Rise of Team ACEE
Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY or Assassin's Creed. Insert something witty pertaining to this here.
Author Notes: To the one guest that was asking about reviews, I don't care whether or not people read this. By that I mean, I will continue this story no matter what, cause in all honesty I think I'm terrible at writing and the fact that you guys read my terrible story just makes me happy. Anyways, enjoy the chapter!
Assassin's House, 6:00pm
"So you guys are going through with this?" Ezio asked. The assassins were about to part ways with Aveline, Connor, and Adewale going to meet the faunus, while the other assassins (excluding Shao Jun and Yang) were preparing to rescue Altair. Shao had chosen to take over Yang's training as a substitute in Ezio's absence.
"Indeed, I don't know why, but I feel like we can trust these guys." Aveline replied.
"Ah, so you're going to this meeting because of a whim."
"Not a whim, its more like… instinct."
"That's why you can trust them." Ezio replied.
"What do you mean by that?"
"They wouldn't care if you would meet them or not. Faunus have animal traits, gut instincts being a big one. If they trust you, you can trust them."
"Yeah, but, why would they? I mean, they hate humans right?"
"True, but they must've seen that you aren't like the other humans they've met. Along with that, you have a somewhat faunus as an ally as well." Ezio answered. He looked at his watch and it was 6:15pm, 15 minutes until Altair would move to a maximum security prison.
"Best get going now." Ezio stated before waving to Aveline.
"Already on it." Aveline replied as they both exited the house.
Downtown Vale, 6:30pm
"Approaching target." Ezio said while floating above the prison bus that was transporting Altair.
"Standby and wait for signal." Nikolai replied while watching the scene about to unfold in front of the iron sights of his rifle.
"Signal has been popped!" Edward yelled as he watched the bus stop because of the heavy cloud of smoke beginning to surround the bus. He managed to set up a ton (about fifteen) of smoke bombs all triggered by the bus hitting a wire. The guards of the transport walked out into the cloud, their shotguns prepared for any sudden movement within the thick cloud.
"You're up Nikolai." Edward said into his mic while he disappeared into the sewers.
"On it." Nikolai replied while aiming into the cloud. He turned on eagle vision and saw all the guards around the bus, with five outside while one was the driver.
"Too easy." Nikolai muttered to himself as shot the driver clean through the head, taking away the prison guards' chances of escape. He slightly chuckled as the other guards tried to find cover after hearing the bullet. He aimed and got another guard, sadistically chuckling as each guard slumped to the floor, a red mist where their heads used to be. Meanwhile, Ezio had already entered the bus and began to search for Altair among the multiple criminals in the transport.
"Altair where are you!?" Ezio called out. He kept the search up and scanned up and down the bus until he spotted a golden highlighted person. He walked up to the highlighted person to find Altair. He was bruised and had swollen lips along with a black eye.
'Fuck, what did they do to you in there?' Ezio thought as he pulled out his pistol.
"I've got him." Ezio said while he slung Altair over his shoulder while walking out of the bus.
" 'Kay, Nikolai, pack your shite up and let's go. I want a bottle o' rum right now." Edward said as he walked away from the window that had a perfect view of the bus and exited the building. In-case you were wondering, Edward had entered the building he was currently exiting using the sewers. The entered the sewers through a manhole under the prison bus and managed to quickly find his way to the surface in the building he was in.
Nikolai was waiting for his fellow assassins in their escape vehicle which was a blue windowless (well tinted at the front and driver side-view windows) van.
"Where'd you get this thing?" Ezio asked as Nikolai helped Altair into the van through the backdoor.
"Nowhere in particular." Nikolai said with a mischievous smile. Meanwhile in another part of town, four armed bank robbers were putting their hands up and wondering where their escape vehicle was. The four then sped off quickly, leaving a full smoking prison bus and multiple bodies behind.
Same Time, Highlanders
"Hum, this place looks good, but I ain't feeling for the whole tri-nationality bar." Connor commented as he stood in front of the entrance to Eury's bar, Highlanders. Adewale opened the door to let Aveline and Connor in, and after they were all inside, they scanned the bar for potential threats and the faunus they were meeting.
"Over there." Adewale said while pointing at a corner booth. There sitting was the masked White Fang group leader from yesterday, and another masked faunus whom they assumed was a personal guard.
"Ah, so you three made it." The leader said as Aveline and Connor sat down, while Adewale pulled up a seat from another table.
"Indeed, " Aveline replied. "now you better start explaining before I blow out your kneecaps. I only partially trust you guys, not fully." Connor looked down to see Aveline aiming her multi-barrel pistol at the two White Fang members. The guard was about to pull out his pistol as well, but the leader stopped him.
