The Rose And The Dragon
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Pyrrha walked inside her dorm, her body a bit worn. Ruby had asked her to train with her seeing as Pyrrha was one of the best fighters whose balanced skillset was still great. It made the spartan feel all giddy knowing Ruby asked to spar with her because she was strong.
'Ruby says I'm strong~' she giggled quietly as she opened the door to her dorm. Inside was Ren and Nora both reading a book together in a blanket. Jaune was studying for a quiz they had Monday, and Weiss was assumed to be in the shower.
"Oh heya Pyrrha!" Nora greeted waving at the amazonian. Ren and Jaune both looked up as well, both greeted Pyrrha.
"Hello~!" she greeted back with a smile, a genuine smile. Pyrrha had to admit, she enjoyed her friend's company. Nora's eccentric and energetic behavior, Ren's brotherly behavior, Jaune being a dork. It was all nice, she wondered what it would have been like if they were all in one team.
'I guess Ruby's right, having friends isn't so bad. I can count on them.' Pyrrha's smile did not go unnoticed by her friends.
"Someone's in a good mood." Jaune put away his books and notes. He believed he was prepared enough.
"Me?" Pyrrha perked up.
"Yeah," Nora zipped over to the taller redhead, "you've been a lot chipper too!" A devious smirk grew on her face. "It doesn't have anything to do with Ruby does it?"
Pyrrha's face grew a very faint blush, but she maintained her innocent face. "What do you mean?"
The three turned to the spartan staring at her with a deadpan look.
"Oh come on!" Nora jumped back, bouncing on the bed.
"It's sorta obvious," Jaune added.
"What? What is?" Pyrrha was genuinely at a loss. What were they talking about? What was obvious?!
Ren pursed his lips before taking a risk. "That you have a deep affection for Ruby," he answered.
Pyrrha blinked at them, her mind blanking out for a moment.
"Whaaaaaaaat?" Pyrrha feigned innocence. "Psssssh, me? And, and Ruby? Wha-, That's that's ridiculous!" she tried to laugh it off, hoping they were mistaken. "There's no way I have a crush on Ruby!"
"Who has a crush on me?" Ruby walked out of the bathroom, drying her hair.
"R-R-R-RuBy?!?!" Pyrrha shrieked, causing everyone to go deaf, "What are you doing here?! I thought you were still training?" She thought it was Weiss showering, but it was her! Ruby!
"Ow, my ears." the shorter redhead dug in her ear. Damn, all she wanted to do was take a shower. She couldn't do it in her bathroom because of well, Yang, and also Weiss would probably freeze the water.
"I was just showering, I asked everyone if I could and they were fine with it. You... you don't mind, do you?" the Reaper posed cutely, taking advantage of her lack of clothing. She shrugged gently, revealing some of her shoulders to the spartan.
"O-o-of course not!" Pyrrha smiled happily. Hell yeah! She was getting a great view! No! Bad Pyrrha! Ruby's innocence must be preserved! or what's left of it.
"Great! Jaune, close your mouth, someone might shove a dick in it." Ruby walked back into the bathroom to get changed.
Jaune shook his head, closing his mouth with a chomp. He couldn't help himself! There was a barely dressed cute girl in front of him! Though he didn't want to catch a case considering Ruby wasn't even at the age for consent.
The boy suddenly felt a menacing aura concentrating down upon him. He felt rage and fury trying to consume him. Slowly, he turned to see Pyrrha giving him one of the deadliest glares he'd had ever seen. Her eyes burning red with fury.
"U-uh! Hey guys, I think I'm gonna turn in for the night! You know, Ruby and Yang got that big fight tomorrow!" he chuckles before flopping down on his bed.
~ ~ ~
Soon team JWPR(Jupiter), sans Weiss and plus Nora, are all asleep in their beds. Nora snuggled with her man-, I mean with Ren as the two slept soundly. Jaune snored, half of his body practically on the floor.
Pyrrha pulled the covers over her, preparing to sleep so that she may rise early for Ruby's battle. Slowly her mind began to sleep until she felt someone get on her bed. She looked to see Ruby crawling onto her bed. Green eyes met silver as Ruby froze on the spot.
"R-Ruby, what are you doing?" Pyrrha asked. She had a fairly good idea, but she couldn't believe herself.
"I uh, I thought you were asleep." the redhead grinned sheepishly. She pursed her lips before answering. "I uh... well, I wanted to sleep with you."
"M-me?" Pyrrha stammered, did she just hear correctly.
