Welcome to Phase 21 of Still Alive!

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"Kokonoe! You fucking bitch!"

The mad scientist could only stare at the man in front of her with one of her eyebrows raised, and simply replied with, "Is that how you thank me for saving your ass back there?"

The man in the red jacket, who was known as Ragna the Bloodedge, with an extremely large price on his head for being a serious threat to the NOL, grabbed Kokonoe's collar and snarled. "What did you do to him!? What did you do to Jin!?"

"Beats me," she bluntly replied, staring back at the man with her expression calm. The cat beastkin knew that Ragna could easily rip her to shreds with Blood-Scythe right then and there, but she also knew that he wouldn't even if he wanted to.

"I'm going to ask you one more time." He gave Kokonoe a murderous look, tightening his grip around her collar while he was at it. "What…did you do to him?"

Kokonoe closed her eyes and scratched her head, sighing shortly after. "I simply teleported him away."

Ragna seemed slightly calmer than he was before upon hearing that his insane brother was still alive somewhere, but he wasn't done with the scientist just yet.

"Where?" he asked.

"I don't know," she simply told him.

"What the actual fuck!?" Ragna shouted in pure rage, his other hand reaching for Blood-Scythe.

"Shut the hell up! I typed in some random coordinates!" Kokonoe retorted, her face finally showing signs of anger. "I was panicked, you understand!?"

Ragna pushed the scientist away roughly. "Explain yourself," he growled.

"Are you an idiot? The Black Beast could've appeared for all we know if that Jin bastard managed to kill you," she explained, glaring at him as she did so. "You got that?"

Ragna glared at her for a few seconds, before looking away with his eyes closed. "Tch!"

"I don't know how your Azure Grimoire managed to stabilize itself, but what I do know is that Jin was going to slice your head off when you were at your weakened state." Kokonoe adjusted her glasses and grabbed a blue lollipop from her desk, and proceeded to place it inside her mouth. "We can't risk anyone killing you after witnessing your Azure Grimoire going berserk like that."

"I get it already!" Ragna yelled at her, stomping out the door afterwards. "Damn it!"

"I-Is he…g-going to be okay?" Noel asked the professor. She stared at the door where Ragna had left a few seconds ago, looking all worried.

"I suggest we leave him be…for now." Kagura sighed, and shifted his gaze to Kokonoe. "Is there any chance that you could send someone to the same coordinates that you've typed in for Jin?"

"I could, but who knows where those coordinates might lead to," Kokonoe explained to him. She gave a deep sigh, and made her way towards the other exit. "I'm going back to my lab. Something tells me that Terumi is still out there…somewhere."

"Suit yourself." Kagura shrugged. "Man, this is a mess."

Noel looked to Kagura. "W-What are we going to do now?"

"Well…" Kagura smirked slightly, leaning his head forward. "…what do you wanna do?"

Noel's cheeks began to turn red at the unexpected question. "D-D-Don't start with me! H-Have you no shame!?"

"Hey!" Kagura yelled at her. A hand landed on his shoulder, and he turned his head around with an eyebrow raised. "Eh?"

In all honesty, the sight of a furious Makoto Nanaya up-close nearly made him wet his pants, not that he'll tell anybody about that though.

"It seems to me that you don't really care about your balls that much," Makoto told him with a dangerous edge to her voice.

"I-I do. N-Now please don't kill me," Kagura squeaked out in fear, but was knocked to the ground when a powerful punch was sent to his face.

"Makoto! S-Stop! You're hurting him!" Noel tried to pull her close friend away from Kagura. However, she was unable to stop the squirrel beastkin from punching Kagura's face over and over again.

And to make matters worst, she wasn't holding back her punches.

"Gah! You rabid squirrel!" Kagura shouted, and immediately wished he hadn't.

Another Beowolf howled in pain when its arm was sliced off, before its entire head was cleaved in two.

