The Story of Team ARAB



Work in Progress!

'''Warning! Mature Content: 17+'''

Title
RWBY - The Winter Angel

Title Music {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McDARzZIw_I}

Chapter 1
Passive Music {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gModJL6jakM}

"Oni-Chan!" Aqua said cheerfully to her older brother Azura.

"Would you stop calling me that?" Azura asked with annoyance in his voice.

"But you're my Oni-Chan aren't you Oni-Chan?" Aqua asked hugging her brother.

Azura and Aqua were siblings and were currently at the library returning books that they had checked out a few weeks ago. Azura was currently 8 years of age has beautiful azure blue hair, icy blue eyes, and white dove wings on his back which he inherited from his mother. Azura wore a blue and silver colored wind breaker jacket with a grey T-shirt, black cargo pants, and black and red tennis shoes. Aqua was 6 years of age, had pretty blue hair, blue eyes, and blue Blue-Jay wings on her back which she inherited from her father. Aqua wore a baby blue T-shirt and a blue skirt with navy blue leggings and baby blue tennis shoes; she and Azura are both bird Faunus.

Azura ignored his sister and returned his book to the librarian then stepped aside so Aqua could check out another book. Aqua read a lot, way more then her older brother, which is how she learned the word, Oni-Chan, which means Older Brother in Japanese. Azura however looked up the word sister in Japanese and plans on giving Aqua a taste of her own medicine if she calls him Oni-Chan again.

Aqua and Azura left the library and went to a Ice Cream café that was across the street to get some snow cones taking a seat in the dining room to enjoy their snow cones.

"So, what did Oni-Chan check out today?" Aqua asked.

"A book about Japanese Martial Arts, Nee-San." Azura replied.

Aqua looked at older brother who cracked a smile, Nee-San meant sister in Japanese, maybe she'll know better not call him Oni-Chan anymore.

"Did you just call me sister in Japanese!?" Aqua asked cheerfully.

"Hai." Azura replied as he ate a scoop of his snow cone.

Azura expected Aqua to get upset like he does when Aqua calls him Oni-Chan, but instead she got happy and excited.

"Oni-Chan is learning Japanese!" Aqua said happily. "Say it again!"

"No." Azura replied in annoyance.

"Please?"

"No."

"Pretty please?"

"Shut up."

"It's cute how you act so Tsundere Oni-Chan." Aqua said laughing.

"Hmph, I'm not Tsundere, you're just annoying." Azure replied eating his snow cone.

"Hee hee, that's what Tsunderes say." Aqua said teasing.

"Oh shut up." Azura replied getting up to leave, Aqua followed him as they ate their snow cones. As they walked outside, Azura pulled his hood over his head to shield himself from the sun, he was sensitive to the sun's heat and tended to sun burn more easily than most kids.

"So, why did you check out that book Oni-Chan?" Aqua asked looking at the book Azura checked out.

A few months ago while Azura was taking Aqua to the library he found a book about a group of warrior known as, The Shinobi. He was fascinated with their legends and decided to try and learn their ways and methods, although many of them were lost and/or forgotten like the Shinobi themselves, some of their arts were still recorded.

"Thought I'd learn how to fight like a Shinobi." Azura replied taking out the book and opening it to the table of contents.

"So you did enjoy that book. What do plan on learning first?" Aqua asked peeking at the table of contents.

Azura looked over the many kinds of martial arts listed and the brief summaries of what they were about.

"I think I'll start with Bojutsu." Azura replied as he read over the summary of Bojutsu.

"Cool, think you can teach me too?" Aqua asked.

"You want to learn martial arts?" Azura asked.

"Yeah, it sounds fun!" Aqua replied.

"Hmm, sure, just give me some time to learn this stuff, I won't be able to teach you if I don't know how to do it myself." Azura replied as he opened the book which had a tip on the first page saying, "Be as silent as the Winter White, as swift as the Coursing River, as strong as the Raging Fire, as deadly as the Great Typhoon, and mysterious as the Moon." Azura and Aqua picked up a few groceries that their mother requested at the market and headed home together, they lived in a beach house along the coastline of Vale, Aqua loved the smell of the sea water and the beautiful view of the sea.

"Mommy, can I go play in the water?" Aqua asked her mother as she and Azura set the groceries on the kitchen counter.

"Sure sweety, just make sure you shower after you're done." Their mother, Kei, replied.

"Okay, mommy." Aqua said cheerfully as she ran to go change.

Azura sat down in the porch under the shade of the deck umbrella as he read his new book, his father, Hinto was there preparing the grill to cook dinner.

"Whatcha got there kiddo?" Hinto asked notcing Azura sitting at the table behind him.

"A book on martial arts." Azura replied as he began to study Bojutsu.

"Planning on being a Huntsman?" Hinto asked.

"Maybe, I'm just studying because I find it's interesting." Azura replied.

"You know your uncle was a Huntsman, he got interested in martial arts around your age, and joined Beacon Academy when he got older." Hinto said.

"Work alongside repulsive humans? I'd rather bath in boiling oil." Azura replied.

"Not all humans are bad kiddo, there are some who get along pretty well with Faunus like us. Your uncle's team for example, he's the only Faunus on his team." Hinto said.

"Still doesn't change the fact that Nee-San was attacked by some dirt bags." Azura replied.

"You got to learn how to let things go kiddo, old buildings are torn down so that new, fresh ones can take their place." Hinto said.

Aqua came running out in her blue swim wear and ran out into the beach to play in the water.

"If I were to be a Huntsmen, I'd be calling my own shots, serving our people as I see best, I'll destroy what's evil, so that what's beautiful is not destroyed." Azura said.

"That's a powerful statement kiddo." Hinto said as he began to heat up the coals in the grill. "Just remember kiddo, follow your heart, just make sure that you don't go down a destructive path, make that the path you follow, is a path with a future."

"I will father." Azura replied as he returned to his reading.

Azura's uncle used to be a Huntsman, that is until he died, it was very sudden too, one day he was off on a routine mission like usual, only this time when he came back, he came back in a coffin; he left Hinto his sword in accordance to his last will. Remembering his brother's sword, Hinto went to go get it, he had no need for it, but maybe Azura does.

"Hey is there a martial art in there about sword fighting?" Hinto asked returning with Sento's Katana sword.

Azura looked through the book and found Kenjutsu and Ryoto-jutsu.

"Yeah, two of them." Azura replied.

"Here." Hinto said tossing Azura the weapon who caught it.

"Uncle Sento's sword?" he asked.

"It's yours now kiddo." Hinto said returning his attention to the grill.

"But father, this belongs to your brother, Uncle Sento." Azura said.

"Was my brother's sword, now it is yours. Take good care of it." Hinto replied.

Azura pulled the blade out of the sheath to see the shining blade within then sheathed it once more, "I will." he muttered as he set down next to him gently and continued to study.

Later Hinto and Kei finished making dinner and Aqua came back from the water having found a conch while swimming in the water. She liked to collect pretty sea shells and had a whole collection of them in her room on her book shelf. As the Marine family ate dinner Azura's mother, Kei, remembered something.

"Oh, Hinto, don't forget, Aqua's birthday is coming up." she said.

"Don't worry, I got something planned." Hinto replied.

"What is it?" Aqua asked.

"You'll see." Hinto replied.

Aqua was really curious to know what her father had in store for her, but she'll find out soon enough when her birthday comes around. Meanwhile Azura was wondering what he should get his little sister for her birthday, he know she loves to sea shells, should he get her a conch? No, she's got plenty of those, he needs get her something unique that she doesn't already have; but what?

One Week Later

Passive Music {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gModJL6jakM}

"So Oni-Chan, what are we going to do today?" Aqua asked as Azura prepared to go out the door.

"Sorry Nee-San, I'm going out alone today." Azura replied.

"Aww." Aqua said pouting cutely.

"Don't worry, I'll be back." Azura said patting his little sister's head.

Azura went out the door and pulled his hood over his head and began to look for something to get for his little sister. He first went to the toy store to try and look for something, but found nothing Aqua would be interested in, she wasn't into LEGOs, Trains, or Bikes, and she didn't need a beach kit since she always had their mother's gardening tools to use to make sand castles. She wasn't into video games either, the only games she played was Minecraft, Kingdom Hearts and Prop Hunt, all of which they already owned.

Azura went to a plushie shop to see if he could get her something there and found stuffed bears, Dango plushies, and Grimm Plushies, but nothing that seemed to be of Aqua's interest.

He's spent three weeks looking for something to get her, and still he has found nothing, Azura was tempted to get her a Manga, but he got her that last time, it would unthoughtful and uncreative of him to get her the same gift two years in a row.

Azura strolled over to the market place, there was always such interesting things being sold there, just last week, he got himself a Bo-Staff so he can practice his Bojutsu at home. As he strolled through he saw a student from Beacon Academy working his hobby as a Gunsmith, his name was Jet Colt and he worked here as a Gunsmith for his fellow students and other Huntsmen as a hobby which also helped pay off his tuition. He had his collection of antique weaponry proudly on display on the wall behind him, some people will occasionally ask him about them and Jet would gladly explain the weapons' history to them; his favorite one was the Single Action Colt .45 which he had on a little mount on the counter next to him everyday when he was there.

As Azura strolled through the market place his attention was caught by something a Huntress was hosting a little game for children who wanted to become Huntsmen when they grew up, and she even had prizes for them to win. Azura walked over to watch and saw a kid armed with a pair of Eskrima Sticks fighting some Squishy Grimm. Azura watched as the kid slaughtered the little creatures using his sticks and feet to squish the Squishy which were being released in waves. Azure glanced at the Huntress hosting the game and looked at the prizes she was offering which were, Grimm Figurines, Grimm Plushies, Kendo Bokkens, and Hooded Cloaks.

The prize that caught Azura's eye, was the Cloaks, specifically the one that was Navy Blue and had dolphin shaped pins on the collar; Azura approached the Huntress to ask her about the game.

"Excuse me, ma'am?" Azura asked.

"Yes?  Are you here to test your skills on some Squishy Grimm?" the Huntress replied.

"Maybe, what's this game you're hosting?" Azura asked.

