And... Gotcha. You thought you could run away after your little stunt?

"Yes... Maybe"

And what told you to say I was quitting?

"You di.. Wait, what's that?"

Yeah. That trick won't work anymore, smarta.. Oh

"They can see us"..

I can see that... Stay calm. Welcome to 7... I think. We got a great episode planned for today so just sit back and grab some popcorn. Ignore the guy on the ground and this boxing glove and watch the episode (Curtain closes..*Intense punching sounds*). Don't worry, folks.. Nothing here. *Intense punching and screaming intensifies even more*

"True greatness comes from what you can do with the hand you're dealt." -Victor Sullivan

The Grimmlands

A dark wasteland, black skies, presumably barren lands, all filled with Grimm of different sizes and species. Right at the heart of the dark lands stands a castle, one surrounded by creatures of Grimm. Now inside a hall in the castle stands a lone woman in front of a mirror like object. The woman was wearing a red dress with yellow markings and sported long, black hair. Her name, the (Half?) Fall Maiden, Cinder Fall

Then suddenly, a figure stepped out of the glass-like object, surrounded by white smoke. Even from the white smoke, her red eyes, dark grey skin and her upper body could still be made out. The figure took a few steps towards Cinder, stopping in front of her. "I assume you have a faint idea of why I have summoned you." A faint yet feminine voice spoke from the darkness where the figure stood.

Cinder did not hesitate to respond to the query "Does it have anything to do with the two men that appeared earlier?" "Exactly." The voice answered before walking closer to Cinder, taking her time to explain the new situation to her servant. "The white haired one established contact with a few Beacon students as well as a professor from there. I have monitored him closer since then and he has made his way to Beacon, most likely to speak with Ozma."

At this point, the figure had already walked past Cinder, now standing behind her as well as looking behind the false Fall Maiden. Cinder, being exceptionally smart had already thought of a plan only half a minute later. "Well, mistress. Then why don't we recruit his opponent? He proves to be equally as strong, if not stronger." Cinder asked, providing a foundation for her plan layout. The figure and Cinder turned to face one another before the figure spoke "And how do you plan on bringing him on board?". Cinder smirked a bit before answering in a lower voice "We make him an offer he can't resist." Cinder took a little break before continuing "If we give him what he asks for and offer him aid in defeating his enemy, then we could get him to work with us." Cinder had brought up a good plan, and her mistress could agree with that too. "Very well then. Execute exactly what you have told me and if he agrees, bring him to me so we may converse about the terms of our partnership" The figure walked past Cinder yet again, then disappeared into thin air, leaving Cinder alone in the room. "As you wish..." Cinder responded before turning to leave the room.

Vale Capital, Vale

It was yet another bright morning in Vale. 8AM in the morning to be exact. The sun had just risen, illuminating the whole kingdom and beyond, the birds were singing, and in the halls of Beacon, we could see four young women running down the halls to their classes. Now hol'up, something ain't right here! Oh.. They were running late to their first class of the day.

"C'mon, quicker. At this rate, we're definitely gonna be late" Yang said while still running. "Maybe we would make it there faster if someone hadn't spent so long in the bathroom or slept in for a while!" Weiss yelled, sarcastically scolding Yang. Yang only scoffed at her comment until Blake added "And also, the fact that our leader just bolted past us and left us here." "Whatever, we're there" Yang stated. They had arrived right in front of the door of the first class of the day, Grimm Studies, taught by Professor Peter Port. Normally, Professor Peter would normally tell stories of his glory days to the class while he taught, which could put the weak and maybe even the strongest of mind to sleep, which it did to some students who did not pay attention. That made Grimm Studies one of the most brutal classes in Beacon Academy. We won't focus on that because remember why I skipped Ozpin's explanation. MAD LAZY. So we turn our attention to Vale, or more specifically, the roofs of Vale where the figure of Asura could be seen running across them, exploring the surrounding area while still pondering on his thoughts.

