Couple of things. I do have a confession to make...I had actually stopped playing Brave frontier for a while. I stopped right before I started this story I think? A bit weird time to start a story about a game a stopped playing but the RNG had pissed me off a bunch. More importantly however is im starting to get back into it again and that means im playing catch up with all the new content and crap, which is going to suck. But i had noticed that my friends list was lookin a tad bit outdated. Alot of the people i played with had also stopped like me so I did a bit of purging and cleared up some space 8633403353 is the code if u wanna add me ill add as many people as I can. So im trying to level up the new units and stuff that i had gotten and thats a pain as well as beat all the content. But aside from that its not so bad. The other thing I wanted to let you know is im gunna start on a one-shot about Tobias final fight and the after math of it that kinda shows in this chapter (obviously not canon) but you get the point, for all intent and purposes Tobias did all the canon stuff and then did this. So, knowing me and my writing schedule expect that...eventually. Thats really all i needed to say so as always Enjoy the story.

Chapter 3: Making an Entrance.

Tobias grunted as he pushed with all his might, shaking his head so sweat wouldn't drip down into his eyes. "Tilith… are you seriously just going to watch?" he panted out as he gave another shove.

Tilith, who was floating by the doorway simply smiled at him. "You're almost there. Just a few more feet."

Tobias let out a groan and kept shoving. A few minutes later He finally heard the soft thud of the headboard hitting the wall. Tobias let his arms drop and backed up as he panted for breath and looked around the room. It was very spacious, with windows nearly everywhere letting in a lot of natural light. The floor was hardwood and a very rich dark brown color with white walls with black dressers. In the other room was a large bathroom and huge walk in closet. Wiping the sweat off his brow he took in the room. One of many he was forced to put furniture in, after a week however he had finally moved all the furniture in upstairs and downstairs. "So... you never told me, what exactly are you doing with this house? No one lives in Morgan I certainly hope you aren't trying to sell it… No one would risk the monster attacks, as weak as they are here."

Tilith looked at him with a weird expression on her face. "I'm getting our house ready?" She said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"...OUR? House?" Tobias asked. Tobias had noticed a change in Tilith after the last battle they had together. She had gotten a lot clingier than usual, insisting they do everything together.

"Yes, our house. I even had all your stuff moved in." she pointed towards the bathroom in closet which. Tobias looked at her incredulously for a moment before walking into the closet and sure enough all his clothes and armor as well as numerous boxes of his things. "Tilith what the hell? When did you have time to do all this?"

They hadn't been back from slaying the final sealed god for even a week. For the past few days it's been nonstop celebrations with everyone before Tilith finally dragged him out to breezy beach to show him this. "Before we left for Bectas I had told Elder Grah to contract us a nice house here! As well as hire movers."

"He approved...and PAID for all this?" Tobias said stupefied by the situation he was suddenly placed in.

"Of course not. We paid for it." she replied. Tobias felt his blood run cold at that statement and stuck his face through the doorway. "Tilith, you have money?"

She tilted her head and looked at him. "A goddess such as myself has no need for money. We however do have money in your account." she continued to stare at him like he had grown a third eye or something. "They let you into my bank account…?" he asked hesitantly, his fears and suspicions slowly being confirmed. "But of course! I am your goddess and you are my chosen summoner, we are practically partners in every sense of the word. And i'm sick of you getting out of our beach dates! So now we are living here. It always has been a beautiful beach. Now we can go anytime we want!" Tobais could feel a vein in his head start throbbing fiercely and fire begin to rush through his veins. "Tilith. How much did all this cost?"

"In total?" Tilith looked up at the ceiling fan as she mulled over the question. Each second the past Tobias felt more and more dread build up in his stomach. "Three? Three million? Yea. that's what Grah told me it had all added up to." she said with a confirmative nod of her head.

Tobias thought he was going to pop a blood vessel and have an aneurysm. "Th- Three MILLION!? TILITH." Tilith jumped in shock. "What? It's literally on the beach, secluded and practically prime real estate"

"What do you mean what! Don't spend MY money for one and certainly don't spend three million zel of it! What if I needed it!" Tilth stared at Tobias for a moment before grinning smugly at him. "I, as your goddess know how well off you are. And as your partner I know how much they have payed you and all the treasures you find and sell so I know that you can spare some Zel. However, being the beautiful goddess that I am…" she hovered over to Tobias and wrapped him up in a huge. "Can easily recompense anything you desire since you are my favored summoner. "

Tobias stared at her, his face completely unreadable. "Okay, get me my three million back."

