"Today is a wonderful day because I am going to see Star Wars. AND THEY BETTER DO IT RIGHT!" Declared Sparta.
" I agree with that. Star Wars has gone downhill lately but surely they will get the solo movie right." Said Hope.
" oh yeah that's right you have been here the entire time so you haven't seen solo. What I'm talking about is the rise of Skywalker." Explain Sparta.
"I'm sure it will do fine." Said Ben
Volume 4 Issue 6: Tipping Point
The Continent of Anima.
The pathway to Oniyuri
"So the ruins still exist." Said Li.
The Camera opens up to a cloudy day, and RNJR is following a mossy stone tile path through the wilderness. While walking, Nora stretches her arms up wide.
"Another day, another adventure!" Nora cried excitedly as her team walked beside her with their fearless leader holding the map.
"What's on the agenda today?" Ruby asked.
"Walking!" Jaune said, without looking up.
"With a side of...?" Nora asked.
"More walking." Ren answered as Ruby slumped forward.
" A lot of walking in animal." Said Raven.
"*Sigh* Haven is a lot farther away than I thought." Ruby commented.
" how far did you think it would be?" Asked summer.
"I don't know." Admirer Ruby.
"Ruby… how long did you think this journey was going to take?" Asked Ren.
"I don't know! I grew up in a small area, I've never been this far from home without transportation." explained Ruby.
"Right, but... how long?" Jaune asked, still not looking up from his map.
"Maybe like, uh... two weeks?"
"You are just like summer." Said Raven.
Ruby explained nervously, showing a bit of her naivety.
"What?!" Jaune cried, looking up from his map to glare at her.
"Okay, fine! Three or something! Look, whatever." Ruby replied, not making eye contact before she noticed something in the distance.
"Hey, what's that?" Ruby asked, seeing a village that looks like it should belong in ancient China if it was uncompleted as Nora moved to a broken fence to get a better view.
"That's... strange. I didn't think we'd be hitting another village for a few days." Jaune said.
"Are those buildings… damage?"
"No. Just unfinished." Said An.
Nora asked, trying to get a better look without moving from her spot.
"We should search for survivors!" Jaune cried.
Jaune drops the map
"Never leave your map behind. Your map can sometimes be more important than your weapons." Said Qrow.
and all four go running into the village, with Nora leaping onto the wall and to a rooftop from there. They discover the town to be empty. Ruby lifts a fallen plank of wood to find only plant outgrowth underneath.
"Anything?" Ruby asked.
"Nothing over here!" Nora explained before jumping down.
"No one over here, either!" Jaune added.
"It almost seems like... the town was abandoned." Ren said, crouching on the ground before getting up.
Ruby looks around while the others go offscreen, feeling unease in the wind.
"Hey, I think I found something!" Nora cried in the center with her team.
Ruby turns and rushes over. Nora, Jaune and Ren are looking at a town sign. Nora moves the ivy growing over it to the side to read what it says.
"Oniyuri? Never heard of it." Nora said, placing her hands on her hips in confusion.
"It is like mount glen." Said Ren.
"Me neither." Jaune added.
"I have." Ren explained sadly.
Everyone turns towards him waiting for an exclamation.
"You might think of it as Anima's Mountain Glenn, had it never been completed. Years ago, the richest members of Mistral were unhappy with how the Kingdom was being run." Explained Ren
As Ren speaks, there are wide shots showing the various unfinished buildings, disrepair and neglect of the village.
"Frustrated with the council, they pooled their resources together to build their own city, with their own laws. They hoped that one day, it could maybe even become its own Kingdom. Many thought it would be the future."
"But it was only a disaster." Admitted Li.
Ren explained as he walks away from the other three.
"I know my parents did." the Lotus Green Ninja finished.
"What happened?" Ruby asked, having a feeling like she already knows.
"What always happens." Ren answered, wiping a bench to reveal a set of claws scratched in.
"The Grimm." Jaune said as Ren clenches his fist and anger.
"Only the one." Said Nora.
"Not just any, one." Ren replied.
Ruby briefly faces Nora in confusion, but Nora doesn't move her concerned gaze away from Ren even when Ruby turns back to him.
"One?" Ruby asked, confused and worried.
Several small black birds take off from a tree outside Oniyuri's wall. They fly over the village and the four travelers as if something big and important was coming.
"I really hope not." Said Ren.
"Come on. Let's just get through here. This place gives me the creeps." Jaune stated.
"Then hope you don't go anywhere near my home village." Said Ren.
He turns and leaves, soon followed by Nora. Ren lingers for a moment for a few moments, seemingly in thought, then follows. Ruby is the last to move as she looks over the empty village. Leaves blow through behind her after she follows her friends.
Kingdom of Atlas
Schnee Charity Ball
The next scene shift to The broken moon shines brightly to the sound of Weiss singing on a alone on a large, empty stage, singing a wordless aria, her arms outstretched. She is perfectly positioned below the center of the painted emblem of Atlas that dominates the stage.
"I'm not your pet, not another thing you own.
I was not born guilty of your crimes.
Your riches and your influence can't hold me anymore.
I won't be possessed,
burdened by your royal test.
I will not surrender.
This life is mine."
"Nice job ice queen." Said Yang,
Weiss concludes her song and bows while the audience applauds. She looks up to the balcony above stage left where her father and brother are watching. Jacques remains seated, not applauding, while Whitley is standing giving a slower paced, sarcastic clap. While Willow is on the other side holding snow close to her so it doesn't try to eat the stage,
"It probably would. Their little bodies can hold a lot more food than they probably should so they can regurgitate it in order to grind it into a cocoon." Said Ben.
