This chapter has been edited by Maestro of Madness! All credits for better spelling and grammar went to him


Chapter 11. Darkness that Lurking


"The nerve of that runt!" Yang huffed while stabbing her food viciously with her fork.

"Oh come on Yang. She's not that bad." Ruby said, attempting to placate her sister.

"Easy for you to say. You practically already got her blessing to marry Jaune."

"W-Wha!" Ruby face matched her hood in instant "Yang! I-I'm not going to marry Jaune!" Ruby denied vehemently.

"Please Ruby." Yang rolled her eyes in exasperation. "Even an android can see you have a crush on Jaune, it was so obvious!"

"I'm not! Besides, it's not proper for students and-"

"Ruby, since when you ever had a proper relationship?" Weiss cutting her off while sighing.

"Weiss!"

"And you." Weiss glared at Yang. "Stop brooding, you just don't like it that she found your presence annoying."

"What? Pfft, nah!" Yang brushed the accusation with a wave of the hand. "I just don't like the way she looked at me."

"Isn't that the same thing?" Blake chimed in, her eyes locked to the book she read but she clearly pay attention to what her team talking about

"Oh hush you! You three are ganging up on me because you were approved!" Yang huffed her cheeks in irritation, her face looks like a child that got her doll taken away for a second. "Not my fault I have a hot body like this." She grumbled as she pushed her chest together in a suggestive manner.

"Behave!" Weiss snapped, hand smacking the blonde's shoulder. "Have some modesty Yang! And you ask why she doesn't like you?"

In response, being the mature woman she is, Yang stuck her tongue out and blew a raspberry to the Schnee Heiress.

Weiss wished she could throttle her but refrain to do so since it would caught unwanted attention.

"How about you?" Yang turned to Ren, Pyrrha and Nora. "What's your opinion about her?"

"She's kind of cool." Nora commented happily before devouring another pancake with gusto.

"She has a very unique way of behaving." Pyrrha voiced her opinion politely.

"I pity Jeanne." Ren said dully. He already gets a glimpse of what kind of things Medea did to her little sister, judging by how she talks to her, and given what Jeanne told him she's like Nora... Jeanne was pretty much Medea's personal make-up doll in the past, and with her obsession... Let's just say there is another thing he shares with his leader.

"Why? You also got her approval right?" Yang teased with a grin.

Ren's eyebrow twitched, remembering what Medea said a moment ago in class, he pefectly aware what the woman tried to imply. "I'm not interested to Jeanne in that way."

"Of course you're not! You already have Nora."

"Nora and I are only friends, many people think we are a couple, but we're not."

"Together but not together-together!" Nora chimed in from her place before she chomped half of the pancakes with a single bite. She actually did not have a problem with their team, she still spends time with Ren mostly, however she also shares it with Pyrrha and Jeanne sometimes. Truthfully, she found it fun since she was usually only with Ren, so having new people is clearly quite the experience.

"You sure?" Yang asked with a quirked eyebrow. "You two spend time together more than the others." It was true, Ren may be Jeanne's partner, however they're not always seen together, there's time when Jeanne is only by herself or with Pyrrha.

However, one thing is sure, wherever there is Ren, Nora will always be there. Granted there was one or two times they were not seen together but the ratio they have been together and not is close to 10:2.

Ren opens his mouth to rebuke Yang, however he closes it and shakes his head. "Whatever makes you feel better." He said in a resigned voice.

"Still... What do you think about her ability?" Weiss asked, changing the topic since she has no interest in prying into someone else's romantic life.

"You mean what she did in class?" Pyrrha asked.

"Yes, but I'm also curious about Professor Arc's ability." The white haired girl narrowed her blue eyes in here. "I mean; we remember he created dust-infused sword that acted like a missile when he shot down the Griffon from two kilometers away. Then there was the other one as well, he created a slab of stone that was like a sword." Ignoring the fact shooting a target that was two kilometers away using a bow already could be categorized as impossible, what he did when facing that Grimm is truly interesting.

And add the fact that their professor faced an Underworld Monster by himself, and managed to drive the person away or stand toe to toe against her...

Dragon... Just recalling her picture makes Weiss clench her fist. She remembers it very clear, it was two years ago when she was fifteen. Her father came to her, calling her big sister as well, and informed her that one of his brothers died... Along with his entire family.

She remembers how kind uncle Law was and how he spoiled her and Winter, amongst his father's sibling, it can be said Law Schnee was the most laid back amongst them. He still acted like a Schnee, elegant, cool, polite and well-mannered. However, when he inside with the family, he did not hesitate to display his feelings, showing them how he loved them and cared for them.

