Disclaimer: RWBY and its characters belong to Rooster Teeth of Austin, Texas. The OCs however are mine.
Chapter 11
Ozpin's POV
Ozpin, Ironwood and Roland Arc look out the window to see the great beast slowly descend from the heavens. The creature's body like that of a massive snake covered in blood red, dark black and bright white feathers. It is close to 6,500 feet in length and it's body is around 1500 feet thick at its widest. The end of its body tapers off into a sharp whip like tail with six 300 foot long prismatic blade like feathers . Dozens of massive bone spikes ranging between 80 feet and 400 feet tall cover the body with strange orbs of black lightning resting atop the flat surface of the spires. The spikes seem to rotate around it's body, shooting arcs of lightning between each other.
The most terrifying feature of this creature though, is it's face. It's head is viper like in shape. but It has thousands of blood red eyes dominating the left and right side of its upper head. It's jaws is cut off abruptly about halfway down its snout., but you can clearly see dozens of rows of 200+ foot long razor sharp teeth covering the entire roof of its mouth. The rest of its head consists of four 450 foot long unhinged pincer like jaw bones with monstrous jagged fang like spikes which have the same black lightning orbs as the spikes on its body. The four pincers point inward toward a much larger orb at the center of its mouth which is so dark that it seems to consume the light around it.
Oobleck, who just seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, is the first one to break the stunned silence. "Quetzoral the Destroyer... A being considered by most to be a myth. According to legend, it destroyed all civilization outside of Menagerie and the four Kingdoms and allowed the Grimm to establish the Black Zone... This is bad Ozpin, really bad." The rest of the people in the room turn to look at Oobleck as he speaks, but Ozpin merely stares at the beast. "I know Oobleck, it's the reason I became the Wizard in the first place. In my first life, I failed to stop Salem from summoning this beast to our world. It is the very reason I became the Wizard in the first place. I can never know death until Salem is defeated and this beast is destroyed." Ozpin says. Everyone's eyes widen as they never really knew the full story behind Ozpin's curse.
Ozpin averts his gaze toward the broken Moon. "Many people believe that life originally began here on Remnant, but that is not the case. Before our civilization, this world was merely a small outpost built to support a larger colonial world called Azura. Humanity originally came here from a distant planet known as Earth. They left Earth long ago, as tens of thousands of years of reckless exploitation had rendered to world completely uninhabitable. For nearly two hundred and fifty thousand years, humanity migrated from planet to planet in an endless cycle of destruction. First, we would use weapons of untold destruction to destroy any life that existed on the planet and any ability for the planet to sustain life on its own. Then we would use advanced Terraforming technology to transform the planet into a carbon copy of the Earth so we could inhabit it for as long as it had resources. When the world ran dry, we would abandon the planet taking the devices necessary to sustain life with us and leaving behind a desolate husk.
"Hundreds of worlds filled with life were destroyed this way, even many worlds with Sentient life forms. Most of those peoples were eradicated, but there was one interesting world which housed a Sentient species which was capable of surviving the destruction. Rather than completely annihilate them, we assimilated them into our own culture. These people are what we now know as Faunus."
"When we finally came to Azura, we discovered the miraculous compound known today as Dust. We destroyed all life on Azura, just as we did on countless other worlds and recreated our own planet. This is where me and Salem come in. We were both part of a growing movement of Humans and Faunus who wanted to end this cycle of destruction. We had had the technology to live without destroying worlds for thousands of years, but they were quickly abandoned as it was cheaper and easier to continue as we always had. Salem and I both had different ways of doing things though. Salem believed the answer lay in finding more advanced beings and asking them for help, and I believed that the solution lay in Dust."
"She eventually managed to contact an interdimensional being known as "The Queen", who promised to help Salem end Humanity's cycle of destruction in exchange for becoming the Queen's host. I warned Salem not to agree, as I did not believe the Queen could be trusted, but she ignored me. Salem agreed and the Queen came into Salem's body. The Queen did indeed stop humanity's destructive cycle, but not in the way we had hoped. She summoned Quetzoral, triggering a terrible explosion which shattered Azura and allowed the world to play host to a Grimm spawning world. The places that Grimm spawn in this world are not truly where Grimm come from, they are merely portals to the ruined colony of Azura. It was from there that the Grimm overwhelmed our world."
"I managed to create a small barrier zone around what we now know as Menagerie and the Four Kingdoms using a device similar in function to the barriers the Knight created to keep the Grimm in this zone to a minimum. That device has four keys, which are the four artifacts our schools defend. The only way to turn it off is to have all of the keys, which is the real reason the Queen wants them. I realized that I would never defeat Salem in my life time, so I created a device which allowed my consciousness to jump from person to person once they died. I came up with the story of the Wizard as a way to explain this to the people around me. After years of additional research, I found a way to create a power to enhance the natural strength of up to four young female warriors, the first maidens, and made them the guardians of the four keys." Ozpin says, leaving everybody in stunned silence.
Ozpin looks at the Quetzoral carefully. "The beast is indeed strong, but it is only a shadow of its former self. It's appearance is not a curse, but a blessing. We now have a chance to destroy the creature before it can become the unstoppable destroyer it once was. This is why I believe it's appearance shows just how desperate she truly is. She is putting her ultimate trump card in harm's way." Ozpin says. He directs his attention to the Comm link, which had been tuned in to the members of his cabal as well as the future refugees for the entire conversation. "Mr. Arc, I know how to destroy this creature, but it involves a lot of risk."
Snow's POV
Snow looks around at the stunned faces of Teams RWBY and JNPR, as well as Teams SSSN and CFVY, who they had picked up a little earlier. The teens are clearly struggling to digest everything they just learned from Ozpin. Snow shakes off her own confusion and clears her throat to get everyone's attention as she turns the Comm Link off. "That information does not leave this bullhead, understand?" Snow says. The teens just nod as their entire world has just been turned upside down. Sun, Blake and Velvet are especially quiet as they try to process the idea that they are technically alien life forms.
The Knight's POV
A bullhead decloaks as it hovers above the monsters tongue. The Huntsman and five Huntresses jump out of the aircraft the second it lands. Juniper looks at her son in shock before she says "You didn't throw up?" Firestorm grins at her and says "Yeah, he's kinda outgrown his old 'Vomit Boy' moniker. Ren taught him a meditation trick to control his air sickness." Juniper snickers at the mention of her son's nickname. "Remind me to get him to teach our Jaune, the twins and my husband how to do that. You have no idea how humiliating it is to explain why all our airships have Vomit Disposal Units on them." The Knight, who seems slightly irritated by his mother's amusement, clears his throat to get everybody's attention as the bullhead recloaks itself and departs.
