A/N: Hey everyone, my name is DevilHunter201Sparda, and as you can clearly tell, I'm new to this whole writer thing, so if you have any advice on how to write a story, i'd be happy to take any advice you have, anyways on with the show. Let's get this party started, right?!
Disclaimer: I own nothing, all character rights go to Rooster Teeth, and Capcom.
Mission 01: Argus limited
So anyways, let's go back to the beginning, when everything was still normal. Dante was just walking away from the booth with his train ticket to Argus in his pocket, thinking to himself 'I honestly wonder if there's ever gonna be any excitement today.'
Then he heard a familiar voice say "Hey! What's with the running?" he saw where it came from, and he found a guy he immediately recognized, his old friend, Qrow Branwen. "Wow, He hasn't changed at all" Said Dante, Qrow's attire consisted of a white, black, and gray two tailed button up shirt with a small, red tattered cloak. He's also wearing a black wrist band on his right wrist, and two rings on his right hand, one on his index, and one on his ring finger. Black dress pants, and black dress shoes. He's even still wearing that crooked cross on his neck. He's got red eyes, small facial hair, fair skin color, and black graying messy hair.
"What's with the standing, it's almost time!" Exclaimed an excited Ruby.
Then, without warning, she used her semblance and sped away.
'Well that's a neat trick.' Thought Dante, then he decided to follow her to see what's gotten her so excited.
When he finally found her, she had a wide toothy grin, and she was bouncing up and down, like she was excited and about to show something seriously awesome.
"And?" Asked a curious Yang. Then Ruby gave an excited squeal as she showed what she was holding behind her back: a souvenir from… the gift shop?
"What's so exciting about that?" Dante thought out loud.
"What an absolute waste of time." Said Weiss in an unamused tone.
"What did you get me?!" Yelled an excited Yang.
"You'll have to wait and see." Said Ruby in a singsong tone.
"No Fair!" Pouted a grumpy Yang, which made Dante chuckle a little.
Ruby just stuck her tongue out at her, which made Dante smirk a little. But then after that, Yang quickly made a snatch and grab for the bag, but failed as Ruby made a quick dodge.
Then Nora got in between them and said "Oh, I can't believe we're taking the train to Argus! Beautiful northern coastline, do you think it's too early for beach season?" She wondered.
Then, for some weird reason, Ren pictured himself on the beach, holding a beach ball, and Dante could've sworn he saw an actual beach ball pop in front of him. 'What is up with these guys?' He wondered.
"Unfortunately" Said Ren in a sad tone, but then he said in a more positive tone "But we will be one step closer to Atlas."
"Well I'm glad you're all excited, but I don't think you appreciate the trouble I went through to leave Atlas." Said Weiss in a deadpan tone.
"I know you're worried Weiss, but trust us, Team RWBY won't leave your side for a second, I promise!" Said Ruby in a reassuring tone.
Dante was honestly impressed with the amount of loyalty they have for each other. 'Well that's pretty cool of them to do, wonder what they're like at a family reunion.'
"No one's gotta be worried with us around." said an arrogant voice from behind, which made Dante start chuckling, "And who are these clowns supposed to be, two of the three stooges?" Dante mocked quietly.
"Aaaand, you are?" Nora was generally confused on who these guys were.
"Why Dee and Dudley of course, The Argus Limited's very own Huntsmen." Dee said in a proud tone.
"We'll be keeping everyone safe as we pass through Grimm territory." Dee said in a tone that made Dante pretty sure the guy was just full of it.
Then Dudley stepped up and said in a suggesting tone "But for a generous tip, we can make sure your passenger car gets extra special attention, should things get dangerous."
Dante was full on laughing now! 'Those guys, and these girls? Heh, the day that happens is the day cows can actually fly over that shattered moon. Besides, i'm much better looking than these clowns, if anything, i'll be the one gettin' a girlfriend.' Dante thought amusingly.
