A/N: Hello there, and welcome to another lower-class crossover chapter of A Fistful of Legacy. Enjoy.
duskrider: I'm sad. You didn't use the word "interesting" in your review this time! That being said, let's shift gears- *clears throat* why thank you! If this is a crossover about a game series involving a tournament, then having those two meet before should be a norm, right?
Kamen Rider Onyx: She won't be the only one in for a surprise...
"Today," Began the stoic voice of Headmaster Ozpin, sipping a cup of coffee, standing on the edge of a verdant cliff, and looking at all the first-year students standing in a row before him, "You will all be testing your skills in the Emerald Forest." With his free hand, he gestured to the expansive forest and hills behind him. Glynda stepped up to speak.
"Now, I have been hearing talk about the subject of 'teams' going around the student body. Rest assured, those rumors will be put to an end." Some of the prospective first-years started breaking into a sweat. Ruby, in particular was starting to hyper ventilate. "Teams will be selected in the Emerald Forest, and will remain with you for the next four years. So try and get along well." Ruby was whining terribly at this point. "That being said, the first person you make eye-contact with will be your partner for your stay in Beacon." At this moment, Ruby Rose's world shattered.
"WHAA?!" Ozpin continued on for her without a care in the world.
"Your goal for initiation is to retrieve and bring back an artifact located at a temple just north of here. Keep in mind, as you travel through the forest, foes will try to impede your advance. Destroy everything in your path. Or you WILL die." Somebody tugged at their shirt collar nervously. "Do note that, as you make your way through the Forest, our instructors will be watching you. However, they will not intervene. When you grab the relic, return to the top of the cliff. You will protect the relic, alongside your standing, and be graded accordingly. Any questions?" No hands raised up.
"Good! Now, take a position." The students looked rather confused at the Headmaster. "Go on, take a position. After all, you are about to be launched off a cliff at high speeds. Be sure to have a good landing strategy." With that, the machinery underneath a student at one end of the row came to life, and she barely had enough time to take a stance before it sprang her forward. Quickly, everyone else took a stance, ready to be launched into the air. Ozpin watched each student fly away until, at the very end of the row, Jaune Arc was about to be sent flying.
"Before you go, Jaune," He temporarily had his attention stolen. "Thank you for the wonderful initiation idea. Ta-taa!"
"Wait, Wha-AAAATT!" Ozpin didn't even glance behind him at the students soaring though the air. All he cared about was sipping his cup of coffee.
"-AAAATT?!" As he soared through the air, Jaune came to a rather blunt conclusion.
That headmaster isn't right in the head! Wait, I'm falling through the air. That matters more. Straightening himself midair, Jaune shifted his legs, with his right leg bent slightly inward and pointing down at the ground. The left leg, meanwhile, stuck straight out. Jaune twisted his body, and began spinning midair.
Tatsumaki Senpukyaku! Please be enough to slow down my fall… Luckily for Jaune, the helicopter-like motion of his body was able to slow down his fall. Unfortunately for him, it wasn't able to slow his fall don fast enough. Quickly, Jaune approached the tree line.
Oh no oh no, what do I do, what do I do? Wait a minute… that's right! I can hover down there using my Soul! Concentrating really hard, Jaune could feel bits and pieces of his soul being pulled at. Soon enough, he could feel some small, whitish-gold flames form on the underside of his left leg and on the sole of his right foot. The addition of the embers slowed Jaune down dramatically, and he dropped to the ground like a spinning leaf. When he landed, Jaune wiped off beads of sweat that had formed on his forehead.
"Nice landing, if I do say so myself. Still, that used more energy than needed. I need to practice more control." He started to walk forwards, not really knowing where north was, instead hoping he could meet up with someone who does. "Well, I probably shouldn't worry so much. Grandma said she was 20 before she could master the basics, and 25 when she mastered Soul Combat. Aw man, it's gonna take longer for me to get there! I also have my Hadou training…"
Suddenly, Jaune stopped. He had heard it- two sticks had cracked. One of them was under his feet. The other one was off toward his right side. Whipping out Crocea Mors, he turned around, holding his blade in a reverse grip, and ready to knock out a couple of Grimm teeth.
Lucky for him, it wasn't an enemy. Instead, it was another student. He had squinting magenta eyes, long dark hair tied into a ponytail with a magenta streak, and a calm composure. He had on light khaki pants and wore black shoes. He wore a green tailcoat, with an upturned color and pink cuffs, which was clearly oriental: it had a unique black-and-gold trimming/pattern throughout it, the shape of it reminding Jaune of a misdrawn capital 'G'. Not only did the pattern remind him of his aunt and great-grandfather, but also the sleeves, which where wide- apparently wide enough to fit the two guns that Jaune was sure popped out of his sleeves.
