Church looked over at the AI across from him.
Tex.
The first and oldest…technically. She was here and he was free. Which meant he had been saved.
By Carolina.
…
…
…
Shit.
'So much for going back to Beacon,' He muttered mentally.
"So you gonna just continue to stare off into space or what?"
Church was brought from his musing as he focused back on the black hued AI.
"Maybe I will maybe I won't," Church bit back.
"Well that's sounds nice and all," Tex drawled. "But we got other stuff to deal with,"
"Huh?"
"Take this moment to observe your surroundings," Church looked at the female AI skeptically but took her advice. He flickered out of the helmet to look around.
It was a warzone.
There ice spikes everywhere. Bodies littered the ground, buildings were crumbling, in the distance he could see bull heads coming towards them. And was that a chimera!? He looked around and what he saw made him pale. Carolina was duking it out with Winter Schnee. And from the fierce looks they were giving each other they weren't about to end it any time soon.
He also took time to notice the other fighters. At first he thought that it was his crew but as he got a closer look only three were from the crew other than Carolina. There was Grif, Donut, and…Tucker. Caboose wasn't going to be too happy about that one. The other assailants however he didn't know. Though he could tell from the tight fit clothing they were…all females?
"So what's with the group of amazons and the chimera?" Church asked as he flickered back to Tex in the helmet.
"Don't ask me they came after we did," Tex answered. "I assumed they were backup for the merc's Grif hired.
"Grif hired mercenaries?" Church asked.
"Didn't I just say that?"
"Fuck you,"
"You've done that,"
Church growled.
"Anyway your armors over there," Tex muttered cocking her head. Church tracked the movement to see indeed Cabooses armor looking down at them along with three other figures. Though these three were dressed like all the guys outside that seemed to have gotten their asses kicked.
"What about these three?"
"Grif came with them," Tex explained. "They snuck in using the uniforms," She looked back at the one in Cabooses armor. "And apparently one of them found Cabooses armor and put it on,"
"Makes sense," Church shrugged. "Well I'll be right back," He flickered once again to move to his helmet. "Alright buddy thanks for your help an-JAUNE!"
"Wah!" Jaune cried at the sudded appearance of the tiny man in the helmet.
"What are you doing here?!"
"I'm rescuing my friend," Jaune answered. "Wait who..what are you?!"
Suddenly Church began processing certain detail.
Jaune was here. All of the merc's he saw were female. There five of them.
"Sheila!"
"Hello Church it's good to see you again,"
"No time for that is everyone from Beacon here?!"
"Of course not," Sheila answered.
Church let out a sigh of relief.
Ok so they weren't all-Bang! Church turned around in time to see a soldier suddenly go down followed by three more.
"Ruby is a distance away sniping the enemies while Ren guards her should she be found so she is not here,"
Church wanted to scream.
"Um you haven't really told me who you are," Jaune mentioned speaking up again.
"No time for that where's team UMPR,"
"Why right next to Caboose," Sheila said. Church turned around to see the other three disguised figures gingerly helping Caboose up. Slowly one of them began to take off their masks.
NO!
UMPR
Roxas was about to remove his mask when he was stopped by a shout.
"STOP!"
"What the hell?" Percy grunted as Church came into being.
"Naruto what the hell are you all doing here?!"
"Church?" Naruto called in confusion. He could hear the AI but not see him.
"Know what never mind give me a second,"
UMPR
"So who's in the suit?" Tex asked as Church appeared back in the helmet.
"Uh yeah about that," Church began. Then he flickered in and out.
"What are y-" Tex began but was cut off as she disappeared.
"Oh she is going to be so pissed when she gets out," Church said fearfully.
He flickered back out and appeared right in front of Naruto.
"Gah!" Naruto shouted in alarm at the AI sudden appearance once again. "Where the hell have you been?!"
"What the hell are you guys doing here?!"
"Rescuing you guys you idiot," Naruto snapped. "And we were pretty successful since the Meta's gone and Caboose is back,"
"Wait you guys beat the Meta?"
"Yep," Percy answered. "And we're going to be feeling it for a few days,"
Ok now Church hadn't expected that one. As far as he knew only someone as skilled as Carolina or more so could do that. Before he could continue answering questions though they culd hear an explosion not that far from them.
"We can ask ad answer questions later," Naruto spoke back up. "We have something else to do,"
"Yeah and what's that?" Jaune asked. Naruto looked at his team and Jaune.
"Now we need to get the hell out of here,"
UMPR
(Opening begins)
VERSION 2!
Masshiro na keshiki ni ima sasowa re te
The screen is black and white as it shows different moments of a younger Caboose interacting with a boy from eating out of his hand to grabbing him while the boy yells angrily for him to let go and finally Caboose kneeling over his now dying friend crying.
boku wa yuku yo mada mi nu sekai he
The screen changes to show Caboose on top of Beacon with the rest of UMPR as the title fades in.
