Notes:
'Fruit loops' is apparently Australian slang for 'fools'.
Saxton Hale can break the fourth wall. he does it all the time.
A C4 is a plastic explosive usually used by armies as, well, explosives. If you played any Battlefield or Call of Duty game you don't have to read this.
Ozpin's Office
Ozpin and Ironwood were patiently waiting for Saxton Hale to arrive. Admittedly, it was taking a bit long. Hale was supposed to be here thirty minutes ago, and Ironwood was getting a little impatient.
"What is taking him so long?" Ironwood growled.
"Have patience, James." Ozpin sipped on his coffee. "It is perfectly fine if he is a little late for our meeting."
"True, but I don't think that finding the tallest building in the academy is that difficult." Ironwood said.
"Agreed."
Then the elevator opened up and Goodwitch walked out, but Saxton Hale is still not there.
"Glynda, where is he?" Ironwood asked. She pointed behind him. All heads looked out the window facing the courtyard, and saw a head peeking out from the bottom. Hale gave them a smile and a wave while Ironwood and Ozpin stared at him. He then reared a fist back and nodded his head in a matter that said 'this is fine right?' Hale didn't wait for an answer as he punched straight through the glass and crawled right in. He dusted the glass off of him before speaking.
"Ha! Sorry about the wait mate! I was busy looking for one of them airships you got so I can come crashing in here the way I normally would! It's what I call a DYNAMIC ENTRY, but none of the pilots would take me so I just climbed up this damn tower." Hale shrugged. "Not quite as exciting as crashing through a window from freefall, but it's better than nothing!" Hale laughed.
"Now if my memory is all right and straight, you're Professor Ozpin, right?"
"Correct, Mr. Hale. It's good that you're finally here. Though I'd prefer it if you took the elevator instead of my poor window." Ozpin said. The window Hale punched open was the same one Heavy jumped out of a few days ago. Goodwitch sighed and fixed it right up to Hale's amazement.
"Crikey! You're Bidwell's got some magic?! Lucky! Mine only talks and worries about everything!"
"What's a Bidwell?" Goodwitch asked.
"Sorry. I meant assistant! Bidwell's the name of one of my closest two assistances. He's a total coward though, but he's a good chap nonetheless."
"Right." Ozpin nodded. "Now Mr. Hale, onto business."
"What's on your mind chap?"
"It is in our understanding that you and the nine men we let you stay with for the night are from another world, correct?"
"That's absolutely right! Did you not see the portal in the sky when I made my dynamic entry to this world in the first place?"
"Yes, we all saw it Mr. Hale. Now what we want to know is why you're all here in Remnant." Ironwood said as he stepped towards Hale in a serious manner.
"Who're you supposed to be?" Hale said while looking over the General. Ironwood saluted him.
"General James Ironwood of Atlas, director of Vytal Festival security. Now, please answer the question."
"I came here looking for my mercs! You see, as CEO of Mann Co., it's my responsibility to make sure the company stays afloat through the hardest of times, and let me tell you, we are in some seriously hard times now."
"I suppose it's these robots your men told us about?" Glynda asked.
"Yep! The people controlling those damn machines ran Mann Co. straight into the ground with all of their irresponsible spending! Damn girl…" Hale muttered under his breath.
"And that's why I'm looking for my boys! I plan on rehiring them and paying them a sixth of whatever they earn on the jobs we send 'em out on!"
"But didn't you say your company was out of money?" Ironwood asked.
"I sure did! That's why I'm goin' to hire them out like some mercenary for hire manager to whoever's interested! And like I said they'll get a sixth of whatever they get. We get the rest! It's a fair deal as far as I'm concerned." The Remnanters looked at each other.
"He's certainly a fair employer, isn't he?" Goodwitch whispered to Ozpin.
"Interesting Mr. Hale, so that is the only reason why you came to this world?" Ozpin asked.
"Mate, I told you like twice by now, yes! That's why I'm here!"
"Indeed you did. It's just that when we asked them why they came here, they said it was an accident and they don't know how they got here." Ozpin took a sip of his coffee. "Speaking of which, how did you get here, Mr. Hale?"
"Well, I just found one of their teleporters out in the desert and jumped right in. Then I came into this weird dimension full of nonsense and guff, met some annoying blokes, and then found a portal thing that led here." The Headmaster took a second to piece together what he just said, and came up with the conclusion that it didn't make sense, but since Hale actually knew how he got here, he'd have to take Hale's word for it.
