The ENDD Times

by exiledfromhell

Wanted, hunted, hated. Team ENDD, after spending most of their lives as some of the top assassins in the world, was happy to be offered a way out. Now as students at beacon will they manage to turn it around, or will their past catch up to them first. It's good to be back Chapter 1 had been revised

6. Chapter 6

Team RWBY sat in professor Oobleck's history class listening to the rather hyperactive teacher zoomed around the room lecturing on the 2nd great grimm invasion of Atlas. Each member of the team writing as fast as they could to see if they could retain as much information into their notes as was possible with a professor who speaks as quickly as he does. Ruby decided to take the risk and glanced up at team ENDD who were seated in the row directly above them. The four of them were appeared to be taking notes diligently yet didn't seem to write with the panicked fervor that most of the students in the current class were. Ruby stared at them for a brief second before Professor Oobleck capture her attention again.

"Now class, Who can tell me the major battle that was the deciding factor in whether or not Grimm

would overrun the entire western region of Atlas?" The professor asked. Only four hands in the entire room went up. Each member of team ENDD had their hands raised ready to provide the eccentric professor with an answer.

"Yes, Zade wasn't it. Good that you are participating especially in your first class unlike some others I

won't mention." Oobleck quickly sent accusing looks over at Jaune and Cardin before returning his attention to Zade. "Now, What is the answer."

"It was the battle at fort ashmond in 1459. General Razquin of the Atlesian force held the fort for 17 days with only a small battalion of troops. They managed to prevent the grimm from breaking into the trade routes which would have allowed them access to at least the western region. Unfortunately the general and all of his troops perished before the could be rescued. That was because he failed to account for the start of winter and allowed his soldier to become subject to exposure which was most likely the cause of death for 35 55% of his entire squad." Professor Oobleck looked rather pleased with Zade's answer.

"Very good Mr, Zade. That is the correct answer. Now does anyone have any idea whatsoever is the reason the general's unit were exposed?" This time only Darron's went up.

"Because of faulty strategizing and misuse of resources available. When General Razquin set up the defense he chose a strategy known as an external block. With this is he set up his units at a fort built nearly 1600 meters away from the supply route. The problem with this is that in the extended conflict he eventually ran out of supplies and weapons severely endangering his soldiers. This also displays a poor use of what he had available to begin with. According to a the order that sent the general to where the battle would be held he was told to bring along his best dust archers. 50 of them. This level of archery skill would be much better placed in a intrusive defense style. Basing the defense within the supply orce and coming out to meet the enemy. This method would have utilized his archers far more than the already ruined fort. Had he set up shop inside the trade route he could also have weapons and supplies delivered every 4 to 5 days from the nearby village. This furthermore was not an unknown alternative to the general however. The intrusive defense was first utilized in the Mistral Atlas conflict in 1139 and was greatly explained in the comprehensive war manual published in 1243. Atlesian generals were also required to have master every type of strategy within the book from 1267 until a new more impressive manual was designed in 1677. So the general's death as well as that of his men was just as much a result of foolish planning rather than valor and courage." As Darron finished he could tell every single eye in the room was on him. Even professor Oobleck looked rather stunned by Darron before bursting out again.

"BRILLIANT! Why that was one of the finest analysis of an old military strategy that I have ever heard from a student in this class. Why, your use of evidence, geography, and understanding of what was

and what wasn't common knowledge at the time is simply breathtaking. Keep that up and you will go very far in this class. Now class you could all learn a thing or two from Darron if you'd pay attention. Now moving on." As Oobleck restarted his lecture flashed his teammates a smile and a thumbs up despite all the glares of envy coming from around the room, including those from teams RWBY. JNPR, and SSSN. Team ENDD just returned his thumbs up. After class Team ENDD was the first to leave but Teams RWBY and JNPR were quick to catch up.

"Man Darron, I've never seen professor Oobleck look as proud as that at an answer. How did you

learn all that stuff?" Darron just shrugged at Jaune's question.

