(Author's Note: I'm back! Ever since Christmas, I haven't been choosing the best times to update. But I'm fixing. My new goal? Updating EVERY story EVERY week. I know it's a big goal, but I believe that it'll work with time, work, and commitment. This was originally supposed to come out yesterday, but I procrastinated and got too tired to finish. Anyway, here we go. Enjoy:)
Chapter Ten: Team-Up
"MOVE FASTER YOU FOOLS! I WANT THIS DONE SOON!" Vilgax roared at the White Fang grunts, so loud that they jumped at the booming sound of the alien warlord's voice.
"Sir, they're working as fast as they can," one of the higher-up grunts spoke, trying to defend his brethren. Suddenly, he was grabbed by the throat and lifted up off of the ground. His level of fear was risen from slight to immense as Vilgax's red eyes glared at him, reminding him so much of a Grimm.
"Then tell them. To work. Faster. Every second that this takes, is a second that our enemies grow even stronger than before," he roughly threw the faunus down before facing the others, "Do NOT think for a moment that we can spare anytime. Our true enemies are extremely dangerous, and growing stronger by the day. Need I remind you of what happened to Barret, one of your high-ranking members?" Their silence spoke volumes, "Precisely. You're fools if you underestimate them. They're probably training as we speak, honing their skills to perfection. They are DANGEROUS warriors. If we allow ourselves to underestimate them, it will be the end of us all!"
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"Come on Ed, don't do it!"
"Andrew is just being paranoid. You can do this big guy!"
"It's not paranoia, it's common sense. He can't take much more of this!"
"You underestimate what he's capable of! Don't let him get you down!" Godzilla, who was currently lying down on his bed, opened up his eyes and just looked at his team. The scene before him? Andrew and Ben watching in amazement (somehow) as Ed scarfed down buttered rolls that they'd gotten from the cafeteria.
What a lovely way to spend an afternoon, Godzilla thought as he could already feel a migraine forming.
"I CANNOT believe this," Ben ran his hands through his hair in amazement (what Godzilla couldn't believe was the fact that the two of them were entertain by Ed stuffing his face with bread).
"How is he doing that with his face?!" By this point, Godzilla opted to simply close his eyes and try to drown them out (this was a moment that he wished that Horus and Kek had given him three better teammates. Unfortunately, these weren't exactly rare moments).
Ed had dozens upon dozens of rolls in his mouth, making his cheeks look like the old jawbreakers that he used to eat in his home dimension. He then grabbed ahold of a roll and (with strain) placed it in his mouth before slowly closing it and slamming his palm on the table, "Thirty-eight…buttered rolls!" His two teammates started cheering loudly, not one of them noticing their leader's eye twitching.
"Keep going!" Ben pushed the bowl to Ed, "Hit forty!"
"I'll hit forty!" Ed took up two more rolls and slowly began to push them into his mouth. It took effort, but the big guy was persistent. Even after he got them in, it was an even greater struggle to close his mouth. Andrew and Ben looked on with wide eyes as Ed slowly shut his mouth completely. Once he realized what he'd done, he smiled and threw his arms into the air.
"WOOOOOOOOOO!" Ben and Andrew cheered while Ed was beating his chest in victory. By this point, Godzilla was contemplating whether or not he could get away with murder. More so, if he could do it quickly without anyone else finding out.
While his three teammates were cheering, Godzilla was able to make out the sound of someone wearing heels quickly making their way to their room. The reptilian faunus smirked, but said nothing to the others. This should be entertaining.
A few seconds later, Team GABE's door swung open...revealing an angry Goodwitch, "WHAT is going on up here?!" Whereas Godzilla calmly sat up, the other three jumped in surprise.
"PROFESSOR GOODWITCH!" They spoke in unison. Well...Andrew and Ben did, as the rolls went flying from his mouth when he tried to speak. Because of her many years of training, Glynda was able to react quick enough to raise her riding crop and stop the rolls in the air using her semblance. She just looked on with wide eyes as the three boys chuckled nervously.
"What, in Oum's name, are you boys doing?" All were to nervous to respond.
"They were trying to relieve their boredom," fortunately for them, Godzilla came to their rescue.
"Why aren't you four training with Aasim?"
"Because it's no fun anymore," all heads turned to the kaiju, none expecting a phrase like that to come out of his mouth, "The four of us have spared together hundreds of times, and the Beacon training droids aren't much of a challenge anymore. We still keep up our training, but there's no excitement and no reason to spend hours on it. And none of us have any interest in becoming Aasim's punching bags again." It had become a point where Aasim would randomly tell the boys to fight him, as a means of showing their improvement. Every time, they ended up beaten and with broken auras on the ground. They absolutely hated it.
"So, this," she motioned to the scattered rolls on the floor, "Is a good use of all this free time you apparently have?"
"I just wanted to get some peace and quiet, they're the ones who decided to do this."
"You're their leader. Why didn't you try to stop them?"
"To lie, it's because I wanted them to figure out the errors of their ways on their own. To be complete honest, however, I really didn't care," he commented as he put his arms behind his head and laid back down. Everyone else in the room was wide eyed at Godzilla's statement, "What? It's the truth."
Goodwitch pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed, "Professor Ozpin wants to see you immediately."
"Why?" Ben asked, his curiosity mildly peaked.
"He has a mission for you boys." She actually smiled a bit at their wide eyed and hopeful expressions, "Go to his office and he'll brief you," she headed for the door, but paused and turned, "And make sure to clean this room," was her final statement before leaving.
"I'm on it!" Ed called before literally tossing the rolls in his mouth. The others were going to say something, but decided. After all, he was getting the job done.
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Team GABE was now in the elevator, making their way to Ozpin's office. Although they were trying to keep it together (Godzilla and Andrew doing so better than Ben and Ed), all four of them were excited that they were finally getting to go on a mission. These last seven months had been pretty uneventful. Other than their training with Aasim and Ed's..."unique" personality, there hadn't been much excitement going on at the academy.
Admittedly, things were a bit better at Junior's Bar. The other workers were pretty pleasant to hang around, surprisingly more respectful than they originally thought. Melanie and Miltia were always able to make their jobs (which wasn't always that exciting either) more entertaining.
Finally, the doors opened and GABE came face to face with the headmaster. He looked up from his desk and smiled, "Hello gentlemen. Hope I wasn't interrupting anything important."
"No," Godzilla quickly said, before any of his teammates could respond, "Trust me, you weren't. Professor Goodwitch said that you have a mission for us."
"Yes, I do. There has been report of an unusual amount of White Fang outside of Vale's kingdom walls. What's unusual is that there has also been reports of a large, unnatural humanoid creature working with them. The only identifiable features are its massive size, red eyes, and green tentacles."
"Vilgax," Ben snarled. Ever since Barret's death, Vilgax had gone quiet within the kingdom. GABE and even Aasim was confident that Vilgax would return, but there had been no hint of his return since that night.
"Correct. Although I'm currently unaware of what their plans are, I do know that they won't be good. Given what Mr. Tennyson has told us about this so-called "world conqueror", him aiding the White Fang will not even well for Vale. Or any of the kingdoms."
"And that's where we come in," Godzilla concluded.
