A/N Chapter 23! And now, a chapter that will remind you guys who the real main characters are. Again, sorry for posting this late. Homework is just not decreasing. I was only able to write 650 words from monday to friday.
Anyways, before I get to the reviews i need to talk about a specific subject that has gone out of hand, and that's shippings. Now don't get me wrong, I have nothing against the pairing you guys have suggest, in fact I think there all good ideas. But I want I remind you guys that I'm against shippings all together. When I first wrote this story, I did not plan to have any shippings, I didn't even know what a Shipping was until now. And may I also remind you that I still haven't agreed to the Mato x Jason shipping okay, I teased it just for you guys... but I didn't agree to it. If there's one things I'm bad at, it's romance. I can tease the pairings if that's what you desire but it's not going any further than that.
If you are wondering why I'm strongly against shippings well that's because I'm younger then you think. I'm too young to be thinking about Love and writing about love. I have no experience in romance so I guarantee you that I'll suck at it. My age is somewhere between 0 and 20 okay. I'm still in highschool. I'm not allowed to date until I get to university. Okay. For those who requested shippings, I'm really sorry, But I'm not doing any shippings, I can tease them But I won't do them okay. So now I'm going to confront some of the shippings.
Yuuki x Levi: I do want those to get along with each because you know. They're like the strongest in their world. But I can't see them as a couple. I mean think about it. Yuuki's never had a father, I thought Levi would be the perfect candidate for that.
Jaune x Ruby: Yeah umm... you do realize Pyrrha is still alive. I'm pretty sure Pyrrha had feelings for Jaune when she was alive, and I'm also pretty sure Jaune also had feelings for Pyrrha.
Jaune x Blanc: Sorry I just can't imagine that. I feel like Blanc would just get annoyed at Jaune's personality. I guess Jaune could flirt with her just like how Jaune flirted with Weiss but I think thats the furthest it can go.
Plutia x Russell: Again I just can't imagine that. Because right now Russell is kinda terrified of Plutia.
Anyways, Thank you 707cloud for favouriting and following this story. Thank you bast234, xiodan56, tendaysromeo, 9feetnerd, freetbyte, someonestupED, RaiseDaDragz, XY Kid, Johnawake, Marcus the Kane and damnlastwords. By the way, if you don't want to be mentioned, you can just tell me.
tendaysromeo: That's actually a good idea. I'm not sure about the "third party" part but It's a good idea.
someonestupED and Damnlastwords: I will read your stories, It's just I've got a tight schedule. But I will read them.
I think that's all for today. Again, I'm sorry, please don't be mad at me. It's just I can't okay. If I was caught writing that kinda stuff, I would get in a lot of trouble, Especially with the Jason x Mato pairing that you guys suggested since you know, my name is Jason.
Hope you enjoy the chapter and I hope I don't disappoint you (Probably will though)
Disclaimer: I own none of the Characters except for "Jason"... and "Jack.
Cargo Ship XY4 (MHYA, YMKE, and RWBY)
The ship started moving, because of all the weight it was caring, it moved very slowly. The sun was up and no clouds were seen anywhere. The temperature was lukewarm and the ocean was calm. Everyone had already spread themselves amount the ship in pairs.
"I wonder if the others are okay" Mato said to herself.
"but the mission has hardly started" Stella replied.
"I know, but I can't help but feel that something is going to go terribly wrong." Mato said worriedly "Maybe I'm just being paranoid."
"Paranoid? What's that, is it an enemy?" Stella asked.
Mato wanted to facepalm but then remembered that this was Stella's body she was using. "I'll tell you later"
"You shouldn't doubt yourself" said a familiar next to her.
Mato almost jumped when she found that Rock was standing right next to her, staring at her with her circular purple eyes. "If your instincts tell you that something is wrong then you should listen to it" Rock continued.
Mato thought about Rock's words for a short moment. "What do your instincts tell you?"
Rock remained silent. It seemed that she didn't want to answer Mato's question.
Suddenly Rock sensed someone looking at them. Mato didn't notice but Stella did. They both turned around in a split second and looked up. They saw a short glimpse of a person wearing a brown cloak that covered his/her face.
"Should we chase him?" Mato said assuming it was a boy.
"Is he an enemy?" Stella asked.
"No" Rock stated briefly which stopped Mato from sprinting "I don't think that person is a threat"
"What makes you say that?" Stella asked.
"..."
"His presence felt familiar" Rock replied. "I think we've met him before."
"So it's not the enemy?" Stella asked just making sure if Rock was absolutely sure.
"But if it's someone we've met... then who?" Mato asked.
Rock just shrugged. "Don't know, but we should probally focus on the mission now"
7:00 am
It has been an hour since the ship's departure and silence continues to fill the boat. Everyone was ready to jump at any moment. The tensity was on max to a point where the slightest movement could trigger them into battle mode.
Chariot followed Kagari, Yuu stayed with Strenght, Rock went with Mato/Stella, Ruby went with Weiss and Yang went with Blake.
As Mato walked around the ship, she felt like she was being followed. Stella and Rock also felt it. Was it the man from before or someone else. Mato decided to ignore it, as long as Rock was with her then she felt safe.
8:00 am
2 hours and still nothing has happened. Everyone has relaxed... a bit. Everyone was still on guard and silence continued to fill the ship.
Chariot and Kagari continued to circle the ship, not saying anything. Kagari walking on her non-human legs and Chariot rolling on her wheels. At first, nothing was said in between the two. There was nothing wrong, in fact they had grown rather close to to each other ever since they met. But what was there to be said? They were on a dangerous mission not a relaxing holiday.
Chariot just simply followed wherever Kagari chose to go. After what seemed like an eternity for Kagari, Chariot asked casually "Macaroon?"
Chariot opened her claw revealing three small bright coloured macaroons.
"Sure, where did you get them?" Kagari asked taking one of the macaroons and eating it. Her question was answered when she saw Mary sitting on Chariot's shoulder, she completely forgot that Mary could changed her size. She wasn't surprise though, it's not like Chariot would leave Mary back at Beacon.
"She'll be able to help in fighting but I have make sure she doesn't enlargers herself too big otherwise she'll become to heavy and sink the sink" Chariot stated.