Maigo no mama tabi shi te ta
Caboose is seen sitting down on top of a building. He looks a bit forlorn as scenes from his past begin showing behind him. He looks sad until a hand appears on his shoulder.
nezumiiro no sora no shita higawari no chizu ikutsu mo no yume ga nijin de i ta
He turns around to see Naruto, Roxas, and Percy behind them with welcoming smiles. He gains a big smile and he gets up. He grabs them and brings them into a bone crushing hug that they try to get out of.
itsuka ha sa
It shows Tucker, Donut, Grif and Carolina as they all hold out their weapons.
chippoke na boku no kono hohaba demo
The three teams are seen going about their daily lives with each other as they seem to be gathered in Tentens weapon shop. They are interacting with each other such as Tenten and Ruby harassing Roxas about his keyblades, Weiss lecturing a confused Percy and Nora, Caboose talking to Yang animatedly Naruto, Jaune, and Sun playing a game and drawing repeatedly, and Pyrrha, Ren, and Blake just looking at the unfolding scene.
ano kumo no mukou made yukeru ka na
It shows Ozpin in his office with his faculty next to him. The screen spins around the office until it's on the other side of the window which takes us to Ironwoods office surrounded by his own staff such as Winter, Doyle and Kimball.
tsuyogatte kizutsuita
Naruto is shown looking down at his goggles sadly. A girl is seen standing behind him but her eyes are shadowed. Naruto looks up having sensed someone behind him.
kokoro sukashi ta you ni
He turns around only to come face to face with Ruby in the same spot the other girl had been in.
furidashi ta
Church is holding his head as he begins to flicker in and out before shattering and in his place is Sigma as she looks up with a calm but evil smile.
amatsubu tachi ga
Caboose is seen looking in a mirror. Suddenly it shatters along with him and in his place stands the Meta
ranhansha kurikaesu
Team U(M)PR, Weiss and Jaune are shown as they charge in to rescue their friend.
Massugu na hikari
It shows Ren as he protects Ruby from a few soldiers as she aims her rifle and fires of a bullet.
ga kousa shi te
It follows the bullet as it hits a soldier in the chest. The soldier stumbles and Nora delivers a destructive one, two-combo before delivering a suplex shattering the ground with his body.
yukisaki mo tsuge nu mama
Pyrrha works with Blake as she continually knocks soldiers into the air while the faunus cuts them down before they fall to the ground. They both jump back as Yang slams her Halberd onto the ground sending multiple goons flying.
doko made mo
Jaune and Weiss work in tandem with Grif, Tucker, and Donut as they destroy the atlesian knights surrounding them.
tsukinukeru
A spider droid blasts at Neji but he stops the attack with a rotation and slides left as Penny charges her sword blast sending at the spider droid destroying it in an explosion.
awai zanzou ryoume ni yakitsuke te
U(M)PR fight against the Meta using their weapons to take him out but he manages to block all of their attacks and send a few of his own but the three of them defend each other leading to a stalemate.
kono sora no shita donna toko ni i te mo
It shows Caboose as he appears to be falling into a dark abyss. But team U(M)PR reaches out and they all grasp his arm before a bright light appears from the point of of contact and consumes the screen.
todoku hazu nan da mada mi nu sekai he
Caboose is seen in a field as he runs forward to his awaiting friends before the scene moves to show the bright sky.
(Opening end)
UMPR
"Get the helmet off of him," Church commanded.
"Why?" Roxas asked.
"Because I locked up the AI in there and it's only a matter of time before she gets out," Church explained. "And if she sees you guys then Carolina will find us and take me and Caboose back,"
"I thought you were coming back after explaining to Carolina where you were," Naruto pointed out.
"Do you think she'll let us out on our own after this!" Church asked gesturing towards the chaos happening around them.
"Point taken," Roxas muttered.
"So does anyone have any ideas?" Naruto asked.
Percy looked around there surrounding to find a way out. Bull heads wouldn't work. As far as he knew none of them could drive one and plus they weren't exactly conspicuous. Running away could work but there were to many people and incoming soldiers that could spot them from the sky. He looked around until he came across a crate. He saw the symbol on the side and a lightbulb went off.
"I have a suggestion," Percy said gaining the others attention.
UMPR
Ruby looked down at the battlefield. After Naruto and the others had defeated the white armored titan they had crouched around him for some reason. She realized however they were ok and went back to supporting the others.
She had four clips left. One of which was paint. So yeah this needed to end quickly. She took fired another shot as an assailant came in from behind Nora.
"There are three more bullheads coming," Ren said as he saw three bullheads in the distance heading towards them. "Atlas military no doubt.
