Chapter 6: Semester Two

It only took a week before the first season to work out and the school's semester break. I enjoyed my snack of a chocolate bar while sitting next to Nora in the cafeteria. It was only me and Team JNPR minus Jaune for whatever reason, as we sat in a small wooden table for four.

"Alex, that was awesome last period!" Nora yelled out throughout Beacon's main hall.

"It was just a duel." I defended myself.

Throughout the week from the duel with Weiss, Nora made sure she told everyone in the school about me, and the school just loved fighting someone who is so called Immortal.

I sighed softly remembering the day after the first duel.

It was a simple day at Beacon. I was getting breakfast with everyone else and went to sit down at the table we were sitting at. I made it half way until someone cut me off and stood in front of me.

"Well well well, Look what we have here the so called Immortal of Beacon." Cardin Winchester towered above me happily laughing to himself.

"Lets try that theory then shall we?"

Within a few milliseconds from that a large fist flew at me catching me right in the face. I moved my head slightly to the right before sighing.

"That's it?"

I seriously didn't mean to taunt him. It was just when he hit me, there was no pain just a slight force pushing my head to the right.

"You little brat!"

Yet again another fist hit me again meeting the same fate. I readjusted my face back at him. With a cocky smile on face and a annoyed one on me another fist swung.

"Just hit him already!" Nora yelled out impatiently as a group of people behind me began to cheer.

Abiding to the crowd, I tighten my left fist and swung. A stopping force met my fist after the swing. The feeling of breaking a wall rewarded my efforts.

With a huff, Cardin stepped back after the hit, only angering him more. He ran towards me, his fist ready to launch right behind me. He swung again, hitting me and created another force of wind hitting me, this time actually making me step back.

Taking my turn, I swung with my right, which he blocked, then my left and a side kick. The large teen evaded the left punch but wasn't expecting a kick behind his knee, making him kneel down.

As the older man took his time getting up, I swung again, and again, and again until my opponent was on the floor with blood gushing from his nose. With a howl of pain and a growl he got back up and rushed out of the lunch, signalling his teammates to run with him.

"ALEX!"

"Wh-what?" I asked shaking my head out of the past.

Nora was guiding my vision behind with her hands, meaning that everyone else tried to get my attention at the lunch table. I took the bite and turned around to see a tall man in front of me.

"You seem to be in deep thought Alex, care to explain?" His deep voice fit the guy's clothing of a neck to feet black robes.

Speaking of feet, this guy didn't have any shoes on making the statement that he wasn't from Beacon confirmed.

"You are to come with me." He stated as I looked towards his face.

As I looked into his eyes I noticed his iris wasn't normal. Instead it was a odd blue mixed in with a light purple to make lillie like eye that almost hid behind his long black hair.

"Follow child." He said again turning my back to me.

Curious of the intent he planned, I got out of my seat and began to follow. The crowds of the cafeteria cleared away from the site of him walking towards them.

We entered the hallway in silence. The man in front of me lead me without saying a word.

"Who are you?" I asked softly.

He gave no response as we into a small elevator. He pressed a button leading to Ozpin's office and returned to his original state. After a short pause and a slight feeling of getting moved, the door opened again to see Ozpin awaiting us in his chair.

"I have found him." The mysterious man said walking towards Ozpin.

"Good." Was the only response he said while turning his intention onto me.

"Alex, it's been awhile since I had to deal with you." Ozpin said taking a sip out of his mug.

"Although, every time I do I always end up doing something strange or even random."

"Well you know might as well make an impact while you're here."

Ozpin grunted in agreement before finally placing down the mug on his desk, "Do you have any idea on why I asked our guest to bring you here?" He asked leaving me in thought.

"No not really, other then everyone trying to fight me all the time."

He only placed his hands on the same desk and leaned forward, "That is only a very small portion of it."

"What do you mean?" My confusion was his delight as he brought out his scroll.

"Do you remember the day You arrived?"

"The same day I got hit over the head yes."

He flipped over the scroll so I could see what he was doing. A large picture of pure black tentacles ripped through the rocks of an abyss.

"I think we found what brought you here."

"What is it?" I asked even more intrigued.

"Ancient." The third member replied before taking the scroll and closing it.

"We know it is a ancient Grimm. A creature so old that it is believed to live longer than humanity itself."

He placed the scroll in his gaps between his hand and his loose robe before continuing.

"If something like that existed we do not know what kind of powers it holds. But we know one trick it can do."

"What is that?

Without a response a fist flew out of the blue and planted itself on me. I tumbled backwards a few feet before recuperating.

"The creature placed some kind of Aura around you, meaning that you have some importance to it."

"And that is why you're going with him to dispose of it."

"I'm sorry what?"

