arc v chapter 1: the seven curses of man
Verde walked over slowly to the campfire and sat down on the log and stared forward as he spoke softly " so what is it that you wanted to talk to me about so late at night Cinder? " Cinder remained quiet for a moment as she tossed more wood into the fire before crossing her legs and sitting up before finally replying to his answer " before we continue this journey further i need to inform you of some dangerous enemies spread across the 4 kingdoms, they are known as the 7 demon lords or seven deadly sins. They are a group of 7 faunus who bear the power of the seven sins being Wrath, Greed, Sloth, Pride, Envy, Gluttony, and Lust.
" Where did they come from and what do they want exactly? " Verde asked curiously as Cinder replied to his question " no one knows where exactly where they came from only that they appeared after the fall of beacon years ago, some say they originated from mistral and some say they originated from Vaccuo but no one has a reliable source to accurately say. As for what they want it's said that they want to throw the world into complete chaos so that it may destroy its self." Verde gritted his teeth as he spoke with base in his voice " THAT ISN'T RIGHT! no one gets to choose what others can and cant do we have a life and we make our own choices! "
" While i do agree with you these are powerful people Verde simple words wont stop they're plans at all." Verde bluntly replies " Then I'll put a stop to their plans myself! " Cinder shook her head and replied to him with a frown " And just how in the hell do you expect to do that? as you are now you would surely die if you went against them now, even their normal strength is on par with someone who is in drive state if not stronger and you just intend to run into the lions den with just a strong attitude? this isn't a game make too many mistakes and it could cost you we are here to make you stronger not get you killed, i made a promise to Ozpin to do so and i will not break that promise! "
" I'm sorry...I wasn't thinking straight, it's just that since i already lost someone important to me I don't want to go through that again or see it happen to anyone else! " Cinder sighed but smiled as she softly spoke to him " It's ok I understand how you feel and I realize how hard this is for you to take in...by the way, just to make sure have you had any unusual senses lately? " Verde quickly answered her question " Yes i think..." Cinder then looked serious as she asked another question " When exactly did you encounter this strange sense?" Verde replied once again " As soon as we were leaving beacon i sensed some dark yet alluring intent from a cliff near by but as soon as I turned to see what it was it disappeared." Cinder remained silent then spoke with a worried tone in her voice " That isn't good this means they are strictly watching and targeting you in fact, i can sense there are two of them in this area watching us right now." Verde and cinder got serious as they took out their weapons to prepare for a fight."
Two figures in purple coats appear before the two as their powerful visible aura put pressure in the air and immediately caused Verde to fall on one knees feeling as if the gravity around him suddenly got heavy, cinder quickly helped him up to get back into focus as they stared the two figures down. " Well if it isn't one of the four legendary children…I hope you will be able to entertain and satisfy my craving for blood! " one of them said removing the hood revealing to be a girl with red eyes and pony tails, the other removing the hood revealing to be a girl with red hair covering the right side of her face and emerald green eyes staring directly at Verde with a smirk and firm sexual posture causing shivers to go down his body making him slowly back away. " We have been looking for you boy and we would greatly appreciate it if you come with us quietly and comply " the woman called Sinclaire declared to them.
" Verde…there's no room for error here we're coming at them at full power, I fear if we try to run we will fail. So, fight with all you have and keep your guard up! " She whispered to Verde as he nods and they both activate drive and their aura raises and becomes stronger whipping up a large whirlwind, Chi smirks and speaks seeing them get ready to fight " Good I was hoping you would retaliate this is going to be fun! " She yelled as she dashed forward ready to fight Verde and Cinder both disappear with great agility as Cinder appears in front of Chi clashing fist with her, Verde then appears above her and attempts to swings his blades down upon her. Sinclaire then shoots out a stream of lightning from her staff in Verde's direction as he halts his attack and narrowly dodged the attack by leaning back and landing on the ground, as he does Sinclaire is already closing in on him thrusting her staff embedded with lightning dust towards his chest. Cinder quickly kicked Chi back quickly rushing to Verde's aid as she blocked and took the attack with her swords while Sinclaire continued to push her back.
