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(A/N) I'm glad that a lot of you guys enjoyed the bonding moment between Jin and Jaune.
To answer a quick question, Summer Rose is not a Murakumo unit in this story. But there is a VERY good reason why Hazama/Terumi knows who Ruby's mom is and it involves his semblance and his past. These details will be revealed in Volume three of this story. I will give one hint though, Hazama/Terumi is the worst person for Ruby to fight in this story.
Also I apologize for the long wait for this recent chapter. A lot of personal things occurred and it required my personal time and attention. I did not intend for the wait for the recent chapter to take this long.
Chapter 29 Team activity
(Beacon Hallway)
"Hey Makoto!" Yang yelled out trying to get her friend's attention
"What is it Yang?" Makoto asked but with a hidden tone of frustration
"Do you have any idea about what kind of assignment we'll have for today? It's a little surprising that we need to go to the Beacon Cliffs today." Yang asked in a casual tone
"No idea, now if you'll excuse me. I want to get to the Cliffs early." Makoto said with her frustration being a bit more obvious that Yang herself noticed
"Makoto wait, what seems to be the problem?" Yang asked after grabbing Makoto's shoulder
"Why do you think there's a problem Yang?" Makoto asked with a tone of bitterness instead of frustration
"It's just that we haven't spoken to each other for a few days. Not through call, text, we haven't even seen each other. To add to that, every time we get near each other, you find an excuse to get away from me." Yang briefly explained to Makoto
"What makes you say that?" Makoto said with the bitterness in her voice more obvious
"Well for starters, every time I try to say hi you ignore me. When I sit near you in class you move away from me. You even sit away from me during lunch, even choosing to sit near Cardin of all people." Yang explained further to Makoto
"Oh that, yeah I suppose I am trying to avoid you." Makoto bluntly told Yang
"Why are you trying to avoid me Makoto, did something happen?" Yang asked in a concerned tone
"Well I'm frustrated with you for starters." Makoto plainly answered
"Why are you frustrated with me, did I do something wrong?" Yang asked maintaining her concerned tone for Makoto
"Oh I don't know. . . you doing something very dangerous recently comes though." Makoto told Yang
"But Ragna is fully healed now and I'm sure that Jin will get better in a few days. Come on Makoto, we're already getting a lot of heat for being in that situation in the first place. But we had to help Blake and . . ." Yang kept talking before Makoto cut her off by speaking
"I figured that you had to help Blake with whatever she's going through. So don't get the wrong idea, I completely understand that. What I'm frustrated about is that, you didn't bother to tell me anything. You just kept me in the dark while you went off and did what you had to do. What makes this more frustrating is that I had to find out what you guys did from my team leader. We're friends, so you should have at least bothered to tell me. I would have gladly come along, I care about you guys." Makoto told Yang in a frustrated tone
"Makoto, it's not that simple, it wasn't in my place to tell you what was bothering Blake. Besides I didn't want you to worry, I know your strong but . . ." Yang said before Makoto cut her off again
"Yet you had no problem letting Ragna, Bullet, Sun and Neptune come along. Your excuse for them must be pretty good." Makoto said but this time in a tone that is a mix of bitter and sarcastic
"Would you believe me if I said they overheard us?" Yang said as she was stroking her hair while chuckling awkward. After the awkward chuckle Makoto left in a hurry to get to the Beacon Cliffs in a frustrated pace
"Looks like she's still mad huh." Noel told Yang after seeing the whole thing
"Hey Noel, I didn't mean to make her mad. But a lot has happened, and things went quickly you know." Yang said to Noel in a guilty tone
"Don't worry about it Yang, Makoto has always been passionate about the people she cares about. Just give her some time and space and she'll ease up with you." Noel told Yang reassuring her
(Beacon Cliffs)
It is currently afternoon and a lot of the Beacon students have arrived at the Beacon Cliffs where they had their initiation. The students that arrived are Professor Goodwitch's regular students. As for the Professors the ones who are present are Professor Goodwitch herself, Professor Port, and the guest Professor from Haven, Professor Baiken. As for the students themselves, everyone has arrived except for Jin, who is still healing from his injuries.
