Yang
Fear. Some people say it's the most basic of human emotions, the one designed to keep you alive. It's the one that stopped early man from being annihilated by the Grimm, way back before we discovered Dust. It controls the fight-or-flight response, usually stops us from doing stupid shit, make us faster and stronger when we need to be. In short, it's one of the best natural weapons humans have.
But when I'm facing this asshole in front of me now, I don't have a clue how fear's supposed to save me.
Ruby, Weiss, Blake and I had been sent on a reconnaissance mission after contact with a small village outside the kingdom was suddenly lost. We were told to be prepared for a large amount of Grimm. What we found was... Something else entirely.
"Something that big shouldn't even be able to stand!" Weiss complained, staring at our target. She was right, as usual. That was something I had to begrudgingly admit about the Ice Queen: she was usually right about everything.
In this particular case, the "something" she was talking about looked human, more or less. The main difference was its size. Beyond freaking massive, there was no other way to describe it. Well, naked would work, too. This dude was easily thirty feet tall, and he had the bulk to go with the height. His eyes were dull and didn't show signs of intelligence, but the way he gazed at the four of us hungrily was deeply unsettling. There could be no doubt that he was the cause of the village's loss of contact; my team, the big guy and I were surrounded by blood and ruined buildings.
After, several tense seconds, big dude's hand shot out towards Blake. Instinctively, she rolled backwards and shot the hand. The big guy flinched and grunted in pain, but he didn't seem too badly hurt. Strangely, he didn't bleed, but steam jetted out of the wound, which closed in seconds.
"How did he-?" I tried to ask, but got interrupted by a large foot attempting to crush me. I dived to the side and fired a couple of long-range blasts into the giant's eyes. This time, it roared in pain as it clapped its hands up to its face. As it did that, I noticed that something was missing from its body. "Hey, guys?" I called.
"What now, Yang?" Blake replied monotonously. She probably knew what I was about to say certainly wasn't important during the fight.
"I figured out why this dude's so big. He's compensating."
"Compensating for what?" Ruby asked.
"He literally doesn't have a dick," I pointed out, laughing in spite of myself.
"Yang!" Weiss hissed. "Why are you so crude?"
Before I could retort, the giant was attacking again. Somehow, his eyes seemed good as new. He lunged at Ruby, who nimbly dodged while leaving a deep cut up his arm with Crescent Rose. Weiss then followed up with a gout of flame, intending to cauterise the wound. The giant yelled again as he tried to grab me. I intercepted his hand by throwing my full body weight into a punch. I felt some of his bones break under the force, but physics decided to screw me over anyway. I went flying and knocked over what was left of a nearby ruined house, getting momentarily stunned by the impact.
When I recovered, I saw Blake struggling to break free of the giant's grasp as he raised her towards his open mouth. Is the prick gonna eat her? I wondered in disbelief. I never found out, as the Faunus managed to escape, leaving a shadow clone in the enormous hand. The real Blake then made a series of rapid slashes with both swords, severing the fingers. She landed gracefully and retreated to a safe distance.
"How do we kill this asshole?" I asked in frustration. The giant didn't seem fazed by any of our attacks. "He just heals immediately!" He suddenly tried to step on me again, so I rolled forward. As I stood up, I turned and slammed my fist into his Achilles tendon, firing Ember Celica at the same time. The giant fell forward, causing the earth to tremble under his weight.
"I'm gonna go for the neck!" Ruby announced loudly. She planted Crescent Rose in the nape of the giant's neck and carved out a substantial chunk of flesh. For good measure, she fired a high-velocity round directly through the giant's spinal cord. The enormous body shuddered once, then lay still.
As the four of us stood around the corpse, contemplating what had just happened, it began to evaporate. A cloud of steam rose up from where it lay, obscuring our vision. When the cloud finally dispersed, all that remained of our titanic opponent was a skeleton.
"Okay, what just happened?" Weiss demanded in the businesslike tone she always uses when she wants answers, fast.
"It turned into steam," I reminded her.
"I can see that, you brute, but how? What was it, anyway?"
"Some kind of giant person," Ruby suggested.
