ASTR

小惑星

(Shōwakusei)

(ASTR: Asteroid)

Chapter 11:- Coffee & Basil

Theme song: Mirror Mirror - KY0UMI

Ending song: Mirror Mirror - Lollia

/NOTICE: This story is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual people, group, other fictions, etc. is entirely coincidental.

-On the outskirts of Solitas, the sight of a train passing through the train tracks were seen as the train was heading straight to the continent of Sanus and inside the train were large numbers of civilians along with team CFVY as the four teenagers were sitting together. The sun was setting, Velvet had fallen asleep along with Fox while Yatsuhashi was looking outside the window and Coco was reading a magazine-

Yatsuhashi: Do you think that the others are alright in Atlas?

Coco: -She moved her sun-glasses down slightly and looked at Yatsuhashi- If Arsene is there, then they're fine.

Yatsuhashi: But we should not be allowed to leave the Kingdom, as it was Ironwood's orders.

Coco: We're following Saber Moon's requests, if we get caught by the authorities, Saber said that she will take full responsibility, so we're fine.

Yatsuhashi: But still... To head back to Beacon to retrieve a relic? Are you sure about this, Coco?

Coco: Team ASTR would never put their trust on anyone except themselves when they had first formed but now they trust us second year students because we fought alongside together. They have always been saving us from all of the enemies that we couldn't take on and we never really thanked them too, so this is our chance to repay them.

Yatsuhashi: We're risking our lives here.

Coco: I know, but they risked their own to save ours.

Yatsuhashi: Y-You must really respect Arsene, huh?

Coco: If I could become a powerful and respected Huntress, I want to be one just like Arsene. Someone who doesn't back down from doing what is right but I want to head into a fight in style~

Yatsuhashi: -He sighed and looked out of the window- Let's just hope that this pays off..

-An hour passed as night came, the sound of thumping and howls could be heard on the train as a few of the civilians began to panic-

Coco: Velvet, Fox..

Fox:..?

Coco: We got company up above, we're heading out.

-Velvet, Fox and Yatsuhashi nodded as they grabbed their weapons and stood up from their seats and opened the window next to their seats and climbed out as one of the civilians cheered in excitement-

Civilian: Huntsmen and Huntresses! They're here to save us!

Everyone else: Whooo! Yeah! Get them!

-Velvet turned to look back at everyone as she smiled and waved at them as she would then jump out with her other team members as the song "This Will Be The Day" began to play-

"They see you as small and helpless;

They see you as just a child.

Surprise when they find out that a warrior will soon run wild.

Prepare for your greatest moments;

Prepare for your finest hour.

The dream that you've always dreamed is suddenly about to flower.

We are lightning,

Straying from the thunder,

Miracles of ancient wonder.

This will be the day we've waited for.

This will be the day we open up the door.

I don't wanna hear your absolution;

Hope you're ready for a revolution.

Welcome to a world of new solutions.

Welcome to a world of bloody evolution.

In time, your heart will open minds,

A story will be told,

And victory is in a simple soul.

Your world needs a great defender.

Your world's in the way of harm.

You want a romantic life; a fairytale that's full of charm.

Beware that the light is fading;

Beware if the dark returns.

This world's unforgiving, even brilliant lights will cease to burn.

Legends scatter.

Day and night will sever.

Hope and peace are lost forever.

This will be the day we've waited for.

We are lightning.

Welcome to a world of new solutions.

This will be the day we've waited for.

This will be the day we open up the door.

I don't wanna hear your absolution;

Hope you're ready for a revolution.

Welcome to a world of new solutions.

Welcome to a world of bloody evolution.

In time, your heart will open minds,

A story will be told,

and victory is in a simple soul."

Coco: Grimm..

Velvet: Why would they be here?

