《The Awakened One, Book 1: Remnant》Chapter 51: Of The Beginning

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Ruby stared wide eyed at the mind-boggling weapons that she and (Y/N) designed over the course of that day and night, she was completely astonished by the simple fact that they had all been assembled using materials unseen in mere moments when normally it would take months to create all that she needed for a weapon. “We freaking did it!” Ruby screamed in excitement, simultaneously wrapping her arms around the Faunus’s chest as she shouted with glee.

(Y/N) reciprocated the gesture, hugging the woman tightly around his own chest and softly saying, “yes, we did, but all this was made possible because of your skills. Honestly, I didn’t have a chance in hell making all these weapons if it wasn’t for your help, thanks Ruby” he spoke into the girls ear.

As she heard his words, Ruby’s face lit a flame, and a flush red blush uncontrollably creeped its way around her cheeks, neck, and ears. “Uhm-uh n-n-not re-really, uhm yo-you kinda, I mean, really, uhm, you like, h-help a ton!” The red head couldn’t control any of her bodily functions, her breath became ragged, her heart pumped a million miles an hour, and her mind seemingly went blank loosing all of its function, but even through all that she didn’t let go, nor did she look away from, the man in front of her eyes. She simply couldn’t, and the more she looked, the more things she felt, and those feelings quickly bubbled to the surface as her mouth began moving uncontrollably as it usually did. “I think that you are like really cool, and I had a great time making weapons with you! You were like, super smart and creative and you listened to me, and you put up with my obsessive tendency when it came to the details, I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really liked spending all this time with you! I’ve honestly never had this much fun making a weapon before, not Proto-Petal, or Rose Attacker, or Red Rider, or Grimm Slicer, or Red Rose, or Proto-Rosemarie, or Rose Petal, not even Crescent Rose! Heck, I don’t think I’ve ever had this much fun doing anything before, and it’s not because we were making super cool, uniquely designed, powerful weapons.”

It seemed as though Ruby suddenly came to a realization in the middle of her ramblings, and it was during this moment of revelation that the look in Ruby’s eyes changed. Her eyes drooped and softened as she leaned a bit closer to the man she clung tightly onto before she took a second to reassure her own thoughts before saying, “I only had this much fun because I was with you. It seems like it’s always like this, even in the short time I’ve been with you everything is just so much fun! Even that one time I accidentally attacked you on purpose the night I saw you in that store front, the fight that we kinda had was really fun and I learned a lot which was dope, and then after that you helped Yang! That was super nice, I mean your super nice, you told her about her mother, and I’ve never seen Yang sleep so soundly as she did that first night, she learned about it. I even think that Yang might like you! Yang doesn’t like anyone!” Ruby chuckled a bit at that last comment before continuing, “what was I gonna say? Oh yeah, I think I was saying all that to say that none of this was possible without you and I wanted to give you the proper credit that you desire! Also,” the short erratic woman started to fiddle a bit with her fingers and turned her head to the side, facing away from (Y/N), “I think I might, like you a little bit. Please don’t get mad!”

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As he saw the girls scrunched up, nervous expression, (Y/N) couldn’t help but chuckle slightly, and once he heard her confession, he brought the girl closer to his chest in a warm embrace and gently placed his hand atop her head. Once Ruby felt his warm hand on her head and his comforting arms surrounding her form, she looked up into the eyes of the one who held her so closely, and (Y/N) took that opportunity to do something that would change Ruby’s life forever. The Faunus man slowly bent down to the girls lips, eyes never leaving hers, and chastely placed his own lips against hers in a quick peck, shocking Red into silence. As Ruby was left mind wiped by the showing of affection, (Y/N) broke the quick kiss and placed his lips softly on the girl’s ear, whispering, “I think I might, like you a little bit too.”

Once, the words glid into Ruby’s ear canal, her formerly blank mind erupted into what felt like a million thoughts at once, each forcefully bombarding their way through her brain as they stampeded for her mouth, resulting in the intense sputtering and blushing that came from being kissed by the guy she was crushing on. “b-b-bu-wh-wha-h-ho-b-li-yo-m-I-I-ki_bu-uhm-wait” after what felt like an eternity of sputtering absolutely nonsense, Ruby managed to force the millions of thoughts back where they came from and squeak out the simple word to allow herself to recuperate. She took a deep breath to calm down as Qrow taught her to do whenever she got too overwhelmed and tried her hardest to get all of her thoughts in order before she spoke again, but when she looked back at the man that just pecked her on the lips, who was being very patient with her, her mind went blank again. Luckily, she recovered fast, allowing her to remember everything that had just happened and think of the thought that she originally had after she was given her first kiss. “Wait, so you’re not mad at me?”

(Y/N) chuckled slightly as he rubbed the head of the adorable woman, “no, of course I’m not mad at you. What possible reason would I have to be mad at you for liking me a little bit?”

“Well, of course I thought that you’d get mad! Yang told me that people get mad and jealous when someone gets in the middle of other people’s relationships, and you’re in a relationship with so many other people! So naturally I thought that you’d be super angry, like one extra mad for every person you were already with. I just didn’t want to be a homewrecker, but at the same time I couldn’t really hold in my own emotions either, so I just told you and hoped for the best. Worst case being you got mad at me and then never wanted to talk to me again, and the best-case scenario would be that you like me too!” In that moment, a revelation suddenly befell Ruby and she shouted, “Oh my god you like me a little bit to! I was lying, I like you a lot a bit not a little bit, I just wanted to soften the blow, but do you really like me a little bit?!?!”

