Team NYHT, along with Naruto, who was using a walking stick for support, and Sasuke, waited in the elevator after the Atlesian Military arrived. They each had a scowl on their faces before their masks appeared over them along with long black coats with their hoods down. When the door opened up, Ironwood turned to them and froze in shock.
"Been a long time, General Ironwood," said Kronos as he hobbled over to Ozpin's desk, but was stopped by Ironwood's revolver pointed right at the side of his head.
Ironwood himself, however, was stopped by the two swords crossed over his neck, the arrow pointed at the base of his skull, and a fist an inch from the small of his back.
"I dare you," said Ghoul with distain laced in her voice.
Ozpin got out of his chair and let Kronos sit down to rest.
"How did you survive?" demanded Ironwood, "I saw the building come down on you."
"I'm sure you did," said Kronos as he put his feet up, "You four can remove your weapons by the way."
The other four Nephilim put their weapons away as Kronos met Ironwood's gaze.
"Why are they here?" demanded Ironwood of Ozpin.
"They're students here," informed Ozpin, "Well, all except Taka."
"And before you get the wrong idea, James, do you know what the philosophy and final goal of the Black Fang is?" questioned Kronos.
"It doesn't matter what you and your kind think," said Ironwood as he slammed his hands on the table, "A thousand years ago, your kind almost wiped out humanity."
Sighing, Kronos stood up and went over to the window, gazing down at the countless students and Atlesian Robots walking about.
"Our philosophy is that nobody, not even Faunus, are innocent of the crimes they've committed," said Kronos, "In the time between our fall and now, we got rid of countless Faunus criminals."
"But not Sienna Khan," shot back Ironwood.
"Of course not," said Kronos, "Lady Sienna is the one person we owe for bringing us together. Were she to try playing God, we would get rid of her. She's fighting for her species survival, despite all the attempts of Atlas to prevent that."
"I've been fighting for Faunus Rights in Atlas," argued Ironwood, "But I'm only one man and it would take centuries to erase all that discrimination."
"We know that," said Kronos calmly, "Which is why we haven't targeted you. But our philosophy and our final goal align with you and the rest of Ozpin's little cult."
He hobbled toward the elevator but stopped halfway there.
"Something wrong?" questioned Goodwitch.
"It would seem that your security has failed, General," said Neko, "Three of Salem's agents just entered the grounds of the Academy."
"And just how do you know this?" asked Ozpin curiously.
"Nephilim can sense the power of the maidens," said Taka, "Specifically, we can sense two beings that possess the power of the Fall Maiden."
Entering the elevator, the quintet looked at the three humans and put their hoods up.
"Strike one, Ozpin," said Kronos as the door closed and the elevator descended.
(Ten Minutes Later)
Blake fell to her knees as Yuna placed a sword to her neck before removing it.
"If you fight like this, then you might as well head back to Menagerie," scolded Yuna as he kicked Blake back into a tree.
The cat Faunus grunted in pain as Yuna walked up to her again. This time, she took a seat in front of the girl.
"Are you still concerned about those members of the White Fang from the other night?" probed Yuna. "Or is this about the message you got from your mother about her and your father getting divorced?"
"Both," confessed Blake with a sigh, "The White Fang and Faunus are supposed to be better than this."
"That's where you're wrong," said Yuna, "Our race is just as every bit of evil as humans. We got where we are through bloodshed and tragedy just like humans. And that's your weakness, Blake."
"What is?" questioned Blake as Yuna pulled her sword off her lower back and held it on her lap.
"You believe that the Faunus are perfect, despite what you've seen them do," said Yuna as she looked at her sword's sheath, "We're not perfect. Despite our advantages over humans, they still possess abilities we don't just as we possess ones they envy."
Standing up, Yuna held her sheathed blade to Blake and frown.
"Take this from me," said Yuna.
Blake reached for the sword but Yuna kicked her hand away.
"I didn't say you could just take it," said Yuna as she reattached the sword to her lower back, "You are to try and take this from me."
Blake got to her feet and took a step forward before Yuna's palm was over her face. Blake froze and her arms went limp as Yuna lowered her head.
"Please, forgive me for showing you this," said Yuna as a violet light emanated from under her palm.
(Flashback)
Yuna walked through Kuo Kuana when felt something coming from an ally. Looking down through the darkness, she walked down through the darkness and peered around a corner. Her eyes widened when she saw a human woman that was one of the merchants from the mainland on the ground with a pair of hands wrapped around her throat what surprised her more was the identity of the one who was killing the woman. A female Faunus with black hair and cat ears
(End Flashback)
Blake screamed in horror as she jumped away from Yuna looked like she'd seen her worst fear. She was shaking and trying to regain her bearings.
"I must say, when I saw that, I was shocked to find out that the wife of a Faunus that advocated for peace was murdering a human," said Yuna, "You're mother is nothing but a murderer. She just as bad as mine."
Smiling sinisterly, Yuna leaned in close to one of Blake's human ears.
"I look forward to spilling the blood of those pretend friends of your… sister," whispered Yuna tauntingly.
Blake yelled again and Yuna jumped back to avoid the jagged spikes of rock that shot out from the cat Faunus's feet. A black mist with a violet light gathered at her face, turning into a mask that was eerily similar to her old White Fang one. Shooting by Yuna, Blake grabbed her sword before Yuna appeared behind her and knocked her out with a swift chop to the back of the neck, her mask vanishing in the same mist that had created it. Kneeling down, Yuna turned Blake over then sighed.
"As much as I hate having to do that, I can't let you fall behind the others," said Yuna as she threw Blake over her shoulder, "I just hope you can find it in yourself to forgive me for what I did."
