What's good everyone?! It's your boy OGGuy back with another chapter of Mobian Huntsmen 4! This is where the story kicks off! I'm excited to get into it! Either way, enough talking, let's get into the chapter!
Disclaimer: All characters, music, and etc belong to their respective creators!
The scene opens on a close-up of a pool of black slime in a dark red and purple land. A large paw emerges from within the slime and a Beowolf gradually crawls out, slime sliding off of it and onto the ground. The camera pans out to show several such pools and many Beowolves emerging. It pulls further and further out to show a mostly dark and desolate land made up of red ground, purple crystals, and a red and black clouded sky. The images shimmers and we see two people. A pale young man with gray eyes and gray hair, partially slicked back while unkempt at the front. For attire, he wears a slate gray and black two-tone partial-zip jacket that covers his upper body. He also wears a single notched belt with what appears to be a sash or bandana draped over it. Protecting his arms are a set of rerebraces and vambraces. He is Mercury Black. Another is a young woman with medium-brown skin and dark-red eyes. Her hair is a light, mint-green with a straight fringe and bangs as well as two long locks on each side in the back. For attire, she wears two bronze-colored rings on her middle fingers as well as a pair of strappy high-heeled pumps, a thinned white top and a shallow-cut olive-colored crop top, on the back of which is her personal emblem. This emblem is in the shape of a cut gem, most likely referring to her name. This was intended to be accompanied by white shorts, decorated with what appears to be a gold coin-plated belt with four gold chains draping around her back from two of the coins and what seems to be a green loincloth. She is Emerald Sustrai. We see their reflections, watching from inside a high building. Emerald has her hand to her mouth while Mercury seems slightly disgusted. A gloved hand appears between two purple crystal formations and snaps its fingers.
(-Music: The Resurrection of Mephiles [ Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 ]-)
A wide shot reveals a large windowed room, at the center of which is a long purple, crystal table. Four people sit at the table with seven chairs. One of them is a fair-skinned woman with short ashen-black hair that covers her left eye. She has bright amber eyes and is described to be very young. She wears a black mask that appears to be made of black glass over her missing left eye and the scarring from said injury extends into a slight x-shape over the bridge of her nose, as well as having deformed and degraded the tissue of her left ear. She wears a long, dark red dress with one long, wide sleeve hiding her left arm. The edges of the collar and the opening for the right arm are gold-colored, and the upper chest and left sleeve are decorated with golden designs. The right side of her dress is open from the hip down with two gold-colored straps made up of interwoven ropes connecting the front half to the back half of her thigh. Under the dress, she appears to wear black pantyhose. On the right hip, the dress has a black rhombus-shaped gem set in a gold-colored metal of the same shape, with feathers of varying shades of blue extending from the bottom of it. On her right arm, she wears a long, gray glove, the top of which has a gold-colored metal ring with curvy branching extensions going up to her arm. Her right ear has a new, ring-shaped earring higher up than the dangling black gem earring. She is the Fall Maiden Cinder Fall. Emerald and Mercury move away from the window.
There's a close-up of the man sitting across from Cinder, a tall middle-aged man with a slim build and slightly tanned skin. He had short black and gray hair as well as a thick mustache and eyebrows, and green eyes. For attire, a grey overcoat with yellow linings, a yellow dress shirt, and a black necktie. His pants were the same color as his overcoat. His yellow-buttoned undercoat and fingerless gloves matched his cordovan shoes, under which he wore yellow socks. He is Arthur Watts. It seems that he's gazing at what is on his Scroll.
Next is the man to Cinder's right, a pale man with gold eyes and a brown ponytail braided to resemble a scorpion's tail. For attire, he wears a white sleeveless jacket with leather belts strapped to it, along with white pants. His jacket is left open, exposing his bare chest, which is crisscrossed with prominent scars. His arms are covered with cream colored bandages and leather vambraces. He also wears leather boots covering his entire shin with knee guards. On each earlobe is a silver, ring-shaped earring, and near the top of his left ear is another matching earring. He is Tyrian Callows. He sits in a crouch casually on his chair, resting his arms on his knees.
