Ch:8 Vendetta

A/N I'm sorry if your got to this chapter before I corrected the mistake I made if not hope you enjoy and sorry to those who didn't Thx:)

In the clearing that was once a military encampment, the sounds of gunshots and metal clashing against metal where pervasive, the only sounds that could be heard over them were the hysterical laughter coming from Maru as she quickly dashed around Aric, with him trying to keep up with her speed.

Amidst her laughter and slashes she was able to say. "You know Aric this has truly been a long time coming." As she says this she slashes again which was blocked by Arics baton. Maru jumps backwards to gain some space. "I've been meaning to meet you lot eventually, but I never guessed that it would happen this soon"

Maru turns her sword around in her hand and opens the cap at the bottom of the hilt, pulling out a vial that seemed to be filled with a yellow dust, putting it into the end of the hilt. "Let's have another blast from the past! they're fun aren't they?" After this she turns the sword back around and holding it in a two handed stance it starts to crackle as yellow electricity began to grow up its edge.

Seeing the electricity Arics snarl grew and he put his baton back within his cloak and pulled out dual military pistols. "Like father, like daughter it would seem."

With this Aric shot both pistols and started to back up as Maru dashed at him dodging his bullets, cackling all the way, to a point that you'd think she was a hyena Faunus.

Maru slashed down towards Aric, who dodged and in turn shot at her point blank. This clipped Maru's shoulder as she narrowly dodged. Marus aura flared as it tanked the shot and went down slightly.

As Aric shot again Maru jumped back and said mockingly. "Oh no, I've been shot." She put a hand over her shoulder with a dramatic flare.

As Maru was doing this Aric shot towards her again causing her to dodge, Maru giggled at this. "Aw, you don't have much of a sense of humor do you Aric."

"Cut the crap, Arktis! Stop messing around and get on with it!" Came an angered shout from Adam who had just got done shooting Wilt from Blush hitting a soldier's head.

"Wow Adam, you two would get along." Maru said pointing towards Aric who was shooting towards as she was focusing on dodging. "You two even have the same scowl."

"Do not compare me to a human!" Came an enraged scream from Adam causing Maru to cackle.

A shot clipped her aura again. "You should pay attention during a fight." Aric sneered.

Maru tsked and continued her quick assault on Aric as he continued to dodge and shoot.

Aric dodged Maru's newest attempt at attacking him, but unfortunately for him, he slipped on the snow beneath his feet causing him to falter. This allowed one of Maru's slashes to finally hit but a gray color grew over his body.

Maru continued to push the slash down, the yellow electricity went through the aura and Aric let out a pained scream as he felt an electric current flow through his body. This made him lose concentration on his aura, causing him to gain a slash down his torso.

Maru jumped back and chuckled. "Oh Aric your semblance may be strong with it being able to stop nearly any other hit but it still has many weaknesses."

Aric stumbled back and he put a hand up towards the slash and looked at his palm seeing bright crimson fall onto his hand and then the snow, he laughed laboriously. "He would tell you about something like that wouldn't he?"

Continuing to stumble back he forced his aura into the cut and it started to heal at a visible but slow rate, he then arduously said. "He was one of the few people who figured out the weakness of my semblance, it was just great that his was an almost perfect counter. Though being able to make a magnetic field around myself certainly helps when I'm fighting, the downside is if they can figure out the weakness it doesn't go well for me."

The wound on Aric's chest still continued to heal at a slow rate but it seemed to take a lot out of him.

Maru looked at the man's struggle, amusement evident on his face as the struggle around them was quickly stomped out with Nyx, Virdis and Adam walking back over to join Maru's side.

Maru walked over to the struggling aged man, grabbed his head and kneed him in the face. This caused his aura to flare as he fell back on to the ground and let out a pained breath the wound nearly completely healed.

Maru chuckled and put her foot on his chest, pressing down causing him to let out another pained breath, she then said down to him. "This is ironic isn't Aric? You being like this, in such a vulnerable state, I wonder if this is how my father felt? With you five attacking him all at once." She pressed down harder on his chest and him into the red snow around them.

"You know Aric, me and my mother went through a lot of shit after he was killed. It was hard and my mother even died two years after, but I've survived and will continue to survive." To accentuate her point she pulled the cloth from around her neck to reveal a brand, one that showed three letters, three letters that almost anyone on remnant could recognise. "You know I didn't have a choice in working in those mines, I was twelve after all when I received this. But I survived that too and now, I have it as a reminder as to what you people forced upon us, and it's all because you killed a man. A man who only wanted what's best for the people who he served, and yet, he is known as a traitor by those same people. All while the ones who killed him are known as hero's, the ones who rooted out the evil fox who was trying to ruin everything."

Maru stood up straighter and ended her rant by saying. "You are a lucky man today because someone who I truly respect told me to not kill anyone on this raid. But I swear, the next time I see you you'll not be so lucky." Maru brought her fist up and before she struck his face to knock him out she said one last thing. "Do tell your tincan of a boss that the Arktis name will be the bane of his existence once again."

Swinging her fist down Maru was about to hit the man in the face when she noticed him smiling cockily. His smile pissed her off even more but it also set off the alarms in her head as she jumped back off him. Looking around the clearing and then back at the man who was still laying on the ground smiling up at her.

The croaking sound of Arics voice came out with a slight laugh. "Your father would be quite proud of that little speech of yours, but this charade should probably come to an end sooner or later." He stood up with some struggle and dusted himself off, then turned towards the forest and said. "Don't you think so as well Juno?"

A man with striking blue hair walked out of the forest, he wore a similar military cloak to Aric only missing the medals, it also seemed to be in a slightly worse state then Aric's with cuts all over it that seemed to have been fixed by hand. But what shocked the group of Faunus more than the man himself was what was in his hands.

"Blake!" Adam yelled putting his hand on the hilt of Wilt.

A/N thanks for reading if you have any thoughts on how to make this better do tell I liked this chapter whilst writing it but reading it through its not my best work though I liked the information I gave but not how I gave it so thx:)