<Y/n p.o.v.>

Both Wiess and Ika were ready, Weiss got changed, Ika remained in his uniform.

"GO WEISS" Yang sung.

"Fight well" Blake said swinging a RWBY banner.

"Yeah, represent team RWBY" Ruby cheered.

"Ruby, I'm trying to concentrate" Weiss scolded.

I went next to Ruby.

"Kick it's ass Ika" I cheered.

He smirked.

"Ika, put on the armor" I sighed.

"NO" He whined.

"PLACE ON THE ARMOR" I said.

"NO, IT'S ANNOYING" He said.

I made a crying baby signal to him.

He growled.

His body glowed red, then it glowed slightly brighter before disappearing.

Armor then appeared on Ika.

"There, was that so hard" I asked.

"YES IT WAS" He said with a somewhat annoyed tone.

"Let the match...begin" Port said.

He swung his axe at the lock on the cage.

When it broke a pig Grimm was shown, it charged straight towards Ika and Weiss.

They both dodged it.

"HAHA, wasn't expecting that were you" Port said.

Both Weiss and the Grimm charged at each other.

Her rapier got caught in the Grimm's tusk.

"Holding your approach...I like it" Port said.

"Come on Weiss show it who's boss" Ruby said.

Ika appeared and summoned his sword.

He tried to slice it.

It dodged it.

It then flung Weiss' weapon to the side.

"What will you do now" Port said.

The Grimm ran at Weiss.

Ika went in it's way and held it by it's tusks while Weiss ran for her weapon.

"Weiss, go for it's belly, there's no armor und-" Ruby said.

"STOP TELLING ME WHAT TO DO" Weiss shouted.

Ruby was upset.

"I might have overestimated this creature, I thought it would be atleast a little bit intelligent...but I was wrong, it's just another beast" Ika said with an annoyed tone.

He lifted it and slammed it on the ground.

The Grimm stood up again, then it rolled towards Weiss.

"IKA, STOP IT BEFORE IT GETS TO HER" I shouted.

"YOU STOP TELLING ME WHAT TO DO" He shouted.

Ika warped to her and summoned a shield before smacking it in the head, making it flip.

Weiss jumped off of Ika's shoulders behind him, then summoned a glyph.

Ika swung back as he summoned his sword and they both stabbed the Grimm in it's stomach.

"BRAVO, BRAVO, we are indeed in the presence of a true huntsman and huntress in training, that is all the time we have for today, please go over the assigned readings, and remember..STAY VIGILENT" Port said.

Both Ika and Weiss stormed out of the class, Ika smashed through the door, Weiss followed.

Ruby went after Weiss while I went for Ika.

Ika was storming down towards outside.

"Ika, what's wrong, what's the problem" I asked.

"YOU'RE THE PROBLEM, MUCH LIKE RUBY YOU WERE TELLING ME WHAT TO DO, I'M CAPABLE OF DOING IT MYSELF, I'VE FOUGHT WORSE THAN THAT PIG" He shouted.

"Dude, I was just...trying to help" I said.

"I CAN DO THIS ON MY OWN, I'VE HAD TO LOOK OUT FOR MYSELF MY WHOLE LIFE, AND I'M NOT STOPPING ANYTIME SOON" He shouted.

He warped away.

I couldn't catch him.

Am I that horrible of a team-mate?

I'm only trying to help...

I don't want to lose anyone anymore...never again...

Not like Solaire...

<Timeskip>

I was in my dorm.

How long was I in there...long enough to think about how to make it up to him.

And speak of the devil, Ika just arrived again.

He was still in his armor and he was smoking.

Not like with a cigarette or anything, smoke was coming out of his armor.

He fainted onto his bed, his armor disappeared.

"Umm...Ika" I said.

"What" He said with a moody attitude.

"I uh...want to...apologize for everything" I said.

"No...I should be the one to apologize..." He said.

He sat up.

"Look...ever since I could remember I've had to look after myself, I could barely trust anyone, and I had to survive with my own tools....it was hard...growing up, so I've had to things myself...it sucks...especially since...well, I'm supposed to be the next emperor of Niflheim" He said.

"You're a prince" I asked.

"Yep...and knowing that my father is the chancellor and he abused me throughout my childhood doesn't help" He said.

Abuse?

"How did he abuse yo-" I asked.

"He had me experimented on and tortured because of me being part demon part astral part human" He said.

Woah...

"So like...you're part god" I asked.

"In a way...my mother decided that loving a Daemon shouldn't be her responsibility, so she abandoned me with my father, and because I had the ability to surpass both sides...he experimented on me...tortured me until I could barely move...then he'd start again" Ika said.

Oh...

"How did you escape" I asked.

"With the help of some merciful scientists, I was tortured at the beginning of my birth, and throughout my childhood as well...they didn't like the idea of a boy growing up in a hellhole so they decided to help me escape, however right as we were leaving the Empire found us....they executed the scientists" Ika said.

"Shit dude" I said.

I felt bad for the guy.

"How are you a prince then" I asked.

"Emperor Iedolas said that I had the most potential...the ability to replace him when he goes...and I don't think my father liked that idea" He said.

He lied down.

"And the wanted posters have dubbed me Prince Ikagaki, heir to the throne of Gralea" He said.

He sighed.

"Tell me y/n...do you have lords where you're from" He asked.

"In a way" I said.

"Tell me about them" I said.

I sighed.

"Where I'm from there are a group of people called the Lords of Cinder, they were the ones to link the fire and bring an age of fire" I said.

