Volume 5 Issue 1: Welcome to Haven
Kingdom of Mistral
City of Mistral
With Team RNJR and Qrow.
"The City of Mistral..." the Voice of Qrow said in the darkness.
"Ugh! It's about time!" Nora added.
The camera opens with Qrow and Team RNJR walking through a stone brick tunnel illuminated by translucent lanterns.
"Whose idea was it to walk again?" Nora asked.
"Well, we did face many obstacles. Broken airships destroyed settlements..." Ren listed.
"Oh, and, you know, all those people and monsters that tried to murder us." Jaune added.
"Pfft, we were fine. Only one of us almost died." Ruby said, smiling as she looked at her uncle.
"Hey." Qrow replied, looking at Ruby, smiling back as Nora puts her hands on her hips and looks at Ren.
"Hey." Ren replied, looking at Nora as she giggled in response.
"So, how much farther to Haven Academy?" Jaune asked.
"Almost there. But I figured I'd take you kids on the scenic route." Qrow explained.
The group approaches a pair of large, wooden double doors, which Qrow opens, flooding the tunnel with sunlight. Ruby runs out onto a massive platform that doubles as an elevator, stopping at the railing to gaze out over the city in wide-eyed awe.
"Wow!" Ruby gasped.
The others join her to take in the view of buildings and stone stairways perched on mountains.
"This... is... awesome!" Ruby declared.
Below them, large crowds of people are going about their day - walking around, talking and buying merchandise legally and illegally.
"It's certainly something." Qrow said.
"Oh my gosh, look at all the weapons!" Ruby cried, noticing a kiosk selling weapons.
"Vendors here'll sell you just about anything... whether they should or not." Qrow explained.
"They really made the most out of these mountains." Jaune commented.
"Every inch. Stay away from the lower levels. The higher up you go, the nicer it gets." Qrow explained.
"And we are going up!" Nora declared, pointing upwards which the camera illustrates as it goes high into the sky.
The Skies above Anima
Lake Matsu
With Weiss and Snow.
The scene then changes to an Atlesian cargo airship flies over an enormous lake.
"So, how much farther?" Weiss asked.
"We're in the home stretch now." the Pilot answered.
In the pilot's box of the ship, Weiss stands in the back, leaning against a wall with her arms crossed as Snow plays a Game on her Scroll who finally understand that it's not to be eaten.
"No more stops from here to Mistral. Sorry for the long trip. Keeping us off the radar's been harder than I thought with all these portals. Lots of air traffic around northern Anima especially now more than ever." The Pilot explained.
"It's fine. I... just hope we haven't been a burden." Weiss replied.
"You and your Alien are more than welcome to on the ship anytime, kid, it's started to grow on me." The Pilot said, chuckling.
As if to prove his point, the Pilot threw back a metal wrench towards Snow who gratefully caught it in her mouth and devoured it quickly, letting out some clicks of happiness when the Radio began to pick up static.
"What the...?" The Pilot asked.
He reaches over and adjusts a slider, evening out the wavelengths on the screen.
"Is everything okay?" Weiss asked.
"I don't know. We're still over Lake Matsu. Shouldn't be picking up broadcasts this far from Mistral. Someone must be close." The Pilot explained.
A female Mistral pilot begins speaking over the radio in a panic. Hearing this, Weiss stands up straight and listens closely.
"Mayday, mayday! We are a small passenger flight, and our Huntress is down! We aren't equipped to deal with this!" The Mistral Pilot cried.
"Oh man." the Pilot commented.
"The Grimm hit us 400 klicks north of the southern shoreline!" Announced The mistrial pilot
Weiss' eyes widen as the sound of an explosion and the Mistral Pilot gasping can be heard along with Snow who looked up in worry.
"Get them off us! If anyone can hear this- Ah!" The Mistral Pilot cried.
Weiss's expression grows even more concerned as the Mistral Pilot cries out and the transmission abruptly ends. The Atlas pilot turns off his radio and turns the ship. Weiss walks over to him and grabs onto a handle in the ceiling.
"We're going to go help them, right?" Weiss asked.
"What? No. I'm trying to avoid them." The Pilot replied.
"But… they'll die." Weiss pointed out.
"Look, if we picked up their transmission, I'm sure someone else did, too. Besides, this is a cargo ship. She's not much good in a fight. I just wanna finish this job and get home. Sorry, kid. My ship, my rules." The Pilot explained.
Weiss closes her eyes for a moment, then gazes out the windshield as the ship turns to the right and continues flying over the lake.
Haven Academy
With Team RNJR and Qrow.
The camera changes to RNJR and Qrow enter the campus grounds of Haven Academy, which is devoid of any other people. They stop in a courtyard, where Ruby smiles and wipes a tear from her eye. Jaune places a hand on her shoulder, and she sighs.
"We made it." Ruby said.
Qrow stops behind them, and while they continue their way, he takes a moment to glance around and lets out a sigh.
"Hello?" Ruby called once they were inside.
"Hello?!" Ruby cried, this time louder.
"Maybe try louder?" Nora suggested.
"There doesn't seem to be anyone here." Ren said.
"Well, I guess school isn't really in session right now. Maybe that's it." Jaune suggested.
"No, this isn't right. Come on." Qrow said, quickly taking off.
"Wait for us!" Ruby cried.
Team RNJR picks up the pace to catch up, and soon, all five are running to a pair of wooden double doors. Qrow comes to a stop in front of them, draws his sword, and extends the blade.
"Get ready. There could be trouble." Qrow stated.
Team RNJR follow his lead in drawing their weapons while Jaune goes Crystal Guy and Qrow brings up his foot and kicks the door open. Just on the other side, a middle-aged man with a mane of tan/gray hair and a beard. He had a tanned complexion with brown eyebrows and dark brown eyes wearing a brown greatcoat with a matching mantle, which had cross emblems on each side. He also wore a white dress shirt under his coat, a western necktie and carried a pocket watch. He also wore dark brown slacks and dress shoes. But under his coat is a Lion Tail with the same matching fur on his head.
This is Leonardo Lionheart, Father of Vergil Lionheart, and Headmaster of Haven Academy.
Leo's widens his eyes, throws his hands into the air, and lets out a frightened scream. Crystal Guy, Ruby, and Nora widen their eyes and scream as well, while Ren gives the headmaster a confused stare. Standing on one foot with his eyes wide, Qrow suddenly looks down, loses his balance, and falls. Shortly after, Lionheart makes a noise and briefly faints. RNJR let their weapons down and stare, dumbfounded, while Qrow sits up.
"Uh, Professor Lionheart?" Ruby asked.
Lionheart gasps and sits up.
"Qrow! For crying out loud, you nearly scared me half to death!" Leo cried.
"Me? Why weren't you waiting for us at the entrance?" Asked Qrow as he stood up.
"Huh?" Leo asked as he looked at his pocket watch, finding out he let time slip by again.
"Oh, right. Apologies. I guess time slipped away from me." Leo said.
"You're joking." Qrow replied sarcastically.
Lionheart stands up and RNJR put their weapons away as Jaune changed back to normal, catching his attention, while Nora asked a question.
"Where is everybody?" Nora asked.
"Ah, you must be the students Qrow mentioned." Leo said.
"Yes, sir. Ruby Rose." Ruby greeted, giving a loose salute.
"Jaune Arc." Jaune added.
"Nora Valkyrie." Nora said,posing with her arms held stiffly out to the sides.
"Lie Ren." Ren added, putting his arms behind his back.
"A pleasure to meet you all. Leonardo Lionheart, at your service. I'm afraid most of my staff is currently away until classes resume, but-" Leo replied, chuckling until he was cut off.
Hearing this, Qrow briefly clenches his fists and then leans in toward Lionheart.
"What? Leo, you can't be serious. Who's guarding the Relic?" Qrow demanded.
"Qrow, the Children." Leo replied, worried that they don't know the Truth.
"Already know. I filled them in. What do you mean your staff is away?" Qrow asked.
"You… filled them in?" Leo asked slowly as the information sinked in.
"So, is this not going at all like anyone thought it would?" Nora asked, looking towards Ruby.
