Sorry about not posting this chapter earlier everyone. As I said in the last chapter I had finals to take care of and they took up almost all of my free time. Unfortunately this means that my perfect record for publishing a new chapter every weekend has been broken at 7 consecutive chapters. On the bright side I now have a record to beat over the course of the next 8 weeks.
Also thank you everyone who Favorited this story. I never imagined that this would ever get over 200 favorites you have no idea how happy I was when it broke 100, so when it finally passed 200 I was ecstatic.
So with that out of the way I'm happy to present the next chapter of Hunter to Huntsman.
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"We've been working out here for two weeks and it's still not done. How long does it take to fill in a trench anyways?" Weiss complained with some dirt clinging to her dress as she stuck the shovel into the ground. "This is cruel and unusual punishment. I shouldn't be stuck shoveling dirt."
"Well it could be worse." Jaune suggested hefting another shovel full back into the trench.
"And how could it possibly be any worse?"
"Well we could be stuck with Yang's job." Motioning to the perimeter Weiss and Jaune could see the brawler holding onto a chain that was wrapped around one of destroyed remains of the trees they crashed through. Dunstan was standing next to her probably yelling instruction of some kind.
"Well for once Jaune I agree with you. At least Ruby isn't getting punished for this. All she has to do is come down here with us and relax in the workshop until we head back to Beacon for the night." Weiss said looking over to the workshop trying to spy her partners silhouette through the window.
"Hopefully we can finish this work in another two weeks or so." Jaune estimated seeing how far they got already. "How are you holding up Ren?"
"Ren's tired Jaune." Nora said turning around to reveal Ren laying down face first on the ground.
"Nora can you grab some water and put Ren in the shade? This heat isn't helping anyone." Jaune wiped his brow as the sun beat down from above.
"Sure thing Jaune." Nora easily picked Ren up and started walking over to the workshop. Opening the door revealed Ruby standing over the workbench working on a spear. Taking the spear off the bench she pressed a button on it causing the spearhead to lock underneath the shaft revealing a gun barrel behind the spearhead. Pulling the trigger she was was met with a click and not a bang.
"Why won't this thing fire?" Ruby started to shake the weapon back and forth hoping something would snap into place. With nothing happening she tossed it back onto the bench to look over the weapon again noticing that Nora was standing in the doorway. "Hey Nora are we heading back to Beacon already?"
"Not yet, Ren's just a little tired right now." Nora said setting Ren down against the wall. "So what are you doing?"
"Just trying to get this thing to shoot. Dunstan says it works fine, but I can't get it to fire a single bullet. I've looked over every inch of this thing and there is nothing I can find that would stop it from firing." Ruby said with a look of defeat on her face.
"If anyone can get it to work it's you Ruby." Nora cheered seeing Ruby already back over at the bench trying to fix the spear gun. "Just watch over Ren and make sure he gets something to drink before he heads back out."
"Sure." Ruby halfheartedly answered already engrossed in her work as Nora left.
Seeing no one filling in the trench Nora walked behind the Workshop in the flowered graveyard to find them sitting under the great tree that stood tall over the building and gravesite. Sitting at its trunk were WBY, JP, and Dunstan snacking on whatever they brought along for the day. Yang was rubbing her shoulder in an attempt to alleviate some pain.
"Why am I stuck with removing all the stumps?" She complained clearly annoyed with her assigned task.
"Simple, out of everyone here you're the one with the most strength." Dunstan stated as a fact.
"Thanks I guess." Yang said unsure of how to respond to the compliment.
"It's not like your good for anything else around here. Besides if I asked the red headed Valkyrie for help she'd just blow them up leaving you with more work to do."
"And there it goes. So close yet so far on that compliment." Yang wasn't so surprised of the end result though. Dunstan wasn't known to be overly kind to anyone with Jaune, Ruby, and Blake appearing to be the only exception. "How's Ruby doing Nora?"
"She's still trying to get that gun spear to work." Nora answered as she sat down grabbing a sandwich.
