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Ninjas of Remnant
Chapter 11
Battle of Beacon Part II:
When they all ran at Ozpin, Ozpin got his wand out and threw Yang and Blake out of the way, far away from the battle scene. Qrow swung his scythe at Ozpin, only for him to dodge and hit him with a blast that landed Qrow on his back. Weiss tried using glyph attacks, but they were only dodged. Ozpin shot full on blast at everyone else standing. Phyrra threw her spear at him right before she was hit with a blast. The spear grazed his arm. Ren was shooting at him and a bullet caught Ozpin in the left calf. The Ninjas were quick. They were able to sneak around and see Ozpin's blast. While Ozpin had Ruby and Juane pinned down behind a piece of debris, Neji grabbed Ozpin's arm and tossed him toward a building. Neji rushed him and Ozpin could only barely dodge him but couldn't take the offensive. Ruby got a call from Yang on her scroll.
"Yang, why are you calling me?!" Ruby yelled.
"Ruby, we might have to back out of this assault all together!"
"What, why-"
"There are Grimm literally everywhere closing in very fast!"
"What do you me-"
Just then, Yang and Blake ran back to where the group was and when they passed Ruby and Juane, an entire horde of Grimm were behind them. Ruby shot a few before turning and running. Juane was about to run with everyone else, but Weiss was stuck. There was a Boartusk about to charge behind Weiss that she couldn't see because she was distracted by an Ursa. Juane was the closest to her. He ran toward Weiss as fast as he could and pushed her out of the way of the Grimm. Weiss looked behind and saw Juane with a tusk through his stomach.
"Weiss…" Juane coughed. A bit of blood came out of his mouth. "Get out of he-"
Just then, and Ursa punched Juane away from them, where he lied there. Weiss got up and ran toward Juane and picked him up.
"Weiss, don't worry about me…"
"Help me out here, Juane. You know you're scared to die, you don't need to be a hero."
Juane tried to take weight off of Weiss but Grimm were quickly coming. Qrow ran in front of them.
"Go, get out of here!"
Qrow started taking Grimm out while Weiss and Juane made their escape. Ruby, Phyrra, and Ren provided covering fire for them. When they were behind cover, Weiss sat Jaune down. Her clothes were painted red.
"Juane!" Phyrra went next to Juane and tried to look at the wound.
"Where the fuck are Naruto and the rest!" Blake yelled.
"You bastard!" Neji yelled, kicking Ozpin toward a wall. The Ninjas surrounded him.
"I had to. I was trying to not have this situation happen." He said, spitting blood.
"This situation happened because of your decision." Gaara said.
"It could've been worse for all I know!" Ozpin said. He tried standing up. Sasuke kicked his leg. Just then, clapping was heard from behind them. Everyone looked to the sound. A woman who was white with red eyes and purple vein-like accents on her arms and face.
"Bravo, kids. You guys single handedly trapped one of my biggest threats. Without me lifting a finger." This woman said.
"Salem." Ozpin muttered.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked.
"My name is Salem. And I've come to offer a deal. Kill Ozpin yourself or turn him over to me to be killed, and the surrounding Grimm outside will no longer be a problem, or, Grimm and death will certainly be in your future." She said so nonchalant. Sasuke looked outside and saw Grimm everywhere with their friends stuck, fending themselves off.
"Naruto, they are everywhere. I can barely see the ground." Sasuke said.
"Right you are, Purple Eye. There is a lot of hate. And we know what Grimm feed off of, don't we? So what will it be, Naruto?"
"I'm not killing Ozpin or letting him be
killed." Naruto said.
"He doesn't deserve death." Gaara agreed.
"Oh...I see." Salem said. Just then, the entirety of teams RWBY and JNPR with Adam, Qrow, and Winter came running in the building, escaping Grimm. The original people in the room noticed Juane wounded and bleeding. Qrow saw Salem.
"Everyone back up!" He yelled.
"Who is she?" Nora asked.
"Salem, what are you doing here?" Qrow yelled.
"I want Ozpin. They have him but won't turn him over. And I don't want to have to prove a point." Salem said. Cinder emerged from a doorway. She noticed Sasuke but ignored him.