"Okay. Do you know a way back to your world then? It would be most wonderful if our two worlds met in friendship." Hale smiled, raised a finger, and opened his mouth to talk. Then his finger slowly went down and his mouth shut after he realized he didn't know how the fuck he was supposed to bring the boys home.
"Erm… I figured I'd let the Engineer figure it out. I heard the Yank is good with machines so maybe he'd figure something out. And if that don't work, then maybe we'll figure out some magic trickery to get back home." Ozpin raised a brow.
"Magic?"
"Yeah! Believe it or not mate, but magic exists in our world. In fact, once every year I get reports of an evil wizard attacking my mercs!" The Headmaster and General looked at each other, triggered by the words 'wizard' and 'magic'.
"Well, what will you do here until you get back to 'Earth'?" Ironwood asked.
"I dunno. I figured I'd come in and back out with the mercs real quick, but that clearly ain't happening anytime soon. So I'll probably just go hunting these 'Grimm' things until the lads figure something out."
"Hunting you say? Well, Mr. Hale, I'm pleased to inform you that I have a job for you that fits the bill perfectly." Ozpin said.
"A job? Mate I do this thing for free! I find it disgraceful if a man were to go out there and kill something just for money! Where's the thrill of it?!"
"All the better Mr. Hale. Since you're clearly not fit for a teaching job, I can make you a huntsman."
"Already am one, mate!" Hale said proudly and smiled.
"Not the kind that goes out hunting animals Mr. Hale, I mean like the huntsmen of our world. Defenders of peace, warriors of justice, keepers of…" Ozpin paused listing things huntsmen do when he noticed Hale wasn't very interested. "…and they're the main line of defense against the Creatures of Grimm." Hale slammed his hands on Ozpin's desk, shattering the glass.
"You're telling me you're gonna send me out there to fight the Grimm?!" Ozpin nodded. "For free!?" Ozpin nodded again and a small smile appeared on his face.
"Well, you've got yourself a deal! But only under one condition!" Ozpin's smile went away.
"Name it Mr. Hale."
"I want absolutely no restrictions, alright? I prefer to be absolutely free when I'm out in the wild. Unless it's with my Mann Co. staff keeping me informed with company affairs, that's an exception."
"Umm, well Mr. hale, I can't exactly have you go out there without any-"
"No." Hale interrupted him. "No deal." Ironwood smiled and gave Ozpin a look that said Ha! Bitch, he mine now!
"Well if you won't take a job as a huntsmen, then what about a job as a specialist in my military?" Ironwood said while still smiling like he was the shit around here.
"That would be a 'no' also, General." Ironwood frowned.
"What? But-"
"But what, chap? I just got done telling your friend here I don't want any restrictions! Have you any ears? You expect me to work under an army that's probably bound to be full of 'regulations' and 'codes of conduct' out there? Nah mate, that takes the fun out of what I do."
Then, Ozpin received an alert on his desk. It was an emergency call from the frontier.
"This is Headmaster Ozpin, proceed."
"Headmaster. We have reports of a major Grimm attack forming up on a frontier town called 'Mannlich'. The townspeople request immediate huntsmen assistance."
"Of course, ranger. I'll send-"
"How big is this Grimm attack, son?" Hale rudely interrupted Ozpin and put his face in front of the screen.
"What?! Who are you!?" The ranger on the other side said.
"That's not important right now, son, tell me how big it is!"
"Uh, well… the townspeople said there must be hundreds of them. Among them beowolves, ursai, goliaths, beringels, and several more." Pictures of the mentioned Grimm flashed across the screen. The one that got Hale's attention was the beringel. His face lit up when he saw the gorilla-like Grimm.
"Crikey! That's one beastie I wouldn't want to miss a fight with!" Hale turned his head towards Ozpin. "Listen mate, sorry for denying the job, but can you do me a favor and get an airship ready for me?"
"You wish to go out and face this Grimm attack yourself?" Ozpin asked.
"*Pfft* What's it look like I wanna do mate?! Go out and make peace with them like a damn hippy? No! I tell you what I'm gonna do! I'm gonna go out there and shove my foot so far up their asses, that they'll be spitting out boot polish! In other words, I'm going to fight them if my explanation was too manly for you to comprehend."
"Very well, Mr. Hale. I will get an airship ready for you along with two teams of huntsmen-"
"There's no time mate!" Hale said as he ran towards the window. "Those beasts ain't gonna wait for any huntsmen to kick their hides!"
"Wait!" Ironwood said aloud while putting the glove covering his robotic arm on Hale's shoulder. "What you're doing is really admirable, even if it's only because you want to fight the Grimm and nothing else. But before you go, I want you to know this." Ironwood leaned forward with a menacing look.