"Correct. Given the fact that you boys are the only ones who have fought this being, you're the best suited team to deal with him. Although," that got their attention, "As an added precaution, seeing as how we are unaware of how stronger he has grown or how many are aiding him, I've arranged for you boys to receive help from another team."
Andrew asked the question that was on all of their minds, "Who?" At that moment, the elevator doors opened and GABE looked back to see four teens walking out.
The boys guessed that the girl in front was the team leader. If the smirk on her face and her walk was anything to go by, the girl essentially oozed confidence. She had fair skin and brown hair with a lock of it dyed caramel. She wore a cocoa-colored shirt with a dark brown waist cincher, black pants and boots, and a dark brown beret with black sunglasses. She wore black gloves, a bracelet, multiple necklaces, and a cocoa-colored belt with a golden crosshairs buckle. Both the way she held herself and the fact that she was only an inch or two shorter than Ed, told GABE that she was clearly a strong woman.
To her right, was another young lady stood a few inches shorter than the first. She wore a short brown jacket with a golden zipper along with brown shorts, a black undershirt, and black leggings. She had golden spauders and vambraces on both arms and a belt similar in color. She had fair skin like the first girl, long brown hair which reached her lower back, and two brown rabbit ears that sat on top of her head. She held her hands in front of her and her eyes seemed to meet everywhere except for the four boys that stood in front of her. Although they knew that she was a huntress-in-training, GABE couldn't help but get a vibe of...fragility from her.
To the leader's stood a boy with his arms crossed, like he was bored with the situation. He had dark skin and messy, copper hair with a long fringe and a cowlick. He wore a dark orange, black-lined vest and black pants. His exposed arms were covered in scars (which elevated concern and curiosity from the guardians), and there was even one vertical scar on his bottom lip. The one thing that really got their attention (especially Godzilla's) were his eyes. They were pure white, making GABE begin to (silently of course) question his ability to see.
The final member of the team stood in the back and was built like a mountain, standing as tall as Godzilla. He had short black hair, tan skin, and a calm, peaceful expression on his face. He had on a black muscle shirt and a green robe that went over his right shoulder over it. He had an armored belt and brown pants, along with green bracers and black fingerless gloves with green plates on the back. On his left arm, was a 5-layer sode that extended past his shoulder.
"Team GABE," Ozpin's voice brought the guardians out of their observations, "I would like you to meet Team CVFY (Coffee), the most skilled and highest-ranking team of first year students in the academy."
The girl in front stepped up to Godzilla, pulled down her sunglasses, and (to his astonishment and his team's amusement) looked him from top to bottom. She then smirked and held out her hand, "Nice to meet ya. Name's Coco Adel, I'm the leader of this team."
Godzilla wasted no time in taking a hold of her hand, "Nice to meet you too. I'm Godzilla."
"Quite a grip you've got there," she joked, "Anyway, this is Fox," she motioned to the dark skinned boy, who waved a bit, "Yatsuhashi," the taller boy nodded politely, "and finally, Velvet," she wrapped her arm over the other girl and pulled her close.
Velvet's eyes widened for a split second before looking away again. She shyly looked back up and waved a bit, "Hi," Ben and Andrew both raised an eyebrow, both seemingly detecting an...Australian accent in her voice?
"Well, this is Ben," Godzilla motioned to the shape-shifter, who gave a peace sign, "Andrew," said boy nodded and waved, "And Ed."
"I smell my fingers after I eat cheese," Ed said with a dopey smile. The team, and even the headmaster, just stared at Ed in complete confusion.
"He's...a unique guy," was the only thing that Ben could think to say as an explanation.
It took Ozpin a few seconds to recover, "O...Okay then. Like I said, Vilgax and the White Fang have been spotted outside the kingdom. We're unsure of why, but we're sending you eight to investigate."
"When do we leave?" Godzilla asked.
"Immediately. Retrieve your weapons from the lockers and make your way to the bullhead. Good luck to all of you." All eight teens (well...seven teens and one young adult) nodded and headed into the elevator.
"So," Coco spoke after the doors closed (the space being a little bit close), "How come I've never seen you boys around campus?"
"Technically speaking, we aren't a team of students at the academy," Godzilla answered, "We don't really go to classes, more so we learn from a single teacher."
"Oh, so you boys are special huh?"
Godzilla met Coco's eyes and her smirk with a small smirk of his own, "I suppose that's one way of putting it." Coco raised an eyebrow, but kept the smirk on her face.
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GABE and CVFY were in the locker room, each team on opposite sides, getting their weapons ready for the mission. The boys were readying their weapons, with all except for Ben making sure that they had enough dust for the mission.
"What do you think Vilgax is planning?" Ed asked his teammates as he loaded a few dust crystals into his spatula named Flipper.
"Unfortunately, I know it won't be any good, " Ben, the team's Vilgax expert, answered, "I'm still not sure why Vilgax would work with the White Fang. I can't figure out what his endgame is. He's probably manipulating them for his own goals, I just wish I could figure out what they are," he mulled as he attached his cuff to his wrist. The cuff was named Zodiac, while he called the watch the "Auratrix".
"I'm sure we'll find out soon enough," Godzilla said as he sheathed his greatsword, called Supernova.
"I don't have a good feeling about this you guys," Andrew spoke, slinging his bow, Apollo, over his shoulder, "He's been quiet for months, he must be planning something big."
"Hopefully, we'll be able to stop whatever he's planning. Slow it down at the barest minimum," despite his leader's attempt to calm his nerves, Andrew was still worried. He felt a hand on his shoulder and saw Godzilla standing there, "Don't worry about it Andrew. I may not know for certain what Vilgax is planning, but I am confident that we can handle it," he even smirked, "Not to brag, but we're stronger than you give us credit for."
Andrew rolled his eyes, "Yeah, who'd think that sounds like bragging?" Despite his sarcasm, Andrew did allow a smile to form. Godzilla couldn't help but marvel at Andrew's drastic change over these last few months. It was noticeable, and great.
"Yo big boy," Godzilla turned to the sound of Coco's voice, said leader was standing with her team. He took this opportunity to examine their weapons. Coco held a black handbag with a gold ring in the front in her right hand. Godzilla had absolutely NO clue how that could be her weapon, but he was sure that it probably transformed into something more combat capable or that she could use effectively. Besides, Ed used a giant spatula in combat like it was a sword. Velvet had a brown box attached to her hip with gold rings around the edges and a heart emblem in the front (a weapon that also peaked his curiosity). Fox had two dark orange gauntlet-like weapons on his wrists, with blades that extended up to his elbows. Yatsuhashi had a large greatsword strapped to his back, the blade being wider than Godzilla's and having more of a hook-like point. "You and your boys ready to go?"
Godzilla raised an eyebrow at her wording, but didn't comment, "Yes, we're ready. Are you?"
"Heh, you don't have to worry about us hot stuff. We aren't the best first-years for nothing. Whelp, let's get moving people!" With enthusiasm, Coco heading out of the locker room with her team close behind.
Endless seconds ticked by...until, "What did she just call me?"
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Within minutes, the two teams were inside of a bullhead on their way out of the kingdom. Ed, Ben, and Velvet were looking outside and watching as the massive buildings turned into dense forests. Yatsuhashi seemed to be meditating, Fox seemed to be sleeping, and Andrew was simply examining his weapon. This left the teams' two leaders alone.