"Alright, according to Ozpin, this Grimm has 2 secondary hearts located toward the left and right side of the center of its body along with its primary heart just below the throat. If we try to destroy the primary heart, it'll regenerate before it can bleed to death due to special regenerative compounds housed in the secondary hearts. If we only destroy one of the secondary hearts, the other one will regenerate it, but if we take both hearts out within two minutes of each other, they'll stay destroyed. Then we can destroy its main heart and kill it. We'll have to split up into teams of two in order to pull this off. I should be able to destroy the primary heart, but I'll need time to build up enough Aura, so my wife will have to defend me in the meantime." He says before turning the other four women. "My mom and Valkyrie will have to destroy the left heart while Shadow and Raven goes after the right. When the two secondary hearts are gone, call Firestorm so she can tell me to let loose, since I probably won't be able to focus on anything other than my attack in the mean time. We don't have any time to waste so let's move out." He says. The teams of Shadow/Raven and The Knight/Firestorm move out, leaving Valkyrie and a misty eyed Juniper Arc behind.
Valkyrie's POV
Valkyrie notices a tear in Juniper's eye as she watches her son depart. "You alright Mama Juni?" Juniper jumps in surprise, having completely forgotten the Pink Bomber was there. She just smiles and says "I'm fine, I just wish I could have seen what Roland, Pyrrha and Ozpin had earlier in his life." Juniper says as the two women depart. "He really is a great guy! I can't tell you how many times he's saved my life." Valkyrie says cheerfully. Juniper smiles wider upon hearing that. "I always knew that he was strong in an emotional sense, you don't survive a childhood like his unless you have a serious passion for life after all, I just never imagined he would become a powerful warrior as well." Juniper says before shaking herself out of her regrets.
Juniper clears the tears from her eyes and says "Alright, that's enough listening to an old woman lamenting about past mistakes, I want to know more about you. I already know plenty about Ruby and Yang, having known them for their entire lives, but you're a bit of a mystery to me. From what I've seen, the kids seemed extremely shocked when they found out you had a child with my son. From what I've learned, your younger self and that Ren boy seem to be connected at the hip. So what's going on there?" Juniper asks.
Valkyrie groans in annoyance at that observation. "Mini Nora has a huge crush on Ren, but she's too scared to do anything about it. She and her Ren are orphans just like me and my Ren were. From the age of five, all we had in this world was each other. She's afraid she might scare him away if she makes a move on him. She doesn't understand that he's not going to be single forever. Eventually, one of the girls around us is going to look that blue eyed dork in the eyes and realize just how great he is, leaving her to spend the rest of her life alone because she's cursed to lose everyone she ever loves." Valkyrie says as a flash of understanding seems to come across Juniper's face.
"You mean Magenta eyes right? Ren's eyes are Magenta." Juniper asks as she puts her hand on the woman's shoulder, causing Valkyrie to freeze on the spot. "Well yeah, that's what I said after all." She replies as she begins to sweat. Juniper puts her hand on Valkyrie's shoulder and says "You're in love with my son, aren't you?" Valkyrie just starts to tear up as the feelings she tried so hard to bury begin bubbling to the surface. After a few seconds of silence Valkyrie slowly nods. "I have been for a while now... ever since that crazy night we shared together. I've just forced myself to ignore the feelings..." She says before taking a deep breath.
"I have no choice, everyone who truly matters to me ends up hurt or worse.. I lost my parents so early that I can't even remember them. For years it was just me and Ren, but then we came to Beacon, and we met Jaune and Pyrrha. Pyrrha was one of the best people I ever met, she was the sister I never had, but she was killed by Cinder when Beacon fell... Eventually I started getting closer to Ruby, I felt like I finally had a sister again, but she died too."
"Then I had one of the worst days of my entire life. Signal Academy had pretty much been burned to the ground, but I thought I could still save it. I blindly rushed into a horde of Grimm, but I was overwhelmed. When I thought it was over, Ren managed to show up out of nowhere. We fought for hours and eventually, a bullhead showed up, but it only had room for one of us. I was about to volunteer to stay behind, since it was my fault we were in this mess anyway, but Ren knocked me out with Storm Flower and tossed me onto the airship. We never found his body, all that was left was one of his bloody pistols."
"A few months later, Jaune and I ended up getting together and I fell in love with him. I was so terrified of losing him to, so I squashed my feelings down to protect him. When he started dating Yang, I thought the feelings would go away, but they never did..." Valkyrie says.
Before Juniper gets the chance to say anything, a massive swarm of 6 foot long ant like Grimm. They have heavy white segmented bone armor with a large sail like crest bone covering their spines. They have 2 sets of pincers as well, a lower set which is around 1 foot long and an upper set of serrated pincers which are about 2 and a half feet long. The only exposed part of their bodies seems to be the black spots surrounding their glowing red eyes. Their most distinguishing feature though is the glowing moss covering their bodies, bathing the area in an eerie green light. Valkyrie grins at the sight of the creatures, happy to have a distraction. "Pincers! I love smashing these guys! Looks like we'll have to fight our way to the heart. Let's go!" She says before leaping into the fray, hammer at the ready, completely unaware of the flashing light on her scroll."
Firestorm's POV
Firestorm stands there in shock after accidentally hearing Valkyrie's heart filled confession. Tears begin streaming down her face as she feels sorry for the woman. She looks over to her husband, who had apparently heard as well as he was tearing up too. "Damnit Nora... Why didn't you just tell me." He says quietly. He looks up and sees a terrified expression on his wife's face. "I'm not going to leave you Yang, we've been through way too much together. I just wish there was something I could do." The Knight says before shaking his head to regain his focus. "It doesn't matter right now though. Judging from the sound of it, they've encountered resistance, so we should stay on guard." He says before pushing on off. If he had stuck around, he probably would have been slightly concerned by the salacious looks on his wife's face. "I think I have a couple ideas." She says, licking her lips as she stares at her sweaty husband. "Hope you don't wear yourself out too much, cause your gonna have a long night ahead of you." She says before marching on.
