Alright this was a challenge given to me by Bonestar. It takes some elements from Dark Knight of Zero and Precipice of Madness but adds in more Tokyo Ghoul. I also have to thank Code-Emperor07 for allowing me to use the Dragon Kagune and Kakuja from their story The Crimson Dragon. I will be raising everyone in Beacon's age by one year and Eto will be 20 when she first meets Jaune. I do not own RWBY or Tokyo Ghoul.
Chapter 1- New World, New Species
Jaune's POV
Right now I only have one thought on my mind and that's hiding. I can't believe I'm running from my team, worse that they believe I'm capable of hurting Ruby. Someone stole Crocea Mors and used it to attack Ruby. Ruby's currently in critical condition and her aura forced her into a coma to deal with the damage she was dealt. I was distraught and taking a walk near the cliffs when a bullet whizzed by my head. My team found a journal that was supposedly mine that was evidence of what I did. I tried to talk them down but they wouldn't listen. Pyrrha actually said she hates me for using her training to harm Ruby, which alone is a reason it's impossible I could have hurt Ruby. Ignoring the fact she's my friend she also could kick my ass ten out of ten times, even with a surprise attack I would get crushed.
NPR refused to listen to reason and Nora shot a grenade at me. I was able to avoid the grenade itself but the explosion knocked my onto one of those stupid plates that launched me into the Emerald Forest, I only survived thanks to my massive aura and even then I'm still a mass of cuts and bruises, my left arm is broken, and I think a few ribs might be as well. Once I crashed down I dragged myself into a small cave and hunkered down. Now NPR is outside and shouting threats to bury me if I don't come out, like I'd give them the satisfaction.
I hate this life, I've been cursed from the moment I was born. My mother died giving birth to me, my "family" despised me for that. Ignored unless it was to be yelled at, bullied in school since my sisters made sure all the other kids hated me. Hell I didn't even know my name until I was four, I found my mother's journal and found entries about me before I was born and I found my name there. And then I saw a chance and got some fake transcripts to come to Beacon from a girl that dresses like ice-cream. I thought I found friends for once in this horrible life and yet that was a lie. WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS!?
All I want is to leave this cursed world, Human, Faunus, Grimm. They're all the same to me at this point. Explosions ring outside, they're actually aiming to bury me alive. Rocks begin to pile up around me, I rest against the wall and wait for the end only to feel myself continue to go back. Opening my eyes I see that I'm sinking into shadows, can't be worse than being buried alive. I stop my minute resistance and let the shadow swallow me. I then experience the sensation of sinking, endless darkness surrounds me. It feels so cool and comfortable here. I feel safe here, my body craves rest. I just close my eyes and I soon leave the realm of consciousness.
I'm not sure how long I've been out of it when I awaken. My surroundings make me think I'm at a hospital, yet at the same time something feels off. My body feels different. A white haired man comes through the door dressed in a white suit comes through. He gives me a kind smile and sits down beside the bed I'm in.
"Hello, my name is Akihiro Kanou. You can just call me Kanou. I found you in an alley two days ago with a variety of wounds and brought you here to be treated. Luckily none of your broken ribs punctured any organs. Now I must ask why you were wearing armor when I found you." My mind races. I have no idea where I am, he acts like armor isn't a common thing, and I sure as hell don't trust him. A lie for now then.
"I was going to a … cosplay event when some people attacked me. I didn't get a good look at them but one was using knifes and another a hammer." Kanou seems to buy it and then puts a box on my bedside table.
"We didn't find any identification on you so we couldn't contact your family and no one responded to an alert put out." I poke through the box to find my clothes freshly laundered and patched up while the armor is gone but I don't focus on that. I then turn my attention back to Kanou.
"My name's Jaune Arc." Kanou gives no reaction and that makes me cautious, the Arcs are well known but he probably just doesn't care about family names. "I can get home on my own though, thanks for the care." Kanou frowns at that and shakes his head.
"You don't think I'll simply let you go wandering around after those injuries do you?" dang five minutes with this guy and he's treating me better than most ever have, if it weren't for the fact he apparently "helped me" only for my body to feel so strange when I woke up I might not be so suspicious of him. I wave his concerns off and slowly get out of the bed.
"I can take care of myself sir." Seeing he can't change my mind he hands me a piece of paper with a language I can't read on it and makes to leave the room. "That's a schedule of follow up visits I want you make. If you're going to run off at least come back for your scheduled check-ups." I promise him I will and ask him to thank whoever fixed my clothes for me before I change. Once that's done I sneak out to avoid having to sign out and try to keep my jaw off the ground once I step outside. This place looks nothing like anywhere on Remnant. Okay my options are either a place I've never heard or read about or a whole new world. I think I'll wander for a bit before coming to a decision.
Time Skip- Two hours later.
