Chapter 46: Terrans vs Faunus
Beacon Academy
Amphitheater
The student body and staff did not expect the White Fang to show up in the Emerald Forest.
"What are the White Fang doing in the forest?" Blake asked in shock and confusion.
"What's going to happen to Jacob and the others?" Velvet asked in worry.
Beacon Cliff
Ozpin and Glynda were watching on their scrolls in shock as they saw the White Fang at the temple.
"Professor Ozpin, we need to get the children out of there. They aren't ready to face off against a threat like this," Glynda said.
"Wait, let us see what they will do in a situation like this," Ozpin said.
Emerald Forest
Meanwhile in the Emerald Forest, the high schoolers were hiding behind some bushes as they were watching the White Fang.
"The White Fang?" Rebecca asked.
"What the hell are they doing here?" Allen asked.
"Shh, listen," Jacob hushed the others as they heard the members of the White Fang speaking.
"Ugh, what are we doing here again?" One of the White Fang soldiers asked a female soldier with orange-brown hair and small deer antlers growing from her head.
"I already told you. Adam's informante ordered us to kill a group of humans that will be here anytime now," the female soldier answered.
"Geez Deery, no need to get snippy with me about it," the soldier said.
"You know I hate that nickname!" the female now known as Deery yelled.
"Cinder. I should have guessed," Jacob thought with venom.
"Looks like they're waiting for us to show up," Ricky said.
"Should we turn back?" Kendra asked.
"No, we've all gone too far to turn back now. We've come here to get the relics and that's what we're gonna do," Britney said.
"Britney's right. We're not going to let some thugs like them get in the way of our initiation," Jacob said.
Everyone smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Here's what we're gonna do," Jacob said as everyone huddled around him.
Beacon Academy
Amphitheater
The student body and staff was wondering what the high schoolers were planning as nobody could hear what they were planning.
"What are they saying?" Ruby asked.
"I do not know," Yatsuhashi said.
"Whatever they are planning, I hope it's not something stupid," Weiss said.
"Let's just hope that whatever they are planning, I hope it works," Ren said.
They all watched the monitor as they saw the high schoolers break out of their huddle and start to put their plan into action.
Emerald Forest
Back into the Emerald Forest Ricky runs out into the clearing while everyone else runs deeper into the forest.
"Hey, dipshits!" Ricky called out.
The White Fang all look towards Ricky to which he then gives them two middle fingers.
"Get the human!" Deery shouted.
Ricky quickly runs back into the woods while the White Fang soldiers chase after him while shooting at him.
"Don't let him get away!" Deery said as she and the rest of the soldiers ran into the woods after Ricky.
Ricky ran up to a small opening and hid behind some bushes where Jacob was also hiding.
"They're coming," Ricky said.
"Okay everyone, get ready and wait for Robert to shoot first," Jacob whispered loudly to the other in their hiding spots.
Robert was hiding up in a tree with Kendra hiding behind it on the bottom, Britney and Rebecca were hiding behind a few boulders, and Allen and Kelly were hiding behind several more bushes. Jacob notices a camera and immediately remembers they have an audience watching.
"If you guys are watching this right now and you can't stand the sight of blood, please look away," he whispered in front of the camera then turned away.
The White Fang then soon ran up in the small opening and stopped.
"Where did he go?" one of the White Fang soldiers asked.
"I don't know. He couldn't have gotten too far," another one answered.
"Crazy fucking human," another solder muttered.
Robert slowly and carefully aimed his sniper rifle at one of the armed faunus' head and after a brief pause, he pulled the trigger.
BANG!
The White Fang goon then drops dead as the rest of them start looking for the gunner. Kendra fires two rounds at a couple more of the faunus militia men.
"Over there!" a goon shouted pointing at Kendra.
Ricky quickly pokes out of the bushes as he shoots at the soldier. Britney runs out from behind the boulders and hides behind a tree while shooting at four more White Fang goons. Several soldiers then focused their fire on Britney. Jacob, Kelly, and Rebecca poke out of their hiding spots and began shooting at several White Fang goons. Allen then pops out from the bushes and shoots a nearby soldier's head off. The firefight continued for a few seconds more until the high schoolers stopped shooting.
