AN: Beta Read by Brawn1984 and Starrmastrr.
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AN: Sorry for the 2+ year Hiatus, but I hit a bout of burnout, but I am back now, and how that I'll be able to get back to updating once a week again.
Disclaimer: Language and suggestive content.
Loki woke up that morning feeling herself wrapped in strong, warm arms. She moved and her body jolted bringing her memories of the night before rushing back. She was glad that Aura didn't heal muscle pain as quickly. They had been loud last night, very loud. Her muscles were tight from spasms, and her ass... she moaned in pleasure when she remembered what Coral had done to her ass. She tried moving but shuddered in delight, waking Coral in the process.
"Babe?" Coral asked. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Loki moaned. "Nothing at all." She kissed Coral. "I'm just sore from last night."
"Oh." Coral laughed. "You liked it though, right?"
"Yes. Yes, I did." Loki moaned.
"Good. I think that's my new favorite position."
"I see." Loki purred, grabbing Coral's face and kissing her deeply. "I think that might be my favorite position now too."
"Do you want to go again?" Coral asked.
"Yes, but not right now. I need to be able to move for training today."
"Okay. Well then how about a quickie in the shower?"
"Oh, fuck the hell yes." She groaned as she got up, and Coral led her into the bathroom, and turned on the shower.
When they arrived at the cafeteria for breakfast the only ones in the hall were Team SPHE, Team SHAY, Blake, Sun, Summer, Tai, Qrow, Zwei, Gabrielle, and Onyx.
"Is everyone else sleeping in?" Coral asked.
"No." Qrow said. "They wake up at the ass crack of Dawn and train till they drop."
"Really? Why?"
"Well." Summer said. "It's because there was someone who was able to beat Jason."
"Seriously?" Coral asked in shock.
"Yeah. He kidnapped Weiss, tortured her, sent a video of the torture to Jason, and beat Jason when he arrived."
"HE WHAT!" Coral yelled.
"Yeah." Loki said. "Jason told me about it, and that's why they train all the time. He said that if Jason doesn't beat him next time, then he'd kill Weiss."
"That bastard!" Coral yelled. "I'm going to find him and torture him with torture that no one in the history of torture's been tortured with torture like the torture I'm going to torture him with."
"Coral." Loki said. "Maybe you should sit down."
"I'll sit down when that bastard is dead!"
"That's why they are training." Qrow said. "If you want to go watch them you can."
"Let's go Loki." Coral said.
"Let's have breakfast first." Loki suggested.
"Fine." Coral sighed as she sat down, and they began eating.
When they were finished, they headed to the training room where they heard the sounds of battle. They looked into the ring to see Whitley fighting Neo.
Whitley turned invisible and a few minutes later Neo shattered before reappearing to the side.
She walked around the ring before shattering and then Whitley cried out and reappeared outside the ring.
Not bad. * Neo signed. *You have gotten better than when I first met you. *
"Ha, ha." Whitley mock laughed. "You're so funny. You should host your own talk show."
Flirt. *
"Shut up."
Make me. You know how to. * She winked.
Whitley shuddered, and Neo laughed.
"What did she say?" Loki asked.
"She told him to make her, and that he knows how to." Coral said.
"So, she has a thing for him."
"Apparently."
"No. She does. When I showed up, she tried giving him a blowjob, but he ran away."
"Not into girls?"
"Not sure, but more importantly he's a minor."
"Wait! What! She's an adult!"
Neo looked up and glared at Coral. *Yeah, ass hole! I'm a fucking adult! You want to go! *
"Oh no. I don't want to fight you."
Why not! Scared! *
"Not of you. I could beat you with my eyes closed."
Prove it bitch! *
"Let's not and say we did." Loki said.
Why? Are you afraid that I'll hurt your sex toy? *
"What did she say?" Loki asked.
Coral translated.
"Oh! Hell no!" Loki growled. "Get her babe!"
Coral closed her eyes and vaulted over the railing before nailing a three-point landing, and spinning her leg, knocking Something to the ground, and placing her foot over its neck.
Neo reappeared and looked up at Coral.
"I don't need to see you to beat you." She spoke.
Everyone but Loki and Jason looked at Coral in shock.
"What was that!" Whitley asked.
"I don't know if anyone has told you this, but Jason is not the strongest. He is strong, but not the strongest. As in there are five people in this room that could beat him if they tried."
"Who?" Ruby asked.
"In order of the strongest to the weakest... there's me, Loki, Pyrrha, Summer, and..." she looked at Ruby. "... you."
"Wh-what. Me? How could I beat Jason?"
"Think about it. You are fast, really fast. What's your top speed?"
