"What? Did i said something wrong?" - Ruby asked.
"Just... It just not worth mentioning." - Ace facepalmed.
"Why? What happen?" - Yang asked.
"... On the final round of the tournament, i was only lucky cuz my opponent was careless. But i know that the lady luck only have my back once, so we all going on a training trip after the tournament is over." - Ace explained.
"And how long did you guys train?" - Weiss asked, Ace show three fingers.
"Three months? It's quite lo..." - Weiss said but...
"Actually, it's three years." - Ace explained. This cause RWBY and JNR jawdropped.
"Thr...three..years?" - Ruby ask shakingly.
"Are you guys even human?" - Jaune also do the same as Ruby.
"It might sound unbelievable but it's true alright." - Lucia said.
"We want to improve ourself so stuff like that won't happen again." - Ace said.
"Yeah but why need to be ashamed? It's not like you're cheating or something." - Ruby said.
"I..uh.."
"She's right, being winning is good and all. But as long as you fight with your own strenght then there's nothing to be ashamed about." - Blake said.
"... Thanks guys, i really appreciate it." - Ace smile make RWBY and JNR smile as well.
"So..uh... I know it's not polite to ask this but uh... Can we see your weapons?" - Ruby ask team ALTR, and they were agree. Lucia go first, her weapon was an AR like sniper rifle that can turn to a giant axe.
"*Gasp* It looks like my Crescent Rose, only different is mine was a scythe while your was an axe." - Ruby complimented.
"That's not all, i also got a secondary weapon." - Lucia said as she pulled out her secondary weapon. It was a pair of pistols, both have compensator mount and extended mag.
"A pair of handguns?" - Weiss asked.
"Yeah i know it looks bored but they're quite handy..." Lucia said as she twirling her handguns. "For close encounters."
Next was Tanya, her weapon is a bow that can turn into a side-handle blade, as for the arrow she use Dust. Her secondary weapon was a wrist-blade (not assassin creed ok). Raul weapon was a bazooka that can turn to a kanabo (spiked club), his backup weapon was a pair or wolverine-like knuckle brass. Only Ace is didn't show his weapon yet.
"It's your turn Ace, what's wrong?" - Ruby asked.
"I don't know about this but..i don't think you're gonna like mine." - Ace explained which earned a whine from RWBY and JNR like "Oh come on,show us already." or "Don't keep it to yourself.", etc...
"Alright alright fine, i'll show my weapon ok." - Ace finally gave up, he raised his hand then suddenly a rectangle suitcase appear in his hand.
"Wait, don't tell me that's your weapon." - Weiss said as she hopping she was wrong.
"Of course not, my weapon is what lies inside." - Ace said then give the suitcase a shake, reveal a tachi sword (older version of katana) inside of it. He grab the sword then slowly unsheath the sword from the scabbard, the sword's blade part has a black color with jade-green color waves pattern.
"Ooohh! Now that's a katana!" - Ruby gleeing.
"Not bad." - Jaune said.
"Everyone, in my hand here is my weapon. I named it..."Yosomaru" - Ace said.
"Yosomaru? As in... Elemental cutter?" - Blake asked.
"Excatly! The blade of this sword can absorb any nature element and the element it absorbed makes the blade more powerful, that's why i named it like that. So.. Who wanna feel it weight?" - Ace said.
"Oh! I do! I do!" - Ruby childishly replied. Ace then hand the blade to Ruby, as she observe it...
"Wait.. This sword was...weird." - Ruby said which make WBY and JNR wondering.
"Look at this, the sharp-edge was reversed!"(*) - Ruby exclaimed which makes the others (except ALTR) surprise, especially Blake.
"Let me see it Ruby." - Blake said. Ruby give Blake the sword.
"..! It's true! The sharp edge was lied behind the blade while it was supposed to lied in the front of the blade!" - Blake exclaimed.
"Well, that's what make it special, you can never find a sword like this anywhere in Remnant." Ace said then asked Blake if he can have his sword back.
"This sword here...it can slay anything without mercy, anything! Except human being, and when i said human being... I mean including Faunus as well." - Ace said.
"You...also not discriminate the Faunus?" - Blake asked, she knows there's a hunters team that had at least one Faunus among them. But she didn't think there's still someone out there that not discriminating Faunus and this guy is one of them.
"Of course, you speak... you are human, you read... you are human, you have feeling... you ARE human as well, it just simple. Beside, Ladies and gentleman. I had one in my team as you can see." - Ace said with a mocking-gentleman voice.
"HEY! Watch your mouth, Jackass!" - Raul angrily said.
"Sorry buddy, since when the truth didn't hurt?" - Ace said jokingly which cause RWY and JNR snickered. Blake thought the joke kinda bad at some point, but she know he didn't mean it and giggled. Then suddenly...
*Tweet Tweet* Helios flying in which make the others surprised, then it landed on Ace palm.
"What in the world was that?" - Weiss asked.
"This? This li'l guy here is Helios. He's our eyes in the sky, he might got something for us." - Ace said as Helios show the holographic screen through it eyes. In the screen was a Faunus village got attack by the Grimm.
"Is tha..." - Ruby said.
"No..." - Blake worried.
"Looks pretty bad." - Qrow said. Ace said nothing but his face already tell that he gonna do something, he and his team rushed outside, RWBY and JNR decide to follow them. Once they're outside, Helios show the map to the attacked village.
"The village is about 3 miles from here." - Ace said.
"It's too far! By the time we get there, they all done for!" - Blake said.
