A/N: Thanks to qazse for a few reactions and most of all, HUGE thanks to Insane Boy for giving me the transcript he did for Amatsu on his story of Class 1-A and a few others watching these lore videos: Monster Hunting 101. Go check that story out if you haven't and show him some love and support!
"True ruler of the storm? Does that mean it's more powerful than Kushala Daora?" Qrow asked.
The metallic dragon growled at that question. (I hate to admit, but while my tornadoes and blizzards are impressive, his control extends beyond mine. Beyond the wind. He has full command of the storm.) Ozymandias admitted.
"And it's a leviathan? I didn't know they could be two in one." Yang said.
"They're rare, but there are a few cases like that. Classification is tricky sometimes." Katana explained.
"I always thought Salem was a force of nature, so it's always shocking when we see a bunch of animals that are literal forces of nature." Hazel said.
"I really think you worry about that too much." Adam told him.
"Well, let's not delay ourselves any longer. Katana, if you'd please." Glynda said, the ice demon starting the video.
The screen started of black with the sounds of rain and thunder before a narrator began to speak. "A whisper of wind bustling by into a galeic tornado to try," The screen now showed a storm with a blimp being circled by something, "A cascade of thunder peels from on high a downpour, a trenching a waterfall in the sky," The circling beast flew up into the clouds before a torrent of water shot out where it entered and hit the blimp, "A flash of lightning a scream as they die," The blimp was seen losing control and then crashing, "Fear the living storm and thus hear it's cry," A large serpent looking creature was shown on screen before a bone chilling roar rattled the theater.
Everyone was either in awe or fear of the beast, especially after its massive roar. "Th-that thing just brought down an airship like nothing!" Ruby said fearfully.
"And that torrent of water... It was like a giant waterfall from the sky." Winter stated.
"And that roar... It sounded like pure power, alongside rushing winds." Ozpin said in shock.
"It's beautiful... but I have a feeling its even more deadly." Summer declared ominously.
"Haha. Whenever I hear that haunting call well then I get chills." Said Rage as a clip of a man saying "Their multiplying", was briefly shown. "My Fellow hunters meet Amatsu the storm dragon", said Rage. The beast in question was shown on screen a large dragon like being with a snake like body, two smaller arms on either side with long fins on them. Even bigger fins grow from it's back closer to the rear were two small leg of similar size to the arms. The head was like a normal Asian dragons with two different sized horns on top it. But the real eye catcher was the glowing part on it's body where the head met the body with electricity pouring from it. It was green in color with red flecks on it's fins. A man was shown on screen beginning to do battle with one.
"It really is beautiful." Emerald admired the creature
"Just too bad it can make giant waterfalls in the sky." Blake added fearfully.
Roman whistled. "Check out those horns and its chest, Neo. I bet those would sell for some nice cash." Roman said with a smirk.
"I hope you're not planning on poaching these monsters, Roman." Cinder said in a voice that was clearly meant as a warning.
He gulped at this. "N-no way. That'd be crazy! My criminal life is over!" He insisted nervously, whistling innocently.
"Graceful in it's monumental beauty with the power to match a living natural disaster in the truest sense the oncoming fury of it's torrential wrath is not to be underestimated. They are one of the most unique creatures to ever grace this fine world in which we hunt, lucky then are we it is a seldom seen sight rare and an enigma to the guild usually calm in nature though it take not likely to trespassers in it's aerial domain, unwitting airships find themselves at its mercy of which there is very little. When an Amatsu is enraged calming it down is a monumental task. The storm it generates directly tied to it's mood you do not want to be in the same area as an Amatsu that's got out of bed at the wrong side of the mountain" Rage declared as the Hunter fought the beast as it made massive tornadoes that put even Kushala's to shame.
"It could bring down our bullheads like nothing." Ironwood said worriedly.
"Good thing you decided against poaching it, Roman. I'd hate to hear you got water logged by that beast." Hazel said with a dark smirk, hoping to further dissuade any lingering ideas Roman may have had of hunting the beast.
"You're worried about a bit of water?! Did you not see that tornado!?" Coco cried out.
"The fashionista's right. That tornado it made was like two of Kushala's combined." Adam agreed.
"Once per year like clockwork Amatsu will appear in the misty peaks rising to it's highest point the sacred pinnacle and claiming it as it's home. Where it spends the rest of it's time is as of yet unknown but from this lofty nest it will range out in the surrounding environs uncontested and unchallenged causing calamity to all in it's wake forcing populations of both monster and humans alike to flee lest they be decimated." Rage explained. A cart was shown in stormy weather with a hunter putting something in it before getting in himself. As it drove on it was shown that a cat thing was driving it as the weather got more intense. Suddenly in front of the cart was a four legged creature with lighting crackling from it's body roaring at the center of the storm.