Kagari just nodded as she took another macaroon from Mary's tiny mouth treating Mary like a gumboil machine.
8:30 am
"..."
"So... how's school?" Strength asked asked out of the blue.
At first Yuu didn't completely understand Strength's question.
"It's great, most of the people and teachers in Beacon are really nice." Yuu replied casually.
"I wasn't talking about Beacon... I meant school as in the school back in your world" Strength corrected herself.
There was a moment of silence. Yuu hand't really thought about her other school ever since she arrived in Remnant. Arriving in Remnant had really changed her point of view on life. She thought violence and school could never mixed together, yet here she was in a school focused on training students how to fight. Yuu has never enjoyed her life this much before arriving in this world, even in the "otherworld". She had grown so used to Remnant's lifestyle that she had almost about her home world.
"Answer me this Yuu" Strength said snapping Yuu out of her train of thought.
Yuu looked up and saw that Strength was staring right back at her with a neutral but also serious expression.
"Do you really want to go back home?" Strength asked with concern.
Yuu looked down at the floor.
It was at that moment Yuu was hit with the cold reality of what was truly going on. She was focus on the missions and grimm that she had completely forgot about what their true objective was. Yuu had went so many adventures, had a lot of fun, and met a lot of people. People who were really kind and friendly. Despite everyone being so different from each other they got along with each other very well. Being from different dimensions, everyone shared a lot of differences... but they all had the same objective. Defeat Jack so that everyone could go back to their homes.
All these adventures they've went through. All the moments they shared in Vale. All the tough situations that they were able to push threw. All of it was just leading them closer... to home. But that's exactly what Strength was asking... did Yuu really want to go back home? Was she prepared to say goodbye to all her new friends knowing she might never see them again? Was she ready to say goodbye to Remnant and go back to her normal life? Was she ready to say goodbye to Strenght ... At first Yuu was tempted to say no. Yuu knew it was kinda selfish but she didn't want to go back, she wanted to stay here and spend as much time as she can with her friends. She wanted to spend the rest of her life here with all her friends and never go back.
But then she remembered something. Something important. Kagari... Yomi... Saya... and Mato. Before, Yuu hated her life: People bullied her, her parents never cared for her and she was always alone. Which is why she switched places with Strength, she found the "otherworld" more simpler then her world. So when she returned back to the real world, she was scared and filled with anxiety. But then, she met Kagari, she met Yomi... She met Mato. Saya was always there for her. Because of them, life became brighter then ever. Yuu saw a whole other side of life.
Suddenly, Yuu started to miss her home. She never thought she would see the day. Yuu actually missed her home, she missed the school she went to, she missed the basket ball team that she would go to, she missed Saya.
After a moment of complete silence. Yuu looked back up at Strenght and smiled proudly. "Yes" was all Yuu said.
A genuine smiled appeared on Strength's face. All the pain that Strength had suffered in the past... it was all worth it, seeing Yuu like this.
9:00 am
Ruby and Weiss walked through ship. The silence was really making them paranoid. It was like anything was going to jump at them at any moment, yet... the silence continued to fill the ship. A few conversations were heard here and there but it was mostly quiet.
Ruby wanted to strike a conversation with Weiss but her serious expression stopped her from doing so. But then again, what was there to talk about? Actually, Ruby did see Yuuki flying around the ships but Weiss didn't seem to notice.
The awkward emptiness continued as the pair walk along the edge of the ship. Suddenly, they heard moment. Ruby and Weiss tensed, they listen closely to where the sound was coming from. After looking around they confirmed the sound was coming from a barrel that was just randomly sitting there. Weiss and Ruby exchanged glances, they nodded at each before taking out the weapons and approaching the barrel.
Meanwhile on another side of the ship.
While Blake was focusing on the mission, Yang started talking as soon as she felt the tense atmosphere calm down.
"You know, this is isn't so bad. You can really SEA the scenery" Yang said laughing at her own joke.
Blake however just rolled her eyes in response. Yang didn't give up and tried again.
"What did the beach say to the wave?"
"..."
"Long tide, no sea!" Yang yelled again laughing at her own joke.
Blake didn't even flinched, she just sighed at Yang's immaturity. Yang decided to stop after that, humour wasn't really one of Blake's... attributes.
Suddenly, Blake and Yang felt a someone's presence watching them. They turned around and man wearing a brown cloak covering his face. The man stood on one of the giant cargo containers. When Blake and Yang saw him, the man sprinted in the other direction.
Blake and Yang didn't hesitate. Thinking that he was a thief or stowaway, Yang and Blake immediately started chasing after the man.
Meanwhile
For the last two hours, Yomi had been following Mato waiting for the right chance to talk to her. Yomi just wanted to talk to Mato face to face, she wanted to see Mato smile and laugh again. But she couldn't do that with Rock constantly following her. Yomi didn't know why, but something about Rock scared her. Since Rock was in her insane form, her emotionless natural stare looked more like a death stare.
Yomi was so focused on Mato that she didn't release Dead was following right behind her. As Yomi's otherself, Dead could tell what Yomi was feeling. Dead knew this feeling too well. Jealously. It was the same jealously Yomi held before when she saw Mato and Yuu hang out with each other. It wasn't just Rock, Yomi felt this every time she saw Mato hang out with people like Ruby and Yuuki.
Dead hated it when Yomi was like this. That's exactly why Dead was going to do something about it.
Mato, Stella and Rock
The two of them continued to walk across the ship. Rock in her insane form and Mato using Stella's body. Mato and Rock could only use telepathy to communicate which meant they could easily talk to Stella. However, Stella and Rock didn't talk much which was odd since both of them wanted to protect Mato.
Suddenly, As they crossed a small intersection someone grabbed Rock by the shoulder and pulled her into a place where no one was around. Rock was about to stabbed the person but then calmed down when she realised it was Dead Master. Mato however, didn't notice the disappearance of Rock for she was too busy explaining the basics of basket ball to Stella.
Rock wasn't surprised. In fact Rock got straight into the point. "Let me guess, it's Yomi isn't it". She knew Dead Master was going to confront her sooner or later, after all Mato might have not noticed but Rock already knew from the beginning that Yomi was following them.
