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RWBY, JNPR, & HAIL
Chapter 13-Ruby vs. Cardin & Pyrrha vs. Harry, Round II!
Safe house somewhere in Vale
Cinder smiled as she opened up the feed to Harry's combat class. Leaning back in her chair beside Aegis's bed as he slept, Cinder decided to check up on what Harry was doing at the moment. She figured this would be a great way to pass the time as she waited for more instructions from her master…
"Alright, you cute little would-be Hunters and Huntresses!" a clear, bell-like voice startled the woman from her thoughts. "I don't care who you are, or where you came from! From here on out, however you were taught up to this point is wrong! And it's up to me to teach you how to fight the right way!"
Cinder stared wide eyed as a woman with silver eyes and a white cloak walked up onto the stage and say, "My name is Summer Rose, and for the next four years, I'm your new combat instructor, best friend, and of course…" She gave an unnerving smile. "Your worst fucking nightmare!"
'S-S-S-Summer?! NO! It can't be! She's dead!' Cinder panicked and scoured through several archives and videos Beacon stored to try and understand just what was going on at Beacon. She opened the video of Harry's initiation, something she had been meaning to view anyway, and saw him exit a hole with his new team (with Adam Taurus and two others she didn't know) and Summer in tow.
Then the Death Eater crawled out. Cinder was shocked. 'Little Summer Rose actually survived in the Death Eater tunnels?' She knew of the tunnels, of course. Her master had told her of them, and warned her never to attempt to draw out the Death Eaters inside. Her master had said Death Eaters cared little for anything that wasn't killing man and his creations and would never view anyone that wasn't a Grimm an ally.
Even the Maidens had stayed clear of these Grimm when they first obtained their powers.
And Cinder knew of Summer's fear rather well. She actually began chuckling in sheer amusement as she closed the video of Harry's initiation. 'Oh, Harry,' she thought, 'you never cease to amaze me. And now thanks to you, I have Summer to contend with. Annoying, but…' She zoomed the camera in on a black-red haired student with Summer's silver eyes. Cinder cursed herself for not seeing it earlier. 'Everyone has their weak point.'
Auditorium/Combat classroom; Beacon Academy
Summer smirked darkly as she scanned the room. First and second year students all crowded into the auditorium for their last class of the day. Her eyes found teams RWBY, JNPR, and HAIL; and she smirked at them. They were, currently, doing their best impression of a goldfish.
The looks on their faces were her new favorite memory.
"Rose?" a girl in the back questioned with a sneer. "No wonder that little girl got into Beacon. Her mommy's a fucking teacher."
The statement was heard throughout the auditorium, and Ruby winced at the mocking tone. However, she sat straighter in her seat, Harry's advice about letting idiots win ringing in her head. She would not let someone's petty words get to her.
Summer, however, had no restraints. She looked over at the girl in irritation. "Eh?" she ground out crossly. She vanished in a gust of wind, and reappeared next to the girl before slamming her boot into the girl's head. The next thing the student knew, her head was slamming into the metal box Summer had brought with her.
"Listen here, little girl," Summer hissed. "Firstly, I've been indisposed for close to ten years and had no part in Miss Rose's placement in Beacon. That stands between her, her father, and Headmaster Ozpin. Secondly, her being accepted into Beacon came BEFORE I was offered this teaching gig. Thirdly, your condescension of my daughter is not wanted, NOR is it needed."
She kicked the girl, and she flew into the far wall in front of her. "Now shut your mouth, or I'll sew it shut for ya," Summer said tetchily. The other students were shocked at the display of power Summer displayed. Many were staring at her and the student she kicked in muted shock.
"Did you see that?!" one student whispered loudly.
"She just vanished!" another whispered back.
"Wait! That can't be-! It's Summer Rose! The Summer Rose! The White Hurricane!"
"No way! You mean that Huntress that killed over a hundred Grimm in a matter of seconds?! THAT Summer Rose?!"
"Oh my, God! No wonder that Rose girl got into Beacon early! If she's anything like her mother, she must be a real monster in combat!"
Meanwhile, RWBY, JNPR, & HAIL were lost in their own thoughts:
'Whoa! Mom's really, really fast!' Ruby thought in amazement. 'I wanna race her! I wanna race her!'