"At least it's a rarely seen monster." Penny said, trying to shed a positive light on the subject.
"Yes, but when it does show up, it's a catastrophe that threatens everything around it and displaces people and animals alike." Ren added worriedly.
"Ren, do you HAVE to kill the fun all the time?" Jaune groaned.
"I hope if we get these on Remnant, they can find a mountain where no one is living." Velvet said hopefully.
"In fact Zinogre was only discovered as Amatsu forced the local population to abandon its mountain home and spread into the lower reaches below," Rage said as the cart turned hard left and ended up sending the hunter and some of his stuff flying at the beast. The hunter landed right at one of the beasts legs. The hunter gaining his wits turned an ran spotted his cart driving on a lower level jumped and landed in it.
"You know you are a badass when hundreds of thunder wolves gather together, take one look and go "Yah naww fuck that" and flee before you." Rage spoke as a Zinogre was shown walking forward but then hit reverse and walked backwards as the "fuck that shit I'm out" theme played.
Now that Rage brought it up, they all remembered how Zinogre was only discovered because another monster drove them from their mountain habitat. "So that's the big meanie who chased away all the Zinogres!" Ruby said angrily as she ran her hand through Crimzon's fur.
"Still, like he said, to drive off hundreds of those beasts. You have to insanely powerful." Ilia said, trying to use her camouflage as if the Amatsu could see and target her.
Then Yang and her gal pals laughed at the "Fuck this shit I'm out" song again. "Oh, man! That never gets old!" Yang laughed.
"I know! I'm totally gonna say that the next time we have to go to Professor Port's class!" Nora laughed.
"And you'll be sent to detention." Glynda told her.
"It's at this point I realize I've not heard Amatsu roar for a few minutes and I'm starting to get withdrawal so if you'll indulge me." Said Rage in enjoyment. The roar of the creature was heard again.
The Faunus girls covered their ears. "It's loud, but I cannot deny, it's powerful." Blake admitted.
"It's like my Faunus instincts are telling me to run when I hear it." Velvet said.
"Aw come on is there a better roar because there's not there's not no no no shh shhhh shh shh (Yeah but what about) shh (seriously, though! Think about) shh (But you can't just dismiss every)shh (Dam it you just have to)shh there isn't it's it's it's the best like Legiana tried to come close but Amatsu is just like "huh that's cute you little frosty bitch'." Hyped up Rage. An image of the insulted monster was shown gasping for brief moment before resuming to normal.
Several of the female students gasped as well after this insult. "Now that's going too far!" Pyrrha said, highly irritated.
"Yeah, the only frosty bitch here is Weiss." Neo declared.
"Exactl-Hey wait a minute!" Weiss started, before realizing what she was agreeing to.
"AAH you agreed! You all heard it! Weiss admits she's a frosty bitch!" Neo laughed.
"Nice." Emerald told Neo, high-fiving her, before the former mute also high-fived Yang, Nora and Coco.
"Well, I never!" Weiss huffed angrily.
"How childish and uncalled for. This simply proves Weiss is better mannered and more dignified than you lot." Winter stated, hugging her sister, along with Penny.
"Still, that other creature looked quite fascinating. Legiana, I believe you said it was? Will we be seeing that any time soon?" Ozpin asked.
"You're in luck. My brother just made the only lore video about it recently." Katana told her.
"And I absolutely adore it even its music is quiet special. Amatsu then is all about the wind and the water. It's... Well, imagine you throw yourself in a hurricane , you get ripped of the ground swept away thrown ragdoll through the air that but with less- 'Ah ah ah I'm going to die!'- And more grace and purpose." Explained Rage as Amatsu made two tornadoes that merged into one and later released a thin jet of water with enough pressure to tear up the ground.
"That water tore up the ground." Hazel said in shock.
"I don't even want to know what that might do to a human." Velvet said fearfully.
"It would likely vivisect them." Penny theorized, causing Velvet to cling to Coco in fear, shivering.
"She said she didn't want to know, Pen. But thanks." Coco said, annoyed at the gynoid for scaring her girlfriend, but smiling at the fact she was now holding the bunny girl in her arms.
