A/N: And all of you didn't need to wait another month.

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A New Beginning: Vol Three

Kill Fifty: A Grimm Situation

Wave ran as fast as he could through the forest while wearing Grand Chariot. He had to find Kurome and fast before it was too late. "Damn it Kurome. Where the hell did you go?" All kinds of thoughts were going through his head. The most prominent one was the kiss Kurome had given him before she knocked the soldier out. That image kept replaying in his mind over and over. Wave kept all feelers out for sensing Kurome's aura. It was his only chance if he ever had the chance in arriving in time to stop Kurome's fight with Akame.

Wave remember what Akame said to him from their last confrontation. "If this is what she truly wants, then I'll fight. I'll fight and save her from her own suffering. As her sister…this is all I can do for her now."

Those words still vexed him at this moment. "There has to be another way to resolve this. This doesn't have end with Akame killing her own sister." While he searching all over for his missing teammate, the rain started to fall. The rainfall didn't slow Wave down in the least. "Where are you, Kurome?!" He finally had his answer as Wave saw something in the air. A person with black wings was flying in a direction. He knew who it was. "That was Run." He took that a sign where Kurome was. It also meant something else to him. "Have they started fighting already?" If they have, then Wave had no time to waste. He rushed over to their location following Run as quickly as possible. Everything was riding on Wave to arrive in time in hopes of stopping the fight. He was near the location of where the sisters were. "Just a little more…" Wave approached a building and jumped over it. As soon as he was on top of the building, the soldier arrived just in time but not for the right reason. Just as he arrived at the site, Wave saw Akame stab Kurome with Murasame. For Wave, it was as if time had stopped for him. His sight was focused on the two sisters who stood still in front of him. Anger flared up deep from within him and roared. "DAMN YOU AKAME!"

Akame looked up to see Wave of all people here. "Wave?" Wave was headed toward Akame but was then kicked away from them and smashed through several pillars before crashing into one of the other buildings. Akame saw who it was landing in front of her. "Tatsumi…"

Wave groaned as he stood up. He saw Tatsumi in his Incursio armor but it had vastly changed since their last encounter. It looked more like the actual Tyrant Dragon from where Incursio was created from. He had heard about it from Esdeath but didn't care at this moment. "Get out of my way Tatsumi."

Tatsumi narrowed his eyes at Wave. "The fight is over Wave."

The other armor user growled deeply at the words. "NO, IT'S NOT!" He stood up and launched himself at Tatsumi. "I'M GOING TO MAKE HER PAY!"

Tatsumi prepared himself for Wave's incoming attack. "I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU HURT AKAME!" Both pulled back their arms and their fists collided when Wave neared Tatsumi. Their attacks created a thunderous boom that blew away the rain around them.

Wave didn't let up an inch before his opponent. "IT'S HER FAULT KUROME IS DEAD NOW!"

"KUROME WAS THE ONE WHO WANTED THIS FIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE!" Tatsumi unleashed a barrage of punches all over at Wave. Wave felt how powerful each punch was and pushed him back. He came back at Tatsumi with a kick but Tatsumi caught the attack with ease. He then delivered a powerful uppercut at Wave which launched him straight into the air.

Wave coughed out blood as a result and couldn't believe how powerful Tatsumi had become. "Such power…what the hell? His strength's shot through the roof since the last time we fought. Just taking a few of his attacks back then was nearly enough to finish me." He crashed back onto the ground and created a crater below him. Wave gritted his teeth at what happened to him. "Tatsumi…it can't end like this…"

"That's enough, Tatsumi!" Both Tatsumi and Wave looked over to where Akame was with Kurome's motionless body lying next to her. "That's enough, please…" She lowered her head to the point where her bangs were covering her eyes. "I'm sorry…Wave. In the end…this is how it ends between us."

Even with the rain pouring upon them, Tatsumi could tell Akame was crying. He started to walk over to his teammate and stopped in front of her. "Let's go back home Akame."

Akame didn't say anything back and the two started to walk away. As they were walking, Wave stood up and walked over to where Kurome was. Seeing that bloody spot on her body will forever be a reminder of his failure of both him being a teammate and as more than a friend. He picked up Kurome in his arms and turned his attention to the two Night Raid members leaving. Wave gritted his teeth at the one who will forever be responsible for killing her own little sister. "I will never forgive you for doing this. Do you hear me Akame?! I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!"