'Holy shit! She left a fucking DENT in the wall!' Yang sweated. 'Now I know where I get my temper from, at least.'
'I didn't even see her move!' Blake thought, panicking. 'She was faster than Ruby! The fuck?!'
'So…This is the strength of an S-class Huntress!' Weiss thought, wide eyed. 'I…I have my work cut out for me. If THIS is the level I need to be!'
'As if she wasn't scary enough before!' Jaune raved in his head, sweat collecting on the back of his neck. 'I mean, Grimm damn! How am I supposed to survive whatever hellish training this woman can cook up after being hounded by Grimm for ten years?! I'll be lucky to even keep up with it AND keep up with my OWN training regimen!'
'I knew from the rumors she was one of the best Huntresses in the world, but this is just insane!' Pyrrha thought. 'I couldn't keep track of her! It was like she didn't even move at all!'
'Oh my, gosh! That was sooooooooo AWESOME!' Nora squealed mentally. 'I hope she teaches us how to do that!'
'…We're screwed,' was the only thought Ren could form. He knew very well when they were all in over their heads. And Summer was WAY over their heads.
'I…I…I…' Isabella couldn't even form words, she was so shocked.
'Whoa! Whoa! WHOA! I'm gonna learn from Summer-fucking-Rose?! AWESOME SAUCE!' Lily exclaimed mentally with a crazed smirk on her face. Lily, and many other young girls, were inspired to become Huntresses because of Summer Rose. She was practically bouncing up and down in anticipation.
'...Okay…Need to make sure I never piss this woman off,' Adam thought while shook in slight fear.
'If this is Summer while RECOVERING from ten years of malnourishment and insomnia, then a fully healthy and WELL-RESTED Summer must be a damn nightmare in a fight!' Harry observed fearfully, his eyes wide. 'Wait. Forget nightmare! She's a fucking night terror!' Harry understood his abilities well. He was Pyrrha's level in Aura combat, and, at minimum, Bellatrix Lestrange's level in Magical combat. Yet, Summer just demonstrated that she could kick his ass soundly no matter what style he would use, and she looked as if she wasn't even trying!
The student jumped up and glared at Summer. "Jesus, lady! You can't just kick me around like that!" she screamed angrily.
"You'll find that I can," Summer retorted. "This is a COMBAT school, miss. Designed for training WARRIORS. If I think it can help you become strong enough to survive the real world, then I have free reign to do whatever the hell I want."
While most students were staring at Summer in shock, one student was smirking at the Huntress. She was a second year student and had short dark-brown hair with one long strand on one side of her face that was dyed orange at the tip. Her dark brown eyes were not seen as she was wearing black, wire-rimmed aviator sunglasses. She wore the standard Beacon female uniform of a white dress shirt, black jacket with red trimmings, and red-colored plaid skirt with dark brown, high-heeled knee high boots and black leggings.
This was Beacon's fashionista and all 'round badass, Coco Adel. And she was one of the many young women that Summer Rose inspired to become a Huntress. Beside her, also wearing the standard Beacon ladies' uniform, was a brown haired beauty with a heart-shaped face the same age as Coco. Her large brown eyes shined with innocence and timid-ness, and had long brown rabbit ears on top of her head. This was Coco's partner and best friend, Velvet Scarlatina.
Coco chuckled. "I think I'm gonna like this year," she said, her smirk never leaving her face.
Velvet, on the other hand, was unsure. "S-She seems scary," she mumbled. Velvet wasn't a violent person; and judging from what Summer had said and what they had just saw, their new combat instructor seemed like a very violent person. She only became a Huntress because she sincerely wanted to help people, and because she couldn't, and wouldn't, let her best friend go hunting Grimm alone. Coco was strong, but Velvet would never let her go off to fight those monsters without backup.
"Oh, she doesn't seem that bad," Coco told her confidently. A little louder, she called out, "Excuse me, Professor Rose?"
Summer turned towards the voice and blinked. "Yes? May I help you, Miss…?"
"Adel, ma'am. Coco Adel, second year," Coco answered. "First off, I must say it is an honor to learn how to be a true Huntress from you, ma'am. You are the whole reason I dedicated my life to becoming a Huntress: you're fearless, strong-willed, independent…and looking drop dead gorgeous while accomplishing the impossible," she finished with a smirk.
