Chapter 4
Yang Xiao Long is a bit of a Badass…
Explosions and screaming echoed through the Arena.
To the untrained ear, one might have thought it was a movie, or an actual warzone.
But it wasn't.
Yang Xiao Long, the strongest boxer in beacon, was angry.
Her most despised team, CRDL, had made fun of her late sister.
Her sister who gave her life in an attempt to stop a mysterious women from hacking a commuications tower.
Needless to say, all four of the ill-fated males were… massively outmatched.
Russell Thrush went down within the first 2 minutes, after getting smashed repeatedly in the face by Yang's flaming fist.
Bronzewing and Lark lasted a bit longer, using team tactics, but their slowly growing momentum was halted when Xiao Long dug her fist into the floor of the arena, and threw a small section of the floor at them, taking them both out simultaneously.
The main perpetrator of the team, Cardin Winchester, was for once in his life, terrified.
He'd signed up to fight what he expected to be a weepy, weak girl.
Instead, he was fighting, for lack of a better term, a flaming monster.
Although his aura was stronger than most, her punches seemed so smash it like it was hot butter.
She ended it with a burning pile-drive to his head, sending his aura deep into the red.
Sensing Xiao Long was not done, the teacher, Glynda Goodwitch, chose to let the severely beaten team live.
The only way of doing so, however, was to use her glyphs to chain the fiery beast of a student.
"Match, Xiao Long. Perhaps this will teach you all, in the future, to respect those who can clearly… if you pardon my Mistrali, Fuck your shit up." She said to the class.
"That… took longer than expected, so we will convene here for more sparring tomorrow. Team JNPR and…" She froze, thinking, "Ms. Belladonna and Schnee, please stay behind? I need to talk to you about something. Ms. Xiao Long, if you would kindly… and gently remove CRDL from the arena? Not too gently though…" She added with a small smirk, but a stern gaze.
The remaining students followed Goodwitch into her office.
"I have a lot of work to do, so I will make this brief. We believe Ms. Rose's attacker is here, in Beacon." She said bluntly.
The students stared at her in misbelief.
Weiss was the first to speak up, "What!? The bitch who killed Ruby is here? In the school?"
"That is correct. We know which room she is in, as well. She has two associates, identified as Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai. Their last team member, a… Chocolate Vanilla Strawberry… has not been seen yet."
Her explanation was met by silence, so she continued, "Headmaster Ozpin believes that the smart thing to do is to… let them be."
Weiss started up again, "WHAT? They killed our Leader! Tortured her. I cannot stand idly by while my friend's killer walks around this school!"
"Ms. Schnee… We do not, as of yet, know what Cinder Fall… that's her name… is doing within the school. The headmaster wishes to investigate further before drastic measures are taken."
Weiss attempted to talk again, but Goodwitch kept talking, "Therefore, none of you are to attack them outright. Under no circumstances… Other than…" She paused, "It seems Ms. Sustrai and Mr. Black are signed up for tomorrow's class… Perhaps we could make an arrangement… for some of you to let off some steam?" She asked.
Pyrrha raised her hand, as did Weiss.
"Very well then. Ms. Nikos and Schnee will be dueling that pair tomorrow. I suggest you ready yourselves. Mr. Black has… very violent tendencies… or so I'm told…"
The pair nodded.
"There is one more issue I would like to discuss with you, without Ms. Xiao Long."
The look in Goodwitches eye turned from anger to... dread, causing Weiss's stomach to fall.
She knew what was coming next.
"We are holding a formal funeral for Ms. Rose. I understand if you all don't wish to attend, but... I wouldn't recommend it." Goodwitch said.
Weiss spoke up, "I... I will most certainly be going. I have something I want to sing. It is kind of a memorial I helped write a long time ago, but hoped never to have to use it..."
"Very well Ms. Schnee... You are more than welcome to perform. Now, once again, I reccommend you rest up. You have a tough fight ahead of you..."
A/N: Back to this story! Hopefully most of you are still following this story, was on hiatus since early last year. Hope you enjoy the cleaner writing style I've developed. Also, forgive me if anything is not write with the storyline, I wrote the chapter before I reread the story, so might have messed up a few things.