Mal- o -Vision

I was suppose to be in free fall but then suddenly a swarm of Nevermores that started to batter into my shield. So I activated the compartment with the red dust and once another Mini-vermore(tiny nevermores) hit my shield, a burst of fire came from my shield. And seeing as my role in this is the pop culture reference generator, I of course did what any modern weeb would do after their shield scorches something.

Mal: COME FORTH SHIELD OF WRATH!!! BURN!!

But anyways, now to find a way to drop without getting killed by the laws of physics. Silly me, completely forgot about the gravity dust(purple dust) in my shield. Since I need to hit my shield into something to activate the dust then...

Mal: I can't believe I'll have to do this. *hits shield with other shield while facing it downwards* Crud!

Then my shield made a purple explosion which launched me sidewards(because of the recoil of gravity dust) to who knows where.

Mal: This is why I didn't like playing kerbaaaaaall!!! I'm blasting off agaaaaiiiiin!!

Tom- o -Vision

Tom: Okay, Tom, remember your practice with Kerbal Space Program(If you know this game, have an imaginary slice of cake), slow and steady.

So I unloaded my magazines and swapped it for some gravity rounds and fired steadily downwards as I steadied my balance. Eat that Mal, told you making your things all explode wasn't such a good idea. So after I balanced myself out, I decided to "fly" towards a tree that was quite tall.

Tom: Huh, so this is how it feels to be Iron Man. This was 3000 times better than I thought. Well, maybe not that much but still!

I think I also saw Yang doing herself a Bakugou in the distance, though I don't think that counts since it requires eye contact to be counted as partners. I also see someone blue all over drop nearby. I think it's Zeph. I guess I'll go to him then.

Jei- o -Vision

Woah, so this is how real life PUBG would feel like!. The wind feels great! I hope I get to team up with one of my friends. Speaking of friends I hope those three are fine. Anyways, back to my situation for now, finding a good landing spot. Oh, I think that group of trees is going to work just swell.

Jei: Kuroi! Shiroi!

Then my swords came out of portals near my hands. I grabbed them, sheathed both and then pulled the sheath, pressed a button and then the whole thing turns into Nightingale. So I fired my bow which I loaded with a grappling arrow. I pulled the bowstring, aimed at a bunch of trees and then tugged on the rope which made me swing on a branch and somehow pulled off a back flip into the ground.

Jei: Huh, who knew watching those parkour videos would eventually pay off.

And so, I am going to do the most sensible, yet equally stupid, thing I have ever done. I fired a flare arrow upwards in hopes of having someone find me instead of me doing that myself. Except, instead of a fellow student finding me, looks like a bunch of grimms found me instead. Let's see, I can count like five of those werewolf looking ones, two big bear bois, and one two headed snake thing. Looks like I'll have to hold the fort till help arrives. So I fired another rope arrow towards the tree and climbed it before the snake could take a bite out of me. Dang, I hope someone can find me soon.

Zeph- o -Vision

Let's make this quick, I don't wanna have to take longer than I have to. I took a breath and calmed down. I then tried to remember that time I went sky diving with my dad and uncle. SO I did what I did there and spread my whole body. Luckily for me, I wore full body clothing, so I don't have to expend aura like everyone else. I then find a tree with a yellow object hovering towards it which I assume is Tom. Guess, I'll go there then. So cocked my sniper rifle, twisted my body so I was falling backwards instead and then estimated the trajectory. Then I let loose a gravity round which launched me towards the tree. But then I noticed a big wasp-grimm. It was charging towards me and gave me no chance to move away, so I used my semblance to zap away. But then, this decision inadvertently made me change courses so I'm forced into a position where I'd have to expend another bullet to fix my trajectory. Oh well, no choice.

Zeph: Oh wait.

Then I realized something and threw the rope on my belt towards the wasp-grimm and rode it there instead. Is this idea stupid? Yes. Could I get shot down for this? ABSO-FRIGGIN-LUTELY!! Am I still going to do it? Sadly, yes, since it does have the least chance of wasting bullets. Tom here I come!

Zeph: Excelsior. I think I should put more emotion but meh.

I have rendezvouzed with Tom and now both of us are holding out on the clearing near the tallest tree against two taijitsus and a beowolf horde.

