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"What happened in Mountain Glenn Bartholomew?" Ozpin queried. "Why the secrecy?"
"We encountered… a demon, Ozpin." The Doctor replied.
"A demon?" Glynda said, clearly uncertain how to interpret the statement. "Some kind of Grimm?"
"No. I do not think it was a Grimm. It spoke. It was clearly in possession of sentience while lacking most, if not all, traits characteristic of the Grimm." Oobleck replied.
They were gathered in the Headmaster's office at Beacon, with the newly returned teacher having his arm bandaged and kept in a sling being testament to his injuries.
"Sentience? And you say it spoke? What did it say? What did it sound like? And what did it look like?" Ozpin queried.
"It had a masculine voice to match its appearance, that of an extremely tall humanoid with a rather masculine form, albeit somewhat lanky. It seemed to be wearing clothes made out of black leather and had three red eyes. It seemed to be in cahoots with Torchwick-"
"With Torchwick?" Glynda interrupted.
"Indeed. I shiver to imagine how one like Torchwick came into contact with such a being. Fortunately, I can say that they didn't give the impression of camaraderie. It seemed more interested in fighting than anything else."
"Did you get any impression of its strength?" Ozpin asked, although his gaze at Oobleck's injury was clear on what he thought.
The Doctor indicated the limb with a meek smile. "This injury was indeed sustained in a confrontation with the being. Indeed, this was the result of but a single blow. I have a hard time imagining victory against it."
The other two stared at the Doctor, Glynda clearly rattled at the idea of something like that roaming Remnant. "How come team RWBY escaped with such light injuries?"
"We were saved when another being attacked it." Oobleck was clearly hesitant to talk about this.
"Did you get some kind of name?" Ozpin asked.
Before Oobleck could answer the elevator suddenly arrived opening to reveal Riina Onyx, although instead of her usual expression she wore one far more severe, alerting Ozpin that she had dropped the charade, and that she had come on matters concerning her mission, and that she had no qualms about Oobleck or Glynda seeing her true self.
"The name of the good doctor's assailant would be Beelzebumon, while I imagine his saviour would have been Huckmon." She said immediately.
Shock became readily apparent on Oobleck's features, while Glynda seemed stunned.
"H-how… Who are you?" The Doctor said, staring wide-eyed at the newcomer.
Riina simply passed by the two and laid a hand upon Ozpin's table. Moments later an image was projected from it of a regal figure in heavy armour while the room went into lockdown.
"What…?" Glynda whispered, before her eyes widened as she looked at her scroll.
"I pray that thou will pardon mine rudeness, but I am afraid that I need to ensure privacy." The projected figure suddenly said, the voice from it very similar to the one that had come from Riina not moments ago.
"Well, I don't think this is necessary, but I'll forgive it. Still, I must say I didn't expect this from a knight." Ozpin said, causing an approving sound to come from the armoured figure, while startling Oobleck.
"Indeed, I am a knight. A Royal Knight to be more precise." The figure responded.
The mention of 'Royal Knight' caused Oobleck to freeze up.
"I see that this rings a bell Oobleck." Ozpin said, causing the man to drop his shoulders and sigh.
"I had promised to not reveal Huckmon, but it seems that is a moot point now." He said.
"Huckmon?" Glynda asked.
"A talking creature that seemed to accompany miss Rose. It changed form and protected us from Beelzebumon, who then called it a 'Royal Knight'. It told us that it was seeking a group of other Royal Knights." Oobleck turned towards the figure. "Am I to understand that you are one of them?"
"Indeed. I am Alphamon, a member of the Royal Knights. I came here to provide apologies, and an explanation."
"Apologies?" Ozpin queried.
"Indeed. Beelzebumon art an old enemy of ours, and I fear it followed us to thine world." Alphamon answered.
"World?" Glynda questioned.
"Ah, I received some information pertaining to that from Huckmon and V-mon." Oobleck said. "I can elaborate on that later."
The stern teacher seemed a bit taken aback, while there seemed to be a glimmer of surprise in Alphamon's eyes.
"V-mon thou say?" It asked.
"Ah, yes! V-mon apparently came chasing after Huckmon if my memory serves." Oobleck replied.
"Intriguing. Doth thou know how it anchored itself in this world?"
Oobleck seemed a bit confused for a few moments before realisation came to him. "While their explanation was somewhat lacking, as far as I understood it V-mon became what it called a 'partner' of miss Xiao Long's."
"What does that mean?" Ozpin cut in.
"Normally we cannot remain in thine world, slowly becoming weaker before being forced to return. One method to avoid this is to become what we call a 'Partner' of a Human. This method is unreliable as the Human and would be Partner need to be highly compatible, although in return it provides access to an immense power."
"Is miss Onyx your Partner then?" Glynda asked, although she seemed hard pressed to follow everything.
"No. I am using a different method." There seemed to be some hesitation in the Royal Knight's answer.
"And what is that method?" Ozpin asked calmly.
"By acquiring permission, it is possible for us to come to inhabit a Human. Riina Onyx does not exist." As these words were spoken for just a few short moments the jewel on Riina's head disappeared, and her hair turned blonde. "She is merely a façade covering that body built with mine own power." The Royal Knight indicated the girl standing by the table.
