Grimm hunter
Chapter 9.
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Zoro stood in the the dorm room, staring out the hole in the wall. He was still angry about all this, but he had calmed down, it would do no good to stay pissed off right now. He had been waiting four hours for these instructions that he was told to wait for.
Motion in the corner of his eye caught his attention, turning he spotted Ozpin walking into the room, followed by Glynda.
"Well, this is certainly a mess" Ozpin commented, looking around at the condition of the room.
"Hello Zoro, wonderful to see you again" He said, walking up and standing next to him.
"What do you know about what happened?" Ozpin asked, turning his head to look at Zoro.
"All I know is that someone broke in an kidnapped the girls. But I suppose that you already knew that" He muttered, not in the mood for questioning.
"Well, alright, seems that you're just in the dark as we are" Ozpin turned and walked away, just before he could leave, there was a clanking sound.
Zoro and Ozpin both turned to look at where the noise came from. On the floor lay a scroll with what looked like a note stuck to it. Zoro peered out the hole in the wall, scanning the ground for anyone that could have thrown it up, but there was no one there.
Turning back, him and Ozpin both walked over to the scroll. Picking it up, Zoro handed Ozpin the note.
"Coordinates, if I'm correct then this'll be to the south-east. Near the Vale mountains" He said, turning his attention to the scroll.
Zoro looked from Ozpin to the scroll. Sliding the scroll up, he was greeted to a picture. A picture of Weiss in nothing but her underwear. Zoro sputtered and closed the scroll. Ozpin chuckled.
"Well, that was certainly something I didn't need to see" He said, turning to Zoro, his face turning serious.
"Either way, they appear to be treating Weiss rather badly, we need to get to them and get them out of there" Ozpin said, getting a nod of agreement from Zoro.
Ozpin walked to the door of the dorm, turning to glance at Zoro over his shoulder "A bullhead will be ready in half an hour to take you to the coordinates, be ready. And Zoro" Zoro looked over his shoulder at him, taking the bandanna off his arm "I have something to discuss with you after this is all over" He said then left the room, Glynda who stayed quiet the entire time following him.
Zoro checked the one sword he still had, Wado Ichimonji. He presumed that his other swords were taken along with the girls, since they were no where in the room. He slide the scroll up again and stared down at the picture. He felt the earlier anger build up, he hated to think what they were doing to Weiss and the others. "This isn't a threat or a ransom note" He tied the bandanna around his head "It's an invitation" He said, a maniacal smile taking over his features. He was looking forward to making them regret messing with his friends before making sure he wouldn't be a problem.
Zoro slide the scroll down and turned and walked out the room. He walked to the pick up location, where the bull heads pick people up.
Zoro waited for a few minutes after he got to the pick up spot for the bullhead to arrive.
Climbing on, the pilot already knew the coordinates he was supposed to fly to. Taking off and speeding to the location, Zoro was spared a roughly twenty minutes to prepare and plan. Instead, Zoro spent it in the quiet, thinking of absolutely nothing.
After what felt like only moments to Zoro, he was signalled that they were approaching the location. Standing up and walking over to the side hatch of the bullhead, opening it up he got a shout of annoyance about his idiocy of opening it at this speed from the pilot. Ignoring it, he leaned out and spotted what looked like some sort of poorly disguised bunked a little bit away.
"Oi, I'll go on foot from here" He shouted, the pilot looked back at him.
"Alright, just let me lan-Hey! What the hell are you doing?" He shouted as Zoro jumped out the hatch.
Easily landing on the ground, Zoro instantly took off into a dash, heading in the direction of the bunker, Wado held firmly in his hand.
Stopping and dropping behind a bush. He peered out and spotted a door to the bunker...that was open. He cautiously stepped out, his observation haki not picking up on any kind of nearby threat. This was looking more and more like a trap every second.
Zoro walked through the open doorway, staying on alert. As Zoro stepped into the room, the door quickly slammed shut and the lights turned on. Zoro shut his eyes against the intruding light but kept his observation haki on high alert, to intercept incoming attacks.
Sensing someone coming towards him from his left, he quickly spun around and pointed the tip of his sword at them, a threat to stay back. He didn't know if the person was an enemy or a civilian who worked at this possibly still active bunker. Opening his eyes, he quickly adjusted to the brightness of the room. He looked at the person in front of him and found the usual outfit of those white fang people. An enemy, good to know he was at the right spot.
Looking around, his eyes widened as he spots Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang tied up and surrounded by more of the white fang troops. He quickly looked over the girls, looking for any injuries. Weiss was still in her underwear and was shivering. Blake had a bandage around her head but seemed to be okay. Yang looked perfectly fine. And Ruby, he could see the pain on the girls face, looking down he spots bandages around her stomach, from here he could tell they were horribly wrapped and was clearly causing her pain, a lot of pain.
He also noted that the girls had rags in their mouths and therefore couldn't speak.
Zoro grit his teeth, rage once again building inside him.
