Chapter 33: She'll be Fine~!
[Silver Tiger: Banishing Chop!]
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Now before we continue on what happens after Jin did that kind of killer-move, that seems to have a murderous intent to our Nora - Lets go back to where Nora was still in the middle of doing her multiple hammer swings with Jin dodging them, and look at the perspective of some people...
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Now, if anyone could validate how oddly random Nora could be...It would be Lie Ren, Nora's best and childhood friend.
Conversely, if there was anyone who actually knew Nora so well...it was also Ren.
Sure, that didn't sound like saying much, since Nora seemed like a rather simple person on the surface, as attitude and demeanor can already give anyone an idea of what kind of a person she is.
But that was just the surface.
The stoic boy had grown up with her, learning her every quirk and nuance beyond the scope that most ten-year marriages of adults could ever hope to achieve.
But to be fair, Ren and Nora had spent that amount of time together and knows each other's quirks. Especially considering the young girl who had mastered the sloth/bear/mantis/dog, you name it, whatever-hug technique by the age of eight.
Yeah, Ren and Nora had their own story. But no one ever dared to ask...Either because they knew of Nora's notoriousness for the embellishment of tales, or because they knew of Ren's notoriousness for not telling any.
But was it really so complicated? No, the best stories rarely are...but so are the worst. And, their particular story was all too simple. One that could be summed up in four little words, and to be precise...
Everybody died, except us.
Yes, a simple story indeed. But Ren had grown up to insulate that part of him so that he'd never have to complicate it any further than that.
Little did he know, however, of the effect that'd have on the turquoise-eyed girl with whom he'd formed 'that' inevitable bond.
A bond that formed through their shared tragedy, and many other factors.
Indeed, as one (Ren's) personality developed, so did the other (Nora) to complement it, each resulting to fit together as nicely as the coasts of the continents of Vytal and Mantle.
They were like puzzle pieces that existed together just as well as they did apart.
In their case, Nora provided a constant hum that kept the stoic young man from receding into himself completely; on the other hand, he served as the anchor for her hectic mega-train of hyper sugar-powered mind that translated both through her words and her fighting style.
Therefore, when Ren had decided on the Hunter's life, in an attempt at projecting the unspoken paradigms of who he was as a person to the world in a positive light, Nora didn't hesitate for a nano-second to tag along.
She knew as well as he did, that even though they could survive just fine apart - most of that time would very well be spent thinking of how long it would take until they were brought back together again.
Mind you, not that together-together though, as Nora always proclaims. Though, it won't be long...no it has been long.
Its been long enough, and 'that' development should happen anytime now.
But nevertheless, if there was anyone who really knew Nora...It was Ren.
So when Ren was engrossed upon noticing his new friend reading Nora's fighting patterns and style like a book during the first minute of their sparring match - it was quite...shocking.
Now that, that was saying something.
"Dang, Ren! Your girl's a beast in the ring!" Yang noted jovially as they watched Nora move with impossibly graceful finesse considering the giant and heavy Warhammer she wielded.
"But she's not hitting Jin, though...But what is he doing?" Jaune blurted out.
Though, he was thankful that he wasn't there, or else his bones might crack the moment Nora's hammer makes contact with any parts of his body...Yeah, he underestimates himself that much, even though his tremendous Aura would actually keep him safe.
Ruby looked at the ongoing match with a smiling face and noted, "He's just checking her skills out. Jin always does this to the new people he spars..."
'Shouldn't tell them about his habit to copy people's moves...' She added a mental reminder for herself.
"So he's just sizing her up?" Pyrrha asked.
"Yep!" Ruby answered.
"Well that's...kinda a long size-up process, don't you think?" Blake commented.
Yang crossed her arms with a smirk as she blurted out, "Nah, who cares. Nora's still a wild animal! I gotta have a round with her after I'm done with Py-.."
"Shh."
Ren rudely shushed in interruption, gesturing with his finger raised in front of her face as he requested for silence.
