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"…What?" Glynda demanded with a scowl, as she looked down at the teen standing in front of her.

"I would like to request, Maine and I enter the Emerald Forest." Harry admitted with his usual dispassionate look. "Our duel a few days ago have made me realize, our team dynamics aren't as up to par, as I would like. I believe if we went through several live-combat situations, we might be able to subconsciously link up, so to speak." He said uncaringly.

"But it's the Emerald Forest." Glynda said seriously.

"I am well aware of what it was, because I had asked for it specifically." Harry said with a frown.

"Don't you know how dangerous it is in the Emerald Forest?" She questioned seriously, as she looked at the teen with narrowed bright green eyes.

"I think you don't understand the fact that I am asking to go into the forest, because of the danger it holds." Harry said dryly.

Glynda scowled. "Why are you asking me?" She asked.

Harry frowned, before he sighed and glanced away. "…Because…I trust you." He admitted, causing the blonde woman to look surprised.

"You trust me?" Glynda asked.

"I would not ask anyone else this." Harry stated. "You are the first person that came to mind when I thought it if." He informed, before he glanced down. "I do understand that you would most likely decline this request. But I did want to put the effort in…" He began.

"…It's fine." Glynda informed.

"What?" Harry said unsure.

"I said it is fine. You have me permission to enter the Emerald Forest." Glynda said with a sigh, as she typed something into her scroll. "With your combat records and abilities, you are qualified to transverse the Emerald Forest. If you are going with your teammate to help you work better together…" She said, as she trailed off. "…I'm glad you came to me and asked, instead of just doing it." She admitted.

"I find it easier to ask for permission than forgiveness." He stated dispassionately.

Glynda smiled slightly, before she nodded. "I'm glad at least you have that curtsey." She commented.

Harry looked down for a moment. "Thanks…I'll inform Maine, and get quickly out of your hair." He informed curtly, as he turned around, only to stop when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He glanced back and saw Glynda standing right behind him.

"If you need anything; anything at all, don't hesitate to ask, okay?" Glynda ask seriously.

Harry gave Glynda a suspicious look, not really sure of her intentions. But he felt he could trust her. "…Alright." He said unsure, before he walked out of her office.

Glynda sighed as she looked down, when her door closed. She rubbed her eyes, as she moved her glasses out of the way. '…I hope I did the right thing here…' She thought, before she sat down.

The melancholic teen walked through the hallways of beacon, before he felt something on his back shake a bit. Harry reached back and took the green sheath to Murciélago, before he partially unsheathed the blade.

Harry's eyes glazed over a bit, as he looked at the blade, while it seemed to give off a vibrating-like sound. "…Yes, I trust her." He admitted.

The sword gleaned a bit, as if vibrated again. "She would never betray me." He argued, before the sword vibrated again. "…I'm sure." He stated, before the blade shook. "I believe in her, alright?" He asked with a frown.

The sword vibrated again, causing Harry to look down. "Because they make the hollow feeling in my chest, go away." Harry stated with a scowl, as he reached up and gripped his chest. "It's strange, when I'm with them…Not just Ms. Goodwitch, but Ruby and Weiss too, and occasionally Coco…Is that what it's like to have friends?" He asked to the blade, as he glanced down. The blade vibrated loudly, as it almost shook out of the teen's hand.

"…The Heart?" Harry asked unsure, before he scowled. "There is no such thing as 'The Heart' what is it?" He questioned. The sword vibrated again. "What? But my eyes see everything. There is nothing that it overlooks. If there is no tangible evidence, then it does not exist. That is the assumption under which I have always fought. What is this 'heart'? Why do you speak of it?" He asked with a tone of anger.

A sigh echoed, not that Harry heard. An ethereal figure of a demonic being stood next to Harry, but the teen didn't seem to notice it. The being had pale white skin and long messy black hair. It had a large hole in its chest, with black blood-like liquid dripping from it. It was covered in something similar to black fur, which covers its arms and legs. Its fingers had claw-like extensions and its feet resemble talons. It had yellow irises and green sclera; it also had two large bat-like ears coming out of his messy black hair.

"'The heart' is a concept that continues to elude me." The being said, while Harry looked at his blade. "I know what it is…And I know where it lies." He said, as he looked at his black colored hand. "I wish for you, to be able to find the answers to the mystery that lies before us. I don't want you to so fruitlessly hand your heart out to those that could crush it in their very hands. But I don't want you do cage it up either." He said.

Harry looked down at the vibrating sword. "I…I understand, Murciélago." He said, as he sheathed the sword on his back. When the melancholic teen walked off, the Black-Wing Demon creature to look at Harry with a dispassionate look, before it sighed and disintegrated into black and grey dust, and flowed back into its sword and wand.

Harry walked through the hallways of beacon, passing students of varying ages with his usual frown on his face. After a few steps he vanished in the sound of static.

A few minutes later, Harry sighed, as he stood in the locker room of the Academy. The sound of growling caused him to turn and looked at his side. Maine was standing in front of his locker and seemed to struggle at pulling something out.

"…You're an idiot." Harry said dryly, as he looked at Maine.

The imposing armored being let go of the Brute Shot that was shoved into the locker, before he looked down at Harry and growled.

"I told you; put it in diagonally, you just recklessly shoved it in there." Harry said with a frown, as he reached up and grabbed onto the Brute Shot, before he ripped it out of the locker. The locker metal warped in contorted, as the large bladed, grenade launcher was forced out.

Harry handed Maine his Brute Shot, before the large armored man growled. "…Don't thank me. Just don't be stupid again." Harry replied with a sigh, as he put his hands in his pockets and turned around. "Come on, we have to go." He said seriously. Maine reached up and put the Brute Shot on his back, before he followed the melancholic teen.

A few minutes later, the two were walking through the hallways of the Academy. Harry noticed a few students walking by. Maine glanced around, as he noticed the students were walking fast, heading to the front of Beacon.

Harry looked forward, until someone bumped into him, causing the person to stumble to the side. He turned and looked at the teenager who bumped into him.

"What's the problem?" Harry asked with a frown, looking at the teenager.

"One of the senior teams has returned, but there's something wrong with them! We're going to see what's up!" He said, as he stumbled forward and ran off.

Harry looked towards Maine, before he looked forward. '…senior team…the only senior team I know is Coco's team.' He thought seriously, as he glanced down and scowled. 'Did they go on a mission? Coco usually talks to me, before they leave on a mission.' He thought to himself.

Maine tilted his head and growled, causing Harry to nod. "Yeah…let's check it out." He said, as he felt an uneasy feeling in his stomach. 'I…I really hope that Coco isn't hurt.' He thought, as the two went off. Despite how he openly talked to her with disinterest, he did think of her as a close acquaintance. Disregarding how annoying he might've found her.

The two left and walked outside, into the Main Avenue of Beacon Academy. Harry noticed a large group of students were huddled around, causing him to scowl and walk towards the group. With him being on the smaller side, he was able to get his way through the crowd.

There were several medical officers, huddled around four teenagers lying on the ground. "Get back!" One of the medical officers said seriously, as he looked at the grouping Huntsmen and Huntresses in training.

Harry glanced around and noticed Teams RWBY, JPNR, and Team CFVY as well. He actually sighed in relief when he saw them, before he looked at the team that was on the ground. They were shaking and their eyes were sunken, like they'd seen the devil himself. Harry scowled, when he noticed how exactly they were acting. They looked terrified, depressed and were shivering.

"It's horrible." Yang said to herself, as she looked at the teenagers.