'An immortal being leading a school as a front to stop the grimm creatures, which is another front for their queen to capture some artifacts. Some foolish racial war between humans and animal-human hybrids.' What had he gotten himself into this time? He ran across the roofs for a while before a distressed but muffled scream close to him made him stop in his tracks. The scream had come from an alley next to him. A woman with fox ears stood at the end of an alley in between two buildings, one of which Asura was standing at the top of, while a man in a hoodie pointed a gun to her head. The fox-eared woman, which Asura would clearly classify as one of the 'faunus' he had been told about, was shivering while handing her bag over to the man who held out his hand to retrieve her bag. Now Asura couldn't let this happen under his watch and he had to interfere. Besides, Beacon could wait since this would take only a minute, probably less, to handle.

Asura sighed before jumping down the building, into the alley where the crime in progress was happening and landed right between the robber and the faunus. His sudden presence spooked the robber as well as frightened the woman so much that she fell on her hind. The robber instantly switched his target from the woman to Asura, who responded by glaring at him. The robber was scared from the glare, quite different from that of fear from a person normally at gunpoint. "Shut up and put your hands where I can see them.." The robber commanded Asura in a low voice as not to draw attention. It was when Asura had not complied that he raised his voice a bit "I said.. PUT YOUR HANDS up.."

Before he could finish his sentence, Asura had grabbed the gun and shattered it in his hand, before swatting the robber like a fly towards a wall, knocking the robber out cold. His limp body dropped onto the ground from the wall which cracked just a bot from the impact. 'That takes care of that' he thought. Asura turned behind him only to find out that the woman had gotten up and ran past him to retrieve her bag from the unconscious man. "Thank you for saving me" She said in appreciation. Asura merely waved it off before jumping back onto the building he came from and continuing his journey, now just a bit slower to patrol the area while he moved.

After a few hours of patrol as well as the occasional getting lost, Asura could finally see his destination, Beacon Academy, but his entry point would be a bit unorthodox. With one large jump that sent force waves around him, he flew across the sky and landed right on the roof of Beacon. Of course, he could have easily gone right through the front door but he didn't intend to draw too much attention. Just because he's meant to be the guardian didn't mean that he had to be seen. Also, Asura was sure that if Ozpin was as smart as he thought, he would already know of his presence but he didn't mind that. He had some children to overlook and to do that, he needed to find them.

As if on cue... "Hyaa!". Combat grunts sounding like those of the red haired girl he met yesterday. He turned towards where the sound had come from and went in the direction until he arrived at an arena or class of some sort. Upon looking down, he saw the students seated round, observing what seemed like an unfair fight. The redhead girl was effectively holding her own against four students, most likely a team, in battle, barely even getting hit. It was actually kind of impressive to him so he decided to crouch and watch the end of the battle between her and another boy with a mace. His three teammates had been eliminated if those meters on the screen meant anything.

The boy rushed her with his mace, attempting to hit her with a multitude of attacks which all proved futile. His attacks were poorly timed and the technique needed a lot of work. The girl, Phyrra, weaved through the brunette's attacks while returning a few attacks of hers. She had him outmatched, severely. In one final move, he swung his mace at her torso. Phyrra saw the attack coming and leaned to her left, dodging his attack before delivering a kick to his head that sent him stumbling back, before charging at him and driving the blunt edge of her spear into his abdomen. "That's it, Cardin." The voice of Glynda sounded, signaling the end of the match. Cardin just scoffed before retiring to the infirmary with his teammates.

Phyrra returned to her seat next to Jaune. "That was awesome, Phyrra" Jaune complimented her on her performance. The others could only nod in agreement with Jaune. "Thank you" She answered her partner.

