In this chapter, Team NRDS are going to enter the sewers. Sure enough, they're going to be fighting some Grimm down there. Nothing too dangerous...although we're going to be featuring a few new Grimm types or two.
Meanwhile, Yang and Cardin are going out to kill some Grimm of their own...including Boarbatusk. Why not feature them? I figured I would feature more than Team NRDS this time. I'm also going to feature Team PWBR since they could use some screen time too.
Chapter 10: Down In The Sewers
Russel, Dove, and Sky ventured into the sewers along with Nora. They had thirty minutes to hunt down as many Grimm as they could so that people could safely flush the toilet without a Grimm taking a bite out of their butts.
To think that this was all because Nora decided to drink Dr. Oobleck's coffee. Apparently giving Nora caffeine wasn't such a good idea. She was as energetic as it was.
They found it to be rather frightening, to say the very least. Of course, Professor Oobleck said that the Grimm shouldn't be dangerous to them if they worked together...so they should be fine.
On the other hand, they were prone to running when the situation got tough...but he probably wouldn't put up with that. He really expected more from them than to pull childish pranks, especially on the people that were teaching them.
Of course, it seemed doubtful that Nora would run from danger. Perhaps this was why she was the leader of the team.
That, and she was the strongest of the lot of them. How else would they have taken down that ferocious Death Stalker?
Curious, they wondered what kinds of Grimm would be inside the sewers. Would it be Grimm that they had seen in the Emerald Forest...or would it be different species of Grimm entirely?
They were about to find out.
Aside from a few Rattlers, there were also a few Myotises...Grimms that resembled bats. Usually they came out during the nighttime right outside of Vale...though they would attack during the day if there was enough fear and sadness to go around. Unsurprisingly, they were capable of flight.
They had a tendency to drain the blood from their victims...elder Myotises could drink more blood and could fly for longer distances, since they had bigger wings and were larger.
Now that Russel thought of it...they had a few similarities to Nevermores...however, they traded durability for speed. It seemed unlikely that they could endure attacks from their weapons, especially if they all attacked together.
Fortunately, younger Myotises had a tendency to sleep upside down on the ceiling, so it wouldn't be too difficult to get the jump on them. However, the older Myotises would likely be able to find them first, as they had echolocation. As you can well imagine, this allowed them to launch sneak attacks instead.
Quickly, Russel tossed some daggers at the Myotises.
This worked rather well, with most of them dying.
However, one of the Myotises woke up and started sucking the blood out of Russel's arm.
"Ow!" bellowed Russel, trying to shake it off.
Not only that, but some of the Rattlers were starting to approach.
Fortunately, Nora whacked the last Myotis with her hammer, causing it to fall to the ground and disappear into darkness.
"Thanks..." answered the second-in-command of Team NRDS.
Meanwhile, Dove and Sky were killing the Rattlers that dared approach them. Where were mousetraps when they needed them? Of course, maybe they didn't need mousetraps.
Swinging his sword, Dove lopped off a Rattler's head.
Sky followed by slicing a Rattler in half with his halberd.
Dove and Sky kept at it, thinning the herd.
However, since they were younger Rattlers, they did not slow down the assault. They could avoid a lot of casualties if they simply learned to retreat and learn from their battles with humanity.
"They don't give up, do they?" questioned Russel.
Of course, neither did Nora.
Immediately, she squashed many Rattlers with her hammer.
Finally, the Rattlers decided to retreat. They ultimately realized that they were outmatched. Of course, if they were older, they would have realized that they were outmatched sooner.
"How much longer do we have?" asked Dove.
"We've got about fifteen minutes left..." answered Russel. Either that, or his watch had broken.
Sky and Dove groaned. Just how long was this detention session going to be?
Of course, this wasn't the first time that they had gotten detention...
Meanwhile...
"Where do you think you're going?" asked Cardin as Yang walked outside Beacon Academy.
"I'm going to kill some Grimm...the less Grimm there are in the world, the better, right?" inquired Yang. That way people could sleep soundly at night instead of worrying about being brutally slaughtered.
"Right, of course." nodded the bully. Of course, if the going got tough, it was rather likely that he would bail...though maybe not on Yang.
Curious, Yang pulled out her map to see if there was anywhere in Vale that would be good for Grimm hunting.
Of course, they didn't want to go too far from Vale...the further they went from civilization, the stronger the Grimm became. Hunters and huntresses had to keep that in mind when increasing city territory.
As such, they decided to go somewhere that was rather easy...the outskirts of Vale. Not exactly a very dangerous place...even for first-year hunters and huntresses such as themselves.
Fortunately, the Grimm there weren't very dangerous at all...though there did seem to be a Boarbatusk prowling around. Apparently, they would have a harder time hurting it unless they focused on its belly.
