AN: Hey everyone, I have the next chapter here. This one is a fun showcase of action from a character I felt I underused in the last story. But before that, we have the return of a special someone to this story. To make things better, he comes with a little friend. Hope you enjoy this chapter, leave a review with your comments and questions, and have a nice day.
Chapter 15 – Beast Flaring Fangs
Ruby.
At the landing platform for Clockwork Academy, Team RAMA gathered to see a small airship land. After docking, the hatch opened with a postman wheeling out a massive wooden crate, "I'm looking for a Ruby Rose." He said with the red-hooding girl raising her hand, "Sign here." The postman said as he walked over with a tablet and stylist
Ruby sighed for the package while smiling, the rest of her team looking at the crate in confusion, "Thank you." She said before passing the returning the items tablet and stylist, then spawning her Crescent Rose in its scythe form. She slashed the crate once, leaving a thin cut in the wood.
Suddenly, the crate exploded. Inside, as massive Greywolf looked up, "Ooowhooo!" The Wolf of Revenge howled before looking down at the red hooded girl.
"Lobo!" Ruby jumped up to hug her mount in the neck, "I've missed you so much!" She said while scratching the back of his right ear, causing Lobo's tail to wag.
"Your family has an odd way of sending animals," Atalanta said as the postman passed her a one-foot long cardboard cylindrical container. She looked to see it had the label, All the Food, on its side, "I'm a little hesitant to open this." She said before passing the container to Medusa, who was confused at its unusual weight.
"So, this what makes you a Rider class?" Anastasia asked as she looked at Lobo. The Wolf of Revenge, his eyes glancing at Viy, causing the grand duchess to grip her doll tightly, "I assumed he's housetrained?"
"Of course," Ruby answered, "Lobo's a good boy, right?" She looked at her mount nod.
However, the team heard a bark, "Arf!" A dog announced, but it was not from Lobo's mouth. Ruby looked in the thick fur under his neck, finding an unexpected guest. It was a black and white corgi with a lovable smile, "Arf!"
"Zwei!?" Ruby said as she picked up the corgi, "What are you going here?" She said before noticing a note in his collar. She opened the note as she put the corgi down.
Dear Ruby,
I'm sending Zwei with Lobo, he would be lonely if his best friend was away. Don't worry, you should have enough food for both dogs. Have fun, I'm so proud of you! Tell Qrow I said hey.
Love, Taiyang
"Aw Zwei," Ruby said as she looked at the corgi panting, sitting next to Lobo. She then looked over to the postman's airship, seeing it already taking off. The red hooded girl then looked back to her team, "I guess we have one more addition to our team." She then said with a look of worry, "Is this still okay?"
"It's fine with me," Medusa said.
"So long as they do not assault Viy," Anastasia said as she noticed Zwei focused on the doll, causing her grip to tighten more.
"As I said, Ruby," Atalanta said as she knelt to gain the corgi's attention, "Unlike Blake, I don't have a fear of canines." She said before extending her right hand, a smile on her face, "See."
"Arf!" Zwei barked with a smile before biting down on the lioness faunus' right hand. For a moment, it appeared as if time had stopped as everyone did not know what was about to happen next.
A few seconds later, Cu Chulainn walked to the landing platform with Team MGNP. However, the group of five stopped with a look of shock on their faces.
Atalanta had her bow drawn, an arrow aimed at the corgi. However, Anastasia tried to hold back the enraged lioness faunus, "Let go of me!" Atalanta declared, "I'll kill it!"
"Atalanta, I'm so sorry!" Ruby said in a panic as she held back Zwei, "See, he's sorry too!"
"Arf!" Zwei barked.
"It's mocking me!" The lioness faunus interpreted, "I'm going to murder that dog and keep its pelt as a trophy!"
Close by, Lobo snarled at Atalanta, his eyes glowing with a blue light. Medusa tried to hold back the beast with her bare hands, "Easy, easy!" She tried to calm The Wolf of Revenge, but it fell on deaf ears, "Uh oh!"
