A/N Chapter 33!
People were everywhere. Both Faunus and Humans roamed the supermarket. People chatted about everyday things while others observed the items that were on sale trying to find the cheapest price. Some bargained while others were buying large quantities of food.
It was crowded: Kids played chasey, men argued about prices and women talked about clothing.
The wind was calm and the sun shined bright in the sky. Over to the edge of the market, sitting on a bench; was Team STAB.
Blanc read a book while finding ideas for the story she was writing.
Asuna waited impatiently while Tooru and Shido looked around the busy supermarket.
"She's late." Asuna said with an annoyed expression.
"I'm sure she'll come...whoever she is." Shido tried to calm Asuna down.
"She was suppose to be here half an hour ago." Asuna countered "Are you sure were in the right place?" She looked around, there were people chatting cheerfully about everyday topics while kids laughed. "This doesn't look like a black market."
Tooru took out his scroll and looked at the mission details. "Yep, It says we were suppose to meet her here."
Asuna suddenly got a bit worried. "What if something happened to her?"
Blanc joined the conversation while still reading her book. "If she's one of those official huntresses then I doubt it."
"But then why is she late?" Asuna asked.
All of sudden, Shido and Tooru saw something...or someone.
A woman probally in her twenties, was laying down in the middle of the walkway where people walked. She had light purple/lilac hair and wore bear-shaped fuzzy slipper. Her clothes looked very loose and comfortable and consisted of the colours blue and bright pink. From the look of it, her clothes were made out of the same material used to make pajamas.
The woman wasn't injured. She wasn't knocked out and she was definitely not dead. She was simply...sleeping. Sleeping in the middle of pathway where lots of people walked by. The people who walked by just gave a strange look at the women who was sleeping on the ground but didn't do anything about it. Probably because they thought she was crazy.
Being the nice person he is. Tooru stood up and walked over to the women to help her. Shido followed after him.
Asuna was skeptical at first. It didn't take a genius to know that there was something eccentric about the woman. But at the same time, there was no way she was going to leave a woman sleep in the middle of walkway.
Shido, Tooru and Asuna approached the sleeping woman while Blanc stayed behind still reading her book.
Once they were close enough, they tried waking the woman up with words but she remained asleep.
Asuna started shaking the woman softly holding her by the shoulders but she remained asleep.
They soon decided to bring the sleeping woman to the side so she wouldn't be a nuisance to anyone who was walking by.
They lean the sleeping woman on the bench next to where Blanc was sitting.
Shido tried again but spook louder. "Hey! Wake up!"
The woman remained asleep and Blanc's right eye twitched in annoyance.
"She sure is one heavy sleeper." Tooru commented.
"Maybe we have to be more rough." Asuna placed her hands on the woman's shoulder and started shaking her a bit more harder.
At the same time, Shido yelled. "Wake up!"
The woman remained asleep and Blanc's left eye twitched in annoyance.
After more yelling and failed attempts to wake the woman up, Blanc had enough. "Oh for crying out loud!"
Blanc slammed her book closed and approach the sleeping woman.
Her comrades had a bad feeling about this.
Blanc looked at the sleeping woman who was still snoring softly.
She raised her book high in the air.
Before Asuna could stop her, Blanc smashed the book on the sleeping woman's head and yelled "WAKE UP! YOU IDIOT!"
Blanc raised her book again to hit her a second time but Shido and Tooru prevented her from doing so by holding her by the arms.
"WHAT KIND OF PERSON SLEEPS IN THE ROAD!"
"Calm down Blanc!"
"There's no need to-"
Everyone stop when they heard a yawn. They looked to see the woman was awake. She had magenta eyes and looked really sleepily. She yawned adorably again and stretch her arms showing no signs of pain whatsoever. "Good... morning." The women spoke slowly.
"It's afternoon." Tooru pointed out.
The woman looked at Team STAB. "Oh hello there."
"H-hi." Shido replied awkwardly.
The woman looked around the market and gave Team STAB a confused look. "Why am my here?" she spoke really slowly.
"That's what we want to know." Tooru replied.
"We found you sleeping on the middle of the walkway." Asuna added.
The woman pushed to think which was really rare for her. Then, recognition filled her face. "OHHHHHHH!"
Team STAB expected an answer but instead the woman remained silent as though she was waiting.
"Well?" Blanc asked impatiently.
The woman looked at Blanc with a confused look. "Well what?"
Blanc facepalmed. "Why are you here?!"
"Oh." The woman replied. "I'm suppose to wait here."
"Wait for who?" Shido asked.
The woman was about to answer but stopped. "I can't remember."
Asuna never thought she would see the day where she would meet such an oblivious adult.
"Oh yeah, I have a note." The woman suddenly as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. The woman read what was on the paper. "I'm suppose to wait for a group of people called... Team STAB."
Team STAB froze and dead-panned.
"Excuse me?" Asuna asked.
"I'm on a mission." The woman answered. "As an huntress I usually go alone but they told me today I would be working with a group called...called...what were they called again."
"Team STAB?" Blanc replied sarcastically.
"Oh yeah! That's the one." The woman said totally not noticing Team STAB's expression. "I think I might've fell asleep while waiting though."
"You think?" Shido asked.
"Umm, Ma'am?" Asuna spoke. "How long have you been waiting?"
The woman had to think about this question. "I think...half an hour ago."
Team STAB
Location: Black Market
Objective: Disarm the bombs
"We didn't get your name back there." Tooru pointed out. Team STAB was currently being led through the market by the sleepy women although they doubted that the woman actually knew where she was going.
"oh yeah." The woman stopped and faced the group. "My name is Ashley...Ashley Heart."
"Hi Ashley." Asuna greeted before introducing Blanc, Tooru and Shido.
Ashley smiled. "Nice to meet you."
After introduction, they continued walking to who knows where. Because of the lack of information about their mission, Asuna asked.
"So Ashley?" Asuna continued. "Would you mind telling us what our objective it?"
Ashley stared at Asuna with the confused look she used a moment ago. "Ob...jective?"
Blanc face-palmed while Tooru and Shido just sweat-dropped.
Asuna's left eye twitted but she remained patient. "The mission."
"Oh." Ashley finally understood Asuna and gave her a straightforward answer. "I have no idea."
Asuna nearly tripped over nothing as everyone stopped walking.
"Where were we even going?" Shido asked.
Ashley shrugged. "I don't know, I thought you were leading us."
Blanc couldn't believe that this person was suppose to be the Huntress who will escort them on this possibly dangerous mission.
Before Blanc could yell, Ashley remembered something. "Actually, Ozy told me to give you this." She spoke slowly.
Ashley pulled out a letter and gave it to Asuna.
"Ozy?" Shido whispered to Tooru.
"I think she meant Ozpin." Tooru whispered back.
Asuna read the letter closely. "It's an undercover mission. The black market were targeting is responsible for selling almost every illegal items. It was recently discovered and is requested to be taken down immediately. It says the Vale Police Department could easily take it down with large numbers...however, sources say theres bombs implanted beneath the market in other words, if the Vale Police Department sent men, they can easily detonate the bombs. That's where we come in, our job is to infiltrate the black market and disarm the bombs...for good."
"Wouldn't the criminals inside the market get hurt as well?" Tooru asked.
Asuna shrugged. "Maybe, I doubt they would set off bombs without a plan the Vale doesn't want to take any chances."
"Is that all Ozpin wrote?" Shido asked.
"He wrote one more thing." Asuna said looking at the bottom of the letter. "A series of notes that we should know about Ashley."
Ashley perked up. "Yay! That's me!"
"Seriously?" Tooru commented.
"That actually makes perfect sense." Blanc said coldly.