Well that was just great. So pretty soon they were going to be even more overwhelmed then they already were. And at this rate Ruby wouldn't be of any help. This rescue mission was turning into more of disaster as it dragged on.
She aimed the scope back over at Naruto and the others to find them all gone. Well, all but Naruto who was making motions again. From the way he was moving he seemed to be trying to get her to tell him where she was.
Why?
Ruby decided not to think about it.
"Ren stand up," Ruby ordered. Ren looked at her strangely but obliged. He stood up and a few moments later she could see that Naruto had spotted him from her scope. He gave a thumbs up and ran into a seemingly random direction. Ruby tracked him and saw that he had made his way over to a crate where the others were.
She saw one of the others look over at Naruto who seemed to be saying something to him. They nodded before turning back to the crate and lifting the sword to break the lock. A moment later the group entered the crate.
Just what were they doing?
UMPR
The boys looked at the contents of the crate having opened it. They all looked at each other before looking back and smiling.
Oh yeah. This would do nicely.
UMPR
Blake back flipped away as another goon attempted to tackle her. After landing she lunged forward sending a flurry of strikes and then kicking the attacker away.
"Duck!"
She ducked as a halberd passed over her taking a few goons and AK-130's with it. She looked over at her partner as she swung it around her body keeping the other goons a bay.
Yang certainly knew how to make an enemy feel a hit. And that was just fine with her.
Suddenly Yang stopped to speak into the coms.
"Wassup," She asked.
Blake couldn't hear what was being said over her com. "Whoever was talking called Yang specifically for whatever reason,"
"Yeah," Yang answered. "But how are we-," But she was cut off. And whatever was said made her eyes widened. "Where are you!?" Blake nearly jumped slightly startled at the sudden shout. She heard a groan and looked to see one of the goons trying to get up. She kicked him in the face sending him back into the world of unconsciousness.
She turned back just in time to see Yang collapsing the halberd and running off. Blake watched her go.
Now where was she going?
UMPR
"So is anyone else running low on ammo?" Tucker asked as he round-house kicked another goon.
"Yeah," Donut said. "I only have so much ammo I can spray before I'm dry!"
"I hate you Donut," Grif grumbled. Then he heard something in his coms. "What is it?"
Tucker and Donut looked over at their companion as he seemed to be talking to someone again. Must have been one of the mercenaries
"You sure?" Grif asked as he back handed a goon with his axe. "Alright I'll be right there," Then without another word he ran off.
"What the hell?" Tucker said. "Where are you going?!"
"Just be ready to go!" Was all Grif shouted as he continued running.
UMPR
Ruby took another shot as three assailants tried to attack Pyrrha from multiple sides. She took one out while Pyrrha handled the others. A moment later she saw two blurs zoom by. She traced the blurs and realized one was Yang and the other was one of the ones that wore armor similar to Caboose. And they were heading straight for the crate Naruto and the others had entered.
A moment later they entered the crate. What the hell was in that crate?
UMPR
Yang entered the crate and her eyes laid upon what was inside. Grif came in a few seconds later.
"Percy was this your idea?" Yang asked.
"Yeah," Percy grunted as he pulled continued working.
"I'm giving you a kiss after this,"
"Umm," Was Percy's intelligent response.
"Smooth," Grif drawled.
UMPR
Ruby watched the crate intently waiting for the others to come out. Seriously what could have possibly been in there to capture all their attention.
Then they came back out.
Ruby blinked a couple of times before looking back into the scope just to make sure she saw what she was seeing.
She did.
So that's what was in there.
UMPR
Naruto and Yang came out first on twin all black motorcycles. Followed by Jaune driving a smaller vehicle. It was a warthog. Caboose was in the passenger and Roxas was in the back manning the machine gun. Percy came out next driving a standard armored military vehicle with not roof or windows. Finally, was Grif in a vehicle just like Percy's.
"We'll get Ruby and Ren," Naruto said pointing to him and Yang. "You get the others," He ordered Percy who gave a mock salute. "You get your team," He pointed towards Grif. "And you cover them," He said pointing towards Jaune who nodded. He had taken the helmet off and put it on Caboose. Naruto had given him his mask so that he could stay conspicuous. Naruto was wearing one of the motorcycle helmets to keep his face covered.
Grif nodded before he Percy and Jaune took off while Yang headed towards Ruby and Ren. Naruto lifted his helmet and brought his hand to his mouth and whistled.
A few moments later the fox grimm he had picked up was speeding toward him. Naruto opened his shirt and the little thing hopped right in.
"Hold on tight buddy," Naruto muttered as its head popped out of his shirt and under his chin. Then he sped off following after Yang.
