It hadn't taken long for Umbra to track down Orion, who more like a giant target for her. Having created a portal above him and using it to her advantage, she exited it and crashed into his back while he was in his phoenix form, sending them both crashing into the snow.

When they landed they crashed hand, the Book of Oblivion landing between them. They both made eye contact shortly before looking at the book and back to each other. They sprung forward but luckily Orion grabbed the book first as he flipped over Umbra and landed behind her.

" Too slow."

Umbra stepped through a portal and was gone an instant before appearing behind him , her blade dripping blood as Orion's arm hit the snow and the book landed in her hand.

" Faster than you."

Orion turned to look at her as he gripped his wound as it went up in golden flames as his arm regenerated easily. " After what I've been through, something like that doesn't even hurt ."

Umbra flurried her blade and sheathed it into the chamber of rotating multi-colored dust blades as she strapped the Book of Oblivion to her side as the chamber of blades rotated and selected a jade green blade.

" My master seeks your death, and I obey."

Orion looked at her and simply rolled as his eyes as blue fire wrapped around his fist. They slowly circled each other, measuring each others worth.

" I don't understand you humans, you stand no chance of victory yet you continue to fight. Let me end your suffering."

Orion ignored her comment as he narrowly avoided a slash aimed at his waist. He kicked forward, striking Umbra in her chest hard enough to separate her from her blade as it landed next to Orion.

He looked at her and the blade but left it alone as he raised his fist again. Umbra removed the canister of dust blades and threw them to the side as she raised her fist as well. " Perhaps I underestimated you."

" You probably shouldn't do that."

" Smug aren't you, but for how long ? "

Orion smirked as he and Umbra charged at each other as both of their punches connected with each other fist and they began to trade blow faster and faster.

During the exchange, Orion managed to land on Umbra's fist like Sun had done to him and kicked her hard enough to break her mask as she staggered back to show her face.

" You look just like..someone I know " Orion said cautiously as his flames changed from blue to golden. Umbra removed her hand from her face and stared down Orion.

" You shouldn't have done that." Umbra said as moved too fast Orion to see as she struck him in his chest, sending him crashing back. She quickly grabbed her blade and create a portal behind Orion as she impaled him through the chest from behind.

" Raven's Repentance."

Orion's hands grabbed the green blade and gripped it in his hands. " A phoenix...can't be killed by something like this ! "

Orion threw his head back, striking Umbra in her face as tumbled back into the snow. Orion pulled the blade from his chest the golden flames appeared around his chest before vanishing, and the impalement wound was gone with them.

Orion's hand went up in a golden flames as he stared at Umbra. " These are my newest flames. The Golden Flames of Rebirth, or Phoenix Flames if you want. Just like the name implies, I'm sure you know what I can do. "

Umbra caught up as a pair of dark wings extended from her back. " I can't allow you to live."

She took to the sky as her blade seemingly shot back to her along with the canister of dust blades. She sheathed her blade before staring at Orion. Her eyes seemed like she wasn't even there but her voice was.

" What are you ? " Orion questioned as he was surrounded by his golden flames.

" I am Umbra, Lord Elias Arc's most trusted servant and harbinger of the dark. In the name of my master I can't allow you to live." She sheathed her blade as the canister rotated and she drew a black dust blade.

Orion went up in flames before changing into a phoenix and flew into the air.

" Change your form all you desire boy, in the end it'll do you no good." Umbra said as the dark blade swirled with a dark energy. Umbra strapped the canister back to her side as she gripped her sword with two hands.

" Embrace the darkness."

Umbra slashed downward sending a black shockwave at Orion who flew out of the way of attack dived at Umbra, striking at her with his flaming talons and send her crashing into the snow below.

He landed across from her and changed to his to normal form as a dark aura swirled around him before forming a set four black tendrils from his waist. " Alright, if you wanna fight then bring it."

" What a mockery of the darkness." Umbra as she disappeared in a portal. She re-emerged behind Orion.

The dark blade stopped as it clashed against one of Orion's black tendrils clashed against one of Orion's tendrils that blocked the blow. The other three batted Umbra aside easily but recovered too fast for Orion to predict as she shot forward and severed Orion's right arm.

Orion merely sighed as his arm regenerated in a mass of golden flames before smirking slyly.

" Laugh all you want but everything as I breaking point. I'll cut you until you can't regenerate anymore."

Orion's smile didn't fade as he turned to Umbra. " Everyone knows that, but when it comes to me, I won't lie, getting a limb cut off hurts like hell but I don't care. I got what I needed."