"Y-yeah, cause um... Y'know how I get nightmares right?" She received a nod. "W-well, I uh, I wanted to sleep next to you cause, uh, well, I can actually sleep at night." A blush grew on the Reaper's face, seemingly embarrassed at how childish she sounded.
"Ah, I see." Pyrrha's heart practically melted from those words alone. She could not describe how great it felt to hear those words from Ruby. The fact that not only did Ruby held enough trust in Pyrrha to sleep with her, but that her night terrors would also disappear.
"But, I guess I'm overstepping my boundaries. I apologize." Ruby thought that Pyrrha's infatuation would allow her to sleep comfortably tonight, but she guessed wrong.
Pyrrha blinked at those words before Ruby began to get off the bed.
Ah hell naw. She was not waste this chance.
"No!" Pyrrha shouted a bit loudly. She held Ruby's arm as not to let her leave. "I-it's fine, really it is." she noticed she was holding Ruby a bit tightly. "Ah, I'm sorry."
The two sat across from each other before Ruby smiled. She allowed her self to be pulled by the spartan. The two awkwardly laid down next to each other, the blanket covering both of them.
Pyrrha was keeping her body stiff as a board, trying not to do anything that would drive the Reaper away. This was a once in a lifetime chance for her! And she'd be damned if she ruined it.
"U-um," Ruby voice shyly called. Damn! Why the hell was she so nervous?! Was it because she was sharing a bed with someone else? She almost never allowed anyone to touch her when she slept. Look at Blake example of how she nearly cut the Faunus.
"Oh! Is this uncomfortable? I can sleep on Weiss' bed if you want me to?" Damn it! She didn't know how, but she ruined it already! Now Ruby didn't want her!
"N-no, it's not that." Ruby quickly added. "I just... can you do me one more favor?"
"Of course."
"... can you spoon me?"
"What?" Pyrrha was confused.
"Yeah, I know I'm asking a lot from you, but you can just forget it-"
"No, no. Sorry, it's just... what's spooning?"
Ruby blinked facing the spartan. She didn't know what was spooning? Damn. Did... did Ruby even need to worry about Pyrrha?
"It's where, um, someone hugs someone else, like cuddling."
Pyrrha blinked her green eyes, her mind processing this new information. Hugging? She could totally do that! But would Ruby really allow that?
She pursed her lips, before turning her body. Ruby followed suit, her back facing the champion.
"So, uh, how do I 'spoon' you?"
"Just wrap your arms and legs around me," Ruby explained.
Slowly the spartan scooted closer and hesitantly wrapped her arms around the younger girl. She felt Ruby tense up and she about aborted the mission, but she continued on as Ruby had not halted her. Pyrrha didn't know what exactly to do, but she simply followed her instincts as she had her arms and legs around Ruby.
. . .
"You can relax." Ruby voice was heard.
Pyrrha slowly removed all the tension in her body as did Ruby's. the two felt each other's warmth as Ruby felt all of the tension in her fade away.
She didn't think she'd be able to sleep by herself, let alone in someone else's embrace. And yet, here she was, snuggled in the arms and legs of the most trusted person she knew. Someone she knew would never hurt nor betray her.
soon the two girl's fell asleep as they snuggled against each other.
.
.
.
And for once...
Ruby slept soundly.
~ ~ ~
It was the next day and the two sisters found themselves staring each other down.
Teams RYBN(Ribbon) and JWPR(Jupiter) stood on the sidelines. They had all met up in the Emerald Forest, each and every one of them watching as the standoff continued. There was also a crow watching from the trees, its beady red eyes staring intently at the two sisters.
"So," Yang began, "we're really doing this huh?"
Yang had decided not to hold back any punches. On her back, was Dragkov her massive blade, fully stocked with Gravity Dust. on her wrists were Ember Celica and Ole' Reliable on her hip. She had a few belts of ammunition on her legs along with a small hip pouch, presumably holding her mods and more ammunition.
She also had a bit of armor, knee guards, as well as a metal shoulder guard on her left.
"Yes, we are," Ruby responded, making sure her gear was properly ready.
She had her gloves that would be used for her garrot wires. There were black accents on the gloves, creating an image of a rose on the gloves. She had her revolver on her hip and her briefcase on the other. Ruby, in turn, had also applied Dust into her cloak. While she wasn't an expert, she did have enough experience to weave the Dust into the cloth.
The girl's red cloak now sported several ornate and intricate designs and accents on the inside. There were also a few on the trim of the hood too. The cloak hid most of the girl's body from view.
Yang took a deep breath before letting all out. She nodded before raising her fists-
"I feel as if I should offer the opportunity before we begin." ruby suddenly stated. Everyone blinked at the statement, wonder what Ruby was talking about.