Ruby, Yang, Weiss and Nora all had equally annoyed looks, then Qrow walked up to them and said "Yeah I got a tip for ya." "Huh?" Said Dudley. 'Here it comes.' Dante thought in a singsong tone. "Buzz off." Qrow said in an annoyed tone. 'There it is.'
"Looks like Mistral's really scrapin' the bottom of the barrel these days." Said Qrow after observing the two idiots for huntsmen.
Then Dee said "Hey, You're talkin' to a-" " A professional Huntsman, right." Interrupted Qrow in a bored tone.
"Well, it seems like one of you heroes left the staff entrance to the caboose wide open." Qrow said in a tone that 'stated the obvious'. Dee and Dudley threw a confused look to the cabooses way, then Qrow added "It's be a shame to lose your job before it even started." 'Score for Qrow, he's up one.' Dante said in his head. It's like he was keeping score or something.
"I didn't do it!" Dudley said in a tone that said he didn't, then Dee gave out an annoyed groan and said "C'mon, dummy." then he and Dudley left the group. "Well I didn't do it either" Dee said while walking away
'I do hope those weren't Beacon graduates.' Ozpin said in Oscars head.
"You know, sometimes the burden of saving the world is overwhelming. But then people like that come along and make me grateful that it's our job and not theirs." Oscar said in an amused, yet grateful voice. "Uh-huh" "Yeah" everyone said. "Well, can't help but agree with ya there kid, glad it's us and not Larry and curly, but seriously, where's Moe?" Dante asked from the back, smirking as he still continued to compare those two to the three stooges. Only, without Moe to make the group complete.
Then Qrow turned to the kids, and said "So you kids ready to go? Bike all loaded up?"
"Yep!" Said Yang.
"Just waiting on Blake, as usual." Said Weiss in a bored tone.
'This Blake chick must be the kind of girl to keep people waiting if snowflake sounded that tired.' He thought. "Well, better get a move on, that train car i'm stayin' in isn't gonna get settled in on its own." He said as he made his way to the train.
30 minutes later, he was settled into his room. But then he decided to explore the train for a little bit, then he spotted another old friend. This time, a short, old lady with prosthetic eyes, Maria Calavera.
"Well you're a sight for sore eyes, ya old hag." Maria then turned her head around and looked upward to see Dante, then she smirked and said "How many times do have to tell you not to call me that, and for you to respect your elders?" she asked as if she were tired of that old nickname.
"As many times as it takes." Mused Dante. Then, after a few seconds of staring at each other, they just bursted out laughing.
Then they stopped laughing and Maria asked "How've you been, Dante?"
"Been good, Slayin' some Demons here, killin' a couple of Grimm there, That's about my weekly summary, how 'bout you, Maria, how've you been?" Dante asked, after leaning his back on the wall.
"Oh I'm getting by, still have to make my way to Atlas and get my eyes checked up on, though." Maria complained.
Then Dante gave out a few chuckles and said "Y'know, you should really get some new ones, that way ya won't have to go to atlas every 10 years just to get 'em fixed and have to piss of Cordo every time ya see her."
"Oh if only both of those things were possible." Maria said in a deadpan tone.
Then, they just bursted out laughing again, then Dante said "Well I better get goin', see ya 'round, Hag." "STOP CALLING ME THAT!" She yelled out, But Dante just walked off laughing, 'Well, it's good to know he hasn't changed one bit.' She thought as she walked off the other way with a smile on her face.
Then soon made to Team RWBY's cabin, where he heard Qrow say "How touching."
"Oh, hey uncle Qrow, you wanna play too?" Ruby asked.
Then Qrow chuckled and said "Kick your butts, sure."
"Be careful though, because the only one who's ever beaten him in anything is me." Dante said from behind them, leaning on the wall with his legs crossed. Qrow turned to see who said that. And when he did, he put up a huge smile, "Ain't that right, ya dusty old buzzard?" Dante asked in an amused tone.
"Dante!" He said, happy to see the the red coated man once more. "I take your happy to see me?" Dante asked.