Weiss scowled, as she crossed her arms. "What kind of grim could have done something like this?" She asked curiously. Teams JPNR and CFVY were silent. Coco had her arms crossed and was glaring behind her sunglasses, trying to think if she'd encountered something like this.

"This is the third team that's returned like this." Coco said seriously, before she looked at the younger teams. "If you see anything that looks or acts like it'll do this to you, leave. Immediately." She said, with her eyes lingering on Ruby and Harry, being the youngest of the teams.

Harry just scowled, as he looked at the four teenagers. He knew he recognize those symptoms from somewhere. 'What causes depression, anxiety, fear…oh no…' Harry thought, as he looked up a bit. "…Oh shit." He said to himself, causing Maine, Coco and Ruby to glance at him, since they were the closest.

"…What's wrong?" Ruby asked worried.

"I'll be right back." Harry said seriously, before he vanished in the sound of static.

Coco looked at Maine. "What was his problem?" She questioned.

Maine just growled and shrugged, before he looked at the teenagers. '…This is bad…' He thought.

Ruby stepped forward and tapped the medical officer on his shoulder, causing him to quickly turn. "Are they going to be alright?" She asked worried for the safety of others.

"Stand back, and let us do your job!" The medical officer snapped seriously, causing Ruby to quickly stumble back.

"Hey, she just wanted to know if everything's okay." Yang interjected with a frown, as she narrowed her eyes.

"Yes, yes, everything's fine. It's not like we're…" The medical officer began mockingly, before the sound of static stopped him.

Harry appeared with something in his hand, before he pushed passed the medical officer. "Stand back!" He snapped, causing Harry to look up at him.

"…Shh…" He sounded, as he put a finger in front of his lips. The Medical officer tried to talk, but could only make struggled, forced sounds.

"…He's gotta tech me how to do that." Yang said to herself with a grin.

Harry tilted his head and raised his free hand up, before he tapped the medical officer on the forehead with his index and middle fingers. The medical officer's eyes rolled back and he collapsed unconscious. Harry casually walked over the unconscious man, before he knelt down in front of the traumatized teens.

"What are you doing, you can't…" One of the medics said, only for Harry to ignore them, as he opened what he held, revealing he was holding chocolate.

"Shut up, your medicine won't work on them, if they were attacked by them." Harry said quietly, as he forced one of the teen's mouths open and forced a piece of chocolate into their mouth, before he made one of them eat it.

"Here, you'll need this." Harry said, as he handed the three other team members chocolate.

"Chocolate! Are you an idiot?!" One of the medics questioned incredulously. "We have to run tests on them!" He said seriously.

"Tests take time. Treatment's quicker." Harry said, as he focused on the male Huntsmen in training, he forced feed chocolate.

"How can chocolate possibly help them?!" The medic demanded.

"I don't come up with the rules, I just enforce them." Harry said, before he turned and glared at the medic with narrowed green eyes. "If they get better, I'm right, if they die, you're right." He said seriously.

The teenagers seemed to slowly calm down and stopped shaking. Harry leaned close towards them. "Do you know what attacked you?" He questioned, he wanted to be sure about what attacked them.

"…I…I don't know." He said, as he held himself.

"…Did you see it?" Harry questioned with a frown.

"It's hard to tell. It was there, but then it wasn't. It's hard to describe. I could only see the shadow made by it…It was…" He trailed off, only for Harry to make him look towards him.

"When it came to you, was it cold? Did the ground freeze suddenly?" Harry asked seriously, causing the surrounding teens to glance at him.

"It was…it was…unnaturally cold. Light dimmed and the cold was bitter, so much that it hurt. And I heard it breath, it sounded like…I can't describe it." The Huntsman in training muttered.

"Was it a long, drawn out, rattling breath?" Harry questioned.

"…Y-yes…" He replied, causing Harry to frown, as he let go of the teen and stood up.

"…I see. Eat more chocolate and try to think of good times, anything. Someone you love, a time where you were happy. It doesn't matter what, it'll help." Harry advised, as he stepped back and put his hands in his pockets.

'This is my fault…I let this happen. I didn't know Dementors got in here.' Harry thought with a frown. After he joined into Beacon he did try to seal up the rift he created. But it had gone, it moved. Like how planets and galaxies are in motion, so were the universes. It would seem the rift he created was constantly moving. He cast a glance at Teams RWBY and CFVY, though he did look more intently towards Ruby, Weiss and Coco. They were the people he actually formed friendships with. 'What if they're targeted by Dementors...They can't protect themselves from them. They're Amortal, and can't be killed.' He thought with a frown.

"Do you know what did this?" Weiss questioned, with a hand on her hip, as she looked at Harry.

"…An idea as to what it could be…" Harry said dispassionately, before he looked towards her. "Some advice 'let it go'." He said seriously, as he looked at Weiss, before he looked at Yang, Blake and Ruby. "All of you; let it go." He said with a frown. He turned around and walked off, with Maine following.

Yang crossed her arms. "Well, that wasn't ominous." She said sarcastically, before she grinned. "Wanna go look for what did this?" She questioned.

Ruby nodded, as she looked at the traumatized team. "We have to stop it." She said with determination.

Weiss rolled her eyes, before she crossed her arms. "Despite the moronic idea of it, I agree." She said, as she looked at the teen Harry interrogated. "Where did you encounter this creature?" She questioned.

He looked around unsure, as he ate more chocolate. "…In the Emerald Forest. We were there because we got reports of the Grimm acting…strange…" He trailed off.

"The Emerald Forest." Blake said quietly.

"Are we allowed to go in there?" Ruby asked unsure.

"Who cares?" Yang said with a shrug.

"Are you first-years looking for a way to get into the Emerald Forest, without getting into trouble?" Coco asked with a smirk, causing the four girls to look at the older one. "I think I can get you in there, for the right price." She said.

"…Oh, I like you." Yang said with a grin.

A few minutes later, the five were heading towards the Emerald Forest, before Blake noticed to figures in the distance. "…Isn't that Harry and his teammate?" She questioned.

Ruby tilted her head and looked at the figures, before she blinked a few times and nodded. "Yeah! What do ya think he's doing here?" She asked, before she smiled. "Maybe he's here to investigate too." She said, before she gasped. "Maybe we can investigate it together, it'll be so…" She began quickly, before she squealed, as she waved her arms in enthusiasm.

"Romantic?" Yang said with an eye roll.

"…I was gonna say awesome!" Ruby said with a smile.

"I don't think that would be a good idea. He seemed pretty adamant on us not going." Weiss interjected seriously, as she pointed her finger at the red-hooded girl.

"Will you all shut up; you're all yapping like a bunch of kids." Coco complained.

Ruby waved her hands. "I am I kid!" She stated.

"And who says 'yapping'? What're you, sixty?" Yang asked with her arms crossed.

"Sh." Blake sounded, as she stopped. "Look." She said, as she noticed Harry and Maine had stopped.

"What's he doing?" Ruby asked, as she tilted her head. Harry seemed to kneel down towards the ground and put his hand on it, before he focused. After a second, he stood up and leveled his hand in a direction in the forest, and dozens of trees were blasted out of the ground by an unseen force. Harry looked towards Maine and said something, before they entered the cleared path.

"…Wanna see what he's doing?" Yang asked curiously.

"But what about the creature?" Ruby asked with a pouty-like look.

"Well, odds are. It would go to Harry since he just uprooted part of a forest." Weiss reasoned. "So…" She trailed off.

"If we follow Harry, it'll come to us!" Ruby said with excitement.

"You two are…the word 'obsessed' comes to mind." Blake said with a sigh, as she shook her head.

