A Fallen Rose by any other name

Chapter 5: Rwby vs Cardin

Ruby was a bit worried, Cardin might be sitting but he is a 6'6" tall guy who towers over most to everyone in the school. He just sitting there almost waiting is just odd. Ruby looks to her friends who all nod but in their eyes, there seem just as worried as Ruby.

Cardin still looking at the big screen which is showing his other teammate who have been defeated goes "Tsk those three fools can't even beat some girls, how weak" he turn to team rwby sizing them up like a predator does to pray

In Cardin's mind, these 3 are weaker than him and will be easy to take down, he has his strength, his semblance and his weapons which keep his foes at a distance and he can use shockwaves to attack so he should be all set, he said to team rwby "So it seem you beaten most of my team and where that lead you" he pauses almost like he thinking about his next words "Back to me?

The girls are a bit floored by how he talks about his teammates, but Weiss finds her voice "You're all alone you big ape" Cardin not reacting just gives a sigh before getting up, the girls also react and get into a fighting stance ready for his next move. Cardin smiles before running toward Ruby, her teammates jumping to the side but Ruby says in place, Cardin who want revenge and he wants to take out first after her comments she said, Right as he is about to hit her with his The Executioner ice covers his body up to his neck freezing him in place. "What the fuck! How" scream Cardin as Weiss smiles standing behind him as Yang comes in punching him a Bang which fills the area sending Cardin flying back. Blake wraps her whip around Cardin and pulls him past her as she lands and makes him land on the ground creating a creator from the impact. He stands up rage in his eyes from rwby attack. "He seems mad," Ruby says not really knowing how right she is "Eh who cares he just ape" Weiss says with a bit of venom in her voice. "Let's not think we won guys, Yang on me" She runs towards Cardin with Yang saying "You got it kitten" Cardin in a rage slams his Executioner down in a shockwave sending Blake and Yang back which he smiles about before again running towards ruby and Weiss. Weiss tries to use her ice on his feet and sends ice shards at Cardin, He jumps to the side and dodges them before slamming Executioner into Weiss sending her into a tree, her semblance cracking from this hit. "Weiss!" Ruby screams and tries to run over as Cardin slams his weapon into her leg. Her screams fill the area, no one can believe what happening. Ruby reaches for her weapon as Cardinkicks it away and like her leg crushes it with The Executioner. He smiles like a fox in a chicken cope, "why are you doing this" Ruby asks the pain almost making her pass out. Cardin just picks her up by her collar and says into Ruby's ear "This is what happened when you disrespect someone from the Winchester family little girl" Ruby's eyes widen as Cardin without notice drop Ruby but dropkicks her in the stomach sending her across the area. Ruby can be heard screaming as Cardin walks toward the other girls. Yang gets up and runs to Cardin as she goes for an uppercut but he side step and slams his leg into her back like how Blake did. Blake was scared at how this fight goes running but Cardin use a shockwave to send her into a tree hitting her head on it, he grab her by the hair and drag her back before throwing her a few times like how Hulk did to Loki, her semblance gone from this. Weiss getting up panting hard says "Hey Ape boy!" Cardin tsk at this as she turns to Weiss. "Think you such a bit man? Well, your not!" she says through her pants, blood in her eye. Cardin walks towards Weiss as she tries to make a seal as a trap. Cardin just runs in a zig-zag away as he thinks Weiss is setting up a trap which he is right but he doesn't know as he punches Weiss in the side of the head and keeps doing that over and over, blood covering each side of her before she falls to the ground.

Everyone is just shocked at how Cardin beating on team rwby, some wounding why Cardinneed the other 3 teammates