The new Faunus took a moment to suppress his laughter at the adorable woman who was practically sitting on his lap by now, “no, I lied to, I really, really, really like you Ruby” he said as he pulled her closer.

“Really?!?! That makes me so fricken happy! But wait, if I like you and you like me, then what do we do now? Do we date each other? But your already dating other people. You also, k-kissed me! Can we do that again? I really want to do that again! But normal friends don’t kiss each other on the lips, so what are we? Are we just special friends now that like each other and kiss sometimes? I kinda like that! Can we be special friends that kiss each other sometimes? I don’t want to lose you as my friend, I still wanna hang out, build weapons, make jokes, and other friend stuff, but I want to be more than friends. How do we do that? Wait, I can be your Girlfriend! Like, a special friend that is a girl so we can do lovey stuff and also do friend stuff! Can I be your Girlfriend?”

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(Y/N) was stunned by the way she came to the conclusion, but at the same time he just decided to go along with it, saying, “yeah, I’d be more than happy to have you as my Girlfriend, and if you’re my girlfriend then I could be your Boyfriend. Of course, only if you’d like me to be, I wouldn’t wanna force you to do anything you didn’t want to do” he said with a knowing smile.

“No! I mean yes! Yes, I really want you to be my Boyfriend! No, you aren’t forcing me to do anything I don’t wanna do! I really wanna do anything with you! Like kissing! I really wanna kiss you again! Can we kiss again?” When she asked the question, (Y/N) bent down in the same way as before, this time gently placing his lips on hers in a much more sensual manner, allowing her to melt into his kiss. Ruby let her new Boyfriend do the work, simply leaning into the kiss with all of her ability and fully enjoying the sensation of his lips on hers, a sensation that was completely new to Red. They kissed for a while, nothing excessive just long variations of closed mouth kisses, popping off of one another’s lips as they took a breath before linking their soft appendages back together to continue the display of affection. Soon, from both the insanely comforting warmth of (Y/N)’s body and the blissful sensation of his lips on hers, Ruby’s eyes began to droop heavily, becoming almost too heavy to keep open.

(Y/N) quickly noticed this and broke the kiss, allowing him to guide Ruby’s soft head to his chest as he gently stroked her hair, “Ruby, are you feeling a little bit sleepy?”

“Hmmm” she managed to groan out as she cuddled deeper into her lover’s chest, “nonoo, I’mmm nott sleeeeeppyy,” she slurred out, taking a in a deep yawn before she began again, “I’s jusst a bit tirrrred.”

“Well, it had been a long day, and night for that matter, how about you just take a quick nap for now and when you wake up we can test the weapons we made. Does that sound fun?”

Ruby by this point was almost completely knocked out, barely able to register the words that were coming from his mouth, “kayy, I’ll just rest me’s eye for min. We can hav more kiss time and make weapon morning” she slurred as she snuggled deeper into his embrace.

(Y/N) smiled warmly to the sleepy woman, “okay Ruby, goodnight” he said as he planted another kiss on her forehead.

“goobnigh, Iwuvyou” she said as she fell into the warm embrace of sweet slumber.

“I love you too Red.” As Ruby finally asleep, (Y/N) began looking around the room that Ruby so eloquently decorated, taking a deep look at all the blueprints that she had strung up on the walls, and it was then that an idea suddenly dawned on him. He decided to act on his idea and as Ruby slept soundly, he got right to work on the surprise gift that he planned to give Ruby once she awoke. As he worked with the black and red head sleeping soundly on his chest, soon the sun fully rose over the horizon, granting him an interesting visit from Yang who came in curious, looking for her sister. As she slammed the room’s doors open, (Y/N) quickly prompted the blondie to quiet down with the motion of a finger, showing her that her sister was asleep in his arms. Yang’s first reaction was shock, then a sliver of jealousy, before she eventually settled on a mischievous look and pulled out her Scroll in order to take as many pictures as she could before Ruby woke back up to stop her. After bombarding them with pictures, Yang decided to chill with (Y/N) for a while before her sister woke back up, speaking in soft whispers as they avoided waking the sleeping beauty prematurely from her slumber. The Faunus told her all about last night’s activities, the intricate design process, weapon building, and of course the climax of the entire event which led to Ruby now lying in his lap asleep on his comforting chest.

Yang was shocked at the development and even sounded a bit jealous after the fact, but she was definitely still happy for her sister, although she whispered something about Ruby beating her to the punch that she of course refused to elaborate on. The trio wasn’t alone for long as they were soon joined by a large group of (Y/N)’s lovers as they were curious as to what he was still doing away from them and were led in their lover’s direction by his Call-Off. He, of course, explained everything that happened between himself and Ruby before everyone decided to occupy the room until Ruby woke up from her sleep, and luckily, they didn’t have to wait long. Ruby soon shot awake from her sleep, fully energized as if she hadn’t just spent the entire night vigorously designing weapons, she quickly wiped the drool from her lips, apologizing for drooling on her now lover’s chest, and looked around confused about the party that was happening around her.