Summer smiled at Coco. "Why thank you!" she beamed. "It's nice to be appreciated! Though, I'm sure how well I'll do as a teacher, honestly. I'm not really the teaching type."
Coco's smirk widened. "I'm sure you'll be a great teacher, ma'am," she reassured. "But I guess we'll see soon. But I'm getting off track. What I was wanting to know was…What's in the box?"
Summer blinked in confusion as she stared at Coco, then down to the box. She smiled widely and closed her eyes. "Oh! The box! I forgot about the box!" Then, as calmly as any lady could, violently kicked the box into the air screaming, "WAKE UP, TAI!"
The box soared through the air and hit the far wall, opening to deposit one Taiyang Xiao Long to the floor in an unceremonious manner. The box then fell on his head, making him cry out in pain. Students were staring at the scene wondering if they should be amused or scared. Yang and Ruby were in shock, however. What was their dad still doing at Beacon?! And what the hell was he doing stuffed into a metal box?!
Taiyang, meanwhile, was moaning pitifully. "Summmmeerrrrrrrrrrrr," he whined. "That hurrrrrrttttt!"
"Well, maybe if you woke up when I told you too, I wouldn't have had to put you in the box, Tai," she said remorselessly. "But now that you are, please be a dear and come up on stage. And oh, please bring my box. I love that box."
Taiyang grumbled as he picked himself up and grabbed the box. He walked up to the stage, and Coco had stars in her eyes. Well, you really couldn't tell because of her sunglasses, but those who knew her well could imagine.
"Um, Yatsu? Do you get the feeling that Coco's going to try that on us one day too?" a young male student with dark skin, messy copper hair, and white eyes asked his tall friend with lightly tanned skin, short-shaved black hair, and black eyes. Both males were wearing Beacon's standard male uniform consisting of a white shirt, black jacket with red trimmings, red tie, and black slacks.
These two were Fox Alistair and Yatsuhashi Daichi respectfully, the male members of second year team CVFY, and childhood friends of Coco and Velvet.
Yatsuhashi looked over at Coco and saw her give him and Fox a look and an evil smirk, the light in the room reflecting off her shades. He shuddered. "Yes I do," he said. "I think we'll need to wake up earlier if we want to avoid Coco from now on."
Taiyang finally got to the stage, still grumbling as he jumped on stage. Summer smiled sweetly at him. "Thank you, Tai!" she said just as sweetly as her smile was, taking the box from him.
"Of course, dear!" he said with a smile, despite his desire to sarcastically say "Yeah, Yeah." He had been married long enough to know that that response would get him launched back into the wall.
She nodded to him and addressed the crowd again. "This, dear children, is my lovely assistant that Headmaster Ozpin personally asked to help me teach you the ways of combat: my loving husband, Taiyang Xiao Long!" she introduced grandly and gestured to him. He simply smiled and waved and gave a large smile.
This had many of the students talking again. Ruby and Yang were shocked and kind of psyched to have their parents as their combat instructors, though Yang's reasons were different from Ruby's. She wanted a chance to vent some of her frustrations out on her stepmom.
"Right then!" Summer shouted, bringing everyone out of their thoughts. "Now that the introductions are out of the way, it's time for you cute would-be protectors of humanity to understand just how underprepared for the real world you truly are!" This enraged some of the students, who began to yell furiously at the woman. "And to prove my point, I need a volunteer to come here and fight me! If you think I'm wrong, well then…" She gave everyone another unnerving smile. "Come up here and prove it."
Her voice was soft towards the end, but everyone heard her loud and clear. Most of the guys immediately raised their hands, hoping to either prove Summer wrong…or just to have an excuse to try and touch her. And not in a respectful kind of way.
Summer looked around the room, examining each student, sizing up witch one she wanted to beat down and prove her point when she heard someone land on stage. She looked over and was shocked to see Yang standing there with a large grin on her face. She raised an eyebrow at the blonde Huntress-in-training and asked, "Miss Xiao Long? May I ask what you are doing?"
Yang smirked at her, and Summer was reminded of Yang's birth mother, Raven, for a moment. "Well, you said you wanted a volunteer, right?" she asked rhetorically. "Whelp, here I am, volunteering for your little demo! You're not gonna chicken out on me, are you?"