"You and your new teacher are going out to kill the monster."

"You want me and this stranger t-"

"Teacher."

"You want me and my teacher to go out and kill an ancient Grimm!?"

"I can see your point but I believe that you both can finish it off. It may take a few days, and it may take a lot of training, but I never said joining Beacon without proper training wouldn't come with a cost."

"But-"

"Come with me." The teacher instructed as he walked back into the elevator.

Sighing I followed the man inside. He clicked the button as soon as I entered, creating an awkward silence. The very thought of trusting a stranger was a bit unusual especially when Ozpin orders it.

The small room opened up again showing the white halls of Beacon. The man walked out and continued to move as I followed him undermining every stranger danger tactics in my mind.

It took forty minutes of sheer walking and silence until we reached our destination. The ground paved in cement as the sounds of Bullheads zoomed overcame us, filling my nose with a burning oil like smell.

He stepped through a large fenced gate in which I followed. His gaze was fixed on a ship I never seen before.

A rectangle like shape ship with vertical two pairs of top wings that slashed downwards. The head was a cone attached to the front with a sheer glass window taking the entire section showing off the cockpit perfectly. The ship itself could fit about twenty people comfortably leading me to believe it was a transport ship.

He walked in between the ship's wings space in between each pair and gripped onto a small indent on the plane. With a single movement, a large space appeared before me as the secret door folded upwards.

I stepped into the ship soon after he did. He closed the door creating a small bang.

The room had seats lined around the edge as a door was placed to the right of the room. I took a spot on the seats as the man opened the door and nodded to a man in a black and blue robe much similar to my so called teacher's.

"Do you know anything else about the creature?" He asked in a calm voice as he took a chair in front of me.

It didn't take a genius to figure out what creature he was referring to.

"He seems to be smarter than people."

"So he's sentein?"

"Yes, he also likes to play games with me."

"So you talked to him more than once?" He asked making me rethink this.

If I just flat out tell him he'll either think I'm crazy or just get rid of me claiming that I was a grimm.

"I'm your Teacher Alex, not a murderer."

"What?" I asked shocked in what he was saying.

"I'm not going to get rid of you because of the information you give me so just tell me what it is."

"First tell me how you're doing that!" He seemed to laugh at the question.

He looked up at me kneeling in closer, "You see these?" He asked pointing at his mixed color eyes that still fought with each other.

"Yeah what about them?"

"I see. You're not from here." He stated returning to his calm demeanor.

"What are you saying?"

"I am Next, family of none but wielder of the Forbidden eyes."

"Forbidden eyes?" I asked confusedly, making the polit laugh.

"These eyes are not like others. These eyes perceive Aura not from ourselves like most but from the earth herself. Animals, Plants, Humans all posses Aura in which each use to survive. Animals and Plants are not intelligent as we are and so only use the senses part of Aura but not the semblance part."

"Alright, what so great about that?"

"When people use Aura, they manifest, improve and wield their aura in battle or in fights. Naturally, humans can only be built for certain things and others vice versa."

"I'm not following anymore."

"Plants. They produce for the world and energy for all those eat it."

"Okay I got that."

"Naturally Plants will then produce or manifest more than anything else then."

"Oh." I said in agreeance.

"Animals and Humans were once the same in strength long ago. Long before cities were built, People had to use their aura not for fancy tricks or fast upgrades but for improving themselves."

"So when Humanity gained more control over the semblance part, they lost their physical part of them?"

He nodded in assurance before continuing.

"My eyes allow me to use the Plant's generation speeds, increasing charge rates far better than any other. My eyes allow me to improve my body in all senses just like a Faunus but still let me use my semblance."

"That's a little over powered." I sighed trying to processes everything. As I thought through the information I said something that made another wave of Info form from his mouth, "So what's your semblance then?"

Next only leaned back in his chair. He looked as though I hit him in the head with a brick.

"What is a semblance?"

The question Puzzled me.

"I'm sorry what?"

"A semblance is something everyone has to make them unique correct?"

"Yeah."

"Wrong."

I looked at him with a confused look on my face. To his amusement he crossed his knee over another and began another lecture.

"Semblances are unlocked and used using a certain amount of aura. But once you reach a certain amount of aura, it divides itself into two or more semblances depending on your aura. The only reason why everyone else can only have one semblance is simply because their bodies are too weak to handle it themselves, while I have a earth to handle it for me."

"So what you are saying is that your way to overpowered and need to be nerfed badly?"

The ship landed, causing the room to return to silence. Next arose from his seat and opened the door.

A large forest greeted us. The scent of pines, flowers and danger roamed. Next began walking away from the ship, waving his hand to follow him. Abiding him, I took a step off the ship and followed into the woods just waiting for us to die.

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