Across from Tyrian is a tall and muscular middle-aged man. He was also unusually large and broad, he had short brown hair, a beard and hazel eyes. His hairy arms had some large scars running up them. For attire, he wore a two-tone olive green coat over a black 3/4 sleeve shirt, and a large belt. His pants were black, with a pouch strapped to each pants leg, and his boots were brown with white fronts. Some of his scars near the edges of his sleeves are visible. He is Hazel Rainart. His arms are crossed, and he looks asleep.
As Cinder sits quietly, while Mercury and Emerald move to her side. Emerald nudges Mercury out of her way so that she can be directly next to Cinder.
"Yes, yes, please keep your posse in check." Watts quipped with a jesting grin on his face making Mercury growl and made a move towards him but Emerald held the assassin back. "You hear that? Silence."
This made Hazel give Watts an unimpressed sideways glance.
"I've half a mind to thank the little boy who bested you."
"If I were you, I'd hunt him down." Tyrian snickered. "Find him and, well, he took your eye, didn't he?"
The Fall Maiden only stares at Tyrian while he cackles at her. Cinder tries to speak but only manages to make quiet exhaling noises getting to Emerald lean in to hear her.
"Pathetic. Why did you even—"
There is a sound of a heavy metal door being unlatched. The doors open and everyone stands just before a deathly pallor skinned woman, with jet black sclera in her eyes, and glowing crimson irises that shine brighter when she is agitated. She had her half-bun hairdo for her now bleached, pale white hair; she has since re-styled it into a larger bun with six offshoots wrapped together that also suspends several obsidian-colored ornaments. Over the passage of time, she has since grown dark purple veins that line her face and arms, and now has a black diamond-shaped marking in the center of her forehead. She currently wears a very long, short-sleeved black robe that obscures her feet and partially drags across the ground, with its distinctive feature being a curved high collar with dark red trim bordering the outer edge of a narrow window exposing her bust in a vertical ellipsis resembling an eye, and completed with a long shawl emblazoned with three interconnected, maroon-colored vertical elliptic sigils resembling a trio of overseeing eyes above a series of maroon-colored diamond emblems. She also wears a ring resembling a beetle on her right middle finger, which now has longer fingernails with jet-black nail polish enters. She is the "Goddess of Darkness" and the "Immortal Witch" Salem. She glides alongside the table with soft footsteps before reaching the head of it, jewels jangling from her hair. Salem stops, facing away from them and toward a candle and crystal display.
"Watts." Her voice made the man straighten up and look towards her as Salem turns her attention to Watts. Then she gestures to everyone to sit down. "Do you find such malignance necessary?"
"I apologize, ma'am. I'm not particularly fond of failure." He answers her.
"Then I see no reason for your cruelty towards young Cinder. She's become our Fall Maiden, destroyed Beacon Tower, and most importantly, killed dear Ozpin. So I'm curious, to what failures are you referring?" Salem inquired.
"Well, the blue speedster and his outworldly allies and the girl with the Silver Eyes."
"Yes. We've dealt with her kind before. How is it a novice was able to best one of us?" Hazel inquired.
"My thoughts exactly. Even without her new power, it should have been effortless!" Watts says feeling elated that someone understands his reasons for his disdain towards Cinder's way of handling Beacon's destruction.
"It is because of the Maiden's power. Make no mistake, Cinder, you hold the key to our victory. But your newfound strength brings with it a crippling weakness. Which is why you will remain by my side as we continue your treatment." The Witch of Darkness tells her protégé who looked unhappy about this and lowers her head as Emerald looks at her in sympathy. "Dr. Watts, you are to take Cinder's place and meet with our informant in Mistral. And keep on your search for the Doctor. If you hear anything, notify me immediately."
"Consider it done." Watts affirmingly declared.
Salem faces the scorpion Faunus. "Tyrian, I want you to continue your hunt for the Spring Maiden."
Tyrian cackles with delirium in his eyes. "Gladly!"
"And Hazel, I'm sending you to the leader of the White Fang. Adam Taurus has arranged the meeting. The boy continues to prove loyal. Ensure that Sienna Khan feels the same."