"Will you hurry up?!" Coco said with annoyance, causing the four to look up and forward, and realized she was already half way there. The team shared a glance, before they quickly moved to catch up.

Harry glanced around the decimated parts of the forest, with Maine by his side. "Are you picking anythin up, Nazara?" He asked, as his dark green eyes studied the area.

The dark purple bracer on his forearm fell apart and landed on the ground, before the metal blocks rearranged themselves into a four-legged mechanical spider, with two dorsal wing-like flippers. It gave a synthetic grinding sound, when it crawled forward it created tiny metallic clanking sounds at it walked.

Nazara faced several directions, as it flapped its wings a few times. After a few seconds, it turned around and crawled up Harry's leg, before it reached his shoulder. It made a series of metallic grinding and clicking noises, with Harry nodding. "Not too far then." He commented.

Maine looked down towards Harry and made a growling sound. "…Yes I can understand it, can't you?" Harry asked with a tilt of his head, only to get another growl. "Nazara does not make just a bunch of noises." He said with a frown, causing Nazara to face Maine and made a threatening hissing sound, as it crouched down in preparation of attacking.

"That's right, he is a person." Harry agreed, only for Maine to growl. "Don't be such a child, Nazara is perfectly fine…aren't you Nazara?" He asked, as he affectionately pet the robotic spider.

The mechanic spider made a humming sound, as it pressed its 'head' against Harry's hand. Maine made a growling sound, causing Harry to look at him with annoyance. "…Shut up." Harry said with a frown.

Nazara made an alert sound, as it's jumped off Harry's shoulder and landed on the ground, before it focused into the forest. Harry frowned as he looked forward, before Nazara quickly crawled up his leg and back, until he reached the teen's head.

Maine growled, as he looked towards the teen. Harry had a bit of a smirk on his face, as he adjusted his glasses. "It seems we're about to get some company, are you up for it?" He asked with a sardonic smirk. Maine gave him a look, a bit surprised by the emotion the teen was showing, but it was probably because Harry was feeling more comfortable with him, letting his walls lower a bit.

The white armored being growled, causing Harry to look forward. Out of the forest, several small packs of Beowolves charged out, along with a few Ursa and a Death Stalker. A group of Beowolves lunged at Harry with their claws ready to strike, but as they swiped at him, he vanished with some dirt being kicked up in a certain direction.

The Beowolves looked around and snarled, only to see Harry was standing a few meters away from them. He had his hands in his pockets and was studying the movements of the Grimm. He watched as Maine wrestle with an Ursa, holding back its large clawed hands with his own. Maine kicked the Ursa the face, sending it back, while he tore off the creature's arms, before he impaled the creature with its own claws.

Harry observed the Grimms' behavior, before he vanished in the sound of static, as an Ursa attacked him from behind. He appeared mid-air, next to the Ursa and kicked it right in the side of the face. The Ursa was sent flying back by the telekinetically enhanced strength and slammed into a large tree.

When he landed Harry looked towards the Grimm and pointed his finger at the tree, before he swiped it. A deep line formed along the tree, as Harry telekinetically cut the wood. As the tree crushed and impaled the Grimm, Harry heard the sound of snarling behind him.

He turned around and tilted his head when he saw the pack of Beowolves he evaded, along with an Ursa Major behind him. "…So…shall we kick box now?" He asked dryly, as he reached into his jacket.

As soon as he did that, several large projectiles flew by and collided with the Grimm, creating a fiery explosion, followed by an Electro-Magnetic effect. The Grimm were killed almost comically easily, by the high-explosive grenades.

Harry looked at Maine and gave him a frown, as he reloaded his Brute Shot. "…I could have taken them." He admitted.

The two heard more snarling and growling, causing them to look at the remaining Grimm. Maine stepped forward, only for Harry to stop him.

"Don't bother, we'll have to conserve our strength." He stated, as he pulled out two thin, metal disks. When he held them up, six individual sickle-like blades protruded from each of the disks. He held his palms upwards, with each disk resting in the palms of his hands.

The two bladed Shuriken began to spin violently, giving off a high-pitched buzzing sound, and began to levitate off his hands, before Harry let his arms fall to his sides with his hands going back in his pockets. The two spinning blades orbited around Harry, as the Grimm charged.

In an instant the two orbiting blades shot forward and began to systematically tear through the Grimm, with Harry's eyes focused on the two Shurikens' movements. Behind Harry, the Death stalker poised itself, as its stinger launched itself forward.

Harry quickly turned around and his dark green eyes went wide, as a glowing stinger approached his face. Just before the deadly appendage reached a centimeter above Harry's skin, a high-pitched came from that very area.

The Death Stalker screeched, as its stinger impacted upon itself. Harry stumbled back in surprise, before Nazara made a loud aggressive noise and a thin beam of red energy fired from its 'face' and completely cut off the Death Stalker's tail, with the red beam continuing and created a decent sized explosion as it collided with the ground.

Harry looked at the Death Stalker with an actual surprised look on his face, before he quickly leveled his hand at it. 'Go, be destroyed, get the hell away from me!' Harry thought angrily as he forced his will into it, before sparks of vivid green energy formed along his palm. In his hand ball of green condensed energy formed, before it fired right into the Death Stalker's face.

The light dissipated and there was nothing left of the Death Stalker. Harry panted a bit, as he looked at the decimated ground where the Death Stalker once stood.

After a few seconds, Harry stood up straighter, before he looked at his hand. He frowned and narrowed his eyes, before green energy began to condense and form. He released the built of energy, letting it dissipate, before he formed it again.

"…Interesting…" Harry muttered, before he looked at the severed Death Stalker stinger on the ground. He frowned and looked at the stinger with a serious look. "But what happened to that?" He asked unsure.

Maine growled, as he faced the younger teen. "No, there are limitations to my telekinesis…I can't keep up my defense, when I'm focused on controlling something." Harry stated seriously. "Add to the fact it was multi-tasking, controlling my Shrunken, imparting kinetic energy into them, rotating them at incredibly high velocities, as well as manipulating their trajectories, adding to the fact that there were two separate ones…it was a bit…difficult." He said, before looking back at the stinger. "…I wouldn't have been able to recalibrate my abilities within the second that I had." He informed.

The former Freelancer growled, as he tilted his head. "That's exactly what I want to know…how did I reflect that attack?" Harry said unsure, as Nazara inspected the appendage.

Nazara faced Harry and made several metallic clicking and grinding sounds, causing Harry to frown and look at him. "…Redirected? How could I have redirected the attack upon itself?" He asked, with Nazara replying with a few more clanking sounds. Harry slowly nodded and ran a hand through his hair, before he took a breath and looked forward. "Enough about my problems, get ready Maine, we're about to get the real battle." He said seriously.

Maine growled, as it reached up and took the Brute Shot off his back. "Not Grimm…These creatures that we fought, they weren't attacking us…" Harry began, as an intense blue light gleaned through the trees. "…They were running from him." He added.

The blue light dimmed, before a boy walked out of the forest. He looked almost as old as Harry was, if not a few months older. He had messy jet-black hair that swept down on his pale skin, with dark blue eyes and he had pointed ears. He wore a blue hoodie over a pink shirt and a pair of black jeans with chains on the side. On his back he carried a large black duffle bag with a silver cross on it, with a sheathed sword sandwiched between his back and the duffle bag.

"Are you with those damned things!?" Rin asked angrily in another language, causing Maine to growl in confusion, as well as the hidden Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang and Coco.

"Hmm, Japanese. Now that is interesting." Harry commented, before he raised his hand up and snapped his fingers.

