Red Dragon: Hello again everyone. Now what happens here will really be a major detour from the original RWBY plotline. So fair warning.
Father Chapa: Not like they didn't know that when they started to read this. It's is obviously an AU from the first chapter. We basically created an organization that acts like a parent company to the White Fang.
AssassinK: That is true and we did introduced an interesting cast of OC characters with unique personalities.
Sage Wolf: Now that's done let's get on with the fic.
The Dom: Alright, here we go!
Normal speech: "Hey"
Yelling/special moves: "Die!"
Thought: 'Hmm'
Communication through devices: "What?"
Chapter 11. Dark Dawn Strikes
Intro: I'm not writing that again.
'Uhh, where am I?' Lucian's slowly awakening mind asked itself. Slowly opening his eyes, Lucian blinked to clear the morning fog. Now slightly more awake, he could see something above him. 'Oooh, it's just a low ceiling' he reasoned falling back to sleep. "Wait" he mumbled lowly. "Ceiling!" with that he sprang upward and as a result, his forehead collided with the haed surface making a loud smack. "FUCKING SON OF BITCH!" the Grimmborn cursed loudly, falling out of the bed and waking the room's other occupants. "Hmmm, turn off the alarm Yang" a sleepy feminine voice said from the bed Lucian once occupied. Blinking Lucian quickly remembered what happen last night and where he was, but that didn't save him from being hit by a speeding pillow. "Damnit Lucian! We're trying to sleep!" yelled a now pissed Ashura who left the comfort and embrace of Yang and her bed. "Mmm, Ashura~, I'm cold come back to bed" Yang stated still enthralled in sleep. Smiling, Ashura turned to his beloved and said smoothly, "Don't worry my dear, I shall return to you shortl-GAAAHHHH!" His statement was interrupted by Lucian slamming both of his feet into the Animus' skull. "That's what you get, jackass!" Growling, Ashura regain his footing and yelled, "That tears it!" The two then engage into an all out brawl.
Groaning, Vlade sat up with Weiss still hanging off his neck. She was awoken by the loud yells. Turning her head, she saw the brawl going on below and decided to question her boyfriend. "Is it always like this for you?" Sighing, Vlade slowly stroked the white haired girl's head and said calmly, "Unfortunately it's known to be worse." "How so?" Weiss asked sincerely. "I'M TRYING TO SLEEP! GO, MEPHISTO'S BREAKFAST SURPRISE!" screamed a usually calm voice. What came next was screams of absolute terror.
After having their girlfriends break up their fight, LAVM and RWBY got dressed and preparing for another day in class. Cracking his neck, Lucian stated, "Another day, another lecture." Groaning, Ruby turned towards her wolf boy and said, "You don't know the half of it." The four young warriors sweat dropped at their loves' sudden depression. "Porter's that bad, huh?" Mephisto asked. His answer came in the form of utter silence.
~~Later~~
Lucian stretched back into a chair as waited for everyone to get settled. They agreed to meet up after classes to discuss what their plan was. Turning to see the girls in their new non-school outfits, he sweat dropped. 'Do they really need a different outfit every time the leave the campus?' Shaking his head, he stood up and prepared himself to lay out his attack plan. "Alright guys!" Ruby began. "Today is the day!" Lucian could only smile at her excitement. He was glad to have someone like her. "Okay then" the Grimmborn said matter of factly. "Everyone remember their jobs?" Weiss was the first to speak up. "You, I, Vlade and Ruby will check the Schnee records for any Dust robberies or inconsistencies. With me being the heir to the Schnee family, it shouldn't be a problem." "Please never say that, with our luck something is bound to happen" Vlade said flatly. Blake spoke next, "I will attend the regular White Fang faction meeting while Mephisto will be hidden and will assist when needed." Smirking the devilish youth stated, "Don't worry my dear kitten" at this Blake blushed. "You're fateful wizard shall protect you from a far." Blake's blushed turned an interesting shade of crimson as her embarrassment grew. "Well moving on" Yang stated. "I have an old friend on the shady side of town that typically knows everything going on in Vale. Getting the information out of him shouldn't be too hard." Smiling Ashura decided to add his two cents. "And I will be there to protect you if anything goes wrong, not that you need it." Lucian frowned, "Enough with the flirting let's go!" "Go where?" a familiar voice asked. Shocked at the voice team RWBY leapt back from the window while LAVM took a slightly more, defensive appoarch. By that, they drew their firearms and pointed them at the voice's source.
