matter what. Must never underestimate an opponent." He sighed as he motioned to Ike. "He was always underestimated and his enemies paid dearly for their arrogance. Don't follow the lead of those who you want to avoid becoming." He then walked back to where the teams were situated. "My and Ike's classes will not be taking place for the rest of this week or the next. I want you all to study the footage of your battles and notice where things went right or wrong. As for those who did not participate. I want a report on the strategy you preferred the most." He walked over to the teams after he finished speaking.
Ruby and Blake sat at Yang and Weiss' sides as they were being treated for the damage they sustained in their battles. "Two days in a row where we were torn into." The crimson scythe wielder sniffed as she rubbed her eyes while staring at her unconscious sister. "Were we really underestimating the other teams?" She looked over at Blake who sat down next to her and gave her a comforting hand on her shoulder. She then looked over at Weiss who was told to fall asleep so allow her body to recover from the damage it had sustained.
"You made the right calls. We just seemed to have drawn the short end of the stick once again. If we learn from our mistakes we'll become stronger." The raven haired girl gave her a reassuring smile as the young scythe wielder leaned against her partner. "These new instructors are strict but I think we'll be able to show them we mean business soon enough." Ruby nodded as she stayed by her partner until they finished treating her sister and friend.
Lark winced in pain as he sat in the same tent as his three partners who were defeated during the test as well. "Well we ended up getting our asses handed to us." Cardin chuckled as he sat up and cracked his neck. "Two of us lost to the same person. I think that's enough to warrant a slight change in tactics no?" The halberdier sighed as he looked at Dove who was barely waking up and Russel who was as the nurse said 'Knocked to kingdom come.'
The orange headed leader grinned as he rested his arm on his knee. "No, we can continue acting weak. Just make sure it counts when it happens. We can still use this to our advantage." He unhooked his armor and tossed the chest plate to the side which revealed the hole in his shirt from the shockwave that came from Ren's final attack. "We'll get em back. Starting with Ren and the rest of team JNPR." He laid back down and looked up at the top of the tent while Dove and Lark were discussing their fights.
Dust Net Codex Entry - Tellius
Tellius is a continent where both Ike and Soren are from. In Tellius there are three types of Species. Laguz, people who have the ability to shift into animals of varying degrees. Beorc or as we know them, humans. Then there's the Branded, the branded are the children of one who has mated with a Laguz and produced a child from it or someone who at some point in their family line had a Laguz as a relative. Branded are often marked with a symbol defining what tribe of Laguz they had in their blood. Laguz and Branded both share the ability to live long lives as Laguz can live near or further than a hundred years while Branded slow or stop aging when they reach their prime.
Tellius is split into multiple different countries. Crimea, Daein, Begnion, Gallia, Goldoa, Hatari, as well as the newly founded United bird tribes. Each country has its own ruler and the nations currently enjoy a time of peace which was brought on by the actions of Ike and his companions who defeated the Goddess of order Ashera. Upon her defeat, many nations patched up old wounds and worked to heal the new ones that were created by the war that awoke the slumbering Goddess. Further Information about each nation will be released as more information is known.
Dust Net Codex Entry - Kilvas
Kilvas was the name of the former home of the Raven tribe of Laguz. Their king was Naesala who was a cunning fighter. They are currently merged with the other bird tribes as a result of their victory against the Goddess Ashera. More information involving the bird tribes will be released once it arises.
A/N: Well there's chapter 3. Hope you guys like it. I'll most likely move this entry to the first chapter as I will be adding these whenever a new term from the Fire Emblem universe appears. Around chapter 5 I will be putting up a poll as to who you guys want Ruby with so drop some suggestions. Till then Adios.