Ruby reached into her cloak and pulled out her briefcase. She pressed the button before the box transformed and shifted into the giant silver blade everyone knew of.
"We can simply ignore this," Ruby began. "We can both walk away unharmed and alive, and forget about this-"
Ruby raised her sword in time to deflect a slug shot at her. She looked up to see Yang, Ember Celica armed and ready with a barrel smoking.
"You think after all this, we can just drop it?" Yang furrowed her brow, annoyance clear on her face. "We fightin', and the only way we ain't is with you giving up. So, you givin' up?"
Everyone turned to Ruby, who face was covered by her hair before she looked up, a maniacal feral grin on her face.
"Wouldn't dream of it."
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Ruby and Yang then rush at each other and clash their blade against one another's. A large gust of air flies out, nearly sending the spectators off their feet.
"Whoa!" Jaune is nearly thrown back, but Pyrrha holds him.
"Wow! Those two really are strong!" Nora shouts as she holds onto Ren.
The two sisters grit their teeth as they push against each other, their blades letting out sparks.
"Seems like you got a new sword," Yang comments, noting the new blade. She knew Ruby had fought with a sword, but she had never seen it up close. It was big, that was obvious, but would it withstand Dragkov? "Doesn't matter, I'll beat you anyway!"
"Your words are impure," Ruby narrowed her eyes, "fight me to prove yourself!"
The blonde's eyes narrowed down, flashing red with Aura. "Don't-" Yang then received a punch to the gut, causing her to gasp out. A knee to the face sent her stumbling back.
Ruby lunges at the blonde, preparing to slice her down, but she managed to backflip away.
Yang shoved her sword forward, catching Ruby in the stomach.
The redhead stumbled back and raised her sword to block a swing.
Yang continuously attacked Ruby, her massive blade slamming down on Silver's Edge.
Until Ruby slashes at Yang's foot. The blonde dodged the attack, but Ruby followed up with a small tackle, sending Yang stumbling back.
The blonde had to leap back as Ruby slashes at her, missing by a hairs inch. The two continued to attack one another, their skills as swordswomen being put to the test.
Yang slammed down Ruby's blade, trapping it before swinging at her head.
Ruby tilts her head back, missing the blade by a hairs length.
She then followed with an upwards swing, the tip nearly catching Yang's jaw.
This continued with the two girls swinging away at each other as they ducked up fatal swings, broke guards, and partied blades. They swung and blocked each other's attack, almost taking turns to see who would last longer. Sparks of light flew out like fireworks as the metal blades fought against one another.
"Holy shit!" Jaune could only stare in amazement as he saw the two sisters go at it. Their swordsmanship was incredible!
"I've never seen a battle this intense before!" Weiss stated as she saw Yang leap away from an attack.
"I've seen better..." Pyrrha mumbles, remembering back to the fighting ring.
"It's almost like they're actually trying to kill each other!" Nora commented as she saw Ruby nearly decapitate Yang's head. She and Ren were ignorant of the truth of the battle.
The two sisters clashed once again in a deadlock, sparks flying out.
Their muscles strained as they pushed until suddenly, Ruby roared as she then began wailing down on the older girl. Red and silver spark flying out as her speed increased.
'Such speed and strength with her sword!' Yang thought as she raised her sword, the force nearly sending her back. 'If I stay on defense she'll overwhelm me!-'
Slich!
Everyone's eyes widened as they saw a large strand of golden hair fall gently to the ground.
But Ruby didn't care as she continued to attack. Only for Yang's swing to send her flying back.
"YOU BITCH!" Yang screamed as her Semblance activated. Her hair burned brightly before she lunges at the redhead.
Ruby rolled to the side as the ground she was at exploded into several pieces. Even after, she had to jerk her head to avoid a thrust from Dragkov, only to receive a head butt.
The redhead shouted in pain, before recovering quickly. She roared as she raised her blade above her head.
Yang growled as she feared back her sword as well, fully intent on destroying her opponent's blade.
Ruby then shot off towards Yang, her Semblance activating as she ran at neck-breaking speed. She leaped and lunges at the blonde bringing her blade down as Yang swung.
KA-BOOM!!!
The two blades clashed against each other, the force causing a small explosion which sent the two from each other.
But that didn't stop them as they planted their feet and came at each other again.
They began their dance once more, their blades clash in each other only this time with such explosive force.
Yang sucked under a swing, in which Ruby's blade cleanly cut through a giant tree.
