More things happen!
Last Time on The RPG Hunter
Aaron had defeated an evil and unnerving clone of himself, he had shown some of his power to Summer and she began to question it. After the fight, the team knew that they would have to find and kill Merlot once and for all along with returning Summer to her home after so many years apart. What will happen this chapter? Find out now!
*Play Opening One*
Currently Aaron and the others were traveling up to Merlot's area, after going up a giant staircase to his throne, they had made in front of him. He was wearing a black cape with a red inside, he had white hair and red sunglasses, he had black greaves on that had a slight dark energy coming off it. He looked as maniacal as ever, he had an insane grin on his face.
"You must be the hero who came in here, in my domain to kill me and regain Summer Rose, one of the Silver Eyed warriors? Yet you refuse to join me for any reason." Merlot asked
"That's correct, your nothing but a monster in this world." Aaron said
He chuckled evilly, he then looked at Aaron with his now human eye gleaming.
"So you've still denied my offers, i'll give you one more chance." Merlot said
He then put his hand out as his insane grin grew.
"Join me."
Aaron then drew his sword from it's sheath and pointed it at Merlot.
"How about this? I'm gonna kill you, how's that sound for ya!" Aaron said
Merlot then growled, he jumped off his throne and ran to a side area.
"GET BACK HERE!" Yang yelled
By the time she was going to give chase, he was already through the portal. Aaron then frowned, he sighed and looked at the group over his shoulder.
"Listen, i have no idea what he's capable of but i do know this." Aaron said
He then turned around and looked at them, he stabbed his sword into the ground.
"If he has something up his sleeves, promise me that no matter what, we will kill him." Aaron said
Everyone stood their silent, they then nodded, Aaron pulled his sword from the ground and pointed it at the portal.
"Forward ho!" Aaron said
Aaron ran into the portal with everyone else following behind him, when Aaron arrived. He was alone, in an area of darkness. He looked around as he kept his sword drawn, he then heard footsteps.
"You have arrived i see."
Aaron looked over in the direction of the voice to see Merlot, he currently was walking slowly with his cape billowing gently behind him.
"I've got you admit, you must have been foolish to come in here without a plan, nonetheless, i have to commend you." Merlot said
"On what exactly?" Aaron said letting his guard down as Merlot began to walk past him
"On the fact that you managed to lead people to victory on occasion, on the fact that any challenge for you proved futile but let's face facts." Merlot said
He then looked at Aaron, red eyes glowing slightly with his lips in a straight line.
"Your just fooling yourself." Merlot said in a dark tone
"What the hell do you mean?" Aaron asked
"I mean that during this whole thing, you've been keeping your mind off the fact you died a long time ago." Merlot said
Aaron's eyes widened for a sec, then narrowed.
"Let me guess, Salem told you this?" Aaron asked
"Your a smart boy, yes my goddess did in fact tell me of your power after keeping an eye on you for quite awhile." Merlot said
Aaron then raised his sword a little.
"How so?" Aaron asked
"Think about it, each Grimm you killed had a low power instead of being ultra power? Whenever you crossed the ocean, their was a weak sea Grimm that didn't even faze you all that much. Remember back to that?" Merlot explained/asked
Aaron looked down at the void below him, he closed his eyes.
About four years ago..
A younger Aaron wearing a less detailed version of his clothes was on a ship to Atlas, he breathed out a sigh of relief as he was on the deck looking in the sky. He was sitting on a barrel nearby the control room for the ship, it was a bright sunny day out.
"Man, things have toned down a bit since that last Grimm i killed before i got on the ship." Aaron said aloud
*Play Sin Boss battle theme from Final Fantasy X*
"M-monster!!!" A person suddenly yelled
Aaron got up and ran to the front of the ship, a small sea Grimm popped out of the ocean. It was still pretty big but compared to others, it was the smallest of it's type. Aaron drew his sword and it began to be coated in ice, he ran forward with people noticing.