"An interesting performance. Don't you think?" Ozpin said in Japanese (or Mistrilian), standing right behind Asura while taking a sip of his coffee. This also confirmed Asura's suspicion that Ozpin had known of his presence since he arrived. "She is quite skilled, I'll give her that. And those four.." Asura gestured towards where Cardin and his team stood "They could have done better to attack as a team as well as pressure her into slipping. They exhibited poor form, showed foolishness in combat and she prevailed at the end." Asura gave his version of a brief analysis of the fight he just witnessed.

"That's why they are still here, in training" Ozpin said, walking to stand behind Asura "They still have a lot to learn and I am sure that in time, their mistakes will be corrected and they will be forged into formidable warriors" Ozpin concluded. "While we are here, is there anything you would like to discuss about?" Ozpin asked turning his head to look at the demigod beside him. "Yes, there is." Asura responded. The sound of Glynda calling for volunteers to participate in one last fight could be faintly heard from where the two stood.

"When exactly do you plan on using young Ruby's power to stop her?" Asura asked, now returning back to his upright standing position. "As I said before, we do not know exactly when her power will be unlocked and tamed. For now, it is clear that she knows nothing of its existence." Ozpin replied, taking a quick sip of his coffee. "Now a few questions of mine." Ozpin requested. Asura waved, giving Ozpin the signal to go ahead with his queries. "Why did you come here, to Remnant?" Asura thought the answer to this question would already be obvious but still decided to give a concise and honest answer.. which was "I had no intent of coming here. I originally assumed I was home until the attack from the Grimm." Asura truly did not know he was on another planet until the grimm incident occurred, then the colorful people and a few others.

"But you plan on staying?" Ozpin questioned. Asura responded with a grunt and a small nod in the affirmative. "Very well, then. Shall I make arrangements for your accommodation here?" Ozpin asked. "No. I see no reason for that now" Asura responded, declining Ozpin's offer while Ozpin took yet another sip of his coffee. "Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao Long, grab your weapons from your lockers." Glynda announced with the two half-sisters retreating to their lockers to prepare for their fight. This did not escape Asura as he was keen to see how Ruby would currently perform. He reassumed his crouching position as Ruby and Yang emerged with their weapons, ready to rumble. Asura took a quick glance to the screen on his left. Both bars were completely green, 100% full. "You seem interested in this." Ozpin remarked "Whenever you are done, meet me in my office" He concluded before turning around and walking away, leaving Asura alone on the roof to watch the last battle of the class.

"I won't go too easy on you, sis" Yang said with a cocky smirk, jamming her two fists which now donned her weapons, yellow gauntlets that sprung out from her bracelets which she dubbed Ember Cecilia. "I never expected you to." Ruby replied, holding her baby..scythe in her right arm while occasionally twirling it with both her hands. "Ready?" Glynda called out, to which the two responded with small affirmative nods before getting into their combat stances. "Then Go!" She declared the start of the fight.

Ruby immediately went on the offensive, charging up her semblance and speeding towards her half sister with her scythe ready to attack. She swung her scythe first in an attempt to strike Yang across the chest, only for the blonde to bring her gauntlets up and block the attack. Ruby did not let up on her attack though, she moved to deliver a kick to Yang, who moved her wrists to block Ruby's kick. Ruby left her foot on Yang's wrist, using it to gain leverage for another attempt at a kick. This actually caught Yang by surprise, hence, she was unable to defend quickly and got caught on the face with a kick. She stumble back for a bit before managing to regain her composure. If anybody in the arena were to look upwards, they would see a small smirk on the face of Asura but the most visible would be the smirk on Ruby's face.

