Hello guy's I'm back for another chapter of RWBY Dragoons, now from this point on I had the idea that, just like support levels in RoaT, I'm going to add the Dragoon Levels at the end of the Chapters, note that some characters will be facing former Dragoons far before they're ready, (I'll give you two guesses who will try)
Lloyd: Anyway we really can't wait for the next chapter, where team RWBY will face a Virage, note there will not be a Super Virage in this story, well maybe when Rooster Teeth has gotten far into the series, but not for a good long time because based on what can be inferred in the games a Super Virage is rare and extremely powerful.
Also guys can you please review or something we'd like to know how we're doing with story.
Marie: Enjoy!
*Chapter 12*
*Ruby's P.O.V.*
I got off the elevator and stepped into Ozpin's office, "Sorry I took so long, someone accidentally hit all the buttons in the elevator on the way up here. It wasn't me." I said as I approached.
"Thank you for coming Ruby, how are you feeling?" Ozpin asked.
"Okay I guess, I'd feel better if my bad guy count wasn't oh for three." I said.
"Ruby, I feel it is appropriate to let you know, that I think what you did last night was exactly what being huntsmen is all about. You recognised a threat and took action, and you did the very best you could." General Ironwood said.
"Thank you sir." I said.
"Now the general her has already informed us of the events that… transpired last night. But now that you've rested we were wondering if you had anything to add." Ozpin asked.
"Was anyone else with her, did she look familiar to you?" Glynda asked.
I was having a hard time finding words at first but I did respond, "I don't know, she was wearing a mask, and she never said anything, but she seemed to recognise the Dragoon armor and almost seemed to know what it was capable of, and she fought with glass but I don't think that was her Semblance though, her clothing lit up whenever she attacked." I said.
"Save for the glass, that sounds like the woman I fought the night we met Ruby." Glynda said.
"Embedding dust into clothing is an age old technique, it could have been anyone who knows about the Legend of the Dragoon." Ironwood said.
"Wait, you think this girl's connected to Torchwick and the White Fang?" I asked.
"It's possible, but we still lack the required evidence to link the two together." Ozpin said.
"Actually I think I remember her saying something about a hideout or something in the southeast, just outside the kingdoms." I said.
"Interesting." Ozpin said.
"I thought you said-" Glynda started.
"Thank you for your cooperation Ruby, why don't you go spend some time with your team, you have a big day ahead of you." Ozpin said.
"Anytime." I said happily.
"And Ms. Rose, please be discreet about this matter." Ozpin said.
"Of course sir." I said as I left.
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The second I opened the door the rest of the team surged in front of me, "What happened?" Yang asked.
"Um well, Uh huh." I said nervously, "I managed to slip in the information Blake managed to get at the White Fang meeting."
"That was a risky move." Weiss said.
"No, I think you I handed it well." Blake said.
"I hope so." I said.
"I'm sure everything will be alright. Oh I know what will cheer you up Ruby!" Yang said happily walking over to a table.
"What's that?" I asked.
"I don't know yet, Dad sent it to us, I thought we could open it together." Yang said holding up a small tube.
"Oh something from home!" I squealed then speed over to Yang and wrapped my legs around Yang while and tried to reach for the tube.
This lasted for a second until Yang gave the tube a shake and something fell out, a small cylinder of fur, the tube suddenly jumped, then a second time, then it popped out into the form of a familiar small brown a white Corgi. The four of us leaned in to inspect the dog, which barked twice.
"AHHH!" The four of us screamed, two of joy, two of shock.
"Zwei!" I cheered then lifted up the dog.
"He sent a dog?" Blake asked.
"In the mail?" Weiss asked as Yang started to coddle Zwei.
"Oh he does stuff like this all the time." Yang said.
"Your father or your dog?" Blake asked from atop me bed, I guess her cat instincts are screaming run right now.
"Are you telling me, that this mangy, drooling, mutt, is going to wive with us fowevea, oh yes he is." Weiss said as she began to play with Zwei.
'No-one can resist Zwei's cuteness.' I thought triumphantly looking at Weiss
"Please keep it away from my belongings." Blake said.
'Okay maybe cat Faunus can, but she's just naturally nervous around a dog.' I thought.
Then the intercom came on, "Will all first year student please report to the amphitheater." the intercom announced.