A tendril placed the book in Orion's waiting hand as he smirked widely. Umbra gripped her blade angrily as it flared in a dark aura.

" Return that."

" Make me." Orion taunted as he held the book out in his, mocking Umbra who charged at him and but stopped as Orion's tendrils attacked her at blindly speeds. Umbra was dead-set on just parrying and blocking blows to the point where she was unable to fight back until a tendril pierced Umbra through her stomach and flung her to the side easily.

Umbra weakly used the blade as a crutch before a second tendril grabbed her by her ankle and slammed her into the ground, sending snow flying and her blade as it landed next to Orion. Two tendrils extended towards her and wrapped around her wings before tearing them, sending blood and feathers into the snow.

" Well you're not Uriel but at least I know it'd be easy enough.

" How...are you so much stronger than me ?! "

Orion grabbed the blade next to him as he let it rest on his shoulder as casually walked next to the defeated Umbra. " If it's any easier on you, you'd have killed me a dozen times over, and I felt all the wounds you caused. I still can't get over, how you like Yang, it's really...ha I just realized I technically beat Yang for once. Point for Orion."

" Mock me all you want...after you've taken my life. Give me a worthy death." Umbra requested as one of Orion's tendrils wrapped around her neck and lifted her up.

" I won't kill you, because there's more to you than meets the eye." Orion said as his hand went up in golden flames and he placed them over Umbra's bloodied stomach wound that began to close and stop bleeding. These then coated her arms as a dark aura began to exit, as if being purged by the flames. " Like I said before, I'm not killing you because you remind me too much of Yang but if you're not really a hybrid, then your just a pawn."

Orion dropped her as she weakly looked at him as he fell back and began panting as the tendrils faded and he began to pant for air.

" What did you...do ? " Umbra questioned before falling unconscious in the snow.

" Remember who you are.." Orion said with a smirk before passing out as well.

Orion's eyes weakly opened and he saw a small fire, flickering as a familiar figure setting next to him.

" Looks like your finally awake. Seems your inexperienced in new abilities, and you passed out shortly after I did. I woke up and carried you here." Umbra said lowly as Orion cracked his neck and shakily got up until he noticed that they were in a cave with a blizzard raging outside.

" So you saved me huh ? What happened to the wanting to kill me for your master." Orion questioned as he slumped up against the wall of the cave.

" Well I guess that makes us even. So Umbra I-"

" Raven."

" Pardon ? " Orion questioned as the now named Raven, put her hand up to stop him.

" I remember my name now, Raven Branwen. I was a huntress and you mentioned a name, Yang ? "

" Yeah, Yang Xiao Long. You look like her, how are you..."

" She's my dear daughter, my precious little sun dragon."

Orion simply sat in silence before whistling a tune and igniting a blue flame in the dying camp fire. Raven felt its warmth and began to warm her hands next to it before looking at Orion.

" You have two semblances ? "

" Yeah, my Phoenix Flames and my Novafire. Suppose that makes my unique huh." Orion answered with a smug expression that faded all too quickly with Raven's answer.

" No, not really. In my time I've come across humans who wielded two semblances, though admittedly it's very rare indeed. They tend to be reclusive or either have no control over the power they wield. Have you ever felt that way ? Like your own powers might consume you ? "

" Actually yeah, my Novafire brought back some..repressed memories and I had some constant headaches before I learned to use them, though when I actually do it's...different."

Raven nodded in understanding as she warmed herself against the flames.

" So I guess this makes us allies ? " Raven questioned as Orion began to whistle another tune out of nervousness.

" Sure, so uh sorry about your wings..."

" It's fine, they weren't mine to begin with. Once you've become...seduced by evil, it grants you undisputed powers, as I'm sure you've noticed."

Orion chuckled slightly before nodding in agreement. " Wait so are Uriel's wings real, or what ? "

" No, here are most definitely real. She's a rare case of bird Faunus gaining the recessive wing trait. She takes an obscene amount of pride in it, and so refers to herself as an angel. May I ask you a question ? "

" Sure I guess."

" What is your connection with my daughter ? " Raven asked Orion whose eyes went wide at the question.

" We're...allies as of now. I mean we used to try to kill each other, probably are still going to after all of this is over. If not that, "

" Is that right ? You shouldn't tell a mother that you attempted to kill her child. She might not take that well. " Raven said, partly in a warning and another part in an underlying threat. Orion simply rolled as his eyes, having grown accustomed to being threatened.