Despite herself, Summer couldn't help but smirk back. "Oh no! Not at all! I just never thought you little kiddies would take initiative and come outright and challenge me!" She continued to smirk at Yang as she glared at the blonde. "Alright, then, Miss Xiao Long, you wanna take me on, fine. Get to your locker and prep! You have four minutes. Don't be late."
Ministry of Magic; Veil of Death; Earth
It was their sin…To exist in such a nightmarish form.
For as long as they could remember, this was their life. This hellish existence. Their lives before were hazy at best. Not one could remember what the warmth of the sun felt like. What a cool ocean breeze smelt like. Or what even the warm embrace of a lover felt like.
But they could find out. Their prey could remember. They could feast on those memories and remember for a time, but in the end, it never satisfied. They had to continue to feast.
It was a never-ending, ever-vicious cycle.
Their frustrations, however, led to the discovery of their greatest weapon. A weapon even the arrogant wand-wavers feared. Even the ones whom dared call themselves Death Eaters feared it.
And the ones that didn't had already been close enough to their horrid presence to even care anymore.
They were content to stay where they were, feasting upon the happiness and long forgotten memories they yearned for when they felt it. They felt it in their bones.
The pathway was fixed.
The pathway that made them this way. The pathway that cursed them with this forsaken existence.
The pathway that the Enemies destroyed.
They glided towards the stone archway, the whisperings of their brothers and sisters telling them…urging them to return to them. To return to their home.
To their rightful place…as Nature's true wrath.
Auditorium; Beacon Academy; Vale; Remnant
Three minutes later, Yang was in her usual combat gear and standing in front of Summer, Ember Celica active and ready for a fight. Summer's stance was relaxed. She had her hands in her pockets and sent Yang a bored stare as Yang fell into her stance.
"This is gonna be great!" Yang proclaimed happily. 'This is just too perfect! Maybe I can punch some of this anger towards her away!' Yang thought. Yang wasn't the best at expressing her anger and frustrations out in words. It was why she liked hand-to-hand combat. Words were complicated; and when they failed, punching was usually the next best language that everyone understood.
And Yang Xiao Long was fluent in it.
"I concur," Summer agreed as she put one hand on her shoulder and started cracking her neck. "I've been dying to see your skills in action since your initiation. Not to mention I'm itching to find out what Tai's been teaching you. This is going to be fun!"
"You know," Yang cautioned. "You might want to get ready to fight back, Mom."
"Now why would I do that?" Summer asked, completely unconcerned.
Her lack of apprehension stumped Yang, who tilted her head. "Because if you don't, I might hurt you." Which at the moment, didn't bother Yang all that much. She just wanted to take her frustrations out on Summer.
"Is that all?" Summer scoffed. "Please, if you're anything like Tai, then fighting you will be like swatting flies. Tai is rather reckless with his fighting style, and I think it's safe to say you're the same way from what I've seen so far."
This upset Yang. If there was one thing she hated, it was being underestimated. She could understand Summer being a little cocky going into the bout, as she was an experienced Huntress that had survived ten years in her own personal hell, but to not even be considered a valid threat? That wounded Yang's pride as a Huntress in training. She growled lowly and tightened her stance, readying herself.
Down with the others, Ruby was shuffling in her seat, unsure on who to root for. Weiss and Blake looked at each other and nodded solemnly, knowing that this might not end well for Yang. It wasn't that they didn't trust Yang's abilities; it was that she was fighting Summer Rose of all people; a Huntress that was known as the best of the best.
They just hoped Summer would have pity on her daughter and not hurt her too badly.
Adam stared up at the stage with a frown. "While I don't want to count out Xiao Long just yet, I think it is very fool-hardy of her to take on a Huntress of Summer's caliber," he observed.
Lily nodded in agreement. "She's also letting Summer's taunts get to her," she said. "Summer is purposefully pissing her off, hoping she'll mess up."
Everyone else nodded to this. Harry, however, narrowed his eyes at Yang. There was something in her eyes that told him that she wasn't very clearheaded going into this fight anyway. Well, time would tell if he was right or not.