"It's quite simple, you get 90 seconds to kill as many Squishy Grimm as possible, kill 20 and you get to pick a plushie, kill 40 and you get to pick a figurine, 60 for a Cloak, and 100 for a Kendo Bokken." the women replied keeping her eye on the stop watch in her hand. "You game?"

Azura looked at the Squishy which were being slaughtered helpless, then at the cloak he wanted to get Aqua.

"Oh yeah, I'm game." Azura said taking out his Bo-Staff.

Azura waited patiently for his turn, when the kid before him had finished and claimed his prize, Azura stepped into the ring which still had a single Squishy hopping around; Azura kicked it aside, killing it and waited for the signal to begin.

"Go!"

Contest Music {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlYGdm2xhQI}

Four Squishy were dispensed from a machine and they began hopping towards Azura who did a basic Bojutsu spin as they hopped towards him, killing them like a bunch of flies flying into a spinning fan. The Huntress took notes of Azura's performance as the next wave was released, eight Squishy. Azura easily defeated them without breaking a sweat, and the next wave came in, 16 Squishy. Azura spun his staff swatting a few Squishy like flies in the wind, then struck, stomped, kicked, and thrusted his staff into the others, killing them with ease.

The Huntress glanced at her stop watch, there was still over 60 seconds to go, and already he's killed 28 Squishy, so far most of the participants had 40 seconds average by wave 4, but then again, the Squishy are a rather weak Grimm, so weak a child a could slay them; the Huntress continued to watch as Azura took on Wave 4, 32 Squishy. This is the Wave most of her participants struggle to get through, but with over 60 seconds to spare, Azura could advance to Wave 5 with around 20 - 30 seconds remaining.

Azura struck a Squishy that had attempted to pounce on him then did a round house swing kick to get a few more and spun his staff then did a type of somersault while spinning mid-air allowing him to take a few more Squishy beneath him as they hopped up and ran into his spinning staff. Azura landed a few more Squishy, killing them under his feet then proceeded to mow down the rest of the Squishy by spinning his staff, sweeping his feet, and striking with his staff. Wave 5 began, 64 Squishy! And he had just over 30 seconds left.

The Huntress was impressed with Azura's peformance, sure he was slaugtering weak and defensless Squishy, but he wasn't fatiguing like the other children were, and he displayed adequate training and skills in Bojutsu. Although this was an activity for children to enjoy, it was also something to help recruiters find potential students to enroll in their academy for Huntsmen and right now Azura was demonstrating the kind of performance she's looking for.

Azura continued to lay waste to the little Squishy that swarmed around him, squishing, stomping, swatting, and kicking the little creatures. With only just under 5 seconds left, Azura killed the last Squishy and won the contest.

"Well done, you just won by completing all 5 waves!  Come over and pick your prize!" the Huntress said.

Azura let out a deep breath as he walked over to collect his prize, that last wave took a little more effort to beat.

Passive Music {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gModJL6jakM}

"Wow, not bad kiddo, you got some skill." the Huntress said to Azura. "Go on, take your prize, you've earned it."

Azura grabbed one of the Navy blue cloaks which surprised the Huntress, she would've thought Azura would take a Kendo Bokken, after all he got more then enough points to earn it.

"You chose a cloak over a Bokken?" the Huntress asked.

"Yes, my sister's birthday is coming up, and this cloak seems to fit her kinda of style." Azura replied.

"Oh, that's very sweet of you, your sister must be lucky to have you as her brother." the Huntress said.

Azura went looking for a gift wrapping shop where he had Aqua's birthday gift wrapped up in a shiny blue wrapping and Navy blue bow; Aqua loved the color blue. Azura returned home where Aqua was feeding the seagulls, Azura quickly, but silently hid the gift in his room where she won't be able to find it, then went outside where Aqua was.

"Oni-Chan! You're back!" Aqua said happily. "Where did you go?"

"Getting you a birthday gift." Azura replied.

"Really!? Did you find anything?" Aqua asked cheerfully.

"No." Azura replied lying.

"Aww, that's okay Oni-Chan." Aqua said. "As long as you tried, that's all that matters." Aqua added giving Azura a hug.

"So ready to teach me kung fu!?" Aqua asked giving Azura a few soft punches to the arm.

"It's not Kung Fu, but yes, I'll show you a few things." Azura replied as they walked out onto the beach.

"We'll start with the round house kick." Azura said. "First raise your leg with your knee up to your chest then twist and lash out." Azura added as he demonstrated a round house kick for Aqua. Aqua followed and did the kick, performing quite well on her first try.

"Next, we have the front snap kick." Azura said demonstrating. Aqua followed and did it perfectly; the front snap kick was a rather easy kick to perform.

"This next one is bit more tricky to do, it's called a swing kick." Azura said as he demonstrated kicking up a little bit of sand in the process.

Aqua tried it, but failed and fell back bumping into her older brother who caught her.

"Here, try chaining it after a round house kick, it's easier that way." Azura said demonstrating for Aqua kicking up some more sand into the air in the process.

Aqua attempted it, and completed the swing kick, but it was sloppy and clumsy.

"Don't worry Nee-San, we'll work on it." Azura said.

Aqua and Azura spent the rest of the afternoon training working on the three kicks together slowly improving and perfecting their technique, as the sun began to descend they became shadow silhouettes dancing on the shoreline, their parents watching from the kitchen.

"They've got their uncle's fighting spirit." Hinto said.

"And their father's soul." Kei added.

"Think they'll become Huntsmen like their Sento?" Kei asked.

"I don't know." Hinto replied. "But what I do know, is that they're going to grow up to become something great."

One Week Later

Passive Music 2 {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V4-6WMRY8E}

A week has past since Azura and Aqua have begun training together and they were learning pretty fast, but they still have much to learn, they're just kids after all.

Aqua skipped as she ate a fruit cup along side her brother as he walked through Vale to get groceries for their parents whom.

"Kung Fu is fun Oni-Chan." Aqua said recalling their training together so far.

"Hmm, well that goes without argument." Azura replied as they came upon the market place again, Jet was at his shop doing his usual business as a Gunsmith; Azura stopped a fruit shop first. His family loved fruits and anything fruity in flavor, it ran in the family, Sento's favorite fruit was Watermelon, Hinto loved Plums, Kei loved Strawberries, Aqua loved grapes, and Azura loved Mangos.

Azura picked out the fruits their parents requested, and paid for them then moved onto get the next items on the shopping list. As they walked to the next shop Azura noticed the Huntress who was here last week was gone, but there was a single Squishy where the game once was, it was busy consuming an empty soda can someone tossed aside.

"Aww, look there's a Squishy there!" Aqua said noticing the little Grimm creature.

"Yeah I see it." Azura replied.

"Can we take it home?" Aqua asked.

"No, you know how they are, it'll just eat the TV, computer and phones." Azura replied.

"Aww, but it's so cute." Aqua said kneeling down to look at the Squishy which ignored her and continued to consume the can.

"Come on leave it alone." Azura said taking his sister to resume their shopping.

They continued on and got the rest of what was on their shopping list, Aqua helped carry them as they went to go home with the food. Along the way they came across the arcade where they decided to play some Galaga and Pac-Man for a bit using some of the spare change they got from their purchases. Their top scores were still there, Aqua - 28,950 and Azur - 28,350; Aqua was always better then him in video games.

"Ready to lose again Oni-Chan?" Aqua asked as she started up the Galaga game.

"Hmph, I've been practicing at home." Azura replied as he set their groceries next to the game machine.

Aqua completed the first three stages as easily as she usually does, she could probably complete them with her eyes closed, Azura could do the same, but there were times when he screwed up and lost a life on the second stage. They enjoyed themselves and played until stage 97 before going on to return home running into a pet store along the way giving away fish that people can capture. Aqua pestered Azura for her try and captured a pair of clown fish, the shop owners gave her a tank with little sea decorations inside to go with them. The tank proved quite useful as it helped carry all their stuff, Azura carried the tank which held some of the groceries and decorations while Aqua held a bag of groceries and the little baggy holding the little fish inside.

"Aww, they're so cute." Aqua said looking at them inside the baggy.

"You think everything is cute." Azura said.

"I don't think Grimm are cute." Aqua retorted.

"You wanted to bring a Squishy home as a pet." Azure said reminding Aqua of the Squishy they found.

"That's different, it's a Squishy, everyone knows they're cute." Aqua replied.

"Most people would view them as a nuisance." Azura said.

"Hmph, well I think they're cute." Aqua said.

"So then you think Grimm are cute?" Azura asked.

"No!  Just the Squishy." Aqua replied somewhat annoyed.

"Right~." Azura said teasing.

Aqua punched Azura in the arm, but Azura didn't flinch; she couldn't hurt him.

"Hey look." A voice familiar to Azura said who stopped to look in the direction the voice came from, and saw a group of three kids standing behind them. These were some neighborhood bullies that liked to pick on Aqua.

"It's the bird brains." the oldest of them said.

Aqua got behind her big brother who set down everything he was carrying behind him with Aqua and took a few steps forward.

"Didn't I beat your face into the cement last time?" Azura asked.

"Heh, that was then this is now, and besides, there's three of us and only one of you now." the boy replied as he and his friend held up wooden baseball bats.

"Hmph, there's no strength in numbers." Azura said taking out his Bo-Staff.

"We'll see about that pigeon!" the boy said he and his friends then rushed Azura to attack him.

Combat Music {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHZS-lyOnyg&nohtml5=False}

Azura didn't flinch and focused his Aura. After the last time this punk attacked Aqua, Azura had managed to unlock his Aura thanks to his desire to protect his little sister; he hasn't discovered his Semblance yet though.

Azura did a triple strike thrusting his staff into the left kid's eye, then swining the other end into the middle kid's head, and quickly following through with a round house swing kick to the right kid, striking all three of them with one swift combo strike. Azure kept the flow going by swinging his staff around over his head then striking the middle kid right in his back. He grunted in pain while clutching his back where was he was struck, while the left one charged Azura.

The left kid charged Azura blindly with seemingly no plan of attack or stradegy in mind. Azura simply jumped over him and swung his staff up and behind him slamming it down into his opponent's head as he turned around. The kid clutched his head and started whining pathetically as he fell back into a trash can, knocking it over.

Azura spun his staff around to intimadate the other two as they turned to face him again, they were clearly having second thought about combating him now, but he could see they were too prideful to turn and run away.