"Now, many of you might be curious as to why we're here near Emerald Forest for class today. Well allow me to put that curious thought to rest. For several months all of you have been done various activities as a team. But now is the time that we see how you have all grown as a team. These two will assist me in the assignment that you all have today. Many of you recognize Professor Port, as for this woman. She is a Professor who is visiting us from Haven Academy. Her name is Baiken, and she will be assisting us Professors in a variety of activites until the end of the Vytal festival. Baiken would you like to say a few words to the students before they begin the assignment?" Professor Goodwitch asked Baiken causing her to step forward to address the students
"Don't bother with the title Professor, just call me Baiken. Now I see that a lot of you students see this as another assignment and will take this lightly. Most likely because most of you guys are feeling high and mighty because you all survived the school so far. But remember this, don't let your progress at this school get to your heads. Because you all will be in for a rude awakening when you get out there away from the safety of the school." Baiken bluntly said causing some of the students to look away in fear
"What happened to words of encouragement." One of the students said in a low tone before another student stopped him
"Dude watch what you say, that's Baiken the lethal Huntress." One of the students said that Baiken overheard and started to snap
"If you have the guts to talk in a low tone while I'm here. Then man up and speak out loud so I can hear you. But remember little boy, words have consequences." Baiken said as she was grabbing her katana to emphasize her point causing the students to back away slightly out of fear
"She's serious, stern and takes crap from nobody. I like her." Ragna said causing the students to look at him in an awkward way before Professor Goodwitch started to speak
"Baiken, I understand that the students need to learn respect. But we don't use intimidation as a way to get the point across." Professor Goodwitch said in a stern tone before she addressed her class
"Now the assignment itself will be completely team based with no interference from either of us. Various teams will go into Emerald Forest and will race their opposing team to retrieve their designated relic from different locations. The designated assignment relic will be located at a random location, so be prepared for anything. Each pair of teams will have 90 minutes to retrieve the relic being given only a map that has the relic's location. The pair of competing teams will need to withdraw when one of these three conditions are fulfilled. One of the team pairs in opposition has found their designated relic first, the time runs out, or if the team leader decided to withdraw their team ending the race for their team and their opposing team as well. The team leader will be able to do so by using their scrolls to send a signal for a withdrawal. After sending the signal, both teams will go to their pickup location and a bullhead will bring you back to Beacon. Each team will be dropped off at a random location but equally far away from their designated relic for the sake of fairness. Now are there any questions from anyone?" Professor Goodwitch asked everyone with Weiss raising her hand to ask
"How will we be graded for this assignment?" Weiss asked the Professor
"Myself, along with Professor Port, and Baiken will be monitoring your activities. Each team will be graded on numerous criteria. Now I shall begin to call out the teams that will be opposing each other." Professor Goodwitch answered before she started to call out names
"Team RWBY, you will be opposing team RJNN for this assignment." Professor Goodwitch said causing both teams to give each other a nervous look before Weiss spoke
"Professor, team RJNN is short a team member. Will the assignment be adjusted for them?" Weiss asked the Professor
"Even though it's unfortunate that Jin will be unable to participate due to his training accident. No accommodations will be made for team RJNN's member shortage. I understand that it will make things difficult, but please keep in mind that there will be times when you will be shorthanded. So it will fall on either the Huntsman or Huntress to adjust as best as they can." Professor Goodwitch said while giving team RWBY and Ragna a focused glance at the mention of training accident (since it's the official cover story for Jin's injury to prevent repeated actions)
"Jin has it lucky, he can just sit this out." Makoto commented with Professor Goodwitch overhearing before she spoke
"I've spoken to Mr. Kisaragi earlier and he has been given a different assignment to make up for this. Now then if there are no more questions, please go to Professor Port so the both of you will proceed with the assignment." Professor Goodwitch said before she gave both teams the map and called on the next set of opposing teams
"Team JNPR, you will be competing against team BLST." Professor Goodwitch said before both teams came up to her and she gave them both the map
"This brings back memories when we first met Bang. You and Tao helped me and Nora against the Grimm before either of us arrived." Ren told Bang slightly reminiscing about the past
"Yeah, but don't think that we'll go easy on you guys. We have a champion, another ninja, me a powerhouse, and erm . . . Jaune." Nora said in a bold tone to team BLST
"I think what Nora is trying to say is good luck and don't hold back against us." Pyrrha told the team
"I doubt holding back is an option considering how competitive Bullet gets. Not to mention how easily excited Tao gets as well. So don't worry we won't hold back either, good luck to you as well." Bang said before him and the rest of team BLST and team JNPR went to their designated locations
"That scarred student is from Ronin-Gai. This'll be interesting." Baiken thought to herself after seeing Bang while Professor Goodwitch continued to call on the team pairs
(South of Emerald Forest)
It didn't take team RWBY too long to reunite with each other after they were launched into the forest. The reason was that this time the team have more coordination with each other and a better idea of what to do. Once they were reunited with each other, team RWBY decided to go over the map that they were given.