"Hey, no need to shoot!" a very familiar monkey tailed Faunus said with his hands up in front of him. "Sun!?" Ruby said surprised. "What the fuck you're doing out there?" Lucian asked keeping his gun leveled, just in case. "I do this all the time" Sun replied like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "What!?" Weiss yelled, half shocked and half furious. "So you're a voyeur?" Mephisto asked, railing Sun up a bit. 'That will teach to hit on Blake in front of me. Mhu hahahahaha' was his devious thought. "Just let us in okay?" Sun asked with a sigh. "Us?" the two teams asked. "Yeah, Neptune's right out there."
After letting the Faunus and his best friend in, the two teams debated what to do with them. "So what to do with those two?" Lucian asked giving the ease droppers a glare. "Well, it might be best for them to come with us." Weiss stated, trying to use reason on four beings that seemed to destroy it sometimes. "Why's that?" Ruby asked. "Because they could alert Ozpin and then it's nothing but detention from there" Vlade said calmly, the common sense of his girlfriend's idea not escaping him. "With that in mind, Sun should go with Blake with Mephisto as their backup, while Neptune accompanies Ashura and Yang. Any objections?" he asked. Neptune raised his hand, and said "Yeah" with his gaze settling on Weiss for a brief moment. Ignoring him, the vampire stated in a tone that would brook no argument and gave off a vibe of 'argue with me and die' "Good, there are none." The vampire's gaze lingered on the blue haired youth longer than necessary, silencing his objections with a crimson glare and slightly bared fangs. "Alright then, let's move out!" Lucian declared beginning their little side mission.
~~Later~~
Lucian and his group made their way to the Transit Tower to access the Schnee archives. Ruby and Weiss had occupied themselves with a conversation as Lucian found time to interro- I mean question his friend. "So," Lucian began. "What was up with you giving Neptune the death glare?" Vlade turned towards his friend and said lowly so only they could hear, "Would it be so different if he was interested in your mate?" Sighing harshly, Lucian stopped himself from over reacting to the situation. "Look, they aren't our mates," Vlade gave him a 'are you kidding me look.' "Yet, but it's that they are important to us. Like part of our souls were missing until we met them." Lucian finished his small speech. "Hey aren't you going to go after her?" Weiss asked breaking them out of their conversation. "Uh, what?" the Grimmborn asked. Weiss sighed and pointed towards the retreating form of Ruby who was chasing after Penny. "Damnit Ruby!" Lucian yelled. Turning towards his light haired companions and said quickly, "You two check the archive, I'm going after her to make sure she doesn't do something stupid, again."
With that, LAVM's leader chased after his girlfriend who had a head start on him. Vlade and Weiss could only sweat drop at this. "And so it begins, again." Vlade said slightly irritated at the pairs' antics. "They lack maturity if you ask me. Now come on, we need to get back to our mission" the young heiress stated firmly. 'I feel that the calm if ending' the vampire thought to himself sensing something was amiss. 'And the storm is about to begin.' With that he followed Weiss into the massive tower. He didn't know how right he was. Standing in the shadows was a tall man in his late teens or early twenties. His hair was a short, spiky blond and his eyes that were covered by a pair of glasses were an acid green full of malice and vile glee. His mouth was a vicious, predatory smirk that revealed slightly pointed teeth. His clothes were a black shirt that was covered by a white trench coat with black chuffs. The inside of his jacket sleeves were covered in glyphs. His shirt also showed hidden padding, suggesting hidden armor. He wore white pants and black boots. His hands were covered by white gloves with the DDG symbol on the back of them. "So" the mysterious man stated in a slight Irish accent. "This is your nest leech, well time for some extermination." Raising his hand to his ear, he pressed a small head set and spot quietly, "Master, this is Anderson. Beginning termination and recovery mission."
~~Later with Lucian~~
'Well who would have thought,' Lucian thought to himself as he watched the public presentation. 'Atlas is finally building mobile suits. Wonder if their working on a Gundam?' Lucian broke out of his thoughts as he finally spied a familiar red cape. "Why am I not surprise she's here?" Lucian asked himself rhetorically. Once again the chase was on, but Ruby was moving at full speed and Lucian was withholding his full abilities to blend in better. When he finally caught up to her, she was standing next to Penny looking at something. "Damnit Ruby!" the wolf boy yelled. Surprise by his tone, the two girls panicked and Lucian saw something strange on Penny's hands, no it was her hands. The top skin was torn away revealing metal underneath. "The hell?" the Grimmborn asked. Ruby acting quickly said in a panicked voice, "Lucian, can you please keep this secret?" Before he could answer, Lucian heard something falling from above him. "Ruby, move!" with that, both hunter and huntresses dodged the incoming falling object. The object was a boy around their age. The young would be assassin rose to his feet and drew his blade from the concrete. The blade was a katana that had a dark blue blade and a purple and black hilt.