Tilith huffed and puffed out her cheeks before slapping Tobias on the chest. "Go unpack the rest of your stuff. The study if you hadn't realized already is down the hall. You can put your books and things there."

"Okay but where is my bedroom."

"In here."

"Oh...okay where is your bedroom?"

"In here."

"Tilith."

"Yes?"

"You can't be serious."

"What? There's no problem? Look at the size of the bed! Besides you should be near me at all times."

"Why?"

"Because I am your goddess and you are my favored summoner." She said like it was such a resounding fact that it was a universal law.

"I... don't think that's a good idea. This house is huge there are plenty of other rooms." he argued.

"Those are for guest and guest only."

Tobias's eye twitched as he glanced at the bed. It was indeed huge, unnecessarily so, it looked like the beds that you find in love hotels. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He did not need these thoughts going through his head right now, he was supposed to be mad at Tilith. Tobias looked back at her to scold her only to be face to face with her, her sky-blue eyes practically sparkling, willing him to accept. "Fine…" Tobias muttered looking away, making a mental note to talk to Grah later about this.

"Excellent!" Tilith said as she clapped her hands looking as pleased as she sounded.

"Wait! How am I supposed to get back and forth to Randall from here!"

"I'll warp you to and from silly. That much is nothing, and if I myself can't do it. My mock unit is certainly strong enough to get you here." she called out from the bathroom. "Now hurry go unpack so we can go to the beach! I have the perfect swimsuit picked out!"

It was early. Way too early to be awake. Tilith delivered on her promise and they spent literally the entire remainder of the day at the beach. Tobias propped himself up on one arm as he took in the room. It really was a nice house. Far nicer than his home in his village… He glanced over at Tilith who, despite all his scooting as far away as possible was STILL close to him, sleeping soundly. Tobias let out a sigh, sleep was not going to come back to him right now. He got up and walked out of the room into the hallway. The moon illuminated the house wonderfully. Pictures were already lined up, pictures of him and his units on various missions or during breaks or just out on the town hanging out with friends and of course a lot of pictures with just him and Tilith. He had no idea how Tilith got these but he had to admit they were good pictures.

He rubbed the bridge of his nose as his attempted talk with Grah flashed back into his memory. The old man had specifically told Lin and Sera to give him the same message and not patch him through. Talking about how he would make sure he would have a nice long vacation to spend quality time with Tilith, and to thank him later… He stopped outside of his soon to be study. He had moved all his materials in there to unpack completely later and seeing as he wasn't going to get back to sleep any time soon now would be the perfect time to start. There were quite a few boxes… If he really absolutely had to admit to himself, he was a bit of a hoarder. He continued to sift through his papers with notes and old orders as well as sketches of various demons identifying weak points as. He organized them as best as possible and began to stack his books on the shelves. Two hours later, the sun was officially up and it was morning and he was practically done, only two more boxes of things were left. He stood up and looked around and saw just enough space on the top shelf for whatever would be inside.

Just as he was about to open the first box he heard a muffled beeping noise. Confused he glanced around him to see if any of his devices had turned on but none of them had. A few seconds later he heard it again, glancing around confused he looked for whatever could have been making the beeping noise. After a few more seconds it let out a small beep and Tobias decided to sit down and stay silent to better hear where it was coming from. He listened for three more beeps before ripping open the second box. He dug through the papers that were in it and brought out the device, it was a distress beacon. Tobias stared at it owlishly trying to remember why there was a beacon in here and more importantly, why was it going off. He turned his attention to the papers it was buried beneath. It was, like usual notes but on creatures for the life of them he could not remember ever seeing. He kept digging through the box but found nothing that would jog his memory. In hopes the second box was filled with similar stuff he opened it and looked at the first paper. The title was the World of Remnant. Tobias stared at it for a second before he finally remembered. A mixture of dread and anxiety and nervousness developed in his gut as he quickly got to his feet, His hair stood on end as he felt lightning course through him. He quickly turned and ran down the hall the beacon clutched in his hand.

