Hello readers, and welcome to the next installation of RWBY: Remnants of Another World. Hope you enjoy!
Update.
Velvet and Brandon's ship name has been changed to Scarlatina's Magic.
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Speech: "The Best Day Ever"
Thought: 'The Best Day Ever'
Flashback: "The Best Day Ever"
"Ugh, why is this place so BORING?!" Mercury complained as he and Emerald walked down the streets of Vale.
"Hah, I don't know, maybe if you got up and did something productive instead of sitting on your ass all day, you would have something to do." Emerald said bitterly.
"Do you even know where you're going?" He asked.
"Of course I know, I've been to this store more times than you've been outside." She said.
"Really? Because from the looks of it, we're just walking around in circles. I swear I've seen the same old man run that shop." Mercury said.
"You're just seeing things." She said.
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"Okay, I KNOW I've seen that same dude run that SAME shop three times now!" Mercury said.
Emerald pinched the edge of her nose, sighing out of frustration.
"Look, just stay here for a second." Emerald said.
"Why? Gonna ask for directions?" Mercury asked as he leaned on the wall.
"No, I'm... going to use the bathroom." She said as she walked towards the old man on the ladder.
As Emerald started to close the gap in between her and the old man, she slowly moved her hand towards the old man's back pocket.
Though as Emerald removed the wallet from the old man, he lost his footing on the ladder and fell towards the ground.
"Oh! Excuse me!" Emerald said as she quickly hid the wallet in her back pocket.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going." She said.
"Oh really?!" Emerald heard Mercury shout from behind her.
"Don't mind him, he's an idiot." Emerald said, rolling her eyes.
"Here, let me help you." She said as she extended her hand outwards.
The old man nodded and grabbed Emerald's hand.
"Um." Emerald said before grabbing a piece of paper out of her pocket.
"Hey, I'm not really from around here so would you mind pointing me in the direction of this shop?" She asked, holding out the piece of paper.
The old man nodded and pointed his finger behind her.
"Thanks! I really appreciate it." She said as she walked off.
"See ya around!" Emerald yelled as she waved to the shopkeeper.
"So we are lost." Mercury said with a smirk.
"Mercury." She began as she pulled out the wallet she stole from the shopkeeper.
"I will seriously pay you to shut up." Emerald said as she waved the wallet in front of Mercury.
"That's not your money." He said.
"When is it ever?" She asked.
"Well, from what you've told me, it's yours when you steal it from Brandon." Mercury said.
"That's different." Emerald said.
"How so?" He asked.
"He let's me steal it." She said.
"Sure he does." Mercury said.
"Anyways, all of this money could be YOURS for five minutes of silence." Emerald said with a hopeful look in her eye.
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"No deal." Mercury said, much to the disappointment of Emerald.
"Fine, I didn't want you to have the stupid money anyways." She said as she threw the wallet on the ground.
"Whatever, you want me." He said.
"Tch, yeah right. Like I would ever want someone as idiotic as you." Emerald said.
"Oh, right! You have your eyes on someone else." Mercury began.
"Mercury." Emerald warned.
"His name starts with a B." He said.
"Mercury!" Emerald said a bit louder this time, her face starting to heat up.
"Ends with N." Mercury said slowly.
"I'm warning you!" She said.
"He's pretty short." He said.
Emerald's face was as red as a tomato now.
"I think I've seen you write something about you and him-!" Though before Mercury could finish, Emerald pushed him in a nearby trashcan.
"Gah! What the hell?!" He asked as his legs hung out of the trash can.
Emerald chuckled and started to walk in the direction of the shop.
"Come on, we have a job to do." She said.
"Ugh, whatever, not my fault you're a closet smut writer." He said.
"It's not smut!" She yelled.
"Sure it's not." He said as he wiped off the remaining garbage off of his body.
They continued to walk down the various streets of Vale, getting closer and closer to their target.
"So how much farther?" Mercury asked.
"Just a few more blocks." She said.
"Ugh, this place is so dull." He complained.
"I kinda like it." Emerald said as she looked around the city.
"Tall buildings, diverse culture." She said.
"Cute short boys." Mercury said with a smirk.
"I wonder if there are trashcans around here." Emerald said as she looked around the streets of Vale.
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"That's what I thought." She said.
"Yeah, not to mention nice, dopey people who are easy to pickpocket." Mercury said.
"That's EVERY city." Emerald said.
"Ooh Emerald! Master thief! Please don't take my money! I barely have enough to get by." Mercury teased.
Emerald glared at Mercury before walking off.
"Tch, you're no fun today." He said, following close behind her.
"Whatever, let's just get this over with." She said.
"Is Brandon working today? If so then this is gonna get REALLY awkward." Mercury said.
"Well... if that happens, I'll put him under one of my illusions and you knock him out." She said.
"He won't like that." He said.
"I know, but at least we'll get the job done." Emerald said as she stood in front of the store.
"Ready?" She asked.
Mercury's only response was to cock the guns on his boots.
"What do you think?" He asked with a smirk.
Emerald nodded and walked into the store.
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"Well then, this is gonna be awkward." He said as he looked at the person who was behind the counter.
"Greeaaaat." Emerald said as she dug her hands into her face.
Brandon was currently sitting behind the counter with a book in his face, whistling some unfamiliar tune.
"So, you want to put him under the illusion while I get ready to knock him out?" He asked.
"No, not yet." She said as she walked over to Brandon.
"Brandon." She called out to him
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"Brandon." She said a bit louder, but still not getting a response.
"Brandon!" Emerald yelled, though he was not responding.
"What the hell are you-!" She began, only for her eyes to widen at the sight of what he was reading.
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Or looking at.
A few seconds of silence passed before Emerald's face turned completely red.
"W-what the hell are you looking a-!" Though before she could finish, Brandon threw the magazine on the floor, took out a fire dust crystal, and threw it at the magazine which caused it to light on fire.
"What were you-?!" Emerald began.
"Nothing!" He said as he pulled off his headphones.
"W-were you just-?!" She began once again.
"Cash or credit?!" He asked with a nervous smile.
A few seconds passed before Mercury broke the silence.
"Where do you keep the comic books?" He asked.
"Over there." Brandon said as he pointed to his right.
"Thanks." Mercury said as he walked over to the right.
"So... what's up?" He asked.
"Actually, I was wondering if you could go and grab your boss for us." Emerald said.
"Why?" Brandon asked.
As he said this, Mercury slammed one of the books shut.
"Can you not slam the books? It's bad for the ink." Brandon said.
"Oh... uh, my bad." Mercury said as he put the book back onto the shelf.
"Oh, I just wanted to talk to him about a shipment I was expecting. It's yet to arrive, and it was supposed to arrive yesterday. I just want to know what's up." She said.
"Yeah, all shipments were cancelled. We're closing up shop today so Tukson decided to just give all the books away." He said.
"Wait, wait, wait. So all of these are free?" Mercury asked.
"Basically." Brandon said.
Mercury quickly grabbed a bag from the counter and started to pile up each comic book that was on the shelf.
"If you tell me what book you ordered I can get it for you now." He said.
"Oh, never mind that. I just... where is your boss now?" Emerald asked.
"You seem to be pretty eager to meet my boss." Brandon said.
"Oh, I just want to talk to him about something... business and all, you know how it is." She said.
"Well, you just missed him." He said, trying to hold back a smirk.
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"I'm sorry what?" Emerald asked.
"He just left last night. Said something about leaving for Vacuo." He said, trying to hold back his laughter.
"What?!" She asked.
"Now that I think about it, he should be leaving for Vacuo right about-" Though before he could finish, the sound of an airship flying above them cut him off.
"Now." He finished.
Emerald said nothing, she just stood there in silence for a couple of seconds.
"Well then... guess we walked around Vale for thirty minutes for nothing." Mercury said.
Emerald just stood there in complete shock.
"So… do you want anything before we close up shop?" Brandon asked.
"Ugh... do you have the Third Crusade?" She asked.
"Paperback or hardcover?" He asked.
"Hardcover, I need something hard to hit myself in the head with." Emerald said.
"Uh, sure. Let me get it for ya." Brandon said as he opened the door that lead to the storage.
As soon as she knew that Brandon was gone, Emerald leaned up against the counter and started to slide down.
"This is just great." Emerald said sarcastically.
"Hey, look on the bright side, at least we won't be chewed out for getting our hands dirty." Mercury said.
"That's not the point, Cinder will be upset by the fact that we even considered trying to kill this guy." She said.