Rin grunted in pain, as he held the sides of his head. He bared his teeth, showing his prominent canine teeth. He dropped the black duffle bag to the ground and glared at Harry. "What the hell is your problem?!" He demanded in English.

"…We ran into a language barrier, while I could understand you just fine, Maine couldn't." Harry stated bluntly. "So I ingrained the knowledge of the English Language into your mind. It wasn't too hard really." He admitted.

"Are you…are you some kind of demon!?" Rin questioned with a scowl, as he glared towards the melancholic looking teen.

"In the middle-ages, my kind was ostracized as conspirators to Lucifer or were said to be his children, so my kind were burned at the stake. If you want to be archaic, then yes, I could be a demon in some perspective." Harry replied dispassionately.

Rin gritted his teeth and glared at Harry. "My father died like a badass, but he was killed because of a stupid demon! If you are one, don't speak in fucking riddles!?" He said angrily.

"And…if I am?" Harry asked curiously, as he tilted his head a bit.

"I'll kill your demonic-ass!" Rin stated with a glare.

Harry studied the teen, before he slowly nodded. "You aren't from around here...are you?" He questioned, causing Rin to tense. "…I thought as much." He admitted, before he frowned at Rin. "In the end though, my answer won't satisfy you. Demons lie, you'd have to kill me to make sure I am as I claim to be…well then, let's not waste each other's limited time as it is." Harry said seriously, as Nazara crawled up his leg and formed a bracer over his arm.

"…Now you're talking my kinda language." Rin said, though his angry expression didn't lessen.

Harry glanced at Maine and warred him off, before he and Rin stared down. '…Let's see if you are the source of all that power a few days ago…' Harry thought.

'I won't let your death be in vain, Dad…I'll kill every last Demon and Satan himself!' Rin thought, as the two stared.

In an instant Rin charged at fast speeds, before Harry held a hand up and then slammed it into the ground, creating a telekinetic blast. Rin jumped up and gritted his teeth, before he turned in the air and pulled out a weapon from his jacket.

Harry watched as the teen pulled out a black pistol, with a silver cross emblemized on it. Rin held one of the only remaining reminders of his father in his hand, the weapon being one of the two pistols his Father carried around to fight against demons. In the air, Rin fired off a shot, causing Harry to tilt his head and the projectile flew past his head and hit a tree behind him, creating a decent sized explosion.

Rin landed on the ground and charged at Harry again, as he put the pistol away. "Rrrg-ah!" Rin sounded angrily, as he jumped up and slammed his foot towards the teen.

Harry blocked the foot with his forearm, but Rin used it to flip over the teen and land behind him. Rin landed in a crouch, before Harry attacked. Harry ran at Rin in a serpentine manner, leaving small glimpses of after-image like clones in his wake. With Rin having a supernaturally enhanced body due to his demonic heritage, was able to keep up with Harry and attacked.

The two traded incredibly unique hand-to-hand attacks. Rin going off the years of experience of his fights he's always had to deal with, while Harry used the knowledge he was taught for years, before coming here.

Rin swiped low and went to kick Harry's legs out from under him, before the teen jumped up and over the half-demon. Harry landed behind Rin, before he vanished in the sound of static. Rin's eyes darted around, as he saw a blur zooming across the battlefield, moving up trees, through the bushes, along the ground.

As Harry used his telekinetically enhanced body to enhanced his speed as fast as it could go, he ran up to Rin and warped the ground under the half-demon, forcing him to jump back.

"I can see you." Rin muttered, as he landed and followed Harry's movements and then let his instincts guide him. He thrust his hand forward and launched a torrent of raging hot, blue fire towards the teen.

The torrent of blue fire collided with the ground and engulfing the blur in a violent maelstrom, but it was blasted away be a telekinetic repulse. Rin watched as the ground in front of the blue fire crack and deform, before it seemed to race right towards him.

Rin quickly jumped back, as Harry tore his way up from the ground and tried to attack him from below. He landed a distance away and glared at Harry, as the teen pulled himself out of the ground.

'Interesting, he can see my movements and seems to by a pyrokinetic.' Harry mused with narrowed eyes. 'His body is not that of a human's and neither is his reaction time…what are you?' He thought.

Rin charged at Harry at high speeds, with flickers of blue flame radiating off him. He appeared right in front of Harry and slammed his fist right up under the teen's jaw, sending him into the air. While Harry was in the air, Rin launched himself up and wrapped his arms and legs around the teen, as he was falling.

"Now die!" Rin yelled, as the two plummeted into the ground, with Harry's head slamming right into it.

Rin quickly let go and moved back, as Harry remained. After a few seconds, Harry slumped forward. Rin panted a bit, as the blue flames flickered off his body. His eyes went wide, as Harry pushed himself up and looked at him with narrowed eyes.

Harry scowled, as some of the dye in his hair was hit off, revealing flakes of ash-grey hair peppered in with his inky black hair. He held his hand out towards Rin and partially closed his fist.

"Huh…who would've thought his hair wasn't black." Coco commented, as she crossed her arms.

"…I knew." Yang replied, only for Coco to ignore her, causing the blonde to grumble to herself.

Rin made a chocking sound, as he levitated in the air and grabbed as his throat. Harry swiped his hand to the side, throwing Rin back.

Harry slowly stood up and scowled, as he looked at the half-demon with narrowed dark green eyes. Rin coughed a few times, before he glared at Harry and then reached up to his back. Harry watched as Rin drew his sword, before he was enveloped in intense blue fire.

As he was engulfed in a storm of blue fire, he gained two horn-like blue flames above his head, long elf-liked ears, slit-like red pupils while his irises remained blue, and he seemed to have a black fur-tufted tail and it too seemed to have a blaze of blue flames on top of it.

Harry reached up to his back and drew Murciélago, before he held it in one hand and looked at the half-demon in disinterest. Rin growled and yelled, as he charged at Harry at his speeds, leaving a trail of blue flames.

Instantly the ground behind Harry was indented, as he blocked Rin's sword with his own. Rin gritted his teeth and tried to push Harry back, but the teen held the half-demon's sword back with his own, using one hand. Harry's expression never changed as he slowly turned Rin's blade away from him.

"Rrrg-ah!" Rin sounded, as he pushed Harry's blade back and slashed it at his abdomen.

But Harry was already upside down in the air, aiming towards Rin, before he telekinetically pushed himself forward. Rin looked up and saw Harry poised to slash at him, with one hand in his pocket. He turned and tried to block the sword with his own, but he was sent flying back from the force.

Rin charged at Harry from behind, but he turned and slashed at the half-demon, with the force sending him back again and slamming his back into a tree. The half-demon pushed himself up and growled at Harry, before he lifted his blade above his head and slashed down, sending a wave of blue fire towards the teen.

Harry pointed his free finger towards the fire wave, before a green orb of condensed energy formed and it was discharged in the direction of the attack. The blue fire and green energy attack collided. As the two attacks collided, Rin charged and attack Harry from his side. Without looking away, Harry leveled his hand under his arm and fired another green energy attack, sending Rin through several trees.

"Why is it that you insist on fighting, you know it's pointless." Harry stated.

Rin coughed, as he pushed a tree off him. He looked a bit wounded, but they seemed to be visibly healing. "Pointless!? You think my dad's death is fucking pointless!?" He demanded angrily.

Harry tilted his head in genuine confusion. "Is it not?" He asked curiously, causing Rin to grit his teeth. "We know that the cosmos is simply a flux of purposeless rearrangement amidst which man is a wholly negligible incident or accident. There is no reason why it should be otherwise, or why we should wish it otherwise." He stated. "All the florid romancing about man's 'dignity', 'immortality', 'life' and 'death' is simply egotistical delusions plus primitive ignorance. Organic life on any planet is simply a momentary spark of no importance or meaning whatsoever. Man matters to nobody except himself." Harry stated, as he stepped forward.