F

Wave and Akame kept staring at each in disbelief. Akame could scarcely believe that they were to meet again a second time in this world. She could see it in Wave's eyes that this was the Wave from her world. Cornelia was familiar with the look her leader currently had. "This was the same kind of reaction Akame had back when she first saw Kurome which means…" She looked back at Wave who still had a shocked face. Something about him bugged the blonde. "Akame said Wave. Does she know this guy?" It quickly dawned on her who the person in front really was and gasped. "No way. He's from the same world as her and Leone! If that's true, then…"

Akame came to the same conclusion and snapped out of her shock. "Cora, Taeko! Get out of here no-"

"GRAND CHARIOT!"

All three girls felt immensely powerful wind blowing at them and shielded themselves with their arms for protection. The wind blew through other parts of the town where Kurome and the others were and shield themselves the same way. "What the hell now!?"

The danger beast that created Grand Chariot appeared behind Wave and let out its devastating roar. The roar Esdeath and everyone else heard was very different than the one they heard before and it sounded more terrifying. "That roar came from where Akame and the others are!" Every member had the same idea and ran back to where their leader and other teammates were.

Wave was fully in his Grand Chariot armor and Akame knew this situation was about to become worse. "Cora, Taeko, we need to-" Wave suddenly appeared in front of Akame and hooked his entire arm around Akame. He then blasted off into the air with his arm around Akame. He sendoff blasted the two girls near their leader away and a crater was left behind.

They saw Wave carrying their leader away from them and from the looks of it, out of the village. "Akame!"

On their way back to their leader, Kurome caught a quick glimpse of a figure traveling through the air. She gasped at the sight of who the mysterious figure was carrying in their arms. Kurome stopped and stood in place while witnessing that armored figure carrying her sister away out of the village. "Akame!"

Chelsea stopped and turned to the other girl. "What's wrong Kurome?" She didn't receive an answer as Kurome resumed running to where Cornelia and Taeko were at a faster speed this time. Chelsea followed her closely and could tell something was bothering Kurome.

Cornelia stood up after being knocked down and stared at the direction her leader was carried off too. "This is really not good. Not good at all."

Taeko had similar thoughts about what had just happened before them. "What in the hell was that?"

"Hey!" The two girls saw Kurome, Chelsea, Esdeath, and Rienna running back to them. They saw all of them worried and confused. Kurome felt the most out of all of them. "You mind explaining to us what the hell just happened?! First, some wind blew through here and then we heard a roar coming from here. On the way back, I saw some weird person in armor carrying off Akame!"

Cornelia hated being the person with the bad news but the rest of the team needed to know. "You remember that Wave guy Akame told us before? That was him and he's in this world."

Some of the other members didn't know what to think what they were told. Esdeath was just confused by how this came to be. "But if that's true, how did he arrive at Remnant? Could he have arrived the same way Akame and Leone did?" It was the only explanation she could think of and if that was the answer, how long had he been in their world?

"Is that you Esdeath?" Esdeath gasped at the familiarity of the voice she and the rest of the team heard. They turned to where the voice was and sure enough, they were surprised at who they saw. Ruby and her group. "What are all of you doing here?"

"Ruby?" Esdeath took quick notice of Ruby's new outfit and felt something like an arrow piercing through her heart. "She's…she's so…" And Kurome smacked Esdeath's head from behind. "Ow!"

Esdeath whined as she held the back of her head. Kurome was not in the mood for her teammate's reaction of Ruby's new outfit. She turned her attention to Ruby's group. "I can ask you the same thing." She did wonder why Ruby of all people and the people she's with are here. "Humor me, please but do any of you know a guy who wears a suit of armor?"

To her surprise, Kurome saw Ruby's eyes widened. "Oh no. "Oh no. I thought it was weird when we heard that roar coming here"

Kurome took that as sign that the younger girl did know something. She stomped over to where the younger leader was and grabbed her by the shoulders tightly. "You better tell me why the hell you have someone from Akame's world traveling with you!"

"Hey…" Kurome turned to Qrow who narrowed his eyes at her. "Let her go."

Kurome leered back at him. "And who the hell are you?"

He pointed at Ruby. "Her uncle."

Kurome looked back and forth between Qrow and Ruby and finally stopped at Qrow. "Uncle?"

Ruby giggled nervously. "Yep. That's my uncle Qrow."

Kurome just kept staring Qrow when she realized one unique trait about him. "He has red eyes like Akame."

Everyone heard the roar again from before and Kurome let Ruby go. "Oh yeah, I kinda forgot about that." Rienna spoke.

Ren recognized the roar all too well. "No…not again."

Ruby turned to her teammate. "Ren, what is that?"