Island of Menagerie
Belladonna Family Home
With Sun, Mordred, and the Belladonna Family.
Meanwhile, in the front room of the Belladonna Family Home, Ghira, Mordred, and Sun burst in through the front door, angry as Kali watches from the front porch.
"Unbelievable!" Ghira declared.
"Total garbage!" Sun added.
"Absolute Fudging Coco Craps!" Mordred declared, showing that he can't use Profanity as someone hit the "Mute Button" on his Profanity Setting on his "Vocal Cord and Brain Remote".
"We can't let them get away with this!" the three declared, finally all agreeing on something.
"Well, at least you three can finally agree on something." Kali said, smiling.
They look at her, then back at each other. Sun gives an awkward chuckle while rubbing his head, Mordred just growls Before pulling out a granola bar and walking away while Ghira glares slightly and growls, fists clenched. The three soon have their attention called to Blake, who speaks up from the porch.
"Guys. Everything's going to be okay." Blake said.
A little while later, Blake exits her father's study, stepping out onto the balcony where an armored guard is standing. The guard turns and addresses her.
"Good evening, miss. Can I get you anything?" the Menagerie Guard asked.
"Just a little time to myself, if that's alright." Blake explained.
"Sure thing. Just call, if you need me." The Menagerie Guard replied.
The guard walks into Ghira's study, shutting the door behind her. Blake takes a deep sigh and is soon alerted by a familiar voice.
"You need better security." the Voice of Ilia commented,
Alarmed, Blake turns to see Ilia drop down onto the railing. The young Belladonna reaches for the door, but Ilia holds her hand up.
"Please! I- I need to Talk." Ilia began.
Blake slowly removes her hand from the door waiting for an explanation.
"Blake-" Ilia began until she was cut off.
"You electrocuted a baby! Corsac and Fennec blamed you. We confronted them tonight, and they deny knowing anything and everything found on your Scroll. They talked about how disappointed they were to hear that you'd sided with Adam. But you and I both know they're guilty." Blake explained.
"You cannot prove anything." Ilia replied.
"That Scroll might not have been enough to lock them up, but it's enough to sway the Faunus here. When we go public tomorrow, they're not going to stand for any of it. And neither should you." Blake explained.
Ilia removes her mask, a solemn expression on her face.
"Your plan isn't going to work, Blake. Please... just take Mordred then leave Menagerie before it's too late." Ilia replied.
Blake stares at her in silence for a few moments.
"You're going to have make me." Blake replied.
"I know." Ilia said sadly.
The Chameleon Faunus dons her mask once again and steps backward off the balcony. Blake turns away and gains an angry expression, her cat ears folding. After a moment, the anger fades, and she sighs, taking on a saddened expression, never noticing the Dark Grin on Mordred who was hidden on the roof, making plans to have Fried Chameleon.
Down on the Ground, Ilia had the urge to suddenly change her identity and go into hiding from the black puffball as well as to avoid fried foods for a while.
Haven Academy
Headmaster's Office
With Qrow, Leo, and Team RNJR.
Meanwhile in Haven, Team RNJR and Qrow are gathered in Lionheart's office, with the headmaster sitting behind his desk.
"I have to say, Qrow, this all seems very reckless, even for you." Leo said.
"No, reckless is leaving one of the Relics completely unguarded. It's not checking in with Oz for ages!" Qrow argued.
"There was nothing to check in about before the fall of Beacon, but since that day, Mistral has been in chaos!" Leo replied, standing up from his chair to clench his fists.
"Vale wasn't the only Kingdom to suffer that night. Everyone was watching. Every house in every Kingdom saw that poor girl ripped to pieces," Leo explained as Ruby looks away at the reminder of Penny taking it hard, but not as hard as Mega Man since no one has seen or heard from him since.
"Saw monsters crawling over the city, Atlesian Knights attacking citizens... Tennyson and his partner fighting off the invaders and then nothing. You could feel the dread in the air. With all that negativity, you can imagine what it was like when the Grimm came for us. Mistral's territory is the widest reaching in the world, you know, and that makes it infinitely harder to protect. We lost so many great Huntsmen, teachers from this very institution. And, it's only gotten worse especially when that boy announced you were his Successor." Leo explained, glaring at Jaune.
"While on these grounds, you're not allowed to use that watch in any shape or form especially around my Granddaughter." Leo explained, unknowingly giving everyone including Qrow a surprising thought.
'VERGIL HAS A DAUGHTER?!' They all thought.
As if to prove he has one, they hear footsteps running down the hall and push open the door to reveal a pale-skinned girl with big, shiny grey eyes. Her hair is very bright Yellow almost like Light does and worn in multiple short ringlet curls. On the top of her head She has a yellow pair of ears.
She wears a black blouse with white frilly material at the chest along a row of black buttons. Around her neck is a pale pink bow with a silver bell attached to the center. Her skirt is white multi-layered frill with black around the sides and back. Her black mary-jane shoes are worn with white and black striped stockings above the knee.
This is Luna Lionheart, Vergil's only daughter and Leo's granddaughter.
"Grandpa you promised- Oh, hi. Ny name is Luna Lionheart. P-p-p-please to meet you all." Luna said, bowing her head politely with her shy nature.
"Luna, sweetheart, Grandpa's busy at the moment, give me 30 minutes to finish my two meetings and we'll go to the park." Leo explained.
Nodding her head shyly, Luna was about to leave when she noticed the watch's hourglass symbol on Jaune's left arm, making her gasp loudly.
"That's Mr. Tennyson's Watch symbol! Do you know if he's ok? I bet he's actually on just say my secret long-term mission my dad's on!" Luna asked, creating an awkward atmosphere around the room.
"Umm... He's doing alright last I heard, now why don't you let us Huntsmen have our talk and I'll show you a few forms if your grandfather's ok with it." Jaune replied.
Cheering at the the thought, Luna ran out of the room, eager to hopefully see some aliens up close, never noticing the glares directed at her grandpa.
"She doesn't know, does she?" Nora asked.
"No. I can't bring myself to tell her the truth. It's why I've hand selected her teachers to tutor her here, she never watched that horrible tournament, it's why I won't let her be a Huntress even though it's all she wants to be. I can't lose anyone else." Leo explained.
"What did you mean? When you said things have only gotten worse." Ruby asked.
"We may have dealt with the Grimm, but the Mistral council's still at odds with representatives from Atlas. First, it was the Dust embargo, now it's the closing of borders." Leo explained, leaning on the windowsill before he turned to look at the only real Huntsman in the room.
"I'm not sure what happened to James in Vale, but it seems to have only worsened some of his more unfortunate tendencies. *Sigh* And, on top of everything, we still don't know where Raven is." Leo finished.
Saying that, Nora was about to open her mouth to say something until Ruby quickly used her magic to prevent her from saying anything else and talk to all of them Telepathically.
'Don't say anything about Raven. Ben suspects that Professor Lionheart may be compromised because Vergil worked for Salem, Jaune ask about Raven at the right time.' Ruby ordered, earning a nod from her fellow leader.
"All the more reason we need the Huntsmen and Huntresses here!" Qrow argued.
"Okay! Okay. Things are bad; they're bad. Why is this Raven so important?" Jaune asked, moving closer to the two, ignorant of her true powers, thinking it was Yang who taught Raven.
"I thought you filled them in." Leo said, looking at Qrow.
"Mostly filled in. Look, there's a lot to cover, okay? I quit teaching and drinking for a reason." Qrow explained, surprising Leo at the last part.
"The four Maidens each have the power to perform feats of magic, and they are the only ones capable of reaching the Relics." Leo explained, sitting down to over better overcome this shock.
"What?" Jaune asked.
"The Relics are each locked inside a chamber that can only be opened by a specific Maiden. Winter for the gift of Creation, Summer for Destruction, Fall for Choice and Spring for Knowledge. Raven is the Spring Maiden, making this difficult." Qrow explained.
"Raven was once brave in this war against Salem, but somewhere down the line she became afraid and went back to her tribe. I'm assuming she either killed Spring herself or had someone else do it. Either way, we don't know where Raven's tribe is, but all that we do know is that Raven is not on either side." Leo explained.