Weiss then looks back at the audience, all clapping still in their seats. She turns and walks backstage, her feigned smile replaced with a frown.
A waiter carrying martini glasses on a tray opens up a door and enters the ballroom where people mill about to soft piano notes. He holds the tray next to a young man, who takes a glass before walking off. A blonde woman in a dark green halter dress stops to look at the waiter before moving on. Background conversation is Inaudible as they aren't important at the moment.
"Need anything else?" the Second Waiter asked.
"No." a Blonde Woman replied.
The blonde walks up to a man.
"Hey. Nice dress." the Background Man complimented.
"What, this old thing?" the Blonde Woman asked.
"Heh. Didn't you enjoy the performance?" the Background Man replied.
"Yes, she has a lovely voice." the Blond Woman replied.
"I hate these kinds of party's." Said Ben.
The camera pans the room, showing a number of dressed up people as the waiter moves across the room. On the far opposite end of the room is a display area with three large paintings and two abstract statues. To one side Jacques is conversing with a man in glasses and a gray-haired woman in a green dress. They are laughing. Weiss is behind her father, looking at the floor with her hands held primly behind her back. Whitley stands similar further behind their father, only his gaze is directly on him. Willow Is Next to Weiss Holding Snow with a glyph preventing it from eating any expensive jewelry and other type of metal.
"Smart choice." Said Azmuth.
"That's precisely my point. We offer Faunus the exact same wages given to the rest of our mining staff. Their argument's completely invalid right out of the gate." Jacques explained, technically telling the truth, however, he does guarantee they get the harsher jobs that usually end in accidents.
" A lot of lives have been ruined because of him." Said Blake.
"Well, I think the bigger issue here..." the businessman began.
"Ugh." Weiss scoffed, completely bored.
...is our society as a whole." the businessman finished.
"*Scoff* Why, you mean Atlas." Jacques replied, scoffing.
As they converse, Weiss looks over to the largest painting on the end of the ballroom, showing two pictures depicting Beacon Academy with its Cross Continental Transmit tower still standing while the other one shows a picture of Ben in his Human form standing over Vilgax with the SOT raised in the air.
" Nice picture." Said Kevin.
"Atlas, Mantle... You can't deny the economic disparity between the two." The businessman said.
"I mean, what exactly are you suggesting?" The Businesswoman asked.
Annoyed, Weiss starts to step away, only to have her forearm grabbed by her father, who doesn't even turn around. Weiss halts startled by the action.
"I'm just saying I don't think it's necessarily an issue of compensation as much as it is one of opportunity..." The Businessman replied.
"Where are you going?" Jacques asked, pulling her close.
"I'm... just a little thirsty." Weiss lied, just wanting to leave.
" I hate it when he Makes us stay." Said winter.
"Sweetheart, we have people for that." Jacques replied.
He lets go of Weiss and begins to raise his arm to call over a waiter. Weiss stops him by grabbing his forearm, prompting a sideways glance from Whitley and Willow.
"What? No, I can get it. I'll be right back, I promise." Weiss replied.
"Just take your time, Weiss. And try to keep an eye on Snow, it's getting a little anxiety." Willow added.
" well what did you expect? It's nearly 5 years old." Said Kat.
"Look, no one asked them to move here." The businesswoman said.
"But companies like the SDC promised jobs." The businessman replied.
"I'm sorry, I tuned out for a second, but sounds like I'm the good guy again?" Jacques asked, sharing a laugh with the businesswoman as the familiars laugh of Rex Salazar coming over, much to Weiss's surprise.
"The idea of you being a good guy is pretty funny. Especially when you want to buy both mine and Ben's side of the company." Rex added.
"It really sucks for him." Said Rex.
"Rex? What are you doing here?" Weiss asked.
"Dealing with your dad's monopoly." Rex explained before turning towards Jacques with a glare.
"Let's talk Business." Rex stated.
Seeing a argument about to happen, Weiss took Snow into her arms before it could get loud because it would opting instead to head towards the painting, finding a young man with light-brown eyes and dull-blue hair in an undercut hairstyle, with the long unshaved hair swept to his left and hanging slightly in his face. He wears a maroon dress shirt and black tie with a black vest decorated with a marigold flower design, silver buttons, and a breast pocket containing a red handkerchief. He also wears a pair of black pants and gray dress shoes. His black belt is worn over his vest and has a silver chain connected to the front of it, with the other end trailing into his left pocket. On his index and ring fingers on each hand, he wears plain silver rings.
This is Henry Marigold.
"Oh great he is one of those rich snobs." Said willow.
"It's beautiful. You two match." Henry said.
"He's like a shitty Neptune." Sparta
Weiss stands with her arms crossed, holding tightly to Snow, maintaining a cold expression throughout most of the conversation.
"Yes, it's a lovely painting." Weiss replied, easily brushing off his attempts to flirt.
"So, that was my attempt at breaking the ice. How am I doing so far?" Henry asked.
"*Sigh* You are leaving a lot to be desired." Weiss replied, annoyed.
"You could do better if you have food. Or better yet, just hand one of those rails." Snow added.
"Baby's love to eat." Said Gwen.
"Well, I've always appreciated honesty. Henry Marigold." Henry replied, offering his hand to shake, but only received a blank stare due to the fact her hands were full.
"Weiss Schnee. And this is Snow." Weiss greeted politely.