"I told her already that weapon works just fine. She just doesn't have rich enough blood to use it. I can barely shoot the thing so I don't expect her to." Dunstan said as he took another bite out of his cooked chicken.
"And I told you that blood has nothing to do with firing a weapon. The mere thought of such an abysmal idea makes me question your sanity." Weiss interjected using a handkerchief to wipe off any crumbs around her mouth.
"Alright then let's put it to the test then." Dunstan pulled out the pistol he kept at his side and fired it off once into the air. Pulling out another bullet they all got to see what Dunstan was loading into his guns and were surprised to see the bullet dripping what could only be mercury with blood mixed into it. No shell with gunpowder behind the projectile just a semi solid bullet dropped down the barrel.
What is that thing you just dropped into your gun?" Weiss asked looking a little concerned.
"Just a quicksilver bullet. It's one of the few things that can put a beast down and keep it there."
"Mercury isn't a solid like that. At the very least it shouldn't be able to maintain the shape of a bullet in these temperatures."
"Well normally you'd be right, but we Hunters mix in some of our own blood to give it shape. The real trick comes in being able to resonate with the blood to propel the blasted thing. I meant it when I said I can barely operate that riffle Ruby is working on." Loading in another bullet he tossed the gun to Yang as he stood up with his arms spread as if he was provoking something. "Now why don't you try to shoot me I guarantee you it won't fire."
"Guys I'm not sure this is the best idea." Jaune said trying to defuse the situation.
"What's the matter are you to chicken? You've felt firsthand what it can do to someone so why don't you experience what it's like to be on the other side." He stepped closer with each word taunting Yang to fire the gun. Making a sudden vault forward towards her caused Yang pulled the trigger only for the gun to click as if it was loaded with a dud.
"So you load a blank and taunt me to fire it at you it's a neat trick, but how does this prove your point?" Yang argued tossing him back his gun.
"This just proves that your blood lacks quality."
"How does any of this make sense to you? What you're saying is complete nonsense and a parlor trick at best." Weiss said annoyed with the show she just witnessed.
"I've experienced firsthand what someone with good bloodtinge can do. These bullets can hit hard enough to cause your chest to collapse inwards and can cause a certain cursed blade to become sharp enough to slice through any Hunters' defenses." Dunstan said remembering how many times his duel with the Cainhusrt Knight had ended in his own death as soon as he made one misstep in the fight.
"That means nothing to us we don't even know if what your saying is true since this could all be a slight of hand trick." Weiss argued.
"First off it's not a blank." Holding the gun up to the sky another shoot rang out only this time Ruby ran out of the Workshop her weapon in hand looking around for any threats. Looking around she saw Dunstan with his pistol still held high. "No worries Ruby just giving a little lesson on bloodtinge."
Giving a little humph she collapsed Crescent Rose and walked over to join everyone. "Bloodtinge doesn't even make any sense Dunstan. I refuse to believe that the reason that spear won't fire is because my blood isn't good enough for it." She said nearly flailing her arms in dissatisfaction over today's results in weapon testing.
"Alright then try to shoot this." Loading in another bullet Dunstan threw the handgun to Ruby to test out.
Taking the gun in one hand she leveled it at the tree line and pulled the trigger. The recoil nearly threw the gun from her hand since she hadn't expected so much kick back from the diminutive firearm. Tightening her grasp on the gun momentarily she walked over and placed the gun back in Dunstan's hand.
"So your gun works apparently." Ruby shyly replied.
"As does everything else in the workshop. Anyone else want a shot at firing this thing?" Dunstan held the gun up for any of his current guests to grab when Weiss plucked it from his hands. "Let's see if you're truly worthy of this commoner's gun, Princess." He joked.
"If Ruby can fire that thing I should have no trouble with that weapon." Gripping the gun in two hands she held it out towards the forest. Putting her left foot forwards she braced for the inevitable kickback from firing the gun. Pulling the trigger she heard the mechanism click into place signifying the spark that should fire the gun, however the shoot never came causing the Heiress to become slightly annoyed at the gun. "This piece of junk won't even fire."
