"Whoa man! 99 chapters (birthday chapter doesn't count) writen!" Cheered Sparta.
"Is it time to break out the Champagne?" Asked Qrow earning a glare from Aquarius.
"Which I will not be drinking." Said Qrow.
"Haha. Your Whipped and secondly no I be drinking Sake while we Welcome back Pit." Said Sparta.
Volume 5 Issue 6: Known by its Song
Kingdom of Mistral
Ramen Shop.
The opening starts in Mistral in the rain is heard pouring outside as Qrow opens up a sliding door leading into a small restaurant. A man can be seen sleeping at a table in the corner, while the Ramen Shop Owner stands behind the counter sharpening his kitchen knife on a wood block. Qrow walks up to the owner, who is still paying attention to sharpening his knife.
"I prefer wet stones." Said Raven.
"Regular? Or the Special?" The owner asked.
"I'm actually looking for someone, goes by the name Shiro Wan. Ever heard of him? I heard he's a regular around here." Qrow explained.
"How could you not focus on Ramen?" Asked Pisces.
"I have to focus on my job." Said Qrow.
"Who's asking?" the owner asked.
"Hey, I'm not some cop if that's what you mean. I need Shiro for a gig. We go way back." Qrow explained.
"Way back, huh? So, he's a friend of yours." The owner asked, nodding and looking at Qrow.
"This is going to to end badly." Said Spring.
"Hm, yeah, I'd say so. He's a pretty alright guy." Qrow replied, rubbing his chin as he thought of it.
"Well in that case... the owner replied, pausing as his tone turns hostile, pointing his knife threateningly at Qrow.
"You tell that jerk that he better not show his ugly face in here until he pays me the Lien he owes me!" the owner explained.
"Told you." Said Spring.
"Uh, did I say friend? Hehe I, uh- I meant acquaintance." Qrow replied taken aback as he chuckled nervously.
The owner angrily slams his knife into the counter.
"Really, we're just colleagues! Hehehehe. Anyways, thanks for your time, buddy. I'll just be taking off now." Qrow replied, slowly backing out and nervously chuckling again.
"You could have taken him! Why didn't you?" Asked Pisces.
"Sometimes you cannot fight." Said Qrow.
Qrow exits the restaurant, quickly closing the sliding door. He quickly turns around, leaning against the door. He takes a drink from his flask before pulling out his scroll, which has a list of "CONTACTS" with the following names:
WAN, SHIRO
GRIFFIN, BLANKA
RAINE, BOYD
KREISS, AMETHYST
ALTHAM, IVY
RIVAS, AOI
VACCARO, FARROW
LUNSFORD, HARKIN
"Some of those are my contacts." Said Thor.
Qrow crosses off Shiro's name.
"*sigh* Great start." Qrow grumbled.
Suddenly, the owner's knife is stabbed through the door cloth, barely missing Qrow's head.
"To close!" Cried Aqua.
Qrow then walks up to several people asking if they know any of the Huntsmen on his list; first, a pair of two men standing on the rainy street. Next, to a one-eyed, blonde blacksmith selling her wares. Then, he seeks the help of a beat-up man filled with bruises, resting while two other men are currently fighting in a match. After every person he asks, Qrow's expression and body language grows more aggravated, and each time, the number of Huntsmen he crosses off the list increases.
"They all are dead." Said Salem.
Finally, he walks up to a small house with boarded-up windows. He looks at his Scroll for his two remaining contacts, the first of which had been crossed out.
FIORENZA, SHANI
SHIELDS, HEATHER
"Heather Shields." Qrow mumbled.
He knocks on the door. A group of small children is seen near the house. After Qrow turns around from looking at them, since there's been no response, he bangs it loudly with the side of his fist. As he's about to bang on the door again, a man opens up the door.
"Oh, uh, hey there. I'm looking for Heather?" Qrow said.
The man just stares back at him.
" I am getting a very huge sense of déjà vu and not the good kind." Said Yang.
"Look, pal, I've had a rough day. Do you know where she is or not?" Qrow asked as a little girl came out.
"Daddy? Does he know where Mommy is?" The Little Girl asked, walking up next to him.
"Ohh." Said Ruby now getting the same sad feeling.
Having realized that Heather was missing in action, or worse, Qrow immediately regrets his mistake.
"I um... I'm sorry to bother you." Qrow apologized.
The man and his daughter go back into their house. Qrow walks back out into the rain. He removes his flask from his shirt and considers taking another drink from it, but decides not to.