Asuna read the notes out loud so everyone could hear. "The list says the following:"
Notes you should know about Ashley
1. Keep an eye on her for she tends to wander.
2. She will sleep at any given moment.
3. Despite being an adult, she does act like a child.
4. If a criminal, who I presume you have captured, refuses to give you any information then ask Ashley to "Interrogate" him/her. (She won't do it until you give her permission)
5. Do not underestimate her.
"So basically we have to keep an eye on her." Blanc summarised as she stopped listening after Asuna read out the third note.
"Why did is the word interrogate in quotation marks?" Shido asked which no one knew the answer to.
Tooru and Asuna looked back at Ashley as they were more concern about the last note. Now that they thought about it, they wouldn't let Ashley graduate as a huntress without a reason.
"Does it say where the Black Market is located?" Tooru asked.
Asuna looked back at the note. "That's strange, It doesn't say."
"Well that's just great." Blanc said sarcastically with a hint of anger.
"Maybe it's in there." Ashley said pointing at the dark ominous alley way.
Just Outside The Wall (Meanwhile)
"You know...I kinda like you."
"You took the words right out of my mouth."
"It's shame...if you we didn't meet as enemies, I wouldn't mind going shopping with you."
"I know right, I even know a good clothing store that sells the best clothing for the cheapest prices."
"You don't say...maybe you'll tell me after I arrest you." Coco picked up her purse and got ready.
Allisa, the girl Coco was talking to, smiled as she dropped the bag of money she stole and took out her dagger. Right on cue, all of Allisa's henchmen took out their guns.
All of Aliisa's henchmen's guns turned into swords.
Allisa's dagger turned into a revolver.
Velvet raised her arms.
Yatsuhashi twirled his large sword.
Fox readied his hand blades.
Coco turned her purse into a machine gun.
There was silence.
As the wind blew softly, the two groups began to walk slowly towards each other. They started picking up the pace and using the momentum, they all broke into a sprint.
When they got close to each other: Allisa's henchmen swung their swords, Vevlet jumped and kicked, Yatsuhashi swung his giant sword, Fox twirled creating a sharp tornado with his hand blades.
Coco aimed her machine gun at Allisa while Allisa aimed her revolver at Coco. Both were grinning.
Team STAB felt uneasy. The dark alleyway they walked through gave an eerie feeling. It was completely deserted and filled with tense silence. Rays of sunlight were barely able to illuminate the alleyway.
"Should we really be showing our faces here?" Shido asked worried.
Ashley stopped and looked back at Shido with those magenta eyes. It seems Shido's question reminded Ashley of something. "Oh yeah!"
She pulled out four black cloaks out of nowhere. "You need to wear this."
"HOW COULD YOU FORGET!?" Blanc exclaimed. "And where the hell did you get those?!"
Her questions were ignored as Asuna, Tooru and Shido simply took the cloaks and wore them as they were already used to her behaviour. Blanc just sighed as she followed.
Their cloaks covered them from head to toe and their faces were no longer visible. However, Ashley didn't wear one.
"How about you?" Tooru asked.
"Oh, me? I don't need one." Ashley replied really slowly.
Everyone wondered what she meant by that but decided to not question it since they probably weren't going to get a real answer from her.
"Okay." Shido whispered to his teammates in Japanese. "I get the fact that we shouldn't underestimate her and I don't want to offensive or anything, but why did they send someone like her for an undercover mission like this?"
His teammates agreed with him. "I have to agree with you there. A carefree and obvious person like Ashley could easily blow our cover." Asuna pointed out.
"Yeah no s* sherlock." Blanc swore which earned a glare from Asuna.
"Maybe it was because she was the one who found it." Tooru pointed out. "She must've found the Black Market by mistake and then report it."
"Yeah but if she did find it by accident, wouldn't they have caught her?" Shido asked. "I mean, she would've walked right into that market."
"That is true." Asuna said placing her hand on her chin. "Unless-"
"I like this language."
Everyone froze and looked at Ashley who had somehow managed to move to the middle of group without them noticing.
"What language is it?" Ashley asked really slowly. "I've never heard of it before."
Team STAB looked at each. "Umm...Japanese." Shido replied as he saw no harm in telling Ashley their language.
"Oooooooh." Ashley exclaimed with interest. "Can you teach me?" she begged like a seven year old.
Fortunately, before anyone could give her a reply, they reached what seemed to be an elevator door. In front of the entrance was a large muscular intimidating man with sunglasses.
The man guarding the elevator door looked at Ashley and sighed. "Oh...it's you again."
"Hi Bobby!" Ashley waved at the man with no hesitation showing no signs of fear.
The man's left eyebrow twitched in annoyance which almost made Shido faint. The man, who was named Bobby by Ashley, looked at the four figures wearing black cloaks who stood behind Ashley. "Who are they?"
Asuna placed her hand on her rapier which was hidden beneath her clock and prepared for the worst. Everyone tensed as the man glared at Team STAB.
a different type of silence filled the alleyway.
"Oh them." Ashley said tearing down the tense atmosphere. "It's okay, they're my friends."
The man seemed really skeptical of Ashley's so called friends...but to Team STAB's shock, the man stepped to the side and allowed them to pass.
Team STAB, a bit too hastily, walk past the guard and into the elevator. There was rust on the elevator walls and the entire thing was made of metal and gave off an eerie feeling. The door to the elevator closed and they started descending. The elevator shook viciously as they descended, it felt like the elevator was going to collapse at any moment.
Team STAB felt really uncomfortable...but the calm and happy smile never left Ashley's face. It almost creeped Shido and Blanc.
"So that's why your not wearing a cloak." Tooru said filling up the silence. "Because you've already been here. The people here already know who you are."
"and that's also why they sent you." Asuna added. "Because you probably memorise the layout of the place and where the bombs are planted."
Ashley looked at Asuna and gave her a gentle smile. "Oh no, I just walk wherever I feel like it."
The elevator shakes viciously causing everyone buy Ashley to falls over.
Everyone groans in pain except for Ashley who is just stares at them like a seven year old who just saw superman.
Asuna was never going to get used to Ashley's personality. "Why did you come here again? no...why did they even let you in?"
"I thought I could find a good sleeping place." Ashley said ignoring the second question.
"Did you?" Shido didn't even know why he asked that.
Ashley smiled like child who just got one hundred percent on a math test. "Yep."
Blanc clenched her fist as her left eye twitched. She was trying really hard to keep her patience. "Can I please punch her?"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Did you ask Makarov for advice like I suggested?"
"Yes."
"You know... they're probably going to hate you after this."
"I know."
The elevator door opened and the team was instantly greeted by the smell of drugs, smoke and waste. It was like walking into a garage dump.
With very few flame torches, the place was barely illuminated. It was going to take a while until Asuna's eyes adjusted to the dark place but Ashley seemed to be used to it.
With their face hidden beneath their cloaks, Team STAB vigilantly walk through the black market with Ashley leading them.
Shido and Tooru took a peek at the market. The place certainly didn't fail to disgust them: Every person either had tattoos all over their body, smoked a cigarette or were just drunk; half naked women were strip dancing in front of men; and drugs and weapons that they didn't even know existed in the first place were being sold.
Blanc didn't know which was creepier: The fact that the people around them were glaring at them...or the fact that Asley's gentle smile never left her face.
As they continued to walk, Asuna mentally questioned the people's behaviour: It was obvious that the people they walked past were suspicious of them but none of them stopped to question Team STAB.
Asuna had a feeling it something to do with...Ashley's presence. Asuna could've sworn she saw someone shiver when Ashley walked past them.