Yang spun around and slammed down her sword, which Ruby dodged. The blade crashed into a giant boulder, easily splitting it into two.
"Such strength!" Ruby grinned as she continued to attack the girl.
'Damn it! How the hell is she keeping up?!' Yang thought to herself as she partied a slash. 'Even with my Semblance on she still manages to keep up with me! How?!'
Yang raises her sword, the handle of the blade catching Ruby's sword. "How?! How are you so strong now?!" Yang growled. "There's no way you got so strong in just one week!"
Ruby grunted before grinning. "A nice long rest."
Yang growled before shoving off the girl, not satisfied with that answer. She roars as she begins to put more effort into her attacks, her blade glowing slightly purple.
'Damn it! Such strength with her sword! If I stay on defense she'll crush me!' Ruby ducks under, nearly getting hit. She tries to attack, but she simply doesn't have the chance.
'If I blink my head will be split open. Matching her blows are rattling my bones. I can't keep just absorbing her attacks!' Ruby grits her teeth as she leaps back a distance, but Yang is already charging at her. 'Is she... really this determined to defeat me? Does she genuinely want to reconcile?'
CLANG!
Yang sword is blocked by two silver blades as Ruby shoves her back. She looks to see the redhead had pulled out her dagger, and that it was elongated enough to be a shorts sword.
'No...'
"YOU'RE JUST IN THE WAY!!" Ruby shouts as she launches herself at the blonde with greater speed than before. Silver's Edge slams down on the iron blade, the force making Yang's knees buckle.
Ruby then comes in with her short sword, the blade aiming right for Yang.
"RAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!"
CLINK!
Everyone gasps out loud as they see what appears to be Yang's head impaled, but instead...
Yang grits her teeth as hard as she can, the silver short sword in between her teeth. She feels it slid in a bit, poking her tongue.
Ruby sneers as she tries to pull out shove the sword into Yang's head, but the blonde's grip is too great. Even when Yang's gums bled from the strain, the blonde still held on before she yanked it out from Ruby's hold.
"What!"
Ruby could only stare in shock as her sword in thrown across the ground. She doesn't react in time for Yang to tackle her down and start beating her down.
"Fuck-!" Ruby is punched across the face before she slams a boot into Yang's stomach. She sends the blonde off of her before she rolls away from a stomp.
The redhead spins and flips around her feet, sending both of them right into the brawler's jaw.
"Urgh! Damn you!" Yang throws a punch right at Ruby. She channels the last of her Semblance into the fist as she makes contact.
Time slows down as a fist crashes right into Ruby's face. The force sends her spinning...
Only for Ruby to use that momentum and deliver an open palm strike right into Yang's face.
"Holy shit!" Nora shouts as she watches the two sisters stumble back from each other.
"What happened?" Weiss' eyes could barely keep up with the two's swordplay, so she was confused as to what happened now.
Yang's nose was bleeding profusely, but the last of her Semblance caught most of the blow. Unfortunately, she was no longer under the effects of it.
Yang grit her teeth, before planting her foot.
Didn't matter...
Ember Celica then extended onto her arms, the two armed and ready.
She was gonna win.
Yang threw a fast punch at Ruby, which caught Ruby right in the shoulder, but again, Ruby countered and delivered back the same stack with twice the force.
The brawler roared as she fires a shot right in the ground. Sand and dirt fly up like a cloud, but Ruby slaps away the cloud only to receive a fist to the face.
The redhead is sent flying back before she stomps a foot to recover. She roars as she's about to attack, but another fist catches her in the stomach.
Yang grins as she finally able to hit Ruby. Her speed made it difficult to hit the girl, but with Yang's light mods, she could keep up with the girl.
"Damn you!" Ruby grabs a bottle and spills out a cloud of ice Dust. She bursts into rose petals and dashes right through the Dust cloud.
Yang raises her arms just in time to block a kick, only for ice to begin encasing her arms. She sent flying back, and into a tree.
"Damn it!" Yang looks up only to see Ruby right in front of her before she receives several painful open palm fists to the stomach and chest.
Yang coughs out before she spits right into Ruby's face, catching her right in the eyes.
Ruby groans as she wipes away the spit and looks up to see a block of ice coming right at her.
The ice shatters upon contact with Ruby's head, freeing Yang's arm. The blonde uses the momentum to spin around and deliver a kick to the redhead.
Ruby is sent fly off into the distance but she roars before she bursts into a cloud of rose petals.
She flies into a tree, but rather than stop, Ruby bends her knees and bounces off the tree and shots off like a rubber ball.
"What?!" Yang could only watch as she fails to keep up with Ruby's form. All she sees is a red blur bouncing from tree to tree faster and faster.
