Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or Devil May Cry. Everything belongs to their respected owners.
holloichigo12: Thanks, it's good to know that I managed to get his personality into the story. Heh, yea, I also loved the idea when Dante gave Nero his How To book. Yes, I think there should be devil arms in the story. I don't know about his arm.
Rebmul: I know that Nero's not a multi women kinda man, I'm just attempting to show a bit of comedy and find ways to get Weiss riled up. Her saying "Back off" is showing that she has strong feelings for him even though she won't admit it to him.
lioncousin: Yea... I guess she is. Thanks for your opinion about how I am doing the story right now.
After her conflicting performance, Weiss Schnee watched as the audience applauded for her. They saw her performance as a spectacular show, but Nero knew more.
Watching from the front, he saw the conflict that went through Weiss' mind. He could see the sadness from her eyes. He could feel the loneliness as each word was sung. He knew that this girl had been through. But after hearing her sing, he could feel that it was worse than what he had thought.
After taking her bow and the curtains closed, Nero stood off his seat and headed to the back stage. When he arrived, he saw the owners of the theatre having a conversation with the heiress. They congratulated her on her singing and that it was an honor to hear her sing. Needing to keep up her image, she smiled and bowed in respect. As they left, she sighed and looked up to see Nero. She ran up to the boy and held him close. He held her back and stroked her hair, calming her down.
Nero's eyes sharpened when he heard a sound. Gently guiding her, he directed Weiss to a closet wardrobe. Leading her in, much to her confusion, he smiled gently and said "Sorry, but the show gets R rated from here" before closing the doors on her.
Peeking out from the crack, she saw men dressed up in black and masks surround her bodyguard. He smirked before putting his one hand on his blade and performing a front flip forward, kicking one goon into the wall.
One of the masked minions charged Nero swinging his weapon, but the teen deflected the hit with his sword, knocking that thug to the ground. Placing the blade behind him without looking, he blocked another sword slash before kicking the goon who tried to attack him into another one. Looking back to the thug on the ground, he put a foot to prevent the thug's escape, and drove Red Queen into the thug.
Redirecting another one of the goon's attacks, Nero turned him around and stabbed the masked minion right through his gut. Turning to his backside, with his sword still through the body, used the thug's body to slam another goon into the ground. The white haired teen repeated the process a second time, arching his back; he directed the body to slam another goon to the ground. Nero then used his sword like a baseball bat and hit three more thugs, the third goon flying through the air, his head embedded in a concrete wall.
The heiress saw her bodyguard rest his blade on his shoulder. She had a mixture of horror and excitement on her face. He had taken out all the thugs without even taking a scratch. The excitement left her face when she saw more thugs appear behind Nero in the air, their blades poised to drive right through her bodyguard.
DSW
"Nero!" Weiss screamed out as she rose up and reached her hand out. Her breathing was rapid, face pale, and body drenched in sweat. She looked to her right, seeing the teen from her dream with a hand reached out. "Hey you're awake." Nero said with a smile. He reached to his left, producing a mug of a steaming brown liquid. "I brought you some coffee."
Weiss still was panting in shock. She looked around, scouting her surroundings until she remembered where she was. When she looked back to her bodyguard, he had a confused look on his face. Attempting to get rid of her shock, she swiped the mug and took a sip from the mug. Putting it down, she looked at the half devil straight in the eye and ordered "Promise me you'll never leave me!"
Nero gave her a confused look. "Look, if it's about what happened last night-"
"Do it!"
Nero sighed while shaking his head. "Fine, fine, I promise."
DSW
As the students were getting ready, the young heiress was talking to another young woman with red hair, fully decked out in a female Spartan gear, complete with a bronze circlet on her brow. "So Pyrrha, have you given any though as to whose team you would like to be on? I'm sure everyone must be eager to unite with such a strong, well-known individual such as yourself." The tone Weiss was using was one of such warmth and adoration it could be considered sickening.
Nero, for his part, was on the other side of the locker room. He gave a rough cough, sounding like something along the lines of "kissass." A strange cough indeed.
Pyrrha rested a hand at her hip and replied politely with a small smile. "Hmm… I'm not quite sure. I was planning on letting the chips fall where they may."
