Drago Cresta: Hello Readers Chapter 2 is here.
Gabriel: Is this whole opening side talk really necessary Drago?
D.C.: Not really but its fun. I just like the idea of interacting with everyone before we get down to the hard work of…
(giant three headed dog comes running by with what appears to be a young man wearing a straw hat in one of its jaws screaming)
(a group of young adults with a walking skeleton, robot, and a creature that looks like a humanoid reindeer child followed)
(a moment later a man in gray colored military fatigues and a woman with blood red hair wearing shinobi gear (Naruto Style) came to a stop in front of Drago)
Man in Fatigues: Sorry Drago kind of had an incident with well you know.
D.C.: I can see and I know. Kaiden, Kana, if it's not to much trouble can you keep them in the side room for the other stories. They really would mess up a lot of things if they do get into the actual stories. (motioning to the man and woman respectively)
Kana: We'll try but that is a lot to ask for when it comes to those idiots. You saw the swordsman was laughing his as off while he ran along with them right. Surprised he didn't wonder off in the last couple of side rooms stories earlier as he did.
D.C.: That is surprising… just do your best, but the room they headed off to should be much easier it the one with Claire and her gang.
Kaiden: Oh thank the Divine! Some back up would be really helpful right now. Later boss.
Kana: You look good in that dragon hoodie, and love the headphones.
Kaiden: Kana!
Kana: Right… Ja Ne Drago!
Gabriel: Do I want to know what that was?
D.C.: No, that's their problem at the moment. So shall we start!
Gabriel: (shrugged and nods)
Drago Cresta dose not own the rights to RWBY or the elements used from For Honor. They belong to their respective creators and brands. Please we hope you enjoy chapter two.
The dreams we have always seem to disappear come the next time we wake. Is it that we are afraid of what our dreams say about us, or are we afraid to admit that our dreams say more of what we truly want. That or is it we are not as we seem to believe we are in them.
--Dreams we have
Chapter 2 The Black Knight Legend/Balance Shift
A young man with blond hair and blue eyes was tending to a horse as he seemed distracted. So much so he did not see the fully armored Knight that had entered the stable. The knight had called out to the boy and was answered with silence. The knight shook his head and smacked the boy on the back of his head.
"Squire you supposed to pay attention when someone enters the stables." The knight scolded his squire.
"Sorry Lord Knight Cross… I will pay more attention tomorrow sir. The boy replied as he rubbed where the knight had hit him.
"Still thinking of how to impress your father child?" the lord knight asked as he watch the boys reaction.
"No sir… my birth father made it clear that his son born from his wife would be the next Lord of Arc lands. He was content to insure his illegitimate son would remain with his illegitimate sister, and far away as to not shame his bloodline. As far as I'm concern my mother is Silvia Redcliff and her daughters the only family I need." The blonde teen spoke with venom.
The Knight Lord said nothing as he moved to the other side of the horse. The knight mounted his stead and gestured the young man to do the same with one of the others in the stable. Confused for a moment the young man did as he was told and followed the knight out of the camp. They we're silent for some time before the knight spoke.
"If it means anything to you Silvia would have made a better Arc Lady then her brother. Calin has to much ambition for his own good and an ego to match unfortunately. Lord Casadus was the same as his son. It is the reason much of this is smaller then what it should be." The knight motioned to the land around them.
"Both to busy trying to put the land under their iron grip instead of talk and unite them. The creatures of Grimm hunt us no matter our allegiance or who we serve. They are the real threat, not some scandal between nobles and lords."
"Arthur I took you under my wing not because of lineage, but because I believe you are destined for something great. Don't let the lip flapping of Court Ladies and chamber maidens paint you opinion. We are Knights," the Knight Lord trailed off waiting for the squire to finish it.
"We speak truth even if leads to our death. We do not spread false words, or speak them unless founded." Arthur answered his Lord's silent question.
The lord chuckled and smiled before he spoke. "I will make a knight out of you one day boy. You may continue your ride, a little more practice would be prudent for you."
The Knight Lord galloped away to do some business for his temporary camp. Arthur on the other hand was lost in thought as he rode at a normal pace. So much so as he passed by a farm he did not see the shooting star that was coming in his direction. He was only aware when it crashed not fifty feet away from him startling both him and the horse. The horse had reared up in fear and threw off the shocked young man. He stood up and shook his head clear of his dizziness from the fall. He could see his stead was in a panic and promptly calmed the mount down.
Looking around he could see the smoke the bellowed out of the hole created from the fallen star. Too curious for his own good the squire walked over to the hole to look down into it. The smoke blocked his view of the star and irritated his senses. He tried his best to move ever so slightly to peer through the smoke, only for his shifting to cause the ground under him to collapse. He fell nearly eight feet down into the hole onto his backside. Groaning with discomfort and a bit of pain he stood back up.
He could see that the star had cut a trench into the farm land. Fallowing the trail and found an interesting sight. It was a ball of rock about two feet in diameter smoldering in the trench. On closer inspection he could see that it looked more like metal than rock.
"Boy what are you doing here." A man most likely the farmer that worked the land.
Arthur had explained what had happed making the farmer call the blacksmith who was now examining the fallen star. The smith looked at the rock over and over he looked as if it was nothing. The squire knew better he could see the greed that in the smiths eyes.
"It's just a lump of rock no good for anything but to gather moss. I take it and rid of it in the near by river." The aspiring knight could hear the lie in the smith's tone.
"Then I'll take it if you're going to just throw it away." Arthur cut in quickly.
"Run along boy this dose not involve you." The smith tried too shoo the boy away.
"Hey I found the star first don't I get a chance to have it." Something about it called out to him.
"Boy it is just a rock and serves no propose to any one…" he looked over Arthur and slightly sneered. "And aren't you suppose to be picking up after some knight… squire."
Arthur could see the man try and use his apparently silver tongue to insure he got the fallen star. The squire would not have it though. "Clearly your lying about the star just being a rock. I could see the star if heated right would make fine steel ingots, and not just any old steal but true black steal. Legends say that gods and demons alike would use the steal made of stars like this one."
