Hey everyone! I hope you guys have been having a good day so far because I know I'm having a fun time since I'm writing a new chapter of my favorite story. So far I received multiple reviews of people dropping the story thanks to the ideas I want to do which is a shame since they didn't give me a chance to implement it but oh well not everyone likes these types of stories
But I'm still satisfied that there's still people who like the idea so far which is very nice to see so it gives me more motivation to write this chapter haha!
This chapter is mostly is gonna be filled with action and also the introductions of new characters that play a role in the Underworld of Vale
So without wasting anymore time let's get this chapter stared!
RWBY Opening 1
Volume 1
Chapter 10: Underworld
Beacon Academy... Kingdom of Vale.. Planet Remnant..
We could see Blake Belladonna walking down the empty hallways of the dormitory in Beacon Academy with her book known as Ninjas of Love in her face, despite not looking to her surroundings she still could tell where she was going thanks to her being a Cat Faunus which enhanced her five sense to almost super-human levels
However nobody in her team knew that..
It is a shame for her since she wants to express her hidden heritage but given the circumstances of being an ex-White Fang member, not only one of her major secrets would be exposed, also the Underworld criminals who had beef with her would find her and kill her off..
You see, in her time as a White Fang member she would infiltrate to gather intel and do scores without making a fuss for the public thus gaining the nickname of 'Silent Shadow', then that name spread like wild fire through the Underworld of Vale and her homeland, Menagerie. Of course that has to do that she was the right hand of the leader of the Vale branch of the White Fang, Adam Taurus
Just by thinking about her old lifestyle made her felt a chill down the spine, she was safe here in Beacon Academy, away from the White Fang and Adam. Along with her team and her other 'friends' she would proof that Humans and Faunus can live together in harmony without requiring violence that the Faunus organization is imposing to society itself
Speaking of her team and friends, she was glad that she could somewhat relied on someone for stuff. Her team known as Team RYBN were a bunch of odd ones but with good hearts. Her partner Yang is always carefree with her puns and nicknames but cares about her friends, Nora is bumble of joy that lifted the enthusiasm of the team itself with her antics that makes her unique and of course she couldn't forget her silent leader, Ren. Despite being quiet and always sleeping in classes like Port's he would always be pushing himself to become a better leader to help his teammates, hell he was undefeated so far in Glynda's class
When it came to Team JSPR that's where she had some mixed opinions, when it came to the Schnee heiress she thought at first that she would become an entitled brat trying to snatch the leader role which is owned by a Faunus, she have expected her to treat Jaune harshly by just that fact that he's not human like her but fortunately and for her surprised she wasn't bothered by him being the leader, instead the Schnee was very supportive to her Faunus leader
The Four Times Champion of Mistral aka Pyrrha Nikos, despite being famous around the masses, she is a humble down-to-earth girl who just want to have normal friends who don't just look at her like a celebrity, always looking out for her teams like a worried mother specially her partner
Ruby Rose who is the youngest student in Beacon was somewhat like Nora mixed with a little of bit of her older sister, she's always trying to come up with ideas for future team attacks and always had a bright smile on her face. However she seems to be a bit attached to her leader like a puppy being madly in love of his/her owner
Now when it comes to the leader of team Jasper, Jaune Arc. She had many opinions and questions about who he truly is. In the past few days she has been here in Beacon she learned that the Monkey Faunus is in love with fighting and specially holding back against his opponent, after his fight with Yang in which motivated her partner to train harder he has being pushing his opponent to the fullest of their potential so it can give him a good fight. He has been doing exceptionally good in combat, even better than the Mistrali champion herself who isn't a push over as well
He's also a really, REALLY, hungry person who eats big amounts of food that could feed a family for days, but despite eating all of that he was still fit and keeping all those muscles in shape, never in her life she has met a Faunus that could posses such an appetite.. He is also his 'buddy reading partner' as how he calls it, both of them when classes ended they would usually read together in the library, he would share how he's reading his grandfather's diary which contained all the techniques he has been learning and she would sometimes give tips in how to advance it more. Jaune had also been curious on her novel which is NOT a smut book called Ninjas of Love, at first she didn't wanted to share the content of this book but Jaune convinced her somehow that he will not reveal her dirty secret..
Just remembering that day made her chuckle dryly, she might regret this decision in the future
But there was one thing that made him stand out than the rest of her fellow Faunus was his sheer-will and freedom he expresses. From the day she met the black haired Arc she was slightly taken aback at the fact that he doesn't care the slightest about opinions of his heritage and he's not afraid to show it like the others who feel scared to express themselves thanks to the bad light that the Faunus are being put in. Not only that but he's also well invert in the history of the Faunus and expresses his opinion about it, specially in Doctor Oobleck's class.
Jaune Arc is basically what she always wanted to be if it wasn't for her being in the White Fang. Treat everyone as equal and received that treatment back, embracing the heritage you were born with and be accepted just the way you are
With a long sigh Blake closed up the book she was reading as she notice that her dorm room is now closer, as she made a right turn down the hall the Cat Faunus felt a sudden shiver down the spine as her instincts were telling her that someone dangerous was near her location
Unfortunately her animalistic instincts were correct
Down the hall there was an unknown individual staring at her opposite direction meaning that this person wasn't aware of her presence, the individual is wearing a black hooded cloak that covered the entirety of his body. Blake stood there frozen on the spot since she would never expect someone infiltrate to Beacon Academy this easily, and to make things worst she didn't have her weapons to retain this unknown individual..