"Well we can't exactly leave him here while we're gone for a week." Weiss said as I put Zwei down, Zwei quickly ran below where Blake was at in my bed.
"Look there's a letter." Yang said pulling out a piece of paper, "Dear girls, I've got to leave the island for a few days so I'm sending Zwei to you to take care of, enclosed is all the food you should need, love you both, Taiyang." Yang read as Zwei ran over.
Yang tipped the tube over and cans of dog food fell out on top of Zwei forming a small pile, "What's he supposed to do with that?" Weiss asked, Yang shook the tube once again and a can opener fell out.
"Welp that settles it, come on everybody, Zwei will be here when we get back." Yang said as she left, Weiss cooed Zwei a bit more as she left, Blake jumped off the table trying not to be near Zwei.
I looked down at Zwei and smiled when I got a wonderful idea.
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Hide Zwei in a backpack, genious!
We all entered the amphitheatre while I was wearing a backpack.
"Quiet, quiet please. Professor Ozpin would like to share a few words before we begin." Glynda said.
"Today we stand together, united. Mistral, Atlas, Vacuo, Vale. Four kingdoms of Remnant. On this day nearly eighty years ago, the largest war ever recorded in history came to an end. It was a war of ignorance, of fear, and oppression. A war that was about much more than what borders pushed where of who traded with who, but about the very idea of individualism itself. We fought for countless reasons, one of which being the destruction of all forms of art a self expression. And as you are well aware that was something many could not stand for. As a result, those who opposed this tyranny named their children after one of the core aspects of art itself, color. It was their way of setting it straight that not only they refused to tolerate this oppression, but neither the generations to come, and it is held to this very day. We encourage individuality, expressionism, and unity, through diversity. As I said today we stand together, united, but there's still a bond that cannot exist without effort, which why today when the rest of the world celebrates peace, huntsmen and huntresses fight to uphold it. As first year students you'll be tasked with shadowing a professional huntsman of huntress on a mission, some of you may be taken out of the Kingdom for several days, others may work within the walls for the rest of the week. But no matter which path you choose remember to be safe, remember your training, and remember to do your very best." Ozpin said
"This is perfect, all we have to do is shadow a huntsman working in the southeast." I said.
"Yeah we'll follow him around by day and give him the slip at night." Yang said.
"Let's check search and destroy." Weiss said as we went over to the message board.
"Here we go, quadrant five needs Grimm cleared out." I said.
"Well it's in the southeast." Blake said.
"Sounds perfect." Yang said as Ruby signed us up for the mission, only to be denied because it was unavailable to first years.
"Wonderful." Weiss said sarcastically.
"Any other idea's?" Blake asked.
"We mail ourselves there." I said.
"Well that's one option." Ozpin said walking up, "Unfortunately we determined that the concentration of Grimm was too extreme for first year students, it seems that particular region is rather popular. In fact I have the sneaking suspicion that the four of you will make your way there no matter which job you choose." Ozpin said.
"What makes you say that?" I asked.
"I'm still curious as to how all found yourselves at the docks semester, I'm interested to know how you really learned about a hideout in the southeast, and I certainly wonder why, witnesses reported seeing robots and rose petals at a dance club." Ozpin said
I couldn't find words to answer.
"I don't know if I'll ever find the exact answers I'm looking for, so how about this, instead of waiting for you to break the rules, why don't we just bend them, beside I'd say the Right to Rule Dragon's grants you and JNPR some… special privileges." Ozpin said as he accessed his scroll to allow us to take the mission.
"We won't let you down, thank you professor." I said.
"Do not thank me for this, teamwork persistence have carried you far, but you must understand the things that are away from the protection of the kingdom will not care. Stay close to your huntsman at all times and do exactly as he says. He will be leading you on this mission and he can have you sent back to Beacon, if he finds your skills to be unsatisfactory." Ozpin said leaving, then he leaned back to us, "Good luck."
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"That wasn't exactly uplifting." Yang said.
"But it's the truth." Blake said.
"It's gonna be tough but I know we can do it." I said.
"Hey Team CFVY is back." A student said running ahead of us, Blake ran up to Velvet.
"Velvet, are you alright?" Blake asked.
"I'm fine I Yatsuhashi to look out for me." Velvet said.