"That was a lucky shot.. My turn now." Yang said as the reassumed her stance before taking the heat to Ruby. Ruby knew quite well that her sister packed a punch so she decided that her better option would be to dodge instead of blocking. Yang began with a jab to Ruby's left, which Ruby dodged by leaning to her right. Yang then threw a flurry of punches at her half-sister, giving Ruby little time to react between attacks. The first three punches, she managed to weave through but Ruby was not so lucky with the last two. An elbow to her ribs stunned her, leaving Yang to finish with a devastating uppercut to the jaw of Ruby which literally sent her flying. 'Damn!' Asura thought. He took a peek at their gauges and saw that Yang's stood at 80% while Ruby's was below at 60%. It wasn't long before Ruby got up, ready to continue the brawl. Close quarter combat with Yang was going to get her nowhere, which left her to retreat to long-range tactics but before she could do that, she had to distract or break Yang's defense.

Once again, Ruby charged her Semblance and sped towards Yang, who expected an attack and prepared to parry it, but it never came. Ruby dashed past Yang before spinning her scythe and hitting Yang in the back with it. Yang responded with a roundhouse kick but that was all according to Ruby's plan as she performed a back flip to land far behind her sister, switching her scythe into it's sniper form while in the air. As soon as she landed, she loaded a clip of dust magazines and unloaded the entire thing at Yang. Most of the bullets hit her including two to her head, bringing her Aura down to just above Ruby's at 64%. It was then that Glynda made the call to end the battle. "That's enough, both of you!" She declared, since the time for their class had elapsed. "Miss Xiao Long wins with her aura just above Miss Rose's. You're all dismissed." She concluded. As the students were preparing to leave, Asura decided it was time to go to Ozpin's office as no doubt, the immortal headmaster would be expecting him.

Now remember when Yang sent Ruby flying? Great work if you do because while she flew, she caught a glimpse of a figure on top of the arena and now would be the perfect time to investigate what it was. "Uhh, did anybody notice anything or anyone strange, say...on the roof?" She asked her friends. It was Phyrra who responded "Now that you mention it, after my fight with Cardin and his team, I did see something"

Out of sheer curiosity, Nora asked first "Oooh, What was it?". "Honestly, I didn't really see much of it. Plus, the sun got in my eyes" Phyrra replied, flaunting a kind of comedic smile at the end. "Well, why don't we check if it's still there?" Blake questioned. "Let's just get it over with. It could be figments of her imagination for all we know." Weiss suggested, scolding Ruby in the process. It was when they finally got up and went to look where Ruby and Phyrra directed them towards that they were met with... nothing. Said something (or someone) was missing from the spot they spotted it. "You sure you saw something?" Jaune asked his team mate, scratching the back of his head while he spoke. "It was right there. I saw it. We saw it!" It was Ruby that answered for her friend. "Whatever it is, it's gone now so can we just leave? I'm really hungry" Nora asked, mumbling a bit about what she could eat afterwards. "Agreed" This time, it was Ren who spoke, supporting the idea that they left at once, which they all did completely unaware of Asura's presence. This would change soon enough.

As Asura stood upon the arena looking at Ozpin's tower, it dawned on him that the window would not be the best of choices as he would have to smash through it, not only drawing attention but also causing property damage. Letting out an audible sigh, he cleared the distance between the arena top and the front entrance of Beacon. After taking a second to compose himself, he opened the door and walked into the halls of Beacon. At this time of the day, the halls would usually be busy and swarmed with students, today was no exception. Asura walked right into the midst of just about every student in Beacon, causing a wave of silence to wash over the halls as well as eliciting different reactions including murmuring along the students. "That's the guy from the news, yesterday." One of them said in a low voice. "What's he doing here?" Another questioned, mostly out of fear with a hint of curiosity. "He looks so cool" Another said, expressing awe. The man (or demigod) that walked past them had proven himself to be extremely strong, strong enough that he could defeat a deathstalker.. with his bare hands. They who were wise (all of them at the time) voluntarily gave way for Asura to pass through. Asura was neither surprised nor angry at the sight. Even if he spoke, only a handful of people would end up understanding. So instead, he just walked past all of them without any form of interaction or dialogue.. or so he thought.