At the park, he looks up at the Mistral Bounty mission boards, listed as the following:
LUCERO, FLANN - MISSION TYPE: VILLAGE SECURITY
MISSION STATUS: IN PROGRESS 8 WEEKS AGO
DURHAM, AZURA - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: IN PROGRESS 6 WEEKS AGO
COWAN, DOVE - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 1 WEEK AGO
CHOI, LALI - MISSION TYPE: BOUNTY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 7 WEEKS AGO
LIN, FUSCHIA - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND RESCUE
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 6 DAYS AGO
SILVER, STARK - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: IN PROGRESS 1 WEEK AGO
HAWKINS, JAY - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: IN PROGRESS 3 WEEKS AGO
HAWTHORNE, LUCERO - MISSION TYPE: BOUNTY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 4 DAYS AGO
ANDREWS, RORY - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 9 WEEKS AGO
CASTILLO, AURORA - MISSION TYPE: VILLAGE SECURITY
MISSION STATUS: IN PROGRESS 8 WEEKS AGO
HUGHES, DAISY - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND RESCUE
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 4 WEEKS AGO
LEVINE, MAE - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 3 DAYS AGO
FOREST, WYATT - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 5 WEEKS AGO
PAGE, ORION - MISSION TYPE:
MISSION STATUS:
RIVERA, STAR - MISSION TYPE: BOUNTY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 4 DAYS AGO
KRATZ, CYAN - MISSION TYPE: BOUNTY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 8 WEEKS AGO
HYACINTH, ZACH - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 2 DAYS AGO
NASH, INIGO - MISSION TYPE: VILLAGE SECURITY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 5 DAYS AGO
TEALE, CAROLINE - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 10 WEEKS AGO
LI, MIDORI - MISSION TYPE: BOUNTY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 2 DAYS AGO
THURMON, ONYX - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND RESCUE
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 4 WEEKS AGO
VARGA, VIOLA - MISSION TYPE: VILLAGE SECURITY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 2 WEEKS AGO
CARRILLO, NOVA - MISSION TYPE: BOUNTY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 5 WEEKS AGO
HALE, VENUS - MISSION TYPE:
MISSION STATUS:
HUNT, TERRA - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 2 DAYS AGO
ERDOS, MAUVE - MISSION TYPE: BOUNTY
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 5 DAYS AGO
BASHIR, MAZA - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 8 WEEKS AGO
RHODES, CASCADE - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 2 WEEKS AGO
HOPKINS, CLOVER - MISSION TYPE:
MISSION STATUS:
LARSEN, MAPLE - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: ON HOLD 9 WEEKS AGO
YU, LOTUS - MISSION TYPE:
MISSION STATUS:
LYNCH, ASH - MISSION TYPE:
MISSION STATUS:
After looking at the boards, Qrow crosses off the following names on his Scroll:
FORHAN, ROUX
DE SENA, SLATE
CHOI, LALI
He then checks for more names on the mission board one last time:
UMBRA, AYRESS - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND RESCUE
MISSION STATUS: TERMINATED 1 WEEK AGO
GRIFFIN, CARMINA - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND RESCUE
MISSION STATUS: IN PROGRESS 8 WEEKS AGO
WAN, SHIRO - MISSION TYPE: SEARCH AND DESTROY
MISSION STATUS: IN PROGRESS 5 WEEKS AGO
"So many good huntsmen dead." Said Tai sadly.
"Not That Good." Said Salem.
Qrow sighs and takes a seat on a nearby bench, realizing that all of his contacts, let alone many others on the mission board, were nowhere to be found.
After a while, Qrow goes back into the restaurant from earlier. The owner has more wood carvings on his counter now. He notices Qrow walk in.
"You've got a lot of nerve showing up back here, unless you've brought that idiot with you." The owner said.
"How much did Shiro owe you?" Qrow asked.
" The debt of a dead man means nothing and you should treat it as such." Said Salem.
"Oh like you do?" Asked Tai.
"Well, I'd say about... 16,000 Lien." The owner explained.
Qrow then tosses a Lien note, which clatters softly on the surface of the bar.
"Wait, what? Man, you must be in some serious trouble with him if you're paying me off." The owner said.
"His name is clear." Qrow explained.
"Yeah." The owner replied, frowning as Qrow turns to leave.
"That idiot..." the owner commented as he returned to his carving.
"That big stupid Idiot." Qrow.
"Yeah..." Qrow said as he opens the door.
Meanwhile in the One Piece Universe
Location: Mary Geoise.
After a lot of flying and one Raven portal trip later, the group arrived in a ridiculously rich city high above the clouds to a fairly regular town, with trees and a fountain decorating the streets. However, it is very large as it constitutes most of the area of Mary Geoise. It appears that all of the residences in Mary Geoise are large victorian style mansions and stores with plenty of people and slaves with those you're looking extremely rich look as if they've been Inbreeding a bit.
"I would not be surprised. Considering that they believe themselves to be gods and above humans." Said Ben.
"This place is amazing, but how come we aren't using the conveyor belt on the ground?" Kitty asked from inside of the dressing room.
"Because it's being pushed by slaves underground and Natsu's motion sickness
"Oh how bad could it be?" Asked Pit.