"As you wish." He complies with a curt nod.
Cinder raises a finger but Emerald fails to notice this gesture for a moment.
"Oh!" She leans in as Cinder rasps in her making her straighten up.
"Speak, child." Salem faces the two young women.
"She wants to know…" The emerald hair-colored girl hesitates for a moment. "What about the boy?"
Watts scoffed at the inquiry. "What about him? Seems to me that this is Cinder's problem, not ours."
The Fall Maiden slams her fist onto the table and glares at Watts, who grins at her.
"That's enough. Tyrian?" She looks at the psychotic Faunus. "Find the boy who did this Cinder and bring him to me."
Tyrian freezes, groans disappointedly, pouts for a second, then looks back up at Salem with an acquiescent shrug.
"Because of your efforts, Beacon has fallen. And Haven will be next." The Immortal Witch proclaimed as everyone rose from their seats.
Tyrian snickers at Cinder and points to his left eye and then laughs wickedly. "Eye for an eye."
Then the scorpion Faunus goes into an uncontrollable fit of manic laughter, while Cinder grits her teeth.
(-Music Ends-)
Oscar Pine, a boy with freckles and hazel eyes, wakes up in a panic and sighs in relief after looking around. He emerges from the loft of a barn and climbs down a ladder. The boy is wearing patched khaki pants, a white shirt, and orange suspenders and gloves. Tucked into his pocket is an orange-based multi-colored cloth. He opens the barn door to a peaceful country scene with a rising sun and birds tweeting. White mountains are a background to a dirt road, grass, a few trees and a green water pump. He smiles and pumps water into a blue bucket. As his gaze wanders the landscape, he becomes distracted from the pump and utters a quiet sound of surprise upon realizing he has overfilled the bucket. His shoulders fall with a sigh.
The scene cuts to the boy shutting and turning a green compost tumbler that is marked with a yellow crown bearing the initials CK. While hoeing rows in a garden, he suddenly straightens up and looks out into the distance.
"Yo! Stop the scene!"
RECORD SCRATCH!
The scene turns black and white as it freezes in place as Sonic Takamaki skids to a stop and then places his hands on his hips.
"Before we go through our journey in Anima, time for a recap! Yo Author! Play that track!"
(-Music: SA2… in the Groove [ Sonic Adventure 2 ]-)
"Thanks! I appreciate it my dude! As you all know, I'm Sonic! Sonic the Hedgehog! I am the Fastest Thing Alive! In this dimension, I'm Sonic Takamaki. Along with me on this crazy adventure are Tails, Knuckles, and Shadow! You see, we're not from Remnant, we're from Mobius. Take away the Grimm and replace them with Eggman and his robots and you're set! As you've known from my previous recap! I'll keep this short as I can so we can get into the action and see our new set-ups!" Sonic clears his throat. "Long story short, the five of us, myself, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, and Eggman got sent here by Needle Nose aka Egghead's nephew, Snively."
The scene shifts to the Mobian versions of Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, Tails, and an unconscious Dr. Eggman trapped in the small circular room with a large cannon firing a blast at the five.
"Then we met Rubs and Yang's pops, Taiyang Xiao Long. Then we stayed with them till we took off to Beacon to become Huntsmen as one of Tai's conditions. Beacon was an alright place. You see, Beacon is one of the four academies that train young people to become Huntsmen and Huntresses, who are the heroes around to defend humanity from the Grimm. The Grimm are vicious monsters that feed on anything that emits negative emotions! But we met some way past cool people along our time there. Weiss, Blake, Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha, Ren, and many more! It was all fun and all till she came into the picture. Who, you might be asking? Cinder Fall."
Then the scene shifts again to different scenes to the previous times back when Beacon was intact. We see Team RWBY, SSKT, and JNPR in Port's class, the scene changes to Shadow and Pyrrha facing each other in the auditorium, and the scene changes to Sonic, Velvet, and Coco hanging out together. Then the whole scene gets covered in flames as we see Cinder's evil smile and her right eye was lit aflame.
