'Sup. Tomorrow's the day, isn't it?
For those who have no idea what I'm talking about (presumably RWBY-only fans; in which case I ask why you'd even be in the crossover section in the first place but whatever it's your life), My Hero Academia Season Three is about to make its debut! I can assure you that, being a Manga reader, this season will be just as awesome as the last, if not more.
As for the RWBY side of things, well...not a lot is happening for RWBY, since Volume 5 ended back in January, so we don't have much to look forward t-
ArcSys: "Ahem."
Oh, right.
BLAZBLUE CROSS TAG BATTLE. I know that this is a website specifically for writing stories, but can I just talk about how much I'm hyped for that game? Like, almost as much as I was for Dragon Ball FighterZ. Considering my alias is SSJacen35, that's a hard feat to accomplish, considering Dragon Ball is one of my favorites.
So Season Three, a My Hero and partial RWBY game, an MHA Movie, a guaranteed Volume 6 this Fall...yeah, these two shows are looking up and up.
And now's a good time to release the second chapter of this little thing I have going. Takes place during chapter one of RWBY.
Enjoy~
Edit: I come from the future. Season Three of My Hero has been amazing so far. The Movie (Two Heroes) is incredible, I got to watch it at Anime Expo. The game looks better than it has before, and BlazBlue Cross Tag is still pretty fun to play. So yeah.
Chapter 2- Ruby and Izuku Rose
You know, being a man just barely about to go into retirement trying to keep a Dust shop open in the middle of downtown Patch isn't easy. For one, Dust is very plentiful in Remnant and the Four Kingdoms, so even an entire fire Dust Crystal the size of a history textbook is only about 5 lien. AKA, enough to trade for a bundle of socks. Not very cost-effective, huh? The only way to make any profit is to get them in bulk- too bad there's plenty of other stores in Patch that give the same Dust for much more affordable prices. This ordeal is probably the reason why he also has books to sell as well, and is literally open from "Dust" 'till Dawn. He's tired, we get it.
Too bad the last hour of his shift includes being robbed by a man in a fedora and cane with goons suffering from same-face syndrome. Being held at gunpoint while his Dust, and therefore hard earned lien, get sucked down the drain like water down a pipe. If only there was someone in that shop who can save him…
They see you as small and helpless...they see you as just a child…
Oh wait. There is.
Surprise when they find out that a warrior will soon run wild…
"Hey, you two!" One of the white-trenchcoat's cronies took notice of two figures at the back of the book section. One had messy green hair, and he was flipping through a comic book about a man with wild golden hair taking on an alien tyrant who looked like a giant white and purple tam-
And the other, a girl in a red and black costume that was straight out of a fairy tale, was reading about a boy who wanted to become the ninja president. She almost believed he would, if it wasn't for the fact that the absurd amount of filler took away from the story.
"Hey, hands in the air!" The unknowing minion tapped her on the shoulder, and she finally took notice. Her hood came off, and the boy next to her turned as well. The goon gestured at his ears, telling them to take their headphones off.
"Yes?" The girl spoke in a clearly ignorant tone. Her headphones were on full blast, so she couldn't hear the robbery taking place literally right across the room.
"Is there something you want, sir?" The boy asked, showcasing the manga he had in his hands, "Did you want to see this? I know, Dragon Ball's WAY better than Naruto."
"Hey!" The girl argued back, "Dude, Naruto has a way better plotline. What's yours about? Screaming and fighting for 10 episodes straight?"
"At least WE don't have 500 episodes-half of which are filler!"
"CUT IT OUT!" The man in the incriminating suit cut off any further argument. "I don't give a crap which one is better, because I'm robbing both of you!" He brought up his gun, but the both of them seemed unaffected by a gesture that would cause most to tremble for their life. Unfortunately for him, he was trying to mug the two best huntsman to be coming out of Signal Academy: Ruby Rose, and...
The time is upon you to show them what you can do…
"Ohhh." The dark-haired girl smirked. "Izuku, now."
"Right." He took a deep breath in, activating the power that he had discovered just one year prior. His finger flared as his Semblance burned through his veins. Pain instantly grabbed ahold of his digit, but he grit his teeth and narrowed his eyes at the goon. The man took a step back in surprise. He suddenly felt as if the top-of-the-line Dust gun he was wielding had become obsolete as the boy brought up his index finger, preparing to...flick it?
