The forest was silent.

Incredibly so. There were no birds chirping. there were no animals scurrying about. The whispering of the wind wasn't even there.

It was dead silent.

At the temple all the students stood on guard, they had followed Jaune's instructions formation.

There were handful Czech hedgehogs scattered through out the clearing, all made of stone. Along with many students who all stood armed with their weapons, each unnerved by the unnatural silence.

There were an assorted amount gunmen in the back, those with rifles, machine guns, and had the skills to fight from a distance. In front, were those who bore melee weapons, ranging from swords, to maces to daggers, katanas, shields etc. And in between the two were support, those who could fight, but also aid others in battles.

They were all in a semicircle around the temple, hoping that Jaune's strategy would save them. But something deep down told them that not all of them would survive.

Jaune stood at the front of the formation, his sword out and his shield ready. He had seen the green boy, Ren he learned, went with that bubbly red head. The black bowed girl she was with, he hadn't seen as of yet. He had lost Pyrrha somewhere during the commotion, but he knew she'd be okay on her own.

Jaune took a breath, trying to calm his nerves. Several hundred Grimm were going to charge their way here, and they would have to fight for their lives until the bullheads reached them.

"Okay, okay, everything's gonna be alright. I signed up for this, I made my choice." Jaune gripped his sword, as he bore a look of determination. He clutched a small remote device in his other hand, a red button on the top.

Suddenly a deafening roar was heard deep in the forest.

"ALRIGHT EVERYONE GET READY!!!" Jaune screamed out as he prepared himself.

"MAKE WAY!!!" a voice shouted out, two figures ran out of the forest.

"Wait?! There's still someone out there-, RUBY?!?" Jaune's eyes popped out as he watched Ruby and Yang burst from the forest. And not a moment later several Grimm began charging after them.

"Now! Do it now!" a guy shouted.

"No, wait! Someone's still out there!" Jaune turned two the two huntresses running across the clearing.

"We'll all die if we don't do it now!" the boy shouted, fear evident in his voice.

"There are people out there! We can't- Wait don't do it!" the boy swiped the remote out of Jaune's hand and pressed the button.

BOOM!

Several chunks of ground flew high into the air as mines began denoating throughout the field. The ground shook as Grimm were caught in the explosions, limbs and corpses flew across the sky as the two sisters did their best to avoid the explosives.

"WHY THE HELL ARE THERE MINES?!?" Yang shouted as she ducked under a chunk of ground.

"I DON"T FUCKING KNOW!!!" Ruby screamed back as she leaped over a Grimm's corpse. "JUST KEEP RUNNING!!!"

Mines continued to exploded, the death cries of the Grimm drowned out by the booms. But the Grimm continued to charged forward, their brethren deaths never discouraging them. It only served to agitate them further as they trampled over their corpses.

Soon the two sisters had finally made it across the field, the two were sweaty and panting. Yang leaning on her sword and Ruby stumbled over to Jaune.

"Ruby! Are you okay?!" Jaune ran over to the red head, only to get a slap on the face.

"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!" Ruby shrieked as she took a breath.

"Look, I'm sorry. I didn't expect you to charging in like that, if I known I would have done something else and..." Jaune rambled off, trying to apologize to the young girl.

"Who detonated the bombs?" Ruby asked as she scanned the crowd wiyth a glare. Everyone cliches as their eyes met with her silver orbs. Everyone then pointed to the boy who held the detonator.

"I saved all your lives!" he shouted out, shocked at the betrayal.

Ruby walked up to him and, without warning, knee'd him in the crotch. The boy dropped to the ground as he held his crotch in pain. Everyone around them winced. as they watched the boy writhe on the ground.

"Don't worry, I'd do the same," Ruby searched the boy and took out a box of ammunition. "Hm, 50. cal, huh? Now why would you have this? Seems a little too strong for you." she used the box to load her assault rifle.

"I was holding it for a friend." the boy groaned out as he stood up. "Have you seen her? She had red hair like you and-, Where'd you get that assault rifle?!"

Ruby paused at the boy's reaction. He must have known the girl Pyrrha killed. Ruby turned to the boy, put a hand on his shoulder, and put on a sympathetic face she could muster.

"I'm sorry." she said. "When I found her, she was already dead." To everyone Ruby was sincere and empathetic, they all lost someone. But on the inside she could have cared less about the boy's feelings.

The boy stood shocked as he tried to process the information, but Ruby didn't stick around for his pity party as she walked to the head of the formation.