Tossing it back to him Dunstan caught the gun holding it back up. "Any more takers? All who are worthy to fire this pistol are destined for greatness." He smirked when no one stepped forward at his challenge. "Ok then this was fun, but we better get back to work and by we I mean you." Dustan said as he pointed to Yang as she lazed about in the great tree's shade.
"Alright fine," Yang responded as she jumped up to her feet. "I didn't know you were such a slave driver."
"I'm not that bad, besides this is supposed to be a punishment I can't go to easy on you."
"So how did you learn to use that weapon?" Yang asked as they walked back to the perimeter.
"You're going to have to be more specific than that I have a quite the arsenal as your sister is well aware." Dunstan said looking back towards the workshop.
"The one you hit me with." Yang said as she clutched her chest remembering the strike he delivered.
"The Stake Driver is what its proper name is. As for learning I knew the basics by the I got it, everything else was me learning in the field. I guess you could call it a personal style to help compensate for some of its glaring weaknesses."
"So then if you can lift that thing shouldn't you help me with removing the stumps?"
"Believe it or not I'm not terribly strong. If you and I had a straight up brawl with just our fists I have no doubt you'd win. Now if I had my Threaded Cane then it would be another story completely I've killed gods with that thing." Dunstan started to laugh at his own words thinking about how insane his own words sounded.
"Sure thing God slayer. So are you going to help or not?"
"Yeah I can help a little bit. It wouldn't be right to let such a delicate flower like yourself work without some help." As soon as he finished Yang jabbed him in the arm for playfully for the comment.
"If we hurry I might actually be able to help the others fill in that trench in your front yard." Yang gave a small grin as Dunstan rubbed his arm before walking after her, turns out he does have a heart after all.
The sun had begun to set and the bullhead could be seen making its approach to the workshop. Everyone was stood out front admiring their progress on clearing out the remaining damage. Ruby was stood holding onto the riffle spear trying to get it to fire again with no luck. Fed up with it she tossed it to Dunstan who gave the weapon quick twirl before firing a shot off into the forest causing Ruby's face to redden with anger. Planting the spear into the dirt Dunstan smirked at Ruby's disapproval of him operating what was an inoperable weapon for herself.
With the bullhead touching down everyone gave their farewells as the doors opened letting them climb in. Giving a polite bow Dunstan watched them take flight in the metal vehicle ascending into the sky before shooting forward. The little lessons Dunstan taught wouldn't amount to much, but they were a good start on the basics. Most of the skills he would have given her she already possessed in spades, from a blinding speed to fully utilizing one's own weapon. All she needed was some fine tuning in the art of quick stepping and real combat experience against more dangerous foes. All of which he couldn't provide while supervising the others less they catch on to the real reason Ruby tagged along.
Taking another workshops student was heavily frowned upon and usually resulted in the student being barred from their own workshop or worse hunted down to prevent them from revealing any secretes once discovered. Although all Hunters should share the same goal of ending the scourge of beasts some still covet the secrets of the world and hunting of others. If he learned anything while in Yharnam it was that when secrets come to light they lead to mass hunts and entire workshops being wiped from existence.
From the Executioners to the Vilebloods no workshop survived that cursed night in Yharnam. The sheer amount of lost knowledge did bother Dunstan slightly with what he could have learned, but he did have the next best thing. Badges proving ones position in each workshop allowing him a chance to understand each ones weaponry and techniques. Even with them long gone he spent a great deal of time learning how to operate their weaponry with a distinct few always eluding him.
The sheer speed that Ruby was learning from them could only be called miracle to say the least. Best described as a fervor for the craft more than anything else. She would go over each weapon he placed in front of her. There were some she couldn't even hold due to their weight, but Ruby would still relish the chance to look it over and do any repairs to the aged steel.