Chi while Verde was distracted dashed forwards towards him and swung her right leg at him for a powerful kick, Verde barely manages to react in time by ducking back to the right as the shockwave of the kick ripped through the ground and knocked down a few trees in the distance, Chi then throws a left punch at Verde making a direct hit to the face as he is sent flying and immediately dashed up to and kicked back down to the ground making a crater. Meanwhile Sinclaire was shooting out lightning blast as cinder kept her distance leaping from tree to tree dodging each blast, Sinclaire the had enough of her constant running as she spun her staff around using wind dust as she cut all the trees around her down to the ground. " You aren't going to get anywhere by being shy, come closer I promise I wont sting " she says tauntingly and giggling. Cinder began shooting arrows at her from a longer distance as Sinclaire continues to counter and knock them down humoring her attempts at trying to zone her with what long reach she has even using her tail to knock off stray arrows that get too close to her body.
Back at the site of the battle between Verde and Chi he still seems to be deep in the crater while she smirked watching from outside gloating of her assured victory " Heh I broke him so quickly I almost didn't feel a thing, guess I'll go and collect the merchandise now." However, to Chi's surprise an X shaped attack of both fire and wind was quickly launched at her through the smoke, instantly reacting she evades the attack and is shocked to see no signs of Verde once the smoke. Chi immediately looked around wondering where he had gone " Heh figured you couldn’t win so you turned tail? Pathetic! " Chi mocks him trying to bait him into going close quarters with her however, a small gust of wind blew past and before she knew it Verde was above her from the back as she turned to react and Verde swung his two blades down as a pillar of wind and fire hit the ground and launched into the air. Chi appeared jumping back out of the smoke with a few scratches and bruises as she prepared to counter attack however, Verde appeared in front of her and swung his blades in rotation creating a tornado of wind and fire that damages and knocks her down to the ground.
Chi quickly kicks herself back up whipping blood from her mouth as she grits in anger " Dam this kid Whats going on? Suddenly his aura started rising and he got faster with better reflexes." Verde charges up his aura getting ready to use Hurricane Ghost to attack Chi, he is wrapped in a vicious whirlwind around his body and dashes forward with his semblance. Chi tries to think of way out of the distance of the attack but could not come to an answer in time to escape, as Verde comes ever closer about to swing and make the blow Sinclaire senses Chi's killing intent and moves into a portal appearing in Verde's attack lane, she then quickly uses her staff to impact with and change the direction of the swing to the right causing a strong force of wind to rip through that part of the forest. Sinclaire then in that moment struck him in the chest area with her tail making a fatal blow due to loss of most of Verde's aura as a shockwave shoots out from the back causing him to collapse and fall to the ground. Chi growls and shouts at Sinclaire for her intervention " Why'd you have to go and butt in!? I almost had him! " Sinclaire slowly turns to her moving part of her hair from her eye and crossing her arms as she replied " If you would have taken that attack you would have activated your semblance and killed the boy, remember our objective was to observe how strong he was…and you know as well that I do from that last attack we accomplished our objective."
" Fine…you always got to ruin all the fun by following the rules but I guess this time I'll let it slide " Sinclaire smirked turning away and giggled as she spoke " Besides…he's been stung by me which means it's only a matter of time before he awakens and drives himself to become stronger and seek me out for revenge, because by then he'll already be in love with me and we will be able to obtain the relic in this kingdom and take it over." Chi looked with a curious face as she replied to her " Well this is new…I've never seen you so fixated on one boy granted your power, what makes this one so special? " Sinclaire once again smirked and began rubbing from her waist up to her chest staring at him as she replied to her " For one he is a very handsome boy…as for two he has a lot of hidden potential and I can see him becoming as strong as me if not stronger, plus he's so adorable that I cant help but tease him and break him till he is weak. " Chi didn't have much to say but still gave her a response to her reasons " I may not understand this whole love thing that you are so centered on however, I do agree that he does seem strong and I'm curious to see just how strong he can get. I have been waiting so long for someone worthy of my blood lust, but enough of the chit chat we should report back with the news to lady Bianca our success." Sinclaire nodded as they opened up a portal back to the castle with Chi going in first, Sinclaire turned to face the unconscious Verde and smirked blushing rosy cheeks as she blew a kiss and entered the portal vanishing. Cinder rushes over worried and saddened by the hurt Verde and carried him on her back to the nearest village to receive supplies and medial attention to their wounds.