"Remember, this is our world. If you or your men cause any damage here, we will hold you all responsible for all of it. I will let the incident yesterday slide, but we will be watching for any further disturbances. Did I make myself clear?" Hale smiled and stared back at Ironwood's serious expression. He then brushed the General's hand off and walked towards the window.
"Whatever you say mate!" Hale yelled before jumping out. Shouting his favorite phrase as he fell.
SAXTON HAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
…
"Well, so much for getting him to join our side…" Goodwitch said as she fixed all the damages hale has done to the office.
"At least he doesn't seem interested in causing any trouble." Ozpin said. He looked over at his longtime friend and saw he was still standing there staring out the window Hale jumped out of.
"Something the matter, James?" Ironwood stood there for a moment before turning around to talk to him.
"These are strange times, Ozpin."
"Indeed they are James."
"We have a wounded maiden, an unknown enemy hiding in the shadows planning to steal her power, an ever growing terrorist organization, intensifying Grimm presence across all the borders of the four kingdoms, and finally, men from a different world entirely." Ironwood rubbed his temples.
"I don't like it. The troubles of Remnant are enough as is, but now people from a different universe? It makes my head hurt just thinking about it."
"I wouldn't worry about it too much James. At least these new men are on our side."
"What about the man who just jumped out of the window then?" Ironwood asked. Ozpin shrugged.
"While Hale may not be a huntsman, he seems far more likely to help our cause out than the enemy's. Besides, we have his men with us."
"True… but still, they said they were mercenaries. Contract killers for hire. What if the enemy manages to get a hold of them?"
There was a short silence in the office as they thought about the possibility of the mercs joining the enemy, until Goodwitch broke the silence with her own thoughts.
"Then we just have to make sure that they don't. I don't know about you two, but I'm much more worried that more people from this 'Earth' will come here. Considering how well they handle themselves without an aura, I'd say the danger of more like them coming is very real, especially if the enemy finds them first."
"Agreed." Ozpin and Ironwood said in unison.
Mercs' Classroom
The students were very wary of entering the classroom. If they learned anything about the class yesterday, it's that they should be ready for anything. They eventually filed into the class, still very alert for anything funny. Demo, Sniper, Pyro, and Medic were in here this time.
"What do you think the surprise is this time?" Ruby asked her friends.
"I don't know." Jaune replied. "Maybe he'll turn into one of us and try to trick us like yesterday."
"No." Ren said. "They won't try the same trick so soon."
"Maybe they'll shoot lasers at us!" Nora said giddily.
*BOOM*
An explosion and then a scream was heard as Russel Thrush of Team CRDL was sent crashing into the ceiling while still in his seat. He landed back down with a loud thud as the class looked on in shock. Needless to say, the students jumped out of their seats, and frantically searched for any bombs. What they saw horrified them. Every single damn seat had a sticky bomb underneath.
"Haha! Best be careful laddies! Don't want te' get yerselfs blown up now do ya?" Demoman laughed.
"Yeah you said it, mate!" Sniper laughed. He pulled out his sniper rifle and stood it next to him.
"Alright! Listen up you bunch of hooligans! This here's an exercise in stress under fire! Here's how it works. They're bombs underneath each and every single one of your desks, like your spiky-haired friend here oh so kindly demonstrated for us, and you will be watching something today!"
The class looked at each other in confusion.
"Really? That's it?" Yang asked while twirling a pencil around with her fingers. Sniper smiled menacingly and pulled off a one handed no scope on the pencil. Yang jumped when the pencil suddenly left her fingers.
"I forgot to mention one important detail…" He laughed evilly.
"You will be shot at if you so much as show a smidge of falling asleep, or get blown up, or get smacked, or get blown away, or- well you get it, there's a lot of things we can do to you." Sniper gave a face that can be called a 'rape face'.
"Uh, what are we watching?" Ruby said fearfully.
"Hehe, we're watching…" He clapped his hands and Pyro turned the lights off, making the room go completely black for a second before the light of the holographic projector lit up the room.
"...The Complete History of the Kingdoms of Remnant! Courtesy of Professor Oobleck!" All the mercs present started laughing evilly and maniacally as the students were crying out in despair.
"Noooooooo!" Yang groaned with her hands over her face. "We deal with this crap every day in Oobleck's class already!"
"Yeah!" Weiss added. Sniper laughed at the girls.
"Look on the bright side, ladies. Hehe, think of it as review for whatever tests you're having on history later."
"Excuse me Professor Sniper, but what exactly does this have to do with combat?" Pyyrha asked politely.