"Well it's not as bad as actually killing him." He said.
"Still, she isn't gonna like that he's still alive, he got away, and that we went to kill him, even though we were SPECIFICALLY told not to." She said.
"Well, excuse me for looking at the bright side." Mercury said.
Emerald was about to say something, but the smell of smoke cut her off.
"What's cooking?" Mercury asked.
Though before Emerald could respond, the smoke detector alarms went off, causing the sprinklers on the ceiling to go off.
"Okay, I got all the books for ya, do you want it in a... bag?" Brandon asked as he saw the waterfall from the ceiling, completely drenching the thief and the assassin.
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"Yeah... I probably should have put out that fire." He said as he slowly left the books on the counter and walked back into the storage.
"Damn, and I just got these things cleaned." Mercury complained as he moved his leg around.
"Let's just go." Emerald said.
Though before she could leave, the giant smirk on Mercury's face stopped her.
"What's with that look?" She asked slowly.
"Man, I knew Brandon got you wet, but this is ri-!" Though before Mercury could finish, Emerald started to throw books at Mercury.
"Ow! Ow! It was a joke!" He yelled as he ran out of the store.
"Get back here so I can shove this book up your ass!" Emerald screamed as she ran after Mercury.
Though as they left the store, Brandon was currently holding a book that Tukson gave him before he left.
Brandon closed his eyes and recalled the events that happened last night.
Last Night
Tukson was currently hanging up the sign that would signify the closing down sale.
"Wow, can't believe it's finally time to close up shop. Feels like it was only yesterday when I opened up this little shop." Tukson said.
'Though I can't stay here anymore. It was already hard enough to hide my identity from the law enforcement, I won't be able to hide for much longer now that the White Fang are on my tail.' Tukson thought.
'Still, it was nice while it lasted, kinda disappointed that I won't be seeing that kid anymore. Was one of the few humans that I actually liked around here.' He thought to himself.
'Meh, it's for the best really.' He thought as he nailed in the last nail that held up the sign.
"There we go, now all that's left to do is-!" Tukson began, only for the sound of someone's voice to cut him off.
"Hey." He heard someone call out to him.
"Gah!" He yelled as he fell off of the ladder that he was standing on.
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"Hey, you okay?" The boy asked.
"Ugh, hey Brandon." Tukson said as he rubbed his eyes.
"What's this?" He asked.
"Right, I was right about to send you the message saying that we're closing down." Tukson said, getting up from the ground.
"Why?" Brandon asked.
"Well... it's complicated." He said.
"I've got time." Brandon said.
As Tukson got a good look at Brandon, he could see that he had various bandages on his body, as well as one across his cheek.
"What happened?" He asked.
"I got into a fight." Brandon said.
"Must have been one hell of a fight." Tukson said.
"You don't know the half of it." He said.
"Well... alright, I'll tell you. But not out here, let's go inside." Tukson said.
Brandon nodded and followed Tukson inside.
"Alright, you'll want to sit down for this one, it's pretty big." He said.
"Alright." Brandon said as he sat in a chair that Tukson gave him.
"Okay, let's get ONE thing straight, what I tell does NOT leave this building." Tukson said.
Brandon nodded, though Tukson shook his head.
"No, I need to hear it from your own mouth. I need to KNOW that you understand what I'm saying." He said.
"Alright, I won't tell a single soul about what happened here tonight." Brandon said.
"Okay... wow, this is a lot harder than I thought it would be." Tukson said.
"I've got all night." He said.
"Alright... I was originally a member of the White Fang." Tukson said.
"Okay, hey, do you need me to organize the books again?" Brandon asked.
"Yeah, I haven't had the chance to organize them. Been too busy hanging up... the... " Tukson said, slowly processing Brandon's response.
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"Wait, what?!" Tukson yelled.
"So do you want them here or-?" Brandon began.
"Hold up! We're not just gonna pretend like that didn't just happen!" Tukson said.
"Hmm?" He hummed.
"Don't 'Hmm' me! I tell you that I'm part of one of the biggest revolutionary groups in all of Remnant, and all you have to say is 'hmm'?!" Tukson asked.
"Is that an issue?" Brandon asked.
"Yes!... W-well no, but-" Tukson began.
"Then don't worry about it. Trust me, weirder shit has happened to me in my lifetime." He said.
"I just… I don't... just like that?" He asked.
"Pretty much. Besides, you said that you USED to be part of them, implying that you've cut ties with them, so why would I shit on you for something you did in the past?" Brandon asked.
Tukson just stood there in silence, shocked at such a normal response.
"Though I am curious. Why are you closing shop so suddenly?" He asked.
Tukson kept standing in silence, though as he contemplated the events that have just transpired, an idea sparked in his mind.
"Look, you're half right about what you just said." Tukson said.
"What do you mean 'half right'?" Brandon asked.
"You're right about me not being part of them anymore, though you're wrong about me cutting ties with them." He said.
"What does that mean?" He asked.
"Well, my brothers and sisters back in the White Fang weren't particularly happy with my decision to leave the White Fang." Tukson said.
"Brothers and sisters? Jeez, you make it sound like a cult." Brandon said.
"Heh, it was kinda like a cult the more I think about it." He said.
"So what, are they gonna come and kill you or something?" He asked.
"Most likely. That's where you come in." Tukson said.
"Hmm?" Brandon hummed.
"Look, I was going to wait until tomorrow night to go to my flight, but now that I know I can trust you, I need a favor." He said.
"I'm listening." He said.
"I'm going to go and hide in a motel until tomorrow. After that I'm going to head to the airship flying to Vacuo." Tukson said.
"Okay, then what are you waiting for?" Brandon asked.
"It would be suspicious if a bookstore that went into a closing sale suddenly didn't have any workers." He said.
"Good point." He said.
"I want you to stay here and watch the sale while I make my escape." Tukson said.
"So you want me to cover for ya?" Brandon asked.
"That's the gist of it, yeah." He said.
"What do I do when they come? They're not exactly gonna be happy that their target is already half way across the world." He said.
"Don't worry, they may hate humans but they're not savages. They won't just go killing humans out of the blue for the hell of it." Tukson said.
"Alright, fair enough." Brandon said.
"So you'll do it?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'll hold down the fort until you're in the clear." He said.
"Thank you, this means a lot to me." Tukson said.
"So... this is the last time I'll be seeing you, huh." Brandon said.
"I wouldn't say the LAST time, never know what might happen." He said.
"Yeah, unpredictable things tend to come my way." He said.
"Actually, I do have ONE more thing to ask of you." Tukson said.
"Jeez, do I have to start charging you?" Brandon asked.
"Heh, I'm gonna miss that sense of humor you have. It's just a simple thing I want you to do." He said as he grabbed a book from behind the counter.
"I want you to deliver this to a friend of mine." He said as he handed Brandon the book.
"Hmm... Around the Kingdoms in 80 days." Brandon read out loud.
'Didn't think there was a Remnant equivalent to the book 'Around the World in 80 days' here.' Brandon thought to himself as he put the book in his bag.
"I'm trusting you to deliver that to my friend if you're in the area." Tukson said.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll deliver it." Brandon said.
"Good... I'm gonna miss ya kid. Not a lot of people like you out there." He said.
"Oh? And just what kind of person do you think I am?" He asked.
"You're one of a kind, yet you're still common. You're a paradox in every way. You're just... Bizarre." Tukson said.
'Can't really tell if that's a good thing, or a bad thing.' Brandon thought to himself.
"Well… I guess I better get packing." Tukson said.
"Yeah, good luck in...?" Brandon began.
"Vacuo." He finished.
"Yeah, good luck." He said before extending his hand outwards.
Tukson nodded and gripped his hand, shaking it.
"And good luck to you. If you're in Vacuo, come by and visit." Tukson said as he walked out of the store.
Present
Brandon sighed as he looked down at the book that Tukson gave to him before he left.
"So, I'm supposed to deliver this to his friend, huh?" He asked.
"Would kind of help if he told me where he or she was." Brandon said as he flipped through the pages to see if there wasn't some sort of address in the book.
"Seriously! Does he expect me to just find the guy?!" He asked as he shook the book.
All of a sudden, a slip of paper flew out of the book and landed on the floor.
"Hmm? What's this?" Brandon asked as he looked at the slip of paper.
"Some sort of letter." He said as he began to read.
"Hey, been awhile..yeah, been what, ten years?"
"Well, I'm writing this letter to tell you... you were right."
"I didn't want to believe you, but you were right, you always were."