"I haven't actually timed it."
"Well however fast you are, you are fast, and you can use your speed to your advantage. You would use your speed to take out Jason's legs before taking out his arms and finally beheading him."
"Wh-what?" Ruby asked in horror.
"Summer could take Jason because of her Semblance."
"How do you know that?" Summer asked.
"I did some research on you when I worked for the Valean Government. Your Semblance is dangerous, and your weapons are beautifully crafted."
"Um..." Summer blushed. "...thanks?"
"How could you beat Jason?"
"I already have."
"Oh. How?"
"I used my Semblance. He couldn't defend against the attack."
"See." Coral said before moving to Pyrrha. "How could you beat Jason?"
"I could use my Semblance to pin him down by his legs and... um. I'm not sure."
"Then I propose that we see your limits so I can help you see what it is you can do."
"How?"
"It's simple. Jason, Weiss, Scott, and Yang vs. you."
"What!" Jaune yelled. "No. You can't do that!"
Coral looked at Jaune. "And why not? This is training that could save her life someday. Do you really want to limit her to the point that she doesn't even know her own limitations? She's the fucking 'Invincible Girl' for Alpha's sake..."
"Language." Summer said.
"So, tell me Mr. Ark. What is more important to you? A fair fight, or her safety next time she fights Cinder?"
That shut everyone up.
"Her safety." Jaune whispered.
"I'm sorry." Coral said. "What was that?"
"Her safety." Jaune mumbled.
"Speak clearly!" Coral yelled.
"Her safety!" Jaune yelled this time.
"Good. Now. Let's see how well she can do against overwhelming odds."
Pyrrha threw a fireball at Jason but had to dodge to the side when Scott came at her with a punch from the side and had to roll backwards when Yang punched in front of her. She rolled to her feet and spun around Weiss who came up from behind her and kicked Weiss away from her before throwing a fireball at her.
Weiss created a Glyph that kept the fire from touching her. She looked around before she pirouetted out of the way and jumped into a shadow and appeared beside Jason.
"Can you get me above her?" Jason asked.
"As if you have to ask." Weiss said creating a Glyph in the air. Jason jumped on the Glyph and Weiss pulled back before letting go and launched Jason into the air. Jason spun in the air and brought his leg down on Pyrrha who caught it in her Polarity and flung him back, but he backflipped and propelled himself forward with his leg boosters sending Pyrrha back.
Yang and Scott came running in on either side and punched at Pyrrha. Pyrrha used her Polarity to push Yang out of the way and dodged out of Scott's punch and threw a fireball at him.
Yang jumped at Pyrrha and punched the ground where Pyrrha was and sent a shotgun shell into the arena floor shattering the floor where Pyrrha was.
Pyrrha backflipped and kicked out at Yang sending a fireball from her foot hitting Yang in the face sending her flying backwards into Scott who caught her and threw her into the air.
Yang propelled herself up into the air before she dropped and rocketed down onto Pyrrha.
SMACK*
Pyrrha dodged out of the way and shield bashed Yang out of the way shattering her Aura and knocking her out. She dodged out of the way of Scott's punch, and into Jason's kick that sent her flying. She flew through the air and bounced three times before she rolled to a stop. She was getting to her feet, shakily, when she was frozen in place by one of Weiss's Glyphs.
"Give up?" Weiss asked cheekily.
The ice shattered as Pyrrha used the Maidens fire and her not inconsiderable strength. "Not yet." She said using her Polarity to rip 'Myrtenaster' out of Weiss's hand and threw a fireball at her.
Weiss rolled out of the way and created a Ursa Summons Glyph that charged Pyrrha before she ran to 'Myrtenaster'.
Scott ran and jumped over the Ursa Summons, and delivered a Hammer blow that Pyrrha stopped with her shield but caused her Aura to flicker and her arm to creek. She bent her legs and jumped up, pushing Scott back. She wasn't prepared for Jason to bring his leg down on her shield causing her Aura to flicker, and her arm started to hurt.
Jason landed and backflipped kicking Pyrrha out of the way. She rolled to a stop, and she tried catching her breath. "Yield." Jason said.
"I..." She took a breath. "I yie..."
"NO!" A voice yelled from the stands.
Pyrrha and Jason looked up into the stands and saw Jaune jumping down into the ring, pulling 'Silent Fury' from the sheath on his back and split it into 'Twin Fury' before running at Jason.
Jason reached onto his back and pulled the twin Heated Blade Halberds off his back and began walking towards Jaune. He raised the Heated Blade Halberds and swung down, but Jaune was ready and blocked before he charged Jason pushing him back. Jason backflipped kicking Jaune away.