UMPR
Ruby say Yang and Naruto head towards them. They were getting out of here. Suddenly there was a shadow directly above Ruby and Ren. They looked up to see the bullheads Ren had spotted earlier. Two of them continue on while one stopped above them. The sides opened and a few Atlas soldiers dropped down. When they landed they aimed their weapons at the two teens.
"This is the Atlas military," one of them spoke up. "Surrender your weapons and come quietly,"
Ruby eyed the men in front of her. If she had an extra weapon maybe she could be helpful but they were wo close for her to do anything with the rifle. If it was Crescent Rose maybe because she knew how to shoot and aim with her sniper scythe but this rifle had more power than hers did.
Then she heard the distinct sound of a motorcycle coming close. But Ruby knew they couldn't wait for them at the entrance. That would have left them vulnerable. So that left one option. Ren looked over at her and the two nodded. It seemed he had come to the same conclusion as her.
"Last warning!" the leader of the soldiers said. And to emphasize his points they all cocked their guns and focused their aim even more.
The two opposing sides eyed each other.
"Now!"
Ren threw his fans forward and Ruby aimed the rifle at them and fired. The bullet hit one of the fans that were filled with agitated Dust. The explosion didn't hit any of the soldiers but was enough to create a smoke screen allowing Ruby and Ren to head over to the side. Ruby looked back to see that some of the soldiers were recovering quicker than others.
Well, uncle Qrow always told her it was good to get used to different rifles and weapons in general.
She turned around and fired round after round as accurately as she could. Taking one shot before aiming somewhere else. None of her bullets missed. She knocked the guns out of the majority of the soldier's hands. But the magazine ran out before she could fire more. She quickly turned and ran back over to the edge.
"Everyone fire!"
She couldn't have jumped at a better time.
She leapt over the edge heading towards the ground. The bullets practically grazing the top of her head.
And she fell.
And fell.
Just to land on the back of Naruto's motorcycle.
"Perfect timing," Ruby muttered.
"Did you expect any less," Naruto said smugly.
"From you," Ruby began. "Definitely,"
"Whatever cookie monster," Naruto retorted. "Now hold on,"
Ruby attached the rifle to the holster and wrapped her arms around Naruto. When he knew she was secure he swerved his bike around and headed back towards the others. Yang and Ren not that far in front of them.
UMPR
Pyrrha lifted a goon on the air before slamming him back down. She twirled around and stabbed the staff forward piercing the chest of an AK-130. Then in a surprising show of force she lifted the bot up and began slamming him against any approaching attacker taking them out. Nora was a few feet away from her spinning the dual chained maces around at high speeds creating a sphere of power that took out all that dared enter it with her at the center.
Blake and Weiss worked in tandem taking out the AK-knights surrounding them. Blake would move around them cutting them down while Weiss would take out the ones in the inner circle. She sent the chain forward piercing another one's head. She pulled with all her might bring the head with her. She tossed the head upward at the same time Blake flipped into the air. Blake aimed the head kicking towards a robot that was coming up behind Weiss knocking it back. Seeing this Weiss spun the sai in her hand and stabbed backwards killing the machine.
Slowly the four stood back to back as the goons and knights surrounded them. It seems the two opposing sides had come to the conclusion that their group was the bigger threat and to take them out before taking each other out.
The four girls readied their weapons. If they were going down, they were going down fighting.
They got ready to attack once again but somebody beat them to it. Bullets began raining down on the goons, soldiers and robots from seemingly nowhere.
Then a car rammed through a bunch of them and skidding in front of the girls who blinked in surprise.
"Get in!"
They looked to see somebody driving the car. From the looks of it one of the members of UMPR
"Shotgun," Nora said gleefuly taking the front seat. The other three looked at each other before piling in the back.
"Everyone in?"
"Percy is that you?" Weiss asked. "I didn't know you knew how to drive,"
Percy put the car in drive.
"I don't," Percy answered. Then he put his foot on the gas and the car took off before any of the girls could protest at the untested driver.
UMPR
Carolina ducked under a swipe from Winter and shot her guns but Winter was quick to summon up a blockade of ice.
Carolina backed up and loaded in another quill set of Dust spikes.
"So have you ever thought about getting a different hairstyle," Carolina asked nonchalantly. "Or are you just a big fan of being single," She could see a small vein throb in Winters head and couldn't help but smirk. She still what made the Schnee girl tick.
"And I'm sure boys love your take charge attitude muscle woman,"
Carolina felt a vein throb in her head. Seems she could say the same about Winter. Sparks collided as the two stared each other down comically.
Then the car pulled in between them.
"We got Caboose!" Grif said from the driver's seat.
"So lets the fuck out of here," Tucker said from the backseat with Donut.
Carolina nearly shouted at him to move but then remembered the original objective was to get Caboose. As if to prove the point even more a car swerved by them and opened fire on Winter forcing her to dodge. And in the passenger seat was Caboose wearing his helmet. Caboose gave a small wave before tossing Carolina her helmet. Then the car was gone. Carolina immediately hoped into the front seat and Grif followed after them. As they drove off Carolina eyed Winter and the two stared at each other.
