The sound of a sword swinging echoed in the darkness of a dormitory at Beacon Academy. The blade cut into the air, opening a red and black portal inside the room. Energy warping and distorting the atmosphere, a lone figure stepped forth from the dimensional doorway.

Her feathered black tresses lightly waved as the portal closed behind her, a woman whose face was obscured by a large white and red Grimm mask scanned the room. Among the students calling this room home, the stranger's red eyes fell upon a snoring boy with pink hair. She approached him carefully, her hand reaching into the red-girdle belt wrapped around her waist.

When she was next to his bed, the boy's nose twitched. His eyes shot open.

"Who-"

She quickly silenced him by pressing her hand against his mouth. She heard him swallow the pill she had been keeping in her palm, but kept his mouth covered. She knew how loud he could be if given the chance to speak for even a moment.

"The pill you just swallowed temporarily eliminates motion sickness for. You're friends are in danger."

The boy's eyes narrowed in suspicion. It was clear that he didn't believe her. Not that she blamed him. Not only had she broken into his room unannounced, she had also lost the right to his trust long ago. Even so she remain stern.

When the mysterious woman gripped the hilt of her odachi, the scabbard started to rotate. After a second or so it stopped and she slowly revealed her weapon – its blade now red. In one quick motion she cut into the air, creating another portal like the one she arrived in. She then sheathed her weapon and removed her hand from the boy's mouth.

"Whether you choose to believe my words or not is up to you. Your friends will be on the other side of this portal. If you wish to save them, then follow."

She jumped in. After few seconds she heard someone else follow her.

Weiss opened her eyes slowly. Her head was throbbing, and her entire body ached. Last thing she remembered was being slammed into the floor by the Lieutenant. Then everything went black.

"What...happened?"

"You were supposed to let me know when you were in trouble."

Weiss craned her neck upward at the voice, coming face to face with her brother. He smiled. She blinked rapidly to make sure she wasn't seeing things, but this was not a hallucination. Her brother really was holding her.

"Natsu?! What are you-how are you here? We're on a moving train going over one hundred miles an hour! How are you even able to stand?!"

"We're on a train? Wow that pill must have really worked after all."

"What pill?"

"I'll tell you later." Natsu placed Weiss down on a nearby crate. "You rest. I got this." He walked to the Lieutenant.

"Natsu, wait-"

Weiss tried to follow, but she was still weak from the battle from earlier and her knees buckled as soon as she stood up. She was forced to sit back down on the crate.

"Natsu…"

Natsu smiled at his sister. "Don't worry. I can handle this guy."

The pinkette cracked his knuckles and stood before the somewhat confused White Fang Lieutenant. When the man recognized Natsu he started to laugh menacingly.

"The boss has been looking for you."

Natsu gave no response. The man revved his chainsaw.

"I'll cut your head off and wrap it as a gift!"

He charged.

"Natsu, look out!" his sister shouted.

The Lieutenant brought down his weapon. He hit something hard, but not what he was expecting.

"What the-"

Natsu looked under his left gauntlet as the chainsaw grinded against it. He equipped Black Summer just before the man swung. The pinkette parried the blade and hit the man in the face. The Lieutenant flew into the back door of the car with a hard thud. Natsu clenched his fist, exhaust expelling from the vents of his gauntlets.

"Get up. I'm not even fully awake yet."

Neopolitan was forced back with two large swings of a sword. Just as she was about finish Yang Xiao Long for good, someone intervened.

When the mute assassin got a good look at her mysterious assailant she felt a chill reverberate throughout her body. Her blood ran cold, her seemingly eternal smirk was replaced with a frightened frown, and her normally two-tone eyes both turned white as her pupils shrank.

When the woman unsheathed her red-bladed odachi, Neopolitan knew this was a battle that she could not win. Whoever this woman was, she was absurdly powerful. In fear Neopolitan took two steps back and jumped into the air. In a bright flash she disappeared into the ether.

The threat now neutralized, the masked woman lowered her blade and looked over to the still unconscious Yang. Though her mask hid her facial expressions, she felt a mix of guilt and shame while observing the young blonde. Swiftly she opened a portal to an unknown destination.

As she sheathed her weapon, she slowly stepped back towards the portal, her eyes never leaving Yang. She finally turned around when she was close enough.

It is in your hands now, Natsu.

Unbeknownst to the woman, Yang started to stir. Her eyes half-open, she awakened just in time to see the woman blink away into the portal.

"Who…was that? Where did that other girl go?"

