In the dead of the night, the streets of Vale are filled with comers and goers, until a small group, consisting of an orange haired man wearing a white suit and a bowler hat and holding a cane, this man is known as Roman Torchwick. Behind him are four mens n black suits. The group was heading to a small dust shop called 'From Dust Till Dawn'. As the group enters, behind the counter is an old man wearing a red apron. Roman took a big smoke out of his cigar and flicked it, spreading ash all over the counter which annoys the shop owner for he had just cleaned the shop.
Roman then looked at the man and asked, "Do you know how difficult it is to find a dust shop open this late night?" One of his men then pointed his gun at the shop owner, making him put his hands in the air. "P...please. Jus...just take the lien and leave." The shop owner pleaded. Roman then said, "Sheesh. Sheesh. Sheesh. Calm down. We're not here for money." He then looked at his man. "Grab the dust." The man did what he said and went to tubes filled with dust and started extracting it.
Another henchmen then placed a briefcase on the counter opened and said to the shop owner, "Crystals, uncut." Not wanting to get shot, the shop owner complied and started putting the crystals into the opened briefcase. As one of the henchmen went on to fill another canister with dust, he noticed someone in red hood just standing there. He then pulled out his red machete and said, "Alright, kid. Put your hands in the air." After getting no response, he got angry and walked over to the hooded individual. "Hey, I said hands in the air! You got a death wish or something?"
After the henchmen placed his hand on the hooded person's shoulder, their head turned around, causing the hood to fall down, revealing a confused teenage girl with shoulder length black hair, which had red tint at the end, and silver eyes. Her outfit was consists of a black blouse, a black corset with red trimmings, red cloak, and black boots. Her belt had some silver objects attached to it and a grayish pin rose. Behind her was a strange mechanical object on her waist that was pretty big. She's wearing a pair of red headphones. The henchmen then pointed at his ears which was a signal for her to take off her headphones. This girl is known as Ruby Rose.
As Ruby took her headphones off, she asked "Yes?" "I said put your hands in the air, now!" Demanded the henchmen. "Are you robbing me?" Asked Ruby. "Yes!" Said the henchmen in anger. "Ah." Ruby said with a smirk. Roman was waiting for his men to end the robbery when a sound of 'hey' and 'hyah'. They heard it, and he henchmen flies by his side. Roman quietly motivates another to handle Ruby. "Freeze!" Said the henchmen raising his weapons towards her. Outside of the shop, when the henchmen and Ruby crash through the window. The other men look out as Ruby stands up and unfolds her weapon which is a combination of scythe and sniper rifle known as Crescent Rose and was placed in scythe form.
Roman frowns at the girl, but Ruby returns it with a smile before turning the weapon, knocking it to the floor and turning off her headphones. "Okay... get her!" Roman ordered his remaining minions. The henchmen head out of the shop and run at Ruby, who spins around her scythe and kicks the first approaching criminal in the face. She get Crescent Rose out of the ground and fires it off to hit another one with the butt of her weapon, sending him flying. She fires again and brings the side down on one attacker and dodges the next's gunfire with her rifle's speed, getting close enough to knock him into the air and follow him upwards so she can beat him away to Roman's feet.
"You were worth every cent," Roman said to Ruby, dropping his cigar and crushing it with his cane as the police sirens approached. "Well, Red, I think we can all say it's been a full night of events, and as much as I would like to continue..." He raises his cane and opens the bottom to reveal a rifle with a cross grid. "... I'm afraid this is where we parted." Roman releases a red explosion at Ruby but she manages to dodge it before it explodes. As Ruby got her composure back, she looked back at Roman's position, only to find that he wasn't there, but climbing a nearby building.
The shop owner went out from his shop. "Mind if I go after him?" Ruby asked the shop owner as he replied with a single 'uh huh'. Ruby then propelled herself using her scythe's recoil to the roof. As she landed on the roof, Ruby shouted at Roman. "Hey! Stop right where you are!" "Persistent... " Roman said. As she ready herself, a getaway vehicle rose up and opened its hatch. It was a VTOL aircraft with two gyro propellers. Roman went inside the craft to make his escape. "On the contrary. This is the end of the line for you!" Roman yelled at her, throwing a red dust crystal at her position. Ruby noticed that it was a highly explosive dust.
