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...a girl walked by herself in the forest of patch, where she was walking to? her mother's gravestone placed on a cliff overlooking the vast land of patch, and beyond this land was the ocean.
she stopped walking to breathe in and out, and with a happy voice, she called out.
"Hey mom, it's been a while,*ahem* Oh guess what! Yang got accepted into Beacon Academy! how cool is that! she always said she wanted to be a huntress, and she did it! I almost couldn't believe it!... but if I'm being honest... it is kinda annoying... of course I'm happy for my big sister, but I want to be a huntress too... I still have two more years at signal, *sigh*, why can't I be more like her..."
she looked down at her mother's grave, thinking about more topics and shook her head thinking of one.
"*Hmhp* Anyway! When it comes to weapons, I'm as good as anyone, better even! with all the weapons I've seen! Just look at Crescent Rose! I've made it after... *ahem* I'm going to work hard so I can fight to protect the people from grimm, just like you, mom!.... um *sigh*"
She put her weapon back behind her as she moved closer to the stone to whisper.
*whispers* "jaunes still not back...*huff* he never calls... but Uncle qrow said he's okay... with every checkup he's done, but i say that's not enough... qrow then said something about it being personal to jaune..."
*sigh~*
'I wonder what you're doing, you jerk.' As she thought this, she heard the humming of a vehicle coming closer. She smiled, knowing who it was.
'yang said it'd be three years... happy birthday, Jaune. I'll make sure you celebrate our birthdays you missed when we see you!'
with this last thought, her sister got off her bumblebee, taking the helmet off and looking at her with a bright smile.
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A girl with cat ears looked out at the noise coming in the distance as she checked her weapon to find problems with it, but she never did.
"Blake, are you done yet? the sdc train is coming. " A man adjusted his white fang mask as he looked behind him to his partner.
"Adam, do you think doing this alone is alright?"
"The humans are using mindless drones and are too scared to face us... you're not scared, are you?" Adam turned around with a smirk.
"Do you think I scare easily?" she said done cleaning her weapon with a cloth.
"*heh* im vary aware of your bravery" said Adam as they stopped at the edge of the mountain side of forever fall forest, seeing the train carrying both passengers and sdc dust cart.
the dust is what Adam's after, as they both jump as the train hissed at the turn it made, the metallic sound of landing was heard with Adam swinging his katana cutting the lock on the latch.
'The raid of this train is not going to help the faunus... ' these were her thoughts as she looked around as Atlas drones were activated by the lightning dust they had installed which activated the hard light dust that had the programming system.
'of course we trip the security systems' she thought.
**Click!** The sound of the drones fully activated as the metal masks fall down as they get their weapons pointed at us.
[Intruder, identify yourself]
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they made it to the other cart that she taught was empty...
an explosion of energy in one of the train carts as a beam of light destroyed the metal door with two shadows backing away, looking closer a spider sentry droid appeared as it approached with it's black metal armor without a scratch from the two.
"Blake, give me a few seconds!" Adam said, preparing for another beam of the spider droid.
Blake went in to distract the droid as Adam got his semblance ready. She was using her mirage semblance to dodge the droid, but it was getting its beam ready for another blast
"Blake, I'm ready!" As he said this, she went behind Adam as the droid shot it's beam at them both with Adam blocking it with his sword as his hair glowed red with his sword taking the kinetic energy of the beam ready to give it back.
she thought once he's fighting the spider droid, she could make it to the other cart and separate them, leave the white fang and find her own path, and as he saw him slash his sword at the spider droid, she made this her chance...But before she can cross the bridge of the two carts, she's hit by Adams sword, and her arua took a hard hit nearly breaking it, she looked behind her seeing Adam walk towards her as the spider behind him falls apart from his slashes.
"I already knew you would pull something like this Blake... this act of yours is not needed in the white fang, so i suggest you change it."
Blake's heart pounded in her chest as she struggled to her feet, her Aura flickering. Adam's gaze bore into her, a mix of fury and disappointment.
"What?, wait You think you can just walk away?" his laughter mocking her as he sheaths his katana. "After everything we've been through?"
Blake clenched her fists, forcing herself to meet his gaze. "This isn't the way, Adam!, The White Fang's become something I can't support! We're supposed to be fighting for equality!, not spreading terror and violence!" As she picked herself up off the platform.