"Smash!" His finger flicked forward, creating a current of wind hard enough to shatter glass. The man was blasted backwards, his face contorted from the gust of wind that had hit him like a freight train. The girl sprung into action, activating her Semblance as she leapt toward him. She used the man like a makeshift shield as they both crashed through the glass window. The goon was already knocked unconscious from the blow, and the girl stood up, activating her beloved scythe- Crescent Rose.
"Okay then…" The man, Roman Torchwick, glared at the adolescent that had ruined his night of burglary. He gestured at his goons, and they, stupidly, obeyed his orders, charging forward with their swords and guns at the ready.
Unfortunately, guns and swords were no match for a girl with a badass scythe that was also a gun.
The green haired sibling jumped through the shattered pain, gripping his finger. "Ow..."
"Your finger okay?" Ruby murmured to him as the men charged her. Her brother took shelter behind her as she crossed her scythe behind her back.
Her normally wide eyes sharpened to a point at the men, as if to she was saying touch him and I'll kill you. The goons gulped and hesitated. That big-sister stare and that scythe that was probably almost as heavy as she was were more than enough evidence that if they were to get in a fight with her, they wouldn't last long.
"Y-Yeah..." He lied. That blast he made was as much as Izuku could have controlled. Before, he had blasted whole forests down into a clearing with a punch, sacrificing his arm in the process, but now, with the help of Taiyang, he had controlled his Semblance to the point where finger-flicks with his Semblance would only cause sharp pain and throbbing rather than shattering them. "I can't use my Semblance effectively against them. Can you take 'em?"
Ruby smirked. "I got this. You just hold tight."
And soon they will know that-
This will be THE DAY we've waited for!
Izuku backed up as the crimsonette charged the men. He almost couldn't see what was happening; Ruby was moving too dang fast for him too see! Man, Ruby's wayyy ahead of me in terms of combat technique...she's, actually amazing! Crescent Rose, his sister's weapon, was a weapon so comically large that it was incredibly hard to miss, but here it was nothing more than a red blur as Ruby pounded the men into the ground with the non-sharp end.
Within seconds, the men were down. Roman grumbled to himself. Why didn't his plans just go the way he wanted it to go? No kids with crazy flicking powers, or a girl with an obsession with the color red… "Well, Red, I think we can both agree we've made it a very eventful evening. And as much as I'd love to stick around…" He aimed his cane up, and a sight flicked up. Yes, it was also a gun. "This is where we part ways." The Dust bullet fired, shooting out of the cane with a red cone-shaped dust trail behind it. Ruby brought up her Crescent Rose in front of her body to block the blast. The bullet collided with Crescent Rose, kicking up a dust cloud that obscured her vision.
As soon as he fired the bullet, Roman booked it to the ladder. His Dust-stealing had failed here, and he wasn't planning on staying around and getting arrested like his knocked-out-cold underlings. Gotta tell her that I need a ride...He climbed about halfway up the ladder when out of the corner of his eye he saw a green blur.
"Hey! Get back here!" Izuku yelled. "You're gonna have to answer to the police!"
Crap. It's the other kid. "The only person I answer to around here is me, Green." He aimed his cane-gun at Izuku. I have only two more shots in this baby...let's not waste it! He fired, but unfortunately the bullet was deflected by- "Dammit Red!" He broke his cigar between his teeth in anger. Nothing was going his way tonight.
"You alright?" Ruby asked as she inspected the small scratch on her scythe that the bullet made. I'll have to buffer that out later..."He almost got you there..."
"Mhm, I'm fine." He started sprinting as Roman was now almost up the ladder. If I don't hurry, he might get away!
Behind him, he heard painful groans. The goons that Ruby had just curbstomped into the pavement were beginning to come to again. "Izuku, get their leader! I'll handle these guys again!"
"Okay!" He was already planning on that, but he took a sigh of relief that he and his sister were on the same page. To be fair, we pretty much always are...He thought as he stepped on the first rung. Ah, no more reminiscing! I have a villain to catch!
Roman got to the roof of the building. He sighed, looking around. There was no Bullhead in sight, meaning that his associate was probably a little late in their pickup. She should be here any minute now...The sound of gunshots and metal clanging meant his goons were probably up again and not complete idiots. But he knew that those kids would probably pick them apart again...Why did she have to assign me such worthless men? He got to the edge of the rooftop and stopped. He felt the kid had caught up to him.