She stared out into the settling smoke and could see several shadows moving forward.

It seems that the mines had killed most of the Grimm, but the hoard was still approaching.

"ALRIGHT EVERYONE, LISTEN UP!!!" she shouted, she walked up to Jaune and, ignoring his complaints, she hopped onto his shoulders.

"The Grimm are coming! And the Bullheads have yet to arrive!" Everyone looked at the hooded girl. "But we are huntsmen! We all signed up for this! Whether you joined for fame and glory or you joined to fight for the innocent, it doesn't matter! We have to put aside our differences so that we can all make it out of this!"

"I won't lie, some of you won't make it, some of you will get hurt. But if we don't fight with your damned hardest, we're all going to die!" she takes a breath. "We'll all have something to fight for, and some of us may have lost something already, but that doesn't mean we can't keep fighting!

"These Grimm are our enemy! They have taken and taken and taken from us! But no more! We will fight till the ends of days! We will fight until we have pushed the forces of darkness back into the holes that they have crawled out of!"

"Tighten up, numb your senses! No fairness is needed for Pygs! We'll lubricant our blades with our blood and tears if it means taking back what is rightfully ours!!!"

The huntsmen all cheer in excitement. The small speech pepping them up. Ruby steps off of Jaune, the blond's shoulders aching a bit.

"Wow, Ruby! That was a great speech!" He complimented.

Ruby turns to the blond, giving him a grimace. "Shut the fuck up, Jaune." She sneered, shocking the blond. "I don't give a damn about them. It's just that if they believe that they will survive, they'll fight harder. Better than have them dead inside already before the Grimm even kill them."

Jaune just stares in shock at his friend's thought process.

Ruby sighed, before holding her head. "I'm sorry. It's just my head hurts and I think a migraine setting in." She puts a hand on his shoulder. "You know I'm not like that."

Another roar echoed throughout the forest, this time closer. Several Grimm break through the tree line, their markings glowing red in fury.

"ATTACK!" Ruby declared as the gunmen all began firing.

Bullets tore through the dark forces as everyone watched. Black blood and gore spills out like a flood, as the cries of Grimm are drowned out by the deafening sounds of gunfire.

But the Grimm were beginning to cover the ground. Slowly, but surely, they began made their way through the hellfire and to the frontlines.

"Move!" A voice shouted.

Shoving through the crowd, Pyrrha stormed to the front of the crowd. On her back and hands she held the mini gun Vulcan had.

She pulled the trigger and the barrel began spinning. Speeding bullets shot out of the weapon, as shells were shat out like corn bits.

The rounds all torn through the Grimm like butter, their bodies falling.

Pyrrha screamed out as she mowed down the passing Grimm, their bodies piling up. The barrel of the gun glowed hot with heat, but Pyrrha continued to fire. A gauge on the pack of the gun beeped as the gun overheated, but Pyrrha ignored the warning as she continued to fire, the heat burning her hands.

Suddenly the weapon abruptly stopped, the pack empty of bullets. Pyrrha then grabbed a lever and pulled it. The barrels all shifted and folded into themselves. The heat was sucked into a single point as Pyrrha slammed in a Dust cartridge.

The Grimm continued forward, when suddenly a searing beam of plasma cut through their forces. The heat was so incredibly hot, that it burned the trees in the distance.

Pyrrha aimed the cannon, focusing her aim on the bigger and older Grimm. A bright glow illuminating her face.

Soon her beam ended as the pack let out hot jets of steam. Pyrrha took the pack off, the heat growing unbearable as she dropped the back. The heat burned the grass and dirt the weapon stood on, the heat extending outwards.

Despite all the fire and bullets, Grimm still charged forward and soon they bypassed the field of gun fire.

"HERE THEY COME!"

A Grimm, a Boarbatusk, charged forward and span at one of the students, but was smashed away by a mace.

Another Grimm forward and it was impaled through the stomach.

The Grimm charged through slowly, but soon more and more Grimm came forward.

"Cease fire!" Jaune shouted. The gunmen stopped their firing and Jaune raised his sword. The students all let out a collective war cry as they all charged forward, meeting the Grimm in the center.

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The two forces clashed against one another, the huntsmen gaining the upper hand.

Black blood spilled out as the sounds of blades, guns, and weapons sang like music. The Grimm faded away like ash, providing ground for the huntsmen as they held their ground against the undying forces of darkness.