Zeph: BOOM goes the cannon watch the blood and the shiz spray! Boom goes another we ain't abandonin' this place!

Tom: Whatever the heck you're singing, could you please quiet down? *hint of sarcasm* Punching things randomly is a delicate art that needs concentration.

We then continued the slaughter as wave after wave of grimm ran towards their demise. After they started to overwhelm us, I was forced into swapping to Keisho from Hush. One by one, they fell victim to my blade. Those that didn't, died to a barrage of punches and kicks from Tom which looked more like blurs of fists which deformed the monsters into mangled corpses before dissipating into smoke.

Tom- o -vision

Tom: GOMU GOMU NOOooo *punch barrage* GATARINGGA

I'm having the time of my life right now. Fighting is one of the things I refuse to be lazy at. It just pumps me up too much fighting strong opponents(that or me watching Dragon ball is starting to get to me). Anyways...

Tom: COME AT ME YOU LITERAL BI***ES!! *leg locks the head of a beowolf and starts shooting the others with the smg mod of his weapon "Ace".* *shudders* Geez, I swear I could feel Mike glare at me for swearing from all the way here.

Zeph: We are running out of ammo! We need to go get the pieces. NOW!

Tom: You're right- GAAAAH!!

I watched my life flash before me as I saw a beowolf lunged towards my face. Is this where my life ends?

Tom: DAGA KOTOWARU!!

I took my fist and swung towards it's face as futile as it seemed to be.

Tom: Huh?!

The thing I saw next shocked me. I was glowing a bright yellow, as time seemed to have slowed down in front of me. I saw the beowolf, who was supposed to be too close for me to even react to, get launched backwards in slow mo. After five seconds or so, time started to normalize.

Tom: *looks down on fists* Did I- did I unlock my semblance?!

Zeph: *pats TJ's back* *monotonously* Good job, dude. Now let's go.

And so we ran and then heard a girl scream. SO we decided to go there, maybe someone needs help.

Mal- o -vision(during the mid-air part still)

As I thought I finally found some safe refuge, I then saw a giant Taijutsu coiling up a tree as a red flare flew upwards. If there is someone there, I guess I'll have to help.

Mal: Silly me, I forgot I had a hood cape. I could've used that all this time to glide, lol.

So, I then I desperately then clung on to the ends of my cape and SOMEHOW made myself into a flying squirrel. Because of this, I was able to greatly slow my descent. But because I was so slow, the King Taijutsu(giant two headed snake thing) then changed targets towards me and opened it's mouth to try catch me mid-air.

Mal: Hah! You'll get your just DESSERTS but I hope ya like it spicy! (So that's how it feels to make a well timed joke)

So I readied my shield and swapped to fire once more. I then repositioned myself mid-air so that the shield on my right, Sol was facing up and Luna was facing downwards.

Jei- o -Vision

I just shot off another one of those wolf things and suddenly out of nowhere, one of the snake heads trying to scale the tree suddenly bit something and whatever the heck that was, was made of metal. Then my eyes widened in horror as the head that bit down suddenly lit on fire and exploded, leaving me with half a snake which was now writhing in pain. I then saw who was behind the explosion. It was apparently Mal who was now covered in soot and what seems to be grimm guts.

Mal- o -Vision

Oh gosh! I killed something... It was said to be soulless right? Then why does my heart feel like it's shattering as I saw the King Taijutsu's other half writhe? What have I done?! Th-these things, no matter how I look at them, they are still living breathing organisms and I killed one... I then broke down into tears as this thought sunk in.

Mal: W-why do I have to k-kill? *slumps down*

No one realized it by this time, not even me, but my clear aura actually turned a pale gray.

Jei: Really, dude you're going to have a mental breakdown here of all things? You've seen this show before, so why are you suddenly so *shoots an arrow which makes a climbing beowolf fall down* empathetic towards these monsters.

Mal: Because it is different up close. Because these things feel pain, because they can have emotions...

Jei: Then why were you relentless during *fires at a climbing beowolf* the heist then?!

Mal: Because those thugs had aura so those gun shots just knocked them out. *starts to look angrily at Jei and points at grimms below the tree* THESE don't! They might be monsters, but even they don't deserve to die. Not like this! Not as mere obstacles.