"Yes and you should know by now that Mato is the main cause" Dead said seriously.
"and what do you want me to do about it?" Rock asked calmly ignoring Dead's threatening glare.
"She listens to you. Tell her to be more considerate of Yomi" Dead replied who was trying really hard to keep her cool. She knew it wasn't smart to mess with Rock especially when Rock was in her insane form.
"I won't force Mato to do things. If Mato doesn't want to hang out with Yomi then I guess it's your problem" Rock replied coldly.
Dead Master nearly flinched but wasn't surprised. Mato was the only thing Rock cared about. Rock didn't care as long as Mato was happy. The two othersselves continued stare at each other with their emotionless glares, a grudge was slowly growing in between them.
Meanwhile
Yomi continued to follow Mato. As she walked she noticed something. A small part of the iron bar that separated the people and ocean was missing. The only thing that stopped people from falling into the sea was a caution tape. Yomi made a mental note to be aware of that and looked back at Mato.
Yomi never thought she would see the day. Mato was all along. Well, there was still Stella but this was probably the best Yomi was going to get. Yomi didn't know where Rock went but she didn't complained. This was her chance. Yomi slowly walked up to Mato, Yomi's hand started shaking... was Yomi nervous? But why, Mato was her friends, they talked to each other all the time... well, they used to talk to each other. Every time Yomi tried to talk to Mato, someone would interfere. Was that the reason? Was it because Yomi hasn't had a normal conversation Mato in weeks?
As Yomi walked close to Mato, a thought hit her. What if Mato didn't like Yomi anymore. What if Mato was purposely ignoring her. It would explain why she always hanged out with other people besides Yomi. Yomi wasn't as cheerful and fun like Ruby or Yuuki, maybe that's why. Maybe Mato was bored of Yomi and decided to make new friends.
Yomi's anxiety grew larger and larger as she got closer to Mato.
Then, under a split second Mato turned around and said "Yomi?"
Yomi was so deep in thought that Mato's voice made her jumped backwards and trip. Yomi just so happened to fall on the caution tape that was separating her and ocean. Naturally, the tape would rip and Yomi would fall into the ocean. Luckily, at the last second Yomi grabbed onto the iron bar on her left side stopping her fall.
Both Mato and Yomi sighed in relief. As Yomi pulled herself up, she heard a voice.
"STOP! STOWAWAY!". Everyone recognised it as Yang's voice.
Yomi looked and the last thing she saw was man wearing a brown cloak running towards her.
The man in the cloak was so focused on looking behind himself that he didn't notice Yomi until he bumped into her. Yomi was pushed of the edge of the ship and started falling into the water.
"YOMI!" Mato screamed as she tried to grabbed Yomi's hand before she fell. Unfortunately, she was too late and Yomi fell into the water.
The man in the brown cloak immediately stopped running when he noticed what he did.
Yomi struggled to keep above the water. Despite being able to play beachball, Yomi wasn't really good when it came to athletic activities. That included swimming. Not to mention she was also panicking which is something you should never do when your in water.
Yomi went in and out of the water barely getting air. The waves of the ocean weren't being kind to her for the water rolled over Yomi every time she popped her head out of the water. Yomi barely noticed that the cargo ship was slowly leaving her behind as she was too busy on not drowning... and panicking.
Dead immediately sensed that Yomi was in trouble and sprinted in her direction. Rock just calmly walked following the direction Dead sprinted in.
Mato was about to jump in and try rescue Yomi but she stopped when she saw Dead. Dead Master ran across the ship until she was right above Yomi. Dead sent one of her chains at Yomi. The chains wrapped around Yomi's arms, legs and abdomen. Without needing Dead to pull, the chains automatic started to pull Yomi up with her back facing the ocean.
When Yomi was successfully pulled back into the ship, everyone gathered around her including the man wearing the brown clock. She was unconscious which was not good. Good new was, they thought CPR at Mato's school since it was a compulsory thing. Bad news was, Mato didn't pay much attention to it when it was being taught to them for she thought she wasn't going to need it. Yet here she was, performing CPR. Mato tried really hard to remember all the steps that they were taught, pushing on Yomi's stomach.
Rock arrived at the scene and saw what was happening. However her facial expression didn't changed, she just watched and looked at Mato.
Still no response. Out of panic and distress, Mato was about to perform a mouth to mouth operation. Mato drew her face closer to Yomi's and took in a deep breathe. But before that could go any further, Yomi started coughing viciously. Yomi basically vomited as litres (Exaggerating) of water came out of her mouth. She swallowed a lot of water, sea water at that fact.
Yomi's breathing went back to normal as Yomi's panting got slower and slower. Mato pulled Yomi into a bone crushing hug after that. Yomi was surprised at first but she happily returned the hugged.
Blake had already called one of the officers and Professor Oobleck had already arrived giving Yomi a professional medical check up to see if she was alright.
"Is she going to alright?" Dead asked.
Oobleck remained quiet for a moment. He looked as though he was in deep thought. The he spoke "Hmm... no serve damaged has been seen, although I can't guarantee it since we don't have a x-ray. However, her pulse seems to be acting normal and her throat looks okay. From the looks of it... she'll be fine." Oobleck confirmed before standing up again, he took a drink out of his coffee and spoke again "You have quite the strong aura their Miss Takanashi, a normal human would've died from swallowing that much salt water."
It probally also had something to with the fact that Yomi wasn't in a regular human body. If Yomi was in her originally body then she would've certainly died even if she did have her aura.
After everything had calmed down. Blake noticed that the man in the brown cloak hadn't left yet, she always noticed something else. A tail was visible on the back of the strangers. There was only one fanus Blake knew who had a tail like that.
"SUN?!" Blake asked.
Upon hearing his name, Sun turned to faced Blake and quickly tried to think of something that would explain all this. "Blake! W-what a coincidence! I didn't know you were here" Sun said laughing nervously.
Blake didn't even hesitate. She just hit Sun on the shoulder really hard.
"Oww!"
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING! YOU NEARLY KILLED HER!"
"I know, and I'm really sorry. I didn't mean it. I'm so sorry" Sun apologised facing Yomi.