"YAH!" Jaune shouted as he deflected a Beowolf's claw. He thrusts his sword forward and impaled the Grimm, killing it. But when he pulled out, the Grimm's corpse simply dropped, its body fading very slowly.

"What the-?" a Beowolf lunged at the boy from behind, but was shot down. Jaune looked behind him to see Ruby expertly firing down Grimm with an assault rifle. She doesn't waste a shot as each bullet tears through the Grimm's heads or anywhere critical enough to kill them.

"Don't lose your head." she smiles sweetly at the blonde, before moving on. Jaune focuses on the girl, before turning his attention on the corpse. The further Ruby goes, the faster the Grimm fades and soon its gone completely.

'That's weird-' A growl brings him out of his thoughts as he blocks an Ursa minor's paw. 'Crap! Gotta focus!'

Ruby leaps high above the heads of the battlefield, she pulls out her wooden sword and impales a Grimm, her brand glowing in pain.

She flips off the monster, before firing a shot at another Grimm. She slashes down a Grimm and blocks a feather. No time to specify them just kill them all.

She growls as she whips out her wires and bisects a Grimm. She recalls them and fires another volley of bullets at an Ursa. She slides under it feet and leaps over another beowolf.

She sashes at the Grimm decapitating it, before landing next to someone.

"Ruby?!"

"Pyrrha?!"

The spartans grins at the arrvival of her friend, before she blocks a Boarbatusk's charge.

"Are you okay?!" she fires a shot in the eye and through the brain.

"I'm fine, a bit tired but it's nothing I haven't delt with." Ruby ducks under a swipe before shooting up and impaling a Beowolf through the head.

"I'm glad!" the spartan grunts as she shoves away a Grimm. She sees an Ursa Major charging towards the two. "Ruby! Victory Rose!"

With out another word Ruby backflipps behind Pyrrha before landing on the spartan's shield. Pyrrha grunts as she holds her place as Ruby launches off the shield.

Ruby shoots through the air like a spinning bullet, rose petals in her wake. She summons her wires and anything that's caught in her path is sliced to bits as she meet the Ursa.

Ruby spins faster as she digs through the Ursa's stomach as shoots out the other end.

Black gore and blood spills out as she lunges out, her wires surrounding her.

She lands into a roll, and a Grimm lunges at her but its cut down by a massive sword.

"You okay?!" Yang shouts as Ruby raises her assault rifle at her. "No- wait!"

Bang!

The bullet whizzes by yang's head and blasts off a Grimm's skull behind her.

"Watch yourself." Ruby states before she shoots off with her semblance.

"Tch." Yang growls as she swings her blade around catching several Grimm. Her blade cuts through them all, black blood spilling out like a geysers. She raises Dragkov to block a Beowolf's claw, before thrusting her fist forward.

Ember Celica blasts its head off, before she shoves off the body. Yang raises her arms to block an Ursa minor, but its body shakes as its back is peppered with icicles.

"Need a hand?" Weiss smirks as she slashes down a Prince Taijitsu. "Ugh, damn snakes!"

"Weissy!" Yang grins as she slashes down a bigger Prince. The two see a Grimm behind each other, and without a word, attack.

Yang swings Dragkov, the massive blade gutting the Ursa. Weiss ducked under the blade and skids around the blonde before thrusting up. Her rapier impaling a Beowolf in the head.

Weiss leaps over the corpse and summons a glyph below her feet. The lands on the glyph and her momentum pushes it down, crushing a beowolf.

She huffs, before getting into stance and thrusting forward.

Blake fires a shot from Gambol Shroud, the recoil flinging it behind her. The combat scythe stabs into a Grimm behind her. She yanks it forward and whips it around using the blade to cut apart the Grimm.

An Ursa charged forward and she dashed away with her semblance, her clone crushed. She fires more shots at the Grimm, but the bullets bounce off it armor.

"Nora!" She shouts as a boom is heard.

"Tally ho!" The red head shouts as she comes in from above. She feels back her hammer before slamming it down, the Grimm's skull crushed.

She fires a grenade from her hammer and sends herself off. She flys through the air, before transforming Magnhild into a grenade launcher.

She lands in another Grimm before firing shots around her, careful for friendly fire.

The Grimm she's on roars our, before it's slashed down. Ren sheathes Yang into his scabbard, before deflecting another attack with Yin.

He huffs before Nora jumps in and smashes away the Grimm.

"Ren!" She cheers as she leaps into him. She wraps her arms around the boy, snuggling into his shoulder.