Boarbatusks had a rather good sense of smell, so perhaps stealth would not be one of their advantages. Unless of course, they managed to douse their scent somehow.
Unfortunately, Cardin was doing just that...attacking the Boarbatusk's armored face.
"You do realize that the Boarbatusk's face is armored...right?" asked Yang. Something told her that attacking its face wasn't the most efficient method of attacking.
"Grr..." murmured Cardin. Was Yang trying to boast about how she was better than him?
"Try hitting its belly!" suggested the blonde. Apparently there was a reason why Yang was ranked higher than Cardin was on her team.
Immediately, Yang picked up the Boarbatusk and tipped it over on its back, exposing its weak point.
"Yeah, right. What will that do?" questioned Cardin. Nonetheless, he decided to play along.
However, as it turned out, that did prove to be rather effective. The Boarbatusk evaporated into darkness instantly. Of course, it also helped that it was fairly young...though it seemed stronger than most of the Grimm in the area. Maybe it had gotten lost?
Speaking of which, there appeared to be Beowulves in the area as well. Currently, they were sniffing for humans...though admittedly there weren't many humans in the area.
Sure enough, they found Yang, and they began to roar. Clearly they wanted some victims.
Shortly afterwards, they began to run towards her. They were looking forward to biting into her flesh. Maybe it tasted like chicken.
However, she simply punched them and then they knew no more.
Yang wondered if they should try looking for more of a challenge. She got the feeling that she could take on a hundred Grimm in one sitting. And if they managed to take down a large Grimm, it would probably save a lot of lives.
There was also the simple matter that Cardin was with her.
What were Grimm attracted to again?
Meanwhile in the sewers...
"You know, I'm starting to wish for more of a challenge..." answered Russel. So far the Grimm that they had been killing had been rather easy to slay. When were they going to get to kill more powerful Grimm?
"Yeah, me too..." nodded Dove.
"How do we attract more Grimm?" asked Sky. He seemed to recall Professor Port saying something about that. Of course, he had slept during roughly half of that class.
Suddenly, Dove pulled Russel's pants down, causing him to be embarrassed.
"My pants!" bellowed Russel as he pulled his pants back up.
Nora found it to be rather...intriguing to see Russel in his underwear.
Sure enough, more Grimm showed up, drawn to Russel's embarrassment. Now they could start having fun again. Maybe this detention session wasn't so bad.
However, they encountered a new Grimm species this time. Perhaps they should be a bit more careful of what they wished for.
In this case, they were known as Specters...as their name implied, they somewhat resembled ghosts...and they were rather scary.
This worked in their favor...since fear was one of the things that attracted more Grimm...and what they feasted on, of course. Being a phobovore had its perks.
"Ooooohhhh!" bellowed one of the Specters, raising its hands in the air.
Fortunately, since they were rather young, these Specters were more adorable than they were scary.
Unfortunately, since Russel, Dove, and Sky were cowards, it didn't take much to scare them and make them flee.
"Mother!" screamed Dove.
Sure enough, they were starting to retreat. So what if they had detention? They wanted to live.
Curious, Nora wondered where they were going. It was 10 minutes before their detention was up. The teacher probably wouldn't be happy with them for bailing out on it.
It looked like she was going to have to fight the Specters by herself.
Oddly enough, when she hit them with a hammer, they burst into ectoplasm. They were not as tough as they were scary.
Nora noted that they had the ability to go through walls when they decided to retreat...she could simply smash the walls and pursue them...but that would probably result in plumbing problems later.
Besides, she was starting to feel a bit worried about her teammates.
Sure enough, they were about to run into big trouble pretty soon.
As they made their way back to the sewer ladder, they suddenly began to hear bubbling coming from the sewer water.
"What's going on?" questioned Russel. For some strange reason he got the feeling that it was something huge.
Sure enough, it was huge. It was about the size of the Death Stalker that they had encountered in the Emerald Forest.
As it turned out, it was yet another Grimm who wanted to kill them rather violently.. Apparently, it had noticed their fear and had decided to follow them. And unfortunately, they had not noticed it up until now. It was rather good at hiding in the sewer water and waiting for victims.
In this case, it was a crocodile Grimm known by the name of Chomper...as you can well imagine, they were not the friendliest bunch. And judging from the fact that it had blood on its teeth, it had probably attacked humans before...or maybe Faunus.
To make matters worse, their black scales were just like armor...and they had strong jaws.
Not to mention that this particular Chomper was not a young one. It was...middle-aged.
Russel wondered how the heck a crocodile would survive in the sewers.
However, he decided not to question that right now,. He wasn't looking forward to the reptilian Grim killing them. He did not want to die.
Immediately, he and his friends began to attack the Chomper, causing it to roar.
It retaliated by knocking them backward with its tail.
Unfortunately for Russel, he ended up falling on his back, leaving him vulnerable.
Seizing its opportunity, the Chomper began to approach him.