Wide-eyed in affront, Yang then glared at the finger that the stoic student raised in her direction as he scrutinized every one of Jin's evasions, as much as he did with Nora's methods of attacks.
It was...impossible. The reflexes, the reaction time, the certainty, the flow...
'He seems to be moving pretty fast, but he's actually not. He can even read her...'
"Oh, Uh-uh," Yang growled besides the group, cracking her knuckles with a flare of heated Aura, "Jaune's team or not, I ain't takin-.."
"You can cool off, Xiao Long," Weiss stepped in, the cold bite in her words after a rocky session of her name always being used as a pun, still lingering in her voice as she stiffly held out an arm to block the blonde's access of passing through.
"Easy for you to say, Weiss-cream!" Yang hissed.
"Hey!" Weiss blurted out, visibly irritated of her name being used as a pun again.
She snorted, "Lie Ren is just doing a fine job of setting the example of what a proper student should act in Combat Class."
Weiss then began explaining oh so intellectualy, motioning at the said student with her other arm, "Unlike you, he is observing and learning from the match at hand instead of engaging in petty-.."
"Shh."
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Weiss' words stopped cold in her mouth, the remainder of his team and hers watching in silence as the slack-jawed heiress slowly turned her head to face the upheld stoic young man's finger directed at her.
Could the entirety of hell freeze in a moment? Oh yes it could.
"Oh no, he did not just...!"
With that, Weiss marched towards Ren before she was stopped by the rest of her teammates.
And despite the other scuffle that broke out mere inches away from him -as the rest of team RWBY tried to hold the fire-breathing heiress back from reaching out and grabbing him in fury- Ren didn't even flinch as he kept his gaze trained on the main match.
Also, the girls were now making a scene here. So Ren had no choice but to slightly scurry away from the rowdy bunch, in order for him to not get involved if Goodwitch ever barks at them for their commotion.
Anyway, for him, Jin's movements were seamless, so natural and somewhat without effort. But it was perfect...too freakishly perfect.
His every movements and small leaps, as well as the timing in perfect sync against Nora's heavy follow up swings, and his position placements of utmost precision - it was really like he knew where she was going to be and where she was going to strike.
He was even dodging around with only some minimal movements. Such actions should be impossible to pull off when attempting to dodge against Nora's attacks.
'He's easily predicting her...' Ren thought.
'What is he trying to do? He's not fighting back, nor doing anything other than dodging...'
He knew that Jin was a powerful individual, and could definitely end the match here with Nora in an instant. But he was just dodging her attacks, and seemed to be observing on how she moves.
"His senses is really terrifying...Is he analyzing her movements to figure out her style? Or is he just toying with her, or something? Just...what is he waiting for?" He muttered.
*Wo-pak!* (The 'Pak' sound when something is being tied together, either in a hurry or strongly by an object thats made with leader or something firm and solid.)
Unfazed by the sound that came not from the arena but from besides him, Ren granted the almost crime-scene a passive sideway glance to see Blake having 'accidentally' shot her weapon out, Gambol Shroud, in Kusarigama form to lash out at the wrestling Weiss and Yang at Ruby's behest.
It can already be judged from Ruby's subsequent thumb's up at Blake's action of essentially wrapping their bickering teammates together.
Gambol Shroud was Blake's weapon. It was a black colored Sword & Sheath pair (with some kinds of long ribbon wrapped on the sheath), and it had three forms: Katana, Pistol and Kusarigama.
Pyrrha and Jaune was bewildered as they looked upon the girls' compromising and bizzare situation with a rising blush.
Yellow and White were now tied together, face to face and skin to skin. But because of Yang being taller than Weiss, the heiress' face was placed in an awkward position.
"This...mmmf!..is so humiliating!" Weiss hedged and struggled, though her voice was a bit muddled as she spoke from between Yang's more prominent features.
If you don't get it - Then basically, Weiss' face was buried in Yang's boobs, which was also way bigger than hers. In fact, Weiss' own features can be described as a...little small.
"What? Seeing where you're at, or seeing the size you're not at?~" Yang noted with a cocked brow in amusement despite the light features of red on her cheeks from her own discomfort.