"You wouldn't happen to know where I can find some tougher creatures than yourselves would you." Dunstan asked as a small pack of beowolves started to come out of the tree line. "Every day you somehow understand that you shouldn't attack with the whole group here, but you can't understand that I'm more dangerous than anyone else." Dunstan mussed to the creatures while they snarled trying to intimating him. "Maybe I can find a one of those scorpions to fight, they always make it a little more interesting."
Picking up the spear Dunstan began to twirl it like a baton before acting it back in his hands poised at his enemies. With a quick leap he was closed the distance between one of the beasts piercing through its chest with his spear pinning it to the ground. One of the Grimm tried to attack him only to be met with a Quicksilver bullet fired from his pistol followed by a hand plunging into its chest ripping out the beast's heart as the hand withdrew from the wound. Pulling the spear out of the now deceased Beowolf Dunstan prepared himself for another long night.
The sun had risen and with it the members of team RWBY as they out of bed to begin their morning routines. From brushing the unkempt mess that was bed hair to taking turns in the shower before heading out for breakfast. Arriving in the cafeteria RWBY took their usual spot and started eating as JNPR sat down.
"So any plans for the weekend since we're off work?" Jaune asked taking a sip from his glass.
"I'm mostly going to be relaxing. My muscles still ache from trying to manually rip out those stumps." Yang said rolling her shoulder with an audible crack from the motion.
"I kind of want to go back." Ruby meekly said as she snacked on what remained of her meal.
"That's just because you want to see more of his weapons." Yang said immediately rationalizing her sister's reason.
"They weren't exactly his. Most of them he had to find or got from other people and workshops. Besides he doesn't just let me look at them he lets me work on them he even gave me something to go along with the bell." Ruby fished around in her back pouch for a moment before she pulled out what looked like a metal flare gun. The gun had a break action similar to a shotgun for loading the ammunition into the back before locking it into place for firing.
"That's nice and all, but why would he give you a flare gun? It hardly seems appropriate to accompany that bell you have." Weiss said seeing that some of the metal appeared to already be oxidizing into a sea green color around the barrel.
"Apparently it's called a Silencing Blank and it's meant to and I quote 'end that maddening ringing once you start it'. Apparently he let his bell ring for a really long time and it called in all sorts of trouble once." Ruby couldn't imagine what qualified as trouble for Dunstan, but she made sure to keep the gun on hand if it meant avoiding it.
"How can you forget to stop ringing a bell?" Blake asked curious as to why such a device was required to silence the bell.
"Something about the bell resonating with the users own body and soul allowing it to ring out indefinitely until death or the blank is fired." Ruby said as she pointed the gun towards the ceiling ready to fire.
"No!" everyone at the table yelled not wanting Ruby to fire whatever was contained inside the tool.
"I wasn't going to fire it." Ruby said lowering the gun and placing it back into her pouch. "Probably." She muttered under her breath.
"Well we're going to have some R&R in the city purchase some supplies and hopefully have nothing crazy happen." Jaune said hopping to finally get his team the break they needed after everything that happened.
"Well I can't wai-" Weiss was cut off when everyone's scrolls rang out. Each person at the table pulled out their scroll to find the same message spelled out across all of them.
'Meet me in my office as a team at 11. –Ozpin'
"Yang what did you do?" Nora said accusingly towards the Blonde.
"Me? If anyone's to blame for whatever happened it's you." Yang replied accusing the Valkyrie.
"We have to remain calm and get all our stories straight the first thing he'll try to do is get us to turn on each other." Ruby said in a deathly serious manner. "We all need alibies that place us away from the scene of the crime. Weiss can you get us some credible witnesses?"
"Of course, I may not be a social butterfly like Yang but I still hold some influence." Weiss responded pulling out her scroll.
"Should we really be doing this? I mean we don't even know what he's calling us up for it could be good for all we know." Jaune said.
"Aww that's adorable Jaune thinks that just because we're innocent we won't get in trouble." Yang said pinching his cheek before he managed to get out of her grip.
