Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Burning Hope. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth do.
(Vale, Ancient Human ruins.)
Ironwood shot a Ursa before a Beowolf slashed him on the back.
Before the Grimm could follow up, Glynda flung a tree into it's back, impaling it as she looked at the defeated Grimm.
"Ugh, where is she? She wouldn't have run this far, would she?" Arthas asked and he tapped his weapons on the tree.
He sighed and hummed before he cracked his neck before the trio continued to walk through the forest. The sounds of battle were starting to die down. He turned back towards the others.
"I'm surprised, only Ozpin could make 3 of the Kingdoms come together… Now he's dealing with the combined weight of Vale, Atlas and Mistral attacking him. I can't understand why he would end up doing this. I mean, I know kind of why." He started to pick through the trees while he while he started to make sure the duo was still around them.
"Oz has made some bad calls in the past… But this? He wouldn't wage war on all of Remnant like he tried to do. He's not the Ozpin that I knew." Ironwood stated before Glynda moved a fallen tree to the side with her semblance.
"Agreed, I know he kept secrets, but I was wondering why he never tried to take over Beacon again. He dragged Oscar into this. I don't believe there is anything left of the boy at this rate." She put in. Arthas watched a Nevermore slam into a tree, shredding the grass and trees around them.
"I doubt it, Ozpin didn't even look human when I saw him. whatever got Salem got him, he's gone… And with all the knowledge he has? He's going to destroy the entire world unless we stop him. My problem is getting to him, Ozpin is willing to throw everything he has at us to make sure that we miss our window." Arthas put in, he cracked his neck and then he saw another tree explode next to him.
He hummed while he looked to the sky. He wondered what Cinder was dealing with right at the moment.
(With Cinder)
Cinder made sure that Cerulean was secured to the ground with lumps of Ice and then turned back from her and blasted herself up to another ledge before she started walking away.
Cinder knew the Maiden should be dead, but killing her wouldn't solve anything. She would deal with the Maiden if she ever come back towards her family or anyone else.
"I wonder if the relics will even allow for Ozpin to use them, the ritual doesn't seem like it's entirely working for him." Cinder started to say before she heard the grass behind her rustle.
Cinder summoned her sword and prepared to attack before she heard familiar voices.
"Cinder?" She heard from Arthas and hugged her husband and smiled before she leaned back on a tree while she turned.
"I was wondering when I'd catch up to you." Cinder heard with a smile, she hummed with amusement while Arthas, her, Ironwood and Glynda looked at a giant vortex of energy.
"I don't like the look of this… We're going to be in for a fight. I don't see anything up ahead, where is Cerulean?" Arthas asked before he started to twist his knives in his hands.
"Trust me, we're going to have a problem. I want to believe that Ozpin is going to give us a massive problem." Cinder started to say before Arthas turned to her with a nod.
"We're going to be in trouble either way, we need to stop this… That storm in the middle of all this is getting worse." Arthas heard before he started to slide down the hill, Cinder took a sigh and walked down the hill.
She looked at Ironwood and Glynda while both slid down the hill. Arthas turned to the others while he kept walking into the middle of the clearing.
"Alright, where is Ozpin? He should be around here somewhere. I didn't know he was going to be a coward." He started to say before lightning crashed around them.
"I can't believe that you'd come here… After all I had done for this planet and you couldn't even give me this." They heard from the storm. Arthas aimed his weapons at the storm while Cinder summoned her swords.
Glynda and Ironwood aimed their weapons at the storm, both started looking around at the lightning storm.
"Ozpin, you can either come out, or we can find you. you're not destroying the entire planet just for your crazy problems." Arthas started to say before lightning crash down on them.
The entire group was knocked back before the lightning cleared and Ozpin walked through it at the group. Arthas blinked and groaned while the others climbed to their feet.
Ozpin faced the group while Cinder looked at the former headmaster. He glared at the maiden while she growled and prepared to duel him.
Author Notes
Phew, another chapter done! I'm sorry this story has had short chapters; next story will be longer and such. Next chapter will be on next Sunday or so and will show Cinder fighting Ozpin. Until them, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: A poll for Winter, Glynda or Summer or so is being put up and a Sword Art or Artoria Fate/Grand Order story is going up tomorrow.