Four people in the store opened their eyes suddenly. They were all standing side-by-side with one another and were looking at each other confused. One of the people was a large almost all muscle man with yellow and black clothes lining his entire body and bright blonde hair. His name was Dio. The next person was a tall man with long wavy black hair, has a longcoat and a fedora over his hair. His name was Kars. Another man was a seemingly normal person with a purple designer suit and well kept clothes with blonde hair. This was Kira. And lastly was a kid in his early 20s or later teens. His hair is tied into a neck-length ponytail by a weave-like braid and he has a sweater with gash-like opening along the chest area. This was Doppio. They looked once more at the area around them and then one began to speak.
"This is a... Change of pace..." Kars said breaking the ice.
"Indeed, I don't even know where I am and yet I'm holding a book in between my fingers." Kira says dropping the said object.
"A-Am I the only one who thought that they just died?" Doppio asked.
All of the team except Kars nodded.
"I was instead banished to space for all of eternity... How long was that again...?
I think it was about 16 times longer than the span of the universe..." Kars said.
Everyone looked over at Kars and instantly moved on the conversation.
"So, I feel like knowing where we are is more important than why we are here." Dio announced.
"Indeed." Kira agreed.
They hear the chimes of the door opening in the front of the shop. Many footsteps come through the doorway and the group of four peek around the corner to see some mafia-esk red and black suited men and a white-suited orange-haired man standing in the front of the counter. The white-suited one took a cigar out of his mouth and looked down upon the cashier in a disgusted stance. The man looked down at the crystals in the cases below the counter.
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Dust shop open this late?" The man said with what appeared to be his henchman pointing a gun at the cashier.
"Please! Just take my Lien and leave!" The cashier said in shocked terror.
"Calm down. We're not here for your money..." The man's attitude switches suddenly from a semi-comforting tone to seriousness.
"Grab the dust."
A henchman opens a small briefcase and takes out an empty tube. The rest of the henchmen do the same and walk over to some multi-colored pipes that contained what could only be described as 'Dust'. The Dust shot into the tubes and filled up quickly and another henchman came up with another case and turned it around to the cashier.
"Crystals." The henchman said blandly.
"I think they're going to notice us at some point..." Kira whispered.
"Why should we be afraid? We can just avoid them if we have to." Doppio explained.
The group all slowly turn to their side as they hear some humming from a small girl next to them. A henchman noticed the girl and then the group. He then approached.
"Alright, kid. Put your hands where I can see them." The henchman said unsheathing a large red sword and pointing at the little red riding hood.
"Hey! I said hand in the air!" The man continued as he approached.
The girl continued to ignore the man and inspect the book she was holding. He got closer and put a hand on her shoulder.
"You got a death wish or somethin'?"
He notices that the girl had headphones on and pointing to his own ears to signify to take them off. The man sighs inside.
"Yes?" The girl nonchalantly asked.
"I said put your hands in the air, now." The man insisted.
"Are you... robbing me?" The girl asked again.
"Yes!"
"Ohhhhhh..."
The girl kicks the man across the room and into some canisters. The group looked wide-eyed at this girl's strength and speed.
"Not bad, kid." Dio complimented the girl.
"Thank you!" She said happily.
The leader of the group looked up at the commotion and locked eyes with his henchman. He tilted his head slightly to say to go get her.
The man reeled around the corner and took out a gun. The girl launched forward and pushed them through a window, causing the remaining henchmen to take notice. They all peek outside, including the group, who were standing right behind the muggers. The leader walked over to the window with them and stared. The girl summoned a scythe from seemingly nowhere and looked at the leader. She smiled and swung the overly sized battle weapon over her shoulders and implanted it in the ground.
"Is that... A Stand?" Kira questioned whispering.
"Oookkay..." The leader said looking at the sight. "Get her."
The henchmen ran outside of the building and towards the girl. The leader stepped back and looked at the men that were behind him.
"Y'know girls... Always resisting getting robbed." He said sarcastically puffing his cigar.
"I'm guessing you're not attack us because we haven't done anything, correct?" Doppio asked.
"Well, all my men are currently out there, so I can't really command them to attack you right now. Hope you can forgive me." He said sarcastically again.
"I like this guy." Dio said to the others.
Meanwhile, Red is currently beating the shit out of some henchmen. A man started to shoot at the girl, who immediately backed away at a high speed. She lunged forward and kicked the man, sliced her weapon into the ground, and used the momentum to launch herself into the last henchman. The leader walked outside.
"You were worth every cent. Truly you were.
Well, Red. I think we can all say it has been an eventful evening. And as much as I'd love to stick around..."
The man's cane opened a cap on it's end to reveal it's true nature that it was an explosive flare gun.
"I'm afraid this. Is where we part ways."
He launched a flare out of his cane and it tore up the ground, causing the girl to jump upwards. She lands back down to see that the man was gone. She looked around for wherever he went.
"He went that way." Kars shouted pointing over to a nearby ladder.
"...
You okay if I go after him?" She asked the clerk.
"Uh-huh." The man responded.
She launched herself up the building using her weapon and landed on the rooftop. She looked forward at the running robber.
"Hey!" She yelled.
"Should we follow them?" Doppio asked.
"Yes. I'm quite interested in that girl's power." Kars responded.
"Me as well." Dio responded.
Doppio starts climbing the ladder, Dio stops time and jumps up to the top of the building, Kars grew some air boosters on his back to make a jet pack, and Kira stayed where he was.
"Persistent..." The gangster said not turning around.
A ship rose up from the other side of the building and the gangster jumped into it.
"End of the line, Red." The man once again boasted as he threw a red crystal.
