AN: Ah, hello there…this is my first actual fic I've posted (the trailer I made for my character that's on the Team RTBN account doesn't really count in my opinion) and I don't really know what to put into these author notes. I suppose I should start with the fact that this fic was made on a whim and I may not continue it depending on how many followers and reviews I get, but I still may continue it if I feel like it (but seriously though, review/follow please because it inspires me to write more for you lot).
Also, please do one or more of the following; Read, Review, Follow.
Constructive criticism is welcome.
*EDIT*
Hollowsoul75 here with an edited chapter.
So…this is happening.
A REWRITE!
Yeeeeah…I'm rewriting this fic, because I felt like I could do more with it. And…well, I read it all over again and noted how much I don goofed. For instance, in later chapters there is a distinct lack of reation from the surrounding people about Sasori's Kagune and stuff, so, I went through this fic again and again until I found everything I could have changed, and now, THIS FIC SHALL BE REBORN!
I'm still keeping the original AN's, But I'll be typing in little *Edit*s to show you I've rewritten that chapter. Okay? Good, NOW BEGIN!
…Wait.
"(Talking in another language)"
"Talking in English"
"Kakuja voice/extreme yelling"
'Thoughts/thinking'
DISCLAIMER: I don't own RWBY, Tokyo Ghoul, or anything other than the OCs used in this fic.
NOW BEGIN: *REWRITE* Chaos' Reaper Vs The Bloody Scorpion.
A young seventeen year old teen with white skin, long dark ruby red hair going down to his jawline and deep blue eyes walked down a street in the 24th ward with a smile on his face. He wore a darkish brown zip up jacket with a black strip of fabric going down the sides of his arms and body, and had three zipped up pockets, one over his heart and the other two at his sides. He also had long black pants with two grey lines going down the sides and black sneakers. A chain with a ruby red metal cross bearing a amethyst in the center hanging from it hang from his neck and waved slightly from side to side as he walked. This was Sasori Grell, a New Zealander raised in Tokyo and residential high school student.
After walking a few more feet he turned into a store named 'Red Sands Café' and his smile grew as he heard his boss, a long pale blonde haired 5' 5" woman with soft blue eyes wearing a frilly blue maid dress, yell at him in her native language "(You're late, again!)" He couldn't help himself and chuckled as he spoke fluent Japanese while shrugging his shoulders "(Sorry, Marry, you know how it is. I do live at the district border after all.)" Marry growled cutely but relented and pushed a waiter uniform into his chest "(Just…get to work.)" She went off to take some more orders along with the rest of the staff on duty today.
Sasori shook his head good heartedly as he went into the back, chuckling all the while and changed into a black dress shirt and matching pants before tying up the apron around his waist. He walked back out carrying a sliced up cake in a display container and looked around the café taking in the décor. The walls were a light beige with a matching roof, the floor tiles were checker patterned red and black and the counter was an oak brown. The tables were rounded and made of the same wood as the counter with red cushioned chairs with steel frames. He saw Marry acting all 'cute' trying to get more of a tip from some guy and chuckled thinking about how devious she could be at times.
Sasori then let out a content sigh as he grabbed a glass and started to clean it. He started humming 'Outer Science' by IA making Marry look over and let out an amused "Hmph" as she took several more orders followed by another waitress bringing over drinks for the customers. Halfway into the day, a man walked into the café reeking of alcohol making Sasori's nose crinkle from how strong it was to him "(Can I help you?)" He asked as he took in the man's attire, consisting of a black hooded jersey and blue jeans follow by black sneakers, before the man started to speak, albeit his words were slurred, and pulled out a gun and aimed it at Sasori who was behind the counter. Marry and the other waitresses and customers gasped while Sasori looked on indifferent "(I suggest you put down the gun and walk out of here before I call the police.)" The man slurred some more words out before pulling the trigger sending Sasori to the ground.
The drunk let out a single bark of laughter before aiming the gun at Marry with a sick smirk. Marry whimpered as she looked to where Sasori once stood before glaring at the drunken man "(You bastard!)" The drunk licked his lips as he looked Marry up and down and was about to fiddle with his buckle using his free hand before a strong grip clasped onto the arm holding the gun "(You missed.)" The drunk turned only for Sasori, who looked unharmed, to slam his elbow up into the drunks own breaking the arm and forcing the drunk to drop his gun "(Sorry…does it hurt, it looks like it does.)" The drunk screamed as he tried to pull his broken arm out of Sasori's grip only for a fist to crash into his face breaking his nose. Sasori then released the broken arm to grab the drunk's face and slam it into the tiled floor, knocking him out.