"OK team, it doesn't look like that the relic we need to collect is too far away. So does anyone have any ideas on how to proceed?" Ruby asked her team
"This looks pretty straightforward, all we need to do is just follow the map and we should get to the relic we need to collect with no problem. If we come across the Grimm, we can just beat them like we normally do." Yang said before she started to follow the map
"We need to have a plan of some kind. Remember we're being graded on several things and we can't be careless with this. We're still in a forest that's full of Grimm and one wrong decision will be disastrous for everyone." Weiss told her team while on guard due to her surroundings
"There really isn't much to plan for Weiss. We know where the relic is and once we have a better idea of where we are. It'll be a lot easier to find the relic before team RJNN does." Yang said in an optimistic tone
"Yang's right, the map says that the relic is near a lake. So, all we need to do is find a river and this'll be over in a snap." Ruby said with a good deal of energy
"I like that idea, Blake what do think?" Yang asked Blake
"Its fine let's just go." Blake said before she started to walk off in a hurry with Yang and Ruby following her
"But we don't even know where the nearest river is . . . oh forget it." Weiss said before she followed the rest of her team
(East of Emerald Forest)
"I'm glad to see that all of us managed to stick together. Though I wish that our landing was better handled." Noel said as she was stretching after landing badly along with Ragna and Makoto
"Well we need to get the relic and get this over with. Noel and Makoto, I need you two to stay here. I'll get a vantage point so I'll be able to see where exactly we are." Ragna said as he was climbing the nearest tree while using his sword to give himself a boost. After a few seconds, Ragna found himself at the top of the tall tree and was able to find the river stream quickly. After spotting it, Ragna jumped down and met up with his other two teammates.
"I found the river stream, if we keep going and don't run into too many Grimm. We should be able to reach it in 45 minutes." Ragna told Noel and Makoto
"I hope team RWBY are alright, the Grimm here gave us some trouble when we first came here." Noel said in a concerned tone
"Oh I'm sure Yang can handle herself against the Grimm. She was certain about it a few days ago." Makoto said with a hint of sarcasm
"Makoto I saw you and Yang talk to each other earlier, is everything OK between you two?" Noel asked in a concerned tone
"Let's just find the relic and get this over with." Makoto said in a rushed tone. Before the trio went too far, a small hoard of Grimm appeared in front of the trio. The hoard consists of a few Beowolf Grimm, and a few Creep Grimm.
Ragna was the first to act and used his sword to cut one of the Creep Grimm in half. After killing one of the Grimm, a Beowolf Grimm leapt at Ragna with a murderous look in its eyes. Noel made a move to shoot at the Grimm before it got close, however Ragna quickly killed the leaping Beowolf Grimm. The rest of the Grimm hoard decided to focus on Ragna and made a move to attack him. Seeing them coming, Ragna quickly moved to the side and killed one of the Creep Grimm before blocking the claw strike of a Beowolf. After a few seconds, Ragna was able to push back the Beowolf Grimm and quickly turned his sword into a scythe and split it in two. After he did that, the rest of the Grimm made a move to attack Ragna, before they got too close, Noel managed to shoot each of them before Ragna finished them off.
"Man they weren't even a threat. Are you two alright?" Ragna asked Noel and Makoto
"Of course we're alright, we didn't get the chance to do much of anything." Makoto said in a tone of sarcasm
"The both of you watched my back while I took care of most of the Grimm. Like when Noel shot the ones that were trying to attack me." Ragna responded in a casual tone
"Well is there anything you need us to do? I mean we're more than just pretty faces, we can actually help you Ragna." Makoto told Ragna in an irritated tone
"You guys are watching my back, isn't that what team members are supposed to do for their leader." Ragna responded on a casual tone
"This is going to take a little longer than I thought." Noel commented to herself
(The Beacon Cliffs)
Ragna has been a rude annoyance ever since he came to Beacon and enrolled in Professor Goodwitch's class. The stern Professor is not the type of person to second guess the headmaster's decision for making students a team leader. Though in the case of Ragna, there is a part of her that wants Ozpin to make a very special exception. From her interactions with Ragna alone, he is rude, stubborn, prideful, and barely passes her class when combat isn't involved. Though despite the negative aspects of Ragna that Professor Goodwitch greatly disagrees with. There are several positives that even she must praise once in a while. Some of the positive traits is that he doesn't look down on people. He also shows a willingness to help other people. Despite being aggressive about it like with the incident with the racist cops a few months ago. Also, Ragna shows a great deal of fighting skills and utilization of his aura.
