Prologue, Remnants of a past life
"What do you want?" = Regular speech
'Alright let's do this!' = Thoughts
"Arkos!" = Combo's, (Special) Attacks, Skills
A/N/S: = Author note Shiro
A/N/W: Author Note Wave
-S- = Small time skip
-L- = Large time skip
*Swoosh* = Flashback Start
*Swish* = Flashback End
Shiro & Wave: Disclaimer, we do not own RWBY or any other characters/concept from anything else you recognize, the rights go to their respective owners so please support the official release. We do own our OC's and any original concepts you see.
"I knew taking this alleyway was a stupid idea." The black-haired boy grumbled as he looked at the mental asylum escapee before him.
Slightly nervous his brown-haired friend spoke up. "In hindsight, I do tend to agree with you. But now really is not the time to complain."
Shooting a sideways glare at his companion the ravenette spoke up. "Well this is your fault! If you hadn't suggested taking a short cut this wouldn't have happened!"
While the pair was arguing they were slowly backing away out of the alley. Trying to be as discreet as they can possibly be to avoid angering the nutjob whom was licking his katana.
You are probably wondering what is going, right? Well let's give you a quick recap shall we.
*Swoosh*
"Man, this convention was awesome!" A brown-haired boy exclaimed as he threw his hands up in the air in excitement.
"Meh, I've been to better ones." His friend shrugged his shoulders, not quite fazed by his older friend's statement.
Instantly deflating and losing his excitement his friend turned to him. "Really? Really Keizo? You're going to be like this?" The boy knew that while his friend didn't show any excitement he enjoyed his time. He just wants him to show some emotion, he swears he is like a killer robot sometimes… Okay maybe not that bad… But still!
Trying his hardest to keep a straight face, Keizo replied to his friend, "Yes, Yamato, I'm going to be like this." As Yamato was nearly ready to face vault Keizo cracked a smile. "Of course not! You're just too easy to tease, besides did you see the RWBY stand?! That was awesome!"
Catching himself before he actually face vaulted and breathing a sigh of relief Yamato turned to his companion. "I know right! God, how cool would it be if we could actually be there? In RWBY I mean." (A/N/S: Man you don't even know half of it.)
With a dubious look Keizo turned to look at his taller friend. "What, and get instantly killed by Cinder? One word, Pyrrha."
"NO DON'T SPEAK OF IT! THAT NEVER HAPPENED! IT IS ALL A LIE! AN ILLUSION PUT UP BY EMERALD TO FOOL US, THE AUDIENCE!" Yamato raged, breathing heavily, refusing to admit the cold hard truth that Pyrrha Nikos was dead.
Meanwhile, Keizo was staring at his friend with the most impressive deadpan the world has ever seen. A look that no one could mistake as anything else but: 'Really dude?'.
As the passionate brunette began to calm down he noticed his friends stare and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "Hehehe, I'm sorry, I overreacted a little bit."
"A little?"
"Well… Maybe more…? Anyway, you can't blame me for this! We only just watched volume three, my emotions are still running high!" Yamato vented towards his friend.
Both companions had only recently finished volume 3 of RWBY while volume 4 was already well on its way. Both tried to avoid spoilers as much as they could but with the RWBY nuts they were, it wasn't always possible.
"True I guess. Maybe we should go home and binge volume 4? Can you imagine the emotional baggage that will happen in volume 4 though?" Keizo began eliciting another discussion between him and Yamato about all things RWBY related.
The two friends had been talking and wandering for a while. When suddenly Yamato's stomach began to rumble. "Keizooooo, how long till we get to your home?"
"About 20 more minutes. Relax man, besides how are you hungry? You ate tons of food at the convention!" Keizo answered his sulking friend. Really he did not understand where all that food went. Sometimes he thinks his stomach is a bottomless pit.
"Is there anyway we could get there faster?" Yamato asked as the friends stopped next to a dark alleyway. "What about this alley? Doesn't it lead to your house?" Yamato questioned gesturing to the alleyway, hoping to get to Keizo's home ASAP and stuff himself with more meat.