Pyrrha stood up and pulled Jason away from Jaune by his Prosthetics before running to Jaune. She helped him up and they stood back to back. "Arkos?" She asked.
"That doesn't really work now that I'm shield-less." Jaune said.
"Okay. What do you have in mind then?"
"You take care of Weiss. I'll handle Jason."
"Very well." Pyrrha said. "Are you sure that you don't want me to take care of Jason?"
Jaune looked at Jason who was walking towards them. "I'll take Jason." He said less than confidently.
"Jaune. You know it's not unmanly to admit you're outmatched right?"
"I need to know how well I stand up against Jason."
"You know that he's holding back, right?"
"He is?!"
"I am." Jason said before he kicked Jaune away and spun around kicking Pyrrha into Scott's fist shattering her Aura.
"PYRRHA! Jaune yelled running at Jason, swinging 'Twin Fury' at him only for Jason to catch them in the Heated Blade Halberds before he pulled hard to the left spinning Jaune around and kicking him into Scott's fist. Scott punched Jaune back at Jason and Jason kneed Jaune in the chin spinning Jaune around and into 'Myrtenaster' where he was frozen in a block of ice.
"Time." Coral said.
Weiss thawed Jaune, and Scott picked Pyrrha up and handed her to Jaune before walking over to Yang and pulling her up from the wall he'd leaned her against.
"Who can tell me where Jaune went wrong?" Coral asked.
"Ooh! Ooh! Me! Me!" Ruby yelled. "Pick me! Me, me, me, me, me!"
"Ruby." Coral said.
"He jumped into a fight that he wasn't ready to fight. He isn't even close to Pyrrha's level, let alone Jason's and Scott's."
Jaune looked down at the floor.
"I wouldn't have said it quite like that." Coral said. "But you are correct."
"He should remember that this is training, and not an actual fight." Pyrrha said walking up and putting a hand on Jaune's shoulder. "Though I do thank him for jumping into the fight to help me."
Jaune blushed.
"Now?" Coral asked. "What were some things that Jaune did right?"
"He ran to a teammates side in her time of need." Blake said. "He knew that his chances of success were low, but he still charged into danger."
"Is that it?" Coral asked.
The arena went quiet.
"Jaune." Coral said. "You did good, you just need to work on your skills."
"How?"
"Hey. Team SHAY. You and Jaune are up next."
"All right." José said getting up and walked down the stairs.
Gale vaulted over the railing and rolled in the air and to the floor before rolling to his feet.
Scott flexed and popped his joints.
Yang looked at Coral. "Can I tag out? I need to recharge."
"I can help you out there." Jaune said. "My Semblance is called Arc's Bounty."
"When did you get your Semblance?!" She asked.
"A few months ago."
"Nice."
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Pyrrha asked.
"I don't think so." Jaune said.
"JAUNE!" Pyrrha exclaimed holding her left hand up to show the beautifully crafted ring on her ring finger.
"WHAT!" Blake and Yang asked in unison. Yang grabbed Jaune by his shirt. "How can you forget that you proposed to Pyrrha Fucking Nikos!"
"Oh yeah. I did. It's just been kinda my life for so long that it just felt natural."
"But you proposed! You are a man now, wait! Have you guys done the dance of love yet! Details Arc! I need details!"
"Um... why do you need to know that?" Jaune asked uncomfortably.
"Jaune! We are all adults here..."
"Ruby and I aren't." Oscar said.
"I'm not." Whitley said.
"I'm not." Gabrielle and Onyx said in unison.
"Jason and Weiss's unborn child isn't." Roman said at the same time Gale said "Scott and Yang's unborn child isn't."
"WHAT!" Scott and Yang yelled in embarrassment.
Jason and Weiss flipped Roman off.
"No thank you!" Roman yelled holding his hands up. "I don't know what you do with those fingers. Put them away."
"My point..." Yang said. "...is that we should all be mature enough to..."
"Roman isn't." Jason and Weiss said in unison.
"I don't deny that." Roman said.
"Okay!" Yang yelled. "We should be able to..."
"Yang!" Summer yelled. "He's already said that he doesn't want to tell us. Leave him be."
"Thank you." Jaune said as Yang put him down.
"Now." Coral said. "Jaune. If you wouldn't mind, please give Yang an Aura boost."
Jaune put his hand on Yang's shoulder and covered her in his Aura.
"Whoa." She said looking down at herself. "This feels weird. It tingles."
Coral watched as Yang's Aura went from 25% to full. "Are you guys ready?" He asked.
"Yeah." The five said in unison.
"Then start." She spoke.
Jaune was on his hands and knees gasping for air.