"Simple. One must always be alert and aware of everything around them, no matter what happens! Not doing so would find you an easy way to the grave..." He said gravely. The students went all quiet as his words scared them.
"Welp! No time to waste! Come on! Start the damn film Medic!"
"Hehe…Ja, can do." Medic laughed evilly. The documentary began with theories of how Humanity and Faunus came to be on Remnant.
"Remnant. It is the world where all known life exists…" Some of the mercs laughed at that statement as that is clearly not true anymore.
…
…
…
The students were dying. Not only was this a documentary, it was an old documentary with a boring narrator who spoke in a constant monotone voice. Sometimes it would show extremely cheesy and cheaply made live-action shorts of events like battles or political meetings.
*BOOM*
"AHHHHHHH!" Jaune went after being sent out of the ceiling.
"Jaune!" Pyyrha yelled after him as he flew out of the building. She tried to get up only to freeze in place when a rubber bullet whizzed past her head, only a millimeter off from hitting her.
"Ah ah ah! No leaving your seat, Miss!" Sniper was waving a finger at her. "Consider that a warning shot. And don't worry about the boy. I'm sure he's fine." Sniper high fived Demo while Pyyrha warily sat back in her seat. This event really shook up the students. It officially proves their new professors do NOT fuck around. All were wide awake, but for how long will they keep this up? There is still 45 minutes of class left…
"Ancient ruins indicate that civilization may date as far back as…"
"…Faunus-kind presents a puzzling…"
"…the Grimm overran the Empire of the Black Moon…"
…
*BANG*
*BOOM*
*BANG*
*BOOM*
…
There was now only 15 minutes of class left, and only a quarter of the class was left. They were mostly taken out by the Sniper as they realized that constant damage to the class might get them fired or lose all of their money in repairs. Much to Demo's disappointment, but at least he got a few beautiful explosions in. By a miracle of fate, Team RWBY was intact through the whole ordeal, while only Ren and Pyyrha were still up for Team JNPR, all of CRDL was out, and Neo was still up. She was behaving exactly like she did yesterday, but this time she was trying to hide as best she can in her seat so that she can still watch this torture without the Pyro seeing her. Fortunately, it appears to be working thus far. Instead of walking down the aisles looking for students to blast away with the air blast function of its flamethrower, it was busy burning some textbooks that a combat class really shouldn't need in the first place. Unfortunately, the fire was really distracting and the class found out that taking their eyes off the screen also meant failure when Cardin and Dove received a
"Ahh!" A generic Faunus student sitting next to Neo cried out when Sniper nailed a rubber bullet to his skull. It took all of her strength to not jump out of her seat lest she suffer the same fate. Medic ran up to treat him for any injuries.
"Ooo! Vell done my freund! You lasted a grand total of 48 minutes! Nothing to be too ashamed of, huh?" The German nudged the boy's shoulder while the boy only groaned in response.
"Vat interesting horns…" Medic said after noticing the horns on his head. The Faunus lad got really uncomfortable when Medic started stroking them, and Medic noticed this.
"Oh! Don't vorry boy! I already tried putting horns on Human subjects back home! It didn't work, but it was an exciting operation nonetheless! Hehe, You should have seen ze look on his dead face, haha!" He looked up and saw the disguised Neo.
"Oh, don't mind me young lady. Please, eyes forvard, or else I'll have to shove zis through your face!"
Neo, for the life of her, did not turn around to look at Medic, which pleased him since she's following his instructions, but also disappointed him because he would have loved to see the look on her face upon seeing the ubersaw.
Meanwhile, in the front of the class, our favorite huntresses in training were beginning to crack. Yang felt like knocking herself out with Ember Celica, Blake wished for a catnap, Ruby wanted to drop dead in boredom, and Weiss wished she wasn't in this class right now. Then it happened.
Ruby snuck a peek over to her right and saw Yang was about to drop. She had a completely dead look on her face, eyes half-closed, mouth slightly open, and she was beginning to slowly fall forward. Ruby panicked, and quickly looked at Sniper, who noticed and was smiling evilly with his rifle in hand. He pulled the bolt of the weapon back and loaded another round in the chamber, and leveled his rifle equally as slow as Yang was falling.
"No! Don't do it! Please!" Ruby whispered very quietly at him. Sniper actually heard her and whispered back.
"Ah yeah! I'm gonna do it little girl!" He whispered back. The evil smile still on his face.
"No! No! Please!" She begged.
"Yessss! I'm gonna put one right between her eyes! And you're next." He made a finger gun and pointed it as his head. "Boom. Headshot!"