Adam's eyes narrowed as his mocking smirk locked on his face, his grip tightening on the hilt of his sword. "And~ what do you think you can accomplish on your own? You're nothing without the White Fang..."
"I'll find my own path," Blake said firmly, taking a cautious step back. "One that doesn't involve hurting innocent people... better then the white fang!"
Adam sneered. "Naive as ever. The world doesn't change with kind words and peaceful protests, Blake. It changes with power. With fear! Thats how the Sdc accomplished so much, we are just evening the playing field"
Blake looked behind her and She knew this was her only chance, She couldn't let Adam take the one chance to get out of the white fang.
she threw a smoke bomb to Adam and it burst in his face covering 1 meter around him and enveloping the area in a thick cloud.
Adam shouted, his voice barely audible over the roar of the train.
"You can't run from me, Blake!" Adam's voice is heard as the trains speed took the smoke away.
Blake used the slight cover to dash towards the coupling between the train carts. She could hear Adam's footsteps behind her, closing in fast and she heard Adam say a few more words.
"You're making a mistake!"
Blake's eyes met his one last time as he got closer knowing she wouldn't make it. "No, Adam. The mistake was staying this long."
With her words Adam's anger used his speed to kick her towards the floor, breaking her arua.
"*sigh* the humans of this train will die, Don't die with them, Blake."
She was going to fail right here... without being able to do anything to change her life...
*tap* but she didn't fall, as her body was caught, she slowly looked up, seeing a boy with a ragged hood over his head and sharp blue eyes looking at her.
"who-" she wanted to ask who they were, but remembered the real problem as Adam looked at us with a wandering look, as he stood with his hand on the hilt of his katana, she also looked at how she's being princess carried...
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*sigh*
'oh man, instincts kicked in catching this girl, I remember ruby and yang would fall off trees when we were younger and i would catch them... wonder what they're doing right now' Jaune thought as he looked up at the man who Said he'd kill the people of this train.
"So the one going around the train is the white fang... what you just said makes you no different from grimm. " Jaune remarks.
Jaune said with Blake in his arms as he placed her down on the side away from the edges of the train to get his weapon ready as mechanical sounds took the form of his spear(lance? with the crossguard?).
"Hmm, another idiot huh. Grimm take lives without a care in this world, but We do what we have to do. To get our point across! that we are not going to let the faunus be on the Weak side!"
"So you'd kill the innocent lives of this train... to get your point across?"
jaune put two of his hands on his spear to get his spearhead pointed at this lunatic.
"...My point?" Adam had about enough of this pointless conversation and readied his weapon to strike this idiot who came here.
As the leader of the white fang said this, jaune activated his Amp to 5x the speed, aiming his spear at the guys chest and as the steal platform of the train hissed at the strength jaune put in to launch himself at Adam... the leader slightly flinched.
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He was ready for a fight, but not at the speed this hooded guy showed as I blocked the thrusting strike, i can feel my semblance activate the second time, meaning he's showing enough strength for me to take this fight seriously.
*Skiid~*
He slid backwards and aimed to use his katana to cut down on the hooded opponent's body, as his blade was going down, it stopped mid-swing only to find the hooded man closer and to find his katana caught between the crossguard of the spear.
*click*
"You idiot" *Bang!* i muttered, firing a bullet infused with my semblance from my Sheath at the mans body... a shield appeared to block the bullet as sparks and gust of wind flew away from the mans body as his hood slightly came off his head, showing his blackened hair.
Adam was then hit with the shield as his body slid more back on the metal platform, his semblance ready to cleave this black haired guy in half with one strike.
"Do you? think your faster then me?" Adam said with disdain.
"Maybe?" The hooded guy pushed forward with his spear to fire his rounds at him, he blocked them with his sword as the blade glowed with every bullet sparking off. *Ta! ta Ta!*
but this guy kept using his semblance like his aura reserves were bigger then his own.
He was fast as he thrusts his spear towards him again, he blocked and is now in a lock against him with his crossguard again.*Clang!* 'Again with this!'
Adam used the kinetic energy to redirect it to his opponent using his semblance moonslice *moon Slashes x3".
but he dodged and blocked the three of Adam's strikes.