"Guess that's why they made you leader."
"Here, I'm giving you this book. You always loved reading this, and they don't really have a lot of bookstores in Menagerie."
"Sorry that I couldn't come to your baby shower party. Been busy and all."
"I'll try to come to the graduation."
"Maybe after a few years of laying low."
"Anyways, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. You were right, and I would like to make it up."
As Brandon came to the end of the letter, he saw two unfamiliar names on the bottom.
"Say hi to Kali for me. I really hope we can make amends, Ghira."
"Your friend, Tukson."
As Brandon finished the letter, there was only one question that was going through his mind right now.
"Who the hell is Kali and Ghira?" He asked as he put the paper back into the book.
Roman's Warehouse.
"Did you seriously throw me into the ocean?!" Mercury asked as he kicked away a crab that was clinging onto his pants.
"I don't know, do you have to keep making stupid comments about Brandon and I?" Emerald asked.
"Okay, I do not make snarky comments about Brandon, I make snarky comments based off your undying love and lust for-!" He was cut off as Emerald pointed one of her pistols at Mercury.
"It's. Not. Lust." She said.
"But you don't deny that it's love." Mercury said with a smirk.
Emerald just stared at him for a good few seconds before putting her gun back into its holster.
"Shut up." She said.
"You're only adding fuel to the fire." He said.
"Let's just go and see the Pumpkin Man and the Ice Cream Girl again." Emerald said.
"I thought you two were on better terms." Mercury said.
"Who? Roman and I?" She asked.
"Oh, yes because CLEARLY you two talk SO much. Who do you think I'm talking about?" Mercury asked.
"We're talking aren't we?" Emerald asked.
"If that's what you want to call it. Most of the time you two just glare at each other. I can literally feel the sparks coming off of you two." He said.
"You have your ways of communication. We have ours. Besides, she can't even talk so it's kinda hard to hold a conversation with her." Emerald said.
"Brandon does it all the time." Mercury said.
"That's because he knows sign language. No thanks to her." She said.
Mercury stopped dead in his tracks and gave Emerald his famous shit-eating grins.
"What now?" Emerald asked.
"You're jealous, aren't ya?" He asked.
"W-what?! No! I'm not jealous!" She defended.
"Then why are you being so defensive about it?" Mercury asked.
"I-I'm not being defensive!" She yelled.
"Look, I won't judge, you can go for whoever you want in life. Though you better make a move before she does." Mercury said.
"It's not like that!" Emerald shouted.
"Then why are you being so touchy about it? Too much protest is suspicious ya know." He said.
"Then stop-!" Emerald began.
"Ugh, what's with all this racket?! Soon enough I'm gonna be just like my old man's old man, shouting 'keep it down you stupid brats!' all day long." They heard Roman say.
Mercury and Emerald's conversation was cut short as Roman, along with Neo started to walk towards them.
"Oh look, she sent the kids again." Roman said.
Roman walked up to Mercury and Emerald and wrapped his arms around the two.
"This is turning out just like the divorce." He said.
"Ugh, spare us the thought procreating." Emerald said.
"It was a joke, learn to lighten up dear." Roman said as he pulled out a slip of paper from his pocket.
"And this, just might tell me where you two have been all day." He said.
"Hey, when did you-?!" Mercury began.
"I'm a professional kid, how about you and your street rat friend over here pay attention. You might learn a thing or two." He said as he looked at the slip of paper.
"Why do you have this address?" Roman asked.
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"Uh, excuse me?" Roman said as he waved his hand in front of Emerald.
"Helloooo! Anyone home?!" He asked.
"Just give her a minute. She and Neo are having a 'conversation'." Mercury said.
Roman looked over to his niece to see that she was glaring intensely at Emerald.
"They're just... glaring at each other." He said.
"They have their ways." Mercury said.
A few seconds passed before Neo stuck her tongue out at Emerald, causing her to roll her eyes.
"I'm sorry, what were you asking?" Emerald asked.
"Why. Do you have. This address?" Roman asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" She said.
"Yeah, I would. Now how about you tell me where you and peg legs have been all day." Roman said.
"We were 'attempting' to clean up your problems. One of them at least." Mercury said.
"I had that under con... wait, what do you mean by 'attempting'?" Roman asked.
"Well, when we went to go and kill the rat, he was already out of Vale." Emerald said.
"I'm sorry, what?!" Roman asked.
"He was already gone. All we did was waste our precious time." Mercury said.
Roman just stood there in silence before bursting into a laughing fit.
"Oh! Oh this is rich! Mercury Black, son of Marcus Black, and Emerald Sustrai 'Master Thief', Cinder's right hand men, and you can't even kill a simple Faunus!" He said.
"Not like you could have done any better." Emerald said.
"Aw, don't be like that Emerald, I thought we were good friends. We are friends, right?" Roman asked.
"Because if we weren't, then I would take you and peg legs here and-!" He began.
"Do what Roman?" A woman's voice asked, interrupting him.
As he was cut off, the woman known as Cinder Fall walked up to the platform and started to descend down to the ground.
"Aha ha ha. I'd uh... not kill them?" Roman asked, hoping that was the correct response.
"Cinder!" Emerald said happily.
"I thought I made it clear that you were to eliminate the would-be runaway." Cinder said.
"I was going to but-" Roman began.
"He was going to escape to Vacuo, so Mercury and I decided that we would take it upon ourselves to kill the rat." Emerald said.
"From what I heard he was some sort of cat." Mercury.
"What, like a puma?" She asked.
"Yeah, there ya go." He said.
"But you didn't." Cinder said with a look of disappointment in her eye.
"N-no. We didn't." She said.
"Not only did you deliberately go against my orders, but you failed to kill the runaway." Cinder said.
Emerald just stood there in silence, her eyes dropping a bit.
"I'm sorry." She said as she bowed.
Cinder said nothing, the only thing she did was slap Emerald across the face, making an audible cracking noise.
"Do NOT disappoint me again." She said.
"I just thought-" Emerald began,
"Don't think. Obey." Cinder said.
"Y-yes ma'am. It won't happen again." She said.
"And you." Cinder said as she turned to Roman.
"Heh heh. Me?" Roman asked.
"Why wasn't this job done sooner?" Cinder asked.
"Uh." Roman said as he slowly turned to the pile of crates that were behind him.
"Eh?" He said as he motioned to his right.
"Eh?!" He said as he motioned to his left.
"EEEEEEHH?!" He said, motioning to the rest of the crates.
"Sorry if I've been a little busy stealing every speck of Dust in the kingdom!" Roman yelled.
"You're an inspiration to every punk with a gun and a ski mask." Mercury said.
"Look around kid, I've got this town running scared." He said.
"Police camping out at every corner, Dust prices through the roof, and we're sitting pretty in a old warehouse with more Dust crystals, vials, and rounds than we know what to do with!" Roman said.
"And you will continue to do so. You remember our little deal, right?" Cinder asked.
"Yes, I know." Roman said.
"Good, now let's move on to phase two of the plan." She said.
"Speaking of which, if you guys wouldn't mind filling me in on your grand master plan, it might actually make my next string of robberies go a little smoother! All I know is that by the time we're done, Vale will be in ruins!" He said.
"Oh, Roman. Have a little faith. You'll know what you need to know when you need to know it, and besides, you may be causing chaos from the outside, but the inside is a whole different story." She said.
"Then who's causing panic on the inside?" Mercury asked.
"I'm glad you asked. Everyone, I would like to introduce you to your new co-workers." Cinder said.
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"I said, I would like to introduce you to your new co-workers!" She said a little louder.
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"I said-!" Cinder began.
Though before she could finish, a loud popping noise could be heard from above them.
"Ow! Okay, I'm going! I'm going!" They heard a male's voice say.
As he said that, five figures appeared from the top of the lift.
One was wearing a traditional White Fang uniform, though the hoodie he wore had various golden patterns on them.
The one beside him was wearing a similar uniform to that of the male, but instead of golden patterns, she had magenta patterns.
Each of them had a feathered cape with their respective color.
One was wearing a labcoat and glasses, a pair of gills on her neck.
The other was wearing a skin tight jumpsuit with various spots on her skin.
Though the last one was completely wrapped in a cloak, their identity hidden.
"There we are. Everyone, I would like you to meet the Phantoms of the White Fang." Cinder said.
"This is Ilia Amitola." Cinder said as she motioned to the chameleon Faunus.
Ilia just nodded, clearly less than happy with their current situation.
"This is Aleria Aquila." Cinder said, motioning to the bird in magenta.