Jei: So what?! *shoots arrow and summons another one* Everyone here is doing the same, and those thugs were

Mal: Just because everyone is doing it, doesn't make it correct! *curls up into a ball and starts to cry* I want to go home.

Jei: *thinks* *sigh* Do you remember fawning over National Geographic as a kid. How you loved watching anything involving "Survival of the Fittest" theme? *shoots another arrow*

Mal: *face on the branch's surface* mhm...

Jei: Then tell me, why do they kill? Why?!

Mal: *looks up* H-huh?!

Jei: If killing is so bad, then why do they do it?! *shoots another arrow at a random grimm*

Mal: I-I don't know.

Jei: We don't kill just because we want to, it's because we have to. It's us or them, and unlike them we, humans, aren't that many. If you give up now, you would lessen humanity's chances of survival. *blocks a small beowolf's claws and then kicks it off of tree*

Mal: *wipes tears and stands up with renewed vigor* You're right. Okay, but we need to go find more people if we want to have a chance of surviving ourselves.

As I felt like I reverted back to my normal self, my aura went back to transparent.

Jei: *nods* I think I heard someone over there a few minutes ago. Let's go there.

Mal: Right, I'll block, you strike.

Both of us then jump down into the grimm horde with me acting as the vanguard and him as the rear guard and main damage dealer. As we jumped down, I activated my yellow dust and lightning crackled on front of me whenever a grimm hits my shield like a mosquito hitting a bug zapper. Jed also did a butt load by chucking his butterfly swords into the face of a grimm and then summoning them right as they hit.

Jei: SHINZOU WO SASAGEYOOOO!!

Mal: LIGHTNING SHIELD!!

Ruby- o -Vision

Ruby: Wait! Where are you going?! *kicks floor dejectedly* (We're supposed to be teammates)

So, apparently the first person I made eye contact with, is the same person who seems to like me the least. But at least she doesn't hate me anymore, right? I mean, sure she seems to be trying to lose me, but at least she isn't deliberately trying to berate me for every little thing. That's progress right?

Weiss- o -vision

Weiss: Ugh! Why that
of all people! *mocking tone* I could've gotten Pyrrha or like that girl with that ribbon, or heck even the creepy pervert, at least those guys were calm and collected. But nooo, I just HAD to have gotten the clumsy, hyperactive dolt who exploded my dust.

I then hear someone else. Thank goodness! I might be able to convince the headmaster later that the thing with Ruby was just an accident. Then all that hope faded when I realize who that sound was...

Jaune: Come off, come off! Stupid! *sees Weiss and waves nervously* A-about a few hours ago...

Ugh! It's that guy again. Ya know, Ruby doesn't seem so bad as a teammate anymore.

Weiss: *drags Ruby by the hood* By no means does this make us friends.

Ruby: You came back!! Hahahaha

Jaune- o -vision

Jaune: Great, juuust great. I got through all that trouble of faking my way in and for what? Just to flunk out. Is Jaune Arc doomed to forever fail in everthing he does? *sigh*

Just when all hope was lost, a familiar lock of red hair catches my attention.

Pyrrha: Uh Jaune... do you have any spots on your team?

Jaune: *crosses arms* Haha very funny. *smiles*

Pyrrha: *smiles*

3rd PoV

Meanwhile with Ruby & Weiss...

Ruby: Oi! What's the hurry?

Weiss: I will not let my mission be jeopardized because you're too slow! I swear if I don't get a good grade before-

Ruby: *seemingly teleports behind Weiss with a big smile*

(Author: Nothing personnel kidd. Okay I'll stop, maybe)

Weiss: Gah! What the-

Ruby: I'm not slow, see! You don't have to worry about me.

Weiss: When did...?

Ruby: Just because I'm not good at dealing with people, doesn't mean I'm not good at dealing with monsters. *side hugs a skeptical Weiss* Weiss, you are about to see a whole new different Ruby, and you will say: Woah, that Ruby girl is really, really cool... and I wanna be her friend-

Ruby & Weiss: *screams*

Just then the two girls were startled by a certain light grey shielder and red clad archer who were barreling into an ursa's corpse screaming like madmen.