They continued to walk through the market. By now, Team STAB could probably guess that Ashley had no idea where she was going but there was no way they were going to stop here and argue about that.
Then, a particular stall caught Ashley's interest. She stared at the stall like a child staring at candy. She started walking towards it but Blanc stopped her and pulled her by the collar.
"We got a mission remember?" Blanc whispered.
Ashley pouted and complained softly like a baby "Awwwwwww." Disappointment was visible in her voice.
Blanc knew Ashley was in her twenties but her mental age was probable seven. It made Blanc wonder even more: How the hell did she become a huntress?!
They continued to walk where Ashley felt like walking to. Team STAB was still skeptical about where Ashley was going but at the same time...it felt like they were going the right way.
Suddenly, Ashley stopped.
"Why did you stop?" Asuna asked.
"Did you find something?" Shido added.
Ashley turned around and looked at Team STAB. "What are we looking for again?"
Blanc mentally face palmed herself so hard. "A bomb." She said softly holding her patiences.
"Do you know where it is?" Tooru asked.
To everyone's expectation, Ashley shrugged "No."
But before anyone could say anything else, Ashley pointed at something. "Maybe it's in there?"
She pointed at a basement door near the edge if the black market. And Shido thought this place couldn't go deeper.
"Why isn't it guarded?" Shido asked.
"There's no lock on it either." Tooru pointed out.
"Looks suspicious." Asuna placed her hand below her chin and debated whether they should enter or not.
"Really?" Blanc commented who looked totally unimpressed. "Looks like the author is just rushing this chapter...f, I'm starting to sound like Neptune."
Ignoring her comment, Ashley opened the basement door revealing stairs that went deeper underground. And Shido thought this place couldn't go deeper.
"So whose going first?" Shido asked.
"I'll go first!" Ashley exclaimed as if she was a child wanting to go on a ride. She walked down the stairs with Team STAB walking from behind.
As they descended down the stairs, Ashley pulled out a familiar topic. "So can you teach me now?"
"Teach you what?"
"Japany."
"You mean Japanese?"
"Yeah Japany."
Asuna stopped and think. She couldn't really find any harm in teaching her...especially if it's a person like Ashley. "Okay then, try saying...Good morning.
Ashley stared at Asuna like she just saw an alien. She titled her head. "Ha?"
"Should we really be doing this in a place like this?" Shido asked.
"What does a normal conversation sound like in Japany." Ashley asked randomly.
"umm...well, I guess it sounds a little like this." Asuna said turning to look at Shido. "Hallo, how are you?"
"Why me?" Shido asked before he sighed and decided to played along after seeing Ashley's face. It seems Ashley was really enjoying hearing Japanese. Ashley admired them as if she was a child who was watching superman fly across the sky.
Shido sighed "I'm good, thanks."
Blanc couldn't believe her teammates were actually doing this in a place like this.
"How was your day?"
"It was great." Shido said still not believing that he agreed to play along. He turned at looked at Tooru. "How about you?"
"You're dragging me into this?" Tooru whispered. But he too looked at Ashley's face whose face was full of hope and admiration. He sighed "Mine was great too."
You guys aren't really using educational thought to herself.
"The weather sure is great today."
"Yeah, too bad we have to spend our time here."
"Well, there's really nothing we can do about that."
After Asuna thought they have said enough, she turned to look at Ashley to see what she thought about it.
Ashley was watching...but her eyes were half closed.
"Are you even listening?" Asuna asked sweat dropping.
Ashley's eyes flew open. "Oh sorry, I fell asleep."
How Ashley fell asleep while walking down stairs was a mystery to everyone.
"What were we talking about again?" Ashley asked.
Blanc face palmed and got a bit annoyed. But before she could yell, the group reached a door at the end of the stairs.
Everyone tensed and looked each other. They all nodded at each before vigilant entering through the door. Despite the tense atmosphere, Ashley remained as usual.
As soon as they opened the door, they were greeted by the sight of bombs...a lot of them. It was a large room with lots of shelves and hallways that lead to darkness.
The bombs didn't look like normal bombs either. They had wires connected to them and they were all made out of some sort of metal. Each bomb had a green monitor screen that "Ready."
"These are high explosives." Shido said taking a closer look the contents of the shelves. Ashley stared at Shido.
"If these were to detonate..." Tooru began. "It would probably destroy the super market that's above us." Ashley stared at Tooru.
"It's all making sense." Asuna said while Ashely stared at her. "That's why Vale won't attack yet. Because if these bombs were to go off, the surface would be damaged greatly. It's probably why the people here chose to build the black market here underground."
"So what are we waiting for?!" Blanc said taking out her hammer as Ashley stared at her. "Let's smash these things to pieces!"
"Wait!" Asuna exclaimed while Ashley just stared back her. "If we do anything reckless, the bombs might go off."
Tooru placed his hand beneath his chin and think. "There must be some way to disarm them...what do you think Ashley."
Ashley perked up when she heard her name. "Yes?"
"What do you think we should do?" Tooru asked.
Ashley stared at Tooru blankly.
"Is something wrong?" Asuna asked.
"Wow!" Ashley suddenly exclaimed.
"If you have something to say then say it." Blanc said who was losing her patience very slowly.
"Your voices change when you speak Japany!" Ashley exclaimed
Team STAB mentally slapped themselves. First, they forgot that then were still speaking Japanese. Second, they forgot that even though the translators that Jason gave them, automatically translated their Japanese into english, for some reason their english voices sounded different to their originally voices.
"Wait, you just realised that?" Shido asked.
"Why did the author even add that in this story? It literally has nothing to do with the plot." Blanc thought before she realised something. "S, Now I really sound like Neptune."
"That's so cool." Ashley commented on their new voices.
"Sorry." Asuna quickly apologised. "I forgot you can't speaK Japanese."
"Hey!" Ashley placed her hands on her hips. "I can speak a little, I learn from your thingy."
"Oh really?" Blanc said sarcastically.
"Yeah." Ashley said before clearing her throat. She started speaking gibberish trying to imitate what Asuna showed her. Team STAB had no idea what she was saying but Ashley trying to copy Japanese certainly made them cringe.
"Was I good?" Ashley said
"Not even close." Blanc said harshly.
"Can we pleases return to the topic at hand?" Asuna said.
"Right." Tooru added. "We need to find a way to disarm these bombs."
"Yeah about that."
Everyone turned to look to see who said that.
"Sorry, but I can't let that happen." A man in his thirties appeared before Team STAB with a group of men behind him. The man was muscular and had black hair. Tattoos all over his body and was smoking a cigarette.
Team STAB didn't know who this man was but judging from the armed men behind him and his looks in general, this means bad news.
Ashley however recognised him and waved. "Oh hi Willia!"
The man currently known as Willia scowled. "So you're a huntress. I knew we should've not let you in this place."
"Why did you let her in anyways!?" Blanc exclaimed.
Willia stopped and thought about Blanc's question...he looked at his men. "Why did we let her in again?"
His men shrugged. Willia honestly couldn't remember himself. He never had a good memory. He shrugged it off and pointed a shotgun at Ashley still smoking the cigarette. "Putting that aside, who are your friends?"
Ashley, who was still too oblivious to notice the danger that was right in front of her, blinked. "Ha?"
"The people behind you."
"Oh!" Ashley said looking at Asuna and spoke in her usual slow tone. "This is Team STAB. They're here to put an end to this market thingy."
Shido shot Ashley a "What are you doing?!" look but Ashley didn't see it.
The man Ashley knows as Willia laughed along with all his men. "HAHAHAHA! They only sent four to wipe us out?! Whats so special about them that would make Ozpin think that they were enough."