Seeing Sun's face, Yomi couldn't bring herself to hate the man. In fact, Yomi kinda wanted to thank him because you know. "It's okay. I forgive you" Yomi said which earned a look of relief from Sun.
Dead Master on the other hand wanted to kill the man.
"Dude, why did you even run away from us?" Yang asked.
"I actually don't know. I just panicked" Sun replied.
"Right!" Yang said sarcastically.
"I say it's good that Mister Wukong and Vasilias are here. After all... were going to need all the help were going to get." Oobleck stated.
Before anything else was said. Two familiar faces showed up. "Hey Sun!" Ruby said waving.
"Oh hey Ruby, hey Weiss. What's up?" Sun said casually.
"You know what's up" Weiss said with an angry expression.
Everyone then noticed that Ruby was carrying a large barrel. She put the barrel in front of the group. It was a mystery how Ruby was able to carry it. Sadly, the author was too lazy to answer that question.
The barrel started shaking.
"Is there a person in there?" Yang asked.
Sun recognised the barrel
Ruby nodded.
"aren't you going to get him or her out" Blake asked.
"We tried but his stuck in there" Weiss replied before staring at Sun. "I wonder why" She said sarcastically.
Sun laughed nervously scratching his head. "Don't worry, I'll get him out" he said grabbing out his nunchucks. Before anyone could stop him, Sun started bashing his nunchucks into the barrel breaking it.
Then, everyone heard another familiar voice.
"Oww! Oww! Oww! Quit it! That hurts!"
Everyone recognises it and all said at the same time "Uranus?!"
Upon hearing his nickname Uranus began ranting "Come on Guys! You know you can just call me Vasilias right?!"
"Sorry, Uranus suits you way better" Yang commented.
Uranus gave up after that. He would have to stick with his friends calling him Uranus. Uranus sighed before facing Sun with an angry expression "WHAT THE HELL MAN! Why did you kidnapped me?! I'm pretty sure that's against the law!"
"Well sorry" Sun said sarcastically "I just thought you would want to investigate it further!"
"Yeah I do. So why didn't you just as-" Uranus stopped talking and looked at his surroundings. He looked at the ocean. His mouth went wide open and his eyes widened.
Sun poked Uranus on the shoulder and got no response.
"What's wrong with him?" Mato asked
Blake faceplates and said "Neptune is afraid of water".
Rock, Mato, Yomi and Dead stared at Neptune. He was a complete statue.
"Anyways!" And said trying to changed the subject. "Why are you guys here?"
"Right!" Sun yelled suddenly like he just remembered something important. "I need to tell you guys about the distress call"
"The distress call? You mean the one Ozpin showed us" Ruby asked.
Oobleck raised an eyebrow "How do you know about that? Ozpin made it clear to keep this mission a secret."
"I have my ways." Sun said proudly "Anyways, you have to listen to this. I got one of my friends to try fix the distress call"
"You have a lot of friends don't you" Yang commented.
"Just listen!" Sun said sounding serious now.
He pulled out a small recording device and pressed a button. Everyone heard a voice coming from the small device
*Pant* *Pant* *Pant*
IS ANYONE OUT THERE! Anyone? Can you hear me! Darn it! The enemy must've blocked the communication! Come on! Is anyone listening! Please Help!
UNKOWNxxxxCREAxxxTURES
MxxxOxRExxDANxxxGExxxROUSxxxxTHxxxENxxxGRIMM.
xxNxxOxxESxxxCAxxPxxE
xGxxxIxxxANxxxxTxxxHxxUxxMA
xxSxxHAxxDxxOw
AxxRxxMeDxxxDxxIGxxITxxxIAxLxxxMxxONxxSTxxER
A loud banging noise was heard from a direction. The captain seemed more scared now.
NxxxOxxxHxxOPExxxENxxGINxESxxBRxxOxxKE
MOSTxxOxFxxxxCxxRExxWxxALxxREAxxDxxYxxxDEAD
The captain was now terrified. Then, a loud roar was heard. Suddenly, the message became clear and it was easier to tell what the captain was saying. He was panicking and breathing really heavily.
"To anyone who is watching this. STAY AWAY! or they'll-"
The last thing that was heard was the screams of the captain.
Everyone tensed. They had already heard the message before back in Ozpin's office. They didn't really want to hear it again. But what caught their curiosity was how the beginning of the message seemed clear to hear. When Ozpin showed the distress call to them, the beginning on the message was fuzzy and hard to hear.
"How were able to fix the transmission of the message? That was something that even Professor Ozpin wasn't able to accomplish." Oobleck asked.
"Like I said. One of my friends. He hasn't translated the whole thing but he'll send it to me once his done. But what I'm trying to say is that there's something out here more dangerous than Grimm" Sun replied.
"Yeah, we already knew that" Yang said who was not impressed.
"No I'm serious. That voice you guys just heard. That was the voice of one of the captains of the eight cargo ships that went missing. His trying to warn us." Sun said.
"Again, we already knew that" Yang said. "What are you trying to say?"
"What I'm trying to say is that we all need to get off this ship. There's something wrong with this mission, I have a bad feeling about this, we could be dealing with something that we've never faced before" that was Sun's conclusion.
"..." (Cricket noise)
"Umm Sun. You're kinda late since you know... were already in the middle of the ocean" Ruby pointed out.
Sun looked at then ocean "Oh yeah, true that"
Now it was Weiss's turn to face palm.
"Well we can't do anything now. All we can do now is focus on the mission and wait for what is there is come" Mato said.
Everyone seemed to agree with Mato. There really was nothing that could be done now. Everyone agreed and went their separate ways.
Yomi sighed. Once again Mato was ignoring her.
10:00 am
"Well... that was interesting" Yang commented trying to calm down the awkwardness of silence.
Blake just kept walking.
Yang stopped and thought about something. Blake noticed this, she stopped and looked at Yang. Yang looked like she was seriously thinking about something.
"Yang?" Said Blake who was starting to get curious.
"..." At first Yang didn't say anything...Then she opened her mouth and said.
"Why does it take pirates so long to learn the alphabet" Yang said.
"Oh my goodness" Blake said mentally face palming herself. "Because they spend years at C, you've already told me that one"
"Oh Really?" Yang asked.