"Hey!" Izuku yelled, his fists clenched. Robbing a bank and endangering lives? Yeah, he was definitely going to be going to prison if him and Ruby could pin him down. The crucial word was if, however.
"You and your girlfriend are really persistent, you know that?" His voice darkened at his final words. Unfortunately, Izuku didn't notice as he was too pent up about that last part...
"Why does everyone keep saying that?!" He stammered, "Just because we look nothing alike, we hang out a lot and we're the opposite gender does not mean-"
"Thanks for stalling, Green."
"Wha-Oh..." It suddenly get windy upon the rooftop, and the criminal's white trenchcoat fluttered in the hard breeze. He held his hat down as he stepped to the edge.
A Bullhead ascended its way into view. The bright lights activated and zeroed in on Deku, who was forced to avert his eyes from the illumination. Roman calmly climbed into the open hatch and smirked cockily at the boy below him. "End of the line!" He held up a crystalline Fire Dust. Izuku knew what that meant instantly. Throwing the Dust at Deku's feet, he aimed his final bullet at it, hoping to scorch that poor kid like burnt popcorn.
He pulled the trigger.
"I'm NOT done yet! SMASH!"
The torrents of air shot towards the Bullhead, shifting it sideways at a sharp degree. Roman's bullet went wild; firing into the air as his trajectory was all messed up from the shot. "Damn you!" He cursed. Okay, so that kid can not only break windows by flicking, but he can also imbalance whole vehicles?! I hate to admit it, but I need help... He staggered to the Bullhead's cockpit. "We got a tough one, over here!" The pilot obliged and switched with Roman, who in turn manned the controls. Okay, NOW that brat's done for...
Izuku growled under his breath. I have eight more chances to bring that thing down! He flicked another finger. The pain skyrocketed through his bones, but they managed to stay intact. The Bullhead shook again, but stabilized as Deku spotted a new figure in the hatch.
It was the silhouette of a woman: Slender legs, heels, and a short red sleeved dress. The embroideries on the dress lit up like her eyes and hands with an eerie orange glow. Crapbaskets...
The woman narrowed her eyes as she sized up the kid. Hm...Doesn't look too tough. She fired a warning shot. The fireball was weaker than what she normally output, but if it connected it definitely would shake him up and maybe catch him in flames. She heard the green-clad child scream as another wave of air blasted through her fireball, instantaneously dissipating it and sending tremors through the Bullhead. She'd have to finish this a lot faster if they wanted to get away.
After the winds stopped, she fired yet another plume of flames, this one being many times larger than the last. There's no way he can break through that, right?
"SMASH!" Another finger flick and wind currents rang out, forming a makeshift air shield around Deku as the flames coiled around him. "Five...more chances...!"
Below, Ruby had just re-knocked out the last of Roman's cronies. They had two large bumps on their heads each, and Ruby guessed that they wouldn't come-to until the next morning. She sighed. It was almost too easy...
A cry of pain echoed through the otherwise quiet town. It was Izuku's! Crap, I have to get to him! She ran up to the wall of the building that her brother and that orange-haired guy had gone up. Knowing the ladder would be too long and precarious, she inverted Crescent Rose and shot below her, giving her a boost that propelled her to the top.
"SM...ASH!" Deku had unleashed another blast. He managed to evade another fire blast by finger-flicking a shield around him, but he knew that he was running out of turns. He prepared another flick as he saw the woman charge another fire blast. Reusing a finger will break them, and after this I only have three more...this isn't good!
"Izuku!" Thank God! Her sister's voice was like a guardian angel's to him. "Stop wasting your fingers like that! Let me throw you!" He turned in slight confusion, but the gesture that Ruby made made the plan obvious. He nodded.
"Okay..." He jumped out of the way of an incoming blast and ran up to the crimsonette. Grabbing her hand, he braced as her Speed Semblance kicked in. Now at blurring speeds and forming two parallel red and green cones, the duo evaded yet another shot from the woman and kicked off the edge of the building. Ruby shot Crescent Rose, spinning them around and quite literally pitching her brother like a fastball towards the Bullhead.
The woman's eyes widened as Green got closer to her. She had not expected them to get this close to her! Now using both hands, she put all of her power into this one attack.
The attack she fired wasn't a simple fireball; it was a stream of constant, burning flames. The air lit up and the city blocks around the fight was illuminated in that ominous orange glow. Izuku was caught in the forefront of the attack, one could say he has been hit point-blank.