"Well, well. Seems the guest of honour has arrived" Cinder said, walking out from a room adjacent to the entrance. She strutted over to stand in front of the girls. She turned and smirked at Zoro who just glared back.
"It's lovely to finally meet you, Roronoa Zoro. I've been wanting to meet you for a while now" Zoro's glare deepened. Weiss had to wonder if he could see anymore.
"Oh? And why's that?" He questioned, still staying on guard.
"A man who seemingly appeared out of no where, is just as powerful if not more powerful than most professional huntsman and uses strange powers he calls haki" Zoro frowned, he only ever talked to his team about haki, it was very brief and he didn't go into much detail and not only that, it was in their dorm.
"How do you know about that?" He snarled, not liking the prospect that he's been watched for a while.
"I have my ways" She smirked again "Now, I brought you here for one reason. I want you to work for me" She said, confident in the current situation, if he wanted his friends to survive then he would have to obey.
"If you don't" As she finished speaking, a white fang member put a gun to Ruby's head, earning a squeak of fear from the young girl.
"That gun might or might not be loaded with the aura piercing bullets. Depending on your answer will determine if we get a...demonstration" Cinder explained, earning a growl from Zoro.
"My, you are like an animal. No need to growl at me" Cinder said.
Zoro glanced at the guy holding the gun and grinned. "Let's...leave it to luck" He said, earning a shocked look from the girls, knowing full well he would never put Ruby in any danger.
Ruby had a betrayed look on her face that Zoro hated but he drew Wado and cut up the guys surrounding him. He charged at Cinder but was cut off by two people jumping down from a platform above, one of them a tan girl with green hair and the other a tall silver haired boy.
Cinder turned to look at the white fang member "What are you waiting for, shoot her" The troop was shaking and looked incredibly reluctant.
Cinder went to grab the gun but with a rush of wind, the gun fell to the floor, sliced into pieces, she looked to Zoro to see him standing like he just slashed at thin air. Cinder grit her teeth "That must have been one of your infamous flying slashes" She said, annoyance evident in her voice.
"When you task someone with shooting someone else in the head, you better make sure they are prepared to do so. That guy was shaking the minute he raised the gun. Gun's aren't for threats, they're for actions" He said then looked to Ruby.
She had a relieved expression on her face and smiled at Zoro.
Emerald and Mercury stepped next to Cinder, prepared to jump in and intervene if necessary.
Cinder smiled "You might want to be more concern-" Zoro cut her off.
"I already know about the snipers aiming at my head, you don't need to tell me to 'be more concerned for my own safety' or whatever you were gonna say" Cinder chuckled.
"Impressive" She muttered.
"But what will you do if those snipers were to be aiming at the head of your precious heiress?" She said, motioning for the snipers to do just that.
"Well?" She asked. Zoro glared at her, wanting nothing more than to kill this woman and all her lackeys, but he needs to keep a cool head, if he does anything rash then they might hurt one of the girls. Being smart is something he usually didn't do. He always left that to Nami and Robin or Weiss and Blake.
Cinder formed a bow made out of glass in her hands, aiming straight at Zoro.
"If you move or draw your sword again, the snipers will shoot the heiress. Choose what is more important, your life or hers" She said, an evil smirk growing on her face.
Cinder let the arrow fly, speeding towards Zoro's shoulder.
The arrow impacted him and Zoro barely budged an inch, the arrow seeming to have zero effect.
"If you're trying to put me in a life or death situation then you better use something a lot better than arrows" He said, grabbing and ripping the arrow out and throwing it on the floor where the glass arrow smashed into pieces.
"Besides" Zoro started a grin breaking out on his face "I wouldn't think twice before sacrificing myself for my friends" Cinder sighed and lowered her bow.
"I should have seen that coming" She said, slightly frustrated that this wasn't going anywhere near how she planned it.
Zoro drew Wado and coated the sword in armament haki, not intending to hold back.
"What did I say about drawing your sword?" Cinder threatened.
Zoro smirked "What did I say about guns?" Cinder's brows furrowed and she looked up at the walkways above, finding no snipers up there.
"Where did they go?" She asked, Emerald who just shrugged, not knowing.
"Emerald, if you could take the pla-" Cinder was cut off by Zoro appearing in front of her, a maniacal smile on his face.
"You shouldn't let your guard drop" He said, bringing the Haki Imbued Wado down on top of Cinder. Cinder was fast enough to react and jumped back in time, just barely. Emerald grabbed her gun-sickles and slashed at Zoro, who easily blocked them. Spinning around, Zoro forced the girls guns away from him and used the momentum to slash across her gut, the blow being absorbed by her aura. Emerald felt a strong, sickening pressure when he slashed her.
Mercury tried kicking him with a roundhouse to the head but Zoro ducked down "Compared to that shitty chef, you're slow" He said. Zoro quickly sheathed Wado and held it at his side. "One sword style; Lions song" He shouted, dashing past Mercury in the blink of an eye and sheathing Wado. Mercury fell to the floor, unconscious. Zoro turned back to Emerald.