" The moment he stepped foot on Atlas he started getting sick because it wasn'T on solid ground." Said Kat.
" dragon slaying motion sickness is a bitch. It's so bad if you're not riding an animal you're going to get sick." Said Ken.
"Unless you can find it through sheer willpower." Said Ying.
"Like me, except on roller coasters." Said Areith.
won't allow him." Ben explained, earning a shocked and horrified gasp from Mira.
"Oh my. If Erza was here, than she'd wage war on this place." Mira said.
"I say we free them all!" Natsu cried, earning a bash on the head from Julie before anyone could hear him.
"Idiot. Stay quiet because People will hear you, in this place if you go against the norm, you'll be banished at best and executed at worst.
" actually now that I think about it guess is actually the greatest punishment because living after committing a crime in this world is much worse than death certainly a lot more painful." Said Ben.
There's a reason why we're wearing all these disguises." Ben explained.
With that said, the camera panned out to reveal that Ben used a modified version of The Master Illusion Technique to hide in plain sight without anyone noticing they were "commoners" amongst the land of the gods.
"Personally, I just wish there's a little more variety in this place. It all reminds me of those stuck up nobles from foreign lands." Byleth commented.
" there was this one friends that tried to be a little too hands-on." Said Byleth.
"I punched him in the balls for that." Said Ben with a chuckle.
"This place is completely godless, it seems this is a universe where a combination of natural evolution and a mystic visitor came to this world, creating the Devil Fruits.' Sothis said to her host.
(Yes that's my lame ass theory so deal with it)
"Personally, I just wish they'd hurry up in there." Julie added.
As if a divine being heard them,
"Probably Me." Said Sothis.
Helen came out with a new haircut that is now shorter than before only going to her neck kept in a messy style. However, instead of her normal Blue Shirts and Pants, she now wears a black jacket with Blue-colored edges that is very open, revealing her chest,
"You should cover more!" Said Pierce
"It's my decision to wear what I want." Said Helen.
and has a dark brown belt with the symbol of a Blue Race Wheel on the buckle. A pair of Small daggers hangs from her belt. She also wears a black And Blue pair of running pants with a pair of blue running Shoes.
For Koan, he came out not having gone under much change as he still has his fur frame cape but the end in a curl-like tail, but now he is wearing an orange straitjacket that he somehow got his hands on, but it has red and gray on the chest and a gray on the left and red on the right, he has white cargo pants with jack-o-lantern faces on the pockets and has crimson and black boots, he hair is little long and wearing a black and yellow line shoulder piece with red spikes.
"Cool outfit." Said Blake.
Tsume had discarded her corset like outfit and replaced it with a red-collared, white hoodie jacket with a heart-shaped zipper hanging in between her chest; hugged by a simple white, sleeveless shirt underneath similar to Julie at one point. Her arms are covered by a pair of black and orange sleeves that only leave her shoulder. She completes her outfit with a short, black and gold skirt with a slit on the side but underneath her skirt is a low-set black shorts that are slightly above her knees. wearing white and black line gloves and long black and gold boot. He also had armor shoulder pads and belt buckle along knee pads.
"Hmm Nice." Said Julie.
"Alright, now it's your turn, Kitty-Chan." Mitsuru said.
Coming out Kitty had discarded her Dad's replicated outfit and replaced it with an elaborate Orange Blazer with Black lining, and a large collar, which is open to reveal a collared shirts underneath. The cuffs of this jacket are tucked into the Biomnitrix gauntlets. On her legs, she wears a pair of black tights, which are tucked into a pair of knee-high boots and sit under a white frilled skirt.
" it appears I helped make this one." Commented Mitsuru.
"Nice outfit." Natsu commented.
"I'm glad you think so. Me and Mirajane-San worked hard to pick it out." Mitsuru replied.
With that said, Ben came out wearing black pants with two black belts wrapped around his right thigh, a green leather belt, green gloves and high black boots. Ben's trench coat is much basic in design, with an upturned collar and short sleeves with black cuffs, though the coat lacks coattails. Underneath the coat, he wears a black long-sleeved shirt with a green vest with black clasps over it.
"Hmm, I like this very much." Said Tifa.
"Wait until they get to Atlas." Said Luna.
"Nice outfit, Ben." Byleth complimented, leaning close to him.
"Thanks, By." Ben replied.
"I'm surprised you're not wearing more green." Mitsuru commented.
"I thought of it, but Darkness made this for me." Ben explained.
"Sweet, now how are we going to cause some chaos?" Koan asked.
"The Revolutionary has left and security has been extremely high, but they don't have what I got."
"That means this must be taking place during Wano." Mumbled Ben.
Ben explained, smirking as he pulled out a picture an extremely tall, ornamented red and gold throne that bears the symbol of the World Government. The golden armrests are designed to look like lion head statues.
