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I narrowed my eyes at the cloaked person infront of me.

'Whoever they are... they are really strong.' I thought myself and slowly lower my leg. 'I need to fight even more seriously.'

'Aura reinforcement.' I quickly thought to myself and create the pathways all over my body and fill it with the right amount of Aura.

I let out a breath and look at the cloaked person. "Who are you?" I asked them just for the sake of not wanting to cause a misunderstanding, it would only waste more of the time that i do not have which i could use to search for my two friends.

"Who am i? I'm nobody." The cloaked person said to me while twirling their two sickles.

'Hmm... a female voice... so its a woman.' I think to myself as i consider the advantage and disadvantage. 'She's going to be more flexible and better hips rotation.. and my instinct is telling me that she can use her legs for some devastating attacks.

I quickly bounce on the tip of my toes and create Aura footstep by transferring a small amount of Aura onto the wooden floorboards to stregthen here.

'The best defense is offense!' I quicky swing my sword at her and to my shock she managed to catch it with her sickles.

"What?" I could almost not believe what i am seeing with my own two eyes! This is the first time somebody had blocked me this easily! With Aura Reinforcement no less.

But i have no more time to think as i move my head to the side to dodge an incoming stab from the other sickles.

"You're not bad kid." She complimented me while sliding the sickle that had caught my sword to try and stab my wrist.

I quickly pour more Aura on my wrist and twist my sword to the side and headbut her chest.

"Shit! You're pretty strong for a kid!" She then laughed as i take a few stepback and try to make a plan.

'Even from the little exchange we had.. i know that she's much stronger than anyone i had faced before... and she have to ways to attack me at all time, i need to even the odds even slightly.' I then let out a smirk before i twirl my sword with my right hand and use my scabbard as a improved sword with my other hand.

"Dual weilding kid? You sure you're good enough for that?" She taunted me.

'Good enough? No.. the scabbard is much too wide for me to comfortably hold it as a sword.. but it'll make do.'

"Well if you don't want to talk then i'll be the one who the the talking then." She then run at me with a sickly overhead and is coming straight onto me that parried with my sword and counter attack by stabbing the scabbard into her side.

But she managed to dodge it by hokking my scabbard with her other sickle and pull it away while simultaneously spin her body midair and kick the side of my head launching me to crash unto a few tables.

'I knew it those legs are going to be a problem!' I then stand up. 'I need to either target her legs or give her a surpise attack..'

I then look at my scabbard, and think that maybe i could activate the mechashift to give my attack an extra boost.. and the pointy part of the shield would help too.

I take another deep breath before i run and linged myself at her. "Electric boom!" I shout out at her while throwing croeca mors at her face and she took the bait because she covered her face with her arms expecting me to use a semblance snd to also defend from my sword.

'Got you!' I then land infront of her and crouch before i give her a right uppercut into her stomach while also activating the mechashift sequence on my scabbard and use it pointy point to jam it deep into her stomach, it felt as if i am trying to stab through a block of steel.

"Shit!" She tanked it with her Aura before headbutting me hard enough for me to get on the floor and her putting her sickle on my jugular.

"Not bad kid." I tried to reach for my sword that had bounced of her and fallen slightly near me but she quickly shot that idea down by pushing her sickle even nearer onto my throat to the point that my Aura activate to shield my jugular. "I wouldn't do that if i were you."

'She's... she's holding back.' It doesn't take long for me too realize it.. first from how she isn't even out of breath or anything really.. she wasn't taking this seriously... second.. well she hadn't use her Semblance, a person this good must had unlocked their semblance by now.' I then start to think that should i use high level Aura Reinforcement now? I will have a chance of beating her if i use it...

But before i do that, i need to ask her once again. "Who are you?"

"Kid.. you still hadn't notice it by now? Damn." She let out a chuckle and use her other sickle that is not currently on my throat to hook the underside of the hood of her cloak and pull it back.

"Sapphire?" My eyes widen in shock because i didn't expect it to be her, i should had know that the world is too good to be true.. like why does she have to be with the Red Cactus gang? Why? The god must have a grudge with me right now.

"In the flesh." She then chuckle. "So kid.. you mind explaining why you wrecked this place?"

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[AN: Once again.. the fight scene is short... its because the gap between sapphire and Jaune, first Sapphire is a A class hunter.. that is practically already on top of the food chain.. while Jaun as Sapphire had correctly guessed is at 2nd year hunter academy level.. which is good considering that he is only 12 with practically limited training, but not even close enough to make an A rank hunter get serious.]

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[Also.. GIVE ME POWERSTONES! 50 POWERSTONES IS AN EXTRA CHAPTER! And the latest chapter on patreon right now is an interlude for Jeanne and Mordred about their time after Jaune's running away.]

Btw i also confirmed some harem members for Jaune!

-glynda goodwitch

-winter schnee

-Mordred Arc (yeah.. i thought about it and i think she deserved to be in the harem.. she kinda go a bit yandere at the end of my newest chapter in my patreon..)

-??????? (Secret but its not that big of a secret cause its pretty easy to guess who she could be)

-??? (You guys can give me suggestions.)

-??? (Same as before.. suggestions, and if i like y'all suggestion and see that i could make it work then i would put her in the harem.)

Thats it for the harem.. 6 i think is enough.. and i want to make the romance make sense and alrwady having 6 is kinda stretching it a bit..