"Do you need a break Vomit boy?" Yang asked.
"I-I-I've to-tol-told y-yo-you n-no-not t-to c-cal-call m-me th-that!" Jaune gasped out.
"What are you going to do about it?" She asked smugly. "Are you going to call your girlfriend to save the day?"
Jaune jumped up and head butted Yang in the face breaking her nose before grabbing her hair and slamming her face into his knee, and throwing her to the side. He fell to a knee before he grabbed 'Twin Fury'. "I'm not done yet." He said in determination.
"Now you are!" Scott said back handing Jaune into the wall.
"JAUNE!" Pyrrha yelled.
The Arena glowed a brilliant white, and Jaune stood up before he blurred, and Scott was knocked into the wall. There was a second blur and José was knocked into the air puking up blood. A third blur sent Gale flying forward.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Coral yelled before spin kicking Jaune to the floor.
Jaune's Aura shattered and he was left gasping for air as if he couldn't breathe. Jason ran from his seat to the field and listened to Jaune's body. Jaune had taxed his body, made it work too hard in such a short amount of time. 'Damn it Jaune!' He thought. He reached into his pocket. 'Come on, I know I have one somewhere.' He didn't notice everyone gathering around him. Pyrrha pushed him out of the way and dropped to her knees before listening to his chest. She placed her lips on his and began breathing, pushing oxygen into his lungs.
The others watched as Pyrrha breathed for Jaune. "Come on Jaune." She said when she came up for breath.
There was a blur and Ruby was gone.
Jaune woke up stiffly. "Uh. Um. What happened?" He asked groggily.
"Why don't you tell us?" Qrow asked.
Jaune looked around and saw his friends sitting in the hospital looking at him. "I'm not sure." He spoke.
"You're lying." Jason, Pardus, Summer, and Coral said in unison.
"Fine." Jaune sighed. "I was hoping that it wasn't true, but my great-grandfather told my grandfather who told my father, and eventually told me too because my dad wasn't going to tell me."
"Tell you what?" Pyrrha asked.
"According to my grandfather, the arc's have the potential to remove the limits of our bodies at the cost of our lives."
"What! Why didn't you tell us!?" Pyrrha asked.
"My parents didn't love me enough to send me to Beacon. They didn't love me enough to unlock my Aura. They didn't love me enough to tell me about the Arc limit breaker. All I had was a story my grandfather told me before he left and never came back. What was I supposed to tell you guys?"
"Was your grandfather Carnell Arc?" Ozpin asked.
"Yeah." Jaune said.
"Then I'm sorry to say that he was presumed dead many years ago while on a mission to Solitas."
"What mission?"
"Have you ever heard of... Funland?"
Coral stiffened at that.
"Yes, miss Marin. Something you'd like to say?"
"I thought Funland was just a rumor. I also heard it burnt down two years ago."
"I'm sorry to say that you would be wrong on both accounts."
"What's Funland?" Loki asked.
"It's a..." Ozpin began.
"Imagine your worst nightmare..." Coral interrupted. "... then multiply it by ten."
Everyone shuddered at the venom in Coral's voice.
"Ten years ago." Qrow began. "We heard rumors about two rogue Huntsmen. Apparently, they lured Grimm into cages and began kidnapping people. It didn't matter who you were; human, Faunus, rich, poor, man, woman, child. It didn't matter, they would take you to Funland. If you're lucky enough to get a weapon it's faulty and it's most likely going to break."
"Why do they give you a faulty weapon?" Ruby asked sheepishly.
"Because their ass holes." Coral said.
"Language!" Summer yelled.
"NO ANDERSON!" The abomination yelled. "THIS ISN'T SOME KIND OF GAME! THIS IS REAL! THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO GET OFF ON TOSSING PEOPLE: MEN! WOMEN! CHILDREN! HUMAN'S! FAUNUS! THEY TOSS THEM INTO PITS FULL OF GRIMM WITH FAULTY WEAPONS IF THEY GET WEAPONS AT ALL, AND THEY HAVE TO FIGHT THE GRIMM FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF SICK, TWISTED, BASTARDS! DON'T ACT LIKE THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE!"
"Coral!" Loki yelled running up to Coral and stepping in front of her.
A pulse ripped through the hospital and stopped the fight before it began. "VLAD! ANDERSON!" Jason yelled. "KNOCK IT OFF!"
Coral and Summer walked away from each other.
"Thank you. What do we know for sure about Funland?"
"Funland is, contrary to the name, not fun." Qrow said. "Imagine an underground maze filled with Grimm with an open top so that people can watch the carnage. The people watching place bets on the victims."