Blanc was about to say something like "Why don't you come here and find out." or "Oh trust me, I'm more than enough to beat the crap out of you guys." However Ashley beat her to it.
"Oh yes, they're very special." Ashley declared very slowly.
"How so?"
"They can speak Japany."
There was a short moment of silence. Team STAB have never deadpanned so hard in their life.
Willia blinked twice and just stared at Ashley like she was insane "What?"
Before anything else could be said, Asuna cleared her throat gaining everyone's attention. "Ignore what she said. Lets get back on topic. Who are you? Are you the leader of this market."
Willia grinned. "That would be correct! Allow me to introduce myself-"
William Henchmen: Ranked 9th on the Top Most Wanted Criminals.
Everyone readied their weapons. They had a brief explanation on who the Top Most Wanted Criminals were but they knew they were strong.
Suddenly, they heard footsteps coming from all directions. From the hallways that lead to darkness, groups of men holding different varieties of lethal weapons appeared and surrounded Team STAB.
"When did they-"
William laughed. "HAHA! Did you honestly think we would leave this place unguarded! Sure, we slack off a lot but were not that careless!"
Blanc gritted her teeth. "So What! I can easily handle-"
"Blanc stopped." Asuna warned before Blanc could do anything reckless. "We can't fight here! There's not enough space and one wrong move could detonate these bombs."
"Then what are we suppose to do!" Blanc asked.
"First we have to get out of this area and rethink our plan." Tooru planned.
"How are we going to that?" Shido asked taking out his Sandalphon.
"We'll have to fight our way through." Asuna said. "But don't use anything destructive."
Everyone took out their weapons but they didn't take off their cloaks so their faces still remained hidden.
Shido felt a bit nervous since the people surrounding them each looked really intimidating and each one of them glared at them. Shido then remembered that they had an official huntress with them. "Okay Ashley...it's time for you to show us what you can really-"
Shido stopped talking when he looked over to Ashley. Ashley was breathing very slow breaths. She was still standing...but her eyes were closed and she was snoring very softly.
How Ashley fell asleep in this situation while standing up was a mystery to every single other person that stood in that room.
"WAKE UP YOU IDIOT!" Blanc yelled who was now more angrier at Ashley then she was at William.
Asuna grabbed out a small object out of her pocket. She raised her arm and threw the object at the ground. It was a smoke bomb.
The room was emerged with smoke blinding everyone. A gunshot was heard.
"DON'T SHOOT YOU IMBECILE! YOU'RE GOING TO BLOW THIS PLACE UP." They heard William yell. "THERE'S ONLY FIVE OF THEM! GOT OUT YOUR MELEE WEAPONS AND KILL THEM!"
They all followed William's order and charged at the smoke, the spot where Team STAB once stood.
Fortunately, With Shido giving Ashley a piggyback, Team STAB were already on their way to the stairs that lead up. They all sprinted up the stairs. With his shield in his hand, Tooru charged like a bull up the stairs knocking out anyone who tired to get isn their way.
They finally reached the end of the stairs and were back in the underground black market. But they weren't clear yet, they ran to the closest abandoned stall and ran into the wooden building that laid behind the stall.
As soon as they entered the building, they were greeted with the sight of two men playing poker. The two men were install took out their guns when they saw Team STAB. But before they could make a move, Shido swung Sandalphon at the first man and Tooru smashed his shield into the second's guys head knocking him out cold.
Quick as a fox, they blew out the flame torches that hardly illuminated the building and froze.
They heard footsteps and yelling. They heard William scold his men and the sound of guns being reloaded. Team STAB froze and didn't make a sound, luckily Ashley asleep during that time because Blanc had a feeling that Ashley would do something stupid in this situation.
The sound faded meaning they portably searching another part of the black market.
Asuna let out a sigh of relief and everyone relaxed...a bit.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Blanc half whispered, half yelled. "We could've handle those people easily."
"We need a plan." Asuna replied. "Even if there's only a small chance. We can't risk having those bombs going off... Besides, that's not our job remember?"
Blanc was about to retaliate but knew better not to argue with Asuna.
"So what are we going to do now?" Tooru was the first to speak.
"What else?" Asuna replied. "Finish the mission. Our job is to disarm those bombs...but how?"
"They must have a way to disarm it." Tooru pointed out. "You know, just in case they accidental blow themselves up. I doubt they would detonate those bombs while William and his men are still here. Even if they have an evacuation plan, they must have someway to disarm them."
"True." Asuna stated who was thinking really hard. "But that still doesn't answer the question about how."
"We can try interrogate this guy."
Everyone looked at Shido who was currently holding down the man that own the building they were in. The second man was knocked out by Tooru but one man was all they needed.
5 minutes later.
"I'm going to ask you one last time...tell us how do we disarm those bombs." Asuna asked trying her hardest to sound kind.
"No." The man replied coldly for the tenth time. He was currently tied to a chair and wore a grumpy expression.
Asuna should've expected this response but it didn't fail to make her lose her patience.
"I have an idea." Shido suddenly spoke before Asuna pulled out her rapier.
Few Seconds Later.
"Come on man." Shido spoke to the man like they were friends. "We've all had a rough day. Why don't you make it easier for all of us and tell-"
"No." The man interrupted.
Tooru had a try. "How about-"
"No."
"You didn't let me-"
"No."
Few Second Later.
"ALLRIGHT! IF YOU DON'T TELL US WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW RIGHT NOW!" Blanc would've killed the man by now if it weren't for Shido and Tooru holding her back. "JUST WATCH! I'LL BEAT THE S* OUT OF YOU!"
The man seemed to be enjoying this. "No."
"WHY YOU LITTLE-"
Few Seconds Later.
"So as you saw." Shido said bit shaken from Blanc's death threats. "Were both going to be in a little trouble if-"
"No."
"But-"
"No."
Tooru sighed. "This good cop, bad cop method isn't working."
"When has that method ever worked?" Asuna asked.
"I don't know." Shido shrugged. "I just see it a lot in television shows."
Asuna sighed. She was about to give up hope when she remembered someone. She approached Ashley and softly woke her up.
To her relief, Ashley woke up easier than last time. She yawned "Good morning."
Tooru didn't bother correcting her this time.
"Umm Ashley?" Asuna spoke friendly. "Were having trouble getting information out of this man-"
Ashley perked up with happiness. "OH! Does that mean I can...interrogate him."
Despite Ashley speaking softly and slowly, she was able to add emphases to the word Interrogate.
"Ah yeah." Asuna said not sure why Ashley was happy about this. "So can you?"
"Can you give me permission?" Ashley begged.
"Excuse me?"
"Ozy told me I can't do it until someone gives me permission." Ashley spoke like a child quoting her dad's words.
"Umm...okay."
"You need to say the words."
"Eh?"
"You need to say the words."
"O...kay then. I give you permission-"
"YAY!" Ashley squealed in happiness before facing the man they were interrogating...her smile grew wider in a more sadistic way. A dark iris aura surrounded Ashley.
Within a second, the sleepy airhead that Team STAB knew was now gone and replace with a sadistic maniac. Her appearance stayed the same but it was like there was a completly different person inside Ashley.
Team STAB then realised that their bodies weren't responding, it seemed the man was having the same situation. It felt like fear had taken over their bodies not allowing them to move.
Seconds felt like hours. Silence easily took over. It was almost like the bombs were inside the room and moving an inch would cause it to explode.
"Now..." She said slowly in the void of silence. "where should I start?"
The man almost fainted.
Ashley grabbed the man and dragged him down the basement that was conveniently there.
The last thing Asuna heard the man say was..."No."
At first, Shido was still a bit confuse about why Ashley brought the man to the basement but his question was answered when Team STAB leaned on the basement door to listen to the sounds.