"Raah!" Rin yelled, as he charged at the teen.

The two clashed blades, before they pulled apart. Rin slashed forward, causing Harry to move to the side. Harry slashed forward and clashed blades with Rin, creating sparks. Rin slashed madly and angrily at Harry, as he tried to kill him.

Harry was leaning and avoiding the attacks, or occasionally blocking them with his sword, making them go off course. When Rin slashed forward, Harry vanished in the sound of static and appeared behind the Half-demon.

As Rin turned around, he was forced to block Harry's attacks. Unlike Rin, who slashed madly, Harry was just thrusting his blade forward, in a very mechanical and controlled fashion. After a few powerful jabs, Rin was pushed back, before Harry lifted his blade up and slashed down. Rin blocked the attack, but not fully and the blade cut part of his shoulder.

"What you must understand is that Man is essentially a machine of a very complex sort. He arises through certain typical chemical and physical reactions, and his members gradually break down into their constituent parts and vanish from existence. To think something different is something only a savage or a child would do." Harry said seriously, as the two stared down.

"That's my father you're talking about!" Rin snapped angrily.

"…So?" Harry asked.

"Shut up!" Rin yelled.

"Make me." Harry replied, before Rin charged at the teen with his blade reared back. Quickly Harry kicked himself forward and reared Murciélago back as well.

When the two met and clashed blades, Harry was enveloped in green energy and Rin was enveloped in fiery blue energy, and clashed. As Harry and Rin tried to push the other back, the two energies clashed against another's.

"Whoa…" Ruby muttered with wide eyes, as she held onto her cloak and looked at the fight with a mixture of fear and awe. Weiss took a few steps back as the two clashed; she was in the same boat as Ruby, only less vocal about it. Coco had her arms crossed and had a bit of a smirk on her face. Yang and Blake shared a look, before the slowly moved back, as the energy started to dissipate and the two fighters were pushed back.

Rin growled and held his blade out to the side, as he began to give off incredibly intense blue flames, with his sword being the epicenter of the storm. He charged at Harry and left the ground burning in his wake, before he slashed his blade forward.

Harry quickly put Murciélago up blocked Rin's blade with his own, but the blue flames shot outwards and he was pushed back. As Harry was pushed back, Rin gritted his sharp, demonic teeth and yelled, as he tried to push harder.

Quickly Harry turned and used Rin's own force against him. As Rin landed on the ground, he growled and glared at the melancholic teen. Rin crouched down and held his blade, as an almost impossibly large amount of burning hot fire radiated off him, with his visage looking more demonic than began.

Harry looked a bit worried as Rin charged again. He brought his sword up to block the attack. "Rrr-agh!" Rin yelled out, as he pushed Harry back.

As he slid back, Harry quickly leveled his finger at the half-demon and formed a green orb of condensed energy and fired it. The discharge of green energy enveloped Rin, while also illuminating a large part of the forest. The green energy dissipated, revealing Rin was glaring at him, relatively unharmed, being protected by the intense hellish blue flames.

Rin growled angrily, as he lifted his blade up and condensed all of his flames into it, before he slashed it down, sending all of the flames towards Harry.

Harry's eyes went wide as all the flames headed towards him, before a white blur tackled him to the ground. Maine activated his Overshields and used his body to protect Harry from the blue hellfire. When the flames dissipated, Maine growled and let Harry fall to the ground.

Maine turned and faced Rin, and growled menacingly, as he reached up and cracked his knuckles and his neck, before he charged. Rin glared at Maine, before the large armored man lifted the half-demon up and then slammed him into the ground, before he punched the teen in the face.

Rin slashed his blade at Maine, only for the armored man to grab onto it and threw it aside, before he grabbed the Half-Demon by his ankle and swung him around and then threw him.

Harry pushed himself up and coughed violently, as he hit his chest. "Idiot, trying to suffocate me." He said with a frown. The fire burnt up all the oxygen that was around him and he couldn't pull any towards him, when Maine was holding him down.

The young teen stood up and held the side of his head, as he stumbled around. Harry held his hand out and Murciélago shook a bit and flew into his hand. He sheathed the blade on his back and stumbled forward, before he almost fell back.

"…He isn't human…" Harry said, as he closed his eyes and got control of his body, ignoring the pounding in his head and the fatigue he was feeling. Despite projecting a telekinetic field around his body, which absorbed and diffused the energy from attacks, it would gradually degrade under attack. Or rather quickly under sustained attacks, especially under powerful attacks and weapons, which results in more and more energy from the attacks bleeding through and hurting him.

He never encountered a human that could physically break through his barriers. Harry looked towards Rin with a frown on his face and took a deep breath, before he coughed when he realized something he hadn't noticed before.

"…Brimstone…" Harry muttered, as he looked at the blue flames, before his eyes went wide. "Why didn't I see if before?" He asked himself

He looked forward and saw Rin sending a large amount of blue flames towards Maine, before he vanished. Harry appeared in front of Maine and used his bare hand to hold the blue flames back, before he directed it upwards.

Harry looked towards the half-demon and gave him a bit of a smirk. "Your abilities are incredibly impressive. Your flames are enhanced by your own…mythical…side…" He said, stopping Rin in his tracks as he looked at the teen in shock. "…the flames themselves are far hotter and more intense than normal flames. I have to admit it's an interesting idea." He said, before he blasted the fires away completely.

Rin panted, as his flames were put out and he looked even more shocked. "But unfortunately, once I know how it's done, it's pointless." Harry said seriously, as he held his other hand out, revealing there was a unique looking stick in it.

Harry glanced towards Maine and silently motioned his head in a direction, causing the larger armored man to turn and look. He saw a large symbol carved into the ground.

"…You have to help me get him into it. After that, we'll be able to have a less violent chat." Harry stated, causing Maine to growl.

Rin yelled angrily, as he slashed his demon slaying sword at the sorcerer, causing Harry to hold up his wand and drew a circle with it. "…Ita Frigidum…" He muttered, before the air around him became incredibly cold, with the grass forming frost. He dispersed the heat around him, as he created a giant sheet of compacted ice in front of him, creating a shield.

The blue hellfire collided with the magic ice, causing the fire to split apart, leaving Harry alone. Quickly Harry knelt down and put the tip of his wand onto the ground, before large spikes of ice shot out of the ground and headed towards Rin.

The Half-Demon glared around, before he slammed his sword into the ground, creating an inferno of flame around him. The ice dissipated, with the flames dying down a bit, before dozens of ice chains shot out of the ground and wrapped around him.

Rin slashed around wildly, as he was lifted off the ground by the chains. Harry lunged to the side, avoiding stray blue flames, before he looked towards Maine.

Maine nodded and charged at Rin, as his Overshields activated. He grabbed onto the ice chains, before he began to swing Rin around, before he slammed the half-demon into the ground, shattering the ice. When Rin stumbled and slowly got up, Maine lifted him up and slammed him back into the ground again.

Harry slashed his wand at the ice shards. "Oppugno." He said, before all of the ice shards sprang out and swirled around him like a storm. He waved his wand up in a semi-arc, causing the ice shards around him to condense and form into a giant spear of ice, before he thrust his wand towards the Half-demon.

Rin growled and slammed both of his feet into Maine's chest, sending the armored man stumbling back. He looked up and saw a giant spear of ice heading right towards him, causing him to roll out of the way. When the ice collided with the ground, it shattered.