"Well yes it does, but…" Keizo hesitated as he looked at the alley with doubt. "Technically it does, but you know, it's a dark alleyway and its night. Besides there is a mental asylum nearby and the security sucks, believe me, I know. And to be fair, you don't need anymore food. It is a surprise you aren't fat yet."
"Pfff, I'm Dutch, I don't get fat. Besides I have a high metabolism." Yamato shrugged.
"Yeh and I'm Japanese and I stay skinny. Yet you don't see me stuffing myself." Keizo fired back slightly annoyed but at this point he is used to it.
"Anyway, come on I want more food." Yamato said as he grabbed Keizo's arm and started to drag him into the alleyway.
*Swish*
And that is how our two unfortunate souls got here. Cornered, in a dark alley, at night, by an escaped mental asylum patient wielding a katana.
"And if we had just eaten more food I wouldn't have suggested the short cut!" Yamato fired back at his friend slowly preparing himself for the inevitable confrontation all the while looking for a suitable weapon to use.
"You don't need more food you idiot!" Keizo spit back slowly backing away shooting glances over his shoulder towards the exit. Another loud rumble was heard as Keizo deadpanned at his companion. "You really have a problem."
"I can't help it! I eat when I'm tense!" Yamato defended himself. He admits it is an issue, but not one that he has any intention of solving.
"Okay yeah you eat when you're tense, but you also eat any other time when you have the chance." The ravenette replied as he spotted a piece of a pipe close to Yamato, which he tried to signal towards with his head.
However, before Yamato could grab it, the lunatic spoke up with a disturbing voice. "Are you two done yet!? By the goddess above I think you two should stay in a mental as-" The madman raved however he was cut off by two angry voices.
""SHUT UP!"" Both teens yelled in anger.
"Can't you see we're having a discussion here?" Keizo accused the very surprised madman with a glare.
"Yeah. God, where are the manners these days." Yamato shook his head disapprovingly, having all but forgotten about the metal pipe laying at his feet.
While the two boys scolded the madman he only looked at them surprised before his features shifted into a deadpan. "Yeh, alright. You both are dead." With a murderous grin on his face he charged forward to Yamato all the while yelling out the name of his goddess. "For Akame!"
Utterly surprised and slightly scared Yamato tried to dodge out of the way but ended up tripping over the metal pipe. As he stumbled around he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest as he felt his shirt getting wet and sticky. As he looked down he saw the lunatic's katana buried into his chest, blood quickly seeping out of the wound. "Well fuck." Yamato coughed as blood began to fill his throat.
As the madman pulled out his sword Yamato fell to one knee only to have the rest of his body follow him soon after.
As the madman turned to Keizo he didn't even have a chance to scream for help as the madman was already upon him, sword raised high for a slash. With a pained scream from Keizo, the lunatic tore open his body from the shoulder to hip, unfortunately for the boy it did not kill him instantly.
As Keizo fell backwards the man stood over his body laughing like a maniac. He was so distracted that he didn't notice the shadow standing behind him. The shadow being none other than Yamato. If he was going to die, then he'd be damned to not at least get one good hit in on his killer. As he lifted the metal pipe he swore at his assailant for one last time. "Fuck you, you massive, colossal cuntasaurus!" And with a loud bang he hit the scalp of his assailant who stumbled back before tripping and falling on the ground.
Yamato followed soon after dropping besides his dying friend. "So, this is it?" Yamato spoke up to Keizo. "I'm going to die a fucking virgin. God damnit." As he finished that sentence Yamato went into a massive coughing fit, spewing blood everywhere.
Keizo tried to weekly chuckle at Yamato's insane comment for the situation they were in only to end up in the same condition as his friend. After he calmed down he spoke up in a painful voice. "Well, that's unfortunate."
Both friends slowly felt their lives slipping away as their vision began to grow darker and their bodies colder. Their peaceful last moments together were interrupted however by a loudly grumbling stomach.
"FUCKING REALLY?!" Keizo screamed out in rage using all of the lifeforce he had left before they both died.
-S-
As Keizo and Yamato floated in seemingly nothingness they had no sense of time. They didn't know whether days passed or weeks, or just a mere second. They didn't know where they were or even if they were alive… Well no, they were dead, that much they did know.