Lobo pushed off Medusa as he spawned his hook scythe, Violet Gibbous. The Wolf of Revenge lunged at Atalanta, "Lobo, No!" Ruby cried out as Atalanta pushed off the grand duchess.
As the lioness faunus aimed her bow at Lobo, Anastasia's glared at the two, her eyes glowing blue, "Stop." She said before a white flash filled the area. Ruby and Medusa shielded their eyes. once could see again, they discovered Lobo and Atalanta had stopped. Rather, the two raging animals were encased in a huge block of ice.
"Well, that'll cool then down." Mordred commented with a smirk, looking over to Ruby, "You seem to have gotten your mount back."
"Yeah," Ruby said with a sigh, "I need to make sure they don't hurt each other when they thaw out."
However, Mordred placed her right hand on the left shoulder of the red hooded girl, "I'll keep an eye on then, you and the others can go to class." She said with Ruby smiling, "Don't worry, we're good." The Knight of Rebellion said with a smile.
"I'll keep you company," Medusa said to Mordred, "It might get a little out of hand." She said while noticing Atalanta's eyes glowing with rage.
Cu Chulainn sighed as he watched the two teams, "Well, I suppose this is better than canceling class over something so…" He said before collecting his thoughts, "Okay, the remaining members of Team RAMA and Team MGNP can head to the arena for combat training."
"Yes Sir," Anastasia, Gray, and Penny responded. Neo nodded.
"Uh, Professor Chulainn," Ruby said as she walked over, "Can I take Zwei with or do I leave him in my room?"
"You can take the little guy with, I don't mind." Cu Chulainn responded with a smile, "I like dogs and they like me." The blue haired lancer said as he extended his right hand to pet the corgi, "See."
"Arf!" Zwei barked with a smile before biting down on Cu Chulainn's right hand. Like before, time stopped as history seemed like it was about to repeat itself.
Achilles.
Flying his chariot over the ruined city near Mountain Glenn, Achilles gathered his thoughts, "Okay, you're a couple of days early. So, she may freak out a little bit." He said to himself as he held the reins, "But hey, she still hasn't responded to any of my calls. That's not normal. Even if it's nothing, I have the right to be worried." He said before sighing, "But, if I come off as too pushy, I might remind Blake of…that guy." The swift hero said with resentment at the end of his sentence. Achilles shook his head before looking down and to his left at the destroyed city, seeing a massive crater nearby, "Wow, I guess that's where Musashi unleased her Noble Phantasm." He said before having a look of confusion, "Still, how did she get to Vale in the first place?"
Suddenly, Achilles heard what sounded like a rocket to his right. He turned with his eyes widening, a missile was about to collide with his chariot. He tried to pull back the reins, but it was too late. The missile exploded on contact with the carriage, launching the swift hero out and into a partially demolished building. Once his body landed, the building became fully demolished and collapsed, burying him in the rubble. The chariot continued to ride off before landing a few blocks away from its owner.
Walking over to the demolished building were six White Fang grunts; three with rifles, two with swords, and one with a rocket launcher. One of the members with a sword pulled out a walkie-talkie, "Leader, we eliminated the enemy aircraft, but someone fell out of it."
"We're on my way," The female voice responded, "If possible, avoid engaging with this enemy directly."
"Understood," The White Fang grunt responded before holstering the walkie-talkie.
Suddenly, the rubble erupted. The White Fang grunts readied their weapons as Achilles walked out. While slightly covered in dirt, his body was undamaged, "You know, surprise attacks like that won't hurt me." He said before spawning his lance in his right hand, "But it does piss me off to no end."
"Fire!" The White Fang grunt with the rocket launcher ordered as the three with rifles followed his command. However, the swift hero spun his lance in the way of the fire, shielding himself from the bullets. The White Fang grunt with the rocket launcher gritted his teeth before aiming his weapon, firing another missile at his opponent. This time, Achilles saw it coming. He defected the missile with the swing of his lance, redirecting it to another building. As it exploded, the swift hero remained focused on his enemies.