And there was the matter of his son, Jason Schnee, her cousin. Her sweet and adorable five-year-old cousin, always tried to cheer up her and Winter, or try to help them bond again.

Law Schnee and his family was one of people that have a place in her heart.

Until the place where he and his family used for vacation was assaulted by Dragon.

The entire village died, massacred, among hundreds only ten or a dozen survived and it was because they were not in the village at that time. The place itself burned down and was carved into the earth itself, it was as if some kind of monster decide to rampage around and dug the place using some kind of sharp object and also breathed fire at the same time, burning everything that remained save for scorched earth

There was no body of Law Schnee and his family found... But the broken weapon of him and the blood covered toy that Weiss recognized as Jason's favorite toy is more than enough to tell what happened to them.

She will never forget this... Neither will her father and Winter... Underworld Monster... Dragon... And she was here yesterday, she was in Vale and almost killed Blake and Ruby had professor Arc not there... If it was not because she cared for Blake, right now she already inform her father about this and tell him to bring an army to flip Vale upside down to look for Dragon, extracting revenge to the criminal for her uncle and cousin.

Law Schnee was hardly a weakling... And yet Dragon still managed to kill him, along with all of the Hunters that were posted as guards in that village... And Jaune Arc, whose was the same age as her, was able to fight against the international criminal toe to toe, where Blake, Ruby and that monkey Faunus were beaten in less than five minutes easily.

It's safe to say that Weiss is now more than curious about her professor.

"What's your opinion about him Pyrrha?" The heiress asked, known as the champion of the Mistral tournament, the red haired woman would have a good assumption about this thing.

"It's hard to make an assumption about Professor Arc's ability." Pyrrha remarked with a small frown as she rubbed her chin. "However based from what we have seen in the Emerald Forest, his spar with Yang, and this afternoon... I guess it quite safe to assume that Professor Arc's ability would be related to... Projection." Pyrrha continued and she gives a firm nod in here. "Yes, I believe he has the ability to project something, making them into a solid substance."

"That... actually sounds logical." Weiss muttered. He has an ability that allows him to create something, he created a construct, then using Dust as the power source, he manage to make what he project real, and with proper Aura control, he makes the Dust perfectly fit into his Semblance.

"Agreed." Blake also agreed. "That makes sense, given what we've seen."

"Then he can create a sword or weapon out of nowhere?" Ruby asked, her eyes reflecting eagerness and sparkles. "That's! That's so cool! It means! He can make copy of weapons! He can... He can create hundreds of weapons!" She declared, unknowingly guessing right about Jaune. "Ohhh! Imagine what I could do with that Semblance!" She can imagine it already. She standing in field of weapons, surrounded by them, creating them one by one, using Dust to craft them, and creating a mixture of a scythe, sword, spear, sniper rifle, and machine gun!

It would be amazing!

"Ruby, Ruby." Yang clicked her fingers in front of the red haired girl who was now having a dreamy expression and sweat dropped. "Aaaandd here she goes again."

Weiss only shakes her head and sighs, perhaps her partner needs to have her brain checked, just in case. "Okay, so Professor Arc's ability is Projection. What about Ms. Medea?"

"I... still don't know." Pyrrha admitted in a hesitated voice. "I need to look more at it to make an assumption. However, it's safe to say that she is capable of making objects by moving them at will." She said as she recalled when the woman moved the Grimm statue in class.

"And that changes things." Nora added. "She can change things. She transformed that rock to..." She raises both hands and waggles her fingers in a puppeteer manner. "Grimmy-Grimmy."

"So she can change things, and she can move things." Yang concluded. "So what? Nothing special. Not like Jaune."

"I don't think it's that simple." Blake murmured, her eyes still glued to her book but her mind wandering to the purple haired woman and what she did few hours ago.

"Oh, oh! Blakey! Blakey!" Nora called Blake, changing the topic.

"Yes, Nora?" The Faunus asked, eyes briefly shifted away from her book.

"Are you a Faunus?" The orangenette asked bluntly.

This makes the cat girl freeze for a second, so does the entire RWBY team. Their features though admirably, only change for a second before their faces changed back, crushed into normal once more.

"What are you talking about Nora? Of course Blake is a Faunus." Pyrrha answered before the raven haired girl can answer, "I mean, the ears clearly give it away."

It was then the Mistral champion noted the cat Faunus' expression shifted to slight shock. Even if it was suppressed but Pyrrha still able to caught it and she grimaced as well, realizing what actually happened.