Emerald tensed up when Zoro's gaze was once again directed at her, her body shaking uncontrollably. She raised he weapons again, cursing her shaking hands.
"Why aren't you running?" Zoro asked her, her gaze faltered.
"What are you talking about?" She shouted at him, angry.
"You're clearly scared. You're body is telling you to run, so why don't you?" He questioned.
"What the hell do you know? I'm not scared!" She shouted, knowing that he probably seen through her lie.
"Then why is your body shaking? Your body gives signs when you're feeling different things. And right now, it's giving all the signs of fear. Shaking hands, sweaty forehead, eyes frantically looking around, clutching to your weapons like some sort of life line" Zoro said, sounding oddly smart to the four girls of team RWBY.
"If I run now, Cinder will find me and kill me for running. She'll punish me for failing to beat you, but it's better than death. Mercury and I are too far into this now, we can't leave even if we want to, Cinder will kill us otherwise. Besides, where else would I go? Cinder gave me a purpose, she gave me a home and a life" She said, Zoro smirked.
"You're talkative when scared eh? Good to know." He muttered.
Emerald blinked and Zoro was charging at her, bringing her guns up, she managed to block his first strike, the force behind it turning her arms to jelly from the vibrations. Zoro slammed the hilr of his sword into her gut, the blow being absorbed by her aura but the impact from it was enough to knock her out. Gently lowering her to the floor he looked up at the four girls. "She might be good for getting information out of later" He said.
Zoro walked over to the girls, looking around for Cinder who ran off after he had attacked her. Walking up behind Yang, he cut the chains holding her.
"Thanks Zoro" She said while taking the rag out of her mouth. "You were pretty awesome busting in here completely messing up her plans" She said, earning a smirk from Zoro.
He cut Blake free next. Blake staggered to her feet, looking...drunk? Yang walked up next to her and held her shoulders, making sure she didn't fall over. Zoro sent her a questioning look, Yang sighed.
"Blake asked for some water. One of the guards had some alcohol on him, for some reason and, well, turns out Blake reaaaaally can't handle her alcohol" She said, a snort accompanying the end of the sentence. Zoro chuckled, moving on to cut Weiss free.
As soon as she was able to, she spun around and slapped him across the face. "Oww, dammit woman, the hell was that for?" He shouted.
"For being an idiot and taking that arrow, what if she aimed at somewhere important" She slapped him again.
"Would you stop that!" He growled at her, Weiss merely glared back.
"That was for being late" She said, turning away with a humph, seemingly forgetting the question she asked him moments before.
"Kinda hard to be late when there was no set time for me to be here" He muttered as he moved onto free Ruby.
Ruby jumped up when able and threw her arms around Zoro's neck. Zoro sighed and let the girl do as she wanted, knowing it was pointless to try and stop her.
"I'm sorry Zoro. I should have trusted that you wouldn't have deliberately put me in harms way" She muttered into his shoulder, where her face was buried.
"It's alright, you're safe, that's all that matters" He said, rubbing her back awkwardly, in attempts to hopefully sooth her distress.
"You girls need to get out of here. There's a bullhead nearby ready to take you guys back to Beacon" He said, getting Ruby to let go of him.
"What about you?" Yang questioned, supporting a muttering Blake. Zoro was seriously concerned about her tolerance of alcohol, either it was really strong stuff or, like Yang said, she really can't handle her liquor.
"I've got some business to take care of" He said, spotting his other swords on a crate nearby.
Walking over and grabbing the two swords, he threw a scroll to Weiss.
"See if you guys can call your lockers or whatever it is that you do to get your weapons" He said, slipping Shusui and Sandai Kitetsu into his sash, satisfied at having all three sword again.
Weiss slipped it up and blushed at the picture of her in only underwear, remembering that she was currently only in her underwear, she looked around for anything to wear. Zoro walked over to Mercury and removed his jacket and threw it to Weiss.
"That'll have to do for now" He said, getting a nod of appreciation from Weiss.
She turned back to the scroll but quickly groaned in frustration.
"This isn't a Beacon scroll, I can't access the weapon call system" She said, sliding the scroll back down.
"Well, the Bullhead shouldn't be too far away, just try and stay safe" He said, turning and walking off.
"You too, don't do anything stupid" Weiss said, turning and walking out the bunker with the others.
Zoro watched them leave then walked over to the metal doors, looked to his side and spotted some metal scaffolding. Cutting the leg of the scaffold, he let the whole thing fall and block the door, sealing the only exit.
Zoro heard footsteps behind him. Turning he seen Cinder standing a ways away, holding two glass swords.
"That was a lovely reunion. But I can't help but notice you trapped yourself in her with me" She said, confidence dripping from her voice.
Zoro grinned and chuckled "That's where your wrong" His eyes met hers "You're trapped in here with me"
CLIFFHANGER, don't you just love them?
I apologise for this, you won't have to wait too long (hopefully) for the next chapter.
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