Chapter 40: Ride The Lightning
Downtown Vale
"Hey buddy... are you okay?" A man said as he went up to the being. "You... dont look too well." Once he got a good look under the hood he saw a pure white mask with a red eye glowing from it.
"Oh Shit!" The man ran off. Terrified of what he saw. It was there that the creature let off a deafening roar. People ran as the cloaked being began unleashing numerous tendrils at civilians running away from the scene.
Kevin woke up fifteen minutes after Penny left with the soldiers. "Dammit... my head. She didn't have to knock me out." He suddenly heard screaming. He took a look at his scroll which recieved numerous missed calls. He then saw that there was a voicemail from Nick.
"Kev! Where the hell are you?! I checked the bathroom and you're not even there! Look, whatever it is that you need to do. Do it quick. Then head to main street. That bastard Torchwick is walking around in a robot."
Kevin cut off the voicemail. As he stepped out of the alley, his eyes caught sight of a familiar being. "Oh... shit..."
The people proceeded to run away as the cloaked being unleashed what appeared to be hand shaped tendrils.
Kevin began to tremble in fear. 'No... not one of those things!' He remembered back to nearly being eating by the one at Emerald Forest. "Shit... shit... shit." Kevin began charging electricity through his body. 'I... I gotta meet up with Nick and the others to take this thing out.'
As he was ready to run off, he saw a little boy, who was unable to keep up with his mother, only to him to fall.
"Somebody help! My son!" The mother yelled out. Only for her plea to fall on deaf ears as the people around her were more concerned about their safety. The being noticed the child and launched a tendril towards him.
Kevin then remembered the day that he lost his family. As his father was mauled by Grimm. His mother, buying him time to run away only to meet the same fate. He knew that should he run. It'll be just like reliving his childhood again. 'No... not again.' Kevin gritted his teeth, using his semblance, he was able to get to the child in time. Only to be stabbed in his shoulder by a tendril.
'Don't yell... if you do... the kid will be even more terrified.' Kevin looked at his shoulder. A hole about the size of a golf ball, leaking blood. 'Shit... out of all the times that I'm alone... why now?' He then looked at the child, who was trembling in fear.
'No! Don't think that way!" He's looking for you to protect him.' So he did the one thing he knew that might work. He started making goofy faces. The child looked up at Kevin and began to smile. "Don't worry kid. I'll get you out of here."
He made a dash towards the corner. Luckily, the Void didn't chase him. He saw the woman who was screaming for her child. "Thank you! Thank you!"
"No... problem." Kevin struggled to get up. He watched as his wound slowly healed. 'Sorry Nick... as much as I wanna run from it. I can't let these people get hurt.' Kevin took out his dagger. Due to his damaged arm, he can only wield one. As he proceeded to head to the battle, he felt something tug his leg. It was the little boy he saved.
"Thank you mister huntsman."
Kevin was surprised to hear this child give him thanks.
"Kick that Grimm's butt!"
He then had a smile on his face. "Don't worry kid. I promise to kick its butt."
(Dr. Stone OST Vol.2: Storm's Brewing)
Kevin soon returned to where the Void stood. Not moving a muscle. "Don't know how something like you got here. But I'll be sure to protect these people." Kevin proceeded to dash around the Void at astonishing speeds. Creating multiple afterimages. The tendrils began to form what looks like spider legs and proceeded to entrap him. However, he was able to slice the tendrils apart and move out the way.
"So there was more of them?!" Kevin dodged an incoming tendril spike by back flipping away. He soon saw that it wasn't aiming for him, but the people running away. "Shit!" He proceeded to move people out of the way as the multiple tendrils had spread out fo attack them.
"Gah!" Kevin was caught on his side by an incoming tendril as he pushed a girl out of the way. He held his side as he rolled around in pain. "Dammit... that hurts like hell!"
"Thank you!" The girl yelled.
"Don't thank me! Just get the hell out of here!" He yelled. Kevin then took out his scroll. It was completely destroyed due to taking that impact. "Guess I should've... responded to that call."