"Oh..." Pyrrha let out a tone that resembled 'oops'. "Blake, I'm sorr-"

"It's okay." Blake cut her swiftly, a small smile crossed to her face. "How can you tell by the way?"

"Your bow." The Mistral Champion answered, gesturing to the Faunus hair. "It was a good idea to use in plain sight to hide it, however in Mistral, there were more Faunus than in Vale so I recognized you in an instant."

"I see..." Now that she thought about it, the population of Faunus in Mistral was indeed bigger if compared to the other kingdoms. One of the White Fang bases if she recalled was in Mistral as a matter of fact. So it shouldn't be surprised that Pyrrha recognized her true nature. 'Maybe I should change my disguise. A hat then?'

"I did not mean to pry, but why do you hide your ears?" Ren asked.

"I have my own reasons." Blake answered mysteriously. "But please don't make assumptions, I am not ashamed of my heritage."

Ren narrowed his eyes, however he gives an approving nod and grunts in a positive manner. "We won't tell anyone." He reassured.

"Ab~so~lu~te~ly~!" Nora sing-songed in a joyous tune.

Blake stared at NPR who gives her a smile, and she can't help but smile back to them. These. These kind of Humans is what she means, Humans that are willing to help each other, Humans that won't hesitate or have second thoughts to accept them.

"Thank you." She said softly, voice filled with pure sincerity.

"No problem!" Nora replied with a big grin.

"By the way, speaking about the Arc family." Yang begins to look around. "Where's Jeanne?" She asked.

"Well..." Ren drawled. "She's currently spending time with Professor Jaune and Ms. Medea."


"Awwwwww~~~! Isn't she cute?!"

Jaune rubbed his temple and held back a groan. Just what did he do in his past life to deserve this anyway? He gives small peek to his siblings. As he expected, Jeanne's face was red from pure embarrassment while his big sister was gushing over her.

"Big sister! Come on! Can you stop already? Big brother is watching!" Jeanne begged.

"N~o~p~e!" Medea replied, voice slightly slurred as her eyes roamed to her little sister's figure.

Jeanne can't do anything but let out a small whimper. She has a perfectly good reason to be embarrassed, it was thanks to her outfit. No longer was she wearing her school uniform now, it was gone, replaced by a French maid outfit with purple as it basic color instead of black, there also frilly purple ribbons on her head. She could handle it if it normal maid outfit, but by the Monty! The skirt! It was too short! Heck! She even can feel wind brush her underwear!

"Big sisteeeer."

"Oh come on Jean, what's wrong with you? You act like this is not normal."

"You change my clothes in front of my own big brother! That. Is. Not. Normal!"

"Oh please." Medea rolled her eyes. "I changed your clothes without stripping you, so it's fine." She paused and stared at Jeanne intently for a second. "You're good in maid, let's change into this."

She waves her hand, and her little sister yelped as her outfit shifted. It twisted as if it were alive, spinning once, and when it was done, the maid outfit was now gone, replaced by a white sleeveless shirt, light blue tie, and black skirt.

"Ohh, this is good too!" Medea gushed.

"Big sister!" Jeanne squeaked with a blush. "You changed my underwear as well!"

"Of course I did! It needed to match! I'm not going to dress you in a half-baked manner!"

"In front of my brother!" This is already borderline sexual harassment damn it! What kind of big sister does this to her own little sister?!

"Please, I'm not even stripping you, but just to make sure."

A wave of the oldest sibling's hand, the button of Jeanne's shirt suddenly flung up, splitting her outfit into two and-

"EEEK! BIG SISTER!"

"As expected, you're looking good like always Jeanne!"

Screw borderline, this is ALREADY SEXUAL HARASSMENT!

By this time Jaune already turned his head away, face red, he did catch a glimpse of his sister's... body. Even if they're siblings, Jaune won't blatantly lie and say his sister is unattractive, no. And while he indeed doesn't feel anything for them save for sibling love, but a woman's body is still something else.

"Big brother! Don't you dare look!" Jeanne squeaked as she attempts to cover herself while sending a glare to him.

Jaune did not bother even to reply as he tries to find something that would make his attention not be drawn to his sister. Fortunately, he finds it in the form of a cup of tea, he does not hesitate to drink it to calm his mind.

"Why are you that worried? You two often spend time together in the past, you even changed cloth and took a bath together."

"WE WERE ONLY TEN THAT TIME!"

"So? You practically had sex when you were young."

The tea he drunk did not just come out from his mouth, but his nose as well. Even if he was not looking, he is very far from being deaf.