"Linking the fire" He asked.

"Let's start from the very beginning...the very very beginning..." I said.

I cleared my throat.

"In the Age of Ancients, The world was unformed, shrouded by fog. A land of grey crags, archtrees, and everlasting dragons. But then there was Fire. And with Fire came Disparity. Heat and cold, life and death, and of course....Light and Dark. Then, from the Dark, They came. And found the Souls of Lords within the flame. Nito, the first of the dead. The Witch of Izalith, and her daughters of chaos. Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight, and his faithful knights. And the furtive pygmy, so easily forgotten. With the Strength of Lords, they challenged the dragons. Gwyn's mighty bolts peeled apart their stone scales. The witches weaved great firestorms. Nito unleashed a miasma of death and disease. And Seath the Scaleless betrayed his own, and the dragons were no more. Thus began the Age of Fire. But soon, the flames will fade, and only Dark will remain. Even now, there are only embers, and man sees not light, but only endless nights. And amongst the living are seen, carriers of the accursed Darksign" I said.

"Wait...so like...Gwyn became the first Lord of Cinder" He asked.

"Yep...he started it...and when the flames began to fade the Witch of Izalith used her Soul to make another flame...however it turned not only her...but her daughters into demons, creating chaotic flames and creating malformed demons, Gwyn took action, and eventually left to kindle the first flame himself" I said.

He seemed interested.

"In linking the flame, Gwyn sacrificed himself with his powerful soul providing fuel for the flames, prolonging the Age of Fire. Many of his Black Knights followed him into the Kiln and were reduced to ash when he linked the fire, wandering Lordran as disembodied spirits for eternity...his Lord Soul was able to keep the fire burning for centuries, but it left Gwyn to Hollow" I said.

"Hollow" Ika asked.

"Think of it as a zombie" I said.

He got a whole lot more of an understanding.

"Now, what's the story with these Lord of Cinder guys" Ika asked.

"Well...it begins with a little thing called Lothric" I said.

Ika got confused.

"Lothric" Ika asked.

"Yes, indeed. It is called Lothric, where the transitory lands of the Lords of Cinder converge. In venturing north, the pilgrims discovered the truth of the old words....the fire fades and the lords go without thrones. When the link of the fire is threatened, the bell tolls, unearthing the old Lords of Cinders from their graves...Aldrich, Saint of the Deep...Farron's Undead Legion, the Abyss Watchers...and the reclusive lord of the Profaned Capital, Yhorm the Giant...Only, in truth... the Lords will abandon their thrones...And the Unkindled will rise. Nameless, accursed Undead, unfit even to be cinder. And so it is, that ash seeketh embers" I said.

"So when the fire fades the lords arrive to help it...will a new one be made" Ika asked.

"There was Lothric himself, he was destined to be the next Lord of Cinder, his older brother was where his family failed and so they went with the younger sibling, however Lothric has no intention of becoming a Lord of Cinder so he's kinda being a lazy butt and is going like "I don't have to do this girlfriend" I said in a sassy tone.

Ika laughed.

"Our worlds both have something to do with flame you know" He said.

"What's with yours" I asked.

"Well....let's say it has a lot to do with my mother" He said.

He sat up.

"I know your father Ardyn, who's your mother" I asked.

"Well...she's one of the Astrals you see" He said.

"Which one, Leviathan" I asked.

He laughed.

"Ardyn's sword would barely be a toothpick to Leviathan if you catch my drift, no, my mother's name...is Shiva, the Glacian" He said.

I was shocked.

"Shiva is your mother, how did they meet" I asked.

"Well it happened a long time ago you could say....a long way ago, basically my mother was once a monstrous woman who would freeze the humans, not giving a care for them as they died and suffered, however Ifrit, the Infernian saw something special in humanity, and so...gifted them fire, and with that fire humanity thrived" He said.

I nodded in agreement.

"Eventually Ifrit warmed the Glacian's heart, making her more comfortable with humans, humans used the fire to prosper...however humanity saw fit that they no longer needed Ifrit anymore, and in his rage he attacked the humans" He said.

"Then what, was he stopped" I asked.

"The Astrals took action, they all took down Ifrit, and when he fell the Glacian became alone, and for many years she yearned for love, she wanted the feeling of being in someones arms...just once....and that's when my father comes in" He said.

I'm actually intrigued in this.

"He somewhat missed the feeling of being loved as well, and so he flirted and teased his way into her heart, and on that night...during this communion a child was made...me" Ika said.

He stretched.

"When I was born my mother saw the Daemon side of me and decided she couldn't love me as her child...and so I was left with my abusive father, who tortured me and experimented on me until I was set free...there's my childhood in a nutshell" He said.

"What about Iedolas, what's he like" I asked.

"He's very kind, they all were, Loqi, Caligo, Verstael, Aranea, Biggs, Wedge, even Ravus was kind...only my father hated me, Iedolas himself even said that I was to be his heir, and I'm still of royal blood due to my father anyway, so it's perfect" He said.

"So you're the young emperor" I said.

He chuckled.

"Yeah, I've been called that before, what about you, what's it like in the world of y/n" I asked.

"Well it's very different from yours, yours is all futuristic whilst mine is medieval, I live in a world of zombies and monsters, there are humans before you ask, most are kind" I said.

He smiled.

"That's good to know, *yawn* I'm tired, we should get some rest" He said.

"Yeah, night" I said.

"Night" He said.

We both fell asleep....that was a good talk.