The Idiot and Freelancer in Remnant
Caboose and Washington were walking around Emerald forest, trying to find some sort of civilization. They explored the forest and found ruins of some sort of temple. It looked like it was made of stone, with five columns holding up a stone circle. There were small pedestals, as if something was supposed to be there.
"Caboose, let's take a break, you can drop the door for a while."
"Okay!" He placed the door against one of the stone columns. Washington looked around to check if any of those wolves were around. Once he saw they were in the clear, he turned to Caboose.
"I'm going to go into the forest to find some food. Stay here and don't do anything stupid…..on second thought, just don't do anything. Got that?"
"Okay agent Washingtub."
"Alright, stay safe Caboose" Washington went into the forest, rifle in hand just in case any of those black wolf things try to attack him. Meanwhile, Caboose was holding his breath back at the temple.
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"I BELIEVE AGENT WASHINGTON STILL WANTS YOU TO BREATH CABOOSE." Caboose let out a large breath. "Oh thank god."
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Team RWBY was currently finishing off a pack of Beowolves and Ursi they encountered in the Emerald forest.
Ruby used her scythe, Crescent Rose. She slashed downwards on a Beowolf and fired point blank on its head. Ruby kept her weapon and looked around to see the bodies of Grimm fading away.
"Alright team, let's keep going." She said walking north-
"North is that way." Weiss pointed towards the opposite direction Ruby was walking. She turned around and started walking.
"Onward!" She said with a big smile on her face. Weiss rolled her eyes on her partner's antics. Team RWBY walked silently for a while, until Blake decided to break the silence.
"Hey"
"What is it Blake?" Her blonde partner asked.
"You ever wonder why we're here?" Yang thought for a moment before responding
"It's one of life's greatest mysteries isn't it?" She said with a cheeky grin.
"No, not that." Blake said in a more serious tone. "White Fang activities have stopped ever since Roman was captured. Something just doesn't feel right about that." At this point Weiss decided to step into the conversation.
"Oh you are NOT starting that again." 'Furiously' pointing at the faunus.
"We've already gone through this last semester. Not only did we help in stopping the Grimm when they invaded Vale, we were the ones who stopped Torchwick, AND got him arrested. I think after all that we deserve a break." She said placing her hand on Blake's shoulder.
"But-"
"No buts, last time you were like this you didn't sleep for days."
"Yeah, Blake, let's try to have some fun once in a while" Yang said.
"But what if Torchwick somehow breaks out?"
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Ruby gave Blake a soft smile "Then we'll beat them again!" She said enthusiastically yet reassuring. Blake gave her teammates a soft smile.
"Thanks guys."
They eventually arrived at the temple where the relics used be.
"Brings back memories, huh?" Yang said, reminiscing about their initiation.
"Sure does." Ruby was about to walk until she saw two armored people walking towards the temple.
"Quick, hide!" She silently screamed, they crouched and hid in a nearby bush. They tried to listen to their conversation.
"Caboose, let's take a break, you can drop the door for a while." The one in black armor said…or they assumed, since when they talked it looked like they were just bouncing their heads.
"What's so important about that door?" Weiss wondered, but was shushed by Ruby.
"What kind of name is Caboose?" Yang wondered, but was also shushed by Ruby
"Okay!" The blue one known as Caboose said, dropping the door against one of the stone pillars.
"I'm going to go into the forest to find some food. Stay here and don't do anything stupid…..on second thought, just don't do anything. Got that?"
"Looks like the black one doesn't trust Caboose too much…..either that or Caboose's just stupid." Weiss said but was shushed by Ruby once more. "Quiet!" She silently screamed.
"Okay Agent Washingtub"
'Definitely the latter' Weiss thought to herself as she refused to believed his name was Washingtub.
"Alright stay safe Caboose." 'Washingtub' walked towards the forest, the same way they came in.
"They're splitting up, should we split up?" Ruby asked her teammates.
"These people may be dangerous, I say we stick together." Weiss said with Blake nodding in agreement.
"Who do we-" She was cut off by the sound of some sort of robotic voice.