She was also unable to budge from their current position despite the heiress' struggling attempts to reach for her Rapier, which was tied back by Gambol Shroud's strong steel-like ribbon, in order to get out in this troublesome situation.
But seriously, though - No one else minded this situation? For Oum's sake, they were in the classroom! And their position were clearly visible for all the students to see from their seats no matter how far they may be.
Even Glynda didn't spare them a glance!
But it made sense, though. As almost all the people in the room were focused on the real fight that was happening in the arena.
"I...guk...I swear, Yang..! I will run you right through the boob when I get out of this...!" Weiss muffled out.
"....."
"There's a shortage of perfect breasts in the world, so it'd be a pity to ruin hers."
The five girls and the other boy present, slowly turned their heads towards the wholly unexpected source of the statement.
Though, Weiss kinda didn't get there as her sight was mostly obscured by Yang's twin peaks. And the oddly surprised suspect, Jaune, just merely turned his head back toward the fight in dismissal, not saying another word.
Ah...So he actually said that last thought out loud.
"Ummm...changing the subject," Ruby noted out in a deadpan tone, loudly patting her sides as her gaze skirted around the group to look at the still ongoing match.
"Ok..." Pyrrha spoke out, only all too happy to occupy her mind on anything else than the pair of hotheads tied together in front of her.
The one with scalding heat and the other with an icy burn...almost like, like...a freezerburn.
"Guys, something's happening..." Ruby urgently said as she pointed at the contender's in the ring.
Blake raised both brows, giving her leader a short nod in approval, "That...was actually a pretty good subject change."
All the people in the group -except for Weiss- turned to follow Ruby's pointed finger, only to have their eyes widen as they saw Jin suddenly charge at Nora with lightning speed in the arena, dodging her recently performed attack and...
'Is he finally going to attack?!' Ren mentally screamed as he stood up in shock.
Jin's dash was so sudden and unexpected, and most notably, fast...very fast. He appeared right besides her before the spectating students could even blink, and he swung an arm at Nora's legs, forcefully tripping her to fall off the ground.
"Woah!" Nora blurted out in shock.
The sudden and unexpected method of retaliation, as well as the fact that she was suddenly made to fall off her legs before she could brace herself for any attack, made her lose her grip on her weapon as she fell down.
'Crapbaskets!'
While her downed body was still falling mid-air, Jin proceeded to do a quick chain combo by doing a powerful hand-chop down at her stomach.
[Silver Tiger: Banishing Chop!]
*Boom!*
"NORA!" Ren screamed in immeasurable worry.
His response was followed by the gasps of shock by the spectating students. He even had the strong urge to go to the sparring ring and check on Nora's condition.
He swore...if anything happened to her...
Anyway, the scene afterwards was not visible, as it was covered by the smoke of Nora's grenades earlier when she did that twirling-n-strike.
But the aftermath can already be imagined by the class, as the entire Lecture Hall of Combat Class shook at the connection of that strike, causing the spectating students to be startled at the minor disaster.
There was even a powerful shockwave that resonated across the room, making some parts of some desks, walls and floor have some visible cracks of all sizes, especially the arena...As well as producing a violent gust of wind.
It had to be known that Jin had a tremendous strength. It can already be said after watching on how he killed those Grimms in the Emerald Forest with only one strike.
Large parts of their bodies were even blown away before they all disappeared into black particles.
Even the spectating students, as well as some members of team RWBY and the remaining members of team JNPR, already assumed the worst of what happened to the bubbly girl.
"What just happened?!" Jaune was wide-eyed as he inquired. He didn't really see what just happened, and even though he had an idea of the event, he still asked out anyway.
"I think...he went too far..." Blake said, similarly shocked with her mouth agaped.
"Nah," Yang smiled as she spoke out to calm everyone down, "Don't worry, she's fine~! I'm pretty sure nothing serious happened. It may look scary, but Jin knows how to hold back. So chill dudes~."
"Yeah," Ruby affirmed with a contradictory stiff smile, "I think..."
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