As the creature launched more tendrils, Kevin easily evaded then all. Seeing an opening, he dashed forward, ready to slice its head off. However, it's head transformed into the shape of a venus flytrap. "Shit!" He was able to flip over it's head before being devoured.
"Ok... wasn't expecting that." Kevin watch as the cloak was torn to shreds. Revealing a large lump of mass in its back. With some of it covering its face.
"Ahh... shit."
"Where the hell is he?" Nick tried to contact Kevin again, but it went straight to voicemail.
"Maybe he took another trip to the bathroom?" Weiss smugly said.
"One thing about Kevin, he's no coward. We've seen it for ourselves what he's capable of." Mike said.
"I have something that might work." Nick sat down in a cross legged position. He then activated Witching Hour.
"Uhh... what are you doing?" Yang asked. Everyone looked at Nick while he closed his eyes.
"This isn't the time to meditate Nick!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Shut up... I'm trying to concentrate." Nick poured his aura into the vicinity. "If I concentrate hard enough... I can locate Kev. One of the downsides is that I can only tack down negative emotions."
"You can do that?!" Ruby asked in a surprised expression. "Just what can't you do?"
"Also, the more aura I expand... the faster Witching Hour's time limit go by. So I need to concentrate." Nick continued to spread his aura throughout the area. His eyes soon reverted back to gold as he found out where exactly the God of lightning was located. "Found him."
"Where is he?" Sun asked.
"He's... fighting a Void."
Mike and Torren's eyes widened.
"A what?" Blake raised an eyebrow at the statement.
"Basically... what we fought at Emerald Forest." Nick stood up. "It's not your ordinary Grimm. And definitely something that shouldn't be fought alone."
"Dammit... We gotta..." Mike was extremely exhausted from activating Dragon Installation. "Shit... I'm still drained."
"Told you about being flashy." Nick said.
"You guys were in bad shape after that fight." Weiss said. "My guess was that Michael used his semblance to defeat that creature?"
"Yeah. Luckily, I had enough aura to do so. Otherwise, we wouldn't be talking now. But with Kev by himself... he will die."
Yang went and grabbed her motorcycle. "Get on! While we're there, you can regain your aura!" Mike ran and hopped on. "Get in the sidecar Nicky."
"I'm placing where Kevin is at." Everyone looked at their scrolls and saw the pinpointed location. "Meet us there." Nick hopped in the sidecar, as Yang rode off.
"You heard the man. Let's go save Kev!" Sun yelled.
"That kid... he saved us."
"That poor boy."
"Where the hell are the professionals at?!"
"If someone don't get here soon he'll die!"
Kevin was slashing away all of the tendrils that was coming at him. 'Luckily I can keep up with this speed.' It would not last as it soon averted its attention to the people running away. Combining them into a single weapon.
"Speed of lightning!" However, Kevin pushed them out of the way. All the while taking the attacks for them. The outcome left him riddled with bruises.
"Maybe this was a bad idea having you attend the festival." Ironwood said. "Wandering around town by yourself. Running away from the people trying to protect you. And with that boy. Even after I told you not to see him."
Penny did not say a word. She had kept her head down.
"I will be making sure that you are constantly supervised. You will not leave their sight." Ironwood suddenly felt his scroll go off. It was footage of Kevin battling against the Void. "That must be one of those things Ozpin told me about. And that boy..."
Penny closed her eyes in order to access the surveillance cameras in the area. She soon noticed what Ironwood was muttering about. "Mr. Ironwood. Please let me go."
"I'm sorry. But I cant let you."
"But why?! I can handle this!"
"You're not ready to handle something like this!" Ironwood yelled. "If something happens to you. Your father will not forgive me. You are my responsibility."
"How am I destined to save the world, if Im not allowed to even save the people here?!" Penny yelled. Ironwood saw the look of determination that was on Penny's face. He then let out a sigh.
"Is that boy... important to you?" Ironwood asked.
"He is! But that's not the reason why I want to be there! Those people are!"
Ironwood knew that it would take a while for profession hunters to reach the area. He moved out the way, and let Penny go towards the battle.
"Thank you Mr. Ironwood." Penny bowed towards the General before dashing off.