"Me and the guys found out that Cinder and her cronies had infiltrated Beacon and she was biding her time till the Vytal Festival came. If you don't know, the Vytal Festival is one of the biggest events on Remnant! It's an international festival held every two years in one of the Kingdoms of Remnant in celebration of the end of the Great War. During the festival, the various cultures of the world are celebrated with dances, parades and a combat tournament. The host Kingdom of the festival rotates every two years, and the host opens its borders to visitors from the other kingdoms. The tournament rotates which Kingdom it is held in, using the following cycle: Vacuo, Mistral, Vale, Atlas. And the 40th Festival was held in Vale. Unfortunately, Cindy used the festival to spring her attack which was an invasion! She had the help of Eggman and the Grimm!"
The scene appears as a black void with multiple orange eyes and sounds of snarling and cawing as the various species of Grimm became more apparent. Then the scene begins to crack and a mechanical claw tore through revealing Dr. Eggman in his Chaos Egg Dragon and his maniacal laughter echoed as the scene faded to black.
"We won the battle… but as you followed my adventures, you know that there are casualties…"
Another scene opened up as it shows the decapitated body of a light skinned girl who had short, rather curly orange hair that came down to her chin with a small cowlick on top, and she wore a pink bow on the back of her head. She also had bright green eyes and freckles. She wore an off white old-fashioned styled off the shoulder blouse with frill detailed trim and frill flared cuffs that half covered her hands alongside copper button detailing on the lower parts of her sleeves. She also sported a short gray pinafore dress with golden trim on the hem alongside four light green stalagmite styled stripes on the lower half of the dress, two on the front and two on the back, accompanied by two matching colored circles above the tips that had a stripe that ran around her waistline, with golden outlines, and a detachable black and light green collar. She also wore a pair of black thigh-high leg pieces that seemingly were attached to black shoes. The leg pieces had a single green stripe up the sides that appeared to light up. Poor Penny… And the scene changed to Lone Memory that laid on the floor as the scene again fades to black.
"Its been a year since that battle went down. The reconstruction of Vale has been going quite smoothly despite the Grimm attacks. Myself and the crew had a hand in assisting on the heavy work so Glynda doesn't overwork herself. Tails estimates that another few months or by the end of this year, the latest, is when the reconstruction will be done! In the meantime, the boys and I were help training not only Team RWBY but team JNPR too on the Chaos Energy that they have now. Then, after we got done training one day, we saw a prestigious Bullhead landing in front of the house to find that Weiss' pops, Jacques Schnee, came to take her back home with him. We wanted to tell him to beat it but Weiss… went with him. We tried stopping her but the guards got in our way! As the jerk of a father went on the ship, we saw her face… I knew that smile was not a genuine one. So I told Shadow to go after her and keep updated on her status for us. One of the best decisions I have ever had."
In a flash of white, we see the three teams in various places helping the construction crew rebuild the city and as well as a middle-aged woman that has very light-blonde hair tied back in a bun with a curl hanging down the right side of her face. Her eyes are bright green and she wears thin ovular glasses. She has dangling teal earrings that match the hanging pendant on her collar. She wears a white long-sleeved, pleated top that has a wide keyhole neckline and gauntlet cuffs that flare in pleats at the wrist. Her lower body is covered by a black high-waisted pencil skirt with bronze buttons and black fading into brown stockings. She wears black boots with bronze heels and a cape that is purple inside and black on the outside. The cut of the cape is stylized to end in flames and arrows, with a row of diamond-shaped bronze beads on the back. Above this line of beads appears an emblem of a tiara that is her personal symbol. She is the new headmaster of Beacon Academy! Glynda Goodwitch! And she has a smile on her face. The scene then transitions to a pale-skinned young woman with pale blue eyes with a scar which runs vertically down her left eye and face and long white hair that is often pulled back into an off-center ponytail or braid on the right side and pinned with a silver, icicle-shaped tiara. She is Weiss Schnee! The heiress of the SDC or the Schnee Dust Company. She had a sad smile on her face as the sound of a ship taking off which made the scene go through a blizzard transition back to Sonic who bore a serious expression but then smirked.