The throne itself is kept on top of a three-level red and white platform, and has several swords and axes planted in the floor of the first and third levels, with the ones in the first being rusting relics of the twenty founding kingdoms.
But what really stood out was a humanoid figure with a hand resembling a human's and sharp almond eyes with red irises that have thin circles surrounding the pupils. It wear a crown that has four sharp, incredibly tall spikes on the top and an extremely long robe that flows upon the ground a great distance behind them.
" I don't know who this man is but I already can tell he would make both a very powerful ally and a very dangerous one as well." Said Salem narrowing her eyes.
"Say hello to the "Empty Throne" and Im. Think of him as this world's version of Salem as he rules the world from the shadows.
"Aww. Makes sense." Said Salem.
Not much is known about him, but that's not important as no one is meant to sit in that throne, Spears this around here and chaos ensues." Ben explained.
"Leave that to me." Helen said.
"I'll help too!" Kitty cried, changing into Racer.
"Oh no you don't. There are too many guards around this place." Mitsuru pointed out.
" some of them may have fruits that could let them travel at the speed of light for all I know." Said Mitsuru.
" no there's only one don't like that, it's called the pica pica no me." Said Julie.
"She's right. If you want to help, become Ghosty and spread them out without being seen. Happy, drop as many as you can around the mountain, so they'll fall to the city down below, Koan, you help me set up some transpondersnails
"Transpondersnails?" Asked Weiss.
" it is exactly what they sound like. They're basically cell phones/scrolls they can also do much more." Explained Ben.
so the world will see this, Natsu, help protect us in case people try to stop us, By, I don't know; free the slaves, Mira, you and Julie can help her with that, Tsume help Happy in case he runs out of magic, Byleth and Mitsuru, help spread confusion and Chaos." Ben explained.
"This feels wrong." Mitsuru replied.
" I have to agree with her on this Benjamin." Said Azmuth.
"I know, but this world is filled with so much corruption, there's no way to fix it without the truth being known and it can't be known unless it's done like this."
" especially without something like the one piece. I still can't believe what it is." Said Ying.
"NO SPOILERS!" Screamed Julie.
Ben explained.
"What about the One Piece?" Julie asked.
"No. That's Roger's legacy and I believe Luffy will find it." Ben explained.
Knowing that there is no changing his mind, everyone broke off for their tasks as Ben quickly placed several diamonds on the countertop when the worker wasn't looking and set off for his task.
" well I can't say you didn't pay for them." Said Azmuth.
Continent of Anima
Branwen Tribe Main Camp
With Yang and the others.
Meanwhile at the Branwen Tribe camp, Tifa is seen rocking Kirby back and forth as he struggled to keep his eyes open for a bit, looking up at Tifa before closing them again.
"What's wrong with him? Is this normal?" Tifa asked.
"Not even close, this is about as normal as Barret shouting at Cloud."
"So very rare." Said Tifa.
Hope explained.
"Barret has always been loud about his opinions- Wait, how do you know Barret?" Tifa asked.
"Let's just say I know you as well as Cloud does." Hope replied, very much enjoying this.
"Huh?" Asked Tifa And Hope.
"Well, I'm glad you're happy, I just wish we knew what was going on in there." Weiss added, holding Snow and Laura close to her.
"Leave that to me." Hope stated.
Taking a deep breath, Hope blew some dust in the direction of Raven's tent where Hope could see and hear Vernal was pouring cups of tea for Raven, Yang, and Rex. They are all inside Raven's tent with the latter three seated around a table.
"You can wait outside. Thank you." Raven said to Vernal as the latter does so.
"Alright, Mom, what's wrong with you?" Yang asked.
" May be recruiting my niece is a good start." Said Qrow.
"You know, it's better when it's hot." Raven replied after taking a sip from her cup.
"You know you don't have to keep up the act." Rex said.
"What "act" is that? This is the longest conversation we ever had." Raven asked, confused, due to Fear's temporary alterations.
"This plan of yours Ben is a bad idea." Said Tai.
"I don't think that it is mine." Said Ben.
Growling in annoyance, Yang waved her hand, creating a yellow aura around Raven which created a lightning bolt that shocked Yang.
Grabbing the Rex-Tool, the Human EVO pointed it at Raven who just pointed her sword at his neck so fast he couldn't even see it.
"Shocking yourself doesn't seem very smart of you. Personally, I hope you would've inherited my common sense." Raven replied.
"That wasn't me. It seems someone's preventing anyone except for the Master of Mind from entering your head." Yang explained.
"As if I believe that." Said Raven.
"No one has ever been inside my head and it'll stay that way.
"Told you." Said Raven.
Now I believe you had some questions particularly on why I left." Raven replied.
"Fine. What's the "Truth"?" Yang asked.