"Did not know who he was fuckin with." Sasori grunted out in English as he held his shoulder where there was a red stain on the white shirt. Several of the customers started cheering while Marry went over to Sasori and tried to look at his shoulder "(C'mon, let me see…oh my.)" She held her hands against her mouth as Sasori dug his fingers into the 'wound' and pulled out the bullet with a sharp hiss "(That'll sting in the morning…)" Marry then glomped him, tears streaming down her cheeks, before letting him go and slapping his bad shoulder "Itai!" "(Sorry! But you dummy, you could've gotten killed!)" Sasori chuckled weakly "(Ah, had worse than this before, it's nothing really.)"
"(Nothing, it's nothing? I just watched you fall down thinking you were dead, and…and…and.)" Sasori hugged her with his good arm and used his hand to push her head into his shoulder where she balled her eyes out. One of the customers or waitresses must have called the police because there were sirens blaring outside and three police officers came in with guns drawn. When they saw the man on the ground and Sasori's stained shoulder they came to the conclusion that the matter was taken care of, now all that was there to do was the rest of their job "(Take him away.)" One of the officers, a male with black hair, ordered the other two before he walked up to Sasori and Marry, who was still bawling her eyes out into the former's shoulder.
"(We're going to have to ask some questions, procedure and all, you understand.)" Sasori nodded and started to answer any questions the officer had while still comforting Marry. When the officer had everything he asked about Sasori's wound "(Don't worry, he only skimmed my shoulder, nothing more.)" The officer nodded before tipping his hat and walking out, but not before buying a donut with a cheeky grin which got a laugh out of Sasori and a giggle from Marry who was wiping her eyes of any lingering tears. "(Go home.)" Sasori looked to his boss who looked up at him with a stern expression "(You need to rest and recover, so move it!)" She pointed outside with a frown that turned into a pout when Sasori just laughed her off and bandaged his damaged shoulder and changing his shirt to continue work.
At the end of the day Sasori was subjected to every one of the waitresses thanking him by giving him kissing on the cheek and a wink or two, one actually gave him her number while Marry glared at her employees with jealousy in her eyes before pulling Sasori away from them and sending him off as he laughed at her expression. Sasori walked down the street while waving goodbye to everyone behind him before turning through several alleyways and saw before him his home, a blue walled apartment with a faded brown roof. He unlocked while smiling and removing the bandages on his shoulder showing untouched flesh and a ripped open packet of tomato sauce. He closed the door behind him and walked into the living room consisting of a flat screen T.V set, a coffee table, and a four person couch. He plopped himself down on the couch as he flipped one of the couch cushions up revealing a small compartment built in with a coffee maker and few plastic cups, and made himself a drink. He grabbed the T.V remote and started flipping through channels ending up watching the news.
After watching what he dubbed as "Mundane crap" he looked at his watch seeing it was nearly 10pm and smirked. Sasori got up and walked into the bedroom filled with posters and an untidy bed before walking over to shut the curtains. He went over to his closet and opened it to show a dark purple, almost faded black in color, tattered cloak with no sleeves and a black bodysuit with purple metal plates over his forearms, shoulders and thighs with steel tipped purple boots with single metal spiked plates over the toes. He put it on and fished through the pockets of the cloak to pull out a dark purple face mask covering up to his nose decorated like a fanged maw with the gums fused to the lips was tight fitting enough so that when he opened his mouth it would move in sync. It had two straps to wrap around his head, one going around his jaw and below his ear, and the other covering his left eye. After smirking at the mask he placed it on and his right eye turned black with a red iris as he spoke in English "Showtime."
(Don't mind me; I'm a time skip line break)
Sasori smirked behind his mask as he jumped from roof to roof looking around in case any Doves where in the area as his cloak fluttered in the rushing winds. Finding none he looked ahead to see his destination, a rundown office complex with every window shattered and the concrete walls crumbling. After jumping through one of the many broken windows and hunching over close to the ground, a position he was familiar with when he wore his cloak as it made him feel unrecognizable, he walked slowly as several figures in the shadows watched his every move "(I know you're there…just give me the contract already.)" Sasori growled as he didn't like to be kept waiting…now he felt like an ass because this must've been how Marry feels each time he's late.