It was looking forward to biting into Russel...and of course killing him. Maybe his blood would spill all over the sewer. What a lovely thought.
However, at that very moment, Nora showed up.
"Stop hurting my friends!" bellowed Nora.
Immediately, she started whacking the Chomper with her hammer, causing it to roar in pain.
Apparently, Nora had managed to wound it, because it was bleeding black blood that was spreading throughout the sewer water. Hopefully it wouldn't show up in anyone's toilet.
This gave Russel the opportunity to stab the Chomper in the tail, causing it to roar once again.
Fortunately, now that Sky and Dove weren't fearing for their lives so much anymore, no other Grimm were showing up...in other words, this was one against four.
Immediately, they began to attack the Chomper as well.
Eventually, the Chomper dissolved into darkness.
"Yes! We did it!" exclaimed Nora.
It looked like Team RDS's detention was over.
Immediately, they began to climb back up the ladder.
"So...did you find any Grimm?" inquired Dr. Oobleck. Currently, he was sitting on a chair drinking coffee.
"Yes, we did..." nodded Russel. One of them nearly took a big bite out of him too.
"I killed a Chomper!" cheered Nora.
"I didn't know that there were crocodile Grimm in the sewers..." questioned Dr. Oobleck. At least one of them was dead now and wouldn't hurt anyone else. He wondered if there were others though. Sometimes the Grimm came in groups, sometimes not.
"We could have died!" screamed Dove.
"Well, your detention is over, so you can head back to Beacon Academy..." answered the teacher. They would probably be glad to be back after fighting so many dangerous Grimm.
Dove, Sky, and Russel sighed in relief. Their detention had been rather eventful. But at least they had managed to make it out of the sewers alive.
Meanwhile...
"I wonder where Yang and Cardin are..." answered Ruby. She was under the impression that she would find them in their room...but it looked like they had left and had taken their weapons with them.
"I think they said that they were going to hunt Grimm..." stated Jaune. Personally he wondered what it would be like if all the Grimm ended up going extinct. No doubt there would be a lot less casualties.
"Oh, right..." said the brunette. Hopefully they would be alright. They said they would be staying close to town so that they didn't end up running into too much trouble.
Personally they wondered if they should do training like that themselves. How many Grimm were there in the world, anyway? They certainly seemed to be the dominant species on the planet...unfortunately.
"You think we should go look for them?" questioned the scythe wielder.
"They'll probably be back soon..." answered the blonde.
"True..." nodded Ruby. Yang didn't like to keep her younger sister waiting.
Curious, she decided to look outside to see if there was anyone approaching.
However, she didn't see her sister anywhere.
"Hmm..." thought the brunette.
In Team NRDS's room.
"You know, I'm starting to see why Nora is our leader..." answered Russel. Without her they probably would have been dead a long time ago. Where else were they going to get someone that strong?
"Did you see her take on that Chomper?" asked Dove. He wasn't even aware that there were crocodile grimm in the world...up until a few days ago.
"Too bad we can't bully anyone with her around anymore..." noted Sky. What were they going to do for fun now? For some strange reason she always managed to foil their schemes...and it wasn't even intentional on her part.
Personally they wondered what it would be like if Cardin was still their leader. He was the bully king, it seemed. But alas, he was on a different team now.
They were just going to have to live with it.
At that very moment, Nora entered the room, a wide smile on her face.
"Hey there, Nora!" exclaimed Russel.
"Hi, Russel!" cheered Nora as she went to her mattress.
Already, she was bouncing on her bed. She was rather happy that their mission was a success.
Russel was a bit worried that she was going to end up hitting her head on the ceiling.
Sure enough, one of the pillows had fallen off of it.
"Hey, Nora! One of the pillows fell off your mattress!" exclaimed Russel.
"Oh, really?" questioned Nora.
Immediately, she stopped bouncing off her bed.
Suddenly, she had an idea.
"Pillow fight!" exclaimed the leader of Team NRDS.
Out of the blue, she whacked Russel in the face with a pillow.
Shrugging, Russel decided to pitch in.
Immediately, she whacked Nora with the pillow, causing her to laugh.
Russel was under the impression that he would be doing something more masculine...but now that he thought of it, this WAS safer than a fistfight. He probably wouldn't have to worry about showing up to class with fresh bruises later. Sometimes the teachers worried about him.
Quickly, he whacked Dove with the pillow.
Naturally, Dove and Sky decided to pitch in as well.
Eventually, they were all tuckered out...except for Nora.
It looks like she was the winner.
"Yay! I won!" exclaimed Nora.
Once again, she had proved herself to be a competent leader, despite the fact that she acted younger than most of her teammates. It was rather ironic.
Personally, she was wondering what Ren was doing.
Meanwhile...