"Hey." She simply said.
"This is Naomi Oceanus." Cinder said as she motioned to the fish Faunus.
"Greetings." She said.
"Hey, how are you able to breathe without water?" Mercury asked.
"I have developed a breathing technique that allows me to remain overseas." Naomi said.
"Oh." He simply said.
"This is Aleria's brother, A-" Cinder began.
"Alerio Aquila! At your services! Now I know what you're thinking, there's no WAY that a Faunus like this could be so handsome! Well, let me tell you girls, I-!" Alerio began.
"Their all in their teens." Aleria said.
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"Carry on then." Alerio said as he rushed towards the spot he was originally in.
"I do hope that you'll-" Cinder began.
"Hold up, who's the big guy?" Roman asked.
"Oh, I'm sure you've seen him already. His face was all over the news last week... well, his original face." Cinder said.
Roman looked confused for a second before his eyes widened.
"Hold up! This is Osvaldo?!" Roman asked.
"Correct." She said.
"I-I can't believe this, you're making me... wait, what do you mean 'original face'?" He asked.
"Well, we can't have him walking around Vale with the same old face now can we?" Cinder asked.
"So what? You gonna give him a new face or something?" Roman asked.
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"Wait, you can't be serious." He said.
"My semblance allows me to change a person's identity, voice, blood type, hand prints, Faunus race, and even semblance to a certain degree." Naomi said.
"What do you mean 'to a certain degree'?" Mercury asked.
"I can change what your semblance does, though when all is said and done, your semblance will be the same, it just works a bit differently." She said.
"For example, Osvaldo's original semblance was muscle expansion but now we are working on making it muscle absorption." Naomi said.
"Wow, that's... something." Mercury said.
"Is that a compliment?" She asked.
"Uh… I guess?" Mercury said, unsure.
"Excellent." She said.
"Uh." Mercury began.
"She may be one of the smartest Faunus we know, but she doesn't exactly have what you call... common sense." Alerio said.
"What are you talking about? My senses are honed to their peak. They are beyond common." Naomi said.
"See what we mean?" Aleria said.
"Anyways, now that introductions are out of the way, we can start phase two of the pl-" Though before Cinder could finish, Aleria cut her off.
"Hold up, how about we hear more about this 'plan' of yours." She said.
"Oh, Aleria… you'll know what you need to-" Cinder started.
"Yeah, I heard you the first time. Though we've got problems of our own. Specifically that our group is short one member." Aleria said.
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'Wait a minute.' Emerald thought to herself.
"Oh? Who might this be?" Cinder asked.
"Her name is Veronica Lambert." She said.
'Shit.' Emerald thought to herself.
"Could she be of use?" Cinder asked.
"She wouldn't be called one of the phantoms if she wasn't." Aleria said.
"Hmm... very well, I'll see what I can do about freeing your friend." Cinder said.
"There is one more issue we've yet to take care of." Aleria said.
"My, we have quite the number of problems, hmm?" She said.
"There's this BRAT that we've yet to take care of. He's been causing us trouble for a while now." Aleria said.
"Oh? And what troubles has this boy caused you?" Cinder asked.
"Ugh, lots of bullshit." Alerio said.
"He's the reason why we're short on scientists. He's the reason why Veronica is in jail, and-" Aleria said as she leaned in to whisper into Cinder's ear.
"He's also the reason why Osvaldo was caught." She whispered.
"I take it's a sensitive subject." Cinder said quietly.
"You know that incident where the Vale police department found a man brutally beaten next to the corpse of his dog?" Aleria asked.
"Yes, I assume that was his doing?" She asked.
"Yeah, let's just say that Osvaldo might not be... 'ready' to go into combat." She said.
"Very well." Cinder said as she nodded.
"We will take care of these problems, and in exchange you will give us your services." She said.
"Good, though getting close to the brat might be difficult." Aleria said.
"Oh, well I'm sure that these two will do the trick." Cinder said, turning to Emerald and Mercury.
"Hmm." Aleria said as she examined the two.
"What can they do?" She asked.
"Mercury here is the son of the infamous Marcus Black, and Emerald here has an illusion semblance." Cinder said.
"They won't even get close." Aleria said.
"Um, says you! Tell me where he is, I'll bring back the head." Mercury said.
"Oh really? Can you kick faster than a machine gun?" Aleria asked.
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"No?" Mercury said.
"Can you sneak past something that's able to catch a bullet in between its fingers?" Aleria asked Emerald.
"I can sneak past a lot of things, but if it's able to catch a bullet as soon as it's fired then no, I don't think so." Emerald said.
"Can EITHER of you punch through stone with your own brute strength?" Aleria asked.
"Why are you asking all these ridiculous questions?" Cinder asked.
"There's something about this kid that isn't right." Alerio said.
"It's like he's... possessed or something." Aleria said.
"Possessed?" Roman asked.
"Yeah, every time you try to get close to him, this... spirit will come out and punch you away." She said.
"And I'm assuming that this 'spirit' can do everything you just mentioned." Cinder said.
"Yep." Alerio said.
"Hmm, this is most... troublesome." Cinder said.
"Luckily, we have already have someone taking care of that." Aleria said as she looked at Ilia.
"Oh? And what can our little chameleon do?" Cinder asked.
Ilia's only response was to crack her whip, electrical sparks flying off of it as it cracked.
"How will this help?" She asked.
"The spirit and the user are connected. Damage the spirit, and you damage the user as well." Aleria said.
"I see... Very well, if you have this under control, then we'll focus on getting your friend out of jail." Cinder said.
"Good. Now if we're done, we'll be leaving." Aleria said as she walked away.
"Call me." Alerio said as he pointed at Cinder.
"So... what now?" Roman asked.
"We're moving. Have the White Fang clear out this building. I'll send you details and coordinates tonight." Cinder said.
"Coordinates?" He asked.
"We're proceeding to phase two." She said.
"What about her little friend? I thought you were going to free her." Roman said.
"And I will. Just not right now." Cinder said as she walked away.
"You." She said as she pointed to Neo.
"You'll be coming with us." Cinder said.
Neo nodded and walked towards Cinder.
Roman sighed before reaching into his pocket to grab his lighter, only to grab empty space.
"What the-?!" Roman began, though cut himself off as he saw Emerald holding his lighter.
"I'm gonna borrow this." She said as she walked away.
As Cinder walked out of the warehouse, she couldn't help but feel as if she's heard about this 'spirit' before.
'I know that this spirit is connected to something. But what?' Cinder asked herself.
'Perhaps this will be more... entertaining than I thought.' She thought.
Beacon
The first semester of Beacon Academy went by faster than it came. Team's RWBY and JNPR already were all eager to start their next semester and take another step closer to becoming huntresses and huntsmen.
Though not everyone was eager to start their second semester.
Some were more focused on recent events, as well as events of the past.
Blake Belladonna, former member of the White Fang, as well as a former member of the Phantoms of The White Fang, a group of some of the White Fang's best members.
Blake was looking at the journal she kept during her time with the Phantoms, her former family.
Sure, most of them were killers and thieves, but in the end they fought for the rights and equality of every Faunus in Remnant.
It's just that some of these methods were... less than agreeable.
Still, they were like her brothers and sisters, it wasn't easy for her to leave them.
Now they're in Vale, not only that but they're working for Roman Torchwick.
Why though? What possible reason could they have to work with a human like him?
Those were the questions running through Blake's mind as she sat in Beacon's cafeteria.
"Hey." Yang said, breaking Blake out of her daze.
"Whatcha doing?" She asked.
"Uh... " Blake tried to say as she closed her journal.
"Nothing, just looking at notes from last semester." Blake said.
"Lame." Yang said as she caught another grape that Nora threw in her mouth.
"So, where were you yesterday?" She asked with her mouth still full.
"I was just... visiting an old friend." Blake said.
"Really? Who?" Yang asked, swallowing the food that was in her mouth.
"... I'll tell you later. Just not in a place that's so... public." She said.
"Oh! Gotcha." Yang said.
Though before they could continue their conversation, a loud thud cut them off.
"Ahem." Ruby cleared her throat out before speaking.
"Sister! Friends! Weiss." Ruby began.
"Hey!" Weiss said.
"Four score and seven minutes ago, I had a dream." She said.
"This ought be good. " Yang said as she caught another grape with her mouth.
"Do you even know what a score is?" Weiss asked.
"Not a clue, but I saw it in a speech so it must mean something good!" Ruby said.