At this point, Yang was halfway out of her seat and Sniper squeezed the trigger ever so slowly… then BANG! A shot went off. Its destination: Right between Yang's eyes.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Ruby screamed out. She reacted quickly, and with her semblance of supernatural speed, jumped in front of Yang and took one for the team. Literally! It was all for nothing though as Sniper just loaded another round and nailed Yang in the head. The sisters laid on top of each other, taking a well-deserved, blissful rest from this cruel and inhumane torture. Blake and Weiss sat straight and gave angry glares at the Australian madman while the Aussie chuckled to himself on a job well done. Not long after Ruby and Yang went down, the documentary stopped with a couple minutes of class left.
"Alright everyone! We'll stop class here! Please report to the Medic if you've any injuries. That is all."
Everyone sighed in relief and eagerly got out of there and out to lunch. As for little Neo, she was among the first to rush out of class. She ran ahead of all the students only to bump into the Pyro as it was coming back from the bathroom. Neo panicked and froze in place while Pyro stared at her. It soon dawned on Pyro that this girl was his buddy!
"Mphm!" Pyro went as it tried to lovingly crush Neo in a huge bear hug. She quickly stepped to the side, making Pyro fall to the ground.
"Mphm?" Pyro mphmed sadly.
"Mphm mphm!" It got up to try and hug her again, but Neo ran far away, easily losing the Pyro. Pyro stared after her as she went, then looked down at the ground with its shoulders slumped. New friend was gone…
"What's wrong Pyro?" Blake asked as her team walked out of the entrance to the class.
"Mphmphm…" It muffled sadly.
"Um, what?" Pyro didn't say anything.
"I can't understand you with that mask. Mind taking it off?" Pyro didn't say anything again and kept on moping. While Blake rolled her eyes and walked off with her team to get some lunch.
"EVERYONE CLEAR ZE AREA!" Medic yelled out as he and the other mercs ran out of the classroom. The students did as he asked and gathered behind their professors at 50 feet away from the classroom. Demoman was not with them.
"Demo! Don't do it you Scottish twat!" Sniper yelled at the building. The only response he got was a maniacal Scottish laugh from an unseen Demoman, and then a huge ass explosion.
*KA-BOOM!*
Smoke and fire rushed out the windows and entrance of the solitary building that was the mercs classroom, and something shot out from the shattered glass canopy above the classroom and high into the sky.
"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Demo screamed in joy as he flew out towards the mercs' staff house with a trail of smoke and fire behind him. The students were staring in complete disbelief as the new professors just showed them some more outlandish bullshit. Medic and Sniper face palmed while Pyro was still sad about Neo running from it.
"Argh! That bloody, no good, wanker! How am I going to call myself a professional if my coworkers keep destroying our workplace!?" Sniper yelled aloud as he flew his hat down on the ground.
Vale Frontier, Above Mannlich
"Queen's corgis! Look at that fearsome bunch down there!" Hale yelled in excitement right beside the bullhead pilot.
The situation was not looking good. The Grimm didn't start their attack on the town yet as the same elder beowolf that ran away like a bitch from hale the day he arrived here was leading them. Similar to the battle with the mercenaries, it was ordering its Grimm in formation, but now its force was smaller as a lot of Grimm had been lost by the mercs and Hale. Still, enough had spawned and gathered since them to form quite a formidable army with somewhere around 600 Grimm instead of the previous 1000. The townsmen had set up a defensive line across their wall, waiting for the Grimm to come at them like real men instead of running back to civilization where people are soft and shit.
The alpha saw the bullhead coming and growled. It took a sniff of the air as its heightened sense allowed it to identify pretty much anything… then it shat itself. In a rush, it gave a roar that sent all flying Grimm after the one airship in the sky. The sky darkened as the aerial Grimm converged on Hale's airship.
…
"Mr. Hale! Please! Sit down and wait for me to land!" The Faunus pilot said at Hale annoyed.
"Waiting!? Did the other pilot tell you nothing!? I have not the time to wait chap!" He said aloud.
"Besides! Do you really want to fly… into that?" He pointed out the cockpit and the pilot stopped looking at Hale and at the massive wave of flying darkness coming at them.
"U-uh, okay! You win!" The pilot did a complete 180 and floored it.
"Excellent!" Hale yelled as he jumped on top of the bullhead. He smiled as the Grimm started roaring at him.
"Oh this is gonna be fun!" He readied himself for a jump.
"SCREW GRAVITY!"