"So," Coco moved to sit next to Godzilla after about ten minutes, attempting to start up a conversation, "How are you feeling about this mission?"
"Frankly, glad. During these last few months, my team and I haven't really done anything of importance. Aside from training with our mentor and our nightly job, not too much has been going around. Although we can hide it pretty well, the four of us have been pretty restless. We're just glad to do something of importance that takes us outside of Beacon," Godzilla answered honestly.
Coco was a little wide eyed at his confession, "That's...informative." They sat in silence for a few seconds before, "So, how are you and your boys in a fight?"
"Very capable. I can guarantee that we're more...unique then any other team you could have been paired with."
Now Coco was really interested, "How so?"
"You'll have to wait and find out in combat," Godzilla said with a small smirk.
"Coco glared, but the larger man wasn't phased, "You're a jerk, you know that?"
"Yeah," his smirk grew bigger and even Coco allowed herself one too.
"So what's the deal with this "Vilgax" guy?" Fox asked GABE, "Is he a faunus?"
"No," Ben answered, "Not really. Just someone who wants to kill us that's allied himself with the most dangerous terrorist organization on the planet in order to do so."
"Damn, what'd you guys do?"
"Well, it was mostly me. The guy has been trying to kill me since I was ten, and I've been kicking his ass every time," Ben said that part with a prideful smirk, "He's probably after these guys because they've helped me fight him. Although, one of Godzilla's attacks during the first time we fought him did leave a pretty big burn. Or scar...whatever. So he might hate him for that. Right Zilla?"
"Do not call me that."
"Yeah he agrees."
"Well, he certainly sounds like a dangerous foe," Yatsuhashi spoke, for the first time, in a deep voice.
"Sure," Ben shrugged, "But the four of us have been able to deal with him just fine. With you guys backing us up, it'll be a piece of cake."
"Not to sound rude, but are you sure about that?" Velvet asked, "From what I've heard on the news lately, he sounds like he really shouldn't be underestimated."
"Don't worry about it. I've been kicking this guy's ass for seven years. Even with the White Fang backing him, I'm still confident in us taking that creep down," Ben assured the rabbit faunus before shooting her a friendly smile, "It'll be fine, don't worry." Velvet looked away with a slight blush but nodded at Ben's statement.
"Alright kids!" The pilot called to the two teams. He was a tall man with short blonde hair, green eyes, and tanned skin. He wore a dark blue suit and was a bull faunus, evident by the horns on his head. And even if that didn't give it away, the pilot projected this aura of strength, "Get ready! We're approaching the landing site!" The eight readied their weapons one final time as the bullhead stopped moving and began its descent to the earth. Mere seconds after the bullhead touched the ground, GABE and CVFY practically leaped outside, "I've been instructed to return here in exactly eight hours. Contact me if you kids need an earlier, or later, pick-up." After affirmative nods and responses, the pilot gave one last wave before the bullhead ascended into the air.
All was quiet in the forest as the bullhead departed, the only sounds being the wind rustling through the tree leaves, "Now what?" Until Fox broke it that was.
"We're supposed to examine for White Fang activity," Godzilla answered, one had on his blade, "And hopefully catch Vilgax while we're at it."
"So," Coco stepped beside the faunus, "How exactly do we do that?"
Godzilla pondered for a moment before turning to his partner, "Ben-."
"What's up?"
"Got any forms for this?"
Like Godzilla, Ben thought for a second before suddenly snapping (surprising everyone), "I've got it!" He cycled through his watch before deciding on an alien. He turned to CVFY, "Promise me that you'll won't freak out."
The team shared a look of confusion before Velvet asked the only on everyone's mind, "Why would we freak out?"
The grin that appeared on Ben's didn't exactly fill her with reassurance, "You'll see." Ben suddenly dissapered in a flash of green light, to which CVFY reacted by readying their weapons in seconds. When the light died down, the four teens' jaws practically hit the floor. In Ben's place stood a giant orange furred canine-like creature without eyes who then roared
"Whoa! Whoa!" Godzilla jumped in between CVFY and Wildmutt, as the teens raised their weapons to attack. "Calm down! DO NOT ATTACK! That's Ben!"
CVFY slowly lowered their weapons by about two inches, but still kept the shocked looks on their faces . Coco was the first to respond, "How-?"
"He's a shape-shifter," Godzilla answered, "His watch, as well as being a weapon, allows him to shape-shift into multiple different forms. He's still our side." Wildmutt made a growling sound but nodded. Eventually, CVFY got relaxed enough to lower their weapons completely. Convinced that they weren't going to attack his teammate, Godzilla turned around to Wildmutt, "Ben, see if you can find anything." The alien dog nodded before walking around the area, sniffing as he did so.
"I have to admit," Yatsuhashi spoke to the changeling's team, "This is...odd. How can any device allow one to transform into creatures unknown to this world?"
"It's a long story," Andrew shrugged, "It'll be much easier to explain after the mission." Just then, they all heard a yelp from Wildmutt. He was motioning for them to follow them before racing into the forest "I think he's got something!" Andrew bolted after the shape-shifter, with the other six soon following.
"WHERE ARE WE GOING?!" Velvet called out to Wildmutt, but all she got in return was a bunch of snarling noises.
Ed ran up beside her, "HE ALSO CAN'T TALK IN THAT FORM!" After what seemed like near endless moments, Wildmutt suddenly stopped in his tracks and motioned for the others to do the same. The changeling slapped the symbol on his chest and reverted to normal form before crouching down and motioning for the others to be quiet.
Without another sound, Ben slowly snuck over to a bush and looked over. "Ah, guys, you're gonna wanna see this." The seven of them slowly crept over to Ben and looked over the bush like he did. And not one of them could believe what they saw.
Over a dozen of White Fang grunts, surrounded by trucks, with ropes of chains...wrapping them around Grimm. They saw Beowulfs, Ursai, and even Creeps, small creatures that possessed clawed hind limbs with adverted knee joints, a stubby head, a lack of forelimbs, and a tail. Along with possessing the same black skin, bone plates, and red eyes as all Grimm. The White Fang were forcing these Grimm into large metal cages and locking them up tightly.
"They're...capturing Grimm?" Velvet couldn't believe the words, even as they came out of her own mouth.
Godzilla was beyond shocked, "This...this doesn't make any sense. Why would the White Fang be capturing Grimm? I thought their goal was human extinction."
"It is," Coco replied, "This...is just insane."
"Do you think-," actual fear worked its way into Ed's voice, "they're trying to use them as some kind of weapon?"
Andrew looked at Ed, "Like...controlling them? Some kind of army?"
"That'd be impossible," Yatsuhashi immediately said, "The creatures of Grimm are mindless, soulless monsters They live for the complete eradication of both humanity and faunuskind. They won't do the bidding of the White Fang."
"Well, they're obviously capturing them for something," Fox theorized.
"Alright!" The voice of one of the White Fang broke them out of their discussion, "Let's get these beasts moving! We've got a schedule to keep up!" The teams watched as some of the stronger fauna lifted up the cages and set them onto trucks. Once everything was set, a few piled into the trucks while others remained where they were. The trucks to slowly drive into the woods, with the grunts on foot following with their weapons drawn.