The smith enraged that the boy ousted him reached for his sword only to have an arrow grazed his hand. All in the trench looked in the direction it had come from and saw a finely dressed young lady holding her bow and another arrow. She rode a black stead and had to heavily armored knights as her escort. She replaced her second arrow into her quiver, hooked her bow onto her horse and dismounted.
"Smith you know better than too harm a squire of Lord Holden Cross do you not?" her words and tone were smooth and refined.
"Now you wish to take the star as well as the squire, but both of you forget who owns the lands." The two bowed along with the farmer to the clearly young noble woman.
"Rise." Her order was crisp and curt of that of a noble. "Smith you had right to it…"
Quickly the smith moved to take the star, but was stopped by the knight escorts of the young noble.
"I was not done speaking Smith." Her even but angry tone sent shivers down the three's commoners spines. "Had you not tried to lie about its value we would not have a problem. So as punishment for lying the squire will be the one to take it." She said with a tone of finality.
The smith knew better then to fight against the nobles decision and left muttering the whole way back to his shop. Arthur had blinked a moment before he realized what had happened. He bowed and thanked the noble lady for allowing him to have the fallen star.
"It is nothing though it would have been a benefit to have the smith take it, and make black steal ingots for one of my knights or myself a fine blade or armor. He had lied unfortunately most likely to sell them for pounds of gold." She spoke with a sigh and shook her head.
"Oh well… what is done is done. Lady Alice Blackthorn." The noble woman introduced herself.
Arthur Redcliff." He replied in kind.
The young lady looked at him with a raised brow. "Don't you mean Arc. Clearly you are a son of Arc."
"I am not a son he claims." His frown clearly shown.
"You very honest young Arc. Some may find that some truths are meant to be kept." She ignored the subtle glare the squire sent her way as she went back to her horse and waited. "But as knights we are compelled to speak truth. And from you I can see you find justice in truth."
It took a moment but the unspoken order was clear as to what she wanted. Moving quickly he helped the noble lady mount her stead. The whole time she made sure to keep her hand on the squire. Sometime making it seem more intimate than it should leaving the young squire confused and irritated at her teasing. Once mounted the young lady just smirked at the squire arrogantly knowing very well what she was doing. Her smirk softened to a smile as she and her escorts turned to leave.
"I will send some servants with a cart to help you take your spoils to Lord Cross camp." As she and her knights began to move forward she turned to look at Arthur. "I will be keeping an eye on you young Arc… you intrigue me." And with that she rode off to her fort.
The young squire just shook his head at the thoughts that came with her not so subtle statement as he went and brought his horse over. He stood there staring at the fallen star as he pulled out a rolled up parchment and opened it. On the sheet of parchment were sets of complex equations and drawn designs for mechanisms. In the center of it all was a drawing of a sword and shield. He stared at the drawing a moment before he leaned against his horse to pulled out a quill and ink pot to write something at the top.
"Aequitas in Veritas." He smiled as he found a perfect name for his sword.
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Jaune could not understand he had just seen his ancestor speaking to who he could only assume would be his greatest enemy. As he became more aware of his surroundings he realized his eyes were closed, and he was laying in a bed. Just as he was about to open his eyes he heard his grandfather talking.
"Jaune's connection to his divine is so much more then any Arc that has come before him. White Knights like Michel and myself can only feel and sometimes hear the divine we fight with. For Jaune he can not only do the same and more, but he could actually be a vessel for them." Gabriel's tone was calm and even.
"Vessel?!" Raven uttered in shock.
"Them as in more then one?!" came a thired voice Jaune did not recognize.
"We Arc's know this because it was Arthur himself wrote it down and is passed from one Arc head to the next. He saw in a glimpse of possibility of an Arc Knight in black armor fighting against the Grimm witch with nine ethereal divine beings. The power given in order to end the nightmare of the creatures that hunt us all. It is with the Black Knight we are saved or ruined, salvation or damnation. That at least is all that is legible on the old journal from the era." The elder Arc stated.
It was silent once more until a fourth voice spoke. Making what the other adults jump in shock and awe from the sounds they made.
"Why was such a legend kept a secret?" the fourth voice asked.
"It wasn't always…" Gabriel trailed off. "when it was common knowledge to at least only within Arc Citadel every one assumed the Black Knight would be Joan Arc."
"As in Joan of Arc Citadel, Liberator and Savior of Arcadia! War Heroine of the War of Founding!" the third voice all but shouted in excitement.
Gabriel chuckled at the woman. "Yes the same ancestor of mine that helped found the Kingdom of Vale. She possessed all the traits of a Black Knight, a strong connection to her divine, the ability to not only hear but speak to her. All but the strength to call upon eight others. The Arc's then thought it would come with time, and it was she that was destined to end the Grimm." He paused with sorrow in his tone.
"They pushed to hard and expected to much that at the end she was vulnerable. As stated in the history books they feared her power and was burned at the stake. Her last words were not of anger or hate, but that of forgiveness." His tone sad but proud.
"I always wondered why didn't the Arc Knights destroy Vale for that?" The third voice asked.
"The Arc's knew that they had brought that fate onto her. They understood that they had done wrong by her by making her more feared then loved. Even to this day we sill blame our selves for leading her to her death."
"It never ceases to amaze me… no matter the transgression the Arc family will always forgive before you destroy." The fourth voice spoke.
"Unfortunately Ozpin you are one of the few that even remember that of us. Most these days only believe we are ether biding our time to take Vale, or are nothing more then a shell of a once great legacy."
The conversation was halted by the door being opened roughly and the sound of armored boots. From the sounds of it all the adults in the room turned to the door to see who it was.
"Raven Branwen why is your bandit tribe attacking down town Vale?" asked the familiar voice of Michel Arc.
"What?! I… I never gave them that order… they were supposed to wait for my return." Raven's voice was full of confusion.
"Then it seem that your tribe is no longer yours or maybe they were never yours to begin with." Gabriel added with a sagely tone.
The sound of a Scroll pierced the silence that followed. It went on for a few seconds as the sound of hands patting cloth searched for it. It was finally answered by the third voice from earlier.
"Hello Qrow, and before you say anything no you can not drink around the girls."
"Not the reason I called Summer…" the sound of metal clashing with metal resounded out of the scroll. "Seems my old tribe is here and are attacking me and Tai…" gunshots were also coming over the call.
"Qrow what's going on?!" Raven demanded.