"IZUKU!" Ruby screamed as he saw her brother be overwhelmed in the inferno. No, don't you DARE get hurt! She wanted to help, but getting into that scorching heat would only serve to hurt her as well. She'd just have to wait...
The girl in the Bullhead smiled evilly. That persistent brat is finally done fo-WHAT?!
Through the flames emerged, at first, green hair. Then, white-hot eyes that were filled with ravenous anger. Then, clenched teeth and a pulled-back fist. Then a whole body. He...he survived that?!
Viridescent lightning coiled around his body, which looked as if it was blocking the fire from burning him horribly. Izuku himself only looked mildly sunburnt, meaning he had probably activated...whatever that was, last minute. "N-No..." The woman whispered. It was the first time...in her life...
That an opponent had made her feel fear.
"Five Percent...SMASHHHHH!" Izuku crashed his fist into the woman's stomach. He only aimed to incapacitate her, but the force behind his blow plus the shots he fired before un-stabilized the Bullhead beyond recovery. It swirled in the air, losing altitude and breaking down at an electric level. The force of the blast had knocked the electronics loose.
It spun out of control and fell. With three people ready to be swallowed in the oncoming explosion.
Make that two, actually. "IZUKU!" Ruby pushed her Semblance to the limit, kicking off the building and zipping towards the falling Bullhead. To everyone else it was as if she was a blur, but to her she saw everything in slow motion. Deku, who looked unconscious, was falling limply above the woman, who was coughing up blood with a pained and terrified look on her face.
Her Semblance gave her limited flight, so barely, just barely, she managed to catch her brother mid-air and get out of the way before-
BOOM!
The explosion rocked the street that the Bullhead crashed upon. Luckily, it was an intersection devoid of trees, so major fires were unlikely, but it was sure to have woken up maybe, I don't know, the entire town.
Ruby had stopped a block down from the crashed Bullhead. Izuku was in her arms, just beginning to come to. "I...ugh...Ruby?..."
"Deku?..." She muttered as her brother gestured for him to get up by himself. She obliged, but not without holding him up first. He almost tripped on his own foot. "Hey, hey, don't push yourself...you almost killed yourself fighting her..."
"Heh..." His fingers were in a constant state of pain, and his right arm was strained from the punch he had landed. Still, though...he found a way to smile after all that...and he had no idea why. "Well, at least we're even now..."
"Okay, how in the heck does this make us even?" Ruby inquired.
"Well...you saved me from almost exploding, and I saved you from a Grimm."
"I think an explosion's a lot more dangerous than Grimm," The huntress replied, "I think you owe me one." She stuck her tongue out playfully, despite a burning Bullhead in the background.
How mature of her...Izuku inwardly thought, then again, she's always like this. I'm starting to like it..."Owe ya what? A jar of cookies?"
"*gasp* I'd love that."
"Fine, fine..." Izuku gave a heartwarming smile, and Ruby shot one back.
It was only minutes after one of the most intense encounters with evil, and yet...the two were laughing and smiling like it had never happened. Ozpin sipped from his mug as he observed this through the security cameras. How...fascinating. I look forward to meeting the two of them...He pressed the intercom, "Glynda, are you there yet?" The silver-haired man asked, "I would like to speak with them as soon as possible. And besides, I believe the cookies are ready."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm almost there...Just got to fix the shop and I'll be over there," A feminine voice replied tiredly. She seemed...annoyed? Ozpin inwardly shook his head. She was always like this, especially working at a campus where the students tend to destroy the property through their fights. Thankfully, she was paid quite more than the rest of the staff for her troubles.
"It's actually quite shocking that two kids were able to do this much..." Glynda continued, "Aren't they both students at Signal Academy? That would probably explain their prowess on the battlefield, but the boy is especially surprising..."
"Indeed," Ozpin looked over and over at the scuffle that that woman and Izuku had on the rooftops. Alarmingly, the woman was shooting fire, which caused the Headmaster of Beacon to start thinking of information he hadn't thought of in years...but he shook his head. We could just chalk it up to her Semblance. Besides, I doubt that a being like that would be working with thugs like that...But the boy was something that was a puzzle to him. Finger flicking? Really? And how did he deflect those flames like that? "I haven't heard anything about the boy. I assume he's her brother, just by going by how they interact with one another."