"What kind of bets?" Ruby asked with a shaky voice.
"Bets on who lives, who dies, the Grimm, etc."
Ruby shuddered, and Oscar hugged her tight.
"So how do we destroy this place?" Scott asked.
"You have to find it first." Qrow said.
"You've got two of the best trackers standing right here." Jason said pointing to Coral and Himself.
"Not to mention us." Ebon said pointing at Team SPHE.
"And we have connections that you don't." Roman said pointing at himself and Neo.
"Don't forget about me." Loki said. "I'm the best interrogator you've got."
"And Qrow is an exceptional tracker himself." Ozpin said.
"And you've got me." Scott said. "I may not have my wrist weights anymore, but I do have my Semblance that will come in handy."
"Not to mention the Heralds." Summer added.
"What's this about Heralds?" Sun asked walking in with the rest of Team SSSN.
"We're going to raid Funland." Coral said.
"What's Funland? I'm going to assume by your tone that it's not all that fun."
"Illegal fighting ring where the proprietors throw innocents into underground mazes full of Grimm for money." Coral said.
"Oh." Sun said clenching his hands into fists. "Count me in."
"Good. We will let you know when we're heading out."
Sun looked at Coral before remembering something. "Oh. Hey, Coral. I have something for you."
"What is it?" She asked.
Sun took the two fans out of his waistband and handed them to Coral. "I found these and thought you might want them."
Coral took the Fans and examined them. One of them was 'Blush', the fan that she'd lost before separating from Loki and SHAY. The other one felt older, a lot older. It also had a feeling of power wrapped around it.
"Don't use that unless you have a lot of open space." Sun said. "It's really dangerous. It creates wind blades that can cut through anything."
"Good to know." Coral said before putting that fan in her belt and giving 'Blush' to Gabrielle.
Gabby took it and put it in her belt next to 'Beckon'.
"So." She spoke. "What's our next move?"
Jason looked across the field at his opponent. "Are you ready?"
"Bring it." His opponent said.
'Jason.' The Alpha said. 'I think you can learn how to use the next All Caste ability.'
'Now? I'm seriously about to fight.'
'Yes. Concentrate on your Aura and create a sword out of your Aura.'
'Aura blades? Seriously?'
'Yes.'
Jason dodged out of the way as a Khopesh swung past him. 'So, I just think about creating a sword with my Aura?'
'Yes. They are called the All Blades. Create them.'
A Shotel swung over his head as he ducked. 'Fine. So, I just think of a sword and forge it from my Aura?'
'No, let your Aura flow, and it will take the form of whatever blade your soul takes.'
'Okay.' Jason said backflipping out of Scott's reach. He concentrated on his Aura and let it flow.
There was a flash of light that blinded everyone in the room. When they looked up, they saw Jason wielding twin red Katana with sharp pointed cross guards. The Katana's glowed and appeared to be made out of pure Aura.
'Whoa.' Jason said.
'As I thought.' The Alpha said. 'The blades wielded by young Allen are truly evil blades.'
'How do you know that?'
'If they weren't then you wouldn't have been able to draw them. The only way you can draw the All-Blades is by being in the presence of pure evil, which was a great tool against the Grimm, but the blades wielded by Young Allen are incredibly dangerous.'
'How so?'
'Can't you sense the darkness rolling off the weapons?'
Jason rolled to the side as Scott swung at him, but wasn't quick enough, and Scott cut his hand. "Shit!" Jason yelled as he dropped the All-Blade in his right hand, and his arm began to decay.
"What the hell!" Scott yelled as he felt refreshed.
'Yeah. Those are some dark weapons.'
'I can tell!'
'Heal.'
Jason concentrated, and his skin slowly closed leaving a scar.
"Are you all, right?" Scott asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"It's me. Of course, I'm fine."
"What happened?" Coral asked from the line.
"Scott drew First Blood."
"Can you still fight?"
"Yes."
"Then keep going and quit playing defensively. Entertain us."
Jason let the All-Blade reform in his hands and flourished the blades before he jumped into the air and activated his boosters.
Scott saw a glint of red and pulled 'Death' and 'Rebirth' up in time to block Jason's strike, but Jason used it to turn the strike into a kick and kicked Scott sending him flying towards the edge of the ring, but Scott activated his Semblance and stopped himself from going out of bounds before he ran at Jason.
Coral watched the fight but was unable to keep up with them. "Hey Ruby! Can you track them?"
"Yeah." Ruby said. "It's a pretty awesome fight."