Shadow's POV
Shadow and Raven are silently walking down a large tunnel which leads to their destination. They exit the tunnel and come into a large cavity with a 30 foot tall heart in the center. The heart bathes the entire room in a red glow as it pumps massive amounts of blood throughout the creatures body. "Well, that looks like the heart. I guess we just have to wait for the signal." Raven says. Shadow begins shifting uncomfortably, clearly on edge about something. "I don't like this. We should have had a lot more resistance on the way here. The others have been fighting through hordes of Grimm but we haven't found a thing." Shadow says. "That probably means there's something bi-" Raven says until a large rumbling noise interrupts her. The women turn to the source, only to see a massive Rhinoceros Beetle like creature. The monster stands at about 40 feet tall, 30 feet wide and 140 feet long. It has two massive 80 foot long horns with two smaller blade like teeth on the end of each horn facing inward to resemble a massive jaw.
"Great, a Vanguard. I thought these things stayed in Menagerie, how did it get here?" Raven says. "No idea, but I guess a class 4 Titan Grimm would definitely make a good guard. Let's show this thing what a Half Grimm Grimmsbane and a Spring Maiden can do." Shadow says as she draws her weapon. "I like the way you think." Raven replies as she draws her massive Odachi with a white blade.
Qrow Branwen's POV
Qrow Branwen, the Arc sisters minus Violette and Marcella, Doctor Oobleck, Taiyang Xiaolong and Glynda Goodwitch stand at the edge of the Emerald Forest with a few dozen other huntsmen and huntresses as the ground begins to rumble. Qrow let's out an exhausted sigh. "Looks like the Grimm got over their fear. We can't use artillery this close to the school, so we're gonna have to do it the old fashioned way."
All around them, trees begin to collapse as a herd of Goliaths march forward in a straight line, demolishing anything in their way so the other Grimm can have a clear path. The fighting starts in the blink of an eye as hunters rocket toward the approaching horde of Goliaths, Ursa, Beowolves, Boarbatusks and Deathstalkers. Qrow looks to the skies and sees a group of Menuras approaching the battlefield. Qrow grunts in annoyance. "Of course we get some of those things. I'm gonna have to handle them too, since I'm the only one who can fly..." He says. He leaps into the air, narrowly dodging a charging Boarbatusk in the process. He transforms into a crow and heads of toward the advancing Menuras. They begin firing energy beams at him, but he dodges them effortlessly as he reaches the first of the dragonfly like grimm. He transforms into his human form, mechashifts his weapon into a scythe and effortlessly slices through the leaders neck without even losing momentum before shifting back into his bird form and dodging an energy beam with a barrel roll.
He climbs up into the sky as he dodges more energy beams until he's about seventy feet above the second Menura, then he turns human again and rockets down toward it, letting gravity help him deliver a strong blow to the neck, decapitating another one. He continues doing this 3 more times, leaving only a single Menura left. As he begins his descent one last time, but this time, his arm gets grazed by one of the energy beams. "CRAP!" He yells, but he continues his descent. This time, he chooses to land on the last Menura, hoping to crash it into the ground the same way his great nieces did. As he finally hits the creatures back, he looks to the left and spots yet another Dragon. "Gah! How many of these things do you have around here Salem?! I'm in no condition to f-" Qrow yells until he hears something loud flying through the air above him, clearly on a collision course with the creature.
Qrow takes a second to observe the falling object before smirking in amusement. "You always were a crazy one." He says as the "meteor" screams "AH' CAME IN LIKE A WRECKIN BALL!" Before slamming into the creatures skull at Mach 1.5.
Marcella's POV
Marcella's launch pod manages to nail the Dragon in the head with enough force to crack the creature's skull, knocking it out in the process. The pod pops open on collision and Marcella jumps out of it, grabbing the creature around the neck as the pod falls to the ground below. "Oh my, where's my sense of Southern Hospitality gone? I'm sure yer probably hungry after a blow like that." Marcella says before reaching into a brown satchel in her belt and pulling out a 3 inch wide silver ball with a grenade pin in it. "Ya probably won't be able ta open yer mouth on account of bein unconscious an' all, so I'll just have to pry it open. Gonna need ta have both mah hands for this, so I hope ya don't mind if feed ya like a momma bird." She says before puts the grenade in her mouth and uses her mechanical arms to pry the creatures mouth open. She spits the grenade down it's throat, pulling the pin out with her tongue, and closes the creatures mouth again.
"Hope ya like mini Anti-Gravity dust bomb." She says before using her flamethrowers like a rocket to launch herself toward Qrow. She grabs the old man by the waist and says "We should probably amscray right 'bout now, that things gonna light this place up like it's New Years day." The two rocket away as the bomb explodes, blowing the dragon to bits in the process. "Thanks for the save, but we still need to deal with the Men-" Qrow says before a smaller explosion engulfs said Grimm in a ball of flames. Qrow smiles for a few seconds, but then a beam of blue energy hits Marcella, causing her to glow blue in the process.
"What the? Ah man, ah ain't feelin so good." Marcella says before she falls unconscious. Qrow wraps his arms around her body, unknowingly coping a feel of her large assets in the process. A chill travels up his spine as he feels like he just incurred the wrath of an angry goddess. He can also feel a massive amount of killing intent from some other unknown source.
Winter's POV
Winter grinds her teeth as she sits in an office on the other side of Vale, watching as her husband unwittingly grope Marcella through the camera of an aerial surveillance drone. The logical part of her is fully aware that this is a life or death situation and he likely didn't even realize what he was doing it. Unfortunately, pregnancy has a tendency to override the logical side of the brain. "That stupid, incorrigible, pathetic swine!" She yells. "How dare he grope her like that! The only breasts he should be groping are mine!" She continues before abruptly remembering where she is.
Her face turns neon red as she looks to her right to see the amused smirk of Ozpin and the shocked expression of General Ironwood. "I-I'm sorry General, I have no idea what came over m-" General Ironwood raises a hand to silence her and says "I completely understand Winter, your body is going through a period of significant changes right now. It's perfectly normal for your hormones to get out of control." Winter sighs in relief, but she is still blushing profusely from embarrassment.
They all hear a gnashing noise, so they turn their attention to the only other person in the room. Roland Arc. The normally jolly scion of the Arc family is absolutely livid as he watches Qrow grope his daughter. "You little... I'm gonna enjoy plucking your feathers and frying you up like a chicken, you perverted old bird." Roland says as he seethes in rage. Winter looks on with concern as Ironwood and Ozpin chuckle.