"What's that kid doing?" One of them asked
"No idea but we shouldn't stop him." Another said
"He's just a child!?" A woman said
"Honey he's looks more then capable to do it." Her husband said
Aaron ignored him as he jumped up into the air and prepared a strike, Aaron yelled this as he landed.
"Detroit Smash!"
*End Music*
He slashed the Grimm right on it's head, it started to slowly freeze. Aaron pumped more and more Mana into the attack as it began to freeze, later it was completely frozen. Aaron landed and jumped into the air, this time flying. He flew around the Grimm slashing it all over, Aaron landed and sheathed his sword. When he did the Grimm exploded in a flurry of ice, Aaron stood up as the people looked at him shocked.
"Go about your business, i was just doing what i was trained for." Aaron said
That's when the people had stars in their eyes, they were about to crowd around Aaron when an Scottish voice spoke.
"OI LEAVE THE TYKE ALONE!"
Everyone looked to see the captain of the ship, he had a angry look on his face.
"He may have saved you but that doesn't excuse you to mobbing all over him, he's just a twelve year old." The captain said
"Sir i'm thirteen." Aaron said
The captain then had wide eyes, he then rubbed the back of his head with a slight smile and nervous chuckle.
"My mistake lad." He said
He walked over and kneeled before Aaron.
"So what's your name kid?" He asked
"Name's Aaron Thompson, i'm just your average traveler who helps people out when they need it." Aaron said
"Well i have to thank ye, if you hadn't been around. I would have to get out old Betsy and blast it meself." The captain said
"Oh, your a Hunter?" Aaron asked
The captain then stood up and put his hands on hips, he started to laugh a little.
"Why of course, in my hey day i used to be one of the best but i'm old now. So i took on being captain of this here ship." The captain said
"Cool, i'm training to be a Hunter one day." Aaron said
That's when the captain put a hand around Aaron's shoulder.
"Well that's nice lad, i could give a few pointers on shooting." He said
"I take you up on that, my shooting currently sucks." Aaron said
That's when the captain nodded.
"Well i certainly can't teach you too much besides the basics, but i know someone who can." The captain said
"What's his/her name?" Aaron asked
"Her name is Athena, she's one of the best Huntresses i know, she was on my team a while back. Nowadays she teaches travelers like you how to shoot a gun, she even has a few tricks that she may teach you." The captain said
"Huh, well thanks. Captain..."
He then pointed a thumb at himself.
"Captain Bacchus, you can call me Hard Bac." The captain said
"Why Hard Bac?" Aaron asked
"Because my Semblance allows me to tighten certain muscles which can turn them hard as diamond if i drink alcohol." Bacchus said
"Cool." Aaron said
"I should be getting back to work, see ya laddie!" Bacchus said
Bacchus then left, Aaron smiled as he began to relax again.
Now..
Aaron after opening his eyes looked up at Merlot with anger in his them, Merlot then grinned a little.
"Ah yes, if i remember correctly. You knew that Captain and that was killed by a another Grimm a week after arriving in Atlas." Merlot said
"Yes, i did. Captain Bacchus was a nice man, i... felt bad that i wasn't there to help him when he died." Aaron said
Merlot then looked at Aaron with a wider grin, Aaron then looked up.
"I knew he fought to keep people safe, his last words were this. 'No matter what, never give up and never give in, no matter how hard the sea beats down on ya.', he was an honorable man." Aaron said
"Yes, yes honor and all that, i don't really care." Merlot said
"Of course you don't, you have no honor." Aaron said with a smirk on his face
Merlot than growled as he summoned a staff with the head of a bat on it, he then pointed it at Aaron.
"Tell me, what is honor?" Merlot asked angry
That eyes on the bat head began to glow.
"Because honor is nothing but a miserable pile of emotions but enough of this talk, HAVE AT YOU!" Merlot yelled in a rage
That's when fire came out of the staff, Aaron narrowly dodged hit. He got up and ran at Merlot, he did an overhead slash that was blocked. Aaron then backflipped backwards, Aaron's arm was caught by a piece of cloth. He looked over to see the staff has summoned a long piece of cloth, Aaron then glared at Merlot as his arm started to catch on fire.