However her thoughts were interrupted as the individual slightly turned it's head to her direction which made her tensed up as she got into a a battle position, Blake caught a small glimpsed of his face which was covered in a dark mask that has an odd appearance, never in her time in the White Fang she has seen such a unique mask that only covered half of someone's face
But what stand out the most of it was that single Silver Eye that looks similar to Ruby's but it shined a bit more than the Red hooded one's.. And now it was staring directly at her which made her instincts go on high alert telling her to flee or get help but she couldn't move at all...
"Who are..!?" before she could even finish that sentence the individual disappeared in front of her in a blur that left golden trails of Aura, however in the next second Blake could feel someone was behind her and unfortunately for her she heard a 'crack' like someone breaking a finger which made her flinch
The individual was behind her... Someone who she prides herself in being good in stealth and this person made it look like nothing just to get behind her
Before she could turn around the individual gave her a light chop in her neck which made her fall unconscious to the floor, without wasting time the individual picked her up in bridal style and lays her down in a sitting position next to her dorm room
"Was it really necessary to knock her out Shiro? You could of have run away with no problems but noooo you had to stay there and give a typical mysterious introduction to Blake!" complained his other half who is none other than Jaune Arc within his mind as he let his alternative personality to take control over his body since the Underworld Martial Arts tournament was today and also to not call unwanted attention but it seems that his white haired 'acquaintance' didn't followed that rule at all
"It was necessary, If I had escaped she would of have followed me and alerted the others, besides if she had done that then your team will find out that your missing" responded back calmly the white haired to Jaune who wanted to respond against him but couldn't find any words since he was right about it
"He's right Jaune.." added the Silver-haired Saiyan from Universe 7 as he had his arms crossed with a neutral expression "Blake seems to be that kind of person that will chase someone down if they looked suspicious, I could tell in the way she was already staring at Shiro despite being frozen in shock"
"I just wished you could of have done something else that doesn't involve to hurt my friends" said the black-haired Saiyan with a tired sigh which made Shiro 'tch' under his mask
"Sometimes you're too forgiving that makes me sick..." exclaimed the white haired Saiyan under his mask as his entire body stared to being covered in golden energy cracks as he murmured in his breath "Aura Amplification!"
With that he dashes off at blurry speeds through the halls of Beacon that surpasses Ruby's Semblance when she fought against the Alpha Nevermore or even some of her matches in Goodwitch's class, of course he could go at this speed at his full power without the weighted wristbands. However his annoying counterpart promised to Goku that he would not take off the wristbands until he's finished with the semester which they barely finished the first week
And a Arc never goes back on his word
"You know I'm still surprised that you manage to awake your Semblance, Jaune. From what your friends have been saying it takes years to awake one after Aura being unlocked on someone's body" commented Goku as he tries to make a conversation to his student who was sitting next to him in the mindscape
"Come on Goku don't give me all the credit" stated Jaune with a embarrassed blush on his face "it was your training that put me to this level after all, if it wasn't for you merging with my body I would still be the same weakling human I was.. Imagine I would of have made a fool of my self in front of the others thinking I would win if I had fake confidence"
"That could be true but remember it was your will and eagerness that made you to where you are despite having bad memories that could of affect someone sane to unprecedented levels" responded the Silver-haired Saiyan with a neutral expression "Speaking of bad memories, for the first time that Shiro uses your physical body he knows what he's doing specially with that Aura Amplification"
"Do we really have to call it Aura Amplification? We don't posses Aura anymore since its merge with our Ki... Hey! we should call this new energy Mana! it's a cool name after all and it rolls of the tongue pretty well" exclaimed the black-haired Arc to his master who just agree to his decision of putting a new name to his energy "And about Shiro... As much as I hate to admit it he knows how to control Aura Amplification thanks to his long spars with you and his personal training to become the strongest. I only have a limited time to try my Semblance and so far I can only use it for healing someone and increasing my defense meanwhile that bastard can use it for speed, attacks, power and even increasing the Aura levels on someone else! That's just insanely overpowered!"
"You will get there soon Jaune.. Besides you have the advantage on adapting in those weighted wristbands since you are in possession of your body most of the time so you don't need to waste unnecessary amount of Mana in activating your Semblance all the time to achieved Ruby's speed or beyond" said the Saiyan God with a grin on his face to his student who was slightly surprised by the confidence that Goku has on him..
"I heard that you bastards.. Don't worry I'll be adapting in this body soon enough and proof that I'm the superior personality that should be in charge" added in Shiro as he reached the entrance of Beacon Academy in record time and went straight to the forest that kept the academy and the city separated
"Like I would let that happen you White haired bastard! I will be the dominant one!" Shouted the Arc Saiyan but instead of being angry at him he just had a smirk on his face, he won't let his alternative personality take control of his body when he has been the one in charge all his life, he was just the manifestation of all the shit he went through as a child
"We will see about that.." responded back the white haired Saiyan with also a cocky smirk forming under his mask as he kept traveling a blurry speeds through the forest that lead into the Vale city
Scene Change... Downtown Vale...
