Here we go again ladies and gentlemen.
To say I was in a panic would be the understatement of the year, I had just seen one of my dearest friends die in a vision of the future, this has only happened a few other times in my life, and unfortunately they have all come true in the past.
I have never been able to control it in my youth, as it comes by so uncommonly, though I have worked out this much, it only happens when I ave direct contact with someone who is going to die, some time in the near future, so I don't see someones death if it is still years to come.
One more problematic fact of whatever this is, I have never been able to prevent someones death once I've seen it, and believe me I have tried.
I was holding my flaming hand to my ear, I was talking to my dad, seeking advice or guidance in this grim matter.
"Dad I need your help, Seeing peoples deaths isn't exactly normal." Panic vibrating through my voice.
"Jason, you are not normal, you are one of the only spawns to be conceived, also you have a dragons soul resonating within you, it's only natural for there to be some un-foreseen abilities or gifts." He reasoned.
"Non of this is natural dad, absolutely nothing about this is natural." I jabbed.
"... Point taken... But what do you want me to do about it?" He queried.
"Well you know, you're the king of hell, you are the most powerful of our kind, I was just hoping there would be some way you could HELP ME!" I yelled.
"Hmm... Nope, sorry can't think of anything." He replied in an agonisingly, nonchalant tone.
"Knew I should've called mum." I shook my hand, dissipating the flames, and ending the call.
I paced back and forth through out the alleyway, I needed something to cool me off, I needed a way to calm myself down, I needed an outlet.
I pulled out my scroll and messaged my team, informing them I was going to be out of contact for the time being.
'I need to get out of the city, I need to kill something.' I thought to myself, before kicking off and sprinting through the streets of Vale.
I weaved in and out between pedestrians, making sure not to hurt anyone in my panic, It wasn't too long before I found myself at the walls surrounding the cities, they were tall, and well reinforced.
I didn't waste my time admiring the architecture of a security measure, I made my way up the wall as fast as I could, once I reached the top I searched, I looked far out into the wilderness around the city walls, searching for any highly concentrated areas of Grimm activity.
I stopped my gaze on a small opening between the trees, I could see a lone Beowolf gingerly lurking around, not really paying attention to anything, this would have to do for now.
I dove from the wall and plummeted towards the ground, creating a small crater as I landed, I then took off in a sprint, homing in on the lone Beowolf, he came into view, I was closing in on my prey, my speed picked up to a dangerous velocity.
It turned just in time to see me, but not soon enough to protect itself, I ran my fist clean through its skull, and continued forward until I thoroughly embedded the beast into the closest tree trunk.
I pulled my fist out of the tree and through the creatures now dissolving head, I shook off my hand, watching as the beast dissipated into nothing but black smoke.
I look around for more opponents, quickly spotting black fur through the tree line, I darted towards it, baring my claws as I ran, This time the beast took notice of me pretty early on, it arched its head up and let out a vulgar howl, alerting any other nearby Grimm of it's location and supposed prey.
As it brought its head back down, I closed my hand around its throat, It tried to swipe at me but didn't have the chance, I lifted the creature over my head and swung it around like a toy doll, I continued until its arm gave out, separating from its torso, the monsters body took off at great speed and quickly turned into a puddle as it collided with a tree.
I was about to attempt seeking out more foes, but I didn't have to, thanks to that Beowolves howl, the whole pack had arrived to see what all the commotion was about.
Beast after beast emerged from the trees and shrubbery, baring their claws and jagged teeth, some growling, some sneering and of course the occasional hiss... Wait... Hiss?
I turned around to witness a King Taijitu rise up above me.
"Come on pal, where's your friend." I taunted... Maybe a little too soon though.
There was a dragging sound behind me, followed by a bone chilling hiss, I turned to see the King Taijitu's twin looming above me.
"Oh... There it is..." I grinned.
Several Days Later.