They both charged him and Azura focused his attention on their movements, using his staff to parry and block their attacks waiting for an opening for him to strike. Azura swung both ends of his staff at them to get them to step back a bit then went on the offensive and these punks sucked at defense.

Azura clashed his staff with his opponent's bat and moved it aside then thrusted his staff into the kid's forehead who stumbled back clutching his head. Azura turned his attention to the other kid who was currently swinging his bat at Azura's head. Azura acted quickly and broght his staff up to parry the attack then swung the other end of his weapon into the kid's head and followed through with a side kick then a rear horse kick, striking him in the gut with enough force to knock the wind out of the kid.

The kid fell to the ground gasping for air, then threw up on the ground and laid there.

"Lovely." Azura commented looking down on the boy.

The last one, the boy that was appeared to the ring leader, and the one who attacked Aqua last time got ready to take on Azura solo. Azura looked at his last opponent with a look confidence and fearlessness with his staff in his right hand. The kid raised his bat and stepped forward, and Azura responded by thrusting his staff into his opponent's belly, stunning him, then followed through by turning around and thrusting his staff into opponent's head as he turned back to face him again. The kid stumbled back with his hand on his head, and Azura swung the other end of his staff into his opponent's head, then followed by swing up and around, then down onto the top of his opponent's head causing him to fall to the ground holding his head in pain, whimpering pathetically.

"Hmph, do not provoke a Shinobi!" Azura said pointing his staff at the kid. "Come on Nee-San, let's go home."

Azura then walked off with his little sister back home, Aqua praising him for his performance.

The Next Day

Passive Music 3 {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrWF1VjNq68&nohtml5=False}

Azura stood upon some pillar in the water that used to be part of a dock that used to stand behind their house, it was destroyed when a Typhoon struck, and Hinto didn't feel like rebuilding it since they never used it. Azura was currently doing a Ninjutsu exercise that specialized around improving one's balance and focus, normally a beginner like him should be doing it on dry wooden stilts, but these pillars in the water was all he had which were much more difficult to balance on, and if made the mistake of falling he was going to hit some rocks down below, and that would hurt like hell.

"Oni-Chan?" Aqua asked startling Azura who almost lost his balance.

Azura slipped and did a back flip, landing on the pillar again on both his hands and fought to keep his balance; Aqua giggled at this.

"What is it Nee-San?" Azura asked somewhat annoyed.

"Whatcha doing?" Aqua asked.

"What does it look like I'm doing?" Azura replied.

"Something dangerous is what it looks like." Aqua said as Azura his feet back on the pillars.

"Yeah, and you shouldn't sneak up on someone doing something dangerous, you might cause an accident." Azura said.

"Why are you doing such a dangerous thing in the first place?" Aqua asked.

"It's a Ninjutsu exercise to improve one's balance, and concentration." Azura replied as he resumed his training.

"Shouldn't you be doing it on dry stilts?" Aqua asked.

"Yes, but we don't have those, so I'll just have to settle with these." Azura replied. "Besides, it forces me to learn faster, and perfect my skills better."

"More like get to the hospital faster." Aqua remarked.

"Success is learned through failure." Azura replied.

"Well why don't you train a more safe way?" Aqua asked.

"Like how?" Azura asked.

"Well why don't we spar?" Aqua asked.

Azura stopped and turned to face Aqua from where he stood.

"But you haven't unlocked your Aura yet." Azura said.

"Pfft, Aura's for sissy girls and their Barbie dolls." Aqua replied as she waved her hand down.

Azura laughed at Aqua's comment and made his way back to her, and jumped down to the sandy beach.

"You've been practicing?" Azura asked as he walked out in front of Aqua.

"Yep, I'm going to make you eat the sand." Aqua replied getting into a fighting stance.

"Oh we'll see about that." Azura said getting into his fighting stance.

Combat Music 2 {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkcUUxBoMDA&nohtml5=False}

The two bird Faunus began to circle each other looking for an opening in the other's defenses, Azura saw that Aqua wasn't light on her feet like he was, and was a bit slow. Azura did a runner kick causing Aqua to flinch and move the other way and run right into his other foot knocking her back.

"Ow, not so rought Oni-Chan!" Aqua said turning away holding her face in her hands.

"Sorry, you okay?" Azura asked approaching Aqua from behind.

Aqua then quickly did a side kick and struck Azura in the gut then attempted to follow through with a round house kick which Azura dodged, and stepped back.

"That's cheating." Azura said.

"But you fell for it." Aqua replied blowing a rasberry at him.

Azura then prepared to resume battle with Aqua who attempted a round kick, but it was too slow and Azura caught it then swept out her other leg, causing her to fall back on the sandy ground flat on her back. Azura got back and Aqua jumped back up to her feet. Azura then did a series of punching strikes which Aqua deflected then countered with a palm hand strike to Azura's ribs which stunned him, Aqua then did a swing kick and struck Azura in the head knocking him down, but he quickly recovered by rolling back to his feet. Azura then came in with a double knife hand strike, Aqua blocked them, but Azura then grabbed her arm and pulled it over then twisted it back the other way while keeping it up against his chest, causing Aqua twist along with her arm and fall down on the ground, performing a Hap Ki Do takedown.

Aqua growled in pain and tapped out, giving Azura victory of the first round. They both reset and prepared to begin round two.

"First to three?" Azura asked.

"Sure why not?" Aqua replied.

Azura moved in and sent a knife hand strike at Aqua she blocked and caught then attempted to twist his arm to lock him in place and force a tap out, but Azura thrusted his hand forward into Aqua's gut where her Diaphragm was stunning her and forcing her to release him. Azura then palm struck her in the forehead stunning her then followed through with a pushkick, knocking her down flat on her back on the ground. Aqua rolled back to her feet dusting off some sand from her clothes and prepared to resume combat. Aqua then threw threw a punches at Azura which were slow, so Azura was able to catch them then twist and tangle them while pulling them down to the side, taking down Aqua with another Hap Ki Do takedown.

"Man, that Hap Ki Do stuff is effective." Azura said backing away from Aqua so she can get back up.

"Is that what you're studying?" Aqua asked dusting off the sand from her preparing to start round three.

"Yep, what have you been studying?" Azura asked.

"Taekwondo and Naginatajutsu." Aqua replied.

"Hmph, no wonder." Azura thought. She's been training a style that keeps her opponent at bay using kick attacks to ward off the enemy if they get too close.

"Try studying Hap Ki Do, you'll need some way to combat someone in unarmed combat, sometimes you'll be caught without a weapon." Azura said to Aqua.

"Got it." Aqua replied. For now she'll just try to mimic what Azura does.

Aqua then threw up a runner kick and followed through with a swing kick, Azura blocked then countered with a round house kick of his own, then followed through with another round house kick with his other foot, Aqua quickly tried to block both hits and got ready to block another kick from Azura's other leg, but Azura surprised by quickly taking up his second leg and performing a quick striking Aqua in the ribs, stunning her. Azura then quickly drove his thumbs into two pressure points that were at the bottom of Aqua's jawbone, sending a jolt of pain shooting throughout her nervous system and stunning her, he then finished with a tornado kick which was sloppy, but still managed to get Aqua's head knocking her down to the ground. Aqua stumbled to get back up, and Azura finished her with a flying kick, knocking her back down to the ground on her back, winning the match.

Passive Music 2 {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V4-6WMRY8E&nohtml5=False}

"You okay Nee-San?" Azura asked walking over to help Aqua back up to her feet.

"Ugh, yeah, you're grasping this stuff a lot better than I am." Aqua replied taking Azura's hand to get back up to her feet.

"Actually I'm still having trouble grasping this stuff too." Azura said in honesty.

"That's hard to believe." Aqua said.

"I only defeated you because I've been studying a Martial Art that specializes around takedown techniques, if you study Hap Ki Do, I'm sure you'll be able to stand a better chance against me next time." Azura replied.

"Alright, I will." Aqua said walking off.

"You want a ice cream?" Aqua asked turning to face Azura.

"Sure." Azura replied.

Aqua then ran off to get herself and her brother a popsicle from the freezer in the kitchen.

Chapter 2
Event Music {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF4EPt1E95o&nohtml5=False}

It was the Vytal Festival, Aqua was so excited to be here, it was her first time attending such an event. There were Beacon students everywhere preparing to face off against students from Signal, Atlas, and other areas around the world.

"Oh wow, this is amazing, best birthday ever!" Aqua said looking at the mass of students everywhere.

"Oh, there's Team CBLT, and there's Jet!" Aqua said excitedly.

Jet was walking by stopped in response to hearing his name, and turned to see who had called his name.

"Mr. Jet!" Aqua said running up to him. "Can I have your autograph?"

Jet smiled at the little girl standing in front of him.

"Sure kid." he replied.

Jet took the photo of himself that Aqua offered him, and wrote down his signature on it and gave it back to her.

"Yay! Thank you Mr. Jet! Best birthday ever!" Aqua said cheerfully.

"It's your birthday?" Jet asked.

"Yep!"

"Well, in that case, if I win my next match, I'll you have my hat." Jet said running his finger along the brim of his cowboy hat.

Aqua cheered happily as Jet walked off, then ran back to her family showing them what she got from Jet.

"Hey, whatcha got there sweety?" Kei asked Aqua.

"Mr. Jet gave me his autograph!" Aqua said happily.

"Well, I guess you can say you got your first birthday gift." Hinto said, he was standing by Kei's side with a cane. A long time ago, when he and Sento were students at Beacon Academy, he recieved an injury while combating Grimm and could no longer serve as a Huntsman, his knee had recieved permanent damage along with his heart and could suffer a stroke or heart attack if he engages in any strainuous activities, hell even a simple walk a flight of stairs could kill him.

"Yep, he said he'll give me his hat if he wins his next match." Aqua added.

Aqua then noticed that her father and brother were carrying wrapped boxes with blue ribbons on them. Azura handed his over to Aqua first.

"Here Nee-San, I killed a bunch of pesky Squishy to get you this." Azura said.

Aqua accepted the gift and opened it, finding the blue cloak Azura had earned her, she took it out and tried it on.

"Aww, that looks cute on you dear." Kei said to Aqua. "What a lovely gift Azura."