"I BELIEVE AGENT WASHINGTON STILL WANTS YOU TO BREATH CABOOSE." "Oh thank god"
"What was that?" Weiss silently screamed.
"Sounded like some sort of robot." Blake replied. Ruby looked around the blue soldier, before saying something again,
"Who do we follow?"
"I say the blue one, he was a lot less threatening than the other" Yang said, she was also curious on how strong the blue one was compared to her.
"But we wouldn't be able to much get info out of him if he's as stupid as I think he is." Weiss replied
"That's not very nice Weiss." Ruby said to her partner.
"I say we follow the black one, he seemed to be more intelligent than him at least." The three girls continued to argue, with Blake staying silent, not hearing what was happening with Caboose…except Blake of course, you can hear a lot of things with four ears.
(With Caboose)
"UNKNOWN HEAT SIGNATURE DETECTED" Freckles told his master.
"Where? And what's a heat signature?" Freckles moved, and pointed towards a random bush. Caboose started walking to the bush. He heard muttering from it.
"I didn't know bushes can talk."
"THEY CANNOT, CABOOSE."
(Back with Team RWBY)
Blake heard the conversation and tried to alert her teammates.
"Guys."
Nothing.
"Guys!" She said slightly louder.
Still nothing.
"GUYS!"
"WHAT?!" The three said in unison. Blake pointed upwards to see a blue helmet with a yellow visor faced towards them.
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"Hello!" Caboose said, happily.
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"Um…Hi?" Ruby said.
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The five were now standing on the middle of the temple ruins. The four girls still felt a little uneasy, and Caboose was….Caboose.
"Hello! My name is Caboose." He said, still happily.
"Erm...Ruby."
"Weiss"
"Blake"
"How strong are you?" She was elbowed by Blake. "I'm Yang"
"This is Freckles! Say hello Freckles." He held his gun, the four started to think he was crazy until-
"GREETINGS"
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"D-d-did your gun just talk?" Ruby asked, shaking.
"Yeah, his name is Freckles." Ruby instantly used her semblance to run and grab the gun. She held it in her arms like it was a baby. She got close and stared straight at Caboose's helmet and said-
"OhmygosthatissocoolhowdidyougethimtothatpleasetellmeyoursecretIwantCrescentRosetobeabletootalktoPLEASE!" she said VERY excitedly and with a wide grin. A moment of silence goes by.
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Weiss was about attempt to translate on what Ruby said to Caboose until he spoke.
"Oh wellllll, a long time ago he was a giant robot with rocket launchers and guns, but then he blew up and then he was fixed and then he was turned into a gun and now we're best friends! Right Freckles?" Caboose said slowly, with the last few parts going a bit faster.
"AFFIRMATIVE."
WBY was surprised to see somebody was be able to understand what Ruby said.
"What do you mean by giant robot?" Weiss asked the blue soldier.
"Freckles?" Caboose asked to explain it for him.
"I WAS PREVIOUSLY A MANTIS-CLASS MILITARY ASSAULT DROID, IT WAS PROGRAMMED WITH THE ABILITY TO HOUSE AN A.I., RESULTING IN MY EXISTENCE. I WAS DESTROYED IN BATTLE, AND WAS MODIFIED TO BE PROGRAMMED INTO CABOOSE'S ASSAULT RIFLE." Freckles explained.
"Yes, that." Weiss was about to ask something but Ruby beat her to it.
"What does the A mean?"
""Artificial/ARTIFICIAL"" Weiss and Freckles said at the same time.
"And the I is..?"
""Intelligence/INTELLIGENCE""
"Uh.." Weiss ignored Ruby and asked her question
"So you're military?" Weiss questioned him. Caboose ignored her and stared at something behind him.
"Caboose?" Yang said with an eyebrow raised. They suddenly heard the cocking of a gun behind them.
"Oh! Hello Agent Washingtub! I'd like you to meet my new friends!" Caboose said behind them, they turned and saw the black soldier holding an assault rifle in his hands.
"Who are you people." Washington said in more of a demand than a question. Weiss took offense to this. She drew Myrtenaster, her multi-action dust rapier.
