Hello everybody, welcome to my next story. This one will be more of a tragedy that happens on a mission. As I said last time, RWBY is a second year team for conveniences. This will make it to where they can go on a mission without shadowing a huntsman. I'm also going to make a short list of OCs that I have in my head that will play a role, also the name and description of a custom grimm in this story.
OCs
Paulsen - Bullhead pilot.
Soren - Town leader
Yorm- pronounced y-or-m- son of Soren.
Barron- A large demon like grimm with ram horns and is heavily armored - more intelligent than average grimm.
Varientals - special class of altered grimm, can be of any type, not rare, but not common either.
Ancients - Grimm who have lived for a long time, population is mostly Goliaths, but can be deathstalkers and nevermores.
Wraiths - a grimm with the ability to nearly eliminate its presence to any sense except touch.
Lone Taijitu / Prince - single headed King Taijitu, about the size of an arm but 3 times as long, colored grey, glowing red markings, is venomous.
Grunts - unarmored, smaller beowolves, see "red" trailer.
SkullHead - Combat bullhead.
That's it.
"Our first real mission, can you belive it?" Ruby exclaimed ecstaticly.
"Techniquely our mission with Prof. Oobleck was a real mission." Weiss argued.
"Killjoy. Why cant you just smile about it, we get do kill grimm on our own." Yang said, cracking her knuckles.
"I for one am happy we are saving some people, about time we helped." Blake said, always being the voice of reason. The bickering four headed to the cliffs where a bullhead was waiting to take them to an unknown town, to save it.
"Mind giving a recap on the mission Ruby?" Blake asked.
"Sure, uh, far as I know the town has been getting raided by grimm, but with only one unlocked aura in town they cant defend themselves. It also said something about increased varcities in the area." Ruby butchered the name.
"Varientals, a special breed of grimm that is stronger than others. Get it right you dunce." Weiss said.
"Anything else?" Yang asked, shooting a glare to Weiss.
"The only other warning was not to be intimidated by Soren, the town leader, and unlocked aura." Ruby answered.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Blake asked, now curious of why that needed to be in.
"I dunno, maybe he's scary." Ruby shrugged
"What exactly was the name of this place again." Weiss questioned.
"Shimitani."
"Oh, so you get that right, but varientals stumps you. Either way, its not in the SDC (Schnee Dust Company) database. Must be some minor mountain village." Weiss informed them.
"Yes and no, its surrounded by mountains, but has surprisingly good weather, maybe some light snow, but that's just from the mountains." Ruby argued.
"Anyway we-. Oh, we're here." Yang gestured to the bullhead walkway no in front of them. They got on and sat down, waiting for takeoff. A man walked out from the cockpit area. He was wearing a pilot helmet, with a blue shirt, jeans, and a dark leather trenchcoat.
"I'm Paulsen Burrows, and this is your briefing. What's gonna happen is I'ma take you to the village, drop you off, and come back when you trigger the radio tower on top of the mountain. I trust getting there shouldn't be to hard. If it is not triggered in a week from now, a distress signal will be sent and a ShullHead will be sent for emergency extraction. By the way you supplies is already here." He gestured to the four bags in the corner. "Any questions?" He finished.
The party of four shook their heads, and Paulsen went back into the cockpit. Suddenly the plane shuttered and then took off, shooting into the air with no warning. Yang was the first to speak up.
"Well that was an earful."
"That it was." Blake commented.
"Any idea when we'll get there?" Ruby asked.
"ETA is 4 hours, getting there around sunset. Grab your shuteye while you can. And Ill try not to nosedive a Nevermore." The mic cut out.
"I hope he was joking." Blake said nervously.
"Joking or not, we should take the advice." Ruby said, strapping herself to the seat and closing her eyes. The rest soon followed suit.
5 minutes out
"Wakey Wakey, we are currently five minutes out, and the moon is full, OF CRACKS." The mic faded out with the sound of Paulsen's laughter soon followed by Yang's own.
"I like this guy, he's funny." Yang stated.
"No Yang, he just makes the same jokes as you." Blake said. Yang spent the next five minutes trying to change her mind while everyone packed. Once everyone was ready they went silent. The bullhead lurched again as it dragged to a very sudden halt. Paulsen walked out again.
"Welcome to Shiminy Crickets, that's right aint it. Whatever, good luck to the lot of you, don't die." He walked back to his area with a wave as the team got off. Stepping onto the lightly powdering air, but not that cold was odd to say the were greated by a teenage boy with brown hair.
"I am Yorm, I trust you are the hunter team we sent for, yes." He spoke with a certainty that made the question a statement."
"Team RWBY reporting for duty. Uh, where's the town leader?"
"My father, Soren, Ill lead you to him, follow me." He started walking away with the rest of the company following. The village below was made of log cabins, each with a chimney puffing smoke. In the center was a large brick building, with many people wandering around it, the town hall.