Roman fired his weapon at the crystal and exploding upon contact. He laughed at the scenery until the dusts solved to reveal that Ruby is unharmed, another figure standing at the roof. It was a blonde-haired woman in purple cape, wearing a white shirt, a black skirt and glasses that covered her emerald eyes. She defended Ruby by casting some kind of a protection rune circle using her wand. She then waved her weapon and attacked the Bullhead by casting purple streaks. This made Roman threw into the back and nearby the craft's cockpit.
"We got a huntress!" Roman said as he went to the cockpit. The Bullhead was piloted by a woman in red dress. She headed towards the back as Roman went for the controls. The blonde woman glowed purple for a moment before casting another blast at the craft, resulted in a dark-storm cloud forming over it. With the flick of her wand, a large jagged hail was formed in the air as it fell down on the Bullhead and pummeled it. The hail also broke the craft's glass, even missed Roman's head.
The woman in red soon reached the Bullhead's back and she was glowing with flames dancing through her body before firing a flame burst at the blonde huntress. She blocked the blast, but the flames splattered behind her and exploded as the assailant's hands are raised. The blonde huntress flipped back to avoid it and gathered the debris with her wand, magically formed a large javelin aimed at the Bullhead. The fiery woman in red shattered them with several blasts, but the javelin reformed itself in time to hit the side of the Bullhead due to quick lean from the pilot. The javelin separated into the debris as it reshaped to several arrows, all aimed at the assailants. Despite the odds, the woman in red summoned a flaming ring around the aircraft, destroying the arrow shards.
"Let's try this," the woman in red said as she pulled out a lock that has a mango on it. As she was about to do something to it, suddenly a strong gust of wind appear out of nowhere causing the Bullhead started to lose its balance. This also cause the woman dropped the lock, as the lock was about to hit the ground, the wind surrounds it and flew it towards to another building as a man stood there and was covered by the shadows. As everyone looked at the shadow man, the lock flew on his open palm as he took the lock, soon the wind clear up the sky allowing the shattered moon to spread its light as it reveals the appearance of the shadow man.
The shadow man was wearing a was white coat that reaches under his knees, there were also some green linings on its shoulder to the arms of the coat, the collar of the coat stood up straight, behind the coat there's an emblem that is almost like a shape of a melon. Underneath the coat is a plain lime green shirt and on the man's waist is a green sheath katana. The man wears a long black pants which also have a pair of knee guards on it. But what caught everyone's attention is the man's mask it look like a wolf with some green linings, behind the mask, everyone could notice the pair of wolf ears as it blended well with his silver's hair.
Everyone started to freeze as they were surprised by the newcomer as he stood on top of the building with the shattered moon behind him making a nice dramatic appearance. Soon the woman in red fires another fire blast at the newcomer, the blond huntress was about to help the newcomer. But before the blonde huntress could provide any assistance, the newcomer turned his sword guard to the left and it stopped with a 'click' sound, he unsheathed his katana which also delivered a strong gust of wind which destroy the fire blast and damage the side of the Bullhead. "Dammit, we lost engine one, I'm getting us out of here!" Roman yelled from the control room. Ruby converted her Crescent Rose into sniper form and started to shoot the woman in red but she managed to block the attack by creating a fire barrier. Soon the woman in red created a red glyph beneath the blonde huntress and Ruby Rose, before they had anytime to react, they were soon trapped in a strong green barrier which save them from the explosion.
As the explosion is gone, the barrier soon disappear as the newcomer stood in front of them and they also noticed the Bullhead is gone. Before the blonde huntress could say anything, she was interrupted by Ruby. "You're a huntress? Can I have your autograph?" Ruby asked with sparkles in her eyes. But her answer was creating a spherical force around Ruby and the newcomer using her semblance but the newcomer raise his katana from his sheath for 5 centimetres long then sheathed back his katana, soon the spherical force is destroy leaving the blonde huntress in shock and Ruby in amazement. "W-What!? But how?" The blonde huntress asked as she's being cautious to the newcomer. As he walked towards the blonde huntress and told her this, "Don't even think about it, you're just gonna get yourself hurt, Glynda." The blonde huntress who is known as Glynda is shocked that he know her identity.
"Who are you? A member of the White Fang?" Glynda asked as she glanced at the newcomer but she couldn't tell the emotion the silver-haired faunus due to the lenses of the mask prevented her knowing. He shook his head and said "Don't simply judge people by their looks, I'm not a White Fang. And if you want to know who am I, I suggest you bring me to Ozpin." Glynda is having a debate with her own thoughts, so she decided to bring this stranger to meet Professor Ozpin.