" Uh huh, well anyway now that I'm awake, I'd say it's time for us to get a move on." Orion got up and took a breath before Raven put a hand up to stop him.

" You may try to hide it, but I know that you're still heavily injured. While I have this opportunity to speak, I'd like you to have this."

She reached behind her and handed Orion her cylinder of rotating dust blades along with sword sheathed. " I call it the Raven's Talons, but I assume you'll choose to rename it."

Orion actually showed a look of shock at the gesture. " Tell you what after all is said and done, I'll accept. So I suppose since we'll be here for a while, mind telling me what we're actually up against."

" Of course, in exchange, tell me about yourself."

Orion sighed and slumped his head in defeat. " Fine."

After a week, the teams at Beacon where back, and the first thing they did was report to Professor Ozpin. After their debriefing, Ruby decided to go talk to Emerald who had woken up while they were gone and she told her what happened.

Ruby gave her Muramasa and Orion's necklace but she only took the sword, saying that if he was really gone, she knew what he would want done with his sword. Next was Mercury, and when Ruby tried to offer him Orion's necklace, he refused saying that it was Orion's and he'd probably haunt him if he were dead but Mercury believed that he wasn't.

When all was said and done, Ruby returned to her dorm and quickly sank into her, while examining Orion's necklace, even if she shouldn't have. She ran her fingers over it, feeling the smooth surface of the crystal and its brilliant shine caught her attention.

" You shouldn't do that." Yang said as she sat down next to her sister.

" I couldn't help it."

" Let me see it."

Ruby passed the necklace to Yang who took the time to examine it and put it on.

" Yang, what are you doing ? " Ruby asked questioningly to her sister who got up and looked at herself in the mirror of their room.

" I actually like it. It's really nice to look at, and it acts like an empty dust crystal." Yang said partly to herself and to Ruby.

" Are sure that's a good idea ? "

" No."

As Yang answered, she heard several shouts outside as both Atlas soldiers and Knights fired into the sky, only for arrows to rain down upon them. Yang and Ruby were already armed as they ran outside of their dorms to the front of the school where they saw Sun, barely managing to dodge strike from Grimm wearing people in mask.

Blake saved him at the last second as Gambol Shroud struck Sun's attacker directly in the base of their neck and as she yanked it back, blood splattered on the ground. The masked attackers fell back into a line as a pair of familiar wings descended to the ground.

" Attention !", Uriel's commanded silence and she gave a quick look around. In front of her were young huntsmen, huntresses, and troops of Atlas. " I have come to retrieve my masters possession ! Return what was stolen from him, hand over the one you call Orion and you shall live to see another sunrise ! "

Yang, always headstrong as always fired a round from Ember Celica at Uriel who moved faster than anyone could keep up with, and before anyone realized it she was in the air while holding Yang by her neck.

" YANG ! " Ruby yelled as she took aim, but Sun and Blake stopped her from firing. " Don't be stupid, you can't risk it ! "

Uriel began to choke Yang as no one answered her. Yang weakly tried to fight back but she rapidly began to lose strength. " I suppose it's an extermination then."

" Let her go ! "

Uriel looked around but didn't as see the source of the voice until she looked above but the kick already connected, and along with her attacker, who used the downward fall to make the impact worse.

Yang's eyes flickered weakly as she began to fall to the ground until she stopped and was embraced in a golden flame. The flames and dust cleared to reveal Raven and Orion. Raven having been the who kicked Uriel to the ground as she dashed back next to Orion.

Orion slowly raised his head as golden flames ran across from his body to Yang's neck, were Uriel had nearly broke it. " I'll say this once...Touch her or anyone else, and I'll kill you all where you stand ! "

His eyes were as menacing as always expect instead of their usual red, they were golden in color. Uriel looked at them both, a mixture of fear and anger stirred inside her as she dusted off her robe as she raised her bow at them both.

Orion set Yang down gently as golden flames flickered around her neck and she weakly turned to see both Orion and Raven standing front of her. Orion cracked his knuckles as the followers that Uriel brought wavered slightly.

One wearing an Ursa styled mask appeared behind Orion, a dark blade aimed at his neck. " You left yourself wide open."

" No I didn't."

Before the blade could meet Orion's neck, a dark tendril pierced through his attackers torso and raised him off the ground as a second tendril pierced through his neck. Orion shook his head and tossed the body aside easily, as he turned to Uriel and her allies.

" Alright," Orion said as a set of four dark tendrils in total aimed towards Uriel who strung her bow in response, " now it's my turn."