Winter looked ready to give chase but she was stopped by a group of AK-130's shooting at her. She looked at them in annoyance before lazily making a glyph under them and an ice spike came up destroying them.
She turned back to see that the car that Carolina got in was zooming away. She wanted to give chase but knew that they weren't the original reason for her being here. Plus, their might be valuable information inside. So she simply watched the vehicles disappear in the distance.
But next time Carolina wouldn't be so lucky.
UMPR
Naruto pulled up the rear of the vehicles as they made their way out of the battlefield. But they were farthest away and there were a few droids trying to give chase along with a few goons riding on motorcycles to get to them.
One of the knight's arms morphed and he fired a grenade at an ice spike up ahead. The spike shattered and pieces began falling to the ground.
Oh these bitches wanted to play.
Naruto would oblige.
"Hold on tight!" Naruto shouted. Around his abdomen he could feel Ruby's slender arms wrap tighter around him. As the spikes fell Naruto swerved through them dodging when necessary. Then he saw the biggest chunk fall to the earth and he couldn't dodge it.
So he went under it. He jerked the bike while leaning causing it to nearly scrape the ground. The bike did a single 360 under the chunk as it caim closer and closer to them. They just barely made it. Naruto brought the bike back up as they continued riding forward. (For those who don't know what I did. Just imagine what the motorcycle from Terminator Salvation did when they rammed that car that barreled towards it. It's on youtube.)
Once they were in the clear they zoomed forward. Ruby looked over her shoulder to see that a few goons on bikes were still following them.
"Keep it steady!" Ruby shouted. Naruto looked at her and even though she couldn't see his face behind the helmet she knew he was looking at her weirdly. "Just do it!" Naruto nodded and Ruby could swere she heard the word bitch but would address that later.
She spun around in the seat and aimed her rifle. It seems the goons realized what was about to happen as they began doing making serpentine motions. Too bad for then she had tracked faster.
She fired the first shot at one of the goon's front wheel creating a hole. The bike flipped over sending the rider flying on top of one of the crates in the area. She turned to aim at another one. She fired and he turned so the bikes side would take the bullet. Unfortunately, he couldn't swerve it back correctly and ended up ramming straight into another crate.
Ruby eyed the last one. This time they didn't intend to be a sitting duck they pulled out a gun and aimed it straight at her. They began firing and Naruto jerked the bike to avoid the incoming shots.
"I said keep it steady!" Ruby shouted as she had nearly fallen off.
"Did you miss the part where we were getting shot at!" Naruto retorted. He swerved again as another volley of bullets were fired of at them. "Just shoot him already!"
"Then keep it steady!" Ruby commanded.
"Fine but if we die I blame you!" Naruto relented.
"That's' my line!" Ruby argued. She pulled her rifle up and aimed. She fired again but they dodged the attack. Well someone knew what they were doing. Then an idea came to Ruby. She released the magazine and put it up before pulling out another one.
"Hey be careful I'm driving!" Naruto yelled feeling her dig around for something. She loaded the new magazine and aimed at her knew target. She fired. And the red paint splattered forward covering the helmet blinding the attacker. A Ruby watched as they tried to get the paint off but it was too late. They hit a crater and while the motorcycle stopped the rider went flying forward hitting the ground multiple times.
'Takes care of that,' Ruby thought before turning back around and holstering the rifle. Only to see Penny and the other brown haired boy surrounded by AK-130's.
"You still got ammo?" Naruto asked. He pulled out his gunblade and held it outward while steering with one hand.
"Can you hold it steady?" Ruby asked back. She un-holstered her rifle once again. Then Naruto shot off heading towards Penny and Neji.
They ran straight through a chunk of the crowd. Ruby in the meantime stood up on the back of the bike and delivered accurate shots to the head for every robot in sight as Naruto rammed them down. He drove around the circle with his sword out and cut down every AK-130's it came into contact with. Soon the knights were nothing but a pile of scrap metal.
Naruto looked over at Neji who eyed him back. Slowly he nodded before putting his gunblade away. Neji gave a small nod back. Then without another word he sped off. Neji and Penny watched them go.
UMPR
"Was it alright to let them go?" Penny asked.
Neji didn't answer immediately. He merely analyzed the situation. Him and Penny were injured and he was getting tired. Plus, there were more to deal with. But this time around they would have reinforcements.
"It was the logical thing to do," Neji answered simply. Penny nodded in understanding. Then the two headed off in their own direction to regroup with Winter.
UMPR
"How's your ammo?" Jaune asked Roxas.