'Too fast-!' Was all Yang could think as an incredible force crashed right into her chest. An explosive force blew out as Yang flew off into the distance.
Ruby landed on the side, but upon stopping, she fell to her knees. She bit her lip to the point of bleeding as to not scream out in pain.
"Ruby!" Pyrrha went to rush over to her.
"Piss off!" Ruby shouted, stopping the spartan. She grits her teeth as she began to lift herself. But the pain in her legs screamed at her to stop.
She had gone too fast. She had managed to learn to activate her bounciness on command but controlling that was a whole other level.
Ruby screamed as she set herself into her feet, her will surpassing her body despite its warnings.
She would have to be more careful about how she did this. In fact, her arms burned as well. That technique she used, almost fucked up her arms as well. To receive damage, but to return it twice a strong back to her opponent. Only problem, she wasn't an expert.
Damn it! She's ruining her body fat too quickly! At this rate, she won't be able to move! She'll need to take this chance to rest.
~ ~ ~
Yang laid several meters away from the group. Her body laid on a tree, her chest struggling to breathe. A flash of red flickered on the blonde's body before shrinking inside of Yang.
Yang coughed out as she opened her eyes. While she may not have had any time to defend, she did activate her Karma to toughen herself. She didn't know what would happen if she didn't.
Yang slowly picked herself up, her body shouting at her in pain to stay down.
But she wouldn't.
Until she won...
Or she died.
'I ain't... gonna lose! I can't lose!' Yang growled as she slowly stumbled her way forward.
There was a shift in a bush somewhere. The blonde spat out a blob of blood, before raising Ole' Reliable.
"Ruby...?"
There was a growl followed by a red glowing. A pair of red burning eyes staring at her. A gorilla-like Grimm burst out from the foliage. Its hide was black and it bore several red markings of a Grimm on its hide. It appeared to a Beringal native to the forests of Vale. It didn't bear any bone plating, but it was incredibly muscular, with several scars donning its body.
"Ah, shit..."
The Valein Beringal beat its chest before charging at the brawler.
Yang raised her fists, but she could not defend properly as the Grimm overpowered her with a punch. She was sent back, rolling like a rag doll as the Beringal lunged onto her. It slammed its fists onto the blonde, each blow chipping away at the girl's Aura.
Yang tried to kick off the Grimm, but she could not as it threw her across the ground, before it began wailing down on her with punches.
'F-fuck... I'm going to die!' yang could only block as her Aura dropped lower and lower. 'I'm seriously going to die here! Why one of these gorilla bastards?!'
Her only answer was more punches as her Aura dipped into the low orange.
'Ruby brand... it attracts Grimm...' she concluded. 'And with me and Ruby trying to fuck each other up, the negativity was just some fuel.'
'... did... did she know? Was that why she picked this place? So that'd she'd have the upper hand?'
'That... bitch...'
The Beringal raised both its arms and slammed them down, intent on finishing the human, only for two hands to tightly grip them.
~ ~ ~
Ruby had managed to finally stand up on her own feet without screaming in pain, her arms had calmed down but still tingled intensely.
A corpse was then thrown across the trees before crashing down in front of Ruby. She raised her guard as the cloud of dust clears away to reveal a beat and armless Beringal wriggling in pain. Ruby immediately fired a bullet into the Grimm's in the head, ending its life.
"RUBYYYYY!!!" a voice shouted. Everyone looked up to see Yang charging at Ruby like a wild beast. her body glowed gold with Aura as she sprinted.
"Shit," Ruby then kneeled down and took aim with her assault rifle. She began firing at the charging blonde. She carefully took calculated shots at the girl hoping to knock her down but the brawler tanked through it all.
"Oh fuck you!" Ruby quickly swapped out the belt of ammunition for incendiary, but yang was already on her.
The brawler leaped and reared back a fist, preparing to beat Ruby down, but the redhead summoned a blue rune as a shield. Yang's fist easily shattered through the shield, but her momentum carried her down. She had no time to dodge or defend.
Ruby grinned as she raised her rifle right at Yang's face...
Only for two fists to crash into her face, sending her flying back into the underbrush and into a tree.
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Everyone gasped in shock and amazement as they saw Yang's new form.
Upon the blonde's shoulder were two more muscular metallic arms similar to that of Yang's Ember Celica, as if the metal was extended down the girl's actual arms.
"What the hell?!" Jaune shouted.
"What is that?" Weiss gasped.
"Yang's got four arms! Cool!" Nora shouted in glee.