Taking a deep breath, Qrow pulled out his Scroll hoping that this is a good idea.
"I have a good idea on where my sister is." Qrow said.
Now at this moment, you're probably wondering why Qrow is willing to sell out his own twin sister, Raven Branwen, to a known spy for Salem...?
...Well, it all started like this.
Flashback to Last Night.
Laying in his bed during a thunderstorm and still recovering from Tyrian's poison even if he's slightly better than before, Qrow laid in his bed, occasionally tossing and turning in his sleep, apparently having a very bad dream, but when a thunderclap went off it revealed the Embodiment of Fear's shadow was actually in his mind like Nightmare was in Kirby's mind after the first invasion.
Looking around confused, Qrow saw a long hallway filled with Greek columns, the floor is polished black marble which is pure black and shiny, like a mahogany piano, and a cold wind always blows down the hallway. Yellow Fire burns all day long in braziers along the walls, which glow against the marble floor. In-between the braziers are black marble statues of the Fear and Darkness lining every corner of the hall, holding their symbols of power, lighting the way. In the main hall, are two large thrones one looking as if it was cut out of a gigantic piece of pure black obsidian, and encrusted with gold and diamonds along the Sides With A Cerberus heads at the end of each armrest and the second throne had snake skulls at the ends of the seat with many different images that would scare even Nightmare along the sides of the base.
Sitting in it was Fear petting a large Cerberus that was more of a Wolf than a normal Rottweiler Breed.
"Welcome, Qrow Branwen. We have much to talk about." Fear greeted before he turned to the Cerberus.
"Return to the Qliphoth. You know what needs to be done." Fear ordered.
Nodding all three heads, the Cerberus left to prepare for its task, guarding the entrance to The Qliphoth fruit, leaving the two alone.
"Greetings, Branwen, Thorin has a Plan and asked that the two of you Listen." Fear explained.
"Two?" Qrow asked, confused.
Right as he said that, Raven appeared wrapped up in a large Yellow Cobra that looked ready to bite her with its deadly fangs.
"Now that you're both here, I'll now introduce myself. I am the embodiment of Fear: And I have a message from Thorin-." Fear began until he was cut off.
"What does Ben want? I can't exactly do a lot because I'm still injured." Raven asked.
Fear annoyed at the interruption simply waved his hand and Raven's physical body was restored, much to their shock.
"There. Now as you may or may not be aware, the one you call Leonardo Lionheart is a traitor for Salem. I do not concern myself with this war, however, as a favor from Darkness, I shall deliver this message of this plan Benjamin has." Fear explained.
"Nightmare is the Master of the Mind which means he will soon find you, Raven, and when he does, he'll learn that you're actually on your daughter's side and Minerva is Draco-." Fear began before Qrow made the mistake of cutting him off.
"WHAT?! I KNEW IT! I'LL KILL- " Qrow ranted until the cobra leapt upon the younger twin brother and wrapped itself around his neck.
"Do not interrupt me, Mortals. Your life is but a blink of an eye to me. Normally, I'd destroy you for interrupting me, however, since I see that you won't stop until you kill your sibling to prove you're right, it seems I have no choice, but to do this." Fear warned.
Nodding his head towards the snake, the yellow Cobra unraveled itself around the Bad Luck charms neck and Actually entered his own neck forming a tattoo of a snake with its fangs ready to sink his teeth into his neck.
"If you so much as even think of telling someone the truth of your niece's activities, you will die, Qrow Branwen, and your soul will be obliterated. I do not appreciate being interrupted, so don't let it happen again. You will only speak when I ask if you have a question." Fear warned.
Nodding their heads in fear, the Branwen twins made a mental note to never piss him off or interrupt him again.
"Now as I was saying before I was interrupted twice. Benjamin wishes to have you Qrow to give away your sister's location of her main tribe to keep up an appearance that you don't know Leo is traitor." Fear explained, pausing to summon a glass of Red Wine.
"I, however, will erase Raven's Memories of ever returning as well as restoring her Fear of Salem, so Nightmare will not suspect a thing as well as to test him, if he can find signs of alteration then I will have made my decision. Are there any questions at all?" Fear asked.
"Do we even have a choice in the matter?" Raven asked.
"No." Fear replied, waving his hand, erasing Raven's memory, making her believe she recruited the real Draco instead of killing her and sending Qrow back who woke up with scream, waking Ruby up in the bed next to him.
"Uncle Qrow, what's wrong… why is your back glowing yellow?" Ruby asked.
Taking off his shirt, Qrow look the best he can and to his Horror, saw the same snake tattoo on his back showing Fear was telling the truth.
"Ruby, don't ask any questions. I just had a very interesting talk with an Embodiment, and I can't tell you anything." Qrow explained.
Flashback ends.
Back to the Present.
Placing his Scroll on Lionheart's desk, the hologram monitor on the desk displays a map of Remnant.
"That's about where they've set up their main camp. It's where they fall back to after raids and scouting missions. Raven's managed to gain a lot of followers since she returned to the tribe, and I'm sure when she became the Spring Maiden, it only made things easier. Unfortunately for us, her tribe is for whatever reason in a Civil War. Probably because she became afraid of Ben after he attacked the moon." Qrow explained.
"Well, Qrow, I've got to hand it to you. With these coordinates, we can mount a retrieval force and head out in a few weeks." Leo replied, walking over and patting Qrow on the back.
Lionheart walks over to the computer, while Qrow clenches his fists, wishing he could blab the truth or even call Leo out for turning traitor, but calm down when he remembered the snake.
"A few weeks?" Qrow asked.
Lionheart pulls up a hologram keyboard and taps a few keys, while Qrow's Scroll displays the text "COPYING FILES", followed by "DISCONNECTED".
"That's right." Leo replied, walking back around the desk and taking a seat.
"Leo, maybe you didn't hear me. My sister is the Spring Maiden, and I know where she is! We need to go, as soon as possible!" Qrow declared, plaicng his hands on the desk as he knocked the books off the table.
"And perhaps you didn't hear me. This Kingdom is in shambles. "As soon as possible" does not mean tomorrow. It means, as soon as I can convince the council that not only am I still trustworthy for the actions of my son along with those students which won't happen by telling them I need Huntsmen more than they do. Unfortunately, bandit tribes aren't very high on their list of priorities when the threat of war is just on the horizon." Leo replied angrily.
"Then damn the council. We'll do it ourselves. You and I are trained Huntsmen and these kids aren't exactly pushovers. We got Tennyson's successor! He's definitely no pushover with that watch." Qrow.
"Yeah!" Nora cried, standing up from her seat as Ruby fist pumped.
"Perhaps there's a more peaceful solution." Ren suggested, standing up.
"I'm glad to see one of you has common sense." A raspy voice added.
Confused, everyone pulled out their weapons when a alien who looked like Zs'Skayr with his head right-side up. He has two eyes, one on his head and one on his chest, and his second skin modified to look like the hood and cloak of a stereotypical Grim Reaper, complete with a scythe. The facet joints on his back are larger and more curved, the skin on his arms now hangs down, much like sleeves, and his teeth now look more like human incisors than fangs.
What really grabbed everyone's attention was the Omnitrix Symbol on his chest.
"Azmuth? Is that you?" Jaune asked.
Nodding his Head, the Ectonurite floated over to the desk changing into the Galvan we all know and tolerate wearing a new watch very similar to the Recalibrated Prototype Omnitrix around his waist.
"Yes, it is, Arc. I've been following you all the entire time and I'm disappointed to say I didn't like what I saw near the end of this journey." Azmuth explained, glaring at Ren as he said that last part.
Realizing what he is talking about, the green ninja bowed his head in regret at his actions as well as to his shame thoughts of a form of vengeance towards the Nuckelavee Grimm.
"I'd hoped through all that, you've learned you wouldn't have reacted as you did. I saw the path on the journey you were taking and knowing your history, I wanted to see how you'd react. I was considering giving you this watch since I didn't know if Benjamin would ever wake up until a few weeks ago when he reused the Ultimatrix." Azmuth explained, shocking them all.