Qrow's POV
His sense of foreboding his quickly crushed as he watches in fascination as the rest of the woman's mechanical arms begin to turn to flesh before his eyes. Her skin begins to take on a smooth, almost metallic texture as the power of the Grimmsbane begins to transform her body into something totally new. After a few seconds the transformation is complete. Her body looks relatively unchanged, aside from her newly regenerated arms, but something still seems different. Her skin seems shinier than usual and she feels a bit heavier built. Qrow shifts her in his arms, carrying her bridal style before pulling a cord behind his cape to deploy a parachute. After a few minutes, he lands right in front of the rest of the Arc sisters minus Violette and Taiyang Xiaolong as Marcella final wakes up. When she opens her eyes, Qrow is shocked to see that her left pupil has turned bright red. The eye also has two black lines in the center of her eyeball, one going vertically while the other goes horizontally.
Marcella's POV
Marcella wakes up and immediately notices a difference in her body. Her eye sight seems much more powerful and she seems to have some sort of built in HUD system. She notices a strange feeling in her arms and looks at them, only to be amazed as she sees that her forearms have somehow grown back. She also takes note of the slightly metallic qualities of her skins. Before she can continue admiring her transformation, she finally notices exactly where Qrow's hands are. Not only is he groping her breast with his right hand, but his left hand seems to be latched on to one of her butt cheeks. She grins suggestively at the old man. "Oh my, Ah seem to have attracted the attention of a married man! Still, if yer gonna feel me up like this, can ya at least take me out ta dinner first?" She says, throwing in a seductive wink for the fun of it.
At first, Qrow seems confused as the Arc sisters begin laughing. Taiyang seems even more amused as tears of laughter go down his cheek and he struggles to breath. He also seems to be holding his scroll to record the whole thing. Eventually, his eyes widen as he realizes where his hands are. He looks like he's about to flirt back until he remembers that his wife is most likely watching. His eyes grow even wider as he begins to fear the wrath of his pregnant wife. He drops Marcella on the spot and looks toward the camera drone. "Th-this isn't what it looks like Winter! I swear I wasn't trying to feel her up!" He yells at the camera.
Marcella seems slightly annoyed by Qrow dropping her, until she remembers who else is likely watching them as well. "Oh man, you don't even know the best part of this." She says, causing Qrow to look at her in confusion. She just grins like a Cheshire cat before she turns to the drone and says "Hi daddy! Don't worry about me! I'm all good now." Qrow's skin pales as he realizes that Roland most likely saw what happened as well. Roland may seem like a giant teddy bear most of the time, but the thing about bears is that they're really dangerous when you piss them off. Qrow instantly transforms into a bird and flies away, likely in an attempt to hide from both Winter and Roland. "Oh Monty, Raven is going to love this." Taiyang says as he ends the recording. "Do me a favor and send me a copy too, Vi and Mom probably want to see this also." Blanc says.
Marcella goes back to looking at her arms in wonder. "Ah can't believe ah got mah arms back. How is that even possible?" She says. "Well judging by the blue glow, I'd have to say you have most likely become a Grimmsbane. I have no idea why your body seems to have changed though." Celestia says. "Still, we should probably get you back to Vale, you can't really do much without you weapons." Noella says. Marcella's eyes bug out as an insane thought comes into her head. "Mah semblance..." She says. She closes her eyes and tries to imagine left her arm as an aura cannon. A flash light consumes the arm and when she opens her eyes, an Aura cannon seems to have taken its place. The Arc sisters and Taiyang sit there in stunned silence as Marcella grins like a mad woman. "Mah semblance changed me. I used to be able to sync my mind up with weapons, now I am one. This is awesome!" She decides to test it further by imagining a jet pack on her back. Sure enough, the device appears in a flash of light. She channels her aura into her jetpack and blasts off into the sky while the others watch in stunned silence.
She spots a particularly Nevermore with an 80 foot wingspan and decides to test her new power out. She lets her left arm shift back to its normal shape and transforms her right arm into a massive gauntlet with air intakes that propel her fist forward using jet propulsion and charges at the large bird like creature. She blasts of toward the creature at mach 2 speeds, summoning a pair of goggles to keep the wind from blinding her, and cocks her fist back. Right before she reaches the creature's head, she fires up the jet engines in her arm and swings her fist at the point between the Grimm's head and neck. When the hit connects, the entire upper portion of the Nevermore's body implodes.
Marcella flies back to where her sisters are, turns her body to steel and slams into the ground, leaving a massive crater in her wake. The sisters watch as maniacal laughter comes from the center of the crater. "THIS IS AWESOME!"
Ironwood's POV
Ironwood, Ozpin and Winter watch Marcella's fight with the Nevermore in stunned silence. The silence doesn't last long though, as Roland quickly bursts into celebration mode. "HAHAHA! Two! Two of my girls become Grimmsbanes in one day! I can't believe it!" He says. He activates his scroll to call up teams RWBY and JNPR, Ozpin's cabal, the rest of the Arc family, Doctor Oobleck, Professor Port and the people from the future and loudly proclaims, "Let it be known that on this day, not one, but two of my daughters have ascended to the level of Grimmsbane! I need to apologize in advance to Glynda, because if the Grimm don't destroy Beacon, the resulting party certainly will!"
Ironwood shakes himself out of his stupor and turns to Ozpin. "Ozpin, did you know that the Grimmsbane process could cause such a massive transformation? I've never heard of a semblance actually being able to affect a person's physical body." Ironwood asks. Ozpin turns to Ironwood. "There is one person I know of whose semblance manifested physically, a young Longhorn faunus in Vacuo named Cordovan Calhoun. His semblance hardened his skin to an unimaginable degree as well as granting him rapid healing and super human strength. He was a particularly peculiar case seeing as his Semblance is only active when his Aura is not. We determined that he is actually much stronger without his Aura, so we sealed it away." Ozpin says before changing the subject.