'Dammit... I'm low in aura.' Due to focusing healing in his arm, his aura was cut in half Alongside taking hits for the civilians and overusing his semblance, he couldn't produce enough aura to protect himself.
The Void combined all the tendrils on it's back to create a hammer, striking Kevin with the force of a truck and sending him crashing into a wall.
'Dammit... just when... things were going so well.' He then chuckled to himself. 'Joining a huntsman academy. Having good friends. And even a girlfriend. In a way... I was able to move past everything that happened to me.'
The Void combined all of its tendrils into a spike mace. Ready to make the finishing blow.
"I'm sorry for leaving you guys... and I'm sorry Penny. I was hoping to spend more time with you.' The Void soon launched the final attack at Kevin. 'Dad... I hope that when I see you again... I can tell you about these past three months. And how I met the greatest friends... a guy like me can have.'
Suddenly it was as if time has completely stopped. 'So... this is what death looks like.' Kevin looked all around him. The people who were screaming for him to run were not moving. 'At least... the people are safe.'
The deadly weapon that tried to crush him were soon sliced apart.
"Wh... what the?" Time suddenly returned to normal as Kevin looked up. He saw what looked like a shadow coming from the sky. "I... think it's the blood loss talking... but is... that you.. Penny?"
Penny turned her head towards the God of lightning. Giving him her biggest smile. "I'm sorry that I knocked you unconscious."
"I dont care about that... but you need to get... out of here..." Kevin struggled to get up. "I don't... want you to get hurt."
"I'm not here to protect you." Penny helped him up before pointing to the people. "I'm here to help you protect these people. That you were risking your life for."
"Wha... but... what about Ironwood?"
"He gave me permission to assist you." Penny said. "It's my duty to one day save the world... remember?"
"Yeah... I do." Kevin soon got up. "Be careful. It's known as a void. And it-."
"Has a Grimm in its body." Penny finished the rest of Kevin's sentence.
"How did-"
"I'm a robot. Remember?" Penny said with a smile.
(Dr. Stone OST Vol. 2: The Light Created Fire)
"Your more than that. You're my girlfirend." Kevin smiled back at her. "I have a plan. But I need a bit of aura. Stall him for a few minutes, then try to create an opening. Think you can do that?"
"Absolutely!" Penny said with a smile.
"Thanks babe." Kevin ran as fast as he can away from the battle.
The Void soon launched a dozen tendrils towards Kevin, however, Penny stopped them from reaching him.
"I won't let you hurt my boyfriend. Nor the people of this city." Penny soon launched her swords at the tendrils. Slashing them away faster than it could regenerate. She was well aware of one them coming up from underground. She was able to avoid the incoming attack by backing away.
Kevin made sure he was at far distance. Taking deep breaths as his aura slowly began to come back.
"Kev!" Kevin soon turned his head and Saw Nick, Mike and Yang who were shocked by his appearance. "What the hell happened?!"
"Long story. And sorry for not returning your calls." Kevin showed them his broken scroll.
"Where's that thing you were fighting?" Yang asked.
"Penny's buying me time. I'm trying to recharge enough aura to at least land a certain kill attack. I'll definitely take this thing out."
"Wait. Penny's here?" Mike soon saw Penny fighting against the Void. Gracefully avoiding the tendrils while launching her own attacks.
"Will she be able to keep that up?" Yang asked.
"I don't know. That's why I need aura." He then began to charge huge amounts of electricity into his body. 'Dammit... I dont have enough!'
"Mike Im taking your aura."
"Wait what?!"
Gold markings appeared on Nick's face as Mike suddenly felt weaker. Nick knew he could easily help Kevin kill that Void. However. "Golden Time! Aura emission!" He gave Kevin the rest of his and Mike's aura. "Don't let it go to waste dammit."
Kevin was surprised by the huge burst of aura flowing through him. His wounds were also healing at an extremely fast rate. He continued to charge large amounts of electricity into his body. "Thanks Nick!" Kevin crouched into a sprinter stance.
"Look at all of that lightning!" Sun pointed at what looks like a gathering of lightning.
"That must be Kevin! Hurry!" Weiss yelled.
"You better have a one hit kill technique Kev." Mike said with a smirk. "That's my aura you're about to waste."