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" Where did they come from and what do they want exactly? " Verde asked curiously as Cinder replied to his question " no one knows where exactly where they came from only that they appeared after the fall of beacon years ago, some say they originated from mistral and some say they originated from Vaccuo but no one has a reliable source to accurately say. As for what they want it's said that they want to throw the world into complete chaos so that it may destroy its self." Verde gritted his teeth as he spoke with base in his voice " THAT ISN'T RIGHT! no one gets to choose what others can and cant do we have a life and we make our own choices! "
" While i do agree with you these are powerful people Verde simple words wont stop they're plans at all." Verde bluntly replies " Then I'll put a stop to their plans myself! " Cinder shook her head and replied to him with a frown " And just how in the hell do you expect to do that? as you are now you would surely die if you went against them now, even their normal strength is on par with someone who is in drive state if not stronger and you just intend to run into the lions den with just a strong attitude? this isn't a game make too many mistakes and it could cost you we are here to make you stronger not get you killed, i made a promise to Ozpin to do so and i will not break that promise! "
" I'm sorry...I wasn't thinking straight, it's just that since i already lost someone important to me I don't want to go through that again or see it happen to anyone else! " Cinder sighed but smiled as she softly spoke to him " It's ok I understand how you feel and I realize how hard this is for you to take in...by the way, just to make sure have you had any unusual senses lately? " Verde quickly answered her question " Yes i think..." Cinder then looked serious as she asked another question " When exactly did you encounter this strange sense?" Verde replied once again " As soon as we were leaving beacon i sensed some dark yet alluring intent from a cliff near by but as soon as I turned to see what it was it disappeared." Cinder remained silent then spoke with a worried tone in her voice " That isn't good this means they are strictly watching and targeting you in fact, i can sense there are two of them in this area watching us right now." Verde and cinder got serious as they took out their weapons to prepare for a fight."
Two figures in purple coats appear before the two as their powerful visible aura put pressure in the air and immediately caused Verde to fall on one knees feeling as if the gravity around him suddenly got heavy, cinder quickly helped him up to get back into focus as they stared the two figures down. " Well if it isn't one of the four legendary children…I hope you will be able to entertain and satisfy my craving for blood! " one of them said removing the hood revealing to be a girl with red eyes and pony tails, the other removing the hood revealing to be a girl with red hair covering the right side of her face and emerald green eyes staring directly at Verde with a smirk and firm sexual posture causing shivers to go down his body making him slowly back away. " We have been looking for you boy and we would greatly appreciate it if you come with us quietly and comply " the woman called Sinclaire declared to them.
" Verde…there's no room for error here we're coming at them at full power, I fear if we try to run we will fail. So, fight with all you have and keep your guard up! " She whispered to Verde as he nods and they both activate drive and their aura raises and becomes stronger whipping up a large whirlwind, Chi smirks and speaks seeing them get ready to fight " Good I was hoping you would retaliate this is going to be fun! " She yelled as she dashed forward ready to fight Verde and Cinder both disappear with great agility as Cinder appears in front of Chi clashing fist with her, Verde then appears above her and attempts to swings his blades down upon her. Sinclaire then shoots out a stream of lightning from her staff in Verde's direction as he halts his attack and narrowly dodged the attack by leaning back and landing on the ground, as he does Sinclaire is already closing in on him thrusting her staff embedded with lightning dust towards his chest. Cinder quickly kicked Chi back quickly rushing to Verde's aid as she blocked and took the attack with her swords while Sinclaire continued to push her back.