"Neo, where is your 'Champion' pet that you signed in to this tournament? It's about to start in less than 30 minutes!" exclaimed Roman Torchwick as he took a drag from his cigar in a typical manner he usually does. Both of them were standing at the top roof of Junior's since that's one of the many places that leads to the Underworld of Vale, specially the Dungeon where it would take place
Despite Neo looking like she didn't care about his question as she was eating her ice cream. She was wondering where Jaune was, the brown-pink haired girl send the coordinates of where they would be to his scroll hours ago. Besides knowing the black-haired Arc he wouldn't miss this tournament at all, she could tell from the text messages they have been exchanging since the last meeting
Before both of them could say anything else, they suddenly felt a presence coming near them thanks to their ability to sense Aura which was common between professional Huntsman and Assassins of the Underworld. Then a individual landed gracefully in front of both most wanted people in Vale as he took off his hoodie which revealed his half-mask that looks creepy but badass at the same time, his snowy white hair being slicked down so it doesn't bother the mask and his single Silver eye that brightly shines in the darkness
"Who are you?" simply asked the international criminal as he was ready to take out his weapon to kick this guys ass since he could tell he is no mere person, however he stopped his movement as he saw Neo literally jumping on the back of the individual as his silver-eye stared to twitch in annoyance which made Roman smirk "So you are the guy that attracted little Neo here? I have to admit you have some style for a mask"
"That was Neo's idea of buying me one.." responded the half-mask individual with annoyance in his tone of voice as he removed Neo from his back which made the girl pout cutely but it didn't affect him the slightest since he wasn't Jaune "It's surprising to see one of the most wanted criminals within the Four Kingdoms working together with someone like Neo"
"You be surprised, I met this bundle of 'joy' few years ago and I took her as my apprentice so you could say we have been partners in crime for a while" commented the orange haired criminal casually as he took another drag of his cigar "So, who do I have the pleasure to talk to, you already know my identity so I might as well know who is the newcomer"
"Eyepatch. I rather not reveal my true identity" responded Shiro not giving any room to argue, of course this made the International criminal give a grin as he pat him on the shoulder
"Well would you look at that! It seems someone knows how the Underworld works for the newbies" said Roman still keeping his uplifting tone as he stared to take out from his suit a mask that covered both of his eyes and nose but still revealed his face (A/N: Similar to Tsukiyama's mask in TG part 1) followed by Neo who also put her own mask that looks like a black bunny (A/N: Ayato's mask) "Rule number one kiddo, never reveal your true identity in the Underworld unless your a international criminal like myself or your asking for a dead wish"
"Then why wearing a mask if you are already known through the Kingdoms" asked Eyepatch with curiosity
"It prevents lowly fools trying to assassinate me, wearing this mask makes everything more smoothly specially in the Underworld!" responded Roman with glee as he pointed his weapon casually at Neo who was still holding at Eyepatch's hand "Neo! Time to show our new champion where he would be fighting"
Neo nodded in response as she took out a remote from her pocket and pressed a button, in a few seconds a hidden elevator stared to emerge from the roof floor which took the white haired Saiyan by surprised but he hid it well. As the elevator open its doors both Roman and Neo went in without saying anything followed by Shiro who didn't complain at all as he went inside
The ride down in the elevator was uneventful per say but it slightly surprised Shiro that it was taking minutes to get down. After few minutes the elevator stopped moving and open its door. What he saw next was going to stay in his mind forever..
"Welcome to the Underworld of Vale! Where every thief, assassin, rogue Hunter can be found here" exclaimed Roman as he pointed at the different individuals wearing their respective masks walking around the halls of the Underworld like if it was the city of Vale! Shiro could see multiple shops where people were selling illegal stuff or even legal but at a cheaper price
(A/N: The Underworld looks similar to the Black Market showed in Black Clover)
"How can this place exist...?" murmured to himself the Saiyan in awe, this of course was heard by the international criminal who smirked at his wide eye
"Glad you ask! You may be wondering if us criminals of the Underworld created this place? Well we didn't, these are channels of huge tunnels that connects to an underground coliseum, created by the Valean Monarchy of that time to protect the nobles, politicians and the King himself with his family from the Great War that was going in Remnant. One of the first Kingpins of the Underworld found these abandoned channels twenty years ago and decided to create a type of Black Market for us thieves and others who want to find cheap stuff" explained Roman to the young white haired who was somewhat still in awe at seeing such place exist, no wonder people criminals get away with things easily
Even Jaune and Goku were quiet in his thoughts from the shattering view!
"Does the VPLD know about these tunnels?" asked Eyepatch without looking at Roman who took another drag of his Cigar
"Of course they know, they just turn a blind eye on it because some of the shitty politicians of the Council do their shady business in this place. However if the public finds out about this place it will be raided by the VPLD along with the Huntsman thus destroying the stability of the corrupt politicians, assassins and thieves like us so you better keep your mouth shut kiddo" responded the orange haired criminal with a casual tone as he look at his watch and groaned "Oum fucking damn it, I'm already late to meet the other sponsors, Neo! Go take him to the boot to register, I'll meet you on the stance. Soru!"
At this the International criminal disappeared from his spot at high speeds that not even Shiro could keep up even if he had Aura Amplification on his side
"So fast... I couldn't even track his speed at all! Not even with Aura Amplification at 10% of it's full capacity could match that insane speed! If the big shots of the Underworld wield these types of techniques like Roman then I have to get stronger so I don't get overwhelmed... I can't allow a mere Human or Faunus to surpass me! I'm a Saiyan!" thought the Eyepatch as he clenched his fist in frustration as he notice the first wide gap between him and a powerful criminal, he can expect the professors of Beacon or the Top-Class Huntsman around the world to posses such speed with no problems
However his Saiyan pride wouldn't allow this! He will be the strongest in this planet if its the last thing he will do!