Yang felt a throbbing in her head when she made it to her feet. Realizing she had no time to dwell on the mystery, she quickly set out to join her friends.

Blake contemplated what to do as she stood over the defeated Torchwick. Once again her thoughts went to killing him. She knew in her heart that was not the answer, but she also knew that she couldn't just leave him to his own devices either. Doing that is what partially led to this situation in the first place. Before she could come to a firm decision, the cargo doors opened and in soared the White Fang Lieutenant.

Blake ducked. He passed over her and hit the wall with a quaking slam, he then slid next to Torchwick on the ground. When Blake took a good look at him, she noted that he had taken quite a beating. His mask was broken along the jaw - revealing his bleeding lips - and the rest of his body was covered in bruises and even a few burn marks.

"Did Weiss really do all of this?"

"She had some help."

Blake was surprised when she saw Natsu step through the still open door along with her teammate.

"When did you get here?"

"Well it's kind of a long story-"

"Which we do not have time to explain." Weiss interrupted. "What do we do now?"

"We wait for Yang."

"Guys!"

As if on cue the blonde ran through the door.

"There she is." Natsu commented with a point of his thumb.

"Is everyone all right? Where's Torchwick?" her question was answered when she saw the criminal - as well as the White Fang Lieutenant - unconscious next to Blake. "Oh. Mission accomplished then. Guess we can go up now."

"Up? Like on top of the train 'up'?" Natsu pointed to the ceiling and gulped. His face was starting to turn white.

"Duh, where else would we-wait...Natsu?! When did you get here?"

"I've been here the entire time."

Ruby and Doctor Oobleck still had their hands full on top of the train with the second Paladin. After what felt like an endless struggle of violence, Oobleck jumped over the mech. The two finally prevailed when the Doctor and Ruby shot it's legs from opposite sides. The mech soared into the air and landed on the tracks below like its predecessor.

"You go on ahead!" The Doctor ordered.

"But-"

"Don't worry. It's past time I teach them a lesson." Oobleck started for the end of the train, encountering two more Paladins along the way.

Just before Ruby could leave, she noticed the worried look in Zwei's eyes. She knew exactly what he was begging for.

"Go."

The dog's ears perked up and he ran off to join Oobleck in battle. Ruby headed to the front of train and was soon joined by her team and Natsu.

"Natsu? When did you-"

"No time for that now." his sister cut in. "Look." She pointed the group's attention to the front of the train. It was fast approaching the closed doors that lead into the main city of Vale at the end of the track.

"What do we do?" Blake implored. If they hit the door at this speed not only would the train be destroyed, but they would most assuredly die.

Weiss and Ruby gave each other knowing nods. They had a plan. The heiress stabbed Myrtenaster into the top of the train car they were on, and encased herself and her friends in a dome of ice.

"This will protect us, right?" Yang warily asked as knocked on the dome.

"Yeah!" her sister piped up. "…I think. Right, Weiss? Please say I'm right."

"Of course you're right…I think."

"Uh…guys."

The girls looked to Natsu. His face was green, now green and his stomach's gurgling was so loud that everyone could hear it.

"I think whatever got rid of my motion sickness…" he stifled a minor burp. "It's starting to wear off."

"Hold it!" the girls shouted in fear.

That next moment the train collided with the steel doors. There was a thunderous explosion and everything went white.

When his vision was restored, the first thing Natsu saw was Team RWBY spread out around him. His ears were still ringing from the crash but everyone looked ok and that was what mattered. Upon taking stock in his surroundings, Natsu realized that they were in the middle of town - or to be more precise, the city park. Once more they were surrounded by frightened onlookers. Natsu's ears finally stopped ringing due to Tinnitus; only for the noise to be replaced with the blaring of the city's emergency siren.

There was a rumbling underground. A black King Taijitu broke out of the rubble, bringing with it numerous Beowolves, Death Stalkers, Ursai, and various other Grimm into the city. The citizens ran away in terror. It was an invasion!

Cinder stood at the edge of the courtyard of Beacon Acadmey. Looking out, she could hear the sirens ringing in the air, as well as see the smoke billowing from the city. She, Mercury, and Emerald had been searching for Natsu since daybreak. Normally she wouldn't have minded if the pinkette was unaccounted for, but the circumstances surrounding his disappearance concerned her.

There was no forced entry or exit. As well as nothing – save Natsu – being taken from the room. If anyone at the school were onto her plans, why only take Natsu and not one of her subordinates? Why not abduct Cinder herself? There were too many questions and for the first time Cinder found herself...worried. Where are you, Natsu?