As it turned out, Team PWBR had been sent to the outskirts of town where Yang and Cardin were. Hopefully they could make it so that a few more people could live in Vale. It was always nice to expand.
Fortunately, as long as they stayed close to Vale, the Grimm wouldn't object to the humans expanding their territory too much. They were aware that the Grimm in the outskirts of Vale weren't so hostile or dangerous, though they would attack if they got too close.
Suddenly, they noticed Yang and Cardin, who appeared to be in thought.
"Can we help you?" asked Pyrrha.
Cardin then had an idea. Didn't Grimm show up when people got angry?
Immediately, he messed up Yang's hair.
"My hair!" bellowed Yang.
Ren decided to warn him.
"You do realize that messing with Yang's hair makes her REALLY angry, right?" questioned Ren.
Cardin started to wonder if they had bitten off more than they could chew.
Sure enough, several Grimm showed up. A few of them were an Ursa mother and her cubs...if the cubs went down, she would get SUPER angry.
Another was a Golem...who looked like it was made out of stone despite being black with red eyes.
Yet another was a swarm of Hornets...a group of Grimm that looked just like...well, Hornets. They were being led by their queen...which of course was a Hornet Queen.
Unfortunately, the Hornet Queen was laying black eggs...which hatched into even more hornets. They might end up with an army on their hands pretty soon...though there was probably a finite amount of eggs that the queen could produce before having to rest.
Immediately, the Hornets began to swarm the six.
"I hope you're going to be more careful next time, Cardin..." answered Pyrrha.
"Why do I have to listen to you? You're a girl!" exclaimed Cardin.
"I'm a girl and YOU listen to me..." pointed out Yang.
"Sometimes I forget that..." remarked the bully.
Yang sweatdropped. Should she try being more girly? Her sister did seem to be more feminine than her now that she thought of it.
Shrugging, she decided to take down the cubs, since they seemed to be the easier target.
Fortunately, they were not hard to deal with at all. In only a few punches, they burst into darkness.
However, this made the Ursa Mother furious...and she had rather sharp claws.
Immediately, she clawed Yang in the face.
"Ow!" bellowed Yang.
For some strange reason, this made Cardin rather angry. He wasn't quite sure why.
Quickly, he began whacking the Ursa Mother with his mace.
Immediately, she began to roar.
This gave the opportunity for Yang to snap the mother's neck, killing it and causing it to dissolve into darkness as well.
"I learned this from battling with Tifa Lockhart." remarked Yang.
Meanwhile, Pyrrha and Ren were trying to take down the Hornet Queen...where was a can of insect repellent when they needed it?
Fortunately, Ren was able to swat the Hornets like they were...flies.
However, the Hornet Queen was getting rather aggravated. Much like the Ursa Mother, she wasn't too happy about the death of her offspring.
Eventually, she lunged towards Ren, hoping to stab him with her stinger. Much like the Death Stalker's tail stinger, it was rather poisonous. Ren did not want it in his bloodstream, that was for certain.
Fortunately, Pyrrha realized what was happening, and she decided to take action.
Quickly, she used her shield to block the Hornet Queen's stinger.
She then stabbed the Hornet Queen, killing it.
Oddly enough, it caused its offspring to disappear as well. It was rather weird...but rather convenient.
Now all that was left was the Golem.
As it turned out, Weiss and Blake were fighting it.
Sure enough, the Golem was tossing rocks at them. Apparently, it was hoping to make huntress pancakes...which Nora would probably enjoy if she was there.
Unfortunately, it appeared that the Golem had rather high defenses. The Gambol Shroud was scratching the Golem...but it wasn't showing any signs of slowing down the assault.
Deciding to try beating the Golem at its own game, Blake put a Earth Dust cartridge in her retractable scythe.
Sure enough, she began to turn to stone.
This seemed to be rather effective...however, she got the feeling that she was going to need more firepower to take down the Golem.
Suddenly, she bumped into Weiss.
"Watch where you're going! I already warned Ruby that I'm carrying explosive chemicals!" warned Weiss.
"Maybe you could toss them at the Golem..." suggested Blake.
"That's...actually not a bad idea..." answered the white-haired girl.
Immediately, she began to toss the explosive chemicals at the Golem.
More and more cracks began to appear...until, eventually, the Golem collapsed into a pile of rock.
"Is that the last of them?" asked Weiss.
"I think so." nodded Pyrrha. It looked like a job well done.
Cardin decided that he had enough Grimm hunting for one day, and decided to head back to his room along with Yang. Maybe he would get an opportunity to bully Jaune.
Yang decided to follow suit.
"I hope that my sister is proud of me...of course, my sister is always proud of me..." noted the blonde.
I hope that you liked this chapter...and yes, I decided to feature a crocodile Grimm. Since it's a predator, I figured why not.
You probably weren't expecting Team NRDS to get into a pillow fight, huh? I like throwing surprises every now and then.