"Nora." He smiles, hugging back. He rubs her head, before feeling something.

"Are you... sniffing me?" Nora jumps off the boy.

"What? Don't be silly! I'm just a bit tired because this giant bear was chasing me!" Nora smiles at the boy, her mind replaying his scent.

"I see." Ren decided not to delve further into the topic.

"Oh! I met this ninja girl like you and she's my partner, but don't worry I'm sure we'll be on the same team somehow!" Nora grinned she reeled back her hammer, preparing to swing.

Ren ducked below the swimg knowing Nora attacked a Grimm behind him.

"Heads up!" Nora shouted as the Boarbatusk she sent flying soared through the sky.

Pyrrha rolled to the side avoiding the Grimm, she raised her javelin and pierced the Grimm, ending its squealing. She yanked out Milo and transformed it into its rifle form. She fired at Grimm that tried to attack Jaune from behind, her shots with perfect accuracy.

Jaune flinched when a Grimm died behind him, its blood staining his clothes before fading away. He raised his shield blocking an attack and parried it to the side. He swung his sword, the blade cutting through dark flesh.

He took a moment to breath, taking the chance to survey his surroundings. People were fighting the monsters, all aiding each other in someway. The Grimm's bodies faded away, but he noticed that some of them faded more slowly than the other only when Ruby was nearby.

But she moved around enough so that the bodies wouldn't get in the way. Whether or not she noticed, she simply moved on to the next Grimm with each attack. She didn't have to check if they were death or not, because each attack was guarantee to kill them.

Ruby leaped over a Ursa Minor, her wooden sword creaking under preassure. She sucked her teeth in annoyance, before pulling out her revolver. She fired two bullets into the Grimm's skull, brain matter spilling out, before she moved onto the next.

She grabbed her briefcase and swung it by its handle, the box smacking up against a Beowolf's jaw. She spun around and smacked the briefcase into its side, audibly cracking was emmitted.

The Grimm let out a whine of pain, before a bullet was shot through its head. Ruby moved onto the next, firing a bullet into its shoulder and delivering a kick to it stomach. The Grimm leaned forward in pain, right into a dagger Ruby pulled out.

She spat out black blood and spit, before hearing a scream. She jerked her head in its direction and saw a girl lying on the ground an Ursa looming over her.

Ruby zoomed over, and before the Ursa swung its paw, she sliced off the appendage. Without wasting any time Ruby delivered another slash at the Grimm severing it head.

Another Ursa charged forward, and lunged at the red head. Ruby flipped away before noticing a combat shotgun at her feet. The Ursa charged at her again, and Ruby kicked up the weapon and grabbed it. She fired a shot at the Grimm's skull, the pellets reducing it to paste.

She sidestepped the falling corpse before cocking the gun with a single hand. The girl from before ran over to the girl tears in her eyes.

"Oh my Oum! Thank you so much! she cried.

Ruby simply shrugged off the gratitude and tossed the weapon to the girl. "If you doubt your skill don't bite off more than what you can chew." she advised before she flinched in pain.

"Are you okay?" the girl asked not knowing what to do.

"I'm fine," she answered clutching her shoulder. "I just pulled a muscle. Go on and find someone to partner with." she order. The girl hesitated for a moment before obliging.

"Tch, annoying." she grumbled as she checked her hand. A bit of blood painted the hand red, that Grimm from the cave must be growing closer. "This is bad."

No sooner had she said that, a deafening roar echoed through out the field. All of the Grimm and students all stopped and turned to the forest.

Walking forward with heavy footsteps was a bipedal grimm. It's body was black emmitting ash with everymovement. Where as most Grimm had bone plates and spike, this one lack the armor on majority of its body, only bearing it on one of its arm and its head.

A single line of gold represented its eye as it serveyed the battlefiled. It let out a huff, before releasing another roar. The roar shook the ground and trees, along with the students before it the Grimm began their assault again.

Only this time the Grimm seemed to attack with more ferociousness. Their attacks were more feral and wild as they slowly began overwhelming the huntsmen. The younger Grimm attacked more recklessly, not caring about what little self preservation they possesed. The older Grimm followed behind them their attacks more controlled but just as dangerous. They attack the huntsmen with more speed and vigor, avoiding attacks and using lesser Grimm as shields.

And then the screams began.

A boy screamed out in pain as a Beowolf bit through his Aura, its jaws and teeth painted red in blood. A girl came forward and stabbed a halberd into the Grimm's shoulder, but it disregarded the pain and lunged at her, followed by three more. The girl was overwhelmed as she was mauled by the wolves, her screams discouraging the trainees.