"So, you are indeed possessing that body. What about the original person?" The Headmaster asked.
"She sleeps for now, until that time when either mine mission is complete. I swear upon the proud name of the Royal Knights that this was entirely consensual." Alphamon replied, placing a hand upon its chest and bowing.
"I suppose this means that the rest of team ROAL is the same?" Ozpin asked.
"Indeed."
"I see. That is fine."
"Ozpin!" Glynda exclaimed.
"It's fine Glynda. I assume this means there is a good chance Torchwick is possessed then?" Ozpin said, causing both Glynda and Oobleck to reel back in shock.
"Beelzebumon is quite unlikely to align itself with a Human. It is far more likely that one of its comrades has possessed this Torchwick." Alphamon replied.
"What would you suggest we do?" Ozpin asked.
"Mine advice would be to leave this matter to us Royal Knights. I am afraid that thou art all too weak compared to this enemy." Alphamon replied.
"Could we let Huckmon and V-mon fight?"
"That might prove beneficial. Myself and mine comrades are not at full strength at the moment."
"I see. I'll keep team RWBY in mind then."
"I believe this concludes mine business here. I beg thee farewell Headmaster, and that this matter remains a secret."
"Of course. As long as it is feasible."
With that Alphamon left the systems of the office and returned to Riina, immediately returning to the charade and almost skipping out of the office even as the lockdown was released.
-Break—
"So from what you understand based on this Huckmon and V-mon's explanation, these Digimon as they call themselves are essentially sentient data?" Glynda questioned, clearly not comfortable with the explanation she had been given.
"Indeed! While I was sceptical myself, this Alphamon's display certainly lends credence to the claim." Oobleck responded.
"I can't… deny that. Whatever that Alphamon was, it completely overwhelmed and overtook the security." The stern teacher said, then pushed up her glasses. "I tried to regain some control while… it, was distracted, but I think it knew what I was doing."
"I see. I certainly didn't notice anything from Alphamon itself. What I find most odd is the apparent age I feel from it. Almost comparable to my own." Ozpin said.
"That certainly is… odd. Is it really fine to leave them be?" Glynda said.
"What choice do we have? We have no idea how many members of these 'Demon Lords' are in Remnant at the moment, and if they truly are all of similar, or greater, power to that Beelzebumon…" Oobleck said.
Glynda's answer consisted only of an aggravated grunt.
"As Bartholomew says, for now it would seem the wiser choice to leave them be." The headmaster interjected. "Besides, if they wanted to cause us harm they've sure waited a long time. With the capabilities shown by Alphamon and the strength we can infer they all possess, there is little we could have done to stop them, and they know it."
"What about their implication of being weakened?" Glynda said.
"I thought you saw Albion's power first-hand. If that is his weakened power, while presumably withholding the majority of his abilities…" Oobleck retorted.
Glynda grit her teeth. "True… If we factor in that they could clearly receive reinforcements, and that there are supposedly thirteen of them, while we have six accounted for…"
"They hold the upper hand and seem utterly uninterested in using it." Ozpin filled out, turning to stare out the window.
-Break—
Neopolitan gave Roman an uncertain look as the man lounged back in a sofa.
"Huh? Don't worry Neo, she won't find us here for a while, we've made sure to diffuse our trail after all." The man replied.
He sounded like himself. Mostly… And she was quite uncertain who exactly he meant by 'we', because she certainly wasn't part of 'diffusing their trail'.
She also doubted that the excessively tall humanoid lounging back in another sofa had been part of that either.
When it had arrived there had seemed to be something wrong with it, its presence weak and its body odd, almost like a glitchy computer image.
But since arriving here it had recovered, returning to its terrifying original state, and now it really only seemed like it was bored, all the while ignoring the other two.
Once again, she couldn't help but wonder where Roman had found this being, or how they had come to start working together.
She was on edge, and she could clearly see that Roman had noticed in spite of her attempts to hide it.
"Come now Neo, what's the matter? Relax." He said.
She forced herself to smile wave the comment off, making airs of being relaxed.
She wasn't certain yet, but there seemed to be something wrong about Roman. As if there was something else in there with him…
And she didn't like it one bit.
-Break—
Glynda Goodwitch sighed loudly as she sank into her bathtub.
The recent events had most certainly left her exhausted mentally, and she was definitely feeling some level of stress build up.
The addition of these 'Royal Knights' and 'Demon Lords' on top of everything else certainly wasn't good for her overall wellbeing.
She really needed some relief…
Absentmindedly her fingers wandered.
Just this once…
Just this once was fine…
She got lost in herself.
Her mind occupied and distant, she didn't react to the new presence in the bathroom.
Rather, it fuelled her distraction.
An arm wrapped around her shoulder, the hand joining hers, while a sweet feminine voice whispered in her ear.
"Won't you let me join with you?"
Author's notes: Well... This chapter turned out... interesting. Well, let me hear your opinions and feedback, that would be appreciated. For a while it seemed like there wouldn't be any reviews, but I did get one. I hope you didn't say Sleipmon and Weiss because of ice because that would be the same as Duftmon and Blake because cat. That said Sleipmon and Weiss has certainly been a consideration, but suggestions and thoughts would be nice.
I hope you enjoyed, and that you have a nice day.