""WHAT?!"" The twins squeaked at the same time... Until Jeanne realized that Jaune's eyes were now open to her direction and she instantly throws the nearest object -which happened to be a large textbook- and smacked her brother's forehead point blank, making Jaune fall from his seat. "DON'T LOOK!" She then turned to her older sister who was smiling 'innocently'. "AND YOU! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY JAUNE AND I HAVING S-S-S-SEX?! WE NEVER D-DID T-THAT!" She stammered and demanded.

Sex was too far, heck! They never even kissed! Kisses on the forehead, cheeks? Or things like that? Yes, sometimes, to express their affection and sibling love. But the one that related to... that? EWWW!

"Of course you are, you are twins right?"

"And WHAT'S does the CONNECTION of being TWIN have to do with that?!"

"Well." Medea then takes some paper from Jaune's table, with a flick of her hand the paper changed to a painting of a baby... Twin babies that were connected and looked to be in the womb of their mother. "You two had sex, see? Jaune's penis connected to your vagina." She pointed to a certain area.

It was safe to say the twins clearly did not find the picture and what their big sister meant to be amusing. Not. At. All.

""That doesn't count!"" The twins yelled simultaneously with annoyance. ""Heck! Our genital organs weren't even created yet!"

"Pfft, doesn't change the fact your groin's were connected." Medea waved the 'incredulous' statement of her little siblings. "Beside, in Beezow Doo-Doo Zoppittybop-Bop-Bop village, you two were already considered a married couple."

"Beezo Doo-Doo Zopp-what?!" Jaune asked in a bewildered voice.

"Beezow Doo-Doo Zoppittybop-Bop-Bop village." Medea repeated without pause or making a single mistake. "It's a village that is located northwest from Menagerie, quite a tribal place actually." She explained before her face morphed to a beatific expression. "They have a rule that states the oldest children of a family could have sexual intercourse with one of his/her sibling as a sign of blessing or respect! Of course if their siblings that are twins, they counted as one!"

'That was an unhealthy and barbarian rule! Why the heck are you so happy hearing that?!' The twins thought simultaneously with twitched eyebrows.

"The view there is great, albeit mostly forests but they have this unique shaped fruit that is delicious! We should visit them sometime! The rules can apply to the tourists!" Medea cheered.

""HELL NO!"" The twins rejected vehemently in an instant, knowing what was in their oldest sister's mind. Jeanne though, grabs another textbook and flung it to Jaune, hitting the man once again, making him yelp and fall backwards. "STOP LOOKING OVER HERE! BIG SISTER! CHANGE BACK MY OUTFIT! NOW!"

Jaune inwardly shed invisible tears. Why? Just why? What had he done to deserve treatment like this? The textbooks that hit him was not thin mind you, it's a psychology book he bought for being a counselor and boy, they are thick as hell! Having Aura or not, that blunt impact clearly gives some damage.

Medea meanwhile seems to finally be taking pity on her little sister, with a swipe of her arm, the outfit the blonde girl was wearing changed back to the Beacon uniform much to her relief, she then glared at her with a look that could make men tremble.

"I hate you." Jeanne hissed coldly.

"Aww, I love you too Jean." Medea cooed at her, face epiphany of love... Too much love in Jeanne's opinion, and it makes her next hate filled words die in her throat.

Deciding to start a conversation so she won't become a dress-up doll again, Jeanne asks her sister. "Big sister, why are you here?"

"I came here to visit you two of course." Medea answered sweetly. "As soon as I heard you two were attending school, I instantly finished my job and came here!"

'Of course you would do that.' Jeanne thought flatly.

Jaune was about to make a comment, however his Scroll suddenly started beeping. He took it out and sees what alerted him, after reading it he turned to his sisters. "Sorry big sister, Jean, but I have to go. Headmaster Ozpin asked me to accompany him to meet someone from Atlas Academy. Something about a staff meeting and all."

"In other words, comparing which teacher is best." Medea said dryly. "Men... Always comparing their swords to see whose is bigger."

"Why does it sound so dirty when it comes out from you." Jeanne grumbled.

"Anyways, I will go now, see you later big sis, Jean. By the way big sis, you are not staying with me tonight."

"She what?!" Jeanne shrieked before glaring at Medea. "Big sister! You're sneaking into his bed again?!"

"Of course I did." Medea, not even bother to deny it, rather than ashamed she seems proud. "With no mom and dad to catch me before I can strip and sleep by his side? There is no way in Hell I'm going to miss this."