"Rae your with Summer… shit then this isn't you…"
"Qrow!" Summer scolded.
"Not the time we need help down here…" a shotgun shot off a couple of shells. "I think their targeting Yang. A few of them tried to separate me and Tai from the girls when they ambushed us." more fighting came through. "Rae that wolf guy you talked about… the fucker's here and…" they heard the sound of flesh being cut was loud and clear.
"Qrow!" Raven and Summer yelled.
"Shit… fucker got me good!" Qrow's voice was as ragged as his breathing. "You two got to get down here me and Tai…" the scroll was went silent as Qrow's scroll was most likely destroyed.
"Summer, Raven go now." Gabriel ordered firmly.
It was in this moment that Jaune opened his eyes and subtly looked over the room for his sword. He saw it on the table nearby near Raven and the woman in white he assumed was Summer. Silently he moved close to the edge of the bed. He watched as Raven cut opened a portal preparing to enter with Summer.
"Are you simply going to watch?" the voice of his divine called out in his head. "Don't speak, think and I will hear you."
"What could I do?" asked Jaune.
"You could fight. All my power, my knowledge, and all that I am is yours to use as you please. All you have to do is ask." The voice said in an even tone but with excitement in what is to come.
Before anyone could react Jaune rushed up out of the bed and for his sword. Once he grabbed it he rushed into the portal without hesitation and narrowly dodge Raven's hand by sliding under it. Once he was threw he saw that he was in Down Town Vale. Though he never been here before he simply listened for fighting to find his way.
He drew his sword and slipped his scabbard into his belt to keep it close. That is when he heard the sound of gun shots coming from near by. Jaune kept walking the sound never fading completely or getting any louder making him frustrated.
"Hey kid!" a male voice called out to him.
Jaune turned to see a man in a white hooded coat in the shape of a fox not to far away from him. The man just pointed in a direction. Jaune followed the finger and realized the sound of fighting did get slightly louder when facing the direction. He turned to thank the man only to find him gone like he was never there to begin with.
This had put him on guard as he extended his sword its longsword mode. He looked in all directions even toward the ground to see if a underground accesses was nearby. Waiting in anticipation for an attack or more like an ambush. When nothing came he got more tense and paranoid waiting. So when the voice of his divine chimed in he nearly jumped four feet into the air in surprise.
"He appears to not be interested in you young Jaune." She giggled at her vessels jumpiness.
"That was not funny or cool! Give me a warning next time!" The boy thought heatedly to his divine.
His divine just giggled louder before she spoke. "I believe we have somewhere to be young Jaune."
Jaune shook himself to loosen up his tense muscles and went in the direction of the fighting. If Jaune had looked up to the roof tops nearby right now he would have seen the light distorted silhouette of a humanoid figure. A few seconds latter the light that was distorted began to fade in to revealed the fox coated man. (Just for clarity think Halo active camo unit)
As the fighting got louder Jaune had walked into an open market area and saw men like the ones that attacked the train. He also saw that he was not the only one that came to fight. His father and grandfather were fighting off a group of six not to far away. Aliyce, Claire and their teammates fighting against four other bandits. In the center of all the fighting he could see the bulk of the bandits attacking a blonde haired man, a man wilding a scythe. He could also see Summer taking potshots when ever she could at the attackers in the back and fighting sword wilding bandits. Raven was close to the center of all the fighting batting and slashing any that got close to the two little girls she was next to her.
Finally noticing the two his attention locked onto them. An eight year old was a sobbing mess with a blonde girl his age hugged her tight for comfort and if he wasn't wrong to cover the younger one from harm. He must have got lost for quite a while because he could tell they all were tiring. Their movements were not as smooth as he thought they should be. Than it happened faster then he could see. A man in armor in the shape of a wolf shot straight to Raven with a wicked looking scythe with a serrated blade. The sound of flesh being cut into was deafening and sickening as blood flew threw the air.
Raven had dropped her sword and fell to her knees clutching with both her arms the large gash on her belly. The mood of the area completely changed as the blonde man, the other scythe wilder, and Summer yelled out Raven's name trying to get to her. His father and grandfather called out their semblance to finish off their fight quickly to get to the downed huntress. The tall tell sounds of explosions said that his sisters were doing the same. But it all came down to the fact that they were to far away and there too many bandits to make it in time. The Wolf Man as Jaune dubbed him, approached Raven slowly and eerily with a madman like laugh.
"You been downed little Raven…" his voice was rough and more animalistic then human as he growled it out more then spoke. "What did I tell you before?"
The questioned was rhetorical as he answered it himself. "You are weak compared to me. But then again all you humans are beneath me." He then began to growl a canine like growl.
He raised his scythe in preparation to take Raven's life. The two girls near the downed huntress finally moved from their spot and unfortunately it was not away from the Wolf Man. No they had run toward Raven in a panicked pace.
"Mommy!" yelled out the blonde. The younger girl stayed just as close to the older girl.
"Yang no!" as Raven realized the girls was coming toward her.
It was a horrifying thought as the girls reached Raven and clutched her. Without thinking Raven moved to cover the girls as best as she could in an attempt to shield them from the blade that was coming down. The horror of it all clear on everyone faces.
All of this had come to a halt as the world around Jaune seemed to come to a stop. The scythe just beginning its downward arc. The frozen faces of horror on everyone's faces, and everyone stopped in action as if paused.
"Watch or fight?" his divine's tone even once more.
"What?!" not caring that he shouted out loud.
"Will you watch them die, or will you fight for them? What is your choice Jaune Arc?" the divine questioned again.
"I will fight." Though it was said simply Jaune's Aura began to flare out to the world.
"Very well." Her tone the same as Jaune's.
With a surge of power Jaune shot forward to the Wolf Man as the world slowly began to return to normal. He berried six inches of his sword into the concrete beneath his feet and deployed his shield bracing them together to stop the scythe. It had indeed stopped the deadly blade dead in its tracks. The Wolf Man had no chance to react as the ethereal form of his divine manifested and slugged monster hard in the face. In fact the man was sent flying into a building and threw a wall forty feet away taking out a hand full of bandits along the way. The other eight ethereal beings manifested along side Jaune, but they now were more defined. Some easily recognizable as they once helped previous Arc ancestors, like Thor, Artimis, Asura, and Isis. The others though were not so recognizable, like the man with a jackals head, or the woman with wings wilding a spear and shield, a second woman with a xiphos and shield, and a divine in Samurai Armor wilding a large Odachi.