Once again, Blanc didn't know which was creepier: The man's screaming or Ashley's laughing.
The sounds continued to go on for a least another 5 minutes. The heard the sound of a whip, more laughs and more screaming. During those minutes, Team STAB was reconsidering the way they should treat Ashley. They had feeling that they just saw another side Ashley's personality.
Blanc suddenly remembered something: before when they were walking through the market, Ashley got sides-sides-tracted and headed towards a stall...that stall sold torture weapons.
Overall, they were glad Ashley was on their side.
The basement door suddenly opened and Ashley exited it looking oddly satisfied with herself. She dragged the man out by the collar whose eyes were opened but he looked dead.
"He said there's a remote that can do the thing." Ashley said cheerfully returning to her usual sleepy self.
"Seriously? That's it?" Shido asked not believing that it was going to be that easy.
Usually Blanc would think the same. But right now she had something else on her mind that had something to do with Ashley. For some reason Ashley-
"It's in the stone building in the middle of the market." Ashley continued interrupting Blanc's train of thought.
Asuna thought about the information that was being given to her and tried to think of a plan. She found it difficult to do so however since there was now a broken man in the room constantly murmuring "No...No...No..no..."
Assuming that Ashley was telling the truth. Asuna laid out the situation. "Judging from last time, this place is probably heavily guarded which makes it hard to sneak in."
"This man..." Ashley gestured to the man she just tortured a few seconds ago. "kindly suggested that we should use a distraction. According to him, his people tend to overkill threats."
"What did you do to him?" Shido asked himself.
"How are we going to do that?" Tooru asked.
"Oh!" Ashley raised her hand exactly like how a student would raise their arm if they knew the answer to a question during class. "I can do it."
Team STAB was a bit skeptical and if weren't for her little performance earlier they would've quickly said no. Fortunately, that wasn't the case and now they certainly knew better than to underestimate her.
"Alright then." Asuna declared. "We can't waste anymore time. Let's move out."
Still under their black cloaks, Team STAB hastily but also vigilantly avoided people, hid in the darkness, jumped over obstacles, jumped from build to building and successfully made their way to the middle of the Black Market.
On their way, they heard the market turn into chaos. They knew what it was so they kept going.
Truth to Ashley's word, the main building that contained the remote was left with few guards.
The guards were easily taken care of. Finding the remote however prove to be way more difficult. They were currently searching in a semi-large room that contained a table, lots of drawers and cabinets that contained a lot of weapons.
"Oh my gosh, where the F* is it!"
"Blanc!" Asuna glared at Blanc. "Quiet! They might hear us."
"It has to somewhere here." Tooru said. "This is William's office after all."
"Really? How do you know that?" Shido asked.
Tooru pointed at sign that was nailed on the door. It said "William Henchmen."
"Oh."
Asuna opened another drawer. "Keep searching."
"We don't even know what it looks like." Blanc pointed out frustratedly.
Tooru stopped and thought about Blanc's question. "Well, my guess it must be very small."
"Looking for this?" A voice spoke. Asuna recognised that voice but it was a voice she didn't want to hear.
William stood at the front door holding a small black box. The box was opened and contained two buttons: A red one and a green one.
"Well that just great." Blanc sarcastically spoke.
William closed the lid of the small black bow and placed it is his pocket. "Do you actually think that distraction was going to work. I already told you that were not that careless. Once my men are done with Ashley, they'll come here and then you'll have no chance."
That raised a question for Shido. "Wait, so you came here alone?"
"Yes."
"You really are careless." Blanc commented before cracking her knuckles. "Finally, I get to beat the S* out of someone."
William laughed. "HAHA! Sure you will. By the time my men have dealt with Ashley, all four of you will have bullet holes through your heads."
"You sure are confident."
William grinned before suddenly disappearing out of sight.
That was enough to shock Team STAB. Tooru summoned his shield. "Where did he go!"
His answer came immediately as William somehow reappeared behind Tooru pointing his shotgun right at Tooru's head.
Reflexes like lightning, Asuna turned and swung her rapier at William. Just when Asuna's weapon was a cm far from hitting, William disappeared and reappeared in another section of the room.
As soon as he landed on his feet, he raised his shotgun and fired two shell at Blanc and Shido.
Blanc raised her hammer and deflected one of them.
Shido summoned Sandalphon and barely blocked the shell.
Team STAB got ready but as soon as they redirected their attention to William, he was already gone.
He reappeared from above, fired another shell and disappeared.
He reappeared from the left, fired another shell and disappeared.
He reappeared from the right, fired another shell and disappeared.
From all directions, William disappeared and reappeared firing with his shotgun once every time his reappeared.
Team STAB was forced to stand in a circle with one person facing North, one person facing South and so on. All they could do was block with their weapons for every time they tried to attack, a bullet would miss their head by a cm.
"STAY STILL YOU ANNOYING LITTLE-" Blanc felt the force of another shell hit her hammer before she could finish her sentence.
William teleported again and reappeared in front of Shido and fired a shell. Shido barely blocked with his weapon, just the Shido was growing familiar with William's attack patterns, William sprinted at Shido and kicked him in the face.
He quickly reloaded his shotgun and aimed it at- Tooru charged at William which made him point the shotgun at him instead. He fired a shell.
Tooru raised his shield and blocked. The knock back effect was immense but Tooru kept his momentum and charged at William. Tooru got close enough and threw a punch.
William teleported, dodging Tooru's fist and reappeared behind Tooru.
Tooru heard the sound of a Shotgun cocking before he felt something hard pressed against the back of his head.
"HAAAAAAAAA!"
William stopped and looked, he saw Blanc falling from above. Blanc swung his hammer vertically but William jumped back so her hammer hit the floor instead creating a cater.
Not giving William any time to rest, Asuna sprinted at William as her weapon began glowing.
She swung her weapon vertically only to have William evade the attack by teleporting. He reappeared a few meters away from them and continued his usual shooting and teleporting attack pattern which forced Team STAB back into their defensive circle.
Tooru blocked another shell with his shield but then felt another shell fire past his cheek which was way too close comfort for Tooru. They were in a bad spot, what made it worse was that no one in Team STAB had any long range weapons or attack which meant they couldn't fire back.
Tooru gritted his teeth in frustration as he blocked another shell with almost made him fall over.
"If only we had someone whose a good shot." Tooru thought. "If only...If only..."
"AWK!" Blanc choked as William finally managed to successfully hit Blanc in the shoulder. No blood was drawn, instead white, crystal particles shot out from Blanc's shoulder.
"BLANC!"
He wanted to protect his comrades but it was obvious he won't be able to do with just a shield. "If only...
Once again he was in situation where he couldn't do anything. "If only..."
Tooru clenched his fist as a bright light suddenly engulfed him. The light blinded everyone including William. "What the F*!"
"Tooru?" Shido managed to say while covering his eyes with his arm.
Team STAB then heard Tooru yell.
"Character Summon: Lilith Bristol!"
A figure appeared out of nowhere right next to Tooru. The figure was a girl with long blonde hair and had sapphire blue eyes. She wore what looked like the girl version of Tooru's uniform.
"is that..." Asuna thought as she looked. "Tooru's friend."
"Where the hell did she come from!" William said in shocked.
Shido remembered that move, why wouldn't he? He used it before after all so he was quite familiar with it. He was also familiar with the fact that summoning a copy of your friend can really drain your energy.
Blanc was just really confused and so was Tooru. Tooru was well aware of what he just did but he had no idea how it worked. Was he suppose to give the clone orders or did the clone move by itself.
The person Tooru summoned, Lilith, turned and looked at Tooru.