A gruff voice spoke in a distorted tone to his left "(Here)" a letter was dropped at his feet and a picture slipped out face down as a female voice spoke to his right "(Your target is the 18thward's special investigator, Ginrai Hakuja. He will be in the 24th ward tonight to re-inspect the former hideout of them. Be warned, he uses an experimental Quinque with an unknown ability…eliminate him using whatever means you deem necessary.)" Sasori picked up the picture and flipped it around to show a young man with grey hair and honey coloured eyes wearing the traditional investigator outfit. However Sasori's mind was on something else, something that made him uneasy "(What do you mean 'unknown ability')" The voices were silent making him scowl before he started to walk out the way he came "(Wait.)" Sasori looked over his shoulder "(His Quinque…don't get hit but it.)" Sasori glared at a shadow in the corner of the room "(...Why exactly?)" Another voice spoke behind him "(We have suspicions about those that do…we cannot tell you exactly what they are, but those that get hit disappear and are never seen or heard from again.)" Sasori scoffed at them "(That's what normally happens when we're hit with something aimed to kill, dumbasses.)" Sasori then let out a quiet "Hmph" and kept walking, ignoring the collective whisper of "(Be careful, Scorpion)" that followed him out.
(Don't mind me; I'm a time skip line break)
Sasori stared at the Doves down the road from his position on a five story building. Sasori dropped the stare and started scowling seeing his target walking into the 'abandoned' factory that was once the hideout for the organization 'Aogiri Tree' before CCG launched a raid against it when information was leaked. He noted the other Doves wearing military like gear that had stayed outside and his scowl deepened when he saw they all had Quinques ready to be used at a moment's notice "(Let's get this over with)" Sasori mumbled to no one in particular as he jumped down into the shadows of an alleyway. Meanwhile the five Doves had lined up against the wall of the building and darted their eyes here and there looking out for anything suspicious. One with shaggy brown hair poking out from under his helmet and green eyes turned his head right as he heard something coming from the alleyway next to the building he was guarding. He walked with caution towards the alley while activating his Quinque which took form of a long purple Diato with a red and black guard before stopping at the corner and pulled back his blade mid swing. He swallowed as sweat ran down his face before he quickly took a step and turned into the small alley prepared to strike anything that came at him.
When nothing attacked him he started looking around as he heard the sound a little more clearly, and to him it sounded like demonic insect chittering made from something waving jerkily from side to side, much to his confusion as to why he used that to reference what he was hearing. He heard his comrades call for him and turned his head just as the camera panned up to show Sasori above him with one foot on the fire escape on one building and the other foot on a windowsill of the other, the source of the noise coming from underneath his cloak. The dove was about to exit the alley when something big grabbed him from behind making him scream as he was lifted off his feet and into the air. His comrades ran into the alley shortly after hearing his dying screams but only saw blood dripping down from the walls and the dove's body lying on the ground with his torso crushed and his Quinque missing.
One of the doves with brown eyes and blue hair ran away and vomited at the sight of his comrade's body. Unknown to him a large purple colored armored tail with segment and red veins showing in between said segments bearing three prehensile pincers on the end of it shot down from above and crushed his head along with most of the man's torso in its grip, and just as quickly it let go and retreated back into the darkness of the ally. When the three living doves turned around they saw the now dead body fall to the ground and a shadow descending on them from above wielding the first dove's Diato Quinque. Two of the three jumped back as Sasori sliced his latest victim right down the middle making the last two doves curse and activate their Quinques.
The first Dove to run at him wielded a twin-blade Quinque and spun it around himself quickly making Sasori's visible eye dart around trying to track it. The second dove ran at him with a large metal pole with red veins in her grip and jumped over the twin-blade wielder to slam her Quinque where Sasori was standing. Before she could however Sasori looked up and cursed out loud as he moved back just enough as the pole shaped club passed not even half an inch away from his face. He used his tail like a whip and quickly bashed her away before she could follow up on her strike, ending up knocking her out. Sasori didn't even move blink as he quickly moved his tail to grab the twin-blade going for his head. Sasori stared at the silently panicking dove and merely cut his opponent's sword arm off with the liberated Quinque, before impaling him on his tail's claws and tossing him aside like yesterday's garbage.