"What is that?"

Emerald and Mercury rejoined Cinder. The sirens continued to wail.

"Did you find him?"

"No, ma'am."

"What's going on out there?" Mercury pointed to the city.

"You don't think-" Emerald gasped.

"Starting to look like it."

"But that's days away."

"What do we do?"

Cinder thought about their next move. Whatever was going was something she hadn't accounted for, but it had to be dealt with.

Natsu and Team RWBY were surrounded on all sides by Grimm as they stood on the stage in the park.

"How many of them are there?" Natsu questioned.

"A lot." Answered Blake.

"Any ideas on how to get out of this mess?" Weiss requested.

"Just keep hitting them until they stop breathing." Offered Yang.

Ruby cocked Crescent Rose. "Works for me."

Natsu readied Black Summer. "Let's get started."

The Grimm attacked.

Ruby was the first to jump from the stage. Sticking her scythe blade into the ground, she ran in a circle and kicked away a group of Beowolves circling her.

Yang launched herself into air using one of the Grimm. Firing more shots from Ember Celica while airborne, she was beset by Nevermores and sent plummeting back to earth. Natsu caught her before she hit the ground.

"My hero." She teased, poking his nose.

The pinkette rolled his eyes and set her down. After blasting away a group of Ursa they separated for opposite ends of the battlefield.

Blake and Weiss defended the stage. Blake shot down advancing Creeps with Gambol Shroud, while Weiss swatted a group of Beowolves away with a giant summoned sword.

Natsu created a fireball and threw it into a few of the Death Stalkers following him. One of the beast's tails penetrated the flames. Natsu quickly caught appendage, ripping off the stinger once he got a good grip. He stuck it into the beast's head, finishing it off. When an Ursa Major charged at him next, Natsu punched a hole in it's chest. When he stepped back and removed his arm, the monster faded away. Natsu engulfed his hand in flames. When looked to the group of Grimm before him her grinned in anticipation.

"I'm all fired up."

Elsewhere, Yang punched a car into a group of Beowolves and Creeps, Blake used her doubles to get the surprise on a Death Stalker, and Weiss froze a score of Boarbatusks before shattering them.

All over Natsu and his friends were trying to quell the infestation of Grimm, but they could on do so much with their numbers so thin.

Ruby knocked away a Beowolf only to come face to face with the King Taijitu that lead the Grimm into the city. Just as the snake started to strike, Ruby heard a loud bang. She looked up.

Sailing through the air on Magnhild was the ever-excited Nora Valkyrie. With a smile and a shout, the chestnut-haired maiden bashed her hammer into the King Taijitu's head, killing it instantly. After she landed on the ground she was joined by the rest of Team JNPR.

"Let's go!"

At Pyrrha's order Ren and Nora charged, much to the chagrin of their ACTUAL leader, Jaune. With JNPR in the fray, Ruby noticed that things were finally starting to look up.

"Pyrrha!"

Natsu ran to the redhead. They stood back to back upon being surrounded by Beowolves and Creeps.

"What happened here?"

Natsu shrugged. "Weiss told me that Torchwick was planning to bring a whole bunch of weapons into the city using some subway tunnel, but we stopped him...kind of. Along the way these Grimm must have showed up."

Pyrrha noticed the dust and scratches on the pinkette's body. Clearly he and the others had been fighting long before her team showed up. "Are you ok?"

"Don't worry about me. I'm fine. I live for this stuff." Natsu looked around at all of the snarling monsters and smirked. The adrenaline was pumping again. "We haven't fought together since the Initiation Trial."

Pyrrha grinned. "I know. Though that wasn't extreme as this."

"Bet I can kill more monsters than you."

"Oh? I'll take that wager."

"Alright, loser has to do one thing the winner says on our date. No questions asked."

Natsu dashed into the throng of monsters, leaving behind a flustered Pyrrha.

"Wh-what?!"

Natsu knocked out a Beowolf with a stiff punch.

"That's one! If you don't hurry up I'm gonna win!"

Pyrrha composed herself and charged.

In the park, Jaune – somewhat hesitantly - ran into the battlefield with his sword and shield at the ready.

"Alright! Who's first?!"

An Ursa Major – similar in size to the one he faced last semester – rose to meet his challenge. The blonde immediately regretted his bravado.

"Ok. So you're first. That's fine." Jaune slowly stepped back. The Grimm followed. "Alright, Jaune. Just calm down. You've done this before. Totally fine. You're totally fine." Jaune stopped walking, took a deep breath, and raised his sword.

