Inspectre Online.
Anyway.. Managed to sneak in that last chapter before we left Lebanon so I'm happy. Also got my hands on Code: Realize (apparently it's an Otome game series? which I don't mind at all) and Trillion: God of Destruction. Played a bit of both, liking both so far. Especially Trillion. .If it wouldn't stop FREAKING CRASHING. Yeah I have a refurb PSPVita but it's a new damn game cartridge. At one point I had wicked screen tearing and all that, with some lag even. Then I Google and find out the game is actually doing that for a lot of people. What the Hell? I have never had that kind of problem with 3DS games, ever, but at least I know it's very likely the game and not my system. Which it crashes on Muramasa and Odin Sphere on rare occasions but not nearly as much. It's only at certain spots in the game as well.
Edit: Whoever Mother Nature has stationed here, they hate Saturdays. Last Saturday's storm was longer but this one was worse.
Anyway enough about my problems. Next we go on to revi- Oh wait that's right. As a certain century+ old scientist from a show called Futurama once said.. "Good news, everyone!"
See while I was brainstorming on what to do for my next fanfic idea (I might just post the entire list thus far down below just to get opinions) I was listening to This Ain't No Place For No Hero by The Heavy, I kept thinking of the intro to Borderlands 2 and then Qrow popped up and one of my aaaancient ideas came along with it, which was inspired by the interdimensional traveling train from Final Fantasy Unlimited about a train that flies through the boundary between Heaven, Hell, (or the afterlife collectively) and the human world. Souls trapped in Limbo or awaiting reincarnation/judgement find themselves onboard until their time has come, at least for the latter types, and *edited out rambling*.
TL;DR this story is already forming a sequel in my head along with an intermission/prequel story. Qrow and Summer being Ruby's biological parents might actually have some serious plot relevance and tie in with some things being revealed soon. Anybody up for that? Or just wrap this up and put it on the shelf? Also, nobody has any problems with me setting things up like that do they? Ruby and Yang being biological cousins but keeping their relationship from the show, and changing their parentage? One reader has been telling me it's confusing and messes with the story but I don't really see how it's that bad, and I couldn't change it anyway without a ton of backtrack retcon and rewriting.
Anyway, review checkin' time! Also wow. Close to 13k views (maybe that's not impressive for some, IDK what average is, I'm just happy it's somewhat popular-ish), over 130 followers, 88 reviews, and almost 70 favorites. If I were too evil I could be 'that guy' and hold the final chapters hostage for more, but my schedule already does that for me which is annoying..
At Fate-chan2015: Oh what, is that your thing? *snickers* I plan to do more in the future at some point. Also 3. Time will tell the fate of those two soon enough.
At AndreaAmai: Come oooon, broaden your horizons! I do love Whiterose pretty much the most out of my ships though. Thanks and will do! Also trying to write your name with the period in it kept removing it when I saved sooo I had to leave it out. At least I'm mostly sure that's the issue.
At djjohns94: Excellent time obviously. Nothing could go wrong!
Course ya do, but now I'm thinking.. I really wanna do the intermission/sequel stories next but the sidestory deserves explaining, depends on what overall I actually wanna write next. More of this AU or something else. Yeah I know stuff like that isn't really hardcore, kinda tame-ish, but this is like the internet and there are human beings who get easily offended so that's why I gave the warning of content. Though I gotta ask if that's simply the worst you've seen in fanfics or you mean you read worse stuff on a regular basis.. *curious raised eyebrow, Spock style* ..I kid I kid. Necromorphs in Remnant? Based on the RWBY Red trailer, Ruby would saw through them like they're nothing. I mean she eviscerated the limbs off of some of those Beowulves like *finger snap* that. Yeah her weapon is a lop'n'choppin' machine but still.
At boomnitro: Hrrm. Kinda lost my muse for the Advance Wars crossover but it might be back. Dealing with a sudden urge for the Western one again. Or maybe just Neo in general. And my OC team Team AMJR.
At Andilite: 2, 5, and 6 eh? General consensus looks to be favoring #2 a bit so far. Yeah ain't that a bummer? She's finally back in action and someone's here to put her back out again. Had to throw in the mini reunion moment though. Will do!
At BlakJakXXI: Your avatar keeps reminding me of Grit from Advance Wars, mostly because of the 'I really don't care about stuff' look and the pointy beard. Anyhoot..
Yeah the whole thing was to show that bringing someone back from the dead, while possible in this AU, was certainly not easy nor a task anyone could be capable of performing or undergoing and that there were quite a few obstacles and restrictions. Yeah this is pretty much an all-in effort right here. Success is killing everyone and leaving no survivors, and cleaning up the evidence before he leaves. Failure is well, failing and being outed. Even though he has a strong sect and is a powerful demon himself, if his identity is revealed and his motives put out.. He can kiss any chances of the other Crossbreakers protecting him. The whole reason he's been successful so far is because nobody knows the splinter group is being controlled by a demon or that they have an agenda aside from a select few that can't really prove these things. Imagine being one of the leaders of a country. If you find out a fraction of your army is secretly taking orders from another party/an enemy and committing (war) crimes that could jeopardize the safety of your country, you'd have them executed for treason or branded as a traitor and exiled right? That kind of attention would make it impossible for him to achieve his goals through secrecy and he knows he can't do it through brute force.
Yeah, Ruby was a decent fighter because of genes and some pickups from her parentseses? Oh and Yang. Her started but never finished siring helped a little too. Now she has a body that can go toe-to-toe and then some with vampires.. A superior one at that.
It'd be set probably a few years after with a connection to this story. However there'll be an intermission story explaining some things and going into some certain individuals' pasts that lead into Red Snow before that though. Sweet! Glad to hear it!
At Beloved Knightmare Union: I knoooow! They need a Twix moment or three. Yeah it's a little of column A and a little of column B. Actually a lot of A and a little of B. Really? Eeeh I guess that works. Like evil Hellboy and the high ranking demons from WarCraft III. I'd have to Google because there were certain unit models in particular that I got some ideas from. Oh and the eyes thing like the Metal Overlord's from Sonic Heroes. Everything else was my own thing, like having four arms and the four swords. Also lol, wasn't until I started writing this reply by the way that I thought of General Grievous from Star Wars. Didn't he have four arms and use four lightsabers? I had an action figure of him once. On the sequel, the story wouldn't really be dragged on. I mean it'd have some ties to this one but pretty much be its own arc set a few years afterwards. Yeah I meant for the oneshot to be a oneshot but I realized I had something going here so I said screw it, cut it off after that, changed the rating, and moved on to the rest of my idea by creating a continuation. Then after I deleted the old ending and started detailing more I brainstormed and realized I could do much more with it. Which is how the idea of the extra stories/sequel came up. Ha, no they're not fight God and wage war on Heaven. Vortogk totally would though. Oh and side note, I know this hasn't really been touched on but there is some of that stuff but not all of it. Heaven and Hell are two separate domains that reside in the same world and it simply goes by the Afterlife, haven't got names for them yet. There's also not a God or any kind of supreme light being but there is/was a ruler of the Hell side. There are angels and demons too. They just tend to have little presence in the human world. I actually haven't read much RWBY fanfiction lately, kinda messed up 'cause I used to do it all the time. What is the 'same old same old'?