Harry quickly spun and waved his wand in a wide arc, before he pointed the wand up. The shattered ice quickly levitated again and condensed above Rin. It formed into a rectangular box with sharp icicles jutting out from underneath it. Harry slashed his wand down, causing the ice construct to slam down.

Rin's eyes went wide, as blue fire exploded from him. He quickly rolled to the side and grabbed his sword and slashed at the ice, causing it to disintegrate. He panted and turned to look at his enemies, and couldn't react fast enough, as Maine drop kicked him in the chest, sending him rolling back.

As soon as Rin stopped rolling, his blue fire dissipated. His long elf-like ears resided to pointed ears and the blazing horns around his head dissipated. Rin coughed, as he pushed himself up and looked around, before he noticed his flames were gone. He gripped his blade and pushed himself up, before he turned and slashed at Harry, who stood a few feet away.

Harry didn't even blink, as the blade sparked and clashed with an invisible barrier. "You believed I was a demon, and swore to kill me if I was. Have you heard the expression, don't throw stones in glass houses?" Harry asked curiously.

Rin panted and glared at Harry, only for the melancholic teen's eyes to go down, with the half-demon's eyes lowering as well. He stood in a large circle with inscriptions around the edge, with a hexagram inside, and inside that was another circle and a scorpion symbol inside that circle.

"W-what is this?" Rin questioned.

"The Key of Solomon." Harry informed. "Otherwise known as a Devil's Trap." He stated, causing Rin to look at him in confusion. "They're able to trap all forms and kinds of Demons, from low-levels to the highest level, of all species and types. Demons can easily go into one, but can't get out unless the circle is broken, and they cannot use their powers nor break the circle directly from within." He explained.

Rin put his hand out and pushed them against and invisible barrier in front of him. He looked around before he looked at the black duffle bag he laid down, only to see the blue fire that he threw around was moving towards it.

Rin's eyes went wide, as he looked the duffle bag. It was partially filled by his father, when he wanted him to go into hiding. His father had put his cloths and several books, some of which he had only started to read, along with that all of the things his father had where put in there too. Rin growled angrily, as he tried to push against the Devil's Trap.

Harry looked confused at Rin's sudden aggression, before he looked towards where the half-demon was looking. He looked at the black duffle bag that Rin put down, before he looked at the desperate look the half-demon had on his face, as he tried to claw out of the Devil's Trap. Harry slowly looked down and felt a weight in his jacket pocket, where he held kept Severus's journals. It was probably one of the only objects, next to Nazara, Murciélago and his wand that he would react like the teen in front of him was.

He looked at the desperate looking half-demon, before he vanished in the sound of static and grabbed onto the duffle bag. Harry vanished and appeared next to the Devil's Trap and put the duffle bag in front of it.

Rin looked at Harry with wide eyes, as the melancholic teen slid the bag into the Devil's Trap. "I thought you were…" He began.

"What?" Harry asked with a frown.

"I just…thought you were some emotionless weirdo." Rin admitted, as he picked up the duffle bag and slowly stood up.

"I am not emotionless; I just find them confusing, ambiguous, and entirely frustrating." Harry admitted, before he titled his head and put his hands in his pockets. "Though I never allow my irritation to hamper my acceptance of the new theories as soon as positive evidence warrants it, thus I have reluctantly exchanged older nebular for newer actions and ideals." He stated.

"…Can you say that in fewer words?" Rin asked, as he rubbed the side of his head with his free hand.

Harry sighed and looked at the half-demon. "I am not emotionless, I find them pointless. But I am willing to adapt what I believe, if I am given evidence for their use." He stated, before he shrugged. "So, is that good enough for you?" He asked dryly.

Rin looked a bit unsure, before he slowly nodded. "…Why did you save my dad's stuff?" He asked, as he held the duffle bag.

"…Because I could." Harry replied evasively, as he glanced away. Rin looked at the shorter teen, before he looked down and held the bag.

"Are you going to kill me now? If so, I won't die like a bitch." Rin said with a glare, as he grabbed his demon slaying sword.

Harry looked at Rin blankly. "Kill you, why would I kill you?" He asked curiously.

Rin looked at him in confusion. "This is your forest right?" He asked. "I totaled a lot of the things inside it." He admitted.

"…So?" Harry asked in return. "This isn't my forest and the Grimm aren't mine either." He stated.

"…Then what?" Rin asked with narrowed eyes.

Harry tilted his head and looked at the Half-Demon. "I have a proposition." He said, as Rin froze as his dark blue and Harry's dark green eyes stared down. 'Legilimens.' Harry thought, as the two stared down.

As the two stared down, Maine glanced around when he felt a chill in the air. He looked around and noticed some of the grass in the distance was forming frost, which was steadily approaching them. He noticed several shadows moving along the ground, but he couldn't see what was casting them.

Maine growled towards Harry, who was still staring at Rin. He looked around and noticed the ground behind him was also forming frost. He reached to his back and took out his Brute Shot, before he growled and snarled.

After a few seconds, Rin stumbled back, while Harry held the side of his head for a moment. Rin blinked a few times, while Harry shifted a bit.

"…This world is filled with creatures that're killing millions of people. They inhabit most of the world, while the humans are forced to live behind boarders." Harry said seriously, as the Half-Demon picked up his demon slaying sword. "While I didn't personally know any of your family, I do know that…" He began.

"Shut the hell up." Rin replied with a frown, as he looked at the teen. "Tsk, I get what you're trying to say." He admitted as he looked away.

"Then what is your answer?" Harry asked curiously, before the sound of explosions grabbed his, Maine's and Rin's attention.

"What's going on?" Rin asked.

Harry looked around and noticed the area had permafrost along the ground, something he didn't create. He looked forward into the forests in at the edge of the clearing, to see and hear explosions. "It would seem someone's engaged in a battle." He commented.

"It someone's in trouble, we have to go help them!" Rin said seriously.

"But you're half demon." Harry stated.

"Like I give a shit about stuff like that!" Rin said angrily. "If I didn't take action because of what I am, and somebody died because I did nothing, I don't think I'd be able to forgive myself for that!" He stated.

Maine growled, causing Harry to glance at the white armored being, before he sighed. "Well, if it's for the greater good. Once you consider that, it makes all the sense in the world." Harry commented with a frown. Even if he was a demon, if Rin didn't go around killing people and genuinely wanted to help people, it would help the world out of this Dark Age.

Harry took a few steps towards the explosions, before he stomped his foot into the ground. Rin watched as a crack formed along the ground and broke the Devil's Trap. And almost instantly Rin was enveloped in intense blue flames, before they dissipated when he sheathed his demon slaying sword. Rin picked up his duffle back and he looked towards Harry and Maine, before the three moved.

The three stopped at a scene that confused one and had the other two scowling. Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang and Coco were fighting several dark creatures. To Maine, all he saw was the five girls fighting and attacking nothing, which is was they seemed to be doing, since they looked as confused and nervous as he was.

Harry and Rin on the other hand were able to see what the girls were fighting. The dark creatures were a few meters high, and were covered in dark hooded cloaks of long, ripped black cloth, making them resemble wraiths.

"What the hell are those?!" Rin asked with a scowl, as he grabbed onto the hilt of his demon slaying sword.

"They're Dementors…" Harry began, before he noticed who the main targets of the Dementors were. They seemed to be focusing and heavily attacking Ruby and Blake. Ruby for her pure happiness and optimism and Blake maybe for the negative emotions she naturally gave off.

"Why're they attacking cute girls?" Rin asked unsure.