It's been days now, no sleep, no rest, no technology, no civilisation... Nothing but solitude, brutality and grimm.
I was sat in a cave, staring at the entrance, just watching for any movement that might be considered hostile, the was a fire roaring behind me, flames aggressively rupturing from the stone floor... My "Demonic" Or "Devilish" abilities tend to come in handy in times like these.
It has been days without any contact with my teammates, my friends... Blake...
I've had my scroll with me the entire time but had it switched off, I didn't want any distractions during my battles... But it's been sitting on my mind lately, I keep thinking about them... All of them.
I shook off the thoughts for now, just in time to take notice of the very large and loud bulkhead flying overhead... Scratch that, several large and loud bulkheads all heading towards Vale, or more specifically, Vales shipping and docking district.
It didn't seem important so I ignored it, the thoughts bean to creep back into my mind.
"I suppose it wouldn't hurt to check up on everyone." I reached for my scroll and switched it on.
I was instantly bombarded with message notifications.
'Dude where are you? no-ones seen you all day, message me when you get this. ~ Desmond.'
'Jason are you okay? We haven't heard from you in a couple of days, let us know if you're alright. ~ Terra.'
'Jason, we are concerned for your safety, please contact us. ~ Ghost.'
'Hey, you missed it the other day, Jaune took on an Ursa all by himself and won, I think Pyrrha wanted to try training him, but I don't know if they have started yet or not, either way, he had a long way to come... Haven't talked to you in a few days, how are you? ~ Blake.
'Okay I really need someone to talk to, a lot of stuff went down with my team, message me when you get this. ~ Blake.'
'Please call me soon, we're still arguing, we're headed back to the dorm, but I don't see this going well tonight. ~ Blake.'
"Ah crap... I should get back to town." I talked to myself.
I was about to leave, but stopped for a second, I turned and stomped on the cave floor, forcing the fire to retreat back into it's pit.
"Safety first kids."
I took off in a sprint, darting towards the town, breaking branches as I ran through the brush.
It was getting dark, Blake sent that message hours ago, I need to see if she's okay.
It wasn't long before I made it to the city walls, The gates were shut down for some reason, the were guards on... Well on guard, They usually only get like this when something major takes place, The last time they looked this serious was the last Grimm 'invasion.'
I say it like that because they never actually made it into the city, Local law enforcement and some helpful Hunters and Huntresses were able to keep the beasts at bay.
Either way they wouldn't be letting me by any time soon, I walked along the outside wall for a while, looking for a gap in the security, no matter how strong your forces are, no matter the security you think you have, there is always a gap, a passage, a whole the enemy can worm their way through.
I looked to the top of the wall were there should have been some guards, to my luck however there wasn't, I took the advantage and started to scale the wall quickly, I was about halfway up when I noticed a patrol making their rounds overhead, I waited for an opportunity to slip by un-noticed, Then continued into Vale.
I pulled out my scroll and shot Blake a message.
'Hey, just got into town, sorry for not replying, where are you right now?'
I only had to wait a few minutes before getting a response.
'Finally, I'm in my dorm, kind of fighting with my teammate. ~ Blake.'
'Do you want to meet up somewhere, maybe just walking away for a bit will let you cool down?'
This time I had to wait a fair bit for a reply, though from what it said, one could guess why.
'I need to talk to you right now, are you at Beacon? ~ Blake.'
'I'll be there in a few minutes, where do you want to meet?'
Her answer was almost instant.
'Courtyard. ~ Blake.'
'On my way.'
I slipped my scroll back into my pocket and made my way to the base of the cliff below Beacon, I couldn't wait for the airships boarding times, so I took the matter into my own hands... Literally.
I projected my claws and dug them into the stony cliff face, and began to make my way upward, I didn't take too long with my climbing, this was Blake after all, in the short time I've known her, There's something about her... Something I can't put my finger on... Even though we haven't really talked that much, face to face.
