Schnee: Hero or Huntress (RWBY/MHA)

Fifty Seven

"Straighten your back." A wooden stick smacked Weiss' back, causing her to stand straight, a sting causing pain to lance through her body. 

"Your legs are too far apart." Another slight smack to her legs forced her to change her stance, Weiss' fencing pants protecting her just a little bit. Her aura hadn't been unlocked yet, so she felt the full brunt of each hit. 

"You are gripping the handle too tightly. You'll just damage your hands at that rate and you'll lose control of the blade." This time, Winter didn't smack her arm or hands, much to Weiss' relief. 

"I'm sorry." Weiss whispered. Her legs were tired from ballet practice, and she had ice skating once she was done with Winter, who decided to take over for her fencing instructor for today. She was hungry, her stomach sending pangs of pain throughout her body, but her ballet instructor said she was too fat. Father agreed as well, not verbally, but Weiss could see it in his eyes. She needed to be perfect if she was to be his successor. 

"Don't apologize, you're a Schnee." Winter said sharply, dressed in the Atlesian Military Academies uniform. This was the first time she returned home since she left, and Weiss had to beg her to stay. "What has your fencing instructor been teaching you? Am I going to need to talk to them?" Winter's face was harsher, no longer the sister that Weiss used to know, but that wouldn't stop Weiss from loving her. Big Sister was amazing! Weiss wished she could be like her one day. 

"No!" Weiss held her hands behind her back. "I'll practice more." She would have to fit that in between ballet, ice skating, and singing practice. That wasn't even mentioning the lessons Father was giving her on running the company. There would be no rest for the eleven year old. 

Winter's face softened just a little before holding up a simple practice saber, made for slashing, the opposite of the practice rapier that Weiss held in her left hand. The portrait of Grandfather felt like it was staring at the Schnee sisters in the middle of their mansion's gym. Suits of armor similar to the one Grandfather wore were decorated around the room. 

"Let's see how much you've learned in a year." Winter said, entering a simple stance with the saber aimed at Weiss, it wasn't a fencing stance. That must've been the one she was practicing at the Academy! 

Entering her own unsteady stance, Weiss took a deep breath as Winter spoke in the old Mantle dialect. Weiss hardened her gaze. She would do her best to make Winter proud. 

"En Garde, prêtes, allez!" 

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Weiss wanted to laugh out loud, but instead she found a hoarse chuckle escaping her lips. With roughly twenty to thirty thugs surrounding her, anyone would assume that she automatically list, just like the lead speaker with her defaced shirt thought. 

"I'm so goddamn tired of hearing your whiny ass voice everywhere." Another voice shouted from the crowd of thugs that slowly started to encircle her. Good, let them keep talking. Myrtenaster's Dust chamber stopped moving, landing on the electricity Dust. It wasn't even worth using it on these imbeciles, even if she could be done with all of them within seconds if she used time dilation. 

"I've been wanting to do this for so long-" Defaced shirt guy started to speak, posing with a fist in his hand, when Weiss formed a glyph beneath her feet that launched her straight towards him. A slash directed toward his arms, and a small line of blood spurting out in the air later, he fell to the ground in pain. He would live, even without any aura. 

"Get her!" Someone with a deep voice shouted. 

Four heteromorphic criminals charged towards her, their appearances ranging from rock octopuses to giant swollen muscles.  Forming a line of glyphs, Weiss slid towards them, rapidly thrusting Myrtenaster into their weak spots in their joints, and gracefully dancing in between their blows, not a single hit landing on her. They fell to the ground defeated not even a few seconds later. 

Some woman with an oversized katana charged at Weiss, her blade held high in the air ready to slice Weiss into pieces, its metal shining with blye electricity. Weiss threw Myrtenaster at her, catching the woman off guard as the Multi-Action Dust Rapier pierced her side, causing her to fall to her knees, her katana causing a clatter as it hit the ground. Grabbing Myrtenaster from the woman's body, Weiss smirked. 

"Yaaaa!" A 'normal' villain shouted as they attempted to hit Weiss in the face with a haymaker. Dodging at the last second, and with a swing from Myrtenaster, they found that their fist was no longer connected to the rest of their body, streaks of red dripping from Myrtenaster, onto the ground. Screaming in pain as the villain stared at their missing hand, Weiss punched him with the gauntlet on her right hand, knocking him out. 

Another tried sweeping Weiss' legs out from under her, but a quick jump and a well directed thrust towards both of his legs later would ensure he wouldn't be able to chase after her. 

"Does anyone else want a turn?" Weiss said harshly as she glared at the shocked crowd, the fight lasting less than half a minute. Wasting Dust on them wouldn't be worth it, and she could have held back a bit more since none of them had aura.

"Y-You can't do this! You're an Idol!" A frightened woman said, her fist looking like blocks of metal. These criminals were pretty incompetent. Did they just grab them off the street? 

"Heroes don't kill!" Another one shouted as they took a step back. Huh, it must've looked like she killed them judging by the amount of blood. They were still alive since their chests kept rising and falling. 

"Those who kill, must be prepared to be killed." Weiss took a step towards them, swinging Myrtenaster, which sent drops of red onto the ground of the forest, and a few onto her outfit. "Isn't that why you're all here? To kill us? To lure All Might here so you can kill him?" The crowd remained silent as a few stepped forward, ready to fight. 

"And besides, I'm not a hero." Weiss took a deep breath as she formed glyphs all around them, the Dust chamber switching to ice. It would be a waste, but Weiss needed to end the fight quickly. She needed to find the others. The criminals seemed unnerved as numerous glyphs surrounded them like a wall. She aimed Myrtenaster at the crowd. 

"I'm a huntress." 

She needed to find Kyouka and Mina. 

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Fighting was second nature to Weiss, instilled in her by her fencing instructor, and whenever Father allowed her to go and hunt small Grimm on the outskirts of Mantle, with an escort of course. By the time she was finally able to apply to Beacon, Myrtenaster had become an extension of her body. When Father made her return to Atlas, she was already a seasoned huntress-in-training, having faced off against hordes of Grimm, White Fang terrorist, and fought in the Fall of Haven against the both of them, plus those traitious Atlesian androids.  

So far, none of these criminals proved themselves to be a real challenge. Leaving them in the frozen block of ice, Weiss formed another glyph beneath her feet that launched her into the air. She formed more mid-air, using them to jump to the next one. The fountain! She needed to head to the fountain, that's the last place she saw Mr. Aizawa! 

There were too many biomes to search for Kyouka and Mina, so she could regroup with the others to search for them once they defeated those weak criminals. Forming a vertical glyph, Weiss launched herself through the air, forming others that allowed her to keep gliding, her battle dress and off center ponytail ruffling in the wind, ready to assist her teacher and classmates.

This would be easy. 

A/N

Finished early yesterday! Its a shorter than the previous chapters, but I hope the quality remained at the same level, despite my awkward fight scenes. 

Another thing, I want to say, is that I'm really grateful for this story. I've been writing since 2014-2015 during my MLP phase and I was atrocious, and to see how much I have improved is amazing. Plus, some of my favorite fanfic authors ended up reading this! Ones that I've been fans of for years. It makes me feel giddy inside when I receive the notifications. (Not going to say who they are to respect their privacy)

So thank you all for reading! 

Till next time on Schnee: Hero or Huntress!