Though there is something about Ragna's aura that puzzles Professor Goodwitch. When Ragna released his seal, the aura she felt was massive in strength. The Professor knows that there are occasions in which a few students would have a lot of aura and it would be very strong as a result. The aura she felt from Ragna was too strong and her own aura responded to it by being afraid, something that she hasn't felt before. She knows that there is a big mystery regarding Ragna and whether or not it can affect all of Remnant is the bigger question.
"Hmm I'm starting the see Ragna's weakness as team leader. Team RWBY also needs to be properly coordinated." Professor Goodwitch thought to herself before she addressed the other Professors
"I see that the other students are doing well, though they do have some flaws in their teamwork. It won't be too long until they find their designated relic. What do you think Baiken?" Professor Port asked the swordswoman
"A lot of these students have a long way to go, especially since their first years. But I'm more interested in what the team that has the Ronin-Gai student can do." Baiken said while paying attention the team BLST on her scroll
(West of Emerald Forest)
"Alright according to our surrounding and this map. If we just go this direction, we'll be able to get to the relic quickly." Bang said to his team
"Assuming we don't get distracted, don't forget we still have to deal with the Grimm and they will not make things easy." Bullet told Bang in a cautious tone
"It has been a while since we fought some Grimm meow. To be honest, I miss giving those bad creatures a beating meow." Tao told her teammates in an excited tone
"I wouldn't get too excited about fighting the Grimm Tao. You'll be surprised at how merciless these creatures can be. Especially when they have you in their sights." Amane said as he was walking with the rest of team BLST towards their destination. After a few minutes of walking, Bang stopped his team from walking by raising his hand signaling them to stop. A brief and silent moment have passed and after Bang took a look at his surroundings, he threw one of his nails to the side and managed to hit a Beowolf Grimm that was hiding.
After hitting the Grimm with his nail. Bang quickly dashed towards the Beowolf Grimm and gave it a strong punch to the stomach sending it back far. This action caused the other Grimm to come out of hiding and try to attack Bang. Amane summoned his aura sash and wrapped the Grimm with it. After wrapping the Grimm with the aura sash, Amane pulled it towards himself. When the Grimm got close, Amane quickly used his sash to cut the Grimm in half.
When Amane killed the Grimm, several Beowolf Grimm appeared and started to surround team BLST. Being excited, Tao jumped over one of the Beowolf Grimm that made a move to attack her and extended her mechanical claws towards one of the Grimm. After hitting the Beowolf with her mechanical claws, Tao retracted them and got closer to the Grimm. Once Tao got close, she used her natural claws to destroy the Grimm before it could do anything. Seeing the other Grimm coming, Tao used her semblance to make clones of herself and attacked the other Grimm that was charging towards her. Unfortunately, one of the remaining Beowolf Grimm started to run towards her at an intense speed. Though fortunately for Tao, Bullet used her gauntlet to fire an energy blast at the Grimm killing it instantly.
"That went well." Amane commented before they decided to continue moving. As the two were moving, Bang stopped them again and had a concerned look on his face
"What is it this time Bang? We have to keep going and we can't stop for every little thing." Bullet said in an impatient tone
"It might be just me, but I'm hearing gunshots at a distance." Bang said voicing his thoughts
"Are you certain Bang, I can't hear anything from here?" Amane asked in a concerned tone
"It sounds far away but I can hear it too meow." Tao said agreeing with Bang
"We're in a forest where there are a lot of students fighting other Grimm. Does it really sound that unusual?" Bullet said getting more irritated at being held up from the task
"Your right Bullet, but I think that we should at least go and see if everything is fine." Bang said voicing his concerns
"I hope your joking, we can't help everyone we see and hear, and we need to keep going and not waste time." Bullet said voicing her frustration
"I do agree with you Bullet, but at the same time there is a chance the other students could be in real trouble. In a way there's no harm in helping other people." Amane said in a neutral tone
"Please Bullet, if your adamant on us keeping going with the task. Then I will do as you suggest and keep going. But try to look at it like this, isn't it the responsibility of a Huntsman and Huntress to help people if possible?" Bang asked in a concerned tone
"You're the leader of our team and your backing down huh? Well since it doesn't appear to be too far out of our way, I suppose we can go and help. But if it turns out to be nothing, then you are to go one week without practicing your dynamic entry speeches." Bullet told Bang
"Alright that sounds fair." Bang said agreeing to Bullet's condition
"You also have to eat at least three bell pepper foods." Bullet said adding to the conditions
"Dang it, I hate bell peppers. But I hate leaving people defenseless even more. So I'll agree to do all of that if it turns out to be nothing." Bang said agreeing to the terms
(Team RJNN's Emerald Forest location)
Ragna, Noel, and Makoto walked further into Emerald Forest while on the lookout for the Grimm. Even though they did occasionally come across the Grimm, the team of three managed to deal with it with ease. Or to be more specific, Ragna deals with them while either Noel or Makoto deliver some potshots to the Grimm. After a good deal of time has passed further, the trio decided to take another look at the map.
