Well hello there gorgeous, welcome back to HellFall.
Quick update: I don't even know if the RWBY fanfiction collaboration is even still a thing, considering the host had to drop out and now no one's taking initiative. Although I guess that I did volunteer to take over... Anyways, I'm a bad example, I'm not even done yet. So unfortunately, it'll be a while before you get to read it. But I have edited the first chapter, so that's something. My plan for it is to release one chapter every day, so the whole thing will be out in no time. Just because I don't want to spoil it too much more in HellFall, so I want to get it out there as quickly as possible.
Anyways, now that that's out of the way, let's get on with the chapter. We left off with Ember, and we're returning to Wintanweorth. I think you guys'll like this chapter, so enjoy!
I got to Roy's house as quickly as I could, trying to call Ember or Grizzly to get his address. However, it turned out to be easier to find than I had initially thought. There was so much noise in one area I assumed that it had to be his house. Sounds like things got out of hand, I thought, turning a corner.
I arrived on the scene, seeing rubble from a house, presumably Roy's, strewn everywhere. A man in a long brown coat stood over Ember, his sword pointed at her back.
I drew a shuriken from my suit and threw it, piercing his elbow. "Hey!" I called, hoping to pull his attention away from her.
"I'm busy!" He yelled back, "Can't you see that?"
"Get over here!" I yelled.
"Piss off!" He called back, turning his head.
I drew another shuriken and threw it towards the pack on his back. As expected, it broke right through, making its mark on his back. Red dust leaked out.
He turned around, "Okay," he said, pulling an oddly shaped sheath off his back, "You want attention? Fine!" He squeezed the sheath and fire burst out from the tip. It didn't have enough range to hit me, so I didn't move.
He frowned, charging towards me, the fire still being pumped out. I started to back up, drawing ReitŠno Fukushū from my back. Just as the man reached me the flames exhausted themselves. Most likely all the dust had leaked out from his pack already.
He threw it aside and gripped the straight sword in his hand. "You're dead!" He cried, charging towards me. I raised my blade, deflecting his first attack. He swung again instantly, hitting me in the head. Luckily I had my aura up, so it simply passed through without causing a wound.
I quickly regained my posture and blocked his next attack.
"Who are you?" I asked as we locked blades, pushing against one another.
"Bleddyn Terrell." He replied, "Mr. Rain Fall's minion. I warned your friends not to mess with me, but look how that turned out"
"Is that supposed to scare me?" I grunted, struggled to push his blade back.
"Yes, actually." He replied, "But it seems like you're just like them. Hopeless"
I leapt backwards. He stumbled forward, opening himself up briefly. I charged, bringing my blade down on his head. It split open and blood poured out. He fell to the ground, a pool of blood forming around his head.
"Hopeless, eh?" I asked.
"Yes" He replied, standing. The wound in his head pulled itself together and healed, good as new.
"What on Remnant?" I gasped.
"I have unlimited aura." He said, "You can't beat me"
"Impossible"
"Oh?" He asked, "Then let's keep going, shall we?"
He raised his blade and swung. I swung back, cutting open his gut and spilling blood. Before anything else could leak out it was sealed back up. The only evidence of a scar was his torn clothes.
His blade came down, cutting my shoulder. My aura was up, causing the blade to phase through it.
Wait a minute, I thought, he doesn't have his aura up as protection. He's only using it to heal himself. It's not unlimited.
I struck him again, and the wound bled and healed. We exchanged blows over and over, with me often landing an attack and occasionally for him. As the fight raged on, I realized that I wasn't wearing down his aura at all. Is it really limitless? I thought, but pushed the thought away from my mind. I needed to focus on the task at hand.
We fought for several long minutes, at least ten before I felt my aura being depleted. He cut my arm, and it began to bleed. Crap! I thought, My aura's out!
I was panting, barely able to keep up with him. He cut a shallow scar into my gut and I stumbled backwards, blood dripping out.
"Don't you see?" He asked, "My aura cannot deplete. You're already dead"
"The fact that I'm able to speak to you says otherwise" I replied.
He frowned, but didn't move. "You've got a lot of nerve" He said, raising his blade and charging.
Suddenly he exploded into blue plasma and flew to the right, hitting the ground and sliding for a while. I turned, seeing Roy standing, ShoGun in hand. The tip was sizzling.
"Let's see how that feels" He said, slowly making his way towards him.