It felt weird though, that feeling of nothingness, between the border of life and death. If both had to describe the feeling they would describe it to be unsettling, like nothing they ever felt before. Neither of them knew what to do, not that it mattered really. The moment either of the two tried to move or command their limbs they couldn't. Their bodies or what was to pass as their bodies now, didn't listen to any of the commands they were given.
And when they tried to call out to each other nothing happened either. That is when they noticed they couldn't smell, they couldn't see, nor listen, breath or hear. All they could sense was the presence of each other. The only thing that kept them slightly sane in this unsettling state.
After what seemed like eternity to the two their vision began to fill with a blinding white light. Once again both teens tried to command their arms to shield their eyes only for nothing to happen.
As the light faded both teens once again regained their senses and they felt their limbs again. After a few seconds of blinking both teens looked around themselves. Everywhere they looked they were surrounded by white. They didn't know whether they were in a small room or in a never-ending space.
As they both looked at each other they could still see that they were wearing the same blood-soaked clothes. However, when they both went to check their wounds they saw nothing. It was as if the attack never happened, their ruined and blood-stained clothes the only proof that it ever happened in the first place.
After about a minute Yamato was first to break the silence. "Either we really died, or I'm hallucinating because I didn't get enough food." Turning around Yamato could see Keizo staring at him with a deadpan.
"Just shut up."
"Alright, alright, I'm sorry. Just trying the lighten the mood here, mister moody." The brunette backed off arms raised in mock surrender.
"Where are we?" Keizo questioned as he looked around the place they were in confused. At the moment, he was slightly frustrated. He didn't very much like being kept in the dark and the situation he was in wasn't helping.
"Well if I had to guess. We'd be in a similar space Harry was when he died in the Deathly Hallows." Yamato said while inspecting his environment before turning back to his companion.
"Spoiler." Keizo commented on Yamato's careless spoiler, all the while staring at him with a tiny smile gracing his lips.
Now it was Yamato's turn to deadpan as he looked at his friend. "Dude, you've already seen the movie. What is there to spoil?" Keizo shrugged as his smile grew. "Still I think we are in a space like that, I mean we did just die so it would make sense, right?"
Suddenly both boys jumped in the air as a seemingly bodyless voice announced its presence. "You would be surprised how correct you are with that assumption."
"Wait… Does that mean we are at Kings Cross?!" Keizo asked dubiously not believing himself for one moment.
"That is awesome! I always wanted to go to Hogwarts!" (A/N/W: And now you can! With the Harry Potter app! Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery!) Yamato marveled at this discovery only to deflate when the bodyless voice spoke up again.
"Not exactly, you two are heroes rather than kings. Or will be at least." The bodyless voice answered mysteriously with a hint of mirth. Suddenly the space in front of the boys began to shimmer and distort, as a figure slowly formed in the distortion.
"Wait is that…?"
"No… It can't be…"
As the form began to take shape both teens were surprised at what they saw before them. Standing before them was none other than Monty Oum himself, the creator of RWBY and the god of Remnant. "Yes, it is. And yes, it can be. Hello, you two, are you ready for an adventure?" (A/N/W: This would have been the perfect ending to be honest.)
Whether out of surprise of the situation or something else Yamato took a step back as the person before him spoke up. "No way! Its Monty fucking Oum!"
"Where?" Keizo says completely ignoring Yamato's comment. Said person now staring at him in disbelief.
"Monty Oum, the creator of RWBY and god of Remnant is standing before us and the only thing you can say is where? Really?" Yamato questioned his dear friend as he still looked at him, disbelief clearly visible across his features.
"You two are going to Remnant." Monty said as he took a sip from his CFVY (A/N/S: Hehehe, Get it CFVY, coffee ;). But really why do I get an Ozpin like feeling when imagining Monty?).
""WE'RE GOING WHERE?!"" Both teens yelled, no practically screamed, both from shock and excitement for both of the teenagers.
"No this can't be true. No way we are going to Remnant. You're joking right? Please don't tell me you're joking." Keizo exclaimed loudly. Extremely excited but also worried that this might be some sick joke.