Soon more and more students began dying, blood stained the green grass red as the forces overwhelmed the humans and Faunus.

Jaune cursed as he could hear the screams of the studnets dying, his plan didn't work! Why?! Why were the grimm fighting harder?! And where the hell were those damn bullheads?!

As if hearing his thoughts, the roar of engines filled at the air as several Bullheads began their descent over the battlefield. The first Bullhead opened its door before it landed and several professional huntsmen and huntress dropped off.

"Make way! We're here!" a man shouted as more bullheads dropped off more adults.

The Huntsmen made their way to the frontlines and right as a student was about to die, a high caliber sniper round blasted it heads off.

"Sorry we're late kiddos!" Professor Peached grinned as she cocked her rifle. "Port!" she shouted.

"On it!" a short but burly man charged forward and swung a weapon that looked to be the combination of a battle axe and a blunderbuss. He made a swing and decapitated a Ursa Major with ease, before firing a shot at the bipedal Grimm.

The round cut through the field heading straight to the Grimm.

But it notcied the attack heading striaght towards it. Reacting quick, it grabbed a Ursa Minor with one hand and used it as a shield for the bullet. The blast tore apart the young Grimm, its body annihilated as the bipedal Grimm dropped its useless shield.

"Hm, seems to be an experienced aged one, right Barty?" the professor decapitated another Grimm, its blood fading away midair.

"Yes, it does seem to posses a more advance form of self preservation, more so than the older Grimm." A green haired man smacks away a Beowolf with a bat. "Even more so than older Grimm centuries old!" He sends out a blast of fire burning several Grimm into crisps.

The students watched as veteran huntsmen took down the Grimm with practical ease. They were so enraptured that one of the students didn't notice a Prowler lunging at them.

But a blast of telekenitic energy slammed it down, followed by a cane crushing its head.

"It would be wise to pay attention to your surrounding, students." Ozpin slapped away a Beowolf, before thrusting his cane through its stomach. "If you would please place your attention on Professor Goodwitch." he reached and grabbed his mug out of his ass and took a sip from it.

"EVERYONE!!!" the well endowed professor shouted. "TAKE THIS TIME TO ESCAPE ONTO THE BULLHEADS NOW! WE WILL PROVIDE COVER FOR YOU AS YOU ESCAPE!! DO TAKE THIS CHANCE NOW!" she ordered as several students began rushing onto the Bullheads.

Ruby huffed in relief as she watched the students rush onto the bullheads. She turned back to the Grimm, the professional huntsmen taking on the forces. There were several that was for sure, but they weren't here to fight off an endless army of Grimm. They were just trying to but some time.

Something yellow flashed catching the reaper's attention. She turned her head to see the bipedal Grimm's single eye was glowing heavily. It was staring up at something in the sky and she followed its line of sight.

The Bullheads.

Ruby eyes widened as she turned back to the Grimm and saw as a bright yellow flash burst out from its face. A solid beam of plasma like fire shot out of its face, the beam shooting far into the sky and directly into one of the wings of the Bullheads.

The beam cut the wings right off as it shot down another Bullhead with a direct hit. The second Bullhead exploded as the first lost control and crashed into another one.

The students and Huntsmen all watched in shock and horror as three of the five Bullheads crashed into the Emerald forest followed by an explosion.

Ruby turned back to the Grimm and saw it charging another beam, but a sniper round crashed into it head deflecting the beam as it sliced through the hoards of Grimm. The Grimm shook its head as it raised it and seemed to glare at Professor Peach despite her being several meters away.

"You dare kill my damn students!" she grit her teeth as she began firing more shoots at the Grimm.

The momster let out a roar before dodging to the side, the shots missing. It's eye glowed again, and it let out a small burst of fire at the professor.

Flora's eyes widened before she leaped off her vantage point. She rolled across the ground and fired shots while avoiding Grimm.

The Grimm roared again before rasing its armored arm to block the hits. Its bone plates cracked under the force, so it grabbed a still living Grimm and its face opened wide like a mouth and bit its head right off. It used the body as a shield against the bullets.

"Oobleck! Peter!" she yelled as she ran over to a bleeding student. She pulled out her medical bag and began working on the wounded.