Suddenly his train of thoughts disappeared when he turned his head to see the masked Neo tugging his coat with her right arm as she was writing a message with her left with utter ease
[-Soooo.. Are you still the real Jaune Arc?-]
"Do I even act like that idiot to be still considered Jaune Arc?" asked dryly the white haired warrior as he cracked his middle finger casually "I'm the manifestation of his darker thoughts and personality he always repressed in his childhood, you can call me Eyepatch or Shiro I don't really care.."
[-Interesting. Too bad you don't get embarrassed when someone is touching you, on the bright side you can finally forward with me!-] at this message the pink-brown haired pressed her body specially her chest area at Eyepatch's right arm which made him rolled his Silver eye in annoyance
"Hmph.. Right now is not the time for fucking Neo, we can deal with it later but I need you to take me to where Roman told me to go" commented the Saiyan as he removed his arm from Neo who just pouted in slightly frustration as she typed once again
[-Your no fun Eyepatch! But you better hold up with that promise or else I'm going to look for you at Beacon and destroy that pelvis of yours! And you know I always get what I want!-] typed out Neo grinning like a sadistic under her mask, before the Saiyan could say something else the pink-brown haired assassin started to type once again [-So? What was that technique that you used to get to Junior's roof? I could sense that your Aura levels spiked up-]
"Perspective huh... This is Arc's Semblance, a pretty useful one for combat if you ask me. I could show it to you if we stop wasting time here"
[-Meanie! Jaune is more fun than you-]
"I didn't come for this tournament for chit-chat, I came to surpass my own limits so let's go, NOW"
With a silent sigh under her mask, Neo activated her Semblance as he grabbed Shiro and teleported to the Dungeon located in the center of the Underworld thus both shattering like glass..
Scene Change... Beacon Academy..
"Hey Blakey wake up!" said someone to Blake who was staring to gain consciousness, when she slowly opened her eyes the amber-eyed beauty saw her view being overtaken by a certain orange-haired who smiled brightly at her "Oh thank Oum! You finally woke up sleepyhead, we were worried!"
"Nora...?" responded softly the Faunus as she notice that she was back in her dorm, her gaze went to her side and notice Yang and her team leader Ren who both of them were relief in seeing their team-mate/partner okay "What happened?"
"We should be asking you that question!" exclaimed the blonde brawler as she got close to her partner "We saw you laying down unconscious next to our dorm door!"
"Indeed, it was shocking to see you laying down in front of our dorm" added Ren to the conversation as he kept his eyes close "Do you know what happened to you Blake?"
"Yes.. I kind of remember how it went" commented softly the black-haired beauty as she stared to remember how she landed into this situation "I was coming back from the library until I saw a black cloaked person wearing a half mask, I only manage to see his a glimpse of his eyes.. They were Silver.."
"Silver eyes? Similar to Ruby's?" asked Yang as she was really curious since nobody she knows has silver eyes like her little sister and to find out an unknown individual has the same traits as Ruby, fortunately her answer was confirmed by her partner who nodded in confirmation
"So.. An unknown individual who was able to knock out Blake with ease and it's roaming among Beacon with unknown goals, this could turn out dangerous for the others if we don't let them know" added the pink-eyed leader of Team RYBN with a serious tone of voice
"Should we contact the fearless one and his team?" said Nora to her childhood friend who turned his gaze at her "He's one of the strongest one in our year and along with Pyrrha we could defeat that individual with no problems"
"True... As much as I don't want to involve our sister team in this mess, Jaune and the others could make things easier for us" commented calmly Ren with his arms crossed as he looked at everyone in his team and forms a amused smirk "And knowing him he would be disappointed that we fought someone strong and we didn't let him know"
"That's lover-boy for you, he's the most excited one when it comes to Goodwitch class" added Yang to the conversation with her typical grin as she recalls the first day in combat class, she might have gotten her ass kicked by Jaune but he pushed her to the limits she usually isn't aware off thus driving her to become a stronger huntress and defeat him
"I know right! today he even made the leader of Team RLOA give up by just increasing his Aura levels through his Semblance!" exclaimed the orange-haired Mistrali with excitement as she recalled the amount of Aura the fearless one was releasing, it even make her sweat from where she was sitting with her team
"I still stand that he's a strange one.. But in a nice way" thought Blake as a smile adorned her beautiful face as she thought of her fellow Faunus, before she could continue her train of thoughts someone was knocking on their door somewhat loudly which made Ren and the others curious as to who it was
To his surprised when he opened the door he saw the girls from Team JSPR dressed up in their combat outfits and with their weapons but what was strange was their worried expressions and the lack of their leader, Jaune Arc.
"Ruby?!" asked the blonde brawler to her younger sister in surprised "What's with the long face and where's lover-boy?"
"He's missing!" responded quickly and somewhat loudly the silver-eyed girl "Jaune is missing! He's not here!"