Yamato was quite for the longest time before he suddenly snapped with excitement. "FUCK YEEEEEEEEEES! I'M GOING TO REMNANT! WHOOOOOOOOOO!" As Yamato was screaming off the top of his lungs he ran circles around Keizo and Monty to excited to even care about what he was doing in front of a god right now.
Slightly amused Monty chuckled as he looked at the reactions of both of these children. The calm realist named Keizo took things better than he would have expected. Yamato meanwhile reacted exactly like he expected, like a kid in a candy store whom was told that he could choose anything he wants. "Yes, yes you two are really going to Remnant. However, I do think a change is in order. After all your names do not follow the rules."
At this Yamato skidded to a screeching halt as he looked up at the god standing before him. "Hmm, I guess you're right, Yamato doesn't relate to any color. Luckily for me however I have my own OC from my Fanfic I was working on! Shiro Makkuro, translated it means White Black." Yamato once again started to bubble with excitement at the thought of becoming one of his OC's even if he hadn't figured out the finer details like his semblance or weapon, or why his name would be Shiro…
After a bit of thinking Keizo came up with a name for himself. "Wave Night." He simply said with a content look on his face.
"Why? Are you going to get knocked out a lot?" Yamato looked at his friend with an amused smirk, obviously referring to Wave from Akame Ga Kill.
"That is not the plan, no." Keizo deadpanned once again towards his friend.
"Shiro Makkuro and Wave Night." Monty tried out the names for a while, eventually satisfied with how they sounded. "Yes, those names would work, they do follow the rules after all. Now it is just a question of your appearance."
"Our appearance? What's wrong with how we look now?" Yamato questioned slightly irritated at the thought of someone dissing his appearance.
"Well for starters you're fat." Keizo accused with a grin.
"I am not, by far, fat!" Yamato shot back clearly insulted. He might eat a lot, but he really wasn't fat at all. He always blessed god for his high metabolism in that regard.
"If you say so." Keizo shrugged while holding out his hands with a big grin still ever present on his face.
"There is nothing wrong with how you look now. However, I thought you both might want to change a few things to suit your own preferences and make you look more like you would envision your OC." Monty smiled trying to diffuse the tension between the two. It seemed like Yamato took insults to his person quite seriously.
While his friend was still quietly fuming Keizo spoke up. "How much can I change about myself? Can we change our gender even?" Keizo was quite curious to the extend of the changes he could do to his own body.
"Yes, but I'd discourage you from doing that. Since you have been a male for your whole life the experience would most likely be quite unpleasant and weird." The god replied with chuckle as he took another sip from his coffee. It was quite amusing how much imagination people can have.
"As tempting as it sounds, I'd rather not lose what makes me… well, me." Yamato put in his two cents.
"Alright, just change my eyes to ocean blue." Keizo said calmly, a slight hint of excitement present in his voice.
"Very well. Now close your eyes and envision how you both would like to look." Monty explained with his usual calm voice.
As both teens closed their eyes a white light started to surround them as their changes took place. The first one to be done was Keizo. As the light around him began to fade a mirror appeared before him so that he could see his new appearance.
His small stature looked a little better than it had been before, Keizo had now reached a height of around 5'7'. Other than that, his body didn't change too much, gained a little bit of muscle in some parts but his overall skinny and lean build was left unchanged. The black hair on top of his body was still very much black and unkempt while his skin was still just a few shades darker than white. There was only one major difference in how he looked now, his nearly black and charcoal eyes had been turned into a brilliant blue. It was the blue of a crystal ocean and its waves. This looked quite jarring to Keizo as he had never seen such amazing eyes and it would definitely be something he would have to get used to.
As Keizo was done observing himself he turned to his friend, half surprised that he was taking this long and half expecting it, after all even if he didn't need to change himself completely Yamato was still a perfectionist when it comes to his OC's appearances. However, it didn't take long for the light to fade around Yamato as well. And just as with Keizo before him a mirror popped up for him to admire his new appearance in.