"How much further are we from the relic we need to get?" Makoto asked Ragna
"It doesn't look too far from where we're at now. The Grimm did slow us down a few times, but not as much as I thought. At this rate we should be able to get there in 30 minutes." Ragna said causing Makoto and Noel to groan in frustration
"That's still too far, can we at least stop for a bit to take a break?" Noel asked slowly getting tired
"We can do it we just have to endure it for just a little longer. Once we get the relic, you guys can rest all you want." Ragna said not wanting to rest
"You don't do things like this with other people do you?" Makoto asked
"Nah, it's always just me and my master." Ragna responded to Makoto. As the three of them were walking, all of them heard a strong surge of electricity. After hearing the electricity, the trio turned to see the source. The only thing they saw was a gray metallic figure in the forest a small distance from them.
"Do you think its something the Professors made to keep the Grimm in check in this forest?" Noel asked in a curious tone
"I doubt it Noel, do you think it belongs to Atlus?" Makoto asked sharing in the curiosity as well
"We won't find out unless we get closer to the thing." Ragna said while looking at the figure. A second after Ragna spoke, the gray metallic figure turned its head and spotted the trio but focused on Ragna.
After seeing Ragna the gray metallic figure activated what appears to be thrusters on its back and went to the team of three. Ragna, Noel, and Makoto brandished their weapons ready for anything. Once the gray metallic figure got closer to Ragna it stood still a few feet away from him. After a brief second, the metallic figure turned its head and pointed its hand in the direction while making a motion to go towards the pointed direction.
"It might be just me, but I think it wants us to go that way while following it." Makoto said to her teammates
"I agree, but we don't know what that thing is. For all we know it could be a trap. Besides we still need to get to the relic before team RWBY does." Noel said voicing her thoughts on the situation
"There's no harm in going, after all nothing ventured nothing gained. Besides I doubt it'll take too long and I'm sure team RWBY aren't exactly too close to the relic. Let's go, it'll be a nice change of pace at least." Ragna said before him and his team followed the gray metallic figure
(Team RWBY's Emerald forest location)
"OK I have to confess, everyone we're a little lost and I have no idea of where I'm leading us." Ruby said in a tone of embarrassment
"Well, we took care of some Grimm along the way. So at least it wasn't boring in any way." Yang said trying to find the silver lining in the situation
"Normally at this time, I would be saying I told you so. But the confused look you guys have on your faces. Is very satisfying and makes the frustrating fact that you guys didn't listen to me, more tolerable." Weiss said in a proud and haughty tone
"If you're going to criticize us, then at the very least try to help us." Yang said getting slightly irritated at being lost
"Well it's not too late to do what Weiss suggested and get a view of the area. If we keep going I'm certain we'll be able to find a good vantage point. What do you think Blake?" Ruby said in optimistic tone before glancing at Blake
"Fine, whatever." Blake said in a slightly despondent tone
"Is there something wrong? You've been more unresponsive than usual Blake. Is there something you want to talk about?" Yang asked Blake in a concerned tone
"I'm fine I just have a few things on my mind. Let's just get assignment this over with." Blake said sounding slightly despondent
"Are you sure your fine I noticed that you haven't gotten any sleep. Blake please tell us what the problem is. Whatever it is we can help you." Yang pleaded with Blake in a concerned tone
"Don't you think you should be telling Makoto that? I noticed that she's been avoiding you recently. You two haven't even talked as much as you used to." Weiss commented to Yang
"Come on Weiss, I'm still trying to figure out what Makoto's deal is." Yang said thinking about Makoto for a brief second
"You know what Yang I noticed it too. Weiss is right, Makoto has been avoiding you for a while and the both of you need to talk about it." Ruby told Yang
"Yeah and I know why, she's mad because she thinks I don't include her in some of our activities." Yang said watching her words remembering that their being monitored
"Well try to look at it from her point of view. Remember when I told you how I was recruited into Beacon. If I went out like that and I didn't tell you despite us being sisters and on teams. How would you feel about that Yang?" Ruby asked while leading her team
"I would feel frustrated and concerned, like you didn't trust me to have your back and . . . oh, now I get it." Yang said after having a sudden realization at how Makoto feels
"Now that you know what the problem is. I'm very certain that you'll be able to work things out with Makoto." Ruby said in an optimistic tone
"Your right sis, but first we need to get this relic. Just because I want to clear things up with Makoto, doesn't mean I'm losing to her and the rest of team RJNN." Yang said regaining her optimism
(Team BLST's Emerald Forest location)
"The noise I'm hearing is getting louder and more frequent. It looks like we're getting closer to where we need to go." Bang said as he was running through the forest with his team
"I'm starting to hear more of it too meow. It sounds like a lot of fighting, I hear swords and guns meow." Tao said as she was running along with her team
"I'm starting to hear it too, looks like we'll find out what that noise is soon enough." Bullet said as she was running
A few more minutes of running have passed and team BLST felt a strong rumble on the ground. Team BLST was able to keep their balance but was wondering what happened. For a few seconds, team BLST looked around and after a moment, the four of them heard the sound of an explosion. The team ran towards the source of the noise and when they arrived they all saw team JNPR fighting a herd of Beowolf Grimm of different variety. When team BLST took a look at the Grimm they noticed something different about them. The Grimm that they are looking at have various green markings on their bodies.