"WHAT?!" shouted everyone from Team RYBN in shocked at learning that the monkey Faunus was missing, specially Blake since this almost matches with the time of that unknown individual with silver eye appearing
"But how?! How is he missing?!" asked incredulously Yang towards the girls of Team JSPR who just shook their head in sadness, each one of them showing it in different ways
"I woke up to get some water at the kitchen and when I turned on the lights on the room Jaune was missing entirely, however I found out that his scroll was still in his bedroom so we have no way to contact him" explained Weiss as she shown Jaune's scroll with a neutral expression, but the rest could tell that the heiress was panicking in the inside that her leader was missing
Of course she is to prideful to admit her concerns towards him
"But where he would have gone too? There's not many places in Beacon open right now" exclaimed Nora to the group who looked down for a moment until the amber-eyed Faunus spoke up
"I think I know what happened" said Blake with a serious tone as she looked at everyone, specially the girls from Team JSPR who's gaze were now focused on her, the most concerned being Pyrrha
"Please... Any information that could be valuable to find him can be helpful" responded the red-haired Spartan with a pleading expression as she got closer to Blake who was slightly uncomfortable at the closeness they were at but shrugged it off for now
"I'm still not 100% sure if this correlates to what happen to Jaune but I encountered a unknown individual who was fast enough to knock me out, his face was covered the most with a weird mask but it left his lone silver-eye on view" explained the cat Faunus with a shiver down her spine as she could still remember the cold look she received
"Silver eyes? Like mines?" asked Ruby with genuine curiousity towards Blake who just nodded at her in confirmation
"Right?! I said the same thing! It's weird to find people with same color as yours Rubes!" added Yang to the conversation which made the Schnee heiress groan in annoyance since they were wasting time
"Who cares about the color of his eyes! We are missing the point here" exclaimed Weiss in a cold tone towards her partner and the blonde brawler who quickly shut their mouth, the white haired girl then looks at Blake with a serious expression "Belladonna, what makes you sure that this 'unknown individual' is the one behind Jaune's disappearance, for all I know you could be lying to us and wasting time when my team can be looking for our leader"
"I don't have anything to lie to you, Schnee." responded Blake with the same cold tone the white haired girl was using towards her, it didn't help that she still held some resentment against the SDC thanks to the treatment the Faunus received "If you don't believe me then it's your fault that something happens to Jaune or worst"
"How dare you Belladonna!" exclaimed Weiss as she made her way towards Blake with a angry face, of course the blonde girl from Team RYBN knew this could escalate quickly so she intervene
"Weiss-cream! Blakey! Chill out!" exclaimed Yang as she stands in between both girls as she tries to calm them down "If we keep wasting more time on fighting within each other then Jaune could be in more trouble than we thought"
At this comment both ex-White Fang member and heiress calmed down but they refuse to look at each other which made the others just sigh tiredly
"Blake..." said Ruby as she broke the silence off "If this individual was here in Beacon and is behind of Jaune's kidnapping like you said then why you didn't stopped it or called us? We could of have defeat it together"
"He didn't let me" simply said the amber-eyed Faunus as she looks at Ruby with a serious expression "He knocked me out by just using his own speed and chopped one of my pressure points in my neck which is enough to incapacitate me.."
This surprised everyone in the room, they knew that Blake battle-reflexes are one of the best in the first year of students just behind Jaune and Pyrrha. To hear that she was bested with such ease it was a scary thought and it only proves more that this individual was behind Jaune's disappearance
"So now we have a stranger roaming in Beacon who is capable to knock out Blakey and the fearless one with no problems! I mean we don't even know what he wants with Jaune!" exclaimed Nora out-loud to everyone who just agree at her statement
"But what could he want from him? I mean he's strong and has Aura reserves comparable to Professor's Ozpin.. There has to be a reason as to why he needs him..." said Yang as she got into a thinking position as she stared to brainstorm for ideas
"Oh! Could it be that they took Jauney because he's an alien from a old prophecy to save the world?!"
"Nora, I don't think Jaune is an alien nor is from a old prophecy to save Remnant" responded Ren quickly as he shut down his childhood friend's crazy idea
"But even if they capture Jaune for some unknown reason we still don't know where that individual went, he could be around Beacon Academy hiding, hell! He could already gone to Vale and do something terrible to him!" exclaimed the Four Times Mistral Champion with concerns in her tone of voice, she is supposed to be his partner for Oum sake! And all she did was let him get capture by someone with unknown reasons
It made her feel weak and useless..
"I might be able to track him down.." stated the leader of Team RYBN which gathered the attention of everyone in the room "Besides Jaune who has mastered it, I'm able to sense Aura from different people and the trails they leave when a battle occurs, however I can't tell the specific Aura he leaves behind so we could be going to a dead-end"
"It's better than nothing! We might have a chance to find him" exclaimed Ruby to the pink-eyed huntsman as she tries to keep positive vibes, however her partner had different thoughts
"You dunce! Didn't you heard what Ren said? It's not 100% accurate that we find Jaune with his sensing abilities.. We could end up going to the wrong place from all we know"
"Then we will take that risk" stated Pyrrha with a determine expression as everyone was looking at her "Yes we might have little to no leads to find Jaune but if Ren gives us a chance to find that individual who has my partner then I'll take it"
"Pyrrha?!" said the heiress in surprise at the answer that the Mistrali champion just gave
"I'm with Pyrrha! We have to take the risk to find our leader! Besides we are Huntsman, we have to take tough decisions to save someone and I'll take this risk to save my first friend in Beacon!" added the red-black haired with determination in finding her leader and maybe secret crush
Of course nobody needs to know that she has been developing some feelings towards the monkey Faunus, Oum! If her sister finds out she would get a barrage of teases and awful puns!