Weiss gained a bright look in her eyes, acting a bit timid as she asked "Well I was thinking… maybe you and I could be on a team together."
Pyrrha smiled and nodded, closing her own locker as she responded with a warm, polite tone that seemed to be standard for her. "Well that sounds grand."
Weiss smiled and nodded happily. "Great!" She then turned to herself, mutter in such silent tones that only one half human could hear her. "This will be perfect. The smartest girl in class combined with the strongest girl in class! Together we will be unstoppable. I can see it now" We'll be popular. We'll be celebrities. We'll get perfect grades! Nothing could come between us now!"
"Except him" Nero said breaking Weiss out of her thoughts.
Jaune, completely oblivious to Weiss' lack of interest, and Pyrrha's attempt at gaining his attention, leaned in towards Weiss, ignoring Pyrrha for the moment. "Hey Snow Angel, names Jaune Arc. Rolls off the tongue, ladies love it. Sooo… been hearing rumors about teams. I was thinking you and I would be making a good one. What do you say?"
Pyrrha popped up with her warm smile on full blast to Jaune, "Actually, I think the teams are comprised of four students each."
Jaune looked over to her with a boyish grin as her turned to face her, "Oh, you don't say? Well, hot stuff, maybe if you play your cards right you could end up with the winning team."
At this, Weiss placed herself between the two, separating them apart. "Jaune, is it? Do you have any idea who you are talking to?"
Deciding to save the poor blond boy from a terrible fate, Nero stepped in wearing his full combat outfit. "Maybe he doesn't but I do. Top graduate of Sanctum, and winner of the Minstral Regional Tournament four years in a row, Pyrrha Nikos."
"Nero Sparda?! Wh-what are you doing here?" Pyrrha asked surprised that the teen was right beside her.
"Wait, you know her Nero?" Weiss asked with a hint of suspicion in her voice.
"Meh, I met her at all four of those tournaments. She's was pretty tough." Nero replied stroking his chin.
"Are you kidding me?! You won the tournament at the age of twelve, with a disabled arm no less! That's the biggest record for the youngest age winning! If you hadn't forfeited every time you were about to win against me, you would've won five times in a row!"Pyrrha exclaimed, sparkles forming around her eyes.
Weiss looked at him with eyes wide open. "I never thought you were that strong."
"Uhhh, dude, I still don't know her…" Jaune cut himself into the conversation.
Weiss sent Jaune a cold glare before revealing a very important piece of information about her. "She is on the front of every single Pumpkin Peeps Marshmallow flakes box."
Nero gave Weiss a flat stare. "Really? Out of all the unique things about this girl, you chose the one that you would have to use to get an idiot to understand? "
"That's you?! They only do that for star athletes and cartoon character!"
The white haired teen face-palmed at this while his charge gave him a triumphant smile "Never mind" He sighed.
The hall's speaker suddenly flared up to life, with Glynda Goodwitch's voice ringing throughout the school. "Would all first-year students please report to Beacon cliff for initiation. Again, all first-year students please report to beacon cliff immediately."
DSW
Nero looked down at the decorated steel pad that he was standing on. He looked at Weiss giving her a 'you have got to be kidding me' look which she responded with a shake of her head. He chuckled when he heard Ruby give a small squeak that sounded like a 'what'?
After receiving their instructions, all the students prepared themselves to be launched. Nero then heard Jaune get Ozpin's attention. "I have a um… question. How will we be getting there? Are you dropping us off?"
"No Jaune." Nero answered for Ozpin. "He's going to tie us to a shark, duct tape a bunch of plastic explosives onto us, stuff us into a cannon, and shoot us into a volcano." He continued sarcastically.
Ozpin nearly smiled at this joke. "Oh no. You will be falling."
Several of the students were being launched now, Weiss getting ready as she flew into the air.
"Did you hand out parachutes?"
"No. You will be coming up with your own landing strategy."
Jaune's pressure plate sounded off. "So what exactly is a landing strate-"He was then flung off into the air, spinning as he flew and screamed.
Nero jabbed the air a few times before being launched. "C'mon it's showtime."