"These Grimm are different from what we're used to. They also look a lot stronger than usual." Bullet said after seeing the Grimm
"That doesn't matter right now. These Grimm appears to be too much for team JNPR to handle. We have to help them, each of us will help a member of team JNPR and deal with the Grimm." Bang told his team before each of them went off to help each member of team JNPR
Ren was using his speed and agility to dodge each attack from the Empowered Beowolves. Unfortunately for him, Ren couldn't find many chances to attack and when he was able to attack the Grimm. It proved to be more durable than Ren anticipated. After dodging for a few seconds, one of the Empowered Beowolves managed to land a claw slash against Ren. The attack knocked back Ren a good distance and he was smashed against a tree. The other Empowered Beowolf Grimm decided to leap towards Ren in order to kill him.
Though when the Beowolf got close, Bullet managed to block the leap attack with her energized shield. After the Empowered Grimm hit the shield, Bullet used a good deal of her strength to push the Empowered Grimm back. After being pushed back, the other Empowered Beowolf Grimm decided to focus on Bullet and started to charge up energy. A brief second after they charged up their energy, they fired at Bullet. Reacting quickly, Bullet used her energy shield to block the blast, but she was struggling to do so. Ren took this opportunity to quickly run to each of the firing Beowolves and slashed at the back of the heads of the Empowered Beowolves Grimm greatly hurting them. When the energy blasts stopped, Bullet used the blaster part of her gauntlet and blasted each of the Empowered Beowolves away.
"Thanks for the help Bullet." Ren said in a grateful tone
"Thank Bang, he was the one who noticed something was wrong." Bullet responded
"But you still helped me, so my thank you still stands." Ren responded
"Fine, but let's help the others." Bullet said as her and Ren went to fight the other Grimm
Nora was using her hammer to deal with the nearby Empowered Beowolf Grimm. She was able to smash a good number of the Grimm but it wasn't diminishing their numbers fast enough. Before Nora realized it, one of the Empowered Beowolves ran towards Nora. Though before Nora could do anything, Amane used his aura sash and wrapped the Empowered beowolf Grimm and pulled it down to the ground. After he did that, Nora used her hammer to deliver a strong smash to the Grimm's head killing hit.
"That was a little close, thanks Amane. I was afraid it would have taken me a little longer to kill that Grimm." Nora said in a confident tone while looking at the other Empowered Grimm
"I wouldn't let my guard down yet Nora. These Grimm are a lot stronger than usual." Amane said before him and Nora proceeded to fight the other Empowered Grimm
Jaune himself have spent a good deal of time blocking the attacks from each of the Beowolves. Every time he tried to attack one of them, the Beowolf Grimm either endured the attack or dodge Jaune's sword attack. Jaune made a move to slash at the Grimm, this time the Beowolf used it's claws to deflect the attack. The Empowered Grimm decided to fire an energy blast at Jaune with the intent to kill him in one go. Fortunately for Jaune, his reflexes were quick enough for him to raise his shield and block the energy blast. Before Jaune could lose his strength, Tao jumped onto the Empowered Grimm's back and slashed it stopping it from attacking. Before the Beowolf could do anything further, Jaune quickly ran towards the Grimm and cut its head off killing it.