"I know, I saw your performance. Obviously. *clears throat* You were wonderful. And I promise I'm not just saying that 'cause you're pretty." Henry explained, failing to melt the ice queen's heart as the latter turns her attention back to the painting, creating brief silence between the two.
"He really is." Said Weiss.
"Hey!" Cried Neptune.
"Honesty, remember? So, you thinking about buying one?" Henry asked, leaning on the railing.
"No. I don't think so." Weiss replied.
"Yeah, kinda pricey for a painting. Especially for that's rather graphic one." Henry said.
"He's ignorant." Said Willow.
"It's to raise money." Weiss replied with a dangerous edge in her voice.
"Really? For what?" Henry asked, ignorant.
"For what?!" Weiss asked, baffled by his ignorance.
"Heheh, I'll admit, I only come to these things for the food and drinks." Henry admitted, demonstrated as he reaches out and takes a champagne flute as a waiter walks by.
"And the extraordinary company. Of course." Henry finished, pausing as he sips his drink while Weiss shifts her stance to face him letting go of snow who immediately starts to nibble on some of the rails.
"Big mistake." Said Kevin.
"So what, is it another Mantle fundraiser or something?" Henry asked.
"Get. Out." Weiss ordered.
"What?" Henry asked, confused with a slight laugh.
"Get out, or I will have security escort you out." Weiss ordered.
"But I haven't done any-" Henry replied before Snow started to growl with frost coming out of its mouth, thinking Henry is a threat.
"Never scare superpowered baby's." Said Max.
"Leave!" Weiss ordered, taking on a more aggressive stance as she raises her voice as Henry stares at her in disbelief before obeying.
"Pfft, whatever." Henry replied, walking away, attempting to take one last drink before it was frozen by Snow as a warning.
Weiss watches him walk away, gripping about overgrown bugs freezing his drink and once he is gone, she turns back to the painting, crosses her arms and closes her eyes, not paying attention to Snow as she turned her eyes to the nearby sculpture and immediately began to feast as well as ignoring an angry businessman complaining about a Double Sundae to a waiter who was trying to apologize for the mistake.
The camera pans up the Beacon Academy and Ben's painting, then shows the sign in front of the display, which reads:
"SHOW THE WORLD WE CARE
All proceeds go to the Kingdom of Vale".
Weiss' eyes are open again as if she had just been observing the painting, and she once again closes her eyes. The chatter of the party guests grows louder, but one voice stands out among the rest.
"But really, does it come as any surprise, what happened to Vale?" A blonde trophy wife asked.
"Oh no she did not just say that." Said Summer.
Weiss opens her eyes and turns slightly, peering over her shoulder at the woman.
"It was a long time coming if you ask me." The Trophy wife finished.
"Honey…" the Husband replied.
The Trophy Wife's Husband places his hand on her shoulder, trying to shush her, but she shakes it off, leaving him to glance around the room with a forced, nervous grin.
"What? Hahaha! You said the same thing last night. If they're so arrogant to think they can get by without proper kingdom defense and solely relying on Tennyson, then I say good riddance."
"she is so dead." Said Raven.
" The Trophy Wife said.
While she talks, her Husband drops the act and heaves a silent sigh. The Trophy Wife's rant is cut off by a voice shouting angrily across the room at her.
"Shut up!" Rex shouted, taking the words right out of Weiss's mouth, drawing all ryes towards him.
"You don't have a clue! None of you do!" Rex shouted.
"Excuse me?" the Trophy Wife asked.
"You're all just standing around talking about nothing! Worrying about your hair, your money, your stupid problems that don't mean anything! My partner risked his life to save every last one of you and yet you're using that painting as an excuse to get more money. The only person in this room besides the general and myself who was there in Vale is Weiss. All of you continue your business like nothing ever happened choosing to remain ignorant of what things are really like down in Mantle: The poverty, the disorder, the anger, and the hatred of every single person up here who continues to exploit them like they're nothing." Rex explained.
"it really is bad." Said James.
"How dare you- The alien had eaten the sculpture!" Whitley cried, changing everyone's focus as they look towards Snow who started to doze off after that meal.
"GUARDS GET THAT THING OUT OF HERE! THAT THING HAS COSTED ME TOO MUCH MONEY!" Jacques ordered.
"What? No!" Weiss shouted, standing in front of Snow as the guards approached.
"Out of the way, Weiss. That thing has embarrassed the family!" Jacques ordered, grabbing her arm to pull her away.
"Let go of me! It was an accident and it can be replaced." Weiss replied, trying to struggle.
"Now you're embarrassing the family." Jacques said.
"I said let go!" Weiss shouted.
Weiss breaks free her father's grasp with a harsh tug, but in the process, she loses her balance and collapses to the floor. Suddenly, a glyph manifests next to Weiss, and a Boarbatusk is summoned. She looks at it with wide eyes, her jaw dropping. The Boarbatusk Summon charges toward guards.
"not the best time to fully summon anything." Said Winter.
It charged towards the guards aiming to trample them for trying to hurt the baby alien before to everyone's surprise it was shot in the head by an arrow of Blood.
Looking up, everyone saw that Ben Tennyson himself was standing on the roof, holding the Moon Staff which transformed into a cane with an orb that had a Full Moon on top, helping him stand up upside down like it was nothing, much to everyone's shock and surprise.
"you always did like making entrances," Said Gwen.
Smirking, Ben stop channeling magic into his feet and dropped down, flipping back over at the last second, landing next to Weiss as he used his cane to stabilize himself.