Port grolwed as he rolled to the side. A tree crashed where he stood and he fired his blunderbuss. The minotuar growled as it charged at the professor. He wrestled with the monster before managing to chop off one of its horns, but he took a big hit to his Aura "I'm afraid I'm a bit busy!"

"Same here!" Bartholomew deflected a clawed paw before sending a fireball at the aged Prowler.

The bipedal Grimm let out another roar before the ground began shaking. Suddenly a Giant Deathstalker burst through the tree lines followed by several Creeps and aged Beowolves.

It was old, judging by the moss and bone growth on its exoskeleton, not only that, it was also experienced if the scars and damaged plates didn't say.

The Grimm let out a ear piercing screech before charging forward into the crowd of students and huntsmen.

"Glynda, watch the kids please." Ozpin ordered, slight anger present in his voice. He began walking towards the Deathstalker, giving a test swing with his cane.

The Deathstalker hissed in annoyance at the small bullets bouncing off its shell, before noticing the old man walking up to him. It gave out another hiss, a sense of familiarity washing over it, but it was not old enough to comprehend these sensations. Like a teen getting overdosed on hormones.

The Grimm struck its pincer at the Headmaster only for the professor to effortlessly dodge the attack.

Ozpin ran up to the Grimm and thrust his cane forward.

The Deathstalker raises its pincer, but the cane breaks through both of its exoskeletons and black blood spilled out.

The monstrous scorpion screeches out in pain as Ozpin leaps into the Grimm and thrusts it's cane through its exoskeleton.

The Grimm hisses before striking its stinger at the man. But Ozpin merely slaps away the appendage, the force breaking the stinger.

"Come on! That's the Grimm we need to kill!" A small group of huntsmen shout out as they charge at the bipedal Grimm.

Ozpin eyes widen at the huntsmen that pass him. "No wait! Don't-!"

But the huntsmen don't listen and before they even get close to the Grimm, it releases a burst of fire. The heat so strong, it burns through their Aura and the flesh off their bones.

"Damn it!" Ozpin grits his teeth in anger as he watches the Grimm let out a noise. Is it.. laughing?

Ozpin distracted by the Grimm is then slapped away by the Deathstalker. His Aura takes the hit, but he's sent flying off.

Using this spare chance, the scorpion grabs a corpse of a Ursa Major and pricks its body. The golden venom liquifies the insides enough so that the Grimm can consume it.

It eats away at the body and no sooner it's stinger repairs it, and in a moment of surprise it suddenly grows another stinger.

Ozpin huffs in agitation before he jerks up, his eyes glowing blue with cold fury. His cane glows blue as runes run across his weapon. A blue bubble envelopes him but shrinks down to his cane. The bubble then takes the shape of a sword as a near quite humming sound is emitted.

"So that's how you want to play?" He gives out a test swing, the air itself whizzes in a hum as the air around his cane shimmers. "Very well."

Faster than than the eye could see, Ozpin dashes forward, any Grimm he passes by are cut apart as his swings his blade.

The Deathstlker hisses in anger before raising its pincers. The cane/sword clashes against the appendage.

The pincer holds up against the cane, but the first layer of bone cracks from the pressure.

Ozpin grunts before his eyes flash again. The air under his feet become solidified enough that he can step off of them. He launches off the air steps, seemingly flying, before swinging his cane.

A stinger is amputated as golden venom spills out. The venom spills onto the Grimm's armor and begins to eat away at its body.

The Grimm hisses in pain before sending its other stinger only to get that sliced off as well, more venom spilling out.

Ozpin launches high into the air before kicking off the air down. He shoots down like a rocket before he stomps down on the Deathstalker, crushing through both its exoskeletons.

Black blood spills out like a popped water balloon, staining Ozpin's clothes.

Despite its death, the Deathstalkers body remains as Ozpin crawls out of it, something he notes.

Suddenly a glow of golden yellows comes in from his side. Ozpin immediately reacts and summons 'his' semblance. A green shield envelopes the headmaster just as the golden beams crashes into him.

Ozpin grunts as the heat of the beam bypasses his shield. Cracks form on the shield as if it were glass. He applies more Aura into the shield, reinforcing it.

Soon the beam dies down and something breaks through the shield with such speed and force, Ozpin doesn't have enough time to react.

A black hand grabs him from the throat and smashes him into the ground. A crater forms around the two as Ozpin hazel green eyes stare into the glowing golden slit of the Grimm.

Ozpin struggles to pick himself, but the Grimm merely raises him and slams him down again, lowering his Aura considerable.

"How long has it been Ozma?"