"For now we need to focus on the task at hand though. How is your fleet doing at the moment? I can't imagine they're having an easy time distracting Quetzoral." Ozpin says. Ironwood walks over to one of the monitors and brings up a screen. He winces when he sees the numbers. "We've already lost about half the fleet stationed in the Emerald Forests. I'll need to call in the reserves if we're going to survive this. I just hope your plan works Ozpin." Ironwood says. "Have faith old friend, I'm certain Mr. Arc can pull this off." Ozpin replies. "That's part of the problem though. I've seen the way his younger counterpart fights Ozpin, I honestly can't believe he managed to survive this long." Ironwood says before bringing up a side by side profile of the past and future Jaune Arcs on his scroll. "I just don't understand how such an honestly weak individual can become so powerful." He continues.
Ozpin walks up to Ironwood and places his hand on the Generals shoulder. "James... Mr. Arc came to the school with zero combat experience and no knowledge of combat aside from the absolute basics. Despite his incredibly difficult childhood, he has managed to go from almost nothing to the middle tier of the first year students in a matter of 7 months, something that usually takes 5 years of training for most people. He is not weak James, in fact I can honestly say that he may be one of the strongest people I have ever met in the thousands of years I have spent on this world." Ozpin says. Ironwood smirks at Ozpin's response. "You always were the optimist weren't you?... I can't say I see what you do, but I guess the results speak for themselves considering what he becomes in the future." He says.
Valkyrie's POV
Valkyrie leaps into the air, narrowly avoiding a Queen Lancer's harpoon and throwing herself toward a medium sized Deathstalker. She slams her hammer into the creatures skull, crushing it underneath the massive amount of power behind her swing and killing it instantly as Juniper flies at the Queen Lancer and wraps her legs around its neck and throwing it into the ground with a sunset flip power bomb. The force of the impact is enough to shatter the creatures spine, severing the connection between its brain and body and leaving it paralyzed. She then flips in mid air and crashes down on the creatures skull feet first, killing it instantly. The two women look around their surrounding area until they are absolutely sure that is the last of the Grimm. Once they are sure the area is clear. Valkyrie lets out a whoop.
"That was awesome! I always loved watching you fight back in our world! Your fighting style is such an awesome mix of graceful movements and precise strikes and brutal take downs. You're the only person that I know who uses a truly weaponless fighting style, even Yang's Gauntlets have shot guns on them." She says.
Juniper smiles as the two continue toward their destination. She decides to take a second to look at her weapon as they move. "Yeah, to be perfectly honest, I've always thought of Os Conlidam as more of an accessory than a weapon. It does have spiked knuckles to put a little extra oomph into my punches, but that's really all it does. I just love the thrill of hand to hand combat too much to ever use any kind of ranged weapons. If I ever need to attack from a distance, I just use my Semblance or my maiden powers, but even then, I prefer to use those to throw my foes off balance so I can swoop in and destroy them." Juniper says.
"Well, whatever it is it works!" Valkyrie says happily before she puts her serious face on. "We should be getting close to our target. From what I've heard, Raven and Shadow didn't encounter much resistance until they reached the end, where they ran into a Vanguard. That means there might be a Titan Class guarding this heart as well." She says. Juniper just nods in response as they finally reach their destination. They can't see any titan class Grimm there, but they do find four Rapkars and a pair of Nucklevees. "Great... This is going to be a pain in the butt." Valkyrie says as she raises Magnhild. "Welp, guess it's time to finish this, let's go Mama Arc." She says and the two women charge at the creatures without another word.
Raven Branwen's POV
The two women land on opposite sides of the Grimm and take a second to analyze their foe. The creature is down to four of its original six legs, with the front right leg and the middle left leg lying on the ground. The left side of its horn tip is broken off and its missing its left eye has been destroyed as well. "Ugh, this is why I hate Vanguards, they may not be the fastest of the Titan Class Grimm, but they hit like a freight train and their armor is strong. Not to mention they regenerate" Raven says. "We've almost got this done though. We just need to take out another leg and it should be crippled. After that, we just need to get to the top of it and jam our sword into the gap in its armor where the head meets the body. Sever the spinal cord and it should be disabled as long as the weapon stays in, it'll push back, so one of us needs to stay up there while the other destroys the heart. You're sword is longer, so I think you should be the one to keep it down. Target the middle right leg, it's already weak from repeated hits." Shadow says. Raven nods and the two fly toward the creature once again.
The creature swings its horn to the left, hoping to take out Raven, but she manages to jump over the strike and land on top of its body. She rushes to the right side of the center of its body and jumps down just as Shadow charges at the leg from the front. Their blades connect and the leg comes off cleanly, causing the creature to fall to its side as the last leg is unable to support it's massive frame. Shadow jumps away and lands in front of the heart as Raven leaps to the top of the creature and channels all her strength into driving her sword into the creatures weak spot. The creature collapses on the spot as its body goes into healing mode.
Shadow's POV
Shadow lands in front of the heart and pulls out her scroll to call the rest of the group. "I'm ready on this end but I don't have a lot of time. Raven's disabled the Vanguard by driving her sword into the gap in its armor between its body and head so it's trying to heal. How close are you all to finishing this?" She asks.
Firestorm's POV
Firestorm kicks a spinning Boarbatusk into a charging Ursa Major before driving her fist through the skull of a charging Beowolf. They've managed to create a chokepoint around the brain using the bodies of hundreds of dead Grimm. "There's a lot of Grimm here, so we're gonna need help getting out, but I'm holding." Firestorm says as she converts one of her arms into an Aura Cannon and shoots three Lancers out of the air before changing it back to a normal gauntlet and punching an Alpha Beowolf in the gut hard enough to send its internal organs flying through the air. "Jaune should be ready to do this whenever you are so please hurry."
Juniper's POV
Valkyrie slams her hammer into the skull of a damaged Rapkar, killing it in the process and leaving them with one Rapkar and one Nucklevee. "We've encountered a bit more resistance than we expected. We've still got a Nucklevee and a decent size Rapkar to deal with. I don't know how long it'll take to bring them down." Juniper says. "We're out of time Juniper, I don't think Raven can hold the Vanguard much longer." Shadow says. Juniper just grunts in response. "Alright, just destroy the heart and get out of there. Me and Valkyrie will get it done before it can regenerate." Juniper says before she turns to Valkyrie.
"Destroy the heart, I'll hold these two off and then we need to rendezvous with Firestorm to deal with the Grimm that have them trapped." Valkyrie nods as she dashes for the heart. The two Grimm try to stop her, but Juniper channels her power into her semblance and lets out one of the most powerful screams she's ever emitted, stunning the two Grimm as Valkyrie lands in front of the heart and smashes it with her hammer. "Alright, the hearts down, let's move Valkyrie." Juniper says. Valkyrie gives the woman a salute and the two take off, leaving the dazed Grimm behind in the process.