"Ben... is awake?" Jaune asked slowly.
"Yes. Right now, he's training in something called Sage Mode from what I heard through the Ultimatrix. Now, Lie, come With me, I shall Give you this Watch, but you will only get Five forms until I feel you're trustworthy for more to make it 10 Forms. Be thankful you get any at all." Azmuth explained.
Sighing in understanding, Ren followed Azmuth to the door where it opened to reveal a very surprising sight for all of them.
Standing in front of the office was not only Thor Valkyrie and Barbara, but as well As a familiar redhead and green eyed young woman wearing a strapless bronze bustier held up by a brace of gold resembling an eagle with a spear. She has a gold belt with her symbol on it and Bronze briefs with white Nanites on the side. She has bronze tights and Bronze boots with white stripes on the front that turn into wings at the top. She also wears a set of gold bracers instead of her old ones on her wrists, she has a golden tiara with a Nanite Symbol on her forehead, A new golden bag which hangs from her belt holding clips of ammo, and her sword and shield which stay on her back when not in use.
This is Pyrrha Nikos obviously. And she is back with her new Outfit since 8 months after the Fall of Beacon... And of course she looked like a teenage version of Wonder Woman/Diana Prince from DC Comics.
"Pyrrha?!" Team RNJR cried.
"Guys?!" Pyrrha cried.
"Nora?!" Thor cried.
"Dad?! What are you doing?" Nora asked.
"I was taking Pyrrha here since her parents are on a Mission. What are you four doing here? Especially you, Nora, you were meant to come Home." Thor asked.
"Sorry, Dad, I couldn't leave all my friends behind when Vale was still in trouble like that." Nora explained.
"They should've been stronger then. A Tragedy it was, fun, but tragic." Barbara commented.
"Ms. Nikos, could we reschedule your enrollment meeting? Something has came up, I shall pay for the extended stay." Leo asked.
"Sure. I should reunite with my team anyway." Pyrrha replied.
Smiling, all the Huntsmen-in-Training left the Office along with Thor who wanted an explanation, leaving the two alone for now.
"Qrow, unfortunately, you and your sister are evenly matched. And I'm not the fighter I used to be. No offense, but these students and I can't take on an entire bandit tribe and a Maiden that's no doubt had years to hone her skills even if we tell Thor the Truth. We need to be positive we can apprehend Raven, because if we fail she and her tribe will scatter. And we'll be lost. We get one shot at this. And it needs to be perfect." Leo explained.
"You know Oz wouldn't be happy with any of this if he were here." Qrow replied, staring several beats before sighing.
"Perhaps you're right. But he's not. I'm doing the very best I can." Leo said.
"We'll stay in the city for the time being. Local comms are still up. Keep in touch." Qrow replied, taking out his Scroll and waggling it at Lionheart, then leaving to get himself some Ramen and a small amount of Rice Sake.
As Qrow leaves, Lionheart hangs his head, looking stressed. A holographic W projects up from his desk, followed by the sound of Arthur Watts voice.
"Oh, Leo. We have got to work on your improvisational skills." Watt commented.
Haven Academy
Academy Hallway.
Outside Qrow, Thor, Ruby, Azmuth, Barbara and Team JNPR walk back down the academy hallway. Pyrrha is the first to stop and speak.
"What have you all been doing?" Pyrrha asked.
"It's a long story, Pyrrha. C'mon, let's talk at the House." Jaune explained, glad to see her again.
"You tell them everything. I'll be having a long talk with Lie." Azmuth stated.
"You all do what you want. I need a drink." Qrow said, sighing and turning around.
He walks off, leaving the teenagers looking at each other with concern.
A Ramen Bar somwhere in Mistral.
Later Qrow sits at a Fancy Ramen bar, alone and looking down at his glass and Bowl, not drinking or Eating. When Oscar approaches him from behind.
"Excuse me." Oscar asked.
"You know, I don't think they allow kids in here, pipsqueak." Qrow replied, turning to see him.
Oscar looks at Qrow for a second before turning his head to the side and speaking softly.
"Shut up, I'm getting there." Oscar said, mentally talking to Ozpin.
He looks back up at Qrow, whose attention he now most definitely has. Qrow's eyes widen slightly and then narrow, suspicion dawning.
"Umm... I'm supposed to tell you... I'd like my cane back." Oscar explained awkwardly.
Qrow blinks and closes his eyes for a brief moment before nodding with a slight smile. He stands up off the bar stool and faces Oscar, causing Oscar to take a couple steps back. Qrow lifts the collapsed cane off of his hip.
"Hmm. It's good to see you again, Oz." Qrow replied.
Qrow tosses it at Oscar, who catches it reflexively. The cane immediately extends itself out from the collapsed base when it touches Oscar's hand. Oscar looks down at it, surprised. His other hand comes around to hold the shaft before he looks up at Qrow and blinks.
Continent of Anima
Just Rite Gas Station
With Yang.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Anima, Yang was inside a gas station called Just Rite talking to the only worker there after parking Bumblebee.
"Aren't you a little young to be drinking?" the Just Rite Bartender asked as Yang took off her aviator sunglasses.
"A water. It's hot out." Yang clarified.
"Ohhh. Sure." The Just Rite Bartender replied.
He disappears below the counter and laughter comes skinny man with long dirty blond hair and gray eyes. He has a stubble around his mouth, He wears a dark blue and gray jacket with torn sleeves over a long sleeved shirt He wears a bandana around his neck and has a shoulder pad on his right shoulder. He wears brown leather fingerless gloves with straps and brown pants with boots a few seats down from Yang.
This is, I kid you not, Shay D. Mann, a bandit of Raven's Tribe.
"Are you telling me you're too young to drink? You look like a regular Huntress. And a beauty at that." Shay commented.
"I'm married. Thanks, pal." Yang replied, rolling her eyes at him.
"Seriously. Not too bulky. Not too lean." Shay said, apparently too drunk to properly hear her as he approached Yang undeterred.
"Just right. Like I said, I'm married." Yang replied.
"And your hair..." Shay said, slowly reaching out to touch it.
Before Yang could defend her own hair, a familiar skeleton hand reached out from the ground, catching the man by surprise long enough for a second one to appear and punch him in the face, sending him flying out of the door knocking out one of his teeth as well as flipping the sign that says "Open" to "Close".
"This one's on the house. He's been driving me crazy." The Just Rite Bartender explained, straightening and setting the bottle of water on the counter, thinking it was her, but became afraid when the Water started to boil from a sudden source of heat.
"KIRBY XIAO LONG-TENNYSON, GET IN HERE NOW!" Yang shouted, now feeling the Warp Star as well as two other presents flying In the Distance Hiding In the trees even though she was angry at her Son following her yet grateful at him for defending her Honor as a Married Woman.
Having no choice, Kirby flew into the the gas station with Daphne and Laura who also gained a new outfit that was a yellow shirt with red square outlines, a couple of white buttons vertically on her chest and each matching cufflink on both her cuffs, cowboy boots with both each couple outlined cacti on both sides, spurs made from gold plastic on both sides of her boots, her gun holsters had return strap to her waist as well as a place for her Nox Nyctores, Ouroboros, she also has a red bandanna, blue jeans, however, what really drew Yang's attention was an emblem of a jolly roger with a cowboy hat and instead of two bones it had two old-fashioned pistols crossing one another Located on the right side of her chest.
'Where did she get that outfit? Worry about it later, Yang, because right now, you need to send them home.' Yang thought.
"What. Are. You. Three. Doing. Here?" Yang asked, slowly and dangerously.
"That is obvious, bar-" Daphne tried until her mouth was covered by a gag.
"I'm not in the mood to deal with your insults. Laura, talk." Yang ordered.
"It was Kirby's idea to follow you, so he could help fight Nightmar. Daphne could show them what it means to be a true Nintendon and I'm here to find her." Laura explained.
"Kids, I know you want to help, but this isn't a game. Kirby, I understand that you can fight, I truly do, but I don't want you to go through War at your age. Through my ridiculously long lives, I've seen more wars that I like to admit and I don't want to see any of you hurt." Yang explained.