"I clearly did not need to heard that." Jaune murmured while palming his face, great Root and Akasha, please have mercy on him. Deciding to stay longer will threaten his sanity, he decides to leave the room before Medea can talk again.

As soon as her little brother leaves the room, Medea's demeanor changed, prompting Jeanne who opened her mouth to close it. The purple haired woman seems to focus for a moment before she raises her hand, then she aims it towards the wall of the room.

With a single flip of her wrist, the wall vibrates. The vibrating is so loud and strong that Jeanne can practically feel it, the room seems to be shaking. After a moment they're gone, and she turned to see her big sister. "You changed the wall?"

"I make it soundproof and checked if there were any hidden devices under them." Medea answered. "I found none thankfully, it will be more problematic since I will need time to re-edit them."

Jeanne only can stare at her sister, then to the wall again. Her big sister is powerful, undoubtedly so, it wouldn't be an exaggeration in her opinion if someone said she has surpassed her father. Uther Arc maybe tough and powerful, however against someone with skills and a Semblance like that, it's clearly a bad matchup.

Transfiguration... The power to alter and change things. That's what Medea's Semblance is. She has power over basic elements and molecules, able to change and alter them. Jeanne's outfit that changed. Her control over her Semblance already was so terrifying that she can alter harmless forks into spears that are made of steel, add the fact she still can infuse it with Dust, it only makes the harmless tool become even more deadly.

Glynda Goodwitch, called the Witch due to her Telekinesis power, where she now can even create an energy field by compressing the space itself before launching it as an attack, and she also has good control of Dust, allowing her to create blizzards and snowstorms or such things with little issue.

Same thing occurs to Medea Arc, however unlike Glynda who joined the combination of elements, Medea created it. She changed them, manipulating them before infusing them together. It was more complex, yes, however the power behind it is the same, and there was also Medea's Semblance having more use in daily life, jobs, or work. Change a normal wall into one that is soundproof is testimony of that, Glynda won't be able do such things, but Medea? She can do that without much problem.

And thus the Sorceress was born.

The Sorceress gives one look to her sister, and one of twins of Arc recognized that look, it was the look that Medea uses when she is serious and not in a mood for pleasantries.

"Mother and Father sent you here to watch over Jaune." Medea stated, she raised her hand in a halting manner when Jeanne opened her mouth. "Don't try to deny it, it was so obvious, I doubt Jaune himself is not aware of this."

Jeanne's eyebrows narrowed, that was true actually, and she also knew Jaune probably realized this. Slowly she gives a nod to her big sister. "Yes, yes they did."

Then Medea's face change. Gone the seriousness, replaced by pure coldness, and Jeanne recognized that face as well, and it brought a chill to her spine.

It was the face that Medea wears when she makes sure someone is going to die... Painfully and in a very disgusting manner where people are going to vomit or spit at their corpse...

"... Then pray tell me why he faced that savage wench last night?!"

Even if she was not looking in the mirror, Jeanne can tell her own skin now become paler. She feels her mind freeze for a moment, and her eyes widened. She also can feel herself shivering, the hairs on her skins and back of her neck was standing as well, giving her a foreboding sensation.

There was only one woman that Medea Arc hates so much. She hates her so much that it won't be an exaggeration if it said she hated her more than anything in this World. More than Grimm even and even Jeanne was aware if her big sister had to kill an innocent little baby or blow over dozens of people to get to that woman, Medea will do it with a blissful and pleasant smile.

She started to not like where this conversation going.


"You have the nerve to show yourself after what you did to my men."

The sentence was spoken with a threatening, deep, firm voice and growl. It would make lesser man tremble and quiver in an instant and scram immediately. However, to Dragon it only sounded like the bark of a dog.

"Please, it's not my fault they can't hold their mouth." Dragon rebuked, hand waving in a dismissing manner as she crossed her legs in her seat, eyes roaming to the camp, observing every detail of the place.

The man in front of her glared further to the woman through his mask, his grip on his sword tightened, he was really tempted to pull it out now and slice the masked woman in front of him now. However, he refrains himself, if he does that, he will only give this woman satisfaction.

"You shouldn't be there in the first place."

"But I was there. And your peons keep chatting and blabbering in a loud manner, they make my ears hurt." Dragon said in a fake exasperated voice. "Worms should learn to not disturb Dragons, less they want to be burned."

"Say that again about my kin and I will cut you down, animal." He spat, voice laced with anger, crimson colored aura shimmering around him as his thumb pushed up his sword, ready to be drawn.