Defiantly a new world. Two hours of wandering and I can with say absolute certainly it's a new world. There are several reasons for this. One is the fact I saw a map that showed the whole planet and there was much more land mass then should be, second was the fact I've seen no sign of dust or aura, and third was the fact I heard some people discussing a space program sending more people into space. However the word Ghoul was thrown around a lot and fear was the prevalent tone when discussing them. Something about movements and victims, they don't sound like Grimm but clearly they cause a bunch of fear. I'm brought out of my thoughts by my stomach grumbling, I need some food. However I have no money and I can't even read the freaking menus. I then notice what appears to be an open market with stalls of fruit, vegetables, and seafood among the selection.
Let's see, perhaps I can do that thing with shadows again. I tap into my aura and focus on a table of apples. I concentrate on the shadows beneath the apples and try to open a small "door" under them. I succeed and a few drop into the hole before I close it. I feel somewhat bad but my empty stomach overrides my morals for now. I walk away and soon find a park to rest at. By the time I settle down the sun has set and the moon has risen, another clue it's a new world as the moon is whole. Focusing on another "door" I manage to drag the apples back out and select the biggest and ripest. I take a big bite out of it only to freeze.
I spit the apple out, it tastes rotten and has the texture of chalk. What the hell has happened to me? Can I not eat the food of this world? No that sounds a little extreme. I hear a rustle in a bush near me and turn only to fall back when someone leaps out at me. He lands on all fours and then stands up and turns to look at me. He doesn't look that unique, white with brown hair and wearing jeans and a purple shirt but his eyes make me think of a Grimm. The sclera is black and the pupils are red, a deep hunger is what I can see in those eyes.
"Look I don't want any problems." The guy laughs at that and starts walking towards me and a purple-tail like appendage bursts from his tail bone.
"Don't worry human, we won't have any problems. Killing you will be easy." I figured he wasn't human, is he one of these ghouls I heard about? I don't have time to think on that as he leaps at me and spins in the air while his tail extends and slams me into a tree knocking the breath out of me. I can feel my ribs crack once more from the blow but they heal quickly, too quickly. The ghoul, I suppose, walks up in front of me and places his foot against my chest while putting enough force to crack my ribs once more"Oh boy I can't wait to get to the juicy bits. Please go ahead and die." The tail rears back and rushes at me with the tip ready to pierce me. My left eye begins to itch and the areas around my tailbone and between my shoulder blades begin to feel like their stretching. I close my eyes prepare to get impaled only for a scream of pain to sound out. When I open my eyes the guy is on his back with his leg cut off and the tail fallen on the ground next to him.
"How can you have a kagune, a chimera at that? You smell like a human." I look behind me and two black wings have emerged from my back, three spikes are on the top of the wings. They look sorta like a dragon's wings. A black tail is behind me, spikes clustered at the end. Suddenly the tail rushes forward and pierces my attacker in the chest before retracting with his heart stuck to it. I hold down some rising bile and try to manipulate the new appendages. I manage to make the tail shake the heart loose and stand back up. Another voice suddenly makes me jump away from the tree I was slammed into.
"Cool a chimera, you even look like a dragon." Up in the tree is a girl wrapped in bandages with a droopy-eared hoodie and a floral scarf wrapped around her neck. She may sound like a child but I feel extremely outclassed just looking at her. She jumps to the ground and stares at me with her head tilted to the side, her right eye is like the now deceased Ghoul while the left is green. She appears to be half a head shorter than me. My stomach grumbles and the girl giggles.
"Jeez you're hungry aren't yah. You wanna come with me. I'll feed you and let you stay for the night. Come on you can trust me." I stiffen at that and recall the last people who said that. My wings start moving around and my tail starts moving around like a snake.
"Sorry but the last people I trusted let me down so I'll pass." The girl stiffens at that and suddenly her entire demeanor changes. "Oh, you've been betrayed as well." She walks up to me and I resist the urge to strike. I can tell it's a fight I'd lose and perhaps I can end this peacefully, I can't actually bring myself to believe that. She then grabs one of my hands and starts tugging.
"Come on, we want to be gone by the time the Doves arrive." With strength that doesn't fit someone her size she starts dragging me behind her. I focus and manage to retract my wings and tail and pick up the pace to keep up with her. I'll play along for now but I'm running as soon as I can, hopefully she can help me get rid of this gnawing hunger. My eye still itches and I resist the urge to scratch it.
"Hey you never told me your name. Mine's Jaune." The girl doesn't look back at me but a she soon answers my question as we stick to alleyways as she leads me to wherever we're going. "It's Eto. You can call me Eto-chan though Jaune-kun." Chan? Kun? Is that part of the language here? I shrug my shoulder at the thought, angering someone who is making me tighter than a trip wire would be a bad idea. Plus like they say When in Haven. "Whatever you say Eto-chan."
Well I hope you enjoyed that. I'm really looking forward to working on this story.