"Heroes help people even when they're not wanted. I'm going to be the Greatest Star Warrior ever after I beat Nightmare, I'll do the right thing and fight him because that's what heroes do!" Kirby cried stubbornly, refusing to go back.
Growling under her breath, Yang took the bottle and quickly drank it all, ignoring how it was still hot from her hot Aura heating it up before sighing.
"All right, you three can stay, but on one condition." Yang replied, removing Daphne's gag.
"And, what's that, barbarian?" Daphne asked.
"You all do exactly as I say without complaints when I say it, how I see it, and exactly as I see it. We're heading into a possible war and since I know all three of you will just find a way back here, I might as well make sure you stay out of trouble the best I can, so starting now, you do exactly as I say since we are going to my Mom's Tribe." Yang explained.
"I don't take orders from a barbarian." Daphne said.
Having no choice, the four went outside to see Shay is on the ground, holding his face, but he calls out to Yang as she straddles and engages Bumblebee while Laura got on top of Blaze.
"Hey, girlie!" Shay cried.
"Seriously? This isn't over?" Yang asked, looking towards him, annoyed even more so.
"I hear you're... looking for something. Heh." Shay replied, revealing he had lost a tooth as he grinned.
Kingdom of Mistral
The Rental House
With Team JNPR.
Meanwhile on the other side of the continent, Jaune, Pyrrha, Ren, and Nora are sitting on a pair of red couches in a living room, explaining most of their journey, leaving out the facts of Salem until their experienced Huntsman has returned when there's a knock on the door. They tense and look at each other before Jaune cautiously goes to open it. Oscar is on the other side, looking hesitant and uncomfortable. Jaune looks back over his shoulder at the other two, and Nora shrugs.
"Can I... help you?" Jaune asked.
"Um... yeah. Is there a Ruby Rose here?" Oscar asked, putting everyone on edge as the two who knew about what happened stood up, tense and defensively ready for anything.
"Why?" Nora asked darkly, ready for anything.
"Well..." Oscar trailed off, looking towards this left and moved out of the way as Thor carried or more likely dragged Qrow who got a little too excited in his celebratory of finding his former headmaster, completely out of it for the most part .
"I found him!" the drunken Qrow cried as he snorts into his hand laughing the entire time.
"I think her uncle could use some help." Oscar explained.
Thor Lays Qrow on the couch, trying to ignore the breath of Sake blown towards him in his face, much to his annoyance.
"I found him!" Qrow shouted excitedly again.
"What is going on out there?! Can't a girl read her comics in peace?!" Ruby asked, stomping into the living room.
Qrow burps and chuckles, catching Ruby's attention. She sighs and puts a hand to her forehead exasperatedly.
"Qrow, did you get drunk again?" Ruby asked.
"Maybe." Qrow replied drunkly.
"Oh. You have silver eyes." Oscar said, finally stepping in as he looks at Ruby.
Ruby looks at him, a touch surprised. She turns to Ren and Nora, who shrugs again, while Pyrrha just looks confused, before looking back at Oscar.
"Who... are you?" Ruby asked as Qrow chuckled from the couch.
"Uh... Well. My name is Oscar Pine." Oscar introduced.
"Wait for it..." Qrow added.
"But you probably know me as... Professor Ozpin." Oscar admitted.
Everyone lets out gasp, and look confused. Jaune takes a couple steps back. Qrow continues chuckling.
"I did it!" Qrow exclaimed, punching his fists into the air.
He falls off the couch onto the floor, startling Pyrrha and Nora.
"Oh my." Pyrrha said.
"Ooh!" Nora added, her hands going to her mouth.
Continent of Anima
With Rex and the others.
The scene shifted to the other members of Ben's rather strange family through Rex, Koan, Tsume, Ben's sons, daughter-in-law, grandson, and the rest of his friends there, not to mention his Succubus wives out in Anima, helping people along the way as well as dealing with any creature that they come across, several pieces of Technology along with different types of creatures like a huge and very muscular Monster. And seen by the Spine on its back indicates it has a massive skeleton. It has no visible nose, and its deformed ears resemble a human's, fused to the sides of its head. Its obscure eyes are very small and black, located on the sides of the head just above the mouth.
Jumping over the Monster, Rex, who following his journey to Haven, decided to change outfits by getting a new dark leather jacket with a hood, new dark pants and red boots. He still retains his Goggles, but he now carries a magnetic clip on his back where the Rex Tool is now permanently attached allowing for easy access as well as a dark orange sash that goes along his chest holding an easy to grab his Knife that Six made him. He also now has long red gloves and once had it on his elbows, on the other arm AKA his right arm, he has a red watch with a orange accent having a rose emblem on the face and wears knee guards, started to blast the last ones with Star Blast, killing them.
"Man, Demons are hard to fight. How do you five stand fighting demons all the time?" Rex asked, tired from fighting so many.
"Those were only mid-rank Demons. Trust me, if you were fighting a real demon, you'd be dead and that's not even considering them a Devil." Nero explained as he casually held the Red Queen over his shoulder without any signs of being tired.
"What's the difference between a Demon and Devil? I thought they were the same thing." Yu asked, confused as he held his Katana.
"Let me explain the difference between a Demon and a Devil is like comparing an Ice Cube to a Snowstorm. Each Demon is unique, this is true, but the same goes for each Devil, when a Demon reaches a certain amount of power, they start to go through a metamorphosis, becoming smarter, stronger, faster and all that jazz, making them a mid-level Demon. Now, this goes on for a certain amount of time until they get so strong, they completely change every way possible, changing their appearance, their way of thinking and sometimes even their sex, but that last part is rare. Most creatures in Hell on board has low level demons with some exceptions such as yours truly, however, I am actually considered a low-level devil compared to someone like Madama Butterfly." Morrigan explained.
"Alright, that makes sense, but what about my brother? What would you classify him as?" Tsume asked.
"Hard to say. No one has had to classify one of your kind in so long, I'm not even sure what the process is. A great extinction happened long before even my parents were born." Lilith explained.
"Then, what about Ben?" Jeanne asked.
"It's hard to say in all honesty. I mean he is or was Lord Sparda. On top of that, he's the son of our goddess with hours from other worlds, not to mention training, so there's no telling how powerful he is ." Bayonetta answered.
"What's so great about Sparda anyway? He's just another demon." Kara explained.
"You want to hear the story of why we talk so highly about him? Well, I'll tell you a story." Jeanne asked.
"I'll tell it, Mom. On Fortuna, the Order of the Sword worship him as a god, so I have heard it all." Nero explained.
"Two millenniums ago, there was a war. Between the Human world and the other... the Underworld. But somebody from the Underworld woke up to justice, and stood up against this legion, alone. His name was Sparda. Later, he quietly reigned the Human world, and continued to preserve harmony, He became a legend, The Legendary Dark Knight, Sparda. He stood alone against the unending tides of Hell against Demons, all who he once called brothers in arms, but now called his enemies without a single hesitation, he cut them down without mercy, without pity, without end, sending the dark beings who once ruled Humanity back into the depths where they laying, waiting for the day they can once again roam the Earth to rule and to destroy us while our Lord and Savior Sparda remains vigilant waiting for the day they come back, so that he may finish the job. Or, so the story goes, I never bought into that religious Bullshit." Nero explained.
"You know. I always wondered why he turned his back against the Demons." Dante admitted.
"His Sister." Lilith answered, surprising everyone.
"Wait. We have an Aunt?" Vergil asked, surprised by this information.
"Had. Mundus killed Eris because she would not love him. In his rage upon the news that his King killed his sister, the only family he got along with or more accurately, the only family he had, the Demon Knight turned his back on his own kin, realizing that no justice will be brought upon his sister's death, simply because the so called Son of Darkness did not get his way, so he took his sword and turned against the Darkness and fought for the Light, he chose not to fight for the Underworld but to fight for Justice." Lilith explained.
"He did all that simply because his sister died. Understandable, but surprising." Koan explained.