"Alright then!" Taiyang said as he moved between the two on stage. "You know the rules, so I won't repeat them! If you're knocked off the stage, knocked out, or your Aura falls into the red, you lose!" He looked over to Yang and asked, "You ready, Miss Xiao Long?"
"Yep!" Yang said as she glared at Summer.
Taiyang nodded and looked to Summer. "You ready, Summer?"
"Bring it," she said, a smirk gracing her face.
The patriarch of the Xiao Long-Rose family nodded. "Combatants set!" He raised his hand. "Fight!" he jumped off the stage, and Yang burst forward.
Yang punched, sending a Dust round hurtling towards Summer, who barely moved her head to the side, effortlessly dodging the projectile. Yang fired off more shots, but Summer dodged them just as easily.
Yang growled and closed the distance between them. She threw a punch at Summer's face, but the white cloaked Huntress tilted her head ever so slightly to the left, easily evading the hit. Yang threw three punches to Summer's sternum, but Summer leaned away from the hits. Yang swung at Summer's side, but Summer easily swatted her arm away. Yang tried a leg sweep, but before she could swing her leg, Summer's lashed out quickly, connecting with Yang's shoulder. The initial strike didn't hurt, but suddenly, she was thrown backwards, nearly falling off the stage.
"YANG!" her team shouted in concern. Yang pushed herself up on her hands and knees, groaning.
"I'm…I'm ok! I'm ok!" Yang assured everyone as she stood shakily.
"Yang! Watch your Aura!" Ruby shouted, and Yang frowned. What was she talking about? She looked up at screen, and her eyes widened. Half her Aura was used up! She looked to Summer in shock; Summer simply stood stoically, examining her nails.
"Yang! You need to be more careful!" Pyrrha advised.
"Don't be reckless!" Weiss added.
"She's not even trying," Ren stated bluntly, referring to Summer.
"And judging by that kick, I'd say she really doesn't have too," Jaune agreed with a grimace.
Yang continued to stare at the screen for a moment, still in shock. She growled loudly, and her eyes changed from their usual lilac color to a deep, vibrant red. Summer noticed this and stood up straight. "I'M NOT THAT FAR BEHIND YOU!" she proclaimed loudly and rushed her.
She punched furiously, trying to land a punch on the woman who raised her, but Summer dodged the attacks easily. Yang's punches grew more desperate as she continued missing, and she finally made a mistake. She overreached, and Summer appeared next to her. The experienced Huntress lightly hit the back of Yang's neck with a chop, sending her stumbling. She ten appeared in front of Yang and flicked her forehead.
It didn't hurt, but the shockwave sent Yang soaring into a wall. The blonde huntress in training groaned weakly as she slid down the wall. "YANG!" Ruby screamed and ran to her fallen sister's side. Weiss, Blake, JNPR, and HAIL not far behind her.
"Miss Xiao Long's Aura is in the red!" Taiyang said grimacing. "She is out of the match. Winner, Summer!"
"She was pretty good for a greenhorn," Summer admitted. "I'm tempted to say that if I was anyone else, she might've hit me."
"Yang?! Yang! Can you hear me?! Speak to me!" Ruby demanded comically as she shook her sister.
Weiss slapped Ruby upside the head. "Don't shake her, you dolt!" she shouted.
"Now that I've shown you what I'M capable of," Summer announced calmly. "It's time for me to see what YOU all are capable of. I'm going to pick two students randomly to come up here and spar. Through these, I will be able to tell just how skilled you all are." Summer opened her Scroll and cycled through the names. "And the light shines on…!"
The cycle ended, and Summer had to smirk. "Ruby Rose!" she called out, making the young Huntress in training look up.
"Huh?" she asked.
"And her opponent…" Summer cycled through the names again, and another name popped up. "Cardin Winchester!" Cardin smirked as Ruby paled, and the rest of her group glared. "Four minutes to prep! Get to it!"
?
The pathway was incomplete.
Even through their hazy memories, they knew where the pathway was supposed to drop them off. The pathway was deep within the confines of a large mountain range. Not some forest.
At least, according to their fractured memories.
Some of them began changing, as well. Plates of bone, veins of red appeared across the shriveled up husks that were their bodies. Their hunger also grew. Not for flesh, but for souls. Never before had they felt such a desire for human souls. But it was there. Growing. Burning.