"Darron's always been pretty big on knowledge. In fact, he actually made a decree when we decided he would be the leader that no matter what we would always be more knowledgeable than our opponents. Hell, The 2nd most abundant thing we had aside from money for food was books. All kinds of books too, sci fi, fantasy and mystery. Even textbooks for engineering, philosophy, and chemistry. Anything that we didn't know we tried to learn." Max answered. The other team's looked rather impressed that even though Darron and team ENDD lived out in the forest away from people he still

made it a point to try and keep his team as educated as possible.

"That's a very noble pursuit to try and keep your team ready for anything." Pyrrha complimented.

"Thank you Pyrrha." Darron responded. The four teams continued down their path until the reached Professor Goodwitch's combat class. The teams took their respective seats as Mrs. Goodwitch came in to start.

"Good morning class." She greeted. "Today will be a rather light day of combat." Most of the students sighed in relief. Goodwitch was known for her tough class sessions. "For most of you." The students once again sat up in fear. "As I'm sure you have noticed by now that some new students have joined Beacon rather late in the year. So it is imperative that we get an accurate level of skill from them before we do anything else." Team ENDD smirked confidently at each other ready for anything Goodwitch would throw their way. "The first match of the day will be Max vs Jaune." Jaune gulped as his team tried to encourage him. Darron, Allister, and Zade looked over at Max.

"What? I got this." Max questioned defensively. His team just nodded and Max left to go prepare for his fight. Max and Jaune now stood at opposite ends of the arena dressed in their combat gear. Jaune had drawn Crocea Mors while Max just stood there contently. The room was filled with cheers. Mostly for Jaune with the obvious exceptions of teams CRDL and ENDD plus a few was one of the loudest.

"C'mon Max you can do it!" Everyone looked at Ruby a little puzzled that she would root against Jaune but the stares did nothing to dissuade her. Max grinned after hearing Ruby's encouragement mentally preparing himself for a good fight.

"Are you ready?" Mrs. Goodwitch asked the two competitors. Both Jaune and Max nodded and Mrs.

Goodwitch signaled the start of the match. Before Jaune could even take a step Max unholstered his magnum from his belt and fires a round at Jaune. Jaune ducked behind his shield to defend from the blow. Max used Jaune's second of blindness to fire another round hitting him in his left calf. Even though Jaune's aura protected him the force of the round caused him to lose his balance. Fortunately for Jaune this caused him to lower his shield blocking two more shots from Max that were again

strategically followed by two more rounds to jaune's chest. Jaune was able to prevent himself from falling over and charged Max. Max was still trying to reload his pistol when Jaune started his advance. Max sighed and drew his axe. Jaune tried to swipe at Max but Max stepped back and tried to counter with his axe but was stopped by Jaune's shield. Max used his axe to press down on Jaune's shield locking Jaune's sword in place. Jaune stepped back releasing the pressure on his shield

just enough that he could redraw his sword and take a few stabs at Max. Max moved his axe to deflect the incoming blows and took a chop at Jaune's neck. Jaune was unable to raise his shield in time and was knocked to the ground. Jaune rolled back into a ready stance while Max pressed his advantage. Max was intentionally placing blows on Jaune's shield to force them back to the center of the ring. Max went to take another swing at Jaune but Jaune tilted his shield causing Max's axe to slide rather than bounce off. This threw Max of balance and allowed Jaune to slash at Max's chest and try to stab him. Max felt the slash start to rotate his body. Max utilized the momentum to bring his axe across Jaune's stabbing sword, deflecting it, while Max dropped and tried to sweep out Jaune's legs. Jaune jumped over Max's sweep however and landed before placing a kick in Max's face however. Max was sent sprawling backward by the kick. Max rolled into a backflip narrowly dodging Jaune's sword.

"Not bad, not bad." Max complemented as his axe locked with Jaune's sword again. "Seems i've underestimated. Where'd you learn that stuff?" Jaune tried to hit Max's head with the edge of his shield. Max ducked under it and turned himself around to use his axe's handle to block Jaune's sword. Max pushed Jaune's sword away and swung his axe in a large arc catching Jaune's chin and sending him sliding backwards.