Compared to Keizo, Yamato changed his stature and build a bit more. He grew slightly taller, from his previous 5'9 to a staggering 6'1ft. It wasn't like he was small beforehand, for the rest of the world that is. In his own country, he was always slightly shorter than the rest of his peers and now he finally could make up for it. His build however took on a bigger change. Previously, Yamato was built more muscular than agile giving him a broad look. Now however he looked a lot more agile and athletic while still having clearly defined muscles. Like Keizo he left his skin tone the same, a creamy color, but unlike him he changed his hair from the brown mass of ugly unruliness to a black mass of stylish unruliness. The most peculiar thing however was that his hair wasn't entirely black. Copying Ruby, Yamato's hair began to have shades of white the closer to the tips it got, and he even had a single white highlight running through his hair similar to Ren. The next thing that Yamato changed about himself where his eyes. Unlike their previous grey and gold combination they now where a dark blood red and shimmered the same way a ruby would when light was shone on it. Together with a color changed he also improved his eye's visibility so that he would be able to get rid of his glasses. The last thing to change was his face, gone where the blemishes, the acne and all of that. He did however keep the scar he had on his cheek under his right eye.
Looking into the mirror Yamato surprised himself a lot when he took in his new appearance. Even though he was still wearing his regular jeans and adidas hi-top trainers coupled with his ruined and bloodstained grey V-neck shirt, he could already imagine himself running around in his OC's combat outfit. And let me tell you, it was amazing.
"Wow." Was the first thing that left Yamato's mouth as he examined himself in the mirror. "I must say this looks even better than I could have ever imagined it! You didn't change much though Keizo."
Tearing himself from his own mirror once again Keizo looked at his companion. "Yeh, but damn look at these eyes. Don't they look good? I'll pick up all the chicks with these." Keizo said wagging his eyebrows.
"Don't get to ahead of yourself pall, I mean have you seen me? Besides when you say chicks we both know who you mean." Yamato fired back with a knowing smirk wagging his eyebrows in return.
"I must say you both did a good job fitting your appearance to your new names. Now there is just one small matter left to take into account." Monty complimented the two as he looked upon them with a fond smile.
""And that is?""
""Jinx!""
""Double Jinx!""
""Triple Jinx!""
""Stop copying me!""
""No, you stop!""
As the two were arguing a laugh soon began to fill the air as the god in front of them was amused at their antics. "Hahahaha."
Realizing the idiocy of their situation both friends started to laugh as well.
When the three finished laughing Monty spoke up once more. "I haven't laughed like this in a long while."
"I'm glad that we could change that." Yamato smiled up at the god before he turned his head to the side and muttered something.
"Anyway, referring to our previous question. What is the small matter we still need to take into account?" Keizo pipped up looking towards the god expectantly.
"Your ages." Monty answered simply.
"Our ages? What's wrong with our age?" Yamato asked.
"You're both too old to attend beacon as first years. Not to mention Yamato, that you would have already graduated from Beacon and Keizo would have been a fourth year. Besides I do think you both require a year of training before you are ready. While I did make it easier for both of you to learn new things you still need to prepare." Monty explained to the two friends. Both of them listening intently, with Keizo nodding every once in a while. "Thus, I will set both of your ages back to 16 years old. You will both of course keep the knowledge you gathered over the years, your body will just have de-aged a couple of years." Monty finished as he pulls out a familiar amulet to anyone that has watched Doctor Strange before. Putting it on he used the amulet and as a green gem became visible inside it both Yamato and Keizo were de-aged and slightly shorter than before.
"Heh, I'm still older than you Keizo." Yamato taunted his friend whom only rolled his eyes in response.
"You don't act like it though." Keizo shot back with a grind at the still smirking Yamato.
"I know, not that I care though~" Yamato sang back.
"Huh, you changed your voice. Why?" Keizo noted hearing the difference now since Yamato didn't sing before.
"Well you know how I like singing right? My voice however was never really suited for a lot of singing you know. So, I made it smoother and able to reach more octaves. I'm also much more able to imitate people's voices now. Not that I changed a lot though, I mean talking I still sound the same right? I didn't want to change that anyway since people commented on the fact that I have quite the pleasant voice to listen to when I do talk." Yamato explained as he smiled at the thought of finally being able to sing properly before he smirked devilishly at the possibilities now open to him where imitating people's voices were concerned.