"Are you kidding me?! How can not be happy to see my favorite White haired pal who isn't a Schnee after five long years?" Qrow asked in an excited tone.
"Haha, good to see ya too, Qrow." Dante said back.
"Hehehe, get over here!" Qrow exclaimed, then gave Dante father like hug, which Dante returned, as if he was Qrow's son.
"Um uncle Qrow?" "Who's this guy?" Ruby and Weiss asked.
"Oh, right." Qrow said, completely forgetting the girls were even there.
"Girls, this is Dante, the son I've always wanted." Qrow Introduced, then Dante walked up to them and said in a suave tone "What's up ladies?"
Yang smirked at him, and then said "We're doin' just fine, thanks for asking handsome."
"Wait a minute, uncle Qrow you never told us anything about this guy, why are we hearing about this just now?" Asked Ruby in a suspicious tone.
"Well, you never asked." Qrow explained.
"But that's a story for another time, Anyways, how'd you know we'd be here?" He asked.
"Let's just say I followed the red flurry of roses, back at the station." Dante said, then everybody looked at Ruby, and she gave out an awkward giggle.
Then suddenly, everybody felt the train shake rather harshly, it even made Qrow drop his drink, which shattered upon impact.
"What was that?" Blake asked warily "Exactly what it sounds like." Weiss said, answering the question.
"Just my luck." Blake said in an annoyed tone.
"It's not yours… Grab your weapons!" Qrow ordered
Yang opened up Ember Celica, Then everybody ran out of the cabin, with Ruby Grabbing Crescent Rose. Dante didn't need to, because he was already equipped with Rebellion, Ebony and Ivory.
"Hahaha, finally, some excitement!" Yelled an excited Dante, Which caused everybody, except Qrow, to raise an eyebrow at him.
Qrow looked up from the ladder he was climbing after he got out of the train car, and he did not like what he saw. A pack of manticores swarming Dee and Dudley. Then out came a Sphinx, the packs obvious leader.
As Dante, Qrow, and Team RWBY got ready for a fight, all the way in the back, Dee activated the lightning dust embedded in his mace. But as he was charging towards the sphinx, trying to be a hero, he was immediately tackled by a manticore (well, that's what's you get for playing hero, and charging in without a plan).
"Dee!" Dudley yelled out, as Dee was being flown away by the manticore.
Then the Sphinx started roaring, which was really more of a screech than a roar, which made the all manticores to spread out.
"What's the plan Ruby?" Blake asked. "Don't let anyone else die." she said. "And have as much fun killin' Grimm as I will!" Dante shouted out, excited to have some fun. Everyone looked at him with expressions on their faces that clearly said 'Are you crazy?'
But Dante just laughed it off and just said "Just trust me." then he charged off.
"Dante, No!" yelled Ruby, but then Dante made a huge jump in the air, and killed a manticore with just one sweep of his sword. Everyone, except for Qrow, looked at Dante with surprised faces. Then Dante asked "Well, ya comin'?"
Then everybody got over their surprise, activated their weapons, and charged towards the manticores.
As they were fighting off the Manticores, Oscar opened his window, and after seeing what's happening, he went back inside. 'Shall I' asked Ozpin.
"No, I'm keeping control." Oscar said. Then bumped into Jaune as he, Nora and Ren were walking by.
"What's going on?" Jaune asked, but then they all heard a small explosion, which caused more passengers to panic. Then Jaune's face turned serious.
Meanwhile, back outside, Ruby spun Crescent Rose as she blocked a fireball, and Weiss summoned more Glyph's and shot out ice shards from them, And with Dudley running by.
Dante and Qrow were double teaming a couple of manticores while that was happening, and with a few strikes from their swords, the manticores dissipated into ashes, then they looked at each other, smiled, and said in unison "Just like old times."
Then Dudley ran by, with Grimm shooting fireballs at him. Then he said in a panicking tone "C'mon, C'mon!" as he activated the trains security system, armor defenses, and automatic gun turrets. Then the turrets took aim, and immediately fired upon the Grimm.