DSW
As Nero flew through the air, he grabbed a rocket launcher with a bayonet at the front of the barrel. He still remembered Lady giving him her Kalina Ann. She tried to hide her generosity by saying that she wanted to get rid of it because she got a more advanced model. He grinned as he positioned his feet just above the tube area where the rocket would come out. Pulling the trigger, he dismissed the launcher, and pressed his feet onto the rocket. "Woo Hoo! Woo Hoo Hoo Hoo!" Nero cheered with joy as he surfed on the missile performing flips and loops around the Beacon students. He also failed to notice Weiss trying to catch up to him by using her glyphs, but was failing due to the rocket's speed.
While flying, he noticed a group a Beowolves and decided to rain on their parade. Directing himself down, he then kick himself off the rocket and landed a couple of meters away from the Grimm. The creatures looked at him and were about to charge when they heard a scream. Looking up, they saw the missile careening towards them and hit the ground, consuming them in the explosion. "Oh yea, I'm awesome."
Deciding to proceed with his mission, he walked through the woods. He looked side to side, trying to be aware of the surroundings. After what felt like quite a few minutes, her heard voices. Walking towards them, he saw Ruby and Weiss back to back, surrounded by Grimm, surrounded by fire. Both girls saw him and couldn't help but shout his name for some reason. "Nero!"
However, that diverted their attention, and three of the Beowolves jumped them. Nero quickly ran up to them and swung his sword. His blade was stuck in one of the bodies while the other two connected with the hit as well. Revving his sword, the half devil sliced right through them cleanly. He cut off a Beowolf's arm, and stabbed another one. Starting up his sword again, he swung above his head, cutting through the stabbed Beowolf and cleaving another one. One of the creatures tried to avenge its friends by lunging towards Nero, but he jumped over and behind it, and running Red Queen into one of its brethren into the ground. Prepping the blade's engine (seriously, can someone tell me how this thing works, what the engine is called, anything) he took off like a shot as he rode on top of the Grimm, cutting through any victim that got in his way. Finally jumping off, he brought the blade back to his back, slicing the tortured creature in the process. "This baby sure packs a bigger punch than I remember."
He looked at Weiss and Ruby and, what a big surprise, they were arguing. Nero rolled his eyes at the scene. "Well perhaps if you had exercised even the slightest amount of caution with the placement of your strikes and had not attacked out of turn, I wouldn't have set the forest on fire!" Weiss pointed "And if Nero didn't show up, I don't think we would have made it out alive!"
"Hey girls, can we maybe move someplace else?" Nero asked as he fanned himself with his hand. Seeing as he was ignored, he drew his blade and put it to the ground. With a strong swing, he extinguished the fire around them. The girls turned their attention to him, both with eyes as wide as dinner plates. "Fires' back for my complexion. I burn easily, never tan." He explained.
Shaking her head, Ruby turned back to Weiss to continue the conflict. "What's that supposed to mean?!"
"I'm just surprised that someone who talks so much would fail to communicate simple things like their location and strategy in battle!"
"Hey! I find that offensive!" Nero retorted.
"Well I'm sorry that you need my help to fight. I'm just fine on my own!" Ruby yelled back.
"Well congratulations on being the youngest child to sneak into Beacon." Weiss said snidely.
Ruby let out a frustrated grunt, Crescent Rose unfolding and slicing down the trunk of the nearest tree, only for two bullets whizzing past each of the girl's faces. Both of them stood in place shocked, their life just flashing before their lives. Turning their heads, they both saw Nero holding up Blue Rose, gritting his teeth and anger flashed in his eyes. "You two are going to be on a team for the next four years, if you two survive the initiation that is. These banters of yours are pointless and make even noise than me. I'm surprised the entire forest doesn't know our exact location. You two are going to be on a team for the next four years you are alive. Start acting like one."
Under Nero's glare, Ruby and Weiss both glared at each other for a moment, then gave each other slightly apologetic looks before they nodded. The white haired teen's look softened, "Good, now I need you both to kiss, and the entire situation will be solved."
"No it won't!" Both girls exclaimed and ran after him. Nero laughed as he bolted towards the abandoned temple. None of them saw the massive shadow of a raven Grimm descending upon them.
DSW
All three companions came through a brush, seeing other students already there. There was a loud screech, and the giant black raven Grimm, the Nevermore, swooped down nearby, only to smacked away, courtesy of Red Queen's flat side. The bird fell from the sky, tumbling over the ground before it picked itself up. Ruby and Jaune both made it to the pedestal, taking a white knight piece and white rook each.