"Don't worry, now to begin with, Connor achieved what we call "The Transformation"."
"Really? Its called "The Transformation"? I would've, no… could've thought of something way better to call it than that." Connor said jokingly.
"Shut your mouth Connor. This ain't a jokin' matter." Adewale replied sternly. Connor rolled his eyes in response while the leader chuckled.
"As I was saying, that boy," The leader said while pointing at Connor. "has gained the traits of a faunus, a rare one actually, since he has inherited the abilities related to that of a wolf."
"Wait, what do you mean a rare one?"
"Well ya see, most faunus traits are inherited from animals that are relatively harmless, like Connor's student, Blake Belladonna was it?" Connor's eyes narrowed at the leader's explanation.
"Now now, we wouldn't hurt a fellow faunus, even if she resigned from the White Fang, we respect her opinion." Connor relaxed a bit after this but the five looked to Eury (they didn't know who he was exactly yet), who was looking towards the entrance.
"Ah goddamnit. What the hell did I tell you bastards? Get the fuck outta my bar!" Eury yelled as multiple men entered the bar. The faunus and assassins all tensed and stood up from their seats as they saw that the newcomers were dressed in Roman and "The Fat Man"'s uniforms.
"Nah gramps, we heard there were some assassins and some White Fang traitors here, and we're here to settle the score for our bosses." One of the men said as he raised his pistol at Eury, who in turn raised up a double-barreled shotgun. The assassins stood up and motioned for the White Fang members to stay sitting down.
"Don't about them, we've got this." Connor said as he pulled out his tomahawk along with his broken sword knife. Aveline aimed her pistol at the group of criminals while Adewale smirked.
"You lads better listen to the man. You leave now, then you leave with your lives still intact." Adewale said as he shrugged off his trumpet-barreled rifle.
"You better shut the fuck up man. We're here to kill the… assassins." The group leader said as he saw the hood covering Adewale's face. He charged at the assassin but the others covered their ears as they heard a loud "BOOM!" and saw the charging criminal sail through the window of the bar. Adewale chuckled and loaded another bag of rounds.
"Now… which one of ye dumbasses wants to face me?" Two thugs aimed their pistols at Adewale, but were silenced as Aveline got headshots on them.
"You're aim is still good as ever Aveline." Connor smirked and as he switched his tomahawk to a double-barrel pistol. Eury's face lit up and emptied his shotgun into the small crowd of criminals, and the assassins followed suit. After only a minute, there was about 10 bodies all laying next to each other, a massive pool of blood surrounding the mass.
"Damn, and how many assassins are going to save this bar I ask." Eury said aloud as he smiled in the assassins and faunus direction.
"I'm sorry, you said "assassins"? As in, there have been other assassins like us in this bar?" Eury nodded.
"Yeah, I know that one guy over there, Connor, and the others are I think… Altair and Edward?"
"Leave it to gramps to come to a bar that had even a partial Caribbean touch in it." Connor muttered.
"What was that?" Eury asked since he heard Connor mumbling to himself.
"Nothing." He responded.
"As I was saying that Edward fellow frequents this place a lot. And that Altair guy seems to be with him at all times as well."
"Ok, well here's some payment for the damages." Adewale said as he tossed the bar owner a pouch that could only be assumed to be filled with golden reales.
"And just like them, you guys seem to pay for the damages you cause here at my bar." Eury said as he threw the pouch into a safe he had hidden under the bar.
"Do you mind if we stay for a while?" Eury shook his head and called in a friend to take care of the pile of corpses laying at the entrance of the bar. The assassins sat back down at their untouched booth and resumed their conversation as if nothing had happened.
"As I was saying, Connor had inherited the traits to that of a wolf. Most faunus traits are from animals that are relatively harmless like monkeys or cats. To receive traits from a mostly hostile and deadly predator is rare in our world." The faunus leader said.
"As a wolf, he has increased speed and stealth. And as you've probably already noticed, if you look at his teeth, you'll notice that he has some fangs on him."
"So does that mean I'll slowly grow into a wolf?" Connor asked worriedly since he liked wolves, but wasn't very keen on becoming one. The faunus leader chuckled.
"No, but you will keep those fangs unless you lose the abilities you've earned." The faunus responded, causing Connor to sigh in relief. The silence that followed their conversation lasted for about a minute before Aveline broke it.
"So is that it?"
"Basically, yes."
"So you won't have as much hostility towards us, the assassins?"
"If he is brought along with you, more or less yes." The faunus leader said.
"Well that'll be all then we'll take our leave." Aveline said as she held out her hand. The faunus leader shook it and the group of five took their leave from the bar.
Time Skip, Assassin's House
"So I trust that Altair is here somewhere?" Connor asked as the three assassins entered their base. Yang had gone back to her dorm with the other members of team RWBY while Shao Jun and Ezio had already gone to bed in their respective rooms.