"Pyrrha Nikos." Came Jaune's reply after the exchange. Max gave his 'not bad' face before rushing at Jaune. Jaune readied his shield to block. Max had different plans however. Max used the curve on the bottom of his axe to grip Jaune's shield pulling Jaune forward and removing his guard. Jaune tried to move his sword to compensate but couldn't as Max stepped close to him and unloaded the three rounds he had managed to reload in his gun right into Jaune's gut. Max then Moved his gun to lift Jaune's shield as he stepped under it and spun bringing his axe across his side. Max followed with a sidekick to Jaune's kidney area that sent him stumbling forward. Jaune quickly regained his balance and turned around before again moving to attack Max. Jaune unleashed a flurry of sword strikes. Max calmly moved his axe to counter each swipe but became so focused he didn't see Jaune step up and bash his shield into Max's face. Jaune capitalized on the hit by adding in a quick flurry of slashes. Sending Max falling. The spectators looked on eagerly surprised that this had actually turned into such a close match.

"Jaune is actually fighting pretty well." Ruby stated.

"Yes, His training with Pyrrha must really be paying off." Weiss agreed.

"Nah, I bet that max guy isn't really that good." Cardinal added with his usual arrogance.

"Just wait guys it'll get better." Darron assured everyone who was watching.

"Yeah Max isn't done yet." Allister finished. Max still laid on the floor and started curling up into a ball confusing Jaune. Jaune raised his shield, ever cautious, and slowly approached Max. When Jaune was about 3 feet away Max sprung into action. Max shot at both of Jaune's ankles causing Jaune to fall face first. As Jaune tried to raise his head Max flipped his gun around and pistol whipped Jaunes head back into the floor. Max followed by bringing his axe down on Jaune's back. Jaune was rendered helpless the entire time because he unfortunately had landed on top of his shield. Max stood up and

jumped back unloading the rest of his clip into Jaune's back. Max then stepped in to place a roundhouse kick to the side of Jaune's head. Jaune quickly rolled to his side and blocked the kick with his shield before grabbing Max's foot. Jaune tried to pull Max forward and off balance but Max easily countered by jumping in the air and landing with his full weight on Jaune. Jaune felt the wind leave his body as Max simply rebounded and walked away. Jaune managed to force himself up surprising Max. Max looked over at the scoreboard to see how much aura Jaune could possibly have left. Max: 17%(of his 15%) Jaune 6%(of his full 100%)

"Fuck, He's persistent. I like that." Max said before looking Back to Jaune with a smile on his face.

"C'mon Jaune let's give the people a show they'll love." Jaune smiled back with a nod and the two rushed each other. Jaune and Max clashed in the center of the arena pushing as hard as they could to even get a slight upper hand. Jaune reared back his shield to try and push Max back. Max kicked out one of his feet and caught Jaune's elbow preventing him from completing the hit with his shield.

Neither one of them Noticed the cheers growing louder as the fight reached its climax. Max removed his foot from Jaune's arm. The sudden lack of resistance cause Jaune to over swing and turn himself around. Max ducked under the shield and found himself facing Jaune's back. Max raised his axe and brought it down swiftly on Jaune's shoulder. Jaune fell to his knees as the remainder of his aura disappeared.

"That's the match. Max is the victor." Professor Goodwitch announced. The students clapped as Max grabbed Jaune by the shoulder and pulled him up.

"Good match Jaune. You were pretty impressive. Totally blew away my expectations." Max complemented Jaune with a smile.

"Really? Thanks Max." Jaune and Max fistbumped and left the arena together. Once Max and Jaune were back in their seats being congratulated by their friends for the good match called the next contestants.

"The second match of today will be, Zade versus Eric Ezraz." Some of the students

gasped in surprise. Team ENDD each raised an eyebrow not sure what was going on.