"I'm good though it looks like I won't be needing any more of it," Roxas answered as he realized that they were no longer being pursued. Pretty soon they would be out of the ware house district and back on the streets where they could find a spot to ditch the vehicles and lay low.
"Have you seen Naruto or Ruby?" Jaune asked. That was the one issue. The two of them were nowhere in sight. They had argued with Yang about going back. She wanted to go back for her sister but Percy had told her that Naruto would catch up soon enough. He knew the rendezvous point. Yang was reluctant but listened.
But if they were all being honest with themselves. They all wanted to go back to find the youngest boy and girl of their group.
'Jaune!'
"Naruto?!" Jaune asked as he heard his friends voice through the coms.
'Don't worry about us!' Naruto reassured. 'You split up and meet at the rendezvous point!'
"What about you guys?" Roxas asked.
'Trust me we'll be fine just remember to ditch the rides and the outfits first,'
Jaune hesitated but came to a decision. "Ok,"
'Alright we'll see you soon let Percy know he's out of range for me,'
"Got it," Jaune replied before the communication ended. "Percy, Grif, Yang we're splitting up," Jaune said as he communicated with the other drivers. "Meet at the rendezvous but ditch the uniforms and rides first,"
"What about Ruby," Yang asked anxiously.
"They said they'll meet us there," The blond squire explained. "Naruto knows the meeting place so we'll meet them there,"
"Alright," Percy answered easily.
"We'll meet at the rendezvous," Grif answered.
Jaune and Percy didn't answer.
They knew he was lying.
Then a shadow appeared above them. The three looked up to see something flying above them.
The chimera. It screeched one time before diving down. Roxas aimed the gun upward to fire.
"Wait!" Jaune shouted stopping the R of UMPR from shooting. The chimera continued its descent but they realized it was getting smaller as it approached. Soon enough it was the size of a bird and landed promptly on Jaunes' shoulder.
"Is that the thing you came out with earlier,"
"Yeah," Jaune answered as he continued looking at the road. He felt the chimera morph once again until it was something that wrapped around the back of his neck.
"So it's coming with us?" Roxas asked.
"Looks that way," Jaune muttered. And no more words were said between the two.
When they saw the road up ahead they all began splitting off from each other.
UMPR
Ruby and Naruto pulled into a back alley.
"So looks like we succeeded," Ruby muttered as she clambered off the bike first.
"Yep," Naruto agreed. "And it was a bitch of a mission,"
"How long where you guys there before we arrived," Ruby asked the whiskered brawler.
"Maybe an hour or so," Naruto answered with a shrug. "Don't really know or care,"
"Fair enough," Ruby relented. Ruby lifted her hands and stretched a little bit. Naruto took this opportunity to look at her outfit. It was a tight fitting all black body suit with light armor in key places. He could really see her curves as she stretched. They looked just as enticing as the last time he had seen them.
…
…
…
Wait what?!
"You ok?"
Naruto shook his head coming back to reality as he heard the young snipers question.
"Y-yeah I'm fine," He answered quickly. He rolled his shoulders and flexed slightly. Ruby watched as this transgressed and watched as his arms bulged ever so slightly indicating his biceps under the clothing. An impressive bulge considering the clothes he was wearing was a long sleeve loose thermal. She wondered if his chest was just as nice to look at.
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…
Wait what?!
"Red you ready?"
Ruby shook her head coming back to the world around her.
"Y-yeah let's get out of here," She answered. "But what are we gonna do about this?" She asked looking at the bike. The two stared at it as they both came up with ideas. Coming to a conclusion they looked back at each other. "Blow it up," Ruby asked.
"Blow it up," Naruto confirmed reaching into the gunblade Dust cartridge and tossing her a burn crystal. She promptly opened the gas door and tossed it in.
"Run,"
"Run,"
The two quickly took cover and a few moments later the bike went flying in multiple directions becoming nothing but a pile of scrap metal littering the alley floor. The two looked up from behind their perch at the damage.
"So we probably brought attention to ourselves," Naruto muttered.
"Pretty sure they're more focused on where we were earlier," Ruby responded. The two turned around and made their way through the back alleys with Naruto leading the way towards the rendezvous point.
"So I've been meaning to ask," Naruo began. "How did you get the message,"
"You sent it to me duh," Ruby answered. "See," She pulled out her scroll and showed him the message he had sent. Then he saw something else.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, why the hell is that my name in your contacts," Naruto asked.
"What weakling?" She asked.
"Yes!"
"Because that's what you are," Ruby responded. Naruto glared at the girl before showing him her name in his contacts.
"Why is my name loser!"
"Because, that's what you are," Naruto mocked mimicking her earlier response.
"Oh whatever," Ruby scoffed. "You've never beaten me in a fight,"
"And you haven't beaten me," Naruto retorted. "Plus I'm a better leader,"
"No I am,"
"Oh please even Weiss followed me into battle today,"
"Wait Weiss?"