Ozpin eyes widen in shock as he stares at the monster above him. Despite it bearing no mouth, the voice clearly came from the monster above him.

"A year? Ten years? A century? Millennium? How long has it been since we've met each other?" The Grimm above him gives off something similar to a grin.

"You're-! You're a-!" Ozpin's words fail him as he struggles more and more.

"Yes, I am one of the Apostles of our dark lord and savior has given life all those years ago." The Grimm tightens it's grip on the headmasters throat. "The same Apostle that was locked away by that damn devil Incognito." It growls out in anger at the mention of the name.

"How is that bastard? The others and I have several scores to settle with them."

"Incognito is gone, monster." Ozpin frowns at his own statement.

The Grimm was caught off guard by the statement, its faceless head trying to process the concept. Ozpin seizes the chance and begins to phase through the ground. He may not have been able to phase himself, but he could alter the ground.

"Then you, the whore, and the Slayer will have to take their place." The Grimm raises its armored hand, and a set of razor sharp claws grow.

"You know that my death will not be permanent." Ozpin's eyes glow blue.

"Yes, but it will buy me some time." The red markings in the armor hand glows an ash red.

It slams its hand down, the force deepening the crater, but its fist only met ground.

"You forget I have several lifetimes of Karma, Apostle." Ozpin rises through the ground, his body seemingly phasing through it. "Now then, let's set-"

The Grimm Apostle charges at the wizard with incredible speed, not wasting a single moment.

Ozpin barely had any time as he raised his cane to block a armored fist.

The force was explosive as the two were sent flying back.

The Apostle flipped around before settling itself up.

Ozpin rolled across the ground before skidding himself to a stop. He huffed, his Aura was dangerously low, another hit and his Aura wouldn't even take most of the damage.

Not giving him a chance, the Grimm let out a barrage of punches as Ozpin tried to block its attacks.

Instead of taking the hits head on, Ozpin formed a series of glyph against the attacks, the magic straining against the punches. His eyes glowed brightly as he dodges around the attacks, he ducked under a blast of fire, before swinging his cane.

The karmic blade cut through the dark flesh as the Grimm's arm. The Apostle let out a screech of pain before, in a sudden burst of speed, delivered a punch at the old man.

Ozpin's Aura shattered at the punch, his ribs cracked under the pressure before he was sent flying off.

He rolled across the ground before skidding to a stop.

"Ozpin!" Glynda shouted as she summoned her own Karma. Her eyes glowed as a blue transparent bubble surrounded her. She summoned her Karma's telekinesis and 'grabbed' the broken bone pieces of Grimm. She span them around, the pieces grinded away before becoming several spikes.

She sent them flying at the Apostle, who raised an arm in defense. The spikes pierced its body making it let out a hiss before the bones were assimilated into its being.

Its body shifted and cracked as bones grew on the Grimm's body, giving the monster more armor. It let out a roar before charging at the woman.

Glynda flinched at the Grimm's speed, but managed to create a auric glyph. The monster's fist smashed against the glyph, the auric energy more effective against the Grimm than Karma.

Glynda grit her teeth in strain as she shoved back the monster, and with quick grace, she summoned several stone spike from the ground.

But the Grimm leaped away avoiding the attack before lunging once again.

Glynda summoned a stone wall from the ground, the wall breaking apart but doing its job.

She grabbed the broken stones and made them whirl around the monster before peppering it with the stones.

Over somewhere Ozpin laid flat on his back, his nonexistent aura failing. He coughed out a glob of blood. His ribs were cracked but not broken.

"Ozpin!" Ruby ran over to the old man as she whipped out her medical bag. "Hold on!" She rummaged through the bag before pulling out a needle.

She stabbed the man in the thigh, the medicine somehow slowing the bleeding. She took a breath before she reached inside herself.

Her eyes crackled to life as they glowed blue, but they shorted out as her eyes and head stung in pain.

"Ah, fuck." She head her head, a migraine setting in.

A hand grabbed hers. She looked down to see Ozpin giving her a determined look.

"Stay calm, don't force out your Karma." He breath out. "Think about how you want to help me. How you want to help those around you." He smiled at her.

Ruby blinked at the info before nodding. She took a breath again, before focusing. She needed to heal the old man. Not because if he died that would cause problems for her, but because it would be the right thing to do. Because helping him would allow him to fight in and prevent more deaths.

A glow grew around her hands as she began applying Karma into the old man's body. The bleeding stopping completely as his ribs painfully repaired themselves.