"Eric is easily one of the top 10 individual fighters in the class. He's given Yang, Blake, Pyrrha, and Nora tough matches. You'd better be careful." Weiss warned Zade who just nodded and headed down to the arena. Zade and Eric stared at each other intently. Eric wasn't the most intimidating guy. he was only 5'10'' had a mix of green and brown hair and a muscular build. His apparel was literally a standard military camo uniform.

"Zade, Pleasure to make your acquaintance." Zade introduced himself.

"I'm Eric and you better bring your A game because I'm not going easy." Zade smiled at the confidence of his opponent.

"Entertain me then." Was Zade's response as the match started. Zade Dashed forward towards his opponent planning to get an early offensive. Suddenly a pillar of stone burst out of the ground in front of him. Zade barely managed to stop himself from being hit and ducked his way around it. Another pillar erupted from Zade's side.

"Well shit," Zade muttered. Zade's face shifted from focus to frustration to fear as the pillar slammed Zade against the wall on the other side of the arena.

"What the fuck." Zade stated as he stood from the rubble of the crater in the wall he caused.

"Idiot!" Darron called out. "No semblances remember?" Zade looked down at the cuffs on his wrist and remembered that they prevented all semblance usage. Zade cried a little but cut short as he was forced to dodge a swipe from Eric. Zade took notice of the two bowie knives his opponent had drawn and drew two of his own knives. Eric decided to take the offensive and moved toward Zade. A few steps in though Eric used his semblance to create a pillar of earth launching himself in the air. Zade just looked up expectantly and saw Eric falling intending to bring a knife down on Zade. Zade calmly pivoted his foot and sent a sidekick straight up into Eric's face. Zade used his foot to push Eric back into the air and jumped into an airborne sidekick sending Eric across the arena and landing less than Eric stood up again Zade had already closed in and was slicing at him with his knives. Eric retreated using the brass knuckles attached to his knives to block each strike. Zade continued to press his assault until he felt something grab his jacket and lift him into the air. Zade calmly realized he was being lifted by a giant stone hand. Eric created another pillar of earth that lifted him upright in front of Zade. Due to Eric's semblance two more stone hands grabbed Zade's wrists preventing him from moving. Eric stated hitting Zade over and over with his knives. Zade sat biding his time until Eric tried for a more powerful slash. Zade pulled his legs up and gripped Eric's arm with his feet. Zade pulled

Eric forward and of balance before pushing down hard on Eric's back. Eric was sent falling to the floor of the arena. Zade managed a little toss with the knife in his left hand and used his foot to kick it into the hand holding onto said wrist. The stone hand shattered and Zade caught the embedded knife and used it to free his other hand. Zade dropped to the ground and wasn't spared a second before he was bobbing and weaving under relentless attacks from Eric. Zade was able to dodge most of the attacks but not all of them. Zade eventually jumped back in retreat. Zade started removing throwing knives from his belt and sending them towards Eric. Fortunately for Zade, Eric wasn't very agile and many of the throwing knives hit their mark. Eric and Zade clashed again in the middle of the ring. Eric threw his arms outwards taking Zade's with him. Eric then stepped in and placed the butt of each knife against Zade's chest. Zade grunted in pain as electricity started to course through his body yet again. Zade fell to his knees as the shocks continued.

"How do you like my knifetasers? Pretty nifty secret weapon isn't is. Works all the time." Eric continued his victory rant while everyone watched in fear as Zade continued to be electrocuted. Team RWBY turned around and saw the members of team ENDD looking indifferent to the suffering of their teammate.