Bleddyn stood, "You were dead!" He called, "I killed you!"
"As did I to you" Roy replied, firing another blast of plasma at him. It hit his right shoulder, blowing it clean off along with his arm. It began to bleed heavily, and the wound sealed itself quickly. The arm didn't regenerate, however.
He screamed and charged. Roy simply backed up to the side a little and pulled the trigger. A gaping hole broke through his chest and he flew to the side. As he stood Roy pulled the trigger again, expanding the hole in his chest. It was already healing by the time he reached the injured man.
Bleddyn stood, raising his blade, "I'll kill you!" He cried.
"Funny," Roy said, "I just realized how to do that, only to you"
He pulled the trigger of his gun one last time; blowing Bleddyn Terrell's head clean off. It started bleeding as he fell, but it did not heal.
Roy looked down at the body, keeping his gun pointed at it for a little while longer. When he was certain of his death, he transformed his gun into a sword and sheathed it in his back.
I started towards him, gripping my gut in the hopes of stopping the bleeding. My aura couldn't save me now, it was pretty much gone.
Roy reached me before I did him. His vest and shirt was cut straight down the middle, and I could see something silver underneath.
"What is that?" I asked, pointing to his gut.
He looked down, "Oh." He said, reaching down and gripping his clothing. His eyes flicked up, and he suddenly shouted, "Rain!"
I turned, seeing a blue-haired man running down the sidewalk a little ways behind us.
"Rain Fall?" I asked.
Roy nodded, starting towards him. I drew a shuriken and, taking careful aim, threw it. It whizzed right past Roy's neck and stabbed straight into Rain's ankle. He stumbled, but kept running, pushing it out with his aura. I threw another, hitting him in the back. It bounced right off. His aura's up now, I thought, watching as he ran with Roy in pursuit.
I reached into my pocket and drew my scroll, dialing Gazini's number.
"Hello?" He asked.
"I've located Rain Fall" I replied.
"Where?" He asked.
"Near Foggy Cove." I replied, "Roy's in pursuit"
"I'm on my way. If you can follow him, do so"
"No can do." I replied, "But like I said, Roy's in pursuit. Keep in contact with him"
"Will do," He said, "thank you Mr. Coal"
He hung up and I pocketed my scroll, turning around and heading towards Ember.
She lay limp on the ground, eyes closed.
"Ember?" I asked, slapping her gently on the cheek. Looking over her body I saw a few small wounds in her gut. I lifted her shirt and saw that they weren't bleeding, but the skin around them had turned a gross yellow.
I called the hospital and told them to come immediately. I found Grizzly, and his situation was the same, only he was mumbling a little.
The ambulance arrived shortly, getting Ember and Grizzly onto a stretcher.
"Will you be alright sir?" A medic asked me.
"Yes," I replied, "I just to get my aura back up"
The man pulled a pill out from a small pack on his waist, "Take this." He said, "It'll regenerate it right away"
"Thanks" I said, taking it.
"There are a few side effects." The medic added, "Just so you know"
"I'll manage." I replied, swallowing it and waiting. My aura completely regenerated almost instantly, "Thank you again" I said, turning around and running in the same direction as Roy and Rain.
"No worries! He called after me, "It is my job, after all!"
So there you have it. Bleddyn was Bleddyn out all over the place (ha, puns), so finally I got to kill someone off again. Then Rain shows up, having waited around to watch the show put on by his minion, and now everyone's in pursuit.
Take notice of Roy's undershirt, if you catch my drift.
Also, the aura regenerating pill. Why isn't that used more often? Well, there are side-effects like he said. I'm planning to make them rather severe and show up a bit later, maybe. I'm not sure yet. I haven't even written in HellFall in a while so I can't remember exactly where Wintanweorth's part in the story has gone. But the pill is primarily used for emergencies, and its very expensive. So I'm planning not to make it just the senzu bean of HellFall. It won't be used abusively. Chances are this will be its only usage because I'll have forgotten about it.
And now Rain is without a minion. Who do you think it'll be next? (It'll be another OC, so there's really no way that you could make an accurate guess). I'm still in the process of creating him/her though, so if you have any ideas drop me a review/PM for what you want him/her to be like.
Anyways, that's about it. As usual, favorite, follow, review, tell your friends, tell your enemies, or don't it you don't want to, and I'll see you all in the next chapter!