"Heh, you changed your voice, that's lame." Keizo joked back.
"You're lame." Yamato fired back in a reasonably good imitation of Keizo's voice.
"Doesn't change the fact you changed your voice. But that aside we should probably carry on." Keizo argued back for the last time before he once again looked at Monty expectantly.
"Ah yes we should. There is not much left anymore to discuss. The only thing that is left to do is to send you down to Remnant. Are you both ready?" Monty asked the two people before him.
Two comrades who have gone through death together and joined each other on the other side of its door, only to be given the opportunity to be reincarnated on the planet of their favorite web-show. Both friends looked at each other and with their conviction and determination clear in their eyes they spoke up at the same time.
""Yes!""
With a smile Monty spoke up. "Very well then. I wish you both good luck. May the odds be ever in your favor." And with a snap of his fingers both companions were covered in a brilliant white light, their senses suddenly getting overwhelmed for a few seconds.
The first thing either of them felt was a weird feeling. They couldn't quite place it however, even if it did feel somewhat familiar.
While Keizo kept his eyes closed trying to figure out what this feeling was, Yamato opened his eyes and suddenly shouted in surprise. "GAAAH! KEIZO! KEIZO OPEN YOUR EYES! WE'RE FALLING!"
"What are you talki- OH SHIT!" Keizo opened his eyes in confusion at first not entirely sure what Yamato meant. This confusion was quickly washed away however as he saw the ground rapidly closing in. Panicking he started to try and use his semblance. "COME ON SEMBLANCE!" After a few fleeting, and desperate, moments nothing happened.
"FUCK WE DON'T HAVE A LANDING STRATEGY!" Yamato shouted trying to figure out how to slow down. In the distance he could see the city of Vale, but he was a bit too preoccupied to admire the view. However, after he took his time to think for a bit he figured that Monty wasn't going to just let them die from falling the moment they just got onto Remnant. So, he figured they would be immune to fall damage for this time only.
"THIS IS GOING TO HURT!" Keizo shouted slightly panicked!
"NO! THIS IS WHERE THE FUN BEGINS!" Yamato shouted back with a crazed and excited grin on his face as he straightened himself out and dove towards the ground at a faster speed than he was already going at. "WHOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!"
At first, Keizo thought that Yamato had finally lost his mind. However, he began to figure out why Yamato suddenly changed from slightly panicked to being a madman in seconds. That's when he figured out as well that Monty probably wouldn't kill them with this fall. So, he also began to enjoy himself. Instead of soaring down like a bullet or doing aerial acrobatics like Yamato, Keizo took a different route and spread himself out so that he could enjoy the beautiful view a little longer. As a result of this action he saw the formidable city of Vale in the distance. However, every beautiful moment must come to an end, and so would this one…
"SUPER HERO LANDING!" Yamato yelled out with everything he got as he crashed into the ground forming a crater. He landed with one knee and one fist on the ground like a real badass should, right Deadpool?
"That's right!" Deadpool said quickly appearing before disappearing just as fast.
During his fall Keizo had closed his eyes to enjoy the feeling of the air rushing past him. This however caused him to be completely oblivious to the fast-approaching ground which he hit with a massive bang. Instead of Yamato however, Keizo did not form a crater, he simply formed a man shaped hole.
As Yamato was looking at the hole with a deadpan, which he thought was incredibly lame compared to his super hero landing, he saw one arm raise out of the hole. "Ouch." Keizo said dryly as he pulled himself out of the man shaped hole.
"Dude come on. You're killing my groove here." Yamato whined as he looked at his friend. "I mean you can let up a little bit now. You're not you anymore, well in a certain sense. You don't have to act so serious anymore, let loose a little."
"What are you talking about, I'm the straight man here, I need to counter your jokes and childish attitude." Yamato getting the reference deadpanned at his friend all the same. "But I'll try to think about it."
"That's as much as I can ask from you I suppose. Anyway, what now? Where do we go? Do we even know where we are?" Yamato resigned as he looked around himself trying to find an answer to his questions.