"Well, whatever the case is, we'll find out now." Glynda muttered, as if she was purposefully trying to quiet down as to not draw attention to herself. "I'm about to get them." The line cut off. Ozpin sat back in his chair as he imagined how his right-hand teacher would try and...appropriate them. She was all about order, after all, and those two seem to have displayed the opposite of that. He picked up his coffee and headed towards the door. It's time to meet them.
"Why are we sitting in chairs right now?"
"Why is there a bright light above usss?!"
"Why are you giving us that look?! We did nothing wrong!"
"Oh, I can think of plenty of things you two have done wrong." Glynda retorted, fixing her glasses as she paced back and forth in the dark room with only one bright light that illuminated the very center. The Huntress glared at Izuku the most, as he was the one that caused the most financial damage. "I hope you know that the actions you two have taken tonight will not be tolerated. You put yourselves, and others, in grave danger. Why would you even engage yourselves in thugs like those?"
"They started it!" Izuku argued back. "Isn't it a Huntsman's job to meddle in places where they don't belong?"
"Yes, but kids like you are a different matter." Glynda said quite matter-of-factly. "Adults should be the ones handling issues like those, not fourteen-year-olds with fancy scythes."
"I'm fifteen, and its name is Crescent Rose!" Ruby shot off her seat in defiance, but her brother managed to calm her back down. The girl went into a somewhat pouty state, her arms crossed over her chest. "Stupid youth…"
The blonde huntress sighed. She witnessed the battle from her scroll from security monitors, and from what she could tell both the girl and the boy had some rather interesting Semblances and skills. There was literally no way that that man in the fedora or his goons could lay a scratch on them. Unfortunately, just as she arrived on the scene it seemed that man and his accomplice were gone, leaving just those two remaining and her to clean up the mess those kids made. They have potential...but still, why did Ozpin want to meet these two of all people? "If it were up to me, I'd send you both home with a pat on the back…"
Their faces lit up. Then they yelped as Glynda smacked her wand on the table. "...and a slap on the wrist. Fortunately for you two…" She stepped to the side, revealing the open hallway that was behind her, and a silver-haired man with a tray of cookies and a mug of presumably coffee coming through the doorway. "There's someone who would like to meet you."
The man stopped in front of the table and placed the tray on the mahogany wood. His thin brown eyes blinked between both Ruby and Izuku, as if he was studying them and making mental notes of the pair at a hundred calculations per second. The color of his hair his hair reflected age, but his glasses hinted at a wise and long upbringing. To summarize, the man was a puzzle to the green and red duo as soon as he stepped through the doorway. And his gesture towards Ruby in particular puzzled them further.
"Ruby Rose." He leaned in closer to get a better look of her. "You...have silver eyes."
"Um...o...kay?..." The red huntress-to-be raised an eyebrow. "Why is that import-"
"So," He kept going like he never heard her in the first place. Glynda put up her scroll, showing the red huntress taking down Torchwick's cronies faster than the quickest airship in Atlas. "Where did you learn techniques such as those?"
"Uh...Signal Academy."
"You're telling me they taught you to use the most dangerous anti-Grimm weapon ever designed?"
"Well just one teacher in particular!" Ruby stated. "My uncle Qrow...he pretty much taught me everything I know." Izuku nodded in agreement, but also noticed all of the cookies were gone. And Ruby's face was stuffed.
I didn't even have one...
"I see." Ozpin took a sip from his mug. "And you…"
"Huh?!" Izuku's sweat drops grew from a few on his brow to dozens coming off his cheeks. Like Ruby, he knew who the man in front of them was: Professor Ozpin, head of Beacon Academy. But unlike his sister, he didn't really do very well in front of authoritarian figures. "Me?"
"Yes, you, Izuku Rose." Ozpin pulled up a chair, putting one leg up and essentially getting comfortable. He had a hunch that the story of this boy in particular would be a long and peculiar one. "At least, I assume that's your last name. You two are siblings, correct?"
"Yes we are!" Ruby put her elbow on Izuku's shoulder rather smoothly. "I'm the older one!"