"A dream that one day, the four of us would come together, as a team, and have the most fun anyone has ever had, ever!" She said.
"Did you steal my binder?" Weiss asked.
"I am not a crook." Ruby said.
"What are you talking about?" Blake asked, her mind wandering elsewhere.
"I'm talking about kicking this semester off with a bang!" She said.
"I always kick my semesters off with a Yang!" Yang joked.
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"Eh?" She asked.
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"Guys?
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"Am I right? Or am I-?" Yang didn't have time to finish as Nora threw an apple at her face.
"Boo!" She yelled.
"Ignoring my sister's poor sense of humor-" Ruby began.
"Hey!" Yang said.
"It's been a good two weeks, and between more exchange students arriving and the tournament at the end of the year, our second semester is going to be great!" She said.
"But classes start back up tomorrow. Which is why I have taken the time to schedule a series of wonderful events events for us today." Ruby said as she opened the binder.
"I don't know whether to be proud or scared of what you have in store." Weiss said.
"Well, then allow me to read to you 'Ruby's wonderful day of wonderful events! Vol 1'." Ruby said.
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"The name's a work in progress." She said.
"Wonderful event number one! Start the series of wonderful events!" Ruby said.
"Wonderful event number two! Convince Weiss that these are all a wonderful series of events!" She said.
"Wonderful event number three! Tell Jaune that-" At this point, Blake has completely tuned out Ruby.
Right now, she was more focused on the meeting she had last night at Vale's police station.
Last Night
After Blake saw the capture of Veronica on the news, she had been debating whether or not to go and visit her old friend to possibly see if she, as well as the other members of the Phantoms resented her for leaving.
Though what eventually drove her to go and talk to her was the night at the harbor where she fought Roman Torchwick, as well as her former brothers and sisters.
The capture of Osvaldo was also part of the reason why she went to go and see Veronica.
So here she was, standing in front of her cell with Coco by her side.
"You sure about this?" She asked.
"Yeah. There's something I need to know, and she's my best bet when it comes to finding it out." Blake said.
"Do you really think she'll talk to you? Even after you left?" Coco asked, causing Blake to freeze in place.
"H-how did you-?" Blake began to ask.
"I'm a detective, kitty-cat. I tend to find these things out on my own." She said.
Blake just stood there, her face looking towards the ground.
"Don't worry, I don't hold it against ya. Besides, you left didn't ya?" Coco said.
"Yeah but-" Blake began.
"Then don't worry about it. If we all judged each other on our past actions then how would we move forward as people?" She asked.
She couldn't argue with that, I mean just look at her and Weiss. She treated her like a friend, despite being part of the family that was famous for it's racism against Faunus. Even after the incident with the White Fang she still accepted her, despite being apart of said organization.
"Do you resent me?" Blake asked.
"Why would I?" Coco asked.
Blake just stood there in silence before speaking up.
"I was one of the Phantoms. I was part of the group of elites that killed your sister." She said.
"Let me guess, Velvet told you about it." Coco said.
Blake nodded slowly, probably expecting her to start resenting her.
"Not really a surprise. If there's one thing that girl can't do is keep a secret from her friends." She said.
Blake just stood there in silence, not daring to say a word.
"Look, I don't resent you for what happened to my sister, nor do I resent the Phantoms." Coco said.
"The only one I have a personal vendetta against is Osvaldo." She said.
Blake nodded, seemingly relieved at her response.
"Though I do have to ask, being part of the group that killed my sister, can you give me any info on where he might be now?" Coco asked.
Blake shook her head before responding.
"No, Osvaldo has always remained hidden, even from us. No one ever knows where he is, not even Adam." She said.
"That's the leader of the White Fang, right?" Coco asked.
"Second leader, yeah." Blake said.
"Right, old one stepped down." She said.
"Yeah." She said, keeping the fact that the old leader of the White Fang was her father hidden.
"Well, if she'll talk to anyone, it'll be you. What do you want to ask her anyways?" Coco asked.
"Well, there's a lot of things I want to know. How has everyone been doing? Do you guys hate me for leaving, etc." Blake said.
"So it's just to catch up?" She asked.
"Basically." She said.
"Well, can't argue with that, I'll open the door for you." Coco said as she unlocked the door.
"If she starts anything, holler for me." She said.
"Don't worry, I know she won't try anything." Blake said with a smirk.
"How do you know that?" She asked.
"Because when it comes to hand to hand combat, I'm better than her in every way." She said.
"Alright then, though I'll stay out here just in case." Coco said as she pulled up a chair and leaned it against the wall of the cell.
Blake nodded and gripped the handle of the cell.
She sighed heavily before opening the door.
As she entered the room, she could see Veronica sitting at the end of the room with her back turned from the door.
"You just don't know when to quit, do you?" She asked.
"I don't care how many of your kind you bring, I'm not talking. Just drop dead and eat shit." Veronica said.
"You know, I know someone who says that a lot." Blake said, causing Veronica to turn her head towards Blake.
"Blake?!" Veronica said.
"Hey Veronica." Blake said sheepishly.
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The room was filled with an awkward silence, neither of them said anything.
"So... I brought tea." Blake said.
"Is it raspberry?" Veronica asked.
"With blueberry as well." She said.
"... I missed you." She said.
"Yeah, I've missed you too." Blake said as she wrapped her arms around her sister.
Blake started to pour tea into one of the tea cups she brought into the station.
"Are you even allowed to do this?" She said.
"I have a friend who works here. She pulled a few strings." Blake said.
"Well, you can tell your friend I said thanks." Veronica said.
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"She's the detective outside, isn't she?" She asked, causing Blake to nod.
"Still want me to say thanks?" Blake asked.
Veronica said nothing, she just started at the tea cup, licking her lips.
"Can you... uh, tip the cup against my mouth? I can't exactly drink with my hands tied like this." She said.
"Sure." Blake said as she lifted the cup to Veronica's lips.
"Mmm, that's good." She said.
"This kinda reminds me of all those times I would have to feed you because you pulled the muscles in your hands due to all your tinkering." Blake said.
"I always feel like a baby when you do this." Veronica said.
"Say aaah." Blake teased.
"You're an Aaaaaaasshole." She said.
"Glad to see that you haven't changed at all." Blake said.
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"Hey, can I ask you something?" She asked.
"Well, it's not like I'm going anywhere so sure, ask away." Veronica said.
"Do you resent me?... For leaving and all." Blake asked.
Veronica sighed heavily before responding.
"Do I resent you? No. Do I agree with you? No." She said. "Though I can see why you would leave, ever since Adam was put into power, our methods have become more savage-like and brutal. It's like we're becoming what the humans think we are." Veronica said.
"Yeah, that's why I left. It feels like he treats us more as tools and robots rather than living creatures." Blake said.
"You're telling me." She said.
"What about the others?" She asked.
"Well, Alerio really misses you, said that he was sad that he lost our little kitty-cat." Veronica said with a smirk.
"Why does everyone keep calling me that?" Blake asked.
"Aleria was... less than happy with your decision, though Alerio cooled her off before she could go after you." She said.
"She wanted to come after me?" She asked.
"Yeah, she was pretty pissed at you." Veronica said.
"Naomi was, and I quote, highly unsatisfied with your decision." She said.
"What about Ilia?" Blake asked.
Veronica sighed before responding.
"She... she was the most impacted by your decision to leave. She was the newest member and you were the one she bonded with the most so she was bound to be impacted by it the most." She said.
"Ilia..." Blake said.
"Well, what's done is done. Though judging by that look in your eyes, there's more you want to know." She said.
"What about Osvaldo?" She asked.
"He's... the same old same old. Didn't particularly care for your leave. If he did, he's not showing it." Veronica said.
"I saw what happened on the news." Blake said.
"Yeah, I heard about it to. Can't believe that he got caught. That's a rarity for sure." She said.
"Rarity? This is the first time it's happened." Blake said.
"Right, still, who could have outsmarted Osvaldo?" Veronica asked.
"I don't know, I'll try asking around." She said.
"Right… what else do you want?" She asked.
"Well... I want to know why you guys are working for Roman Torchwick." Blake said.
Veronica nodded before responding.
"Can't really say myself. Adam just came to us and told us that we were working with new people. Didn't go into any further detail." She said.
"So not even anyone in the Phantoms know?" Blake asked.
"Nope. Not even Osvaldo." Veronica said.
"Do you agree with his decision?" She asked.