Anyway, I made it to the top of the cliff, I hurried over to the courtyard, As I ran the statue in the middle of the courtyard began to come into view, as did a certain female faunus, with a look of distress upon her face.
"Blake!" I called out.
Her head popped up to her name, she looked back and forth searching for the source of the calling, her eyes settled on me as I got closer, she waved with what looked like a relieved smile.
I ran up and gave her a warm smile.
"Howdy stranger." I joked... Not really to her liking, I'm guessing from her reaction.
I caught a solid fist to the shoulder, this was quickly followed by a wince from the poor girl, she took her hand back and shook it.
"What the hell, where have you been?... And why does my hand hurt so much now?" She asked frantically.
"Look I'm sorry I haven't been answering your messages, I've been out of town recently... So to speak... I completely blocked out all outside contact, with anyone, I just... I had some things I needed to work out for myself... As for the arm I don't know, maybe you're not as strong as you think you are." I teased.
She huffed at me and looked away, a little dramatically, But it wasn't long until reality began to set in again, and I could see the pained look she had on her face.
"So what happened?" I asked.
She hung her head a little... Not wanting to meet my gaze.
"I had an argument with Weiss." She stated, to which I gestured for her to continue.
"I guess I should start from the beginning..." She started.
One Lengthy Explanation Later.
"... Then she called them murderers, and I... I said something stupid..." She hesitated.
"What did you say?" I asked.
"... I said... Maybe we were just tired of being pushed around..." She stopped.
"Wait so you... And the White Fang... I see." I processed this information for a moment, before replying.
"You know they don't care right?" I asked.
"What?" She stared at me with confusion in her eyes.
"Well I've met both Ruby and Yang, and they don't seem like the type of people to really care that you were in the White Fang, you're their friend Blake, they only care that you are okay, that you're not out there trying to get arrested or hurting innocent people, as for Weiss... Well she might seem like she's upset right now, but she'll come around, she's nothing like her father in that manner." I stated.
"Wait her father?... What does he have to do with this?" She asked.
"Well if he were in this situation he wouldn't forgive you in a million years, but Weiss is nothing like her father, sure she can seem proper, entitled or down right snooty, but on the inside she has a heart of gold... You just gotta dig deep enough." I smiled.
"I sincerely doubt that." She remarked.
"Lets back up a bit, you mentioned seeing another faunus today, the one that seemed to start this whole ordeal, tell me about them." My curiosity peeked.
"Oh him? I guess you could look at it that way, but he didn't really do much, Weiss just commented on him and that started it all." She replied.
"Okay, ell what animal trait did he have?" I asked.
"He had a monkeys tail." She answered.
"Let me guess, blonde hair, rolled up jeans, open shirt... Possibly running from the authorities?" I enquired.
"Uh... Yeah actually... It looked like he stowed away on a ship to get to Vale." She remarked.
I chuckled to myself.
"I think I know the one you're talking about."
"What?" She sounded surprised.
"In fact..." I reached up toward the statue that sat in the middle of the courtyard, I took a hold of something and gave it a quick tug.
A quick yelp resonated from atop the statue.
"I think this is the one you were talking about?" I assumed, pointing towards the blonde haired, monkey faunus that was now peeking over the top of the statue.
"Uh... Hi?" She spoke somewhat absently, or baffled.
"Hey." The monkey faunus waved.
"Sun, what's this about you stowing away on a ship?" I asked.
"Oh come on Jason, you know it's my style." He dropped from the statue.
"Delinquency is not a style." I remarked.
"Exactly, it's a way of life." He chuckled to himself.
"You know one of these days you're gonna get caught, and I won't bail you out this time."
"Oh come on Jay Jay, I'm too cute to be left to rot in a prison cell." He joked.
"I don't know what I'm gonna do with you." I chuckled.
"You mean apart from have an awesome life?" He smiled.
"Whatever helps you sleep at night Sun." I looked back to Blake who just seemed enthralled in our conversation.