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While everyone watched in shock, Aliyce was in awe. She had always believed that Jaune would be great one day, but never imagined he be like this. Granted he was the only boy in her generation it would have been expected of him, but this was far beyond that. Her little brother the Black Knight of Arc; she will fight tooth and nail to insure he would do great.
She her self had been through the Arc family archives in the Citadel. Hoping one day she would posses the Arc family Semblance Divinity. When it was revealed that she did not; upset was an understatement, but with time she had learned accept it. In this moment though she could see which divine were to the sides of Jaune, and found most surprising.
Asura was once used by an ancestor Balin Arc during the war of discovery. Known to enable him to fight dozens of men single handedly with a strong offensive capabilities. Joan Arc's divine spirit had been Artimis, and had allowed her to be a deadly huntress on the battlefield. Isis had been the divine of Arith Arc, and fought in the beginning of the Great War. Great Grandfather Lancelot Arc ended said Great War with the power of his divine Thor.
The other four were unknown to most, but likely to her grandfather, Doctor Oobleck who had a tendency to spend days in the archives, and herself. The jackal is known as Anubis a god of the underworld. The woman with wings was a Valkyrie named Eir mentioned in ancient texted. The other woman with sword and shield was Athena goddess of wisdom and strategy. The samurai was indeed similar to her grandfather's own; brothers in fact, and known as Susanoo god of storms.
All powerful divine being, and all at her brothers finger tips to use. Unlike previous Arcs who were simply guided and protected he would be able to actually draw from there power. A small fraction more likely, but to be able to use the power of gods and goddess. It will change the world forever. Unfortunately the divine that Jaune would be most connected to would of course be the first. No matter how she would rationalize this black winged angel was not someone she would trust in any lifetime.
The Wolf Man to everyone's surprise stood back up with nothing more then dust on his silver armor. His gaite as he approached Jaune and the other divine unhindered in any way, and arrogant to boot. He didn't say anything just merely nodded his head in Jaune's direction. The remaining bandits charged straight to the boy with reckless abandonment as if not caring for their lives.
The manifestation of Thor shot up and slammed his hammer down sending the bandits flying. They were picked off mid-air by Isis and Artimis with their bows. Some had been able to tank the blows with Aura others not so much. The ones that managed to land continued their blind charge only to be met by Eir and Athena's shield wall. Susanoo, and Anubis came from the shield wilders sides meeting and flanking the bandits. Thor did not stay idle after his first attack as he charged into rear of the bandits. Asura surprised them by leaping over the shield pair and right into the center of the fray.
To Aliyce it was amazing, but she could tell that despite the power they displayed. Their presence completely depended on her brother's Aura. As Thor and Asura only took a single attack unguarded they dispelled. Anubis and Susanoo were overtaken quickly as the bandits realized that it would not take much to dispel them. Before the remaining four manifestations could be dispelled Jaune had done so himself with a wave of his hand. It was at this point that Aliyce noticed that Jaune's Aura was not as bright as it was moments ago.
"It would appear the more divine beings you use at once puts a heavy drain on you Aura Little Arc." The wolf man's arrogance was clear in his chuckle at the end of his statement.
"Don't sass mongrel that's my job." It was only the divine that spoke and yet it drew in everyone. Her voice was sultry and tempting in every way, and yet it was even with no emotion.
The wolf man growled menacingly like a wild animal over territory. "I am a Beast none is better then me!" his anger was showing from the insult.
The divine paused for a moment than outright laughed like a madwoman shocking and freighting everyone present. "Poor, pathetic mongrel… did you think that what was done to you would wash away what you once were?! You are still the same man as you were born… William Blackthorn." Despite the divine's face was covered by a faceless full helm one could hear the smile in her voice.
The wolf man was taken aback as evident when his stature shifted from arrogant to lose. "What?! H… how do you know that name?!" his stutter further showed his state of being caught off guard.
"Hahaha. Your soul is quite easy to read, like book with no cover." Her tone even and ever so calm.
"Who are you?" Blackthorn's voice trembled lightly.
"Is it not obvious." It sounded like a statement then an actual question. "You were such a devote follower of my father oh so long ago. I am the warden that claims all your undesirables." Her words were met with silence.
"So this is the power of a divine and its vessel… I'm not impressed." Blackthorn's tone and stature shifted once more back to his arrogant attitude.
This had made several people raise an eyebrow at the shift of personality. Clearly there was something wrong with the man as he changed so quickly in emotional states. The divine showed no notice or acknowledgement in the strangeness of the man.
"Seem your madness and insanity has made you forget your place. Let us show you just what power we have." Her tone was even but held a slight feeling of excitement in it.
Her form began to shine brighter encouraging Jaune's Aura to do the same. As they were surrounded by light a symbol appeared behind them bearing the Arc Crest in the center, and writings of unknown origins. Jaune reached his hand back and touched the crest with his divine mimicking perfectly.
"Come forth Lucifer!" Jaune announced as one would a incantation for a spell. "WE EMBRACE OBLIVION" the called out as one.
Lucifer's form shatter into shards of light that flew threw the air and toward Jaune. Two particularly large shards shot into the young Arc's shoulder blades forcing Jaune to his knees. The Arc than roared out as two bulges pushed out from inside his shirt near his shoulder blades. The sound of fabric being ripped was as loud as the boy's roar, and the sight of two black avian wings on his back was staggering. These were not mere constructs of Aura as they all could see the blood that dripped off the feather tips, and the red irritated skin where they met his back.
Before anyone could see any further the remaining shards encased him shifting and forming around him. They radiated more light blinding everyone nearby and was visible by most of the capital. When it had faded Jaune was standing in a set of armor made of interwoven metal plates atop chainmail, topped by a visored barbuta helmet, and completed by segmentation along the torso, arms, and legs to provide greater dexterity in battle. (For specific design look up For Honor Warden Fendrel armor set. Jaune's is the back and gold color, but with Warden default helm)
The young Arc also stood a foot and a half taller then moments before. His stature was different as well being more disciplined and confident. Adding his sword and shield made him look quite intimidating even without the pressure his Aura seemed to give off.