"Sparda and Eris always have each other's backs. Sparda wouldn't fight for anyone not even himself because he'd always fight for his sister above anything else, never judge a Demon just like you would never judge a book by its cover. Our nature may make us more shall we say selfish, but just because we're Demons doesn't mean we don't care for our family and won't do anything to avenged them. Something Light seems to have learned quite recently." Morrigan explained, wondering why that is.
"That's actually pretty interesting. But anyway, we should probably inform the village that we have dealt with their demon problem and need to get back on the road, we don't know how long it will take for Raven to recover, so we need to make our way to Haven as quickly as possible." Rex stated.
Knowing he is right, everyone got on their respective vehicles or started to fly, continuing their way towards Haven Academy, wanting to get there as quickly as possible.
Naruto Universe
With Ben.
The scene shifted to Ben who had finally after many weeks in his perspective managed to learn how to enter and exit Sage Mode of his own accord without having to be smacked around like Whack-A-Mole having grown a lot more hair on his arms and legs as well as hands for feet and a tail, but what really grabbed everyone's attention was his face, having grown a beard once again which quickly disappears once he exits Sage Mode.
Practicing his newfound powers, Ben was completely in the zone, seemingly ignoring all outside distractions from his monkey masterss to Helen teaching Kitty as Fast Girl how to use her powers better when Enma landed in the clearing.
"Deep apologies, Honored Sages, but the Hidden Leaf Village is under attack by the one they call Pain. what will you do old friend?" the Monkey King asked.
"Get me my sage cloak. It's time we make some allies in this war." Ben declared as the screen went dark.
Omake: A Lesson of Revenge.
Sitting in the living room, Kitty, in all honesty, look proud of herself even when her father was pacing back-and-forth ranting about how she was wrong to interrupt a a peaceful talk between Sage Monkeys as well as a visitor from the Lion Sage, claiming how he and all Lions are evil.
"And furthermore, before Lord Mufasa leaves, you're going to give him a real honest apology because this stunt right there can possibly be an Act of War and you've put me in a very difficult position." Ben finished, not even noticing she wasn't listening until that part.
"WHAT?! I'm not apologizing to that evil Lion!" Kitty declared.
"And, what makes him evil? And don't you dare say it's because he's a lion." Ben replied.
"Why not? Lionheart killed mom and dad, he nearly bit off your arm, he eats people, so surely lions must be evil." Kitty asked.
"Why does the actions of one man make the entire race evil? I'm a Demon in the past life and I could still be considered one because of my trigger, so I ask again: What makes him evil when your own father is a demon and yet he still saves people?" Ben asked.
"You're different because you're a good guy." Kitty replied, showing her black and white point of view due to her age.
"Where is Evil? In the Rat, whose nature, it's to steal food. Or in the Cat, whose nature, it's to kill the Rat? The Rat steals. Yet, for him, the Cat is evil. And to the Cat, the Rat." Ben explained.
"Surely one of them is evil. It has to be the Rat because the Cat doesn't steal." Kitty replied.
"The Rat doesn't steal, the Cat doesn't murder. Rain falls, the stream flows, a hill remains. Each acts according to its nature." Ben explained.
"Then, that means there is no such thing as Evil. Everyone tells themselves that what they do is for Good so everything is Good?" Kitty asked, getting confused.
"No. I once believed in a previous life that's the terms Good and Evil are terms used by the Weak and Ignorant. There are lines that will make you question if what you're doing is right if you become a Hero like me. One person may only be stealing Bread to feed his family, but he's breaking the law by stealing. Does that make this man Evil because he is trying to feed his family? I know why you don't like Lions and I cannot exactly blame you, however, I cannot allow you to seek revenge on Vergil through any lion you come across, it won't make you feel better." Ben explained.
"You killed Mommy's killer on Remnant. Sounds to me like you got revenge." Kitty replied, earning a glare from that one.
"Watch your tone, young lady. You're not a baby like Kirby, so I'll put you over my knee and spank you like my parents have done for me." Ben warned.
"Fine. Where did you learn that Revenge is Stupid?" Kitty asked.
"From a few people. I already told you about Kratos, but now it's time to turn elsewhere. First, is one of the few training trips, I couldn't actually finish. Although, if I went back at it with my new powers, I probably could... Never mind, that's not important at the moment. Anyway, try to get comfortable." Ben explained.
Flashback: In the world of Fatal Fury
Year: 2003
South Town, Florida
Standing next to Terry who Stood Over a pale buff middle aged bald man wearing nothing, but a pair of black pants on top of a roof, Ben had to actually restrain his teacher if you can even call Terry that since Ben can't even reform the basics of fighting style since he cannot absorb Chi like he is meant to, showing that Paradox had only brought him to this world to not only teach then a lesson in claiming everything can be taught with enough practice, but it also so he can teach Terry a lesson himself.
And this man that Terry stood over, is Geese Howard, Host of the King of Fighters Tournament, local Crime Boss of South Town, Florida of the Fatal Fury Universe, and finally, the Murderer of Jeff Bogard, Terry and his Brother Andy's Step-Father.
"Terry, this isn't you! Don't stoop to his evel by killing him out of revenge for your father!" Ben shouted.
"Get out of the way! He's the reason why me and my brother had to go back to the streets in the first place! He's the reason why I lost ten years with my Bro!" Terry shouted.
"But think of all the good that has also come from it. Not only are you one of the world's greatest fighters, but also you met your girlfriend Mary Ryan as a result. If you must kill him and I know you're going to take a look at your life and ask yourself: Do you want to stoop to his level and become like him by killing out of revenge? Is that the kind of person you want to be?" Ben asked.
Taking a deep breath, Terry started to calm down a bit realizing that his student is right at several points in this moment. Could he really take all that he has learned and finish off his father's killer, stooping to his level.
"If he lives, he'll just continue to be this monster, I can't trust the police because he'll just bribe his way out of jail." Terry explained.
"Then, don't kill him out of revenge, kill him only out of necessity. I've killed many people: Men, Women, Children, and Elders alike because of Xenomorphs in my universe. I started killing infected because someone I considered a little brother was killed by them and trust me, when I say killing out of revenge won't bring you peace." Ben warned.
Removing his arms around his teacher, Ben watched as Terry moved closer to his dying enemy, Geese Howard, and quickly snapped his neck, not out of revenge, but out of necessary, killing him for real this time.
"Thank you for preventing me from killing out of revenge. If you hadn't stopped, I don't know what would've happened." Terry said quietly.
"Revenge is a Double-edged Sword. It cuts both ways, the Wheel of Life has turned inexorably, by the infinite stars. So, it is, the truth will not be cheated." Ben explained.
"Who said that?" Terry asked.
"Master Poe of the Shaolin Temple from the 1972 Kung Fu series. It's been paraphrased a little bit, but you get the idea here." Ben explained.
Flashback End.
"Ok, so there was only one incident of revenge not being the way, but I don't see how one moment proves you're right." Kitty said.
"Then get comfortable, because I got another lesson for you." Ben replied.
Flashback: DC Universe: Young Justice;
Date and Year: March 18, 2011.
Location: Mount Justice; Before Kratos.
"All right, Paradox, where am I? You said you had a task for me that could also double as me learning something." Ben asked, looking around to find he was in a kitchen.
"You're in the universe of Young Justice, the year is 2011, and yes, this is a universe where Hal Jordan exist, the same one who removed your arm in Death Battle." Paradox explained.
Clenching his fist in anger that Hal was here, Ben try to remain calm, despite the situation at the moment before succeeding.
"You're here to retrieve an item called the Mirror of Outcomes for me, as well as to learn how to use a lasso from Wonder Woman, as well as learn how to intimidate without having to use one of your aliens from Batman. Also, try to contain yourself when you meet Superman, also don't start a war with the Green Lanterns because I know you're thinking it." Paradox explained.
"I'm not going to start a war. I just wanna find Hal Jordan if he exists in this universe, I'll give him a piece of my mind." Ben explained, earning a glare from Paradox.
"I'm serious, Benjamin. Don't do anything risky because of the past." Paradox warned seriously before leaving just as there was footsteps coming.