With a roar he attacked the monster, his fright-filled flurry of strikes hitting the Ursa one after another. The beast had no room to counter. When Jaune finished, the Ursa toppled over dead. Pyrrha – who was now tailing two kills behind Natsu – watched the battle and smiled as Jaune sighed in relief. He had certainly grown.

Not long after, Sun and Neptune arrived on the scene. Standing at the top of the stairs before Jaune, flashed their plastic detective badges to the masses. Nobody seemed to notice...or care.

"Nobody move! Junior Detectives!"

"We have badges! So you know it's official!"

As they joined the fight they heard the Atlesian Military's aircrafts soaring overhead. The airships dropped hundreds of AK-200s into the city. The robots quickly helped turned the tide of the battle once more in favor of the students.

"Stupid, military, glory hog, tin cans." Natsu pulled his cannons out of the chest of a Nevermore. "That's fifty. No way Pyrrha is gonna beat me now."

As Natsu said this, he was blitzed by a gang of Creeps. Before he could react a few of the monsters were shot by what appeared to be green bullets.

"What the-"

"You really should pay more attention to what's going on around you. Might cost you your head."

Natsu turned around and saw that his savior was in fact, Emerald. Pistols in hand she shot down more Beowolves advancing.

"When did you guys get here?"

"Not too long ago. We spent almost all morning looking for you."

Natsu scratched the back of his neck. "Sorry I worried you guys."

"It's fine."

"Where are Cinder and Mercury?"

Emerald continued firing at the Grimm ahead of them. "Back that way. I'll cover you."

"You don't need help?"

Emerald smirked. "Please. I've dealt with rats worse than these things."

"If you say so." Natsu took off.

When he was gone Emerald changed her pistols into kusarigama and charged the Grimm. She whipped the blades around on the chain, cutting into the monsters with stunning accuracy and viciousness. She jumped over the Ursa Major leading the pack. Her blade placed against the beast's neck, Emerald yanked the chain, separating the Ursa's head from it's shoulders.

Natsu met up with Cinder not long after leaving Emerald.

"Leader, I am pleased that you're all right. I hope you had a nice trip."

"I know you're mad, but I have a reason for-"

"No need. I'm only teasing. Your safety is all that matters at this point. I assume you know the reason why these Grimm have invaded the city."

"Yeah. That Torchwick guy caused it."

"He is quite the troublesome fellow."

The two were approached by a pair of Deathstalkers and Nevermores

Cinder pulled down her gloves over her hands. "Shall we?"

Natsu nodded. "Let's go."

Another airship arrived, bringing with it Team CFVY and Professor Port. The supposed "strongest" team in Beacon Academy and the Professor leapt from the ship and into the fray. Yatsuhashi cleared the area around him with a slamming of his sword into the ground, while Fox and Velvet defeated a number of charging Grimm with only hand-to-hand combat.

An Ursa Major broke free from the pack and made a beeline for the group. Fox stepped forward.

He cut into the beast with his tonfa before knocking sending into the air with an uppercut. When it came down, The crimson-haired focused his energy into a strike that caused a shockwave throughout the monster's body. When it landed back near it's pack, it's body expanded like a balloon and burst, spreading it's spikes all around. Some impaling the Grimm around it.

Some shot towards Team CFVY, but Coco deftly swatted them away with her bag.

"Nice hustle, Fox."

He nodded and jumped back to the team, allowing Coco to approach a giant Beowolf unafraid. She looked over the rim of her glasses, her normally laid back expression an angry one.

"You destroyed my favorite clothing store. Time to die."

The monster roared. Coco shut it up with a hit to the chin with her bag. Neck she kicked its groin. When the creature doubled over, Coco slammed her bag on the top of its head to finish it. When more Grimm charged – three Beowolves and a Death Stalker to be exact – the stylish student knocked a of them few away before retreating.

Velvet ran to join Coco, her hand on the gold and brown box affixed to her hip. When Coco saw this she held out her hand to stop Velvet.

"You've spent all semester saving that up. Don't waste it here."

While disappointed, Velvet accepted her leader's words and took a step back. Coco stepped to face the Grimm again, this time her bag changing into her Gatling gun. She fired, shooting the Grimm on the ground – as well as a few Nevermore flying in the sky – to pieces.

"Let's keep moving."

The rest of Team CFVY nodded and headed out after their leader.