"Yes" Blake replied.
"..." They started walking again.
"Are you sure?"
11:00 am
A growl was heard. At first Weiss thought it was grimm... then she found out that it was coming from Ruby's stomach.
"I'm so hungry! When's lunch" Ruby complained
"Didn't you have breakfast" Weiss asked.
"Yeah but that was like 5 hours ago" Ruby said defensively
Weiss sighed "Lunch is in one hour"
"One hour?" Ruby asked as though she didn't hear it the first time. "I can't survive for that long"
"Oh come on, stop being so immature." Weiss said.
"No I'm serious, I might die of starvation"
Weiss sighed again and kept walking. Ruby soon followed after her.
11:55 am
"You know, I still find it hard to believe this" Mato said randomly.
"Believe what?" Stella asked.
"All of this." Mato said pointing in all directions. "I mean, just a couple of weeks ago I was a normal school girl."
"..." Stella didn't say anything at first. Then Stella asked "What's it like?"
"School? What do you mean?" Mato asked.
"What's it like being a NORMAL school girl" Stella asked emphasising on the "Normal" word.
"Well, umm. Hmm... it's hard to explain, ah... where should I start?" replied Mato who was obviously not ready to be asked this question.
As Mato tried to explain what school was like for her to Stella, Rock followed behind Mato thinking about something.
Rock was thinking about Yomi and Dead. Was it wise for Rock to say those things to Dead. Dead just wanted Yomi to be happy just like how Rock wanted Mato to be happy. At first, Rock didn't really care. But then she saw Mato freaking out over Yomi who was obviously going to survive considering the body she was in. Rock wanted to Mato to be happy. In fact, Rock didn't care whether they were going to go back home or not, as long as Mato was happy Rock was fine.
But, that left Rock with one question. A question that she has being asking herself ever since Yomi's incident.
If Yomi wasn't happy, would Mato be happy?
"Hey Mato" Rock said
Mato who nearly forgot that Rock existed, turned around and said "Yes". By now Mato knew Rock. She knew that Rock only spoke if she had something important to say or something was bothering her.
"When was the last time you-"
Before Rock was able to finish her sentence, a gunshot echoed through the four cargo ships.
"What was that?" Asked Stella alarmed.
"A gunshot. Sound like it came from Ship XY1." Rock said pointing at the said ship.
Suddenly, An alarm was heard throughout the ship. A alarm that went BEEEEEEEEEP!...BEEEEEEEP!...BEEEEEEEP!
A voice was heard through the speakers.
"GRIMM ARE HEADING OUR WAY! ALL MEN, HUNTSMAN AND HUNTRESS PREPARE FOR BATTLE!"
Mato and Rock exchanged glances. Mato gave Rock a reassuring nod telling her she was ready.
After that Rock and Mato took out their weapons and started running.
12:00 pm
Sea Serpents surrounded all four cargo ships. The grimm came in all sizes, some was tiny while others were giant.
The battle ship had already shot down two giant serpents.
There was one group that consisted of Chariot, Kagari, Yuu, Strength and Oobleck. Rock followed Mato/Stella. Yomi went with Dead Master. Ruby paired up with Weiss and Yang paired up with Blake.
On the deck. Chariot, Kagari, Yuu and Strenght stood in each corner creating a square shape. Professor Oobleck stood in the middle and spoke really fast. "Ever since the founding of the four kingdoms, Grimm have infested the ocean making traveling by water very dangerous which is why we usually travel by air. Water Grimm can be very dangerous especially when battling them in water. They have the ability to live in both water and air, giving them the advantage in this battle since they can dive back into the water for cover. I suggest you finish them before they are able to do that"
"So basically you want us to kill them in one shot" Yuu said simplifying what Oobleck just said.
Oobleck took a sip out of his coffee and then said "Exactly"
Strength threw her ogre arm with inhuman strength as a serpent charged at her. The serpent's head and Strength's arm collided and the serpent died from the collision.
Another grimm charged it's head at Yuu. Yuu jumped an inhuman height. While in the air, she joined her two arms ogre arms together forming a giant knuckle. She landed on the serpent's head smashing the giant knuckle on the serpent killing it.
Kagari blocked with her shield and then swung her sword at the serpent's head. Chariot dodged an attack and jumped onto the grime's head, Chariot then ran her sharp wheels into the serpent's head killing it.
Oobleck just stood there observing everything.
12:10 pm
Using her semblance, Ruby easily dodged and shot bullets at the serpents. Ruby disappeared into a pile of roses and reappeared behind one of the serpent's head. She changed her rifle into a scythe and chopped the serpents head off.
Weiss got into positions and charged at the Grimm. She stabbed her weapon into the serpent, the grimm's body exploded into a pillar ice before it's lifeless body fell back into the water.
Another sea serpent charged at Weiss. Using her glyphs, Weiss dodged the attack while Ruby shot at it in the eye.
The two of them continued to defend their part of the ship.
12:20 pm
Yomi sent her chains at the serpents. While the serpents were busy trying to get free of the chains, Dead charged at them killing them with her scythe.
One of the grimm manage to break free of the chains, get past dead and charged at Yomi.
The serpent opened it's mouth showing it's sharp teeth at Yomi. The serpent got close to Yomi and attempted to bite Yomi;s head of. Yomi instinctively brought out her scythe and blocked. The only thing stopping the serpent from closing it's mouth was Yomi's scythe. But she was struggling and her weapon started to cracked.
Before anything bad could happen, Dead charged at the serpent that was attacking Yomi and chopped it's head off. Yomi fell to the floor.
Dead let out her hand to help Yomi stand back up which Yomi gladly took.
"Thank you"
12:30 pm
Yang fired shotgun shells from her gauntlets. Grimm were killed if they were hit in the face.
A grimm threw it's head at Yang charging at her. Yang pulled back her arm and punched the serpent right in the face making the serpent explode into a puddle of black blood.
Another serpent launched it's head at Blake. The serpent successfully manage to hit Blake but it turned out it was one of Blake's clones. The real Blake was on top of the monster, Blake ran across the monster's back swinging her sword as she ran. She finished the serpent by shooting it in the head.