"Without reproductive organs?" Blake inquired.
"Let's just get back to Beacon and see what Ozpin has to say," Ruby suggested. We all agreed, and followed our leader back to where our Bullhead pilot would pick us up. During the trek through the forest, we stayed alert in case any Grimm or those giants showed up. The dense woodland suddenly seemed far more threatening than usual, probably because we didn't know if any more of the big guys were around. Every sound louder than our own footsteps caused all four of us to instantly look towards the source, ready for a fight. That giant really did have the whole team shaken up. It's not every day you see something that size, or watch one of your best friends almost get eaten.
None of us said a word during the journey; we were all too tense for conversation. Even Ruby kept uncharacteristically quiet. The silence between us was so thick it felt like you could cut straight through it. Speaking of cutting through things, why had the giant healed all its wounds except for the one Ruby made in its neck? Had the neck been some sort of weak spot? Had my sister just happened to kill it before it had been able to heal? Despite my curiosity, I didn't want to find out. That would most likely involve fighting one of those guys again, which I definitely didn't want to do.
Luckily, though not very interestingly, the walk was uneventful. In spite of this, none of us relaxed until the trees began to thin at the edge of the clearing we were due to be picked up in. The Bullhead was already waiting for us when we got there. I followed my teammates aboard and sat down as the ship began to ascend. When it reached cruising altitude, I let out a breath I din't realise I had been holding.
"Back to Beacon?" the pilot asked.
"Yeah," Ruby told him. I felt the ship turn and accelerate, and decided to settle in for the flight. It wasn't long before we landed again. The village we'd been investigating wasn't all that far from Vale and the Bullhead pilot hadn't wasted any time in getting us back to Beacon.
When we disembarked, I was met with the awe-inspiring view of Beacon academy. I'd seen it from this angle what felt like dozens of times now, but with its aqueducts, statue in the courtyard and tower dominating the cliff, it never failed to impress me. That tower was our current destination; Professor Ozpin's office was located at the very top.
The elevator took us directly to the spacious, circular room. Overhead, a set of very large bells hung from the ceiling. A window opposite the elevator offered a spectacular look over the docks and the city of Vale itself. A rather large desk dominated that side of the room. However, when I saw the shape of Ozpin's chair, I was hard-pressed not to laugh. It was all I could do to keep a straight face when the Headmaster turned to look at us.
"I trust your mission was a success?" he asked.
"Yes, sir. We found out what happened," Ruby replied.
"Grimm infestation?"
"No, sir, it was this big dude. Like, thirty feet. The village was destroyed and there was blood everywhere," I explained.
"I see. Human figure?"
"Yes, sir. Though it had abnormally fast healing abilities and no visible means of reproducing," Blake told him.
"Hmm. This bodes ill," Ozpin told us gravely, his face impassive.
"Do you know what this is?" Weiss asked.
"Did you kill the creature?" Ozpin asked sternly, disregarding the heiress' question.
"Yeah, it evaporated after Ruby cut out part of its neck and shot it," I answered.
"Good. There's no telling what that thing might have done if it had reached Vale."
"Professor, what was it?" Weiss demanded.
"Something I had hoped would never make it all the way out here," the veteran Huntsman announced solemnly. "It was a Titan."
A/N: Konnichi wa! I'm not actually Japanese, I've just been learning it in my free time because why the fuck not? Anyway. New crossover. New for me, anyway. I'm aware that the concept isn't new. I just watched AoT over a couple of days and figured a crossover with RWBY could be fun to write. I will explain next chapter how the Titans are in Remnant and how Eren and those guys will be there too. That's why this chapter was so short; I didn't want to fill half of it with exposition, so I figured I'd cut it there. I could probably expand the fight or the trip back to Beacon, but whatever. Also, bear in mind while reading this (assuming you stick with it past this chapter) that I haven't read the manga, I've only seen the anime, so all I know about AoT is what the anime reveals. Ships are a maybe (on the RWBY side. I don't ship anyone in AoT), but if they happen they won't be the main focus. That's about it, so leave a review and follow/favourite if you want. Thanks for reading.