Mal: Yo Red, ghost girl.

Jei: Ghost girl's new, where'd you get that?

Mal then started to get flustered and started to rapidly tap his fingers together.

Mal: Coz ya know she's like ghostly pale n stuff. Anyways, this was because I lost a bet to Zen and so he told me to avenge him for being called tall, blue and creepy.

Weiss: S-so that's how it is huh? Ruby, I will try to be your friend if you call that guy in blue, something dumb. Like I don't know, um...

Mal: TBC?

Weiss: What?

Mal: Ya know, tall blue creepy?

Weiss: *snickers* Ruby call him that and maybe we'll be friends.

Ruby: *salutes*

Mal: *dissappointed face* How the mighty have fallen... and here I thought you'd be the voice of reason Weiss.

Weiss: Shut it you dolt!

Jei: *sigh* Anyways... let's go everyone. I don't know how much longer till Mal's lungs give out from his condition. Come on.

Mal: Do you guys smell that?

Ruby: *concerned* W-what? *sniffs as well*

Jei: I swear Mal, if this is a fart joke...

Mal: No, grimms...

And right on cue, red eyes start appearing all around them. This was then joined by growls all over.

Jei: How in the heck do you know the smell of a grimm?

Mal: Bruh, I am the guy blocking the attacks. Some of that blood smoke of theirs is bound to get in my nose eventually, besides, I'm pretty sure half of these were from earlier. I warned them, but *sigh* they never listen. Alright what's the plan?

Jei: Mal, draw their attention.

Mal: *nods* *William Wallace mode activates*

Scottish Sounding Mal: You may take me life, but you'll never take me freedom! *reverts to normal*

Jei: Ruby, you're with me. Help me focus on the bears!

Ruby: R-right!

Jei: Weiss, use your rapier to clear out the wolves.

Weiss: E-excuse me?!

Jei: *glares at Weiss* Do you WANT us to die?!

Weiss: *momentary terror* Okay, okay on it.

Ruby: Wow, to think you melted straight through her cold glare.

Jei: FOCUS, we still have enemies to defeat.

Mal, Ruby,Weiss: Right!

Meanwhile with Tom and Zeph...

So the two were running towards the source of the screaming, dodging and weaving with the semblances that they newly acquired. When they arrived to the spot, all they saw was an angry Yang as she breathed raggedly in her berserk mode. Lying next to her was an ursa grimm's mask which was disintegrating into black smoke.

???: *roar*

The duo then looked over to where the roar was and three other ursai, these ones were very much alive.

Yang: *exhaustedly walks towards ursai* What?! You want some too?!! *pant*

Zeph: That's two ursae more than in the canon show.

Tom: Then, we need to help!

Just as Zen takes aim, a whirling sound comes outta nowhere and the ursae which was about to swipe at Yang suddenly drops dead.

Zeph: Atta girl, Blake.

Zeph then let's loose a round and hits the furthest ursa by the eye as it's head splatters and vanishes to smoke. Tom then comes running out, activates his semblances, jabs it's belly multiple times, deactivates his semblance then proceeds to deliver a haymaker which also fired a round through the poor grimm's skull but not before cracking through it first with the impact of his fast.

Yang: Wow, *lightly punches Tom by the arm* good job unlocking your semblance.

Tom: *chuckles* Yeah...

Blake: I don't think that I have had the pleasure to meet you two before. The name's Blake.

Tom: I'm Tom. This guy is Zeph.

Zeph: Hello.

Yang: You're acting quite chipper today Blake.

Blake: That's because NO ONE was distracting me from reading.

Yang: *scratches back of neck* Yeah, sorry about that.

Tom: Anyways, we should go. Who knows how many more of those there are.

Zeph: Not to mention how many bullets we have left. *reloads rifle*

Yang: I could've taken them on, no problem.

Tom: And have you get all the fun? Not a chance, sweetums.

Zeph: Sweetums?

Blake: *light giggling*

Tom: *waves arms frantically* NO! I DON'T MEAN IT THAT WAY!!

Everyone then bursts into laughter as they continue to walk.

Meanwhile with temporary team RWMJ(Rummage)...