It actually will because I plan on having a normal ending to wrap things up, an epilogue chapter that takes place right after the ending, and then an M+ extra chapter.
At Legolas Dragon Ranger: Graham's hilarious, 'nuff said.
Illidan alone would obliterate Vortogk so that's overkill. As for Dragon Lord Rain, hmm. Maybe? Then again it's not her problem.
Oh wait until the end of this chapter. HUGE list to go through for ideas.
..Screw it. Pre-story A/N is already lengthy, I'll just stuff all my ideas down below at the Post-story A/N.
Hold on to your hats, it's PLOT TIME. By the way, I'm so on a roll like butter. Next chapter is already like one fourth done. Might see the end of this story by this weekend!
As fires raged all around with discharges of thunder shattering the earth through loud claps, Vortogk started to approach the two females. Did he really just say what they thought he just said?
"Child of- What are you talking about?" Weiss demanded to know even though she had absolutely no authority over the demon in rank or power. With a derisive snort and a smug smirk he pointed at Ruby, his two lower hands resting on two of his swords' hilts.
"You know nothing.. How amusing."
"I know whatever grudge you have against people with silver eyes stops here. I won't let her become another victim of your mad plot!"
"Oh but you have no choice in the matter. You failed once, as did her parents. As we all probably know by now history does have the oddest tendency of repeating itself.." He scowled as the vampire princess bared her fangs at him. Even Ruby was looking rather angry at how he boldly spoke of Qrow and Summer. "Be realistic. Neither of you possess even a fraction of the strength needed to contest me and there will be no escape from this battlefield alive."
The skeletal dragon above flew overhead with a roar, pelting several nearby Crossbreakers with green and white fireballs before several explosive blasts by guided missiles took it out of the sky with a resounding crash. It seemed that the vampires were even stooping to human militaristic weaponry in their fight against the undead. Their surroundings were gradually becoming overtaken by the demon's forces, the ranks of the dead shrinking back. Before the two had even realized it the lines were being pushed and redrawn, finding themselves distanced from any close help.
"Do both of yourselves a favor and submit. Kneel, and I will guarantee your heads come off cleanly and quickly."
Cue someone spitting.
Ruby actually spat at Vortogk as he approached, stopping him about fifteen feet away. The demon growled, his knuckles cracking as he then broke formation to start marching towards her more quickly ignoring/swatting away the few undead that tried to interfere. Weiss tried to hold her back as she took her own steps forward and reached out, jabbing at Vortogk and connecting with a fist of his own. To the surprise of all three he was the one that folded, hand coming back with an uncomfortably sounding crack and a hiss.
"Strong.. So you're not just a patchwork doll. Is that minotaur blood I smell?" Massaging his hand after taking a short hop back he grinned at her own busted hand due to the sharp formation of his knucklebone blades. "Whoever raised you is extremely capable, making a wight that could hold a being like yourself."
"What being? I'm just human. Well, was.." Ruby said with a confused look on her face, partially angered. All of the mystery surrounding her eyes and her family, and this monster responsible for ruining her life not once but twice, the girl wanted answers and she wanted them now.
"It's nothing. Nothing you need to be concerned with when your end approaches. Enough talk, I-" Stop. Full brakes. His eyes zeroed in on Ruby like a descending bird of prey's, specifically that wounded hand. The injuries were slightly more than what they had been in the aftermath of the blow and being a demon the very faintest glow of white emitting from them in the way of an unmistakable power were impossible to not notice. The vampiric girl he knew would more or less not be able to sense it until it was greater but this feeling..
An extension of his hand with the forefinger aimed their way and a roar was a call to action, diverting the efforts of his coven towards the two undead females and converging them upon them. Weiss immediately made a cupping motion with her hand and raised it out causing pikes of darkness to sprout from her shadow. Several Crossbreakers were impaled and dusted, others rushing over or around with claws and weapons high. They seemed more intent on targeting Ruby than Weiss, much to their shock finding that she was just as capable and then some of defending herself than before.
A punch lashed out at a sledgehammer coming for her skull, smashing the head to pieces and barreling on into the wielder's jaw. That too caved in from the sheer force, teeth sent everywhere as she felt that bone break in two and they went flying back a good twenty feet before even touching the ground. When a longsword came from the side it was caught between grown claws, cracking and shattering the blade with just a bit of extra pressure. Her fingers slashed and tore right through that Crossbreaker's neck, taking it off with a rough severance. They exploded into ashes and within seconds over a dozen vampires had been annihilated as shadows and ice shards filled her vision in a flurry of attacks.
Weiss stood transfixed, just as amazed at Ruby's newfound strength as she was. Examining her arms as if they'd grown extra fingers or something the girl let out a quiet 'whoa', blood pounding and muscles surging to the point where she could actually feel it. Vortogk let out a hissing snort through his nose and started stomping towards the two through the crowd of vampires, reaching at Weiss with a snarl. The flick of something bright and cold came swishing just in front of his face in an upward slice and instantly halted his progression. Like snakes, tendrils of darkness wrapped around the point of a freshly crafted rapier made of ice and fused into it, dyeing it jet black and filling through the rest of the weapon.
"I can see that you two intend to resist as much as possible.. What is it that drives you to fight against certain fate? Spite? Hope?" The demon asked with a shake of the head.
"Both I'd say." Weiss snipped back, adjusting her hair out of her face and taking a fencing stance. One arm behind the back, foot forward, shoulders straight, eyes locked dead on her target.. A quick glance aside to check on Ruby who was standing slightly hunched over and holding that injured hand of hers. It had already started healing but it was still bleeding, and there was something odd about the way the wounds themselves closed yet continued to stretch. Something she couldn't place..
"Useless and wasted effort it will all be for naught. You insist on this pitiful resistance when I offered you both fair deaths and now I will ensure your pain will be without end. First one, then the other."
"I don't plan on losing."
"And I don't either."
"And we're not giving up until it's over."