He grunted in pain as he heard an audibly crack in his chest, before the pain subsided. He took a deep breath before sitting up.

Ruby opened her eyes before seeing the headmaster smile.

"Thank you miss Rose, I see your skills with Karma are well developed." He picked himself up before his own eyes glowed.

With a combination of Aura, Karma, and his own magic, Ozpin reinforced his body as he leaned forward the slightest. He shot off like a bullet charging at the monster.

Glynda summoned a glyph to protect her but it was smashed as a fist crashed into her side. Her Aura shattered against the force as the monster picked up its amputated arm and reattached it. Red and black ash floating out.

"I can see your skills with Karma are developed for someone of your age." It spoke, shocking Glynda. "But as always, our kind will always remain superior to you humans. Even the Faunus are more superior to you humans." It walked over the woman, raising a foot over her. It kicked her across the field, before zooming over to her.

"Though I suppose pests will always overwhelm the dominant, as a way to ensure survival." It slammed down its foot on her, but was deflected as Ozpin swung his cane.

Karmic runes whirled around his free hand, as his cane acted as a conduit for his magic.

He thrust his cane out and sent a blast of fire. The fireball misses the Grimm, but it only served as a distraction. Ozpin slammed his other hand forward in an open palm thrust.

A wave of kinetic force blast through the Grimm's torso as its sent flying off. It rolls across the ground before setting itself up.

It jerks its head up in anger before it coughs out large blobs of blood. Cracks form on its bone armor as red ash floats out. It growls as it grabs an Ursa's corpse and uses it as a shield to block a cane.

The body is obliterated into ash as Ozpin sends quick thrusts of his cane. The Grimm blocks the least of the attacks, as its body it pelted.

Cracks of bone is heard as the Apostle lets out a growl. It's eye glows before sending a quick burst of fire at the Professor.

Ozpin seemingly teleports around the fire before swinging at the Grimm, but his cane is blocked by an Ursa Major.

The Grimm falls forward in death, before more of its brethren charge forward. The wizard grimaces as he begins one hitting the Grimm away, but more take their place.

The Apostle growls as it flees. Its body was just newly formed, it did not have the capability to fight the wizard yet, but soon he would. It cradled its arm as it ran.

He was confident he could kill the wizard, but not now. Not in this form. Perhaps-

The Grimm stopped dead in its tracks as a wave of emotions overtook it. The Grimm's mind was overwhelmed in an far all to familiar sensation.

She was here?! The Slayer? Is she-?!

The Grimm turned to see a small red headed young girl running around. She expertly slain Grimm as she help those around her, offering aid.

No... it wasn't the Slayer. Then why did the Apostle feel such a sense of familiarity?!

Another red head girl, taller than the young girl, ran over to the medic. She shot down a Grimm behind the medic, before slashing it down.

The medic looked up to the spartan, before pointing in a direction and shouting something.

It was then the humanoid Grimm noticed something.

She had silver eyes.

'I see, so that's why. No, it's part of the reason why.' The Apostle noted as the silver eye girl shot down a Grimm with a revolver. 'Regardless, She is dangerous. Dangerous enough for the lesser Grimm, but soon she will become a threat later on.'

The Apostle's red markings glowed as its legs tensed.

'It would be best to kill the worm before its fangs sprout.' Its legs sprung out as it charged at the girl with incredible speed.

Ruby only had enough time to see the massive humanoid Grimm looming over her. It's giant armored fist ready to smash her to paste.

"Die."

"RUBY!!!"

BOOM!!!

6926 words, excluding disclaimer and Author's Note. I will accept criticism and opinions.

Oh! Look at me doing cliffhanger and such!

Who's the sentient Grimm? What's he an apostle for? How does he exist? Who is this Slayer he speaks of? Who does he know Ozpin's secret? Is he conected to Salem? Will I stop with these questions? WHO KNOWS?!?

But know this I will not hesitate to kill Ruby or any other named chacters! She may be the main character, but there are plenty of other main characters as well. Pyrrha, Jaune, Yang, etc etc.

Regardless, this week is the beginning of exams, as such I will have less time to work on this story. I may or may not have a chapter for Friday or even next Monday, but I will do my best in making these chapters. Especially since we are approaching the end for this volume/season! After maybe a small break, I will begin the next chapters for volume/season two!

But I do appreciate the reads comments and vote I get for this story! Really I do!

Till next time kiddos!

Au revoir!