"Where are they going?" Ed whispered to his leader.
"Not sure," Godzilla answered honestly, "But we're going to find it." Just before the teams could even stand up, they suddenly heard a blood curdling scream which caused them all to jump in surprise. Mere moments later, they heard more screaming along with the sounds of shooting and somebody shouting orders. They could hear metal being busted open, roaring, and even...whimpering? There grew fewer voices over time and the ones that remained grew further and further away, until silence completely enveloped the area.
All eight of them shared a look before immediately pulling out their weapons and racing over to the origin of the conflict. What they found when they got their was NOT a pretty sight.
The trucks had been turned over to their side, claw marks and splotches of blood on it. There were multiple White Fang bodies that littered the ground, all with more gruesome wounds than the last. One had multiple claw marks across their face, while another had fang marks across their neck. Another was missing their head, a large pool of blood forming at the stump. One was torn nearly completely in half, just leaning against a tree trunk. Severed limbs littered the ground, so many to the point where you couldn't tell how many actual people they came from.
Velvet took this the worst out of the eight, having both hands over her mouth to keep herself from vomiting. Coco put an arm over her partner's shoulder and turned her away from the gruesome scene, while struggling to keep herself calm. Fox put a hand on Velvet's other shoulder, while silently being glad (for once) that he couldn't see. Ed had experienced hundreds of horror media, ranging from comics to movies and video games to TV shows, but nothing could have prepared him for actually seeing real-life corpses. So he could only look on with a shocked expression on his face. Ben and Andrew were in a state similar to Ed, both having never seen this level and unable to do...anything really. Although Godzilla and Yatsuhashi were trying to be strong for their respective teams, even they couldn't (and didn't want to) believe it.
"W-W-What-," Ed was struggling to get that single work out, "h-happened here?"
"Grimm," Godzilla said simply, not seeing any other word was necessary. He suddenly turned his head to the left, his eyes focused on his range of sight. He turned to the others and put a finger to his mouth.
Just then...they heard growling. Turning to its source, they saw a creature emerge from the forest. It had black scaly skin and burning red eyes, along with razor sharp fangs and claws. It had bone plates on its back and sides, along with spikes along its back, two-fingered hands, three-toed feet, and a long tail. The creature resembled that of a velociraptor, and it was snarling menacingly at the teams.
"A Boltfang," Andrew muttered. Along with training, GABE had also learned some more about Remnant from Aasim. They had done studying about all kinds of facts: the kingdoms, dust, the faunus, and Grimm. Boltfangs were one of the most dangerous and destructive Grimm on the planet. Their main power and advantage comes from their numbers. Like wolves, they hunted and operated in packs. Many people considered packs of Boltfangs to be more dangerous than any single Grimm on the planet. Although, Boltfangs on their own weren't pushovers either. A mature Boltfang has the strength to overpower an alpha Beowulf.
At that moment, dozens of them emerged out of the forest. Every last one of them was growling and cutting off the teams means of escape. "Well," Coco flicked her wrist and (to the sheer astonishment of GABE) her handbag transformed into a minigun. It was mostly yellow in color with lines of black arranged in a circle, two black rectangles arranged vertically, and a dark grey barrel, "Let's do this."(A/N: Sorry for this description, I don't know the gun's parts. You've all seen the weapon anyway). As she did, that was the moment that the Boltfangs chose to attack.
Godzilla smacked one away with his tail before stabbing another through its chest and throwing it away. He sliced another one in half horizontally before grabbing another by its neck and snapping it in an instant.
Andrew had transformed Apollo into its staff mode and smacked away any Boltfang that got close. Every once in a while, he threw in a few telekinetic pushes to knock a couple of them away with each shove.
Ben activated his weapons and spun his wrists, causing two energy green gauntlets to form over his hands. He stepped back as a Boltfang attempted to bite him and then brought both hands down on its head. He caught another one by its throat before delivering a left hook across its face. He punched one in the stomach as it ran at him before using his aura to enhance his strength and throwing it into two other Boltfangs.
A blue light emanated from the box on Velvet's hip and scanned over her hands. Within seconds, a light blue light construct was created that perfectly resembled Coco's minigun. The two huntresses-in-training stood back-to-back, shooting at every Boltfang that came through the woods. Although their combined hail of bullets tore through virtually every Boltfang that exited the woods, there just seemed to be more of them.
Fox was enhancing his speed using his aura and was slicing apart Boltfang after Boltfang with movements that even these agile Grimm were having trouble seeing. Every single Boltfang that crossed his path was either sliced apart or crippled.
With his abnormal strength and extremely durable weapon, Ed was cutting through the Boltfangs like a knife through butter. One leaped through the air and tackled Ed to the ground, to which Ed quickly put up Flipper and blocked the Boltfang's mouth. It snarled and glared at him as it tried (and failed) to bite through his weapon. Ed quickly head-butted the Grimm before kicking it in the stomach and sending it flying into a tree.
Yatsuhashi was striking with tremendous power, each attack killing a Boltfang. Seeing as its comrades were being massacred by this massive human, one Boltfang decided to attack from behind. It slowly moved its way behind the powerful giant, keeping its eyes on its opponent as more of its comrades tried (foolishly) to attack from the front. As he sliced through another Boltfang, this one decided to strike and leaped into the air. As its claws stood at the ready, Yatsuhashi suddenly spun around and grabbed it by the throat. As the Boltfang squirmed around, Yatsuhashi quickly snapped its neck and threw the body away.
As many Boltfangs as GABE and CVFY took down, more took their place. This is getting us nowhere, Godzilla thought as he stabbed one through the skull and backhanded another. We need to end this now. "Andrew! Nuclear Rage! The rest of you get down! NOW!" Knowing what was about to happen, Ben and Ed pulled CVFY away from the fight and behind the trunk of a tree (despite their protests).
Andrew and Godzilla shared a look and nodded before Godzilla took in a deep breath and (this time, to the sheer astonishment of CVFY) fired his atomic breath into the sky. Flying into the air, Andrew thrust out his hands and stopped the attack where it was. He began moving his hands through the air, shifting and morphing the atomic energy as he did so. The remaining Boltfangs actually paused and stared at the moving energy in the air. Andrew then condensed the stream into a large orb in the air. Suddenly, Andrew moved his hands to the sides and split the large orb into four smaller duplicates. Andrew utilized the Boltfangs's distraction and brought his hands down to the ground, sending the orbs flying downward. The Boltfangs didn't realize the danger until it was too late.
Four explosions occurred back-to-back, obliterating a large majority of the Boltfangs and sending the rest into a frenzy. With more than half of their remaining numbers obliterated in seconds, the surviving Boltfangs decided that it was time to flee. In an instant, they had disappeared into the forest.
"Damn!" Coco's voice was especially loud with the forest's silence. She and the others had come out from behind the tree, "What the hell was that?'
"Nuclear Rage," Andrew answered, "Our last few months at Beacon haven't really been that "exciting", getting to the point where we'll just be glad to do something new. One day, Ed was talking about how cool it would be if we came up with team attacks like on these shows he watched as a kid. We shot the idea down at first, but eventually agreed to give it a try."