The vampiress smiled as Ruby stepped beside her, shaking a bit of blood from her hand onto the dark earth. All around them battles still raged, even with the demonic forces clearly having the upper hand in strength the legions of the dead were a buckling many that refused to break. Roars of the elements sounded across the battlefield amidst those of demons, vampires, and various undead monsters tearing at eachother without restraint or mercy.
"Yeah.. Ruby, listen. This demon. He's.."
"Strong. I know. But we have to beat him. We can't let him get away with this."
"It's not going to be easy and if things start getting bad.. I want-"
"No."
The girl clenched both fists, staring down Vortogk as she spoke. The shadow demon scowled back and opened one hand, a red ball of energy filling it before molding into the shape of a scimitar with a spiked handguard and a gut hook worked into the end of the blade. A second appeared in another hand, both of their glows fading as they turned into black blades with golden handles that had runes inscribed on the sides.
"This is the worst place for quitter talk, I won't accept it! I'm not gonna leave you either! We do this together or not at all, not that we really have a choice.." Her tone was adamant as she turned to Weiss, her nails growing out another inch as she prepared for the next attack. The Crossbreakers were starting to creep forward along with their master, those symbols on their foreheads starting to pulse with a sinister power and fill their eyes with red fires.
"You idiot.. I was going to say I want you to stay by me. I watched you die once, I'm not doing it again. I'll keep you safe so stick close, got it? Promise me."
Ruby grinned, nodding her head and raising her claws. She'd been about ready to pounce on the closest vampire when her arm suddenly spasmed, skin tearing in several places as if it'd been cut. It caused her to let out a short yelp of pain, distracting Weiss long enough for Vortogk to blast forward and execute an X-formation cross slash. If her reflexes had been a quarter-second slower that would have been the end of her, his scimitars igniting with flames that felt hot just to be near. Her black ice rapier was quickly used to intercept both but instead of catching them she was sent skidding back a good distance, stopping when she embedded into the ground like a stake to stop herself.
Ruby was holding her arm as it began to bleed from the rips and looked up just in time to see the flat side of one of Vortogk's swords come and connect with her, launching her a few dozen yards away into the midst of more twisted vampires and demons. Leaving the execution of her death in their care the shadow demon started pacing towards the princess, scimitars spun into reverse grips.
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"Ooow what the heck?" Something was seriously wrong. Those rips hurt, as did her hand which was practically fully healed. The damage from that monster's knuckles had become undone but the length of the gouges still remained. Not only that but the areas around those wounds and that of her new ones felt hot and seared like a sunburn. It hadn't been some kind of attack from Vortogk, of that she was mostly certain.
Scratch that. They hurt a lot. Her arm felt like it was going to break just by using it to push herself up off of the floor. As a horde started to rush after the isolated wight the pain subsided somewhat as adrenaline took over, fueling her will to fight when they closed in. A humanoid looking imp tried to impale her with a pronged sparking pitchfork only to have it gripped and wrenched from its grasp. In a way. Actually it was the reverse, Ruby swinging it around and using the imp like a bludgeoning head against two other vampires before smacking it onto the ground. Then it was flung off with another sharp swing. The accursed weapon started to sizzle, feeling like steel that had sat directly in the sun too long in her hands forcing her to get rid of it by throwing it like a javelin into a taller towering demon's chest. As it hit the ground several Crossbreakers ran/jumped over its back, Ruby meeting them head on.
She caught the jumper in mid-flight, slamming it into the dirt before more tried to pile onto her. The way they savagely tried to get as close as possible and attack with reckless abandon, it wasn't normal. Something was very off about them, likely the way their eyes and foreheads had started to glow. Were they being imbued with demonic essence or perhaps controlled in some way? She wouldn't put it past the demon to do something like that. Whatever it was, it caused an even worse reaction as more rips and tears formed in other places on her body. Her midsection, her back and legs.. They weren't debilitating or even deep but they stung with a very hot and sharp pain. The claws and teeth of those trying to dogpile her however were a bit more serious. Letting out a loud shout more akin to a screeching roar she found another well of strength, standing and picking up her oppressors. They would find themselves being lifted and then smashed into whatever was nearby in an effort to remove them. The side of a crypt, a tree, their comrades, a large marker.. When they all finally let go one would scramble to their feet only to catch a tombstone crashing into their front and completely taking them out of the fight.
...
Sparks flew as their weapons clashed, their dueling movements having more the appearance of a dance rather than a fight. Every time he slashed she parried, every time she stabbed he deflected, every time one tried to close the distance the other stepped aside or stepped back giving neither the advantage.
"Such skill with a blade, I'm quite reluctant to kill you Schnee. I know your family has produced many great nobles in their time." Vortogk said with a hollow laugh as he pressed against her rapier with his scimitar, keeping her struggling to stand upright despite the fact she was using both hands and he only one.
"I'm sure you are but I'm certainly not."
Weiss grit her teeth and shoved, planting her forward foot firmly in the ground. The demon didn't budge. Curse him and his damnable unholy strength.. Hearing a loud roar and a few explosions that sounded like crumbling and shattering stone the vampiress risked a look over her shoulder to see what was going on, rattled by Ruby's new inexplicable wounds that resembled the ones on her hand. Instead of trying to take advantage of that and overpower her Vortogk would chuckle as he followed her gaze.
"That girl is indeed something else, but I'm not so reluctant to be rid of her. When I've dealt with you she'll die. Slowly while you watch on helpless to save her."
"What the Hell is your problem with silver eyes? What do you know that I don't?" This was really starting to grate on her nerves. First 'Graham' and now this arrogant demon, both of them knew something very important about Ruby that neither of them were aware of and were keeping her in the dark.
Vortogk's smirk would fade, his voice falling to a serious whisper as he leaned over and closer to Weiss. Being extremely uncomfortable with the distance instead of wavering under his might was the reason she tilted back with a grimace, her rapier shaking as she took a retreating step.
"Do you believe in the afterlife, Schnee?"
Weiss wasn't a devout follower of the faith but knowing of the holy powers that priests could wield and now with Ruby's resurrection and meeting a demon face to face she wasn't certain.
"Somewhat. Why? Wait.. When you called her a child of the angels- Don't tell me you're seriously thinking-"
"Do you have time for a story?"
Weiss just stared, the sounds of conflict permeating the silence their voices and actions used to fill. When the pressure came off of her rapier and she nearly tripped forward the vampiress slowly looked up at him. Time for a story? They were in the middle of a war! Plus hadn't he said something about not wasting time talking..? Wait, the answers she sought. It took no more than that single thought process of 'he's willing to tell me' and she kept her mouth shut.