~Timeskip~
Both Ruby Rose and the faunus is in an interrogation room with Glynda who looked sternly at them. "I hope you realize that your actions tonight will not be taken lightly. You both put yourself and others in great danger." She said. "Those bad guys started it!" Ruby explained while the faunus just sat there silently with his arms crossed. Glynda ignored her as she continues to talk. "If it were up to me, you'd be sent to home with a pat on the back." Ruby smile. "... And a slap on the wrist." Glynda slams her wand on the table as Ruby barely avoids it. "As Ruby started to calm down, she felt a pat on the table as Ruby barely avoids it. As Ruby started to calm down, she felt a pat on the back, she looked back and noticed is the stranger patting her but with his tail.
Soon both females in the room got different reactions. For Glynda, she was beyond shocked, there's never a faunus with two traits but the prove is just right in front of her. As for Ruby, she was amazed as this is her first time seeing a two trait faunus, plus his wolf tail is as soft like a pillow. But to Ruby's disappointment, his tail retracted back and she pouted because she wanted to cuddle it. As Glynda got her composure, she continued to speak, "But there is someone here who would like to meet you both." She moved out of the way as a man in green, wearing glasses, and has silver hair with a yellow around his neck holding a plate of cookies along with a mug.
"Ruby Rose." He said as he leans in to look at her. "You.. have silver eyes." He turned to look back at the faunus. "You, young man, have two traits," the faunus just sat there without any reaction. He turned back to Ruby. "So! Where did you learn to do this?" He showed a tablet showing Ruby fighting the henchmen. "Signal Academy," she answered back. "They taught you to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" He asked. "Well, two teachers in particular." "I see...," he muttered as he puts the cookies on the table in front of Ruby then she's eating a cookie in a single bite before shovels the rest. "It's just that I've only seen tow scythe-wielders of that skill before. A white rose and a dusty old crow." Ozpin said as Ruby began to muffle through her mouth.
Ruby swallowed and wipes her mouth. "Sorry, that's my Mom and Uncle Qrow. My mom is a huntress and Uncle Qrow is a teacher at Signal. I was complete garbage before they trained me. And now, I'm like-hoooowah! Watchaaah!" She said as she gestured some karate moves. The faunus smile as he saw her doing it. "So, I've noticed," said the man as he placed his mug down, the man continued to ask. "And what is an adorable girl such as yourself doing at a school designed to train warriors." "Well... I want to be huntress." She answered. "You want to slay monsters?"
"Yeah! I only have two more years of training left at Signal! And then I'm going to apply to Beacon!" Ruby said as she began to talk faster and faster with her enthusiasm growing. "You see, my sister's starting there this year, and she's trying to become a huntress. Cause I wanna help people. My parents always taught us to help others, so I thought, hey, I might as well make a career out of it!" She giggled and continued. "I mean the police are alright, but huntsmen and huntresses are just so much m ore romantic and exciting and cool and really, gosh you know!"
"Do you know who I am?" The man asked. "You're Professor Ozpin. You're the headmaster at Beacon Academy." Ruby answered. The man now named Ozpin smiled. "Hello." "Nice to meet you." Ruby said. "You want to come to my school?" He asked. "More than anything." Ruby said "Okay then, I'll be seeing you tomorrow at Beacon, Miss Rose." Ozpin said as he smile at the shocked girl. "Wait!? What!? You're seriously letting me in Beacon?!" Ruby asked in shocked which Ozpin nodded.
Ruby suddenly burst in happiness and said something that's too fast for anyone to understand "OhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygosh!Thisisthebestdayever!" Ozpin chuckled at her childish, the faunus just slighly smile. Glynda coughed to get her attention, "Ahem, young lady. It seems that your mother is here now, so it's time for you to head back home." "Oh okay," as Ruby was about to leave, she looked back at the faunus. "What about him!" Ruby asked as she pointed at him. Ozpin soon replied her, "Don't worry. I'll just asked a few questions before he can leave." "Well, okay then. Uh thanks for saving me, hope we can meet each other again and be friends, bye." Ruby said as she was accompany by Glynda as they left the both of them alone.