"Cinder!" Ozpin yelled.
"This is bad…" Qrow muttered to himself.
"I know her. She's the one I saved Glynda and Ruby from." Sasuke said.
"Ozpin, or I will start with the half alive one!" Salem yelled.
"No! I refuse to die!" Ozpin said.
"It might not be your choice." Neji said, grabbing him.
"There has to be another way," Naruto said. "What else do you want?"
"Hmm...there isn't. Because if I kill Ozpin, I have a problem with you four." Salem said, realizing her problem.
"Salem, get out of here. This doesn't concern you." Qrow said.
"This very well concerns me. However…" she looked at the teams. "It doesn't concern you. Any of you except these four."
"What do you mean?" Gaara asked.
"I have a new proposition. I'll take Ozpin prisoner, but you four have to leave and never interfere with anyone at Beacon or I will kill them each, one by one." Salem said. Cinder walked next to Salem. Ember fell from the ceiling behind the teams. "What do you say?" Salem asked.
"What do you mean, 'not interfere'?" Naruto asked.
"Leave, and never return, speak, or even think about coming back here. Agree now, they all live. Disagree, I'm starting with him." She said, pointing at Juane.
"You guys will do no such thing!" Qrow said. Salem snapped her fingers and Cinder shot fire at Juane, but it was blocked by Neji, who directed it back at her. Cinder dodged. Grimm started breaking walls little by little. Salem looked at Neji, surprised.
"Hmm...I see. I can't even have you guys live and stay away. You will have to die. You four." Salem concluded. Naruto walked over to Juane and healed him.
"I'm not leaving this place behind. These are my new friends. I've fought way harder battles than this. You will lose, Salem. It is best if you leave." Naruto said.
"Well, now you're about to have Grimm to deal with." Salem said. Sand started to cover the teams up. Salem looked at the sand. "Wow. You guys are powerful. And I can see me alone is beat. But Grimm will surely kill you. And Cinder and Ember." Salem said. Gunfire sounded outside. Screeches and the sound of Grimm dying. Salem looked out of the window and saw soldiers and students killing Grimm left and right. "How-"
"I woke everyone up. No one is concerned about fighting us anymore. It's the Grimm now." Sasuke said.
"What a sudden, chaotic turn of events this was. Feels like everything is just happening so quickly." Neji said, sarcastically. Ozpin had already had an escape route to go out of. He jumped and made a break for it. In a second, Sasuke had a sword to his throat and Naruto had a Rasengan ready. Ozpin's eyes flashed to the moment before he threw them off of Beacon Cliff. And just then, he came back to reality when he was hit with a Rasengan and flew through the building and outside. Cinder, Salem, and Ember escaped. No one cared. They weren't the problem. Gaara freed the teams. He put a sand shield around the building. Neji jumped out of the building before it fully closed. Naruto and Sasuke were already out.
"What now?" Weiss asked Gaara.
"Stay here." Gaara said. He left the sand shielded building. When Ozpin hit the ground, students and soldiers surrounded him to help him up. The four ninjas were in front of them all. Most Grimm were taken out. The Ninjas were surrounded.
"You are surrounded! Drop your weapons and put your hands up!" A soldier shouted.
The Ninjas looked at each other. Naruto nodded to them. They dropped their weapons and put their hands up. The sand shield around the building dropped. The teams inside could see them surrendering. A bunch of soldiers went at Naruto but he ran past them and grabbed Ozpin's throat.
"Tell them, Ozpin. Turn yourself in. We don't want to fight anymore." Naruto said. Ozpin looked at him. General Ironwood pointed a gun at Naruto's head.
"Let him go, kid. You're done." He said.
"No." Ozpin said. "Ironwood...they are all innocent." Everything stopped. Naruto let go of Ozpin and turned around.
"That all that was needed." Naruto said. Ozpin shot a blast from his wand at Naruto's back and it came from out of his chest and he pushed Ironwood's gun and it was aimed at Naruto when it went off. It hit Naruto in his shoulder and went through. Before Sasuke could react, it hit him in his heart. The blast that went through Naruto's chest split in two and hit Neji and Gaara in the stomach, all in less than 3 seconds. All the Ninjas were down. The soldiers tackled Ozpin and handcuffed him. Medics went to the Ninjas aid. Each Ninja was taken to a different airship. The teams were wide eyed and couldn't comprehend what happened. Blake ran down to Naruto's airship, Ruby to Sasuke's, Yang and Qrow to Neji, and Weiss to Gaara's, with Winter already inside.