"If you're innocent shouldn't we have nothing to worry about?"
"For some reason most people think that, but just because your innocent doesn't mean you shouldn't have the best defense available for yourself." Weiss stated proudly closing her scroll. "And we're all set for witnesses so no worries there."
"Why does it feel like we're committing an actual crime by doing this?" Jaune asked starting to feel guilty.
"That's probably because falsifying witness testimonies is an actual crime, Jaune." Pyrrha added slightly concerned over the sudden turn of events.
"What did we do though? If we just sit back for a minute I'm sure we can figure out why Ozpin is calling us."
"There's no time to think rationally Jaune we have to be as rash as possible. Not to mention we shouldn't tell each other what we did just in case one of us cracks." Ruby was determined to have nothing go wrong for her weekend.
"It was all Jaune's idea along with his team." Ruby told Ozpin immediately cracking under his gaze.
"If possible I'd like to make a plea bargain on behalf of team RWBY. I have conclusive evidence that team JNPR was trying to cover whatever thing they did by bringing in false witnesses." Weiss said trying to salvage the situation as best as she could.
"Wow that's weiss cold of you to sell them out like that." Yang said as the Heiress face palmed from Yang's lax attitude.
"You can't tell me you wouldn't do the same for your sister." Weiss said causing Yang to pause for a moment.
"Alright you got me there. So Ozpin whatever happened I'm pretty sure it was Nora." Yang added still a little annoyed at how Nora immediately blamed her for what happened.
Ozpin simply sipped from his coffee mug and continued to stare them down. "Anything you wish to add Miss Belladonna?"
"Besides the fact that apparently no one in this team has ever taken part in an actual interrogation no I'm fine." Blake calmly added before going back to her book.
"Alright then, I called you here today to inform you that you've been selected for another mission since you've failed to complete your other two missions. This one will determine your grade for what is now a very late assignment." Ozpin finished by setting his mug down and giving a small grin.
"Is that all sir?" Ruby asked now actually concerned over everything she had just said.
"Unless you have any more crimes to confess for I believe we're done for the day. Please send Team JNPR up on your way out." Ozpin relaxed in his chair and gave off a small chuckle once team RWBY had departed down the elevator. After all nothing got past him especially while it occurred within the school. The mere thought of himself missing something after everything he'd been through was merely preposterous as Weiss would have put it. The elevator door opened up the reveal team JNPR with Jaune leading the pack as they walked forward.
"It was all Ruby's idea along with her team" Jaune confessed to the headmaster.
"If possible I'd like to make a plea bargain on behalf of team JNPR. I have conclusive evidence that team RWBY was trying to cover whatever thing they did by bringing in false witnesses." Pyrrha said trying to back up her leader.
"Ozpin I want you to know that whatever happened it was likely Yang's fault." Nora added pushing the blame away from herself.
"Anything you wish to add?" Ozpin asked Ren as he finished off what remained of his coffee.
Ren just sighed as he rubbed his temples clearly bothered by the insanity that was happening around him.
"Alright then the reason I called you're here today."
"Well there goes our weekend" Yang complained as she crashed onto her bed.
"It's not that bad we finally get to complete a first mission." Ruby said happily.
"Ruby we've been on two other missions already." Weiss pointed out.
"Well yeah and those missions didn't end so well so were currently 0:2 by the end of this one we should come out 1:2 I'm hoping that by the end of our time here at Beacon we can raise it to 40:2." Ruby said exited for the chance to offset their current loss record.
"Let's set our sights a little lower for the moment Rubes." Yang suggested trying to keep Ruby's plan a little more realistic.
"All we have to do is check on a village's transmitter tower and make sure they're ok. Apparently it stopped transmitting a few days ago. My guess is they blew a fuse or someone accidently damaged the transmitter. This should be quick and easy so there's not too much to worry about. Especially since they already have a Huntsman stationed out there." Weiss said looking over the mission on her scroll.
