Dark, Bloodied characters in Remnant

Chapter 19

Hello!

The bloodborne arc was well received, so it will continue!

ONWARDS!

Among the students at Beacon academy, there were three who were less than honorable. A team composed of a leader and two underlings.

Tonight, the leader was alone in her dorm room. Through a connection of the mind, she was the recipient of a message from her own boss.

"Cinder, do you understand? The surfacing of this woman is a critical danger to my plans, and your orders are to eliminate the woman, along with any and all of her associates, as fast as possible."

'If one has appeared, then there would be others. Rgh...'

From the other side, in a part of the world where darkness was at it's thickest, an evil ruler briefly flashed to a time when an old faction of opponents nearly ended her era of planning.

"Exercise the utmost caution. Other than Ozpin, she might be the most powerful enemy we face."

"You will not disappoint me."

'The Old Hunters, are they surfacing once again?'

With a washing sensation, the meeting with her boss drew to a close. There was no need for any form of agreement, as she knew her pawn would get the task done. If not, then surely she would be reminded of the consequences.

When she was shown the image of the target, Cinder was more than a little surprised, as the woman had been seen more than a few times in Vale. Failure was not an option for her, it never was, and she'd be damned if it ever will.

That was several days ago.

Emerald Forest, where the soul could rest

Now, she along with her cohorts were in the forest, stalking the woman. If they moved, it would be without sound. If they needed to communicate, it would be with familiar hand signals.

In their infiltration-wear, where there was difficulty identifying the wearers, they carefully eyed the pale woman leaning against a tree, apparently awaiting the arrival of another.

From what Cinder was told, they're after what might be the strongest hunter yet. There would be no mistakes this mission.

'There's the other one'

Her, along with her underlings, instantly turned to see their target's partner, seemingly dressed in a similar manner, yet nowhere near as elegant as her.

All eyes and ears turned to an unexpected roaring of a Grimm beast in the distance. Seeing this as an opportunity, Cinder formed a hushed call to Emerald and Mercury, signalling the beginning.

They planned the way they would fight it out earlier. Since the prime, most dangerous was the pale-haired woman herself, she would be left to Cinder, the most approved of the three. Her traveling partner would be left to the other two. Since she was not told of her abilities, they would take it as careful as possible.

As their prey eyed the birds in the sky, her team was lulled into the belief that the would get the element of surprise. With a smug smile, their leader pulled her two curved swords from her back, and pointed the tips at the lady. Emerald took her own green weapons from her sides, with intent to stab the metal into the unsuspecting hunter, and Mercury simply leaped with his leg forward.

With not a single sound, the fight would just become a kill.

But like clockwork, the necks of their targets twisted onto their ambushers, already expecting company. Never before had this occurred. Not she, Emerald, nor Mercury made a sound, even as they prepared their fighting tools, Cinder was sure of it.

With excellent grace, Maria raised a flintlock pistol, held it sideways like a gangster, and fired a Quick-Silver bullet to an unsuspecting evil. Her traveling partner shot the bullets from an identical firearm, towards the other two, with the speed that she knew only be done by that person; squarely hitting two targets in a single moment.

Maria would expect no less from someone who's been with her since forever as a lackey, to let off a pair of bullets in a single motion.

Through some strange turn of the dice, all their movement was halted through the singular bullet that had been blasted at them. Maria took the edged Rakuyo from her sides, holding the weapon in it's seperated form. Her ally dusted a cloak to reveal a curved sheathe with a bloodied wrapping at the tip.

Once again, Maria turned to her ally. A change of clothes might be expected, but never did he fight without that particular weapon.

The Hunter pulled the handle out, revealing a lightly curved blade that sheened in the light of the sun. Approaching the pair of teenagers, the sword sliced against legs that were stronger than what was suggested. The kid was on the ground, and kicked away the bloody sword.

The Hunter had to deal with another combatant. A feminine body with a pair of bladed firearms. She jumped at him, and let off a spray of fire at the Hunter.

A quick sidestep, and a noice s***h that caught the two at once followed. If it weren't for their inherent protection, the Hunter's blade would sing in their crimson hues of blood.