"Who are you and why have you attacked me!?" Lucian half asked and half yelled. The young man scoffed and said lowly, "I am Virgil and I shall have your head." His words were finished by a glare from his familiar red white pupil eyes. "Huh, I should have guessed that Dark Dawn wouldn't let us go free for long." Both Ruby and Penny were shocked by his statement and quickly prepared their weapon. Lucian quickly drew his large blade and readied for battle. Not giving them time to prepare, Virgil struck first. Rushing forward, the demon spawn swung his blade in a horizontal arc towards Lucian's neck. But the blue blade was stop with a loud clang that came from it colliding with the large Cleaver. Lucian began his counter attack by kicking Virgil straight in the gut. The blow was strengthened by Lucian sending a surge of aura into the leg. The white haired assassin slid back, but stopped his slide by driving his sword into the ground once again. "Hmm, you are strong" Virgil said calmly, raising his head. "It appears I will need my full power." With that said Virgil leveled his head and glared at the three youths before him. Then the slit on his forehead opened revealing a large demonic eye, the iris and sclera were both a bloody red and the pupil was a slit, the eyes appearence disgusted both Penny and Ruby. "W-w-what are you?" Ruby asked scared. Virgil regarded the girl with apathy and spoke harshly, "I am a superior being to you bitch. I am the herald of a new age, and now be gone!" With a yell a blue force exploded out of the demon spawn's eye and sent the three hunters flying. Recovering quickly, Lucian propelled himself and caught the two girls.
Lucian landed with a huff, feeling exhausted before his body quickly recovered the energy he spent. 'Damn,' Lucian thought to himself, 'Got to be careful, the eye of his is really fucking powerful.' With his enhanced vision, the Grimmborn spied Virgil sailing towards him. Wiping out his guns, Lucian fired shot after shot towards the assassin. Ruby, catching on to what he was doing switched Crescent Rose into sniper rifle mode and fired a few rounds towards Virgil as well. The assassin changed his path quickly, but not before a few rounds grazed his side. He landed in front of the three and began his next move. Virgil charged forward with intense speed as his blade glowed with a dark blue light. Lucian copied his action, his cleaver a crimson red.
~~Meanwhile~~
"Well that went better than expected" Weiss said happily. They got what they needed without incident, but Vlade was still tense. 'I don't understand why, but I feel like we're about to be attacked.' Vlade thought to himself. Just then, his instincts kicked in and he leapt towards Weiss, forcing the heiress to the floor with his body as a shield. As this happened an explosion rocked the tower and filled the room with smoke. "You're one lucky bastard aren't 'cha you leech" was the question from an Irish voice. From the smoke Anderson appeared holding what appeared to be a bayonet with an extra long handle in one hand and a rectangular crate in the other. "Unfortunately for you, your luck just ran out." With that Anderson charged, ready to kill. But before he could reach the pair, he was stabbed straight in the side by a clone Vlade made earlier. Anderson quickly threw the clone away and watched it dissipate into countless bats. Revealing his pointed teeth with an evil smirk, Anderson turned towards Vlade and Weiss and said evilly, "That trick won't work anymore leech," Anderson began as his wound started to heal. "You and your pathetic whore will be nothing but ash when I'm done with you."