Their eyes met.
"Tooru?" Lilith said in disbelief. After a few seconds of processing, she realised she wasn't dreaming. A bright smile appeared on her face and she pulled Tooru into a huge hug. "TOORU!"
Tooru blinked. "Li-Lilith? What are- WATCH OUT!"
Tooru tackled Lilith to the ground just in time to dodge a shell that William fired at Lilith.
Before Lilith could say thank you and ask what the hell was going on, Tooru started coughing viciously. Tooru fell on his knees which made Lilith worried.
"Tooru?! Tooru what's wrong?!"
"He used a lot of energy."
Lilith turned to look at Asuna. "Who are you? and what do you mean by that?"
Asuna didn't believe it at first but then she remembered Otonashi accidentally summoning the real TK. "I'll explain everything later but right now we need too deal with him."
She gestured her rapier towards William.
William pointed his shotgun at Lilith. "Hey You! I have no idea where you came from but you'll regret trespassing on my territory."
Lilith blinked twice and looked back at Asuna. "What language is that?"
"English." Asuna replied.
Lilith then looked back at William a bit annoyed. She finally reunited with Tooru but this guy just had to interfere. "I guess I'll have to take care of you first then."
"We'll help." Asuna said as she and Shido raised their weapons.
"No." Lilith said. "I can do this myself, I don't need help to take out someone like him."
"I'm sorry but I don't know what the F* your saying!" William exclaimed still pointing his shotgun at Lilith.
Lilith looked at William's weapon and snickered. "Ha! If that's all you got then I guess this will be faster than I thought."
William still didn't know what she was saying but he figure he just got mocked judging from Lilith's expression. Without wasting any time, he fired his shotgun.
Lilith simply moved her head to the side dodging the bullet. "Blaze."
A flame appeared around Lilith hand and a blue and black rifle appeared and with it, she fired three shots at William.
William swore before suddenly disappearing which took Lilith by surprise.
"Watch out! He can teleport!" Shido warned.
William reappeared above Lilith and fired. Lilith moved to the side dodging it, deciding to question things later, she aimed and fired four shots: One aiming for his head, two aiming for his legs and one aiming for a shotgun.
Each one of those bullets would've hit if William didn't teleport out of his position.
Lilith didn't know how this person was magically teleporting but the idea of versing someone this unique and challenging excited her.
Being the daredevil she was, she charged at William.
For at least two minutes. William and Lilith exchanged gunfire with both sides dodging. As the gunshots echoed through the room. All team STAB could do was stare in awe.
However as every second passed Williams started losing his balance when teleporting he started evading more than actually attacking since Lilith was getting more used to his attack patterns.
As the gun battle continued, William's eyes widened as he saw Lilith smile. He teleported agan further this time to dodge whatever Lilith had planned.
Lilith continued to grin as though she had already won. She pointed at a random direction and fired 2 shots. As the two shots were about to hit the wall, William appeared exactly where Lilith had aimed.
The first bullet hit William's shotgun while the other hit him straight in the head.
"Im-impossible." He thought as he fell to the ground.
Lilith wasn't worried as Blazes only injured people and doesn't actually kill them. She smiled triumphantly. "I told you you had no chance."
"Whoa." Was all Shido could say.
Just when everyone thought it was over, they heard William groaning.
Lilith thought it was amusing that this man was still trying even though it was clear he had loss. "I have to hand it to you. You've got guys thinking you can actually beat me."
William gritted his teeth in fraustration. He mustered all energy he could and teleported further away from Team STAB.
He held up the small black box and threatened to press the red button that was in it. "I didn't want to do this...but you left no choice!"
Everyone tensed except for Lilith who had no idea what the button did.
"One button disarms the bombs." William pointed at the green one before pointing at the red one. "The other...dotonates them."
William's words were enough to make everyone freeze in their spots.
"I'm sorry, what did he just say?" Lilith asked.
Asuna briefly explained to Lilith about he bombs buried beneath.
"What! There's no way he'll do that!" Lilith exclaimed.
Asuna glared at William "You're bluffing! Everyone including you would be caught in the blast!"
William grinned. "Have you already forgotten my semblance?"
Tooru's eyes widened. "No... don't tell me-"
"After I press this button, the bombs will go off in 15 seconds. That's plenty enough time for me to teleport my way out of here."
Blanc couldn't believe this guy. "You little piece of s* * *!"
Shido grew a little angry. "Your men are still here! You're just going to abandon them?!"
William shrugged. "I can always find new men."
Lilith didn't understand a word of the conversation but she knew it was bad. She aimed her rifle at William.
William instantly place his finger dangerously close to the red button. Lilith narrowed her eyes, if she shot from this distance, the shot wouldn't make it in time.
"It wasn't nice meeting you." William stated. "So this... is where we say goodbye-"
William didn't get to finish nor was he able to press the button for he found that he could no longer move his body.
Lilith and Team STAB seemed to be having the same problem. For an unknown reason they couldn't move their bodies. Their bodies were shivering but that was pretty much it.
It was like fear had taken over their bodies immobilising them. The strange thing was...no one knew what they were scared of.
Asuna recognised this feeling.
"Now that's not really nice Willia." Said a fimiliar voice speaking in the tone of a mother.
Everyone turned their heads and saw Ashley standing at the door of the room.
She was smiling really creepily and her dark iris aura was clearing visible. She raised her whip and made cracking noise with in. The sound of her whip sent chills down everyone's spine.
Asuna finally understood why she coudn't move. "I see...this is her semblance."
Never before had Lilith ever felt this much fear before just by looking at a person. She tried to aim her rifle at Ashley but her body simply won't listen to her.
"It's okay." Asuna said when she notice Lilith struggling to aim her rifle. "She's on our side."
"EHHHH!" Lilith had mixed feelings about that.
Blanc had nothing to comment about this. She simply just stared at Ashley.
"As-ashley?" William stuttered. He ambiguously wanted to press the button that was right in his hand but he was completly paralysed. All he could do was shiver while Ashley slowly made her way to him.
"The people outside were fun play with. They were really friendly...you want to play too...right?" Ashley asked, that sadistic smile never leaving her face.
William suddenly remembered why they allowed Ashley to enter the Black Market. He rembered the day like it was yesterday: The day Ashley arrived at the entrance of his Black Market in a very bad mood.
Ashley cracked her whip again, the sound of her whip echoing through the room. "Now, let's have some fun-"
The scene you were about to witness was personally deleted and burned by the author himself because this story is rated T. Please stand by for another 15 minutes. The author thanks you for your patience.
After 15 minutes of a man screaming and a women laughing or giggling.
Team STAB and Lilith stared, their eyes wide open.
Once again, Blanc didn't know which was creepier: William looked dead even though his body was twitching and his eyes were open or the fact that Ashley looked oddly satisfied with herself. "O-kay, well that's done. I have to admit...I did have avert my eye a couple of times."
"Only a couple?" Shido rhetorically asked.
Ashley picked up the box that contained the green and red button. She returned to her usual childish and sleepily self and looked at the red button. "Ooooh I wonder what this does?"
"DON'T!" Everyone yelled at Ashley in unison.
Ashley blinked twice and looked at Team STAB. "Oh hi...you're here."
"You just realise that?!" Blanc exclaimed.
"Umm Ashley?" Asuna called.
Without blinking, Ashley turned her head and looked at Asuna. "Yes?"
Asuna almost jumped when Ashley looked at her. For some reason her regular smile looked even more creepier. "Umm, can you just press that green button."
"Okay!" Ashley said as though she was a small girl listening to her mother. She pressed the green button and instantly a female compute voice spoke.
"Bombs diactivated."