Everything was quickly caught up and that was when (Y/N) decided to give Ruby her gift for helping him out so much during last nights events. He told her to close her eyes as he pulled 7 interesting appearing weapons from his jacket and laid them out on one of the large tables in front of the excited women. Once he told her to open them up, Ruby damn near immediately jumped all over (Y/N), yelling, shouting, screaming with joy, and planting thousands of kisses across his face at the gift that he had provided her. During the night, he had ‘painstakingly’ converted all of Ruby’s failed designed weapons into actual, semi/fully functional weapons that would allow Ruby to combat with, starting with the Proto-Petal and ending with Rose Petal. The natural progression from her acquiring functional versions of her babies was for her to use them, so they naturally made there way over to Glynda’s glorious teaching ‘room’ and trained for pretty much the rest of the day. Ruby had a blast trying out and learning with the new-old weapons and she used that experience to begin designing her modified Crescent Rose in order to combat the close-range weakness of the scythe.

At the end of the day when everything was all said and done, Ruby went back to her room with Yang and the rest of the lovers convened in (Y/N)’s temp room where they had a bit of fun before falling asleep on their lovers’ bodies. Once that happened, (Y/N) smoothly slipped out from their confines and headed to Hel’s kitchen where his men were prepping for their departures, once the Devil arrived, he gave each and every member of the Clan their new masks personally, saying a few unique, heartfelt words to each of them before giving his final inspirational, revolutionary speech as they were soon loaded into Bullheads and sent off to a war, they were sure to win. He gave Zeb his new weapon, telling him the name and it’s abilities before handing it to him, the bear Faunus loved the gift and felt like it perfectly matched his intense berserker style of fighting, so he deeply thanked the Chief for the present. He then asked Junior for both his weapon and his prosthetic, upgrading both of them intensely in one go, turning his arm into a Dust revolving, powerful grenade launcher and also increasing its natural strength and durability at the same time. Junior was more than grateful, bowing down to his knees in an incredibly dramatic showing of intense gratitude, all but kissing his Boss’s feet for the gifts, especially the prosthetic. He begged for anything he could do to pay his Boss back and the Demon Clan head simply ordered Junior to do his job to perfection and make sure that none of their Clan members died on the mission, and Junior of course accepted the mission with all of his heart.

The two of them then took off with the rest of the Demon Clan, heading far past the southern wall to Mount Glenn to do some life saving work, and give (Y/N) passive Item and Exp gains, but it was mostly for the first part. Once his Clan took off, the Devil temporarily stayed around Hel’s kitchen for a while, just making sure all of the affairs were in order, and meeting and greeting the new ‘bouncers’ of the club, a large group of highly trained, trustworthy women, all of whom had recently graduated from Lady Browning’s Preparatory Academy For Girls. They were all beautiful in their own right and just as skilled, in fact the majority of them appeared to be more powerful than the deadly sins in the Demon Clan so Hel’s Kitchen was in more than capable hands after the departure of the Acolytes. After finishing up the girls orientation and showing them his face, since they were going to be working together on a more personal level than the rest of the Clan, he took off for home, quickly returning to Beacon and learning of some interesting information.

It was still very early when he returned, but once he teleported into the room, he saw Weiss sitting alone in an office chair in the corner of the temp room, and he immediately walked over to the girl and asked her what was wrong. Turns out, nothing was really ‘wrong’ perse, Weiss simply couldn’t sleep because she got word that her mommy and big sister would be arriving at Beacon that afternoon, a day earlier than expected, and she was too excited to get any sleep. He had to admit, it was adorable to see Weiss in such a good mood about seeing Winter and Willow after so much time had passed, so he decided to spend the morning hanging out with the giddy Weiss, growing a bit closer to the princess. Once everyone else awoke and they showered up and what-not, the group ate, talked, exercised to burn some of the extra energy that had built up from the excitement, and soon they were at the back of the Hope Building waiting for the special Schnee aircraft to land so they could all be officially introduced to the other members of the lovely relationship dynamic.

When Willow and Winter laid eyes on the altered form of their lover, they were immediately overcome with a mix of attraction and confusion, not exactly understanding how the change occurred. However, after giving him a deep hug and kiss and hearing his quick explanation, they didn’t allow the topic to plague their minds, instead focusing on the beauty of his new form. Once everyone had been completely acquainted with one another, they spent a lot of the rest of the day enjoying one another’s company, exploring the campus and taking part in all of the Summer Tournament festivities that had been built over the course of the week. The event was very similar to a carnival of sorts, food stalls, tents, amusement park rides, and game booths absolutely littered Beacon’s open spaces, you practically couldn’t go anywhere on the campus without seeing something related to the event. The campus was also packed full of people, simply walking around the entirety of the campus felt like walking around Disney World in the summertime, it was that full. The only real isolated place on the campus was the Hope building as it was a restricted area for all non-students, unless they had a direct relationship with a student who was allowed to be in that building. The massive group was easily identifiable because of the extremely high-profile people that were apart of the lovers, a world class warrior in Pyrrha, the women of the richest and most powerful family in the world, daughters of the most powerful crime syndicate in Remnant, lead professor of the Academy and a world renown Huntress, and the two most unique looking Faunus that anyone had ever seen, just to name a few. Needless to say, they garnered a lot of attention wherever they went and were even flocked to by the bolder individuals as they asked for pictures, interviews, and whole hell of a lot more requests that were not going to be filled.