"Thank you Oni-Chan." Aqua said giving Azura a hug.

Kei and Hinto then gave Aqua their gift which she accepted and opened finding a folded up blue Naginata inside.

"It's called, Umi's Spear, your mother and I spent a whole month forging that thing." Hinto said as Aqua took it out to examine it. "Now you and Azura both have your own weapons, just don't cut ya'll selves."

"Oh, thank mommy, thank you daddy." Aqua said hugging her parents.

"You're welcome sweetheart." Hinto replied.

"Come on, we're going to miss the next match if we don't hurry." Azura said.

"Right!  Come on let's go!" Aqua said bolting off.

"Slow down dear, your father can't run like you can!" Kei called out.

They eventually got to the stadium after waiting patiently for an elevator, but had to be careful when descending down the steps, Kei was worried that Hinto's heart would act up.

"Careful sweety." Kei said holding onto Hinto.

"Relax dear, I can handle a couple of steps." Hinto replied.

"Is that why you had a stroke when you climbed the steps of our backyard porch?" Kei asked jokingly.

"That's different." Hinto replied.

"Sure it is." Kei said as they took their seats.

Aqua looked down to see who was in the ring below, Jet Colt, and Coltan Bones. The crowd was cheering for the match to start, there were a lot of girls who seemed to be cheering for Jet.

"Mr. Jet!" Aqua shouted waving.

Jet noticed Aqua and waved back.

"Hmph, never thought you'd be a lolicon." Coltan said to Jet. Coltan wore an attire similar to Jet, except he had a vulture skull on his hat, and a human skull slung to his side along with gothic themed combat boots.

"What can I say?  My fans love me." Jet replied.

Combat Music 3 {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI9Qt49HTIg&nohtml5=False}

The buzzer went off signalling both contestants to begin, and with lightning quick reflexes Jet drew his Jet Eagles and began to fire upon Coltan who took a few hit before he could raise up a wall made of skulls using his Semblance. Coltan then summoned up skull projectiles from the ground to attack Jet, but Jet dodged each one as he kept shooting never taking his eye of off Coltan nor his aim which was deadly accurate. Jet then charged through wall of skull and tackled Coltan to the ground and unloaded both his magazines into Coltan's head which was shielded by his Aura, Jet then got off Coltan as he stepped back, turning around he did to fire one last shot into Coltan before quickly reloading his Jet Eagles.

Coltan was stunned by Jet's attack but quickly got back up, and drew his Graveyard and began to fire at Jet who rolled off to the side, switching his Jet Eagles into Assault Rifle form mid-roll and attached the launcher attachment and took aim at Coltan as he rolled to his feet and fired a smoke bomb at Coltan which landed at his feet and enveloped him in a cloud of grey smoke. Coltan fired blindly in the direction he last saw Jet who had already moved and triggered his Semblance, Heat Vision, to see through the smoke. Jet fired upon Coltan brought up another wall of skull to block the incoming bullets, and loaded Fire Dust ammo into his Graveyard, but was knocked down to the ground on his back by a .50 cal bullet from Jet which tore through his skull wall and struck Coltan in the head who was now semi-councious on the ground.

Jet switched his Jet Eagles back from Sniper Form to Assault Rifle Form and ran to a position where he had a clear shot of Coltan and opened fired. Coltan then used his Semblance to summon a giant bone hand to grab Jet and stop him from shooting at Coltan. Coltan raised the hand up and slammed Jet down into the ground hard, stunning Jet, Coltan then pointed his Graveyard at Jet and fired hitting Jet and sending him flying back and skidding across the arena floor. Jet quickly shook it off and loaded a cluster bomb grenade round into the launcher and fired it at Coltan which did a number on his Aura reserves. Jet then unloaded his magazine into Coltan as he laid on the ground stunned from the explosive salvo of the cluster bombs, and depleted his Aura down to 11%, winning the match.

"Bullets beat Zombies anytime." Jet said as he changed his Jet Eagles from Assault Rifle form back to Magnum form and holstered them.

"And just like that, Jet Colt wins the match!" the intercom announced.

Jet walked away as his fans cheered for him then stopped and looked for Aqua and spotted her. He waved at her and tossed his hat at her like Frisbee which she caught.

"Next up, we have Caelan Roth from Team CRLN versus, Jade Everett from Team JADE!" Intercom announced as two other students walked into the ring as Coltan left.

Caelan was a 17 year old who had dark red hair and dark blue eyes. He wears a dark red dress shirt and pants with white trim along with a red jacket with white and light blue trim and the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. In addition, he wears red shoes and dark red fingerless gloves. On either side of his thighs are a pair of red holsters.

Jade was a 19 year old who had pale skin, purple eyes and long dark green hair tied up in a high ponytail. In her ponytail, she has golden hair ornaments with green beads and a pair of chopsticks. She wears a light blue top with gold lining and a dark blue jacket with gold pauldrons over top. She has a white skirt with frayed ends that is longer at the back. She wears black tights and blue and light blue boots. She also has her sword holstered around her waist along with several containers of various Dust blades.

"Should've known we'd be going up against each other." Jade said greeting Caelan.

"We were going to battle sooner or later." Caelan replied.

"Unless Jet got to one of us first." Jade said.

"The Gunslinger wouldn't stand a chance against either of us." Caelan replied.

Combat Music 3 {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI9Qt49HTIg}

The buzzer went off again and both contestants went at each other, and clashed swords, Caelan due to having two swords, had the offensive capability and attacked Jade relentlessly sending her on the defensive as she parried and blocked each incoming strike. Jade parried another strike, but this time Caelan forced her weapon down leaving her wide open to strike with his other blade, but Jade quickly used her Semblance, Telekinesis, to push Caelan away and gain some distance between him and her. Caelan then used his Semblance to launch a blood projectile wave at Jade who dodged the incoming attack then launched one of her powerful ranged attacks from her Jian sword, "The Gentleman" using Thunder Dust. Caelan stepped to the side, narrowly dodging Jade's attack and went after her, Jade launched a few more ranged Thunder attacks at Caelan who dodged each incoming attack performing the Standard Reversal technique and closing in distance between him and Jade.

Jade quickly swapped out her Dust blade to a Fire Dust blade and blocked an incoming strike then triggered her the Fire Dust to unleash a fiery explosion around her forcing Caelan to back away. Caelan then took aim with his Lyra and Spectre which were now in pistol form and fired upon Jade who caught the incoming bullets using her Telekinesis then launched them right back at Caelan, striking him in the leg and knocking him down to one knee.

His Aura protected him from injury but the force of the impact still was strong enough to cause knock back damage and stun him. Jade quickly took advantage of this window of opportunity and swapped back to her Thunder Dust blade and launched three thunder attacks at Caelan who rolled out of the way of the first attack, but was struck by the second an third attack knocking him down on his back and sending him skidding across the floor.

Caelan recovered and back flipped up to his feet then used his Semblance to summon forth an Ursa made of blood to aid him. He and his minion then went after Jade who braced herself to engage Caelan and his bloody minion, the Ursa attacked Jade who dodged the attack leaping up and jumping off it's head to meet Caelan who had jumped to try and jump over the Ursa to attack Jade. They clashed swords midair and landed on opposite sides of the bloody Ursa which turned around to face Jade and attack her. Jade dodged and thrusted her Jian sword at the Ursa's head while triggering her thunder attack which blasted through the creature's head as the blade pierced it, decapitating it. Caelan jumped up to attack Jade as his bloody minion exploded into crimson rain which concealed him. Caelan emerged from the bloody mess and slashed his swords at her, striking her. Jade retaliated by striking Caelan with her Jian sword and followed through a swing kick then ended by striking him with a thunder attack while he was stunned, sending him flying across the arena. Caelan attempted to recover and landed on the arena's edge struggling to regain his balance, but Jade finished him by using her Telekinesis to knock him over the edge and land out of the ring, winning the match.

"And with that, Jade wins the match!" the intercom announced as the crowd cheered.

"Did you see that?" Azura asked.

"Yeah, she took him out with her Telekinesis!" Aqua replied.

"No, not her, the other guy.  The one in red." Azura said referring to Caelan. "He had the power to summon blood and manipulate it's shape."

"Oh yeah, that's really gross." Aqua said.

"Yes, but with an ability like that he should have no need to wield a standard weapon, he should be able to generate his own, right?" Azura asked.

"Not really, I think he uses he uses his own blood to use his Semblance, which means there's a serious consequence for using it, bleeding out and anemia.  So he would still need a standard weapon, using his Semblance scarcely and as a last resort." Hinto said answering Azura's question.

"Still, it's pretty cool." Azura said.

"Our next contestants are...Jet Colt!...  And Cina Byal!" the intercom announced.

"Yay!  Jet's up again!" Aqua said cheerfully.

Jet walked back onto the ring, he had a new cowboy hat on his head now, Cina was also walking out onto the ring to meet him. Cina was a fashionable young lady who was 18 years of age. She dons a blue cape-like gown with a black, short dress underneath. The ensemble is completed by a wine-colored belt with her semblance on its buckle. Her designer high heels have a similiar color to it. She wears black thighs.

"Hello beautiful." Jet said greeting Cina friendly and teasingly.

"Messing with the wrong girl!" Cina replied.

"But it feels so right." Jet said jokingly.

Combat Music 3 {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI9Qt49HTIg}

The buzzer went off signalling both contestants to begin. Jet quickly drew out his Jet Eagles and took aim at Cina who had raised up her weapons, the Sideral Apex and fired an explosive salvo of fire at Jet forcing him to dodge, stopping him from firing at Cina. Jet rolled off to the side and took aim at Cina and fired at her, but the bullets just passed through her! Jet quickly looked around and spotted Cina again just in time to narrowly dodge another fire attack from her, as she came in close and engaged Jet in close quarter combat with both her fist ablaze. Jet took aim at Cina attempting to fire upon her at point blank range, but Cina quickly blocked and deflected his hand causing his weapons to discharge away from her, she followed through by placing both her hands up against Jet's chest and unleashed a fiery explosion into dealing a signifiant amount of damage to his Aura and sending him flying across the arena floor.