"Amatsu generates storms using the storm vesicle a specialized organ of mysterious and deep power. This can take in volumous amounts of water which can then be repurposed and expended creating the storms that it rides upon, powering itself through the incredibly fast winds it generates using its powerful tail. Its light frame for its size, coupled with hollow bones and adorned with row upon row of fins across it's entire length it flies through the air like leviathan in the sea. Its a memorable experience fighting this majestic creature unlike really anything else in the world." Rage claimed as Amatsu flew rapidly in a circle to create another massive tornado.
"A single organ containing all that power? Didn't he say Kushala had multiple wind sacs? And even they aren't that powerful?" Cinder asked in shock.
"It would definitely be unforgettable encountering it, even without fighting it. I just hope it's an encounter that whoever has it can survive." Summer said, worried for anyone that may disturb such a beast.
"With all these factors, many of us would likely have a hard time catching it, let alone connecting with our attacks. Not to mention those winds and water beams. Truly, Amatsu is one monster to respect and fear." Ren declared.
"It likes to spend its time low to the ground appearing to hover on the breeze rising high into the air to deliver it's more devastating blows it comes at you with a series of water jets, wind blasts, tornadoes, flying past you with unreasonable speeds, knocking you out the way with force, it can even create a suction like vortex pulling in all the hunters to the center underneath it before deploying a tornado right on top of them tearing them to shreds, ripping armor apart and sending them flying." Rage said as Amatsu drifted through the air around the hunter, rushing past him several time with ease, avoiding his strikes, before he got a few good hits in that stunned the beast.
"Oh, god... I'm getting flashbacks to our food fight with Ruby." Jaune groaned.
"So much food. It got everywhere..." Pyrrha whimpered.
"I believe being hit with that attack would be significantly worse than being coated with food, children." Ozpin said in concern.
"Even if anyone could survive that, their aura would likely be decimated. And the next attack would finish it." Ironwood said worriedly.
"When enraged it glows red spots appearing down its body giving an intimidating allure its tiny little limbs nothing more then vestigial as it is completely adapted to a life on the wind. An evolution ago found itself living underwater. It's head them tiny but adorned with these golden horns. Priceless and sought-after they strike an image that is not soon forgotten." Spoke Rage.
"I am getting really close to being done with the color red." Roman grumbled.
"You realize your hat has a red strip, don't you?" Winter stated.
"I could never abandon my baby!" Roman declared, offended.
"Suddenly, I'm feeling a bit inadequate." Adam said, disappointed in himself because the beast's horns were far larger than his.
"Does it really matter? You don't even use your horns. It doesn't seem like Amatsu does, either." Ilia told him.
"There is tendrils of flesh flowing out of it's cheeks allowing it to sense the air currents and the world around it with even more precision and let's be honest anything that can be described as having tendrils of flesh I mean that's that's up there like immediately top 5 because look tendrils of flesh what I'm putting across here that's a step away from tentacles that's what I'm that's what I'm pedaling you know... TENTACLES ARE SO AW.", said Rage as he turned creepy. Tentacles appeared on the screen for a few seconds be the screen cut to a technical difficulties screen before turning back to normal.
many were unnerved by his fascination with tentacles. "So vulgar." Glynda said in disgust.
"That's a genre I ALWAYS stay away from." Blake said, disturbed.
"Could be a fetish?" Coco asked, shuddering a bit at the thought
"What's a fetish?" Ruby asked, looking back and forth between Cinder and Yang.
"When you're older." Both her sister and girlfriend told her with no room for argument.
"Apologies- um... I'm doing better but sometimes sometimes that sill comes comes through. So then the fight goes on eventually you push Amatsu into a comer," Rage said as the screen showed Amatsu spinning in a circle before three tornados erupted from it the center of its spin, each one circling it before expanding outwards as the hunter on screen ran to avoid being sucked into them while epic music played in the back ground. The tornados then moved towards Amatsu again before combining back into one and then dissipating.
"Might be a good time to run, buddy." Qrow told the hunter.
"As long as he keeps his resolve and remembers his training, he should be fine." Summer said, but with concern clear in her voice.
"It might be a good idea for these hunters to employ secondary ranged weapons for when close range becomes too dangerous." Penny stated. [1]
"And it deploys it's final solution it's most potent weaponry taking in as much moisture in the air into its storm vesicle. It will compact it, condense it, create pressure that would cave in the body of a lesser creature and them expels it with gargantuan force." Rage spoke as the beast took flight and was in the air before charging an attack. The beast then shot out three beams of water at such a speed and power that the ground and rocks below were split. The hunter narrowly avoided two of the beams before getting hit with the third it was only due to his armor that he survived.