"The truth is that "truth" is hard to come by. A story of victory for one person is a story of defeat for someone else. By now, your uncle has surely told Ruby and her friends plenty of stories." Raven explained.
"Get to the point, my uncle has never given me a reason to doubt him before
"And yet you still Want to see her." Said Qrow.
unlike you at this moment." Yang replied.
"That doesn't mean those reasons don't exist." Raven said as Yang glares at her.
"You know, you and your teammates might as well be the poster children for the Huntsman academies. Your motives vary, but you all enrolled to try and make the world a better place. It's adorable."
"It truly is." Said Salem.
Raven continued.
"It's what Huntsmen and Huntresses do. Don't forget you used to do it." Rex added.
"Not all of them. Some people are just in it for the money and the fame, but there's even more that are just looking to grow stronger. Your Qrow and I didn't attend Beacon to become Huntsmen, we did it to learn how to kill Huntsmen." Raven explained, earning a laugh from Yang.
"Ha ha ha ha! You're hilarious, mother dearest. You and I both know the real truth on why you and my uncle volunteered and it wasn't just because of your age. Tell me, when was the last time you visited great aunt Dove?"
"Who?" Asked The two sisters.
"No one." Said The two.
Yang asked as Raven growled at that.
"Watch your mouth, young lady. I will not have you bring her up like this." Raven warned.
"Who's Dove?" Rex asked.
"My Great Aunt, she's my mom's aunt and my grandmother Rowena's sister. But she lost her life when she chose to take pity on my mom and uncle for failure in a raid and my grandmother killed her for being Weak,
"In That world maybe." Said Qrow.
something that hunts Raven to this day. If she's going to play this little sob story about how everything she knew was a lie, then I can play at that game as well."
"You shouldn't." Said Fall.
Yang explained.
"Aside from the Grimm, Huntsmen were the only ones capable of ruining our raids and hunting us down. Our tribe needed a counterforce. *Sips* And Qrow and I were the perfect age. *stands up* The entrance exams were child's play compared to what we'd already been through. We were good. So good, that we caught the attention of Beacon's very own headmaster, Professor Ozpin. Even after we were put on a team, I could tell he was keeping his eye on us. Back then, I thought it was because he knew, but it was Team STRQ he was interested in." Raven explained, trying to ignore how her daughter touched a sensitive subject.
"I'm good at doing that." Said Yang.
"We know that." Rex replied.
"Constant attention, extra training missions, turning a blind eye whenever we happened to break the rules and get into more trouble than we should've.
"something me and Logan whenever too happy about." Said spring.
Sound familiar?" Raven asked, ignoring him.
"Skip to the end." Rex ordered.
"How much do you know about Professor Ozpin? About his past? His true past since you know so much." Raven asked.
"He was cursed by the gods because he failed to stop Salem and his bioenergetic abilities are fading." Rex explained.
"Even after you've met the embodiment of Magic, you still deny Magic is real?" Yang asked, looking at Rex.
" even in our timeline he does. But long since gave up on trying to convince him." Said Logan.
"Magic's just a form of Science and Energy that hasn't been explained yet. I'll find a way to explain it sooner or later." Rex explained, still permanently in denial.
"Anyway, you know old man Oz has a great and terrible secret. One that could spread fear across the world. One that he eventually entrusted to our team, and once I knew, there was no going back. I needed to know more, but with every new discovery I made, the more horrifying the world became." Raven explained.
"Yes. He used Science to make a giant green head to send the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and Dorothy on a long journey." Rex replied sarcastically, earning a smack upside the head from Yang who accidentally sent him right into the table.
"Ow! I felt like getting hit by The alpha as FourArms!" Cried Rex.
"Please don't reference that movie at a time like this." Yang asked.
"If Ben can do it, so can I." Rex groaned.
"Regardless, you know the Creatures of Grimm... have a master named Salem. She can't be stopped, she can't be reasoned with, and she will not rest until humanity crumbles at her feet. Even your husband can't stop her."
"Apparently That's incorrect." Said Salem.
Raven replied.
"We'll have to agree to disagree on that." Yang said.
"You should listen to me. Otherwise you'll end up just as blind as Qrow... and your fool of a grandma."
"Now That was to far!" Shouted Yang.
"So was Dove." Said Raven.
Raven replied, striking her own cord.
A shot from Ember Celica is heard, destroying the table. Raven's empty teacup clatters across the floor, stopping when it hits the heel of her boot. Raven looks toward Yang, faintly smiling. Yang's eyes have turned red.
"You can insult me, but don't you dare insult my grandmother!" Yang warned.
While Yang speaks, Rex stares up at her wide-eyed when she raises her voice for emphasis. A weapon is heard being drawn at Yang.
"You need to calm down." Vernal warned.
"Yang, stop." Rex ordered.