With four doves dead, and one unconscious, Sasori turned around as he stored the Quinque inside a sheath built in to the back of his body-suit in case he did… liberate a Quinque, and walked out of the alley before entering the building his target was in.
(Don't mind me; I'm a regular line break)
Sasori stuck to the shadows as he navigated through the building searching for his target with a somewhat bloodthirsty glint in his visible eye. After passing under a rusty conveyor belt, Sasori's instincts screamed at him and he jumped forward just as several heavy metal pipes landed where he once stood. Sasori looked at them and noticed that the pipes had a purple glowing hue where they were cut apart, said purple hue actually looked like it was eating the metal away as it spread along the pipes making them vanish as if they never existed in the first place. Looking upwards, Sasori saw his target with a large, rather stereotypical looking, purple scythe with a hue similar to the cuts on the now non-existent pipes and narrowed his eye as the bloodthirsty glint returned to it, albeit lessened seeing he would need to be cautious of his target.
Ginrai went to introduce himself "(I am Special Investi-)"
(Play: Black Rock Shooter OST: Hakunetsu) (/watch?v=uL5HwuqaelI)
"(I know who you are…)" Sasori interrupted him "(Ginrai Hakuja.)" Ginrai narrowed his eyes at the Ghoul before him noting he could only see the jaw of the mask moving under the cloak. And that made him extra cautious of this particular Ghoul "(And I know who you are…)" Ginrai spoke as he prepared his scythe "(Bloody Scorpion of the 24th ward, rumoured to be a one-eyed Ghoul and to possess a Kakuja…an SS, borderline SSS, ranked ghoul.)" Sasori chuckled as he closed his eye in amusement before snapping it open as he launched his kagune at Ginrai. He missed as Ginrai quickly jumped back to another elevated conveyor belt before jumping down with his Quinque ready to cut Sasori in two. Sasori's kagune blocked the strike before wrapping around the snath of the scythe, coiling around it to get close to the Investigator in order to crush him to paste.
Ginrai scowled and pressed a switch on the stem of the scythe Quinque with his thumb making the entire blade grow brighter for a second before the part of Sasori's tail that was wrapped around the blade started disintegrating into purple ash causing Ginrai to smile grimly. Sasori's eye widened as he released Ginrai's Quinque and used what was left of his tail like a spring and difficulty shot himself up to the third floor of the factory, but not before Ginrai got in a slash at his right arm "(Damn it.)" He cursed as he moved his damaged tail and the remains of his right arm in front of his face to see the effect of the Investigator's Quinque. Sasori noted they didn't feel as though his arm and tail were disintegrated or missing, they still felt whole somehow. 'But how could that be' he wondered 'My Kagune has purple glowing chunks torn out of it, and my arm has been cut off from the elbow down, and yet…they only feel like…ah, I see.' Meanwhile, Ginrai was observing Sasori's Kagune. "(Scorpion is a Bikkaku type with a prehensile tail. Tail is around about four, maybe five, metres long and less than one metre thick. Claws used for grabbing are about five feet long, and two inches thick. A rather unusual Kagune…I must end this fast before he uses any hidden aces.)" Ginrai flicked some dust of his Quinque as he finished his verbal assessment of the situation.
Sasori stared down at Ginrai "(I've figured out your Quinque's ability. It simply removes whatever it touches from whatever it's attached to and sends it somewhere else, somewhere where it can't heal or be used. I figured it out as I could still feel my Kagune even though it looks damaged, and I couldn't regenerate my missing arm. In my opinion it is like when a person had lost a limb and they could still feel itches or discomfort where the missing limb once was. Truly, your Quinque is unlike any I've ever seen, and to think, it's only an experimental version.)" Sasori grinned behind his mask "(However, if I'm correct it has one flaw when it comes to a ghoul…)" Sasori bit off the rest of his right arm and ate it getting a disgusted look from Ginrai. His arm quickly grew back starting with the bone then the flesh, before using his newly regenerated hand to pierce into his Kagune in between where the damaged parts were and where it was still intact "(If we can remove the damages…)" He tore the damaged end of his tail off with a yell "(Than we can heal it!)" His Kagune quickly healed itself back into pristine condition as Sasori panted. Ginrai smirked as he readied his scythe once more and Sasori did the same "(Congrats, know I really need to kill you to prevent the more…stupider ghouls from figuring it out making me lose an advantage.)" Sasori rolled his eyes "(Biggest bullshit reason I've ever heard.) Sasori mumbled quietly as he jumped down, tail in front of him ready to crush Ginrai in its grasp.