"Ah, yes!" he yelled out, feeling victorious.
Back with Qrow and Dante, after dealing with a few more manticores, and after Dante introduced himself to the girls, the sphinx landed in front of them. Then they began their assault, and as the sphinx was about to skull stomp them, Qrow quickly changed into his bird form, and Dante used his trickster style to teleport up, then they both raised Harbinger (that's the name of Qrow's weapon) and Rebellion, then they both spun and struck the sphinx, cutting it's head clean off.
"Score for Dante and Qrow, we're up one." Dante said as he stood back up.
"Damn straight Dante." Qrow said, feeling good about that take-down.
But then, as one of the turrets began to open fire again, the other sphinx (turns out, there was two sphinxes all along) roared out to the manticores, after taking a look at those guns. The manticores understood this, and made a beeline for the turrets. One was shot down, but the other made it. Then it shot a fireball at the turret, and it was immediately destroyed.
Dante and Qrow then spotted Dudley, trying to shoot down as many Grimm as he could,
"Hey, what are you doing?" Qrow asked him, "Are you trying to get everyone on this damn train killed?" Dante asked afterwards.
As this was happening, Oscar started running towards the front to meet up with Qrow and Dante.
"Why is it always something?" Nora asked.
"How can I help?" Oscar asked, wanting to help the situation,
"You can get that Idiot to shut off the turrets, they're just drawing the Grimm towards the passengers" Said Qrow as he was busy with shooting down some manticores.
"'Cause seriously, is he really that stupid? He's gonna get everyone killed." Dante asked.
"Right." Oscar said, and then said "Hey, Oscar Pine." to Dante, then Dante said "Dante, nice to meet ya, kid." then, Oscar ran to Dudley's location.
After running and jumping on the train cars, and ducking under a manticore that was about to take a bite out of him, he finally made his way to Dudley's position.
"Stop! You've gotta shut the turrets off!" Oscar yelled, but Dudley just said "Are you crazy? No way!"
Then, as the turrets continued to fire, He managed to shoot another one down, and then he said "Yes! Another one down!"
"Stop! We have to lure the Grimm to the back!" Oscar exclaimed, but Dudley just said "What does it matter if they're dead?" and knocked back Oscar.
Then, they all heard the sphinx screech, and one by one, the manticores all gathered around it.
"Where are they going?" Dudley asked, then Oscar looked to see what's up ahead, and when he did, he screamed out "Tunnel!" "Huh" Dudley asked as he turned around. Then they both slid back into the train car, but Dudley got unlucky as the frame of the tunnel door slammed into his arm and then he screamed out "Yaaaaaaarrrggghhh!"
Then everybody got inside, to see Dudley with a broken arm, and Oscar trying to help him.
Then Qrow walked past the girls and told him "I said turn those damn things off." as he picked him up, and slammed him into the door.
"Those things are trying to keep us alive." Dudley said, clearly in denial of what they're actually doing.
"Yeah well, they're doing one helluva job keeping us alive, and having Grimm attacking the people!" Dante yelled sarcastically.
"Us sure, but like Dante just said, their putting the passengers in danger." Qrow said after that.
"I'm the one hired for this job, okay? I'm in charge here!"
"Well, Your doing a great job at protecting everyone here." Dante said with sarcasm in his voice, then walked away.
"Forgive me if i'm not reassured." Qrow argued.
While Qrow was arguing with Dudley, Ruby looked back at the people in the back, worry in her eyes.
"You alright little red?" Dante asked, she just looked up at him and shook her head.
Then Ruby walked up to Qrow and put her hand on her shoulder, then Qrow stepped aside and said to Dudley "Please just shut off the turrets."
"Trust us, we know what we're doing." Jaune said to Dudley. Then Jaune used his Aura amplification semblance to heal Dudley. Dante was actually pretty impressed by this feat.