"Now that you all are caught up, now you guys can see our new outfits and us kicking Grimm tail while we head to Mistral! Peace!" Sonic winks at the audience before spin dashing out of frame.
(-Music Ends-)
The screen pans to the sky with clouds with the sound of blowing wind, the scene cuts to a shot of blue sky above a green forest. There are a few shots inside the forest before Nora Valkyrie is heard speaking.
"I'm just sayin'..." Nora states as she has new attire. The ginger has shoulder-length, she has pink eyeshadow around the far upper corners of her eyes and her design is updated. She retains her gloves and wears a white sleeveless turtleneck top that is similar to her old one, though the heart cut-out on the top has a diagonal cut through it. She also wears a shorter, detached white sleeve on her left arm. Over the shirt, she wears an open cropped, short-sleeved navy blue bomber jacket with a damaged print of her emblem visible on the back and pink stripes along the sleeves alongside pink buckled cuffs. and red lining on the collar. The jacket has a worn leather material. She wears a pleated pink skirt with two wide belt loops for matching belt, the skirt has a white layered tulle. She wears knee-high pink socks just visible above her white calf-length boots with pink laces and black low heels, soles and toes. "...there's more members of JNPR in this team than RWBY. It just makes sense to go with that one."
"But "junior" isn't a color." Retorted Lie Ren who also obtained new attire as well. He wears his hair down, and it has grown longer, as his concept art notes, "almost butt-length". His attire is similar to before in color. He now has a longer, sleeveless tailcoat with black and silver trimming. Under it, he wears a black, sleeveless turtleneck with red, tasseled ropes over the hips, pants that get tighter below the knees and calf-high open-toed sandals. From his middle finger to his biceps run gradient pink-to-black detached sleeves ending in metal armbands.
The pink bombshell groans in annoyance as she puts out her hands and the letters JNRR pop into existence. She points to the first three. "How can I be more clear? One, two, three. That's more than one." Then Nora points to the R.
"Um, where are Sonic and I in this Nora?" Pyrrha Nikos inquired with an arched brow in her new attire. She had her red hair into a knitted braid with her bangs that hid the tiara around the front, sporting a large bronze gorget around her neck and she has a she wore an open brown short jacket, she has gold and bronze armor that covers her chest and goes around her back with a Ampelos vine design, a small circular bronze plate on her right hip opposite two pouches with both connected to a belt that goes horizontal with a red ankle-length sash that wrapped around her dark brown knitted pants with the knitting on the right side, and elaborate bronze greaves that started below her mid-thigh before continuing downwards into her boots.
[A/N: Look up the Pyrrha Nikos Alter outfit by ADSoutoArt.]
"Guys!" Jaune called to his teammates as they looked at him. For attire, he retains his black hoodie, but he instead wears a modified pure white chest plate covering a bit more of his upper abdomen trimmed with gold lining and similarly-colored bracers. Additionally, he wears black gloves with gold-colored metal armor plates over his fingers, and he appears to wear a red sash around his waist, similar in design to his late girlfriend, and wears dark brown laced boots and a single brown belt with a pouch included worn around his waist. "We need to focus. Also, JNRR is way cooler."
"Exactly!" Nora cried happily as her leader agreed on the name.
Ren goes to speak, but instead just groans but there's a rumble that occurs while the four stand ready.
(-Music: Take The Windward! [ Sen no Kiseki II ]-)
"It's here." The blonde knight spoke, getting Crocus Mors ready. It looks like it has a heavier and more elaborate cross-guard and hilt, the shield is also accented with gold, including a design similar to Pyrrha's circlet at the point of the shield. The scuffs and scratches on both have also been mended, and the sword's blade has been polished to a new shine.
Scene changes to Ruby Rose in a new outfit. She sports a white high-neck décolletage blouse with brown studded wristbands on the arms. Her outfit retains the use of a black skirt with red tulle underneath, somewhat similar to her original outfit, but her waist cincher has been replaced with an overbust corset with red strip holding it in place. A black belt bordered in red holds the magnetic clip for Crescent Rose and its ammunition. She also has brown straps on her blouse that allow her to wear a small brown backpack. In lieu of her usual full black stockings, Ruby wears thigh-high stockings reaching to a few inches below the hem of her skirt, decorated by an image of a long-stemmed rose. Her red-soled black boots contain four straps and buckles apiece.