The Knight's POV
The Knight is standing in the middle of the chamber in front of the nearly 400 foot long, 250 foot tall primary heart. His body is glowing bright enough to illuminate the entire chamber, forcing the Grimm that are attacking to flee. Firestorm stands there confused. "Well that was unexpected." She says as she starts to turn around. "Why would they r- JAUNE?! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" She yells as she is forced to shield her eyes from the light the Knight is emitting.
A trail of blood is coming out of his left ear and his nose is bleeding at this point. "Making sure this thing goes down once and for all." He struggles to say. "If I don't survive this, tell the girls I love them." He continues. "MONTY DAMNIT JAUNE! YOU PROMISED YOU'D NEVER DO THIS AGAIN!" Yang screams. The Knight just grins as he said "Yeah, but I had my fingers crossed. I promised myself that I would do whatever it takes to save you all, even at the expense of my own life... and an Arc never goes back..." He says as he finishes channeling his energy. "ON HIS WORD!" He yells before releasing the energy to destroy the creature's heart completely. After a few seconds, the light fades and Firestorm finally looks at her husband, only for the entire world to stop as she watches him cough up a large amount of blood before collapsing to the floor.
Ozpin's POV
"They did it, they actually pulled it off..." Ozpin thinks as part of the massive millennia old burden suddenly lifts itself from his shoulders. "I had always thought that the Quetzoral would be the one loose end I could never tie up. I believed the beast was unkillable. I knew that Jaune would grow up to be a great warrior, but this is beyond even my expectations." Ironwood, Glynda, Winter and Roland stand in awe as they watch the creature flail in the sky.
"It's over..." Ozpin says, drawing their attention. "With the Quetzoral dead, Salem will have no choice but to pull the remaining Grimm back. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if she pulled most of the stronger Grimm in the four Kingdoms back to the Grimm Lands. This is most fortunate for us." Ozpin adds. "What do you mean Ozpin?" Ironwood asks. Ozpin smiles as he takes a second to revel in the feeling of victory. "With the threat of the Quetzoral gone, Salem is left with a massive hole in her defenses. The Quetzoral was the main reason I never tried a frontal assault on the Grimm Lands in the first place. It created the threat of mutual destruction. She will likely pull most of the elder Grimm and as many Titan class Grimm to her kingdom in order to protect herself. Meaning the Grimm threat to our Kingdoms will be considerably lessened." Ozpin says as a sudden look of realization crosses Ironwoods face.
"That would give us the perfect window to deal with the Black Zone threat!" Ironwood says. "Yeah, but it also means we'll have to reduce the troops we send there." Roland says. "If we send too many people, she might use the opportunity to attack, she's going to be a lot more desperate now that her main defense is gone." He adds, drawing a look of concern from Ironwood, Glynda and Winter. "That just means we'll have to remove Salem before we deal with the Black Zone threat. It also means that she will likely try to hasten the awakening of the Swarmers to create chaos in the Kingdoms in order to cover her retreat." Ozpin says. Ironwood's eyes widen as he realizes the gravity of the situation. "I'll set up a perimeter around the Swarmer Nest and start routine fire bombings on the region. That should slow them down at least. " Ironwood says. Ozpin just nods as he watches the beast begin to fall from the skies. His eyes widen as he realizes where it's descent is taking it. "Oh boy... Sorry Glynda." Ozpin says. Glynda looks at him in confusion before she looks back at the screen and realizes what Ozpin does. "UGH! This is going to leave a big mess to clean up isn't it?" Ozpin nods again as Glynda begins to get a migraine. "I'll arrange to evacuate the few people remaining there." She says before leaving the room in a hurry.
Juniper's POV
She and Valkyrie had just met up with Shadow and Raven and were struggling toward the main chamber while the Quetzoral fell from the sky when they all hear Firestorm wail "JAUNE!" Juniper's heart begins racing when she hears Firestorm's cry. She charges through the corridor cloaked in flames hot enough to incinerate any Grimm that approached her as she rushes toward the source of the noise, with Raven and Valkyrie following close behind. When she reaches the chamber, her heart drops into her stomach when she sees the Knight has turned deathly pale with blood streaming from his mouth, ears and nose. She screams in horror as the other women finally catch up.
"W-what happened?" Shadow asks as she rushes over to their location. "His stupidity is about to kill him, that's what happened. He did IT again. The same thing he did to kill that stupid Colossus in Atlas to save me and Ruby." Yang says. Shadow's eyes narrow at the Knight, who just chuckles weakly and says. "Yeah... sorry about that." Juniper just looks slightly confused as Valkyrie seethes in rage. "Jaune Arc, if you manage to pull through this I'm gonna smash your nuts with Magnhild!" She yells. "What are you three talking about? What did he do?" The three women go silent until Shadow finally decides to speak up. "He used the Martyr's Cross technique." Juniper's eyes widen and she looks at her son. They quickly narrow as the Knight begins to hope that he does die just to avoid his mother's wrath. "A-as much fun as this conversation is. C-can somebody get me t-to a m-medic? You c-can't murder m-me if I-I'm already dead." He says. The rage immediately vanishes as the women kick into high gear. Shadow and Firestorm grab the Knight under his shoulders while Juniper gets in contact with Ozpin."
Salem's POV
Salem watches in horror as her greatest creation comes crashing out of the sky. The rest of her cabal is a bit rattled as well. "No...NOOO!" She says as she slams her fist into the table. "M-my queen. What do you want us to do? How can we fix this?" Arthur asks. Salem rises and walks toward the window. She takes a second to compose herself before turning around. "We need to pull as many Grimm as we can out of the four Kingdoms and focus on defending the Grimm Lands. With so many of our heavy hitters gone, we're more vulnerable now than we've ever been. I need you all to get work finding as many ways as we can to defend ourselves." She says before turning to Tyrian Callows. "I need you to tie up any loose ends in the four Kingdoms. Leonardo Lionheart, Whitley Schnee and Roman Torchwick know too much about our operations. Kill them." She adds. Tyrian grins like a maniac. "It will be my pleasure." He says.