'Huh, I wonder who would win in a fight, the Previous Earth Dragoon Kongol, or Yatsuhashi, they're both huge.' I thought offhandedly, 'Actually, maybe he's got Gigantos blood in him.'.
"Your mission was supposed to end a week ago, What happened?" Weiss asked.
"Nothing happened, it was just, there were just so many." Velvet said. "Oh but don't worry you first years are just shadowing huntsmen."
"Right." Yang said.
"I should go, be safe okay." Velvet said and left.
"We can do this, we've never backed down before and we're not going to start now." I said.
"Right." Blake said.
"Besides it won't only be us, we'll be fighting alongside a genuine huntsman!" I cheered.
"Yeah!" Yang cheered.
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All that cheer drained away as soon as we learned who we were shadowing, "Why hello young girls, who's ready to fight for their lives?" Dr. Oobleck asked.
"Professor Oobleck?" Weiss asked.
"Yes I'm afraid those bags won't be necessary team seeing as you have opted to shadow a huntsman on what is now officially a reconnaissance mission, I can assure you we will not be establishing a single base of operations rather we will be traversing several miles of hazardous wasteland and making camp at any defensible locations we may stumble upon, I factored all our essentials myself plotted the air course and readied the airship. AND, it's Doctor Oobleck." Oobleck ranted. "Now according to my schedule we are already three minutes behind schedule." Oobleck said before blasting away.
We got ourselves caught up in a small chat with team JNPR, Sun and Neptune, JNPR were heading out tomorrow, and Nora had decided she would challenge the previous Lightning Dragoon when she got back saying he Semblance should give her a very powerful advantage.
I think she's about to take on a challenge way more difficult than she's ready for than she's ready for.
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"I guess I never saw you as much as a fighter." Yang said to Dr. Oobleck.
"I admit I fancy myself as more of an intellectual, but I can assure you as a huntsman I've had my fair share of tussles." Oobleck said.
"Like the mushroom?" I asked.
"Those are truffles." Blake said.
"Like the sprout?" I asked.
"Those are brussels." Yang said.
"Besides given my expertise in the field of history as well as my dabblings in the archeological surveys my dear headmaster saw fit to assign me to this particular… assignment." Oobleck stated.
"What does history have to do with this?" Weiss asked.
"Why what a preposterous question you silly girl why history is the backbone of our very society, and the liver! Probably the kidneys if I were to wager." Oobleck said.
"And that means?" Weiss asked.
"The southeast quadrant outside of Vale is home to wild forests and deep caves, but it also the location of one of the kingdom's greatest failures." Oobleck said.
"Mountain Glenn." I said.
"That's right it was an extension of Vale. But in the end it was overrun by Grimm and fenced off from the rest of the city." Yang said.
"Correct and now it stands abandoned, as a dark reminder." Oobleck said.
"And a likely place for a hideout." Blake said.
"Precisely." Oobleck said, "However that is not the only reason, according to reports sent in by people who had been in Mountain Glenn before it's fall excavators had unearthed a massive fossilized creature buried in the cavern walls."
"Massive fossilized creature?" Weiss asked.
"The creature had no former record in any books, and due to the fact I couldn't get a viable description from anyone I could not compare the creature to anything written down in the Legends. If you encounter the creature stay on your guard, it may be more than a fossil." Oobleck warned.
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The bullhead dropped us off and the middle of the ruined city, the weird thing was my Dragoon Spirit was practically shouting warnings at me, it never did that during the White Fang battle, nor did it do so when we trained our Dragoon forms against a large number of Beowolves, so what's causing it to react this way, I had noticed the rest of my team had unconsciously put their hands to their Dragoon Spirit's.
"Team you maybe students but at this moment your mission as hunter and huntresses has begun, from this point forward you need to do exactly as I say, do you understand?" Oobleck inquired, looking over at us, "Ruby! I thought I told you to leave all your bags back at school!"
"But you hadn't told us to listen to you yet. So I didn't." I defended.
"She's not wrong, very well Ruby leave your bag here we can pick it up upon our return." Oobleck said.
"But I wa-" I started.
"Young lady what in the world could you possibly have in that bag that's so important to bring it with-" Oobleck started but cut himself off as Zwei popped his head out of the bag.