"Hell no. I don't think anyone in the Phantoms do. Not really a lot we can do about it though." She said. "Man, I miss the old days where your old man was in charge. He would treat us like actually Faunus and not like machines." Veronica said.
Blake clenched her fist before standing up.
"What?" Veronica asked.
"Come with me." Blake said.
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"Sorry, run that by me again?" She asked.
"Come with me to Beacon! You don't have to fight for a cause that even you are questioning!" Blake said.
"Hold up kid. I may not agree with the methods, but that doesn't mean I've given up on our cause." Veronica said.
"But-!" Blake began.
"I'm not like you, Blake. I don't have parents to fall back on, the Phantoms are my only family that I have!" She said.
"Besides, with my background, I seriously doubt they would let someone like me in."Veronica said.
Before Blake could say anything else, Veronica spoke up.
"Look, I know why you left, hell, in a way you might be in the right to leave. But I can't abandon my family, I told you what happened to them when you left. What do you think would happen if I left?" She asked.
"... " Blake said nothing, she just stood there not really sure what to say.
"I appreciate you coming to talk, but if you just came to convince me to go to your side then you might as well save your breath." Veronica said.
Blake just stood there, not really sure how to respond.
"Hey! You okay in there?" Coco asked.
"You should probably go. She's getting antsy." She said.
Blake nodded and walked out of the cell.
"So... how'd it go?" Coco asked.
"It was... alright." Blake said.
"You sure?" She asked.
Blake nodded and walked through the hallway that lead to the exit.
Present
'Well, that certainly didn't help. If anything I'm even more confused than I was.' Blake thought.
"Blake." Weiss called out.
'Why would Adam not tell the Phantoms anything?' She thought
"Blake." She called out again.
'What caused Adam to work with someone like Roman?' Blake thought to herself.
"Blake!" Weiss called out, a little louder this time.
'And who caught Osvaldo? Was it a student? Was it a Huntsmen? Who could have-?' Blake was cut off by the sound of a loud clap.
"Remnant to Blake!" Weiss said.
"Hmm? Sorry, I spaced out." She said.
"Well, I wanted to know what you thought about Ruby's 'best day ever'." Weiss said.
"Oh. Uh, I think I might sit this one out." She said.
"Aw." Ruby said.
"Sorry, I just... have a lot on my mind right now." Blake said.
"Well, whatever we do, I think we should do it as a team." Weiss said as she stood up.
"I believe that-!" Weiss didn't have time to finish as a pie landed directly on her face.
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"Ren did it." Nora said.
"Nora, please, let's all try to be mature and-!" Though before Ren could finish, Weiss accidentally threw the remains of her soup at Ren.
"Oh my-! I'm so sorry, Ren! I wasn't aiming for you!" She defended.
"Come on Weiss, I don't think the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company should be-" Blake was cut off as Ren threw the remains of his tea at Blake.
"Sorry." He said.
"Ren, come now, you'll only be pro-" Pyrrha was cut off as Blake threw her clam chowder at Pyrrha.
"Heh, n-" Yang didn't even get a chance to begin her sentence as Pyrrha threw the remains of her meal at Yang.
"G-" Jaune didn't get the chance to start his as Nora threw her pancakes at Jaune.
"Nora!" He yelled.
"What? I thought we were doing it to everyone!" She defended.
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"You gonna eat that?" She asked.
Then all hell broke loose.
Beacon Runway
'Where the hell are they? Their bullhead should have been here an hour ago!' Sun thought as he stood in front of Beacon's runway.
Sun was currently waiting for the rest of his team to arrive at Beacon, though for some reason their flight was being delayed by a whole hour.
Originally he was just gonna introduce his teammate Neptune to his new friends but if there was anything he took from what happened a few weeks ago is that he should involve ALL of his friends with what happens in his life.
But still...
"Why is their flight so delayed?! Seriously, everyone already got here, what's taking them so-?!" Though before Sun could finish he could see a bullhead coming towards the runway at an alarmingly fast pace.
"What is... oh hit the deck!" Sun yelled as he jumped off of the runway.
Though before the bullhead could crash, it quickly regained its motion and landed safely on the runway.
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"What just-" Though before Sun could finish, two tall boys walked out of the bullhead, one holding twenty lien in his hand while 'attempting' to dance. The other was mumbling something to himself in a British accent.
The boy who was attempting to dance was a teenager with tan skin, dark blue eyes and messy light blue hair that is shaved on the sides and in the back, aka, an undercut.
He wore a white dress shirt and black tie under a red jacket with a wide, upturned, black collar and a pair of gray jeans with black padding strapped to the sides. The back of his jacket displays a silver reticle.
He wore black shoes that are fastened with straps, rather than laces. Notable accessories include black finger less gloves and a pair of yellow-tinted goggles worn on his forehead.
The second one was a boy who had red hair that came down over his right eye, with a complete undercut. There were several red markings around his left eye.
He wore a green, mulberry, navy color feather earring on his left ear, and has a red military pelisse-like jacket draped over the left side. He also wore a gray bandanna around his neck.
On his right hand, he wore a fingerless glove, and on his right bicep, he had a gray band. He wore a white sleeveless shirt and light gray pants. He also wore a pair of long, brown, laced boots. Around his waist, he wore a brown belt and a slightly slanted gray belt that his weapon holster is attached to.
"Guess who's twenty lien richer! This guy!" The boy in blue said.
"How?! How did you do that?!" The boy in red asked in a frustrated tone.
"What can I say? I'm good with vehicles, maybe you shouldn't make stupid bets in the first place." The blue boy said.
"Neptune! Scarlet!" A deep voice said to the newly named boys.
The person who came out was a teenage boy with dark skin and yellow eyes. His hair is sage green, and he appeared to have tattoos of wings on his chest and tattoos of Roman numerals around his neck.
He wore a white long coat with asymmetrical sleeves, a green wing design similar to his tattoos and no shirt underneath, displaying his tattooed chest. His jacket also has a golden pauldron on his right shoulder and a golden cuff around his left wrist. He also wore a pair of dark pants fastened by a white belt with a yellow buckle.
"Oh, hey Sage." Neptune said.
"Don't. Ever. Do that. Again." He said in between breaths.
"Guys!" Sun said as he ran up to his teammates.
"Sun! There you are!" Neptune said as he walked up to greet Sun.
"About time you guys got here! What took you so long?!" He asked.
"Well not everyone here wants to break the law without a second thought." Neptune said.
"You just didn't want to get on a boat. Besides, it's not breaking the law if you don't get caught." He said.
"I don't know what you're talking about. If you want to know why we took so long to get here, Scarlet bet me twenty lien that I couldn't do a three sixty barrel roll in the air. Well guess who's twenty lien richer?" Neptune said.
"Why were you flying the bullhead?" Sun asked.
"Well all of the pilots were gone by the time we were done eating. So we had to get here somehow." Neptune said.
"They just let you take a bullhead?" Sun asked.
"Yeah, I was surprised to." He said.
"But why would you do a barrel roll in the air?" Sun asked.
"Finally, someone else it the voice of-" Though before Sage could finish, Sun to him off.
"Why would you do it without me?! Come on, I thought we were friends!" He said.
"Aaaaand there it goes." Sage mumbled.
"So what have you been doing for the past few weeks?" Scarlet asked.
"Oh! Right, you're not gonna believe what happened! Seriously! Everyday here is like a new adventure!" Sun said.
"Well, we're starving. Where do they keep the cafeteria here?" Neptune asked.
"That reminds me, there's a few people I want you to meet." Sun said.
"Well, why don't you tell us this story of yours while we're walking." Sage said.
"Okay, so it all started when I arrived at Vale a few weeks back." He said.
"Wait, so did it happen in the same day you arrived or as SOON as you arrived?" Scarlet asked.
"Well, it started as soon as I got there, but it got REALLY good during the night I arrived." Sun said.
"So what happened?" Neptune asked.
"Okay, so first I was on the run from the cops, but then I saw this cute girl on the docks. So being the gentlemen that I am, I winked at her as I passed by." He said.
"Nice, you did the thumbs up right?" Neptune asked.
"Just like you said." Sun said as he connected fists with Neptune.
"Though I noticed that something was off about her, so during the night, I tailed her as she was running across Beacon's fields." He said.
"That seems... creepy." Scarlet said.
"It was for a good cause! So after I met her, I decided to buy her a drink." Sun said.
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"Not that kind!" He said.
"So what happened next?" Scarlet asked.
"Well, we were looking around Vale, because apparently this city has a lot more crime problems than we thought." Sun said.