Jaune and everyone else heard something big coming their way. "Wait, you guys hear that?"

Ren did and he dropped to his knees and lowered his head. Seeing him do that worried Nora. "Ren?"

Taeko immediately sensed that something approaching them. "It's here." Everyone turned to where the noise came from and saw what the creature who made those roars truly looked like. Ren lifted his head to see the same Grimm that destroyed Shion, his village, and his family. All of them saw a large horse-like Grimm with a humanoid creature attached to the top with a variety of weapons stuck to its back and long curved horns on its head. They had encountered a Grimm called a Nuckelavee.

The Nuckelavee let out another of its shrill roars and everyone covered their ears. "What the hell is that thing!"

Everyone else had the same question as Cornelia. Once it stopped roaring, all of them uncovered their ears. Kurome walked away from Ruby and took Trisula. "I don't care what it is. It's in the way. I got to get to Akame before something happens to her!"

The rest of the team agreed and everyone took out their weapons. Chelsea smiled at their situation. "Well, at least this'll be over quick. There's only one of it and all of us. Easy."

Just as she spoke those words, the Nuckelavee roared again but this time to the sky. The roar resonated throughout the air and echoed far and wide. Once it was over, the two groups heard another loud noise. Almost as if it was a stampede. A few seconds passed and the next thing they knew, a large hoard of Grimm was heading toward them from several Nevermores, Beowolves, to Ursas, to Beringels. Everyone couldn't believe the number of Grimm before them. It was almost similar to the event at what happened back at Ruby's scouting mission at Glenn Mountain. Taeko could only sigh at what Chelsea said before. "You and your big mouth Chelsea."

B

Akame was thrown to the ground and crashed through the dirt until she stopped. She couldn't believe how quick everything had just happened and it was only going to be worse. Wave landed across from her and his bag dropped to the ground. Both were in a wide-open flat area with several large rocks scattered everywhere and a steep cliff face behind Akame. Wave saw Akame slowly stand up after throwing her down into the dirt. "To think I would meet you again this soon."

Akame could say the same thing as she stared back at Wave. "I'm surprised to see you in this world Wave. It's been a long time since we last saw each other."

The feeling was mutual for Wave. "Not since that night. The night you killed Kurome." He closed his hand tightly. "I'll make you pay for what you did to her. So, in her memory, I'll finish what she started and end you here! That way, she'll be avenged. This fight is between only me and you!"

"So that's why he took me away from the others." Akame weighed in the situation she was in. "Wave doesn't know that Kurome is alive in this world but he's beyond listening to reason. My only option to get back to the others is going through him." She knew it wasn't going to be an easy fight but there was no other choice. She grabbed collar of her cloak and tossed it aside to the ground. Akame grabbed Yatsufusa's handle and drew it out. She pointed her sword at Wave with a look of determination on her face. "Fine then Wave but you do well to remember how it ended with our last fight!"

Wave hadn't forgotten about it but that was then and this was now. He was aware of the strategy Akame would use against him and was prepared for it. Wave also noticed the choice of weapon Akame was wielding. "She's not using Murasame?" It didn't matter to him anyway. All he cared about was making sure Akame would get what she finally deserves. "Let's end this once and for all Akame!"

B

"Get out of my way!" Kurome yelled as she slashed through several Beowolves while passing by them. She saw an Ursa charging at her and Kurome pointed her weapon at it. She fired a shot at it and the bullet went through the head. She turned around and observed what was happening. Everyone had their hands full trying to deal with the surrounding Grimm and the Nuckelavee attacking them when none of them were looking didn't make the situation any easier. When one of them would turn their attention to it, several of the Grimm would attack from behind. They had their hands full and saw no way out. "Damn it. We have to finish this as fast as possible."

"Kurome, look out!" Kurome heard Chelsea's voice and did turn around to see an Ursa raising its arm at her. Before it could attack, Chelsea appeared before her and swung one of her fans at the Grimm. The attack was strong enough to take out the Ursa and it fell.

Kurome was very glad Chelsea came in to intercept. "Thanks a lot. I'll pay more attention next time."

Chelsea still had her back turned to the other girl while not moving. "You need to get out of here."

Those were definitely not the words Kurome expected Chelsea to tell her. "What are you talking about?"