"Trust me. With all this aura coursing through me. I most definitely do!" Kevin soon dashed off. Creating a shockwave that caused Nick and them to get pushed back.
"Holy crap! That speed was incredible!" Yang couldn't believe it.
"You guys!" Ruby and the others soon saw Yang, Mike and Nick. "What was that just now?!"
"That was the God of lightning himself." Yang said with a smile.
"Wait really?!" Blake said in a surprised tone. "I knew he was fast but..."
While they were talking, Nick soon had an even brighter idea of how to make him become even faster. Thinking back to when Weiss was using her glyphs to obtain a speed boost during the fight with Torchwich. "Weiss, I need you to place a glyph over there." Nick pointed at a specific area. "Think you can do it?"
"I don't know... can I?" Weiss said confidently.
"Can you or can you not?!" Nick yelled. Not having the time for jokes.
"All right! No need to get snappy!" Wiess placed a glyph in front of Kevin. His speed was increased by a large magnitude. Causing the lights in the area to shut down completely.
"He's gone." Blake couldn't believe it.
"No... he's just moving... really fast."
Penny was finally able to reach the Void's body. With her six swords, she sliced it in half. Not only making it focus on regenerating, but giving Kevin the opening he needed. "Kevin! Now!"
Thanks to the opening that Penny gave him he cleaved through the Void. "Ride The Lightning!" Not even a millisecond later did the large amount of lightning that traveled behind him struck it. Causing its body to completely disintegrate.
The surrounding people alongside Nick and the others were shocked by the surprising light show.
"He did it!" Ruby yelled.
"Yeah... he did huh?" Nick had a smile on his face. "He's not stopping."
"Wait what?"
"He's going to crash at lightning speed... meaning he's really gonna die."
"Shit! Kev!"
'Shit... shit.. shit!' Kevin couldn't stop himself from running. He nearly crashed into a building until a group of people cushioned the impact for him.
"Don't worry kid, we got you." One guy said.
"That was incredible!"
"That boy save our lives." One man said.
"He's a hero!"
The crowd cheered for Kevin. The little boy he save earlier went up to him."Thank you Mr. Huntsman."
"Thank you. For protecting us." The boy's mother bowed towards him.
Kevin gave the kid a thumbs up. "Of course... it's... my." He never got a chance to finish his sentence. Due to passing out from the massive fatigue.
"Lay him down gently." The people made sure to place Kevin on the floor.
"Kevin!" Penny ran up to him. "Kevin! Are you ok?!" She held his head up to check his breathing. She breathed a sigh of relief when she heard him.
"Penny..." Kevin had a weak smile on his face. "Looks like... we did it."
"Yeah... we did!" Penny hugged Kevin, who weakly embraced her.
Everybody ran up to where Kevin nearly crashed at.
"Penny?!" Ruby couldn't believe it. "We haven't seen you since the docks!"
"Hello Ruby. It certainly has been a while." Penny said with a smile. "Have you met my boyfriend Kevin?"
Everybody besides team KNTM and Yang was shocked.
"What?!"
"Kevin?! And... you?!" Even Weiss couldnt beleive it.
"Jealous?" Kevin weakly stood up.
"Not in the slightest. Just surprised."
"My man!" Sun gave Kevin a high five.
"That was some speed though." Nick said. "Imagine if you could run that fast all the time?"
"No kidding..." Kevin stood up. "I think... that was the fastest I ever ran."
"I think you ran faster than the speed of light...ning!" Yang joked. Everybody besides Mike groaned at the pun.
"That's impossible. No human can run that fast. They'll destroy their body the moment they reach that point of speed." Weiss said.
"Well as fast as he ran... of course there might be... side effects in doing so." Blake added.
"Either way! You two did great!" Mike place an arm over Kevin and Penny. "You were like the ultimate... battle couple out there!"
"That's nice. Now get your arm off of her." Kevin said.
As everybody was talking, Nick suddenly muttered out a name. "In...dra..."
"Huh? What was that?" Ruby somewhat heard Nick.
"Oh... it's nothing." Nick said back. 'Why did I just say that?'