In a matter of a few minutes, the plan devised by Jei has already started to fall. The only REMNANT of the plan left was that Mal blocks and Jei strikes. This was the only SEMBLANCE of actual strategy amidst this anarchy of a scuffle as both Ruby and Weiss have started to separate off instead opting to going solo.

Jei: Guys! Stick to the plan! *stabs beowolf head*

Ruby: But I can do so much more if I am not cooped up in a formation. *blocks a beowolf swipe and then jumps out of formation*

Weiss, however, outright ignores their temporary leader as she prepares to strike a beowolf in front of her.

Weiss: (Okay, Weiss, remember your training. Head up, shoulders back, right foot forwards-not THAT forward-slow your breathing, wait for the time to strike, and... *readies her rapier* NOW!

Ruby: Gotcha!!

Weiss: AAHH! *swings her rapier in a random other direction*

However that random direction was coincidentally where Mal was standing. Luckily, he was able to see this and block it barely having it singe his shield.

Mal: Oi!! You coulda killed me!

Weiss: S-sorry!

Mal: Thats a MyrteNASTY swor-OOF!!! *gets tackled by a random beowolf*

Jei: Mal!

Ruby was then knocked into Weiss by the same beowolf Weiss tried to kill.

Ruby: Hey, watch it!

Weiss: Excuse me! You attacked out of turn! You might've accidentally became the first murder I commited! *points at Ruby*

Mal: *comical crying in the distance* Was I forgotten?

Ruby: You're gonna have to try harder than that.

Jei: Guys, stop bickering! We need your help. *grunts from blocking a beowolf's attack*

As they were all getting distracted from the two bickering, a beowolf pounces on Mal but he was able to slide to the left. However, because of clumsiness( and plot convenience honestly), Mal slammed into a tree with his shield still active. This, in turn, starts a forest fire.

Jei, Ruby, Weiss: MAL

Mal: This wouldn't have happened if you two weren't distractingly bickering while we're being overrun! *blocks the same beowolf this time freezing it with his shield's ice mode* ICE STRIKE SHIELD!

Jei: There's too many! *shoots with Nightingale* Fall back!!

Weiss: You heard him, we have to go!! *grabs Ruby away*

The four then lose the horde of grimm and fell back until they were in a safe spot.

Ruby: What was that!? That should've been easy!

Weiss: Well, if you had excercised enough caution with your strikes, we wouldn't be in this position. Now, would we?

Ruby: *scoffs* What's that supposed to mean?

Weiss: I am just surprised that someone who talks so much can communicate so little during their encounter.

Ruby: Well, I'm sorry you need my help to win a fight. I'm just FINE on my own!

Weiss: Well, congratulations on being the strongest CHILD to sneak into Beacon!

Jei: *cross-armed* *sigh* She has a poi-

Weiss then walks off, which agitates Ruby even more, causing her to shriek and then cut down the tree behind her in one fell swoop with Crescent Rose, her scythe.

Jed: N-nevermind I said anything. Come on Mal, let's go. *follows Weiss and Ruby*

Mal then stood, deep in thought.

Mal: This scene looks... familiar.

Then a single black feather drops near the tree which causes Mal to snap out of his trance, and then gasp and realization and horror.

Mal: (Oh my gosh! This is the Nevermore fight...) GUYS WAIT UUUP!! *runs towards RWJ

Meanwhile with Juane & Pyrrha

Juane: Did you hear that señorita? *shakes moustache off of face*

Jaune: Woah, that felt weird. But did you hear those gunshots?

Pyrrha: Yeah, it seems our comrades have found and are engaging the enemy.

Pyrrha then passes through a branch and when she lets go of it, she accidentally catapults it into Jaune's face which leaves a gash on his face.

Pyrrha: Oh I am so sorry!

Jaune: *lands on moustache face first*

Juan: It is alright mi señorita. Tis but a scratch. *shakes moustache off*

Jaun: *groans* I have a head ache.

Pyrrha: But why did you not activate your aura?

Jaune: My what?

Pyrrah: Your aura.

Jaune: Gesundheit.

Pyrrha: Wait, Jaune... do you KNOW what aura is?

Jaune: Psh... who doesn't. *nervous chuckling* *slumps in sadness* No, no I don't.

