Aurus Hintray - Remember The Fallen

Aurus walked the streets of Vale, slowly easing off the adrenaline from work. These kids are getting good, he thought, ''but I'm glad about that. Vale needs people who can defend themselves. Well...''Aurus's mind drifted as he walked. He thought about school, how his family was faring, and his uncle. How he missed him. Aurus visited his grave often, even though he knew there was no body in the casket. Grimm had taken him, and Aurus wanted to kill every last one of them for it. I haven't paid my respects, Hintray thought, ''I can make time. Becaon, you'll have to wait.''

***

"Uncle, I wish you were here. But I thank you for not.  For not seeing what this world is comiong to...I think that would be a punishment worse than death for you.  I know you loved your family, and just wanted the world to be a better place.  A place when faunus and human could walk hand-in-hand, where Grimm were no more.  I still have conflicting emotions over you, uncle.  I am happy you're no longer here, but saddened by that fact.  At any rate, your spirit lives on in the Hintray name, and your passing has caused me to be who I am today.  With much love, uncle.  Rest in peace."

Aurus knelt before the tombstone, hands clasped together. A single, bitter tear rolled down his cheek, winding its way down to his chin, and onto the ground. Aurus grasped the clod of earth, squeezed it tight, and set it down. He slowly got to his feet, brushed himself off, and walked out of the graveyard, silently acknowledging the many others that lay in death. ''So much death. I wish I could see it all end. But I'm a fool to think that there is immortality. May you all rest in peace'', Aurus thought.

***

Aurus briskly traversed the gravel path in the woods, leading him back to Beacon. He tried to avert his mind from his uncle, but he was having trouble. Lost in his mind, Aurus was brought to by a sharp snap! - a branch breaking. Aurus quickly loaded Tebuki with red and blue magazines. He waited silently, hearing the sound of footfalls around him. The clouded night parted way to moonlight, and Aurus saw something he could only dream of.

He was surrounded by a horde of Grimm.

Aurus had to act quickly. He knew the Grimm would attack any moment now. That meant he would have to be on his guard, aura and semblance in full swing. He breathed, cleared his head, and came up with a plan: fight like never before in his uncle's memory. Aurus smiled, another tear rolling down his cheek. He charged. So did the Grimm.

Hintray came in low, sliding underneath one Grimm, driving a flame-shrouded fist into it's underbelly. He rolled up, shrouded a blade in ice, and drove it right between the eyes of another Grimm. Aurus jutted out his right fist, catching another jumping Grimm in the throat, crushing it's windpipe. It keeled over, knocking another Grimm back. Aurus ran at it, right hand a firey fist, left hand a blade of hard ice. Hintray leapt up, stabbing one beast, using the forward momentum to propel him over it's back - directly into the face of another Grimm. It's bones crunched, flesh charred. Hintray somersaulted, and reloaded as he got back to his feet. Aurus smiled, chuckled, and jumped back intot the fray.

In what felt like minutes, the horde that stared at Aurus was no more than a mangled mess of dead Grimm. Aurus shuddered, and let out a sigh. He hadn't suffered the same fate, but felt saddened, relieved, and weary. He only had a few clips of ammo on him, and he had used them all - though he did not regret the loss. Aurus knelt, thanking his uncle through the fight, and walked away into the night.