Volume Two, Start!
AN: The ninth chapter. I'll be honest, I never expected to get this far. 71 follows and 42 favorites, later, and I'm doing the second arc. Now as usual, I'll respond to reviews. However, this chapter I'll be posting something else as well. Ruby came up with team attack names for her team, and now I have to do the same. Problem is, I don't know what to put as the combo name! I'll put what I think might work, but for the love of God people, give me some better names! Half the inspiration for this story came from the reviews in the first place!
Enough rants, REVIEWS!
Swag: NOOO! Don't die yet! But I get what you're saying. *chuckles* To be honest, I was waiting for the perfect time for that scene. Dianna had been pushing her clothing to the limit with all the Grimm killing she did before her team showed, so those last moments were the perfect time for everything to fail at once.
I try. XD
Tabue2000: I can see where you're coming from. Insane, unkillable, likes to fuck with everyone. Yup!
I think I'm going to have Dianna drive Cinder up the wall, the half-maiden trying desperately to figure out how much she knows and Dianna deliberately telling her what she knows. The best part about telling the enemy everything, is they think you know so much more, driving them nuts. Eh, I'll figure it out.
Here is a power scale for all the characters. I'll post it again when it changes, or more characters are added. This is a power scale for the named important characters. As Sun, Neptune and the others become more involved with the plot, they will be added to this list.
Salem
Cinder (Full Maiden)
Ozpin
Raven Branwen
Glynda Goodwitch
James Ironwood (aura only. He has a powerful pistol, but it's a pistol, not Eagle Eye)
Qrow Branwen
Dianna Bastone (can tank damn near anything, this is how hard she can hit)
Neapolitan
Cinder (Half Maiden)
Peter Port, Bartholomew Oobleck
Ruby Rose (Silver Eyes activated)
Mercury Black, Emerald Sustrai
Pyrrah Nikos
Nora Valkyrie, Yang Xiao Long
Ruby Rose (First Semester)
Blake Belladonna, Lie Ren, Weiss Schnee
Jaune Arc
Team Attacks!
Ruby+Dianna-Red Bullet-Ruby hops on Dianna's back, activating her semblance on them both. Dianna runs full speed, holding Supernova out in front of her. The two turn into a speeding bladed bulldozer.
Dianna+Weiss-Rainbow Dust-Weiss activates some of the Dust in Dianna's system, turning her into a walking elemental wrecking ball. The Dust effects are expressed through her hair and eye, giving her a halo of either fire, lightning, water, or wind.
Dianna+Yang-?-Yang jumps up, orienting her body into a horizontal position. Dianna swings Supernova's blunt side as hard as she can into Yang's feet. The resulting power shoots Yang like a rocket into whatever Dianna is aiming for, kind of like playing baseball with Yang as the ball.
Dianna+Blake-?- I don't even know what these two should do.
Blake is included in this list because Ozpin allowed her to attend a semester late, at Dianna's request.
I kinda forgot about the shell list, so I'm going to put it on every fifth chapter. Here it is again!
White-Normal round: This shell has nine steel balls one third of an inch in diameter. These were the shells Derrick was using in the first chapter. They can pass through aura and light armor with some resistance, but are generally lethal to everyone. Unless most of the pellets hit in the same general area, these shells are not lethal to Grimm. They will incapacitate them instead.
Red-Dragon's Breath: A shell that has napalm and thermite in it. On Earth, these things shoot sticky fire up to sixty feet away. The shell was used against eight Ursai during initiation, burning them to nothing.
Blue-Armor Piercing: The Mack Daddy of all shotgun shells Derrick has. On Earth, this shell can penetrate up to a quarter inch of re-enforced steel. The shell itself is, essentially, a slug carved into a fat rifle round. This is the tank destroyer on Remnant; the shell that goes through damn near everything.