An orange haired girl then cam riding in on an Ursa Grimm ('damn, I wish I had thought of that' Nero thought) which startled the younger members of the group except Nero. Only for a teen named Ren to show up afterwards, panting. "Nora… don't ever do that again." The girl now known as Nora, was already gone having picked up the second white rook piece, and began to sing about being the queen of the castle.
Nero finally walked up to the pedestal, and saw that there were no more pieces left. Wondering what he should do, Pyrrha came running through the trees with a Deathstalker still on her tail. Ruby immediately rushed past Pyrrha, swinging Crescent Rose down on its head, only to be rebuffed by the hard shell that made up its face. Stunned, Ruby turned around and began to take several potshots at the scorpion Grimm's face to little effect. She then turned and ran, refolding the Crescent Rose behind her back, her hood trailing after her.
By this time, the Nevermore had recovered, and had started to shower the area in massive, razor sharp feathers. One feather managed to pin Ruby's cloak to the ground, leaving her struggling to free it as the Deathstalker reared its tail, then sent it rushing forward, preparing to strike.
The next instant, the Deathstalker's tail was frozen in Weiss' dust spells. Ruby tugged her cloak free and Yang squeezed her sister in a tight hug as Weiss walked over to the two. "I admit, I may not be the nicest person…"
"No kidding" Nero deadpanned.
Weiss glared at Nero before continuing. "But I will be nicer if you stop trying to show off, okay?"
Ruby, for her part simply nodded. "I'm not trying to show off. I just want you to know that I can do this."
"You're fine." Was Weiss' only response as she walked off, heading back over to the others.
Nero gave a slight grin to Weiss and ruffled her hair. "C'mon. Let's go already."
The Deathstalker began to struggle against the ice, some of it beginning to crack. Ren noticed first and nodded. "It's time we left."
"Right, we already have what we came for, we don't need to fight these things. Let's get out of here." Ruby then began to lead the way off, with Yang looking on with a small smile in pride.
"Something the matter?" Blake questioned, noting her expression.
"Nothing at all, Let's go." Yang smiled, the both of them headed out after the group.
While running, Weiss tripped due to some big rocks catching her foot. She turned around to see the Nevermore flap its wings once more, sending more razor sharp feathers to rain down on her. The heiress closed her eyes in anticipation for her death. But it never came. She opened her eyes again, only to see Nero covering her body, feathers embedded in his back.
"NNNNNOOOOOOOOO!" the heiress screamed in agony as her bodyguard was limp. Blood seeped down the half-devil's body "WAKE UP NERO! WAKE UP!" Each person from the group turned around, and horror took over their faces. "YOU BASTARD, I SAID WAKE UP!" Tears ran down Weiss' cheeks. "WAKE UP! YOU PROMISED! YOU PROMISED ME THAT YOU WOULD NEVER LEAVE ME! WAKE UP! I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME YOU SELFISH BASTARD!" she yelled as she pummeled his body with her fist. Yang ran back trying to drag Weiss along, but the white haired girl pushed the blond back and ran back to the boy's body. "Please don't… please don't leave me… I don't want to be alone anymore… So, please… wake up… please…" she whimpered and she hugged him.
The Deathstalker had now caught up by the time Weiss had finished her outburst. Seeing one of the species that invaded its home, it scuttled up to the heiress before readying its stinger. Weiss looked up at the stinger, not moving. If Nero were to die, she wanted to join him.
As the stinger trusted forward, figure rose from the ground and stopped it. Weiss' eyes widened when she saw him still alive and standing. With him turning around, she could see that his disabled arm was embedded with the stinger, but stopped it in its place. Nero faked a yawn as he stretched his hand. "Hey Weiss, lovely morning, don't you think?" Weiss' jaw was on the floor, unable to be able to come up with any words.
Finally, she was able to say "What… How… Feathers… Your arm…"
Nero looked down at his casted arm. "Well, I just have a trick up my sleeve." He then pushed the Deathstalker back and ripped off the cast. Weiss gasped when she saw what he was hiding.