"What are you waiting for Kill him!" (I know this line is from somewhere just can't place where???) Blackthorn ordered the remaining stupefied bandits. They didn't need to be told twice as they charged without thinking to the now armored young Arc.
One of Jaune's wings twitched roughly as many of his feathers visibly shifted, and without even looking at the bandits flicked it towards them. Hundreds of feathers about seven inches long were sent flying to the charging fools who thought nothing of the makeshift projectiles. This proved to be a crass mistake as a single feather shattered Aura allowing the dozen or so behind it to burrow more then half their length into its victim. The end result was the remaining bandits were slaughtered with a single salvo of his feathers without much effort.
No one could even form a proper thought from this. A single barrage of feathers had killed eight experienced bandits with the same effort one would use to simply wave. Blackthorn didn't seem to care though at the loss of his lackeys, but for some reason the very air felt more intense then before. The wolf man didn't speak as he dropped into his stance his scythe at the ready. Jaune seemed to answer in kind as he folded his shield stabbing it into the ground, and took the same stance as he did when he fought Raven.
Aliyce was once again shocked as she watched her brother enter into a very familiar stance. The standard longsword stance of her class of knight, and she was sure she had never let him see it. It was one she knew would fit him better then any other, and it was one she wanted to teach him herself. They all watched as the combatants circled each other waiting for the other to make the first move.
The signal was silent, and only noticed by the two. Both moved quickly into a forward charge leaving nothing but silver and black blurs. Only when they would lock blades would they seem to return to normal, and would vanish just as quickly. Quite often Jaune would get the better when they would stop from their blade locks as he kicked Blackthorn back and away. That is when the wolf surprised everyone as he twisted the shaft of his scythe. His blade separated from the rest of his weapon attached only by a chain, about five inches of the bottom shaft separated as well as three spiked hooks popped out.
Now Blackthorn held a tri-linked kusarigama, and quickly stopped himself using the triple hook. In a fluid and seemingly effortless motion sending the serrated scythe blade flying to Jaune. Using his wings Jaune moved ever so slightly just barely dodging the blade and than straight to the wolf man. As quick as Jaune was; he was not quick enough as Blackthorn yanked the chain to the blade hard making it come back twice as fast.
Aliyce watched as the blade rapid flew through the air toward Jaune's back with wide eye horror. Only to be stunned as the blade harmlessly bounced of Jaune's wing that moved to block the blade. Blackthorn was stunned as well allowing the young Arc to impale the wolf man in the gut. It was in this moment the world seemed to go silent as the only thing that could be heard was Blackthorns raged breathing. The moment didn't last long as Jaune violently twisted his blade, and earned a yelp full of pain from the wolf. With the same amount of violence the young Arc ripped his blade out of his enemy, and stained the ground red. In a quick motion the winged knight jumped into the air spinning, and with his armored heel nailed the wolf in the face. Blackthorn was once again sent through a wall of a building some yards away.
Jaune though did not let up as his aura seemed to condense around the blade of his sword, and with a quick slash sent a crescent blade of white aura to the downed wolf. In rapid succession he sent two more aura blades toward the man causing what remained of the wall collapsing onto Blackthorn. This had seemed to stop the fight as the wolf as he did not get back up after a minute. The young Arc turned to the others about to talk only for the sound compared to an explosion force him to turn back around. Blackthorn was once more on his feet, but it was clear that he had taken quite a beating. His once silver armor was now tarnished with dirt, dust, and blood. Dents in most of the plating, his helm nearly caved in as the menacing wolf shape no longer distinguishable, and with part of his lower face reveled. From this they could see pasty white skin a slightly thick beard, and canine like fangs as he bared his teeth growling like an animal.
"Were not done yet boy!" he growled out in anger, but they could see he was barely holding himself up.
"My aren't you durable, but it looks like you're at your limit." The statement was calm with Jaune and Lucifer's voices overlapping each other.
"You should run away with your tail between your legs mongrel. At least then you would actually pose somewhat a threat… to some extent." Though it was calmly spoken their tone was full of borderline arrogance.
Blackthorn roared in anger as he returned his weapon to scythe mode and charged forward disappearing in a silver blur. At the same time the young Arc leaned forward his wings spread open and with a powerful flap disappeared in a blur of black. All that was heard at the moment was the sound of metal tearing armor and flesh. Seconds later Jaune and Blackthorn returned into view standing ten feet away from the other backs facing their opponent. Both appeared to have made a strike as both were in a stance of finishing one. Jaune stabbed his blade into the ground and stood up straight reaching for his right side. As he moved his hand to look at it everyone could see it was covered in blood.
It was the sound of crashing metal that caught Aliyce off guard from her concern for her brother. Blackthorn had collapsed into a heap a large puddle of blood rapidly spread out from his fallen form. Her eyes were as wide as saucers as she realized Jaune had killed some one that had even a trained huntress feared. It was numbing for a lack of a better word, and would forever leave a mark for all that had seen what had happened. It was the dual voice of Jaune that knocked her out of her stupor.
"Lucky mongrel… so he did have some bite after all." They chuckled making everyone else shiver from the tone.
Then Blackthorn laughed into the sky making Aliyce feel dread once more, but it quickly subsided as the mad wolf man did not stand back up. No he just lay there where he was just laughing, his madness just seemed to make everyone uneasy from the sound. Jaune retrieved his blade and approached the laughing mad wolf man. He did not say a word as he used his sword to remove the wolf man's helm the monster still laughing with no pause.
"How quaint… you used another to take your place. Cowardly mongrel… forcing your soul over this one's, and used him like a surrogate." Their dual tone was even but full of disgust.
"Just you wait, we will claim this world like many others." He did not explain further as he resumed to laugh like a madman.
Jaune with a downward thrust ended the laugher, and with a quick flick of his sword removed the dripping blood. He said nothing as he walked over to his scabbard and sheathed his blade. It was in this moment that Alyice spoke to the divine.
"You should get out of my brother body Lucifer." Her tone filled with venom.
The divine looked at her and chuckled at the eldest Arc child. When the Angel spoke she has a playful tone that left many of them a little uneasy.