"…It's in their nature…Not attacking girls, but people in general." Harry stated, before he noticed Ruby miss a swing of her giant scythe at the Dementor, since she couldn't see it. The Dementor grabbed onto Ruby's neck and lifted her up, before it moved its face closer towards hers.

Ruby kicked and struggled, as she heard the sound of deep, raspy breathing. A blinding flash of pale blue light shot by Ruby's head and collided with the Dementor's head and it flew back. Ruby fell to the ground, before she stopped mid-air and drifted towards the ground.

The silver eyed girl coughed a few times, as she held her neck, and looked around unsure. She saw Harry standing a few inches next to her.

"Are you alright?" He asked seriously.

"I ah, my head hurts." Ruby mumbled, as she rubbed the side of her head. She blinked a few times, before she collapsed unconscious.

Harry quickly knelt down next to Ruby, before he turned her over and checked her pulse. He sighed in relief when he felt it.

Yang looked around, before she felt something grab onto her and lift her up into the air. She looked around but couldn't see what was holding her up, but she could feel her self being put under some kind of trance, as she felt her happiness began to seep away, before she remembered when she was younger and when she almost got Ruby and herself killed.

An explosion behind the Dementor caused it to drop the blonde girl, before Maine caught her before she could slam into the ground. Blake's eyes darted around, as she caught sight of shifting shadows. She jumped back and left a clone in her wake, but it destabilizes and shattered almost instantly.

Blake felt a force against her back and she was pushed to the ground. The sound of loud, drawn out rattling breathes filled Blake's ears, as she felt incredibly depressed and began to remember her time when she was a kid.

"Rrrg-ah!" Rin yelled, as he slashed his blade at the Dementor pinning Blake down.

The Dementor shrieked in pain, as the Hell Fire completely burnt its arms off and it flew away, trying to get away the blue fire. Rin knelt down towards Blake, before he tried to get her to stand up, but she was out of it.

Weiss formed a white glyph under her feet, before she vanished in a flicker, avoiding the moving shadows on the ground. She appeared a good distance away, but she still noticed the area was still getting chilly and the sound of loud breathing grabbed her attentions.

'How can I fight an enemy I can't see, feel, or even guess at their numbers?' Weiss thought, as she crouched down and formed a glyph under her feet and lunched herself up. She formed another glyph under her feet to keep herself in the air, as she tried to assess the situation.

Coco was looking around curiously, not really being alarmed at the situation. She'd been in so many life-or-death situations stuff like this didn't really faze her. When she felt a chill up her spine, causing her to jump back and land a distance away from a shadow that almost enveloped her. '…It sucks that I didn't think to bring my weapon, it woulda been a party then.' She thought dryly.

Harry held the unconscious Ruby in one hand, as his dark green eyes looked around. He saw dozens of Dementors hording around them. He saw Rin putting the knocked out Blake on his back and tried to get her out of the battle field, while he saw Maine holding Yang over his shoulder, as she seemed out of it. He saw Weiss and Coco avoiding Dementors, by judging and observing their shadows, which surprised Harry a bit.

"Is there a plan…and what happened to her?" Coco asked, as she looked at Ruby, when she moved next to Harry.

"This is the usual reaction to people's first encounter with Dementors." Harry stated, as he quickly thrust his wand at the area behind Coco, with bolt of white light darting around and collided with a Dementor, causing it to stumble back.

Coco narrowed her eyes at Harry, when she saw his eyes weren't looking at the shadows. "Can you see them?" She asked.

"Yeah, it's pretty hard not to notice them." He replied bluntly, as he thrust his wand towards a Dementor that tried to attack Weiss from behind, causing a bolt of white light to slam into the dark creature's back and grabbed Weiss' attention.

Weiss turned and looked down, before she saw Harry thrust his wand in a random direction and a bolt of white light shot out and collided with the air and stopped.

"If you know what these are, can you kill them?" Coco asked, as Weiss landed next to Harry and was panting a bit.

"You can't kill a Dementor." Harry stated.

"We can sure as hell try." Coco stated with a frown.

"No, you don't understand. You can't kill something, that which never lived in the first place." He insisted seriously. "They're Amortal. Conventional weapons are useless, they can be hurt, but they'll survive." He stated.

"If you know so much about them, is there some way to get rid of them?" Weiss questioned, as she noticed dozens of shadows approaching them. "What about that white blast you're doing?" She asked.

Harry shook his head. "I'm just pushing them back with kinetic energy. They aren't harmed, but pushed back. And since we have a lot of what they want." He said, as he held Ruby a bit tighter, and looked at the horde of Dementors.

"What do we have, that they could possibly want?!" Weiss demanded incredulously.

"Happiness, positive emotions, anything of the like." Harry informed. "And who I'm holding in my hands, is probably the most innocent, optimist I know. This is a buffet for them." He said.

Weiss scowled and almost cursed at Ruby. Even with her leader being unconscious, she was somehow flubbing things up. "So how do we stop them?" Coco asked, as she looked at the younger teens.

Harry looked around unsure; before he swiped his wand in a wide arc, with hundreds upon hundreds of the leaves on the trees in the forest, began to maelstrom in front of the group. The teen frowned and formed a very condensed shield of leaves, before Harry twisted his wand and tilted his head a bit.

The condensed shield of leaves began to rotate, with the outer part of the shield forming leaf spikes. Harry focused and pushed the rotating shield telekinetically, and manipulated it, so it's move at a constant speed regardless of any force that would act upon it.

Harry, Coco and Weiss heard dozens of thumps against the condensed shield, as it pushed forward. "They aren't completely intangible. They can interact with the physical world and it can interact with them." Harry stated.

"So we can push them away." Weiss commented.

"With a physical object, yes. Weapons, no. Unless you're weapon is a giant blunt object." Harry replied dryly, as he used his wand to adjust his glasses.

"Do they have any other weaknesses?" Coco questioned, as she looked at the large, rotating plant shield, that stopped and toppled over, crushing whatever was underneath it.

"Well…there is one…" Harry said unsure.

Coco and Weiss looked at him in some surprise. It was rare to see him confused or unsure of himself. "What is it?" Coco asked.

"It's an…ability. One I don't think I can do." Harry admitted, as he looked at the Dementors crawling out from under the condensed leaves.

"Don't think? What're you, some indecisive idiot?" Coco asked with an eye roll. "Don't think you can't do something, when you haven't even tried to see if you can." She stated.

"It's ah, not one of those things that I can wish to happen…I ah, I just don't have what's required to do it." Harry admitted, as he shifted a bit and looked away.

Weiss looked at him in surprise. She thought he was really smart and resourceful, for him not to be confident in his own abilities. Something must've been up. "What is it that you need?" She questioned, before she felt a chill again.

"I need…a happy memory." Harry admitted, causing Weiss and Coco to look at him weirdly.

"Okay…remember." Coco stated.

"…It's not that easy." Harry said, as he looked at the approaching horde of Dementors.

"Just think of a time when you were happy." Weiss said, trying to be helpful.

"I did…I just don't think it's good enough for this." Harry admitted dryly. His happiest memory was when he was seven and Severus gave him an awkward, anti-social, half hug that was a few days before he was sent to his relatives.

Weiss noticed the frost forming on the ground and her eyes darted around, before she saw the dozens of shadows approaching them. "D-does the memory, have to be happy?" She asked.

"Incredibly so." Harry replied.

Weiss looked unsure, as she gripped the helm of her light colored combat skirt. "Have you had your first kiss yet?" She asked curiously, as she cast a glance at him.