Her cloak has a singular clip on the right shoulder in the shape of her emblem, replacing the cross-shaped clips from her original attire. Both the cloak and the stockings show tears from hard wear. She flew out backwards from trees, firing Crescent Rose in the direction she came from.
A collection of floating boulders with a Grimm mask moves the trees aside, clearly chasing her.
Ruby falls, crashing against tree limbs along the way.
"Bad... landing... strategy!" The Hooded Huntress cried as she landed on her feet on a big tree branch strong enough to hold her weight. She uses her Semblance to fly past the Grimm.
"Hey Jaune! Get this thing off of us!" Sonic Takamaki cried as he hopped out of the trees wearing a Royal blue collared long trench coat with the his logo on the back, a dark blue tank top cut above the navel underneath, a brown long, broad, and scarf, fitting blue pants with a leather belt, and his casual gloves and shoes.
"Let's move team! Pyrrha! You're with me! Ren! On top! Nora! Back him up! Pyr, let's strike the legs!" The Arc commanded as he ran in at the Grimm.
Both Jaune and Pyrrha charged at the creature heading towards it's legs to take the heat off of Ruby. Ren jumps up into the trees and Nora pulls out Magnhild and shoots it at the ground, propelling herself into the air with excited whooping. She lands right beside Ren in his branch. Nora shoots the Grimm in the back. Ren hops around on branches. The Grimm tries to hit Ren. Ren runs up its rock arm, flies into the air, and comes down upon the Grimm, striking at it with StormFlower. It's ineffective.
Jaune just rolled over to evade a strike from the Grimm. "Gotta get in closer!"
Ren lands next to his leader. "My blades don't hurt him!"
"Jaune! We need a new course of action!" Pyrrha says as she stops skidding next to him.
Then the Grimm turns as it stands upward. Then it covered its face from a blue tornado shaped like a drill (Tempest Drilling Fang) digging into the rock arms. The blue wind dispersed as Sonic leaped from the Grimm's rock arms into the trees, making the creature of darkness go after him.
"How about this then?!" Ruby sets her weapon into Gun Mode.
She loads a magazine with an image of a lightning bolt on its side into Crescent Rose and fires. Electric bolts encase one of the Grimm's arms. The red lines on the arm glow brighter, and the Grimm slams it into the ground. All are sent flying backwards, but Ren, Pyrrha, Sonic, Nora, and Ruby manage to land on their feet. Jaune tumbles along the ground painfully until he hits a boulder between his legs and falls forward.
"Ugggghh…" Jaune groaned in immense pain.
"Jaune! Are you okay?!" The Spartan asked as she came to her hurting boyfriend.
"Don't… worry about… me…" He struggled to stand up as he grabbed Crocus Mors. "I'll live Pyr… go help them… I'll be joining in a moment."
"That's it!" Nora growled with narrowed eyes.
She runs forward, tossing Magnhild into the air and transforming it into hammer mode. She jumps into the air and hits it, breaking its arm apart. A large piece flies straight toward Nora, but Ruby gets between them and knocks it away. The Grimm uses its other arm to strike at the two girls. Jaune straightens and stretches and soon has to dodge a barrage of rocks.
The Arc raised his shield to protect himself from the debris. "Hey! Be careful!"
The Grimm continually tries and fails to hit an evasive Nora and Pyrrha. The Grimm's armless shoulder gains a glowing red circle with a symbol of an eye in the middle. The circle spins, and then a black, elongated arm with clawed fingers emerges from it. The arm rears back.
"That's not good!" Sonic thought as he turned to Jaune who was still stretching.
"Dude! Duck your head!"
Jaune saw the arm coming at him which made the blonde roll out of the way as the arm grabs the tree to use as a replacement limb. "His arm is a tree!"
"Big mistake!" The Hooded Huntress spoke as an idea appeared in her head.