"Wow your pretty good at this Vomit boy. But killing that Grimm would have been no trouble for meow." Tao told Jaune
"Please don't . . . . never mind we have to get away from here. These Grimm are just like the ones me and Cardin faced back at the Verivert Swamp. Where is your leader Bang?" Jaune asked in a concerned tone
"We're right here." Bang told Jaune after arriving with Pyrrha
"Bang helped me deal with the Beowolves I was fighting. I've never seen the Grimm like this before. They're a lot stronger than before and they have abilities that I haven't seen them do." Pyrrha told Jaune
"We were able to fight off the Grimm but I doubt we'll be able to keep it up for too long. I hate to say it but let's withdraw from this." Jaune said as he sent the withdraw signal before the two teams heard a roar.
After a roar was made, a Grimm that is large in size had jumped from a nearby tree and appeared before the two teams. The Grimm was a Beringel Grimm and like the other Empowered Grimm that was nearby it has green marking all over its body. When the Empowered Beringel roared once again, more Empowered Beowolf Grimm appeared and started to roar at the two teams with both of their green and red markings glowing.
"This is ridiculous, how are we supposed to fight this many Grimm with them getting stronger like this." Bullet said while on guard
"I'll send the signal." Jaune said before the Grimm leapt towards him. After noticing the Grimm, Jaune quickly defended himself with his shield but was knocked to the side and dropped his scroll. The Empowered Beowolf Grimm made a move to attack but Bang delivered a flying kick to knock the Grimm away. This gave Jaune enough time to get his scroll and send the withdraw signal. The Empowered Beringel Grimm that appeared started to rapidly hit the ground and its body started to get covered in more skeletal bones.
"I've never seen or heard of a Grimm with an ability like this. It's like it has a semblance of its own." Pyrrha said surprised at what she's seeing
After a brief second, the Empowered Beringel Grimm punched Bang and the attack launched him back a good distance. Amane used his aura sash to wrap the Beringel's legs together. Nora and Bullet used a good deal of their strength to attack the Empowered Grimm. The attack was strong enough to stagger the Empowered Beringal but it wasn't enough to knock it down. The Beringel Grimm used its strength to break Amane's sash and punched the ground causing a small tremor. After the ground shook, the Beringel Grimm smashed Nora and Bullet away from it.
Pyrrha and Ren shot it at different parts of its body trying to find a weak point. Though any weak point that existed was covered up by the new sturdy shell. The Grimm smashed the ground with its immense strength and briefly staggered the everyone. Tao and Jaune on the other hand were busy dealing with the Beowolves. The Empowered Beringel Grimm was able to quickly attack Ren, Pyrrha, and Amane. After it did that, the Grimm roared loudly.
"Amane, can't you make another sash?" Nora yelled to Amane
"I'm trying, but when my aura sash breaks, it takes a few seconds for me to summon it again." Amane responded trying to recover his aura so he can use his semblance again
The Empowered Beringel Grimm looked around and noticed Bullet firing a few energy blasts at it. The shots did nothing but the Beringel itself started to approach her with a killing glare. Once it got close it made a move to punch her. Before the punch made impact, Bang appeared blocking the attack with his giant nail while radiating aura. Which indicates that he's using his semblance
"You foul creatures have proved yourself to be a threat to life and I shall not stand by and allow you to do as your instincts command. For as long as I have the strength and will to take action. You Grimm shall be stopped, FOR I AM BANG SHISHIGAMI!" Bang exclaimed causing his team to mentally facepalm
"Is this really the time for that?" Bullet told Bang
After blocking the Empowered Beringel Grimm's attack. Bang dashed around the Grimm attacking it from different sides. The attacks did nothing, but the Beringel Grimm was able to notice his speed. After a few more seconds, The Beringel Grimm managed to quickly attack Bang, knocking him back near Bullet. The Beringel made a move to attack Bang this time, but like earlier Bang blocked the attack with his giant nail. When the Grim attack hit the nail, the both of them struggled against each other. Bang focused a lot of his strength and aura into pushing back the Empowered Grimm. A brief second after the struggle between the two, Bang's nail started to glow and a brief moment later, an explosion of aura occurred. After the explosion, the Empowered Grimm lost the green markings and parts of their body started to disintegrate. After the aura explosion from Bang's Giant Nail, the Grimm started to wail.