"What's wrong Ali, don't like that I'm here instead of hell? It gets quite cramped down there. It's so nice to get out and stretch every so often." The angel in a dramatic fashion stretched out like one would when getting out of a tight space and still spoke in their dual voice.
Alyice was angry as she growled out. "I wont let you lead my brother to do your evil."
To everyone's surprise the angel scuffed as if what the eldest Arc child said was silly. "In complete honesty. I don't care what you humans do. I only want your undesirables, your darkest ones, your evil, and most vile. The rest of you can do as you please, I have already enough problems keeping my inmates in their cells. I have no need for the end of the world or dominating it for that matter." The divine has spoke alone her tone actual sounded tired and worn.
"And before you jump to your convoluted conspiracies. I am the warden of hell, not it's master. There's a difference Ali." Her tone full of mirth and mischief.
After that Jaune's body began to glow brightly and faded seconds later. Jaune was now in nothing, but the close he wore and back to his original height. Though he still had the wings from when he allowed Lucifer to merge with him, but were now white as snow.
Alyice, her team, and the two elder Arcs went to check on Jaune. The rest went over to Raven. A Bullhead had come over from Beacon and landed nearby. For most it would be a night to mark the beginning of a legend. To others it was a balance shift that no one had expected.
BKOA Rooftop Nearby BKOA
Looking over the whole thing the man in the fox coat watched it all from the rooftops. His eyes well hidden in the shadow of his hood but trained on the group below. His gaze then shifted to the gray haired man and blonde woman that exited out of the Bullhead. Finally he looked to the body of the wolf man and shook his head in disappointment.
"Another imprinted clone. Damn!" he growled out as a spark of electricity arced around his body.
"I will find you and your master, Wolf. It's only a matter of time, and we both know that we have nothing but time to spare." With a flick of his wrist a small bolt of lightning arced and hit a fly. Moments later the man disappeared in a flash of light that caused thunder to rumble.
Upon closer inspection of the fly one would have notice it was actually a small camera in the shape of a fly. As sparks shot out of it one would see the camera still recording as the lens widen and recorded the man disappearing. When it finally went dead it popped with a small explosion.
BKOA Unknown Location BKOA
In a room a woman with skin a deathly pallor, covered with deep red and purple veins that run up her arms and face. The sclera of her eyes are jet black, her irises glow red, and has a black diamond-shaped marking in the center of her forehead.
She wears a very long black robe with red designs resembling eyes. She also wears a ring resembling an insect on her right index finger. She has white hair formed into a bun with six offshoots from which ornaments are suspended.
She sat and stared at a large map of Remnant, with what appeared to be chess pieces all over it. The specific part she stared at was the pieces over Vale. Several white pawns, a couple of Knights, Rooks, Bishops, and of course a King. A black pawn lay nearby sliced in half, but her attention was on a single pawn. It was white moments before, but now had black markings in an intricate pattern. It infuriated her to the point of wanting nothing more then to destroy it. Her concentration solely on the map that she did not notice as a man walked into the room.
He had short black and gray hair. He also has a mustache and green eyes. He wears a gray overcoat with yellow linings, a yellow dress shirt and a black necktie. His pants are the same color as his overcoat. His yellow-buttoned undercoat and fingerless gloves match his cordovan shoes, under which he wears yellow socks. "Lady Salem." He spoke up.
Her red eyed gaze moved to the man that had entered. "Yes, Doctor." Her voice even but her eyes showed a bit of her anger.
The man didn't hesitate even a second. "It appears our associate had lead the sleepers in the Branwen tribe to their death my lady. It would appear he was… incapable of riding us of a potential threat. May I suggest…" he was cut off by a voice coming from the door way.
"I would be careful of what you say next Doctor Watts, before I take your tongue as penance."
Salem, and Watts turned to see Wolf in his silver Armor fine and polished. Watts actually looked shocked at the man standing in front of him.
"How is this possible. My contacts said you were dead your body was rolled into the morgue in vale."
Salem on the other hand just looked at Wolf in intrigue. This table was given to her as a gift from Wolf's master. It was capable of tracking anyone in Remnant and the status of said person. She was sure that the black pawn sliced in half was Wolf's.
"Sorry Doc, there are thing you will never be able to comprehend about me and my people." His tone was arrogant and condescending to mock Watts.
"You dare… how can we work with people like you if you keep…" he was cut off by Salem.
"That's enough Doctor." Her tone calm and collected. "Wolf and his master are free to their secrets. Our alliance is still quite new and we still need time to trust each other."
Watts looked with confusion and a bit of anger as far as she could tell, but relented to her will none the less.
"By your word Lady Salem."
It was than that a pale man with gold eyes and a brown ponytail braided to resemble a scorpion's tail. He wears a white sleeveless jacket with leather belts strapped to it, along with white pants. His jacket is left open, exposing his bare chest, which is crisscrossed with prominent scars. His arms are covered with purple bandages and leather vambraces. He also wears leather boots covering his entire shin with knee guards. On each earlobe is a silver, ring-shaped earring, and near the top of his left ear is another matching earring.
Behind him a large, muscular man with short brown hair, a beard and hazel eyes. He wears a two-tone olive green coat over a black three-fourths sleeve shirt, and a large belt. His pants are black and his boots are brown with white fronts. His hairy arms appear to have some scars near the edges of his sleeves.
"Tyrian, Hazel, what are you two doing here?" as Watts was curious for this impromptu meeting.
"I asked them to come Doctor Watts." Answered a female voice.
They all turned to see a woman in similar armor as Wolf's standing slightly shorter then her male counterpart right next to him. Salem knew the woman bothered Watts to no end. He had said as much and went as far as to call the woman the definition of a bitch. The woman on the other hand just laughed not caring for Watts opinion, or anyone else's for that matter.
"Okami!" Wolf growled out to his counterpart.
She had sighed exasperatedly as if she were a child. "Very well my dear twin… I'll wait until you're done." It was evident in her bored tone she didn't mean it or care.
"Now Lady Salem my master has a gift for you. Well actually two gifts for you. First is a new piece for your tracking board." He announced as he walked over to the map and place a new piece on it near vale.