"Nice job summoning that thing. I'm glad to see you've gotten stronger which means the deal is a deal." Ben said casually as he leaned on Jacques's shoulders, ignoring his look of anger.
"You mean…." Weiss replied, knowing what is coming.
"Blake learned how to manipulate matter and dark magic. Ruby learns transfiguration, but you get to learn elemental and something else. A deal is a deal after all." Ben explained, smiling.
Biting his Thumb enough to bleed, Ben summoned a monkey statue, holding a scroll, much to everyone's shock and confusion.
"I talked to Enma before I came here. He'll allow you to summon his kind without the test because you don't use the staff, however, you'll be required to learn one very soon. Most summons require your soul and since I know that's not going to happen you'll just have to donate a little bit of blood in order to summon as well as memorize hand signs. This scroll is specially modified, so you can use your Aura instead of Chakra,
"looks like I was wrong after all." Said Paradox.
however, I did have an idea if you don't want to use monkeys." Ben explained.
"What's the second option? Because I do not like monkeys too much." Weiss asked.
"This is something I did with Eva only slightly different where it doesn't involve your soul in anyway." Ben explained.
Growling, Jacques tried to grab Weiss's arm to drag her away before Ben stopped him with a Mana Dome, blocking him and everyone else from seeing what's going on, much to their confusion and the worry of Willow.
"what are you up two?" Asked Verdona.
"What the blazes could they be doing in there?" Jacques asked as Ironwood approached with his gun at the ready.
"I don't know, but until then, no one is leaving until he has answered my questions." Ironwood replied.
Inside the Mana dome.
Inside the dome, Weiss gave Ben a long hug, glad to see him again especially since over half a year ago she heard he was in a coma due to the fact communications are down and she can't use her upgraded scroll to call them without letting her father know since he pays for her scroll and would instantly noticed the long distance calls.
"not to mention try and replicate the tech." Said James.
"I'm so glad that you're okay, Ben. We were all so worried that you'd never wake up." Weiss explained.
"Well, I'm awake, but I'm not completely better. My body's still trying to get fully adjusted and I'm going to be going through some massive and rigorous training once I leave this ball." Ben explained.
"time to get in shape." Said Ben.
"So, what's your other idea?" Weiss asked.
"I become your Summon. In my life as Sparda, I'd be summoned to Eva when she was in danger and I can do the same for you, this way you won't have to sell your soul." Ben explained.
"lucky." Said Bay.
"Alright. So how does this whole thing work?" Weiss asked.
"Well, normally you would have to write your name in blood on a contract, however, because I'm not actually a demon, we cut our hands and exchange blood, I chant in the ancient Language and finally you get to summon me on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. You can't summon me on any other day." Ben explained.
"How come I can't summon you any other day?" Weiss asked.
"Because I need to really get back into fighting shape. Yang has recently re-generated her right arm and since Ruby is missing, I also have to focus on finding her. Also, I'm also going to be training Kitty on how to use her aliens as well as Jaune, once I catch up to him. I meant every word when I said I was going to train him."
"be Warned my training will be merciless." Said Ben.
Ben explained.
"Aww... Anyway, let's get started." Weiss replied.
Smiling, Ben changed his cane into a small knife and cut both of their hands, placing them together, exchanging the blood needed as he chanted in the ancient language, creating a chain that connected their arms for a few moments before it disappeared.
"The contract has been made, so now feel free to summon me by channeling your Aura/Magic into your shadow." Ben explained before he looked towards Snow who started to wake up.
Smiling, Ben lowered the mana dome and changed into Big Chill, blinding everyone for a moment in a flash of emerald light as he look towards his biological child who went wide-eyed and tackled his chest, cuddling with him, feeling completely safe.
"Now, what are you doing here on Remnant, little one? You should be on your planet getting ready to make your cocoon." Big Chill asked to Snow, but to everyone else it simply sounded like he was hissing, showing he was speaking the natural language of Necrofriggians due to the Universal Translator on his Ultimatrix.
"useful tool." Said Azmuth.
"I got lost. Somehow, I ended up back here with the cold one, but I couldn't find you, Egg Layer." Snow explained sadly.
"How much have you eaten? Surely you're nearly done by now creating your cocoon." Big Chill asked.
"I need more. They won't let me eat everything in their hollow." Snow whined.
"Then we'll have to fix that." Big Chill replied, changing into a new alien.
Once Big chill transformed, he looked like Diamondhead, but instead of being a giant walking crystal or Petrosapien, he was a silver block of metal, reflecting everyone's image off of his entire body, much to everyone's awe in amazement.
"This is an Alien species called Titaniumus. Their species is similar to Diamondhead's: The Petrosapiens. However, instead of creating crystals, they create Titanium which is a material this planet doesn't have." Ben explained.
"And was the alien I used the source change to infiltrate the Orion slave ring." Said Ben.
Rearing his first back, Ben punched the ground, creating two whole entire Pillars of pure Titanium which Snow began to feast loudly in the center, breaking the top, causing it to fall, hitting Whitley in the right arm, breaking the Ulna, Radius, Humerus, Carpus, Metacarpus, and Phalanges with a loud snap into multiple pieces, since Whitely didn't pull up his Aura.
"You better heal my son." Said Willow.
"Relax I will." Said Ben.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. Let me hea-" Ben began before Jacques finally snapped.