"Nice try but it's not gonna work." Aaron said
The cloth was than burned off Aaron's arm, he got back up and ran at Merlot again. He kept trying to slash him but it kept being blocked, Aaron was then hit fifty feet away from Merlot. Merlot began to slowly walk over to Aaron, Aaron glared at him as blood began to go down the side of his mouth.
"Well done escaping that cloth but i'm afraid your luck is about to run out." Merlot said
Aaron then got up, he looked at Merlot with a smirk.
"Afraid that's not gonna happen." Aaron said
Merlot than looked at Aaron confused, he then noticed something was burning. He looked down to see a small fire had formed beneath him, Merlot tried to stamp it out but no avail.
"That fire is made of magic, it can't be put out by ordinary means. So that means checkmate." Aaron said
Merlot was then entirely on fire, he burned away with no trace. Aaron looked at where he stood, he then began to walk away. That's when he felt wind starting to gather, he looked to see that it was in the spot Merlot was. Suddenly, Merlot was reformed with burn marks all over and some of his clothing being a bit burnt off.
"Your making me really pissed off." Merlot said
"Same to you." Aaron said with another smirk on his face
Merlot than growled with his eyes glowing a deeper red, he started to grow bigger and bigger. Becoming a more deformed shape in the process, Aaron took a step back as he readied himself.
"You think your so smart boy?" Merlot said in a demonic voice
"Yes." Aaron said
Merlot than clawed at Aaron, it landed on Aaron. He was sent backward with a large claw mark on his chest, while it may heal along with the scars. The pain would of some remains, Aaron slowly got up and looked at Merlot. He looked at the amount of health left in his system combined with the bleeding.
[26/310 HP]
[Bleeding (Wound severe): Lose 4 damage every minute of blood loss]
"Looks like i'm gonna win, Salem's gonna be proud of me." Merlot said
This wasn't good for him, he was going to die. Aaron saw as Merlot walked towards him with thundering footsteps, he looked down and accepted his fate. He lost, game over.
"Aaron NO!"
Aaron looked up to see rather than him being in darkness, he was in a cage looking into a portal. The fight was going on, Ruby was currently in the front with everyone else in the back watching the fight. Ruby looked at the others, she didn't see Aaron.
"We need to do something!" Ruby said
"What can we do? The cage is magic." Weiss said looking down as she stood
"I agree with Weiss, we can't do much inside a magic cage without our Semblances." Arian said with his eyes closed while leaning on the wall
"Besides, we can't do much without good weapons either." Haruko said throwing the old bo staff across the cage as she was sitting against a wall
Ruby saw that everyone was hopeless, Ruby looked back at the fight. She saw Aaron was still looking down, having given up. Ruby suddenly got on her knees, put her hands together, and prayed.
"Please, someone, anyone, save him." Ruby said
She kept saying this over and over, Aaron suddenly was taken away from the scene. He was now in front of a group of God's and Goddess, Aaron looked at them confused.
"Who are you guys?" Aaron asked
"We're the Watchers of the multiverse, you must be the one that was sent to RWBY." A man with tan skin, brown eyes, and clothing resembling a medieval age
"Yes, we've heard a prayer from someone in your universe. At that moment, we decided to intervene." Said a woman with light skin, green eyes, and clothing resembling something out of ancient Egypt
"Yep, with that we've decided to lend you our power temporarily." A man with a normal skin tone, blue eyes, and clothing resembling a modern age
Aaron nodded slightly, he then had this to ask.
"So what are your names?" Aaron asked
The God's and Goddess smiled down at Aaron.
"I'm Sir Arthur of the Round Table." Said the medieval man
"I'm the Queen of the Nile River." Said the Egyptian woman
"And i'm the God of the Machine." The modern man said
Aaron then nodded with a grin on his face, he then kneeled before them.
"If i'm asked to lend your power, than it is my honor to do it." Aaron said
They nodded, Aaron then had symbol circle around him. They entered his body as it faded from the place.