"Well if you were paying attention when you were falling instead of doing aerial acrobatics, you would have noticed that Vale is that way." Keizo sassed as he pointed into the forest, towards Vale.
"Oh right, then let's head that way." Yamato said as both friends began to walk in that direction side by side. When Keizo began walking next to his friend however, Yamato noticed that his shirt was fixed. "Hey dude, your shirt doesn't have a massive hole in it anymore."
Keizo looked sideways to his friend and replied. "You just noticed that?" (A/N/S: The sass is strong with this one.)
After a while of quite walking Yamato and Keizo both began to feel like they were being watched. It was weak at first, but it had been there for a while now, so Yamato spoke up with an eerie feeling as he thought to himself. 'I've got a bad feeling about this.'
"Hey Keizo."
"Yes."
"You said we were outside of Vale, right?"
"Yes."
"Aren't there Grimm outside of the walls."
…
…
…
"Yes…"
"Then we should probably run right?"
"Yes!"
Both comrades quickly set off on a sprint as the growling and howling of Beowolves became apparent behind them, as they noticed that their prey had seen them and made a run for it. However, that wouldn't save them.
As Keizo and Yamato were running through the woods they could hear the sounds of running behind them as the pack of Beowolves chased them through the forest. "This is just our luck isn't it?" Yamato yelled at his companion as he briefly looked at the pack chasing them.
"That's just your bad luck." Keizo simply replied not bothering to look behind him just to confirm what he already knew, that the Beowolves were on their asses.
"Oi! I didn't name myself Wave! You did! So, you're the one with the bad luck!" Yamato retaliated with what he believed a pretty good comeback.
"Are we really arguing while we are getting chased by Beowolves?" Keizo said trying to divert the attention away from the current topic.
"Well I wouldn't say we're arguing, more like banter but… HEY! Don't steer the attention away from the topic!" The black-haired boy replied, only slightly triggered by Keizo's actions, whom was ignoring him again.
After several more minutes of running Keizo and Yamato ran out of the tree lines. Only to have to skid to a halt as a river was blocking their path.
"Well, that's unfortunate." Keizo commented dryly as ever.
"NO SHIT SHERLOCK!" Yamato yelled back, getting frustrated by his friend's dry comments. "Well if this is the end, again might I add, I won't go out without a fight." Yamato said as he cracked his knuckles, preparing himself for the fight of his life, again.
"For once I agree. If only we had some weapons though. Ah well no matter." Keizo joined his friend as they both stood ready to fight.
To say that the fight was short was an understatement. To say that there even was a fight was an understatement. Both Keizo and Yamato got their asses handed to them by the Beowolves, their new healed bodies already gaining several new wounds. Since Yamato had martial arts training in his past life, in the form of Taekwondo, he faired slightly better than Keizo in this fight. He got maybe a couple more hits in and dodge a few more, that still didn't mean he didn't get his ass handed to him as well.
After a couple of minutes both boys were panting and on the edge of exhaustion. "Sorry for being so dry, but you really are an ass sometimes." Keizo apologized to his friend as he smacked him against his shoulder.
Taking in deep breaths from exhaustion Yamato replied, "Heh, I know. But that's what makes me, me." A small and dry laugh followed this. Glad that he went out together with his bud, again. But still sad and angry he didn't even last one day on Remnant. He was especially angry at the Grimm before him who were still growling and lurking around them. Why couldn't they just finish it? "Alright then you shit bags! Come on! Finish it!" Yamato yelled leaning against Keizo for support.
"Well anyway, this was fun while it lasted. Who knew Remnant was such a dangerous place." Keizo panted as also he leaned against his friend for support, both on the edge of collapsing.
"Heh, the straight man can make a joke." Yamato coughed.
"Only in the most dire of situations." Keizo replied back jokingly.
"Oh, fuck off." The ruby eyed boy swore lightheartedly.
Both boys closed their eyes ready for their adventure to end. However, the end never came. As both boys opened their eyes again, they saw a blur of green and white flying past the Grimm taking them all out where it went. In a matter of seconds, the fight was over, and the blur stopped in front of the two, revealing it to be none other than the headmaster of Beacon himself, Ozpin.