"RUBY!!!" Yang roared both her arms extended. She sprinted at the sister, both her arms reared back to attack.
Ruby hissed in pain before she jerked her head up in pain. Her eyes glowed blue before a giant transparent bubble engulfed the area. Several pillars of stone shot up from the ground, each trying to hit the blonde girl. But the brawler only roared as she punched away the obstacles with her four arms.
"Damn you! Damn you and your fathers!!!" Ruby shot forward, intending on attacking the blonde with a kick, but Yang grabbed her foot with an arm. The redhead's eyes widened in shock and surprise before she was spun around and thrown into the air.
Yang reached into her hip pouch and pulled out a Fire Dust crystal.
"Hey Weiss," Yang's voice called out to her friend.
"Yes, Yang?"
"Can Dust be eaten?" the blonde asked out of curiosity.
"Well, technically yes, but it isn't recommended. Why do you ask?"
"So if I eat the fire one... I'll be able to breathe fire?"
"Yang Xiao Long, I swear if you-"
The brawler crushed the Dust into pieces before dropping it into her mouth. She took a deep breath of air, infusing her lungs with Aura before firing a massive blast of fire at the falling girl.
Ruby's eyes widened at the ball of fire. She cursed many times under her breath as she dug through her bag. She pulled out a vile of powdered Dust and applied it to her cloak. She activated her Semblance, the Dust giving her a bluish look as she made contact with the flames.
A cloud of mist exploded as fire and ice fought against one another, dropping visibility.
Yang's burning eyes searched for the redheaded girl, her metallic and flesh arms shifting. Her eyes flashed red as her instincts screamed at her to move.
She rolled to the side, before the area around her was sliced apart. Yang's Karma flashed against as she raised her metallic arm blocking a slash from her right.
All around her, the brawler saw wisps of blue flashing.
'Ruby's wires...' She concluded.
Somewhere in the mist, Ruby eyes glowed blue as she locked onto Yang's form. She jerked her hand, the wires tried to cut Yang across her stomach, but the blonde dodged.
'So she has heightened instincts, does she?' Ruby shifted her arms, setting them up.
"I don't know what those extra arms are," Ruby's voice is heard. Yang turns her head and fires a shot at the source, but there is nothing.
"Are they apart of your Semblance?" Yang hears her voice from another location. She fires two shots quickly, but only sees a fluttering of rose petals. "Another mod of your shotgun-gauntlets?" another source, another attack. "Or perhaps, your Karma has a part to play in this?" Voice. Attack.
"But it doesn't matter," Ruby's voice is then heard all over, "You're still going to die." Yang's Karma then screams at her from all sides. The blonde eyes widened as she leaps high into the air.
Garrote wires then slice the entire area, the force blowing away the mist revealing several wires all entwined together creating pointed tendrils.
Ruby is seen a few meters from the area, her eyes are furiously burning blue with Karma. In her hands, there is a large crystal of Lightning Dust. Yang stares at her for a moment before realizing what was happening.
But by then, Ruby crushed the Dust Crystal, the magic stone infusing with her gloves as the accents glowed yellow. Ruby raised her arms before jerking them down as the lightning traveled down the wires.
Yang roars out in rage as she does her best to punch away the tendrils with her arms. Her fists do parry the wires, but the lightning still travels down her body, electricity burning her body. The brawler fails to deflect one of the tendrils and it stabs into Yang's back. Lightning courses through the blonde's body, making her scream in pain.
This gives an opportunity for more tendrils to stab into her back. Blood evaporates from the lightning's heat as Yang's feels her insides cook. but she grits her teeth and, with her metal arms, yanks out the tendril and leaps away.
Ruby sucks her teeth and manipulates the wires to follow the blonde. She shifts and weaves her hands as she tries to attack the brawler.
But Yang is simply too nimble for the tendrils, she runs across the tendrils, ignoring the burning pain as she leaps and jumps away. She punches whatever she can't dodge until finally, she stops. All of the tendrils shoot at her but stop as they are all entangled with each other.
Ruby growls as she figured out she'd been duped.
Yang faces the redhead, a smug ass grin on her face. yang takes the opportunity to apply her heavier mods to her metal arms as she reloads her gauntlets.
Damn it. I'm almost out of wire, all I have left is four spools.' Ruby's eyes search around the field, hoping to find some advantage, but most of the trees were either cut down. All she had was her dagger that she shortened and her revolver, but that wouldn't be enough.
Silver eyes flickered to the left to find Silver's edge impaled in the ground just some meters away. The only problem was that Yang's blade was just a few meters across from it.