Jet recovered and got back up to his feet switching his Jet Eagles into Assualt Rifle form and prepared the launcher with a Cluster Bomb Grenade round. He fired the explosive round at Cina who had switched her left Sideral Apex to gravity allowing her to catch the grenade Jet fired at her by creating a small gravity well then launched it right back at him. The explosion dealt quite a number to Jet's Aura and left him on the ground semi-councious but he got back and shook it off.

Cina switched back from gravity to ice and launched a barrage of ice projectiles at Jet who hit the ground flat on his stomach and opened fire on Cina who moved out of the way while using her Semblance to create copies of herself to confuse Jet. Jet shot at a few of the fakes, but got to his feet and used his own Semblance to seek out the real Cina who posses a thermal signature while the fakes would not. Jet found her and loaded lightning Dust ammo into his Jet Eagles and took aim at her as she took aim at him. They both fired at each other while simultaneously rolling off to the side to dodge the other's incoming fire. Cina switched from Ice to Lightning mid-roll and charged Jet as he charged her jumping up as he attempted to slide and sweep at her legs. While mid-air she fired down upon Jet as he fired up at her shooting plasma bolts at her, but her Lighning attack destroyed the plasma bolts and struck Jet. Cina finished by landing on him and punching down into him with another Lightning attack, dealing catastrophic damage to him. Cina finished him by shooting out bolts of lighting into and sending him skidding across the floor, leaving him with only 7% of his Aura and winning the match.

"Cina is the winner!" the intercom anounced. "We'll be going on break folks!  So we'll be right back!"

Passive Music 4 {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSg-eJDyyRI}

"Aw, Jet lost." Aqua said disappointed as Jet slammed his fist into the ground out of frustration.

"Don't feel too bad Jety." Cina said to Jet as she walked by. "At least you were able to see through my Semblance."

Jet cracked a smirk at Cina.

"Hmph, guess my Jet Eagles need another upgrade." Jet said getting up.

"Your weapon is fine, you just need to train more, you rely too heavily on your guns." Cina replied.

Aqua was watching Cina and Jet converse from the stands.

"Look at that old lady, I bet she's being mean to Jet." Aqua said.

"Huh never thought you'd have Enjo Kosai." Azura said jokingly to Aqua.

"What!?" Aqua retorted angrily.

"And he's into loli so you're perfect for each other." Azura added teasing Aqua.

"Oh shut up!" Aqua said throwing popcorn at Azura.

"Now, now kids, let's go get something eat before the end of the intermission." Kei said helping Hinto get up to his feet.

They all walked out and headed to the small market nearby to find something to eat. There were all sorts of booths that sold different kinds of food, Azura had bought himself an ice cream from one them.

"Azura, how can you eat those things?  Don't they hurt your head?" Hinto asked Azura.

"No, are they supposed to?" Azura asked.

"Only when you shove the whole thing in your mouth like you are." Hinto replied.

"Huh, guess I'm a little resistant to the cold." Azura said.

"Oh look daddy!  That booth is selling shrimp and fried rice!" Aqua said pointing.

Since Azura's family lived on the beach it wasn't unusual for them to have to seafood for lunch and dinner, in fact it was usually what they ate, Hinto would go fishing, something he used to do with his brother before he died while Kei or the kids went out to get some ingredients and food to go on the side.

The Marine family went up to the booth a paid for four containers, then went over to a nearby picnic area to eat their food. There was a Squishy eating a soda can someone left on one of the picnic tables which Hinto whacked with his cane, killing the creature.

"That's mean daddy." Aqua said feeling bad for the cute little Grimm creature.

"Uh huh." Hinto replied as they all sat down to eat their food.

"Having fun sweety?" Kei asked Aqua.

"Yep, these Hunters are amazing, I want become one just like uncle Sento one day." Aqua replied.

"Say, father, you used to be a student at Beacon right?" Azura asked. "Why don't you teach us a few things?"

"I never made it past my first year kiddo." Hinto replied. "I received my injuries during my first year when your uncle and I fought against a Nevermore."

"What happened?" Azura asked.

"One the creature's feather's impaled me through my knee, and another feather got me through the chest, and damaged one of my heart valves, and had to get it replaced with an artificial valve. When I got out of the hospital and started training again, I had a stroke, that's when I learned I couldn't pursue my dreams as a Huntsman anymore, and I dropped out." Hinto explained.

"Wow, that sucks." Azura said.

"Yeah, but your uncle got that Nevermore good though, he rode it around in the sky and impaled it through head with the Angel Blade! He looked like one of those guys you see in anime or something." Hinto replied.

"What happened to uncle Sento?" Aqua asked.

Hinto looked down at his food.

"I honestly don't know sweety. One day, your uncle called me telling me was going out to deal with a wanted criminal, and the next day, I get a call telling me Sento was dead." Hinto replied.

"Whoever it was, I will find them, and kill them." Azura said.

"Easy kiddo, I want the S.O.B dead as much as you do, but revenge always leads to two graves, remember that." Hinto replied.

"If you become a Huntsman I'm sure you'll get the opportunity to avenge uncle Sento." Aqua said. "Who knows, maybe we'll end up on the same team like daddy and uncle Sento did!"

"That would be nice, you two continuing what your father and uncle started." Kei said.

"You can start at Signal Academy like we did, and transfer to Beacon later." Hinto added.

"Hmm, I don't know." Azura said.

He didn't want to work alongside stupid humans, but if his little sister was going to become a Huntress then he can't let her go alone, what if some stupid humans decide to mess with her? He needed to be there to watch over her.

"I'll think about it." Azura said.

"Yay!" Aqua said hugging Azura.

"I didn't yes, I said I'll think about it." Azura said in annoyance.

"That means yes, in Tsundere." Aqua replied.

"Oh shut up." Azura said.

"If you two continue practicing like you have recently, I'm sure you'll get into Signal or Beacon easy, maybe even become one of the Academy's strongest students." Hinto said.

"I don't know about that father. Some of the students we just saw seem to be pretty tough, especially the one that took out Jet. She had cannon mounted on her hands that allowed her to use every Dust type in combat." Azura replied.

"Weapons are just an extension of yourself kiddo, it's the wielder you should more concerned about." Hinto said.

A moment later the intercom came on again.

"Our next match will be...  Crystal Nelde versus...  Amy Thystiene!  The match will start in 20 minutes, don't be late folks!"

"Guess we better head back." Hinto said getting up. "Make sure to throw your trash away, or you'll attract those pesky little Squishy."

Azura and Aqua obeyed throwing their trash in a nearby trash can and followed their parents, but after a while it was starting to become clear that they forgot the way back to the stadium.

"You don't know where we're going do we?" Kei asked Hinto.

"Ugh, hold on, let me figure it out?" Hinto replied taking the brouchure with the map on the back of it, Kei grabbed the other end of it to help him open it up, since he had one hand on his cane and only one hand to hold the map.

"We're going to miss the match." Aqua said.

"Don't worry sweety we'll get there." Hinto said as he studied the map.

Azura noticed some movement out the corner of his eye and looked to see what it was, but saw nothing.

"Okay here we are, so then the stadium should be in that direction." Hinto said.

"No, I think we're facing the other way, so it should be in the other direction." Kei said.

"No, look see?  The Ramen shop is there so we're facing this way." Hinto replied.

"There's a BBQ shop over, is that on the map?" Azura said.

Hinto looked at the map.

"Oh, yeah it is in the other direction." Hinto said.

"Ha!  Told you!" Kei said.

"Whatever." Hinto replied.

They all went off to go back to the stadium going off in another direction to try and take a short cut to get back to the stadium in time. There were signifanctly less people at the shops right now, everyone was at the stadium to watch the next match already. Another man in a hoodie was walking their way, but stopped a few feet away from them which caught Hinto's attention, and he stopped his family from moving.

Azura turned back and saw that another man was walking up behind them and stopped when he saw Azura had noticed him.

"What's going on?" Azura asked his father.

Hinto turned to see Azura and spotted the second man too.

"Can we help you gentlemen?" Hinto asked.

"Yeah, as a matter of fact you can." the first man said. He then drew out a knife as did the other guy.

Azura reached for his Angel Blade, but Hinto stopped him and backed away with his wife and children behind him while keeping both men in front of him.

"Trust men gentlemen, you don't want to do this." Hinto said raising and pointing his cane at them.

"You don't scare us old man!"

"Hinto don't." Kei said.

"Keep the kids safe, dear." Hinto replied as the men kept approaching.

Combat Music {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHZS-lyOnyg&nohtml5=False}

Hinto swung his cane down at the one to his right, which the man caught, his partner made a move to go in for the attack, but Hinto pressed a concealed button his cane and pulled, unsheathing a Japanese Straight Sword from the cane which he swung at the second man forcing him to back away. Hinto then went on the attack thrusting his weapon at them and swinging it. He may not have made it past his first year in Beacon, but he still knew how to fight, and trained alongside Sento when they were kids before his little injury.

One of the guys discarded his knife and ran to grab a pipe and began to engage Hinto in fencing who began to engage them both, keeping the one with the knife at bay, and parrying the one with the pipe at the same time. Normally he would throw in a few round house kick and swing kicks, but with the damage on his knee, he can no longer do that, it's just him and the sword.

The one with the knife got too close to Hinto and Hinto slashed him across the face, leaving a clear cut running diagonally across his face. Hinto the blocked an attack from the one with the pipe and moved it off to the side then quickly attempted to thrust his sword into him, but the guy acted quickly and parried the weapon down which narrowly missed him and cut his shirt instead. The man then swung it up and hit Hinto in the head, stunning him and sending him stumbling back.

"Daddy!" Aqua said in concern.

Hinto looked up and saw the one with the knife coming at him ready to strike down with the knife in reverse position. Hinto quickly swung up and severed the man's hand who yelled in pain and fell to the ground clutching his hand. Stepped to the side and narrowly dodged an attack from the other man with the pipe. Kei noticed that Hinto was breathing hard, his face filled with fatigue!

"Hinto stop!" Kei said desperately knowing that he really couldn't stop, not if he wanted to proctect her and their kids.

Hinto and the attacker began to fence again, but Hinto was beginning to falter and having difficulty keeping up with the man.

"What's the matter old man?  Can't keep up?" the man asked.