Achilles dashed forward at high speed, jabbing the White Fang rocketeer in the chest with his left fist. The other grunts watched the rocketeer fall as Achilles remained determined, the two grunts with swords rushed the swift hero. Achilles parried the blades with his lance before stabbing the ground. He then spun around his weapon counterclockwise, kicking one of the grunts in the left side. With his momentum, Achilles continued the kick to carry the sword-wielding grunt to crash into the back of the other sword-wielding grunt. The two White Fang grunts were flung off into one of the riflemen, knocking all three out before they came to a stop on the ground. The remaining two grunts readied their weapons to open fire, but Achilles pulled out his lance. He held his weapon horizontally while unleashing a right punch with his lance in his hand. However, he aimed for the space between the two enemies. The frame of the lance hit both grunts in the stomach, knocking the wind out of them in an instance. As Achilles reposed his lance, the last of the White Fang members fell to the ground.
Achilles then closed his eyes and sighed. Unexpectedly, a projectile rocked toward the left side of the head. Without looking, he caught the object with his left hand a few inches from his head. The swift hero smirked as he opened his left eye, "Not this time." He commented before examining the objected. It appeared to be a steel arrowhead with a blue gem at the center. No, a dust stone. The arrowhead then exploded, encasing Achilles' left arm in ice, "What the-"
Suddenly, Achilles heard chains coming from a dark alleyway. In looking over, he saw the piercing yellow eyes of a faunus. Her short hair was black, but her tiger we decorated with gold rings. He skin was brown with multiple dark horizontal markings over her body. She wore a black sleeveless combat uniform with white lining, a red cape, and a small satchel at her right side. In her right hand was a type of chain whip with a few more of the similar arrowheads. On her forehead was a red gem, "So, we finally meet," She said while walking out of the darkness, scowling at the swift hero, "White Fang Killer."
"What!?" Achilles responded, "Lady, you have me confused with someone else." He said before flexing his left arms, breaking the ice-encasement, "First off, look around." Achilles gestured as the sound of the breathing and gowning grunts on the ground, "No White Fangs were killed here."
"Because I arrived before you could execute them," The tiger faunus responded, "Now, the only one who with be executed," She said while tossing off her red cape aside, "Is you!" She then cracked her chain whip, launching another arrowhead. Achilles slashed the arrowhead with his lance, but then noticed it was a red dust stone. Suddenly, a wall of fire exploded from the gem. Achilles was unaffected by the flames, but he lost sight of his opponent for a second.
Suddenly, the tiger faunus jumped through the fire. Her left-hand reach to claw out Achilles' eyes. The swift hero dashed back, but the tiger faunus continued her assault. Achilles continued to back up as he parried her slashes and kicks, "Listen, I'm not the White Fang Killer!" he responded as he blocked, "I have no hatred for faunus at all!" He said before dodging her axel kick, "My best friend and girlfriend are both Faunus, that means something, right?" he said before the tiger faunus, launched another arrowhead, embedding into his chest. This one had a yellow dust stone, causing Achilles' body to erupt with electricity. However, while his body was smoking, he remained unharmed, "Look, you can't hurt me." He said before pointing at himself, "I'm a heroic spirit that can only be damaged by those with a divinity skill."
Suddenly, a new voice was heard, "Oh, a challenge," Achilles then looked his left, his eyes widening. Another faunus was diving towards him. With one had a similar skin tone to the tiger faunus, but with long white hair tied in a ponytail. A set of white horse ears were atop her head, along with a white metal headdress with black lining. The same type of metal acted as armor for her shoulders, forearm, legs, hips, and sides of her chest. However, her thighs and center of her chest remained exposed, show multiple red markings. In her left hand, a large white metal circular shield. She wielded a white lance that had a golden spiral spearhead in her right hand, one that was large than Achilles. The swift hero clashed his lance with hers, but the attacks went though. However, the white horse faunus blocked his lance with her shield. While her lance slashed his left arm. In jumped back Achilles' gasped at his bleeding wound, "Well, it's a good thing I'm not a heroic spirit." She said as she landed on the ground. Her blue eyes gleamed as she had an energetic smiled, "I'm a Divine Spirit!" She said before laughing, "HAHAHAHA!" She then looked over to see the tiger faunus walking over to her, "Well Kahn, shall we continue together?"