"Sorry, where are my manners, Blake this is Sun, he moved from Vacuo to Mistral to go to their equivalent of Beacon, he's down here for the Vital Festival Tournament no doubt?" I encouraged him to take over.
"Uh no actually, I'm here to WIN the tournament." He mused.
"Right... Good luck with that." Blake seemed a little distant, then again I couldn't blame her, with everything she's been going through today.
"I've got an idea, lets all walk and talk, Sun you and I need to catch up, and you two should learn a little about each other, I think you two can be really good friends for one another." I gestured for them to follow me.
"Come on, I know a great little tea shop in Vale, it's sure to ease you two up a bit."
Later.
"So let me get this straight... You were part of the White Fang before they were the violent extremists they are today, and you left them once you realised they were beginning to become violent, and now you're dedicating your life to becoming a huntress so you can hopefully right some wrongs in your life." Sun recapped.
"That's the basics of the situation, yes." Blake replied.
Sun paused for a moment, processing everything he had just heard, before replying.
"Cool." Was his response.
"Cool?... After all that, just... Cool?" She replied a little baffled.
"Relax, Sun's always been a 'go with the flow' kind of guy." I interjected.
"Hey if you don't go with the flow, you know what that makes you?... A salmon... And I'll be damned if I let someone call me a fish and get away with it." Sun growled in a somewhat serious tone... Could he really be that passionate about not being called a fish?
"Are you sure this guys all there... upstairs?" She whispered to me.
"I'm pretty sure he is... Don't quote me on that though." I replied.
"Hey what are you guys talking about over there?" Sun perked up, happy as ever.
"Uh... Blake was just saying that you seem like an interesting character." I lied.
"Oh did she now?" He swooned with a wink.
"Take it easy Sun, you just met her." I told him sternly.
"Alright, alright chill, I see you called dibs." He smirked.
"W-WHAT! I DID NOT CALL DIBS ON HER!"I stood and shouted at him.
"Oh you totally did dude, I can see it on your face." He teased.
"I'm warning you Sun... You don't want this to go down like last time..." My voice carried a certain chilling sensation to it.
Sun slowly stood from his seat, leaned toward me, hands on the table, looked me dead in the eye with a confident grin on his face.
"Bring it."
The next thing I knew, Sun and myself were on the floor, entangled in each others arms, it was a little unfair since he had the tail and all, but in the end I was able to pin him, holding his wrists together with one hand, holding his tail with the other, and sitting on his back to hold him to the floor, with all the other patrons scared and confused as to what we were doing.
"Do you submit?" I asked.
"I give, I give... You win." He chuckled on the ground.
I let go of him and stood up grinning in my victory.
"Hey guys... When I was stowed away on that ship, I overheard some guy talking about a shipment of dust coming in, and I know the White Fang have been taking scores on dust lately... You guys thinkin maybe?" He suggested, while still laying on the floor.
"I don't think the White Fang are behind this though." Blake stood her ground.
"Well... The only way to prove that they didn't do it... Is to go to the place where they would most likely go if they were to do it... And not find them there... Right?" Sun suggested.
"And you think the most likely place would be the docks, for this shipment you spoke of?" I asked.
"That's right." He agreed.
"How big of a shipment are we talking about here?" Blake asked.
"Huge, big Schnee company freighter." He stretched his arms to make his point.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
Even Later.
Blake and I were staked out on a nearby rooftop of one of the many warehouses along the docks, we were watching for any sign of an attempt on the Schnee dust shipment, but so far nothing.
"Maybe Sun was wrong about this one, I mean it's just been sitting there for hours now." I spoke quietly.
"Maybe... But we have to make sure." She replied.
"Did I miss anything?" Sun's voice called out quietly from our right.
"No, it's just been sitting there, still no movement." I replied.
"Cool, I stole us all some food." He smiled, as we noticed the mound of apples in his arms.