"I suppose it doesn't matter if I tell you. You'll be disposed of soon enough and that girl's body will deteriorate before it has a chance of activating.." Vortogk's blades dispersed after turning bright red, the flames ceasing and their embers flickering into the air as he crossed both sets of arms. Weiss sorely wanted to just try to charge and skewer him but somehow she got the feeling he'd be expecting that.
"..Angels and demons. I stand before you as proof of the existence of the latter, and the former.. That girl." He pointed in Ruby's direction. She could still hear her fighting, wanting to rush to her side but as more Crossbreakers bolted past them which caused her to shield with her rapier out of reflex, the chance to do so slimmed down to nil. "Many eons past, there was a grand war waged in the Afterlife by our kind against the angels. Outnumbered sorely and lacking a ruler to unite them like we had, Luciferon the Fallen, their defeat was to be a prolonged inevitability. Except.."
A war between angels and demons? Luciferon? Weiss had never heard of such things. Either this person was a lot older than he appeared or he was making things up as he went along to delay her. Keeping her weapon trained on him as he began to pace around her she raised an eyebrow, re-stating his 'except' as a question.
"Except they found a hero to rise up and lead their defence. A human named-"
"St. Michael the Archangel."
"-St. Michael the Archangel."
"So you have heard the tales." Vortogk whispered, smirking as they spoke at the same time.
"It took me a few seconds. I don't particularly care for the stories of the heavens' servitors so forgive me if I haven't committed them to perfect memory." She snipped, baring fangs in warning as he took a daring step closer. Being a dark type of undead why would one pay much attention to such things?
"A man who chose to remain in the light never to reincarnate and sought to become an angel. A man of unshakable faith and unbreakable conviction, peerless with blade and kind words, the epitome of a good samaritan and a model of justice and good."
"Sounds like a real award winner."
"The thought of such a pure being sickens me." Vortogk snarled in disgust. "But just when victory was in our grasp and the angels began to despair, he stood alone against the tide of darkness and cut into it like a white knife of light. Refusing to believe in the possibility that he'd fail he sanctified the battlefield wherever he went, rallying support and morale among them. Such was the grandeur of his actions that the Thrones acknowledged him and ascended him to the status of an Archangel, a defender of the heavens. Becoming the commander of the resistance he began to push us back and repelled our advances time and time again, turning what was to be a bloody slaughter into a violent deadlock of attrition. Eventually our ruler's hand was forced and His presence was required, challenging St. Michael directly. Because St. Michael had gained such tremendous power over centuries of conflict and millennia of communion with the divine.. He.. Emerged victorious."
It was clear as day and something that Weiss secretly savored, the taste of bitter venom in his voice as he said those three words.
"With the head removed, our army began to crumble and fracture. The Archdemons and Archfiends attempted to hold it together and we threw everything we had at the angels, only to fall short in failure. We lost the battle and the war, but we got the last laugh." The shadow demon chuckled, relaxing all four arms and sporting a Cheshire grin. "The few surviving angels were contaminated by infectious darkness, the heavens plagued by an unholy shadow. In the ultimate sacrifice St. Michael expended every bit of his power and dispersed his very soul like cremated ashes on the wind. It cleansed their souls and the world of light they lived in, but could not save their lives. They too joined the humans in Death's domain, to be sentenced for their 'good' actions and 'evil' deeds and serve a time wherever they were sent until their next life."
Weiss' mind was running as fast as a hamster in a wheel, trying to piece together all of this information while simultaneously checking to make sure Ruby was alright and still watch Vortogk in case he tried something. Suddenly Graham being over 20000 years old sounded more believable than this grand epic the demon was telling her of.
"So what does this have to do with Ruby or her silver eyes?" She finally asked. Vortogk would look towards her and then Ruby as he started to speak.
"Whether you are a mere human, a mighty dragon lord, a werekin, an animal, demon and angel alike, we all have souls that must be judged by Death and then sentenced to return to this world when our time in the Afterlife is served. While demon souls generally return as monsters or savage beasts, or particularly nasty humans.. The angels returned with the power of St. Michael's purest essence inside their souls as a result of his sacrifice, a most divine power from one of the most powerful angels to have ever existed. Known as the Archangel's Bane, it is a power said to be able to utterly destroy any evil it touches. What exactly it is even I am not sure, rumors exist of its activation in a number of individuals countable on one hand and verifiable by none."
"Hold it, you think Ruby is a reincarnated angel?"
"No, I know this isn't the case. However she is a descendant of one such individual. Living as humans with their holy power sealed in their mortal forms, their reproduction has lead to the creation of lineages that angelic essence and blood runs in the veins of. Only pure human offspring have shown the sign.."
"Silver eyes." Weiss whispered to herself, receiving a nod that she had guessed correctly.
"Precisely. It is a genetic sign that they are descended from reincarnated angels and humans who were born of the original surviving generation. Undoubtedly when they die they take their place in the heavens as blessed humans or perhaps newborn angels. Unless one were to do something.. Extreme." The way his grin spread even wider as his hands suddenly lit with black flames unnerved her. "Souls corrupted after death or ones that remain tethered by their emotions, even denied their passing, will be sent to Limbo where they very well may never return. One could also simply destroy their soul, and that is what I have been doing as I hunted down those silver warriors over the past few thousand years."
"You sick bastard!"
If they had been paying attention everything within earshot would have heard her curse loud and clear, and if only the carnage around them hadn't drowned her out from their ears. "Destruction of the soul.. You're a monster. A cruel sick and twisted monster!"
"Oh do compliment me more, girl. I might just allow you to become one of my vassals, perhaps even a concubine. Surely nobody would suspect foul play if you just.. Disappear."
Vortogk shook with loud laughter as Weiss gripped her rapier, shaking from anger and ready to end this little story time so she could make him into a pincushion. She believed none of it. A war in the Afterlife, angels and demons walking among them without anyone realizing it, Ruby being an angel's descendant.. It all sounded so ludicrous.
"Forget it.. I've had enough of your babbling. This was a waste of time."
"Believe it or not, I care not. It doesn't matter in the end. I won't have to worry much longer and neither will you. When I'm rid of her I'll then seek out my next hunts. Having my own personal bloodsucking sledgehammer to swing about makes it much easier to kill them off without drawing unwanted attention. I must acknowledge while I believe myself quite powerful there are beings who dwarf even my might. I wonder if you all would sleep less soundly, knowing that such entities exist that could lay waste to your cities in a mere fortnight?" Again with the raucous demonic chuckling..