"He's resting upstairs. What took you guys so long?" Edward said as he walked out of the kitchen with a bottle of rum in hand.
"We had to deal with some thugs when we met the faunus at Highlanders. Which I heard you frequent Edward." Edward stopped drinking for a second but sighed and went back to chugging the bottle down.
"What you gettin' at Connor?" Edward asked.
"Well, other than the Caribbean taste of that the bar has, what else seems to draw you there? I mean, the beer is pretty good, but seeing how that bar has been attacked a lot even before we got there, we think that something else is making you go there." Connor replied.
"You'll learn soon Wolfie. Until then, just shut it and let me get some shut eye." Edward answered as he took the elevator to the floor with his room on it.
Beacon Dorms, Same Time
'Just gotta get in there without… anyone… noti-'
"And where have you been Yang?" Blake said as she watched Yang trying to sneak into her bed.
"Umm… extra credit work?" Yang responded nervously.
"And what extra credit work might you be talking about?" Asked a voice in the room. Weiss was asleep still, but the light in Ruby's tent bunk was on.
"Oh ummm…." Yang tried to reply again.
"Ezio saw that I was about to fail his class so he let me do some extra credit work through training with him and the other teachers at their house." Yang responded quickly.
"Well sis, I hope you don't do something you'll regret." Ruby said as she went back to sleep. Blake nodded and fell asleep as well. Yang sighed with relief before changing into her sleepwear and knocked herself out. Literally. She hit her head on the wall and ended up staying unconscious for the entire night.
'What are you playing at Yang?' Blake asked herself as she heard Yang thump her head against the wall.
Time Skip: Next Day, Edward's Classroom
"Alright lads and lasses, you're all gonna have a test today." Edward surprised his class, shocking them out of their boredom. Not so surprisingly, he was bored with the lesson he attempted in giving.
"As such I'll have you all fight me, one on one."
"Another fighting test teach?" Yang asked with her usual cocky yet enthusiastic attitude.
"Yes, Yang. Now we'll start in alphabetical order by last name. So a… Jaune Arc will be up first." Jaune sighed and lowered his head as he slowly approached the battle he knew he would most likely lose.
"Ah, c'mon lad. Cheer up. Besides, this isn't a big test, just an exam on how far you've come in my class." Edward said trying to cheer Jaune who had pulled out his sword and activated his shield. Edward responded by pulling out both his old pistol swords and raised them up.
"But Mr. Kenway, you're leagues ahead of me. Besides I'm not that good of a fighter."
"So you're a lover, not a fighter?" Edward asked. Jaune responded with silence seeing how he couldn't find the answer to give his teacher/opponent.
"Make no mistake lad. It ain't easy fighting anyone, let alone kill someone, which I think you're gonna have to do later on in this line of work." Edward said as he charged Jaune who rolled out of the way. Edward tried to hack and slash Jaune who was currently on the defensive. Soon enough, Edward had backed away to gain some energy for another charge, but Jaune got the best of him. He also tried to slash at the man, but found that Edward was just too experienced and agile enough to easily dodge each attack.
"Jaune, I'm giving you a tip right now. Utilize your surroundings." Edward said as he hit Jaune in the head with his own. The former followed Edward's advice as he felt his back hit a column that held up the roof of the arena. Edward charged at Jaune once more, but what he did was unexpected. He let Edward get close to him, but used his shield to catch Edward by surprise, and threw the shield upwards, causing the assassin to get slammed into the wall while Jaune was able to escape a fatal blow.
"Now you're getting it. I'll make ye better lad. Just gotta believe. Although most of the time that statement never works." Edward said as he wiped a drip of blood from the corner of his mouth. Jaune hid behind his shield as Edward let out a barrage of bullets down at the poor teen, the knockback slowly pushing him into the perfect spot for a trap, the center of the arena.
"And now it activates!" Edward said as he threw a rope dart past the column he had hit. Jaune watched his teacher in awe as the rope sailed past the column, confusing the students. Edward then tugged the rope to the left, causing the dart to wrap around the column once before ricocheting off the roof, then back on the ground, before wrapping around Jaune's legs and lifting him up, leaving him to dangle upside down.
"Oi, Pyrrha, come help yer teammate." Edward as he motioned for Pyrrha and Ren to move towards Jaune and cutting him down, allowing him to fall down and land in Pyrrha's arms. Which seemed really awkward since the situation should've been the exact other way around. The exams continued with the results until they reached the last name with the letter closest to the end of the alphabet. That being X.
"So Teach, time to see if what you taught me was worth it." Yang said as she activated her gauntlets, but to the surprise (and delight of her sister) she also pulled out two kabar knives that had orange red handles and dulled silver blades as well.