While Nero's arm was still human shaped, looked more demonic. Composed of armor that was a dark reddish hue and the area under the armor was blue replacing skin that was shown through the cracks in the armor. Everyone was mesmerized by the look.
Suddenly, Nero picked Weiss up in a bridal style and started running, signaling the others to run as well. His face was scrunched in confusion. "Why does it feel like someone's been dancing on my chest?"
Weiss, while letting out a blush, replied meekly. "I… may have punched your body multiple times…"
"Why does my back feel itchy?"
"Probably because of all those feathers in your back."
Nero looked over his shoulder to see ten giant feathers still stuck on his back. He then looked back, giving the girl an accusing look. "Did you call me selfish bastard?"
"… Maybe"
Eventually, the nine teens made it to a large chasm with stone ruins making several bridges. The Nevermore came in for a swooping attack, taking out several sections of the bridge, scattering the group. Nero brought out Kalina Ann and shot a rocket hitting the raven Grimm dead-on, forcing it to circle them once more. Looking over his shoulder, he saw Nora accidently knock Blake off a ledge. He quickly readied his spectral arm, and grabbed Blake before she could fall. Turning around, he threw Blake to the Nevermore.
Landing on top of it, she travelled down its back with a series of rapid slashes. She then nimbly landed next to Yang, who stood near Nero. "It's tougher than it looks!"
Yang sent her arms down to her sides, the Ember Celica responding with the cocking of a shotgun. "Then let's hit it with everything that we've got." The Nevermore came in for another run, only for it to be backhanded by Nero's ghost arm.
Weiss gave a bitter grunt as she looked over the fight. "None of this is working…"
Ruby took a quick glance over the area, noting each person's location. "I have a plan, cover me!" Weiss gave her a nod and they each quickly rushed off.
Nero struck the Nevermore in the eye with his Blue Rose as it came in for a bite to eat. Yang jumped into its open beak and managed to grip it. She began to relentlessly fire shotgun blasts into the beast's mouth, grunting between each punch. "I. Hope. You're. Hungry!"
Disoriented, the Nevermore began to fall from the sky, and Nero took his cue. With a running leap, he moved to about the bird's height in the air, and got his weapon ready.
Weiss watching from the bridge looked at Nero as he prepared himself. It now dawned on her that Nero had been fighting with one arm this entire time. Now he has both of his arms at his disposal. Seeing the weapon Nero had, she wondered how he would fight with both his hands free.
(And without further ado, in true Devil May cry fashion, CUE THE FLAMENCO MUSIC)
"First I whip it out," Nero declaimed, as Lucifer's bone-like metal wings spread out, revealing numerous red colored, long, throwing swords. That one sentence caused his audience to gape at the sight and innuendo.
"Then I thrust it." He threw six swords at the Nevermore, pinning it on the wall. "With! Great! Force!" Nero grunted hotly as he began his attack by ceaselessly drawing out Lucifer's throwing swords, sticking it in the wing of the Grimm with each grunt.
"Every angle…!" He relentlessly continued to throw swords. "It penetrates!" he threw two swords while striking a pose. "Until…!" He threw another two swords while striking an upside down pose. "With great strength…!" Continuing without the slightest bit of fatigue, he kept throwing more swords. "I~… ram it in!" Turning around, he did a back-flip while still in mid air, throwing six more swords.
After landing, he faced his audience, demon arm hand shaped like a pistol with the hammer down, left hand down open, and a white rose in his mouth. "In the end…" His demonic arm pointed to the Nevermore, who was pinned down by Lucifer swords that shaped the Schnee logo. Weiss regained her composure and froze the Nevermore's tail. Nero clapped his hands, making all the swords burst, the logo now embedded in the cliff. "We are all satisfied…" He just barely managed not to grin as he saw their reactions.
Ruby was walking around dizzily, probably because she was trying not to faint at Nero's 'show'. Weiss' face was beet red. Blake was looking away, but he could see the red on her cheeks. Yang was grinning while pumping her arms in the air. Jaune fainted. Nora cheered. Pyrrha just blushed. Ren looked at Nero with a passive yet questioning look.
"And you are set free…!" He loudly whispered for his audience to hear as he threw the white rose to Weiss, which landed and fit perfectly in her hair. As the rose snugly fit in, Ruby had cut off the Nevermore's head. Nero caught her and brought her back to the bridge with his spectral arm.