Yellow-Pitbull: These rounds are sold on Earth as home defense shells. A combination of birdshot and buckshot, these things are designed for spread and stopping power. Aura can stop the birdshot from killing you, but it will not defect the pellets themselves. Aura cannot stop the buckshot. Derrick will use these rounds against enemies like Roman, Emerald, Mercury and Neo.
Orange-Double Slug: A shell that has two slugs in it instead of just the one. Minimum spread, and will stop anything, or anyone, it hits. These are Derrick's go to shells against Grimm, as they are one shot, one kill on Ursai, Beowolves, and Creeps.
Violet-Explosive: A small bomb shot out of a shotgun. Enough said.
Green-Rubber Rounds: Similar to the white shells, these rounds are filled with rubber balls instead of steel. Same stopping power, but will not kill anyone with aura. These are the rounds Derrick will use in spars so he doesn't kill anyone on accident.
Black-Recoil: This shell does not shoot anything. The whole shell is filled to the brim with gunpowder, giving them an ungodly amount of recoil. Derrick used these shells twice so far. Once while airborne at the beginning of initiation, and again helping Ruby with her decapitation plan.
I don't own RWBY. That's Rooster Teeth.
Without further ado, ENJOY THE SHOW!
POV Change
'Thoughts'
"Neo Talking"
"Speech"
*Sounds*
My POV
Summer break is coming to a close, with everyone coming back to Beacon for the start of the second semester. 'Or volume two, if I think of it that way.' The newly named Team RWBBY are sitting next to me, Weiss on my left, Blake on my right, Yang at the end of the table, and Ruby on her way with Weiss's binder.
'Sure has been a busy break. Got Tuscon out of the city and finally got around to making gunpowder ammo for everyone. Now, I just have to keep training, and screw with Cinder. Maybe I should blow out her knee again. She would be so pissed!~'
While waiting for Ruby to show up, I think back to the fiasco that was arming both teams.
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My POV, RWBBY Dorm
"Alright, the last time you brought all of us here, you told us about the future. What's so important this time?" Yang asks.
"Well, I'm sure all of you know I use gunpowder instead of Dust in my bullets and shells, right? I decided to make all of you gunpowder rounds."
Ruby lights up. "Wait, gunpowder rounds?! You mean I can use those things now?!"
"Yup! I made .50 cal rounds for Crescent Rose, .45 cal rounds for Gambol Shroud, Yang can use my shells, 9mm rounds for Ren, .308 rounds for Pyrrah, and a special treat for Nora."
Ren speaks up, slightly nervous. The rest of the people in the room, aside from Nora, are just as apprehensive as the stoic man. "What do you mean a "special treat"?"
Nora, who had been silent until now, starts guessing. "Oh! What is it? A new weapon? A side arm? A PANCAKE LAUNCHER?!"
Laughing, I tell them. "Nothing like that. I made Nora some grenades for Magnhild that make my violet shells look like firecrackers."
Jaune, now paler than Weiss, asks, "the ones you used against the Deathstaker?!" The poor guy looks like he's going to have a panic attack.
Grinning, I answer him. "Yup! Her new grenades are powerful enough to put a hole in my car. Given the thing is practically indestructible…." I trail off, Nora beaming at me with a smile that threatened to split her face in half. The rest of Team JNPR nervously glances at each other.
I put all their fears to rest with my next sentence. "You all can relax. I'll hold on to all the gunpowder ammo until we go out to fight Grimm. No one, under any circumstances, is to use this ammo on people." I finish with a slight glare, driving the point home. Nothing says, "Listen to me or pay for it," like a six-foot-five woman with a glowing eye who can punch you through a wall.
Ruby, disappointed she can't switch her ammunition to gunpowder only, questions it. "Why can't we use them?"
"Ruby, you know what my white shells did to that bullhead, right? You also saw how I destroyed that woman's knee on accident. All gunpowder rounds can pass through aura as if it's not there. All shots with these rounds are lethal if you are not careful."