Back at the fight
Aaron started to glow slightly with the same symbols circling around him, this confused Merlot and the captive audience that was watching. Ruby kept praying, Aaron slowly was floating up. His wounds were healed, that's when Aaron had three symbols above him. The symbol of King Arthur, the symbol of an Ankh, and the symbol of a Gear. They entered Aaron's body as he started to glow a rainbow color, Aaron landed on the floor with a light thud. He stood up and looked at his hands, he clenched them into fists.
"Looks like i've got the power, so Merlot." Aaron said
Merlot started to looked at Aaron in fear as he grabbed his sword from the ground, Aaron pointed it at Merlot.
"You were saying something about winning?" Aaron asked
Merlot than glared at Aaron and growled, Aaron lifted up the sword and it started to charge a rainbow glow.
"Time for this to end." Aaron said as he held the sword
"Gladly." Merlot said
Aaron then charged at Merlot and he did so in return, they both slashed each other at the final moment. Aaron slowly sheathed the sword and got up, Merlot was shown to have a giant white gash on his chest.
"I-impossible." Merlot said
He shrank back down to normal side, he was then on all fours.
"I-i have failed you Salem, i do hope you can defeat this brat with the other unlike me." Merlot said
That's when Merlot exploded in light, the room turned into a normal observatory with the others nearby a window, which was away from Aaron. Aaron turned around to see him, the rainbow glow was gone. There was a sword stabbed into the middle of the room, Aaron slowly walked over to it. He pulled it out, the sword had a interesting look. The sword had a black hilt with a grey cloth surrounding it, the cap on it had the symbol of a star on it, the blade was a azure blue with a dull white glow on it. Aaron looked it over, he uttered these words.
"Azure Star."
Aaron then felt someone hugging him, he looked down to see it was Ruby. She was crying into his shirt, Aaron dropped the sword and hugged Ruby back.
"It's okay Ruby, i had the situation under control thanks to your help." Aaron said
Ruby looked at Aaron, he smiled at Ruby.
"You prayed for my safety and someone answered it, so i have to thank you for that." Aaron said
Ruby smiled a little also, that's when Yang said something.
"Hey look our weapons!"
Aaron looked to see a desk with everyone else's weapons, there was one Aaron didn't recognize. It was a white scythe that seemed like it could turn into a large assault rifle, it had the same symbol as Ruby's. Suddenly Summer picked it up and held into the air.
"Finally got Halo Cannon back." Summer said
Aaron looked at her silent, he ignored it and picked up the sword again.
"So Azure Star, that's a strange name for it." Weiss said
"That's the name that was already on it." Aaron said
Everyone looked to see their was strange symbol carved into the sword, Weiss then snapped her fingers.
"That's ancient Valeish, but that language has been lost for years." Weiss said
"I guess this might be special." Aaron said
That's when Aaron had an idea, he tossed the sword a couple feet from him. Aaron held out his hand like he was going to grab something, the sword disappeared and reappeared right in his hand.
"Looks like i have a new weapon." Aaron said
Aaron then thought about spiriting the sword away, it then disappeared in a small white flash. Aaron then smiled, he then looked at the group.
"So we should be heading home, we've been gone for five hours. Everyone's gonna ask where we've been." Aaron said
Everyone nodded, they walked out of the castle. Which actually was some old ruins, they walked out of the old castle gate and walked to where the bullhead location is. Summer was saved and Merlot was defeated, the fight was over.
*Play Ending One*
Next time on The RPG Hunter
"Summer, your alive?!" Taiyang asked
"Yep, thanks to this little goober here." Summer said
Raven was on a nearby tree branch as she looked inside the house, she frowned a little.
'Where did you go all those years ago Summer?' Raven asked
Raven and Summer stood across each other, they suddenly hugged out of nowhere.
"RAVEN!" Summer said
Raven rolled her eyes, she smiled a little.
"Wait Summer has been alive this whole time?" Qrow asked
"I'm right here in the same room as you Qrow." Summer said
That's all for this chapter, a little bit more mystery for the next chapter. Azure Star will become a reoccurring weapon, so watch out for that.
I'll see you guys in the Fandom.