Shadow's POV
The six of them walk through a portal created by Raven at Ozpin's location as a group of medics rush after the Knight. Roland and the others are clearly alarmed by his condition. "What happened?!" Roland shouts. Juniper turns to Roland with fire in her eyes and says "You're idiot son used the Martyr's Cross technique to kill the Quetzoral, I wonder where he could have learned that technique?" She says in her diabetes inducing voice. Roland's eyes widen in fear as he says. "I-i-in all f-fairness, I-I never thought he w-would actually u-use it." Roland says. Juniper growls at him in response before she says "I'll kick both of your butts later, right now I just need to make sure he survives." Juniper says as she, Firestorm, Shadow Roland and Valkyrie take off.
Glynda's POV
Glynda comes back into the room a few seconds later and says "We finished the evacuation, let's just hope it doesn't do too much damage." Glynda says as they all turn to the monitors.
Marcella's POV
Marcella flies through the air in her jet pack as she watches the Quetzoral fall. Her eyes widen as she realizes where it is going to land. "Uh-ohh." She says as she watches the massive beast fall toward Beacon Academy. "This ain't gonna be pretty." She says. A few seconds later, the creatures corpse crashes into the main building of Beacon Academy, crushing the building under its massive frame and causing the ground to shake violently enough to bring the rest of the academy down with it. Marcella looks on at the scene before her and says. "Well, at least it can still be rebuilt." The Emerald Forest cliffside begins to rumble as if it were responding to her words. "Me and mah big mouth." Marcella says as she watches pieces of the cliff begin to fall.
Glynda Goodwitch
Glynda watches on in horror as the Emerald Cliffs begin sliding into the forest below, pulling the remains of the school along with it. After a few minutes of ground shaking chaos, the dust clears to reveal that the entire base of the cliff which Beacon used to rest on has slid into the forest, leaving behind a massive pile of rocks and rubble unsuitable for building on. Her eye begins twitching violently and the veins in her head look as if they are about to burst as she grits her teeth in anger. The others scramble away from her to avoid the eruption of Mount Goodwitch.
"SON OF A-" More debris starts falling loudly. "CAN I PLEASE JUST HAVE ONE-" One of the panels beeps loudly. "-ING DAY WHERE ALL THIS SH-" She slams her palms on top of a table in frustration. "-OESN'T RESULT IN A MOTHERF-" Ozpin drops his cane in shock at Glynda's tirade while she throws her hands in the air in frustration, tearing a few of the buttons on her shirt loose in the process. "TIDAL WAVE OF ENDLESS BULL-" An alarm on the computer blares briefly as Qrow flies in through a nearby window. As Glynda's bun comes lose from all her raging. "THAT I HAVE TO CLEAN UP! I'M SO SICK AND TIRED OF HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH WHEN SOME RANDOM F- Qrow drops his sword in surprise. "-IT! WELL GUESS WHAT?! I DON'T GIVE A FLYING SH-" The monitor lets out another bleep. "ANYMORE!"
Glynda finally calms down and realizes what happened. She turns violently red from the sheer embarrassment of the situation. The embarrassment only intensifies when she notices the tent General Ironwood seems to be pitching. Qrow throws himself to the floor in a fit of hysterical laughter as the others stand there in a slack jaw stupor. "I'm sorry!" Glynda yells before dashing out of the room.
The Knight's POV
The Knight wakes up a few hours later feeling much better than before. He opens his eyes and all the good feelings immediately vanish as he sees the collective glares of his mother, his sisters, his daughters and the rest of the refugees from the future. He chuckles nervously as Firestorm's eyes narrow on him. She roughly grabs him by the collar of his gown and pulls him up to her face with her bright red eyes and her glowing hair. "You stupid, selfish jerk! You swore to us that you would never do that again! You're lucky to be alive! How do you think we would have felt if you hadn't survived this?!" She yells before releasing him.
The Knight just looks at the angry women and says. "I did what I had to do. If I have to die so you all can live then I'm fine with that. You're the ones that matter, not m-" He says only to be interrupted by a slap to the face from and enraged Valkyrie. "DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT! You're just as important as any one of us and you know it! Did you ever stop to think how Vyra would feel if she came here only to find out her daddy was dead! Did you stop to think about what it would do to me?! You're all I have left of first family I ever knew!" She screams. The Knight begins to feel terrible as he remembers the conversation he overheard earlier. He hears a sob and turns to the bed next to him, only to see his twin daughters crying.
"D-do we really mean so l-little to you daddy?" Raven says. "W-would you really j-just abandon us just so you c-can go play hero?" Violette adds as the Knight's heart breaks. He begins crying as well as he looks over at his daughters. He leaps from the bed, ignoring the protests of his mother and sisters and pulls his daughter into a tight hug. "You have it all wrong girls. I did this for you. I had to make sure that monster died because I knew it would hurt you if I didn't" The Knight said.
"Cut the crap dad, we both know you didn't need the Martyr's Cross to end that! It may have taken a few extra minutes to charge up, but we all know they could have handled it. You just didn't have confidence in them." Summer says as she starts to cry as well. "You would have left me as an orphan just to feed your ego." The Knight stands there in shock as he realizes she was right. He gets out of the bed and rushes over to Summer, pulling her into a hug as she begins crying even harder. "I-I was s-so scared! I-I can't l-lose you daddy! I-I just can't." She says as The Knight shushes her. "It's alright Summer, I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere. I screwed up, I promise you I won't be that reckless again." At this point everyone was crying. "I just wish there was something I could do to make up for this." He says, not even noticing the devilish smirk that came up on his eldest sister's face. "Now, now you just get back into bed and rest. We need you in top shape so we can all take turns sparring with you." She says evilly, sending a chill down the Knight's spine.
"Alright girls, we need to let Jaune and Raven rest now. Come on, time to go." Juniper says. They all leave the room, with Firestorm turning out the lights as The Knight got back into bed. He was briefly surprised when his twin daughters came and snuggled in on his sides, but he just smiled and pulled the covers up so the three of them could get some sleep.