"One week, along with some damaged property and a few fires later...we had created our first team attack," Ben finished. "And we just kept making more. Got a whole bunch in our arsenal."
"Cool," Coco commented.
"So," Fox spoke, "What's our next move?"
Godzilla turned to his partner, "I think we're gonna need your tracking abilities again."
"Got it," sparring his watch only about a two second glance, Ben quickly transformed back into Wildmutt. While hesitant at first, the changeling eventually willed himself to sniff at the wreckage of the White Fang. After a few seconds, he motioned for the others to follow before bolting off. Wildmutt ran for about five minutes before stopping, seeing two paths in front of him. He tried to follow the scent, but found that it had weakened to the point where he couldn't accurately locate his destination. He turned back to normal as the others had caught up, "The scent stopped here. Can't tell which way to go."
"How about we split up?" Coco offered, "You boys go left, we'll go right, and whoever finds the White Fang's base will contact the others?"
"Sounds like a plan," Godzilla nodded, "If you see Vilgax, do NOT engage. He's a very dangerous being. Don't get overconfident and think that you can take him on your own," Godzilla's level of seriousness was evident in his voice.
"Alright, alright," she held up her hands in surrender, "We get it. Don't worry, we won't take him until all eight of us are together. Good luck."
"To you all too."
"Don't you guys go trying to have so much fun without us!" Ed called out as the two teams began their trek.
Fox chuckled, "Don't worry big guy! We'll save plenty of fun for when you guys get back!" Everybody walked off, either chuckling or with smiles/smirks on their faces. Unknown of what events the day would have for them.
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"Let's sing a song!" Ed yelled after about a minute and a half of silent walking. Further away, Team CVFY turned their heads in confusion at the direction of the noise.
Andrew laughed nervously, "How about we not and say we did?" Ed was about to retort, before suddenly whipping his head to the right. Andrew noticed the rare serious expression on his partner's face, "Are you alright big guy?"
Ed squinted his eyes as he glanced into the forest, "Something is following us." Godzilla and Andrew held tight grips on their weapons while Ben held his hand over the faceplate of his watch.
"Are you certain?" Godzilla spoke in a low voice.
Ed suddenly closed the distance between the two of them and simply stared at him in the eyes with a blank expression of his face. He shushed his leader loudly (getting spit in his face) before glazing around quickly, "We do not want to alert our presence to them." At that moment, a nearby bush began to shake very quickly. All of GABE readied their weapons as the bushes began to shake even more violently. The boys were ready to attack as the culprit leaped into view...
...that culprit NOT being as expected. It appeared to be a Beowulf, only MUCH smaller. It was around the size of a small dog, surprising them as they were unaware that even Grimm younglings were able to be so small. Its bone mask almost seemed more rounded than a typical Beowulf mask. It seemed to lack any distinguishable claws or back spikes, while its ears and tail seemed normal. But it was its eyes that really caught the guardians' attention. With every other Grimm they had encountered, their red eyes held nothing but hatred and a primal look while this one's...where more peaceful. They almost held a degree of...amazement and curiosity. Like the eyes a child.
Endless seconds ticked by as this young Grimm and GABE simply stared at one another. "What do we do?" Ben whispered to the others, a hand still over his watch but he was unsure of whether or not to transform.
"I'm...not sure," Godzilla admitted. This Grimm didn't attack like the others, it just keep staring at them. The kaiju shook his head, "Let's go, we still have a mission to complete." GABE slowly backstepped for a few seconds before turning around and walking away, looking over their shoulders for a while before finally returning their focus to the task at hand. However, the youngling started to follow.
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CVFY held themselves varying emotional ways as they trekked through the forest. Whereas Velvet and Yatsuhashi were ready to attack at a moment's notice, Coco and Fox were visibly more relaxed. Although, that doesn't mean that they weren't ready to fight if need be.
Velvet suddenly shot her head up and stared into the trees, a focused yet worried expression on her face. Yatsuhashi was the first one to notice, "What's wrong Velvet?" Coco and Fox stopped walking when they heard him.
"I-I thought I heard something. Must have just been my imagination."
"Oh, I can assure you my dear," CVFY all got into fighting stances, as Vilgax emerged from the woods, "I am no one's imagination." He smirked at their utter confusion/slight horror at his appearance. He knew how different he was compared to most beings on this planet.
Coco's grip on her handbag tightened as Velvet and Fox put their hands up while Yatsuhashi took out his sword. "So, Vilgax I presume?"
Vilgax smirked at the team leader, "I see my reputation precedes me. If common children know my name."
"What did you just call us?" Fox all but growled.
Yatsuhashi put a hand on his friend's shoulder, staring at Vilgax with a hard expression, "We have you outnumbered It would be wise for you to surrender."
Vilgax simply chuckled in response, "I have extreme doubts that you four could defeat me. But," he took out his sword from the sheath on his back, "You're welcome to try. Oh, and don't try to contact your allies. I've taken the liberty of jamming your scrolls' signals." All was quiet in the forest as the team of hunter-in-training glared at the smirking alien warlord before them.
It was Fox who made the first move, converting his aura into his legs for a boost in speed. As he slashed down in a diagonal fashion, Vilgax quickly deflected it using his sword. His left hand formed a fist and he drove it into Fox's gut, sending the boy flying into a tree.
Moving with speed surprising for one of his size, Yatsuhashi charged forward. Vilgax activated his gauntlet's shield, deflecting Yatsuhashi's attack and being surprised by his impressive display of strength and power. He then lifted his leg and kicked Yatsuhashi in the chest, sending the giant sliding back. Yatsuhashi only barely had enough time to place his other hand on the sword's blade and put the weapon out in front of him to deflect the laser beam heading his way, courtesy of Vilgax's glove.
As he shot his attack, he was able to notice Velvet leaping into the air. She shot a kick at the world conqueror, who caught who caught the attack before throwing the rabbit faunus to the ground. Velvet was able to land on her feet, however, before putting her hands out and allowing two light constructs of Fox's weapons to be made on her arms. With impressive agility, she was off.
Vilgax, however, was showing surprisingly good speed as well, deflecting each attack from Velvet using his sword. Despite naturally being usually a calm and positive individual, Velvet was starting to get frustrated by the arrogant smirk on Vilgax's face. Vilgax then raised his gauntlet fist into the air and brought it down with a tremendous force, with Velvet's trained reflexes being the only thing that prevented her from being squashed like a bug. However, Vilgax's hand quickly shot foward and grabbed Velvet by the leg. He then slammed her into the ground before tossing her into a tree. The alien warlord then turned to stare at the last one staring: the team's leader.
Coco was glaring at Vilgax through her sunglasses, her grip on her handbag being so tight that her fist was turning white. To his surprise, Coco started to calmly walk over to him. The smirk not leaving his face for a moment, Vilgax began to walk over to her as well. As they both paused, the size difference between the two was (clearly) evident. Vilgax chuckled, "You're certainly brave, child. But...foolish." Vilgax his blade into the air and brought it down in an attempt to end the young huntress, but she quickly swung her handbag and (to Vilgax's surprise) deflected the attack with relative ease. She then swung the bag in an upwards fashion, hitting him in the chin and lifting him off the ground. Vilgax hit the ground and felt Coco's foot stomp onto his chest, effectively pinning him to the forest floor.