"I'm not the one with horns, dear Adam." Dragon purred, rather than feeling threatened, she seemed to be enjoying it. "Unless, you want me to remove them from your head?" She offered in bright tone

The strike came. It was fast. It was swift. It was quick. It was strong. It was powerful. The very air itself screeching just by grazing by it.

It did not hit its target.

Another piece of steel met it. A pure and raw kinetic force immediately appeared just by their clash. Voice of 'boom' resonated between the two fighters as their steel dug against each other in air.

"Slow Adam, slow." Dragon chided in a sing-song voice, sparks flying around as her golden eyes stared at Adam. "And weak as well, don't tell me you're getting weaker without your mentor?"

In response to her insult, the pressure from his strike increased, multiple times. This time his strike no longer able to be restrained, with one swing, he pushed the masked woman, sending her a few feet away.

The gray haired woman though did not loss her stance, she easily balanced herself, flipping her body once and digging her feet into the ground, skidding herself on the floor, her golden masked eyes glowing for a moment as she leered at the Faunus.

Adam did not stop. The moment Dragon was thrown, he was already spinning, his sword came from above and swung down. Air screeched the moment it came, a pure and raw kinetic force slammed into the wind, molded it into an arc shape that soared through the masked woman.

Ground split, torn apart, cleaved, and sliced as splinters and chunks of it flew everywhere as the force of the destructive wave soared forward to Dragon at a speed that surpassed a bullet with the intent to slice apart its target.

It got sliced instead.

A powerful wave, enough to cut someone into two regardless of Aura or not, stopped by a single swipe of Dragon's sword that sliced the air wave itself into two, splitting them and allowing them pass through her, destroying the wall and anything that stood in their way for a few meters.

"I like your Semblance truthfully." Dragon chuckled. "One of the few abilities that can stand against mine." She stated, then she raises her sword, her sword that was now broken into two, leaving only fragments of the edge. "You owe me a new sword by the way."

"I owe you nothing." Adam growled, slowly he sheathed back his sword but his eyes never leaving her and neither did he drop his stance. "I should cut your arm as well for the men you killed. Be grateful it was only your sword."

"Short temper and prideful like always." Dragon chuckled as she flipped her hair, toying with her sword that was now only the piece of its edge. "I expect no less from you but still... You need to be careful with your words." The chuckle became louder and her masked eyes seemed to be glowing for a moment.

SWOOOSH!

There was no warning. There were no words for seconds. Faster than a man can blink, Dragon brought down the broken sword she clutched, swinging it from up to down, sending an air wave that missed Adam who only stood a few inches away.

"Or you might die."

The room split. It was not a riddle or proverb, the room literally split into two in a vertical manner. The ground where they stood erupted into debris as it was carved, platform torn apart and crumbled, walls breaking and turned into two pieces. It was as if a giant sword was just their moments ago and carved the place where they stood.

And Adam remained calm, face stoic and impassive despite the place that was a few inches away from his standing position now turned to nothing but a deep hole.

"Try it." Adam challenged. "You might find it harder and it could be you that would be laying on the ground and dead." He replied in a deep voice.

"It seems..." Dragon lips curled to a smirk under her mask. "I need to break you once again. Truly you need to be taught how to behave in front of your betters." She tossed away the broken sword, hand moved to Mugenjin and flicked it up with her thumb, ready to be drawn.

Adam did not utter any word, his lips became a thin line, and he unsheathed his sword once again and taking Iaido stance, preparing himself for the coming battle to cut down the woman. He already knew something like this would happen when they met, he already ordered his lieutenant to stay away and clear the area around them.

Then Dragon moves, faster than anyone eyes can perceive and she sprung. However instead of lunging at Adam, the woman went to her left, Mugenjin drawn and already blazing like a torch that was burnt.

For a moment the World exploded into orange and red. Pillars of flame soared upward and rose to the sky like a shark that was flung up to catch its prey. The camp where Dragon and Adam were moments ago turned to nothing but then ash in an instant, with the ground where that place was moments ago turned to scorched earth.

The smoke that surround them was blown away, revealing Dragon as the one who was responsible, her cape billowing slightly, her hair waving in the air. Behind her stood Adam, his face impassive, however one can tell from the way his lips curled down a bit he was not amused. The Faunus himself had no visible injury save for dirt and dust around his clothes.

"It seems we have to delay our brief chat, Adam." Dragon speak stoically. "We have a rat hiding here."

"If I was categorized as an animal I prefer butterfly or dragonfly my dear."