"GET THAT FREAK OUT OF MY BALL AND MY HOUSE! ALIENS DO NOT BELONG ON THIS PLANET AND NEITHER DO YOU TENNYSON!" Jacques demanded, making everyone gasp at the decoration.
Sighing, Ben was about to bring out his secret weapon, but when to his surprise a electrical blue portal opened in the middle of the ball, causing a small electrical storm, putting everyone on edge as Ironwood pointed his gun at the portal just in case of something dangerous came out.
"What the heck?" Ben asked, confused.
"Oh, I knew I was forgetting something. Time portals have been opening at random. They're normally one way and there is no telling what will come through." Rex explained.
"That could have been important." Said Tai.
Preparing for anything Everyone took aim with there weapons when a young pale-skinned girl with very long messy black, hair with bright cold blue eyes. She is rather slim and about average height for an 7 year old came out looking confused then scared as she saw the weapons beginning to cry in fear.
"DON'T YOU DARE POINT YOUR WEAPONS AT HER!" a woman shouted.
Turning towards the voice, everyone saw a mature and aging woman with dark, chin-length hair on both sides of her face and she has a fringe that reaches her eyebrows. She has many scars across her body, especially along her arms and the most prominent being the one across her nose. She also always has a necklace with a red gem on it. Like Neo, she has the genetic condition called heterochromia, which render each of her eyes a different color: her left eye is red while her right eye is bluish-green.
"she reminds me of lady." Said Morrigan.
"That's the point." Said Sparta.
For her dress, she wore something similar to Weiss, only without the sleeves, but was all white and had a blue symbol of three rocket launchers in the shape of a M.
This is the current Councilwoman of Atlas, Mary Vermilion, and for some reason, she shares the same voice like Nu-13, Lambda-11, and Noel/Saya/Mu-12.
"that's weird." Said Noel
"Mommy? Where am I?" The scared girl asked, confused.
"That doesn't matter, Marcy. All that matters is you're here now." Mary replied, pulling her into a deep hug, not knowing that this is her Late Daughter's Past Self.
" either that or she doesn't care." Said six.
Smiling sadly, Ben looked into Mary's mind to find out what the woman was hiding, making him mad at the image he saw.
Inside her mind, he saw that Mary came home after being elected councilwoman as she went home to tell her daughter the good news, so they could go out to celebrate the election, her heart filled with happiness turned to sorrow when she arrived home to saw her one and only child was killed by Vergil who had broken into multiple houses to eat people at random with the help of an unknown helper who shut down all the cameras, allowing him to slip in and out of Mantle and Atlas.
"Dam That lion." Said James.
'Damn you, Lionheart. You made things difficult for me because I really didn't want to do this.' Ben thought.
Smiling sadly, Ben used the shadows to pull Past Marcy to him and push her back through the Time Portal, sending her back to her timeline, but not before taking a piece of her hair.
"NO! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE?!" Mary demanded.
"I sent her back, ma'am. I know what happened and I'm truly sorry, but Time must flow the way it has." Ben explained, earning a slap to the face by Mary who was openly crying tears of Anger.
"YOU DON'T GET TO DECIDED THAT! SHE DIED BECAUSE OF LIONHEART'S SON! YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO DIE!" Mary shouted.
Staring blankly and ignoring the slap on his face, Ben simply changed into Anubis, only making her even more mad as he took a bite out of her hair, turning the moon red as the light shined through the window, creating an image of Marcy fully solid unlike Lilith Koopa as well as another woman who wore a simple red dress, looking like Mary with only red eyes instead.
"what are you up two?" Asked Knight.
"Bwastt quat alalihat almaytat hdha altifl!" Anubis chanted with his powers.
With the chant coming to an end, a skeletal hand reached out of the ground and tapped Marcy and the woman's head head, snapping their eyes open, looking directly upon her mom who looked at her in worry.
"Mom. I really missed you." Marcy said, much to everyone's shock.
"I've resurrected her and your mother as an apology for sending her back in the first place. They know they where died but has no memories of the afterlife but I warn you now. A soul is a delicate object. They can only be resurrected safely once which means if they dies they will stay dead permanently."
"So no do overs." Said Summer.
Anubis warned
In awe of the feat many people began to bow in fear and Awe at the seemingly Perfect resurrection making many of the people watching think one single thing.
'Only the gods could bring back the dead.'
"looks like I am being worshipped." Said Ben.
the crowd thought, except for a select few people actually knew him.
Smiling, Ben changed back to normal as he looked towards a shocker but still standing Ironwood.
"Thanks for sending Yang her prosthetic arm, Jimmy. Now that she has regrown her normal arm, she has decided to give it to Nero since he is used to having a prosthetic like that. Even though Nero regrown his normal right arm, he's going to convert that arm you sent to my wife into a weapon for himself."
"in other words use the prosthetic like in 5." Said Sparta.
Ben said before holding out his arm towards the window.
Leaning forward, everyone was disappointed when nothing happened as they expected something major because they all saw his fight.
"Sometimes you have to give it a moment." Ben stated, who did not have to even read their minds to know what they were thinking.
"it really is obvious." Said Virvid.
After a moment, The Yamato (his, not Vergil) came flying back into his hand, breaking the window in the process, not that he carried in anyway since he now had his sword back in his possession.
"Rex, it's time to go. Weiss, be sure that Snow finishes her nest by tonight, do not let her stop eating for any reason even to take a nap because if she doesn't finish tonight, she may die." Ben ordered.
"I thought Snow doesn't have a gender." Weiss replied, completely confused as Necrofriggians are Asexual.