It was odd because they didn't understand why. It was peculiar.
They intended to return to the pathway, to wait for their other brothers and sisters to pass through. But before they could go far, they sensed the presence of an Enemy. Not one of the Enemies that cursed them to live in this horrid state, but one more recent…One that impeded their goals before. One whose soul burned like the fires of Hell itself.
One with an abnormal scar upon his brow…
They glided towards the large building in the distance…where their prey would surely be. And with a veritable buffet of memories…and souls…awaited them…
Auditorium; Beacon Academy; Vale; Remnant
Ruby, in her casual outfit, was shifting nervously and sweating profusely as she stared at her opponent, her precious scythe Crescent Rose hugged to her chest. She didn't like being stared at by so many people. It was one thing, besides losing Crescent Rose, that proved time and time again to be her worst weakness.
'What do I do? What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?!' Ruby thought in panic. 'I can't fight like this! M-Maybe I could fake it? N-No! That won't work! P-Perhaps I should throw the match? B-But I don't to disappoint my Mom!'
Down with WBY, JNPR, and HAIL, Yang had woken up and was cheering her sister on. She was still quite miffed that she lost to Summer, but not so much that she wouldn't cheer on her sister. "Yeah! Go, Ruby! Kick his ass!" Yang shouted. "Show 'em what for!"
"Doesn't Ruby look a bit…skittish?" Weiss asked uncertainly.
"Yeah," Blake agreed. "It looks as if she's about to faint…"
Yang suddenly remembered. "Ah! Crap! I forgot Ruby's afraid of crowds!" she exclaimed.
"How can you forget something like that, you dumb blonde?!" Weiss demanded.
Isabella winced in sympathy. "This will prove to be a challenge for Ruby," she said. She remembered when she suffered from stage fright. It only went away when the person learned to blank out the world around them. And the method to do that was different for everyone.
Ruby would have to overcome this on her own.
Meanwhile, Summer was frowning. 'Of all the things she had to inherit from me…' she silently cursed herself. 'Come on, Ruby! I know you can get pass this!'
"HEY!" Cardin shouted at the panicking Ruby, who stiffened and began spouting random gibberish at him. "LISTEN UP, YOU LITTLE MISTAKE! I'M GONNA WIPE THE FLOOR WITH YOU! YOU GOT ME?!"
This had many of the students scowling at Cardin. While some did not like Ruby for being accepted into Beacon early, Cardin's attitude seemed more than a little uncalled for. Summer and Taiyang were growling silently at Cardin referring to their daughter as a mistake.
"KICK HIS ASS, RUBY! COME ON!" Yang hollered.
"You can do it!" Blake encouraged, waving her tiny "Team RWBY" flag.
"Break his legs!" Nora cheered, throwing her fists into the air.
"Try concentrating only on your opponent, not the crowd!" Pyrrha advised.
"You got this in the bag, Ruby! Knock this dipshit out!" Lily roared, a very vindictive, yet surprisingly encouraging, smirk crossing her face.
"Come on, Ruby! You're obviously better than this meathead!" Weiss said in her usual cold tone. "You're training to be a Huntress, are you not?! You are the leader of Team RWBY, right?!"
Upon hearing Weiss's statement, Ruby's face turned into a blank, wide-eyed and serious, mask. 'Good question.'
"Yo, Ruby," Harry called out, breaking her away from her thoughts. She turned to look at him, and saw him smiling at her. "Knock 'em dead."
That was it. No smirk. No outlandish encouragement. Just pure confidence in Ruby's abilities. Ruby felt her heart flutter as she stared down at him. She nodded once. "Right."
"Combatants ready?!" Taiyang announced loudly. Both Cardin and Ruby nodded. "Fight!"
(Play Red like Roses Part 1 for this scene)
Cardin charged Ruby, swinging his giant mace down at her. But Ruby quickly cartwheeled to the side, avoiding the strike. 'That's right,' she thought as she cartwheeled behind Cardin as he swung his mace at her. 'I could have just been a normal girl.'
She jumped up avoid his mace. 'But that isn't me. That's why…' Cardin swung his mace at her, but she deflected it with the heel of her scythe (the area of the scythe that was attached to the handle). 'I'm going to continue swinging Crescent Rose.' While Cardin was off-balanced, Ruby fired a Dust round behind her, making her beloved scythe spin around quickly, hitting Cardin in the back, bringing him into the air as well. He cried out in alarm and surprise as he was effortlessly launched into the air.
