Chapter 3: ROAR! The Lion, The Raven, The Caged Rose

"So… tell me Raven why the sudden attack last night?" questioned the Banchou towards the Samurai warrior themed woman. He and the woman named "Raven" are currently facing each other once more as she brandished her sword and pointing it to the Banchou while he on the other hand is just standing crossed arms looking at her.

"I want you to release her from that crystal!" Raven answered angrily while swinging her sword for a downward slash towards the Banchou to which he countered by slapping the sword with his right hand. Raven then held her bearing again and went for sideward slash from her attack but was easily slapped one more by the directing the hit downward with his left hand. This flurry of sword hacking and dodging continued for a whole ten minutes as the Banchou became irritated for her stubbornness to not give up and answer. Seeing that the only way for him to get answer from her was to calm her down, the Banchou merely took the blade's attack with his right hand once more and crushed it with ease shocking the swordswoman before going for a straight hook directly to her face. Raven had little time to defend herself from the attack as she crossed her arms hoping to brace herself of the impact and lessen it but unfortunately for her the Banchou's attacks are merely to a level of devastating where "aura" the main protection of this world's inhabitant acting like a shield would not fully protect them without shattering and completely braking it.

Raven's body flew backwards greatly as she hit the wall creating a big impact crater before she fell down on the floor and frantically wheezes to the amount of pain she just felt from that one punch. Raven gasp for air as she groggily stood up and ignored the pain screaming all over her body but unfortunately a few seconds later she fell down to her knees as she look up to the fading vision of the Banchou walking towards her before succumbing once more to the darkness for the second time.

'Raven… Please… Help me… Raven' cried a voice seemingly lost and sad as it echoed throughout the darkness around Raven's vision.

'Summer! Summer! Where are you?!' shouted Raven as she ran around the darkness frantically searching for her lost teammate and practically a close sister that she cares for. She shouted her close sister's name over and over the darkness, as he voice gradually fades with the overshadowing of eternal black. She tripped on the cold hard floor of the darkness, she then started crying her hearts out as she tried desperately to try and find her eventually bringing her back to her family. She sat there, tears overflowing from her eyes, her words becoming an empty voice from her mouth. She just wanted to let this nightmare end and hopefully become a happy ending to it.

Just then a roar echoed throughout the silent darkness. Raven wiped away her tears as her eye's natural red color burned a sensation of overflowing crimson color and her hair glowing and firing up as it attunes to her raging emotion of hatred to that roar. Then out of the darkness she can see two piercing red eyes, a shadow mimicking a mad lion hybrid as one of his hands grip a figure of a woman that Raven knows very well. She started angrily shouting towards the lion hybrid figure to let her go only for her voice to not be heard as it slowly turned around and walk away with woman figure in tow. She desperately tried to get up and hold out her hand to stop the thing from further going away from her and taking her close sister with him. The last thing she could utter before the darkness swallow her vision once more was the plea she made of finding and getting back her long lost teammate and close sister, Summer Rose.

The Banchou wiped the sweat coming from Raven's forehead with a cold towel while Yang grips her mother's hand to ease and comfort her long lost mother from her nightmarish slumber. Over the past 2 hours the Banchou had been taking care of Raven and mending her injuries from the fight she had with him. Team RWBY on the other hand just arrived a little later to visit him only to stumble upon him tending to a woman covered in bandages in which Yang recognize immediately before rushing over with tears in her eyes and holding her hand.

"She's going to be alright, Xiao Long" said the Banchou as she put a hand to her shoulder to comfort her while Ruby kneeled beside her, putting her head in her other shoulder and rubbing her back in comfort.

"Thank you, Big Brother" replied Yang weakly as she continued to cry tears of joy.

The Banchou stood up and looked at the direction of the remaining two members, giving them a signal to leave the three alone for a time. They understood as they walked out of the room with the Banchou before closing it to have a close and private familial reunion three.

"You okay now Sis?" asked Ruby as she wiped the tears from her older sister's eyes.

"Yes I'm fine now Rubes" replied Yang to her younger sister. "Thank you for being here with me"

"Anytime, Sis" said Ruby with a big smile making yang smile as well before turning her attention to the now comfortable sleeping woman. "Who is she by the way, Sis?"

"She is…" Yang looked at the woman again before sporting a small smile. "…My mother, Ruby"

The Banchou is now seen outside enjoying the scenery on the cliff overlooking the emerald forest. The cool breeze brushing through his face as he contemplates on the problem right now, his nightly visitor a woman named 'Raven' claims him of having her lost friend held captive by him. Judging from her claims and outburst he can only deduce that there is something or someone who is exactly like him and she mistook him for that being that holds her friend.

'Is there perhaps others like me who had been transported to this world as well? If so, then there's a possibility that I might find a way back to the digital world' thought the Banchou. He won't deny the prospect of finding a way back and once have the thrill of adventure and battling stronger Digimons once more. But on the other hand, the prospect of leaving this whole new world he is in for the past two months and the people he had grown accustomed with leaves a little bit of doubt in his heart. Truth be told, he is starting to grow attached to this world as of late.

He silently stood there staring at the horizon until his attention was caught by a certain voice calling out for him.

"Big Brother!" shouted a certain cat faunus. "Lunch is ready! Are you coming?"