Yang turned around faced another grimm that was heading her way. She got ready but before she could do anything Blake killed it by shooting it in the head.
Yang looked at Blake "I had that"
Blake just smiled at Yang's reaction.
12:40 pm
Rock rapidly fired at the grimm with her insane cannon lance killing all the grimm on the left side. Mato stood behind Rock firing her rock cannon killing all the grimm on the right side. Since Stella didn't have any control over her body, all she could do was say things like "Over there" or "Watch Out" which actually did help Mato a lot since her reaction time wasn't as good as Stella's.
Both of them stood on the large cargo containers for they had a better view from up there. It also made it harder for serpents to attack them.
12:50 pm
Since her was half human half monkey, Sun easily dodged the countless of attacks that came his way. But it came to killing them, he struggled. Sun could land a couple of hits but it wasn't enough to kill them since all the grimm was focused on him.
Then he saw him. Uranus was shivering in fear hiding behind barrels.
"URANUS! COME OVER HERE AND HELP ME!" Sun yelled as he dogded more attacks.
Uranus's fear was replaced with annoyance. He stood up and pointed at Sun "YOU WERE THE ONE WHO DRAGGED-NO, KIDNAPPED ME INTO THIS!"
"WELL I'M SORRY FOR DRAGGING YOU INTO ANOTHE ADVENTURE" Sun yelled in sarcasm as he dodged more attacks.
"YOU KNOW WHAT. THE NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO FOLLOW BLAKE INTO A BOAT, LEAVE ME BEHIND OKAY!" Uranus said.
"OKAY! JUST HELP ME OUT HERE!" Sun yelled back.
Uranus got out his laser gun and two serpents in the head killing them.
"THERE I HELPED! HAPPY!" Uranus yelled.
"YES THANK YOU!" Sun yelled back.
"WHY ARE WE STILL YELLING" Uranus asked still yelling
"I DON'T KNOW!"
1:00 pm
Everything was going smoothly. Despite the the countless numbers of Grimm, the cargo ship full of metal was successfully being defended. Until "it" appeared.
A giant serpent popped it's head out of the water. The biggest anyone has seen. The giant serpent wrapped it's tail around the ship five times it reached the end of it's tail. The ship was slowly being crushed by the giant serpent.
Since Rock was near the head of the serpent, she sprinted at in. Rock jumped at an inhuman height and detached her insane cannon lance from her body. The only thing that connected Rock's body and her lance was a floating chain. Rock spun in mid-air to gain momentum, her lance swung that it wasn't even visible anymore. Using the momentum, Rock chopped the giant serpent's head off killing it.
"SUGOI!" Was all Mato could say.
3:00 pm
The chaos continued for another 2 hours for the grimm wouldn't leave them along. But after 2 hours of firing, fighting, swinging, dodging, blocking and punching. Everything became calm and all nearby Grimm had either been eliminated or had retreated.
Everyone was panting greatly. Some had to sit down while others fell on the floor. None of them realized how tired they were until the battle actually ended. They had been fighting non stop for 3 hours straight.
Professor Oobleck who didn't do anything during the attack, congratulated them as he handed everyone Lunch which was bread and water. "Congratulations Girls. You successful held off the Grimm, although the ship did get suffer a lot of damaged but fortunately it can still operate."
3:30 pm
Kagari sat down and ate her bread. Yes, she had robotic legs so technically her legs couldn't get tired. But Kagari's entire body was exhausted. With all this fatigue, Kagari just wanted to lay down and sleep forever. But at the same time, she was bored. She was tired but also bored.
As Kagari looked down at the floor, she saw a shadow appear in front of her. Kagari looked up and saw Chariot with her usual emotionless stare. Kagari was amazed how Chariot was still bale to stand after that.
"You okay?" Chariot asked
"Yeah. I'm just tired. That's all" Kagari replied.
"You're also bored aren't you?" Chariot said. As Kagari's otherlself, Chariot could tell what emotion Kagari was feeling and the feeling that Chariot was sensing from Kagari was boredom.
Kagari just sighed. Sometimes she found it annoying how Chariot could tell what Kagari was feeling. It was like Chariot was evading her personal space... but then again, Chariot is Kagari's otherself.
However, Kagari liked having Chariot around. Despite the fact that they've only met a couple of weeks ago, Chariot understood and knew everything about Kagari, making her a good person to talk too. If there was something that Kagari didn't understand or was too embarrassed to say, she could always talk to Chariot. There were even times at night where Kagari would just talk about all her personally things and Chariot would just listen understanding every word that came out of her mouth. Chariot would never laugh or judge Kagari either which made it better. Chariot just wanted Kagari to be happy.
Chariot was like the big sister Kagari never had. Being an only child, Kagari didn't know what having a sister was like. Yomi was the closer thing Kagari had to a sister.
Mary the spider like creature, jumped from Chariot's shoulder and grew larger until it was the same size as a puppy. Mary went up and sat next to Kagari, Kagari smiled as she patted Mary exactly like how you would pat a dog.
"..."
"Want a piggyback ride?" Chariot asked randomly.
"EH?" Kagari said not sure if she heard that right.
"Do you want to ride on my back?" Chariot said in more detail.
Kagari didn't know what to think. She didn't want to treat Chariot like a slave but at the same time she wanted to see how things would turn out. "S-sure"
Chariot turned around and sat one one of her knees. She had to use the iron bars as support since she had wheels for legs.
At first Kagari hesitated. Thanks to Chariot's wheels and her crown, Chariot was a bit taller then Kagari. But other then that, the two of them were technically the same size. Kagari got on Chariot's back. Chariot used the iron bars to stand back up. Kagari wrapped her arms around Chariot's neck and Chariot held Kagari's legs with her claws.
At that moment, Chariot's wheels started spinning rapidly and Chariot and Kagari zoomed through the ship, fast but not too fast. Despite the speed, Chariot was able to evade any obstacle that go their way. Kagari's wrapped around her arms around Chariot even harder, as first she was nervous. But she slowly started feeling the adrenaline, it was like she was on a rollercoaster. She was having... fun.
"YAAAAAAY!" Kagari shouted as she started laughing like a 5 year old. Kagari like she was in primary again.