"Ah, so Adewale helped you get a bladed weapon?" Edward asked as he sheathed his regular pistol swords and pulled out his golden pistol swords.
"Yeah, I came up with the design, but he was the one who put in most of the work in making them."
"Ah well, guess I have to switch from fighting at "Easy" to "Medium"." Edward said while chuckling but looked a bit serious nonetheless. Assassins were never meant to be underestimated, the recruits may not be equivalent to that of a master assassin, but they were skilled none the less if they caught their opponent off guard.
"Well? C'mon now, I've been waiting to test your skills after you finished up that extra credit training with Ezio for a while actually. And don't think that just because you're a lass that I'll go easy on ye."
"Wasn't counting on it Teach." Yang replied as she charged at Edward. He blocked both her knives and sparta kicked her away, but she blocked the attack with her gauntlets just in time. Edward went on the offensive and began to quickly attack Yang, which the students took notice that he was moving way faster than way they fought them. What surprised them even more, was that Yang was able to block each attack or was able to respond with her own. It was a trade of blows that wasn't about elegance, but about being quick to respond.
"You definitely have improved… But…" Edward said as he still kept up the clash of blades with Yang. "You're still leagues away from me!" He finished as he swept her feet out from under her, and slammed both his pistol swords into her stomach, knocking the wind out of her, and slamming her on the ground quickly. The students knew for sure that that was a killing blow, but they all went wide-eyed as they saw Yang get up, not without slightly struggling, but got up nonetheless.
"Ah, so you have been taking my advice and using yourself as a punching bag."
"It seemed cliche' at first, but it really built up my endurance to pain Teach." Yang replied while heavily breathing. She sheathed her kabar knives and went into her usual fist-fighting style, which Edward responded by sheathing his swords and cracking his knuckles and his neck.
"So back to old-habits I see?"
"No, Shao Jun gave me some tips since she specializes in hand-to-hand combat." Edward sent a right-hook at Yang, who bent to the left and sent a powerful uppercut at Edward, who unluckily caught it and jumped up a few feet before crashing on the ground. He got up and chuckled.
"Haven't had a fun brawl like this in a while." Edward said as he kicked her right leg out from under her and caught her neck in a choke hold and slammed her face into the ground. Yang elbowed the assassin in the stomach and kicked him away from her. She hopped up and charged at Edward, who was standing in a defensive position. They entered another combat sequence and before they knew it, Yang had unluckily got hit with a fist to her stomach, and due to the wounds from before, she fell down due to the exhaustion. Edward chuckled before holding out his hand to help her up.
"Heh *huff* heh." Edward said while trying to catch his breath. "You sure still do hit hard."
"All cause of the training from you and the other guys." Yang responded. The two looked to see the entire class staring at the pair with wide-eyes, seeing how their teacher, who they thought was one of the most dangerous fighters among them in Beacon, was almost beat by Yang. Blake's eyes narrowed once more seeing how her teammate, whom she saw as a powerful yet somewhat dumb blonde, had far surpassed her in skills after seeing this battle.
"Well, time's up class. You'll all receive your grades tomorrow, so for now I'm going to take a nap." Edward stated to his class as he began to chug down a bottle of rum. After finishing said bottle, he fell face forward in the center of the arena, leaving the students to pack up their stuff and go to their final classes.
Time Skip: Beacon Dorms, 8:37pm
"So Yang. When'd you get those new knives!?" Ruby asked in excitement at her older sister the moment they entered their dorms after a night in downtown Vale.
"I can't tell you I'm afraid." Ruby pouted but the somewhat serious look on her sister's face made her respect Yang's answer.
"And before you ask Blake and Weiss, the reason why I could hold my own was because of the extra credit training that ment- I mean Mr. Auditore!" Yang yelled out to try and cover-up her mistake. Blake narrowed her eyes before sighing and let Yang continue. "He trained me in conditions that are way beyond what they teach you guys just so I can ace his class, and possibly all the other teacher's classes."
"Ok, doesn't sound very truthful though." Weiss added. Yang raised her hands up defensively before responding.
"Its your choice to believe whether or not I'm telling the truth. I don't want to deal with this right now. So if that's all, I'm going to take a shower." Yang said as she walked over to the bathroom the girls all shared. The other three girls resumed their conversation as soon as they heard the water turn on signifying that Yang wouldn't hear them as long as they weren't too loud.
"Something's definitely up with her." Weiss said.
"But why would sis hide things like this from even me?" Ruby asked innocently.
"Well you two, I have a theory, but its something that I need some form of evidence before I go with it." Blake replied.
"Well what is it?" Weiss asked.