'That's why…' "Yo, Cardin!" Ruby called out, a cute, yet undeniable, badass smirk made its way to her lips. "Who's the mistake now?" She fired another round, while simultaneously unlocking the latch that kept Crescent's blade in position. The round went flying, and the crescent blade of Crescent Rose went from its usual position and to a position that made the giant scythe look like a giant sickle. Using the powerful recoil, Ruby swung Crescent Rose, sending Cardin flying off her scythe. He rolled across the powerful blade, his Aura the only thing keeping him from being sliced in two.
Ruby finished her swing and sent him flying towards the edge of the stage. Cardin tried to spin around enough to land on the stage, but he was too far gone. He fell off the stage, hitting his jaw on the edge of the stage. Ruby spun Crescent Rose around rapidly, bending over as she spun it around behind her, as she straightened up and positioned the massive scythe behind her, the blade in its original position and circling around to guard her feet as she held it (Think the position she was in at the end of the Red Trailer). The shells of the two rounds she fired landing in front of her, still smoking. 'I'm going to become a Huntress.'
(End Red like Roses Part 1)
"Cardin Winchester is out of the ring! And his Aura's in the red!" Taiyang shouted with a smirk. "Winner, Ruby Rose!" The students stared at the scene in awe. None of them expected Ruby to knock Cardin out with only one hit.
"Did you see that?!"
"Dude! She's fast! I couldn't even see her at one point!"
Holy cow! She just one-punched Winchester!"
See?! What did I tell you?! That girl's gonna be a pain in the ass to fight!"
"WHOOHOOOOO! YEAH! THAT'S IT, RUBY! 'ATTA GIRL!" Yang screamed obnoxiously as she waved her arms around like a mad woman.
"Hmph. That's better," Weiss whispered.
"Congratulations, Ruby!" Blake praised, waving her Team RWBY flag with a small smile.
"Way to go, Ruby!" Jaune congratulated.
The rest of Team JNPR was applauding her in their usual fanfare. Team HAIL was smirking at the prone figure that was Cardin Winchester.
"He's out like a light," Lily smirked evilly.
"Serves him right," Isabella said.
Adam just smirked.
Harry, however, grinned. "Stellar performance, Ruby," he said. Ruby heard all of her friends praises and blushed as she switched Crescent Rose into its compact form. However, she smiled brightly, feeling very good that she proved to the naysayers that she truly did belong at Beacon.
Summer walked up to her, a blank, cold expression on her face. Ruby stared at her confused and slightly scared until Summer's face morphed into a wide, extremely pleased grin. "Very well done, Miss Rose," she said.
Ruby blushed more while a happy and content smile slipped onto her face. "Thank you, M-…Professor Rose," she said gratefully and nodded happily.
Summer nodded. "Now can anyone tell me what Mr. Winchester did wrong?" she asked the class.
And Jaune could not stop himself. "He pissed off the wrong girl and got served?" he asked, causing many students to chuckle or outright laugh. Summer chuckled.
"Half credit, Mr. Arc," Summer said in amusement. "But other than that, Mr. Winchester went into the spar and underestimated his opponent. And that was a costly mistake." She lifted her Scroll and said, "In a fight, you never underestimate your opponent. Now onto our next spar…"
"Professor Rose! I'd like to challenge Harry Potter to a spar!" Pyrrha stood and demanded, startling those around her.
Summer looked up at her blankly. But she soon grinned widely and exclaimed, "Now that's what I like to see! Initiative!" She turned her gaze at a gapping Harry. "And if Mr. Potter is willing to accept your challenge, I'll allow it!"
Harry had been gaping at Pyrrha until Summer addressed him. He shook his head and smirked as he shrugged. "Why the heck not? I'm game."
Summer smirked wider. "Great! Now, Miss Rose, you are dismissed. Hit the showers; you earned it. And Cardie's teammates ("Cardin!") Whatever. Take your leader to the infirmary. Nikos! Potter! You got four minutes! Prep and get your asses back on stage!"