The pair zoomed past Oobleck "Girls!" He yelled but they didn't hear him probally because of Kagari's laughing. He just sighed and smiled at them "Kids these days, they always have so much energy" Oobleck commented to himself as he drank his coffee.
In under 10 minutes, Chariot and Kagari had already to circled the entire ship.
This was one of those rare moments, a rare moment where Chariot actually smiled. Seeing Kagari's reaction made Chariot smile. It wasn't a triumph type of smile, seeing Kagari happy and having fun made Chariot smile genuinely.
3:40 pm
Team RWBY sat together down eating their 'lunch'. It wasn't enough for Ruby but she didn't complain. There was silence among the four. Mostly because of fatigue. Then Yang spoke. "That sure was a GRIMM situation".
Ruby, Blake and Weiss just responded by sighing at her pun.
3:50 pm
Mato walked through the edge of the ship. Nibbling on her bread, for some reason she didn't feel like eating. The fatigue must've ruined her appetite. Rock followed Mato not saying anything and Stella was thinking of a question to ask Mato. Yomi was yet again following Mato.
Suddenly, Mato tripped over...nothing. Yes, she tripped over nothing and dropped her bread. She quickly picked herself up and attempted to grab the bread before it fell but she was too late. She looked down at the ocean as her only piece of food fell into the ocean. At that moment Mato's stomach growled and she felt hungry and if Mato was hungry then Stella was hungry.
Yomi on the other hand saw it at an opportunity. This was chance, Yomi hasn't eaten her bread yet. She could share her food with Mato. Not only would it give Yomi a chance to talk to Mato, Yomi actually had a reasonable reason to talk to Mato. Yomi took a step forward towards-
"HEY MATO!" yelled a familiar voice.
"AAHH" Mato screamed as she fell over the iron bar and into the ocean. But, before Mato reached the ocean the flying girl grabbed Mato's leg and placed her back on the ship.
Mato panted in shocked before saying. "Yuuki?! Please don't do that again."
"Sorry, you just seemed so vulnerable" Yuuki said, still in the air, she was currently trying to hold her laughter "what were you doing anyways?"
"Oh yeah that. Umm I kinda tripped and dropped my bread down the ocean" As soon as Mato said that, her stomach started growling again.
"You can half of mine if you want!" Yuuki quickly responded.
"Really?" MAto asked "Aren't you hungry?"
Yomi felt her heart break mentally break into pieces. Then, Yomi heard a voice in her head. "Looks like she replaced you". Yomi placed her hands on her head and shook her head. Lately she's been hearing voices in her head saying bad things to her. The voice sounded familiar but it certainly wasn't Dead. It was something else. She didn't want to believe this voice that was taunting her, but the more she looked at Mato the more it seemed true.
"Nah, I'm not that hungry" Yuuki said as she broke her piece of bread and gave it to Mato.
"Thanks" Mato said.
Yuuki safety landed on the platform next to Mato and asked. "So, I see your ship is pretty damaged, are you okay? did anyone get hurt?"
"No were all fine. Thanks for asking. Although, Rock, Chariot, Dead and Strenght did most of the work" Mato replied honestly.
"Okay" Yuuki said as she ate her half of the bread.
At first there was silence for a short moment, the only thing that could be heard was the chewing of bread. Rock was right there but Yuuki didn't seemed to notice. Yomi continued to looked at Mato and then at Yuuki.
"Hey Mato" Stella asked in Mato's head.
"Not now! Yuuki is right there" Mato replied.
"I know, But should Yuuki be here. We were ordered to stay at our ships." Stella pointed out.
"Yeah I know" Mato replied to Stella.
"Mato?" Yuuki asked
Mato jumped like she just woke up "Y-Yes?"
"Were you talking to yourself?" Yuuki said.
"AHH. Well, yes and no. It's really hard to explain. Anyways, I was about to ask, are you allowed to move between the ships" Mato asked trying to change the subject.
Yuuki just shrugged as she finished her bread. "Don't know, Just wanted to check to you guys were okay. Speaking of which, I should go and check on Kirito-san"
"Oh okay, well cya!" Mato said
"Bye" Yuuki said and she started to fly towards ship XY1.
Right after that, Mato noticed that someone was calling her through the ear comlinks that was given to each leader. Speak of the devil, it was Kirito.
"Mato? Mato? Can you hear?" Mato noticed that Kirito spoke in english, Probally because of people like Team RWBY, JNPR, CFVY and CRDL might be listening as well.
"Kirito?" Mato said through the comlink, she was almost surprised since Yuuki just said she was going to visit Kirito."Yeah I can hear you. What's up?"
"How's things going over there? Are you okay? I heard about the damage. Was anyone Injured?" Kirito asked calmly
"Oh were fine. The ship is still working fine despite the damage. However it would've been worst if it weren't for Rock. Thanks for asking though, how about you guys?" Mato asked.
"Were fine as well. Although that grimm attack was pretty big huh" Kirito said
"Yeah, And it was only the first attack" Mato replied.
Then, Mato heard another filmier voice through the comlink "HEY MATO! CAN YOU HEAR ME"
"Oh hey Shinoa. I don't think I need the ear comlinks to hear you" Mato joked, then she rembered Yuuki. "Oh umm Kirito. Can I ask you a question?"
"Yeah, What is it?" Kirito asked.
"Are we allowed to move in between the ships?" Mato asked.
"No, we were told to stay in our ships as an order. The only person who's allowed to do that is Professor Oobleck... Why you ask?"
"You see, Yuuki came to our ship to chat" Mato said.
"Really?" Kirito asked, kirito didn't seemed surprise though.
"I'm just saying, she's headed towards you" Mato said.
As soon as Mato said that another voice was heard "Hey Kirito-san"
"Yuuki?!" Kirito said. Mato could tell that Kirito was jumpscared.
"Yuuki, your not allowed to fly around like that" Kirito said.
"Aww, that's exactly what Asuna said" Yuuki replied.
"Aren't you tired?" Kirito asked. "And what are the others doing?"
"Eating, walking, talking you know, the usual" Yuuki replied.
"Same here" Mato said answering Kirito's question before he could even ask.
