Chapter 7: chapter 7
Luffy was still gliding over the forest with a mile wide grin. When he started to slowly descend, he decided to use the brakes.
"Gomu Gomu no Fusen (Balloon)"
He inflates himself and lets the bigger surface area catch the wind to slow him down for a soft landing. Luffy blows out all of the air and then drops to the ground in a crouch, taking in the sight of Emerald Forest. The sightseeing stops as he heard some growling from the rustling bushes. Four Beowolves came out and lunged at him, making Luffy jump back and backpedaled from the onslaught. The attacks slow to a halt as Luffy gained a bit of distance from them.
Since Grimm lack a soul, they lack the presence of the usual living being. This hinders Observation Haki a little, as he can't sense where the Grimm are, but he can still gain the brief premonition of the attack through their killing intent.
So he's left with using mostly his instincts to dodge the attacks.
"Oi oi, I'm trying to find the secret thingy! Get out of my way."
Luffy told the Grimm with a tone of annoyance, not caring if they can understand him. He sighs to himself as he clenches onto his Soul Solid and walks towards them.
" Second Gear "
he pumps his legs for the speed boost needed for what he was going to do. A black glowing symbol was on his hand, now in the form of a treble clef note.
" Memory Bond: Musician "
he calls out the name of the bond chosen. Brook's main role was indeed a musician, but he was also a proficient swordsman. But since Luffy isn't only bones like him, he needed Second Gear to compensate for the lack of speed.
He disappears from sight, only to be seen walking past the four Beowolves as he is walking three meters away from them with Soul Solid drawn.
" Yahazu Giri ( Three Verse Humming: Arrow Notch Slash ) .... Hanauta Sancho "
he chants as he slowly sheathes the cane sword.
At the moment of the 'click' of his sheathe, Second Gear and his semblance disengaged, while the Grimm simultaneously got cut down by what looks like an unknown force. As the dead Grimm dissipate, Luffy tilts his head in thought.
"Yosh, now if I were a secret thingy, where would I be?"
Luffy contemplated in deep thought. A proverbial light bulb lit up as he put his fist down on his palm in realization.
"That's it! I just need to find some secret ruins or a cave. Shishishi.
Luffy said as he came up with a bright idea. He picked a random direction and sprinted in said direction.
Even with Nami's bond, it wasn't going to do him good if he's searching for a secret location. In the middle of running, another pack of Beowolves got in his path. Luffy just cocks his arms back, ready for an attack. The Grimm just took notice of him, but were too late to do anything as he quickly closed the distance.
"Gomu Gomu no Gatling"
He throws his arms at a pace that makes it look like he has multiple arms. The creatures were ambushed by a flurry of fists as they were pummeled to the ground. His arms retract into place as he proceeded with his exploration.
After a few minutes of running aimlessly and beating down a few more Grimm, some being Ursa or Boarbatusks, Luffy comes across a clearing with a large expansive tree in the middle. Below the tree's wide umbrella of leaves and branches, there lies a pedestal with a black king chess piece standing on it. Luffy walks over to it with no sense of danger and picks up the piece to inspect it.
"Huh... is this the secret thingy Ozzy talked about? Doesn't look like treasure to me, and I'm not in a cave."
Luffy stated passively after seeing nothing special about it. He shrugs his shoulders and puts the chess piece into his pocket then turns to leave.
Before he could leave the clearing, a loud roar resounded through the area. Luffy enters a fighting stance and looks around for the source of the hostile roar. A black figure jumps out of hiding and tries to land on top of Luffy, but the straw hat boy leaped out of the way. He tries to get a good look at it, but upon seeing it, his eyes turned to stars in wonder.
"AWESOME! I never seen a Grimm like that before! Wait till Ruby sees this!"
Luffy exclaimed in excitement.
He could imagine Ruby saying something along the lines of 'Oooo a new Grimm, lets kill it!'
seeing as she is a bit kill happy towards the creatures of darkness
The black beast before him looked akin to a gorilla with its bulky arms and upper body. It stands at about four meters tall and has bone white armor covering the upper body, enveloped his forearm and knuckles like a pair of gauntlets, and also covers his legs. It also has tusks for teeth protruding from the bottom lip and a mask of the same bone armor. The bone armor itself has strange red markings all over that give off a dim glow.
Luffy decides to make the first move by charging at him with both arms stretched back.
" Gomu Gomu no Bazooka "
he shouts as he launches a double palm strike at the gorilla Grimm.
To his surprise though, it crossed its arms in an X to block the blow, not even budging. He never ran into any Grimm that had the basic intellect to block. Evasion was one thing, but blocking?
All they tend to do is rush in blindly and hope that they kill their prey.
"This gorilla must be really old. I remember dad telling me that they are better at fighting when they get older. This is going to be a tough fight."
Luffy said with narrowed eyes, piecing together what he learned from Qrow.
His eyes widen in shock when he sees the gorilla enter its own fighting stance. It seems to have developed a rudimentary fighting form along with a bit of patience.
"Busoshoku: Koka"
Luffy's arms get coated in armament as he enters a fighting stance in preparation of the challenge before him.
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Ozpin and Glynda are at the top of the cliffs watching the video feed of the initiation.
Currently they see a tired looking Ruby and Weiss walking around the place trying to discern the right direction. From the looks of it, Ruby had a plan, but she wanted Weiss to admit that they're lost so she can rely on the help of her teammate.
Yang had teamed up with Blake after a brief encounter with a couple of Ursai and are now on a trek to the temple.
Jaune and Pyrrha have reached the entrance of a cave debating if they should enter it or not.
Ren and Nora had just defeated a snake with a head on each end of the body called a King Taijitu before meeting eye contact, only for the bubbly girl to hitch a ride on an Ursa and drag Ren along.
Ren is a quiet young man standing at a 5'9" with black hair with a ponytail that has a magenta streak to match his eyes. His clothes seem to be influenced by Chinese culture with the dark green tail coat with black and gold trimmings and pink cuffs over a black long sleeved shirt resembling a lotus flower, light tan pants, and black shoes.
Nora is at a height of 5'1" with short orange hair and turquoise eyes. The attire she wears is a bit of a mix and match with her collared black vest over two layers of red and light blue clothing, a white sleeveless top with a tiny heart between the cleavage and collarbone, detached sleeves on her arms the same color as the top with pink fingerless gloves, a pink skirt, and pink and white shoes with pink laces. She also seems to have a bit of armor from the shoulder to waist.
The two professors switched over to the camera showing Luffy pitted against a giant gorilla. The sight of the location forced a chuckle from Ozpin, causing Glynda to quirk a brow at him.
"It appears that Luffy found the special relic already. It could have been luck or he just knew where to start looking. I'm going to lean on the former of the two."
Ozpin said in slight amusement.
Only Luffy could bring that kind of fortune, or misfortune in the case of the Grimm, everywhere he went. Glynda just turns back to the screen with a look of concern.
"That may be so Ozpin, but it's worrisome that he riled up a Berserker Kong in the process. How is there even one in Emerald Forest?"
Glynda asked mostly to herself.
The faculty tend to handle regulating what species of Grimm are in the forest to ensure a challenging environment to hone your skills, and at the same time make sure of no lethal accidents.
Although... it is to the students own peril if they decide to train in the forest instead of an arena on campus.
Ozpin takes a sip from his coffee as he continues to watch the students travel around the forest, but is very interested in how Luffy handles the Berserker Kong, or B.K for short.
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