Weiss gripped her rapier even tighter, threatening to crack the ice-made hilt before she took a relaxing breath or three and refocused. Her stance was up once more as Vortogk turned to face her directly, tilting his head aside to avoid a stray rocket that came flying past. So he was using the Crossbreakers. It was obvious they were possessed but the vampiress didn't think they were being controlled. This had infuriated her even more but she kept her cool, preparing to enter combat once more with the shadow demon. In a quick motion he reached down to grip the hilts of those colorful glass longswords of his.
Drawing them forth alternatively each one would be brandished amidst an expulsion of their respective element along with a calling. Sylph, a gust of wind blowing around the opening. Gnome, sand spurted from the sheath and blew away in the previous. Undine, water gushed out from inside and pooled at his feet. Salamander, a ring of fire exploded around the entrance. Each blade glowed, pale green, sandy brown, deep blue, and bright red. Even after they were drawn the elements still reacted to their movements, air swirling around the first as dust particles weakly trailed after the second whenever it came close to the ground. The Undine blade had a cold fog seeping from the length and the Salamander sword radiated an intense heat that seemed to not affect the demon.
She knew she was in for the fight of her un-life now.
...
This pain was unbearable. Her entire body felt like it was being consumed in fire. Her cuts bled profusely and made it difficult to focus. The Crossbreakers' ranks seemed to be as thick as ever though even with their numbers preventing a proper line of sight she could tell Weiss was doing her best.
"I have to get to Weiss.. We're gonna die if we stay split up like this." Ruby muttered to herself, ducking as a few tomahawks came flipping past her. Like a snake she snatched one out of the air and flung it back, nailing the thrower right in the forehead and splitting it like a watermelon. The crack of a whip sounded at her back, leaving a long gash and eliciting a loud hiss from the wight. There wouldn't be a second strike for the next time it lashed towards the girl she caught it around her wrist and reeled the holder to her with a powerful yank, uppercutting them hard enough to break their neck and lower jaw.
No matter how many she killed they fearlessly charged through the ashes of their fallen or over the broken bodies and corpses of their allies. The mysterious wounds spreading across her body were becoming too much to take. Somehow someway she had to get to Weiss and figure out some method of escape. Where was Graham? If anyone he would be able to help them.
A break. There was a single break in the movements of the undead and vampires where she could see the battle between Vortogk and Weiss. Much to her horror it was one Weiss was losing.
...
Her attacks had little effect on him. Skill with a deadly weapon was no longer enough when his supernatural powers trumped hers. The shadow demon was utilizing each of the four prime elements to his advantage, overtaking her use of two elements. With a ringing clang she was sent skidding back from a fierce blow, covering her normal eye with one hand as the other glowed a bright cyan. Suddenly a blooming cluster of ice spikes erupted from underneath Vortogk, melted away with a horizontal slash from the flaming blade. A series of mad slices in front of him sent consecutive waves of airblades towards her that whittled down a quickly emerging frozen kiteshield before a straightforward burning meteor of magma blew it to pieces. A second storm of air slashes launched more blades that the vampiress wasn't fast enough to deflect, many of them cutting into her skin and across her body.
Clutching a gouge under her left breast Weiss still managed to hold her rapier up at a 45 degree angle, her cold eye closed as she gasped for breath. All around them fires raged, muddled puddles of water littering the diameter of where they had fought and the cracks and fissures abound in the dirt too filling with water. While Weiss looked like she was about ready to collapse her opponent was standing tall and with an extremely condescending glower.
"Pathetic.. I expected more from your initial display. Perhaps you have grown soft and unaccustomed to fighting like the vampires of old were. That's what happens when your family loses their fangs and decides to try and play nice with lesser species."
"Shut.. Up.. About my family.."
Vortogk stared at her for a few seconds, not extending their conversation further. Instead he began to do something strange, chanting in a malicious echoing voice what was presumably a demon language. Those four blades began to vibrate and resonate, each one shattering as they were held pointing away from himself. At a locus of powerful dark magic those shards swirled into the vague shape of a new and towering blade before pressing together with a force that kicked up violent winds all around him. She was blinded and couldn't see through all the dust.
What emerged from the combination spell and hovered in front of him was a tall broadsword formed of what looked like obsidian, many ornamental cracks sizzling with magma inside as the tip took on a molten shine. From slits along the sharp sides oozed lava that dripped onto the ground for a few moments as a superheated wave of hot air bellowed in place of the cool winds from before. Weiss wasn't really sure if her own weapon could stand up to something like that but before she could think of how to counter it a single slash ripped right through it and into her. A straight downward slash that caused the broadsword to sink into the earth as if it were gelatin and tore her open from collar to waist. The rapier then split in two, leaving her with crumbling ice shards and exhuming shadows in hand before fading.
The strength she needed to stand faded in the same moment as a splash of blood obscured her vision, hearing someone scream her name and a vengeful roar.
...
Things were taking a turn on a dime for the worse. Weiss had just been cut down and everything was going so wrong with her own body she didn't know what to do. The enemy was closing in fast and Vortogk was standing over Weiss as she lay in a pool of water that was rapidly turning darker and redder. Ruby was mentally freaking out in a near panic attack, incredibly scared she was about to see another loved one die before her eyes. Already her mother, her father..
The wight dug into one last vein of strength hidden deep inside, pushing down her agonizing pain as she smashed aside an incoming Crossbreaker. Make it in time, make it in time, make it in time!
Like a rolling juggernaut that nobody wanted to step in front of she steamrolled over multiple vampires and demons alike in a direct line to her, screaming all the way and after summoning the last of her furious might would launch a straight punch at Vortogk. He didn't pay much attention to her approach initially and only swiped his floating quad-element sword in her direction, very deeply regretting it when she knocked it clear out from where it hovered. How it didn't shear right through her fingers and fillet her arm he couldn't fathom, the second thing going through his mind almost being her claws when another blow came flying around to impact the side of his skull.
The shadow demon landed well over thirty yards away with an audible crunching thud, giving his soldiers pause as they looked his way. The sword came down some distance from him on its hilt, clattering as it smacked off of the roof of a mausoleum and thumped on the dirt. Reaching up Vortogk let out a light hiss as he touched the spot she struck, realizing that it must have been those strange energies shielding her when she attacked.
Ruby fell to her knees, tenderly reaching out to Weiss. Her nails slowly retracted to grasp an offered hand as the other traced along that fatal gash stretching across her front. Fatal were it on any lesser being. A vampire of such a caliber as herself could survive it if given a blood transfusion in time but like hungry dogs the Crossbreakers circled and were both denied and repulsed by a flower of black ice that formed around them for a brief instant before exploding.
Both of them were spent and worn down to the last, both of them weary of fighting, both of them unsure if they could hold on for much longer. As she took in the approaching silhouettes through the icy fog that resulted from her last attack Weiss wheezed, trying to speak over the blood in her mouth.