"So all we have to do is bring in a few parts for a repair job and we can head back." Blake added as she kept her eyes glued to whatever she was reading.
"Sounds like it's already in the bag then, we have nothing to worry about." Yang said not concerned about the mission in the slightest. "What's the time frame for completion Weiss?"
"We have to finish it before Monday comes around. If you all wanted we could head out now and hopefully have the rest of weekend to relax." Every one pondered the suggestion for a moment weighing the options of either relaxing today or going out to enjoy the next day.
"Who wants to get this over with?" Ruby asked as she looked around the room seeing everyone else raise their hand in favor of getting the mission out of the way for the weekend. "Then it's settled lets grab those parts and head out."
Glynda stepped out of the elevator and into Ozpin's office with a file in hand. Looking around she spotted him looking out the window overlooking the city of Vale which had the mass of Atlas's ships floating above the city. The sheer number made Glynda question just what General Ironwood was expecting to happen although the fleet proved vital in clearing out the Grimm during the breach. Hearing Glynda approach Ozpin turned around to see her throw the folder onto his desk.
"May I ask why you're so angry at that folder you just threw?"
"Ozpin I don't know how you found that strange symbol, but it is a magnet for trouble."
"How so?"
"I've been going through a few of my old contacts and at first they couldn't find anything related to that symbol."
"At first, that means they did find something then."
"Yes, but that's not the point. One of them found an very old book that contained a symbol that looked close to the one I was looking into. The problem is that the book shouldn't exist according to him and before I could go collect it my contact vanished."
"Glynda this is no time to lose our heads." Glynda's scroll buzzed to life with a message. Looking it over she paled for a moment before closing the message.
"My contact was just found dead in an alley up in Mistral. Apparently it's being classified as a mugging gone wrong that ended up with his getting throat slit."
"I'm sorry to hear that. Are you going to be alright?"
"I'll be fine once I find out who killed him. Old bastard was always pushing his luck so it was bound to catch up with him eventually. Ozpin you should know that my contact wouldn't have died in a mugging. It would have taken something much more powerful than a common street thug to kill him. Worst case scenario someone with quit a lot of power doesn't want information on that symbol or anything connected to it circulating around."
"If you couldn't find anything in Beacon's archives then something is truly a miss. Either we never found anything on the subject or it was erased without my knowing."
"Is it even possible for someone outside of Beacon to delete information once it's within the data archives?"
"It shouldn't be since every computer in the archive is hardwired to Beacon without a line going out. If information was deleted it would have to of been an inside job." Ozpin lifted his glasses as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. "For the moment we'll have to keep this between us. At least until the leak has been found and dealt with accordingly."
"What are we going to do about the students?" Glynda said thinking about how team RWBY and JNPR were technically in the midst of the symbols source.
"As long as they don't go looking into it they shouldn't be in any danger. Now is there any chance that whoever killed your contact knows it's us who are looking into the symbol?"
"No, he would never reveal that it was me he was going to be meeting."
"Then the best we can do is not involve any more people."
"Let's hope that we can find out what they were trying to keep hidden before anything else can happen." Glynda finished as she stood next to Ozpin to overlook Vale.
"Looks like the towns holding a festival or something down there." Yang said as the bullhead began its decent just outside the town's walls.
"Well there certainly are a lot of people walking about at the moment." Blake added as the vehicle landed.
"I wonder if we'll get the chance to talk to the towns current Huntsman." Ruby said with some excitement in her voice.
"Let's just focus on finishing this mission. I refuse to have such a disastrous track record for all of our missions." Weiss said as she stepped out onto the ground.
The walk up to the front gate was uneventful for the most part without even the slightest hint of a recent Grimm attack it was safe to assume that the transmitter was simply in disrepair. The walls did have its own fair share of damage, but nothing so drastic as to cause it to collapse. The only odd part was that no one was standing in front of the gate or on top of it to let in any travelers. With no one manning the gate Yang stepped up to rectify the problem.