"Gladly." The tiger faunus said before she and white horse faunus reposed their weapons.
"Kahn?" Achilles said before he realized something about the tiger faunus, "Wait, you're the leader of the whole White Fang, Sienna Kahn!"
"It took you this long to figure it out," Sienna responded, "But that is my title."
"You can call me Caenis," The white horse faunus added on, "But I prefer, The White Fang Champion." She said before chucking, "But who are we kidding," her face then turned to have a sinister smile, "You won't live long enough for that to matter." Caenis declared before she and Sienna rushed the swift hero.
The White Fang Champion lunged with her lance, forcing Achilles into a defensive stance. He blocked her assault but was unable to find an opening. In their exchange, the two lances bounced off each other. However, Sienna whip her chains around Achilles' spearhead. In the distraction, Caenis rammed him with her shield, forcing the swift hero back a few feet. The Leader of the White Fang pulled on her chain, causing Achilles to lose his lance. He skidded on the back of his heals as Sienna now held his lance.
"Not much of a man without your weapon," Sienna said before stabbing the ground with the spear.
"Here I was expecting more from a fellow lancer," Caenis said as she reposed her weapons.
"Heh, don't underestimate me, ladies," Achilles said with a smirk, "My class is actually Rider." He announced before whistling.
Suddenly, Sienna and Caenis heard the building to their right collapse. The two barely managed to jump out of the way of Achilles' chariot. The Leader of the White Fang watched the chariot sped down the road, while the White Fang Champion saw the swift hero dash. Achilles retrieved his lance before he jumped on his chariot, then ascended into the air. Sienna flared her fangs as she looked up at the swift hero, "Coward!" She called out as she saw him running away.
However, Achilles was not running away. His body and chariot glowing in a light green aura. their speed of the ride increased as it formed multiple figure-eights in the sky. Caenis' eyes widened as she knew what was about to happen next, "Kahn, get behind me!" She said with Sienna having a look of confusion, "This is his Noble Phantasm!" She said with the leader of the White Fang now nodding. She moved behind her Champion as Caenis stood her ground, holding the shield in a blocking stance.
"Xanthos, Balius, Pedasos, let's go!" Achilles said before smiling, "My life is like that of a falling star!" he said as he dived towards Caenis' shield, "The Immortal Chariot of Storms and Raging Waves," Achilles declared moments before impact, "Troias Tragoidia!"
At that moment, a silence fell over the destroyed city. Followed by a loud eruption of green energy. The nearby buildings were blasted away, turning to pebbles as they scattered through the wind. At the center of the struggle, Achilles and his chariot of horses clashed against Caenis's shield. The White Fang Champion held her ground as she pushed back the force of the Noble Phantasm. However, her feet began to sink into the road from the pressure. At that moment, Sienna pushed her own body against the shield, trying to alleviate some of the stress of her Champion. Conversely, Achilles gritted his teeth as his horses were reaching their limit.
Suddenly, all three fights felt an odd presence above them. In looking up, they saw three small grey jackalopes hooved above. They each had on a type of dark brown boxing gloves with dust stones at the knuckles. Their arms were raised as three massive orbs were formed; one purple, one teal, one orange. Each with an odd symbol at the center, causing the two White Fang members to gasp. In the distance, a new female voice declared, "Three Enigmas!" The jackalopes unleashed the three orbs towards the fighters. Sienna and Caenis jumped out of the way of the attack, causing the orbs to land solo on Achilles. The block of the destroyed city then was encompassed in a blue dome of energy, reducing the road and buildings to complete rubble.