"I hear you're working with the White Fang. Why are they capturing Grimm? What are they planning?"
"Wouldn't you like to know," Vilgax's eyes glowed red and Coco quickly moved her head back to avoid the lasers that were fired from his eyes. Her foot stomped harder into his chest, expecting him to do something like that. What she didn't expect however, was the lasers changing directions mid-air and striking her in the back. He then used her distraction to shot forth a strong kick to her chest. Coco was sent flying back, but was able to plant her feet on the ground and slid back only a little bit. With a flick of the wrist, Coco turned her handbag back into its minigun form. Vilgax hastily activated his gauntlet's shield just before Coco started firing. Although the shield was holding up well, the power of the bullets was starting to push him back. Seeing this, Coco began to walk foward as her minigun fired in an attempt to break open his shield.
Gritting his teeth and tightening his grip on his sword, Vilgax brought it down with sufficient strength onto the ground. The force behind the attack created a shockwave through the earth, causing Coco to cease fire and leap to the side to dodge. Almost immediately after, she was struck in the chest by Vilgax's laser from his glove.
Vilgax smirked as Coco stood up, and was surprised to see the rest of her team stand and join her. All four of them shared a look before turning to glare at Vilgax, weapons at the ready. "I will say this, you're all more capable warriors than I thought. I suppose that'll teach me underestimate the hunters, fully trained or mere students. However, this is where our dance ends," suddenly, his red eyes turned a dark purple color.
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"Is that Grimm still following us?" Godzilla asked as GABE continued to trek through the woods. Ben looked behind them and...low and behold...the youngling was still walking a few feet behind them.
"Yep."
"Why?"
"Not a clue Andrew. Ed! Do you have something in your pocket that would attract it? Food or whatever?"
Ed almost looked offended, "No!...Wait," Ed took off his jacket and began shaking it out. Among the things that fell out included a lamp, a bowling ball, a golf club, a trash can, a traffic cone, a tire, and even an old tv...but no food. After putting his jacket back on, he began digging through his pants pockets. He fished out a dictionary, a bag of dog food, a safe, and even...a couch? But, still, no food. "Nope. No food over here," Ed spoke before noticing that his entire team was staring at him with wide eyed expressions, "What?"
They were broken out of trance by the sound of barking. GABE turned around to see the youngling barking and jumping in place. It then ran over to Godzilla, bit down on his pant leg, and began pulling.
"I think it's trying to lead us somewhere," Ben theorized.
"How do we know it's not leading us into a trap?" Andrew pointed out.
"It's trying to warn you," all of the guardians jumped at the sound of Vilgax's voice. To their complete and utter shock, CVFY was standing with him.
"Guys! What're you doing?!" But they ignored Ed, simply standing there in silence. Upon closer examination, Godzilla noticed that their eyes were glowing purple.
"What did you do to them?!" Godzilla snarled, a hand rested on the hilt of his greatsword.
Vilgax merely smirked in response, "Months ago, I had my aura unlocked. Not much longer after, I discovered my semblance. Upon activation, all I need to do is lock eyes with someone and they become slave to my every command. Your friends weren't much of a challenge, and the fact that they remained unaware of my power made it even easier. And now children," he snapped his fingers, causing CVFY to focus their eyesight on GABE, "Attack," that was all that was said before they all ran foward.
"Coco! Snap out of it!" Godzilla dodged each swing of Coco's handbag, but none of his words could seem to get through to her. She suddenly shot a kick foward into his stomach, stunning him and sending him sliding backwards . As Coco's handbag began to transform, Godzilla quickly got his bearings and pulled out his sword. He spun the blade at an incredible speed as Coco unleashed a hail of bullets upon him. With a strong push to the ground, Godzilla leapt into the air. Godzilla pointed the sword to the ground as the blade split open and it fired a blast of energy towards the young huntress, who was quick to move out of the way.
Ben, who had taken the form of Spidermonkey, was leaping out of the way of Velvet's attacks using a copied version of Yatsuhashi's sword. "Come on Velvet! I know we only met recently, but I do know that this isn't you! You're way too nice" Based on the cold look in her eyes and the persistent swinging of the sword, Velvet either didn't hear him or just didn't care at the moment. As she swung the sword in a heavy downwards fashion, Spidermonkey back flipped through the air. While doing so, he shot a web from his tail which hit her in the chest. He pulled on the web and pulled her upwards before tackling her to the ground.
Andrew was quickly spinning his staff, having a difficult time deflecting each of Fox's strikes. As Fox brought down another strike, he was suddenly frozen in place. Andrew thrust his hand out foward, sending Fox flying through the air and colliding with a tree. Planting his staff into the ground, Andrew quickly sped behind Fox and grabbed him in a full-nelson, "Listen to me Fox, Vilgax has you under his control! You and the others aren't some puppets for him to control!" Fox didn't respond, simply sent his head back into Andrew's face. He gave a pained grunt as his grip on Fox loosened, enough for Fox to spin around launch two aura infused fists into Andrew's chest.
The ground practically shook as Ed and Yatsuhashi's weapons clashed, the strength of these two titans being immense. "Snap out of it my friend! Do not let Vilgax's dark power control your thoughts! They are your thoughts to have, and no one else's!" But Ed's attempts were in vain as he was forced to block another swing of Yatsuhashi's blade. Suddenly, Ed took a strong fist to the face that sent him sprawling across the forest floor. Ed opened his eyes and rolled out of the way, seconds before Yatsuhashi's sword collided with the ground.
Vilgax smirked arrogantly with crossed arms as he watched the two teams battle one another. He found this to be more enjoyable than simply crushing his enemies: making them turn on and destroy one another.
Just then, he heard a small growling sound coming from behind him. Turning, Vilgax raised a (metaphorical) eyebrow at the small Grimm youngling that stood there growling at him. Vilgax unsheathed his sword, believing that the tiny (pathetic) Grimm would flee. To his surprise, the youngling actually leaped up and attacked! Vilgax roared and dropped his weapon as the youngling sunk its fangs into his face. Vilgax angrily grabbed the youngling and threw it to the ground. Shaking off its damage, the youngling leapt to the side in time to avoid being stomped on. Vilgax fired the laser from his glove, to which the youngling responded by jumping into the air.
Seeing something shining from Andrew's body catching its eye, the youngling sped past Vilgax and began running to the blonde boy. As Andrew turned to summon his staff back to his hand, the youngling crashed into his waist. "What the hell?" Looking, his saw that the youngling had a yellow crystal in its mouth: lightning dust. To his surprise, the youngling chucked the crystal in the air before actually eating it! The youngling's outer eyes began to glow yellow (its inner eyes remained red) and a small yellow crystal grew out of its back as it grew in size a bit. As GABE and Vilgax were shocked by this development, the youngling took the opportunity to leap over twenty feet into the air. Suddenly, its entire body began to glow yellow in color (the bright light contradicting with its black fur) before actual bolts of lightning shot out from its body. The bolts found their targets in CVFY, striking all four of them with perfect accuracy. They let out pained grunts as the electricity flowed through their entire body, not powerful enough to break their auras but enough to immobilize them. As the lightning ceased, the members of CVFY fell to the ground. Unconscious.