(Y/N) worked a lot of crowd control while they were out, politely asking, and physically moving, people out of the way so they could get to where they were going, on top of that, a few people thought that it might be okay to say no, try to forcefully move him aside, and, even a brave few, say some not so very nice things about Byakko and Lilith, and all of those people were met with pain. Eventually everything just got a little overwhelming and they had already seen most of what they desired to, so whenever the lovers needed to take a break, they entered the Hope building to do whatever it was that they wanted to do in peace. Once inside, they walked to Glynda’s room, deciding that it’d be a nice, quiet, large room that they could all convene in without being bothered by outsiders. In the room, they discussed a lot and spent the time joking around, learning about each other, and somehow landed on the topic of the great things that (Y/N) had done for them, which they seemingly had a lot to talk about. Randomly during their conversation, (Y/N) got a message from Ruby saying she wanted to see him again, and Soon after that, Ruby and Yang showed up, and the girls then thought that now would be a good enough time to test out their own abilities before the start of tourney, so they went down in the arena and began doing what they did on most of their days, trained.

Before they began though, (Y/N) took a moment to finally get his hands on each of the girl’s weapons and upgrade them, accordingly, tuning each of them to perfectly fit each of their wielders and allowing them to experience more growth with their weaponized partners. Once they got their improved weapons, of course they wanted to test them out, so Winter, Glynda, and (Y/N)’s Call Off decided to act as instructors of sorts, powerful opponents that allowed the girl’s to go all out as they improved themselves before the first day of the Summer Tournament. Looking down at the girls train, (Y/N) was impressed by the number of improvements that the girls had made over the short amount of time they had been training, especially Nix, Neyah, and Pyrrha since he had known them for the longest. However, everyone still improved a bunch, leveling up more than he expected even though none of them had the benefit of dungeons and the system.

Name: Neyah Panthera

Age: 19

Race: Faunus

Titles: Panthera’s Warrior, Solar Half, Wild Huntress

LVL: 54

HP: 4620/4620, (+362)

AU: 4820/4820, (+234)

Attributes:

STR; 401, (+120)

END; 234, (+47)

DEX; 290, (+87)

VIT; 181, (+36)

INT; 64

LUK; 118

*Warrior’s Manifestation (Semblance)*- By concentrating deeply, Neyah can manifest her Aura into any weapon she wishes. Due to her mastery of this ability, she can create these weapons on a dime, and can even send them to do attacks without her touching the Aura weapons for a short period of time.

‘Purposeful Brightness’- The weapon awarded to the strongest warrior in the Panthera Clan was named Purpose and it was an incredibly strong spear that represented the strength and purpose of the clan. However, after the destruction of the clan and Neyah received the spear, she used her incredible knowledge of weapons and combat utility to upgrade the relic into something much stronger. She transformed the weapon into a dual headed spear that could be easily separated into two separate blades that can be dual wielded. On top of that, when in the spear form it can be changed into a bow that she can use to shoot arrows from her Semblance; +30% STR, +30% DEX, +20% END, +20% VIT

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Name: Nieva Panthera, Nix

Age: 19

Race: Faunus

Titles: Panthera’s Priestess, Lunar Half, Ice Queen

LVL: 52

HP: 6700/6700, (+641)

AU: 5555/5555, (+285)

Attributes:

STR; 54, (+20)

END; 57, (+20)

DEX; 283, (+57)

VIT; 285, (+57)

INT; 394, (+118)

LUK; 171, (+100)

*Panthera Frostbite (Semblance) *- Exude an incredibly strong pulse of Icy Aura that debilitates all of those that it encounters; -10% to all Attributes

‘Lady Of the Snow’- A unique weapon, the prized possession of the Panthera Clan, granted only to the head Priestess of the clan. A large Ancestral Blue Dust Crystal is the focal point of its power granting it multiple abilities in combat. It is also due to this feature that the weapon changes the property of the users Aura. This weapons main form is a large black and blue Bell that when rung is heard across the battlefield, this ring enhances all ally’s Semblances. The other forms of this sacred treasure include a blade made completely of the Dust Crystal that allows the user to shoot icy blades with every slash, and a seemingly simple handgun that eradicates its enemies with precision beams of icy bullets; +30% INT, +20% DEX, +20% VIT, +100 LUK, +20 STR, +20 END; +30% Damage when using blue Dust; Aura is now based on VIT instead of END

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Name: Pyrrha Nikos

Age: 20

Race: Human

Titles: Pride of Mistral

LVL: 64

HP: 5040/5040, (+758)

AU: 4490/4490, (+253)

Attributes:

STR; 399, (+100)

END; 330, (+83)

DEX; 330, (+83)

VIT; 202, (+51)

INT; 131

LUK; 66

*Polarity (Semblance)*- Allows Pyrrha to control metal via magnetism. In using this ability, she can freely move her own and her opponent’s weapons and other metal objects to manipulate them to her will.