This piece while similar to a knight chess piece it was shaped differently as instead of it looking like a horse it was shaped like a fox. As soon as he placed it down it zoomed across the map until it stopped near Arc Citadel. This had caught the surprise of Salem's inner circle.
"What in Oum's name is that?!" Watts was shocked at the mere fact the piece had moved like that.
"That would be the because of Fox ability to travel like a lightning bolt." Answered Okami nonchalantly.
"Who?" asked Tyrian.
"Fox, a man like my sister and me. He in fact was the first to survive the experiments that make us the way we are. He is the strongest of us, at least he was long ago. I do believe you have seen him before, with his partner Lady Salem." Wolf informed them.
"Yes, I have. Both him and Captain Vex I believe, two hundred years ago. Bloodthirsty that one was until he faced me," she laughed at the memory. "He ran with his tail between his legs after our confrontation."
"We remember, after that mission Fox was never the same. He started to doubt our Master, and in the end sided with the lesser mortal in our home world." Wolf further explained.
"He was weak!" Okami added. "The fools ordered him to pull out when he had Arcadia in his grasp. All he needed to do was kill the Arc whore, and her forces would have surrendered. Than they sent him with Vex to you to investigate your power, and he cowers. Your power is too be embraced my most gracious Lady Salem." She finished her rant with a bow.
"Enough Okami." His order was stern but held the same tone as when she spoke.
"Now this second gift you have for me." Salem could feel power coming near to the room they were in. Power she had not felt for a long time.
"Yes, My Lady." Wolf bowed deeply and as he rose to stand he announced.
"The very pinnacle of my Masters work. A perfect meld of science and magic. The ability of true resurrection. Granted we needed to find a proper vessel for her soul, but her strength insures that the previous owner will not be a problem. Stolen from deaths domain, and without any consequences." He articulated as the doors began to open.
"I present you favored piece of long ago. Lady Alice "Apollyon" Blackstone." He bowed as said woman walked in.
As she walked in she still carried herself as she did long ago her steps sure and confident. Her armor like it had been when she was alive dark as night, pristine, and well worn. (Just look up Apollyon For Honor for exact image.) The image actually sent a shiver down Salem's inner circles spines as far as she could tell.
To Salem herself she felt pleased. This was the one she had hoped would be her finest tool. If Apollyon hadn't fallen prey to the power granted to her all of Remnant would have belonged to the Grimm centuries ago. The Lady of the Grimm watched as Apollyon approached her and kneeled before her.
"My Lady, forgive this piece for her arrogance. I had lost my way from the power you granted me, and allowed the Fall Maiden to escape my grasp. That you had to wait these long centuries to come close again to your goal." The Dark Knight apologized for her failures.
Salem could tell that that the voice was different from her original, but still held the strength from before. The Grimm Witch just smiled at this. "All is forgiven my dear child. Rise, and know we now are on the right path." To Salem this is just what she needed to turn the tide.
As Apollyon stood back up Salem spoke. "Wolf let your Master know that this is the most pleasant gift yet. All that he needs will be provided as he askes."
"Very well, My Lady," Wolf bowed and left with his sister.
Salem turned to the Dark Knight and addressed her. "Now my dear child you have much to catch up on with the world of today. But we must first address your name as it will call the Arc Knights to you like moths to flames."
"I believe the name of the one who once owned this body would be appropriate My Lady." She said as she removed her helm.
Once removed she looked to her Lady to show her youthful, and beautiful face as ashen-black hair cascaded down her back.
"Yes, Cinder Fall is more appropriate for this day, and age." She announced as her amber eyes glowed from her power.
BKOA Chapter End BKOA
D.C.: Yes I did! Now before you go off and comment on this let me tell you something.This was my intention…Is it too much???Most probably…Will it be fun???Most Defiantly!!!For Me Anyways!!!Now that I am done with that. Let me give you something you might like as well.Character Bios.…… Accessing Arc Citadel Database ……
…… Accessing Arc Knight Database ……
…… Access Code Required ……
…… Access Denied ……
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…… Aaaccc … aaacccceasss …
…… Access Granted ……
Name: Gabriel Arc
Status: Active Hunter, Arc Knight Commander, Arc Family Elder
Arc Knight Class: Law-Bringer
Primary Weapon: The End, Halberd/Battle Axe
Armor Style: Medium weight full body plate armor, with segmented plates between joints for more diverse movement.
Additional Information: While Lord Gabriel is following in the steps of a Law-Bringer he has show that the standards are merely guidelines. In his youth the young lord went with a lighter set of armor and replaced the inner worn chainmail with a leather padded cloak. As well as replace the original armor's joint covers to be similar to Warden segmented plates. It was this that made the young lord so formidable in battle. He was much more agile and mobile compared to the standard Law-Bringer. Since than the Law-Bringer training standards have been revised to incorporate similar traits as Lord Gabriel.
-Citadel Scribe.
…… Accessing Arc Knight Database ……
…… Arc Knight Class Database ……
Class: Law-Bringer
Primary Weapon: Halberd
Armor: Heavy or Medium Plated with chainmail or leather padded under coat.
Description: It was the Law-Bringer that served as the long arm of justice during the time of Knights in Remnant. In todays world the Hunters, Huntresses, and various civilian law enforcement that police the Kingdoms. While in Arc Citadel it is a combination of Arc Knights and locally trained civilians that deal with crimes within. The head of all three precincts in the Citadel are active or inactive Law-Bringers.
…… Accessing Arc Family Database ……
…… Access Denied ……
…… Access Restricted To Current Arc Family ……
…… Device Inserted Into Drive D ……
…… Downloading From Drive D ……
…… Accessing File: ez-access-serena.dox ……
…… Warning Unknown Detected In Database ……
…… Warning Unknown Accessing Arc Citadel Database ……
…… Alerting Citadel Cyber Crime Division ……
…… Error Unable To Connect With Citadel Cyber Crimes Division ……
…… Error Access Error Data ……
…… Access Granted ……
…… Accessing Arc Family Database ……
Weapon: The End, Halberd/Battle Axe
Description: The End is the prime example of a weapon designed for a Law-Bringer. It is based off of the traditional Halberd used by the order of the Knights Era. With modern mechashift technology it is able to shift into a Battle Axe for closer encounters. Finally with modern day metals allows some of the shaft to be hollowed out to allow integration of an exterior firing component. Essentially becoming a extended barrel, and stock attachment for revolver style pistols.