Yang ignored him and control the floorboards underneath him to grab the gun which caused Vernal to react and shoot Yang in the head, splattering blood everywhere.
"YANG!" Screamed Spring.
"I'm alright. I just got a bad headache." Said Yang.
Rushing in the tent, Morrigan just saw Yang apparently dead, but shrugged it off and walked right back out,
"Oh I see how it is." Said Yang
"You'll be fine." Said Morrigan.
giving everyone especially Tifa a very good view of the apparent dead Yang.
'I knew she wasn't smart, but I didn't think she was suicidal.' Tifa thought.
"Your concern is touching, Implants. Also, continue to think my girls are nothing but fat and we're gonna have problems." Yang said.
"We already do." Said Tifa.
Getting up, Yang just rubbed her forehead as it healed from the gunshot, now having a small headache.
"It seems you take after your husband somehow." Raven said, impressed.
"That's because I'm a Anodite, now take me to my Uncle or I'll get really mad." Yang explained.
"Alright." Raven replied, going out in front of her tent and then draws Omen, slashing behind her, creating a portal with her Semblance.
"I'm giving you a choice." Raven explained, pausing as sheathes her sword.
"Stay here, with me, and I'll answer all your questions and more. We can have a fresh start. Or..." Raven explains, pausing as she steps to the side of her portal.
"you can go back to Qrow and join Ozpin's impossible war against Salem, and meet the same fate as so many others. But can you really go back to trusting someone that's kept so much from you?"
"No I cannot." Said James.
Asked Raven.
"All I care about is making sure my sister is safe." Yang replied.
"Your funeral then." Vernal added.
After a moment everyone is in lining up to the portal with Yang and Weiss are then shown riding on Bumblebee while Weiss holds on to Snow preventing her from eating the Car or worse the Motorcycle they're riding. However, before they can enter the portal, Raven addresses her daughter one more time.
"Yang. If you side with your uncle, I may not be as kind the next time we meet..."
"Your not Kind now." Said Kali.
Raven warned.
"You weren't kind this time and I doubt you ever will be Raven." Yang replied.
Yang and Weiss proceed through the portal on Bumblebee with everyone following close behind.
"I know..." Raven mumbled.
Just before Virgil walked through the portal he reached and grab Raven's weapon, Omen, with the Scabbard, taken from her belt and then walk to the portal out, much to her shock as he still needs a weapon that won't be stolen him.
"Hey that's mine!" Cried Raven.
"In his words when you saw each other later: Not anymore you Wrentch." Said Ken
"Not like you don't have extras." Said Summer.
"...Son of a bitch!
"Hey!" Shouted Hope.
He just stole my weapon!" Raven shouted, now pissed.
Meanwhile with Ben.
After spreading everything around the city, Ben was getting ready to open a portal straight to Yang when he got a dark and murderous feeling at the back of his spine.
"Someone just insulted one of my wives. They'll pay for this." Ben said ominously.
"I will never get over how you always know." Said Julie.
"It's a little cool though." Said Helen.
Kingdom of Mistral.
With Qrow.
Meanwhile Back in Mistral, Qrow is seen leaning against a stone railing.
"Dammit, Leo. How could you fall so far?"
"Very easy." Said Salem.
Qrow asked.
Qrow sighs and hangs his head in disappointment. Suddenly, he hears the sound of Raven's portal behind him.
"Raven?" Qrow asked.
The sound of a engines is heard coming from the portal.
"Oh." Qrow said, surprised specially when a second portal opened up next to that one.
Rental House
With Team JNPR and Ruby.
Back at the house Team JNPRR is staying at, each of the members are helping prepare dinner: Ruby and Ren are cooking at the stove, Jaune and Pyrrha were setting up the table, and Nora is cutting carrots, occasionally eating slices.
"I wish you wouldn't do that." Said Ren.
" and I wish you didn't forget my birthday last year but here we are." Said Nora.
"Alright, the first batch is just about done." Ren said.
"Awesome! Now we just need Qrow and thor then we'll be all set." Ruby replied.
"Do you really think they are gonna bring that many people? This is a lot of food." Nora asked in between, eating some carrots.
"Uh, I don't know, but it sounds like we could use all the help we can get." Ruby replied.
"I'm back!" Qrow cried from off-screen.
"Be right there!" Ruby called.
"You're going to overcook that." Ren said to Ruby.
"I had to occasionally cooked because Yang can only make cookies. I got this." Said Ruby.
"No I'm not, shut up!" Ruby replied.
"Hey, uh, Ruby?" Qrow called from off-screen.
"I'm coming!" Ruby replied.
Some smoke comes from the pan Ruby is cooking with proving Ren right.
"Ah darn it!" Cried Ruby.
"Fine! You take over." Ruby said to Ren.
Ruby grabs the tea tray and heads to the living room while Ren helps cook the pan.