"That's a nice trick ya got there." Dante complimented, then Jaune looked up at him and said "Thanks… Wait, who're you again?" then Dante gave a friendly smirk and said "the names Dante, pal." "Jaune Arc, nice to meet you." then Nora and Ren walked up to Dante and Introduced themselves to him. "I'm Nora Valkyrie." "Lie Ren, but please, just call me Ren, everyone does."
"Good to meet ya both." Said Dante
Then Dudley looked up and said "Fine."
"Ren, could you use your semblance to mask everyone on this train?" asked Nora. "With the guns off and emotions hidden, they might lose track of us." She finished.
"Can you really do that?" asked a curious Dante.
"I've never attempted to effect this many people." he said to both Nora and Dante.
Then Ruby said "Well, you've never had Jaune's help before."
"He could amplify your aura." Weiss said out of realization.
Then Qrow said "Yeah, that's an alright plan."
'May I' Ozpin asked in Oscar's head.
"Don't look so worried Ren, you can totally do this." Nora motivated
Then Ozpin took control and said "I'm afraid there's one complication…Grimm are also attracted to this."
Dante took note of this and asked "Um Oz, it's honestly nice to see ya and all but, why is the relic of knowledge here?"
Everyone looked at Dante, Surprised, and then he said "I know about Ozzy's god curse, Too."
Ozpin smiled and said "It's good to see you too Dante, but I'm afraid that question will have to be put on hold until later."
"What's that?" Dudley asked, then Qrow said "None of your business." Then he asked "Oz, are you serious?"
"Why wouldn't you tell us that?" yelled a frustrated Yang. "I-" started Ozpin "Alright, alright, so he kept that one, teeny tiny detail from us, big deal. Right now we need to focus on our current problem." Said Dante.
Ruby was going to say something like that, but I guess Dante beat her to the punch.
"We're putting the people on this train in danger, every second our feet even touch it. Get everyone to the front cars, i'll deal with big alpha sphinx outside." Dante instructed. "Ren, you can still cloak everyone from the Grimm and knock back the turrets… But unfortunately, me, Qrow, Ozpin, Oscar and girls just can't hitch along with ya, if we cut the back cars with us and the relic on em', I'll deal with the Grimm." Dante planned.
"You mean 'we' right?" Blake said.
"No, I'm goin' in alone." Dante said in a serious tone.
"Are you crazy?!" Yang shouted. "you'll get torn to shreds!" Weiss warned. "How suicidal are you?!" Nora asked. "There's not a chance you'll make it out!" Ren reasoned, in panicking tone.
"Enough already!" exclaimed Dante, then he said "You guys really shouldn't say i won't make it, because believe me when I say this, I've taken on worse than this, and came out without a scratch." He said seriously. "Now just focus on the rest of the plan, and get the people onto those cars." Dante instructed
"I really think you guys should listen to him," Qrow said. "He can really pull this off without a hitch."
"How can you say that?" Yang asked, worried for Dante's safety for some reason.
"Because I know firsthand how strong and skilled this kid is. I mean, he's self taught, but he makes it look like he can slaughter three Wyvern's and make it look like it was nothing more than just a slap on the wrist. But the point is that he really can do it. If there's one thing I've learned about Dante, It's that you really shouldn't underestimate his skills." Qrow said.
Then Dante stepped up and said "Thank you Qrow, but he's right, you really shouldn't just assume that I'll get killed up there, I'll be fine. So for now, just focus on your roles, get your asses in gear, and make sure that the Grimm outside are ready for Hell."
Then Jaune walked up to Dante and asked "Are you sure about this?" then Dante replied "I am now, can you get the people here safely to Argus?" Then Jaune looked at his team, all nodded their heads in certainty, then in a determined tone, he said "You can count on us Dante." "Good, because i'm trusting you with things on this side, capisce?" Jaune looked to Ruby's direction for her opinion. She nodded and then he told Dante "Only if you promise you'll us there."
Dante gave his Trademark smirk and said "No problemo, see you at Argus."