"Anyways! This calls for a celebration!" Sun yelled. "And I happen to know a good spot."
"That's great!" Kevin soon coughed up a bit of blood.
"Kev!" Everybody yelled out.
"I'm fine." Kevin said before wiping his mouth. "Must've been from the strain from having all that electricity coursing through me."
"Do you want me to carry you?" Penny asked.
"I'll be good." He said with a smile.
"If you give me a few minutes, I'll be able to heal you." Nick said. "Since you know? I gave you all my aura."
"And mines!" Mike huffed.
"Thanks guys." Kevin had a huge grin on his face.
"Yeah! Yeah!" Mike began to pout while Yang kissed him on the cheek.
(Back On- Chain)
25 minutes later
After Nick healed Kevin with his semblance, Sun and Neptune took teams RWBY and KNTM to a ramen shop known as the Golden Wok. Where everybody except Blake had ramen while she had fried fish.
"Ehhh... it's ok." Torren pushed the bowl away.
"Yeah... it's alright." As did Nick, Mike and Kev.
"How can you not like this?!" Sun said in shock. "This is good stuff!"
"Last time we take you guys out to eat." Neptune said.
"Maybe it's because I'm spoiled by having Torren's cooking. But I feel that it's... not as good as I thought it would be." Weiss did the same thing.
"I think it's pretty tasty." Penny slurped the noodles as she had a smile on her face.
"Well you haven't tried my cooking." Torren said. "Which you definitely should!"
"Is it better than the restaurants that Kevin take me to?"
"Even better!" Ruby said.
"Speaking of that. Maybe you should cut down on it." Blake said to Torren. "We don't need you running out of breath like before."
"She's right. You are getting kind of plump." Mike joked.
"Hey! This is healthy fat!" Torren yelled. Causing everybody to laugh.
"Penny?" Penny was alerted by the voice.
"Mr. Ironwood."
General Ironwood soon noticed Nick and Mike sitting in the shop. "The Bell brothers?"
"Jimmy?" Mike said in shock. "What are you doing out here?"
"Who's that?" Yang asked.
"Hello there General Ironwood." Weiss greeted. "It's been a while."
"Ms. Schnee. I see that you're fairing well. I've recently spoke to your father not too long ago."
"Is... that so?"
Torren, Sun, Neptune and Yang chuckled at hearing his last name.
"Is that really his last name?" Yang asked Mike. Trying to contain her laughter.
"You should hear his first name." Nick said. As he laughed alongside them.
"I don't get it." Ruby didnt catch on to the joke.
"Show the General some respect." Weiss could only sigh at the immaturity of her friends.
Ironwood decided to ignore the cackling.
"To answer your question Michael... I'm here for her." He then pointed at Penny.
"Penny?" Nick said. "Wait. So Penny's from Atlas? But why is she with you? Is she royalty?"
"No.. she isn't. However... she's very important." Ironwood said. Not wanting to stay on the subject any longer. "Come along Penny."
"Yes sir." Penny sadly got up from her seat. Suddenly, Kevin grabbed her arm.
"Kevin..."
"Now hold on a second. I think you're being a bit unfair about how she feel." Kevin stared intently at Irowood.
"I don't think you understand at all Mr. Silver. There's a reason that I cannot have her around you all."
"Penny can take care of herself!" Kevin said. "You didn't see what she can do! She destroyed a fleet of bullheads! She even helped defeat a Manticore! And then this!"
"Wait! Bullheads?!" Mike stood up excitedly.
"Manticores?!" Even Yang was excited.
"If you really felt that she couldn't look after herself? Then why let her help Kev fight that Void?" Nick soon backed up Kevin.
"Yeah! Come on Jimmy! Don't go acting like one!" Mike said. "I think we all can see that Penny got what it takes!"
Ironwood saw Penny going to Kevin's side. Sadly staring at him. He then took a deep breath. "I wish to speak to Mr. Silver alone."
"Uhhh... sure." Kevin stood up and walked with the General further away from the shop. "So... what's up?"
"Let me ask you this?" Ironwood glared at Kevin. "How much do you know?"
"About what... sir?" Kevin raised an eyebrow towards the question.