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The rounds are still sitting in a locked trunk in the dorm, underneath my bed. As advantageous as it would be to use the rounds against everything, I'd rather not have the girls accidently kill people. Just because I can handle it, doesn't mean the others could. Speaking of killing, going with Blake to pick up some books was far more exciting than it should have been…
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My POV, Yesterday, Vale City
Blake and I were walking to Tukson's Book Trade. Given what I knew about the guy, I suggested I take Blake out for a walk through the city. The book loving cat girl agreed on the condition we visited the book shop first. We walked in, Blake talking to Tukson about her… exotic tastes, while I wandered into the nonfiction section. After letting them speak for a while, I walk over to them.
"Hey there you two. Having fun talking about Kitty's taste in books?" Tukson looks shocked for a second, before an amused smirk forms on his face. Blake, on the other hand, blushes heavily, yelling, "DIANNA!"
The owner and I chuckle for a second, then my expression turns serious. "Look, I know about the Fang. Blake can tell you the story, but the important part is you need to get out of town in the next three hours."
Just as I finish speaking, two more people enter the store. A woman with green hair, red eyes, dark skin and an irritated scowl. The man she is with has silver hair, a pale complexion, and black eyes. They freeze at the sight of us, before narrowing their eyes at Blake.
The male starts talking. "Well, well, well. Turns out she's not dead after all."
The woman, Emerald seems curious as well. "When we heard about the base being destroyed, we assumed the worst, Blake."
I roll my eyes, turning around to face them. My hair and eye start glowing a bit as my agitation with these two grows. "I pulled her out of there. Helped her out of the rubble the psycho left her in. Can I ask how you know her?"
Mercury raises his left eyebrow, before slowly walking over to me. "I guess we should thank you then. As for us knowing her, that's a little personal, don't you think?"
I glare at the arrogant ass, my eye now shining like a multihued flashlight. "Considering this is my girlfriend we are talking about, and the fact you are trying to intimidate me, I'd say it is my business." He is right in front of me when I finish. To emphasize my point, I step on his shoe, fully aware of the creaking metal.
Emerald quickly tries to break us apart while Tukson and Blake sneak into the back room. "Hey now, we were worried about her. No nee-"
Before she can finish speaking, I grab both of them by the neck and lift them of the ground, breaking Mercury's foot off in the process. "Listen up and listen good ya little shits. Enough games. Run back to your boss and tell her to run. As well as she can with her knee, anyway."
"H-how do you know about her knee!" Emerald chokes out.
Grinning, I walk over to the entrance of the store and kick the door open. "Who do you think shot her in the first place?" I toss them out onto the sidewalk and slam the door closed. The two Faunus return from the back with a couple suitcases, the owner wearing a Fedora.
"What happened?" he asks while staring at the foot still in the room.
I make my way over to the foot, and just as I pick it up, the door opens again. Turning and recognizing the silver mop poking his head in, I toss the foot at him, sending the bastard flying into the street.
"Nothing much."
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Ruby slammed Weiss's binder down on the table, bringing me out of my thoughts. She starts talking about her best day ever with the team, but I am more focused on the food flying between our table and JNPR's. Yang throws food at Nora, but I intercept all the food thrown at her, then eat it. The two of them pout at the loss of ammo, but I shrug and just keep chewing.
One of the more noticeable changes from my… new appearance, was the need to eat a lot of food. I have to eat almost eighteen pounds of food a day to keep myself going. Given the average hunter-in-training eats only four pounds on a good day, I eat more than four times as much as they do. Weiss stands up, and was about to catch a cream pie with her face, when I catch it.
"Ren! Dianna keeps stealing my ammo!"
"Nora, you're the one who keeps feeding her. You know she eats more than everyone else."
"Ren, make her stop eating my ammo!"
The tired student looks at me at me. "Dianna-"
"Nope. I don't want to be in a food fight."
"Nora, I tried."