"You should concede Ice Queen, when my lil sis is determine to do something she won't stop until she achieves it" commented Yang with a grin on her face "Besides I'm joining as well to kick that individual's ass for hurting my partner and kidnapping lover-boy"
"Yeah! Same here!" exclaimed Nora with a cheerful tone "I'm going to break his legs with Maghild for taking the fearless one and hurting Blakey"
"I'm joining as well. Who knows what his goals could be towards Jaune or even Beacon itself..." said Blake with a neutral expression but in her mind she was feeling slightly nervous "He could be in cahoots with the White Fang from all I know, but what could they want from Jaune of all people?"
"So, you coming with us?" asked Ren towards the white haired heiress who just sighed tiredly knowing that everyone was on board with this
"What choice do I have?" responded Weiss with a tired tone as she then looks at her team "Since we already have our weapons and Team RYBN still have to get theirs then I recommend to all meet at the Beacon airfield, from there we could start our hunt to find Jaune"
"Alright! Team JSPR and Team RYBN first unofficial joint mission! To retrieve our leader Jaune Arc and defeat the mysterious individual begins now!" stated Ruby with a cheerful tone that made almost everyone in the room say 'Aye!' specially the orange-haired Mistrali who was just as excited as her. As their teams went separate ways to meet at the airfield later, all the girls in Team JSPR couldn't help to feel worried that something bad could happen to their leader if they don't hurry "Don't worry Jaune! Ruby Rose will save you from the evil hands of that individual! And then your going to admire me like I do towards you.."
"I swear that dolt of a leader is always finding himself in trouble! I'm going to scold him so hard when we find him for making me worried... Just please be okay"
"I know you must be scared and confused as to why you got capture Jaune.. But I promise as your partner to save you and be by your side like we meant always"
Scene Change... Underworld..
"Wait so you didn't know what marrying was until you fought your wife at the Martial Arts Tournament?!" asked Jaune in a surprised tone towards Goku who just nodded at him as he scratched his head casually, the both of them were sitting down facing each other in the lone void of the minds-cape talking about Goku's adventure in his world and the black-haired Saiyan had to admit that these stories were pretty interesting...
"Yep! At first I thought that she was offering me food for later but then I found out that it meant for being accompanied for the rest of my life" explained the silver-haired Saiyan as he remembers the tournament days where he and his friends tested their martial arts skills against powerful opponents and now Shiro who is Jaune but with a darker personality is participating in a martial arts tournament like he did in the past
"And you accepted it on getting married in the end of the match?" said the Arc boy still holding a surprised expression "And I thought I was the dense one but you Goku! I still can't believe..."
"Sorry hehe! Living in the woods for twelve years makes me tend to forget what words really mean, but at the end I ended up marrying her despite not being around her for the rest of my life up to that point" responded Goku with a smile, remembering Chi-chi and his family made his heart ache in sadness. He still regrets that he couldn't end up being with them more thanks to his battle thirst and enemies always interrupting the peace of the Earth. Now that he is stronger than the God of Destruction thanks to his Ultra Instinct it made him realize how bad a parent he was, he didn't want to make the same mistake with his student
"It must be hard to be away from your wife and the rest of your family" said Jaune with a saddened expression, he could understand the situation his master was. It was similar to his but the difference was that he did it at his own accord meanwhile Goku was forced to land in this world without any reason and being stuck with him in his quest of becoming the strongest Huntsman and of course aiding Ozpin's inner circle in defeating the Queen of the Grimm
"It is but I'm getting used to it... At least I have you as company" stated the Saiyan God with a grin to his student who responded with his own grin that looks almost similar to his
"Ugh! Can you two please shut the fuck up?! I'm trying to concentrate!" shouted Shiro irritated within his mind as he was sitting in a lotus position in the waiting room as he had his eyes close concentrating in different Aura levels his opponents were giving off. Some of them could be comparable to his partner's level meanwhile others were at the level of a Huntsman who can cut SS-Class Grimm with no problems
But there was one he was mostly focusing on, at the other end of the waiting room he could see a person and from the looks of his yellowish with black marks tail he is a Leopard Faunus. His outfit consisted of a two-piece black suit with the sleeves normally rolled up, complete with black leather shoes and a white tie and handkerchief in the breast pocket. His white mask covered most of his face just leaving his beard chin exposed and was wearing a black hat similar to Roman's but taller
"I can't measure any of his Aura! It's like he doesn't have any but at the same time my instincts are telling me to stay away from him.." thought the white haired Saiyan as he tried to use his sensing abilities on him but he couldn't feel any Aura coming off from the Leopard Faunus. It was the same situation with Ozpin or even Roman Torchwick when he didn't used his enhanced speed
"He's repressing his Aura" stated Goku with a serious tone of voice, despite being millions of times stronger than that person he could tell that person was letting a similar vibe that is comparable to the Assassin of Universe 6, Hit. "Be on your guard Shiro, he's a dangerous one if he's able to repress his Aura with such mastery.. He could be a Top-class Huntsman level from all we know.."