'This bastard thinks he can win!'
*Clang!, shiing!*
Adam focused, his semblance activating fully again, He felt the raw power coursing through him, Charging forward, he slashed at the hooded man, who barely managed to block with his shield. Sparks flew as metal clashed against metal spear against katana. Adam's strikes grew more ferocious each one faster and stronger than the last.
*ting!*
*Clang!*
*Clang!*
The hooded man countered with a swift thrust of his spear, the weapon extending with a sudden burst of energy. Adam dodged to the side, the spear grazing his shoulder aura. He retaliated with a powerful upward slash, forcing the hooded man to leap back, Adam Using the momentum he closed the distance instantly, landing a solid kick to his opponent's chest, sending him crashing into the boxes of the train cart.
"you can't beat me stranger, I've never lost a single fight!"
The hooded man stood, visibly winded but still checks his coat.
"I never thought of winning... did it look like that?" He said getting up.
He spun his spear, flinging metal boxes at Adam but he slashed through them that sent debris flying behind him, his katana cutting effortlessly, the hooded man thrust his spear forward as he spun with it releasing a barrage of fire dust blasts, Adam weaved through them, his movements a blur. He closed in, their weapons clashing once more With a swift move, Adam locked the spear with his katana 'now let's see how you like it!', twisting it out of the hooded man's grip. Seizing the opportunity, he delivered a powerful punch to his opponent's gut, followed by a knee to the face.
The man staggered back wiping blood from his mouth as he used gravity dust to call back his spear.
"you have lots of aura I'll give you that, lets try this for size!" Adam replied, sheathing his katana. His semblance surged, the power building within his sword. In a flash, he unsheathed his sword, releasing a devastating red energy wave of his moonslice toward his opponent as it sliced through the platform without stopping.
The hooded man braced himself bringing up his shield. The wave crashed against it, the impact shaking the train car as his feet slide back from the slash. Adam pressed on, his relentless assault pushing the hooded man's consistent speed and strength to his semblances limit.
the train shifted and Adam twisted his body, avoiding a blow to his chest. He grabbed the spear, using its momentum to flip the hooded man over his shoulder.
*thud!*
he landed with his feet and something I didn't expect this guy to do, was put his weapon into travel mode to grab my hair and with the strength and speed the guy still had consistently on for the 5 minutes they were fighting, he overhang threw me across and pass the hole i came through and then the next 6 carts behind as my body hit the metal platforms and walls of the insides of the carts, I felt my arua hit the mid point.
to stop myself, I stab my sword into the train, cutting through the metal. I glared forward at the bastard who threw me, my hand touching my hair.
'I will kill you!' He finally knew why this guy was fighting, he was trying to create distance from him! Using his burst of speed.
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'I finally got him far enough to separate the carts, i can't fight him with lives at stake on this train... and i need to take another pill for this motion sickness'
Jaune thought as he swung his spearhead to break the connections of the trains, and with that, he saw the white fang leader running back and with him saying something but was too far to hear...
"You! Bastard!" was what jaune thought he said.
Jaune then looked at the runaway cat, who got up just as he separated the trains.
"...you left that organization, right?" jaune said to the cat faunus.
"..." but silence was his answer... but that was all he needed.
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"Well, that's all I need to confirm... I got to go report..." When he said report, she flinched... she wanted a new life, but not one of hiding with her face on wanted posters... her plan... f-failed.
*sniffles*
she didn't say anything and kept her eyes shut. She was finally going to leave that path, and once she did, find a new one... but now if she runs or fights this person, it all ends the same way, a wanted poster...
"...report? that a group of grimm got on the train, I had to fight them off, but separation of some of the cargo was necessary for the safety of the passengers... hows that sound?" something else was what jaune had in mind... and she opened her almost teared amber eyes a bit to see his piercing blue eyes looking at her as shes sitting down.
'w-what' was all she had in her mind. Why would someone who didn't know her help her... she's a faunus who was with the new white fang, and that its members tried to kill all the passengers on this train.... so why help her.
"hm does it sound good?" but Jaune said what he thought and didn't really clarify why.
She wanted to say something but, before she did he turned around to get to the passengers side headed to the very front to report.
"Who are you" She asked with at least wanting to know there name.