"How are you guys not worried right now! Your friend is down their getting hurt and you guys are just sitting here like you don't have a care in the world!" Yang's scolding was stopped as Allister simply pointed for team RWBY to continue the match. The girls turned backed and gasped. Zade slowly made his way to his feet despite all the shocks he was receiving. Zade grabbed onto Eric wrists. Zade quickly pushed Eric's arms forcing both tasers up into Eric's neck. Zade pulled his hands away shortly and clapped them on Eric's ears. Eric dropped his knives and pulled his hands to his ears with a scream

of pain. Zade started littering Eric's ribs with punches. As Eric tried to pull his arms down to block Zade simply just started punching Eric's face. Zade reached down and drew two more knives. Zade kicked Eric's hands out of the way and as his foot hit the ground Zade bought both knives straight across Eric's throat. Eric choked and coughed as the last of his aura disappeared. Zade looked at his teammate who shook their heads disappointedly. Zade turned to the scoreboard. Zade: 9% Eric:

0% Zade turned around and flipped his team the bird as they started laughing. Zade walked over and picked up Eric's knives and his own which had been scattered around the room. Zade handed Eric his knives and Eric started to laugh. Zade just looked confused.

"Whew, When I asked you to bring you best you sure did. That was great fight." Zade just nodded.

"Yes, It was rather enjoyable. I expect a rematch sometime soon. " Eric winked as he walked away.

"You got it buddy." Zade chuckled as he headed back to the stands. Zade high fived his entire team when he returned to his seat.

"That was a rather exciting match, but you had us worried for a minute." Weiss complemented.

"What, The Ice Queen nervous for me. Why I'm honored." Zade mocked. Weiss blushed as she huffed and turned away.

"Shut up, idiot." The others just laughed at their interaction. Professor Goodwitch suddenly walked back into the room surprising everyone since they hadn't noticed she'd left.

"Time for the third match of the day. This match will include. Allister vs Yatsuhashi." Allister smirked and left before anyone could say a word. Allister appeared across the arena waiting his opponent. Soon Yatsuhashi appeared in all his massive armor. Even Allister looked a little taken aback at his sheer size.

"Man I didn't know they grew them that big." Allister commentated clearly impressed by his opponent.

"Hello Allister, Glynda informs me you're a rather impressive fighter. I look forward to a good match." Yatsuhashi place one fist against an open palm and bowed. Allister mimicked Yatsuhashi in respect as he responded.

"Well, I don't like to brag but I am pretty damn impressive. I don't think you're so much of a push over either so this will be lots of fun." Ruby turned back to team ENDD

"Will Allister be ok? Yatsuhashi is a 3rd year student and is extremely strong." Yang was the one to answer.

"Yeah All will be ok he's pretty strong himself." Ruby turned around still not satisfied as the fight began. Yatsuhashi drew his massive sword and brought it down on the floor causing a shockwave. Allister just allowed the shock wave to pass by him before drawing his lance. Allister and Yatsuhashi ran towards each other bringing their weapons back preparing for a collision. The two fighter swung their weapons and they met in the middle. The immense strength behind the two swings caused the ground around them to crack and the whole arena to shake.

"What!" Came a rather sad cry from the stands. Teams ENDD and RWBY looked to identify it only to see a very sad Nora being comforted by Ren. "How come I don't get to be part of the super strong showdown."

"Maybe next time." Came Ren's quick response. Allister swung the other end of his lance downwards aiming for Yatsuhashi's feet. Yatsuhashi spun out of the way and brought his sword around in a large overhead swing. Allister barely managed to jump out of the way as Yatsuhashi sword came crashing down causing a crater in the floor. Allister placed a foot on Yatsuhashi blade and used it to launch himself into the air. Allister threw his lance down at Yatsuhashi. Yatsuhashi leaned out of the way but was knocked backwards by the force of the lance impaling itself in the floor. Allister landed and balanced himself on the top of his lance. Yatsuhashi tried to stab Allister. Allister popped up and landed on the sword, pinning it to the top of his lance. Allister dropped to one knee on the sword and kicked out into Yatsuhasi's face hand springing off of the sword. Yatsuhashi batted Allister's lance far to the side of the arena that Allister couldn't reach. Yatsuhashi advanced on Allister with a heavy swing. Allister put out both hands and stopped blade in its path. The whole room gasped in shock.