Silence filled the air for a good moment as we all looked at the Corgi, "Get back in the bag." I whispered, Zwei simply barked once.
"We're here to investigate an abandoned urban jungle teeming with death and hostility, and you brought, a dog." Oobleck said very seriously.
"I uh…" I started.
"Genius!" Oobleck exclaimed walking away, before quickly rushing back and grabbing Zwei from my bag, knocking me over in the process.
"Canine's are historically known for their perceptive nose and heightened sense of sound, making them excellent companions for hunts such as ours!" Oobleck said, Zwei barked.
"I'm a genius." I said.
"So, what are your orders doctor?" Blake asked.
"Ah yes straight to the chase, I like it." Oobleck said dropping Zwei.
"As you've been informed the southeast has been marked as a recent hotspot for Grimm activity, now there are several possible explanations for this behavior, one of which being- Grimm." Oobleck said.
"Uh, what?" I asked.
"Grimm a creature of Grimm approximately one hundred yards from us at this very moment." Oobleck said causing us to turn around.
"What?" Weiss asked seeing a single Beowulf and we readied our weapons.
"Stop." Oobleck said, "There are a number of reasons why a Grimm congregate in this particular area, the most likely of which their attraction to negativity. Sadness, Envy, Loneliness,Hatred, all qualities that are likely our hidden group harboring ill intent." Oobleck said.
"So what now?" I asked.
"We wait, we track, if this specimen leads us to it's pack that pack may subsequently lead us to our prey." Oobleck said.
"How long do we wait?" Blake asked.
"It's uncertain, hours, days, weeks, why lone Grimm have been known to stay isolated from the pack for months- and there the whole pack." Oobleck said as more Beowolves showed up.
"What?" Weiss asked a little loud.
"And now they've seen us." Oobleck said.
"What?" Weiss asked again.
"AND NOW THEY'VE SEEN US!" Oobleck yelled right in Weiss's ear.
"I take it tracking is out of the question." I said.
"An accurate assumption, yes." Oobleck said.
"What's the plan then?" Yang asked.
"Show me what you're made of. Dragoon Forms authorized." Oobleck said.
We all smiled and activated our Dragoon armor.
"I can take them all down with one good Explosion." Yang said.
"Hold on Yang, let me try my newest spell first." Blake said as the usual three rings of Magic appeared and expelled.
Blake crossed her arms with Gambol Shroud's katana pointing upwards, suddenly a small orb of darkness formed at the base of the blade and flowed up to the tip and off slightly, a wind of deathly energy seemed to flow toward her from the Grimm, who were frozen in either confusion or fear.
Blake adjusted her arm so she raised her katana, that seemed to cause thin rings of energy to be sucked into the orb until her arm stabilized directly above her head, then things started getting weird, the world around us darkened dangerously as the orb expelled a swirling vortex of deathly energy poured outward into the pitch black area.
"Death Dimension." Blake said as we looked over to the Grimm, who were frozen still and had a similar vortex behind them, but this one was flowing inwards.
Suddenly there was a flash and the dark world faded in an instant, leaving behind what looked like a fragile glass picture of all those Beowolves floating in the air spinning.
We looked back to Blake to see her back turned to the Grimm and she slowly slide her hand with a reverse grip of Gambol's sheath down the Katana blade until she almost reached the base of the blade.
"Gone." Blake commanded bringing her hand to the base to an instant, the image of the Grimm in that weird world shattered like glass. The Beowolves appeared suddenly except now they had a look of horror on their faces and were battered and scarred.
The Beowolves collapsed to the ground dead.
"Oh my…" Yang said seeing the Grimm.
"Frightening, that spell seems to have taken the Grimm to a dimension of death, and though their time there was short the damage done was… lethal." Oobleck said.
"Well these Beowolves were rather weak, plus they lacked an Aura." Blake said, "According to the Dragoon Spirit the spell only briefly leaves them in the Death Dimension, and moderately strong target would survive, though if they did survive they still experienced the horrors in that world."
"I see… Miss Belladonna I'm going to have to ask you not to use that ability against human and Faunus opponents in sparring matches and during tournaments should events force you to reveal your armor, however you are free to use it when you're battling for your life." Oobleck said.
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The next few hours were basically us massacring any Grimm dumb enough to try to attack us, the Grimm could hardly harm us and if they somehow managed to Blake would cast Astral Drain to heal off the damage we took.