"Weiss, be nice!" Ruby told her partner, who ignored her.
Washington and Weiss stared down each other, waiting for the other to make the first move.
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Weiss tried to stab Washington, only for it to be stopped by Caboose's hand, who grabbed the blade and stood in between the two.
"Stop it pleaseee..Friends don't fight friends." Caboose said dramatically. Weiss pulled back her rapier, releasing it from his grasp.
"He is not my friend." Weiss hissed.
"Well, you're my friends, and he's my other friend, so we're all friends here, right?" Caboose asked to no one in particular.
"I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST IF WE DO NOT CAUSE CONFLICT DURING OUR TIME HERE, AGENT WASHINGTON." Freckles told the freelancer. Washington and Weiss continued to stare at each other for what felt like hours.
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"Alright." Washington placed his gun on his back. Weiss didn't move.
"Weeeeiiess…." The team leader pleaded. Weiss sighed and sheathed her rapier.
"This doesn't mean I trust either of you." She said, arms crossed.
"Likewise. So, who are you people and what are you doing here?" Washington, asking this time.
"My name is Ruby, that's Weiss, Blake and Yang. You two are in Emerald forest." Ruby said.
"I see…what planet is this?" The girls were confused but answered nonetheless.
"Duh, you're on Remnant." Yang said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Washington thought for a moment. His thoughts were interrupted when he noticed a pack of Beowolves and Ursi surrounding them. RWBY noticed this too. "Grimm."
"We'll handle this." Ruby said, which surprised him. She pulled out a large red scythe, how she was able to lift that was beyond him.
"What are you...?" He noticed the other three preparing their own weapons.
"Alllllright team, let's go!" The students charged towards the beasts. What he saw next was the last thing Washington expected to see.
Ruby moved faster than the eye could see and slashed a Beowolf in half. Several Grimm charged at her, in response, she did a whirlwind of slashes against them, what was left were detached arms and heads of the Grimm creatures. She anchored her scythe to the ground, and began shooting. Washington noticed all of them were head shots.
Weiss used her glyphs to speed herself up and delivered a quick thrust towards several Grimm, sending them all back. She thrust her weapon onto the ground, which summoned icicles from the ground, impaling several other Grimm.
Blake jumped and slashed through one, leaving a copy of herself behind. She delivered a flurry of slashes and stabs. Several Ursi tried to rush at her all at once. She jumped backwards, leaving a copy of herself behind…on fire. Which exploded in their faces.
Yang used her gauntlets to deliver a flurry of attacks left and right. One Grimm that tried to pounce on her was uppercutted and punched in the stomach, sending it flying and knocking out any other Grimm.
A.K.A, a total bloodbath. They continued attacking any and all Grimm, annihilating them all.
One it was over, Washington had one thing to say.
"What. The. Fuck."
"That. Was. Amazing!" Caboose said, throwing his hands toward the air.
"So, how was that?" Yang said with a cheeky smile.
"How did you guys do that?" Washington asked, still in disbelief at what he saw.
"Are you guys wizards?" Caboose asked.
"We're huntresses-in-training." Ruby answered.
"You guys hunt these things?"
"Yeah! Though I think we lost some aura in that fight though." Washington raised an eyebrow, not that they could see it of course.
"Aura?" The four girls looked at Washington with confused and disbelieving faces.
"You don't know what aura is?" Weiss asked, unconvinced someone of their skill wouldn't know about aura. Washington thought of a response.
"Is there someone in authority I could talk to?"
"We can send you to the headmaster at beacon if you'd like." Ruby suggested. Washington looked at Caboose.
"Caboose, grab that door and let's get going. We're going to meet this headmaster."
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Meanwhile, Ironwood was grumbling as he gave Ozpin his 50 Lien.
Ozpin had a shit-eating grin on his face right now.
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Well, there's chapter two I guess. Again this if my first fanfic so please don't judge me too much.
Feel free to post any criticism or tips you have so that I can improve myself, or just tell me what you think of this story so far.
Thank you for reading, and have a great day.