Ruby spins Crescent Rose and loads another magazine into it - this one with imagery of fire on its side. She fires, and the flaming projectile swings around to the tree arm. The Grimm chases Jaune, swinging the flaming arm at him. It misses twice, but then it swung it's arm with more force knocking Jaune away who is holding his shield into the ground. Then Pyrrha came to his by using Akoúo̱ to redirect the arm away from her boyfriend. One of StormFlower spins through the air and makes a cut across the Grimm's mask making the creature fall. Ren lands next to his leader and catches his gun as Ruby and Nora come up behind their teammates with Sonic being in front.
"Okay, how do we do this?" The Arc inquired as he stood up and retrieved his sword.
"It seems that it's body is too hard to break through. And I used my new technique to do it." The Blue Blur said while crossing his arms.
"It shows little concern for its body." Pyrrha added from her observation getting nods from everyone.
"Plus it can keep grabbing new limbs!" Added a frustrated Nora.
"But it keeps protecting its face." Jaune tapped his chin in thought as the gears were turning in his mind.
"We can't break it!" Ruby added.
Sonic snapped his fingers as his trademark grin grew on his face as he looked at Jaune who had the same epiphany. "Thinking of what I'm thinking Jaune?"
Jaune nods with a smile on his face as the Grimm behind him is standing back up. "We gotta hit it harder!"
Ren arched a brow at him. "Is that it?"
"That thing is keeping us away from its face! Kill the limbs, we'll have a shot to kill the whole thing!"
"Alright! Come on, team, let's do this." Ruby says with a smile on her face.
"Yeah!"
"Right!"
"Understood!"
"I'll handle what's possessing this thing. Cause' I got a technique that can handle it but I need some time to charge it up." Sonic said as he sheathed Caliburn. "Ren, left. Ruby, right. Pyrrha and Jaune will keep it in place. When I shout, you guys know what to do!"
Everyone went to their places as the speed demon Faunus looked at the Pink Bombshell with a smirk on his face.
"Ready to try out the new upgrade?"
Nora nods eagerly as she runs off. He chuckles as he spin dashes in place as blue orbs start to appear and flock towards him.
Ruby attacks the right side. Ren attacks the left. Pyrrha and Jaune circle around it to keep the Grimm's attention. Nora activates a mechanism that generates a current of electricity across the hammerhead of Magnhild. Then the creature decides to switch targets to go after Ruby but Pyrrha sent Akoúo̱ using her Semblance at the creature's face causing to cover it and then turn to face her. Nora charges Magnhild even more and braces her feet.
"Ready!"
The Hooded Huntress lands next to Jaune who stood up after defending from a blow from the Grimm.
"Give it everything you got!" Jaune commanded.
Ruby uses her Semblance to fly at the Grimm, taking Nora with her, and the red and pink swirls go right for the tree arm. Ruby slices the tree in half, opening the way for Nora to hit the mask with Magnhild. The rock body shatters and the ephemeral Grimm rises out of it and flies off.
"Sonic! The Grimm is-" Ruby was interrupted by the sight that made her jaw drop.
(-Music Ends-)
(-Music: Team Ultimate - Sonic [ Team Sonic Racing ]-)
Sonic was still spin dashing in place as a cyan colored aura burst to life as the blue orbs dispersed as the blue hedgehog Faunus became a cyan colored figure and instantly vanished. The ephemeral Grimm was getting away from its attackers, as it turned around to see the cyan tip of Caliburn as the camera focused on Sonic's smirk. Next is a wide shot of birds taking flight from trees as a large and bright cyan glow (Light Speed Attack) appeared beneath the canopy and then disappeared.
(-Music Ends-)
The scene changes to see Sonic's gloved hand shaking the town Mayor's hand.
(-Music: Leisure Day [ Sen no Kiseki ]-)
"We truly can't thank you enough." The Mayor says gratefully for their brave endeavor.
"We're just doing our job sir." Said a happy Ruby.
"That Geist had been plaguing our village for weeks. We were beginning to wonder if we'd have to relocate." The Mayor said.
"Well, we are on our way to Mistral. You could always come along with us if you don't feel safe." The silver-eyed girl offered.