Announcer: "I um never seen anything like this" Cardin striking pose at the crowd who clap but are scary. "I think we might have a" Another bang fills the room as The Executioner fly out of Cardin's hands "wwwhat! What was that!" everyone turns to where the shot is heard, there ruby rose holding Crescent Rosein one hand somehow was able to hit Cardin weapon, she panting hard, but she still won't get off. The crowd cheers at what Ruby did which in rages Cardin as he was enjoying the crowd, "My my you were able to get back up after all that huh your determent I give you that" he walks towards her with that same fox smile he had. "Ya, well a hero needs a great comeback SOOO" Cardin laughed at what Ruby before saying that there are no heroes in this world! only the strong can survive in this world! And you little girl are not strong! So, give up!" he goes to punch them as it seems he has given up on using his Executioner, but as he swings Ruby close her eyes, but a cling sound fills her eyes. She opens her eyes to see her big sister standing in front of her blocking Cardin's attack with her gauntlets in front of her "yyyang" she says thinking that Yang was out "You dork, don't think you have to fight alone, we got your back rubes" yang says struggling to hold-Cardin which actives her semblance to push him off which he slides back. "Bitch! Why won't you just die!" Ruby and Yang glare "Because they're not alone!" Weiss and Blake walk to the side of their teammates, The crowd cheer and chants team rwby name which seems to fill the anger of Cardin who charges at them in hopes to take them up grabbing his weapon on the ground. The girls look at each other and nod as it seems there been waiting for this. Ruby blocks the swing with a wide swing taking Cardin off-guard, then swings and blocks Cardin's counterattacks pushing him back. He swings but her semblance gets above him as the weapon hit the ground, he looks up as the barrel of her gun is point at him. He try to avoid it but the shot hit him cracking his aura, Weiss uses her Glyphs to send Yang flying toward Cardinwho trying to recover from Ruby's attack but Blake slid on the ground under Cardin kicking him in the jaw sending him into the air and as Yang begins to punch and blast Cardin like how he did to Weiss and send one last punch send him to the ground his aura gone by this point as Yang lands on him. He begins to try and get up, but all 4 girls have their gunpoint at him, which has forced him to give up much to the angry of Cardin

Announcer: "And the winner is Team RWBY!" The crowd cheers louder than there have been all month and there ignore Cardin as the doctors come to get the rest of team CRDL, Cardin right before leaving the battlefield glares at Team Rwbywith a hate he never felt before.

Thefestival ends with rwby winning even with the beatdown from Cardin there do have to spend a month or more on bed rest which sucks but they're happy to have won. A knock is heard from the team hospital room, a tall skinny man walks in with tousled silver hair and brown eyes. He has a light complexion and sharp facial features, he wears shaded glass spectacles and a small, purple, cross-shaped pin on the cowl around his neck. His outfit mainly consists of an unzipped black suit over a dark green, buttoned vest and green shirt. He also wears black trouser shoes and long, dark-green pants. In addition to his cane, which he used to walk. All of team rwby scream "Headmaster Ozpin!" there were surprised at seeing the headmaster there when he doesn't talk to students much. Ruby asks Ozpin what he doing here and with a stern but calm and commanding voice, he says "I came to Congratulations you four on winning the festival, you all worked hard and fight just as hard, I also come to ask how you all doing" The girls explain there happy to the moon or broken moon in this case that there won but still in pain from the beating Cardin gave. Ruby then asks Ozpin "So what happened to Team CRDL?" Ozpin fixes this glass before answering almost like he thinking about what to say "Team CRDLwill need to recover like you and there should all be back at school in no time"The girls nod but Ruby still looks worried which Ozpin pick up on "Is there something you like to say Mrs. Rose" ruby kind of studders a bit because she didn't think that he asks "well the truth is, Cardin, seem odd with the battle" the other girls kind of give a weird look at there leader but Ozpin asking what she means"it just" she stop for a sec "it seem like he wasn't trying to win, it almost like he was trying to kill us or something" the room falls silence as Yang Blake and Weiss think and there agree with ruby that Cardin did seem like he was but there keep it to themselves. "Why do you think he would like to kill you four?" Ruby looked down wondering if she might be overthinking things "It's just the way he fights us over" waving her hand over in a way to show how all four girls were after the fight. Weiss has a head injured and needs stitches, Blake's back is broken so she needs a brace while Yang's leg is broken, and Ruby has one of her arms and leg broken from Cardin attacks. Ozpin looks at all four over and analyzes their injured and figures it might be a good idea to look into the Winchester boy, not just for Ruby's peace of mind but his own "I believe you might be looking into things Mrs. Rose but I look into this just in case" and with that, he turns to look which team rwby look at him with a confused look. "Oh, before I go girls, even though you all may be in the hospital you still have to do your classroom work" The girls all groin at this as Ozpin leaves. Ozpin thinks over what Ruby says and yes, he did seem off and should keep a close eye on Team CRDL.