Chelsea still refused to look at Kurome. "You need to go where that Wave guy took Akame right? It's best right now for you to on ahead while the rest of us handle things here. You remember what Akame told us about those who use Imperial Arms that one time right? One of them will die. I don't care about that other guy but we can't risk having Akame being killed. Otherwise, we'll never hear the end of it from Leone." Kurome couldn't believe what her girlfriend was suggesting to her. Both girls saw another group of the Grimm stampeding towards them. "So get a move on now Kurome!" Chelsea raised her fans and then swung them down with powerful gusts of winds headed toward the Grimm. The wind managed to split the group apart and left a clear path in the middle. Chelsea smiled at her handiwork. "She is your sister, right?"

Kurome didn't have much room to argue. Chelsea was right which was rare and would gladly take up the offer Chelsea had given her. "Alright then. Be careful."

Chelsea chuckled at the other girl's words. "Aren't I always?"

Kurome let the joke slide and her clothes began to flow. "Amplify times two!" A strong pulse came out of her body and quickly took the path Chelsea gave to her. It didn't take her long to exit the village and continue running. "From what I can tell, that armored guy took Akame in this direction. That's my best shot at finding them. I just hope I can make it in time. If the worst comes to worst, I'll fight the bastard myself. Just hang in there Akame."

With Kurome gone to search for her older sister, Chelsea turned to the rest of her group and Ruby's. "Hey! Kurome's gone ahead to look for Akame so not to cause alarm but we're pretty much leaderless at this point!"

Taeko cut through several Grimm with her semblance. "I suppose that's the right course of action."

Rienna fired concentrated streams of fire at two Beringels and they howled at being burned to their deaths. "What do we do now?"

That was a question on everyone's mind. Amidst of all this chaos, Esdeath froze several Beowolves solid and examined at their situation. She saw what each of the members from both groups was doing and some were still struggling. Esdeath closed her hands tightly and raised her right arm into the air. "Heulender Blizzard!" A powerful blizzard suddenly appeared and the Grimm nearest to everyone was caught in it. Those who were fighting jumped back to avoid being caught in the attack just like the Grimm. Esdeath heard some of the Nevermore screech and set both her arms forward at them. Several large ice shards formed around her pointing at the flying Grimm. "Weiss Schnabel!" Esdeath sent them to Nevermore above and impaled two of them through the body. They let out one more screech before crashing into the ground. With them taken out, their fight would become much easier now. Some of the Grimm broke through the blizzard and started to resume their attack. Esdeath slammed both of her hands to the ground. "Kalten Königreich!" Ice formed over the ground and froze along with the Grimm standing. She created a large ice wall to separate her and the rest of the group and the oncoming Grimm. She wasn't done yet as Esdeath heard the Nuckelavee Grimm screech at her and extended one of its hands at Esdeath. She quickly stood up and waved her arm across with ice following. The attack was blocked and Esdeath extended her arm at the Grimm. "Grau Horn!" A horn of ice appeared underneath the Nuckelavee and tossed it away from everyone else. Thanks to her actions, Esdeath bought everyone a little time.

Ruby clapped at what Esdeath did as it's been way too long seeing the other girl in action. "That was really amazing Esdeath!"

Nora was equally impressed. "You know, it makes me kinda happy you're on our side."

Qrow also took notice of Esdeath's power. "This girl…"

Esdeath looked at everyone closely. "Okay, this is how this'll go. It's obvious we're constantly attacked by the Grimm surrounding us and that horse Grimm. Which is why I propose something. Cornelia, Taeko, Chelsea, Rienna, and I will handle the horde. Our teamwork will rid them all easily. Meanwhile, Ruby, you and your team deal with that horse Grimm. Can you handle that?"

This was the first-time Ruby had seen Esdeath so…commanding before. She quickly nodded at the question. "Yeah, leave it to us."

Esdeath smiled at the younger and nodded back at her. "Good. At least this'll be easier on all of us." She heard Cornelia giggle for some reason. "What's so funny?"

The blonde continued giggling and smiled at the other girl. "It's just that when our team first formed, you mentioned that you wouldn't make a good leader but look at you now."

Esdeath remembered saying that but she didn't have a choice in this situation. "Akame has been taken away, Leone is gone, Kurome is off looking for Akame. Someone has to do this."

Now that she mentioned it, Jaune and the others did notice Leone wasn't with them. "Where is Leone anyway?" Jaune asked.

Chelsea sighed at the question. "We'll explain that after we're not being attacked by Grimm."

Speaking of Grimm, they heard the Nuckelavee screech. That was their signal to start. "Let's end this now!" Both groups turned to their respective targets of interest. The members of Night Raid tossed their cloaks aside.

An idea suddenly came to Chelsea. "Hey, to make this more interesting, whoever finishes their side first, the losing team has to buy for the winning team."