"I think she's working with people like Roman." Blake responded.
"And what makes you think she would work with thugs like that Roman "Suckhisowndick"wick?" Ruby said causing her teammates to both hold in their laughter but also look at her with eyebrows raised.
"What? He almost killed Blake but luckily Penny was there to save you guys. Plus, I don't forgive anyone who hurts my friends." Ruby responded sternly, almost as if she were mature.
"Plus the guy's a big meanie to everyone in general." Her teammates sighed as Ruby went back to her usual childish attitude again.
"Well regardless of what you might think, we should check out Blake's theory and see if it holds water." Weiss said.
"We'll hold off on investigating for now, mid-year finals are coming up, and I can only pale at what our teachers have in store for us." Blake stated before the three of them fell asleep in their respective bunks, while Yang was left to her showering. If they had tried to open what they thought was a locked door, they would've seen the shower running and Yang tying up her recruit robes. They looked exactly as her usual clothes, but there was a hood that was colored the same as her vest sewed onto the back.
'If only I could explain everything to you guys.' Yang thought referring to her teammates. She sheathed her knives and sneaked over to the window of their dorm.
"There are more useful things to do during the night than sleeping." Yang said as she opened the window and leaped out.
15 Minutes Later, Assassin's House
"Sup mentors." Yang said as she entered the assassin's house. The eight of them were sitting in the living room since they had to wait for Yang. They all stood up and the nine of them headed into the plannings room. Ezio pressed a button and the holographic display came up.
"Today, I'm proud to say that with great honor, that we the brotherhood of Remnant." Ezio said while pointing towards Yang. "Promote Yang Xiao Long, to Servitore." Edward walked up and held out a hidden blade bracer, which Adewale had taken the liberty of making to hide under her Ember Cecilias.
"To think you'd already reach this rank in a matter of a couple of days." Edward said as Yang took the bracer and examined it. She took off her gauntlet and tied the bracer on her right arm, before putting her gauntlet back on. She flicked the blade out and saw how it didn't even gleam or shine due to the dull finish it had. The assassins clapped and let a small silence pass before resuming why they were in the planning room.
"Our target is this guy." Ezio said as a face pulled up onto the screen. Yang recognized that the man in the photo was a teacher at Beacon.
"I see you recognize him?" Altair asked her. Yang nodded.
"Yeah, he taught at Beacon but left after you guys showed up."
"Ok. You got a name for us then?"
"I can't remember, I've never been good with names." Yang said which caused Ezio to pinch the bridge of his nose before continuing.
"Well he's our target, and today will be his last, hopefully."
"So what's the plan then?" Adewale asked.
"Well, its going to be a tough one. We're going to have to infiltrate the stronghold he's in, and as something that I think is necessary, Yang will be the one who stains her blade with his blood. As a marking for rising up a rank." Ezio stated. Yang went wide-eyed at first, but calmed down as she was already told that she would have to kill someone someday.
"Alright. So where do we begin?" Yang asked.
"Well…" The assassins then ran through the plan before they headed out to assassinate their next target.
Time Skip: Forest Just Outside of Vale, 15 Minutes After Mission Commenced
"Alright, Yang are you in position?" Ezio asked as he pulled his hidden blade out of another guard's neck.
"Almost, I'm just waiting for him to approach a place where I can make the kill." Yang said as she watched her target walk out of his tent. She flicked out her hidden blade and leaped off her hiding spot and slammed her blade into the targets neck, or so she thought. She turned his face over and saw that it wasn't her target, but in-fact a decoy.
"Fuck, I got the wrong guy!" Yang yelled into her mic and saw as the man she was supposed to kill run out of the tent and break for the next guard post.
"Oh no you don't!" Yang yelled as she gave chase, the guy knocking things down to try and stop her from catching him. They had exited into the forest, and using the skills Connor taught her, she began to free-run along the treelines, her target still running with her alongside from above. She reached a branch that out-stretched and saw the perfect opportunity and ran along it. And just before her target was a foot away from being under the branch, she leaped down with her hidden blade extended, and just as they were about to collide, she slammed the blade into his neck and landed right on him.
"Huff… Huff… I… got him." Yang said in between breaths. Shao Jun and Edward were trailing behind her while the other assassins were causing distractions at the base.
"Let's go, the others will follow. You're mission is done." Edward said with a smile. Yang smiled back and the three proceeded home.
Time Skip: Assassin's House
"So what was the point in killing that guy?" Yang asked as she the other two assassins with her walked into the house.
"Well for starters, he was helping criminals from other kingdoms and cities get into Vale without fear of things like border control."
"Okay, so one of my former teachers helped with illegal immigrants, what's your point?"