"Charge!" Jacob yelled out.
The high schoolers jumped out of their hiding spots with their weapons in their melee mode and charged at the White Fang. Jacob knocks a rifle away from a soldier then slashes at his chest. He then sees another faunus charge at him with a sword. Jacob ducks as the swordsman swings at him, then he knocks his sword to the ground and slashes at his knees then throat.
Britney lops the head off one soldiers with her first sword then impales another with the second. She does a backflip, kicking another White Fang soldier in the face knocking him to the ground.
Kendra runs up to a goon and grabs his pistol then chops his head open with her pole axe. She turns to another and shoots him with the pistol. She throws her axe at another soldier as it hits him in the chest. Another soldier was about to shoot at Kendra, but Robert hurled his spear through his throat. He pulls his spear out then sees three gunmen aiming at him. Robert then grabs the body and holds it in front of him as the White Fang opens fire. He runs towards the gunmen while using the dead body as a human shield. He drops the body as he then viciously impales the first gunman in the stomach, then slashes at the second, then whacks him behind his legs, making him fall to the ground and then stabs him in the face.
Allen whacks a goon in the jaw to the ground with one of his batons, then jabs at another in the stomach and knocks him to the ground. One of the White Fang goons runs up to Allen, only to be sliced in two by Rebecca with her scythe. She trips another one with her scythe as Kelly runs up to him and digs her double bladed axe into his back. Kelly then chops off another goon's head as he runs towards her.
Ricky stabs a soldier with his machete and grabs his pistol before he drops to the ground. He stabbed another nearby soldier in the throat as he then fired several rounds into his chest with the pistol.
Deery as she watched with two other White Fang troops as one of them was filming the whole thing on his scroll, was horrified by the brutality the young Terrans displayed upon the White Fang.
Jacob stabs another soldier and slices off the head of another. He grabs the severed head and throws it at another goons head as he was trying to attack Kelly, knocking him to the ground. Kelly deflects an attack from a White Fang swordsman, then transforms her axe into its buzzsaw mode, cuts off the swordsman's arm, and jams the buzzsaw across his stomach, spilling his internal organs.
Robert and Kendra were back to back as they hacked and stabbed any White Fang soldier that came towards them. One member ran up to Robert about to strike at him with his sword, but Robert sees him coming and impales him from the jaw through the head. Another goon charges at Kendra, but she struck at him in his crotch with her axe, making him scream in pain as Kendra then digs her pole axe into his chest.
Britney was currently attacking two swordsmen as they blocked and parried her every attack. Rebecca charges at one of them and then slices through his head. Britney cuts off the other swordsman's right leg, making him fall to the ground. Allen and Ricky were shooting at any soldier that came towards them. One White Fang soldier charges at Allen, only for Allen to shoot at soldier's chest, sending him flying several feet away Another member charges at Ricky, but Ricky then puts the barrel of his shotgun in the guy's mouth and blow his head off.
"Retreat! Retreat!" Deery screamed as she and the two soldiers beside her ran into the forest.
As Jacob sliced off the head of another soldier, he and the rest of the high schoolers saw the rest of the White Fang running deeper into the woods. "Should we go after them?" Ricky asked.
"Nah, let them go. There has been enough bloodshed today," Jacob answered.
They all looked upon the battle ground as it was covered in faunus bodies, most of them dead and some were barely alive.
"Just... kill me... already," one of the dying members choked out.
"Let's go get the relics before the Grimm show up," Britney said as they started to walk to the temple.
Beacon Academy
Amphitheater
Meanwhile back at the amphitheater, the students and staff were completely horrified and were sickened by the battle that has transpired. Some of the students were even scared of the high schoolers because of the brutality they've shown. To some of the students and staff, this wasn't a battle, this was a one sided massacre.