Nora grinned at the offer. "Sounds great to me!" Esdeath snapped her fingers and the ice formed in front of Night Raid shattered. They saw the remaining Grimm were ready as usual to continue attacking them.

The Grimm began to charge at Night Raid in their sights. Rienna and Esdeath were the first to step up. "Rienna!"

The blonde nodded. "Right!" She pointed Devil Incarnate in front of the horde. "Flaming Spiral!" Fire furiously streamed out in spirals and was headed toward the Grimm.

Esdeath pulled back arm and extended it forward. "Gefrorene Misery!" She unleashed a wave of ice right next to Rienna's attack.

The two attacks combined and become one large powerful attack. "Freezing Hellfire!" The attack struck multiple Grimm at once and all of them were burning and freezing at the same time.

They heard the screech of the remaining Nevermore flying above them and sent its quills at them. Rienna and Esdeath jumped back to avoid the attack. Esdeath turned to Taeko. "Taeko, take care of the Nevermore!"

Taeko would gladly do just that but had one question. "How will I accomplish that?" Her answer was a pillar of ice suddenly appearing underneath her and was rising into the air. The ice pillar stopped when the top was at the same elevation as the Nevermore. Taeko saw the Nevermore flying at her while screeching. Taeko stood still as she readied Tsugaku-Hime. The flying Grimm came in closer to its target which was exactly what Taeko wanted it to do. "This attack will bring death to those who draw near." As soon as the Nevermore opened its mouth at her, Taeko quickly swung her sword at the Grimm. "Scattering Breeze!" Several blades of wind emerged out of her sword and cut apart the Nevermore into several pieces as they passed Taeko by. The pieces of the Nevermore fell to the ground. And now there was a new problem present. "How do I get down from here?"

Her answer were some glyphs appearing that led the way down. Chelsea waved at her childhood friend. "Use that Taeko!" The other girl smiled at Chelsea and began hopping her way down using the glyphs.

While Chelsea was momentarily distracted, A Beringel appeared behind her and raised its arm. Chelsea barely noticed the shadow over her and turned around to see the large Grimm ready to strike her down. The Beringel roared as it swung it's arm down but was then deflected by Cornelia who appeared at the last second with her axes. She took the opportunity present and crossed her arms while holding her axes. Both weapons began to vibrate intensely and the blonde yelled while swinging her two axes at the Grimm in front. Her attack managed to cut through the Beringel easily and split into four pieces. Cornelia turned to her teammate and smiled at her. "You alright?"

Chelsea nodded at the other girl's question. "Yeah but…" She closed one of her fans and pointed it at Cornelia. Or rather what was behind her and shot the oncoming Beowolf in the head. Cornelia looked behind her to see the Grimm drop dead and then back to Chelsea who smirked at her. "I think that makes us even."

Suddenly both girls heard a roar coming from their right and saw a Major Ursa charging at them. They were both prepared to take it on. "Ridge Wind!" A single blade of a wind cut through the Ursa and split apart. Takeo appeared before the two girls landing on the ground. She turned to her two teammates who were half impressed and half surprised. "If you have time to talk, you have time to kill the Grimm." Chelsea and Cornelia nodded in agreement.

Esdeath and Rienna regrouped with the rest of the girls and had all their backs turned against each other staring at the Grimm nearing them. Despite their situation, Chelsea couldn't help but laugh. "You think Ruby and her group are having as much fun as we are?"

While the members of Night Raid were busy handing with the Grimm reinforcements, Ruby and her team, along with Qrow were busy fighting off the Nuckelavee. The Grimm shrieked as it launched one of its extendable arms at Ruby but she jumped over it and aimed Crescent Rose at the ground. She fired a shot and went up into the air with her scythe ready. However, the Nuckelavee managed to grab her mid-air and slammed her into the ground. Nora ran toward it but was struck by the other extendable arm. The Grimm retracted both of its arms and was being shot at by Ren who was circling around it. He kept shooting at the Grimm but it proved to have no effect on it. The Nuckelavee threw both of its arms at him and grabbed Ren by the arms. Ren struggled to break free of the Grimm's tight grip. Jaune came up with a quick idea to help Ren out. "Keep moving, go in a circle!" He ran after saying that.

Nora fired a shot at the Grimm and struck it. With it being momentarily distracted, Ren broke free and began to follow what Jaune told him to do. Him, Jaune, Ruby, Nora and Qrow began to circle around the Nuckelavee while firing at it. It tried to attack them but they dodged it. While circling, Jaune quickly came up to one of the legs and slashed at it. The horse part of the Grimm neighed loudly and turned around to kick Jaune away from it. Ruby ran to his side and Jaune stood up once he stopped. Ruby saw her teammate sheath his sword for some reason. "What you doing?!"