"You didn't know," Naruto asked. "She and Jaune helped us out today,"
"That's why they weren't answering my calls," Ruby realized. "You had already gotten to them," It made sense. Weiss was an Atlas native so she would have been a good guide.
"Well honestly I hadn't meant too," Naruto admitted. "I wanted to keep the rescue small and covert,"
"That worked out well," Ruby snorted.
"But I ran into Jaune at the bullhead docks and we found Weiss singing in a bar singing so," Naruto looked ready to continue but suddenly found himself alone. He turned around to see Ruby had halted in her tracks. "Red?"
"Weiss can sing?!"
UMPR
Percy's group had made it first.
After ditching the car and bike they took off the armor plating on the body suits as well. Afterward Weiss froze the vehicles and they let Nora loose on them. Nora had fun shattering them into tiny pieces. Yang had been hesitant letting the bike be destroyed but surmised that it wasn't her bike.
Afterward they stuck to back alleys making their way to the location.
When they arrived Yang couldn't help but laugh as they entered through the back.
"A bar really," The lilac eyed fighter chuckled.
"They wouldn't expect it," Percy retorted.
"Fair enough," Yang relented still laughing. "How'd you find this place anyway," Percy looked ready to answer but clamped his mouth shut as soon as he saw the glare Weiss was giving him. "We stumbled upon it," He answered quickly. Why was she glaring at him? It's not like they expected to see her in here when they first arrived.
"Whatever you say~" Yang sang.
And that's when Jaune's group came in.
"Oh hey guys," Nora greeted cheerfully. "Boy today was a workout am I right!"
"Yes you are Nora," Roxas agreed nonochallantly. Other than Ren he was most used to the constant hyperness of the hammer wielding girl.
"Hey Jaune what's that on your neck," Yang asked notincing the creature snuggling the blonde leader.
"Rember that creature that was running rampant on the battlefield," Jaune asked. Everyone nodded in understanding. "Well this little guy is it,"
…
…
…
The collective response was…
"WHAT?!"
The chimera hissed at the sudden loudness.
"It's a chimera," Jaune answered. The looks of shock weren't surprising. Making a chimera was considered a crime against humanity. So for this one to be hear meant that these people that had taken Caboose really didn't care about the law.
And chimeras were considered dangerous and viscious. If one was ever found, then it was to immedeitely put down.
Jaune wasn't going to let that happen to this one. He looked at his friends and noticed some of them tensed. As if ready to pounce. It seems that the chimera sensed it too as it continued hissing. Jaune could feel it growing around his neck.
"Guys he's harmless," Jaune reassured.
"Right," Yang drawled. "That's why he's hissing at us,"
"Because your all tense and he can sense that," Jauen snapped. "Just calm down and he'll calm down," None of them looked completley convinced. Nora approached it slowly and looked at the creature in the eyes. The chimera eyed the orange haired girl as she approached. The two stared at each other.
Looking into each others eyes. Seing everything the other saw.
Then the chimera hopped off of Jaune and lunged at Nora. Only for Nora to catch it. Nora proceeded to rub her cheek angainst it and the chimera was more than happy to return the show of affection.
So Nora got along with it.
Somehow that wasn't all that surprising.
And that's when Naruto and Ruby decided to burst in. As soon as they were in the two took off their masks like the others identifying themselves. Ruby scanned the back room and when her eyes landed on Weiss she zipped to the girl leaving a trail of roses behind her.
Weiss looked at her leader apprehensively not liking the ecstatic glint in her eyes.
"Um Ruby?"
"Why didn't you tell us you could sing!" The younger girl gushed. And Weiss could feel her world shatter as the cookie loving teen made the revelation.
"Wait Weiss can sing?" Yang asked.
"Umm," Weiss said intelligently.
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, mama
'Cause I'll be standing on the side
When you check it out
Weiss looked around frantically. Her eyes landed on the blond Faunus who was showing the video to Nora and Blake. Blake's eyes looked like they were about to pop out of her head and Nora was moving to the beat. Using speed that would have made Ruby proud she grabbed the scroll out of his hand and closed it.
"That's enou-"
Pa-pa-p, pa-pa-pa-pa
Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa
Pa-pa-p, pa-pa-pa-pa
Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa
pa-pa-pa
Her head turned torwards her leader who was showing the video to Yang and Pyrrha.
"Wow Weiss," Yang said slyly looking over at the W of RWBY. "Never knew you'd wear something so revealing,"
"Shut up!" Weiss whined as her face began turning red. "Can we just get changed," She begged.
"These clothes are rather tight," Pyrrha agreed as she removed the armor on the clothing. It seems the other girls were in agreement as they began removing the armor plates and putting them in a pile leaving them in the body suits.