"By like, ten months!" the younger sibling exclaimed, but immediately calmed down after he saw that Ozpin's eyes had not changed expression. "I'm...adopted." Izuku's voice shifted down to a melancholy tone. "Ruby's uncle found me abandoned, so he brought me to Ruby's dad and I found myself in a new home…"
"Hmm…" Ozpin narrowed his eyes. He knew that Izuku was telling all that he knew, but when he shifted over to Ruby, her silver eyes were looking away for some odd reason. She knew something that he didn't. "Well, how did you learn to do this?" He turned to his assistant Glynda, who showed another scene of Izuku summoning huge torrents of wind with just the flick of his finger, which were not only enough to crash a Bullhead but also powerful enough to divert flames. "This Semblance is...something else." Ozpin said, "One could even say it is otherworldly. What is it? Have you even given it a proper name? I do know that your sister's Semblance is speed, and…" He gestured to the empty tray, "...most likely high metabolism, but you seem to have a Semblance that is incomparable to any other. What's your secret?"
"Um…" Izuku didn't know what to say. Fortunately for him, Ruby did.
"Well, he unlocked his Semblance when he was fourteen, so only a year ago." She explained. "And the power he had was strong enough to destroy a whole Ursa Major- AND an entire patch of forest!"
"Really now?" Ozpin sipped from his mug again. Despite his calm demeanor on the outside, inside his mind was racing. If what Ms. Rose was saying was true, Izuku's Semblance would be one of the most powerful ever to exist-probably even matching the Maidens in strength! He inwardly sighed. He knew that he could not tell them of the Maidens, for now, at least. "That's quite a big feat. So why, may I ask, has the entire city block not been reduced to rubble when you launched that man through the Dust shop?"
"I learned to control it better," Izuku answered rather quickly. He clenched his fist, and suddenly the signatures green electricity sparked around him again. "Thanks to training with my other sister, Yang, and my Dad, I've managed to control it by not only strengthening my body but trying my hardest to keep the power in my veins for only brief seconds at a time, rather than just letting it explode outwards like I did the first time. It does reduce the potency, but it also prevents my limbs from breaking when I only use it once."
"Yup." Ruby said in agreement, "First time Deku used his Semblance he shattered his legs. It was only after he started using his new technique that he was able to fight with it long-term at all!"
"Yeah…" He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "I don't really have a definitive name for my Semblance specifically, but-"
"-But whenever he does use his Semblance he always has this weird and sort of awkward habit of saying 'Smash'. I dunno why you do it, by the way. No like seriously, why do you do that?"
"I have...no idea..." Izuku murmured, speaking to his sister while also speaking to the adults in the room, "It just...happens instinctively whenever I activate it. Like an urge to always say it, it's...weird." He sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "I know, it's kind of a stupid explanation..."
Ruby nudged him, "You're stupid."
"You're stupid!" Deku shot back playfully.
"Muttering baka."
"Weapon-loving dork." Ruby stuck out her tongue at his last comeback.
"Alright, you two, I think I've heard as much as I needed to hear." Ozpin sat up from his chair and Glynda gave a quizzical look.
"You don't mean you're-" The blonde huntress was cut off when Ozpin brought his finger up to shush her.
"Ruby and Izuku Rose, I think you both have shown tremendous physical prowess on the battlefield. Your skills outshine that of some of our fourth-years at Beacon Academy." He picked up the empty tray and coffee mug, "I presume that you both are having an education at Signal Academy, correct?" Both Izuku and Ruby nodded their heads and leaned forward in anticipation. "All right, well...if I can pull the right strings…"
"Would you like to join early?"
Location: ?
A warehouse miles away, battered lightly by the rainfall. Gray, ominous clouds blanketed the sky for miles around. It was silent, as most of the...workers had gone home.
But there were a few still awake, and for good reason, too. An inky black mist appeared in the center of the rusted warehouse. Lightning struck, lighting up the room revealing shadows of a massive, muscular and humanoid behemoth in the background. It's eerily spherical eyes were rolled in the back of its head, as if it was in stasis, waiting for a command. For now, it was dormant.
The black, slightly violet mist widened, now to a width wide enough to hold two humans in. And, luckily, two humans came out.
One of them was a man in a trenchcoat, or at least what was left of the white fabric. His fedora was long gone, and the rest of his previously dashing costume had been scorched. Roman Torchwick cursed to himself, muttering something about, "I'll have to buy a new one, stupid Red..."
The other was a woman, who was unconscious until her back smacked into the damp concrete floor. It shocked her awake, her golden eyes showing signs of pain. "That brat..." She coughed into her hand. There was blood.
"Are you alright, Milady?" A dark, masculine voice said in the shadows. It was a deep voice, rather intimidating. But not to Cinder Fall, not even close. He was her underling, after all, assigned by her Superior due to his rather...useful Semblance. "Those injuries look rather serious."