‘Milo and Akouo’- This duo of powerful equipment is essential Pyrrha’s legendary fighting style and are incredibly balanced between offensive strength and defensive durability, allowing Pyrrha to be both a offensive and defensive powerhouse. Milo is a three-part weapon, in that it can transform into a Javelin, Xiphos, and a Rifle, however in all of it’s forms the Rifle capability is still fully functional. Akouo is a powerful defensive round shield that allows Pyrrha to defend against almost any attack that befalls her, in addition to that, its edge is razor-sharp like that of a blade and allows her to use it offensively as well; +25% STR, +25% END, +25% DEX, +25% VIT

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Name: Ruby Rose

Age: 18

Race: Human

Titles: Bearer of the Silver Eyes, Master Weapons Crafter

LVL: 26

HP: 1680/1680, (+1600)

AU: 2915/2915, (+1000)

Attributes:

STR; 34, (+225)

END; 135, (+200)

DEX; 202, (+210)

VIT; 34, (+160)

INT; 27

LUK; 398

*Petal Burst (Semblance)*- Petal Burst allows Ruby to disassemble herself and a chosen partner at a molecular level, allowing them to travel at speeds too fast for the eyes to follow and also possibly travel through objects that would normally be impossible.

‘Crescent Rose’- Ruby Rose’s signature weapon is a High-Caliber-Sniper-Scythe, which is essentially a combination of the strong and sharp melee weapon and the incredible power of a sniper rifle. Due to Ruby’s incredible ability as a master craftsman, this weapon is one of the most destructive and highly capable weapons ever created; +225 STR, +210 DEX, +200 END, +160 VIT

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Name: Weiss Schnee

Age: 19

Race: Human

Titles: Heiress of the Schnee Family, Schnee’s Princess,

LVL: 51

HP: 3180/3180

AU: 5195/5195, (+262)

Attributes:

STR; 52

END; 262, (+52)

DEX; 270, (+81)

VIT; 109

INT; 423, (+127)

LUK; 56

*Glyphs (Semblance)*- This is the hereditary Semblance of the Schnee Family, and it is one of the most powerful, unique, and diverse abilities in all of Remnant. Simply put, this Semblance does to much shit to describe here. It speeds up, slows down, traps, shields, manipulates time, powers up, and of course, Summon foes that they have defeated in battle.

‘Myrtenaster’- This is the Signature weapon of Weiss Schnee, and it is classified as a Multi-Action Dust Rapier, which essentially means that it is a Rapier with high Dust utilities for both storage and dispensary. Due it being used heavily in combination with Dust, the amount of versatility that this weapon has is amazing, and in combination with Weiss’s Semblance she is essentially unpredictably powerful on the battlefield; +30% INT, +30% DEX, +20% END

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Name: Blake Belladonna

Age: 19

Race: Faunus

Titles: Second In Command, Shadow, Chieftain’s Daughter

LVL: 53

HP: 4480/4480, (+348)

AU: 3920/3920, (+175)

Attributes:

STR; 339, (+102)

END; 175, (+35)

DEX; 396, (+119)

VIT; 174, (+35)

INT; 118

LUK; 64

*Shadow (Semblance)*- This incredible Semblance allows Blake to create a physical clone of herself that pushes her in any direction that she wishes, even while air born. The clones are solid and are identical to Blake, however they can be easily dispatched with a solid strike, or if Blake moves to far away from one.

‘Gambol Shroud’- This amazing weapon is classified as a Variant Ballistic Chain Scythe and is a three-part weapon. Firstly, it’s sheath functions as a massive cleaver that can be swung for massive damage, secondly when unsheathed it forms a katana like blade that is incredibly sharp, swift, and light weight, and thirdly the katana splits in half to reveal a rapid firing machine gun that can bombard opponents with bullets; +30% STR, +30% DEX, +20% END, +20% VIT

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Name: Yang Xiao Long

Age: 19

Race: Human

Titles: Sunny Little Dragon, Firecracker

LVL: 47

HP: 3080/3080, (+208)

AU: 5585/5585, (+438)

Attributes:

STR; 344, (+103)

END; 292, (+88)

DEX; 244, (+49)

VIT; 104, (+21)

INT; 48

LUK; 52

*Burn (Semblance)*- This phenomenal semblance allows Yang’s Aura to absorb kinetic energy from each and every blow that her Aura can withstand and use it to further enhance her natural strength or redirect it at her opponent dealing massive damage.

‘Ember Celica’- Yang Xiao Long’s signature weapons are a dual pair of Dual Ranger Shot Gauntlets, that allow Yang to control the close-range space with immensely powerful punches that are boosted by shotgun blasts that she can shoot at any time. This devastating weapon can also allow her to attack at a range as well, using the shells inside to launch grenade like shots at her opponents; +30% STR, +30% END, +20% DEX, +20% VIT

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Name: Melanie Malachite

Age: 22

Race: Human

Titles: The Devil’s Elite, Daughter of the Spiders

LVL: 50

HP: 5240/5240, {+1696}

AU: 4475/44750, {+1290}

Attributes:

STR; 312, (+94), {+125}

END; 215, {+86}

DEX; 305, (+92), {+122}

VIT; 212, {+85}

INT; 51, {+20}

LUK; 105, {+42}

*Blinding Illumination (Semblance)*- This Semblance allows Melanie to effectively control the light in a given area, giving her the ability to brighten, manipulate, and darken the light in the vicinity. Using this ability, she can make light completely disappear in her area of control, voiding an entire area from light, or inversely, she can make everything blindingly bright, making the action of looking at anything the equivalent of staring into a flashbang.