"So you were like a junior detective?" Neptune asked.
"Exactly." He said.
"So what exactly is going on here?" Sage asked.
"Well, you know how Vale's part of the White Fang just went rogue from all other branches of the White Fang?" Sun asked.
"Yeah?" Scarlet said.
"Well, it turns out that they were working for Roman Torchwick!" Sun said, causing his team to look at him with widened eyes.
"I know! It's crazy, I mean why would they be working with a human?... No offense." He said.
"None taken." The rest of his team said in unison.
"So my friend, who's name is Blake by the way, decided to stake out this harbor which was supposed to get a HUGE shipment of dust." Sun said.
"So what did you find?" Scarlet asked.
"Well, turns out that the person behind the robberies was none other than the White Fang, with the help of Roman Torchwick." He said.
"So what did you two do?" Sage asked.
"Well, instead of just waiting around, she decided to go and get stuff done! It was so cool! She was all like, tell me what you're doing here or I'll put a little end to your operation!" He said.
"But then he totally pulled a fast one on her and shot her away." Sun said.
"Wow, that's harsh." Neptune said.
"So then we were fighting side by side and she was super fast and I threw a banana at a guy which sound gross but it was awesome!" He said.
"Nice." Neptune said.
"Ew." Scarlet said.
"Right! Then this girl came in and just started to body all of the White Fang members that were there, it's like she was already there to kick some serious butt!" Sun said.
"Did you catch him?" Scarlet asked.
"Well... no, they got away. But it was still so cool! There were guns, swords and lasers! It was just like out of a action movie!" Sun said.
"Nice!" Neptune said.
"But the best part about it, is that my friend's a Faunus!" Sun said, only for him to cover his mouth with one of his hands.
"But that's a secret, okay?" Sun said.
"Got it." Neptune said.
"And not a "I'm gonna tell the whole school the second Sun turns his back" kind of secret, I'm talking a Secret Secret." He said.
"Whoa, chill out, okay? We got it, we got it." Neptune said.
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"Right?" He said as he turned his head towards Scarlet.
"Yeah." He said.
"You better." Sun warned.
"I just... I just don't want to screw this up, ya know? The people here are the coolest!... No offense." He said.
"None taken." The rest of his team said.
"But that wasn't even the craziest thing that happened!" Sun said.
"Before I decided to turn in for the night, Blake called us up for a little reveal." He said.
"So she stopped hiding herself. Good, the first step to making a change." Sage said.
"Well, you're half right." Sun said. "When she came to the arena, there was this dude there and all of a sudden Blake just challenged him." He said.
"What's wrong with that?" Neptune asked.
"Well, it wasn't your average spar. The guy couldn't even use his weapons." He said.
"Really?! That doesn't seem fair." Scarlet said.
"But it was crazy! The guy just started to sprout limbs off of his own, but they didn't look natural. Almost as if they were the limbs of a spirit." Sun said.
"Spirit?" Sage asked.
"Yeah, but halfway through the fight, the guy took Blake's gun and shot himself." He said.
"Whoa! That seems like a bit much." Neptune said.
"But right as the bullet was fired, some sort of spirit came out and caught it with its fingers!" Sun said.
"What?" Sage asked, moving towards Sun.
"What's up dude?" Neptune asked.
"Sun, the way you're describing this 'spirit'. Now I may be wrong but could it be the-" He began.
"Yeah, that dude that Blake was fighting wields the enchanted sword, Caliber." Sun said.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, I thought that was just a fairy tale." Neptune said.
"So did I! But there it was, and it was strong, fast, the punches it threw were too fast for my eyes to see." He said.
"Wow, that's just... wow!" Scarlet said.
"I know, right?!" Sun said as they arrived at the cafeteria.
"Okay, they're just in here, I'm REALLY excited for you all to meet them, so be cool okay?" Sun requested.
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"You're gonna be cool, right?" Sun asked.
"Dude." Neptune said as he stared at Sun with his usual grin. Sage just stood there and Scarlet just gave him a thumbs up.
"Okay, good point." He said as he opened the doors.
Though as he did, a watermelon flew over the group's heads.
"What the-?!" Scarlet began, only to be interrupted by the sound of laughter.
"AH HA HA HA! I'M QUEEN OF THE CASTLE! I'M QUEEN OF THE CASTLE!" Nora yelled as she stood atop a pile of tables.
"What's going on?!" Scarlet asked.
Though before Sun could respond, Ruby slammed her foot on the table with a milk carton in her hand.
"Justice will swift! Justice will be painful! It! Will! Be!" She began as she crushed the milk carton in her hands.
"Delicious!" She yelled.
"Off with their heads!" Nora yelled.
As she said this, Ren kicked a tray with watermelons on them and kicked said watermelons at Team RWBY.
Jaune picked up a watermelon of his own and threw it at Team RWBY.
Pyrrha did the same.
Nora simply flipped a table full of watermelons at Team RWBY.
"Yang! Turkey!" Ruby said.
Yang nodded and ran towards two turkeys before digging her fists into them as if they were a pair of gauntlets.
As the watermelons closed in, Yang started to punch each melon with her new... 'weapon', causing them to break upon impact.
Blake jumped over Yang and grabbed two baguettes before slashing at a pair of melons.
Yang kicked a melon and launched her turkey gauntlets at Team JNPR.
Pyrrha dodged but Jaune was hit by the pair of turkey's.
Blake attempted to stab Pyrrha with the baguette but Pyrrha blocked her with her own baguette.
"What is happening?" Neptune asked.
"I don't know, but I want in!" Sun said as he ran towards the carnage.
"Should we...?" Scarlet began.
"No, let's sit this one out. We are grown men, we should not-" Though before Sage could finish, a watermelon hit him directly in the face.
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"You know what?" Sage began as he grabbed a piece of bread off of the floor.
"Let's show them how we fight in Mistral." He said as he charged towards the chaos.
"Yeah!" Neptune and Scarlet said as they ran after Sage.
"My, you would think that they would have bread that was a little less stale." Pyrrha said.
"Yeah, I mean this seems really unappeti-" Though before Blake could finish, Sage whacked her away with his bread stick.
"Blake!" Pyrrha shouted.
"Rgha!" Sage shouted as he brought his piece of bread down onto Pyrrha, though she was quick to block.
"And who might you be?" She asked.
"Sage Ayana of Mistral." He said as he put more pressure on his weapon.
"Who's that?" Ruby asked as she used one of the trays as a board of some sort.
"That's my teammate!" Sun said as he spun around a piece of bamboo.
"Hey Sun!" She said as she picked up her tray and blocked Sun's attack.
"Sup!" He said.
Ren and Nora rushed towards Weiss, though Weiss used a sprayed a bottle of ketchup onto the ground, causing Ren to slip into the tables, sending the table's flying into the air.
Nora gripped onto an iron bar and stabbed a watermelon, making a hammer of some sort.
Though as she was about to hit Weiss, she quickly moved sideways.
Who Nora hit instead was Sun's British teammate, Scarlet.
Weiss looked confused for a second but shrugged and grabbed a swordfish.
Though before she could dash at Nora, she felt something wrap around her leg.
"Wha-!" She tried to say, though she was quickly lifted up into the air by Scarlet.
Scarlet twirled her around for a bit before throwing her towards a stone pillar.
"Weiss!" Ruby called out as she pushed Sun away.
Before Weiss could hit the ground, Ruby caught her in her arms.
"Weiss, no, don't leave me!" She said.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She called out as she held the unconscious body of Weiss.
Yang ran towards Team JNPR with two turkeys wrapped around her hands.
As she ran, Ren grabbed two leeks and ran to intercept Yang.
Yang went into kick Ren, though he blocked it with the two leeks in his hands.
Ren attempted to counter, but Yang was able to overwhelm Ren and punch him away, though as she did, Nora came in and whacked Yang up into the air, causing her to go through roof.
Though before Nora could do anything, another swordfish came down and impaled the ground.
Before Nora could react, Neptune swung an iron bar with a watermelon attached to it, causing Nora to go flying towards the soda machines.
Blake grabbed a string of sausage and swung it at Neptune.
"Not the face!" He yelled as he went flying back.
Nora recovered and started to throw soda cans at Blake as if they were grenades.
As Blake dodged the soda cans, Pyrrha noticed that there were a significantly large amount of cans around her.
She smirked and pushed Sage away before clapping her hands together and moving the cans in the air.
"What in the-?!" Though before Sage could finish, he was hit by various soda cans.
Blake was sent flying towards the wall due to the blast.