"Worthless. The lot of you." Jin scoffed. He sheathed Yukianesa, not even keeping his eyes open despite being surrounded by more of the black creatures. "This is clearly a waste of my time."

One of the creatures snarled, and lunged itself straight at Jin with its claws at the ready.

When the Beowolf was close, Jin snapped his eyes open and held up a hand, forming a large red circle barrier.

"Kokūjin…"

As planned, the Beowolf slashed at the red barrier, which caused said barrier to slowly fade away. The creature, however, was paralyzed in midair.

"…Yukikaze!"

And just like that, the Beowolf was encased in ice.

"I expected more from you." Jin slowly sheathed his blade, and as if on cue, the ice that held the Beowolf shattered into pieces, killing it.

Three more Beowolves lunged themselves towards Jin, but he ducked out of the way and sent a wave of ice upwards once they were directly above him. "Rehhyō!"

The attack ended up tearing all three of them in half. He stood up quickly shortly after, sheathing Yukianesa again as he did so. Jin then rolled out of the way when he felt something moving around behind him. Looking back, a large bear of some sort met his eyes, which seemed to have its claws deep within the ground where he was standing just mere moments ago.

The large Ursa turned to its prey, before letting out a loud roar.

"You seem worthy of my time," Jin said. He formed an ice blade out of thin air and sent it flying towards the large beast. "Do not disappoint me, you pathetic creature."

The Ursa let out another roar and countered the attack, however, by swiping its claws at the flying ice blade, shattering it into pieces. With a growl, the Ursa rushed towards Jin with its jaws wide open. The beast swung its claws down on its prey, only for said prey to block the attack with Yukianesa.

"How pathetic," Jin muttered. He proceeded to slice the Ursa's arm off, which caused the creature to roar in pain.

"Fubuki!" Jin slashed at the Ursa's face with his icy blade, cleaving its head completely in two. The beast fell to the ground after that, but Jin simply ignored it as he turned himself around to face the seemingly large pack of Beowolves.

Jin sliced a Beowolf's head clean off when it came in too close. Another one tried to pounce on him, but was torn apart by one of his flying ice blades. And after a long while of fighting, to his surprise, there was only one left.

The last Beowolf tilted its head slightly, as if it was thinking.

"What are you looking at?" Jin glared, drawing his blade without hesitation. However, he was taken aback when the creature turned itself around.

The Beowolf turned its head to face the man and growled, before it began to walk away.

"For a disgusting creature, you can actually make a wise choice for once," Jin said.

Once he was sure the Beowolf was gone, Jin began to walk around without any destination in mind. "I've never seen nor heard of this place before. And what were those things?"

He examined his surroundings, but all he could see were trees.

Just then, a cliffside could be seen in the distance. The moment Jin's eyes landed on it, he immediately made up his mind.

"That would be a good place to start my search for answers."

Without warning, Jin felt as though he was being watched, and he immediately grew tense. It also didn't help when he heard something screeching in the trees beside him. In instinct, he dived out of the way when something big rushed out of the trees, revealing itself to be a large scorpion.

The gigantic scorpion turned its attention towards Jin. Its golden stinger began to glow, albeit faintly.

"You obstacle…" Jin growled. He formed a large ice blade, and proceeded to send it flying in the Deathstalker's direction. "…get out of my way!"

The ice blade shattered into pieces upon crashing itself against one of the Deathstalker's pincers, and the attack simply angered it rather than hurting it.

"That was rather stupid of me," Jin muttered under his breath.

The Deathstalker rushed at Jin and attempted to grab him with its left pincer, only to realize that it was slightly frosted up from the ice blade earlier, causing its grabbing attempt a lot less effective and slow.

Jin easily avoided its pincer by jumping high up into the air. He sent more ice blades down on the armored creature below, deciding that it was best to just frost it up a bit more.

The Deathstalker screeched in anger upon realizing that the ice blades made its movements a lot slower, making itself an easy target. Preparing its golden stinger, the Deathstalker quickly brought it down on Jin.