Ozpin soon faced the young faunus, "So now that we're alone, now you can tell me something about yourself." "My name is Zane Hiragana," the faunus known as Zane took off his mask which reveals the right side of his eye colour is lime green, while the other is the golden eye. Ozpin was surprised at least but he still manage to keep his posture. "If you wouldn't mind, are you related to Alex Hiragana?" Ozpin asked which Zane nodded. "Yeah, I'm his son." He soon put the mask on his right shoulder.
"So it seems. How is your father, is he still trying to make his dream come true?" Ozpin asked which he noticed a depressed look on his face. Zane sighed, "Well. he manage to succeed part of his dream but it was taken away, so is his life." "I'm sorry for your loss," said Ozpin. "It's okay, let's not talk about the past. Plus I know you're wondering what I'm doing here, Ozma."
Ozpin sighed, "How much does your father told you?" "Everything, the maidens, the relics, the gods and Salem," Zane said as he saw Ozpin widened his eyes from the last words. "So it seems you know everything and I got a feeling you have something to do with this." Ozpin said as he took out a photo for the both of them. The photo is blurry but it can be seen as something that isn't human, faunus or grimm. "Yes, I took care of that creature," Zane answered him. "So what are these creatures Zane," Ozpin asked.
Zane stood up from his chair and took out some pictures from his coat and beginning his explanation. "These creatures are known as Inves, for all I know that Inves is similar like grimm but instead of spreading destruction, their only goal is expanding their colony. They are slightly stronger than grimm so huntsmen or huntresses will have much difficulty in handling them, but the main problem is that if anyone is been scratch from them, they'll slowly become their source of food." Zane said as Ozpin focus on a picture with a man who's in pain as vines with strange fruits coming out of his wound. "What fruits are these," Ozpin asked as he recalled there isn't any these kinds of fruit from his knowledge.
"Those are Helheim fruits," Zane said as he gave Ozpin another picture but this time it shows a weird fruit that it almost shaped like a lock. "The Helheim fruit could make an Inves stronger or sometimes it will make them reach a different stage of evolution. If someone or something that isn't Inves ate the fruit, they will turn into an Inves."
As Ozpin tried to collect all the information, he looked back at Zane, "So I'm assuming you have some sort of weapon to handle these Inves." Zane nodded. "Yes, we have a way to stop them and my father was the first person to go through with it. We managed to weaponized the Helheim fruit and we turned it into a lockseed." Zane said as Ozpin now focus on another picture with some locks that have fruits on it. "The lockseed has the ability to summon Inves and also has the ability to control it, but this is just the primary weapon."
"So what's the secondary weapon?" Ozpin asked. "Sorry, for now that's classified. Also the real reason I'm here is because there's a large amount of abnormal energy in Vale, which means the cracks will be most likely open here." "Cracks?" Ozpin asked as he soon received another picture witha giant zip opened as it reveal a strange forest inside the zip. "These cracks are the reason that Inves would come to our world, the cracks opened a gateway for the Inves to come to Remnant, for all my knowledge I have, that forest is known as the Helheim Forest, the Inves' home world." Zane was done with his explanation as Ozpin trying to piece everything together.
As Ozpin managed to figure out what Zane is trying to say. "So you're trying to say that we have another war coming?" Ozpin asked which Zane nodded. Ozpin sighed in frustration as he already have a problem dealing with Salem and the grimm and now, an unknown invaders started war against humanity. "I'm assuming you have a plan to deal with this?" Ozpin asked. "Yes, for now, I want to join Beacon." Zane said.
This caught Ozpin's attention. "You want to come to my school. And why's that?" Ozpin asked the young wolf faunus. "Because I wanted to get stronger, so that I want to protect everyone's dreams. I may have lost my dream but that doesn't mean I'll allow anyone else to face the same thing happens to me. And I'll be their guide to their future." Zane explained his reason. Ozpin smiled at this as he noticed Zane's eyes carries the same fiery determination like his father. 'Like father like son,' Ozpin thought as he could clearly picture Zane like his father, Alex.
"Okay, I'll see you at Beacon tomorrow, young man."Ozpin stood up from his chair. "Thank you, Professor Ozpin, but if you wouldn't mind, I need to maked some demands." "And what are those demands?" Ozpin asked. "First, if I am in a team, I need a huge room which is next door with my teammates. And second, I'll alow to excuse myself at anytime." "Deal." Ozpin agreed to the demands as both of them shook their hands. "And welcome to Beacon, Zane Hiragana."