Weapon 2: Of Vengeance, Magnum .44 Dust Revolver
Description: Of Vengeance is a heavily modified SDC. Model 692 Dust Revolver. Some of the modifications include a rechambered barrel to allow .44 magnum rounds, allowing the barrel to slide away from grip, and the entire cylinder to fall as grip is sliding back. This allows Of Vengeance to work I perfect sync with The End. The Slide combined with the cylinder ejection would allow for quick reload times. With the two together the weapons become one, The End Of Vengeance.
Weapon 3: The End Of Vengeance, Revolver Cylinder Repeating Rifle
Description: The End Of Vengeance is a .44 Magnum Repeating Rifle. Designed with mid to long range capability in mined to give user ranged options. It is quite capable of hitting Arial Grimm such as Nevermores and Gryphons. As well as drop an Alfa Beowolf in two shots from a eighty yards.
……. Accessing File Jaune Arc ……
…… Logging Out ……
BKOA Bonus Scene BKOA
In a computer room in Precinct One of Arc Citadel we find the man in the fox coat quickly shutting off a computer as he ducked down from the light of a patrolling ACPD. He removed a drive from the computer as he sneaked away from the ACPD Officer. What he did not noticed was a Arc Rouge walked into the room he was going to sneak out the window of. The moment the saw each other all hell broke lose.
"Hey you not suppose to be here?!" she roared as she reached for her pistol.
Just as she drew her pistol the fox rushed up and with an upward palm thrust to her chin lifted the Rouge off her feet. With both his arms he double palm thrust to her torso hitting her diaphragm, and stomach knocked the wind out of the Rouge. When she hit the wall she was out of breath and barely conscious only to watch as a fist slam her in the temple knocking her out.
This all happened in the span of twenty seconds, and despite the quick takedown the rest would have heard it. The alarms went off on the precinct as someone alerted the rest of the night staff. Just then the windows had metal bars extend in crisscrossing patterns cutting off his original exit. He ran out the room into the hallway only to see a wolf funnus with a battle axe in his left hand and a revolver in his right.
"Shit, the Precinct Captain really!" he thought as the Captain roared for him to freeze. He of course ignored him and charged at him.
The Captain opened fire on the charging man who them surprised him by jumping forward and spiraling like a bullet. This had allowed the fox coat man to slip past the Captain, down the hallway, and landed in a roll. As the Captain turned to the intruder all he saw was his coat disappear around the corner.
The fox coat man kept running around the precinct looking for a way out, but could see the entire place was locked down tight. As he round another corner dodging, juking and avoiding the night staff he finally made a mistake. He found himself at a dead end with two offices flanking him, one in front of him, and the entire Precinct One night staff behind him. He was trapped with the entire place on lockdown, so left with no choice he turned to face the ACPD.
"Down on the ground, with your hands behind your head." The Captain ordered the man.
The fox coat man just moved his coat to show his revolver strapped to his right thigh.
"He no funny business! Surrender, and do as you're told." The Rouge from earlier was the one how spoke.
The Captain watched as the intruder ignored everyone and drew his pistol to shoot. In a matter of seconds eight ACPD Officers opened fire on the intruder. To their surprise the man shattered into glass like shards of blue light. It was than they all heard what sounded like a small controlled explosion from a few offices away. When the arrived they saw a window was blown out. Quickly the Captain walked over to a terminal on a nearby wall inputted a code, and ended the lockdown.
"You two canvas the area. Someone must have heard that and saw a suspect fleeing. You four I need you to check every nook, and cranny in here find what he was doing. Rouge your with me." He ordered his officers as the first two shot down and out to front door the Captain and Rouge were going the express way.
The moment he jumped forward he seemed to shatter a wall of blue light just before he shattered the real window. After recovering from the surprise he looked up to see the Rouge look down at him through the shattered window with wide eyes. It dawned on him in that moment.
"Shit! Its was illusion, lock the precinct down he might still be in there." He ordered and watched as the Rouge went to do so. He quickly went to the front to see if the two Officers made it out before he realized they were tricked. As he round the corner he saw his two officers starting at the barred doors.
"Damn," he cursed under his breath. He began to tell his officers what had happened never noticing a human shaped distortion of light walk away.
The distortion continued until it entered an ally a few blocks away from Precinct One. Once in the shadows the fox coat man faded back into existence. He quickly reached behind himself to a box on his belt and brought it to his face. On it was nine circles seven were blue, and the last two were green. Reaching into his coat pocket he pulled out a tinny disk like object the size of a dress shirt button that glowed a blue hue. By rubbing his thumb on the disk an exact copy of himself appeared in front of him. With a nod of his head he slide the disk into a slot on the box dispelling the copy.
"Miniature hard light projectors, one of your best works yet Tech. Too bad I can't get the other one." He sighed as he pushed a red button on the box. He watched as the last green light went from green to red and returned the box to his belt.
"Should have copied the Database while I was in there. It be sometime before I could ever do that again." He berated himself as a beeping sound went off. Raising his left hand pulling the sleeve up to show a varmbrace a holographic clock appeared above it to show all zeros.
"Times up." He stated as he swiped the clock to the left and a holographic screen with a keyboard to took its place. He pressed a few commands making it disappear and a rectangular device to pop up on the varmbrace. At the end was a glowing blue lens of sorts. He pointed it in front of him as it projected a six foot in diameter glowing blue circle in mid-air. It than began to spin in the center producing a sound similar to a whirlpool, and with practiced ease he jump into it. It was a portal to somewhere, but before anyone noticed anything it shrank until it ceased to exist.
BKOA End Of Bonus BKOA
D.C.: Yes I gave you a bonus scene. I thought it would be fun. Not all will be as serious as this one. Some will be just for Kicks and Giggles. Any ways let us end this chapter with our outro.Cinder if you please.
Cinder: We hoped you enjoyed this chapter. Please leave a Review, or else.
D.C.: (sighs exasperatedly) We've been through this a couple of times already during the Bonus Scene. We Do Not Threaten The Readers!
Cinder: (smiles evilly) You've been Warned. (eyes glow amber as she stares at you)
(SIGHS DEEPLY) DRAGO OUT.