(Stop song and play: Black Rock Shooter OST: Shout) (/watch?v=B5BEDpHYYbk)
Ginrai jumped up meeting Sasori in mid-air while letting out a battle cry. The two clashed for a second before Ginrai's scythe cut of one of the claws of Sasori's tail off cleanly and both disengaged from each other. Sasori looked at his claw fading in mid-air before looking at the investigator, who had a cocky smirk on his face, and scowled before tearing off his cloak showing his full get up and hunched over in pain, like something was trying to burst from his back. Sasori tore off his mask with his head held down to hide his face as he yelled in pain, before two more tails burst from his back, slightly thinner than his first tail. Purple armour plates formed over his entire arms up to his shoulders before continuing down his spine and stopped just past his thighs. His hands had turned into claws and two extra limbs burst from his back in the shape of scorpion pincers with sharpened edges. Sasori's teeth ground against one another as purple sludge formed over the top half of his face and solidified. His new mask was a chitin helmet that covers the top half of his face with a cyclops kakugan eye over where his right eye would be, and the mask went down his face stopping at his upper lip ending in large human like teeth leaving his lower jaw alone.
Sasori used his new tails to tear off the rest of the single damaged claw as Ginrai let out an amused huff of air "(So the rumours are true, you possess a Kakuja AND you're a one-eye.)" Ginrai smirked as he held his scythe in front of himself "(But it appears you are only a half-Kakuja, you're incomplete. Aren't you?)" Sasori didn't answer him with words but merely roared in a distorted voice "HRRRRRAAAAAAAAaaaaAAAAAAHHHHH!" Sasori's tails slammed into the ground on either and behind of him in a show of animalistic rage as he prepared to attack. Ginrai struck first by blurring forward and slamming bottom of his scythe Quinque's snath into Sasori's unprotected jaw, making Sasori involuntarily snap his head back. Sasori bared his teeth in his best attempt of a bloodthirsty smile showing his lower teeth as blood flowed out between them "(Ow, I bit my tongue.)" Sasori's pincers lashed out and struck the Investigator in the chest and stomach sending him flying with blood shooting out of his mouth and onto the grinning Ghoul.
Ginrai slammed through several old pieces of machinery before his flight was stopped short by Sasori blurring into existence in his flight path. Sasori's tails slammed into the doves back, sending him into the ground and forming a crater a few inches deep. Ginrai coughed up blood as the tails tightened their grip on him and Sasori tilted his head to get a good look at the defeated investigator with his single eye "(You've lost)" Sasori strained his voice to speak clearly as he felt the effect of his incomplete Kakuja take its toll on his sanity "(just give up, and I'll make it quick.)"
(Stop song)
Ginrai slowly opened his right eye as his left was being pushed into the ground and looked up at Sasori with a grin on his face "(Give up? Me? Never…)" Sasori grunted and was about to crush the Investigator's head with his pincers, but noticed the investigator's eye look over to the side and followed his gaze just as a familiar metal pole club became acquainted with his masked face, sending him flying into a large machine. The female dove Sasori had knocked out glared at him with pink eyes and took off her helmet letting her purple hair fall past her shoulders as blood dripped down her face from where she had been knocked out.
"(Ginrai, you okay?)" She spoke up as she helped her comrade to his feet "(I'll be fine, Satori, now…)" Ginrai turned to see Sasori tearing apart the machine with his tails and pincers "(Let's finish him)" Satori nodded in agreement. Sasori roared again as his three tails coiled tightly together like a spring in front of him as the two charged at him. Ginrai yelled out a warning as he jumped left as the tails uncoiled while lashing out with the force of an eighteen wheeler truck going a hundred, Satori was a little late in her dodging and her side got a chunk torn out of it as punishment. Sasori ran bounded at her on all fours with his pincers ready to crush her as he retracted his tails back to his side, Satori's eyes were wide and full of fear as Sasori pounced into the air and down towards her.