"Holy crap!" Jaune yelled from his seat. "I told you guys he was ridiculously strong but nobody believed me." Yang stated.

"Don't worry Yang the best of this show is not even close." Max assured. Allister pulled on the sword and Threw it to the wall behind him. Yatsuhashi immediately stepped up with a right hook. Allister ducked under the swing and back handed Yatsuhashi. Allister went to turn around and was met with Yatsuhashi foot to his face. As Allister fell back he wrapped his legs around Yatsuhasi's and pulled him forward. Allister slipped under Yatsuhashi now widened stance and ended up behind him. Allister kicked Yatsuhashi's knee and stood trying to roundhouse kick the side of Yatsuhasi's head. Yatsuhashi moved an arm to block. Yatsuhashi stood and turned pulling Allister close before sucker punching Allister in the gut. Allister righted himself in the air and landed standing up in the center of the arena taking deep breaths. Yatsuhashi allowed Allister no time as he followed up with more punches and kicks. Allister pulled his arms to defend against the repeated blows. Allister finally managed to duck under a kick and get behind Yatsuhashi. Allister wrapped his arms around Yatsuhashi and suplexed Yatsuhashi face first into the ground. Allister rolled the two of them over and stood up lifting Yatsuhashi over his head easily. Allister slammed Yatsuhashi down before curb stomping him repeatedly. Yatsuhashi grabbed Allister's ankle and tossed him backwards. Allister

backflipped but was grabbed by the front of his shirt and lifted overhead before he was sent crashing down. Yatsuhashi placed a punch directly into Allisters ribs. Allister reached up and grabbed Yatsuhashi's armor before headbutting him straight in the nose. Yatsuhashi stumbled back and Allister pulled himself to his feet.

"Well, All games aside I believe it's time we put this little shindig to rest." Allister said. Yatsuhashi nodded in agreement,

"Yes the time is nigh we lay this contest to rest. It has been a pleasure."

"Agreed. Now, let's end this." Allister looked up at the scoreboard. Allister: 6% Yatsuhashi: 11% Allister shook his head and lowered himself into a running stance.

"C'mon Allister you can do it!" Yang cheered.

"Yeah don't disappoint!" Ruby added.

"If you don't win you don't eat for a month." Darron finished earning him weird stares from other kids while the rest of team ENDD just laughed. Allister just smirked at their antics as he focuses all of his aura and physical energy into his hand. With battle cries Allister and Yatsuhashi charged at each other, Their fists connected in a clash of sheer destruction. The entire arena cracked under the immense pressure of the two attacks. Yatsuhashi's eyes widened in fear as he rocketed back and crashed into the wall. Allister fell to his knees holding his right arm tenderly.

"Shit." He cried out in pain.

"Quiet you big baby." Darron said as he tossed a splint and some bandages down to Allister. Allister

patched his arm up expertly as professor Goodwitch declared him the winner. Yatsuhashi bowed to Allister,which Allister reciprocated, as Yatsuhashi left the training room. Allister sauntered out of the arena as Goodwitch started to use her semblance to fix the room muttering something about idiotic children. Allister made his way up to a congratulating team and a rather annoyed Yang.

"Oh my god! Allister are you ok?!" Yang asked.

"Yeah I'll be fine. I've had much worse happen." Allister reassured her. Teams RWBY and JNPR looked at Allister with wide eyes. Allister sat down and started resting his arm. After Goodwitch finally finished repairing the gym she called out the final battle.

"Now we can finally get onto the final match. Pyrrha Nikos vs Darron." Pyrrha stood up and gave Darron a smile before heading off while being cheered on by her team. Allister pulled Darron over in between all of the members of team ENDD

"So Darron how you planning on dealing with this?" Zade asked.

"I'm going to make Sun so fucking scared of me he won't even say my name." Darron responded

"I love it when you get jealous like that." Allister commented.

"Go give him hell." Max added.

"This is a very bad idea." Zade imputed.