"ya that's true." Said Max.
"She's not supposed to have one. For whatever reason, her mana is saying that she is female which I'll have to find out why it says that later."
"it could be due to a mutation in her dna from the watch." Said Azmuth.
Ben explained.
Pulling out the blade, Ben created a portal back home, allowing him and Rex to leave in peace, appearing back in the living room on Patch where Hope was reading a book.
"So, how did it go?" Hope asked, not looking up from her book.
"It went well. Although, I think I may be worshipped by some people like Risa again."
"nice place but now that I understand there religion it's kinda funny." Said Ben.
Ben explained, chuckling at the glare he got from Hope.
"Oh geez. Please tell me your joking?" Hope asked.
"Hehehe. I wish I could." Ben replied, chuckling as he rubbed the back of his head.
Closing her eyes, Hope thought about the situation before deciding to just go along with it as there was no changing the situation at the moment as she just went with it for now, creating a rather awkward moment between the two.
"I'll leave you be. You two clearly got stuff to work out." Rex said, quickly leaving.
Taking a seat on the couch, the two sat in relative silence, neither one being able to break the silence without making things awkward for each other in the moment.
"Hope-" Ben began after a moment of silence before she raised a hand.
"Ben. I don't know if I can love you like Lucy and Thorin did... But I want to give it a try." Hope explained, using the book to cover her blush.
"just don't tell my uncle." Said hope.
Smiling, Ben knew that this was the time to see just what will happen in the future if things go well with them, never knowing halfway around the world as things are about to change for Team RNJR.
The Continent of Anima
With Team RNJR.
As the four members of Team RNJR continue out of Oniyuri, Ren suddenly senses something. He puts out his hand to stop the other three, eyes closing as he focuses. Somewhere close by Tyrian can be seen running. Ren draws his weapon. Ruby, Nora and Jaune immediately follow suit. Tyrian soon leaps high over the wall to engage them in combat.
He immediately takes out his weapons in a seamless motion and, laughing eagerly, moves to attack Ruby. Ren intervenes, StormFlower clashing with Tyrian's claw blades. Ren attempts to both kick and shoot Tyrian, but he dodges. The two have a couple more attack and parries until Tyrian kicks Ren several feet away.
"Be careful. He can kill fully trained huntsman." Said Salem.
Tyrian turns to go after Ruby again, who rushed forward with Crescent Rose to meet him. Tyrian uses his blades to block the scythe and kicks Ruby backward. She easily remains upright and they clash again. Tyrian manages to land a strike on Ruby's right arm, causing her to cry out at the pain and him to laugh. She's doesn't break stride however and leaps back to take a swing at him with her scythe. He dodges and then lands a moving blow against the body of Crescent Rose, causing a red shimmer to cross her Aura in the area of the strike.
Jaune steps in at that moment and Tyrian climbs onto his shield and grins at him. Nora rushes in with Magnhild, but Tyrian just leaps from Jaune's shield to her hammer and up through the top story of a narrow, rectangular building. Holding himself up with his feet on wooden frames to either side of him, Tyrian looks down at Team RNJR.
."He is flexibility." Said Tai
"We're not looking for a fight!" Jaune cried.
"Who are you? I've seen you in the Smash Bros. Tournament, but I don't know who you are?" Ren asked as Tyrian jumped down.
"Who I am matters not to you Or you. Or—" Tyrian began, pointing to Nora and Ren, but pauses at Jaune, seemingly in thought.
"Well... you do interest me and it's not because of the watch." Tyrian said, making Jaune nervous.
."what does that mean?" Asked Jaune.
"No, I only matter to you." Tyrian finished as he points to Ruby, and the rest of RNJR turn to look at her much to her confusion.
"Me?" Ruby asked, confused, but had some suspicion.
"HAHAHAHAHA! You, you haven't the slightest clue, do you? Oh, how exciting this must be." Tyrian replied, breaking down in laughter.
"What do you want?" Ruby asked, making him gasp as he placed his hand on his heart dramatically.
"Oh, the rose has thorns! My little flower, I'm here to whisk you away with me!" Tyrian Said.
"Well, what if she doesn't want to go with you?" Nora asked, stepping close to her friend.
"Well, I'll take her." Tyrian explained as Jaune walks over and stands between him and Ruby, his shield held in front of him.
"We're not going to let you do that." Jaune stated with a tone of warning.
."then prepare to possibly die." Said Salem.
Tyrian closes his eyes and inhales through his teeth. His eyes slowly open, and he happily growls a single word with a dark grin.
"Good." Tyrian replied.
Happy that they are willing to fight, Tyrian moved so fast, he appeared right behind Jaune with his claws, ready to cut the blonde down.
"Jaune!" Ren cried.
Ren deliberately shoots Jaune's shield so that the ricochet hits Tyrian. Tyrian covers his eyes with his arm and then cartwheels onto Jaune's shield, using his claw blades to spin in the air against it. Ruby steps in to face Tyrian on his descent, but he just kicks her to the side. She regains her ground by using Crescent Rose to steady herself. Jaune takes a swing with his sword at Tyrian, but he simply dodges and kicks him away as well.
."So fast." Said Jaune.
His next move is to run toward Nora. From across the way, Ruby grins and shoots Nora with lightning Dust. It passes just over Tyrian's left shoulder, as he turns as he senses it. Nora gets knocked down when the bolt makes contact, dropping Magnhild in the process.
Mistaking the move for an error on Ruby's part, Tyrian gives Nora a baffled stare and laughs while Ren, Jaune and Ruby simply watch and wait.