Her answer was Jaune taking out his sheath with the sword still in it and changed slightly into a combined sword. He ran back to the Grimm and Ruby smiled as she provided cover fire for him by shooting with Crescent Rose in its weapon form. The bullets were enough to draw the Nuckelavee's attention while Jaune came at it again. He jumped at one of the legs and slashed it again. The horse part of the Grimm neighed loudly again. While it was doing that, Qrow came from the side and slashed at the main body of the Grimm while passing it by. When he stopped at the other side, he aimed his sword at the Grimm and fired a few shots. They had a little more of an effect and did push it back only a little. He clicked his tongue at how the fight was going so far for them. "This one is a tough bastard."

The Nuckelavee twitched a little and then spun its whole body around while stretching out its arms. The attacked managed to hit everyone except for Qrow who blocked the attack with his weapon but was still able to push him back. The Nuckelavee retracted its arms again back to it and then grabbed its shoulder. When it did that, the spines on its back suddenly grew longer and twitched several times before opening its mouth all the way to let out an ear-piercing screech and the Grimm screeched along with it. Ruby and Jaune covered their ears while the screech grabbed the attention of Esdeath and the others. Rienna can pretty much guess what the screech meant. "I think they made it mad."

Ren ran off and headed toward the tree. He ran up the tree and started shooting at the Grimm while being on top of one the branches. The Nuckelavee turned around to him and sent one of its arms at him Ren tried to jump out of the way but the claw grabbed him and slammed Ren into the building behind the tree. Nora saw the Grimm getting ready for its next attack and turned to Ruby. "Ruby!" The younger girl looked back at Nora and nodded. She readied Crescent Rose and Nora jumped over to her. Ruby spun around and Nora landed on the blade. Nora jumped off Crescent Rose while the young leader fired a shot for extra momentum. The Nuckelavee sent over its other arm at Ren to finish him off but was intercepted by Nora. Ren had braced for the attack but it didn't come to him. He lowered his arms and saw that one of the Grimm's arms was in a different direction. He looked over to where it led and saw Nora dangling from her hammer being grabbed by the Grimm. Nora turned to him and realized the precarious position she was in. "Stop looking." She crossed her legs and looked away in embarrassment while Ren looked away as well.

The Nuckelavee twitched again and pulled Nora's hammer while Nora still hanging onto it. The Grimm raised her high into the air and then slammed her into the ground hard. It did the same thing twice to her and she let go while rolling away a little with her aura finally giving out. Ren saw what happened and cut the claw holding him before stabbing it and shooting at it. Both Qrow and Jaune slashed at the legs again and it made the Grimm jump around again. Ren struggled to pull the claw off him and succeeded before falling to the ground. He quickly stood up and ran toward the Grimm. Ren deflected an attack coming from the Nuckelavee and was ready to attack it but was struck down again and away from the Grimm. He recovered quickly and ran back to the Grimm. Jaune knew this wasn't Ren's usual way of fighting. "Ren! Knock it off!"

Ren didn't listen to him and continued to charge at the Grimm. Behind Ren, the Nuckelavee's claw suddenly came back and grabbed Ren by the leg. The Grimm threw him around and Ren lost his weapons in the process. He was tossed aside to where Nora was and his aura gave out. Nora slowly sat up and saw Ren enraged while looking at the Nuckelavee. They stood up and then Nora tackled Ren underneath the building next to them while the Grimm began charging to where they were. They expected the Grimm to destroy the house but it didn't come. Ren walked up to the opening and saw Jaune stopping the Nuckelavee by the hooves with his sword but only for a moment as it kicked him away. Two shots struck it and turned around toward Ruby. It sent one of its arms at her. Ruby jumped into the air to avoid the attack and continued to shoot at the Grimm while in the air. She landed on the top of a house and shot at the Nuckelavee a few more times before jumping out of the way of the next attack. While it was busy attacking, it felt a few slashes at its side and was pushed away. It looked over at Qrow who didn't seem too happy. "That's my niece you're trying to kill."