He burst into the room loudly, causing Tilith to wake up screaming. Tobias didn't pause however and ran straight into the closet and grabbed his armor. Tilith walked into the closet as he was putting it on. "What is wrong! Why are you so panicked?"

"I got a distress call from Remnant. I need to get there right now." came his quick reply.

"Remnant?" Tilith repeated in confusion.

Tobias simply tossed Tilith the beacon and kept dressing. "Lock on to the beacon's position and get me a gate there."

Tilith stared at him as he ran out of the room again trying to process what was happening. He came storming back in a few seconds later with his communicator in hand. "Tilith i'll explain everything later but right now I need you to open that gate! Please."

Shaking her head Tilith closed her eyes and focused reaching out for the other beacons signal. Her eyes snapped open. "That world in the middle of literally nowhere!? I can't get you there by myself!"

"Rainbow Goddess Tilith Come!" A flash of light appeared in the middle of the room and then suddenly there were two Tiliths floating in front of him. Tobias then pulled out a red crystal and crushed it and tossed a Fujin to the summoned Tilith and one to the real Tilith which both of them both drank quickly. "Tilith give...Tilith your power to open a gate!"

The summoned Tilith said. "Of course! My favored summoner!" she then turned towards the real Tilith and asked. "Ready?" and the real Tilith nodded. "Tobias, call me soon promise!"

"Of course." Tobias said.

They both raised their hands into the air and simultaneously shouted "Miracle Gate!" and the room burst into rainbow lights. When the lights faded there stood a large rainbow double door. Both Tiliths were panting and looked extremely drained. It shimmered and the colors moved as it stood there. As always Tobias couldn't help but admire how beautiful it was. He shook his and refocused. "Dismissed Tilith." and the summoned Tilith promptly disappeared. He used his communicator to bring out his great war axe, as he hefted it up on his shoulder he closed his eyes and focused, calling out to the fire within him. He could feel the heat rushing through his body. He snapped his eyes open and took a step towards the door. "I hope they haven't been waiting long." and pushed it open.

It was always a peculiar feeling going through the vortex. Watching the flashes of worlds and colors fly past you but feeling like you're moving and staying in the same place at the same time. The first time Tobias had taken a long Vortex trip he collapsed and threw up for a good twenty minutes. It's not the most pleasant experience but thankfully now he could confidently say he is used to it. He could see the flash light that signifies a world grow brighter and he knew that was his destination. The light slowly faded and turned into another rainbow door which he stopped right infront of, floating in the endlessness of the void. With no hesitation, he pushed against the door, it cracked, then shattered making a glasslike breaking noise as he burst through the opening shards of rainbow falling around him as he blinked to orient himself.

"Ruby!? Weiss?! Yang?! Blake!? Are you okay?!" he said. He looked around the room but didn't see anyone, what he did see however was Crescent Rose on the ground with three other weapons he didn't immediately recognize and four backpacks. Fear began to settle in his heart as he looked behind him, finding two people who he definitely did not recognize staring back at him in shock various devices and bullets surrounding them, including Tobias's beacon.

One was a scrawny black-haired man with dark eyes, Tobias wasn't sure if they were a dark brown or actually black. The other woman had very bright red hair and blue green eyes equally thin. They stared at each other for a moment before Tobias narrowed his eyes and spoke in a low menacing tone. "Answer me very carefully. The owner of that scythe, is she alive?" Instead of a reply the man jumped up, pulling two Sai out of seemingly nowhere. Tobias popped his axe off of his shoulder and spun swiftly swinging the axe underhanded. The sai just barely missed his shoulder guard which was hidden under his duster as he dodged the attack leaving the man open for a solid hit in his chest. Tobias connected viciously, the force of the blow sent the man flying straight through a door Tobias hadn't noticed before. He glanced at the woman who was up against a wall looking at him in fear. Fairly confident she wouldn't try anything he pulled out a Fujin tonic and stepped out into the hallway as he drank. He finishing it he let it drop to the floor as he rounded the corner and saw Ruby, Jaune, Ren, and Nora all bound and gagged on the floor. They looked a bit roughed up, with dirt on their faces and various other places but more or less unharmed Three other people were in the room as well looking stupefied at the man who had just flown through. Tobias felt relief flood through his system before it was replaced with rage at the people who had done this to them "Glad I made it in time." he said, small flames coming out of his mouth.