The icy tone and murderous aura that Anderson released caused Weiss to shake. This man, no this monster was going to kill her. Vlade, seeing that Anderson was overwhelming Weiss with his Killing Intent, releashed his aura with full force. It washed over the whole room, giving Weiss comfort and canceling out Anderson's aura. "Sorry, but this one believes you are the one that is going to die" Vlade declared, drawing his blade and covering it with his aura. Anderson smiled and without warning, threw his bayonet at Vlade's head, but the vampire acted fast and knocked it aside with his blade. Anderson's smirk never left his face. Seeing this, Vlade turned towards where the knife landed and saw the butt of the handle pop up and reveal a rod of pure Dust. Weiss, also seeing this, grabbed onto Vlade and put up a glyph shield that took the blunt of the ensuing blast. The blast sent them out of the tower the shield took the front of the blast while Vlade surrounded them both in his large and iron hard wings. The wings he was now using to move him and the young heiress away from the academy campus. Vlade quickly dived, avoiding bayonets that flew his way. Vlade looked to where they came from and saw Anderson giving chase. The smiling monster leaped from rooftop to rooftop, launching deadly knife after deadly knife from who knows where. Vlade quickly landed on a roof and set Weiss down. Vlade turned just in time to catch a bayonet and toss it back towards Anderson. "You're better than I expected" the evil man said, catching the bayonet himself. "Maybe I'll keep you alive long enough so you can watch our little animal associates tear your whore apart." Vlade's eyes became their vampiric red. As this happened, he created twenty clones, all looking ready to kill. "You are a blight on this world, now perish" Vlade spat out lowly. With that he and the clones disappeared from sight. Anderson moved quickly and stabbed one clones as he appeared in striking distance. This became a glaring mistake, for as he did this slash marks appeared all over his body as Vlades appeared in multiple spots around his. "Reaper Montage" Vlade said as he turned and thrust his sword right into Anderson's back. The clones disappeared as multiple swords erupted from Anderson's body, causing the assassin to fall to his knees and cough up blood. Vlade quickly leaped away and watched as the multiple wounds healed slowly. "I see," Vlade stated. "You wounds heal at a rate proportional to the severity, that's why the wounds that started inside your body are taking longer to heal. A powerful enough attack, and your healing shuts down. Weiss if you attack, make sure you can escape quickly." "I'll try, just don't die yourself ok?" Weiss said. Vlade nodded and prepared his next move. Anderson growled and drew eight knives. Vlade narrowed his eyes and charged as the madman threw the bayonets.
Vlade dodge each knife and launched himself forward and plunged his blade right throw Anderson and sent them flying off the building's side.
~~Meanwhile~~
Lucian and Virgil were in dead lock. Their glowing blades pressed into each other, as the aura that surrounded them pushed back and forth violently seeking to gain control. The two leaped back from each other and stared directly into each others' eyes. With a flick of his wrist, Lucian's cleaver changed into its energy blade form and the blade grew dense as dark crimson aura collected on it. Lucian aura had shifted into its primal form. With it, he gained his facial markings and his sclera turned red. The aura whipped around him as his instinct to protect his territory and mate rose to the surface, but unlike before, his power was controlled. His aura swirled as he felt new power flow through him as he heard a new voice in his mind, one like his own but different. "So, you now truly access the power we have? It took you long enough, now let's show this beast what happens to those that threaten our domain" the voice spoke. 'So you finally see things my way Lycaon? Alright then let's do this!' Lucian replied mentally. His aura exploded out, swirling around him like a tornado. Ruby was frozen by the power Lucian was radiating, but a part of her, a part she never knew existed sang with joy at the power that was being released. But far away, another reaction occurred. The great blade, Caliburn glowed crimson and started to erase the evil miasma that surrounded it. "Take this!" Lucian yelled, swinging his sword. "Aura Cleaver!" and with a burst of dark red light, a large blade shape slash raced towards Virgil, burning the air around it with the strength of a sun. Virgil slashed his blade, bringing the blue metal to block the deadly energy strike. But the slash forced him back quickly, his feet creating trenches in the ground.
And then and object falling from the sky with a large blue energy arrow collided with Virgil, resulting in a large blast. As the blast cleared, Lucian could see an injured Virgil and Anderson. The crate the psycho was carrying laid off to the side, in plain view. "The fuck?" Lucian asked confused. As if hearing his question, Vlade and Weiss landed nearby. "Well this is unexpected" Vlade said mildly surprised. Recovering, the two would be assassins got to their feet. "Damnit, we underestimated them. Anderson, grab the package and retreat. The assassination is a bust." With that, the two dashed by the young hunters and left with the crate in hand. "Oh hell no!" Lucian yelled giving chase. "You're not getting away!"
Outro: I Wanna Be from Soul Eater
RedDragon: Well that chapter is done and for those who keep track with the episodes, this takes place during season 2 episode 3. So only a few more until we'll stop for a while.
Sage Wolf: Well until new episodes are released.
AssassinK: True so anything else on the agenda.
?: Do I get introduce yet?
The Dom: Uh, give it a month.
Father Chapa: It will be worth the wait.