"Even if we were to take off the wristbands, we would still not reach Huntsman levels! He's too powerful..!" added Jaune to the conversation, he also could tell this person could be even more powerful than Roman Torchwick who is no pushover from what he saw so far. He doubted that his body without the weighted wristbands could put him in Huntsman territory, they were outclassed in this tournament. But for some reason he somewhat felt excited to see what they are capable off
"Then we are going to surpass the limits of this body if we want to win this tournament..!" said Shiro with a savage grin under his mask as he crack his middle finger with excitement. He has been waiting for this moment to test his limits and surpass them like how Goku did in his past tournaments
Then his train of thoughts disappeared when the speakers went off as the announcer stated to speak and call the first match. Fortunately he was the first one to fight so he stared to stretch his limbs and took off his coat to reveal his fancy outfit, as he walked through the tunnel that leads into the Underworld's coliseum someone put a hand on his shoulder, he turns around to see a person with a black-snake like mask on his face and a black hooded coat covering most of his body
"He has a good amount of Aura.. Not like mines but comparable to Yang's" thought Shiro silently as the lone silver-eye was staring back at this individual
"So you must be the new kid and my opponent who was recommended by Black Rabbit to be in the tournament.." said the unknown individual in a cold tone "With the amount of Aura your letting off your nothing but dead meet to me and the other contestants.. You should give up"
"Hmph, like I would give up before the main event starts" responded back the white haired Saiyan with some annoyance, one of the things he despises is being looked down, he didn't care about the element of surprise! He's going to show who's the superior
"Ha-Ha suit yourself then, don't die on me if you can't handle the ass kicking I'm about to give you" stated the serpent-masked person as he left him to continue his journey to the coliseum
"The same could be said to you bastard" said back Shiro as he continued his way to the arena, as he reaches near the end of the tunnel the Saiyan stared to hear music that is usually use for world-wide tournament matches or the Vytal Festival along with chants that the spectators were giving. As he reaches the end his view was now overwhelmed by the big stage where they would be fighting this tournament along with more than ten thousands criminals wearing their respective mask shouting and chanting for the match to begin
At the higher stands of the underground coliseum he could sense Roman and Neo sitting there along with other powerful individuals he has never seen also wearing their mask to hide their identity
However his thoughts were interrupted by the commentator
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the 20th Underworld Martial Arts Tournament!" shouted the commentator through the speakers of the coliseum "Before we start with the first match let's go over the rules! No killing aid towards the stance, if you kill your opponent by accident you won't be disqualified and no weapons or else you will be disqualified, this a MARTIAL ARTS tournament after all"
"Now for the first match we have two new contestant who are participating for the first time in this Tournament!" continued the commentator as he hypes up the masses "On the right we have the criminal with the highest defense-type of Semblance, known for his deadly kicks that can incapacitated Huntsman-in-training, he already making a name for himself in the Underworld! known as Serpent!"
The now known as Serpent walked calmly to the middle of the stage as he heard people supporting him which made him smirk under his mask
"And on the left! Recommended by Black Rabbit herself! A young man with unusual white hair and style almost similar to Roman Torchwick, the rookie and beginner of the Underworld! Known as Eyepatch!" shouted once again the commentator as Shiro made his way to the center of the battlefield, he didn't get as much support like Serpent but he could hear few others supporting him which felt somewhat nice
Meanwhile at the higher stands of the Underworld Roman along with Neo and the other Underworld most influential criminals who are sponsoring the Tournament were speaking about the new contestants
"Serpent seems to be on the rise from what the rumors of his Semblance are saying" said a man with a scary clown mask in a interest tone towards Serpent
"Indeed.. He might win this, with such defensive Semblance and his abilities in kicking could pull him to the quarter-finals" added a women with a white round mask with a tiny golden crown on the center on the forehead, the eyes are round red circles with cross-like slits in the middle, the lips are slightly painted red and he can talk and eat through the mask's lips.
"I wouldn't be so sure Clown, Queen. Eyepatch could give us a surprised don't you think Neo?" said Roman with confidence as he looked at Neo who nodded in agreement
"You seem awfully confident in this young boy Roman.." stated another man with a mask featuring different geometrical patterns in red color
"Let's just say I have a gut feeling he will win with no problems, Jack." responded the orange-haired criminal as he took a drag of his cigar as his gaze was focused on the white haired Saiyan
"NOW LETS START WITH THE FIRST MATCH OF THE ROUND OF 16 BEGIN!" shouted the commentator as he indicated the contestants to fight, Shiro got into his Turtle Hermit stance waiting for his opponent to do the same, however Serpent didn't do anything as he stood in the same position and spoke up
"I'm not interest in fighting you unless you get through my defense.." stated Serpent calmly as he flared up his Aura thus activating his Semblance, Shiro then saw a bluish Aura energy barrier forming around him thus ending up covering him completely "Witness the ultimate defense! Magmum Canonball!"