Jumping back to the other side of the bridge where the Deathstalker died, Everyone but Nero collapsed to the ground in exhaustion. "What… the … Hell… was…that…weapon?" Weiss panted as Nero helped her lie on a pillar.
"Its name is Lucifer; it's able to produce a huge amount of throwing swords that can explode." Nero explained.
Everyone's eyes widened at this information. "Does it somehow relate to your arm?" Weiss continued.
"Yea… I guess."
"You said that your semblance is hammer space right? Do you have any other weapons?"
"Yea" Nero looked over his shoulder. "You may even get to see a few of them."
Weiss looked to where Nero was looking. A horde of Beowolves were charging at the students. Nero dusted the palms of his hands. "All right, I gonna get this out of the way before the cavalry arrives." With open palms, he grabbed one red and one blue scimitar and readied them.
"Look brother… the new master is using us. "The Agni spoke.
"Yes he is. Oh and there are people behind him." The Rudra replied.
"Indeed, from hammer space, the girl he cares for is-"
"Silence!" Nero demanded cutting the red one off. Both of them shut up as the half devil got ready. He repeatedly slashed the areas in front of him, butchering the victims that got close. As he swung the blades, the red one always seemed to be on fire while the blue one always produces wind, creating a huge fire storm, forcing the creatures to back off.
Seeing one come from his left, he quickly dismissed the two swords and brought out a sawn-off shotgun called Coyote-A. Performing a back flip to avoid the claws, he let off a shot just as he got his feet to the ground, the force hitting a Beowolf that was about to pounce on him. Running into the middle of the horde, he jumped on to one Grimm's head, and then another. Performing a drill kick into a poor victim, he spun around grinding the body and shot two more unprepared monsters. Nero flipped, shooting a creature behind him, and then kicked the Grimm that was under him towards three of its kind. He then spun his shotgun in different directions like a set of nun chucks, rapidly reloading and blasting his foes in the process. The students watched as this action looked like fireworks.
One of the creatures managed to disarm him, but Nero had other weapons. Bringing out both two sets of greaves and gauntlets, Nero combined both Beowolf and Gilgamesh. He kicked a Grimm in the chest, and then ducked under another swipe. Slamming the monster that performed the swipe into the ground, he kicked it into more of its own kind. Again, ducking under an attack, he rolled on the Grimm's back and kicked it into another monster. Nero then grabbed another Beowolf by the arm, and threw it towards a small pack nearing Weiss and the others; sending the Grimm down the chasm.
Nero then literally became a blur. He dashed around, running over Grimm, knocking them to their feet, throwing them, and performing a mind-boggling display of punches and kicks. After about twenty seconds of this display, he had taken out the entire army of Beowolves.
Nero chuckled as he walked over to the rested teens. "Heh, I'm good aren't I?" He wore a cocky grin as Weiss was still drooling over the display of skills he had, just in time for Ozpin and Goodwitch to finally show up with the transportation, taking them back to beacon for the Team Assembling ceremony.
DSW
"Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladona, and Yang Xiao Long. You four gathered the white knight pieces. Therefore, from this day on, you shall be known as team RWBY, let by… Ruby Rose."
"Oh, I am so proud of you!" Yng grabbed her sister in a hug, the rest of the group smiling or grinning. In Weiss' case, she neutrally faced while Nero coughed 'playnice'.
"And finally Nero Sparda, though you were unable to grab a relic, I believe that your skills as a hunter are perhaps even better than those who have graduated long ago. I give you the title of a fully fledged hunter with the codename 'Dark Knight' and I shall assign you to be the counselor of team RWBY.
"Cool, I'm a badass shrink."
"It looks like things are going to be an… interesting year." Was Ozpin's last statement before he walked off the stage.
Meh, I couldn't think of any other way I might like that Nero could fit onto the team. I feel as if I didn't really get Nero's personality well enough in this chapter. I'm not sure if those are all the weapons Nero will have, but I'll think about it. Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. Feel free to review.
P.S: Should I create the story so that it focuses on everyone instead of just focusing on Weiss and Nero and what they see, hear, and think? I think I should...