"Do you always break the law without a second thought?" Blake asked sarcastically.
"Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?" He fired back.
"Dude?" I glared at him over Blake.
"Okay, too soon." He backed off with a grin.
At that moment a huge gust of wind blew over us, accompanied by the sound of roaring turbines, I looked up to see one of the many bulkheads I saw earlier flying towards Vale, it flew over towards the containers and set down just next to them.
The side doors opened up and out stepped several armed faunus, all sporting white vests with red wolf heads printed on them with three red strikes through them, as well as a grimm like face mask.
"Oh no." Blake sighed to herself.
"That's them isn't it...?" I asked.
"Yes..." She replied filled with sorrow.
"Wait, wait, wait guys... Look." Sun pointed down to a man emerging from the bulkhead, barking orders at the faunus, as they tried to secure one of the containers to the big aerial craft.
"This isn't right... The White Fang would never take orders from a human... Especially not one like that." She stood up and unsheathed her weapon, she leaped off the roof and rushed over to the man shouting orders.
"Hey what are you doing!?" Sun and I called in unison.
"I'm going after her." I said as I rolled off the roof and took cover behind some containers.
"Dude!" He called out behind me, but I took no notice, I was more focused on keeping myself hidden.
I sat against one of the containers, poking my head around the corner, searching for Blake, I found her rather quick... As she was stood behind the behind the human, with her sword t his throat, babbling something about the White Fang and scum.
"Oh kid, didn't ya get the memo?" He asked.
"What are you talking about?" She asked back.
"Well the White Fang and I are going in on a joint venture together." He mussed.
"Tell me what it is, or I'll end your little operation right now." She threatened.
She was cut off by the roars of several other Bulkheads pulling in above her, it was hard to hear, but I could just make out what the guy said.
"I wouldn't call it a little operation." He smirked.
While she was distracted by the small air-fleet above her, the human struck, setting off a rather large explosion directly behind himself.
Blake went flying away from the man, who seemed unfazed by the explosion, leaving a huge puff of smoke in its wake.
I rushed out from my cover and sped towards the human, I summoned Chaoseater from her pits, wielding her whilst coated in magma.
I stopped short of the man and slammed Chaoseater into the ground, sending a shock wave at the enemy.
He stumbled about, confused as to what happened, when his eyes rested on me.
"Not smart kid." He shouted as he pointed his cane at me.
A bright red shot came flying out of the end of his cane and was headed right for me with a high pitched whistle.
I rolled out of the way, as the shot sailed past me, and collided with one of the containers, setting off another huge explosion.
I took off for cover to gather my thoughts, I looked back and he was making his way towards me, when he stopped short.
A banana peel landed on his hat, he shook it off and looked up to the culprit, just in time to catch Suns feet to his face.
"Leave them alone." He spoke sternly, he quickly found himself surrounded however.
"You are not the brightest banana in the bunch, are ya kid?" The man smirked to himself.
I was about to rush out and back Sun up... But didn't end up needing to.
Sun took on about seven or eight of the goons all by himself, pulling out his weapon and letting it unfold quickly, into its Bo staff form.
He swiftly took out all the henchmen by himself, the main guy got tired of watching his henchmen get their butts kicked and decided to join in, he took a shot at Sun who was able to easily block it, by spinning his staff around and letting it absorb the blow for him.
At this point Blake rushed in for her attack, seeming a lot more determined to make him pay for abusing her friends in the White Fang.
"He's mine!" She shouted as she rushed in and gave the man a flurry of attacks, slashing from left to right, right to left, up and down and all around, yet he seemed to be able to block the majority of her attacks, even landing a few of his own on her, right before knocking her out of the way, to which Sun replied with his own barrage of explosive attacks.
Sun separated his staff into its dual wielding for of gun-chucks.
I've always admired his weapon, it was a combination of a Bo staff, Nun-chucks and sawn-off shotguns with explosive shells as the ammunition.