Jason and Scott clashed and went flying to opposite ends of the Arena before they ran at each other again. Scott dropped 'Death' and 'Rebirth', and punched Jason in the chest sending him flying towards the edge of the ring. Jason threw his hand out and a thick cable shot out grabbing Scott and pulling taught before Jason came flying at him.
Scott dodged to the side and grabbed Jason by the throat.
"Do you want to get serious now?" Jason asked.
"I thought you'd never ask." Scott said.
"Then I have one thing to say."
"What?"
"Harder daddy."
Scott dropped Jason in revulsion, and Jason took the opportunity to spin and knock Scott's feet out from under him before he kicked Scott out of bounds.
Coral fell to her knees she was laughing so hard. "J-Jason! That was too funny!"
"What?" Loki asked.
"H-he-he just said..." Coral tried catching her breath. "... he just said... 'Harder Daddy'!"
Loki started laughing loudly too. "JASON!" She tried to yell while laughing. "You aren't supposed to say that!"
Scott got to his feet. "I thought you said that you wanted to get serious!"
"I did. I used an actual tactic to get you to let go. Then I took advantage of your distracted state and knocked you down."
"He-he's got you there." Coral laughed.
"Fine." Scott said. "You win."
"Hey Qrow." Summer said. "How about we show these kids what a real fight looks like?"
"You don't have to twist my arm." Qrow said before he pulled 'Harbinger' from his back and extended it before he changed it to the Scythe mode and spun at Summer who disappeared into white rose petals and surrounded Qrow.
A crow flew from the top of the petal storm and flew behind it before a scythe cut through the cyclone. scattering the rose petals. The petals reconfigured into Summer who ran at Qrow with her daggers and used her Semblance to get in close, but she tripped on a rock and slid in between Qrow's legs.
"All you had to do was ask." Qrow said.
Summer kicked her leg, and nut shot Qrow before she spun herself and knocked Qrow over. She got up and threw her blades at Qrow who was still writhing from her kick. She waited until her blades were an inch from him before she pulled back, and her blades stopped and flew back to her hands. "Seriously Qrow?" She asked. "You still get taken out by that move?"
"You cheap shot me!" He yelled.
"It's not my fault that your weakness is in between your legs."
"You mean how your weakness is..." He changed into a crow and flew behind Summer and changed back before grabbing her and grabbing her from behind and tickling her.
"Qrow!" She yelled. "No! Qrow! NO! STOP IT!" Summer burst into laughter as Qrow tickled her to near insanity.
"HEY!" Coral yelled. "We are here to spar! Either spar or get a room!"
Summer and Qrow turned into rose petals and drifted away.
"Well." Coral said. "That happened."
"Oh yeah." Tai said. "Summer can't stand be tickled on her stomach. It turns her on like no one's business."
"EEEWWWW!" Ruby yelled. "GROSS! Don't say stuff like that!"
Oscar looked at Ruby with a dusting of red on his cheeks. "Does that mean that your ticklish on your stomach?"
"No!" Ruby yelled. "And don't you dare try it, Oscar!"
Oscar poked her in the stomach, and she squealed. "OSCAR! What did I tell you!"
"Not to poke you."
"And what did you do?"
"Poked you."
"And now you have to accept the consequences." Ruby said tackling Oscar, and the two disappeared in a cloud of rose petals.
"Damn it Qrow!" Tai yelled. "I knew you were a bad influence!"
"But technically it was Summer who taught her that." Loki said.
"Semantics!" Tai yelled. "Qrow was involved!"
"Who wants to go next?" Coral asked.
"How about me Vs. Whitley?" Gale asked.
Gale and Whitley looked at each other. "Are you ready for this?" Gale asked.
In response Whitley went invisible.
"Oh no." Gale said. "Whatever shall I do?" He asked spilling Earth Dust onto the floor around him before he jumped out of the circle and changed the circle of Earth Dust to Ice Dust and sent the Ice dust into the air creating an ice wall around Whitley.
"What?" Whitley asked. "How?"
"I have amazing situational awareness." Gale explained. "You have to get up pretty early to get the best of me."
"Surprise then." Whitley said as he activated the grapple function on 'Night's Blade' and caught Gale in a snare trap and pulled him to the floor. Gale tried cutting through the snare, but it wouldn't cut, and when he did Whitley shocked him with Lightning Dust. "Yield." Whitley said.
"You don't know me very well." Gale said. "The one thing that I will fight for more than my friends and brothers, no matter how much we may fight; Scott, is my freedom!" He kicked his shoes off and slipped out of the snare before he threw one of his long daggers at the ice cage, only to realize that Whitley had played him. "You played me!" He yelled as the dagger stabbed through the ice wall, shattering it.
"Like the cheap Kazoo you are." Whitley said as he walked from the icy debris.