After a little bit of walking, he encountered the same kids from yesterday behind him. 'Great.. More of them' He thought. "Yeah! I'm telling you, it's... Asura?" Yang was in the middle of talking when she spotted the Rage Deity. "Asura?" Weiss questioned, only for Yang and Blake to point to where Asura was walking. "If he's going towards there, then he's probably heading to Headmaster Ozpin's office" Ren said.

"Can we wait for him? I still have some things to ask him." Ruby asked, making one of her puppy faces that might even be able to break the strongest. "Yeah. Pretty sure we all still have questions for him" Phyrra clarified. Of course there were still many mysteries behind Asura, enough that there were some they might never get to know. Anyways, they still had to wait till he was done, so they followed from behind while keeping some distance; an idea suggested by Yang (despite being opposed by the Schnee heiress but she reluctantly agreed). They followed him up until the final corner to the elevator, where they waited for him to return.

Asura got into the elevator, but unlike his exit the other day, he was not alone. Glynda had just finished up with her activities and was preparing to report back to Ozpin. She walked into the elevator leading to Ozpin's office but was shocked at the sight of Asura. The former general acted accordingly and took a small step to his left, creating space for Glynda to stand to his right. The doors closed and the elevator began ascending. To say the ride was awkward would be an understatement. No words were spoken because of the still-present language barrier but the tension was so thick that one could cut it with a knife. With Glynda scared and suspicious of Asura and Asura mostly not caring about Glynda's presence (mostly because she managed to enrage Akuma after temporarily halting their battle). After some time, the elevator stopped going up and the doors opened. Asura gave way for Glynda, allowing her to pass through first before walking behind her into Ozpin's office.

"Glynda, Asura.." Ozpin called out. Glynda was clearly not comfortable that Asura was in the office again after the intense confrontation last time. While Asura leaned on a wall on the far side of the office, Glynda went over to Ozpin to express her discomfort. "If I may ask, what is he doing here again?" She asked, referring to Asura. Ozpin stood up from his seat, planting his cane on the ground first before taking a step forward to answer her "We would simply like to discuss, Glynda." Glynda could only grit her teeth before walking past Ozpin. Ozpin then walked towards Asura to begin their talk. "Greetings, Asura. I assume you've familiarized yourself with the environment?" He asked. "Indeed. So, what is the reason you summoned me here?" Asura asked.

"To begin with, the students have a trip to the Forever Fall Forest scheduled two days from now. Normally this wouldn't be a serious issue but.. the safer part of the forest where they are to carry out their exercise is.. occupied." Ozpin explained. This left Asura to think that maybe the dark grimm creatures had swarmed the area. "Is it the grimm?" He questioned. Ozpin picked up a scroll from the nearby table. "Take a look for yourself." He said, handing the device to Asura. As Asura looked into the strange device, what he saw was not any type of Grimm, it was... Akuma. Akuma sat perfectly still with his legs crossed and eyes closed. He was clearly meditating for reasons that no one but himself and one other knew. "If the threat were the Grimm, we would have sent some Huntsmen and Huntresses to accompany them but this..." He gestured to the scroll "This is worse. Besides, the grimm population within 10 miles of his position is one." Ozpin further explained, with a little smirk at the last part.

Immediately, Asura understood the situation. He was generally meant to keep Akuma away from the students. "Very well. I shall escort them to the forest." The demigod finished. "If that is all, then I have a request." Asura spoke again. Ozpin thought it was odd for Asura to ask for one after all the privileges he rejected but still let him ask anyways "And what might this request be?". As Asura heard this, he stopped leaning against the wall and stood upright. He gestured round the place saying "Does this school have a library, perhaps?". An odd question but nothing wrong about it. "Beacon has the most extensive book collection in Vale. Why do you ask?" Ozpin said, still asking Asura what exactly he would need with books. The answer he got from Asura was "It is quite simple. I wish to learn your language." Ozpin turned around and walked back towards his seat. "Interesting. I'll have Glynda show you to the library." The headmaster said.