Harry looked a bit confused. "No. Why would that matter?" He asked unsure. Why was she brining up pointless things like that in a time like this?

"I think…" Weiss began.

"Ugh, you're taking too damn long." Coco said with annoyance, before she reached forward and turned Harry, so he'd face her. She used her other hand to grip the back of his head and pulled him into a kiss. Weiss froze, before she glared furiously at Coco with icy eyes.

Harry was frozen, as he felt the older girl kiss him, it sure as hell didn't feel bad that was obvious to him. He felt the taller and older girl push against him a bit, as Coco had one hand gripped around the back of his head and the other hand holding firmly on the helm of Harry's shirt.

After a few seconds, Coco let go of Harry and let him stumble back. Coco had a confident smirk on her face, as she saw Harry look a bit dumbstruck. Weiss scowled, before she jabbed her finger into his side, but hissed in pain when her finger hit the telekinetic barrier he was projecting.

Harry blinked a few times and shook his head, before he looked at Weiss. "What?" He asked.

"Well?" She asked with a scowl, as she crossed her arms. "Do your…thing." Weiss said. Though she was unsure what his thing was.

Harry looked forward and noticed the horde of Dementors almost right at them, before he frowned and held Ruby in one arm. He leveled his wand at the horde of wraith-like creatures, before he closed his eyes and focused on what had just happened.

Despite how quick and rushed it was, the kiss did mean something. The things people do with their mouths are unusually intimate. People can declare wars with their mouths, they can end strife, it can even say 'I love you', which is an incredibly powerful magic in itself. So to wizards, a first kiss was incredibly intimate and is something you only share with one person. Just like someone's virginity. Which is way there are so many rituals involving 'True Loves First Kiss' or 'Blood or Heart from a Virgin'. While inherently useless to anyone else physically, in a metaphysical sense, it's invaluable.

Harry focused on the feelings and the intimacy that just happened. He liked that feeling he had when he was kissed. It sure as hell was better than the shroud of pointlessness he was always under. While he wasn't sure what emotions Coco gave into the kiss, it sure wasn't hate, so that was good enough for this.

"…Expecto Patronum!" Harry said seriously, before a silvery-white light gleaned on the tip of his wand.

The light at the tip got larger and larger, before it compressed upon itself and exploded outwards in a bright silver-white light, which pushed and repulsed the Dementors away. The silver-white light created several large repulses, making sure the Dementors were gone, before the light dimmed.

"…Whoa…" Weiss sounded to herself, as the light dimmed. She felt that energy and the emotions that were inside it. She wasn't sure how or why, but she could feel it. And the energy itself was completely foreign to her. It wasn't the best she'd seen in the displays of power, but it was certainly unique.

"Nice light show, are they gone?" Coco asked uncaringly, as she looked around. She didn't feel any chills or saw frost forming around the area.

"Yeah." Harry replied, as he sheathed his wand into the hilt of Murciélago. After that he knelt down and put his other hand under Ruby's legs, before he lifted her up. Ruby's arms hung limply, as Harry walked over towards Maine and Rin.

"Wake up!" Rin yelled, as he tried to shake Blake awake.

Rin stumbled to the side, as Maine punched him in the shoulder. "Ow, what the hell was that for?!" He demanded, only for Maine to growl in reply. "Hey, don't growl at me, asshole! Talk like a normal person." He said angrily.

"Quit your nonsensical bickering." Harry said with annoyance, causing Rin to turn around. He saw the shorter teen, laying down a cute girl with really pale skin, wearing some kind of gothic Red Riding Hood outfit.

Maine looked from the unconscious Yang to Ruby, and then to Harry, before he growled. "They'll be alright. A bit anxious when they first wake up, but they weren't under the effects of the Dementors or Kissed by them either." He said seriously.

"Kissed?" Weiss questioned.

"What're Dementors?" Rin asked.

"It's a method of execution where I'm from." Harry admitted. "A Dementor's Kiss, is when a Dementor devours your soul…" He said, surprising the conscious group. "…You can exist without your soul, you know." He said with a sigh. "As long as your bodily functions are still active, but you aren't yourself anymore. No memories, nothing. You'd be an empty shell." He stated, looking at the unconscious Ruby, Blake and Yang.

"Your place is…" Weiss began, before she stopped herself, but she looked disappointed in it. She didn't really know where he was from, and a part of her didn't want to know.

"I well aware of how bad it is…Amway, Dementors are some of the foulest creatures where I'm from. They infect the darkest, filthiest places. The love places that are filled with decay and despair. They drain peace, hope and happiness out of the air around them." Harry explained. "Once you get to close to one, every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. It'll feed on you until you're as soulless and evil as it is, with nothing but the worst experiences in your life." He said seriously, as he looked down towards Ruby, Blake and Yang.

"There is a reason why they're used as guard dogs for prisons." Harry commented. "And that's why I said to let it go!" He said, looking at Weiss seriously. "You never fight an enemy you know absolutely nothing about." He stated.

"I can take care of myself." Weiss replied, as she put a hand on her hip.

"How can you fight something you cannot even see?" Harry questioned seriously. "You're lucky no one got killed, and you're lucky that was only a small pack of Dementors." He said.

"…Small pack?" Coco asked curiously. From what they saw, there was a lot of those things around them.

"Most Dementors number in the low fifties maybe even higher. Anything lower than that is lucky." Harry stated with a scowl, before he looked down towards the three unconscious girls. "Just give them plenty of chocolate when they wake up…We have to go." Harry said, as he looked at Rin and Maine.

"What do you mean?" Weiss asked unsure.

"They shouldn't remember what happened a few seconds before they went under." Harry stated. "And I'm not taking credit for saving them. I don't want to be known as someone who constantly interferes in other people's affairs. You and Coco combined your efforts and pushed back the mysterious creature, okay?" He asked seriously.

Weiss looked a bit unsure. "Fine." Coco said uncaringly. "Now run along, first year, something tells me, you've got a plan with that guy." She said, glancing at Rin.

Harry glanced at Rin too, before he turned around and headed back to Beacon. Maine was quickly by his side, while Rin was a bit reluctant to leave the unconscious girls behind, but he picked up his duffle back and his sheathed demon slayer and followed the shorter teen.

"What was that, why aren't we going to say anything?" Rin asked unsure.

Harry sighed and closed his eyes for a moment, as the three walked. "Despite what we are, despite what we represent or have done in the past…We all wish to do something more, something meaningful, something right." He said.

He glanced at Maine. "Redemption…" He said, before he looked at Rin. "…Acceptance…" He said, before he looked forward. "Purpose." He finished, referring to himself. "We all have goals that we'll strive for." He stated.

"So…we'll be heroes?" Rin asked curiously.

"No. We'll just be people who want to do what's right. A hero is a symbol, a representation for what people want to become. For what is good. We aren't that. We're just people, people with the abilities that'll help us do what's right. Not good, but right." Harry explained, as the heated towards Beacon.

"And those cute girls can't know we helped them, because?" Rin asked with a frown. "That woulda definitely earned us some brownie points." He insisted.

Harry gave him a look. "They're my…friends…" He said, saying the last part unsure. He wasn't sure why he was being defensive about them, but he ignored it. He sighed and looked forward, while Maine looked at Rin and narrowed his eyes a bit.

"And as for why I don't want them to know. They don't need to know. We're doing the right thing, for us and for everyone around us. We don't want some kind of reward for it." Harry stated. "And when we do things right, they won't be sure we did anything at all." He said, as he put his hands in his pockets, while Maine growled, causing Harry to nod. Rin crossed his arms and pouted to himself, as he looked away, while the three approached the school.