"Well, as assassins were supposed to help keep people like him dead." Edward answered. He sighed before continuing. "Other than that, congrats on moving up a rank." Yang smirked and flicked her hidden blade at Edward. He responded by flicking out both of his hidden blades and already had them near Yang's neck.
"Like I said to Jaune. You're leagues away from me." Edward said with a smirk and moved his blades away from Yang's neck, who did the same.
"Whatever Teach. I got a question for you though."
"Shoot."
"My teammates might be onto me, and if they do find out that "Ezio's extra credit" work is actually a front for my job as an assassin. What do you do to hide it?" Edward sighed before responding.
"Well, its not something I can really answer."
"What do you mean?" Yang asked once more.
"Well, when I became an assassin, it was during a time when there was practically no law. No need to think about what the military will do if you rob a plantation. That sort of thing." Edward said.
"Ok, what are you trying to get at anyways?"
"My point is that I'm not the person you should ask about this. Go talk to Aveline." Edward said with a hint of sadness.
"Okay." Yang said as she walked up to Aveline's room. She stopped just before entering the elevator and looked back to Edward.
"You know, the others will be fine with listening to you if you got something on your mind ya know?" Yang said before entering the elevator. Edward sighed sadly before walking up the stairs to his room.
'Even now I still can't get over the fact that you're all dead because of me. And now I blame myself for what happened to you Haytham.'
Time Skip: A Week Later, Ezio's Classroom
"Alright finally you're up Yang." Ezio motioned to Yang to come down to the arena floor and pulled out her knives while Ezio sheathed his sword.
"A fight of short blades I see?" Ezio said in a mocking tone. "Well lets see if you fare better than your sister and her teammates. I'm bored is what I'm saying since none of them have given me a good challenge." Yang nodded and held up her knives while keeping her gauntlets deactivated.
Ezio let her have the first move, which she obliged by swinging forward with the knife in her right hand. Ezio dodged the attack and brought his own knife forward and managed to hit Yang's left hand which was in the middle of a swing in an attempt to catch Ezio off guard.
"You're learning, but you're still lacking in agility. Guess I'll have to fix that." Ezio said as he stepped on Yang's foot and she flinched for a second as a reaction, giving him enough time to slash her face, leaving a small line of blood across her cheek. She uppercutted the assassin and tried to slam her knife into his chest, but he rolled out of the way and kicked out her feet. He hopped back as she hopped up as well, and the two continued to trade blows.
Ezio knocked her back and sheathed his dagger before slow clapping. Yang sheathed her knives and stood silently as if nothing had happened.
'She just fought another hard battle and lasted against Ezio. He defeated all of us yet she's still standing. Even if she didn't win, she still acts as if nothing happened.' Blake thought quizzically.
"Seems as if that extra credit work I assigned you does indeed help." Ezio said while chuckling. Yang stayed silent but was grinning.
"Alright, your finals are over, now get on out of here." Ezio said without indicating whether he was happy or not. Yang waved on her way out and the rest of the class followed. Meanwhile on their way to Altair's classroom, Blake interrogated Yang some more.
"Ok, seriously, what is Ezio teaching you to the point that you can hold your own against him?" Blake asked sternly. Yang crossed her arms and smirked.
"Maybe its just cause I'm naturally good. Ever think of that?" Yang answered.
"Ugh, whatever, but just know that we WILL find out sooner or later." Blake stated. Weiss nodded in agreement while Ruby shrugged out of slight confusion. Yang sighed and the team continued to Altair's classroom.
Assassin's House
"Alright, Aveline, Shao, and Yang." Ezio said and the three female assassins approached him.
"Whatcha need us for mentor?" Yang asked.
"Well, I'll be needing you three to do some undercover reconnaissance." The three assassins looked at each other with a raised eyebrow before turning their attention back to Ezio.
"What do want us to do mentor?" Shao asked curiously.
"Well, your target will be this man or woman." Ezio said while handing them a manila folder with multiple papers in it.
"There is no face here." Aveline stated while reading the folder with the other two assassins looking over her shoulders to read the same thing.
"Exactly, which is why I need you all to find him." Ezio said as he handed Yang a piece of paper. She looked at it and saw that it was an invitation to a ball.
"Aw, c'mon, do I have to wear a poofy dress?" Yang whined.
"Yes." Ezio answered in which Yang groaned in response.
"Another thing I should add." The three assassins looked up from what they were reading before looking at Ezio.
"Nikolai will be posing as the bartender at the ball, while I will also be in the crowd."
"Ok, that's good to know." Aveline said.
"Also, if you see an opportunity to either learn more about those he's associated to, or the perfect place to end him, take it. As for the first part, if you have to have sex with him to get the info, just get some prostitute or whore to get it out of him, I'd rather you girls lose your virginity to someone you want to give it to rather than some criminal dickbag." Ezio huffed. The three assassins both blushed and could see why he was known to be a ladies man amongst everyone.