Plus Weiss managed to unlock a new healing ability for her Dragoon form, yipee!
Eventually Oobleck asked me to follow him while the others set up camp in an abandoned building.
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*Weiss P.O.V.*
Once we set up a campfire we dismissed our armor.
"I can't believe we didn't find anything." Yang said.
"We've always been fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time, guess we can't always have luck on our side." Blake said.
"That's not what I meant." I said right now I decided to let my wings appear because I just needed to let them out.
"Huh? Blake asked.
"Earlier, about upholding the legacy, there's more to it than that." I said.
"Yeah, no me too, I mean, I don't know." Yang said.
"I don't know either, I know what I want to do but, I figured I'd always take things one step at a time." Blake said.
"Well it doesn't matter, we know why we're here, right?" Yang asked.
"Ah wonderful, a textbook campfire." Oobleck said speeding in, causing me to jump.
"Fire. So warm." Ruby said getting close to the fire.
"Very good eat your dinners and hurry to bed, we have a lot of ground to cover tomorrow, and we'll need you to take turns keeping watch over our temporary abode, any volunteers for first watch?" Oobleck asked.
"Yo." Ruby said raising her hand briefly, before she summoned her armor and walked over to a place to keep watch while the rest of us tried to go to sleep
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*Ruby P.O.V.*
During my watch I heard my teammates talk about something but I was paying more attention to the warnings my Dragoon Spirit was blaring, what on Remnant could the Spirit be warning me about?
After my shift ended I heard Zwei start to leave and I followed him out of the building.
"Zwei." I whisper called "Zwei where are you?"
I then noticed Zwei taking a leak next to an old metal post, "Zwei this is a wasteland, you literally could have done that anywhere." I said, Zwei barked as I picked him up, then we heard something and took cover.
We peaked out of a corner and saw two White Fang soldiers, "I thought I heard a Beowulf or something." White Fang A said.
"Let's just finish our patrol and get back." White Fang B said.
I silently followed them for several feet until they reached a building, I poked Zwei's head out, "Did they go in yet, one bark means yes." I said, Zwei waited until the sound of a door closing was heard then barked. "Oh this is it, this is it!" I whisper cheered, and pulled out her Scroll only to have no signal, "Oh man, come on we gotta get the others." I said getting up.
I didn't get far when the ground below my feet cracked and gave away, I caught Zwei before he fell in and tossed the dog up as the piece I was holding onto broke before I could pull myself up.
I heard Zwei Bark out as I fell.
I eventually hit the bottom of the pit and saw a huge underground city, my Dragoon Spirit was blaring out warnings stronger than even.
And I don't think it was because of the two White Fang approaching me.
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*3rd P.O.V. Under Mountain Glenn*
In a cornered off section of Mountain Glenn a massive creature kneeled, partially stuck in the stone walls, most of it's body was exposed and were it alive it could easily pull itself free without collapsing the mountain.
It was still alive… and was waking up as evidenced by one of its fingers twitching, breaking free of the stone.
"Hey did you hear that?" I man called out.
"Yeah, we better go check it out, could be an intruder." A woman said.
Alright Men and Women I am going to stop things here and in the next chapter the Mountain Glenn Virage will Awaken to attack our heroes and villains, seeing as Faunus were never aligned with the Winglies.
Reigner: And now it's time to straighten out the Dragoon Levels for convenience this represents that which RWBY knows about so far. plus we'll add what spells they know.
Ruby: D-LV 2 / 5 - Wing Blaster, Rose Storm
Yang: D-LV 2 / 5 - Flame Shot, Explosion
Weiss: D-LV 2 / 5 - Freezing Rain, Rainbow Breath
Blake: D-LV 2 / 5 - Astral Drain, Death Dimension
Jaune: D-LV Unactivated / Max- All spells available upon activation
Pyrrha: D-LV 2 / 4 - Grand Stream, Meteor Rain
Nora: D-LV 1 / 5 - Atomic Mind
Ren: D-LV 2 / 5 - Moonlight, Star Children
PC: Well then I'll let you all get back to your normal lives now, and please review people, I know Legend of Dragoon doesn't have the fanbase it deserves but that is now excuse for no-one to comment.