Zwei and Doctor Oobleck met with Professor Port further in the city. The teachers acknowledged one another before firing their weapons into a charging Grimm horde. Not to be outdone, a noticeably furious Glynda Goodwitch quickly dispatched of the monsters in her path before using her telekinesis to repair the damage done by the train.

Once the hole was repaired and the final Grimm were dealt with, all of the students met in the park. A military transport ship landed near them awaiting a captured Torchwick - who the Schnee siblings had tied up and froze before the train crashed.

"Oh goodness you caught me." Torchwick said lazily. "I see now how wrong I was." As he was handed over to the military by Mercury and Emerald, everyone patted themselves on the back for a job well done. The battle was finally over.

Natsu walked over to Pyrrha with a confident grin.

"How many did you get? I got one-hundred and thirty."

Pyrrha sighed in defeat. "One-hundred and twenty-three."

Natsu beamed. "I win!"

Even though she lost, Pyrrha couldn't help but smile at Natsu's excitement. "Congratulations. You bested me."

"Don't thank me yet. Just wait until later. I got something huge planned."

The redhead blushed. "Y-you do?" she was starting to get anxious. He already knows what he wants me to do?

Natsu smiled wide. "Yep! Just wait and see!" He then left to join his team.

"What was that about?" Jaune asked. He looked to Pyrrha. "You guys make a bet or something?"

She nodded. "Y-yes. We did. The loser has to do whatever the winner says."

"Well that is certainly not ominous." Ren sarcastically stated.

"Yeah. I wonder what Natsu's gonna make her do." Jaune said.

Nora let loose an impish grin when she saw the redhead fidget. She then gave her a thumbs up.

Pyrrha blushed harder.

Team RWBY, Natsu, and Zwei sat on edge of the main landing pad of the school; watching as the Atlesian fleet glided over the crystal clear waters separating Beacon Academy from Vale. It had been a long couple of days, but now they finally had a chance to unwind. Natsu wanted his team to join them, but they apparently had other things to deal with.

"We did it." Yang said.

Blake echoed her words. "We did it."

"If we don't get extra credit for this I will be really disappointed." Said Weiss.

"Yeah." Natsu chirped. "I want free food and A's for a year. I had to ride that rolling death trap and I'm pretty sure my neck hurts from the crash. I deserve a reward."

"But we didn't solve everything." Ruby reminded her friends. "A lot of people were hurt, and we still don't know who did this, or who that mystery girl was."

Natsu found himself thinking again. Ruby was right. A lot of things were still up in the air. Torchwick was obviously working for someone, but there weren't nearly enough pieces to make the full puzzle.

"Not every story has a neat and tidy ending." He heard his sister say.

"We may not have the answers…" Blake started. "But we have put a lot of dangerous people behind bars. I think that accounts for something."

"Yeah." Ruby smiled. "Your're right. Think positive. Also if anyone tries something like this again we'll be ready."

Her sister laid back. "Yeah. Teamwork. Comradery." she said lethargically. "Good job. So what now?"

"I'd suggest training for the tournament, but that seems moot at this point." Weiss said.

"So…sleep?" suggested Ruby. Her team agreed and stood up to leave. "Coming, Natsu?"

"Nah. You guys go ahead. I think I'll stay out here a little longer."

"Alright. See you tomorrow."

Natsu waved. "See ya."

"Don't stay out too late." His sister called.

Natsu leaned back and closed his eyes once the girls were gone. He was still worried about a few things: the mysterious woman who brought him to the train, the criminal who broke into the CCT, and just who was pulling Torchwick strings. All of these questions were still unanswered, but for now Natsu was going to enjoy the setting sun let tomorrow's troubles wait until then. Just as he settled he felt something wet hit his face. When he opened his eyes he saw Zwei panting next to him. With a smile he sat up and pet the dog.

"You wanna stay out too?"

Zwei wagged his tail and answered the pinkette with a affrimative bark.

"All right then." Natsu laid back, closing his eyes once more. "Take a load off."

Zwei barked again and circled around a couple of times before laying down next to Natsu.

Ozpin was having trouble keeping his focus. The incident in the city certainly rattled him – as it should have – but the more pressing matter as hand was the response of the high ranking individuals within the kingdom. As such here he was, back to his desk while engaged in a meeting with three of the kingdom's councilman on his holo-screen, as well as General Ironwood.

"We have no choice!" one of the councilors said. "We cannot broadcast the Vytal festival, much less host it if we are unable to ensure the safety of the citizens! Therefore, we've spoken with the Atlas council and have decided that the best course of action is to appoint General Ironwood as Head of Security for the event."