The crystal landed on the floor next to Red. And then the man raised his gun to shoot the object. Once the man blinked, Dio stood right where the crystal was and is holding it in his hand. Dio looked up at the capped robber.
"Interesting... I've never seen this kind of gem before..." Dio said pocketing the object.
"H-How did you...?" Red muttered before the enemy shot his gun.
A figure came down from the sky in front of Dio and Red.
"Woah-ho-ho!" The man laughed. "Huh?"
Dio looked straight forward at the woman, who is casting some sort of barrier.
"Hm." The new woman mumbled.
She reeled back her hand and swung her stick like a knife and multiple beams of energy came gushing out towards the ship. The man inside was being tossed around and was struggling to stand up. The woman swung her arms around again and a cloud appeared above the ship, pelting it with sharp ice-like objects. A female is seen inside of the ship approaching the edge. Doppio finally got up the ladder and looked at the sight. His hair flowed over his eyes and a precognition appeared before him. A pillar of flame is seen rising from below the woman.
"M'am! She's about to use some sort of fire attack!" Doppio yelled.
"Why are you helping?" Kars asked as he suddenly appeared next to Doppio.
"I don't know." Doppio relied.
The woman looked back at the kid and then back towards the action, the ship girl indeed started a flame attack. A burst came rushing out of her hands and was directed at the building. A pillar of flame shot upwards afterwards and the woman used the debris to create a spear.
"I don't understand what's happening anymore..." Doppio scratched his head.
Kira had just climbed up the ladder. He honestly didn't want to be left alone in a world he didn't know anything about.
Red's weapon then morphed into a shotgun and was being shot at the skip. All of her shots were being deflected.
"Another attack incoming!" Doppio warned again.
They both dodge out of the way and looked towards the ship, which was already gone.
"You're a Huntress!" Red exclaimed.
"..." The Huntress looked over at Red.
"Can I have your autograph?" The girl said enthusiastically.
The woman grabbed Red by the ear and walked her away.
"Hey, you all. You'd better come with me now. It's better to be questioned about what happened now rather than later. You are all witnesses" The Huntress said.
"So.. uhh.. Mr... Yosha... kugar... killer?" The officer questioned Kira.
"Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 and I'm not married." Kira specified.
"Riiigghht...
So what exactly happened on that day?"
"Well..."
"A red hooded girl was standing there in the shop listening to some music..." Doppio started.
"...and then some gang members threatened her and she was all like..." Dio said.
"KAPOW! ZAM! POW!" Kars described.
"And then we were on the rooftops and they fled." Kira finished.
"...
You're free to go, Mr. Kira."
Kira walked outside the room and saw Dio and Kars chilling on some chairs.
"Where's the kid?" Kira asked.
"He's still in there being questioned.
"That's all we needed." The copper said walking outside the room.
Just as Doppio was about to leave, a man came into the room. Along with this man, the woman from before walked beside him.
"Please, sit back down. We need to talk about something..."
Doppio sat back down.
"Firstly, what's your name?" The man calmly asked.
"D-Doppio, sir."
"Doppio? What a nice name." The man replied.
"Thanks, I got it for my birthday."
The room grew quiet.
"So... How did you do it?" The man suddenly asked.
"Do.. What?"
"When you predicted the future, how did you do that? Was it your Semblance or..." The man continued.
"Oh, I uhh..."
"DOOORURURURURU."
A phone noise is heard from somewhere.
"O-Oh! That's probably my phone." Doppio says reaching into his bag, which he definitely always had. He pulls out a pencil.
"?" The two people looked at each other.
"Click." Doppio made a click noise." Moshi Moshi..."
"Doppio... Oh my sweet Doppio..." Doppio's voice in that moment turned lower and more serious.
"?!" The tow became even more confused.
"B-Bossu! Not now, I'm in the middle of something."
"Doppio... You've let out your secret too easily. I'll be listening in closely and you better not mess this up." Diavolo said but more quietly so the others couldn't hear.
"?"
"Oh! Uhhh. Sorry, that was my boss at my work place!" Doppio excused.
"Riiighhhhtt.
Listen, we want you and your friends to join us at Beacon." The man said ignoring what just happened.
"Beacon?" Doppio asked.
"Yes, the most prestigious school around. Your friends seem to have some powerful Semblances and we want them in our school."
"Semblances...?"
"That tall muscle man out there has some sort of teleportation ability, the trench coat man had a flight ability, the other guy we interrogated we don't know anything about yet and you have that strange ability to see events in the... Near future?" The man guessed.
"Who are you?" Doppio asked.
"I'm Professor Ozpin, and we want you to join our school. So, what do you say?"
"..."
"So. Why are we on an airship again?" Kira asked.
"I accepted an invitation to some big fancy school." Doppio replied.
"And we thought that splitting up the group would be a very bad idea. It also doesn't hurt to learn some more stuff about this new surrounding." Kars explained.
"As much as I want to go off alone, this brainiac is right..." Dio said cloaking his entire body because it's daytime.
"I still have no idea how us adults got into here in the first place..." Kira questioned further.
"Ozpin gave us an exception. Somehow..." Kars said.
A TV next to them was lit up and a newscaster started speaking.
"The robbery was led by nefarious criminal, Roman Torchwick, who continues to evade authorities.
If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department.
Back to you, Lisa." The man said.
"Thank you, Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunus Civil Right's protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted..." The woman went on before the TV was shut off.
A hologram of the woman from before appeared in the TV's place.
"Hello, and welcome to Beacon!"
"Who's that?" Doppio asked.
"My name is Glynda Goodwitch."
"Oh."
"You are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy. Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now, it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world." Goodwitch said as she then disappeared.
Everyone gets closer to the glass and looks down to the area below.
"I feel like this is going to be a bizarre journey." Dio said.