He yelled as he did a BRAVE JUMP off the airship and into the middle of the flying Grimm horde. The largest nevermore in the flock, bigger than the one our favorite huntsmen in training fought during their initiation, flew ahead at max speed and opened its mouth wide…
…and swallowed Hale whole.
…
So much for the- oh shit, wait!
Hale punched himself straight out of its belly and jumped on top of the dying Grimm. Similar to the mercs, he has a personal inventory too, but it's mostly filled with various hunting 'equipment'. Among said equipment were chains. Hale took the chains and jumped onto another, slightly smaller nevermore as the one he was on plummeted to the ground. He wrapped the chains around the creature's beak and was leading it around as an unwilling flying mount with him standing on its back.
"Haha! Come get me you bunch of fruit loops!" Hale laughed as he was punching and kicking any Grimm that had the balls, or foolishness, to come at him. Grimm were dropping like flies as it took one or two hits to kill them since most of them were lesser Grimm. A griffon landed and tried to crush him by smashing its paws down. Hale stepped to the side and it hit the nevermore instead, causing the bird to cry out in pain while Hale wrapped the chains around the griffon's neck before it could pull back. The griffon was being strangled to death while the nevermore was going crazy as the chains were leading it everywhere.
"Argh! Calm down you oversized pigeon!" Hale yelled at his steed as he released the dead griffon, the creature sliding off the nevermore's back and down below. After a couple more minutes of beating and bashing Grimm that tried to close in on Hale, the nevermore's finally had enough of this overpowered faggotry, and sent a barrage of feathers towards their comrade. The Aussie saw this, and reacted by pulling out a huge bundle of C4s from his personal inventory as there was no way, even with his manliness, that he'll survive this.
Now I know what you're thinking, What the fuck?! Saxton Hale doesn't use bombs you stupid fuck! Unfollowed! 0/10, Worst story ever. But hear me out, these bombs are used to blow holes in silly walls and barriers that stand in Hale's way when he goes out burning zoos or hunting endangered animals in hunting reserves. Okay? Are you good now? Now finish reading this chapter.
Hale shoved the bundle of C4s into the nevermore's mouth and sealed it shut with the chain he wrangled around it, set the fuse for 5 seconds, and jumped off backwards. He smiled and waved his hat at them before flipping around and facing the ground. The barrage of feathers pin cushioned the poor nevermore, but luckily the Grimm didn't have to feel bad about killing their fellow Grimm when the C4 bundle went off, sending the feathers lodged into the nevermore everywhere, killing all of the flying Grimm in the sky.
"Ohhhh…" Hale sighed. "Wished I could've finished them off with my fists…"
The elder beowolf below had made its move when it realized Hale was here, and the Grimm were almost to the walls by the time Hale jumped off the nevermore. The townsmen did their best to weather the horde down with hi-power bolt action rifles, shotguns, molotovs, and even hunting bows. Now that the horde was close to the wall, the closest defenders pulled out melee weaponry ranging from axes to spears and braced for manly close quarters combat. A goliath roared and ran with its head lowered to smash right through the wall. When suddenly…
SAXTON HAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Everything froze and looked up to see something crash right into the goliath that was going to breach the wall. The force from Hale's fist colliding with the creature was so great, it exploded into a bloody mess of Grimm flesh. Laughing can be heard from the ruined corpse as a manly figure stepped out, laughing a hearty laugh. The elder beowolf, who stayed behind in the rear with beringel guards around it, looked on in fear. A total repeat of its earlier defeat at this man's hands.
"Hahaha! You bunch of filthy animals are about to witness first hand some Australian justice!" Hale looked back at the brave people of Mannlich up on the walls.
"Oy! I remember you lot! This was the town I saved from those terrorists the other day!
"Hey! It's Saxton Hale!" An elderly, but ripped man on the wall said. He was wielding a hi-powered, military semi-auto rifle with a bayonet back from the days when Remnant's armies used weapons like that. It must have been a family heirloom if it has lasted this long. This man was the mayor.
"Yeah, he's right! It is Saxton Hale!" Another defender yelled out.
"He's come to save our town once again!" The woman who was a holding a baby the day the huntsmen took Hale said, though her baby wasn't with her this time.
"Save? Oh right! Yes! I am here to save this town, and fight these creatures!" Hale said.
"Now, usually I prefer to fight alone, but considering how nice you all are, why don't you come on down here and help me out? Maybe you'd score some kills for yourself, ha!" The townspeople stared at him and looked at each other.