"Well isn't that ironic." Tyrian said, chuckling a bit as he wiped away an imaginary tear.
He senses something is up and loses his mirth. With a determined, satisfied grin, a now upright and supercharged Nora rushes Tyrian from behind, moving over his right shoulder and coming before him just in time to hit him with Mjolnir. The blast from the contact has the other three covering their eyes from the backwash of dust and air, Jaune actually taking cover behind his shield.
The air clears to reveal a perfectly fine Tyrian in a crouch, using his now unveiled scorpion tail to block Mjolnir. He giggles and curls his fingers at Nora.
"how strong is this guy?!" Asked Ceaser.
"Surprise." Tyrian said.
Tyrian kicks Nora twice in the face before leaping backwards and upward onto a roof, leaving his coat behind.
"He's... a Faunus." Ren said, lowering his guns.
"What is this about? The White Fang? Roman Torchwick?" Ruby asked.
"Plastic soldiers and pawns. My heart and body belong only to our goddess." Tyrian explained, throwing his arms into the sky.
"Salem…" Ruby said, allowing Tyrian to gain a sadistic Smirk.
"YOU'RE NOT WORTHY TO SPEAK HER NAME!" Tyrian screamed.
"Why do you deal with him?" Asked Ozma.
"He is useful." Said Salem.
Tyrian leaps back into the fray. He uses his tail to knock Crescent Rose down. Though surprised, Ruby doesn't lose her grip on it. The two both attack each other and miss until Tyrian kicks Ruby backwards again.
Tyrian uses his tail to go after Ren before finally kicking him away and attacking Jaune next.
A crow flies determinedly toward the fray while Tyrian kicks Jaune back and then Nora, and then Ren returns for more only to leap away again. Without missing a beat, Tyrian lets Ren be and goes after Ruby again. In quick succession, he delivers a right hook to her face and a left blow to her torso, causing red shimmers on her Aura on her head and chest respectively. He turns and swings his tail to knock her back into the air. She flies back several feet and he rushes forward to meet her before she lands. While Ruby's still midair, he kicks her right in the abdomen, causing a large red shimmer over her abdomen and hips.
The incoming crow turns into Qrow who keeps running forward after landing.
Tyrian approaches Ruby on the ground and raises his stinger, his eyes turning dark purple. Nora, who is comforting a fallen Ren, and Jaune both look on in horror. Laughing, Tyrian is about to strike with his scorpion tail when Qrow bursts through a building and inserts himself between them, holding his weapon behind his back. There's a metallic noise as Tyrian's stinger hits against Qrow's weapon and clips into the blade. He lets out a nervous giggle of surprise while Ruby and Qrow make eye contact and smile at each other with Ruby gasping in surprise.
"Thank you so much Qrow." Said Summer.
"Hey." Qrow said as the screen cuts in black.
Omake: A Explanation, a Song and the Winnings.
Island of Patch
Xiao Long-Rose-Branwen Family Home
Sitting at the dinner table waiting for his lunch, Kirby was wondering what was taking so long especially with his mommy going out for ramen with his cousin Pisces and his daddy was talking to his other mommies, much his annoyance since from what his young mind can understand is wrong. A daddy is only supposed to love one mommy and not other mommies.
"Ohhh. Looks like we're going to have to have this type of talk." Said Yang.
Kitty, however, was just bored as she waited for lunch to eat so she could start training with her dad now that he was awake since she did not want to risk using the fusion mode on the watch without someone nearby.
"Smart choice." Said Azmuth.
Placing a plate of ham sandwiches on the table, Tai quickly became concerned when he say the annoyed look on Kirby's face as he did not even try to start eating his sandwiches showing his distracted features.
"What's the matter, Kirby? You're not eating like you usually are." Taiyang asked.
"Why do you love both grandmas? Papa always said someone should only be with one person." Kirby asked, confused.
"Yeah. Mom and Dads are only supposed to be with a single person." Kitty added, as she and her adopted alien brother couldn't understand Harems.
"Not with us." Said Lilith.
"Well, you see it's complicated. Love doesn't necessarily mean you can only love a single person, I mean take your dad for example: In his first life, he loved your mom, but he also grew to love others just as much. From what I can gather, they all loved each other to the end." Tai explained.
"I don't understand. Miss Circe loves Uncle Rex, but he loves Aunt ruby, then shouldn't he like her as well?" Kirby asked.
'Hell no!' Thought Ruby.
"Yeah. She seems to hate aunt Ruby." Kitty added.
"Well, not necessarily. Some people like other people, but like your uncle, he just doesn't like Circe, he likes Ruby." Tai explained.
"The idea of emotional attachments mean nothing. All that matters in strength in one's family." Daphne added, coming inside with Samus.
"That way of thinking is wrong." Said Kirby.
"But Mama and Papa loved each other." Kirby replied.
"What brought this up Kirby?" Tai asked.
"Now that Daddy is awake, he is spending time with my other mommies, but not my mommy." Kirby explained.
"Then she should have been stronger. Strength is all that matters and all that will ever matter."
"Oum She sounds like me." Said Raven..
Daphne added.
Growling, Kitty kicked Daphne's chair away as she was climbing up sending her to the ground.
"Stop insulting her, you bully! She is much stronger than you ever could be!" Kitty cried.
"She lost an arm. If she was stronger than me she would have been fine." Daphne replied, getting up lowering the temperature ready to fight.