As the footsteps got closer, it revealed to be a teenager who look practically identical to Superman at the age of 16 in every way wearing a black T-shirt with the classic S-shield in red, He also donned dark blue fatigue pants tucked into dark-brown combat boots with a large buckled-belt.
This is Conner Kent, also known as Superboy, the genetic clone of Superman with the template of Lex Luthor.
Taking one look at the green shapeshifter, Connor just moved faster than Ben could receive, grabbing his neck and forcing him against the wall.
"WHO ARE YOU?! HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?!" Connor shouted.
Not realizing he was using too much strength on the human, who started to suffocate from a lack of air, the watch kicked in its User Self-Preservation function, transforming Ben into the most appropriate alien at the time AKA Ghostfreak, much too Connor's shock.
Hearing more footsteps coming, Ghostfreak panicked and simply possessed Connor just as a group of 4 teenagers came in each being stranger than the last.
The first was a teenager with green-skinned revealing she's a Martian although far more humanoid then what movies would tell with freckles across her face, amber eyes and shoulder-length red hair wearing a short-sleeved white top with a red X on it, along with a blue skirt, cape, gloves, and ankle high boots. For covert work, she dons a long-sleeved black suit with the same red X, black shoes, and her blue cape; the overall style is similar to the clothing worn by Martian manhunter.
This is miss Martian, Martian Manhunter's niece as well as Superboy's girlfriend also known as Megan.
The second was a teenager with spiky red hair, freckles, and green eyes. He had a lean yet slightly muscular build wearing a suit quite similar to the flash only yellow in color and had a spot for his hair to peek out as well as a pair of goggles.
This is Wally West, The Flash's nephew also known as Kid Flash.
The third was a a half-Caucasian and half-Vietnamese, teenage girl of average height. She has olive-toned skin with long thick blonde hair and dark gray eyes. She is slender in stature yet has an athletic build. She had hair down to her waist, which she is kept tied back in a ponytail.
Her uniform was a midriff-baring costume that highlighted her build. It was colored in various shades of green and consisted of a mask extending from the hairline to the cheekbones, a sleeveless top with a stylized arrow tip on the front, fingerless gloves, pants with black knee pads, and black combat boots. She had a black utility belt and pouch strapped on her left leg that were likely filled with assorted tools. she carried a quiver along her back with a bow and a multitude of multi-purpose arrows.
This is Artemis, also known as well, Artemis, a superhero who uses her real name as her superhero name. Kind of dumb when you think about it, but then again so are most people in the DC universe.
The fourth was teenage girl with Italian roots, she has medium length black hair and bright cyan colored eyes with a slender build wearing a white shirt, bow tie and gloves, a low cut yellow vest, a black blazer, black mini-shorts with gray stockings and black boots reaching midway up her calves.
This is Zatanna Zatara, who does the same thing, speak her Magic Spells Backwards.
"Connor, is everything okay? We got worried when you started running." Megan asked.
"I'm okay, I just thought I heard something." "Connor" replied, hoping to stall, so he can figure out what's going on, not noticing Zatanna narrowing her eyes at him suspiciously.
"EB ENOG, TSOHG!" Zatanna shouted.
With these words spoken backwards, Ghostfreak was expelled from Connor's body, much to everyone's shock as they all stared at the freaky ghost.
"Would you all believe this was just a big misunderstanding?" Ghostfreak asked.
"GET HIM! HE COULD BE A VILLAN!" Kid Flash shouted.
Realizing that this wasn't going to go his way, Ghostfreak turned intangible and started to fly away, quickly being followed by Miss Martian all the way into the briefing room where they saw the Batman talking to another group of teenagers.
Open to avoid them go straight started to fly towards the roof went to his unfortunate timing the watch timed out sending him to the ground if he didn't get caught by Miss Martian's Telekinesis at the last second.
"Who are you and how did you get in this cave?" Miss Martian demanded.
"Look this is all just a big misunderstanding all right. The guy you called Connor attacked me and I had to retaliate by possessing him because I panicked when I heard you guys coming." Ben explained.
"Let him down. He's telling the truth." Batman ordered.
Doing as the Batman ordered, Miss Martian let him down which earned Ben the famous Bat Glare and honestly did very little to him, having stared down old Squidface as well as Azmuth.
"State your identity and how you got in this cave." Batman ordered.
"Okay, first off, your glare of yours doesn't work, Bruce Wayne, and secondly I'm not telling you anything until you answer me a question: Did someone name Paradox arrange for you to teach someone?" Ben asked.
Surprised that someone knew his identity, but showed no outward expression, Batman simply put Ben in handcuffs and let him towards the Zeta-Tube.
"Aqualad, filled them in on the way to your mission. This is now officially a legal matter." Batman ordered, earning a nod from Black Manta's Son.
Later in the Watchtower Meeting Room.
Trapped in a green energy bubble courtesy of Green Lantern, much to his gratitude that it wasn't Hal Jordan, who wasn't here at the moment, Ben was annoyed that he couldn't hear anything outside the bubble as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and several other members, most prominently at the moment was Doctor Fate who seemed to always be glaring at him.
"What do you know of this person, Fate? From the moment we brought this person aboard the watchtower, you've been glaring at him the entire time." Batman asked.
"He's the rebirth of Thorin." Fate explained, rarning a loud gasp from Wonder Woman and Shazam.
"You're saying he's that Thorin? As in the Son of Darkness? That Thorin?!" Shazam asked, trying to not panic and failing badly since having the Wisdom of Solomon doesn't include having the maturity.
"Yes. It's indeed him; The Lords of Order commanded that he must be destroyed before he causes a second great extinction." Fate explained, surprising everyone.
"Hold it. If he truly is Thorin, then you know he didn't cause the extinction on purpose, but he was tricked along with all of us." Diana argued.
"What are you talking about?" Superman asked.
"Imagine this. There are different types of Gods and Goddesses who control aspects of the universe each one being unique too their own person out and experiences. But who controls these gods and goddesses? That is where the embodiments come in." Shazam explained.
"Are these embodiments a threat?" Batman asked.
"The only one who might be a threat at the moment is Nightmare here, however, he's in another universe at the moment which is far from ours. Don't try to come up with contingencies, Batman, because they'll all fail, the only weaknesses an embodiment has is their polar opposite." Doctor Fate explained.
"So, Dreams could kill him?" John Stewart AKA the second Green Lantern asked.
"No, Dreams has been killed by Nightmare. Even if she was, she's a Pacifist." Shazam explained.
"What about this Paradox person? The Cave's security cameras shows he can teleport." Superman asked.
"He's a Time Walker. He works for the Embodiment Of Time, He sees and hears every outcome, loves every moment of every second spared, he make sure that timeline follows what it's supposed to, however, unlike most time walkers, he's the most deceitful and will do whatever it takes to complete any task set for him by his master, even manipulate the truth. The last time he was in this universe, he caused the Amazons to flee to the island, you should believe everything he says with a grain of salt." Diana explained.
"Many things have changed since that time, your highness." the voice of Paradox explained, appearing in the room.
Drawing their weapons/activating their powers/pointing his ring at the Time Walker, everyone waited for Paradox to make any threatening moves of any kind.
"Now calm down, everyone, for a moment because what I have to say will interest all of you." Paradox said.
"Talk fast, Time Walker. You never do anything like this without reason." Diana stated.
"Benjamin doesn't know of his true heritage and will not know for a long time. As such, he needs training for a war that is coming, so he won't rely on his watch, as well as the power he will gain." Paradox explained.
"What War?" Hawkgirl asked.
"A War that change the entire outcome of the Multiverse. There are many many outcomes most where Chaos reigns supreme and there will be no one to stop it." Paradox explained.
"That doesn't explain why we should train him. We have dealt with Multiverse threats before." Batman said.
"Because if you teach him, you'll find your parents killer, Bruce Wayne." Paradox replied, shocking everyone.
Now visibly shocked, a rare feat for the Batman, Bruce did not know what to say or think as he never in all his 39 years of life think that he would ever find his parent's killer.
"What about me? Why should I teach him how to use a Lasso? The teachings of my people are forbidden to the World of Man." Diana asked.
"Because Lord Fear commands it." Paradox explained.