A few blocks away, Caenis landed in the middle of the road, carrying Sienna, "Thank you," The Leader of the White Fang said as her Champion let go of her. Caenis bowed before Sienna looked to a dark alleyway, "That was reckless, Sheba." The Leader of the White Fang said with a scowl.
Walking out of the alleyway was another faunus with darker skin. However, this one's hair was a deep purple. Her faunus ears and tail were that of a jackalope, not to mention they looked especially velvety and fluffy. Her attire was closer to that of lingerie with black underwear and stockings that formed heels. She wore a red cape on her lower half, while a large light blue shall on each arm. Her body was decorated with golden jewelry, the largest piece being an essence lamp in her right hand, "I thought it was the smart move." Sheba said as she smiled at the two, "After all, I knew you two could avoid the hit." She said before crossing her arms, "And even if you praised, I would just have to trade up my position of White Fang Accountant to Leader of the White Fang." She then noticed Sienna glaring as she readied her chain whip, "…But, I quite like my role right now."
Sienna sighed before turning to Caenis, "The White Fang Killer seemed to have the same high endurance you have." She asked her champion, "Do you think he survived?"
Suddenly, Achilles' chariot dashed through another building close by. The three faunus turned to see the swift hero jumping off his ride. While his armor was damaged and head dripping with sweat, he appeared to suffer no critical wounds. He glared at the members as his mount faded away, "…Yes," Caenis said to her leader before reposing her weapon, "But we'll just kill him now." Sienna agreed as she readied with her chain whip. Sheba rubbed her lap, causing a white mist to emanate. Suddenly, it solidified for the jackalope faunus to grab it like a massive hammer.
"This is bad," Achilles thought as he readied his lance, "My horses are too tired from my Noble Phantasm to flee. I'm even running out of stamina." He thought before tightening his grip, "But I can't lose here. I need to get to Blake. I can't let this team beat me!" He thought before realizing something, "Wait, if they're a team," Achilles thought before speaking, "Where's their fourth member?"
Suddenly, Achilles' eyes widen as he felt something pierce his right heel. In turning his head to examine, he discovered a black arrow with a purple flame. Before he could react, the purple flame erupted into a vertical inferno, "AAAAAAAAAAA!" Achilles screamed in agony as the pain rushed through his body. While the three White Fang members smirked while lowering their weapons. After a few more seconds of torment, the fires ceased. The swift hero's body was charred and blistered. His legs wobbled as he dropped his lance. In gritting his teeth, he looked up towards the direction the arrow came from. However, the sight caused his eyes to grow even wider. While his vision was blurry, he knew who he saw.
At the top of a high building was another White Fang faunus. However, this one's skin was much paler than her teammates. Her animal ears suggested she was a lioness. She knelt on one knee with her bow aimed at the swift hero. Then, she stood up, holding her bow to her side. While this one wore the Grimm mask over her eyes, the cold gaze was still piercing. Achilles' eyes shook with terror as he spoke, "S-Sis?" He said before his strength gave out. His eyes closed before falling over, landing face-first into the ground unconscious.
AN: There you go, Lobo and Zwei are back. The Wolf of Revenge is here as Ruby's mount. Zwei is also here and I have something fun planned for him. Achilles gets to show off his moves. I know his performance in Round Three of Grand Order was a little lackluster, so I hope this made up for it a bit. We see Sienna Kahn in action, who I think I said before, is my favorite faunus design in the series. She gets her own team, one with Caenis and Sheba, both were a pain to try and find out what type of animal they are supposed to be with those ears. I do apologies if they are not technically a horse and jackalope respectively, but it was the most logical type I could find. (Also, Sheba does not have the goat horns she gets in later ascension here). Still, I love that I could include all three in this story. And finally, we have the mysterious, yet familiar fourth member. Her story will be elaborated in next chapter as Achilles wakes up. That is all for now, thanks for reading, and hope to see you in the next chapter.