Gaara's Airship:
"Ahhh!" Gaara yelled. He didn't have his sand armor on when he was hit. It went right through his stomach. He was in a lot of pain. He passes out because he couldn't bare it. Weiss was laying on his chest, crying. Winter looked down at Gaara and went to touch his face. Weiss slapped re hand away from him.
"Don't touch him!" She screamed. Winter backed away. "I can't believe you, Winter. Those things you said. You meant them!" Weiss stood up and got an inch away from her face. "He was our baby brother!" She yelled.
"Weiss, I'm sorry but I couldn't care for him like I did you and Whit-
She was cut off by a punch to the face. She was stunned. She looked back at an angry Weiss.
"He was more family to us both than father and Whitley were combined. It was going to be just us, but he came to our world and he was our brother." Weiss said.
"He wasn't our blood, so I-" she was cut off again by another punch. Winter grabbed Weiss and was about to hit her when sand wrapped her hand. They both looked at Gaara who could barely lift his face and arm up.
"Leave...Weiss alone." He said. He felt his Scroll buzz. He grabbed it and dropped it. He fell off the table to get it.
"Gaara!" Weiss yelled. She helped him up. Gaara looked at the message.
"Oh shit." He said. He stood up and he went to the side of the airship and opened the door.
"Gaara, what are you doing?!" Weiss shouted.
"Weiss, if I don't make it back here, remember, you were the best sibling i've ever had. I love you so much." Gaara said.
"Gaara, what are you saying?! Please, I need you here! Please don't go!" Weiss yelled. He hugged him tightly, crying on his shoulder. Gaara had sand plug his wound.
"Weiss, I have to go. I love you, little sister." Gaara said. He got out of Weiss's grip and jumped out of the airship.
"No, Gaara!" Weiss cried out when he jumped.
Neji's Airship:
Neji was breathing heavily. He was clutching his wound. Yang was there next to him. Qrow across from him.
"This really...really hurts." Neji said. His arm wrap had a lot of blood on it. Yang looked at the wound.
"It doesn't look so good. But we're almost at the hospital." Yang said. Neji's Scroll rang. He picked it up. It was from Naruto. He answered.
"Hel-" He started. He heard Naruto's voices screaming. Neji dropped the Scroll. "You have to be fucking kidding me." He said. He got up and stumbled over and Qrow caught him. Neji coughed up blood on him.
"What's going on?" Qrow asked.
"I'm going to die, Qrow, Yang." Neji said. He was able to stand on his own and went to the airship door.
"What are you talking about? We're almost at the hospital." Yang said.
"That's not what's going to kill me. It's what I have to stop is. I would say that I'd be fine, I'd make it out. But with the condition I'm in now and what we have to stop, I'm going to die." Neji explained.
"Neji, no you won't, don't talk like that. What is it anyway?" Qrow asked.
"I don't have time to explain. I love you both. Very much so." Neji said. He opened the airship door and was stopped by Yang. He turned around and kissed her. He looked at her. "Goodbye." He jumped out and Yang was just stunned. She dropped to her knees.
"Uncle, he wasn't lying. He was...so scared." Yang said. Tears streamed down her eyes. "This isn't fair."
"I'm sorry, Yang. I...I don't know what to say." Qrow said.
"If you told me that he'd be okay, and he actually would be, that'd help. But he's going to die." Yang said.
Sasuke's Airship:
Sasuke was lying on the table. He had barely any life in him. Ruby was sitting next to him, looking at him. Tears hitting is arms. He groaned.
"Sasuke?!" Ruby yelled.
"Ruby, I'm going to die soon. I can feel it. I need you to tell Naruto something. And tell him to tell the others." Sasuke said.