"She's not scared of Parallax." John Stewart stated.
With that said, all time momentarily stopped and a Yellow Chilling mist floated into the room, forming into Fear.
"Make no mistake, Jonathan Stewart. I'm not Parallax nor am I Sinestro. Your ring will not work on me in any shape or form." Fear explained.
As if to demonstrate he was telling the truth, Fear simply tapped the ring and to everyone's surprise, it completely destroyed itself exploding, destroying John's hand in the process.
"That wasn't necessary." Batman said.
"I deem what is necessary, Mortal. I don't appreciate your arrogance nor your paranoia, Bruce Wayne, as such you will immediately end any contingency plans to take down Thorin." Fear warned, showing that he knows Batman's Fears.
"Or what?" Batman challenged.
"Or I'll destroy your parent's souls and curse you to never find any form of happiness in this or any life." Fear warned before turning to Diana who tried to not be scared.
"You will personally take him to the island and teach him everything you know. He'll have access to every place on the island no matter what anyone says. Your mother has already been informed. Yes, that is all, and I shall take my leave." Fear said, turning around to leave.
"Wait. Lord Fear, if I may ask, why are you so interested in Thorin? Everyone knows you never showed much interest in him before." Diane asked carefully.
"I'm making a investment into the future. I want to be sure I'm spending my time wisely." Fear explained before leaving.
Restarting Time, Ben fell out of the bubble which immediately disappeared following time restarting, much to his confusion before he saw John's hand destroyed.
"What happened? No, it doesn't matter. Here, let me help you." Ben said.
Quickly changing into Clockwork, Ben restored up the John Stewart's arm as well as the Power Ring, surprising everyone as they've never seen anything like this before.
"How did you do that?" Batman asked.
Before he could say anything, a man walked into the room Revealing a Caucasian male with short brown hair. He wears a dark green domino mask to hide his identity and a green and black costume like all Green Lanterns. The torso and shoulders are green, while the legs, arms, and armpits are black. The forearms and hands of his costume are white, the feet green. The Green Lantern Corps symbol is on his chest.
This is Hal Jordan, and man is he in for a surprise.
"Sorry I'm late, I had to deal with something for the Guardians- Wait, what are you doing here?!" Hal demanded, instantly recognizing the watch Symbol.
"None of your fucking business, child murder. Don't think I haven't forgotten how you cut off my arm and crushed me like an Ant. Not to mention you didn't even show any regret." Clockwork warned.
"What's he talking about?" Superman asked.
"Death Battle." Clockwork answered.
"Aw. Anyway, come with me, Benjamin, we're going to my home island for your training." Diana said.
Later in Gotham City: Year 2013; August 9.
After a little over 2 years, Ben has officially mastered almost everything the Amazons have taught with some exceptions that he physically just cannot do with his ordinary strength.
At first, all the Amazons of Themyscira despised him, but held their tongue in fear of attracting the embodiment of the same name. However, over time, he began to warm up to them, some even considering him their little brother they never had, certainly helped that he helped him with their chores and even cooked for a lot of them occasionally.
After leaving the island, Ben has started to work on everything he knows and improving with the Batman, accomplishing many new feats without the watch including getting Harley away from The Joker because let's face it that guy is seriously messed up and redeeming some of the Rogues such as Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, and Killer Croc.
Anyway, right now, Ben was working on his final test as Batman tracking down a mob boss that has managed to elude Batman for so long and intimidate him in anyway he wishes.
Watching invisible as Ghostfreak slowly stocked the old man until he was alone in his office, waiting for the right moment to strike.
"Good god, I'm surrounded by idiots! There hasn't been a single idea around here since I decided to kill the Waynes!" The man cried.
Realizing exactly who this man was, Ghostfreak decided to screw it and grab the man, surprising him in every way.
"So, you're the person who killed the Wayne Family! I know someone who'll be very happy to hear that, Joe Chill." Ghostfreak said.
Knocking Joe Chill out, Ghostfreak took Joe to the Batcave, surprising Batman on this.
"Why did you bring your target here?" Batman asked.
"This man just confessed to killing your parents." Ghostfreak explained.
Shocked that Paradox was actually right, Batman turned to the Man who officially created the Batman on that fateful night all those years ago with a deep dark growl.
Waking up, Joe Chill, what is that with the worst site any criminal could ever come across AKA an angry Batman.
"Joe Chill, if that is in fact your real name, you have much to answer for." Batman said, slowly approaching the criminal who tried to back away.
"I haven't done anything! You have no proof!" Joe Chill cried.
"22 years ago you attacked Thomas and Martha Wayne for a pearl necklace and pocket change! You gunned down Thomas and Martha Wayne in front of their eight-year-old son!" Batman shouted.
"Yeah, so what?! People get gunned down all the time in Gotham!" Joe cried, backing up to an edge of the wall.
"Because on that fateful night you killed Martha and Thomas Wayne as well as their son Bruce Wayne and in his place!" Batman roared, stopping and took off his cowl, revealing his face.
"Batman was Born!" Bruce shouted, shocking Joe.
Realizing that he and he alone was responsible for the creation of every nightmare in Gotham, Joe actually started to laugh a bit at the irony that at the time and now created the goddamn Batman all because he murdered Bruce Wayne's parents.
"Hahahaha! You know, Brucie, once you take me to GCPD, I'll tell everyone who you are! Batman will die tonight especially your sidekicks, your british butler, etc.!" Joe cried before Batman grabbed his neck.
"Not if I kill you just like you killed my parents." Batman warned, showing that he's actually WILLING to break his No-Kill Rule due to his Anger.
Going Four Arms, the Alien Shapeshifter separated the two before anything could escalate and it will very quickly if they are not careful.
"Bruce, this isn't what the Batman is about. You swore you would never kill anyone no matter what." Four Arms stated.
"You've never felt the need to get vengeance. Until you do, stay out of my way." Batman growled.
"My archenemy killed my best friend and there is an a day that goes by that I don't want to kill him. I understand vengeance just like you do, but the only differences is I never went down the path you have." Four Arms explained.
Growling in anger, Bruce Took a deep breath and started to calm down Realizing that both parties are right In this situation.
"If we take him to the GCPD, he will reveal my identity, even if they declare he's crazy person, there's a chance someone will believe him." Batman explained.
"True, but I could erase his memories of this moment. The only thing he would do is have the sudden urge to confess his crimes and I do mean all of them." Four Arms explained.
Looking at the old man who created the Batman, Bruce just stared into his terrified eyes, still wanting to kill him but chose to be better.
"Erase his memories and pack your things. You've officially completed my training. I'm not going to give you anything major as a reward like other people have, but you do have my respect as well as a utility belt filled with most non-lethal Wayne Tech Gadgetry by Wayne Enterprises." Bruce explained as Four Arms let him go and turned back to normal as Bruce shook Ben's hand, showing that Bruce Wayne, he does have a heart despite his paranoia and fear.
Flashback end.
"And, that's how I know revenge isn't right. I understand why you don't like lions, I truly do, but I'm not going to let you get away with blaming every Lion in existence." Ben explained as Kitty held her head in shame as she took all of this in.
"*Sigh* Alright, Daddy, I'll apologize to Lord Mufasa for my actions." Kitty replied as she hugged Ben out of regret as he patted her back as the screen went black.
BGM - BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle OST - CROSSING FATE ( RWBY ver. )
Ben Tennyson: Hi, I'm Ben Tennyson. Now that I finally mastered Sage Mode. It's time I make allies, so I can stop Nightmare since he's no doubt bringing in his army across the Multiverse. I'm done playing around with him, I'm now getting stronger with him.
Next time on RWBY: Heroes United...
Dread in the Air
Watts: Are we ready?
Toy2711: Alright, Volume 5 Chapter 1 is done! How do you all like the fact that Ben is mastering his Sage Mode and making allies in the Naruto Universe, and along with the others who are ALL coming to Haven Academy later on? Leave your comments in the review below. Now tune in next time for Issue 2 where Weiss battles a Queen Lancer Grimm over Lake Matsu and also we see the return of Adam Taurus. See you next chapter!