"A Semblance able the create physical shields via Aura is something you don't see everyday.." commented Clown in a calm manner
"Eh I seen better.." added Roman in a bored tone as he has seen better Semblance like Cinder's or even Emerald illusions
"If you can't trespass through my defense then your not worthy to fight.." stated Serpent with a cocky tone of voice towards the white haired Saiyan who kept a calm face
"Very well then.. If you want to underestimate me that's fine, just don't expect to lose in a single punch" responded Shiro as with his right hand he created a ball of Mana at the size of a baseball which made everyone in the stadium curious as they stared to murmurs what that technique could be
"To create physical Aura in a form of a ball of energy is considered a Top-Class technique within the Huntsman world! How did he do that?!" exclaimed Queen in a surprised tone
"I have no idea but something tells me that this could turn out interesting" answered Roman with a honest tone but yet intrigued in finding out what could be the next move of Eyepatch
"Now.. Let's end this!" stated Eyepatch as he crushed the Mana ball and was absorbed through his arm and forms some kind of white shield that protected it. Without wasting anymore time he dashes off towards Serpent who was slightly taken aback at his speed, as Shiro reaches Serpent's Aura Shield he forms a fist where the energy was accumulated and with a warrior yell he punches the Shield thus instantly shattering which shocked everyone in the stadium specially Serpent who was taken aback of this sudden turn of events
But Shiro wasn't done there as his shattering punch connected to Serpents face with such force that created a small shockwave and sends him flying to the walls of the stadium in which created a crater thus knocking him out unconscious and cracking his Serpent mask.
"Let this lesson know to not underestimate me in battle. I came here to this tournament to win it all and show how superior I am against any Human or Faunus with any kind of technique" stated Shiro out-loud to everyone and stared to walk back to the waiting room, everyone was still silence. After a few seconds everyone stared to cheer loudly towards him, they stared to chant his name 'Eyepatch' which echoes through the Underworld Coliseum, this made Shiro form a smirk under his mask as he was out of the view of everyone
"Eyepatch wins the round by knockout and advances to the quarter-finals! What a one-shot he did against Serpent folks! Who would of expect the Rookie of the Underworld to bested one of the promising criminals on the rise! Now let's get to the second match of the Tournament!" exclaimed loudly the commentator through the speakers of the stadium
"What a powerful individual you and Black Rabbit brought here to the tournament Roman" exclaimed Clown as his gaze was focused on Roman who took a drag of his cigar as a smirk forms on his face
"Indeed.. Someone this powerful at such at young age reminds me when Lucci participated for the first time" added Jack to the conversation, since he is one of the older Criminals who sponsored this tournament he still remembers the first time the actual defending champion participated.. It was a bloody mess in the end of the day..
"Well what did you expect! I'm not only just good at thieving but also in scouting promising Martial Artist, I believe he will reach further than anyone has participated in the tournament for the first time" responded Roman with a satisfied expression
Neo under her mask had a face of satisfaction, she was glad to bring Jaune or in this case his alternative to the Tournament to prove the domination he posses, maybe after this tournament ends she would take him to the hideout and break his pelvis for being a good boy as a gift
Just thinking that made her silently giggle under her mask
Meanwhile on the waiting room a certain Assassin that Shiro was focusing on before the match was watching the match through a big screen thanks to the streaming services. He didn't said anything but his cold eyes were having different thoughts
"Interesting... Let's see how far you can go Eyepatch.."
And cut! Damn I finally get to finish this chapter after having writers block almost all the time I start typing! It was staring to get annoying but at least I manage to end it
But things are getting more interesting.. The Antagonist of this Volume got his gaze on Jaune/Shiro thanks to his display against Serpent who is NOT Nishio from TG haha and Team RYBN and Team JSPR are in the hunt to look for Jaune and that mysterious individual that knocked out Blake with a single chop in the neck. Will they be able to find their leader or will they end up biting more than what they can chew? Who knows you just have to wait and find out
Now let's get through some facts
1. I decided that the Criminals of the Underworld of Vale use mask to hide their identities, It makes things more interesting since they won't recognize their face at first, of course this doesn't work with Roman since he's already an International criminal that everyone knowns
2. Blake has a reputation in the Underworld as Silent Shadow thanks to her stealth mission with the White Fang and along with Adam Taurus who is well known in the Underworld boosted up her reputation
3. Aura Amplification is Jaune's Semblance like in Canon but the difference his that he and Shiro are not able to use more than 10% of it's full capacity since their bodies are not strong enough to handle such amount of Mana, and their side effect is that it burns his energy storage like wild fire
4. Roman wears a Crescent Mask that is similar to Tsukiyama from TG and Neo wears a Black Rabbit mask because why not
5. The Underworld is a full kilometer underground of Vale with hundreds of tunnels connecting to the Coliseum where the Tournament is being held, The Underworld looks like the Black Market of Black Clover
6. Roman along with Cinder, Ozpin, Qrow, Glynda, Nicholas Arc, Juniper Arc and Ironwood are considered Top-Class Huntsman who was take down SS-Class Grimm with ease and can preform superhuman feats that puts freshly Huntsman out of the Academies to shame. Jaune still hasn't reached that level yet but through Zenkais and training he will get there soon enough
7. The Six Powers technique exist in this story
8. Rob Lucci is the one that Shiro/Jaune were focusing on before the match, they can't sense his Aura since he's repressing it to whole new level but Goku could sense it with no problems
9. Serpent's Semblance is create a solid dome of Aura to protect him from any attacks and his Aura Levels could be comparable to Yang's
10. Roman, Queen, Clown and Jack are the main sponsors of the Tournament and are one of the most influential people in the Underworld
Well that's about it for this chapter! Next chapter will be covering the quarters and semis of the Tournament, Team JSPR and RYBN continuing the hunt for Jaune and then other surprise elements making their presence! Well what do you guys think of this chapter? Review for opinions, Follow and Favorite this for more!
See ya later!
Ja-ne!