Yatsuhashi: That's why! -He said as he pointed up at the sky as the sight of a giant Nevermore was seen flying above the train as groups of Beowolves would jump off of the back of the giant bird and land on top of the train-

Coco: Well whatever, let's just kill them and get this over with. This isn't good for my hair after all. -She would then transform her bag into her gatling gun and aim her weapon at the Beowolves but Coco slowly took a few steps back in worry as she and her team members were confused as they watched the groups of Beowolves shape shifting into Humans- W-What the Hell..

Velvet: I didn't know that they could do that!

Yatsuhashi: The thing is...

Coco: They could never do that to begin with! -Coco would then fire her gatling gun at the Human grimms that were charging after her but her weapons did not hurt the grimms as they would jump and assault but Coco was then pulled back by Fox as he jumped in front and kicked two of the Grimms back while Yatsuhashi knocked a few others back with his blade- They won't die by my bullets!

Yatsuhashi: No, I do believe that they can die but..

Velvet: I think they can regenerate their wounds at high speed!

Coco: My gun should be able to kill them before they could regenerate!

Yatsuhashi: I think it's more complicated than that.

-One of the Grimm's faceless face would split in half as it opened up and showed up a large mouth to the team of students as it made a powerful screeching roar, thus hurting Coco and her teammates' ears-

Velvet: Ah! M-My ears! Th-They hurt!

Coco: Agh! Ahhh! Bloody hell! They're going to die if they bleed my ears! -One of the other Grimm would also open its' mouth from its face and fire a red beam at Coco but the beam was unable to hit Coco as she was defended by a man with a cape- Wh-What the..? -Once the Grimm stopped firing its' beam, it stared at the man with the cape as he had a western hat on his head and his cape flashed green and yellow and he wore boots Texas-lone boots as it had stars behind his boots-

Man: Whoo! We got screamers! After so long, they finally show up their damn faces! Ein! Tigre! Get these bastards!

-The sight of a tall slanderous male appeared in front of Yatsuhashi as he had a large sword on his right hand as he would walk up to the Grimm and cut one of them up in half and as he did, his weapons transformed into a flamethrower as it would start bursting out flames from the nozzle of the gun, causing the one Grimm to burn as it was unable to regenerate its wounds while another male showed up behind the Grimm as he ran towards one of the Grimm and grabbed onto its back and raised his right hand as the sight of five large claw-like fingernails were seen as he would slice the Grimm in half and then jump back as he extended his nails into whips as it glowed bright and electrocuted the Grimm to death while the man in the cowboy hat took out a Revolver and aimed it at the end of the last Grimm and shot it at the head but the Grimm was still alive as it laughed evilly and screeched but the entire body would then explode after a matter of seconds-

Man: Looks like our job here is done! -He said with a big smile on his face as he turned and looked back to see Coco and her team- Oh?

Coco: W-Who are you?

Man: We're Huntsmen of Vacuo. I'm the leader of this three member team. The name's Basil.

Coco: Basil..?

Basil: Yeeaa~ You got that right, girl! And I gotta admit, kids these days sure do look prettier than I thought, don't you two agree? -The brown haired male with Gold eyes and slightly dyed pink haired turned to look at Tigre and Ein as they both nodded. Basil would then tip his head at Coco- Pleasure to meet y'all.

Yatsuhashi: Thank you for saving us. We never experienced those Grimm before, what were they?

Basil: They go by the name of "Screamers". They're pack hunters. They disguise themselves as other Grimm to scare off weaker or more powerful Humans and then show their true forms, if they're feeling threatened, one among the group will scream and create a powerful sound wave that has a 90% chance of immobilising anyone and anything in sight~ It's a special Grimm from Vacuo. They just showed up after Beacon fell after all.

-The two teams would then head back down to the train as hours passed, Coco and Yatsuhashi explained the situation to the three adults as Basil had his arms crossed as he listened to their story-

Basil: Going to Vale is dangerous, I hope you know that.

Coco: We are aware of the consequences once we reach Vale but we were given a task to secure a weapon from Beacon academy.

Basil: Then let us help y'all out!