"Ruby.."
"Weiss, I'm right here! Don't worry I'm gonna get you out. You'll be alright! Just don't close your eyes.. Please!"
So tired, gods how she looked so tired as she tried to lift her head and struggle to a standing position. Far behind Ruby the vampiress could see Vortogk preparing something insidious and terrible in his hands, a flat triangle of red light woven in the air around a hovering orb of darkness that was growing in size every second. The dangerous waves of power he and it were letting off were as good as any sign that he planned to kill them both in one shot, and so her next course of action was all too easily decided.
"Heh.. Keep you safe.. I can't even.. Protect myself.. Just go. Run.."
"I said I'd stay with you and I meant it!"
"I'm sorry.. You have.. To break that promise.."
"I'd rather die than leave you here Weiss, I won't do it!"
She coughed, flecking her new clothes with fresh blood. Not that they weren't already coated in her own or those of the demonic legions that poured into Reaper's Escape. Gripping both of Ruby's wrists and prying them free with what little energy she could muster Weiss would drop back onto the ground with a heave as spindly shadow hands stretched from the ground and picked the wight up underneath her arms. They then flung her haplessly away from where she lay, out of reach of the nearby Crossbreakers. As Ruby scrabbled to slow and stop her slide and rush back to Weiss' side everything seemed to slow down, everything around her becoming silent. With an earthshaking tremor that unholy magic spell was released issuing forth a red laser of pure malevolence that incinerated all in its path.
That path lead directly to where Weiss was and Ruby had been, Ruby letting out one final scream as the light began to blur out her form. Through the glow she could barely make out how Weiss mouthed her last words before being consumed in a sky-high explosion of crimson energies, smoke, and ash.
'I love you.'
As the nova rattled the landscape she hit the ground on her knees, arms hanging limply at her sides. That excruciating full body pain was nothing to what she felt in her undead heart at that moment. Like it'd been ripped in half several times over. Her silver eyes stared at the scene before her open wide in disbelief, gradually starting to stream tears from each. Through the ringing in her ears she could hear the howls of the Crossbreakers, their master's deep maniacal cackling, her own sobs as she completely broke down.. She could hear their footsteps but her fighting spirit had been completely extinguished. Her parents, Weiss, this demon was going to take everything from her before he took her life. Rather than tear her apart on the spot they roughly snatched her up, holding her at the mercy of the slowly approaching Vortogk. Her skin burned like fire worse than ever before and her flesh felt like it would tear right from the bone. His malicious grin was wide and his eyes glistening with an onyx sheen full of self-satisfaction and why not? Everything was going his way today. True his subordinates had failed but he himself had not. The legions of undead were all but shattered, the necromancers long gone and one of the two thorns in his side now obliterated without any remains to leave behind.. Or so he thought.
Vortogk had commanded the ones holding Ruby to raise her higher into a standing position when he halted. The hot dust had not yet settled and arcs of red lightning still flickered about but something was still moving inside the blast radius of his attack, somehow. The demon's curiosity piqued it would cause him to take a look back to see what new presence had come to interfere with his plans.
What he felt greatly disturbed him, an undead force so powerful it rivalled his own demonic power. Those crimson sparks turned a vivid forest green and dissipated as a hallow echoing voice called from within, each phrase increasing the magic density around it by several margins.
"We gather under the wicked moon, its light casting shadows into a pit of condemnation over which loom blackened crags that throughout the winds of plague blow to carry a deathly stench from the innumerable corpses that lay within. Upon those hills you stand as I reign above them all from the dark court, my words the heraldry of an otherworldly arbiter. I am the jury that reviles your actions, the judge that sentences your fate, my blade the executioner that will take away all that you have, and Death the bailiff that removes you from this world. I spake of doom befalling you, by Death's will it shall be as I proclaim for I decree with its guidance from atop one thousand bloody precipices."
All of a sudden that condensed magic filled the entire battlefield, pillars upon pillars of bone sundering the earth for over two hundred yards in every direction. They reached for the sky, impaling and goring Crossbreakers all around causing a storm of ashes to blow through as they died. Demons shrieked in agony before succumbing to the savage growths of the fifteen foot protrusions branching out inside them like flowers as they extended and punctured their bodies.
The one stand- Floating in the epicenter of that massacring magic was none other than Graham, the jesting lich that was responsible for Ruby's rebirth. One wouldn't even recognize him with all the additions however for he looked.. Regal. Noble. Far from the naked skeleton he was before.
A thick black robe covered his slightly hunched form, coarse purple fur lining the edges of it and a gold barbed crown atop his skull which now had a diamond shaped hollow between the eyes above the bridge of the nose. The head had no lower jaw and along with that glowing green light a pale mist seeped from inside and out of each orifice. Gliding slowly over the earth he would come to a stop in front of Weiss who Ruby was extremely relieved to see had sustained no further wounds in that gigantic blast.
A sceptre made of wood with what looked like a freakish serrated claw attached to the bottom end phased into Graham's hand, the top end having an even more twisted skull that had long curving upper teeth and four hollows for eyes, long dried bloodstains inscribed across it in what appeared to be Aztecan or Mayan style hieroglyphs. That object starting emitting a hideously black aura when it was summoned, pulsing with a visible ring of green energy every second. A sweep of it caused all the bone formations obscuring the realm to explode in sets, showering any survivors with shards of bone.
"You.. Are so late.."
"Glad to see you're still alive Ms. Schnee, and as stubborn as ever to not heed my words."
Weiss' eyes fluttered, opening wide as she took in the lich's new appearance. This cemented her belief that he was far more than some mere necromancer. The level of power he currently emitted, the intense magics he possessed..
"You.." Was all Vortogk said before pointing at Graham. Well over half his army had just been decimated in a single spell's casting but with no concern for their own lives many of the remaining forces started charging for the lich. Pointing back at the shadow demon with that sceptre he again began to chant, a shadow rising from his own as he mumbled. A good handful were coming within reach when that shadow took a more definitive if wispy ghostly shape. That of a spectral black phantom with hood drawn over a skeletal white face and ancient bony hands that grasped a very long scythe with a very large blade. It hovered over his back and in the wake of a 540 degree spin from the caster would mimic that action by rotating blindingly fast two and a half times with scythe extended. Rather than simply cut it split from tip to haft at the start of its swing revealing steel teeth in between each prong, hewing every vampire and demon within a ten foot radius right in half. Their bifurcated bodies toppled to the ground before blowing up in puffs of red ashes that sizzled like lit gunpowder and disappeared.
But he wasn't done yet.