Yang followed Ruby's eyes to see her eyeing the two greatswords. She smirked knowing that despite Ruby's speed, Yang would have the upper hand if she grabbed her sword too.
The two seemed to understand each other's intentions. Silver and lilac eyes flashed blue and red respectively as they both set off.
Yang had reached her sword first and prepared to swing, fully expecting Ruby to attack her.
Only to see Ruby had ran in the opposite direction.
The redhead zoomed across the field before she grabbed her discarded assault rifle. She quickly took aim and began firing at the blonde.
Yang blocked the shots with her arms and sword, but the shots stuck to her. She blinked in confusion and looked to see what looked like tiny missiles.
"Oh, shit-!"
Ka-boom boom boom boom boom!!!
Yang roared in pain, but she slapped away the blanket of smoke only to see Ruby sprinting at her already. The girl fired more shots which she rolled to avoid. She fired her own shots, the buckshots making it difficult for Ruby to dodge.
But the redhead summoned a Karmic shield. The shots bounced off the barrier before it shifted and several flares were fired back.
Yang quickly swung her sword, its wide berth catching all of the flares. She looked up to see Ruby throw her dagger.
"I'm not falling for that again!" Yang prepares herself, as Ruby's eyes flash blue. Suddenly, the blade in her hands felt a thousand time lighter. Yang looks to see she held Ruby's dagger in her hands. She looked back up to see her own blade coming directly at her.
"Oh fuck!" Yang raises all of her arms to block as Dragkov crashes into her. The heap of iron pushes her back, her metallic arms groan in protest. She shouts as she manages to push away the blade just as she slams into a tree.
Yang looks up to see Ruby slowly approaching her, Silver's Edge in one hand, assault rifle in the other. Her dagger was sheathed in her hip, while the revolver in the other.
The brawler lets out a dry chuckle as she picks herself up.
"You're a tricky bitch, you know that?" she picks up the weapon that almost killed her.
"Go to a battlefield and ask a ghost: 'Does honor matter?'" Ruby voiced, "and all you'll hear is silence."
"So what? You'll do anything to win? Even if it means sacrificing others?" Yang arms her arms (heh heh) and readies her sword.
"... you wanna be a hero?" Ruby sneers at the blonde. "Then play the part and die like every other Huntsman in history!" Ruby dashes at Yang, she slams her body into Yang's sending her through the tree.
"I don't care what happens to everyone else! The only things that matter is me," she kicks Yang in the face, "and my friends!"
"Ya got the spirit, Xiao Long," Ruby begins to monolog, "But spirit isn't going to keep you alive in this world! the world doesn't care about spirit. This is the real world!" she stomps on Yang's wrapped arm.
"As for me," Ruby aims her assault rifle right in Yang's face, "I'll do what I do best, what I've been doing all these years... lie, steal, cheat, and SURVIVE-!" The rose is then abruptly cut off as a Elder Nevermore lands behind her. It lets out a great screech before it dives down and swallows Ruby.
"RUBY!!!" Yang cried out as the giant avian Grimm gulps down the girl. The Grimm's markings body glow an intense red before letting out an ear-piercing screech that was heard all over. The giant Grimm flaps its great wings, creating a strong gust of wind sending the brawler flying back into the clearing where the teams were spectating.
Yang picks herself up to see the teams were currently battling it out with the Grimm.
"Yang!" Jaune called out to his fellow blonde. He shoved off a Beowolf before slashing it down. "The Grimm Yang! They're coming in! We need to leave! Where's Ruby?"
"She's... she's-"
"Take this!" Nora's voice is heard as she slams her warhammer into an Ursa minor, sending it flying into the distance. "Oh hey, guys! Did someone win already? Where's Ruby?" she asked.
"She's-"
Several gunshots are heard as Ren flips over a Boarbatusk. He fires his SMG's, but its armor is too thick. That is until Ren pulls out his katana and obliterates it.
"Jaune, Yang," Ren turns to the ginger, smiling. "Nora. I can assume the battle had ended already?"
"Guys, listen... Ruby, she's-"
"Hiya!" Blake rolled across the ground before she fired off her Desert Eagles. A Beta Beowolf lunges at her, but she dashes away with a shadow clone. The Grimm's claws are then stuck inside of the clone, as a statue of ice traps it. The Faunus dashes forward and impales the Grimm's throat, effectively killing it.
"Hey guys, everyone good?" She greets. She faces Yang flashing a smile. "Did you win?"
"I uh," once again Yang is cut off as someone calls out her name.
"Yang!" the ice queen crashes into the brawler, glomping down on her. "You won!" she exclaimed in joy.