"Sadly that's the plan I'm sticking with." Darron declared as he left the stands leaving team ENDD with mixed feelings on his plan. Darron entered the arena opposite of Pyrrha but kept his eyes trained on Sun, making it painfully obvious what Darron was trying to say. Blake leaned up to team ENDD.

"He's not going to do one of those big protective brother things is he?" She asked.

"Well it's not exactly…" Max was cut off by Allister

"Totally. Can you blame him? He did take care of you and protect you in the white fang so it makes perfect sense he would continue to do it now." Blake sat back down still skeptical of the guys but turned her attention back to the match. Pyrrha called out to Darron from across the arena.

"Are you ready?"

"Yeah this is gonna be a lot of fun." Darron called back. "Except for you." he added under his breath. Goodwitch started the match. Pyrrha stepped into a defensive stance as Darron ran at her in a full on sprint. When Darron was close Pyrrha tried to swing at his head. Darron slid between her legs, grabbing her hair as he passed. Pyrrha sucked in a sharp breath at the pain as Darron grabbed her face and slammed her head to the ground. Darron lifted her head and spun around back handing her head to the floor again. Darron fully stood up and brought an axe kick down on Pyrrha's face. The crowd gasped at Darron's brutal assault. Pyrrha rolled out of the way stood back up. Darron drew his swords and pressed on, kicking Pyrrha's shield and sending her off balance followed by rapid strikes from his swords. Pyrrha fell on her back and used her shield as best as possible to defend. Pyrrha swung her foot out kicked Darron's ankle causing him to overstep. Pyrrha rolled back up and tried to clip Darron's chin with her shield. Darron leaned back just enough to dodge and stabbed at Pyrrha with the sword in his left hand. Pyrrha spun away from it and tried to slash at Darron's head. Darron ducked under it and brought both of his swords down towards Pyrrha's head but was met by her shield Pyrrha stabbed forward. Darron tried to jump back out of the way but was foiled as pyrrha shifter her weapon into it's lance mode. Pyrrha immediately turned her spear into a rifle and started taking shots at Darron. Darron used the flats of his swords to block the rounds. Once Pyrrha had emptied her clip she threw her shield at Darron before chasing after it with her sword. Darron batted away the shield with a sword and met Pyrrha in the middle. While the two blocked each other's strikes Pyrrha used her semblance to change the direction of her shield. The shield hit Darron in the back of the head causing him to bend down. Pyrrha reattached her shield and brought the edge down on Darron's neck. Darron fell face down on the ground. Darron reached out and pulled her ankles causing Pyrrha to fall on her back. Darron jumped on top of Pyrrha and placed his swords against her neck. Darron put more of his weight on the swords straining Pyrrha's aura to prevent her throat from being cut open. Pyrrha started coughing and gasping as she placed one arm on Darron's shoulder to push his arm away and used her shield arm to begin repeatedly hitting him in the face. Darron didn't even so much as flinch as Pyrrha continued to hit him. Teams RWBY and JNPR looked on in shock at Darron ability.

"How is capable of fighting like that? It's barbaric!" Weiss exclaimed.

"I think he's kind of a badass being able to ignore hits like that." Yang added.

"Guys, allow me to explain something to you." Zade said, gaining the attention of teams RWBY and JNPR.

"Darron's fighting style can be described in three words. Ruthless, tactical, and unparalleled. Not only does he have the best swordsmanship skills I've ever seen but he is willing to endure any pain to win. He will never stop, never quit, never surrender until he wins or dies. To be honest that's why he's the strongest of us and why were as good as we are now. Darron trained us to be just like him when we

fight." Teams RWBY and JNPR looked at Zade amazed at the almost reverent tone he used when addressing the things Darron had taught them.

"I don't remember that style of thinking being in any White Fang training. He must have designed that by himself." Blake concluded.