"The choice is yours you know! Just come – eh?" A beowolf tried to get the jump on Hale like the first time, but Hale was ready this time. He grabbed the beowolf's head and crushed it by closing his fist around it. Then, the Australian roared and crashed into the Grimm horde, opening up the usual crates of FUCK YOU he normally does in any fight he gets into.
A mighty roar was heard as the manly motherfuckers that were the inhabitants of Mannlich jumped down from the wall to do battle with the Grimm now that their hero was in the battle. After a while, the elder beowolf and its beringel entourage went forth when it became apparent that Hale's crates of FUCK YOU were too much for the Grimm to handle.
Hale was having the time of his life, wrestling, punching, kicking, ripping, and strangling the Grimm alongside these brave people at his side. It was quite a rush. Battles like this rarely happen on Earth these days, but it was so much fun! They really ought to happen some more. Nothing manlier than the thrill of battle!
"Haha! Come on you lot! You've yet to show me why you're so dangerous to the people here!" Hale yelled out a challenge to the Grimm. Suddenly, a roar was heard, and all the Grimm retreated back, and the townspeople gathered behind Hale.
"What's wrong?" Hale yelled.
"Lost the will to fight have they?" Hale said to the defenders behind him. They laughed and started throwing insults at the creatures. That's when the Grimm parted 'ranks' to let the elder beowolf and the beringels step forward. Hale perked up when he saw them.
"Ohhhhh… I remember you!" He turned back towards the townspeople. "Don't worry about the tall one. He's big and armored, but believe me when I say he's a total coward!" The townsmen laughed but were uneasy about the beringels.
"So how is this going to go down? Hmm? The way I see it, you think you grew a pair and decided to try your luck on me again. Is that right?" The elder didn't say anything.
"Well, hate to break it to ya mate, but you're still a pussy! Bringing your friends to fight your battles for you!" He motioned at the beringels around the elder. The beowolf growled.
What about your friends!?
"Who? Them?" Hale pointed over his shoulder at the townspeople.
"Oh, they just wanted to come down here and fight. And as you can see, they're balls are vastly bigger than your entire army combined mate!" All the humans laughed.
"Not that I'm saying it's a bad thing you brought them. Oh no! I'm more than happy to shove my foot up each and every one of your asses!" The creatures tensed up in rage.
"You can understand what they're saying, Mr. Hale?" The mayor asked.
"Yeah, yeah. Quiet please! I'm doing a serious scene that's boring me right now! If only someone would speed it up!"
Well…fuck. Fine.
"Perfect! Now let's do this you mangy freaks of nature!" Hale took a step forward and stopped.
"Oh! As for the rest of you…" Hale said to the townsmen.
"You can fight the leftovers! I want those bastards!" He pointed at the elder and the beringels. Hale and the creatures of Grimm roared as both sides were about to clash in glorious battle…
Ha! Thought you would get to see me, Saxton Hale, fight some beringels? One of the most oh so supposedly strongest creatures in this 'RWBY' world? Well, sorry to break it to ya good readers, but you'll have to wait for the next chapter for the exciting conclusion for Mann and Beast: A Clash of Fists and Fangs in part 2! What's that? You're angry it was split between two chapters!? Well then, if you feel like it should be changed, then you'd have to come and talk to me! Where I will gladly receive all of your complaints with my fists! Haha! See you next chapter!
Cinder's Room, Earlier, as in around the time the Mercs' Class Ended
"Cinder, Cinder!" Emerald came rushing into the room. "Did you hear? That Saxton Hale guy left Beacon!"
"I know." She said calmly. "I've known since he left."
"Really? Why'd he leave then?" Emerald questioned Cinder.
"Let's just say… I made a deal to get him off of our backs." Cinder smiled.
"There's no possible way he can survive what she has in store for him."
"She? Who is this 'she'?" Emerald asked.
"Oh, no one important. Besides, you don't have to know anything." She put a hand on Emerald's shoulder.
"All you have to do is obey, remember?"
"Yes, Cinder. Of course…" Emerald said.
Suddenly, Neo came running into the room. She slammed the door shut and sat right in front of it. She was visibly panicked about something.
"What happened Neo?" Cinder asked the petite girl. The girl was about to say something in sign language, but her eyes went wide.
"Neo? Neo?" Cinder snapped her fingers. "What is wrong with you? Snap out of it!" She slapped Neo, but she had absolutely no reaction to it.
"Uh, Cinder?" Emerald said slowly. Cinder sighed.
"What is it?"
"I think I know what's got Neo scared."
"Really?" Emerald pointed out the window and Cinder looked out of it to get quite a surprise.