"Now get ready, we leave for the ball in two hours." Ezio turned around to leave, but Yang stopped him.
"What about Edward and the rest of the guys? Where are they going?"
"They're out doing their own thing down at Highlanders. Nothing good could come out of Edward going to a bar." Ezio replied before walking away.
Time Skip: Schnee Palace, 8:00pm
"Alright, you guys are all wired and ready to head in there?" Aveline asked her fellow assassins as they stood in front of one of the many palaces owned by the Schnee family.
"Yeah, but seriously, I wanna get this over with since this dress feels weird on me." Yang said as she pulled up the front of her dress again. Her dress was a simple on, the only thing that needed describing was that the dress was strapless and the skirt was frilly near the edge. The skirt reached past her ankles to not show off too much in contrast to her normal vest and short shorts.
"So who has the invites again?" Shao Jun asked. Her dress was a red and black qipao.
"We don't need any. Nikolai already made it so the vip list had all three of our names on it." Aveline replied. Her dress was just like the ones she would wear in New Orleans, but it was colored a light green.
"So we're good to head in then?" Yang asked which Aveline nodded in response. The three assassins towards the line and waited patiently to be let in. Once they got towards the front, the guard, who was suited and visibly had a gun on him, asked for their names.
"We're on the vip list." Aveline said as she handed the doorman a paper. He read it over before lifting the rope up to let the girls in. When they were inside they weren't at all baffled by the amount of people present. They began to mingle amongst the crowd, trying to find leads as to who their target would be. Soon enough, Yang was at the bar chatting with Nikolai so as to not draw too much attention from the men that were eyeing her.
"You get anything yet?" Nikolai asked as he put out a glass and poured what looked like vodka in it. Yang didn't drink so she refused it, but Nikolai said otherwise.
"Don't worry. It is water I put in that bottle of vodka. Its just in-case I have to poison someone if they start to find out too much." Yang raised an eyebrow in confusion and eyed the glass of "water".
"So its safe to drink? Or it has the poison in it?"
"Its safe." Yang gulped before chugging the water down. She sighed and calmed down to find out that it was not poisoned. Nikolai motioned for Yang to come closer before he started whispering.
"I spotted your friends here, be careful where you go or you might be discovered." Yang's eyes widened before nodding. She left the bar and went back to mingling and soon enough, they had found out nothing about their target for the night. The three assassins, excluding Ezio since he was also hitting on random girls he drew in, had sat down at one of the tables. Nikolai had gotten someone else to cover for him so he was also at their table as well.
"No luck finding him?" Nikolai asked. The other assassins nodded and he let his head fall onto the table, making a loud noise which caused of the other guests to look at him funnily. A voice came booming around the ballroom which caused him to lift up his head and
"I trust you are all having a good time yes?" The guests within the ballroom clapped in response. The man on stage was dressed in a tuxedo with a blood red bow tie. Ezio grit his teeth as he got a closer inspection on the man to see that he had two blood red crosses as his cuff links.
"I've spotted the target." Ezio said. The others perked their heads up and waited for Ezio's response.
"Up on the stage. The guy speaking is our target."
"How so?"
"His cufflinks signify he's a templar." Ezio responded as he flicked his hidden blades out before retracting them quickly.
"How do we proceed?" Aveline asked. The loud voice of their target talking through the mic interrupted their conversation.
"And now, we'll have a performance by none other than, Ms. Weiss Schnee!" The Templar said as he stepped back near the second curtain and let Weiss walk up onto the stage. The white spotlight shined on her and she closed her eyes before beginning to sing.
Mirror…
Tell me something.
Ezio had disappeared from the crowd and so had Yang along with the other assassins. Replacing them were four people within the crowd. All of them wearing the hoods of those that had killed world leaders and dictators alike.
Tell me who's the loneliest, of all…
If anyone bothered to look up they would see a white hooded man slowly walking across the catwalk before stopping just above the suited man.
Mirror, tell me something, tell me who's the loneliest of all…
Ezio climbed onto the railings and someone had finally noticed him in the crowd. They screamed and the man looked up only to see Ezio fall onto him with a blade extended from his wrist. Weiss also stopped her singing to see Ezio (still hooded to hide his full face), still holding the man's head in his hand, while the other still had his hidden blade stained with blood.
Fear of what's inside me, tell me can a heart be turned to stone…
Weiss pulled out her Myrtenaster and had charged at Ezio, who in turn took out his slim sword but not his dagger. The two began to fight with swords while the other four assassins were distracting the guards. Yang had her daggers out when the two people she didn't want to see also joined the other side.