Upon closer inspection of the two pistols, he could see they had blades on them, near the barrel.
Must hit fast and furiously… Without a word, both teens sheathed their weapons, with the oriental guy slipping them back inside his sleeves. They walked up to each other, eyes straight ahead. Once they were close enough, Jaune held out a hand.
"Guess we're partners. Jaune Arc." The other teen quickly took it.
"Lie Ren. Ren is my first name, by the way."
"Alright, Ren. Do you know where north is?" His new partner stared at him for a bit, before slightly chuckling.
"This way, follow me." The pair started walking, traversing through the forest in relative silence. After five minutes, Ren finally said something. "That was an interesting technique you used."
"Huh? Oh, wait, you mean when I was spinning like a flaming top, right?" The green gunman nodded his head
"Yes."
"Yeah, they're both traditional techniques." His partner raised an eyebrow.
"Both?"
"The spinning top part, my dad taught me. Using those white flames, my mom's mom taught me." As he said this, the duo came across a small clearing in the woods. In the center of it all was a large cave with a small entrance. On the sides of the rock, there were drawings of a large, scorpion-like creature. Ren eyed it with suspicion.
"This probably isn't our destination. We should go- if those markings mean anything, then whatever's inside is dangerous." Before he could go back, Jaune hooked an arm around his shoulders.
"C'mon, partner! Where's your sense of adventure?"
"Traded it for my sanity." The blonde scoffed.
"Well, anyways, whatever inside's probably strong. And I'm one of those people who LIKE fighting the strong." Jaune unsheathed Crocea Mors, and twirled it into a reverse grip. "Besides, slaying this thing might give our grade a boost."
"… *sigh* Fine" Pumping his fist, Jaune gathered up a few branches.
"Wanna make sparks fly?" Instead of speaking, Ren unloaded the magazines in his guns, and allowed the mags to drop into his sleeves. Using momentum and gravity, he made two different magazines pop out from his arms, both of which had a pink fire on them. Loading his guns with the new ammo, he shot at the clump of wood, setting it aflame.
"I believe Burn Dust does a better job than rubbing metal on metal." Taking the newly-made torch, Jaune led them inside the cave. After walking several meters, both teens found themselves at the entrance to a huge cavern. Ren could hear his partner whistle at the sight.
"Hey!" Someone else was there. Following the direction of the voice, both teens saw another pair of students with a torch a few feet away. One of them, Jaune recognized: it was Elena. The other person was a young man, who Jaune presumed was Elena's partner.
He was tall, blonde, and had blue eyes, just like him. His smile was easygoing, and his hair was tied into a long ponytail. Just like Jaune, he had on headgear- instead of a white headband, it was a simple cap, red with a white star. He had on white chest armor, which also covered his abdomen, and over it was a red vest. He had on simple blue jeans, and red-and-white sneakers, and dark-blue shin guards. His arms were muscular and lacked clothing, aside from elbow guards and leather sparring gloves. With confidence, he walked up to the two teens.
"Yo! I'm guessing you guys are first-years too, huh?"
"You know it! I'm Jaune, that's Ren." The other blonde held his hand out for Jaune to shake.
"I'm Terry. She's Elena." The girl smiled brightly, and waved at them.
"Hello again, Jaune!"
"Nice to see you too, Elena. So, what're you guys doing in a dark cave like this?"
"Same reason as you, man. We wanna explore it, and see whether or not there's a Grimm we need to knock around!" As if on cue, something dropped to the ground next to them… and it smelled terrible. Bringing their fires closer to the substance, they could see that it was pure black, and was… sizzling? Looking up, the spotted a creature, covered in ivory, bony armor, with skin blacker than night- a creature of Grimm.
This one looked almost like a spider- it had eight long legs, beady red eyes, and was in the middle of a large web. Its thorax was huge, and covered in red markings and battle scars. Within the webbing, right next to it, was a fresh kill- a giant scorpion-like Grimm called a Death Stalker. Its once ivory bone armor was now drenched in the same black liquid from before- and it was slowly burning through its exoskeleton.
"That Death Stalker's armor… it doesn't look like weak enough that any simple weapon could pierce it…" Jaune finished what his partner was saying.
"But if that acid could melt through it, then we need to be very careful in dealing with this thing…" However, around them, dozens of red lights, packed into groups of eight, appeared at once. And then, dropping from the ceiling, was another Spider-Grimm, easily bigger than the rest. The group of four looked at that thing… and ran. But not before Terry distracted it with a small wave of explosive power.
As they dashed out the cave, spiders following them, Jaune turned to look at the other blonde. "Whaddya call that move?" Terry smirked, showing some rather sharp canine teeth.