"High in a void eclipsed by dark clouds you witness my plight and I beseech thee, smite my tormentors with your absolute might. Colder than ice is the heart that calls upon your favor, darker than night the soul that seeks your intervention, with no quarter rain devastation harder than the most furious storm upon them and chill their beings through the core. God of cold white silence, let loose a fury divine!"
A massive white circular glyph appeared miles into the sky, shimmering cyan before fading as thick and dark cumulous clouds obscured it from sight. The air around and below it dropped to subzero temperatures as thunder boomed and flashes of lightning perforated the clouds, illuminating very briefly a humongous unspeakable figure amidst them as it unfolded its frost covered arms and aimed one open palm down towards the ground of Reaper's Escape. It disappeared after another flash of lightning but when it did the whistling sounds of descending objects could be heard all around.
Icicles the length of longswords would start to fall from the skies like a deadly hail, riddling Vortogk's army and pinning almost everyone that was left standing. All but an extremely lucky few or ones like Vortogk himself, Graham, Weiss, and Ruby. They didn't fall near the other three and they'd simply evaporate before they got close to the first.
Ruby's eyes were open in shock as well, even Vortogk carefully eying the lich as he turned to face him. What in the world was this overwhelming power he was showing now and why did he never use it before? What had he been doing between the invasion and now?
"I simply hate uninvited guests."
"Of course you would have a hand in something like this.." The demon snarled, pressing the end of his sword into the ground while one palm rest on the hilt and another held the handle. "Last I heard you were causing trouble for a family of vampires, trying to overtake their castle.."
"Something of that accord." Graham spun his sceptre in hand, releasing it to let it float in front of him. The storm subsided within moments and both by Weiss and at his sides several familiar figures warped into the location as spinning blurs. Necromancers. Unlike before their robes were adorned with sigils and older-looking than the others', having a stronger presence than them as well. "I'm surprised you'd remember who I am. You must have a good memory."
Barely cocking his head Vortogk would scowl, glaring at Graham and curling the fingers of his free two hands.
"It has been an epoch or two, King Gravespire. Though I suppose I can't say 'of Hellsreach' when the city no longer stands.."
"I have my own world now and in a short time it's going to be populated by one less demon."
The two of them glared daggers at one another, auras rising in intensity as the 'Mexican Standoff' began.
A challenger approaches!
Anybody who wanted to place bets on Weiss and Ruby, eeeeh don't try gambling. So we just got a lot of stuff thrown at us. History and further explanation of the whole silver eyes thing. Really this has been in setup since the Crossbreakers were mentioned but I think decided to expand on this story was a good way to actually explain that. I might have developed a little since decided to delve further into the story but most of it isn't new, just stuff I never would have gotten around to in this story if I hadn't decided to. God I hope I didn't screw up with any inconsistencies or plotholes.
Anyway, here. I'mma plop down all my ideas on the docket thus far. Again I'm gonna ask for reviews so I can get your opinions on what to write next. Or even just what you think of the ideas. It's a lot because my brain is way too overactive. I'll probably have like two more by the time I upload this. Oh by the way my fellow God Eaters. God Eater 2: Rage Burst is OUT. Get it nao or be square.
1. A StarCraft based crossover, Yang is a mercenary who pilots one of the elite Crucio Siege Tanks and Weiss is a Terran raised among Protoss. Freezerburn. Probably takes place after/around Wings of Liberty or Heart of the Swarm? M+ for possibly situations.
2. A more modern Bumblebee AU. Blake is a police officer working for the VCPD and Yang is a member of a notorious gang. Focuses around rehabilitation and whatnot, Dust is actually a drug in this AU with different effects based on color and composition. M+ for themes, language, and situations.
3. A Seamonkeys fic where Neptune decides to play wingman for Sun and lace his clothes with a tiny bit of catnip to get him and Blake together. Backfires in a good way. Humor/Romance, should be K+/T.
4. Friendship Ladybug. After Ruby catches Blake in the act of smoking something that certainly isn't a cigarette (it's really just catnip), she gets fake-peer pressured into trying to smoke with her in order to see how she reacts, and teach her a lesson about being responsible. T, probably M due to content? Not sure how drug use is categorized.
5. Fallout series based crossover. Haven't thought much on this but the Grimm would comprise the radiated monsters. Probably M just to be safe.
6. Total crack songfic. Neptune randomly appears with Team CRDL as his backup singers and dancers in the lunch hall of Beacon and they do 'Shiny Teeth and Me' by Chip Skylark. Which you'd think Sky Lark would main but he's neither cool nor shiny enough. K.
7. ScrapWorld (working AU title, actual is Steel Heart, Iron Thorns) AU, what's left of humanity is confined to the fractured moon of Fragment with small numbers living/traveling on the surface of Remnant after a global war many centuries ago pushed it to the brink of being inhospitable. Sci-fi/Adventure/Mecha, M+, Ruby-centric. White Fang and the SDC are two major and rival divisions of Fragment's army, Fragment is split into four tethered sections, the quadrants (Kingdoms) Vale, Vacuo, Mistral, and Atlas. Centers on Ruby's discovery of the truth behind the war and the origins of the sentient machines (Grimm Gears?) that roam it freely and the war machines they've unearthed. M+
8. Friendship Seamonkeys. Sun finds out Neptune is also afraid of heights, and he brings Blake along to help him try to overcome it. K+
9. GrimmLords AU/Call of the Grimm. In the wake of Salem's attack, mysterious beings start to emerge from the shadows. White skin, red eyes, various shades of hair colors and wielding both the powers of Hunters and the Grimm some seek to help her return mankind to dust, others fought for their own purpose and some chose greater power to fight the evil with. What truly ARE the Grimm and where did these beings come from? When a Kingdom long forgotten to the ages re-appears in the world the stage is set for the greatest battles Remnant has ever seen. Very long term AU of diverged canon, no idea what the rating may be, works off of my concept/take of Grimm and human/Faunus hybrids called the GrimmLords.
10. Martial Hearts. I know this one has been done before buuut I wanna try the idea too. Yang having a new shotgun arm made courtesy of Ironwood leads to one kickboxing individual's realization they might have a few more things in common. Part Yang x Ironwood (not romantic) and mostly Yang Mercury (probably eventually romantic). T rating.
11. Told y'all about this one buuut modern high school AU. Blake is a teacher at Vale high and a closet anime nerd, Ruby a student at that same school and a not-so-closeted otaku. When they meet up at a bookstore to both get ahold of the last copy of the same manga, friendship blooms and possibly something more. M+ for alcohol, language, adult situations. Romantic Ladybug and obviously age gap, if that's not your thing don't read. Romance but also Drama.