Jin scoffed and evaded the golden stinger with ease, and simply sliced it off with just a swing of his weapon.

The large Deathstalker screeched loudly in pain at that, before it rushed towards Jin and started swinging its pincers around in rage.

"Is this the best you can do?" Jin taunted while evading the attacks with ease. He drew his blade to attack, but was taken off-guard when the Deathstalker managed to knock him away with its right pincer, sending him crashing against a nearby tree. He quickly looked up, and rolled out of the way when the large scorpion rushed in towards his position.

"Tch! Seems like holding back is useless."

Jin held Yukianesa in front of him, and suddenly, the wind around him grew cold.

"Yukianesa's power…experience it firsthand!"

He activated his Overdrive, allowing some sort of faint blue energy to engulf his entire frame.

Resting his hand on Yukianesa's hilt, Jin casually made his way towards the large Deathstalker, as if it wasn't much of a threat to be dealt with.

"I do not have the time to waste on you."

The Deathstalker ignored his words, however, and charged towards him, screeching all the while.

"Tōga Hyōjin!" Jin drew his blade and sent an ice blizzard towards the Deathstalker, and proceeded to do it once more. He repeated the same attack for three more times, and finally sheathed his blade.

Not wanting to give the Deathstalker a chance to make its move, Jin brought Yukianesa down to the ground, encasing the large scorpion in ice.

"Rengoku Hyōya!"

Satisfied upon hearing the cracking noises coming from the scorpion's thick armor, Jin pulled Yukianesa away from the ground, and slowly sheathed his weapon. Suddenly, the ice which held the Deathstalker shattered into a million pieces.

"Eternal Freeze."

Jin took a moment to examine his foe, and nodded at his accomplishment. The large Deathstalker had minor injuries, but the series of attacks from earlier did the most important thing.

It slowed down the Deathstalker's movements.

"Time to end this!" Jin jumped into the air and created a large arrow, which was made out of ice. "Break down!" He took aim, and shot the large projectile down on the Deathstalker, landing back down onto the ground a few moments later.

A loud painful screech could be heard from the Deathstalker when the arrow penetrated its thick armor by drilling its way inside, which killed it almost instantly.

"And stay down, you worthless piece of trash," Jin muttered with a disgusted look on his face. The faint blue energy around his body began to fade away, but he paid it no mind.

"Now…to find my answers."

"And this is the place where all the first year students begin their initiation," Velvet explained, "I know that it's crazy and dangerous to send your students flying in a forest that's filled with monsters…but, it works." She giggled at her own statement, not noticing the weird looks the others were giving her.

"Crazy. Definitely crazy." Hazama looked to the forest, cracking an eye open to get a better view. "I don't know if that old man is nuts…or just plain crazy. Though, he could be both."

"Why are we following him again?" Yang whispered into Blake's ear, which earned her a shrug from the faunus.

"Apparently, Kazuma still doesn't trust him," Ruby explained with a sigh. "I've just never seen him so serious before."

"If my old partner suddenly works here as a professor, then I'd feel the same way," Blake said, nodding her head to prove her point. "I'm still surprised that he's allergic to cats. For someone as dangerous as him, it's just ridiculous." She covered her mouth and giggled, which caused the two sisters to giggle as well.

"Can you three be serious for once?" Weiss told them with a huff, before landing her gaze on Blake. "And I expected better from you."

The bookworm of Team RWBY simply shrugged, smiling all the while. "I think it's funny."

"Well I think it is not. That man gives me the chills for some reason," the heiress said. She jumped a few inches off the ground, however, when a hand landed on her shoulder. "Eep!"

"I-It's just me. Sorry I scared you, Weiss," Kval apologized, "I didn't really mean to."

"N-No, it's fine." Weiss closed her eyes and sighed. "Professor Hazama just…makes me feel on edge, every time I'm around him. That's all."

"You're not the only one," Kval muttered, looking at Hazama from the corner of his eyes.

