[center][h2][colour=2c75ff]Cereza[/colour] and [colour=ForestGreen]Tierra[/colour][/h2][/center]

Cereza froze for a second beneath the glares of the Ursa pair, before diving for her polearm. The left Ursa Minor gave a terrifying roar as its mate lumbered forwards, its path intersecting with her own trajectory towards the tree. She slid underneath a swipe from its claws and pivoted from her position on the ground, swinging a foot out and planting her heel firmly in the side of the bear-monster’s lower leg. Mentally pulling the trigger of Droed Gwyn, she rolled backwards, away from the large creature and towards her weapon.

The other Ursa came lumbering in from the side, growling and swinging its large paws at the blonde. Cereza threw herself into a somersault beneath the slow attack, finally making it to where her main weapon was lying in the roots of the tree, and brought the polearm around just in time to block a second attack from the Ursa she injured beforehand. The blonde was still crouched low to the ground, and she used the leverage of the tree behind herself to prop herself up as she swung her foot again, aiming a kick at the Ursa’s face.

The kick didn’t connect, but it did line her heel up with the bear-shaped monster’s head, and she released the rest of her magazine into the creature’s mask. It staggered back and collapsed on its back, the repeated blasts to a concentrated area punching through the bone plating and killing it. The first Ursa roared once more with anger, swiping furiously at Cereza.

Tierra stood poised, scanning around for any other Grimm while keeping the two Beowolves in her sight. Seeing no trace of others, the Faunus propelled herself forward towards the closest one and swung at its neck. The hit didn’t connect, but she was on its back. The noirette sunk her sword hooks into its neck, pulled its connections towards her, and felt the body disappearing beneath her. The second one swiped, she jumped over its paw and made a parkour roll down to the ground. But it was on top of her, its mouth swooping down towards her. Behind her was an opening in the trees, so Tierra used her semblance and Sola and Luna’s dust ports to propel herself backwards, away from the maw of death. 

The backwards propulsion sent Tierra tumbling in the air as the beowolf chased after her. In order to stabilize herself. the noirette attempted to point the dust ports towards the ground. After she succeeded in that, though, the push sent her back up in the air, above some of the trees. As she came back down in a clearing, she saw a Ursa pawing away at something. [i][color=forestgreen]”An excellent landing cushion if I do say so myself”[/color][/i] So the Faunus pointed her swords at the back entrance to its heart and landed with a satisfying thud, a very messy cut, and the familiar feeling of disintegration. To find that the Ursa had been pawing at a student, and that student was definitely human, she was the girl she had run into earlier, and that she had now made eye contact with her. Internally she thought,[i][color=forestgreen]”A human. Why did it have to be a human?”[/color][/i] But externally, she managed to say, [color=forestgreen]”So I guess you and I are partners now, Cereza.”[/color]

Cereza was taken by surprise when a black and tan blur fell from the sky and directly on top of the Ursa trying to slash her past her polearm, the Ursa letting out a strangled cry as it died. As the Ursa disintegrating, the black haired girl glanced up and Cereza locked eyes with a familiar face. It was Tierra, the girl who she kept running into - literally. [colour=2c75ff]”I guess?”[/colour]

She pushed herself into a crouch, unclipping a magazine from her thigh and the empty pistol from her heel and replaced the ammunition. 

[i][color=forestgreen]” OK, that is a weird weapon. It’s definitely some type of gun judging by the magazine and the shape says pistol.”[/color][/i] The idea made Tierra shiver. [i][color=forestgreen] But why a black box instead of a trigger? Maybe it links up to her polearm somehow or… Come on, now’s not the time to examine her. You two need to get a move on.”[/color][/i] [color=forestgreen]”Well, I guess we better get going. I left a beowolf behind earlier and I’m not sure…”[/color] Just then, the beowolf rushed into the clearing and towards the two girls.

Cereza finished loading the magazine and aimed it at the charging beowolf, firing rapidly from her crouched position. Her bullets hit the forehead of its mask in a small cluster, eventually breaking through the bone plate as she emptied another clip into the wolfish monster. She emptied her clip and switched it out for a third one quickly as the creature continued forwards, but quickly realised it was due to the creatures momentum rather than because it was still charging. 

With a quick smirk she clipped the pistol back onto her heel and the empty magazines onto her thighs again, picking Llaw Du up. She leant the poleknife against her shoulder, glancing at the shorter girl as the beowolf finally fell over and started disintegrating. [colour=2c75ff]”I suppose we should. Do you know which way is north?”[/colour] 

The blonde girl’s voice snapped Tierra back to reality, away from visions of fire and darkness. [color=forestgreen] “Huh, oh North. Well, the sun is still rising, so it’s still east. When we face towards it,” [/color] the noirette demonstrated, [color=forestgreen] “North will be on our right hand side.” [/color]. Saying this, she lifted up her right hand and checked to make sure the thumb and closest finger made the backwards ‘L’. [color=forestgreen] “That makes North this way.”[i]I hope.[/i][/color].

Cereza shrugged. [colour=2c75ff]“Lead the way.”[/colour] She followed along behind the other girl, keeping a close eye on her surroundings as they ran through the forest.

So the two went towards the temple, Tierra fuming at herself for having just stood there from shellshock and the beowolf attack’s suddenness and Cereza just worried about the possibility of more Grimm and the open, blue sky above. They made quick time travelling to the temple, arriving not long after they had met up and at the same time as quite a few other pairs.