"Well hello there, what are two boys such as yourself doing out here in the forest? It is not safe." Ozpin questioned, quite lightheartedly for someone that is standing before two wounded children. Almost like he already had some idea of what was going on.
"Yeh… we discovered that ourselves. But to answer your question. We don't know. We just woke up here not to long ago. We don't really remember how we got here to be honest, now that I think about it, I don't remember much at all." Yamato spoke up, trying to bullshit his way out of this one while he was still struggling to stand up straight.
"Neither do I." Keizo supported getting the gist of where Yamato was going with this. He just like Yamato was also having quite the difficulty staying conscious.
As Ozpin listen to the explanation, he narrowed his eyes for just a small moment before he nodded along. He could sense there was something special about these boys, what it was however he did not know. "That is unfortunate, my name is Ozpin and I'm the headmaster of Beacon, that school over there." Ozpin said pointing up at the cliffs on which Beacon stood. Now that both of the boys had the chance to look at their surroundings they marveled at its impressive sight. "Do you still remember your names?" Ozpin asked getting the attention from the duo whom were still rapidly losing consciousness.
Pretending to dig through his mind for a moment Yamato spoke up first. "My name… My name is Shiro, Shiro Makkuro."
Keizo took this as a sign to also say his name, albeit with a little twist. "My name is Night, Wave Night."
"Well it is nice to meet you Shiro and Wave. I would like to offer both of you to stay at Beacon for the time being, so that you can heal and regain your strength." Ozpin offered the two friends.
"T-That would be appreciated." Shiro said before he and Wave fell forward, unconscious.
Shiro: Well damn that was a nice introduction chapter if I do say so myself, right Wave?
Wave: I think there are a bit too many references…
Shiro: Ah don't sweat it, its fine~.
Shiro: Anyway, do you want to explain what this is or shall I?
Wave: Yeh sure *Clears throat*.
Wave: Alright everyone, for all of you that made it to the end of this chapter… we're going to wait for the next chapter to tell you what all these references were about. Do keep them in mind however.
Shiro: That is not what I meant for you to explain but alright.
Wave: Oh. Well, you can explain now since this all was your idea.
Shiro: *Heavy sigh* Very well.
Shiro: What you boys and girls (and attack helicopters, I'm not discriminating here) have just read is the first chapter in a collaboration event between me: Yamato Minamoto and Keizo AKA Omgitskirk. Wait why did we call you Keizo…?
Wave: Kirk is a pretty American name don't you think?
Shiro: Well yeh but… Ah fuck it.
Shiro: Anyway, as I was saying. Me and Kirk are doing a collab RWBY story, RWBY: Through the SMWK. Its basically a story that follows me and Kirk where we get reincarnated in the world of Remnant by our lord and savior Monty Oum. We join the cast as they go to Beacon and follow them on their adventures trying to save the world. Meanwhile we have to face our own enemies and demons.
Wave: There you go, you have anything else to say?
Shiro: I'm just rereading it now give me a moment.
Shiro: Yeh no, that's basically it. I mean the summary will probably explain it better than I did here anyway.
Wave: That's because we'll actually spend time and effort on making a good summary.
Shiro: That is all too true.
Shiro: Anyway, as always, we'd appreciate any feedback you can give us, whether it is critical feedback or not. It helps us improve and we are grateful for that. As usually reviews will also be answered at the beginning of every chapter. You can request reviews specific to either of us personally or our characters personally and just the story in general.
Shiro: We understand that this first chapter was mostly introduction and stuff, but we promise that next chapter will be much better.
Wave: Because than we will actually have other RWBY characters in it, you know aside from Ozpin being… Well Ozpin.
Shiro: That is true. We still need to figure out how we prevent Ozpin from kicking us out on the street though…
Wave: Maybe I should stop being so dry as well.
Shiro: YES! THANK YOU! PLEASE DO THAT!
Wave: Nah, we'll see about that. *Insert cheeky grin*
Shiro: Oum damnit.
Shiro: Anyway, I think it is about time we close up shop. We hope to see you all next time, bye~.
Wave: See you all next time on: RWBY: Through the SMWK!
*Curtain Closes*
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