A few feet away from both masked duos stood, a figure slowly materialized, becoming visible, like a chameleon that shed off its camouflage, revealing itself to the World.

"Greetings Dragon, Adam." The figure that was clad in a hood spoke, her appearance revealing only part of her nose and lips as she gives a small bow to them.

"You are..." Adam let out a small annoyed growl.

"You know this rat, little Adam?" Dragon asked, head tilted a bit to the side.

"... I sensed you when Cinder came for the first time." Adam said, eyes peering to the woman who smiled beneath her hood. "No... You did not hide when you came with them, you allowed yourself to be detected." He remembered when he met the Queen for the first time, he was actually tempted to slice the woman in an instant for daring to visit him, however he did not because Blake was there and she was his partner, and he knows just how much she values life.

But there was another reason, the reason is because he sensed this woman that was hiding. He did not know where she was, but he knew she was inside the camp with them, watching them. And since no one but him detected her, that spoke something about her skill.

"Very perceptive of you dear Adam." The woman spoke in a silky voice. "Yes, I was there, I allowed myself to be sensed to intimidate you and make you not act reckless and strike her directly." She chuckled a bit. "And as much as I enjoy dear Cinder getting rejected, oh." Her chuckle become louder. "I can't allow her to be die, not yet."

"... You're an enemy of that woman?" Adam asked.

"Well... we're not enemies but rivals in one or two things. Let's just say we we're partners that are trying to get rid of each other but not now. We need each other for now." The woman explained. "I'm actually looking for you Dragon."

Dragon was only silent as she observed the hooded figure, Mugenjin still in her hand. "You're... quite interesting aren't you?" She said with a moment of pause. "You're not like that worm who steals power, you're a genuine one."

"Is that so? I'm flattered, well, let's just say if Cinder doesn't have her power, I will be more worthy than her."

"I see. Who are you?"

"Ah, you may call me..." She paused and tapped her chip with her gloved finger. "Sorceress and Witch are already taken. Then, you may call me Magician."

"Magician? Really?" Dragon asked in bemusement. Magician in response merely shrugged, smirk still on her face, making Dragon snort. "You're looking for me you said. What do you want?"

"Straight to the point I see. Then, I hope you're going to listen as well Adam, this may interest you." The woman gives a glance to Adam who remains impassive but she could tell he was listening. "I will go straight. I'm going to assault Beacon."

The masked man and woman seem to perk up when she declared that, the latter especially. Both of them were staring at the woman who was smiling at them through her hood. Taking their silence as a sign of interest, she continued.

"I will go straight to the school, knock on the front gate and go straight."

Adam's eyes narrowed under his mask. "No strategy?"

"Nope. Just a pure assault. You know, like the ones in the movies where the barbarians charge the castle gate."

The Faunus' lips thinned, face scrunched into a small sneer. "That sounds idio-"

"Interesting." Dragon chimed in. "Assaulting one of the best academies of Remnant." She sounded genuine, there was even a hint of eagerness in her voice. "However. What little Adam said." She glanced to Adam who twitched at being called that. "That was idiotic as well. And as much as I want to wreck that place, I'm not in the mood to commit a massacre now." And there was the matter of Jaune being there as well, if she is going to have a battle with him she wants no disturbances, not again. And she is sure as hell there will be other professors coming down and bothering their fight.

"It's suicide to attack from the front directly." Adam stated plainly. "Beacon's defenses maybe not as advanced as Atlas, however the professors there are clearly not to be trifled with." Atlas may have a more advanced technology system in their defense, but Beacon has better trainers. Attacking Beacon would be like assaulting a castle, it's clearly not going to be easy and needs to be handled very carefully.

The hooded woman did nothing but still had a silky and snake-like smile on her face hearing her words, making Adam inwardly frown. This woman was not look like a fool. Adam could tell that easily just by looking at her. So what's her plan for doing this?

"A distraction?" He asked after a moment of silence. "You plan a frontal assault to distract the whole school."

"You caught on fast, yes." She replied, a small smirk crosses her face. "The frontal assault is nothing but a distraction for the main goal."

"And what is the goal?" Dragon asked.

"Planting a new kind of virus that will take control of the Atlesian Robot army when they come."

Adam's eyebrow quirked under his mask. "I take it this assault is also purposed so Ironwood personally comes here due to Ozpin's 'incompetence', correct?"

"You can say so. And this assault also will make the council of Vale be forced to add more forces to guard that place, especially sense the Vytal Festival will come soon."

"There is a big chance that the festival could be canceled."