"I'm fine," She spat, literally and figuratively. "That kid just got a lucky shot...I won't let it happen again." Cinder clutched her slim stomach as she stood up, and realized that the area around her midriff was exposed. That kid's punch dissipated my dress...how?! She had no idea how that kid was so powerful.
"I think it was anything BUT a lucky shot." Roman grumbled, "I overheard him saying five percent before he punched the Bullhead out of the air." Cinder cringed at the five percent part. What if he had hit her with a hundred percent, or even 10 percent?...
If five percent was enough to break my aura, then 100%...She shook her head, not wanting to think about what could have happened. "I didn't sign up for this, you know. You assigned me and my men to collect Dust, not to fight children who have giant scythes and Semblances that can destroy buildings!"
"Silence." Cinder hissed. "We just made a miscalculation. Clearly we'll have to plan our...thefts more carefully."
"And how do you suppose we do that?" A new voice echoed through the room. It was a man's voice, but...it's tone sent a shiver down Cinder's back whenever she heard it. It was, for the lack of a better word, creepy. "Your little...excursion caused quite a scene. You're being too reckless, Cinder Fall."
Cinder had had enough. It was one thing that she was bested by a child, but now her own colleagues were patronizing her. Raising her hand towards the man she mustered the remaining strength she had and summoned a crimson bow and arrow, aimed right between the fingers of the horrifyingly realistic hand that he had attached to his face. She let go of the arrow, and it shot towards him at breakneck speeds.
Catch. He held the arrow between his thumb and two fingers. "I suggest you don't go around attacking your allies, either." He put down his ring finger on the arrow's shaft, "We're after the same goal, Cinder." He planted his pinky on the arrow.
Cinder's eyes widened as her attack decayed and literally turned to ashes in the breeze. So that's his Semblance, huh? "And what would that be, Tomura Shigaraki?"
Shigaraki stepped into the light, and to his right stood a well-dressed man with that signature black mist and eery yellow eyes that were in a constant narrowed state. Tomura smiled widely under the hand, almost laughing, cackling as thunder boomed through the night sky.
"We both want to see this world burn."
I can already see the first thing you guys will be reviewing: "Okay, so how the heck does Deku NOT break his fingers?!"
Remember how long Deku has had this power. More than a year at this point, which is already longer than his Season One and Two counterparts. Added onto the fact that he's physically as fit as his Anime self due to him being trained by Taiyang, Ruby and Yang, as well as having more time to control his power, I think that the fact that he doesn't break his finger but rather has it sting for a while is a fair bargain. Plus, I don't want Izuku to have broken fingers as he goes into Beacon Academy.
Also he has Full Cowl. That will be explained later in the story, don't worry. There's a lot more stuff I need to go over before I get into that power-up.
As for the Villain part at the very end...I think I needed to introduce them now. I mean, considering Todoroki and Deku both showed up in this world without any explanation (as of right now and of what I've shown up to this point), I think that the My Hero Villains making their debut was a given. It's not a surprise that they're there, but rather how they got there is the mystery I won't say.
How I described this story to one of my friends is like a pizza. The basic elements, the cheese, the dough, the tomato sauce, it's all RWBY. The toppings and the stuff that gives it uniqueness is My Hero Academia. It's not quite a "character in another world" story, nor is it a "fused-worlds" story.
And since this is the part in the story where it really gets going...don't worry, it won't follow RWBY's events exactly. There will be times where I use those elements, but I plan to make a mostly unique story from Volume 3 onwards.
Which means Volumes 1 and 2 will mostly be RWBY with MHA parts splashed in there to mix things up a little for effect. If you think that sounds boring, then don't worry about that either. I'm planning on going through those rather fast, and skipping parts that aren't needed. Like Volumes One and Two of RWBY, the first dozen or so chapters will all be set-up, for the Villains, for measure each character's power and how they stack up against each other, the, well, plot, and the characters getting settled in Beacon.
Volume Three and beyond is where the real meat of RWBY is, which is why I'm going to try and get there as fast as I can. So, like I said in the beginning, sit back, it's going to be a wild and long ride.
P.S. I'm hoping for weekly updates, which is why I'm trying to stay ahead by at least 30k words (I'm at chapter 7 right now), but if there's a delay at any point just chalk that up to my laziness. Okay? Okay. Cool.
See you next week!