Hinto struck the man's leg with a mighty push kick knocking him back to gain some distance and breathing room. Hinto raised his weapon and pointed it at the man to try and keep him at bay so that he could have some time to catch his breath, but the attacker quickly sensed Hinto's fatigue and attacked. The two clashed, but Hinto was on the losing side, knocking this Hinto blocked one of his attacker's strike and forced his weapon up and both his arms with it, then with his other hand struck the man in a pressure point in his armpit with a knife hand strike, disabling the usage of his arm and sending a jolt of pain shooting through his body.

The man cringed in agony and dropped his weapon, Hinto finished by pommel striking his head with hilt of his sword knocking the assailant to the ground on his hands and knees.

"You dare to threaten my family!?" Hinto asked as he raised his weapon to impale his opponent.

Suddenly a jolt of pain shot through Hinto's arms and he dropped his weapon backing away as he clutched his chest.

"Oh no!" Kei said covering her mouth.

The pain got worse and Hinto fell to one knee trying to keep his breathing steady. Hinto's attacker noticed this and smiled as he got back picking up his weapon.

Event Music 2 {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQkePLPatmc}

"What's wrong old man?  Got nothing left?" he asked as he swung the pipe into Hinto's head knocking on the ground on his side. The man laughed as he proceeded to beat Hinto with the blunt weapon.

"Daddy!" Aqua cried out as Azura angrily began to reach for the Angel Blade.

"You son of a bitch!" Kei shouted as she ran and jumped on her husband's attacker.

Kei and the attacker fought, but she was shoved off and the man's partner got and caught her then slit her throat, killing her.

"Mommy!!!" Aqua screamed in terror.

"You bastards!" Hinto said in both anger and grief.

"Come on!" Azura said taking his little sister's hand and running off to escape.

"After them!"

Azura ran as fast as he could with Aqua, but their pursuers were gaining. Azura tried to the shake them by making a series of turns, but only ended up in a dead end with no where left to go; there attackers caught up with them.

"Can run, but you can't hide." The man with the pipe said.

Azura drew the Angel Blade and got ready to fight to protect his little sister and himself.

"Ha ha, this kid actually thinks he can take us!"

"They're not worth our time, just put 'em down."

The man with the pipe than raised a gun at Azura and Aqua, Azura then raised his sword and arms in a vain attempt to shield himself and Aqua from the bullets, and Azura heard the gun go off followed by a ping.

"Oni-Chan!" Aqua said in amazment.

"What the hell?"

Azura opened his eyes and looked to see that there was a barrier of ice standing between him and the assailants! The bullet they had fired was stopped by this barrier, Azura's hands were now emitting a frosty mist as were his shoes, and breath; he had unlocked his Semblance, Ice Wielding!

Realizing this, Azura shattered the ice barrier raining chunks of ice upon his foes who raised their arms up to sheild their face and head.

"You, Will Know The Sting of Winter!!!" Azura shouted angrily with his weapon drawn.

Both men looked at each then drew then guns and took aim at Azura who created a shield of ice to block the bullets, once both men had run out of bullets, Azura threw the sheild at the man who had lost his hand, the sheild stuck into his chest like a Shuriken and began to freeze up his body and kill him.

The accomplice looked in horror as his friend fell to his knees and died before him, then charged Azura with his pipe raised, but Azura shot an ice blast at him and froze him solid; Azura finished him by swinging the Angel Blade into the frozen man, shattering him to pieces.

Azura looked upon his dead foes, rage and hatred still burning inside him, but he was brought back to his senses when Aqua ran past him.

"Daddy!" she said as she ran by him; Azura followed her.

Emote Music  {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOKP_UvKDik}

They eventually came back to the scene where their mother and father laid, dead.

"Mommy, daddy." Aqua said crying.

Azura walked to his father's side unable to believe what had just happened, hoping that this was all just a bad dream. Hinto's hand suddenly moved, and Azura's heart was filled with hope.

"Father!" he said taking Hinto's hand.

Aqua looked up with hopeful eyes.

"Take...  Care...  Of youre sister." He said weakly.

"Don't speak father!  We'll get you help!" Azura said.

Azura saw the life in Hinto's eyes fade as he smiled at his children weakly.

"Be...  Strong...  My son..." Hinto said weakly.

The last of Hinto's life faded from his eyes, and his hand fell limp from Azura's hands, and Aqua clung to Azura and began cry even more at their father's passing.

"Worst birthday ever!" Aqua sobbed.

Tears began come from Azura's eyes too, he held his little sister as they rolled down from his eyes, and began to mourn their parents passing.

Emote Music 2 {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ6kAdmXOM8}

News quickly got around of the tragedy, parents murdered, children left in tears. Azura and Aqua were sitting in security's office together, Aqua was still crying while Azura was silent, but you tell by the look on his face, that he was hurt too.

The door opened and a familiar face walked in, Jet Colt. He walked over to the two kids and knelt down in front of them to comfort them.

"Hey, you two okay?" he asked gently.

Neither of them answered.

"Here." Jet said taking off his coat and giving it to the children to cover them. "It's okay.  It's all going to be okay, okay?" he added talking to them gently.

"Jet." Coltan said standing in the doorway.

Jet turned to look at Coltan and left the two heart broken children in the room.

"What?" Jet asked whispering.

"They've got no one Jet.  No relatives, nothing, their uncle was a Huntsman, but he died during a Raid to take out a Most Wanted criminal." Coltan explained.

Jet looked back at the two kids then at Coltan.

"So what?  They're orphans now!?" Jet asked half whispering.

"Afraid so man." Coltan replied.

"They can't go to the orphanage!  They'll split them apart, probably give them to negligent foster parents!" Jet said.

"I'm sorry man, there's nothing we can do." Coltan replied.

Jet looked back at Azura and Aqua.

"No there's got to be something we can do." Jet protested. "Maybe Ozpin knows something or someone."

"There's nothing we can do Jet, I'm sorry." Coltan said.

Coltan then left as Jet tried think of something he can do to help the two orphaned children, and got an idea. Jet walked back into the room and knelt down in front of Azura and Aqua.

"Hey listen, have you heard of the White Fang?" Jet asked.

Aqua didn't answer, but Azura did.

"No." Azura replied.

Jet took out a pen and paper, and gave it to them.

"Find the White Fang, it's your best bet, otherwise you'll be taken to an orphanage and you'll most likely get separated." Jet explained.

Azura took the paper and looked at Jet. Jet noticed the kid now had an icy look in his eyes, the kind of look a kid his age shouldn't have.

"Okay." Azura said.

"Alright, I'll sneak you outta here, to your home so you pack up and go.  Remember, find the White Fang." Jet instructed.

Chapter 3
Night/Emote Music {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBdhxJTehdo}

It was dark out, the moon glowed brightly and beautifully tonight, but Azura was in no mood to admire it. He and Aqua were currently trekking the darkness of the woods searching for the White Fang. This would be a simple task for someone who was 16 or 18 years old, but for children like Azura and Aqua this was dangerous, no it was suicide!

There was Grimm out at this hour, and they could be anywhere at any given time, fortunately since they were Faunus, they could see in the dark, but the danger of Grimm stalking them was still a serious issue.

Azura was taking point, he had his weapon, the Angel Blade, drawn, Aqua had her weapon out too, but she was lagging behind, still mourning the death of her parents.

"Be Strong", those Hinto's last words before he died. Most importantly though, he's entrusted Azura to take care of Aqua; he will not fail. Azura will destroy any Grimm that dares try and hurt Aqua, he'll see to that.

Aqua stopped walking and stood still, Azura took it as a sign that she spotted a Grimm and quickly looked around searching for a target, but found none.

"Nee-San, why have you stopped?" Azura asked.

Aqua didn't answer, she didn't have to, Azura knew what was wrong.

"We can't stop Nee-San, we have to keep going." Azura said.

"It's not fair Oni-Chan." Aqua said. "They didn't do anything wrong.  They didn't deserve to die."

"I know Nee-San." Azura replied putting his hand on her shoulder.

"Come on, the sooner we find the White Fang, the better." he added.

Aqua followed Azura again, Umi's Spear in hand. She hasn't gotten any time to practice with it, but she was going to have to improvise, but hopefully she won't have to.

Their weapons were the only thing they had left that reminded them of their parents, they had a few photos in their backpacks, but they were nowhere near as valuable to them as the weapons their parents had given them.

As they walked through the dark woods, Azura noticed movement out the corner of his eye and turned to face it only find a Squishy hopping by.

"Tch, little vermin are everywhere." Azura thought.

Suddenly Azura spotted more motion, this time a bigger a shadow. No doubt a larger Grimm this time. Azura turned to face it, The Angel Blade at the ready, and spotted a Boarbatusk creeping up on them.

"Boarbatsuk!" Azura announced to alert Aqua.

Aqua spotted it and stood next to Azura with Umi's Spear pointed at it.

"We going to kill it?" Aqua asked nervously.

"Maybe, hopefully it ignores us and passes by." Azura replied whispering.

The creature did not passby, it curled up into a ball and began to spin aggresively revving itself up for a spindash attack.

Combat Music (Night) {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq9EFqKdFbU}

"Move!" Azura ordered. He and Aqua dove to opposite direction as the Grimm launched itself at them and flew by them.

The Boarbatusk skidded to a stop and set it's sights on Aqua who had landed on her belly and was getting back up to her feet, unaware that the Grimm was getting ready to attack her. A rock hit the the creature in the head, and it angrily turned to face the direction it had come from.

"Over here ugly!" Azura shouted with his sword ready.

The Boarbatusk charged him intending to use it's tusk to ram into Azura. Azura rolled off to the side and swung the Angel Blade into only for it clash against it's armor leaving the creature unharmed. Azura got back to his feet spinning his sword around in his hand and got ready to face the creature.

"So it's true then." Azura thought. "Some Grimm are heavily armored."

The Boarbatusk came at Azura again, Azura attempted to hit it with a Frost Blast, but it had no effect on it other than just piss it off.

"Damn." Azura muttered as he rolled off to the side narrowly doding the monster's attack. "Guess my ice attacks don't work on Grimm." he thought to himself.

Aqua was on her feet and watched her brother combat the Boarbatusk.

"Oni-Chan it's belly!" she advised.

"Got it." Azura replied.