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'she looks like she's struggling with something... kinda like me, I suppose... this motion sickness is a common enough problem anyways'
"Who are you" oh she speaks.
"hm? someone who helped you out a situation, but a next time will cost you" I need to rest, my face took a beating, and I'm tired to.
"looks like you know your way around,*yawn* I'm going, see ya never"
I head back towards the front, and hopefully, they can take my claims for truth.
walking past the still sleeping-, power napping old man, walking pass the mother who finally got her child to sleep, pass the tired looking children who are sitting together after a days play with one holding the coin of lien, and heading to the very front of the train to give his small report.
stopping to look out the window and in the very far distance the great city of the kingdom of vale as we pass the tall mountains of forever fall forest.
he finds some of the crew who came down to check the cargo... what they saw was 4 single carts left of sdc product. they heard my story gave me some lien for trying, and I left it at that to go back to sleep.
the faunus girl left as the train got closer to the city of vale, she would then go towards an abandoned farm to rest making it her home for the night, as she does the beacon test of entry.
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jaune will start his night at One-Sam's inn, far from the central area of the great city and far away from the train station, he closed his bathroom door and switched off his lights, sitting on the bed he yawns, looking out his window with Remnants shattered moon looking at him also.
*bing*
he gets a message in his scroll, saying he passed the written test, evaluations, and that he's a suitable candidate for the positions of being a student of beacon.... all he did was talk about his semblance?... [my semblance is to amplify my aura, my strength, and my speed, I can only amplify it separately at lower levels or I can do it together at higher amplification levels ] as he looked at the answer he gave with nothing else attached...
*bing*
he got another message of where he's going to be waiting to get his ride to beacon and what he's needed to take with him for the final test of entry.
[The beacon passenger bullhead will be used Tomorrow at 12pm, don't be late, your hard work to being selected is only the beginning of your great journey]
'The wait starts, I guess...'
"Oh wait... I'm seventeen now in a few hours huh, happy 17th birthday i guess *yawn*. "
he looked at his weapons on the bed with them in their full form. On the right is his crocea mors(yellow death), on the left piercing la ciel(piercing the sky).
he then looked to the chair in the room with his new outfit with minor improvements with replacing his leather padding and other leather areas with Kevlar and basically getting a new set of clothes... I guess it looks good, and it has a newer hood on it.
flash back to his old worn out rags he was in with whatever was available to him at the time.
"sir... I would like to recommend a clothes shop when we make it to Vale... for the trouble of protecting the cargo of course..."
'?'
jaune stepped back as he grabbed a piece if his suit.
*sniff, sniff- hm* 'i mean i Guess he means i need a new set of clothes...' they were 2 years old anyway. It would only get worse with time i suppose.
End of flash back.
he looked at a mirror for the first time in months? years?, what he saw was long black hair covering his tired looking face.
'Maybe I should cut it?... *scratching* meh I'll just tie it'
he went to bed early as he closes his eyes for yet another night.
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"Julius*echo*..." a voice saying the name of his great-great-grandfather...
"Yes, father?*echo*" Another voice he definitely recognizes.
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from distant voices in the darkness of sleep, to a clear picture overlooking the fissure of two great mountains, two persons of the same family talked.
"You know why we chose these mountains as our stronghold?... " the patriarch asked his son again.
"The mountains entrance was the closest to the grimm hoards. It would also serve as our walls surrounding the city."
"Indeed it has... but it wouldn't work if the Arcs were not present, why is that so you may ask?... when we choose to amplify the aura itself with the power of the Arcs, the grimm will be drawn towards it and the grimm will not change targets afterwards and will funnel to the source of the origin by going through these mountains that is closest to it, but this way of handling the grimm is destructive to us with every battle... we are at the edge of annihilation of our species, and maybe soon our last battle will take place here son... will you join me in defending it tell our name is returned to dust it was made from?" the patriarch asked as he looked out at the building of the walls as the sun dipped below the horizon.
"Yes, father... I'll join you and unlock the power of the Arcs in battle!, i know i can!." Julius answered, joining him to look outside as they wait with a smile taking place on the sons face.
"...and i believe you"
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another dream of a memory that's not his... it ended without answers as always, he opens his eyes to look up at the familiar ceiling of the inn.