Ruby felt like crying. She was so relieved and happy he had shown up. Just when she was starting to accept their fate. She got a good look at him as he stood there eyeing the room. Surprised that for one, he didn't seem to have any of his zombie people around him, whatever he called them. Two he was holding a gigantic war axe. He had gained a lot of muscle as well, but was still rather lean. He had a rather noticeable scar on his cheek. And three was pretty sure Tobias had not been able to breath fire in any quantity. Her inspection was cut short however as Ruby noticed Crocea Mors raised over Tobias's shoulder. Her eyes widened as she let out her best muffled scream to get his attention. It worked, but not in the way Ruby had wanted. As Tobias turned his full attention to Ruby the sword came down right on his shoulder. The sharp clang of metal hitting metal range out as Tobias staggered under the suprise attack, Amber, the woman who had snuck up behind him was obviously not trained in any form of combat and lost her grip on the sword, sending it flying back over her shoulder. Not bothering to try and retrieve it she instantly jumped on his back screaming and clawing at his face, as Tobias spluttered and tried to shake her off. The woman who was watching over them, Bell shook off her shock first and drew her weapon, a short sword in one hand and a small shield that sprung out from a device on her wrist. As she charged forward Nora managed to slide forward a bit and stick out her foot, tripping her and sending her sword flying. Tobias flung the woman off of his back and set her flying into a table, breaking it and rendering her unconscious. Before she was thrown however she grabbed his duster and brought it over his head, covering his eyes. He quickly dropped his axe and threw the duster off of him revealing a simple light armor underneath that was chipped on the shoulder. Underneath he was wearing a short black T-shirt, but the most noticeable thing however was a cross that she had never seen before, it was a regular looking cross but on the top there was a loop instead of and end point on his left arm on the lower part of his forearm. Ruby had never seen such a brightly colored tattoo before, it looked it was shining almost. It was a bright golden red. It reminded her of the fire found deep within a forge or lava even. Her inspection was cut short however as she was suddenly dragged backwards by one of the men who had finally shaken off their shock as well. The man placed a rather sharp looking knife at her throat and with her peripherals should could see Ren in the same situation with the other man. Tobias picked up his axe and looked at them warily, unsure what to do before he took a step forward.

The woman, Bell scrambled to her feet and shouted. "Don't even try it! Their auras are down if you take one more step they die right here." she threatened.

Tobias froze at that as he stared uncertainly at them.

"Drop your weapon."

His eyes flickered between Bell, the men holding Ruby and Ren hostage, and Ruby Ren Nora and Jaune themselves. He finally locked eyes with Ruby, his expression unreadable and simply stared at her for a good five seconds. During that time Ruby felt...something happen between them like a sudden almost tangible connection was grown in the few seconds they stared at each other she felt a bit stronger almost? As if being near him was giving her strength. He locked eyes with each of them in turn before lowering his axe so it was touching the ground behind him.

"Good. Drop the axe and surrender and maybe we will let them go free."

Tobias then gave a large grunt and swung the axe back over his head. "Celestial Crusher!" he shouted as it came arcing down. As soon as the axe bit into the ground a massive cone of fire came bursting out, hurtling towards them. Ruby's eyes widened in shock and horror as the wave of flames came at her at breakneck speed. Even with her speed and the fact that she was tied up she didn't have time to do much more than let out a muffled scream and close her eyes with the rest of them as the inferno enveloped them. With her eyes closed all she could hear were the pained shouts and screams of the bandits and the huge crashing of the wall behind her. She could feel the heat and flickers of flame pass her, but she wasn't being burned. She cracked open her eyes a small bit only to pop them wide open. She was sitting in the middle of a raging inferno golden red flames flying past her and not being harmed at all. She could feel the immense heat but they didn't actually burn her.

The flames dispersed as suddenly as they appeared. Lingering wisps flew up into the air and slowly faded. Ruby could only stare wide eyed in disbelief, the scorched floor still smoking as Tobias picked up his axe, which was also steaming, and jogged over. He knelt next to Jaune who was closest and began to untie him. "Thank the gods you guys are all right, im glad you managed to get to the beacon before you got caught." He said as he worked on the gag and ropes tying Jaune down as he pulled the gag out Jaune shouted. "What was THAT! You could have seriously hurt us!"