"Guys! I didn't win!" Yang shouted.
"But, then... where's Ruby?" Weiss asked.
"Yes, where is Ruby, Yang Xiao Long." Pyrrha's voice is heard as she approaches the group.
Everyone is now staring at Yang with expectant eyes. Yang looks at everyone with fear and shame, not knowing how to respond.
"Ruby's... dea-"
The Blonde was cut off again as the Elder Nevermore landed right in front of her. It lets out a squawk, as a piece of cloth was spat out. Everyone looks down to see the ripped and tattered piece of red cloth.
"Ruby's dead..." Yang admits as everyone puts two and two together.
"No..." Pyrrha is shaking her head. "No, no, no, no!" the spartan jerks her head towards the blonde murder dead in her eyes.
"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!!!" Pyrrha screams bloody murder as she lunges at the blonde.
But Nevermore squawks and pecks at the amazonian. It's sharp beak thrusts at Pyrrha, but she manages to raise her shield and block the attack. The force sends the redhead flying into the forest.
The Grimm squawk out in bestial rage as it flaps its wings.
"DAMN YOU!!!" Jaune screams as he lunges at the Grimm, but he's pathetically swatted away.
Everyone then scattered as they began attacking the Elder Nevermore, but their attacks do nothing against it. Its ironlike feathers providing great protection as it attacks the humans.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" Blake cries as she runs along the back of the Grimm, slashing away. But it does nothing as the Grimm takes flight, knocking her off.
Once in the air, the Grimm let out a great screech again, making everyone cover their ears. When it stopped, there was a moment of silence before a small hoard of Grimm came charging from the forest.
"Oum damn it," Jaune curses as tears run down his face, "Oum damn it all..."
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Somewhere far off the coast of Vale, where the small island of Patch laid, a man was tending to his small garden. He wore gloves as he pulled out weeds that were in his crops. After some time, the man finished pulling out the weeds out. He grabbed the pile and carried them to a small bin where the vegetation would turn into compost.
The man let out a breath as he took off his straw hat, revealing his bright blonde hair. He wiped away some sweat from his brow with a very muscular arm. Tattoos heavily covered his arms as he removed his gloves. He faced up into the skies, his blue eyes looked up in cloudy skies.
"Hmm... I think I'll go for a walk," he spoke to himself as he heads inside. He readied himself by taking his straw hat as well as a small basket of food with him.
He walked out his wooden cabin, locking the door before he began his trek into the woods.
"I wonder how Qrow's doing... Haven't heard from him in a while. Hope he's doing well." the man thought out loud. "Hope Yang's doing good in school too."
"Dah! She is, I know it! Cause if she ain't, then my name ain't Taiyang Xiao Long!" he laughed as he began his walk.
6,774 words, excluding Disclaimer and Author's Notes. I will accept criticism and opinions.
So, Ruby's dead.
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Yep.
Anyway, Yang has four arms! Isn't that cool? As for why Yang has a watered-down version of Vajra Asura's arms, well that will be explained later on. The most I can say is that it's related to her dad and her Semblance. She isn't going to be overpowered and destroy fucking God, but the most I think she'll have is six arms total. I'd like to thank @WrenchSavage and @Super761 for giving me their opinions and advice. It really helps to know your thoughts even if ya guys don't think it helps!
Oh yeah, Taiyang's introduced. What did you guys/gals/comrades think of him? Or at least without raging at him because this is a 'neglected and abused' story. Well, it's not so much as neglected, but it does contain abuse! Yaaaaaaaaaaay!
I answered a comment by @ModerateOutis about Ruby being protected by plot armor or convenience. I answered back that I would not hesitate to kill off Ruby if planned, and that the story would continue despite our main protagonist being dead. I also explicitly stated in earlier chapters that I would not hesitate to kill Ruby as well.
Will I kill off other characters? Oh hell yes, there will be plenty of deaths in this book. And not just from side characters that serve little purpose, but main characters as well. I mean, SPOLIERS, Penny was killed off in cannon(those bastards), and Pyrrha was killed too(those goddamn mother fuckers... WHYYYYYYYY PYRRUBY AND NUTS AND DOLTS IS DEAAAAADDDDD!!!! AUGHHHHHHHH!!!! *disgusting sobbing* FUCK WHITE ROSE!!!)
Of course, this isn't Game of Thrones where I'll throw a dart at a board to decide who dies. Each death will be planned and will NOT be pointless, (unless I say it is).
Also if ya look REALLY hard, you can see Summer in the chapter image. It's just that her cloak is white.
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