Pyrrha: *chuckles* Aura is the manifestation of our soul that shields our hearts and carries our burdens.

As she says this, Mal and Yang(in different parts of the forest), tank hit after hit, with Mal's aura shattering and reforming with every hit and Yang trading blows with an ursa.

Pyrrah: Have you ever felt like being watched, without knowing someone is there?

As she says this, Ren somewhere else then senses as a King Taijutsu slithers to try to attack Ren, only for him to backflip above it.

Jaune: Uh, yeah why?

Pyrrah: With practice, our aura could become our shield. In fact, even animals have them.

Jaune: Can those monsters have them?

As he says this, somewhere else, Zeph is sniping down a grimm who, sure enough did not possess aura.

Pyrrah: No, because the creatures of grimm, by nature, are soulless beings, anonymity incarnate. As such, they are unable to possess or handle aura as they are the darkness and we are the light.

Jaune: That's why we kick their butts! Right?

As Jaune says this, Ren kicks the king taijutsu on one of it's heads.

Pyrrah: It is not about why, it is about knowing. Understanding the aspects of light and dark help us manifest our auras. Everyone has varying levels of both.

As she says this, Mal gets pummeled into the ground by a beowolf as RWMJ was running from a horde of them. But then his eyes start to dart everywhere as his pupils dilate. Then his aura once again takes on a black sheen as he is knocked into a tree by the same beowolf. He then makes a mad dash towards the grimm with his mouth twisted into a horrific grin and then jumps on top of it. He then proceeds to repeatedly bash in the neck of the grimm, not activating any dust compartments within his shield. He did this until the grimm's head flew off it's shoulders(which was alot since his shield not sharp). He then passes out, succumbing to his asthma as his aura turns back to transparent.

Pyrrha: By baring one's soul outwards as a force, one can deflect harm. All of our tools and equipment are conduits to aura. You protect your weapon and your soul when fighting.

As she says this, Tom, who was still somewhere else as well, activates his aura and watches as a young beowolf helplessly start to strike on his machine guntlets(The Ace) with little to no avail. He then proceeds to kick the grimm into the air and started peppering it with bullets only to later spot an ursa charging towards him. He then cocks back one fist, activates it's dust compartment, whispers "Red Hawk" and then both collide attacks as a bony claw swipe meets a flaming punch.

Jaune: *gasps* So it's like a forcefield!

Pyrrah: If you wanna look at it that way.

As they continue to talk, Ren was now in the maw of the king taijutsu, barely able to hold the maw of the creature open with his bare hands covered in pink, concentrated aura. He then proceeds to yank it's teeth out and dodged it's desperate attempts to fight back. He then floods it's teeth with aura as he jams these into it's head causing a ripple which blows up the first head. He wastes no time as he runs towards the other half to finish it off.

Pyrrah: *walks over to Jaune and then touches his head* Okay, now close your eyes and concentrate.

Jaune: Uh... okay. *complies*

Pyrrah: For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death. I release my soul and by my shoulders, protect thee.

As this happened, Jaune glew a bright white, with Pyrrah glowing a faint red. She then becomes visibly weakened afterwards.

Jaune: A-are you okay?

Pyrrah: Yeah, I'm fine. I just used my own aura to unlock yours. But from here on out, it is your own power protecting you. And you have a lot of it. *smiles*

Jaune: *smiles back*

As they do this, Ren then stands atop his fallen foe as he hears the sound of a human voice trying to imitate an unknown animal. He then looks up to see Nora who was hanging on a tree branch right above him.

Ren: Nora, I don't think that's how sloth's sound like.

She then lowers a bit, and boops him on the nose.

To be Continented

Afterthots:
Hoo wee! Am I pumped to write the next thing-a-ma bob.

And, for those avid fans, yes I did change a few bits of their dialogue. Reason being, the butterfly effect working(and totally not because I thought some lones were too long).

And if someone is going to ask me about Michael's sudden shift from, "Grimms are living things too, MERCY" to "DIE DIE DIE". Well all I can say is that it's not inconsistency( or incompetent writing), it's something else. *ghost noises* Epic foreshadowiiiiing *ghost noises* maybe...