While everyone else was busy dealing with the Grimm, Ren tried to join in but was stopped by Nora who grabbed his arm. "Nora, let go!" He tried to pull away but had no success. Ren finally turned to her. "Nora, they're going to get hurt if we don't-"

And Nora slapped Ren backhanded to knock some sense into him. Ren looked back at his childhood friend while she finally let go of his arm and lowered her head. "No. I won't let you kill yourself like this. After everything we've been through, I won't let it end." She finally raised her head to look at Ren. What Ren saw before him was Nora when she was younger shivering in fear. When he blinked, he saw her in the present day with tears starting to come out of her eyes. "Not like this." Seeing Nora cry like that was not what Ren wanted. He lowered his head and took out a small dagger that his father gave to him. Ren saw Nora's hand placed upon the dagger and look up to see her again. He saw the determined look in her eye. "We can do this." If there was ever a time to agree with Nora, this was one of them. Both emerged out of under the house and saw Jaune standing around while Qrow was busy dealing with the Nuckelavee. Ruby ran to her group and they were all back together.

Everyone looked at each other when the ground beneath them began to shake violently. They all took a step back and Jaune looked at the ground. "What's going on now?"

Qrow deflected another attack from the Nuckelavee and turned to where all the shaking was coming from. "What the hell are they planning?"

Insert RWBY Vol 4 opening

During RNJR's and Qrow's fight against the Nuckelavee, Night Raid was beginning to thin out the Grimm horde. They just needed to finish them once and for all. It was during this Cornelia had an idea and needed Chelsea's help. Both girls slammed their weapons into the ground with Esdeath and the others behind them. "You ready Chelsea?"

The other girl chuckled nervously. "Not really but let's do this anyway!"

Both girls yelled while the ground started to shake violently. The shaking became stronger with each passing second and the ground began to crack and break apart with the Grimm on top of it. "Seismic Terror!" Cornelia used her semblance full power and Chelsea did the same. The houses in front broke down and the ground split apart into multiple paths. The result was the ground raising up and traveling toward the horde. The earth wave struck all of the remaining Grimm sent them up into the air.

It was Esdeath's and the other girls' turn now as they stepped in front of Cornelia and Chelsea with Esdeath standing in between Taeko and Rienna. "Hell's Wind Formation!"

The wind circled around Taeko while she pointed her sword and Rienna pulled back her arms with her flamethrowers ready. Rienna yelled as she pointed her weapons in front and let loose large streams of fire. "Flaming Spiral!" The flames engulfed all the Grimm in a raging blaze.

With the fire ready, Taeko swung her sword and powerful gusts of wind were sent forth from her all the way to the fire. The wind combined with the fire and created a fire tornado. "Hell's Twister!"

While the fire twister was still going, Esdeath brought her arm up. "Cold Front Formation!"

Taeko pulled back her sword and the wind began to circle around her again. She swung her sword with the wind blowing fiercely away from her. Esdeath extended her arm forward. "Heulender Blizzard!"

She sent her blizzard attack right next to Taeko's winds and like with Rienna's attack before, their attacks combined to form a large and powerful ice storm. "Frigid Winds Assault!" The second combo attack joined the first one and the all the Grimm felt the force of the two attacks conjoined together.

The combination attacks lasted for a few more seconds before subsiding and there was no sign of any of the Grimm left. Or the surrounding houses that were there previously. All five girls cheered and high-fived each other. "Overkill but I like it." Chelsea spoke. Ruby and the rest saw what happened and didn't know what to think of it. It even caught the attention of the Nuckelavee and let out another screech. "Oh, shut up already!"

They may be done but Ruby and the others still had to deal with their enemy. The young leader suddenly thought up an idea. "Ren…" Said teammate looked over at her. Jaune and I can take care of its arms."

Nora already decided what her target would be. "I'll take the horse."

"And I'll take care of the rest."

Ruby nodded at Ren's decision and turned to her uncle. "Uncle Qrow!"

Qrow jumped back away from the Grimm and looked back at his niece. He smiled as he could already tell what she had planned. "Go for it, Ruby." He cleared out for whatever Ruby had planned for their enemy.

Nora started running to one of the buildings and jumped on a small roof before jumping again. Ruby began shooting at the Grimm while running around house to house to gain its attention while dodging its attacks. She turned around and fired again to land on the ground. The Nuckelavee stretched out its arm to attack her but Ruby jumped up again to avoid the attack. She fired again to go higher and turned Crescent Rose around and fired once more toward the arm. Ruby managed to stab the arm with her scythe and the Grimm screeched out in pain. That was only the beginning as Ren's dagger suddenly stuck into the side of the Grimm and the horse part started to jump around a little. It saw Jaune and used its other arm to attack him but then Ren jumped off the roof of a building while holding Jaune's shield. He managed to intercept the attack and kept it away from Jaune while Ren pressed the shield against the arm. He turned to Jaune. "Now!" Jaune ran over to the arm and stabbed it to keep it in place. The Nuckelavee screeched out in pain again. "Nora!"