Naruto sat in one of two armchairs inside Team NYHT's room in front of the fireplace with a fire going. Hearing a strange noise behind him. He heard footsteps approach and everything seemed to lose its color slightly as Raven took the other chair.
"Been awhile, mother," thought Naruto tiredly as he stared at the frozen flames.
"What's wrong with you?" questioned Raven as she removed her helmet.
"Vacuo Fever," explained Naruto as he continued to keep his gaze off her, "Why did you choose now to come here? You had months to do so."
"I heard about what happened at the docks," said Raven as she looked over at the sheathed Dust Sword that Naruto had been using, "It would seem you've mastered it."
"It was only a matter of time," thought Naruto as he held up a scroll, "The artifact isn't something that humans can use. That kind of power would corrupt anyone who had it."
"You mean your daughter?" asked Raven with a sly smirk on her face.
"I'd be careful of your next words," advised Naruto a little forcefully, "But, yes. Mine and Pyrrha's daughter."
"Why didn't you just tell me?" questioned Raven seriously, "I could've protected her."
"Call me old fashioned but you've never particularly been one who cares about family," thought Naruto as he closed his eyes, "And I mean your blood relatives."
Raven remained silent at this before putting her helmet back on. Going over to the Dust Sword, she collected it as Naruto threw the scroll and threw it onto the frozen flames. Drawing the red blade of the sword, Raven created a portal then sheathed the weapon.
"And to prove you wrong, if I didn't care about my blood relatives, then I wouldn't have given you Summer's eye or saved you 12 years ago," said Raven as color returned to the world and she entered the portal.
The instant it closed, the door opened and Tamao walked in.
"Something wrong?" she asked before she noticed Naruto's sword was gone, "Where's your sword?"
"I had hoped to never have to take up that blade again," said Naruto as he stood up and hobbled over to Tamao, placing a hand on her breast, "Please, forgive me for hiding it in you."
Tamao let out a silent scream of pain as Naruto's hand sunk into her chest via a white light.
Yang stepped out of an elevator and into a pitch black void. Walking around, she took in the eerie silence before she tensed. Looking down, Yang saw a hand protruding from her chest and slowly looked back at Lunar as blood dribbled down out of the corner of her cheek. As her vision turned black, Yang fell off of Lunar's hand before she staggered forward, her vision back to normal. Feeling her chest, Yang found that it was completely normal before jumping forward to avoid Lunar's fist.
"Who are you?" questioned Yang as she got into a fighting stance with Ember Celica activating.
Lunar remained silent, causing Yang to get angry and her Semblance to activate. Charging forward, Yang swung her fists at Lunar, only succeeding in hitting air. When Yang lunged forward to deliver a punch that hit air, Lunar kicked her in the stomach, shattering the girl's spine and several internal organs. Just as she thought she was going to die, Yang blinked and found herself in the middle of fighting Lunar again.
"What's going on?" thought Yang as she took a moment to collect her thoughts, "I swear that I died twice."
Going in again, Yang used the gun function of Ember Celica to make her swings fast but still couldn't connect. Lunar gave Yang's throat a sharp jab, decapitating her internally. Just as her body went limp, it went tense and Yang continued to fight Lunar as her anger grew and grew. The cycle continued for what seemed like eons. Yang would appear to die but she'd somehow come back to life and continue fighting. As it continued on, Yang slowly felt everything else in her life vanish. All that mattered was killing this woman. Yang's normal fighting style became erratic and animalistic as she began forgetting who she was. It was at this moment, as she went in for another attack, a black mist with a yellowish glow gathered at her face and solidified into a mask that was similar to Lunar's.
Suddenly accelerating, Yang managed to cut a piece of Lunar's mask off before going in for another punch. Lunar caught Yang's fist as well as the other and stared into Yang's eyes, which had lost all humanity in them. Rearing her head back, Lunar slammed her head against Yang's, shattering their masks and knocking Yang unconscious. Panting heavily, Hana looked at the unconscious blond girl before falling to her rear.
"Next lesson, making sure she gets a grip on reality while fighting," remarked Tamao to herself before picking up Yang and heading toward the elevator.
(That Night)
Emerald, Mercury, and Cinder walked by Ruby on the way to their dormitory when Emerald tripped.
"Why did you trip me, Mercury?" demanded Emerald as she got to her feet.
"That wasn't me," said Mercury as he held up his hands.
"Stop it, you two," said Cinder before she froze when something brushed up against her leg.
Turning around, she saw nothing there when everything seemed to lose a bit of color around them.
"Uh, what's going on?" questioned Emerald in a slightly concerned tone.
"What's going on is that you three aren't welcome here," said Kronos, who was using a walking stick, while the other members of the Black Fang surrounded the trio, cutting off their escape.
"Well, it's good to see you, Kronos," said Cinder with a smile that vanished almost instantly when Kronos grabbed her by the throat and pinned her against a wall.
"It's Lord Kronos to you, human," said Kronos before he threw Cinder to the feet of Mercury and Emerald, "I'll give you three one warning."
Pulling a katana from his walking stick, he pointed it right between Mercury and Emerald's eyes before pointing the tip right over Cinder's covered left eye.
"You do anything that gets in our way and I'll send you all back to Salem in pieces," stated Kronos before the members of the Black Fang turned into a black mist that flew quickly down the hall and out of sight as everything regained its normal color.
Cinder hyperventilated as her hands flew to her throat, feeling the burning sensation from where Kronos had touched her while Emerald fell to her rear from the sudden release of pressure on her and Mercury used the wall for support.
Ozpin sipped his evening tea when the window shattered and the Black Fang entered his office. Setting the cup down onto a small plate, the Headmaster of Beacon met the gaze of Kronos.
"What can I do for you, my dear friend?" he asked.
"Expel Ruby Rose," said Kronos as he pointed his katana at Ozpin.