"About her origin?"
"Oh. I know all about the fact that she's a robot."
"And you know that... there are things that she-"
"I know sir..." Kevin stopped Ironwood from finishing that sentence. "But love comes in forms that... don't have to... lead to that."
"And yet... you're still care for her?"
"Come on man! You think I'd really do something with her?!" Kevin's face was extremely red due to this subject being bought up. "Like I said, love don't have to involve... that."
Ironwood then began to glare at Kevin. "Exactly... how much do you care about her?"
"Enough to give up my life for her." Kevin glared right back at Ironwood. Not backing down.
'This kid... there wasn't a hint of hesitation when he said that. She's been acting like a normal girl since being around him. Maybe having her integrate with other kids will help her grow.' Ironwood placed a hand on Kevin's shoulder. "Promise me you'll keep her safe. No matter what."
"You mean it?!" Kevin and Ironwood were alerted by Penny's presence.
"I'll also be letting your father know about this so that he does not worry about you."
"Thank you Mr. Ironwood!" Penny bowed towards the General before hugging Kevin.
"Make sure you bring her back safe." Ironwood said.
"I promise." Kevin bowed towards Ironwood as he left.
"Hey Jimmy!" Nick ran up to Ironwood and whispered something. To which he shook Nick's hand before really leaving.
"What exactly did you tell him?" Kevin asked.
"Nothing important." Nick said with a small smile. He then took a glance at his scroll as his face suddenly became pale. "Shit..."
"What is it Nick?' Ruby asked.
"We're... gonna be in trouble when we head back." Nick saw that they were on the news.
"Oh.. boy." Mike knew exactly what was going to happen.
Three hours later
"Going on an unofficial mission, involving foreign students and endangering your lives! Not only that, Mr. Silver is in the nurse's office to make sure he doesnt have any internal injuries. For which he will be serving his time once he leaves!" Glynda was not pleased with teams RWBY and KNTM, alongside Sun and Neptune . Hearing about them sneaking off on a "unofficial" mission and endangering their lives was the last thing she wanted to hear.
"How come we have to be here?" Sun pointed to himself and Neptune. "We're visitors."
"Even though you two are visitors from another school. It is still our responsibility to make sure that you two follow our rules."
"I cant believe it! Me! Detention!" Weiss was in disbelief. "My perfect record! Ruined!"
"Looks like you're really one of us now, princess." Mike began laughing at her.
"It's not as bad as I thought it would be." Yang leaned back on her chair.
"Be glad that Port isn't here to spin a tale." Nick said.
"Does that... make me a delinquent?" Ruby sadly said. "Do I have to dye my hair? And hang with the wrong crowd?!"
"Don't be so dramatic." Blake was reading a book to pass the time. "It's just something that they have to do in order to set an example."
"And you!" Nick was telepathically thrown to a wall. Everybody was shocked by what just happened. "What did you tell James?!" She soon brought Nick back to her.
"Nothing! I swear!" Nick struggled to break free.
"Oh really? Then why did I suddenly get an invitation to the upcoming dance?!" Glynda was not pleased to hear that. She soon realized that Nick said something the moment Ironwood walked up to her and told him what he said.
"You two would make a good couple. Besides, you might wanna hurry before it's times up." Nick said with a smirk.
"I swear." Glynda then launched Nick out the window. "You really are a problem child."
"So this is detention?" Penny then had a smile on her face. "I like it!"
"Keep getting in trouble, and you can be here as much as you want." Mike had a huge grin on his face.
"Please dont turn her into a delinquent." Glynda said. "It's bad enough dealing with you four on a daily basis."
The next day
As everybody where walking through the hallway. They took notice of Penny, who happened to be wearing the Beacon academy uniform.
"Penny!" Kevin ran up to her. "You look beautiful in that uniform!"
"Why thank you Kevin!" Penny hugged her boyfriend.
"Why is she wearing the uniform if she's not a part of our school?" Yang asked.
"Most likely Kevin put her up to it." Blake added.
"Hey guys." Jaune waved at The two teams. "Wait... who's that?" The rest of team JNPR walking up to them.