‘Melodic Stilettos’- Elegant, beautiful, white heels with unbelievably sharp blades that stand tall attached from the bottom of the heal to the top of Melanie’s phenomenal shoe. This gorgeous, bladed shoe’s blade is retractable in both that it can be hidden from the opponent, and can also be extended past its original length; +30% DEX, +30% STR

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Name: Miltia Malachite

Age: 22

Race: Human

Titles: The Devil’s Elite, Daughter of the Spiders

LVL: 50

HP: 5240/5240, {+1696}

AU: 4475/44750, {+1290}

Attributes:

STR; 312, (+94), {+125}

END; 215, {+86}

DEX; 305, (+92), {+122}

VIT; 212, {+85}

INT; 51, {+20}

LUK; 105, {+42}

*Deafening Silence (Semblance)*- This Semblance allows Miltia to effectively control the sound in a given area, giving her the ability to louden, regulate, and silence the noises in the vicinity. Using this ability, she can make nothing in her range make a sound, silencing an entire area from any sound, or inversely, she can make even the slightest movement’s sound Boom like a gunshot.

‘Malicious Claws’- Aggressively powerful retractable claws that extend from the wrists of the beautiful Miltia and meet her opponents with deadly slices that are sure to leave them dead and gone. These blades are completely omnidirectional and if she so chooses, Miltia can change the angle at which she swings at any time; +30% STR, +30% DEX

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Name: Trivia Vanille, Neopolitan

Age: 23

Race: Human

Titles: The Silent Sadist, Roman’s Closest Confidant, Ice Cream Girl etc.

LVL: 60

HP: 4720/4720, {+1488}

AU: 5075/5075, (+500), {+1470}

Attributes:

STR; 434, (+43), {+174}

END; 245, (+100), {+98}

DEX; 490, {+196}

VIT; 186, {+74}

INT; 125, {+50}

LUK; 70, {+28}

*Overactive Imagination (Semblance)*- This mysteriously powerful semblance allows Neo to create, manifest, and manipulate physical illusions that are scene by everyone around them. Once these illusions are dispelled or destroyed, they shatter like glass creating a reality shattering distraction that can leave even the most skilled people distracted.

‘Melodic Silence’- This is the highly powerful, enhanced version of Neo’s traditional weapon Hush. Melodic Silence has the entire functionality of Roman Torchwick’s weapon, the Melodic Cudgel, in its cane like handle, allowing it to shoot powerful grenade like flares from its tip. The rest of the signature weapon used by Neo functions the same, it acts as an umbrella with a sheathed blade that can be extended out from its tip in both closed and parasol form. This interestingly powerful weapon is the perfect mix of offensive strength via its blade, defensive capability from its strong parasol fabric, and a fighter’s finesse that Neo has in leaps and bounds; +30% END,+500 END, +30% STR

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Name: Scarlet Vermillion, Hel

Age: 34

Race: Human

Titles: Owner of Diamonds to Dust, The Devil’s Mistress, Mistress of the Demon Clan

LVL: 17

HP: 1520/1520

AU: 1130/1130

Attributes:

STR; 66

END; 25

DEX; 45

VIT; 26

INT; 53

LUK; 90

*Highly Favored (Semblance)*- A passive Semblance that grants Scarlet the innate ability to complete any objective, task, or goal that she puts her mind to. It doesn’t matter the circumstance, her opposition, or the impossibility of the task, everything will naturally fall into place for her to achieve greatness

‘Hell’s Terror’-This is the weapon specially made to fit Scarlets extraordinary expertise when it comes to all things intellectual. This weapon is an extremely powerful, high caliber, railgun like sniper rifle that fires specialized rounds that eviscerates those it encounters; +500 INT, +500 LUK

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Name: Winter Schnee

Age: 26

Race: Human

Titles: Former Heiress of the Schnee Family, Ironwoods Top Fighter, The Huntress of Atlas

LVL: 221

HP: 14400/14400

AU: 23810/23810, (+667)

Attributes:

STR; 1327, (+398)

END; 1333, (+267)

DEX; 1341, (+268)

VIT; 670

INT; 1783, (+535)

LUK; 226

*Glyphs (Semblance)*- This is the hereditary Semblance of the Schnee Family, and it is one of the most powerful, unique, and diverse abilities in all of Remnant. Simply put, this Semblance does to much shit to describe here. It speeds up, slows down, traps, shields, manipulates time, powers up, and of course, Summon foes that they have defeated in battle.

‘Never-Green and Forever-Frost’- These are the Signature weapon of Winter Schnee, and it is essentially two blades combined into one that can easily be separated into two high functioning, high Dust utility, and highly sturdy weapons. These weapons are very light weight but durable and powerful, allowing for Winter to dish out powerful strikes, but also move around incredibly fast, and swing just as quick. Using this in combination with her versatile Semblance makes her a pain to deal with on the battlefield, and an asset to all her allies; +30% INT, +30% STR, +20% DEX, +20% END

As (Y/N)’s lovers trained and practiced for the even that would officially begin the following day, (Y/N) spent that time catching up with Willow with Scarlet beside them as she practiced firing her Sniper from a long range, and while he talked to Willow, he learned that everything had been going well in her house thus far. Jacques went back to his usual acts and personality as if he hadn’t promised change in the first place and he’s been keeping his distance from both Winter and she for reasons she didn’t entirely understand. Winter obviously made it very clear to Jacques what would happen if he put her hands on her mother in anyway and she was sure that her having a good relationship with ‘the Devil’ helped keep the distance as well, but other than that everything had gone back to normal. However, she informed her lover that she had been unable to acquire any information about the enslaved Faunus and she honestly didn’t even truly know where to look. She tried to look through his study for any hints or clues but she didn’t come upon anything and she even went as far as to ask Jacques about where her late father’s journal might be, but he declined knowing anything about it, saying that it was probably lost or destroyed beyond repair.