"OOOH." Scott and José jeered from the stands.
"I'll make you pay for that kid." Gale said.
Whitley threw a stack of lien in the air making it rain lien.
"And now you're just making a mockery of this fight." Gale said.
"No." Whitley said going invisible. "Just you."
Gale grabbed fistfuls of Dust and threw it around him changing the Dust to Wind Dust before changing it to Ice Dust and freezing Whitley.
The Ice Dust began melting and Whitley fell to the floor before he rolled and lashed out at Gale before he brought his fist down on Gale's face.
Gale sidestepped and grabbed Whitley before he slammed him into the ground and pointed his daggers on either side of Whitley's head and crossed them. Then he dropped all of his weight on Whitley, knocking the breath from his lungs. "Now. Yield."
Whitley looked around and didn't see anything he could use to knock Gale off of him.
Gale jumped on Whitley again. "Yield!" He yelled.
Whitley was trying to catch his breath, and he remembered 'Assassins Secret'. He reached under his coat for it.
Gale jumped on Whitley a third time. "Yield!" He yelled a third time.
Whitley pulled 'Assassins Secret' from its sheath and stabbed Gale in the back knocking him off. He sucked in breaths trying to get his breathing under control. "I-if y-yo-you t-th-think t-th-that w-wa-was b-ba-bad." He gasped. "Y-yo-you d-di-did-didn't ha-have tr-train-training wit-with Jas-Jason."
Everyone but Weiss, Pyrrha, Coral, and Loki looked at Jason in horror.
"What the hell did you do to him Jason?" Scott asked.
"Trained him."
"He couldn't last ten minutes on day one." Weiss said.
"Sheesh Jason." Yang said. "What did you make him do, run a marathon?"
"I told him to do ten push-ups."
"And that killed him!"
"Yup. Geoff took over after that."
"WAIT!" Gale, José, and Scott yelled. "Geoff is alive!"
"Yeah. He's in Atlas."
"Oh, thank the brothers." Scott said.
Yang patted Scott's shoulder, and he shuddered in relief.
"As you can see." Whitley said standing up. "I've come a long way from that brat who could barely do ten push-ups."
"You've also been taking lessons in how to overexaggerate your condition."
"Oh no." Whitley said. "That was real, but I learned a little trick in catching my breath." He tossed a spent Wind Dust Crystal to Gale who caught it.
"Holy shit dude." Gale said. "That's pretty bad ass."
"I know. Do you want to keep going?"
"No. I've kicked your ass plenty for one day."
"Fine." Whitley said. "Take your worthless victory and shove it up your ass." He fell onto his back spread eagle.
Neo walked forward, but Roman put a hand on her shoulder and shook his head in the negative.
Neo pouted and stayed back.
"Can we get him to the infirmary?" Coral asked.
Jason picked Whitley up and walked him to the infirmary.
"That's all for today." Coral said. "Hit the showers."
"Also, tomorrow is Sunday." Tai said. "So, relax."
The group headed towards their dorms and felt a sense of accomplishment.
Coral looked towards Mistral and shuddered.
"Is something wrong?" Loki asked.
"I just got a feeling that all of this..." She pointed at the Academy. "...is about to be taken away from us."
"Let's get ready. If something comes of it, it is better to be ready rather than caught with your pants down."
"The only good time to be caught with your pants down is when you're in bed." Coral said.
"Quit reading my mind. There's a time and a place for sex; and preparing for war isn't that time."
Coral went quiet.
"What's wrong?"
"Is it wrong that we are preparing Jason and his friends to fight a war?"
"Yes, but then again. Look at us. We're just a few years older than them and we are teaching them to fight for their lives."
"Damn it. Now I want to fuck so I can forget what I'm doing."
"Tomorrow." Loki said as they walked into Haven Academy.
It was a beautiful Sunday morning at Haven Academy.
Yang woke up, her hair wild and encompassing her head like a blonde cloud. She shook her head, and her face cleared enough for her to see. She looked over at Scott, who looked so peaceful in his sleep. Too bad she was about to wake him up... but first.
Scott grabbed Yang's hand. "You know Yang." He spoke. "It's impolite to shag someone when their asleep."
"You're no fun." She pouted.
"Oh. So sad for you. We have the entire day. What do you want to do?"
"You." Yang said jumping on top of him.
Jason woke to the feeling of something warm pressed into his side. He wrapped Weiss in his arms, and she moaned a contented moan. "Good morning, Jason." She sighed.
"Good morning, Weiss." He said kissing her neck, cheek, and lips.
Weiss rolled around and hugged him. "What do you want to do today?" She asked.