"So, we didn't know how many people were coming, so we just cooked all of it." Ruby explained, looking at the tea tray before looking up.
She looks up, and gasps as she drops the tea tray and its contents, which shatter on the floor. She stares in disbelief at the sight of not only Qrow, but of her older sister Yang and teammate Weiss but her daughters along with Rex. Rex starts to approach Ruby pulling Kara and Laura with him.
"Rex, I... I'm so sorry! I- I should've stayed,
"Your damn right you should have." Said Summer.
and I should've talked to you more! I'd- I just..." Ruby said, trying to find the right words as tears start pouring from her eyes.
Suddenly, her Boyfriend gives her a strong hug. Ruby's lips quiver, and she looks toward her daughters.
"I love you." Rex said to her.
"I understand why you left." Kara added.
"I don't care why you left because I hate you for abandoning me!" Rouge declared, breaking Ruby's heart.
"Still don't remember this?" Asked Ruby.
"Starting to. Hold on." Said Rouge closing her eyes as she glew gold for a moment
"What is she doing?" Asked Ilia.
"Looking three time with Her Nanite." Said Kat.
Not sticking around, Rouge ran as Ruby started to cry very hard, not noticing the dark smirk on Circe or the rest of Team JNPR Frowning at the declaration.
Omake: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Racing
Coming out of her Dad's shed, Kitty helped stacked the DPC's on top of one another, carefully into his car when one fell off and out came a motorcycle with a car-like hood that folded down for the user to climb out. It had a green body, black hood, and an Omnitrix symbol on the side.
"I have not seen that in a long time." Said Jr.
"What the heck?" Kitty asked.
"Ah, you found the Tenn-Speed
"Still a terrible name." Said Rosalina.
." Ben explained, coming out as he carried the more dangerous ones.
"The what?" Kitty asked.
"It's my racing bike. Back when I joined Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as a replacement for Bowser Jr." Ben explained.
"You were in Mario Kart?" Kitty asked.
"Yep. Now is a good time for a break, so I'll tell you the story." Ben explained.
Flashback: Galvan Prime.
Within the workshop on Galvin Prime for the Experimental Race Track AKA Ben's Race Track for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, that will be used as a testing ground for future construction of a similar race track for the Kineceleran race, since they ruin their tracks so easy with how fast they run, Ben was working on his bike with Bowser Junior handing him the appropriate tools as this was the final race for this tournament, wearing a Green and White jumpsuit that the bike always provides for him when he heard a familiar voice.
"I hope you're planning on eating sometime soon, Ben. You and Junior have been working for almost 2 hours now." Rosalina said, carrying a tray of food.
Nearly hitting his head as a result of the surprise, Ben pulled up himself out from underneath the bike to see she was wearing a white motorbike outfit that did little to nothing to hide how well of a amazing figure she has underneath that bulky dress
"I am glad I meet your approval." Said Rosalina teasing him as he blushed.
with turquoise lines. At the top of the motorbike outfit is a star drawn on it. She also wears turquoise boots as well.
"Oh, hey, Rosa, thanks for checking up on us, I didn't even realize the time." Ben responded.
Smiling, Rosalina gave Bowser Jr. the tray and helped Ben up, not minding at all that her biker outfit got a little dirty unlike a certain princess she can think of.
"How's the bike coming? It got pretty damaged when you got hit by the Blue Shell
"The blue shell is no joke." Said Jr.
" it is precisely why I forbid you from joining Mario kart." Said Rosalina.
in the last race." Rosalina asked.
"It's getting better so far, but I'd feel better if I finished before the race." Ben explained.
"You'll win this no problem, Big Bro!" Junior cried.
"Thanks for the confidence, Junior. Anyway, you stay here and eat while I go help Rosa with her bike." Ben replied.
After leaving and taking himself a sandwich despite the fact Rosalina was telling him to take a break and not to worry about it, Ben accidentally bumped into Peach.
"Oh, it's you. Bad enough you burned my dress, but the Hand Brothers
"What?" Asked Ilia.
" did you really think they all be dead smash brothers?" Asked Zelda.
actually allowed you to join our Go karting." Peach replied.
"Well, Rosalina felt that Mario Kart and Mario Party was way too dangerous for Junior and she's right. It was either me or they get the newest Link incarnation to join, so deal with it." Ben replied, remembering that Link participated in Mario Kart 8 in his "Hero of the Skies" Incarnation AKA The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. And of course, Link gets his own race track: Hyrule Circuit, and his own Bike: The Master Cycle.
"….." Said Link.
" yes we know you love motorcycles." Replied Jr.
"I don't know why you hang out with him. He's just gonna grow up to be like his dad, a giant bully who won't stop kidnapping future generations." Peach replied.
"With an attitude like that, he will and unlike his dad, who lets him do whatever he wants, we actually taught him the value of hard work, manners, kindness, and above all: friendship towards people. Something you never even thought to taught him once when he tried to be nice to you all the times you were kidnapped by his Dad."