"We're here to fix your transmitter, anyone home!" She yelled hoping someone would open the gate.
"Maybe everyone's at the festival." Ruby suggested.
"Well if they won't open it then I'll pull the lever up top." Weiss offered as she leaped up from glyph to glyph like stepping stones until she was atop the gate. The rest of the team intently watched as they heard the mechanisms working to open the gate.
"Good job Weiss." Ruby applauded her partner as they walked through to the other side.
Walking towards a large crowd of people Yang put her arm in front of Ruby halting her advance. "There's something off about them."
"Yang's right something isn't right here." Blake added as the towns folk shambled around. She could see that their eyes appeared to be cloudy as if they had lost a great deal of their vision.
"Look we don't have all day I'll go up and talk to them." Weiss said as she was already approaching a small group from behind. "Hello Sir we're here to help re-" Weiss couldn't finish as she slammed into a nearby wall.
Ruby immediately reacted rushing forward and intercepting the man's next strike blocking it with her scythe. "Grab Weiss and get to cover." She ordered with authority.
Blake grabbed the Heiress and leapt away with her Yang covered her by just knocking the people away with her fists worried she might accidently kill them if she started using her weapon. With about thirty people between Ruby and the rest of her team they knew that reaching each other would only endanger them. Especially when bullets started raining down from the roof tops, the projectiles kicking up the ground around them.
"Just get out of here I'll find you guys once I lose these people!" Ruby shouted as she blocked another attack with her weapon.
"Promise me you'll be safe!" Yang shouted as she continued guarding Blake and Weiss.
"I promise, now take care of the others." With those words Yang grimaced at having to leave her sister behind again, but she had to keep the others safe. Running down an alley they lost sight of their leader as she was surrounded by armed town's folk.
With the rest of her team out of sight Ruby turned to face her opponent when her head started throbbing. It was steady pain that seemed to flare up with each beat of her heart making her hands tighten around Crescent Rose. A few of the men started to hammer away at her guard as she continued to hold her ground. When one swing finally made it through it struck Ruby across the head sending her to the ground. With that her vision turning red and she felt her consciousness begin to slip away.
When Ruby came to she was stood in the middle of the same street only the roads and surrounding walls were covered in a red liquid. Looking around she saw what looked like the remains of the towns folk lying about. Some were missing arms and legs others had been bisected from various angles with what appeared to be a bladed weapon. With the feeling in her legs rapidly fading she used Crescent Rose as a crutch to lean against. Taking notice of the blood that clung to the blade Ruby quickly threw the weapon away from herself out of shock causing her to collapse to her knees. The fall created a ripple in the red puddle that covered a majority of the street.
With no one around to comfort her she began to break out into quite sobs that degenerated into a scream as the warmth that surrounded her slowly turned into a frigid sensation. Tears falling from her face Ruby saw as each drop would disturb the pool beneath her. She had a inhuman attraction to the substance with something drawing her towards it. Reaching out with her right hand to touch it Ruby had to consciously grab her own hand trying to keep it away from the liquid. She had the same thought echoing through her mind like a chant trying keep an evil at bay.
'I'm not a monster, I'm not a monster, I'm not a monster, I'm not A MONSTER, I'M NOT A MONSTER, I AM NOT A MONSTER!'
Cough 'First Blood' Cough. Sorry, I guess I had something stuck in my throat. Ruby got a kill, by the way. In case any of you were wondering.
Some people think that making jokes in super serious moments are inappropriate, I on the other hand find them hysterical.
Not a whole lot of fighting this chapter, but there will be some next chapter. After all they haven't even met half the town yet and there are so many people to meet. With Team RWBY separated and someone destroying any evidence of Yharnam existing things are beginning to heat up around here. On a side note I believe that bathing in the blood of your enemies is something you should see a therapist for or the closest equivalent, so expect a little heart to heart in latter chapters.
Thank you once again for attending and I hope that you continue to enjoy the story. This is Brassleader and I hope that those of you still in the school system can enjoy your summer break this year.