"You were fine. I couldn't have actually hurt you guys." Tobias said matter of factly.

"How?" Jaune asked, rubbing his wrist now that they were free.

"Well, I-" Tobias started before shouting outside caught his attention.

Leaving Jaune to remove the bindings on his legs for himself he stood up and walked over to the hole he created in the side of the building. As he looked outside he saw at least twelve people running towards the wounded who were lying just outside. An assortment of weapons in all of their hands. "Oh boy." Tobias said scratching his head. "Okay you guys get untied and get your gear together. I'll buy some time so we can hightail it out."

Jaune nodded and began to furiously work on the knots on his legs.

Tobias gave a contemplative look outside once more before pulling out his cube like device. After a few taps on a holographic screen his axe suddenly disappeared in a shower of white light and he placed the cube back into his pocket and held his hands out. The same shower of light that made the axe vanish appeared around Tobias's hands, when they faded Tobias had twin pistols in his hands. Ruby managed to drag herself and prop up against a wall so she could wiggle against the ropes better and get a better view of what was going on outside. As she watched the men close the distance between them and the people on the floor she blinked, an odd feeling passing through her. Being a sniper, Ruby has always had excellent eyesight but now she felt like she could actually SEE them. She watched them move and she just...knew where their feet would be placed, see could see critical openings in the stances and vulnerable spots where their guards were lowered the most.

"Fire Rod Limera, Bolt Singe Pamela, come to me!" Tobias said as two lights flashed behind him. These two were not the most impressive Ruby had seen, considering what she had witnessed on the news about Ark and Elza and the ones she had come to know when he was going to school here. Simply put, they looked far more human and less imposing. The first one had blond hair and was dressed in a reddish orange armor set with a blue mini skirt and a cloak around her. She held a staff that had a red orange crystal in it. Small flames flickered off her and the staff itself. "I'm ready summoner sir!" she said enthusiastically.

The other woman Ruby could have sworn she had seen before, at least in passing somehow she and white hair and wore all purple armor with a sword that four long blades protruding out of it. "Let us go summoner! I will crush our foes." she said with a determined glint in her eye.

As soon as they had appeared Ruby blinked. The strange advanced vision she had vanished. She shook her head and dismissed it in favor of breaking out of her bindings faster.

Tobias poked his head out of the window and saw a few men kneeling over the girl and two men he had blown out. The girl and one of the men managed to stagger to their feet while pointing towards hole while the third one seemed down for the count. Tobias glanced back at the girl who he had thrown into the table and the man he sent flying through the door. They both seemed to be soundly knocked up but Tobias wasn't taking chances anymore. "You may want to tie those two up as well when you get the chance." He said before jumping out of the hole, Pamela and Limera right behind him.

As he hit the ground Tobias did a quick combat roll and jumped up, guns pointing at the group of bandits. Pamela and Limera right behind him. For a moment, no one said anything. "My friends and I are going to gather our stuff and leave. No more problems no one else gets hurt." Tobias watched as they turned slightly around to look at a large man in the back who eyed Tobias for a moment before muttering something Tobias couldn't quite catch. The group looked back at Tobias for a moment before slowly lowering their weapons and splitting down the middle. Wary but satisfied that it seemed like they were going to get out of this situation pain free Tobias slightly lowered his pistols so they were still slightly pointed at them but they were facing the ground. As they parted more and more he could see the feet of the man he had wounded and kneeling over him was another woman who seemed to be tending to his burns. Once they had fully separated the woman's head snapped up and her arm shot out, Tobias instinctively dodged to the side as something went flying past his peripheral. A shout drew Tobias's attention back to the group of people who were now charging forwards. Tobias grimaced as Pamela and Limera lept to either side of him weapons ready as Tobias squeezed the triggers "They just don't quit do they" he spat out. Small jets of flames shot out from the muzzles searing into the ground, forcing them to stop their advance. Not giving them any time to figure out what was going Tobias angled the gun slightly higher and fired once more. This time the flames hit the ground and ricochet off flying right into the legs of the front-line bandits who screamed as their clothes were promptly set on fire. As the first line of bandits fell to the ground in panic trying to put out the flames Tobias let out a small smirk and pointed at the rest of them. "You're about to get incinerated." He gestured for them to come to them with his pistol. "Walk this way."