Nora was standing on top of a tall building near the Grimm and began to fall backward with a grin. She twirled a little in typical Nora fashion before raising her hammer in front. Nora slammed the horse head of the Grimm with her hammer to the ground and it screeched out in agony and was brought to its knees.

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With the Nuckelavee immobilized now, Ren walked up to it and pulled out his dagger. He stood in front of the Grimm that took everything from him on that fateful day in his village. The Grimm roared in his face but Ren wasn't fazed by it. Ren flipped the dagger around and held it underhanded. "For my mother." He cut apart one of the arms and the Grimm shrieked in pain. Ren grabbed one of the horns to keep it still. "For my father." He cut off the other arm and the Grimm continued to shriek in pain. The Nuckelavee roared at him again. "For all those you've slain." Ren slashed across its chest plate and kept shrieking. It lowered its body in front of him and Ren closed his eyes. "For myself." Ren opened his eyes and then finally cut the Nuckelavee's head off. Its body flailed around before going limp and then dissipating into black smoke rising.

Ren exhaled and dropped his dagger as he had finally avenged those the Nuckelavee had killed. Nora in her usual way and in no other way to describe her happiness, glomped Ren to the ground while laughing.

Jaune and Ruby were happy that it was finally gone. The young leader then felt a hand placed on her head and turned to see Qrow smiling at her. "You did good kiddo." Ruby smiled back at her uncle and Qrow removed his hand.

"Ruby!" The young leader turned around just in time for Esdeath grabbing her and shoving Ruby's face into Esdeath's cleavage in a tight hug. "I'm so happy to see you again and what you did with your team was amazing!"

Ruby tried to talk but it was unfortunately muffled thanks to her face being in Esdeath's breasts. Qrow cleared his throat and Esdeath turned to him. She immediately let go of the younger girl who gasped for air. "Sweet freedom!"

Esdeath felt embarrassed for what she did in front of Qrow. "Y-You're Ruby's uncle, right? It's very nice to meet you. I've never met anyone from Ruby's family before except for Yang and-"

Qrow held up his hand to her. "Just calm down, okay?" Esdeath quickly nodded at him.

Chelsea and the others walked up to the other group while Chelsea was grinning. "Well, I'd say that takes care of that and all of you owe us some food." And Taeko slapped her friend from behind her head. "Ow!"

Taeko leered at the other girl. "Take this seriously, will you? We're not done yet." The rest Night Raid had to agree. Akame was still out there probably fighting against Wave. Where they are right now, their best bet was Kurome hopefully finding them before it was too late.

Jaune suddenly noticed something and looked up to the sky. "Guys! I think I hear something!"

Everyone else looked up and saw two airships flying their way. From the symbols they saw on the sails, they were from Mistral. They cleared out of the way for them to land. "Are all of you okay?!"

Ruby nodded at him. "We're fine!"

While Jaune was happy to see some friendly people, he was wondering about something. "How did you find us out here?"

One of the pilots jumped off the airship and approached the group. "We were on patrol and we saw smoke, a blizzard, and a…fire tornado. Thought something might be wrong." Chelsea giggled at that. "Nobody's been out here for years." He looked at everyone carefully. "Is this your whole group?"

Esdeath took a step forward and shook her head. "No. One of our friends was taken away. She's still out there. We have to find her before it's too late."

Chelsea pointed off in the direction Kurome ran to. "One of our own ran off to catch up that way. Maybe you can help us."

The pilot looked at the direction and then back at the group. "Alright then. We'll go looking for your friends."

The members of Night Raid cheered as they still had a chance. Esdeath turned to Ruby and her group. "Ruby…you go on ahead. We'll meet again in Mistral. Make you'll tell us where you are when you arrive."

Ruby understood clearly. "Alright. Good luck finding Akame and I'm sorry. I never did think we'd see you again here of all places."

Esdeath could understand that but was very glad to see Ruby again. "We'll catch up later. See you in Mistral." She and the rest of Night Raid walked over to the second airship while Ruby and the rest of her group boarded the first one. The two airships took off and flew in different directions. One towards Mistral and the other to where Akame might be. The fight against the Grimm may be over but the members of Night Raid won't rest until they have Akame back with them. They can only hope either them or Kurome can reach her in time. "Hold on Akame. We're coming to save you."