"She is the real bully." Said Jr.
Rosalina added.
"You can't teach a Cheep Cheep to walk on land, you can't teach a Pirhana Plant
" say one word and I will burn all of your plants." Warned Medusa.
to swim and you can't teach a monster how not to be a monster." Peach replied, before they all hurt a gasp behind them.
Turning around the three, saw Junior carrying the tray with a betrayed look on his face before he ran away crying, leaving everyone including Peach herself was shocked that he was listening.
"I wanted to kill her for that." Said Rosalina.
Growling, Rosalina slapped Peach right in the face, knocking her to the ground and would've done more if Ben didn't grab her arm.
"That's enough, Rosa, she's not worth it. Go talk to Junior. I'll handle her." Ben ordered, glaring at Peach.
Growling softly, Rosalina left to find Junior, hoping to calm him down, leaving Ben to deal with Peach.
Ben quickly grabbed Peach by the neck with one hand, and making her look at him in his eyes, unknowingly turning PURE Black, symbolizing his dormant power and reincarnation as the Son of Darkness and King of Anodyne as he was VERY calm, TOO EXTREMELY Calm, Peach just had to CROSS the Line in the Sand and also he didn't turn into Rath because he was about to say a very dangerous warning threat in a very Calm and Controlled Tone of Voice.
"A calm man angry is more dangerous than an angry man for that I will not be a line That cannot be crossed without making the world burn." Said Ken.
"Who Said That? The witch?" Asked Raven.
"No, I did." Said Ken.
"Let me tell you something, Princess Peach Toadstool, Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, you will listen close and VERY carefully because I will NOT repeat myself after this. You are nothing more than a sad excuse for a Princess. I don't know what made you this way and I don't F'ING care, because you're going to stay away from Prince Bowser Koopa Junior of the Koopa Kingdom from now on and if I so much as hear that you caused him to cry once, I will come to your Castle in the Mushroom Kingdom and believe me Mario will find you in another Castle in the Clouds! Do I make MYSELF clear?!"
"I do it. I wouldn't even have to transformer." Said Ben calmly.
" I will let this slide only wants. Don't do it again." Said Azmuth.
Ben warned, unknowingly glowing with a dark aura creating a large shadow behind him that scared the living daylights out of Peach and not to mention his Emerald Green Eyes were now PURE Black due to his dormant heritage as Peach saw ZERO LIGHT within those pupils, forever traumatizing her with Fear.
To afraid for words, Peach just nodded her head and ran away in case he acted out on that threat.
Sighing and calming down along with controlling his anger, Ben went to find Bowser Jr., finding him in the Garage, crying into Rosalina's chest.
"It's ok Junior, I'll make sure she won't bother you anymore, you won't even see her ever again after this. After all, you do like me and Daisy as your friends."
"They are the good princess." Said Jr.
Rosalina explained
"Your right about that, after this we'll go out for Ice Cream." Ben promised.
"All Racers to starting line, all racers to the starting line." The intercom stated.
"You go, Ben, I cannot leave Junior here like this." Rosalina ordered.
"Relax, Rosa, I'll have Gwen watch him in the audience since she and Kevin are in the audience seats. You and I will win this race; together, for Junior."
"He's a good kid." Said Gwen.
Ben explained.
"*Sigh* Alright. I just hope Gwendolyn can calm him down. But you're right. For Junior." Rosalina replied, smiling at him.
Later after the Race.
After the race, Ben managed to beat Peach to the finish line, coming in 1st Place with his new bike, with Rosalina coming in 2nd Place, and Daisy in 3rd Place, he proudly held the the Gold 1st Place Trophy in his hand which looked like a Standard Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Trophy, but it was made from emeralds instead of the normal gold.
" One of my many trophies throughout my adventures." Said Ben.
Ben towards Bowser Junior who fell asleep in Gwen's lap after a lot of crying, Ben approached both and took Junior into his arms.
"I see you managed to get him calm down." Ben said to his cousin.
"It wasn't that hard." Gwen replied.
"Although, when you threw the Bob-Ombs, Green Shells, and the Blue Shell at Peach, you totally humiliated her, Ben." Kevin added as Ben nodded in agreement.
"She deserves it." Said Kevin.
"C'mon, Junior, let's go get some ice cream." Ben said, gently taking Bowser Junior from Gwen's hands.
Smiling Rosalina pulled out her wand and teleported them to a Ice Cream place.
Flashback end.
"And that is how I won Mario Kart 8 Deluxe." Ben finished.
"But what happened after Ice cream?" Kitty asked.
"Nothing really. Junior woke up, we had Ice Cream, then we all went home. Not every story has to be exciting." Ben explained as the screen went dark.
"This one certainly is." Said Yang.