"That's enough! There is never a reason to fight family!" Kirby cried.
"Then Meta Knight was a fool. How he became head of your house, I will never know." Daphne replied.
"Still better than you." Said Yang.
"I know how. I was there." Kirby explained, thinking about how it happened.
Flashback to 9 years ago
Planet Pop Star
On the planet Pop Star, a younger Clark was watching Meta Knight and Sparta both trying to one again kill each other which has only gotten worse now that Martha had died a week ago from the radiation monster which only seemed to make Meta Knight even more on edge and pissed off at NME then ever before as his brother insisted that Clark needed to be trained 50 times harder due to the attacks on their worlds, becoming more and more aggressive than ever before.
Watching the two try to kill each other again, Mavis used her shadows to separate the two brothers again, much to their annoyance as they are still constantly ending their battles in ties.
"You both need to find a way to settle this. You're both perfectly evenly matched, so stop trying to kill each other, because it's not going to happen." Mavis lectured as Kara came with a letter, showing the Death Battle symbol and contract with the fine prints.
"Oh I remember this day." Said Kara.
"Mother. Father. Uncle Meta Knight. Clark has been invited to Death Battle." Kara explained, surprising the three adults.
"Poyo, Poyo?" (Death Battle?) Kirby asked, confused.
"Your uncle's favorite show. It seems that Wizard and Boomstick wish to allow him to participate." Meta knight explained.
"Only the strong survive in Death Battle. Why they would invite my nephew is a mystery." Sparta added, giving Meta Knight an idea.
"Perhaps we can use this to our advantage, Brother. Should my son win, you will willingly step down as head of house and embrace the changes I will make." Meta Knight proposed.
"And if I win, Brother, Clark will be trained as hard as I wish without your interference. If he truly is the Chosen One to stop NME, he shall be the strongest out of our entire race without weakness." Sparta replied, doing the same thing.
"Ever man has his weakness. Rule number 101." Said Mordrid.
Shaking hands, The two brothers made their agreement and signed the letter without hesitation, even if they have no idea who this Majin Buu is.
In the Death Battle waiting room.
Sitting in the Death Battle waiting room, Clark started to get bored as he waited for hours, so the hosts could track down the mysteriously "bubblegum guy" whoever that is because he wasn't really paying attention to much his now regret as he was Bored!
Bored, Clark started to get up and look around finding a room unlocked with all sorts of cool looking toys, not seeing the Sign saying: "Wiz's Lab. Restricted Area. STAY OUT, BOOMSTICK!"
"Like he would do that." Said Sam.
Finding a bracelet with cool buttons, Clark put it on his right stubby arm, transporting himself to who knows what.
The magical land of Equestria
The town of Ponyville
Sugarcube Corner
After teleporting in a flash of blue light, Kirby inside a giant Gingerbread house in the first floor which shows a store-front which is also a gathering space, much to his confusion before he was picked up by a pink pony.
The pinkk pony has happy blue eyes and vivid, fluffy, hot-pink mane. She always wears a lively smile and is very outgoing. Her body is a light pink, and her Cutie Mark consists of three balloons: one yellow, and two blue. They represent her talent and love of throwing parties. Whenever she is depressed, her hair straightens out again, like when she was young, sad, and alone.
This is Pinkamena Diane Pie, or more commonly known as Pinkie Pie, a member of the Mane 6 and current holder of the Element of Harmony: Laughter.
"It's a pony." Said Weiss.
"Hi there, Little Pink, Cute, and Cuddly Baby Cutie! I'm Pinky Pie! I've never seen you before! You must be new here! Prepare to be welcomed!" Pinky cried excitedly, disappearing with a crazy music box as Clark cutely became curious.
BGM - Pinkie Pie - Welcome Song - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 2 OST Season 2 Episode 18: A Friend in Deed.
"Welcome welcome welcome
A fine welcome to you
Welcome welcome welcome
I say how do you do?
Welcome welcome welcome
I say hip hip hurray
Welcome welcome welcome
To Ponyville today!"
BGM ends.
"I have a feeling we will see that again." Said Tai.
Giggling like a Baby, Clark started to clap happily with baby babbles to hear a great song before the bracket brought him right back where Wiz glared at him, causing him to cutely smile sheepishly as he babbles like a Baby.
"Not one word, Boomstick." Wiz said to his co-host as the latter held up his Smartphone who just took a picture.
"But look at him! He's just so adorable and cuddly! You can't be mad at that face!"
"It's really hard to." Said Summer.
Boomstick replied, showing that he has a soft spot for cute things including babies as Wiz sighed as Boomstick posted the Photo of Wiz trying to be angry at Kirby online.
Later after the fight: Kirby vs. Majin Buu.
After the fight, Clark appeared in the backyard after winning where he was met to his surprise was a smiling Sparta since he NEVER smiles, much to his confusion.
"You did well, nephew, so perhaps there is hope for you yet. Here is your reward." Sparta said, handing Kirby a bag.
Opening the bag, Clark was confused by orange colored balls inside the bag, but he did like the smell inside.
"This is a fruit called an Orange. It is tradition for every Nintendon to have a exotic piece of food after a major battle." Sparta explained, peeling one for him before leaving, not knowing how much his nephew would come to love this gift
"That Explained a lot." Said Yang.
Flashback end.
"And that's how Papa became in charge and I Discovered Oranges!" Kirby cutely explained.
"Man That was a lot. Now if you will excuse me I am off to see Star Wars!" Said Sparta leaving before the nerds could ask to come.