"Well no one said we get there on foot now are we?" - Ace said as he and his teammate pulled out a palm-size motorbike and put them on the ground.
"Guys c'mon, what are you even think what's gonn.." Yang said as team ALTR just calmly press their scroll. Suddenly, the tiny bike turn into a regular-sized bike. Ace's bike was a chopper type, Lucia was a super-scooter type, Tanya was a sportbike type and Raul was a supermoto type. The whole team get on their bike, attach their scroll through a slot like an ignition key, press the ignition switch and revs up the engine.
"Hop on." - Ace said as he throw a helmet to Ruby. She sit behind Ace, Jaune sit behind Lucia, Ren sit behind Tanya and Nora sit behind Raul.
"Everyone ready?" - Ace said through his helmet.
"Check!" Lucia, Tanya and Raul reported.
"WAIT!" They all turn around to see Yang was dragging her bike named Bumblebee then tell Blake to hop on.
"Are you expecting me to going on foot?" - Yang said.
"Wh.. What about me?!" - Weiss exclaimed.
"We all booked up so... You can sit up front if you want, i still got some space here." - Ace suggest Weiss if she want to sit in front of him.
"*Sigh* i guess i had no choice then..." And she did. Once they all ready, team ALTR revs up the engine for a bit and...
"Here we go!" - Ace said as he step on the gear lever, twist the throttle grip and he drove off, soon the others follow him as well. Meanwhile inside Belladonna house...
"You think they're gonna be ok?" - Oscar asked.
"Knowing my students, they'll be just fine." - Qrow said as he drinking his flask.
End Chapter 1
Golden time lover - Sukima Switch (Cover by Studio Yuraki) p.s: don't banned me plz.
(Instrumental)
The scene starts with Ace sitting under the tree, he raise his hand as if he try to calling someone, then the title appear: RWBY ALTR
(I can't concetrate and my body just doesn't seem to listen to me. Couldn't stop the shaking but i tried my best just to hold on) At closer view Ace looks like he was in the middle of his dream but soon snap out of it then angrily slam his fist to the ground.
(No light is shining my way, or luck that'll sway my chance of defeat. So i told myself "I've got to go for it" til i finally moved on) When Ace finally pick himself up, he look to his right to see an army of Grimm was ready to kill him but he still looks like he ready to kick their butt. As member of his team appear beside him, he rushed up to the Grimms, then the scene just rapidly change between what happen before and during the Fall of Beacon with Ace tried to beat the Grimm and got his butt kick at the same time.
(Now the situation is looking grim, but i will not let myself run. I can't predict how it's gonna end but i've got to be brave) we see a woman standing on top of a pile of ashes, the woman has an ashen-black hair and bright amber eyes reveal a charming yet menace grin. Then the scene change to Ruby who walks on her path to the unknown.
(Rely on instinct alone, and watch my opponent - wait til their open. If i win, i still need my pride 'cause whether we taste the embrace of a triumph, or just the bitterness of another defeat) the scene now focus on Qrow who was surrounded by fire then he look to the sky as if he know a threats could happen at any moment when a pair of jet black sclerae eyes can be visible. The scene then change to a Beowulf open it mouth but only to get blocked by the hands of Celestial Knight Drake. Then we see a black bowler hat which was used to belong to Roman Torchwick now owned by a pink and half-brown haired woman as she wear it and disappear to the darkness.
(They're both one and the same, each one a thread of fate) the scene show a dragon face orb, the orb turn around as some characters appear: Weiss, Blake, Yang, Jaune and Oscar then the bad guys: Tyrian, Adam and finally Salem.
(I wanna be strong enough to control!) Suddenly a hand come out and grab the orb as the light leaked out and everything turn white.
(This is my "Golden time" - Seize it with these hands of mine) the scene show Weiss sister: Winter with her usual serious pose and Penny with her "salutation" pose. Then it change to Ironwood who on top of the tank gives a firing order, the tank cannon fired.
(Armed with this poker face, i will fight until i faded away, and succumbed to a world of illusion) when the smoke is faded, we saw Ironwood was leading an army of Atlesian soldiers and robots, then the scene switch to Weiss father sitting in his desk with a wistful face. Then we see those who follows Salem fall into the abyss as if they were only a pawn of her, the scene change to Ace standing in a blank white world, suddenly a mysterious woman appeared behind him with her back turned. Ace and the woman turn their head to see each other, the woman was covered by shadow but the only thing that wasn't covered was her pair of true sapphire color eyes. Ace was going for her but got dragged by a bunch of hand as the door was closing on him, but he able to hold the door before it closed and struggle to open it.
(Stuck in a pressure game, it won't end til i escape) Ruby was using her Semblance to dodging and counter the enemy attack as Weiss, Blake and Yang appeared. The scene then change to Ace who was floating as if he was underwater.
(See the white borderline - I will find my glory behind it, but how many times do we have to go through this?) the scene return where Ace was trying to open the door. He transform to Drake then finally able to get through, he keep running to the mysterious woman despite all the hands were trying to stop him, he raised his hand to the woman and suddenly everything turns blurry. When Ace wake up, he realize he not just raise his hand to no one, but he also return to where it all begins. He was going to slam the ground but something in his mind tell him not to, he put his fist down.
(Tell me what are you afraid of losing?) then he cry with his right hand cover his eyes, then we see the wings heart shaped crystal necklace he was wearing as he keep crying. (Song end)
(*) also that's a Rurouni Kenshin reference btw.