At that moment, everyone let out a long sigh of relief.
Shido fell back and sat down. "We did it!" He exclaimed both tired and happy.
Tooru was still panting from summoning. "Hey Blanc, is your shoulder alright."
"I've been through worse." Blanc stated. "You should worry about yourself for once."
Ashley had no idea what she just did but seeing everyone taking a rest made her feel sleepy. But then she looked at Lilith. Her eyes flew open. "Whoa! It's a Blondie!"
Lilith took a step back. After seeing what Ashley did to William, she wasn't really sure whether she should go near her. She looked back at Tooru. "So umm... are you going start explaining or not?"
After Lilith asked, Team STAB spent the next 15 minutes explaining everything in Japanese. Ashely just watched looking at whoever was talking. Ashley felt like she was part of conversation even though she had no idea what they were saying.
Overall, Lilith was completly blown away with the information she was given. In fact, she was still debating whether Team STAB was just playing a joke on her or not. "But...Tooru has only been gone for a week."
"Seriously." Tooru asked. For Tooru, it's been already a couple of weeks.
"It's really hard to explain." Asuna concluded.
"Anyways!" Shido exclaimed trying to change the subject. "What's your relationship with Tooru?"
Tooru was about to answer when Lilith suddenly hugged his right arm.
Lilith smiled proudly. "I'm glad you asked. You see this man is my future Husband."
It took Asuna a second to process that. "EHHHHHHH!" Asuna's checks grew red. "T-T-T-Tooru!"
Tooru waved his hands defensively. "No no no, that's not it! We're just friends, that's all!" He said before changing the subject again. "Anyways, I don't want to sound rude but Lilith, How did you get here?"
That was something Shido and Asuna wanted to know.
Lilith had to think about that question. "If I think about it...I think this portal just appeared in front of me and I had this weird urge to walk through it."
"Was that it?" Shido asked.
"Now that you ask...i also saw the words 35 minutes."
Asuna processed that last bit of information. "In that case then your time is almost up."
Lilith didn't completly understand that statement. "Eh?"
Right on cue, Lilith's body started fading and fading. "W-what's happening to-"
"Lilith." Tooru said in a reassuring tone. Despite his fatigue, he smiled. "Can you tell the others that I'm fine okay?"
When Lilith finally understood that she was going home she pouted like a child. "Awww, but I just got to see you again."
Tooru smiled. "Don't worry. I'll be back soon."
Lilith wasn't sure about that but it wasn't like she could do anything about it. "Well okay then. You better be back soon, we've all been worried for you and Julie. Return safely okay."
"Consider it a promise." Tooru assured. "I'll tell Julie you said Hi."
"Well, I guess this is goodbye then. Bye Tooru!"
Team STAB waved goodbye as Lilith faded into nothing. Once again, they were reminded that all four of them were in a foreign world and that all of them had homes to return to. It made them all homesick.
During the conversion, Blanc wasn't really listening for she was too busy thinking about Ashley. She was now having suspsicions of Ashley. For some reason...Blanc had a a very accurate hypothesis but she needed to find out one more thing to confirm it.
"Hey Ashley?"
Still standing up, Ashley woke up and looked at Blanc. "What is it Blanny?"
The word Blanny confirmed it. Blanc was all too fimilair with the nickname Blanny. There was only one other person Blanc knew who would always call her Blanny. "Umm, ah...it's nothing. You just remind me a friend I know."
Ashley was highly interested in that. "Really? What's her name?"
"Plutia." Blanc answered not sure why she asked.
Ashley perked up. "What a coincidence!"
Everyone in Team STAB was now listening.
"You know her?" Blanc asked a bit worried now.
"No." Ashley replied slowly. "Plutia is just one of my middle names."
Everyone looked at Ashley.
"One...of your middle names?" Shido asked.
"What is your full name Ashley?" Asuna asked out of curiosity.
"My full name?" Ashley repeated before stopping to think. Apparently she forgot what her full name was for a moment. "Oh now I remember, it was...Ashley Plutia Iris Heart."
Team STAB blinked twice before exclaiming. "Ehhhhhhhhhh!"
-o-o-o-
Just Outside The Wall
Team CFVY's job was basically clearing out Grimm. There were too many gathering near the wall so they called Team CFVY to exterminate them. Coco did most of the work though.
Stopping a robbery that was occurring near the walls was a side job.
Speaking of which, the one responsible for the robbery yes Allisa Volver. Said person was currently laying on the ground. Her revolver had no bullets and all her henchmen were defeated.
As Allisa waited to be arrested, Coco approach her. "You know... you're actually pretty good. All you need is better teammates."
Allisa chuckled. "I know right. Can't believe I spent money hiring these henchmen."
"With you skills you could've easily become a huntress you know." Coco pointed out. "So why did you chose to become a robber of all things."
Allisa just shrugged. "I honestly don't know. My father is a thief. My mother is a robber and my brother is a hacker. I guess it just runs in the family."
"I kinda understand that." Coco said before changing the subject. "Anyways, so where is this clothing store you talked about. The one you said that sells the best clothing with the cheapest prices."
Allisa wasn't able to move for she was injured during her battle against team CFVY. "You know the shop just across the street."
Coco looked across the street and looked. There was a clothing store but the windows were smashed and had cracks all over it. "You mean the shop you just robbed?"
"Yep! That's the one."
-o-o-o-
Team STAB had finally arrived safety back at Beacon. Ashley had fallen asleep so Tooru and Shido took turns carrying her.
They rested Ashley on a bench and waited. According to call they received, A friend was going to pick up Ashley up.
They talked as they waited.
"I can't believe it." Blanc started. "I met another Plutia without even noticing."
"Jason did breily mention to me that there are parallel counterparts in other worlds." Asuna pointed out.
"Yeah but Ashley's personality is exactly like Plutia's" Shido stated.
"I agree." Tooru chimed in. "Usually you would expect your parralel counterpart to be the exact opposite of you."
"Well... at least she doesn't look like Plutia's HDD form." Blanc said.
"I agree with you there." Shido said. "That would just make her more scary."
"Umm...excuse me? Are you Team STAB?" Said a unfimilar voice.
Everyone turned and looked. It was a young women.
She had light skin, brown hair and was white beautiful. She wore a casual orange shirt with a light black skirt.
Asuna spoke for the group. "That would be us." She quickly introduced her team and told the young women their names.
The young women bowed. "Honour to meet you. My name is Natalia Ellingsworth. I'm here to pick up Ashley Heart."
"She's sleeping over there." Tooru said.
Natalia smiled. "I guess she never changes." She looked over to where Ashely was sleeping. "Oh my."
"What's the matter?" Asuna asked before looking as well.
What they saw on the bench was adorable. Leaning against Ashley's shoulder, also sleeping, was none other then Plutia herself.
Asuna had to admit: the view of Ashley and Plutia both sleeping peacefully on the bench was cute.
Blanc looked at the sleeping Godess and then looked at the sleeping huntress. They basically looked like twins, the only difference was that Ashley looked like an adult version of Plutia.
Natalia certainly didn't expect this. "I didn't know Ashley had a little sister."
"Their not sisters." Asuna quickly corrected. "Although I understand why you would think that"
Natalia still thought they were sisters but continued the conversation. "So, if you worked with Ashley then I'm guessing you know about her other personality."
Everyone just shivered thinking about.
"How did she graduate into a huntress anyway?" Blanc asked.
Natalia smiled as though she had already heard this question before. "While it is true that Ashley can be a bit crazy sometimes, she genuinely cares about her comrades."
Right on cue, Ashley started talking in her sleep. "Blanny...Team STAB...please don't leave...friends."