"Well... that was... um..." Professor Port could not find the right words to describe this.
"I'm not really sure what to make of that to be honest," Dr. Oobleck said.
"Oh my..." Pyrrha said covering her mouth with both her hands.
"We may have seen some people killed..." Yang was then cut off.
"But does the brutality have to be on this scale?!" Coco shouted.
"Why? Why did they do that?" Blake whispered to herself.
"Man, that… was pretty sick," Sun said wide eyed.
"And not in a good way," Neptune added.
Jaune runs to a nearby trash can to throw up.
"Ren, I'm scared," Nora whispered as she hugged Ren.
"I know, Nora. I know," Ren said, trying to comfort her.
With Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury, even they were caught off guard by the brutality of the high schoolers.
"Holy crap. Talk about brutal," Mercury said.
"That was horrifying," Emerald said, still watching the monitor in shock.
"I'll admit, this may not be what I expected, but nevertheless we need to keep a close watch on them from now on," Cinder said.
An hour later, the high schoolers were all on the stage alongside Ozpin and Glynda.
"Britney Connor. Robert Franklin. Rebecca Dawson. and Kendra Tanner. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team CFDT (Confederate). Led by Britney Connor." Ozpin proclaimed.
The audience all gave a round of applause.
"Jacob Gordon. Allen Knight. Kelly McFoley. Richard Hugo. The four of you retrieved the black knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team GRMA (Grimace). Led by Jacob Gordan," Ozpin proclaimed.
The audience gave another round of applause.
"This is indeed an interesting year," Ozpin said.
"I'd like you all to see me in the Professor Port's Lecture Hall after this," Ozpin whispered to Jacob.
"What about teams RWBY and JNPR?" Jacob asked.
"Teams RWBY, JNPR, SSSN, and CFVY, and Ms. Polendina will be joining us," Ozpin said.
City of Vale
Industrial District
Warehouse
Meanwhile in one of the warehouses within the Industrial District, Deery and the five other White Fang soldiers walked inside as the place was filled with crates loaded with dust and several White Fang members, who were moving some crates around.
Standing in front of a desk was a tall Faunus with auburn hair that spikes backward in a windswept way. While most of his hair was red, he had streaks of brown. A noticeable trait of his appearance was the mask he wore, which obscured his entire upper face above his nose. His Faunus heritage was a bull, as he had two reddish-black horns, one on each side of his head, also seemingly slanted back. His mask was whitish-tan with red, horn-like symbols decorating the front and two slits on each side presumably to allow for vision. He wore an asymmetrical black, long-sleeved, double-breasted stylized high-collared blazer with slit sleeves along with red thorn sigils adorned with a white crest that lined up on his left shoulder. His suit jacket had crimson lining atop his red shirt, with red thorn sigils atop a black flap attached to the bottom of the left hem and his wilting rose emblem on the back over an emblazoned white sigil resembling the curved stems and flower of the deadly nightshade plant. His blazer was half-buttoned, exposing a red shirt with a black line running parallel to his collar under it. He wore long black dress pants, black shoes with red soles and black gloves with red sigils. He wore a black belt with white domino marks on it. His color palette generally consists of black and red. This was the leader of the White Fang faction in Vale and Blake's ex-partner and ex-lover, Adam Taurus.
Deery and the other five members all walked towards Adam.
"How did the mission go?" Adam asked.
"I... I'm afraid the mission was a failure... and we were the only ones left to make it out alive, Adam," Deery reported.
Adam stood in silence as he looked seemingly neutral.
"We have video footage of the humans that we were supposed to kill," Deery said, handing Adam her scroll.
Adam played the video as he watched teams GRMA and CFDT brutally kill his men. He handed the scroll back to Deery as he then unsheathed his sword, Wilt for his sheath, Blush and sliced his desk in half.
"When I find these humans, they will suffer by my hand," Adam angrily said.
Author's Note: Although aura is accessible to everyone on Remnant, not everyone has unlocked it (Like most of the White Fang).