Ruby looked around at her fallen teammates and glared at Teams JNPR and SSSN. She crouched into a running position, then took off at the speed of light, dragging around various soda cans as she closed the gap between her and the two teams.
They didn't have time to react as the gust of wind that Ruby was creating picked them up and slammed them against the wall, causing the various soda cans, watermelons, and other foods made contact with their bodies.
There was a long silence as the bodies of Team's JNPR and SSSN fell to the ground.
Though Ruby noticed that two people were missing.
Sun and Jaune.
"That. Was. Awesome! Man this place keeps getting better and better!" Sun said.
"Yeah! That was amazing..." Jaune said.
"Jaune/Sun!" The members of Team JNPR and SSSN shouted.
"Well, it looks like it's a battle of leaders." Ruby said.
"Yeah." Sun said as he clapped his hands together.
All of a sudden, two clones of Suns appeared beside him, each in their own individual pose.
"Let's dance." He said as he picked up a bamboo stick.
"Well, you see Ruby, these fruits right here... well." Jaune began as he picked up various fruits with his arms.
"They still have seeds in them." He said with a smirk.
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"Oh crap." She said.
"What?" Sun said.
Before Ruby could answer, Jaune clapped his hands together, causing the fruits to burst open with wooden trunks, each holding their respective fruit on its branches.
"What the sh-?!" Though before Sun could answer, the wooden trunks grabbed Sun and his clones and threw them towards the wall.
Ruby tried to use her speed semblance to move around the wooden trunks, though they were in an open space, so Jaune didn't have to hold back in the slightest.
The trunks wrapped themselves around Ruby and threw her into a pile of fruits.
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"I-I won?" Jaune said in disbelief.
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"I-I WON! I REALLY WON! YAHOO!" He yelled as he pumped his fists into the air.
Though before he could continue his celebration, the doors to the cafeteria flew open, revealing Glynda Goodwitch.
And boy, was she mad.
"Would someone care to explain why we have a forest in our cafeteria?!" She asked.
"Jaune did it." Ruby shakily said.
"Ah, fart knockers." He said.
All of a sudden, the wooden trunks began to retract into their respective seeds and the tables began to move back into place.
"Children, please." Glynda said as she pushed her glasses upwards.
"Do not play with your food." She said.
As she said this, Yang fell down towards the ground with a loud thud, accompanied by several roof tiles.
"Uh, is she-?" Neptune began.
Though he was quickly interrupted by Yang getting up off of the ground.
Glynda was about to scold them even further, but Ozpin quickly stepped in.
"Let it go." He said.
"But... they're supposed to be the protectors of the world." She said.
"And they will be, but right now they're still children." He said. "So why not let them play the part?" Ozpin asked.
"After all." He began.
"It isn't a role they'll have forever." He said as he opened the door.
Though as he did, he was met with the face of Brandon.
"Ah, Mr. Kim, glad to see that-" Though before he could finish, a watermelon that went flying into the air landed on Brandon, knocking him out.
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"Found it." Nora said.
And so Vol 2 officially begins.
Well, I did it, I actually did it.
I saved Tukson.
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Was a lot easier than I thought it would be.
If I'm lucky then changing the bigger events will be easier.
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Well luck has never been a big thing for me so... moving on.
Now before you go and say 'how can you not know who Ghira and Kali are?' I would just like to say that Brandon's knowledge of canon only extends to episode one of vol 4.
Now, time for the review responses.
Review Response
Ragnorak16: Look, I like my fans, I really do, so I'm gonna say this in the nicest way possible.
Ahem
NEVER. GONNA. HAPPEN... EVER.
Million Arthur The Yuri King: Clean up on row thirty six.
Fiction Fan 369: Well, I wouldn't say the TRUE ending, just this universe's equivalent of Vol 1. Glad you like the way I've written the interactions with the OC's and villains.
olTran: It's more of, his identity was found out.
The Minion Sekiryuutei: It's cool, you can take your time. :)
RandoReader: Well it removes any drama and possible character development so that's why I'm not doing it.
DragonLord501st: Thanks! I'm glad that you liked it!
Reason why he didn't give him any Earth songs was due to the fact that he didn't have any with him at the moment.
Really glad you like the twins! I really thought hard on their characters and how they could play off of each other.
I might consider that idea, mainly because they seem to have similar personalities.
Glad you liked how I introduced Ilia.
Also the whole, please support the official release was something I've been doing since the first chapter.
Not meant to be a TFS reference.
CraazyReader: Well, Monty was the creator of this series, only natural the fandom would make it Remnant's term of 'oh my god'.
Mastertimewar: It has nothing to due with his blood.
Guest: Thanks! I'm glad you like it. :)
Guest: Glad you like it. :)
Cco16: Well this is a SI so technically I would have the enchantments.
hard boiled eggs: Cool. :)
Guest: Well here ya go, there she is.
guest: Good to hear. :)
thesonicjackson: Nice.
olTran: Faith man, faith.
NCR Ranger1999: Go to my profile.
sephchipmunk: The poll will close when the arc where the ship becomes canon starts.
EzioIsPIRATE: I don't really know, haven't thought about it.
Ragnorak16: I think you're overreacting.
Fiction Fan 369: Nice. :)
SMV Aria2: Well it's not Easter without eggs. Velvet! Bend over!
Velvet: What?!
SMV Aria2: There's the best I came up with so... deal with it.
guest:... I'll put a pin in it.
bwburke94: Why not?
eldnargnagol: Yes... I don't play the game anymore but I still like the lore.
Omake - Weiss abuses Caliber (Non-Canon)
'Jeez, use Caliber to open a stupid jar why don't ya? Only you can do it!' Brandon thought bitterly.
"Brandon! Just the person I wanted to see." He heard Weiss say.
Brandon turned around to face Weiss, still having the same bitter look on his face.
"What happened to you?" She asked.
"I don't want to talk about it." He said.
Weiss looked confused for a second before shaking her head.
"Whatever, I need your help." She said.
"With what?" Brandon asked.
"Come with me." Weiss said.
Brandon looked confused before shrugging and following Weiss.
They arrived outside at Beacon's ice sculpture contest.
"What is this place?" He asked.
"Here." Weiss said as she handed Brandon a hammer and a nail.
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"Well? What are you waiting for? Get to work." She said.
"Wait, what?!" Brandon yelled.
"Do I have to spell it out? Make me a sculpture that will win the contest." She said.
"Don't you have a semblance that allows you use dust in a lot of different ways?!" He asked.
"I do, but I missed my manicure yesterday so I need to do that." She said as she sat in a pull out chair under an umbrella.
"Why do you need me then?! I can't use dust!" Brandon yelled.
"Well, Caliber is precise enough to catch a bullet, so making a ice sculpture shouldn't be too much of a challenge for you." She said.
Brandon grumbled before a very sinister grin was planted on his face.
Ten minutes passed, Weiss was sitting under the sun with a pair of sunglasses on her eyes.
"Done!" Brandon said.
"Good, now I'm sure that-!" Weiss stopped herself as she saw just what Brandon made.
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"WHAT IS THIS?!" She screamed as she looked at the sculpture.
"A work of art." He said.
"WORK OF ART?! I'LL SHOW YOU A WORK OF ART YOU P-!" Though before she could finish, the judges stopped at the sculpture, nodded, and placed the first place ribbon on it.
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"You were saying?" Brandon asked.
"Shut it." She said.
Aleria Aquila
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 126 lbs
Age: 20
Strength: C
Speed: A
Endurance: C
Perception: A
Semblance: A
Semblance: Hey Brother (Namesake: Hey Brother-Avicii)
Summary: If Aleria is near her brother, Alerio, her semblance will have various different effects based on what feathers she uses.
Destructive Power: A
Speed: B
Endurance: E
Precision: A
Potential Growth: D
Range: B
Alerio Aquila
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 146 lbs
Age: 20
Strength: A
Speed: B
Endurance: B
Perception: C
Semblance: A
Semblance: Hey Sister (Namesake: Hey Brother-Avicii)
Summary: If Alerio is near his sister, Aleria, his semblance will have various different effects based on what feathers he uses.
Destructive Power: A
Speed: B
Endurance: A
Precision: B
Potential Growth: D
Range: C
Poll Progression
Silent Enchantment-(Neo/Brandon): 35
Enchanted Jewel-(Emerald/Brandon): 31
Scarlatina's Magic-(Velvet/Brandon): 21
Fashionable Enchantment-(Coco/Brandon) 13
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