A man with a scimitar came charging first swinging at his neck viciously. Tobias ducked under the swing and held the barrel to his stomach. "Limera Pamela go!" Tobias shouted and they instantly dashed past him into the rest of them as he squeezed the trigger, flames wrapping around his stomach and lower back. The man fell backwards, his stomach a seared mess and the smell of burning skin began to waft into the air. Tobias didn't give it a second glance and charged into the fight with Pamela and Limera.

It took Ruby Jaune Ren and Nora fifthteen minutes to get out of their bindings and grab all their gear. As they rushed to the hole in the wall to see what was happening. The scene they came upon was intimidating slightly. Patches of the earth were seared and smoking, various weapons were lying around mingled with bodies that were on the ground some had slashes while others had burns. There were still at least seven fighters left and slowly they were overwhelming the three. Tobias was in gun to hand combat with the leader, his weapon were knuckles with large blades at the end which he kept swiping and slashing at Tobias at. Tobias continued to duck and roll under the swipes as he tried to get a shot in however the man was obviously well versed in martial arts and stopped Tobias from firing at him by blocking his wrist. Pamela was currently on the defensive while taking on three others and Limera was in the same situation. Twirling her staff fiercely to deflect attacks and send fire flying. Ruby Jaune Ren and Nora all dropped down from their vantage point and charged in to help. As they got closer it was obvious they weren't doing so hot. Pamela and Limera were looking ragged, cuts on multiple places on their bodies and their clothes were ripped in places. Tobias was equally battered, some more scratches on his armor and he had blood dripping out of his nose his cheek was also swollen. Tobias noticed them running over and shouted "Don't come closer! Ill hit you this time if you don't!"

Pamela was sent backwards sliding into the dirt as she slid to a stop near Tobias her sword on the ground, and Limera quickly jumped backwards so she was next to Tobias swinging the staff around him she forced the bandit leader to jump back, breaking Tobias from their grapple. Pamela propped herself up on an arm. "Do it."

"Ready Limera?" Tobias asked breathlessly

"Always summoner!" she replied.

As the bandits converged on them Ruby started to run forward again before being forced to stop. Ren's hand on her shoulder.

"Bare Flame, Fergo!"

"Stellar Breaker!"

Tobias and Limera began to spin rapidly spraying fire everywhere, Tobias fired quickly and a tornado of flame burst into existence, engulfing them and the bandits.

Ruby and the others had to step back a few more feet because this time, the heat from the flames were absolutely scorching, they could feel the heat begin to burn unlike what had happened in the house

The flames dissipated as they twirled into the air. And around Tobias Limera and Pamela were a few badly burned bodies of the bandits while the others who must have had auras were simply passed out. The air around them was still noticeably super heated with the way it shimmered. Tobias dropped his arms, his pistols still steaming and began to walk towards them. He looked far better, upon closer inspection his nose had stopped bleeding, his swollen cheek was back to normal. The only way you could tell he was in a fight was the fact that he was breathing heavily and his armor was scratched up.

"Thanks for not coming closer. That would have made that fight a bit more chaotic than it already was."

"Okay, What was that!" Ruby exclaimed. "Since when could you breath fire and make stuff explode like KABOOM." as she spoke she gestured around excitedly. "And since when did you learn how to use weapons?! I thought you couldn't fight! And what kind of fighting technique was that with your guns! I've never seen anyone but Ren go that close to someone with their guns. And Ren does that because he's a ninja and that's really cool so in the time you were away did you become a ninja?" Ruby rapid fired question after question.

"Ruby please, are you going to actually let me answer?" Tobias said, trying to get an edge in wordwise.

Jaune clapped his hand over Ruby's mouth effectively muffling her. "I think he's trying to answer you Ruby but you aren't giving him a chance." he said with a chuckle.

Tobias gave a wry grin. "Let's get out of here first though. We can talk when we get to where we are going. I'd rather not be here when whoever is capable of getting up does so."

They all nodded in agreement and set out the way they came with Tobias following. As they passed the tripwire that got them into this predicament Nora snapped it in half with a strong kick, sticking her tongue out at it as they walked past.