The Pyro itself was right up against the glass of the window, staring at Neo. It banged the glass a couple of times and said some muffled 'mphms'.
"What the hell!?" Mercury yelled out as he was standing against the glass.
"W-what do we do, Cinder?" Mercury backed away from the window. Emerald and Mercury slowly reached for their weapons before Cinder stopped them.
"Wait! Let him in. Let's see what happens…" She walked up to the window and opened it up, and Pyro tumbled in. It picked itself up and dusted its flame proof suit off.
"Hello, Mr… Pyro? Is that correct?" Cinder said. Pyro nodded.
"Okay. What are you doing in our dorm room Mr. Pyro? And why through the window no less?" Pyro did not answer her and walked straight to Neo. This caused Team evil to panic. Neo shrunk in fear when Pyro grabbed her and help her up Lion King style.
"Mphm!" It muffled. Cinder easily figured it was talking about Neo.
"Neo? What do you want Neo for?" Cinder maintained her calm outward appearance, but inside her mind, she was fearing that Neo was found out by the Pyro and was going through all the ways she can deal with this without ruining the plan. As for the Pyro, it tucked Neo underneath its left arm like she was a book or something and drew something on a piece of paper. When it was done, a crude drawing of Pyro and Neo smiling together in a room with pajamas on was revealed to Cinder. The word 'SlEep 0ver' in a higly bastardized form was written above them.
"A sleepover? You want a sleep over with Neo? I'm sorry, but isn't that a little… questionable for a man such as yourself to be doing such a thing with a teenager?" Pyro said nothing and stared at her.
"You know I'm only telling the truth." She said. Pyro said nothing and kept staring at her. Cinder was beginning to have some serious déjà vu right now. It reminded her of her first encounter with Pyro at the party when it creepily stared at her.
"Could you please stop staring at me?" She said annoyed. Pyro dropped Neo and walked up to Cinder until it was almost right up against her.
"Uh, what are you doing? Can you please-oh!" Pyro placed both hands on her shoulders and looked deeply into her amber eyes. Cinder stared back at it with a flustered look, but then,it happened. Cinder began having terrible visions of her being tortured in ways that make even her sick. She saw fields of hellfire and corpses with enough face left on them to indicate they were in extreme pain when they died. She saw a huge demonic skull with an open mouth with its teeth lined with bloody corpses, and inside was a throne with the Pyro on it. And it had her severed head on its lap…
"Gah! Okay! You can take Neo! Just get away from me!" She pushed it away from her while the rest of Team Evil looked on worriedly, especially Neo. Pyro tilted its head sideways at Cinder. Why did the beautiful fire queen push me away?
"Did you hear me!? You can take Neo! Just please bring her back by tomorrow morning!" Pyro snapped out of it and looked around.
"Mphm!" It said in acknowledgement. It grabbed Neo and ran out of the room and over to its staff house. Neo tried to scream, but you know, she's mute. Emerald and Mercury were really worried while Cinder laid in bed, trying to get rid of the awful visions in her head.
Alright, lads and lasses, here's the next chapter! So as established before, I'm a lazy, high school, fuck so this story will most likely be updated once every week. Sorry. :(
On another note: I would like to shout out a cool guy called Cadaver1041! This boi is a fresh writer making a much darker and serious TF2 X RWBY crossover than this one here. He's also a better writer then me. So if you like that kind of thing then go check his shit out. Let it be known I'm a fresh writer too, but I feel its right that we help each other out. His story is called 'Leaving a Dead World'. (Please don't fuck me up if this sounds pretentious Cadaver. Alternatively, you can and I will cry about it.)
A shout out to LE MAO XVII as well. He is a significantly better writer than me and he has some cool stuff as well. He's got a TF2 X RWBY crossover called 'Team Fortress 2 vs RWBY'. He pits TF2 characters against RWBY characters. Pretty simple, but entertaining regardless. Don't get me wrong though, I'm a sensitive guy so when I see characters I like fight each other, it hurts the heart you know? Similar deal with Tracer vs Scout. Anyway check him out too. (Same deal as Cadaver, LE MAO.)
Review Responses:
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buzzsaw935 and ATTF: I haven't played TF2 long enough to know all the cosmetics nor do I actually care about cosmetics, so I just decided to have them be all default in appearance. They do have all class cosmetics in their inventories so you can imagine whatever you want for them. Plz don't fuck me up for not caring about cosmetics. I'm F2P since 2010 so I don't get stuff like hats unless its an event, and I'm too lazy to pay for anything on the TF2 store.
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Red Lisa: Thank! And why not write your own? It might turn into something great...
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