"Wait here." Yorm told them, running off. The waited before he rounded the corner, followed by a very tall man, with scars all over his muscular body. He war an orange combat shirt with no sleeves, and black pants. He had a grey wispy beard and looked about 50. His most noticeable features was the twin dragon tattoos on his arms, and his ancient, crude weapon. A SawCleaver.
He walked over to the group, eying them down. He locked eyes with each member of the team, his own method of testing people. Blake was first and when they gained eye contact she had a sudden sense of fear and dread that was seemingly emanating from his ember red eyes, her nerves immediately fraying. Luckily both her and Weiss were both able to choke the sense down and keep up their appearance.
Ruby was not as lucky. She soon began to sweat, face reddening. It took all she had not to shrink back. Lastly he locked sight with Yang. She, no matter how hard she tried, just couldn't muster a glare of the same kin to shoot back at the man. He smiled at her efforts.
"I am Soren, protector of Shiminati. Come with me and I will explain everything over a meal, I assume you are hungry yes." Once again, the question becoming a statement. Though Yang was the first to regain her nerves, Ruby was the first to speak.
"T-Thank you, y-yes." She followed after Soren, leading her own team. He walked without saying anymore. They entered the town hall to see many a soul enjoying themselves at the bar and dining areas.
"Please, fill a plate and meat me at the table I am at." With the rest of them to their own wishes for the time being. Ruby was gathering a few strawberries and sweets when she was confronted by Yang.
"What was with that earlier?" Yang asked.
"I don't know." Ruby admitted, immediately knowing that she was talking about the eye thing. "You think someone with the will to do that wouldn't need help" She finished.
"You got that right, I couldn't even get up a glare. Well, ill meet you at the table." With that Yang left, soon arriving at the table. Then Ruby, Weiss, and finnaly Blake, with a large pallet of tuna.
"I would assume that you all have questions. You all get one for tonight, then I will explain your mission, then show you to your quarters. I would also like your names." He summed up
"I'm Ruby Rose, and uh, I couldn't help but notice your weapon, what is it?" Ruby decided to go for a small talk appeal.
"Ah, this is the Serrated Fang," Soren said, bringing out his weapon. "It is a saw cleaver that has been handed down in my family for generation." He answered and Ruby nodded. Next was Weiss, she was going to ask why a capable warrior such as himself needed help, but thought against it.
"I am Weiss Schnee, and I would like to know your semblance." Weiss said curtly.
"It is that of fire, and I might as well demonstrate." He raised his arm. When he focused the tattoo of the dragon began glowing like embers and a small ball of flame appeared in his hand.
"I have complete mastery of this element." Soren extinguished the ball of fire by closing his fist. He gestured for the next speaker.
"Blake Belladonna. This may seem a strange question, but what is this town's position about faunus?" Blake inquired.
"A strange question indeed. But we do not judge, in our opinion, if you earn your keep, you are welcome here. So feel free not to hide your heritage." He answered.
"Th-Thank you." Blake stuttered, obviously shocked to find her cover blown that easily. Soren nodded and gestured to Yang.
"Yang Xiao Long, and what was with that eye thing earlier?" Yang took no time trying to gain an edge.
"It is but a simple test of will, when you have the right stare, you can make a lesser man shrink away from you. I can say that you all passed, gaining my respect." He explained.
"Now let us get to buiseness. I did not send for strength, I sent for numbers, and time. While I can fight most any of these dark beings, I have this feeing that these attacks are only the beginning, and that it is to wear me down. If it is any constellation of this already working, I have not slept in three days." The rest nodded at him, gesturing for a continuation.
"The grimm come in a single wave these nights, but I need rest, so you will take the first guard of the town tonight. The waves have been getting increasingly strong. Just last night we experienced four packs of Beowolves, and three encounters with an Ursa. Also watch out for unique grimm, we have had a few strange ones in the past."
Team RWBY took a minute to process this. If they were taking watch until the wave was over, it was a good thing they sept on the BullHead. As far as each of them were concerned, it was a simpl defend mission at night, followed by search and destroy during the day.
"There should be no questions left. In an hours time, the grimm should show up. I expect you to have a formation of ome sort in place by then. If you will excuse me, I must escort the few citizens into their houses, and then take my rest. I will see you come morn." With this Soren left the table and walked out into the street.
"So that's it huh?" Yang asked.
"Yep, we defend tonight, sleep, then search the woods tomorrow. For now lets get prepared. Everyone nodded and got up to establish a quick perimeter of the town. This would be an eventful night.
I am sorry that this took so long, I have had much trouble coming up with a good idea for this story. And I still have no idea where this is going. I just have to hope it gets the same support as the last one. Until next time, have a good day.