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Omake 2: The Ultimate Mustache part 2
Professor Port's POV
Professor Port barely manages to stand up. His uniform is in tatters and he is covered in bruises, but throughout everything he has endured, his glorious mustache remains unharmed. It begins to quiver and shine as Professor Port gains a manic twinkle in his eye. "ENOUGH! You are indeed a worthy adversary Edgar, but I grow tired of these games." Port says. He looks down at the ground dramatically as he says "I swore to myself that I would never use this attack again, but it would appear that you leave me no other choice. May Monty have mercy on us all" Professor Port squares his shoulders and gets into a squatting position as the Beast watches his every move. He raises his left arm and centers his left hand just above his enormous belly with his palm facing toward the sky. He then places the elbow of his right arm in the center of his left palm before bringing his right hand directly in front of his face with his palm facing away from his face. As he tucks his thumb into his palm and turns his right hand to the right so that his index finger is closest to his face, his mustache begins to shine even brighter, driving the shadows away with his manly energy.
His eyebrows raise dramatically as he shouts "HEAR MY CRY OH GREAT MUSTACHIOED GODS! I CALL UPON THE POWER OF ALL THE GREATEST MUSTACHES IN THE ANIME MULTIVERSE! LEND ME YOUR POWERS OF MANLINESS AS I ATTEMPT TO VANQUISH MY FOES!"
Universe 60387
Dragon Ball Z Universe
Mr. Satan sits in the living room of his massive mansion when he hears the call of the Mustachioed ones. He bolts to his feet and mimics Professor Ports, much to the confusion of the nearby Majun Buu. Mr. Satan's mustache begins to glow brightly as he yells "I HEAR YOUR CALL BROTHER PORT! KNOW THAT I, MR. HERCULES SATAN, STAND BY YOU IN YOUR HOUR OF NEED!"
A few hundred miles away, Master Roshi stands on the beach of his Island in the same position as he yells "I TOO STAND WITH YOU BROTHER PORT, MAY YOUR MUSTACHE GROW IN POWER AS YOU CONTINUE THE RIGHTEOUS FIGHT FOR ALL THAT IS MANLY!"
Universe 2937
Full Metal Alchemist Universe
Alex Louis Armstrong stands in a Meadow as he also mimics Professor Port's position, his blonde Mustache glowing like a small sun. "I STAND AS WELL, BROTHER PORT! MAY YOUR AIM BE TRUE AS YOU FIGHT FOR MEN EVERYWHERE!"
Universes 62
Fairy Tail
Makarov Dreyer stands in position as he yells. "MUUUUUUU!"
Universe 57684
Bleach
Genryuusai Yamamoto stands in position as he yells. "KAHHHHHH!"
Universe 2334
One Piece
Whitebeard stands in position as well, yelling "HOOO!"
Anime Omniverse
The universes align to form a perfect handle bar mustache as thousands of Mustachioed warriors yell out in unison "NAAAAAAAHHH!"
Professor Port's POV
Professor Port looks at Edgar with a tear in his eye as his mustache glows with the light of a thousand suns. "I'm so sorry." He says in a voice filled with despair. His eyes pop open wide for the first time in years as he yells "MUSTACHE ATTACK NUMBER 144! GIGA MUSTACHE CANNONNNNNN!" A small beam of energy in the form of a mustache burst forth from his mustache, quickly growing larger until it consumes everything in the nearby area. The blast lifts Edgar off the ground and sends him flying into a nearby mountain, setting off a massive explosion on impact. Professor Port pants tiredly as he waits for the smoke to clear. When it does, you can see a massive mustache shaped imprint permanently cut into the rock. With his last bit of energy, Professor Port uses his mustache to launch himself toward the freshly marked mountain. He lands next to a large hole and sees Edgar lying broken, but still alive. "How many times do I have to tell you, Edgar is the one in the hole." He says before using his axe to collapse a nearby wall, thus sealing the beast off once again.
Professor Port then sits down as he sees a bullhead pulling up. The bullhead lands and a ticked off Glynda Goodwitch appears before him. "Seriously Peter? I thought we all agreed you would never do that again. It's bad enough there's a Mustache shaped marking in that field outside of Higanbana, now you decide to mark a mountain? There's no way we can hide this, it's too close to Vale, people are going to ask questions." She says. Professor Port is about to respond, but he passes out from exhaustion before he can say a word.
A/N: Well, there you have it. A lot of important things happened in this chapter. First of all, we finally know the truth behind Ozpin, Salem and the Grimm. This is just my interpretation of what could have happened, but I still think it fits. We also found out that Valkyrie really is in love with the Knight. That's certain to be an awkward situation, especially since the Knight and Firestorm seem to have overheard the conversation. Finally we have yet another Arc becoming a Grimmsbane. I decided to do this because I really liked the idea of turning Marcy into an organic machine like organism. She's still Human, she's just got machine like qualities as well. We also got to see Glynda Goodwitch go off the deep end, which I find hilarious. We also had some interesting fights leading up to Jaune almost killing himself by using a technique known as the Martyr's Cross, which amplifies a person's aura to levels far too great for their bodies to handle, resulting in the body tearing itself apart from the inside out. We also got the stunning conclusion to the first part of the Ultimate Mustache staring everybody's favorite Mustachioed Professor.
Who knows what's going to happen next? All I know for sure is that we have finally managed to shoot cannon out of a cannon. From now on, we are going completely independent from the story. I also updated some more chapters so I'm including a change log for that. Chapter 6 will probably come at a later date, I just skipped ahead to chapter 7 because it was important for setting up a big part of Chapter 12.
Story Change Log:
Chapter 4
-Reformatted.
-I chose to remove Ozpin's final part in that chapter because it is inconsistent with the background story I came up with for Ozpin and Salem.
Chapter 5
-Reformatted.
-I redesigned Juniper's weapon, Os Conlidam, as I mentioned last chapter.
-After I reread chapter 5, I realized I had created a conflict concerning Violette's Semblance. I removed the telepathy semblance from the story. Her actual semblance allows her to manipulate her mass as described in chapter 9.
-I also changed the part where Shadow reveals herself to Ghira, Kali and the Arcs a little. Basically, Shadow cries tears of blood rather than water.
-The Arcs will be going to a summer home in Vacuo after the battle of Beacon rather than Fort Arkin. They're avoiding the Fort for now since seeing it would likely traumatize Neo.
Chapter 7
WARNING: If you've never read this chapter, read it before looking at the change logs.
-Reformatted.
-I made a fairly substantial change to the story in terms of Jaune and Blake's past. It's important enough that you may actually want to reread the last part of the chapter pertaining to the "Wedding" and the part where Valkyrie tries to hook Jaune up with Blake.