"Sasuke, what? What do you-"
"No, Ruby. Listen. Tell Naruto that "my planet is falling." Right now. Call and tell him." Sasuke said. He felt his wound and sighed. Ruby called Naruto and he answered.
"What's wrong, Ruby?" He said.
"Sasuke told me to tell you that he feels like he's going to die, and that 'his planet is falling'." Ruby said. There was silence.
"You tell Sasuke he has to come and try! Tell him our death is inevitable now!" Naruto screamed. He hung up.
"Sasuke, Naruto said you have to come try. What is he-"
"Ruby, remember when I made that big rock behind me?"
"Yeah."
"When I did, I kept it there. I rose it up higher though. When I got shot, I lost a lot of chakra and that rock is coming toward Remnant. This planet will be destroyed if we don't go stop it. I'm sorry, Ruby, but this is it." Sasuke said.
"Sasuke...no no. Please no." She said. She fell to her knees and started bawling.
"Ruby, I'm sorry." Sasuke said. He got up and stumbled to the door and kicked it off. "Ruby…" she sniffled. "I...I love you." She was stunned and looked up to see him jump out.
Naruto's Airship:
Naruto tried healing himself, but he didn't have a lot of chakra left. Blake was sitting on the floor rocking back and forth, hoping Naruto wasn't dead. It was completely silent. Blake didn't know he was awake, Naruto didn't know she was there. Naruto felt his pocket vibrate. Blake heard it. Naruto reached for it and looked at the contact.
"What's wrong Ruby?" He said. Blake stood up and looked at him in relief. Then she saw his face. "You tell Sasuke he has to come and try! Tell him our death is inevitable now!" He hung up. He saw Blake.
"What do you mean your death is inevitable?" Blake said. Naruto looked at her. He sighed.
"I have to make some calls." He said. He called Neji. "Neji, Sasuke's Planetary Devastation is about to hit the planet. We have to stop it. Say your goodbyes. You're going to die." Was all he said. He hung up. He texted Gaara. Naruto walked to the airship door. He looked at Blake with tears in his eyes.
"Naruto, I know there is nothing I can do. But I have to let you know, I never thought I could love again until I met you." Blake said.
"I love you too Blake. I'm sorry it's ending like this." Naruto took off his headband and put it on her head. Blake looked up at him and touched the headband. "I'll always be with you." He made a thumbs up and his classic eyes closed smile. "Believe it." He said. He jumped out of the airship and landed on the ground. He looked up and saw a huge rock heading for Earth. He mustered up all his chakra and went into Kyuubi mode. "This is all I have? Well damn." He said. He made a Rasen-Shuriken in his hand and charged it up as much as he could. He jumped toward the rock and as he jumped, he saw the other Shinobi along with him. Neji could only use his fist, Gaara made a huge sand wave, and Sasuke made half a Susano'o. Naruto threw his attack, Sasuke tried to push it back with his, Gaara was using his sand, and Neji hit it, but it couldn't be stopped.
"What do we do, guys?" Naruto asked.
"I have a plan, but, we will die." Gaara said.
"I already expected to die." Neji said.
"What's your plan, Gaara?" Sasuke asked.
"You guys have to push it back far enough for me to make a Sand Bowl. It will blow up inside of there and Remnant will be okay. However, we will die from the explosion and no chakra left." Gaara said.
"It's been an honor to fight with you guys and have you all as my friends." Neji said.
"Agreed." Naruto said.
"Let's go." Sasuke said. Sasuke, Naruto, and Neji went up and could only slow it down a bit. Naruto pushed himself to go into 9 Tails mode with Kyuubi to hold the rock. Neji could only try to punch it up. Sasuke pushed his full Susano'o and was going to cut it in half, but that would've made matters worse. So he helped Naruto try to hold it. Their chakra was depleting very fast. Gaara made a huge Sand Bowl and the rock set in there. Once it made contact, the rock exploded. Everyone could see it happen. Team RWBY was running on their way. When they saw the explosion, the shockwave pushed them back and knocked them out. It even knocked over buildings in the Kingdoms. Everything seemed to happen in a blur. Team RWBY was found first. And that's when the blur happened. It seems that the second they were found, Ozpin was imprisoned for life, Glynda came to run Beacon, then lastly, The Ninjas of Remnant's funeral, held at Beacon Academy. The funeral was in the forest where they made their tombstone for their friends. Everyone in the academy attended. Even some Atlas students and Soldiers did. It was open casket. They were dressed in tuxedos. Glynda came forward to speak.