Chi while Verde was distracted dashed forwards towards him and swung her right leg at him for a powerful kick, Verde barely manages to react in time by ducking back to the right as the shockwave of the kick ripped through the ground and knocked down a few trees in the distance, Chi then throws a left punch at Verde making a direct hit to the face as he is sent flying and immediately dashed up to and kicked back down to the ground making a crater. Meanwhile Sinclaire was shooting out lightning blast as cinder kept her distance leaping from tree to tree dodging each blast, Sinclaire the had enough of her constant running as she spun her staff around using wind dust as she cut all the trees around her down to the ground. " You aren't going to get anywhere by being shy, come closer I promise I wont sting " she says tauntingly and giggling. Cinder began shooting arrows at her from a longer distance as Sinclaire continues to counter and knock them down humoring her attempts at trying to zone her with what long reach she has even using her tail to knock off stray arrows that get too close to her body.
Back at the site of the battle between Verde and Chi he still seems to be deep in the crater while she smirked watching from outside gloating of her assured victory " Heh I broke him so quickly I almost didn't feel a thing, guess I'll go and collect the merchandise now." However, to Chi's surprise an X shaped attack of both fire and wind was quickly launched at her through the smoke, instantly reacting she evades the attack and is shocked to see no signs of Verde once the smoke. Chi immediately looked around wondering where he had gone " Heh figured you couldn’t win so you turned tail? Pathetic! " Chi mocks him trying to bait him into going close quarters with her however, a small gust of wind blew past and before she knew it Verde was above her from the back as she turned to react and Verde swung his two blades down as a pillar of wind and fire hit the ground and launched into the air. Chi appeared jumping back out of the smoke with a few scratches and bruises as she prepared to counter attack however, Verde appeared in front of her and swung his blades in rotation creating a tornado of wind and fire that damages and knocks her down to the ground.
Chi quickly kicks herself back up whipping blood from her mouth as she grits in anger " Dam this kid Whats going on? Suddenly his aura started rising and he got faster with better reflexes." Verde charges up his aura getting ready to use Hurricane Ghost to attack Chi, he is wrapped in a vicious whirlwind around his body and dashes forward with his semblance. Chi tries to think of way out of the distance of the attack but could not come to an answer in time to escape, as Verde comes ever closer about to swing and make the blow Sinclaire senses Chi's killing intent and moves into a portal appearing in Verde's attack lane, she then quickly uses her staff to impact with and change the direction of the swing to the right causing a strong force of wind to rip through that part of the forest. Sinclaire then in that moment struck him in the chest area with her tail making a fatal blow due to loss of most of Verde's aura as a shockwave shoots out from the back causing him to collapse and fall to the ground. Chi growls and shouts at Sinclaire for her intervention " Why'd you have to go and butt in!? I almost had him! " Sinclaire slowly turns to her moving part of her hair from her eye and crossing her arms as she replied " If you would have taken that attack you would have activated your semblance and killed the boy, remember our objective was to observe how strong he was…and you know as well that I do from that last attack we accomplished our objective."
" Fine…you always got to ruin all the fun by following the rules but I guess this time I'll let it slide " Sinclaire smirked turning away and giggled as she spoke " Besides…he's been stung by me which means it's only a matter of time before he awakens and drives himself to become stronger and seek me out for revenge, because by then he'll already be in love with me and we will be able to obtain the relic in this kingdom and take it over." Chi looked with a curious face as she replied to her " Well this is new…I've never seen you so fixated on one boy granted your power, what makes this one so special? " Sinclaire once again smirked and began rubbing from her waist up to her chest staring at him as she replied to her " For one he is a very handsome boy…as for two he has a lot of hidden potential and I can see him becoming as strong as me if not stronger, plus he's so adorable that I cant help but tease him and break him till he is weak. " Chi didn't have much to say but still gave her a response to her reasons " I may not understand this whole love thing that you are so centered on however, I do agree that he does seem strong and I'm curious to see just how strong he can get. I have been waiting so long for someone worthy of my blood lust, but enough of the chit chat we should report back with the news to lady Bianca our success." Sinclaire nodded as they opened up a portal back to the castle with Chi going in first, Sinclaire turned to face the unconscious Verde and smirked blushing rosy cheeks as she blew a kiss and entered the portal vanishing. Cinder rushes over worried and saddened by the hurt Verde and carried him on her back to the nearest village to receive supplies and medial attention to their wounds.
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