"What, wanna see it again?" Turning around to face the spiders, Terry quickly punched the ground. As he did this, another wave of energy, larger than the other one, exploded from the ground, distracting the spiders once more. Turning back around, he quickly caught up with the group again. "Don't thank me, thank my 'Power Wave, EX!'" At this, he gave Jaune a thumbs up and a smile.
"That's an awesome attack! The name's rather good too." He felt Ren smack him in the head while they were running.
"Is it really the time for this?"
"Ren, relax. We just gotta make it past the cave entrance, then we can trap these guys in here with a cave in!" Soon enough, they could see the light of day outside. Rushing past the cave's entrance, Terry turned around once more, but was stopped by Jaune. "Allow me!" Spreading his legs apart and bending low to the ground, Jaune put both of his hands at his right hip, palms facing each other, fingers curled like claws. Gathering his energy, less than a second passed before a sizeable ball of blue-and-white energy gathered in his hands. Thrusting them forward, he launched the orb forward, just as the spiders could be seen at the entrance. The ball of energy struck some rocks above the entrance, causing a rain of stone to fall down, blocking the hole and quashing one of the bugs.
"Hadoken!" Jaune let out a sigh, before shifting into a relaxed stance. "We're in the clear!" That was until some spiders exploded out of the ground underneath Terry and Jaune, sending them flying across the air.
Ruby Rose was falling. Falling through the air, down from foolishly riding on the back f a Nevermore. Above her, she could see the giant Grimm raven, with its bone facial armor and steel-like black feathers, and she could see her partner, Weiss, barely hanging onto a talon.
"WHY DID I THINK RIDING ONE WAS A GOOD IDEAAAA!" But now, as the ground approached ever nearer, she started to feel some sort of peace.
Until she was tackled mid-air by Jaune and Terry. The force of the blow made all three of them land in a tree, with all three of them lying down on a branch… which snapped under their combined weight, setting them down not-so-gently on the ground.
"Ugh, someone get the number of that truck… wait… Ruby?" Jaune noted the small mass of red underneath him. "What are you doing here, under me?"
"That's what I'd like to know…" Slowly, the three of them got up. She pointed at the other blonde with blue eyes. "Who's this?"
"Terry Bogard White, at your service!" With a bit of humor, Terry removed his cap, and bowed in front of Ruby… while also exposing a set of wolf-ears upon his head.
"Oh hey, a Faunus. Neat." Jaune turned his attention to Ruby. "So, we were catapulted here by a bunch of Arachanae. Why were YOU in the air?"
"I fell off of a Nevermore- ack!" Out of nowhere, Yang arrived, and put Ruby in a powerful chokho-hug, I mean hug.
"RUBY! You worried me! Why were you in the sky? Who's your partner? Are you okay?"
"Yang! Air! Need!" As The two sisters… conversed… Jaune looked at his surroundings. He was in the middle of a clearing, with a set of ruins near the middle of it. Inside the ruins, he could see a few pedestals, each one with a chess piece on it. He could also see the girl dressed in black from yesterday, holding what looked like a white knight piece.
"Those must be the relics we need…"
"Well, let's get them!" As the two male blondes approached the ruins, something fell from the sky onto Terry. It was small, white, flustered, and cold.
"Oh, hey, Weiss." Piecing together the pieces, Jaune pointed back to where Yang and Ruby were. "Your partner's there." He then pointed in the direction of the relics. "Our goal's over there. See ya." He continued walking. As he got close enough to the pieces, he could actually grab one now if he wanted to, two different vibrations rocked the clearing.
Out of the woods, from one side, there came an Ursa, a Grimm resembling a bear with ivory plates across its back and chest, alongside a helmet of bone. Riding on its back were: a ginger girl, dressed in pink and white, holding a hammer; his old acquaintance, Pyrrha; a guy with a brown ponytail and wearing a pink martial arts gi; and a rotund male, wearing a black-and-yellow jumpsuit with a long, blonde ponytail. All four were screaming, with the pink girl in fun and the other three in fear. And the reason soon made itself known.
Behind them was a large, cat-like Grimm, devoid of any armor. Known to hunters as a natural ninja, it may have been devoid of armor, but it was silent, quick, and ruthless. It was a Grimm called a Nargacuga.
From the other side of the clearing came Ren and Elena, with two large Arachanae biting at their heels. As he stared at the sights, Jaune's face contorted into a reluctant smile.
"… Well shit."
A/N: And we get an inclusion of Ken's two favorite blonde buddies!... Alongside one of the best jokes in fighting. Also, no, this Nargacuga does not look like the actual Capcom monster. It only has the name.
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