"We could go into Mistral." He suggested.
"Okay, but first let's shower." She said getting up and pulling Jason with her to the shower.
Jaune looked at Pyrrha. "When do you want to get married?" He asked.
"Well. I wanted to talk to my parents first." Pyrrha said.
"Okay. We can call or talk to your parents."
"Do you want to do that today?"
"Sure. let's do that after breakfast.
"Okay. Let's go get breakfast."
Oscar looked at Ruby. "Do you really think that was a good idea?" He asked. "Tricking them like that to get out of training?"
"Oh, come on Oscar." Ruby whined. "It was the end of the day, and I was soooooooo bored."
"But they were fighting. Don't you like watching all of the weapons?"
"Personally, I think Miss Rose has found something a bit more appealing than weapons." Ozpin said.
'Really? What?'
"You."
'I mean we are already dating. What else could there be?'
"Well. Allow me to tell you."
"NNOOO!" Oscar yelled.
"Well, all right." Ruby said. "If you don't want to get lunch you don't have to bite my head off."
"No!" Oscar yelled. "It's not that. I want to get lunch. I was yelling at Ozpin."
"Okay. If you say so."
"No. Ruby. Really. It was Ozpin"
"Sure Oscar. Sure. I believe you."
'Damn you Ozpin.'
"Let's go Oscar." Ruby said.
Oscar followed Ruby with his head down.
Loki woke up and went to shake Coral, but Coral was gone. Something dropped from the ceiling and straddled Loki.
"Good morning, Loki." Coral purred.
"Morning Coral." Loki replied. "Is there something that you want to do today?"
"Oh. So many wonderful things. So many terribly wonderful things."
"Then what are you waiting for?"
"You to wake up of course. Now, the fun can begin."
Jason and Weiss walked through Mistral. They visited an ice cream parlor, watched a movie, went to a bookstore, and sat down for lunch.
"Today has been almost perfect." Weiss said.
"Oh?" Jason asked. "And what would make today perfect?"
"Well. There would be one thing that would make today perfect."
"And what's that?"
"Come with me." She said taking his hand.
Jaune and Pyrrha walked to the communications tower. They walked in and to the computer to make a call.
"I'd like to call Argus please." Pyrrha said.
"One moment Miss Nikos." The tech said.
They waited for a minute before the tech came back. "I'm sorry miss Nikos, but Argus is suffering from technical difficulties at the moment. You could try tomorrow if you wanted."
"Thank you for your assistance." Pyrrha said.
"You're most Welcome. Have a good day."
With that they hung up.
"Did you want to call your parents?" Pyrrha asked Jaune.
"No. They live in a village and don't have reliable service. My closest family is Saphron and her wife in Argus. We'll try calling them tomorrow."
"Okay." Pyrrha said. "Shall we go?"
"Yeah. Want to get lunch?"
"Yeah. Let's go."
Scott and Yang untangled from each other and laid back on their bed panting heavily.
"Holy fuck!" Yang yelled breathlessly. "That was intense."
"Yeah." Scott said.
"Ready for round two?"
"Yeah. Let's go." He spoke.
They were about to go back to it when Scott pushed Yang off the left side of the bed and rolled off the right side of the bed as a sword came down where they had been just moments earlier.
"I don't know who the fuck you are wanker." He spoke. "But you just made a big mistake."
The figure swung their sword at Scott who blipped out of the way and tossed Yang her gauntlets before reappearing with 'Death' and 'Rebirth' in his hands.
Yang slid her gauntlets on and stood in front of the figure in all her naked glory, not embarrassed by the scenario. If anything, she was pissed off. "You're going to pay for that." She snarled punching her fists together, only for nothing to happen. She punched her fists together again, but again, nothing happened.
Scott tried to blur forward, but he couldn't.
"Oh yes." The figure said. "Now, the fun can begin."
Jason and Weiss walked back to Haven Academy wrapped tightly in each other's embrace. Content with their day. On their way up they met with Coral and Loki. They were almost to the Academy when they met the others, except Scott and Yang.
They walked to the courtyard and were about to go their separate ways when Jason stopped and sniffed the air. He also listened to the wind. "Guys." He spoke.
"What is it?" Loki asked.
"We're surrounded."
"WHAT!" The others yelled in unison.
"Yeah. We're surrounded."
"What do you smell?" Weiss asked.
Jason got quiet for a minute before he spoke again. "Neo. Stop hiding your true power."
Who, me?* Neo signed pointing to herself.
"Yes, you." Jason said. "We're going to need it."
Everyone looked at Neo and saw red/white fire flickering from her eyes.
Surprise.* Neo signed.