The Boarbatusk performed another spin dash attack and went after Azura who used another Frost Blast to ice up the ground and cause it slip and slide, leaving it vulnerable for attack. Azura took the opportunity and threw the Angel Blade into the Boarbatusk's belly, impaling it and killing it.

Azura walked over to pick up his weapon and put back in it's sheath which was strapped across his back.

"Guess all that reading paid off." Azura said to Aqua referring to her reading hobby.

"You're welcome." Aqua replied.

Aqua read a lot more than Azura did and it looks like she read a few book about Grimm; good thing too.

"Come on, let's get moving before more show up." Azura said.

Stealth Music {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMIKPuyB7zw}

They continued on through the night, Azura keeping an eye out for more Grimm. He glanced back and saw that Aqua's weapon was shaking in her hands; she was afraid. Azura couldn't blame her, they out in the woods at night, alone, Grimm lurking around everywhere, and they had just encountered a Boarbatusk, what's to say that a Beowolf or worse, an Ursa is not too far behind?

That thought scared Aqua, and even Azura, the thought a big monster like an Ursa attacking them? They'll be slaughtered! Azura preyed that they'll find the White Fang before then.

"Oh crap!" Azura whispered. "Quick, hide!"

He and Aqua quickly hide some nearby bushed, Azura peeked out just a bit to look out.

"What is it?" Aqua asked.

"Shh!"

A moment later a Death Stalker came by, and it was huge! Aqua preyed that the monster would pass by without incident, as did Azura. A Grimm like that size would kill them no doubt!

Aqua let out a deep breath when the Death Stalker passed by, and the came out of their hiding place.

"If we're going to get through this, we're going to have do it silently, and undetected, like a Shinobi." Azura said as they began to move foward.

They had no experience in stealth tactic nor training, but they were going to have to learn, and learn it fast, otherwise they will die. They had to become as silent and calm, but harsh and deadly as the Winter Night.

About 20 minutes into the journey Azura spotted something approaching, and they hid in another thicket of bushes, watching as a pack of Beowolves passed by.

They took it slowly and as calmly as they could, taking cover whenever they came across any Grimm, perhaps one of the scariest Grimm encounter they had was when a King Taijitu which lingered around their hiding spot a bit too long, Aqua thought the demon would never leave, but it eventually left and they continued on.

As they continued to progress through the woods, Azura noticed a shattered Dust Cyrstal next to a Lightning Dust Crystal laying on the ground.

"Is that Dust?" Aqua asked.

"Yeah." Azura replied as he inspected the shattered crystal; it was a Fire Dust Crystal, or at least it used to be. Can it still be used?

"Why is there Dust laying around out here?" Aqua asked as Azura picked up the Lightning Dust.

"Evidently someone was fighting Grimm." Azura replied as he took up the Fire Dust Crystal shards.

"White Fang?" Aqua asked.

"Maybe, it could've also been some Hunters from Beacon." Azura replied handing some of the Dust fragments to Aqua.

"Come on, we can't stay in one place for too long." Azura added.

They moved on until they came upon a little stream, they began to cross into it when Azura spotted something approaching. They were in the open, and there was no way they could get back to cover in time without being spotted! There was only option they had.

"Get down now!" Azura commanded as he laid prone in the water practically submerging himself; Aqua did the same.

A minute later another Death Stalker came by and it was heading straight towards them!

"Whatever you do, don't make any sudden movements." Azura whispered.

The Death Stalker kept coming at them, but it didn't see them. Azura could hear his heart pounding in his head as the monster came upon them and walked over them completely unaware that he and Aqua were directly underneath it. It seemed like it took forever for the damn thing to pass, but when it did, Azura stayed put and ordered Aqua to remain still, a minute later he got up and Aqua followed him to the other side of the stream.

"That was close." Aqua said letting out a deep breath.

Azura used his Semblance to freeze up all the water on him and then shatter it, drying himself in the process.

"Come on." he said.

They continued on until they heard the familiar sound of another Boarbatusk, Azura looked around and spotted them creeping up behind them, there were two of them this time!

"Careful Nee-San, remember everything you learned!" Azura said getting to take on the two Grimm.

Both Boarbatusk performed their spin dash attacks, and Azura froze up the ground to cause them slip, slide and crash on their sides. Azura threw his weapon into the first one's belly, impaling and killing it, while Aqua triggered the Spear Gun mechanism in her weapon, shooing the blade into the second one's belly, imaling and killing it.

"Huh, easier than I thought." Azura commented as he and Aqua grabbed their blades from their kills.

"Ha I'll bet we can take a Beowolf!" Aqua said.

"Let's not push our luck Nee-San." Azura replied.

They continued on and found a couple bullet shells strewn across the forest floor, clearly there had been an engagement here, there was also another Dust Crystal laying around too, an Ice Dust Crystal!

"Looks like we're onto someone's trail here." Azura said picking up the Dust Crystal. "Hopefully it's the White Fang's trail and not someone else's."

"Hey look, footprints." Aqua said pointing.

Azura looked to where Aqua was pointing and sure enough there was a few foot prints leading off further into the woods.

"Let's go after them then." Azura said.

They followed the foot prints as far as they could until the trail eventually vanished.

"Damn it, nothing is ever easy.  Is it?" Azura thought.

"Oni-Chan, I'm tired." Aqua said sleepily.

"I know, I'm tired too." Azura replied.

They came upon a small cave and decided to set up camp there. Trekking through the woods at night exhausted would be dangerous. Azura had packed some matches and the lighter their father used for the grill to make a fire for them, Aqua changed out of her wet clothes and into some dry ones, hanging the wet ones above the fire to dry; Azura stood up, keeping a look out while Aqua laid in a sleeping bag by the fire.

"Oni-Chan?" Aqua said sleepily.

"Yeah Nee-San?" Azura replied.

"Will you tell me that story?  The one mommy would tell me?" Aqua asked.

Azura paused trying to remember the story their mother would tell Aqua for bed.

Bedtime Story Music {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCH8O7kOSaY}

"Alright, once, there was a girl." Azura began. "She would sell hearts to people, "Would like to buy a heart?" she asked.  "I have quite a few beauties."  A man walked by, "Sir? Would you like to buy a heart?" the girl asked.  "Do you happen to repair hearts?" the man asked.  "No, I just sell hearts sir. But if you go down the road, you'll find the Heartsmith, he repairs hearts." the girl replied.  The man thanked the young girl and went to visit the Heartsmith, and found his shop, inside he found the Heartsmith who was busy repairing another heart.  "Excuse me." the man said.  "Yes?" the Heartsmith replied looking to see who had walked into his shop.  "A young girl said you can repair heart?" the man said.  "Yep, that's what I do!" the Heartsmith replied.  "I'm the Heartsmith nice to meet you!"  "Pleased to meet you too." the man said.  "How can I help you?" the Heartsmith asked.  The man presented the Heartsmith with his broken nearly shattered heart.  "Oh this one looks pretty damaged." the Heartsmith said inspecting the broken heart.  "So you can't repair it?" the man asked.  "No, no, I didn't say that, it just might take a while, that's all." the Heartsmith replied.  "That, might be a problem." the man said. "Are planning on getting married?" the Heartsmith asked teasing. "Yes actually." the man replied. "Oh congrat." the Heartsmith said. "But as the wedding draws nearer I find that this heart is incapable of loving." the man explained. "I can see how that can be a problem." the Heartsmith said. "Well, why don't you leave it here for a while?  I can't make any promises, but I'll do my best." "Thank you" the man said. "I don't know when it'll be ready, just drop by when it's convinent for you." the Heartsmith said taking the heart into his hands. "I will." the man replied.

A few days later, the man returned, "Hello!  I'm sorry to bother you today as well." he said coming in with a box. "Oh it's you again." the Heartsmith said recognizing the man. "I brought a cake." the man added. The two of them enjoyed the cake together, as if they were good friends. "None of the my customers have ever brought me a cake." the Heartsmith commented with appreciation. "It's the least I can do for someone repairing my heart." the man replied. "Ah, about that." the Heartsmith said. "Is there a problem?" the man asked. "Well, some of the parts required for the 'love' function are missing." the Heartsmith explained. "I see, so I'll never be able to love my fiance?  She deserves better." the man said. "I will fix it for you, there's still something I can do." the Heartsmith said. "Thank you dear Heartsmith." the man said gratefully. "Don't mention it." the Heartsmith replied. The next day, the man came back, and the Heartsmith presented him with his fully restored heart. "You did it!" the man said joyfully. "Of course, I told I'd fix it." the Heartsmith replied. "It's amazing I can feel my heart overflowing with love." the man said feeling his new restored heart in his chest. "Really?  That's great!" the Heartsmith said. "Yes, I'm sure my fiance will be happy." the man said. "I hope to see you at my wedding." "Of course." the Heartsmith replied. Later the little girl who gave away hearts found the Heartsmith in his shed, alone. "Poor Heartsmith." the girl said. "Why do you always share pieces of your own heart with others?" "Look who's talking, how you sell hearts even though you don't have one of your own?" the Heartsmith asked friendly. "Because none of these heart fit me." the girl replied somewhat annoyed by the Heartsmith's remark. "Really?  Then maybe, would what's left of this heart fit you?" the Heartsmith asked offering what's left of his own heart. "You're giving me your own heart?" the girl asked. "Yes, if this one is alright with you." the Heartsmith replied. "Thank you Heartsmith!" the girl said hugging the Heartsmith joyfully and gratefully.

Azura looked back to check on Aqua and saw she was sound asleep. Azura looked up at the moon above and laid back against with his back against the wall and the Angel Blade resting across his lap, it's blade glowing inside the sheath like the moon glowing in the night sky. He sat there keeping an eye for Grimm, until eventually his eyes grew heavy and he too fell asleep.

The Next Day

Passive Music 4 {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgdaTUxGRkc}

The next day when the sun had risen, Azura and Aqua went out to go get breakfast. They went back to the the stream they encountered during the night, and Azura froze it, freezing any fish in it as well. They returned to the cave with their catch where Azura cleaned out the fish and prepared the meat to cook, placing a smooth rock atop of the fire.

When the stone had gotten hot enough, Azura placed the fish meat on the rock using it as a grill and used a spacula to flip the meat until it was ready.

"Where'd you learn to cook Oni-Chan?" Aqua asked as she ate her food.