Then, like lightning, both teams quickly got to work. Jaune and Nora got the people up to the front, but Maria was among them. And unknown to them, she overheard Dante's plan, she thought it was typical of him to cook up an plan like this in the oven, so all she could do was hope for the best. 'Good luck Dante.' she thought, But then she smirked and thought 'Though, it's not like you're gonna need it.'
The Turrets were shutting off, and while this was happening, Blake made her way outside to disconnect the train from the back cars. After she used Gambol Shroud to cut through the binds that connect the train, she saw a hooded figure by the trains door. She unsheathed Gambol Shroud, she looked up to see the figure was gone. Then she sheathed Gambol Shroud and entered the back car, then Dante walked towards the door and said to the group "I'll let y'all know when it's over."
Then he walked out the door, and jumped on the roof. He looked at the tunnel to find the the Grimm had been following them through the tunnel all along.
"Good." He said with a cocky smirk on his face, then he said "Let the Party begin."
And then, all hell broke loose! With deadly precision and style, each and everyone of them fell to Rebellions razor sharp blade. Yang snuck out the door to see what's happening, and when she saw Dante fight, all of her worries immediately went away. He twirled and spinned himself around through various manticores, While performing dome of his signature moves. And those moves were Dance Macabre with his Swordmaster style, Rainstorm with his Gunslinger style, Air-trick with his Trickster style, and Royal Revenge with his Royalguard style. Which was making it very difficult for them to hit back. Then he began his assault once more.
Once the manticores were all dealt with, he faced the sphinx, and the mighty Grimm was beyond pissed! He roared and screeched in an anger that Yang only ever used. But Dante just said "Whoa ho ho, easy there kitty cat, do ya need to use the litter box?" which made Yang start to think he was more stupid than he looked. It just roared again, and then Dante said "No? Well, how 'bout I give ya some treats instead?" Then, all of a sudden, it charged towards Dante, but then he said "Because I got plenty of those!", faster than a bullet, Dante sliced off it's right wing. Yang's eyes were wide open, like dinner plates. The sphinx roared in anger and pain. Then it tried to rush at Dante again, but he said "Ya want some more, well here ya go!" and then he just sliced off the other wing. The sphinx, already tired of these games, sent it's snake head after Dante, but he just pulled out Ebony and shot a single bullet in to the snakes face "And that was desert, dinner's over pal." Then he sheathed Rebellion on his back, took out Ebony and Ivory, aimed them at the sphinxes head and yelled out his catchphrase "Jackpot!" and then *BANG*BANG* two demonic charged bullets whizzed towards the massive Grimm's head. Then, the sphinx just went flat on its belly, and reduced to ash.
"Enjoy the show?" Dante asked Yang.
Then Yang ran up to him and Yelled out "That was awesome! Can you teach me how to do all that?"
"Maybe later, but right now I really think we should get off this train." Dante said. Yang just asked "Why?" all Dante did was point to the end of the tracks, and Yang gasped in horror.
Turns out, that sphinx managed to launch one last fireball, before it died, and it destroyed the bridge!
But the rest of the group saw the bridge get destroyed, and then they all activated their auras, and braced themselves for impact.
After the train crashed, everybody got up from the snow, because somehow they all got launched out of the train cars.
Then Qrow asked "Is everyone okay?"
"I'm fine" Weiss said.
"Yeah" Blake said in a relieved tone.
"Looks like we're all in one piece Qrow." Dante said, then smiled gave his old mentor a thumbs up.
"Still alive!" an elderly, yet cheerful voice from the car door.
Then everyone looked up to the train car to see Maria, holding her cane, and with a smile on her face.
Then she said "That sure was a close on huh?"
"Sure as hell was Maria." Dante said "Sure as hell was."
A/N: Hey hey hey, everybody! Thanks for reading my new chapter of 'RWBY: A Devil's New Adventure.' so Anyways be sure to leave some reviews or advice on how I can make this story better, so stay beautiful, stay awesome, and peace out.
