NoRWBY Prologue.
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'I died.'
Those were some of the last words I ever wanted to think, and funny enough, they were.
Unknown amount of time earlier..
I was standing in Beacon's courtyard, fighting Grimm with the rest of my team,
"Ruby look out!" shouted Yang.
I quickly turned around, expecting to block a Grimm's claw, but there was nothing there. I looked around, but found nobody there either. A strange feeling began welling up inside of me, and I was prompted to cough into my hand. When I raised my hand back up however, I was startled by a dark red liquid covering it. Blood.
I looked down to see a black arrow of glass sticking out of where my heart was, and a sudden wave of pain struck out from the hole as a burning feeling spread throughout every part of me.
Screaming in pain, I fell over as the arrow disintegrated, letting blood pour out profusely from where my heart once was. I tried to cover up the wound in an effort to stop the blood from leaving, but it just sneaked between my fingers.
"Shit, RUBY!" I could faintly hear Yang shout before the signature sound of Ember Celica being fired at some enemy I couldn't see, before I felt very tired and passed out.
So now here I am, stuck in a seemingly endless void for what I assume to be the rest of my death. I can't hear anything, I can't feel anything, and I can't see anything. I wonder how Yang is doing, probably attending my funeral by now.
"You with nowhere to go and nowhere to return..." A feminine voice called out. I quickly looked around to find who it was, but still saw nothing but black. "I grant you a place to belong." What does she mean 'place to belong?' "My name is Bishamon. Bearing a posthumous name, you shall remain here. With this name, I make thee my servant." Servant? What, like in a palace? "With this name and its alternate, I use my life to make thee a Regalia! Thou art Aka! As Regalia, Kama! Come... Kamaki!"
I suddenly felt myself traveling towards a strange light that had appeared. I was now inside of a plane of white, with various purple glass-like fragments scattered about.
"Revert, Aka." The female voice from before said, and I quickly found myself on a gray tile floor. I looked down to find that I wasn't wearing my old clothes, but instead a strange white robe of some kind.
I quickly jumped back. "W-where am I?" I asked.
"Takamagahara. Lady Bishamon resides here." A man with glasses and a military uniform said. I scanned my surroundings. I was in a large room with multiple columns. A large crowd was in front of me.
"I take it your are Lady Bishamon?" I asked the blonde lady, who merely nodded. "Could you tell me what Takamagahara is? I've never heard of it, which of the four kingdoms is it in?" I asked, with raised a few eyebrows.
"Four kingdoms?" The lady in front (who I assumed to be the boss) asked.
"Yeah you know! Atlas, Mistral, Vale, and Vacuo! I'm from Vale." I said, which startled just about everybody for some reason. "What, is that a problem?" I asked, tilting my head for effect.
"Uh.. no, its just that usually when a god gives you a name, you forget everything." The one with glasses said.
"Well that's dumb, I couldn't fight if I forgot everything!"
"I suppose that explains why I couldn't see your past. Do you remember your true name?" Lady Bishamon said.
"Of course I do! My name is Ruby. Ruby Rose. Wait, earlier you called me a 'Regalia.' Whats that?" I asked.
"Regalia are items that gods use for various task and purposes. They are created when a god chooses to give a dead spirit a name."
"But I already have a name."
"Which is why you usually lose your memories when a god gives you a name. You are quite unique in that regard."
"Hmm... I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try. What am I as a Regalia anyway?"
"I'll show you. Come, Kamaki!" Lady Bishamon shouted.
As a glowing 鎌 symbol appeared in front of my body, I began glowing, and flew into Lady Bishamon's hand. I looked over myself, and gasped. I had turned into Crescent Rose.
"I'm sorry that I can't understand this... object you turned into." Lady Bishamon apologized.
"No it's okay! You just haven't activated it yet." I said.
"Activated? What do you mean by that?"
"Well I made this so obviously I would know how to use it. It's name is Crescent Rose, and all you have to do is press that little red button."
As Bishamon pressed the aforementioned button, a series of clicks and hisses were made, as Crescent Rose unfurled to full size. Once it was fully extended, everybody gasped at the sheer size and complexity of the weapon.
"You are a scythe?" Lady Bishamon asked, reverting me to normal form.
"Yup, i'm also a high powered sniper rifle. Oh right, I need to see if I can still use my semblance. Lets try it now!"
Ignoring the confused muttering of 'what is a semblance,' I focused on my core and on the familiar feeling of my aura, directing it into my legs. As I felt my feet begin to tingle, I rushed forward towards Lady Bishamon, hugging her at high speed.
Meanwhile, everybody had watched as 'Ruby' seeming dissipated, leaving behind what appeared to be rose petals. An 'eep' directed their attention towards Lady Bishamon who had the young girl wrapped around her waist in a hug.
"Thank you Lady Bishamon!"
Bishamon decided to ask Ruby questions later.
Elsewhere...
"Revert, Yuki, Huang."
Three flashes of light came from a boy wearing a tracksuit's wrists and hand respectively, who reformed into two people. One was a blonde boy, while the other was a blonde girl. While the blonde boy looked cold from the snow, the girl was pissed off.
"The hell? You there, tell me what you did with my sister or I'll break every bone in your body." The girl threatened the black haired boy.
"Sister? What are you talking about, the only spirit near you was him." The black haired boy said, pointing to the blonde boy. The blonde boy shied away from the other blonde's gaze, trying not to die a second time.
"Goddammit, where the hell is she? Ruby! Ruby!" The blonde girl called, but received no answer. She turned to the black haired boy. "Who the hell are you anyway!?"
"Calm down, Huang, don't get so worked up. My name is Yato, and i'm a god." Yato said.
"Calm down? CALM DOWN!? Me and my sister were killed, I get resurrected by some idiot in a tracksuit? And what the hell is this 'Huang' crap? My name is Yang Xiao Long, get it right asshat!" Yang shouted.
"Wait, you remember your name? Haven't seen this before. *sigh* Just listen to me for a bit, we'll find your sister. Will you work for me until then?" Yato asked.
Yang crossed her arms in annoyance. "Fine, but the second we find her I leave you. Got it?"
"Fine by me."
The rest of the night was spent explaining and fighting.
Note: I will be using Google Translate a lot. I am really sorry if anybody seems OOC, I am not very good at writing about characters with multiple personalities.