GABE and Vilgax were completely shocked by this development, not only by the abilities of this Grimm but also the fact that it actually saved GABE. A Grimm...saved them! Vilgax was clenching his fists so tight that he nearly drew blood, "You wretched...little," as Vilgax raised his arm to blast the youngling, a fireball suddenly struck him in the arm. Vilgax yelled and grabbed his smoking arm before looking up to lock eyes with Ed, who smiled and waved as he held his red glowing spatula.
Godzilla stepped foward, glaring at Vilgax with his piercing yellow eyes, "Mind Games!"
Ben activated his watch before slapping on the symbol and disappearing in a flash of green light, "BRAINSTORM!" Quickly, the plates on Brainstorm's head opened and revealed his massive brain. Yellow lightning sprouted foward from his brain and ensnared Vilgax before the tyrant could react. He pulled Vilgax towards them, just as Andrew leaped foward towards him. He grabbed Vilgax by the chest and delivered a strong uppercut, its power sending Vilgax soaring into the sky. Andrew was quick to follow, taking into the air at incredible speeds. Vilgax was unable to react in the air to avoid having his head grabbed by Andrew and punched across the face. He flew downward towards the warlord, throwing punch after punch as he followed his opponent. As they both grew closer to the ground, Andrew flew out of the way and it gave Brainstorm the signal he needed.
He opened up his skull once again, his brain crackling with electricity. With a yell, he shot forth a massive beam of lightning nearly as wide as a Beowulf. Vilgax barely had enough time to put his arms in front of him and focus his aura as he collided with the beam. He crashed onto the ground, glaring as he stood up.
"Muscle Hustle!" Vilgax readied his sword as Godzilla and Ed ran towards him at inhuman speeds. Godzilla moved up and narrowly ducked under a sword slash from Vilgax before driving a punch into his gut. He then grabbed Vilgax by the arm and chucked him into Ed, who sent him back with a strong kick to the side. What began then was a back and forth between the two fauna as they punched and/or kicked Vilgax back to the other. Soon after this cycle, Godzilla squatted and slapped Vilgax upwards with his tail. Ed was quick to act, leaping up and dropped his elbow down on Vilgax's chest while shouting "Elbow drop!"
Vilgax was only able to smack Ed away before the pain shot through his body and he snarled upon seeing the guardians begin to surround him. GABE had grown even more powerful than he imagined. He'd been focusing too much on helping the Fang's plans as opposed to honing his own skills. He knew that he had to flee, but this was NOT a mistake he intended to repeat.
As GABE moved in, Vilgax raised his fist into the air before firing his laser into the ground. The energy surged through the ground and caused an explosion, sending the guardians flying back and coating the area in smoke.
"BEN!" Godzilla called out.
"ON IT!" There was a bright flash from within the smoke before the others suddenly felt an intense wind. Within seconds, all of the smoke had been cleared and revealed Ben's form.
He was a large turtle-like creature with flipper-like arms and stumpy legs. He had eight holes on his light brown chest, a large shell on his back that was a similar shade of brown, and light green skin. He had green eyes and the symbol on his chest, "TERRASPIN!" Said alien looked around for a minute before sighing, not seeing the tyrant anywhere, "Damn," he slapped the symbol, turning back to normal, "Looks like that bastard gave us the slip." Godzilla clenched his fists before turning around and punching a tree, which cracked along the trunk before it soon fell over.
He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. Looking over to CVFY, he saw that they started to stir, "Are you guys okay?"
"I think," Coco held her head, standing up but staggering for a bit. "What...the hell happened?"
Godzilla put a hand on her shoulder to try and steady her, "What do you remember?"
"Um...I remember us fighting that Vilgax guy. As much as I hate to admit it, but he was kicking our ass. Then...I can't remember what happened after his eyes started to glow this unnatural purple color."
"Where is he?" Yatsuhashi spoke, "Did he get away?"
Andrew sighed, "Unfortunately. He's a coward. Starting this fight and pitting us against one another, yet running away when he's outclassed." Suddenly, they all heard a yelp. Looking down, they the Grimm youngling sitting there and looking up at them with those wide red eyes.
"WAIT!" Ed spread his arms out in front of CVFY as they readied their weapons.
Fox stared at him like he had three heads, "What do you mean wait?! That's a Grimm!"
"Yes," Ed admitted, "But he helped us."
"WHAT?!" All of CVFY screamed.
"He's right," Ben sided with his teammate. "At first, it didn't even attack us. And while we were all fighting each other, not only did it attack Vilgax but it also took some of Andrew's lightning dust."
"How'd it do that?" Velvet asked.
"It's a Dustwolf, its a species of Grimm that has the ability to absorb dust. Whenever they're hit by a dust attack or eat some dust, their able to use that particular dust in combat." Feeling something on his leg, he looked and saw the Dustwolf rubbing its head against his leg. It looked up at him and actually smiled! Visibly surprised, Ben knelt down and slowly put his hand on its head. He started petting it, and the Dustwolf rubbed its head on his palm. "I guess its kind of cute."
A light suddenly went off in Ed's head, "Oh! Let's take it with us!"
"WHAT?!" Was the response of everyone except for Ben, who was still petting the Dustwolf with a small smile.
"Come on, it's different from other Grimm! And its powers are so cool!"
"Surely you can't be serious," Godzilla's usually calm expression was pretty much gone by his surprise.
Ed suddenly got to the ground and clasped his hands in front of him, "Can we keep them Godzilla?! Can we?! Can we?! PLEASE!" Godzilla looked to his other two teammates for some help. Ben didn't seem to have a problem with it, while Andrew was a little less certain.
"Ed," Andrew was trying to word his thoughts the best he could, "What makes you so sure that we can trust this Grimm? That it wouldn't, say, attack us in our sleep?"
"You saw how it acted Andrew. I can tell that it's different from other Grimm." Andrew still had his doubts, but he did trust Ed. Plus, his positive nature on the subject was so strong that it was nearly infectious.
On the other side of things, Coco couldn't believe what she was hearing, "You guys can't seriously be considering this. You're talking about, essentially, adopting a Grimm!"
"It does seem pretty sweet," Coco turned to the sound of Velvet's voice and saw that she was petting the Dustwolf. Fox started doing so too and it was even rubbing against Yatsuhashi's legs, who looked on with a small smile.
"Guys!"
"Come on Coco," Velvet picked the Dustwolf up in her arms, "Based on what Ed said, this Grimm really is different from others. I may not know how, but it really seems to be the truth." The Dustwolf barked before panting like a dog, staring at Coco with those warm red eyes that were completely devoid of any negative emotions.
Although Coco looked tough and distant, her eyes were beginning to falter from behind her sunglasses. Aw man, it's cute. Why did it have to be cute?!
Ed was in front of his leader again, "PLEEEEEEEEEEASE?!"
Godzilla's eye was beginning to twitch before he sighed, "No one else outside of the eight of us can know." Ed's eyes widened before he put on a big smile, "Not Goodwitch, Aasim, or Ozpin. NO ONE until further notice. And if it," he pointed to the Dustwolf, "messes up even SLIGHTLY, we're letting go. I had BETTER not regret thus."
"OH HAPPY DAY!" Ed threw his arms up and grabbed Godzilla in a (bone crushing) hug.