And at that moment like Naruto had done subconsciously earlier they boys looked at their female counter parts and realized exactly what they were wearing.
They didn't mind them wearing the outfits a little longer.
"Weiss why is your ass red," Yang asked. Looking at her teammates rear.
"Because somebody shot me there," Weiss hissed looking over at Ruby.
"It was an accident!" Ruby defended.
"How could this possibly be an accident," Weiss retorted. "No one else got shot below the belt,"
"It was the wind and I shot too fast," Ruby admitted.
"Hey look at it this way," Nora piped in. "We were probably able to take out some of the goons because they were looking at your red butt,"
"What?!" Weiss nearly schreeched putting her hands over her rear to cover it.
"She didn't wear what we did," Blake corrected. "Hers isn't a body suit like ours,"
"Plus if she's flat up top she's probably the same down there," Yang teased.
"What was that," Weiss growled as they began walking towards the changing room.
"Just saying it says a lot that Ruby has more curves then you," Yang dismissed.
"Hey!" The two partners shouted simultaneously.
Slowly the girls made there way to the changing room bickering the entire time. and the boys watched them go. Slowly their eyes began to drift downward. Their heads tilted slightly.
"Think we can convince them to keep the outfits?" Jaune asked when it was just the guys left in the room. "You know…for possible stealth missions,"
The other boys nodded in agreement.
Yeah, for stealth…
…And no other reason.
UMPR
(Endnign start)
Nishiki no mihata o kakageyou
It shows a younger Caboose walking on a rail talking two kids his age. One of them is wearing an aqua stocking cap and the other is the kid from the flashbacks.
bokura wa bonkura
The kid in the stocking cap says something that seems to piss of the other kid walking with Caboose. Caboose retorts and the other two look at him like he's stupid.
yami o shireba koso hikari o shireru don't cry
It changes to a gun shop where a younger Grif is seen alongside a kid in a pink top hat. Grif looks aggravated at whatever the boy is saying.
zenbu sorotteita to shite mo kibou nante nai no kai
It shows Penny who looks to be her current age as she skips down the street talking to an older man who smiles at her. Penny stops in front of the man and he pats her head affectionately.
nanimo nakute mo kibou ni yorisoeru ka
It shows a younger Weiss as she is seen walking with two older girls. One of them is Winter while the other is a girl with long red hair and green eyes. Winter says something that causes the red head to blush and makes Weiss laugh.
hanayakanarishi jidai no
The camera angle changes to reveal that their all emerging to the same spot.
kage wa
(the screen takes on a darker hue) It shows Weiss hiding from a man who seems to be yelling at the older her.
ima ya
It shows Penny in a room with nothing in it looking out a window forlornly.
Hanaya
It shows Grif in a heap of garbage with his own blood running down.
kasa sae mo
It shows Caboose crying while holding the boy from his past. There's blood everywhere.
kage o hisome majiwaru
Suddenly Caboose runs forward and jumps into the air.
Tama ni wa sora o tonde chigau sekai no ao o mitai
It shows him jumping into the walking intersection. Weiss looks up at him as he goes through the air with a smile on his face.
tamerawazu somaru shikisai ni akogareta
When he lands he hits Grif as he opens the door and they land in a pile. Grif pushes him off and looks at him pissed off when suddenly Weiss runs up and starts yelling at both of them. Caboose looks up curiously and Grif looks at her with a bored expression.
shounen no you ni takaku mioroshite itai
Winter is seen looking down with a disapproving look while her friend is seen laughing at the display. While Penny gives a bright smile and the olderman chuckles. Suddenly Grif and Caboose start walking away from Weiss in the middle of her rant. She gives chase and the two begin running in a circle to avoid her.
boku o niramu boku ga koko ni iru
Winter calls her and she stops chasing the two and walks off with Winter and the red head. It shows Caboose and Grif looking at each other before walking off with their respective friends while Penny begins talking to the older man animatedly as they walk off in their own direction.
(Ending end)
AND DONE! Operation rescue Caboose is a success!
As you can tell this was the escape chapter. I originally had more to it but decided to split the chapter in half. So I'm gonna finish writing that one and post it on my next update along with one of my other stories. With the back to back breaks coming up for school I'm gonna have a lot of free time which means more time to write which is AWESOME!
I hope you enjoyed the chapter and looks like team JNPR got slightly bigger with the chimera added. And looks like Percy is a good getaway driver.
And the next chapter is the conclusion and the chapter after that we begin volume 2! Man I'm really excited to finally be starting this volume. Seriously there is SO MUCH SPACE. Between the vigilantiasm to the dance and finally the mission. Oh yes I'm so taking advantage of this and I promise not to disappoint.
Well that's all for now. Ook forward to the next chapter and until then…
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