(Y/N) comforted her about the topic, letting her know that it was okay that she hadn’t, and he would make sure everything came out okay not only for her, but also for all of the Faunus that had been enslaved in those mines. Other than that particular topic of discussion, everything remained incredibly positive, and Willow deeply enjoyed the physical comfort of her Dear as she cuddled up to him after being separated for so long. As they snuggled up against one another, the new Faunus thought deeply about his plan to infiltrate the Schnee Manor in order to both protect and comfort Willow at anytime and also see if he can learn a bit more about the slave situation so he could come closer to achieving his goal of freeing the Faunus. It was also around this time that he began rapidly receiving notifications about his Clan members slaying Grimm, giving him experience, money, and, most importantly, items like Grimm masks and cores. As soon as the notifications started piling up, he alerted Meta to begin the automation process, rapidly converting any and all masks he obtained into Grimm Cores and then turning those Cores into eggs, once the egg was created, it would then be automatically fed to Lilith to increase the size of her army.

Day soon turned to night, signaling the women in the arena to stop their incessant training and start heading back to their rooms, it was then that Ruby and Yang went off on their own, not before Ruby asked (Y/N) for a kiss and getting teased by her sister because of it. Winter and Willow had their own rooming situation that they didn’t want to uphold, so instead they headed back to (Y/N)’s temp room, refusing to heed the warning about the lack of space that the room provided. As they walked leisurely back to the room, Glynda went off on her own as she had other things that she needed to attend to before tomorrow’s big day and after a quick kiss goodbye, she walked off to do the things that she needed to. After Glynda’s exodus, the rest of the group arrived to their destination, opening the door into the temp room that could no longer properly accommodate all 13 of the women present. After a bit of discussion and a tad bit of debate, the group decided to split up the main group of lovers into twos, with the women that had to compete in a match the following day moving to Weiss’s temporary dorm room, which was right next door, with (Y/N)’s Call-Off, and the rest of the lover’s in (Y/N)’s room with (Y/N).

The split actually ended up being Nix, Neyah, Weiss, Pyrrha, Blake, Miltia, and Melanie in Weiss’s temporary room, since not only would it make the numbers easier, but also Blake and the twins wanted to deepen their relationship with the girls that would becoming their classmates this upcoming year. That of course left Scarlet, Neo, Willow, Winter, Byakko, and Lilith in their lover’s care as they slept together, but Lilith preferred to rest up against her King in her tiny snake form, so she was essentially not there at all. Together, both groups of lovers quickly fell asleep with (Y/N) remaining awake on both ends of the wall, using his clone to assist him in thinking through all the things he needed to accomplish in the upcoming months. The two of (Y/N)’s minds focused heavily on two separate topics, Slavery and Salem, the two main issues that he faced moving forward, trying their best to come up with plans to counter-act and solve both problems. Because of how deep in thought he was, the night of the 24th soon turned to the day of the 25th, bringing them right into the morning of the Summer Tournament.

The women on the other side of the wall got up early, taking showers, stretching their bodies heavily, and getting dressed up in their battle equipment, fully prepared to run off to fill up on carbs before they headed to the Battle Arena. Before leaving, they waltz into (Y/N)’s room, where everyone was only now starting to wake, and said their goodbyes to their lovers/loved ones before heading out. Blake and the twins hopped back in bed to rest for a little while longer until they all eventually woke up to get ready for the day’s events. The Faunus man’s Clone was still with Neyah and the rest as they ate quickly and jogged to the battle Arena, leaving the original with the more mature lovers as they playfully showered and leisurely dressed, choosing to have a bit of fun before exiting the room. Once they were finally ready to exit the room, the lover’s walked through the halls with all eyes on them, skipping the cafeteria entirely, and leaving out of the Hope building with the Battle Arena in their sights. Winter and Weiss both needed to leave the group as they had other things they needed to accomplish, a couple of press meetings, before they were able to sit down at the venue and enjoy the show. However, after they informed their lovers that they would be sitting in the special box high above the crowd, Willow and Winter invited them to sit up there with them. Luckily at the same time, (Y/N)’s clone had come into contact with Glynda who just so happened to also plan to be seated in the sky box, so she was able to show him the way and in turn, show (Y/N) the way to the spot.

After accepting the invitation, Willow and Winter got their quick goodbye kisses from their lovers and separated from the group, leaving (Y/N) to lead the group through the dense crowds of people to the sky box where they’d be watching the Summer Tournament unfold. The entire front of the Battle Arena had been transformed into super-bowl level ticket booths with a bunch of tellers, deep security, and of course infinitely long lines for each booth, trailing from the entrance all the way down the street, stopping in the general area where the dorms and hotels were located. With a single look at the line (Y/N) yelled a mental ‘Nope’ before leading his lover’s directly to the entrance of the building, telling the chief of security his name, and quickly getting permission to enter the Arena. Once inside, they walked through the confusing halls, masses of bodies, and seemingly endless number of booths until they eventually reached their desired location, walking through two wooden, double doors that granted them entry into their sky box suite that was outfitted with lounges, tables, a bar, catering, tv’s, and of course lot’s of important looking people. The first thing that (Y/N) noticed when he walked in was how many exuberantly odd, dressed individuals were in the room speaking casually with one another, and he said odd because it was definitely not normal dress.