He went up against the man with his nun-chucks, whilst simultaneously firing off shots from the shotguns as he attacked, I took the opportunity to rush over to Blake, I let her in on an idea I had,to which she agreed.
I told her to hold onto Chaoseater's broad side, whilst I swung her around, I took note of Suns condition, he was holding up well, but not seeming to land a single blow on the man, I spun Blake around with great velocity and signalled for her to let go.
She went flying towards the enemy, and right over Suns back as he finished his assault, as she did, she was able to catch the enemy off guard and land a solid kick on his face, sending him falling backwards with a grunt.
He got up and fired a shot at a container that was suspended above us, I grabbed Blake and pulled her back as Sun rolled forward to avoid getting crushed by the huge mass, we were cut off from each other and Sun was in trouble.
Luckily the guy was distracted by a young voice in the distance.
"Hey!" The voice called.
I couldn't see what was happening since I was on the other side of the container, I made my way around to see Ruby standing on a distant rooftop.
"Oh hello red, isn't it past your bed time?" He mocked.
I couldn't really tell from the distance but it looked like someone was up there with Ruby, they had distracted her for a second and this other guy took the chance to fire at her, she wasn't quick enough to react in time and was hit with a direct shot.
I was about to rush out and take the guy down for hurting Ruby, but stopped once I saw her... A orange haired girl on top of the roof, right where Ruby was, had just emerged with what looked like several swords floating behind her.
She leaped off the roof and collided with the concrete floor, all while these swords were floating behind her, she would move in these elegant ways that would move the swords to her will.
She swiftly took out multiple White Fang thugs with the blades, all while not actually cutting any of them, just knocking them out.
A few of the bulkheads that were still hovering above took aim on the girl and began to fire their high calibre rounds at her, she shrugged it off though and ended up repelling back behind her, to a safe distance... Then it started.
From the distance it looked like a green ball of energy, I saw Sun take the chance to bail, not wanting to get involved with whatever she was, I couldn't blame him either.
The next thing I know there's a giant beam of this green energy, ejecting out from this girl, the beam split into several and ended up cutting through two of the bulkheads like butter.
"What the hell is this girl?" I asked myself.
I watched as one of the bulkheads tried to escape with one of the containers, but the girl was on that one in seconds, she shot her swords into the side of the ship and started easing backwards, it was as if she was attached to the blades with wires, she pulled and pulled, eventually yanking the entire ship down, container and all, causing it to crash and explode against the sine floor of the docks.
I was so enthralled by the battle that I hadn't noticed the enemy trying to escape, he had boarded the last bulkhead and they began to take off, I tried to stop him by slashing my Chaoseater at him, sending a wave of chaotic energy toward the bulkhead, but was merely able to hit one of the engines, enough to damage it, but not enough to stop it.
I sighed to myself then went to check if everyone was alright.
"Sun, Blake, you two okay?" I called.
They both moved out from cover and nodded their heads towards me, I looked over and saw Ruby and this girl walking towards us.
"Ruby, you alright?" I yelled to her.
"I'm fine." She replied.
"And you uh... Laser girl... Are you alright?" I asked as they got closer.
"I'm wonderful, thank-you for asking, how about you?" She asked... Sounding oddly chipper, considering what just went down.
"Um... I'm fine... Thanks..." I replied.
"Sen-sational." She replied, again really happily.
It wasn't long before the sounds of sirens ad flashing lights began to roll around to our position.
"Well... This should be fun..."
Oh my god it feels so good to be back in action, I have had some serious writers block for ages now, I hate when it happens so so so so so so so much grrrrrrrrrrrr.
But either way I am back, I hope you all enjoyed this Instalment of my take on the RWBY series, that's volume 1 out of the way, onto volume 2, and most likely some of my own story arcs, hehehehe I get all giddy just thinking about where I'm taking this story, YEAH BABY XD
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