"Entirely." Allister responded. Back in the arena Pyrrha and Darron continued to struggle for control of the was slowly beginning to run out of oxygen when she noticed something shining on Darron's wrist. It was one of the control bands Ozpin had placed on them their first day. Pyrrha focused her semblance on the bands on Darron's wrist holding him up in the air. Pyrrha pulled herself out from under Darron and stood up. Pyrrha lifted Darron to his feet and just held him there while she caught her breath. Darron struggled against Pyrrha's semblance but found it futile. Pyrrha lifted Darron up with her semblance and started throwing him around the room. Pyrrha also pulled him in close and

slashed at him with her sword. Darron cleared his mind and slowed his breathing. As Pyrrha stepped for another swing Darron pulled as hard as he could against her semblance. This time Darron's strength won out and Pyrrha's semblance was snapped causing her to drop her sword and clench her fists as pain erupted in her head. She gave out a cry that went unheard by Darron as he began littering her body with slashes and stabs. Darron fluid motion went uninterrupted until he jumped

spinning in the air and bringing both swords down on pyrrha's neck sending her crashing to the ground and ending the fight. Everyone began murmuring. Confused, Darron looked up at the scoreboard. Darron: 36% Pyrrha: 0%. Darron walked over to Pyrrha and put out a friendly hand.

"That was a good match." Darron commented. Pyrrha grabbed his hand and pulled herself to her feet.

"That was exhilarating. You are quite amazing. I'll definitely need to train more before we cross

blades again." Pyrrha answered. Darron smiled with a nod as the two of them left the arena. Up in the stands Sun stared at Darron as he and Pyrrha left the arena chatting. Neptune leaned over

"Bro… You should really not piss this guy off."

"Dude." was Sun's only response. When Darron and Pyrrha returned to their teams Darron received high fives and congratulations from his team.

"Darron that was fantastic. How did you learn to fight like that?" Blake asked.

"Designed it myself before I found Allister. Lots of training in pain tolerance is the most important part however. Being able to dish out pain is useless if you can't take a few hits yourself." Darron responded. Ruby looked like she was going to say something but was interrupted as Jaune bowed in front of Darron.

"What the fuck?" Darron muttered before Jaune started.

"Will you train me!" Darron just raised an eyebrow. "I know I've been training with Pyrrha to become better at sword fighting but I want you to train me to be a better fighter in general. I want to learn your ways and hopefully become the leader my teams deserves."Darron stared at Jaune for a

moment. Zade leaned over and whispered in his ear.

"He's rather humble. He's already apparently completed the first lesson, something the 3 of us took a while to learn." Darron looked back at his team, who nodded in agreement with Zade, before turning back to Jaune. Darron flashed him a smile.

"Alrighty then. meet me on by the main fountain tomorrow at 4:45 tomorrow morning so we can begin." Darron confirmed as Jaune let out a cheer of happiness. Teams RWBY, JNPR, and ENDD

laughed at Jaune's enthusiasm... until he realized how early he had to be up the next morning. The bell signaling the end of class rang and the teams filed out. Goodwitch walked over to her office only to find Professor Ozpin there.

"Oh, Ozpin. I was not aware you were here. Did you witness the matches?" She asked.

"Yes, I did and I was rather pleased with their performance, especially under such limitations." Ozpin answered.

"Yes they can fight. We established that. But I'm worried still. There's no way we can prevent an incident either from them or one of the enemies I'm sure they have made in the past." Ozpin sighed as Goodwitch voiced her concerns.

"Glynda, I assure you their past, nor… anything else of such nature will be a problem. Take them with team RWBY on a mission soon. It will be easier to mold them into the teachers we desire if the are unknowingly being changed. I see Darron has already found himself a pupil in . Besides letting them fight in the life or death conditions they are so accustomed to will allow them some release and prevent their old habits or… That from surfacing."

"Very well." Goodwitch answered.

"I'll take them with team RWBY on the next mission, but you better hope to God that we don't have another incident like the one 2 years ago, the one that made Ironwood come to us for help, if you remember. I pray this isn't another one of your mistakes."

"Me too Glynda. Me too." Ozpin replied as he left her office and headed back into the halls.