"Not now. Tomorrow is a better time" Asura requested, to which Ozpin agreed. "Oh, Asura. Would you mind changing your clothing?" Ozpin asked. Asura's current outfit would surely attract prying eyes wherever he went and that might compromise him and his identity. Asura in response, mumbled some curses before waving Ozpin off and replying "I'll do that... when the need arises."

"Thank you for your time." Ozpin concluded before Asura walked out of the office. He walked down the small hall into the elevator, where a certain group awaited him. He knew very well that they had been stalking him since the moment they started. The elevator ride back to the ground floor was a quick one. He emerged from the elevator but instead of his normal route, he decided to take a much longer one. After following the longer way for some time, he found himself right behind the point where the eight students were waiting for him. If it were anyone else, they would have been seriously injured, lost a limb, or worse but since it was the kids, a spook would do just fine.

"Okay, it's been almost 30 minutes. I'm going back." Yang said, full of annoyance since they had been waiting for just below 30 minutes for Asura to come back. She turned around and was about to leave.. "You guys, remember tell me what haa..." Her voice dimmed once she saw who was behind them. 'Why is it always me first?' The very person that they had been stalking, was now behind them.

"So.. who wants to explain why you were following me?" Asura asked from behind them in a low voice. They all jumped forward out of fright once they heard the voice of their stalked turned stalker. "Good afternoon, Asura" They all said in unison, wearing the most awkward smiles. Asura just shrugged but still maintained his intimidating glance. Like it was scripted, they pushed Ren forward with Phyrra gaining enough confidence to stand right beside him. "Tell him we just wanted to ask some questions.." Ruby whispered to Ren. "We just wanted to talk to you" Ren said to the demigod, his more stoic demeanour returning back to its original state.

There was a wave of silence, the students hoping that Asura would agree and Asura hoping that it wouldn't take too much time. Despite guarding them, he still had to prepare himself for his own battles, whether it may be against Akuma, Oni or Salem. "Then talk.." Asura said while audibly cracking his knuckles, his demeanor not displaying any form of friendliness (even though he was actually being friendly). "He said we can talk now" Phyrra translated this time which brought up the question "Wait, you can understand him?" Blake asked. The rest of them were surprised as well but managed to hold it in.

"Yeah, sometimes at least." The redhead answered. She had devoted some time to learning the ancient Mistrilian language since she was raised in Mistral. "Can you tell us what happened and why you fell from the sky, pretty please?" Ruby asked with a confused look first. "Also you spoke of a place called Gaea. I've never heard of such a place on Remnant." Weiss continued. "What's your semblance? Growing arms? The energy blasts? or are you really like.. super duper strong?" Nora asked with a lot of enthusiasm. "Guys! One at a time" It was Blake who stopped the continuous stream of questions.

Ren looked directly at Asura before conveying their questions "Ruby asks if you could tell us what happened before you came here. Weiss wishes to know more about Gaea and Nora asks of your semblance." Asura did not believe in miracles but the fact that Asura looked upwards for a little while, thinking of what to say. If he was to tell the whole truth, it would expose far too much, as well as cause confusion and fear. Plus, that would take a lot of time against his will. He turned to face Ren. "It would be convenient if you speak for me." He said, tasking Ren with translating his words to Ruby. Ren nodded before turning to face the others. Asura crossed his arms before turning his head back to the kids. He began his narration, with Ren translating while he spoke, "It all started four years ago. I was just finished with one battle and that was when I met him, I met Akuma. I still do not know why he did it, but he challenged me to a fight. Of course, I accepted and we began..." Asura explained the course of his battle with Akuma, leaving out a few parts like the part where they destroyed the moon or the part where the fight ever took place at the moon.