"Thank you, Councilor." General Ironwood's screen grew bigger when he spoke. "You can rest assured that I will make sure this event moves as safely and as smoothly as possible."

"And we thank you, General."

"Will that be all?" Ozpin was starting to lose his patience with the entire affair.

"For now…but once this festival concludes we will have a serious discussion about your position at Beacon Academy. General Ironwood's reports over these last few weeks have left us…concerned. I'm sure you understand."

"Of course."

The councilman ended the call, leaving only Ozpin and Ironwood.

"Believe me, Ozpin, this is the right call. You can trust me to keep our people safe."

The headmaster remained silent when the call ended.

On his end, Ironwood stared out at Ozpin's office through his ship's window once the call concluded. "You brought this on yourself." He walked over to a pod being guarded by two soldiers, when the door opened Roman Torchwick was revealed to be inside. "Leave us."

The guards saluted their general and left the area, leaving the two alone.

"I've been told that you've refused to cooperate with the authorities." Ironwood reported.

"This may surprise you, General, but I'm not exactly a fan of local law enforcement."

"Then how do you feel about the world's strongest military power?"

Torchwick looked around his cramped cell. "Not really leaving much of a good first impression I must say. Too drab and boring."

Ironwood was through playing games. His tone turned serious. "One chance. Who is the mastermind behind this? Who do you work for?"

"Is it not obvious? You're looking right at him. Criminal entrepreneur. I'm my own boss."

Ironwood smiled wryly. "I see." He walked away.

"What's wrong, General? I thought you wanted to talk things out?"

"The council's given me full custody of you so I suggest you make yourself comfortable. We'll have plenty of time to…talk. I can promise you that 'Mr. Entrepreneur'."

Torchwick chuckled to himself. "Wonderful. See you soon."

His cell door closed.

"All things considered, I'd consider today a success."

Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury stood atop one of the buildings overlooking the battlefield from earlier. Cinder was fairly calm, about the entire incident. However, Emerald wasn't as composed.

"Those stupid kids really made a mess of things, and of course Natsu was right in the middle of it. Was it really wise to fight with him?"

"There's no need to worry about. I was keeping up appearances. We are supposed to be a team after all. Also I never used my weapons or my abilities, only my hands during the battle. I wouldn't want to spoil him too much before the big surprise." Cinder grinned and thought of the pinkette. He's getting stronger by the day. Just how far will he go I wonder.

Mercury looked to the street. "A lot of Faunus didn't make it out of those tunnels." he informed his leader. "You think the White Fang will still listen to us?"

"No."

A man approached the group. His blood-red hair was spike up, with traces of brown in the back. He wore a white mask that covered the top half of his face and on the back of his black suit jacket was red rose over a white ornate pattern. He tightly gripped the long sword in his hand.

"But they will listen to me."

Yang walked through the school courtyard. The sky above was pitch-black. There wasn't even a star in the sky. Something called out to Yang in her sleep, and as if on instinct she decided to follow the voice. As she approached the statue at the end of the path, she was slightly surprised to see the masked woman from the train.

Yang had been curious about her ever since the incident. Just who was this woman? Why was she on the on the train? And why did she feel so...familiar? Now was the chance to get some answers.

"Who are you?" the blonde demanded.

Slowly the woman removed her mask, finally revealing her face. She looked almost identical to Yang – if a couple of years older. Her eyes were also red, like Yang when activated her Semblance. As if in response to the woman, Yang's eyes turned red as well.

"Yang…" the woman said. "We have a lot to talk about."

Natsu tossed and turned in his bed. All at once his mind was bombarded with distorted and fragmented images of things he had never seen before: flying monsters, children, a man with black hair, and two women. One with blonde hair and the other black. Theses images felt like memories, but Natsu couldn't clearly make out any of them. It was like they were buried. Desperately crawling to the surface to be set free. The pain was unbearable. Natsu clutched his head tight and uttered in his sleep.

A woman with long black hair and a small smile on her face flashed in his head.

"Raven…"

The image of the woman soon faded into one of a huge creature with with red scales, claws, and wings.

"Ig...neel..."

This chapter marks the end of Vol. 2 hope you guys liked it. I know I cut out the fight with the Lieutenant, but I thought it was best not to overload the chapter with too many fight scenes since this also had the big battle in the city. I also put more hints as to Natsu's memories since I hadn't done that in a while. Next chapter will be a filler before I head into Vol. 3.

As always leave a reveiw/comment letting me know what you think. Thanks for reading! :)

Next Time: Natsu and Pyrrha's Date!