Coco: Huh?

Velvet: Such nice people.

Basil: Tigre, explain the situation of Vale.

Tigre: -The ginger took out a holographic map of Vale and showed Coco and her teammates the images of Beacon academy being swarmed by the Grimm- This is Beacon Academy, 5 hours, 16 minutes and 25 seconds ago. We are constantly monitoring the academy to help Ozpin recapture the academy for him but because of the swarms, it makes it hard for us to plan an assault.

Ein: -The long purpler haired male sighed and patted Tigre's back softly- No matter what, we can't take Beacon back without an army at least.

Tigre: We won't know until we try, Ein! I promised her that I'll get it back for her! No matter what!

Coco: "Her"? Who?

Basil: His fiancee. She wanted to be able to freely visit the academy.

Tigre: Why did you have to tell them?!

Basil: Why not? I'm sure Neon would have told them the same thing either way!

Tigre: Wha-?!

Velvet: W-Wait! N-Neon?!

Tigre: B-Be quiet! -He got nervous as he blushed slightly-

Ein: As you can tell, Tigre is a faunus like Neon and Basil is also a Faunus.

Coco: You're a faunus?

Basil: I'm a snake, Tigre is a tiger and Ein is just a boring man.

Ein: Oh shut up.

Basil: Pfft! Admit it! You know it's not fun knowing that you can't jump up super high and stuff or even climb up walls easily or disguise yourself in the environment like it's nothing!

Ein: I'll admit that but I wont admit that I'm boring!

Basil: Yet ye don't have a galfriend! -He spoke in an accent to mock Ein-

Ein: Like you're one to talk!

Basil: Hey! You can't blame me! You think ANY WOMAN would like to get onto this slithery faunus? I'm a Viper, I'm not a cute rabbit like her. -He said as he was referring to Velvet. Velvet smiled and blushed slightly at Basil as he would look at her and then turn back to Ein- You see that smile?! You gotta protect that smile!

Ein: Shut up, I'll find a good woman and you'll see.

Basil: Pfft! Yet you never got Winter's heart!

Ein: H-Hey! She was a tough girl to begin with! I thought I had a chance!

Basil: Too bad Branwen has a bigger chance with her than you do.

Ein: Ugh.. Don't remind me..

Coco: You guys know Winter Schnee?

Basil: She was the leader of this team.

Yatsuhashi: What was the team name?

Basil: Team WBET. It's pronounced as "Web" with a silent T in it.

Coco: But you guys are from Vacuo and she's from Atlas..

Tigre: The four of us studied in Atlas Academy in the past but Winter was a special student, she was favoured by the teachers and by James Ironwood, she then had no choice but to leave this team after she started working as a commander while the rest of us became Huntsmen.

Ein: We moved to Vacuo after she left, because SOMEONE WANTED to fight giant Grimms! -He said as he turned and looked at Basil-

Basil: You can't blame me on that either! You gotta admit that the bigger they are, the easier they are to target.

Tigre: It's true, which makes it easier for us to kill.

Ein: This is what I have to go through everyday with these guys. -Coco and her team chuckled softly as the train headed straight for Vale and once they reached Vale, the two teams would walk out of the train, the sight of the destroyed and deserted city could be seen-

Basil: Now this is just depressing.

Ein: I know.. The city is completely wrecked..

Basil: What? No! That's not what I meant.

Ein: Huh?

Basil: There aren't anymore women here!

Ein: God.. -The sound of thunder could be heard from a distance as the two teams would look up at the sky and saw the sight of the dark clouds as the rain was approaching them-

Basil: Let's take shelter somewhere for now and we'll continue the search in the morning.

Coco: I agree, let's go guys. -She said as her team along with Basil's group would then enter a nearby abandoned hotel-

Ein: Is the power still working?

Tigre: -He pulled the power switch as it turned on the lights and power of the hotel- Yup.

-Basil would then enter the building as he yawned softly-

Yatsuhashi: What were you doing outside?