"That level of pressure is unreal! Its body shouldn't be able to hold in that much pressure!" Glynda said.
"These Elder Dragons have defied science for a while now. The only thing that's not surprising about them now is how surprising their level of power is." Hazel stated.
"Very poetic, Hazel. And disturbingly accurate." Cinder said, knowing that water jet would cut through even the strongest of her flames.
"Ripping apart the land in great blasts of water. Cutting rock like a hot knife through butter you do not want to get caught in by this attack. Acting like the autumn to a forest removing all the green." Rage said as he begun to crack up at the stupid metaphor.
Everyone was completely lost at this point, so they just shook it off, chalking it up to Rage's craziness.
"So Admittedly Amatsu is actually shorthand. Its full name is," Rage began as Amatsumagatsuchi was shown on screen, "Amatsu-magat-suchi, Amatsumagat-suchi, Amatsumagats-uchi." A quick montage of people saying names of things wrong was shown. "A mats gonna chew, Amatsu is- is- is the main one that's what that's what the focus should be on." Said Rage botching how to say the monsters name.
Several of them laughed at Rage's constant failings to pronounce the name and attempted themselves. "Amatsu-maggot-suchi?" Ruby tried.
"Amatsu-mega-suki?" Yang attempted.
"Amatsu-magat-sushi?" Neo gave a try herself. Blake licked her lips at that and silently summoned herself a plate of sushi.
"A-Mat-Sue-Mag-Oat-Sucky?" Nora butchered the name worst of all.
"Amatsumagatsuchi." Penny correctly pronounced the name.
"That one is quite the tongue twister." Roman admitted.
"Then I think we can all agree to simply stick to Amatsu." Ironwood said, the rest nodding in agreement.
"So you should actually see the stormy organ glowing in it's chest. Especially when it is injured enough. In fact it's eyes and horns along with it glow and this luminescent glorious golden when its really desperate to survive. That coupled with the fins giving it the much larger appearance then it actually is though its still like over 30 meters long. It dwarfs a blue whale and it has the red flecks and it just all comes together to look damn impressive. It really is just one of the prettiest monsters going. In fact its easily up there in the top 3. I mean what there's Amatsu, Mizutsune and great Jaggi." Rage claimed as the monster in question was shown briefly and it was... well, something.
"Oh, yeah! That thing! I kind of forgot it was a thing." Nora declared.
"That's the one you were riding that had all its buddies attack with it, right?" Emerald asked Tekko.
"Yep. Jaggi, Jaggia and their alpha, the Great Jaggi, are perhaps the most cooperative of all the Raptors, with Baggi's being a close second." Katana's younger daughter confirmed.
"Back to Amatsu, it certainly is beautiful, but I don't think it's worth risking our lives to track down and see it in person, unless it's causing a great disturbance. Then we're duty-bound as Huntresses and Huntsmen to take care of it!" Weiss declared, before turning from the others and adopting a sneaky pose. (And perhaps getting those horns and storm vesicle to sell for a nice price!) She thought deviously. Valka apparently sensed this somehow and shot a huge burst of snow from her trunk that lightly buried the heiress.
"Amatsu really is champion when it comes to using the storms power. It makes Kushala Daora's antic's look like baby's first tornado. It also has a wind aura though its used more offensively to add an extra edge of attacks rather than repelling hunters and softening really that's the bulk of it there's not a lot known about it." Rage explained as the fight continued.
Ozymandias growled at this. (His level of control may exceed mine, but that doesn't mean its more powerful than me! And at least I'm strategic with my wind aura.) The steel dragon ranted.
Ozpin placed a hand on his monster partner's neck. "Now, now. Amatsu may be impressive, but you're just as fearsome. As you said, you use the wind aura more effective. The best offense still relies on a good defense. His wind aura may harm people, but it means nothing if the can't touch you." Ozpin assured his beast.
"There's no need to compare yourself to others. You're special just the way you are and Amatsu is special in its own way." Blake added encouragingly.
"Yeah. That god for all of us, not just any one person or one monster. We've all got something that makes us awesome." Ruby said, causing Summer to smile at her daughter.
"I do kind of find it a little bit ah that it just gets to float like it's got little air jets constantly pumping out the underneath of it keeping it nice and hover-y. Cuz look I can buy it makes tornadoes Kushala makes tornadoes fine but it didn't always make them yet it stays airborne like it can somehow just ride any kind of wind even the passive wind it surrounding it's body. Either its so light that it should effectively bounce of hunters like a balloon or it's a little bit of a stretch but it's one that I can accept for a fight that really is a standout experience." Rage claimed the Amatsu cruised around through the air, seeming to be avoiding the hunter and moving back whenever it got close.