Scenes of the idyllic life in the village are shown: people buy fresh produce from a cart, stand and chat on open balconies overlooking the roads, tend to their horses and generally go about their daily lives peacefully. The village has plentiful trees and green spaces and cobbled roads.
"Ha. I take it you're not from these parts. Anima is a large continent. I'm afraid our people would never survive the long trek to Mistral. It may be safer in the Kingdoms, but we prefer our way of life. I just wish we could pay you more." Said the amused Mayor with a small smile on his face.
"Our previous arrangement will do just fine." Pyrrha said with a kind smile on her face.
The group bows respectfully as the scene changes to the exit of the village as a few villagers and a burly man with horns who is the local Blacksmith gave them some supplies to aid the group on their long trek to Mistral.
"You kids sure you won't stick around? You've been real good to this town." Said the Blacksmith.
"Wish we could hang here but we have another mission." Sonic replied with a cocky smirk on his face.
"Make it to Haven Academy, no matter what." Nora added.
"We've heard the next village over has a working Airship." Ren said.
The Faunus Blacksmith placed his hand on his chin in thought. "Mmm, no way to know for sure. Scroll signals were weak enough out here back when Beacon Tower was still up. Haven't heard from Shion Village in a while."
"There's one way to find out." The Spartan states as she helped carry one of the bags.
The group continues their journey waving goodbye to the village as the Blacksmith waves back and grunts.
(-Music Ends-)
(-Music: Adventure [ Sonic X ]-)
"Food?"
"Check!"
"Water?"
"Check!"
"How about ammo?"
"Locked and loaded! Thank you Schnee Dust Company!" Nora's statement caused Ruby's face to look forlorn and gaze downward.
"Got the map?"
"Ren's got it."
This caused Ren to look at Nora. "No, I don't. You have it."
"Wait what?" The pink bombshell asked as three question marks appeared above her head.
"Relax guys. I got it." Sonic spook up pulling out a silver cylinder and tapping a button causing a blue holo-map to appear. "Gotta thank Tails later for this map or otherwise we would've been going around in circles."
"I have to admire his intelligence and foresight to make these gadgets for us." Pyrrha said being grateful to the twin-tailed genius for his talents.
"Yeah. If he wasn't in the Freedom Fighters, then we would've been in trouble for sure! Hope he and Blake get to Menagerie okay."
"I'm sure that they'll be fine. Those got each other's backs and they're quite the formidable pair." Ren said, trying to ease the Blue Blur's worries.
"I wonder how Shadow and Weiss are doing…" The speed demon Faunus pondered as he looked at the sky.
(-Music Ends-)
The camera cuts to airships in the sky, Weiss Schnee's reflection becomes visible watching airships fly by through a window. She is sitting in a cushioned chair with her hands folded in her lap. There is a knock on the door.
"Yes?"
A wide shot of the room reveals a large, open space on two levels. On the upper level are two arched bookcases built into the walls and a picture of a knight resembling the Arma Gigas hangs between them. A gilded mirror hangs above the mantle of a fireplace on the lower level. The door opens and a short, slightly heavyset man with balding brown hair and a large mustache. He is wearing a white collar long sleeve shirt, black vest, cyan tie, black trousers, and black shoes. In addition, he carries a pocket watch in his person to keep track of time. He's the Schnee's butler, Klein Sieben.
"Pardon the interruption, Miss Schnee, but your father wishes to speak to you." He said.
The Heiress sighs. "Thank you, Klein."
"There goes my plans for training with Shadow." Weiss thought bitterly.
Weiss looks out the window once more before getting up revealing her new attire. A short, glittering dress with a color gradation of gray blue to pale blue at the hem, a sweetheart neckline, and a white, tulle petticoat. A white sash is wrapped multiple times around her waist, and over the outfit is worn a slightly sheer long-sleeved gray blue bolero fastened at the collar with a large sapphire broach that has three pendants dangling from it. Printed on the back of the shrug is the Schnee Crest. Completing her attire are gray blue wedge heels and sapphire drop earrings. She walks out with her heels clank across the floor and the door slams shut as the camera cuts to black.
[ To Be Continued… ]