WBY, JNR, and AIL were waiting patiently for Ruby to return and Harry and Pyrrha's fight, feeling the hype building. Their first fight was amazing, and they were sure the next one would be just as good.
Yang saw something in her peripheral and looked over. She grinned widely. "Hey, Ruby!" she said, waving her hand.
Everyone looked over to see Ruby walking towards them…wearing her normal school uniform with her red cloak around her neck. Blake rolled her eyes at the young Huntress in training, while Weiss huffed in amusement. The members of team JNPR were just smiling.
"Emulating your mother, are we?" Lily asked, amused as the silvered eyed youth shook her head.
"It's…It's for me," she said. "To remind myself of why I'm here."
"Good for you," Isabella said, smiling.
"Yo. Potter and Nikos are coming," Adam said, making everyone turned to the stage.
Harry and Pyrrha stood in front of each other in their usual combat gear, Milό and Akoύo in Pyrrha's hands and a normal Zweihander type of sword in Harry's. It was a training sword he had forged for his own use until Prongs was complete.
"Now, I can get my revenge on you, Potter," she said, glaring at the Faunus.
Harry sighed. "Come on, Pyrrha! For the last time, I WASN'T trying to prank you in our last fight! If I was, I would have let you know it was a prank! Who told you I was trying to pran…" He stopped and glared at her. "It was Weiss, wasn't it?" At her confused nod, he turned and glared at Weiss. "We'll be talking later."
"It was worth it!" Weiss shouted as she pointed to the ceiling, freaking her team out.
Harry sighed and shook his head. "But if it makes you feel better, Pyrrha, I won't be experimenting for this fight," he told her as he fell into a stance. "My curiosity on the matter has been satisfied."
Pyrrha grinned, though she didn't lose her glare as she fell into her stance. "Fine by me."
"Alright! Combatants ready?!" Taiyang asked. Both nodded. "Fight!"
(Play Enemies by Shinedown)
The two charged each other. Pyrrha swung Milό horizontally at Harry, who casually fell to his knees and leaned back, sliding across the floor as Milό sailed over him. The wolf Faunus lashed out with his Zweihander at Pyrrha's side. She blocked it with Akoύo, but the strike was so strong, she was pushed away from Harry.
Harry jumped out and threw a roundhouse kick at Pyrrha. She blocked the kick with the flat of her blade. Harry pushed against the blade and picked himself up off the ground, sending another roundhouse kick to Pyrrha's unprotected stomach. She blocked with her shield, and Harry kicked off it and spun around to land on his feet.
Pyrrha rushed him with Milό stretched behind her as Akoύo was positioned in front of her. Harry charged forward and swung his sword at her shield. It connected with a loud *CLANG*, and Pyrrha swung Milό at Harry. He smirked and held out his hand, grabbing the blade effortlessly. Pyrrha cursed and shot to the ground and performed a leg sweep, forcing Harry to let go of her sword and jump away from her.
Pyrrha stood and charged him, Milό poised for a stab. Harry smirked and thrusted his sword forward, the two blades meeting tip to tip. A shower of sparks flew as the two struggled to gain an edge over the other. Both combatants were smirking at the other as they glared at each other. Harry was about to say something to Pyrrha when he noticed that he could she her breath. He exhaled slowly and saw his own breath.
(End Enemies by Shinedown)
Abruptly, he twisted his blade, and slapped Pyrrha's away, making her stumble. Harry started looking around alertly. Pyrrha looked up and glared at him, but she soon became concerned when she noticed his increasingly growing look of unease.
"Um…Harry?" she asked. "What's wrong?"
Everyone in the auditorium was wondering as well, but Harry paid them no attention. He continued looking around until he noticed one of the windows beginning to frost over. Quickly. His eyes widened, but before he could say anything, a loud feminine scream pierced the silence.
Harry bolted off stage and towards the door. Pyrrha as not far behind him, which led their respective teams and team RWBY to follow. Summer and Taiyang were also on their heel. Harry burst through the auditorium's doors; and all he saw were dark, tattered cloaks, and then, he heard it.
"No! Not Harry! Please! Kill me instead!"
"Step aside, you stupid girl!"
"No! Please! Just leave him alone!"
"Avada Kadavra!"
"Harry!"
"Dementors…" Harry whispered in absolute horror.
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