My scroll rings, cutting off any other conversation. I pull it out of my shirt pocket, and upon seeing who it is from, I stand from my seat.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm off to see Ozzy, Kitty. He wants to talk about yesterday. I'll meet you all in the room later."
With that, I walk off.
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Third Person POV, Old warehouse in Vale.
Emerald was helping Mercury stumble into the White Fang warehouse. The man reattached his foot, but he couldn't repair it completely until he retrieved his tool kit from this warehouse. Various White Fang were moving containers of Dust around, and the two finally walked up to Roman, who was looking at a map of Vale posted onto stacked shipping containers. The man turns to greet them, only to stop short at the sight of the two. They had bruises on their necks, dispite their auras working to heal them.
"Whoa, what happened to you two?"
"We tried to take care of a runaway, someone you should have killed. Someone stopped us, and did this." Emerald said, nursing her still sore neck.
"Damn, first a White Fang base was hit in the Forever Fall, then a superweapon was stolen from another compound, and now, you two try to kill a bookstore owner, and get your asses kicked in the process! This "flawless plan" of Cinder's is turning out to have quite a few kinks!"
"Kinks, Roman?" said pyromancer spoke from a raised catwalk, riding a platform down to the ground. Her aura healed her left knee, but there was a small scar from the entry wound the buckshot left in her.
She turns to the children, her eyes widening a fraction before narrowing. "What happened to you two?"
Emerald speaks up. "We went to vale to take care of a rat who was leaving for Vacuo. Someone stopped us. She gave us a message to pass along to you."
"How does she know about me to begin with? Did you mention me at all to this person?" Cinder says, barely conceiled irritation leaking into her voice.
"N-no ma'am! She told us to tell you to run! As well as you could with your knee, ma'am!"
That made Roman and Cinder freeze. They knew a young man was the one who shot at them, so how did this woman know?
"Uh… Kid? How did a girl know about the knee thing? I kidnaped Grey and gave him to the Fang to appease them, with Cinder's permission."
Mercury sighed. He was trying to fix his foot, but the conversation was proving to be too distracting. "Well the rainbow haired bombshell said she was the one who shot Cinder. She's the one who apparently dug Blake out of the rubble of the Forever Fall base, and she's Blake's girlfriend. She broke my foot off, and sent me into the street when she tossed it back! All I know, is this chick is hot, tall, strong, and does not back down from a fight. She knew who we were."
The little group remains silent for a minute. Cinder breaks it. "Roman, have the Fang pack up the Dust. I'll send you the coordinates later tonight."
"Coordinates?" he questions.
"We are moving to phase two. Hurry now. Mercury, join us outside when you are finished." She walks off, Emerald following her.
"What are we going to do about her, ma'am?"
Truthfully, Cinder didn't know. This woman, she almost killed her a few months ago when she assisted Roman with his robbery. That shotgun shot something that bypassed aura. Since then, she lost most of the more fanatical of the Fang, a potential superweapon, and now her right and left hands were injured. This woman, she needed to be dealt with, quickly. With that, she had an idea.
"We have Neo kill her tomorrow, the night we arrive at Beacon. Strong or not, anyone can be killed in their sleep."
"Uh… Ma'am?" The half-maiden turned to face the thief, a glare on her face.
"What?"
"Neo already tried to kill her, if she is the one who shot you. She said the kid with the shotgun didn't have aura, yet when she tried to cut his throat open, her blade just slid along his skin. I don't think it will be that easy to kill her."
Cinder sighed. Nothing could possibly be worse than an unknown who knew her plans. "Then find out everything you can about her. Find any possible weaknesses. I want her dead before the Festival."
"Yes Ma'am."
AN: Writers Block, allergies, and college SUCK! Truth be told, I only had an idea for what I wanted up to last chapter. Now, I'm just trying to see what I want to do with this. Send some ideas in the reviews. I only have two endings in mind right now, one is the cliché, and the other is the 'he tried so hard, and it wasn't enough' ending. I don't know.
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