Basil: Hiding us.

Yatsuhashi: I'm sorry?

Ein: Basil has the ability to create "illusions", if the Grimm saw that there was light here, they would surely attack so he had to make sure that it looks concealed enough so that we wouldn't get attacked.

Basil: You guys go ahead and rest up, I'll keep watch from here.

Tigre: You sure?

Basil: Yeah! Of course~ Go ahead~ -Everyone would then head upstairs and went up to separate rooms while Basil went over to the kitchen in the hotel and opened up a carton of beer as he took a bottle out and drank one from it as he would then take a seat on one of the couches as he faced the entrance while drinking the beer-

Coco: Why are you helping us? -She asked as she had taken off her hat and her sun glasses as she walked up to Basil from behind-

Basil: Why don't you tell me?

Coco: Because you want something in return, don't you?

Basil: I'm not that petty~

Coco: Then why are you helping us?

Basil: I see a bunch of kids in trouble, of course I'd help them out. If I see a girl in pain, I'd do what I can to protect her. If I see a boy crying in fear, I'll make sure he mans up.

Coco: Huh?

Basil: -He looked at Coco with his bright gold eyes- I'm just doing what a Huntsmen should do. Protect and help those in need.

Coco: You're so dramatic..

Basil: So are you. Coco Adel of Beacon.

Coco: You know me, huh?

Basil: Sure I do, I saw your battle in the tournament and I heard about what you did in the city when it got raided by the Grimm, you're a real showoff, that's for sure but hey, I'm a showoff myself too~ Hehe~

Coco: -She chuckled softly and sat on the chair that was next to Basil's- You've been doing this for quite sometime now?

Basil: What? Drinking beer and protecting kids?

Coco: Yeah.

Basil: Yup. My friends and I don't fight for law and order like the rest of the other Huntsmen, we fight what we believe in. We're peacemakers, we will try to settle things without having to shed blood but sometimes it's just impossible to avoid that.

Coco: Yeah, you're right. -She said as she then turned her attention to Basil and saw that he took off his hat and placed it on the short table in front of him as her eyes widened at the sight of his ponytail. Coco would then burst out laughing- Hahahahahahahaha! P-Ponytail! What's with that?! Haha!

Basil: S-Shut up! I don't know how to cut my hair and I don't know anyone who could cut my hair for me either! So I left it long and tied it!

Coco: You look like a girl with a beard!

Basil: Oh hey now, that's just uncalled for.

Coco: Haha~ Sorry sorry...But...Pffttt-Hahaha! -She started laughing loudly once more and as she did, Basil quickly put his Beer down and pulled Coco to him as she placed a hand on her mouth- Wha-?!

Basil: Shh! -He shushed her as he pointed at the entrance as the sight of a pack of Beowolves were seen together as they were walking around. Once the Grimm left, Basil sighed and let go of Coco's mouth- You gotta be a little more quiet, we may be invisible to them but they can still hear us.

Coco: S-Sorry, my bad.. -She said as she got nervous and was blushing as she was sitting on Basil's lap- C-Can I get off now?

Basil: Oh right, sorry. -He said as he let go of Coco as she would walk back to her seat and sit down quietly as her face was bright red- So what's your relationship with the tall dude?

Coco: H-Huh? My relationship with him? We're just teammates!

Basil: You two seem quite close for teammates though.

Coco: There is nothing going on between the two of us.

Basil: If you say so. -He said as he drank his beer and looked outside as Coco got a little frustrated as she pouted and crossed her arms-

Coco: "Why are all of the adult men that I meet are all jerks?" -She thought to herself-

-TO BE CONTINUED-

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Did you know that Basil's two weapons are his Revolvers? They're like any normal revolver, it's different than James Ironwood's revolver as these pistols can transform into a rifle known as the "AK-47" and the Autoshotgun. Combine the two and they become a Sword/Scythe that is similar to Qrow's weapon.