"What happened?" Ren asked after looking around and seeing the Grimm wail in pain
"I don't know, this happened before when I fought against Ragna." Bang told Ren
"Bang, I can't feel my aura. Is this happening to anyone else?" Pyrrha said to the two teams
"It's happening to me as well. This is just like last time." Bullet said remember what happened last time with Bang's Aura Weapon
"This looks like the effect of your Aura Weapon Bang. We can think about this later, our guns still work, and these Grimm look weakened. Let's deal with them quickly before they recover their strength." Ren said before he proceeded to shoot at the Grimm and killing them with ease along with the other students
"It appears that I'm the only one who can still use aura. After we deal with the Grimm let's get to the pick-up spot. Tempting as it is to go for the relic, we're too injured and exhausted to keep going. As for the aura loss, it's temporary so it'll wear off soon." Bang said to everyone before he punched the Beringel Grimm through the head killing it
"I agree, thanks for the save Bang." Bullet said in a grateful tone
"Anytime." Bang responded
(Beacon Cliffs)
"It's a noble quality to want to help other people at the first sign of trouble. But if it comes at the expense of your immediate duties. Then it'll be a problem for him in the long run. Especially if he deals with a mission of high importance. It's apparent that Bang has a one-track mind and it will no doubt cause him a great deal of problems." Professor Goodwitch told the other Professors
"Still it is a bit concerning to see the Grimm like this. I've never experienced the Grimm gaining abilities and power like this before in my career as a Huntsman. Not to mention a power that can severely weaken the Grimm. I know it'll be disheartening, but I believe they made the smart choice to withdraw." Professor Port told Professor Goodwitch
"I agree, knowing when to retreat is more important than most people think. Especially if it's a situation when the Huntsman is in over there heads and retreating is a viable option." Professor Goodwitch responded agreeing with Professor Port
"It's not a complete loss though and I have a good idea about what that Ronin-Gai student needs to improve on. Glynda, would you mind if I take some time to tutor him?" Baiken asked Professor Goodwitch
"As long as he agrees to it its fine." Professor Goodwitch said agreeing to the request
(Team RJNN's Emerald Forest location)
The remains of team RJNN have been following the gray metallic figure for a while now. Even though they ran into a few Grimm they proved to be no trouble. Ragna is still trying to figure what the metallic figure could want. He knows that it's not an enemy but to him it feels like the figure knows him. To make things complicated the gray metallic figure has a presence that is all too familiar to Ragna. After a few more minutes of walking, the trio heard a couple of voices that sounds female. To Ragna though the voices are too familiar, and he was able to recognize them almost immediately.
"Sister Celica we should've stayed where we were. Minerva would have easily found us by now." Saya said to Celica
"I'm sorry Saya, but I thought I heard Minerva over hear. I guess I got us lost again, well look on the bright side. Minerva took care of those Grimm earlier and if we were in danger, she would have found us immediately." Celica said in an optimistic tone
"SISTER CELICA AND SAYA!" Ragna yelled surprised to see his sister and mother figure in the Emerald Forest
"Oh Ragna, it looks like Minerva found you and your teammates. It's nice to see you again Makoto. You must be Noel Vermillion, my name is Celica A. Mercury and this is Ragna's sister Saya." Celica said introducing herself and Saya
"It's nice to meet you Miss Celica, it's also nice to meet you as well Saya." Noel said in a happy tone
"Celica what in the world are you doing here? Do you have any idea how dangerous this place is?" Ragna said in a tone that's a mix of anger and worry
"Well the reason I'm here is because I heard what happened to Jin and I wanted to visit him. On our way to Beacon though, me and Saya got lost and we found ourselves here. Thank goodness I decided to bring Minerva with us or else the Grimm would have been able to hurt us. I sent her out to find us someone who can help us, but her finding you and your team is a lot better. Thank you, Minerva." Celica explained to Ragna before she thanked the gray metallic figure now known as Minerva. After Celica explained, Ragna sighed before taking out his scroll and sending the withdraw signal
"What are you doing?" Makoto asked in a curious tone
"Even though that machine can fight, it doesn't change the fact that Sister Celica and Saya can't. We'll take the hit for the assignment, but I don't want to put these two in danger if I can avoid it." Ragna told his teammates
"I understand, better to fail an assignment then to lose a life." Noel said agreeing with Ragna before the group proceeded to go to the pick-up spot
(A/N)
One more thing, the dance chapter is on the horizon, and there will be several ship teases. I can't give a hint for the pairings because it be figured out very quickly. However there are a few things I can mention without giving anything away.
Before the dance ends, TWO pairings will be confirmed. Each pairing will be confirmed at different chapters.
Also the pairing bumblebee (Yang X Blake) will not be in this story. I have nothing against that pairing and I AM NOT AGAINST LGBT characters. It's just that I have a different pairing in mind for Yang and I think it'll be a better fit for the characters and the story. If I give a hint it'll be figured out very quickly so I can't give one. I will mention this though, several LGBT characters have already appeared in this story. One of the LGBT characters will be confirmed when the time is right and no sooner. I want to give a hint, but the identity might be figured out very quickly.
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