"Oh. That's right. Team JNPR, this is Penny, my girlfriend." Kevin introduce Penny to his sister team.
"Sal-u-ta-tions team JNPR." Penny greeted the team with a bow.
"It's nice to meet you Penny." Pyrrha said with a smile.
"Look at that Jaune! The last person I expect to have a girlfriend. Has one! Crazy right?!" Mike began to laugh at Jaune. Only for him to stop as Yang glared at him.
"One day Jaune." Yang ruffled his head.
"Hey guys?" Torren showed everyone his scroll. It was 8:57am. "We're gonna be late."
"Shit! Really?!" Nick and the others began to dash to their early classroom.
"Is this part of what happens in the academy?" Penny said while running.
"Not really!" Kevin held her hand as they ran to the classroom. "But... it's fun when there's more people."
As Nick was running, he thought back to the name he muttered. 'Why did I say that name? Indra... just where did that come from?'
A train was heading to Vale. Two people were sitting across from each other talking.
"Hey, what's wrong? You look awful." A voice said.
"Do I?" Another voice replied.
"You... look ready to kill someone."
Akakabuto's expression was one that had zero emotion. The people on the train felt cold being around him. He had heard something that he thought would never happen.
The previous day
"What do you want Torchwick?" Akakabuto was not in the mood to be bother by the theif.
"I... have bad news." Torchwick said. "Shogun... was killed last night."
"You'd do best to show me proof before I head to Vale and show you the definition of "killed".
Torchwick switched the video to a camera recording of the hospital. The bear faunus' eye widened in shock at what he saw. It was Nick walking into Shogun's room, with a knife in hand, and stabbing him in the heart. The footage returned back to Torchwick.
"I'm... terribly sorry."
Cinder was smirking in the background as she listened in on Torchwick.
"No... don't be." Akakabuto crushed the scroll in his hand. He stood up. "Looks like I'll be heading to Vale... sooner than expected."
"You know... should he find out we were the ones who actually did it? We'll be in trouble." Torchwick knew that this was a huge gamble. "Nick" soon came out of the shadows. His appearance shattered like glass. Reavealing Torchwich's partner, Neo who strutted to a wooden box and sat on top of it.
"I had hoped to recruit him without using such methods." Cinder proceed to leave the warehouse. "However. He's becoming a nuisance. A very dangerous one at that."
"So you're hoping they kill each other?" Mercury said.
"I don't know. His brother is just as dangerous as he is." Torchwick shuddered at the thought of Mike.
"Nervous Roman?" Cinder said.
"Not even... the slightest."
"Good. Because once we're done here. Then we began the second phase." Cinder's golden eyes glowed as she walked into the darkness.
Present
"You've... probably gone through alot. Haven't you?" The guy said
"You... can say that."
"Well now that you're going to Vale. You can forget about all those ties."
Akakabuto stared out the window. "Ties are not forgotten. They're severed."
Urban Brawler
Nick and Penny were face to face in a stare down.
"So... I heard that you can kick my ass in Urban Brawler?" Nick had a scowl on his face.
"That's what Kevin says." She had a cheerful smile on her face.
"Well... we'll see about that."
Everybody were sitting around in team KNTM as they waited for what might be history in the making.
"With the red controller! She strong! She's beautiful! And she kicks major ass! My girlfriend! Penny!"
"Good luck Penny! Penny, we love you! Kick his ass!" Kevin was cheering his girlfriend on.
"Thank you Kevin!"
"And on the left we have Nick." He said in a nonchalant tone.
"Hey!"
"Good luck Nick!" Ruby yelled.
"You got this Guren!" Pyrrha cheered.
"Who wants nachos!" Torren yelled out.
"Over here!" Nora yelled out.
"The rules are simple. Whoever gets three wins! Gets to have bragging rights!" Kevin said.
The two picked their characters before it was time to start the match.
"Good luck Nick." Penny said with a smile.
"Good luck Nick." He said in a mocking tone. "I don't need luck. I have skill. Plenty of it!"
"Two hundred lien Penny gets her ass kick! " Mike said.
"I'd like to get in on this bet!" Sun yelled.
"Same here! I bet Nick would win!" Neptune said
"Well I bet Penny wins!" Nora yelled.