The Banchou shook his thought out for now as his hunger depicts him of his next move. 'I'll have to think about those things later. For now, I'll have to deal with Raven's problem. I'll have to confirm some details and clarifications in order to find who that Digimon is' the Banchou then started to head back inside his dojo for his meal and a chat with his nightly assailant.

Raven groggily woke up from her nightmare. Ever since this vision's start haunting her, these past few weeks, she kept on having to find out who or what that being is, why is summer with him?, how is she alive?' but most importantly how can she save her from that fate of Hers?. Her answer came forth when she happen to chance upon one of her observations of her daughter from a distance when she and her friends kept on going to the depths of Emerald Forest where she learned of a Dojo found on that particular place. She was shock to learn and see a very similar being greeting them and training them. Having learned of this, she initially waited for the right moment to strike and demand answers from this being that her daughter is associated with.

Unfortunately for her she didn't anticipate on how this being is on a completely different level compared to her. The scars, the aura emitting from him, his eyes filled with enough battle experience that make even the strongest of hunters and huntresses pale in comparison to his. She never would have guess on how much he could easily beat her without much effort. Her former team, Team STRQ, considered one of Beacons finest and strongest team wouldn't even take him down even if they tried. Heck even she could admit that even Ozpin, the current headmaster and strongest huntsman would only if once or even a small hint of luck, get a scratch on him. She would even admit that if she could even convince him to join her tribe, no doubt that her tribe would be feared if he's the one leading it but sadly for her she could tell that would be a HUGE understatement considering of how strong his moral code is.

Shaking away her thoughts for moment, she couldn't help but wince in pain once more as her injuries from those two fights she had with him are starting to take a hug toll on her. She looked at her now bandage body and regret seeing of how much injury she had incurred. It just proves to show of how her strength and experience pale in comparison to his. She really regret her actions now of even fighting him.

"Good you're awake" said a voice. Raven snapped away from her injuries and looked up only to see the same lion hybrid carrying what seems to be food and walking towards her. She would be going for her weapon right now and defend herself but her body seemingly rejects that idea out of her right now, resulting for to just sigh in defeat.

"Here to show pity to your enemy? How bold of you" Raven slightly snarled to him but the Banchou wasn't unfazed at all and just gave her his signature lion grin as he placed a tray of food in her lap.

"Still feisty aren't you?" The Banchou said as he stood at the side of her bed. "But I'm not here to show pity considering that would be an insult to a fellow warrior"

Raven was slightly shocked by his statement. If he didn't come here to pity her then why would he even be here? Seeing the distress in the eyes of Raven, the Banchou cleared his throat to get her attention.

"I can see that you have several questions boggling your mind right now. I'll answer them as best I could but for now rest and get back your strength. I assure you that I won't be going anywhere since I have some questions to you as well" The Banchou said reassuring her.

Raven pondered for a moment in silence before giving him a nod. "I'll take your word for it" in which the Banchou's grin slightly grew wide to her answer.

"So you mean to tell me that you attacked me because of a vision you experienced?" asked The Banchou looking at Raven. She relayed to him of another lion hybrid eerily similar to him and had been giving her of a vision but in Raven's case it's more of a nightmare that is plaguing in the past two months. The reason why she had attacked him is because she thought that he's the one who is holding her close sister: Summer, captive in a strange place. She also told him of her short encounter and her almost death with him.

The Banchou pondered Raven's story. He could tell that whoever did this to Raven must be really strong if he's holding Raven's teammate captive. But one problem still boggles him and he really needed to find out what it is in order to help her save her.

"Raven I want you to tell me what that lion hybrid looks like before I could help you" The Banchou asked.

"Well… he definitely looks like you but minus the cape" stated Raven still remembering her encounter of that beast. "But now that I had good look at you, the one I encountered had purple skin with black bandages on its hands" The Banchou's eyes slightly widen as she stated the features of Summer Rose Captor. "he also had bones on his chest, in contrast to your eye color, his eyes are pure red that shows that he had succumbed to madness" finished Raven, she then looked up to the Banchou whose eyes are now close.

Just then Team RWBY entered the room where the two are. Yang and Ruby rushed immediately to Raven and hugged her while the other two stayed beside the Banchou.

Raven smiled slightly to her Daughter's hugged. She was sure that Yang would definitely hate her for leaving her but it whatever the Banchou had done for her definitely change that.

"How are you mom?" Yang asked looking up to her mother.

"I'm fine Yang. Still feeling a bit sore but nonetheless recovering fine" replied Raven.

Yang just smiled and hugged her mother once more. Yang teammate looked at the tender scene between mother and daughter. They were just glad that Yang had finally seen her mother after all these years.

"Um Big Brother… is something the matter?" asked Ruby looking at the silent Banchou. The rest of WBY and Raven looked at the Banchou as well seemingly worried to his silence.

"Tell me Raven…" The Banchou opened his eyes and looked at her seriously crossing his arms. "Does he have a scar on his right eye?" asked the Banchou.

"Now that you mention it, he does have a scar on his right eye" replied Raven.

The Banchou let out a small sigh before looking at the girls. "Team RWBY I'll be out for a while but I trust that you will not neglect your training here while I'm gone" he then looked at Raven once more. "And Raven, please tell me where exactly did you find him?"

"Why do you want to know?" Raven asked, the girls also wanted to know why their brother was acting this way.

"Because the one you're referring to was my brother…" The Banchou trailed walking towards a window and looking at the sun as it sets before looking once more to his students and Raven. "MadLeomon"