12. Greatly diverged canon AU, Friendship Monochrome. Out on a stroll one night at her father's estate an heiress who never went to Beacon has a run-in with an assassin that never left her roots. T/M.
13. Flipfloppity of the above, again diverged canon and Friendship Monochrome. As a child Weiss learns of the hardships of Faunus in greater detail, somehow befriending a young Cat Faunus girl at one of the White Fang's more peaceful rallies against her father's company. Lots of Drama, M for language and themes, possibly violence.
14. The Advance Wars based crossover I mentioned. Ruby's a rebel guerilla CO fighting over in her native Atom Land, Weiss being a CO of Blue Moon and part of the detachments from the Allied Nations sent to explore the newly discovered Atom Land. Deals with the rise and invasion of White Nebula and the insurgence of Black Hole. Takes place after Dual Strike, not Days of Ruin/Dark Conflict setting, backstory will be explained for those who don't know the series. T?
15. Slightly crack fic and part of a crossover quartet, not AU. Weiss Schnee meets Jin Kisaragi of Blazblue after their respective partners fail to show up for a 'date' at a restaurant. Ruby Rose and Ragna the Bloodedge crash the party while they're getting to know eachother quite literally after getting into a duel. I would try to say T but Ragna is a potty mouth sooo..
16. Remainders of that quartet, exact details mostly still being worked on. Ruby Rose meets Maka Albarn of Soul Eater, Blake meets Kakashi Hatake of Naruto, and Yang gets to fight Little Mac from Punch-out! at a boxing gym. M+ just because I have ideas for that last one.
17. Lost In The Shadows songfic. Blake is forced to hunt down Yang before it's too late when she learns Adam plans to finish what he started at the Battle of Beacon. T rating.
18. Yay another Cardin redemption fic. After accidentally (but not regrettably) injuring Velvet during his bully antics and Coco nearly kills him, Cardin is ordered by Glynda to take Faunus sensitivity classes or be expelled from Beacon. Guess who he's stuck with as an advisor. *insert whatever their ship name is here*, but actually an attempt to explore why Cardin is such an ass towards Faunus. Not theory/headcanon, just story ideas. I guess rated T.
19. OC-centric. Bullhead pilot by day and infamous mercenary by night, Jack Fonar (Jack lantern, see what I did thar) must call in his old partners to deal with a GrimmLord raising Hell in the Grimm Wilds outside Atlas. Rated T for Torgue because EXPLOSIONS. Probably M because language.
20. Friendship and Humor. RWBY setting. When people realize Weiss is starting to pick up an unconscious habit from her blond teammate she is very unamused, and Yang tries oh so sincerely to help her deal with it. K+.
21. Radiance AU, no working title. At first glance modern but having later portions of Fantasy AU where the Grimm are aliens that suck the life out of worlds by draining them of their 'life', the color of the planet and the spirit energy of the inhabitants. Living a life filled with whites, blacks, and lots of grays as their efforts have made the human race apathetic and ignorant of their condition, Weiss is in for a blinding revelation when three girls wielding radiant auras and auroral weapons flip it upside down. T?
22. Western/Supernatural AU fic with Romance, Neo is a vigilante gunslinger out to discover the truth behind her parents' murders and seeks the infamous lawbreaker Roman Torchwick for answers. Armed with a legendary revolver, skills, and wits, she finds much more than she wanted. Neo x Torchwick, White Fang are essentially the Native Americans of the story, and the Grimmwraith are rare individuals with the power to shapeshift into monsters. M+ because it's a western and stuff.
23. Fantasy AU Renora fic! Got all your goodies. Dwarves, elves, magic, monsters, undead, the whole shabang. Nora's a half human half dwarf hammersmith in search of forging the perfect warhammer and restoring an ancient relic her family has, and Ren's an elven monk/ranger who has been somewhat of a friend to her since they grew up that will probably get dragged into her shenanigans. M because violence in some scenes and especially with undead involved. Oh and language. Romance duh, Pink Lotus.
24. Think this one might be more Supernatural? A mere human, when Ruby stumbles across a white haired lamia that harbors a grudge towards humans she doesn't know what to do. There's more to this lamia than meets the eye however and they'll both learn that humans and monsters aren't so much different in some aspects. M+. An AU with monsters and magic. Whiterose.
25. Another OC-centric one. Follows the team from The Royal Test as they go on their first military enforcement type mission. Lots of Action, some Humor, a bit of Horror. They're ready to take on the Sahuagin Grimm, but are they ready for what lurks in the waters of Forever Fall or the one that leads it? GrimmLord appearance. M for language and violence.
26. Time for some Arkos. Jaune is just a simple fisherman in a somewhat remote village, working with his annoying but dependable neighbor Cardin when a voyage takes a savage turn underneath a ferocious storm. Shipwrecked alone with no idea where he's landed his only hope comes in the form of a tall tan amazoness with brilliant red hair. Shipwrecked AU, M+ for later situations. Lots of Adventure, some Action, Supernatural even.
27. Freezerburn again. Humor/Angst like you ever see that combo much. Yang catches on to the fact that Weiss has A-cup Angst and just has to go tease her about it. When enough is enough and Weiss blows up on her the blonde offers a solution. Massage therapy. Skeptical but willing, the heiress goes along and things play into Yang's favor from there. Straight up PWAEP (Porn With An Excuse Plot) with some funny. Romance maaaybe if you have a magnifying glass.
28. Distant futuristic AU, Sci-fi, Action, and Romance. Ruby and Weiss are two rival mercenaries known as Crimson Glory and Iced Earth. When they cross paths on the same mission to steal data files on new age combat mechanoids the race is on, a heated race where they fight eachother as much as they do their target's defences. Whiterose, M+ for violence/blood, language. Twist ending.
29. Derelict AU, more Sci-fi and Horror/Suspense. Ruby wakes up on a seemingly abandoned and wrecked spaceship with no memories and an alien voice in her mind. Not RWBY universe. M+ for gore/blood/violence.
30. An AU similar to the previous with just as much Sci-fi and more Horror and Suspense. When contact with a carrier and the planetoid it was orbiting are entirely lost it's up to Galactic Ops team RWBY to find out why. More Action but there will be Tragedy so you're warned. M+ naturally.
31. Modern AU that takes place in my fictional Kingdom of Grove, except it's not the RWBY version. When volunteer teacher/student Blake Belladonna runs into heiress of the Schnee Hotel Company Weiss Schnee at the grand opening of a new hotel on the outer archipelago, sparks fly. That is from the locking of their horns. Reluctantly they'll learn more about eachother than they planned when they're forced together on assignment, and perhaps realize a common interest. Monochrome, Romance. T rating.
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