"Why do you keep betting with him?" Jaune said. "We all know that Nick is gonna win."
Surprisingly, the first match went to Penny. Which shocked everybody.
"Wh... that was a fluke!" Nick yelled.
"Wow. This Urban Brawler is faster than the last one!" Penny said.
"Oh... shit..." Mike soon realized what was about to happen. "Hey... uh... Nora? How about we switch out bets?"
"Nope!"
The second match, Nick surprisingly couldn't keep up with Penny's high level gameplay. And easily lost the second match.
"What the hell?!" Nick yelled.
"Wow... I cant believe he lost twice." Ruby was surprised to see what was happening.
Kevin couldn't help but snicker. 'I told you I had a secret weapon!.'
"Oh... this ain't gonna be good." Yang said in a deadpanned tone.
"Hooray for me!" Penny cheered.
"Alright... alright! You wanna play! Huh?!" Nick went back to the character select to change his character. "I was holding back the entire time!"
Penny stuck with the same character she had for the last two matches.
"Why do I get the feeling that something's gonna happen?" Torren nervously replied.
"You mean Nick losing for the third time?" Weiss said.
The last match went just like how the first and second one went. Flawless victory. Nick's jaw dropped in disbelief.
"Nooooo!" Sun yelled. "I just lost 200 lien!"
"You did it!" Kevin hugged Penny. "You really kick his ass!"
"I did huh?!" Penny tightening her hug. Causing Kevin to foam out the mouth.
"I... lost?" Nick fell to his knees. The one game, he would always win at. Was no more.
"It's alright Nick. You'll get her next time." Ruby patted Nick on the back.
"I'm gonna leave." Blake left the room. Having a premonition of what's to come.
"I'll come with you." Ren also did the same thing.
"Pay up!" Nora had her hand out, to which Mike, Sun and Neptune gave her a combined total of 600 lien. She then happily skipped out the door.
"God dammit." Mike muttered.
"That was my weekly allowance." Neptune hung his head in shame.
"Hahahahahahaha!" Kevin was laughing at Nick's face. "What happened Nick?! I thought you were going to win?! Huh?! Huh?! Huh?!"
Jaune nervously left the room. Leaving Mike, Pyrrha, Torren, Penny and the remaining members of Team RWBY.
Veins began to bulge from Nick as Kevin kept on gloating about the victory.
(Hunter X Hunter 2011 OST Vol. 1: Get Funky)
"You know what? Screw this game!" Nick took the disc out and flung it out the window. "Come here!" Nick began to chase after Kevin, who ran out the room.
"Nick!" Ruby ran out the door.
"Guren!" Pyrrha also ran out to stop the Ashura.
"Shit! We gotta stop them!" Mike and Yang ran out the door to stop what might be a murder.
"Is this also part of the game?" Penny asked.
"Nope." Torren said as he began to munch on the nachos. "That's just Nick being Nick."
"Honestly, Nick is truly a sore loser." Weiss sighed as she sat down and took some nachos. "He should really learn to humble himself."
"Wanna have someone "fight" your battles huh?!" Nick yelled out as he continued to chase Kevin throughout the academy.
"Come on Nick! Just accept the loss!" Kevin yelled. "Besides, shouldn't you be mad at Penny?!"
"You bastard! Involving your girlfriend into your problems?! You better really hope I don't catch you!"
"Somebody! Help me!"
"Guren! Do you want Ms. Luna to find out that you're misbehaving?!"
"I don't care!"
"Come on Nick! Stop this nonsense!" Mike yelled.
Nick and Kevin were running across the entire academy. Which lasted the entire day until he calmed down.
Preview
"To me... you were like the sky that would forever expand. I was only a cloud that could never catch up to you. It's the sky that allows the cloud to move about freely. But someday, I will even reach up the sky itself."
Finally done with this chapter. I know I havent been able to keep with my four to five day schedule. You know with life, and writer's block. Anyways, this is basically the halfway point of Volume 2. Plus I have alot in store. Such as the "fateful battle" and the dance. Oh man is somebody going to not like what's to come. Anyways, be on the lookout for the next one.