Sighing at how crazy Beacon Academy was after hearing an explanation from Velvet about the school being designed to train warriors, Hazama asked, "Is this world always this crazy? I mean, it couldn't get crazier than that, right?"

Velvet pouted in response. "That's not funny."

"I wasn't trying to be funny," Hazama muttered. However, he then began to notice a sudden change in her behavior. Velvet seemed like she was nervous about something, and that's probably the reason why she's a bit more fidgety than usual. The artificial human tilted his head slightly, and asked, "Is something the matter?"

After a brief moment of silence, Velvet finally gathered the courage to speak.

"Are you…are you a bad person?"

"I'm not sure I understand what you mean." Hazama slowly opened his eyes, dumbfounded at what he was hearing. "Care to explain?"

"Kazuma told me about his past and all the terrible things he's done. And I…I only have one question." She looked him in the eyes. "Can I…can I trust you?"

He winced at the unexpected question. The artificial human began rubbing the back of his neck with a troubled expression, his eyes not meeting hers. "Well…" he trailed off, "…you can't."

"W-What?" Her face paled at his answer, eyes widening. "B-But why?"

"I'll be honest with you, Velvet. You don't know who I really am, and you don't know the things I've done." He closed his eyes and shoved his hands inside his pockets. "So I'll give you an important piece of advice. Never trust someone like me, and especially me. They are dangerous. I am dangerous." He cracked his eyes open once more and met her brown ones. "You understand what I'm trying to say here?"

"I'll still trust you, no matter what happens," Velvet said to him, nodding cutely with her cheeks puffed out.

"Eh?" Hazama blankly stared at Velvet. And not a moment too soon, he decided to give her a swift chop on the head. "Are you retarded or something!?"

"Ow!" She winced slightly, rubbing her head soon after. "What was that for!?"

"For being an idiot…" He gave a frustrated sigh. "Just…do whatever you want."

With this, Velvet gave the man a soft smile. "I will!"

"Did something happened?" Kval asked as he made his way towards the two, followed closely by Team RWBY behind him. He glared daggers at Hazama, but then smiled at Velvet. "What were you two talking about?"

"Nothing that concerns you, old vessel," grumbled Hazama, scratching his head tiredly as he did so.

"Don't worry, I was just asking him some questions about himself. That's all," the rabbit faunus explained, grinning at him.

"I see…" Kval slowly folded his arms, looking suspiciously at Hazama.

"What are you looking at?" growled the older vessel.

Feeling rather bored, Yang decided to have some fun by grabbing her partner by the arm. She then proceeded to drag the cat faunus near Hazama.

"H-Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing!?" Hazama yelled at the blonde with a bit of fear in his voice. He immediately hid himself behind Velvet, taking her with him as he took a few steps back.

"Yang!" Ruby and Blake called out at the same time, but was ultimately left ignored.

"I'm not doing anything!" Yang assured them despite what she was currently doing. Kval, however, was smirking the entire time, clearly enjoying where this was going.

Weiss stared at the scene with no interest, and went to the edge of the cliff to take in the beautiful sight of the Emerald Forest. However, even the most beautiful of places can be dangerous in its own rightful way.

A small smile had found its way to her face as she remembered the events that had happened back in initiation day. The day where she met her teammates for the first time.

The memory of her being mean to them never failed to get a frown out of her, but she had changed her poor attitude long ago. Even though she doesn't show it that much, she actually cared deeply for everyone on her team, and that included Kval as well. That, she was certain.

However, all those thoughts were immediately thrown out the window when something caught her eyes far in the distance.

"Huh?"

Weiss squinted her eyes to get a better look at the flying thing that was headed her way, and was taken aback at what she saw.

"Is that a…person?"

The heiress took a few steps back, not tearing her eyes away from the man in blue clothing who was currently heading her way in full speed.

"I-Is he…riding on an ice?" she asked herself in utter shock, wide-eyed.