When Maria turned to the evil-doer, her two hands pulled the pieces of the Rakuyo from her sides. It was a more honorabu choice when compared to the curved swords that represented less than moraly appropriate humans.

She stood upright, and pulled the longer piece to her chest, pointing upwards. Her arm took it to the side, and she lunged into a single sweeping s***h.

A backflip away, and Cinder dug her heel into the grass to push her way back towards her.

A note of detail the bandits noticed, was that their targets held the ability to turn into smoke for a little while.

They all just took attention to when something like an evasive action was made, the Hunters became a cloud of smoke, and could go unusually far.

Cinder formed her darkblade bow, and skillfully pulled on the string of ash. Within an instant, a trio of arrows burst into existence in a flare of orange embers.

The arrows were loosened, but Maria was too fast.

She I-framed through the arrow hitboxes, and put the two pieces above her shoulder. A slow, but heavy attack that Maria used her body motion to back. In the air, there came the difficulty of movement control. Humans were not meant to fly.

Cinder had no choice but to try and hit her first, so she extended her leg to try and reach the pale Hunter.

But the nature of a thrusting attack made it so that evasion often a trivial matter. Easily, Maria evaded the heel, and brought her blades down.

There was a force behind the strike that was more than what thin blades would have suggested. Meaning that Cinder was forced backwards, and backstepped away to avoid more blows. The evil-doer instantly pulled her dark bow together, but was unprepared for another attack.

Subtly telegraphed, and barely avoidable, she was knocked out of firing stance when a QS bullet struck her square in the chest, chipping away at the protection. But it was more of a way to get into her head.

Maria quickly put her two blades together, forming a red spark from their connection.

The Hunter put his sword back into it's sheathe, only to remove it once the conditions were met.

The long weapon dripped with thick, red material. Cut cleanly from the former wielder's foes, this blood would cut open a particular wound in that of man and beast, and they would suffer greatly from the wound.

The blade leaked it's curse of blood, producing a sickening waft that the Hunters didn't even notice.

The teens momentarily repulsed, and a face of revolt spread between them.

The Hunter advanced as some greenish smoke, and the bloodied blade met a metallic leg, raking against his spirit field. When his partner appeared, the Hunter scraped the blade towards her, staining her with blood and the pungent air of blood.

*CLICK*

The Hunter's firearm emitted gunfire, and pushed the girl backwards. Returning to the boy, he found a metal boot thrusting against the torso. The Hunter deflected the leg with skillful swordwork, and chipped the boy with the sword.

The entire fight looked as if was a one-sided fight. With the way it was going right now, the only outcome was their defeat, and likely death.

Boss-lady made the call to retreat.

"You two, fall back."

Her two lackeys looked her way, and agreed silently.

Maria watched the three jump into the greenery, then towards her partner.

He sheathed his blade of blood, and Maria put her two weapon parts at her sides, she folded her arms, astonishingly dissapointed with the outcome.

"The standard must have fallen greatly since our time."

She got a low grunt from the Hunter, which passed as laughter for Maria.

"Such a short duel. Then again, these were just bandits."

"They aren't worth our time."

She snickered shortly.

The evil three escaped through the woods from the two Hunters.

Cinder most definitely assumed this outcome.

She was sure that they were at their best. The thought of defeat filled her, the three were easily repelled, pushed back with barely a scratch on the Hunters. Even from in front, Cinder could feel the ire from the other two.

It would not be the last attempt, the next one would incorporate a commander from the White Fang.

Neither of the three knew the danger that they were nearing.

They stopped, sensing the rushing of air.

The three were abruptly forced to disperse, as the color yellow approached from the woods at sanic speeds.

A large weapon struck the ground where they used to be, and found something from a fairy tale in the forest.

Gold plated armor that could only exist in stories that amused children.

Weapon, it immensely resembled a spear, but an extension jutted out from the sides further down the hilt. It was held with it's blade to the skies above.

The helmet featured a red tassel.

The helmet itself was modeled after an angered lion.

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