"It won't. Trust me. We know the council of Vale is filled with fools. They won't pull back, not when right now there are already many tourists from other kingdoms." She brushed the concern easily. "Ironwood won't miss this chance to show off as well, right now his technology trend is at its peak. With Paladins that can be said hold its ground against a Goliath, and Atlesian-Knights newest model that is comparable to a Huntsman. This will give him more footing in a political aspect."

"And when the virus infects his robots, it will be his downfall." Dragon chuckled, amusement obvious in her voice. "It would be certainly amusing and a sight to be part of that man's fall. Wouldn't you agree, little Adam?"

Adam grunted in a positive manner. Among all Kingdom, Atlas certainly was one of the places he disliked, General Ironwood also has given him problems in the past. A lot of problems precisely.

"The question is; do you have enough power to back up your assault?" Adam asked. "How many people do you have?"

"One." She answered.

"... One?"

"Well, two maybe. The second is still in the middle of being negotiated, however judging by the route, there is little doubt this person won't join."

Adam stared. He stared. And he stared at the woman. This person, is clearly out of her mind. Assaulting Beacon that can be compared to a castle or a fortress with nothing but two men? That was bordering to insane... Unless...

"Are those two Underworld Monsters?"

If those two men are at an Underworld Monsters level... Then that would be enough to shake even the fortress like Beacon in a great magnitude.

"Only one." She replied, her smirk then widened. "But he's two or three times stronger than an Underworld Monster. And even better in a few case."

This instantly makes both of the masked duo alert, especially Dragon. Underworld Monster is the best fighters in the Remnant, no matter how notorious and cruel they are, that does not change the fact that they are absolutely powerful entities. A monster among the Hunters, mankind and Faunus, one that even surpasses the Grimm.

Even now there are only a few Underworld Monsters. The numbers probably only less than fingers of one hand. Though there are a few that are comparable to them, but once you gain the moniker of Underworld Monster, you will be on a different level.

One Underworld Monster can take on a platoon of Hunters and come out as the victor, massacre and kill them all with intermediate level difficulty. Two Underworld Monsters already have enough raw power to bring down half of Kingdom. But three? Let's just say it was a nightmare that worse than the Grimm.

"Three you say? Interesting." Dragon's voice was filled with glee, her mask eyes glowing in anticipation. "Why don't you bring this guy here then? I'd like to meet a person who is that strong."

"I already expected that." Magician chuckled. She then turned behind her, eyes peering to the thick forest. "You can come now, no need to be shy."

Then the ground shook.

Dragon and Adam's eyes widened as they feel the earth where they stand slowly tremble, their gaze glued to the new figure that appeared from the forest. Just by standing near the newcomer they can feel something gripping their heart, and they know this sensation, they know very well what is it. Especially Dragon, after all it had been a really a long time since she felt fear.

That fear though, was instantly crushed by glee, by pleasure. A manic grin spread under the masked woman. Her sword, Mugenjin that was blazing like a flame, became brighter, the hot gas became more polished, refined and clear, making it far hotter than before as if responding to its wielders feelings.

"Interesting... Very interesting." Dragon murmured with glee.

"You want to have a go?" Magician offered, knowing what was in the masked woman's mind.

The answer she got came in the form of Dragon leaping towards her target, Mugenjin roared with flame like a claw of the dragon, swinging downward at its target and the World exploded into flame.


Wew, it seems things going to be hectic pretty soon eh? Despite our good Heroes went through their 'cheerful' days but there also darkness lurking :o

And yes! Now you all know what Medea power is, it is 'Transfiguration', you can say I got this idea from watching Harry Potter. However instead only limited to object, with power of Dust, she can alter things in more advanced level, even turned normal wall to reinforced one

Oh boy, Adam and Dragon clearly not having good relationship aren't they? They almost turn each other into sashimi with their sharp knives. That can't be blamed, giving Dragon nature and what they did. They have history together as well but... Let just say since it's Dragon there no in hell way their history good. Heck! Even as her creator I doubt she ever have good history with someone... Or was she?

A new player has come and start making her move! Things going to change after the Vytal Festival I told you. This is AU like I said in summary, there will be Canon element, but mixed with other as well, mainly Nasuverse!

Next chapter will be preparation of Vytal Festival! Jaune visit to orphanage with RWBY! Confrontation between brother and sister! And the darkness that lurking! Wow, next chapter clearly going to be quite crowded eh? Hahahaha! Anyway ttis is it for now, stay tune if you want to know how this story continue and the epic battle that going to come soon! I hope you love this chapter! Please Favorite, Follow, and Review

Ja Ne! XD