Vale- Vale Docks

The docks of Vale were filled with warehouses, many of which were used for storage purposes. The warehouse located directly at its heart served as a center of operations for one of Vale's most wanted criminal. Roman Torchwick stood at the center of the crate surrounded warehouse, holding a lit cigar in one hand and his signature cane in the other. Standing beside him was his most trusted companion, the multi-colored Neopolitan. Finally, behind them the two of Cinder's associates, Emerald Sustrai and Mercury Black. They were overseeing the activities of the White Fang members who arranged the several boxes of stolen dust. For those who don't know, Roman and Cinder had begun working with the White Fang; a faunus activist group turned hostile, not too long ago. While that was going on, the doors opened to reveal Cinder walking into the warehouse with an almost unrivaled form of confidence. She had just returned from her meeting with Salem.

"Roman, stop whatever you were doing. Roman did not take this request well" She calmly said. "Okay, I've put a lot of work into stealing every spec of dust in Vale and you tell me to stop?" He asked her angrily, smacking the bottom of his cane against the ground. "Yes. Exactly. We have more urgent issues to attend to" She replied. The venom in her voice was enough to keep Roman shut for the meantime.

"Excuse me, but what could be more important than what we're doing?" The green-haired associate of Cinder, Emerald asked. "A negotiation." Cinder replied before turning back to face Roman "Roman. These two.. " Cinder dropped her scroll on the table, which played a recorded `version of yesternight's news. It played for some time but Cinder paused it when the cameraman gave Akuma a close up shot. "Do you know where we can find him?" She asked, pointing at the scroll. Roman brought his hand up to his face to stroke his chin while he thought. "There were a few sightings of the white-haired one in Vale. Not long ago a woman said he helped her to stop a thief. This one on the other hand, has never been seen anywhere. So either he moved without being seen, which is near impossible.." "Or he never left the forest" Mercury completed Roman's deduction for him. Cinder began to think of what to do. The part of the forest where he went towards was just a little bit far from Beacon. If she was going to do this, she had to be silent, quick, and do it at the right time. She chose to wait till midnight before making her move.

"Emerald, Mercury, Roman. Round up some muscle and wait here till I give the call. We're leaving at midnight" She said before walking away from the rest. "I don't know about you guys, but he.. doesn't seem like a negotiable person" Roman voiced his opinion on the mission.

"For once, we agree on something" Emerald replied before walking in another direction from Cinder. "Just man up and we'll get it done" Mercury said before walking off to join Emerald.

Back at Beacon Academy

"Let me get this straight, he was fighting Akuma on Gaea when the both of them appeared here mysteriously, Gaea is basically just another planet and he has neither an aura nor a semblance?" Weiss asked, shocked at everything that Ren just translated to them. Ren simply replied with a "Yes". Then silence followed. They were trying to process everything that Asura had just told them.

"Wait a minute, if you have no aura or semblance then what powers you" Phyrra asked Asura directly in his own language . "Mantra. The spiritual energy of life. Basically our version of what you dub Aura" Asura replied. "Mantra. His spiritual energy powers him" Ren replied to the rest of the group.

"That's cool, and strange" Yang remarked. Asura waited for another question but that never came, so he turned around and started walking away. While he left, he gave a little wave "We shall meet later if fate allows" He said his goodbyes. "Wait, isn't the exit that way?" Nora asked, pointing in the direction of the main exit. Asura was walking in the opposite direction to the exit but this was intentional. He had to get to the cliff to prepare himself.

After some time, he had made it to the edge of Beacon cliff. The atmosphere was warm, relaxing and relatively silent which made it perfect for him to meditate. He sat on the ground with his legs crossed, putting the front of his palms on his thighs. Taking deep breath after deep breath, he closed his eyes, allowing him to slip into his state of a relaxed mind and spirit.

And... done. That's the end of that. Hope you enjoyed it. I really do. and as always, I accept constructive criticism. Oooh, a plan to recruit Akuma. This oughtta be good. Stay tuned for more and this is The Doc, signing out.

"My face hurts so much"

As I said, going offline.