Suddenly a new voice entered the conversation. "You guys seem like you're having fun" Yuri spoke who was currently in Cargo Ship XY2
"Hey Yuri" Yuuki said who also had an ear comlink since she was the leader of team KNOL.
Mato asked took this opportunity to ask "How are you guys going?"
"You mean besides the fact Plutia is scaring team CRDL to death... Yeah were fine" Yuri replied. "Well, I did break my leg and a couple of bones"
It was at that moment Mato released how lucky she was. She felt sorry for Yuri for Mato knew she didn't have that much endurance against attacks "Ouch" Mato commented.
"Your not planning on shooting yourself again are you?" Kirito asked.
"..."
"Maybe" Yuri said.
"Wait, What do you mean by Again?" Yuuki asked who was currently curious now.
"Is team CRDL even helping?" Shinoa asked completely ignoring Yuuki's question.
"If I think about... There completly useless." Yuri said casually.
Cardin's voice was heard in the background "HEY! I heard that!"
Seeing that this conversation was going to get out of hand very soon, Mato laughed nervously and said. "Yeah, I think we should just return to our jobs"
Everyone agreed, even Yuuki.
The rest of the day went pretty smoothly. There was another attack of grimm from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm but it much smaller then the last one. Sometimes one or two serpents would attack but they was easy to deal with. They were only dangerous in numbers and sizes. However nothing interesting happened after that. As said, dinner was a bit better then lunch. A small plate of Mash potatoes and chicken was given to each member.
After that most people went to sleep.
10:30 pm
The broken moon was in the sky and everyone was happily sleeping. Of course. Their mission was still to guard the ships so one person from each ship needed to stay up late and take the night shift for a certain amount of time. Since Rock, Strenght, Dead and Strength didn't need sleep, they volunteered to take the night shift. Everyone also agreed that Sun and Uranus take the night shift since they weren't even suppose to be here.
The night went smoothly with no attacks. However, Rock could've sworn she saw White Rock Shooter, otherwise know as sing-love, standing on one of the giant containers. But she could be hallucinating.
Mato walked through the school. She walked outside and continued walking. Only one feeling was going through Mato's mind, betrayal. Mato didn't know why but she felt betrayed for some reason. Mato found herself walking through a small forest, she walked on grass and walked through trees. Nothing was being said, no sound was heard besides the rustling of the grass. No grimm anywhere. She continued to walk until she reached a... cliff. She saw a view of a way bigger forest. Beacon cliff. The same place where they had their initiation.
At the very edge of the cliff Mato saw a person. The person was stood at the very edge of the cliff staring at the sunrise. The pieces of clothing that the person wore seemed to be the combination of a lab coat and a hoodie. His coat consisted of the colours blue and white. His coat had a hood but he wasn't wearing it so the back of his head was visible revealing his short black hair.
The wind blew softly and the sun was still rising. No birds or any type of animal was nearby. All the creatures of Grimm was gone and no clouds were seen in the sky. There was complete silence between the two. Then Mato spoke.
"Why?" Mato didn't know why she asked that. In fact, it felt like Mato was spectating instead of participating.
There was a short moment of silence.
Jason started by repeating Mato's question "Why". He spoke in a very gentle tone and his face showed both sadness and seriousness "That's always the question isn't it"
(THE NEXT DAY) Day 2
"MATO! MATO! WAKE UP!" yelled a voice.
Mato slowly opened her eyes. A dream? Mato asked herself. She looked and saw Yuu's face. Yuu's face was filled with worry and anxiety.
"What's wrong?" Mato asked.
"Come outside and look" Yuu said.
Outside
Team MHYA, YMKE and RWBY stood outside. There was a fog... a thick fog at that. The Fog covered the four Cargo ships in a heavy mist. You couldn't even see the sun anymore.
"How did this happen?" Weiss asked.
"I don't know. It wasn't like this yesterday right?" Ruby said.
"They said is was going to clear all week thouugh" Blake pointed out.
"Everyone calm down" Oobleck said in a superior tone.
"Professor Oobleck. What's happening." Yomi asked.
"I don't know" Oobleck said "But we've lost all signals meaning we can't communicate with Vale"
Everyone stared at Oobleck in horror. They've lost all communication just like how they lost communications with the other eight cargo ships.
Then, Sun and Uranus showed up. It looked like they had just discovered something "GUYS! You have to listen to this. My friends just finished translating the distress call and was able to send it to me before the signal went out" Sun declared.
"Really?" Ruby asked.
"Your kidding" Yang said
"I'm serious. Just listen" Sun said as he pressed a small button on his scroll. A recording of a man's voice was heard.
*Pant* *Pant* *Pant*
IS ANYONE OUT THERE! Anyone? Can you hear me! Darn it! The enemy must've blocked the communication! Come on! Is anyone listening! Please Help!
Were dealing with unknown creatures! Creatures more dangerous then Grimm!
They've blocked all exits. There's no escape.
*Pant* *Pant* *Pant*
We tried fighting back but they were too strong. But we couldn't win, were dealing with creatures no man has ever seen.
Giant Humans!
Shadow like creatures.
Some sort of Armored Digital Monster.
*Pant* *Pant* *Pant*
A loud banging noise was heard from a direction. The captain seemed more scared now.
There's no hope for us! Out engines are broke and they hacked into our systems.
Most of the crew is already dead.
*Pant* *Pant* *Pant*
The captain was now terrified. Then, a loud roar was heard. The captain was panicking and breathing really heavily.
"To anyone who is watching this. STAY AWAY! or they'll-"
A disturbing noise was heard and the captain looked up in horror.
The last thing that was heard was the ear-piercing screams of the captain.
A/N End of chapter 23! For thoes who are wondering who Sun's friend is. Well, I don't know. He's just some random dude.
Also, This is kinda random. But I have a question for all of you, a question you can answer in the reviews and that it "How did you find this fic?". If you don't want to answer that, I won't force you.
Anyways, Not much to say other then than you for reading and if you have any problems with this chapter please tell me in the reviews and I'll try make it right. Hope you enjoyed and I'll see you in the next chapter to yeah... Bye.
This chapter was finsihed on 12/03/2017