"Yeah, yeah, everyone is happy. NOW PUT ME DOWN!" Ed did just that, and Godzilla stretched out his arms and back. He saw Coco staring at him with a smirk, "Not a word from you Adel." She didn't say anything, but the smirk didn't leave her face. "Alright then, I'm going to call our pilot. Ed, hide the Grimm."
Ed saluted, "Yes sir!" He picked up the Dustwolf and placed it into his jacket. The youngling moved around for a bit in Ed's coat (causing the gentle giant to laugh and yell out "That tickles!") before popping up next to his neck. It panted as they all stared at it, a smile eventually breaking out on everyone's faces.
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GABE and CVFY had gotten back hours ago to report their progress to Ozpin. After doing so (and successfully hiding the youngling from Ozpin), the two teams had said their goodbyes and headed off their rooms. Coco, remembering what Godzilla said about their lives getting a little mundane, said that the two teams should spar together sometimes. It'll give GABE something new to do, and allow CVFY to test themselves against powerful opponents.
"Well, that was an...interesting day," Andrew commented as he jumped onto his bed, sighing as he did so.
Ben chuckled before taking a seat on his bed, "I'll say." He then turned to look at the Dustwolf, who was searching around the room, "Soooooooo, should we give him a name or something? It'd be easier than just calling him "Grimm" or "youngling" or something."
Andrew sat up, "You make a fair point. So, anybody have any ideas?"
"OH, OH!" Ed picked up the youngling, "How about...Red?" The youngling looked at him for a second before shaking its head.
"Alright, then how about...," Ben pondered for a moment, "Rex?" Again, it nodded.
"How about something like...Dark?" Andrew suggested, but it nodded.
Godzilla sat on his bed, "What about Fang?" Another nod. The four boys retreated into silence to think further about this matter. The youngling watched as endless seconds seemed to tick by.
"Oh, I GOT IT!" Ed suddenly exclaimed, "Fenrir," he motioned with his arms in front of the youngling. It stared at him for a few seconds before jumping up and down, and barking excitedly. It then leapt into Ed's arms, tackled him to the ground, and started licking him repeatedly. Ed was laughing hysterically while Andrew, Ben, and even Godzilla were smirking.
Perhaps Ed made a good point, Godzilla thought as he saw Fenrir leaping and running around the room. There's something different about this particular Grimm. Maybe this wasn't as bad of an idea as I thought.
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Aasim stood outside of Beacon academy, staring up at the shattered moon in the sky. He hadn't been feeling confident since his talk with Absalom. They're all so sure that it's over.
"Sir," Aasim turned to see a man standing behind him dressed in dark clothing. "We've been examining White Fang activity as instructed. They're planning something, but we don't currently know the one at the top."
"Thank you David. Tell the others to slow the search, but don't give it up."
"Yes sir," David disappeared into the shadows, leaving Aasim alone with his thoughts.
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Vilgax calmly walked over to an Ursa strapped to a metal table, roaring and struggling to free itself. Many of the White Fang were VERY uncertain about Vilgax's plan to capture Grimm. They couldn't see the benefit of doing so, but none were brave enough to defy his orders.
He took out a syringe from his belt and stabbed it into the Ursa's neck, smirking a bit as it roared in pain. He filled the syringe with a black liquid that he pulled from the Grimm's body: its blood. He took it out and examined the substance before pulling out his red laser pistol from his belt and shooting the Ursa through the skull. Walking towards a metal table behind him and picked up a small vial. He poured the syringe's contents into the vial before holding it up and smirking.
"Interesting science experiment" Vilgax looked behind him to see a strange man walking from the shadows. He was a tall man with pale skin and bright red hair that was spiked backwards. He wore a black trench coat with a red and white symbol on the left side with flame-like designs on the bottom and a wilted rose emblem on his back over a dark red shirt. He had on black pants, shoes, and gloves with red designs on the forehands. He wore a White Fang mask that covered his eyes and upper face which gave him a sense of mystery, while the two bull horns on his head and the katana strapped to his waist showed him as a dangerous warrior. He seemed to radiate an aura of power and darkness.
Vilgax quickly attached the vial to his belt, "Who are you? I don't recognize you boy."
The man's eye twitched at the word "boy" but he spoke, "High Leader Kahn sent me as she was beginning to have...doubts at your slow pace. She figured that you could use some help. That's where I come in"
Vilgax's fist clenched, but his face remained stone, "And who might you be exactly?"
"Adam Tauros." This got Vilgax's attention.
"Yes, I've heard of you. You're very respected across the organization. And I hear you're quite a force you be reckoned with. But so was Barret, and I'm sure you're aware of what happened to him."
Adam's fists clenched, "Yes, I am. Barret was a friend of mine. That's why I'm here, I'll avenge his death," his left hand grabbed the hilt of his katana, "By killing those four responsible.
(Author's Note Annnnnnd scene! Hope you enjoyed.
I decided to bring in Team CVFY as a means of holding you guys over until more main characters are introduced. In case you're wondering why CVFY couldn't defeat Vilgax when GABE forced him to retreat, it's because they've mainly been training for the last seven months. More than likely, they'll be more powerful than most Beacon teams. And don't worry, CVFY will return. And will get some payback.
I hope you enjoyed Vilgax's semblance of Mind Control. His personality is that of a character who manipulates others for his own gains, so Mind Control seems like it'd make sense for his semblance.
Hope you liked GABE's few team attacks. Yes, there will be others in the future. Feel free to let me know of any other team attacks that you can think of. Just remember that, if the team attack involves Ben then specify which alien he uses.
Two new species of Grimm: Boltfangs and Dustwolves. I've already established Boltfangs as an EXTREMELY dangerous species of Grimm, while Dustwolves are very tricky to defeat they grow in power and size when hit by a dust attack. They're like a sub-species of Beowulves who've evolved over the countless centuries where their bodies have become immune to dust and can absorb an IMMENSE amount of power from it.
Speaking of Dustwolves, GABE basically adopted one:) I've read a few stories that involve Grimm being taken in by the heroes, and have even played around with the idea in other stories ideas. Here's my reasoning: as you know, Grimm get smarter and stronger as they age. They were created by the god of darkness (or Kek) to destroy his brother's creation. But what if a Grimm's hatred of all other life wasn't actually genetic, but it's predominantly learned throughout their lives? The Grimm that followed them is a youngling, essentially a child, so it hasn't properly learned how to hate humanity, faunuskind, and all of forms of life. THAT'S why it's so much different from other Grimm. That's my reasoning. Hope you liked the name Fenrir by the way.
What's Aasim's deal? And who is this David guy? The answer...coming soon.
Why is the White Fang capturing Grimm? And what does Vilgax need their blood for? More answers to come soon.
Adam fucking Tauros. Yep, I've introduced him. And yes, the guardians WILL have to face him soon. Looks like he wants revenge this time.
One thing I should mention is that this story will have some changes on traditional RWBY canon. A couple of canon things about the RWBY universe will be changed. Why? Because I thought of idea beforehand. I'm just letting you guys know.
I'm sure at least some of heard about the school shooting in Florida yesterday. Truly depressing. My heart goes out to those who suffered because of this horrible event, and may the victims rest in peace.