Each of the people in the room had weird objects with them, some of them obviously carried weapons around, and each of them appeared to be incredibly powerful, so (Y/N) took advantage of the opportunity to observe each of them and what he found was that the vast majority of the people in the room were high-ranking Huntsman. Some of them were professors at the Academy, some were just random powerful Hunters and Huntresses, but each of them had a at least a certain level of strength that allowed him to get a good idea about the power level in the world of Remnant. The majority of the room’s Huntsman were around level 160-180ish, with a few of them being outside of that range reaching low level 200, but nothing above 205. If these people were truly the best of the best in Remnant, as he believed, then he had already severely peaked far above even the strongest of the Huntsman and now the only people who were in direct competition with him as far as strength is concerned was Glynda, just because of her insanely high INT stat, Ozpin, but with all of his power enhancing skills he was confident that he could beat him in a fight, and anyone on that tier of strength. Knowing how powerful Winter is, he figured that Raven, Qrow, and all of Salem’s underlings would probably be on that level as well, which meant that power wise everything should be smooth sailing from here on out.

After quickly analyzing the room, the lovers walked deeper inside and as they did, there presence was noticed by the other Huntsman present, and they moved to speak to the entering group. All of those that greeted them had bright, welcoming smiles on their faces and were exceptionally nice to them, even being extraordinarily kind to both Byakko and Lilith even though they looked quite different than the rest, even going as far as to give a compliment on how beautiful they looked which surprised him. Soon after him and his lovers finished introducing themselves, they made their way down to the seating section of the box, overlooking the entirety of the massive arena from where they sat. Unfortunately, Lilith was unable to fit into the rows due to her large tail, prompting an extremely nice hostess to come over and apologize for not having the proper accommodations. As Lilith received the apology from the woman, she did something surprisingly uncharacteristic of her, choosing to give the hostess a gentle headpat and softly alert the woman that it was not her fault. After doing that, Lilith showed another of her abilities as she shrunk down to her small snake size, but this time she remained as her Faunus counterpart, taking the form of a pocket-sized Lamia. She then was scooped up by her lover, and coiled herself around his body, having her humanoid portion on his shoulder like a Lilith mini-me.

The other Huntsman applauded her for her Semblance and Lilith knew to just go with the compliment, humbly accepting their praises as the lovers managed to find their seating. It was truly a remarkable sight to see, a massive coliseum filled to the brim with seats, and at the center of the opened domed stadium was a massive platform that was clearly the place where the fights would be held. Floating high above the platform were six massive, holographic screens, each one connecting to one another at their corners, showing in crystal clear view exactly what was unfolding on the stage at all times. It was because of these screens that (Y/N) and his lover’s were able to watch as a large podium was erected from the center stage, lifting the two individuals that were on it up, high into the air.

The two people at the center of the stage were both Headmaster Ozpin and Professor Glynda Goodwitch, and as soon as the podium stopped rising into the sky, the Headmaster raised his hand, a bellowing deep voice boomed across the entire arena, the sound echoing off of every surface in the entire building as it spoke. “Ladies and Gentlemen, if I may have your attention, please” the voice spoke, quieting the crowd slightly. “If you all may be seated so we all can begin this grand event that we all love greatly, we’d all be more than happy at your cooperation. As you do so, it is finally time for our grandiose introduction into the long awaited, annual Summer Tournament presented by our very own, Headmaster Ozpin and the lovely Professor Goodwitch!” As the voice introduced the names of the legendary duo, the crowd erupted in cheers, shouting the praises of the Headmaster and the iconic Professor, far surpassing the volume of the announcer that came before them.

The Headmaster smiled, waved, and bowed from the praises, but Glynda’s face remained as stoic as ever, keeping her arms crossed and only moving to adjust her glasses as she waited for the crowd to die down so they could begin speaking. After allowing Ozpin to smile and wave for a while longer, the Professor tapped her thigh with The Disciplinarian and in that instant a blast of purple wind shot out into the surrounding air, swirling around the stadium like the remnants of a tornado, and in that moment the crowed were all simultaneously hushed into silence. At the same moment, Professor Goodwitch cleared her throat and harshly spoke, “I appreciate the speed at which you all returned to silence, it seems after all these years you all have learned something, color me impressed” she said as she adjusted her glasses once more. “Now, as you all have waited another long year for this event, let us begin this introduction and finish it quickly so we can begin this year’s entertainment. Headmaster, if you would.”

Ozpin deadpanned slightly as he listened to Glynda’s small speech, “she really does hate crowds” he thought as he cleared his throat and put on the brightest smile he could manage. “Great job as usual Mrs. Goodwitch, and to all of you lovely Humans and Faunus in the crowd and at home today, welcome to Beacon’s own masterful event of prestigious caliber, The Summer Tournament!”

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