"I...I was there to meet all four of them. I even found one of them when they were here. Apparently, they aren't from this world, or even universe. Yet, they defended it like their own. Neji Brawen Hyuga, Gaara Schnee of the Sand, Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto Uzumaki, are the greatest heros Remnant has seen. Saving it from an attack that would've wiped out all of humanity, and how did we treat them? Like garbage. I'm deeply sorry that our burdens befell you. You guys saved me from the Battle of Beacon, run by an insane person, yet, you four alone took on an entire school, army, and the people closest to you and survived it. You only died protecting us from a planet sized rock hitting us. I am forever greatful. Now umm...the people closest to them, Team RWBY has asked to say a few words." Glynda walked off the stage. Yang came up first.
"I, umm...I remember when I first met Neji. It was the day my stepmom died. My real mom was gone and I went to look for her, putting my little sister Ruby in a wagon and went out. We were attacked by Grimm, but Neji saved us. He killed them both and because of that, were here today. He was the strongest person I've ever known. Time went on, and I hated the fact he was my cousin. Or so I thought at least. We had a lot of fights, him letting me win most. I thought it was because I was stronger, but it was because he was. In strength and in character. He was the best person that has been in my life, along with my other family. Neji, I love you. And you will be missed." Yang said. She bowed and walked off. Weiss came up.
"Gaara came in my life when we were young. We actually shared those sibling moments. He would come to me for everything, and me to him. Little did I know, I was the only person who actually cared for him in our family. But as I cared for him, he cared for me. In fact, he asked me to keep it secret, but said if he died, he wanted me to tell a certain girl something. He kept a box of letters for people in case he wasn't around anymore.
'Phyrra Nikos, I remember seeing you fight. I noticed our abilities were the same and it made me instantly attracted to you. In my last life, I never knew what it was like to have feelings for someone. I sometimes talked to you, we shared some laughs, and it was amazing. I just wish I had the chance to tell you alive. I'm sorry.' He has many more that I will pass out later. But he highlighted that one I believe for a reason. He was a caring and thoughtful person. I'm glad I had him by my side when I did. I'm sad he's gone now. Thank you, Gaara, you were the best brother or sibling someone could have. And I bet your other Ninjas knew it as well." Weiss said. Phyrra was crying. Blake walked up next.
"I'm going to keep mine brief. Naruto saved my life and I had a liking for him ever since. He showed me what life could mean. He changed me in a way. Naruto is the single greatest person in the entire universe, his and ours. I'm glad I was able to witness. I love you, Naruto." Blake said. Ruby was the last to walk up.
"I was the first one to meet them all at the exact same time, and they were all very powerful. But Sasuke saved me and when he did, I knew I wanted to be with him in some kind of way. Sasuke, you are the most unique and most changed person ever. You went through hell to be where you were. I'm glad I got to meet someone like you. You've inspired me in many ways. Naruto, you too. Neji, you taught me strength and honest because you too, were my cousin. Gaara, you taught me life had a meaning. Always calm and such. You guys will forever be remembered as heros. I'm glad I got to meet you all." Ruby said. she went back to her seat. Glynda came back up.
"These were the Ninjas of Remnant. They will be forever missed in the hearts of most. Goodbye, our lovely heroes." Glynda said. Just then, Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, and Gaara sat up really fast and took a deep breath. They were sweating heavily. Everyone was surprised. Then the question came about everyone's mind; They were proven dead, so how are they alive?
Author's Note: Sorry I haven't been keeping up. In between a bunch of stuff, I've been busy. And I couldn't think of how to continue for the next (this) chapter. So I decided I'd make it feel rushed and choppy, because I wanted that feeling of chaos going into the story. I'm going to try and continue as much as I can until I run out of ideas. I won't promise next week if another will come out, but it won't be 5 months though. I can promise that. Anyway, thanks for the support, glad to be back, and peace, love, and positivity my lovelies.