'Goddamnit, they just had to be here too didn't they?' Yang thought as she still held out her knives and grit her teeth. Ruby and Blake both had their respective weapons out and the the three of them eyed one another. Yang then started the battle by rushing at Blake, not wanting to hurt her little sister. Blake readied her Gambol Shroud and it's case and both of Yang's knives from going into her shoulders.
Meanwhile, the other four assassins were engaged in a battle against at least twenty guards. The innocent guests that also had attended the ball had already been evacuated leaving only the assassins and the guards in the the area.
"Get them!" Two guards charged Nikolai who threw two throwing knives in a v-shaped fashion and watched them drop to the floor, a pool of blood surrounding the two corpses. Aveline already had her parasol gun out and blasted through two guards simultaneously. Shao Jun was using her Jian to make quick work of a majority of the guards.
Mirror mirror, what's behind you? Save me from the things I see…
As if almost in perfect sync, Nikolai shoved his dagger upwards and stabbed it through a guard in the back. Shao had brought her sword down on another guard's back, and Aveline had shoved her hidden blade into the back of another guard. Yang still had her hands full as she kept blocking attacks from Blake, and barely dodging simultaneous attacks from Ruby.
"Why do you people kill? Why did he have to die too!?" Weiss cried as she shot a stream of ice through the ground, which Ezio leaped out of the way to avoid being caught by it. His instincts screamed for him to raise his sword up, which luckily he did, or else he would've had to deal with another scar on his face. He overpowered Weiss, and knocked her Myrtenaster out of her hand, which he used the hilt of his sword to knock her out.
"We're good, let's go while we still can." Ezio said. Aveline, Shao, and Nikolai threw down smoke bombs to disappear, but Yang was still caught in the fighting since her hands were full with both Blake and Ruby. Sheathing her knives, she threw a fist forward and caught Blake in the middle of using her cloning semblance. And while Ruby was bewildered that Blake was downed by a single fist to the face, Yang threw a smoke bomb down and disappeared as well.
"Again, why do I always have to be alone after the end of each fight?" Ruby whined as she tried to poke Blake awake.
Meanwhile: Same Time, Highlanders
"Goddamnit Edward, you just had to get yourself into trouble like this." Connor groaned as he watched his 30-year old grandfather fistfight a man twice his size, yet he was winning. Altair was laughing as he watched the bigger man get beaten down by Edward, while also holding a pint of beer in his hand. No doubt he was drunk.
"Do we have any challengers that have the guts to go up against, Borrachos Dos Manos!?" The announcer asked as the small audience in the underground fight club cheered yet no one chose to stand up. That was until, a big, burly dark-skinned man stood up.
"I would. It'd be nice to fight me old captain for once." Adewale said as he cracked his knuckles. Edward chuckled from his spot inside the circle and Adewale walked inside it. He took off his robes and left himself in only his boots and open-neck shirt.
"The last time I was this underdressed was when I was posin' as a slave that took beatings everyday. Now, I have a fightin' chance!" Adewale yelled proudly as he lifted his fists up against Edward. In comparison, Adewale was more built than Edward, but in truth, the two were equals when it came to any sort of combat, especially physical.
DING!
"C'mon Edward, show me that you ain't lost yer touch." Adewale taunted as Edward smirked.
He threw a fist forward which Adewale caught and used the opening to try and get a hit on him in the stomach. Edward saw this coming and also caught Adewale's fist. They pushed away from each other and got back into a fighting stance. Adewale stepped on Edward's foot to hold him for a short time, but Edward's smaller size gave him the advantage of agility, allowing him to dodge Adewale's foot.
"Aw, Adewale, don't tell me you haven't gotten better than our last brawl against each other." Edward retorted which Adewale frowned.
"You know very well that a kick in the crotch is considered a cheating move!" Adewale pointed at Edward.
"I thought you knew that pirates don't have rules!?" Edward asked as the two continued to trade punches. They stopped and looked at each other before they did what any man would wince at the moment they saw it happen. They both wound their right feet back, and then threw their feet forward, causing them both to get a hard kick in the balls.
"You drunk idiots have had enough for one night." Connor groaned as he saw the two former pirates both rolling on the ground and clutching their respective manhoods. The four of them proceeded to walk home. Well, more like have Adewale and Edward being dragged by Altair and Connor out of the bar. But if they paid more attention to their surroundings, they would've seen the black windowless van that was slowly following them.
-End-
Author Notes: This will be payment for what I'm about to do. I'm taking down this fanfic. Just kidding, but I will be starting to work on another fanfic to somewhat quench my obsession with tf2 and see if I can't hold back on playing it for a while. Hope you guys will like it. Anyways, that's all.
-Exno out!-