The next thing she knew, Weiss heard the man shout, "Move out of the way!"

Weiss blinked once, and immediately jumped to the side. The man in blue clothing flew right past her in an instant. He then proceeded to jump himself off the ice, sending it flying towards Hazama.

In instinct, Hazama summoned a dark green serpent right beside him in order to block the incoming ice, his expression calm. He narrowed his eyes and turned to face his attacker, but was utterly shocked at who he saw.

"Jin…Kisaragi!?"

"What the hell!?" Yang exclaimed. She then went into a combat stance, eyeing the newcomer. "That wasn't cool!" Even at the worst of times, the urge to make puns was too much for her to resist.

"Yang!" Ruby hissed.

"You…" Jin growled. He made his way towards Hazama. "I couldn't believe my eyes at first, but here you are, fooling around and being a bastard as usual." He halted himself and drew his blade, eyes never leaving his target. "I'll kill you."

Hazama smirked. "You think you can beat me in a fight? Keep dreaming!"

"And what if I can?" Jin retorted. Just then, he took note of the others who were cautiously staring at him from the sides. Thankfully, none of them were armed with any weaponry, but what truly caught his attention was Kval. The man narrowed his eyes, and asked, "Who the hell are you?"

"M-Me?" The young vessel nervously pointed at himself for confirmation.

"Did I stutter?" Jin asked. He shook his head moments later. "Judging by your appearance, I can only assume that you are with him. So, it seems that I'll have to kill you as well."

"E-Eh!?" Kval's eyes widened.

"No one is killing anyone!" Blake yelled at Jin, gaining his undivided attention. "Just who are you? And why are you here?"

"I do not need to introduce myself to pathetic people like you," he replied coldly. The cat faunus sent him a dangerous look, but he simply ignored her and looked to the remaining others. "The same goes to all of you."

"Look buddy, we don't want any trouble," Yang said. To be honest, his poor attitude was really starting to piss her off. "I suggest you put that thing down. Now."

"Who do you think you are to order me around?" Jin looked to the blonde from the corner of his eyes. He scoffed, then muttered, "Garbage."

"What did you just call me!?" Yang shouted in anger and took a step forward, eyes flickering to red.

Hazama quickly came in with his hands held out in front of him, smiling slyly. "Listen up, you little runt. If you hurt the kids, then I'd end up getting fired by my boss on my first day at work." He cracked an eye open, revealing his snake-like slits. "I really don't want that to happen."

"I couldn't care less," Jin replied.

"You're much more of an asshole than me," Hazama muttered. But unfortunately, his words were ignored.

Without warning, Jin ran up towards Hazama, effectively catching him off-guard. Not wanting to waste this opportunity, he prepared his blade and performed a quick slash.

Hazama attempted to block the attack, only to realize that he was currently unarmed.

That's when the unexpected happened.

No one saw it coming, but Kval had somehow managed to push Hazama out of harm's way. The blade came in, and all he could do at that moment was closing his eyes.

Blood splattered across her cheek, as Ruby stared in shock at what had just transpired. She ignored the blood dripping down her chin, and slowly focused her gaze on her teammate who was sprawled across the ground, motionless.

"Kazuma?" Ruby called out, tears forming in the corner of her eyes. She continued to stare at his body, legs trembling. "Kazuma…c-come on…you…c-can't be…"

For a brief moment, everything went silent.

But that all soon changed when Hazama made the first move.

"Jayoku Hōtenjin!"

Now that's a wrap!

Please don't hate me...but I sure do hope you enjoyed it.

After watching the new chapters of RWBY Volume 3, I was like...yeah...that does it. Someone's gonna die, and I mean it. Those bastards...

I know that I've rusted a bit, so I'll try my best to get back into shape by the time I update Phase 22. I won't be able to update this story by next week, because my Internet will be down at the time. My sincere apologies.

Is anyone else excited about Shin Gojira!?

I ain't really got much to say, so I'll see you guys again later in Phase 22!