"I paid attention to how father cooked whenever you played around in the water before dinner." Azura replied.

"What will we do when we find the White Fang?" Aqua asked.

Azura paused, thinking how to answer Aqua's question.

"I don't know." he replied. "I'm sure we'll figure it out though."

After finishing their food, Azura and Aqua headed back out to search for the White Fang, now that is was daylight out, the risk of a Grimm attack was much lower, but still prominent. They walked through the woods keeping an eye out for Grimm and any traces of the White Fang's prescence, running into the occassional Squishy. They eventually came upon a river which Azura froze up using his Semblance.

Azura walked across the icy surface using his Ninjutsu training to keep his balance, and keep aware of the ice's stability careful not to fall through thin ice. He was holding Aqua's hand as they walked across, teaching her the means of walking light on her feet, and swift and stable.

"Careful Nee-San." Azura instructed as they slowly made their way across.

Aqua's foot slipped, but Azura held onto her and she regained her footing.

"Use the balls of your feet, focus all of your weight on those two points." Azura said as Aqua carefully made another step.

Aqua heard the sound of ice cracking and had a concerned look on her face.

"Don't be afraid, just keep going." Azura added.

Aqua watched as her brother seemingly without effort walked upon the ice, and attempted to the same. She made a bad step and almost fell through some thin ice, but Azura caught her and pulled her out. As Azura pulled her out she noticed something in the treeline.

"Hey what's that?" Aqua asked.

Azura turned to look, but saw nothing.

"What did you see?" he asked.

"I don't know, it looked like a black bird." Aqua replied.

"Probably a small Nevermore or a Buhoshee." Azura said. "Come let's keep going."

"What if it attacks us?" Aqua asked. "We'll fall through the ice!"

"Then nail it with your weapon." Azura replied as they kept going.

They eventually got over the river, but when they did an Ursa Major came out from the otherside behind them. Azura quickly used his Semblance to shatter the ice he created preventing the monster from following them across. Seeing that it would not be able to the follow, the creature ignored Azura and Aqua and went off to mind it's own buisness.

They continued on keeping an eye out for the White Fang or any traces that may lead them to the White Fang. They found a few old camp fires that seemed quite fresh, a promising sign that brought hope to Azura and Aqua's hearts; they were on the right track.

"We're going to find them Oni-Chan!  We're really close!" Aqua said joyfully.

"I know, let's hope we can catch up to them." Azura said.

Suddenly they heard the sound of Boarbatusks and two more Boarbatusks came out of the thicket in front of them.

"More pigs to the slaughter." the Azura said drawing the Angel Blade.

Aqua took out Umi's Spear and prepared to take on the creatures.

Both creatures charged at Azura and Aqua, Azura rolled out of the way, but Aqua tried to take the creature head on only for the creature to ensare her weapon. Aqua tried to take back her weapon, but got into a game of tug of war with the creature. The other Boarbatusk took notice and got ready to attack Aqua, but Azura drew it's attention with a Frost Blast, angering it.

"Over here piggy!" Azura called out.

The angry Boarbotusk turned to face while Aqua triggered another mechanism in her Umi's Spear which caused it to separate into three separate sections, freeing it from the Boarbatusk's tusks in the process.

Azura created a small ice barrier in front of him as the Boarbatusk charged him, and the creature stupidly crashed into it, stunning itself. Azura then jumped ontop of it and held it in a choke hold and slit it's throat with his sword.

Aqua side stepped to dodge the other Boarbatusk as it charged her, it then turned around and got ready to hit with a spin dash attack. As it came at Aqua, Azura hit it with a flying kick and knocked it down on it's side, causing it to miss Aqua and stop next to her, Aqua acted quickly and shoved the blade of her weapon into it's belly with all her might, killing it.

Aqua collected the sections of her weapon and reassmbled them back into their Naginata form, and they continued on until they came up some ruins.

"Think they went through here?" Aqua asked looking at the ruins.

"I don't know, maybe. There's a bridge over there that leads across, but we'd have to find a way get up there." Azura said pointing.

Suddenly the sound of wood shattering and splintering was heard behind them, they turned around and saw behind them a Guardian Lancer which had used it's razor sharp front limbs to cut down the trees in it's way.

"Uh oh!" Aqua said.

"Quick climb the ruins!" Azura ordered as he and Aqua bolted for the ruins.

Battle Music 2 {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg02T7H5rFs}

Aqua struggled to climb up a stone block, but Azura gave her a hand and then boosted her up to the top of a wall as the Lancer made it's approach.

"Hurry Oni-Chan, it's coming!" Aqua said.

Azura turned to face the monster and prepared Frost Blasts in both his hands then launched them unleashing a Cryo-Spray onto the ground, creating an icy slippery surface. The Lancer's hind legs slipped and the creature fell flat on the ground, buying time for Azura and Aqua to get to higher ground.

Aqua helped pull Azura up to her position and they ran down the top of the wall to where the wall rose to a higher level. Azura jumped and ran up the wall and grabbed ahold of the ledge, Aqua jumped up and grabbed Azura' legs then climbed up Azura like a ladder to the top then helped Azura up.

Meanwhile the angry Guardian Lancer got back up it's feet and angrily pounded at the ground, breaking up and cracking the thin icy surface Azura had made. The creature saw that it's targets were trying to escape and it spat it's explosive projectiles at them.

"Look out!" Azura said tackling his sister to ground as the projectiles came at them.

Some flew over them, missing them, while the rest slammed into the wall they stood upon. Azura got up and took out a Fire Dust fragment and threw it at the monster, the fragment struck the monster and exploded in a violent burst of fire, stunning and angering the Lancer even more.

The Lancer then reared up it's hind legs and began to strike at the wall, Azura and Aqua were walking on, punching holes into it, and making the old wall unstable!

"Whoa!" Azura said as they tried to keep their balance on the unstable wall. "Hurry, let's get off this thing!"

The Lancer brought back one it's razor limbs and then swung with all it's might at the wall, creating a large cut across the wall and causing the wall to sway and begin to fall apart.

"Go!" Azura shouted as the wall collapsed behind them as they ran.

They didn't make it, the wall fell apart beneath their feet and they fell back down to the ground. Aqua landed hard on her shoulder and felt a sharp sensation of pain shoot from her shoulder and shrieked in pain. Azura however rolled to break his fall; their wings were still quite small, so they couldn't use them to glide or break their falls yet.

Seeing a fight was unavoidable, Azura took out the Lightning Dust Crystal and put it in a slot in the hilt of the Angel Blade, the blade cracked and sparked with lightning. Azura pointed the blade at the Lancer and pressed a button on the hilt, a moment later a mighty lightning bolt shot from the blade and struck the Lancer knocking it back and stunning it. Azura then used his Semblance to freeze the ground beneath it causing it to slip and fall down again.

Azura ran to Aqua's side and tried to get her back up to her feet, and saw that her arm was now hanging limp, unable to move it. Damn it, in that condition they won't be able to outrun the monster, his only option is to try and defeat it occupy it long enough for Aqua to escape.

Aqua offered Azura her Umi's Spear, and he accepted it, taking the top section of the weapon holding the Angel Blade in his right hand, and the Umi's Spear in his left taking a Ryoto-Jutsu stance as the creature got back up and turned to face Azura.

The Lancer swung it's razor limb at Azura which Azura parried using his Angel Blade and the Umi's Spear then performed a back flip to dodge the attack then rolled to the side to dodge another attack as the Lancer stomped it's other leg down at him. The creature then spit out it's explosive projectiles at Azura who put up his weapons to protect himself, the explosive projectiles hit him and knocked him back stunning him, causing him to not see the next attack.

The Lancer swung it's razor limb at Azura again this time hitting him and sending him flying across the field and into a tree. Azura's Aura had been drained by that attack, blood trickled down the side of his head, he spit out a little bit of blood and stumbled to get back up to his feet.

"Oni-Chan!" Aqua shouted unable to believe that she was about to lose her brother next.

Azura looked up as the Lancer made it's approach and raised it razor limb to finish the young boy off, but as it swung it's razor limb at Azura, it was blocked by a glowing green colored construct similar to the ones his uncle created. The Lancer yelled roared angrily at Azura, and another Bird Faunus leapt down in front of Azura to face the Lancer.

This one had black wings, and appeared to be 25 years of age, he was also armed with two bladed Tonfas and had the White Fang's uniform hoodie on.

"Stand back kiddo, I'll take it from here." the Faunus said taking out his Tonfa weapons.

The Lancer roared at the brave Faunus in displeasure at it being denied it's kill.

"Yeah, I'm getting fed up with you guys too." the Faunus said as if replying to the Lancer.

The Lancer spit it's explosive projectiles at the Faunus who raised up another Aura construct to created a shield barrier to block the attack then turned the construct into a spear and launched it at the Lancer striking it in it's armored head. The Faunus then launched a series of aura construct projectiles from the ground at the Lancer and ran off to the side away from Azura so that he wouldn't be in danger.

The Lancer angrily reared up on it's hind legs and began to swing viciously and violently at the Faunus who dodged each attack,

Trivia & Credits
Music by:
 * Yoko Shimomura
 * Paul Haslinger
 * Hans Zimmer
 * Mariko Nanba
 * Marika Suzuki
 * Akiyuki Morimoto
 * Mami Kawada
 * Stephen Barton
 * Toru Minegishi
 * Asuka Ohta
 * Dynamedion
 * YouTube

Written by:
 * Rocky Cadena

Grimm:
 * Squishy by:  Kimiyosis
 * Buhoshee by:  Shinobi201
 * Lancers

Characters:


 * Azura Marine


 * Aqua Marine


 * Jet Colt
 * Coltan Bones

Guest Characters:


 * Caelan Roth by: Sky Hattori & Jack The Dingo


 * Jade Everett by: Sky Hattori & Jack The Dingo
 * Cina Byal by: APOTHEOSISx

Cameo Characters:


 * Team CBLT by: APOTHEOSISx


 * Team CRLN by: Sky Hattori & Jack The Dingo


 * Team JADE by: Sky Hattori & Jack The Dingo
 * Amber (Amy) Thysteine by: Takeshi kun21
 * Crystal Nelde by: Winter Edition
 * Ozpin by: Monty Oum