Everyone couldn't help but chuckle at this. "Well, that would change things quite a bit." Coco laughed.
"I'd love it if it bounced into me like a balloon! That'd be so cute!" Velvet said happily.
"Or it could be an awesome kite... As long as it doesn't decide to fly off and take you with it." Nora voiced another of her crazy ideas.
"I'd like to see what it looks like inside your mind, but I'm also scared to." Neo admitted.
"I mean it is different right already probably looking at it your like yeah that's that is wow and it really is wow. The sheer epicness, the grace but deadly power of what your fighting, the intense force that you can feel. All of these tornadoes swirling and hunting you down. With water attacks that dwarf anything you've ever seen before. The torrential downpour, that clouded sky, the flashes of red lightning in the background. It all comes together to give this truly monumental feel to this fight." Rage said as the fight got more and more intense the storm in the background grew evermore frightening.
"My fire wouldn't stand a chance against any of this." Cinder said.
"That's just an opportunity for you to try new ways of fighting, use new tactics and think outside the box." Winter told her.
"And if you ever had to fight one of them, I'd be right there with you." Ruby said, wrapping her arms around one of Cinder's, clinging to it tightly.
"There's need to win, to slay this creature that no matter how majestic it may be, no matter how much of a shame it is to put it down. It must be done if not for the sake of the monsters and humans whose lives have been ruined, if not for the sake of the air ships who can fly again without it's interference but for the sake of your pride as a hunter. To see if you can, to see if you can wage war against the elements and stand atop its corpse howling in triumph." Rage spoke as the fight was quickly reaching its end.
"Isn't it more important to take it down for the reasons he said BEFORE basically stroking your ego?" Jaune asked.
"Come on, Vomit Boy! You've got to take chances every so often! Live a little." Yang told him.
"She's right, Mr. Arc. Sometimes it is important for Huntsmen and Huntresses a like to push themselves, to strive to new heights they simply couldn't reach before, for them to prove to themselves they are capable of taking on greater threats." Ozpin explained.
"And it really is a beautiful triumph its poetic and in the death Amatsu proves for finality it's perfect control of the storm for with it's dying breath it instantly dissipates. The sun claiming the sky once more and lighting up the aftermath of the battle in it's soft warm light." Rage finished as the once fear inducing beast lay on the ground defeated. With its final breath, the sky once covered in dark storm clouds faded and allows the sun to shine on its corpse. And with that image the screen faded to black.
This truly left everyone in shock, knowing its death cleared the weather and brought the sun out. "Unreal. To have such passive control over such a massive storm to keep it going, even while unleashing countless tornadoes or water beams... Even when so close to death... Its power truly is on another level." Hazel said in shock, both respecting the beast as well as finding it horrifying.
"Thank goodness it only shows up once a year." Emerald said in relief.
"But during that one part of the year when it does show up, all Hell's gonna break loose." Qrow added.
"So, thoughts?" Katana asked.
"It's fascinating. And terrifying." Glynda stated.
"Indeed. It may even put the Maidens to shame. A fully realized Maiden may be able to create such storms, but even then, not nearly so passively to keep it going until their last breath." Ozpin stated.
"But it was also really cool! The way it floats in the air with all its frills was so pretty." Ruby said with stars in her eyes.
"Indeed. It's impossible to deny that as frightening as Amatsu is, it's infinitely more elegant." Weiss added.
"And it's good to know that it's pretty peaceful as long as you keep your distance and stay out of its territory." Pyrrha stated.
"Yeah. Let's just hope it can find a nice mountain where nobody lives on Remnant for its yearly... thing." Neo said.
"So, next is your brother's video on that Legiana creature?" Winter asked.
"Yes, but don't worry. He actually wrote a script this time, so it's not going to be as messy as his last one." Katana assured them.
"As long as we learn about these monsters before they're biting our heads off." Qrow said with a shrug.
"Qrow's right. As long as we get the knowledge we need, we'll be fine." Summer agreed.
"Well, then: here we go." Katana declared.
A/N: Thank you for reading as always! I hope you enjoyed it!
Yes, the next video will be another one from my brother on his channel, Sai Blade! It is titled "The Frigid Fiend! Legiana Lore", so go check it out and do him a favor by subscribing. He needs the help. But, you'll be happy to know, he actually scripted this one, so it came out BY FAR better than his Barioth lore video.
[1] Free idea for the next monster hunter game, Capcom!