Ginrai blurred into motion and sliced at one of Sasori's pincers making it disintegrate to purple dust, making Sasori let out a snarl as blood dripped down the sides of his mouth "(DIE YOU BLASTED DOVES!)" Sasori roared out as all three of his tails went for Ginrai while his remaining pincer went at Satori's head. Sasori's eye widened in disbelief as Ginrai slashed through all three of his tails and Satori slammed her Quinque into his pincer so hard it smashed through it on contact. His Kakugan eye filled with shock as Ginrai slashed through his chest, the blade of his scythe cutting cleanly through his heart, making Sasori cough up blood.
"(Dammit...you bastards.)"
Sasori's Kakuja faded into air-borne RC cells as he fell to his knees, both his red and blue eye watched as his body faded away into purple dust. It was a strange feeling, almost as if he wasn't really dying and just fading while his…essence was going somewhere else. Heh, oddly enough the feeling left him feeling at peace. Ginrai looked at the fading Ghoul with an apathetic look on his face as he wiped blood away from his mouth "(Oi, Hakuja…)" Sasori spoke up getting both dove's attention "(Do me a favour would you? A last request if you will.)"
Satori gained a disgusted look on her face "(Why should we, you stup-)" Ginrai interrupted her "(What is it?)" Satori stared shocked at Ginrai as Sasori smirked while his ribcage started to fade. Ginrai watched with cautious eyes as Sasori tore off the ruby cross around his neck and held it out to him. Ginrai grabbed it as Sasori spoke "(Make sure this gets to the owner of 'Red Sands Café', and give her this message…)" Sasori grew a smile filled with regret as his eyes watered "(Sorry I'm gonna be late, Marry, and forgive me for not telling you about how I…loved..yo-)" Sasori's voice faded as his entire body had been consumed by a purple hue and faded away. Satori's form shook as she wiped away a tear that stung at her eye and spoke with a quivering voice "(T-that had to b-be fake. The*hic*there's no way a Ghoul of all things could sound s-so…so…)" Ginrai finished her sentence for her as he walked away with the cross in hand "(So human.)"
As he was walking, Ginrai wondered what would happen to Sasori. He believed that Ghouls don't have an afterlife, so what would that mean for a half-Ghoul like the Bloody Scorpion?
End.
*EDIT*
Woot! Why have 3k originally when you can have around 5k in a rewrite?
So, yeah. I'm happy with this now, because I feel like I've done some good by improving on my 'masterpiece'. And I want you all to review this to tell me how you feel about the changes made to this chapter please. I want to know if I've done good enough or not for you guys. I want my readers to be happy, not at my expense though, so…well, not much else to say on this topic, is there?
Oh yeah, you guys know ParradoxUniverse right? The beta reader for this (When I remember to send him chapters to beta read), he wants to do another collab with me, but get this, for his (He may portray himself as a girl, but he's a guy "To avoid hate filled reviews" he says) story, HE WANTS TO MAKE ME INTO A GIRL! (Not being sexist here, keep reading) I am a male, and I am happy the way I am. I have nothing against genderbends in general, but still…the thought of it puts a cold shiver down my spine thinking of what pairings he could do with me as a genderbend…*Shivers* do not want because it'll be stuck in my head and if he does a lemon (Dear god I hope not) using the genderbent me…I think you guys get where I'm going with this. And girls? Picture yourself genderbent, and then paired with some girl or guy you absolutely loath with all your being, done that? Good, now you kinda know what I'm going through at the moment.
…no me gusta.
And no intentional sexist.
No flames about it please.
*EDIT END*
Does this fic seem rushed? It feels rushed to me.
Anyway, if you got here without skipping anything I say 'thank you very much for your time.'
If you didn't, ah, well what can you do? *shrugs*
Sorry if you didn't like the battle music listed, I've been playing Black Rock Shooter and watching the anime...the soundtrack got stuck in my head.
Please leave a review if you can, all feedback is appreciated.
Shout out to my Beta-reader ParradoxUniverse!
Later, my valued readers/reviewers/followers!