Team STAB coudn't help but smile at that. After the short amount of time Team STAB and Ashley had been together. Ashley already considered them as friends, even in her sleep.
Ashley continued to talk in her sleep. "You...still...haven't taught me how... to speak Japany yet."
Team STAB dead panned. "Way to ruin the moment." Blanc commented.
Natalia let out a short laugh. "Well, I better be going then."
She approach Ashley and carried her on her back while at the same time, Shido picked up Plutia.
"Well, we'll see you later then." Natalia said goodbye. "I honestly can't thank you enough for taking care of her."
"It was nice working with your friend." Asuna said. "We should be thanking her, we wouldn't be here if it weren't for her."
Natalia felt proud of her friend to hear that. After saying their last goodbyes, Natalia left with Ashley on her back.
"Is she going to be alright carrying Ashley like that." Blanc asked.
"Don't worry." Shido assured. "Ashley is actually very light."
Tooru looked at Asuna who was staring at the sunset. "Thinking of someone?"
"Yeah, I wonder Yuuki did today?"
-o-o-o-
Nathan Davis was currently going home after a long day. As he walked, he received an unexpected phone call.
"Hallo?"
"Hey Nathan!"
"David?! As in... David Roy?"
"Who else? Nice to hear from you again. How long had it been."
"Ages. What have you been up to?"
"I just finished a mission with a unique group people. Speaking of which, one of them uses twin swords just like you. His name is Kirito, heard of him?"
"Sorry I haven't, I would love to meet him though."
"Oh okay then. Anyways, have you found Natalia yet? Have you confessed to her?"
"What?! No of course not! I still don't know where she lives."
"You would be a stalker if you did."
"That's funny. One of the people I worked with today said the exact same thing. Her name is Kotori. Anyways, how about you? Have you found a love interest."
"Nah, I'm not into romance or dating."
"You never know David, your true love might be out there waiting for destiny to bring you to her."
"I highly doubt that."
-o-o-o-
Ashely yawned as she was still be carried by Natalia.
"You're awake."
"Oh hi Natally...where are we going?"
"Nice to see you too. We're going back to my village right now."
"How about Team STAB?"
"They left already."
"Aww...already? I didn't even get to say goodbye."
"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll meet them again."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure...i'm cooking dinner tonight by the way."
"Yay! Natally's cooking is always the best."
-o-o-o-
Team STAB (Team Stab)
Shido Itsuka (Date A Live)
Tooru Kokonoe (Absolute Duo)
Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online)
Blanc/White Heart (Hyperdimentional Neptunia)
-o-o-o-
Top Most Wanted Criminals
1. ?
2. August Serena
3. Wolfheim Hernandez
4. Dr Frost
5. Debra Stalker
6. James Mordred (Arrested)
7.
8. Broad Gargoyle (Arrested)
9. William Henchmen (Arested
10. ?
A/N end of chapter 33! Whoa that took longer than expected. First time writing on my phone. I downloaded the fanfiction dot net app by the way which Is how I'm able to write on my phone. Anyways, I'm just going to reply to a couple reviews before making an announcement.
Xiodan56: I'm actually planing to save Kirito's character summoning for a future chapter. I was actually planning to Yu or Shinoa summon a friend from their world but I completely forgot.
RaiseDaDragz: I was going say this in the last episode but I completly forgot. Anyways, I wanted reply to your review on chapter 31, I just want to point out that Rin From Shelter is not an OC. I do it own Rin, if I did, I would've given her a better happy ending. Rin is rightfully owned by Poter Robinson and Madeon. The reason why the story is called Shelter: The sequel. Is because that story is continuing where the music left off. If you haven't watch the short anime film "Shelter" then I highly suggest you do, it should easy to find on YouTube and is only 6 minutes long. If you don't know what Rin looks like then just type in "Rin Shelter" on Google and you should get a picture of her.
Anyways, thank you to everyone who reviewed on my story. Thank you ariqghifari, Abdi Shalbilk729, Karamatsu Matsuno2, for favouriting this story and thank you Abdi Shalbilk729, Pillsbury Swoleboy, ariqghifari, for following this story.
Okay now for my announcement, no this maybe good news or bad news to you depending on who you are. But I am announcing, I am putting this story on Haitus. Why? Because of request I have received on Shelter the sequel: arigato, I have decided I would fishnish that story. I am not abandoning this story, a chapter just isn't going to come out until I finish shelter. Shelter is a two-shot so it won't take that long. Although chapter 2 of Shelter is probably going to be just as long, or even longer than chapter 1 so it's going to take a while. I am so sorry to those who are looking forward to another chapter especially since it took me so long for me to post this chapter. But this is the decision I have decided to make. If you want see how much words I've written, go onto my profile page and there should be a section called Progress and that will tell you how much words I've written. So until then, thank you so much for reading, if you have any problems with this chapter please review and I hope you enjoyed. I will be back.
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Behind the scenes
In the lounge room: Jack, Rin from Shelter, Ruby, Blake, Weiss, Team JNPR, Sora and Shiro from No Game No Life, and Akame.
Rin is waiting patiently drawing in her tablet.
Sora and Shiro are playing games on their phones.
Akame is eating a packet of chips.
Team JNPR is playing a board game.
Blake is reading a book.
Ruby and Weiss are just waiting impatiently.
Once again, Team RWBY and JNPR have to stand by. Despite the fact that this fic is a BRS x RWBY crossover, Team RWBY have hardly gotten any screen time compare to the other teams.
"Jack?" Ruby called "when is out next screen time?"
Jack had to think about that. "If I calculate the maths correctly than...I think chapter 36 or somewhere near that."
Ruby groaned impatiently. "That's still three chapters away."
Suddenly the door flew open and Konno Yuuki entered the room. "Is Rin here?"
Rin looks up from here tablet and waves at Yuuki.
"There you are." Yuuki said. She walked up to Rin and took her hand. "Come on, we're going."
Rin doesn't say anything and simply looks at Yuuki with a confused look.
Yuuki read her mind and answered her unsaid question. "Were filming Shelter part 2."
Rin didn't say anything but you could tell she was excited by looking at her face. With that, the pair exited the room.
Ruby looked at Jack. "Wait what?"
"Jason is putting the story on haitus until he finishes shelter." Jack replies casually. "Jason and I are going to have a short cameo in Shelter but that's going to be in."
"What!" Ruby and Weiss exclaimed. It was now going to take more longer until Team RWBY gets their own chapter again.
"He did the same thing with Akame Ga Save." Akame pointed out.
Sora looks up from his phone. "When are we filming The New Nunber Hunters chapter 2?"
"When Shelter, strangers in Remnant and Akame Ga save are completly finished."
"Seriously?"
"Jason is having a hard time juggling all the stories."
"I guess that'a what he gets for posting more than one story at a time."
Suddenly, the door to the room flew open and Yang entered. "I'm back! I brought everyone fast food!"
Akame instantly perked up and walks to Yang, she took one of the brown bags that contained said fast food. "Thank you Leone."
"My name is Yang." Yang said before she took the brown bag away from Akame. "And that is not for you..."
Yang suddenly pulled out three more brown bags: each contained burgers, hot chips and soft drink. Yang gave the three bags to Akame. "This is for you."
By now Akame was drooling. She quickly thanked Yang, took her food and went staight to eating.
"Thanks." Sora said as Yang handed him his food.
As Team RWBY and JNPR sat down to eat, Jack looked at their food.
Jack's stomach suddenly growled with hunger.
Yang looked at Jack and grinned for she just got an idea. "Looks like we have a...Hungry Jack."
Jack was the only one laughed at that pun.
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This chapter was finished on 17/07/2017.