What it do y'all, it's your boy OGGuy back with another chapter! Chapter 6! I would've been doing chapter 7 but I decided to take a day off because I was at my home girl/sister's house for 4 or 5 days! But don't worry about that! We're here now! Enjoy the chapter!
Disclaimer: All music, characters, and etc belong to their respective creators!
It is a cloudy day Sonic Takamaki's group, composed of Ruby Rose, Jaune Arc, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie, and Lie Ren is following a mossy stone tile path through the wilderness. While walking, Nora stretches her arms up wide.
"Another day, another adventure!" She chirped happily, looking forward to another eventful day traversing Anima.
"I hear ya Nora! Wish there were more Grimm to slice up! Would've spiced things up!" Sonic said, sharing her enthusiasm being in front of everyone.
Beside her, Jaune reads a map while Ruby and Ren continue alongside them.
"What's on the agenda today?" Ruby inquired with a bright smile on her face.
"Walking!" Jaune answered.
"With a side of...?" The Pink Bombshell inquired.
"Walking." Ren simply answered.
The Hooded Huntress sighs. "Haven is a lot farther away than I thought."
"Ruby? How long did you think this journey was going to take?" Ren inquired as he looked at her with a raised brow.
"I don't know! I grew up in a small area; I've never been this far away from home!"
"Understandable Ruby, but what would be your estimate of the duration of our journey?" Pyrrha asks her.
"Maybe like, uh... two weeks?"
The Blonde Arc gazes from the map to glare at her. "What?!"
"Okay, fine! Three or something! Look, whatever..." Ruby says while not making eye contact with Jaune out of embarrassment. She looks up again after a beat and notices something ahead. "Hey, what's that?"
(-Music: 3 Black Noises - Revival [ Sonic Adventure 2 ]-)
Nora jumps onto a slightly fallen post of a fence to get a closer look at a wall and building ahead while Sonic unsheathes Caliburn to be prepared to strike anything hostile.
Jaune checks the map. "That's strange… I didn't think we'd be hitting another village for a few days."
"Are those buildings... damaged?" Nora inquired as she saw some of the cracks and holes from what her vision could see of the buildings.
"Search for survivors guys but get your weapons ready!" The Blue Blur firmly says as he jogs ahead of everyone.
Everyone else nods in agreement and polishes their weapons following him. The Pink Bombshell leaps onto the wall and to a rooftop from there. They discover the town to be empty. Ruby lifts a fallen plank of wood to find only plant outgrowth underneath.
"Anything?" Ruby asked her companions.
"Nothing over here!" Nora answered from the rooftop.
"I'm afraid that I haven't found anything useful as well." Pyrrha states as she comes from an uncompleted house while Jaune leaped from one of the wooden supports.
"It almost seems like... the town was abandoned." Ren says as the gears in his brain began turning as he gained a sense of familiarity of what this abandoned town is as uneasiness flowed along with the wind.
"Yo guys! I found something!" Sonic's voice got everyone's attention.
They rush over to Sonic as Ruby, Pyrrha, Nora, Jaune and Ren are looking at a town sign. He moves the ivy growing over it to the side to read what it says.
"Oniyuri? Never seen it on the map." Sonic remarked as he scratched his head.
"Me neither." Jaune states.
"I have." Ren says grimly with narrowed eyes. This got the eyes of his allies on him. "You might think of it as Anima's Mountain Glenn, had it never been completed. Years ago, the richest members of Mistral were unhappy with how the Kingdom was being run."
As Ren speaks, there are wide shots showing the various unfinished buildings, disrepair and neglect of the village.
"Frustrated with the council, they pooled their resources together to build their own city, with their own laws. They hoped that one day, it could maybe even become its own Kingdom. Many thought it would be the future." He finished explaining as he walked away from the five. "I know my parents did."
"What happened?" Ruby inquired to her friend, hoping to get more answers for the fate of Oniyuri.
Ren brushes some dirt off of the stone border of a low wall to reveal claw marks. "What always happens…"
The Red-Headed Spartan covered her mouth in horror. "The Grimm…"
Ren tightens his hands into fists. "Not just any, one."
Ruby briefly faces Nora in confusion, but Nora doesn't move her concerned gaze away from Ren. The hooded huntress turns back to him. "One?"
Sonic's emerald green eyes turned to the left, making his head turn slightly as several small black birds took off from a tree outside Oniyuri's wall. They fly over the village and the six travelers. "C'mon guys! Let's move!"
"Sonic is correct. Let's keep on moving." Pyrrha says as she follows Sonic as she too felt what Sonic sensed.
Jaune and Nora follow the two while Ren lingers for a moment for a few moments, seemingly in thought, then follows. Ruby is the last to move as she looks over the empty village. Leaves blow through behind her after she follows her friends.
Dramatic, feminine vocalizing is heard.
(-Music Ends-)
The broken moon shines brightly to the sound of Weiss Schnee singing in the same outfit but except for the skirt, which is floor length and split to her thigh on one side and she wears chunky heels instead. The white ribbon has been removed from her waist and she wears her hair and earrings in the same style, albeit her ponytail has grown out, now roughly reaching her knees.. She stands alone on a large, empty stage, singing a wordless aria, her arms outstretched. She is perfectly positioned below the center of the painted emblem of Atlas that dominates the stage. The song changes to emphatic lyrics.
"I'm not your pet, not another thing you own.
I was not born guilty of your crimes.
Your riches and your influence can't hold me anymore.
I won't be possessed,
burdened by your royal test.
I will not surrender.
This life is mine."
Weiss concludes her song and bows while the audience applauds. She looks up to the balcony above stage left where her father and brother are watching. Jacques Schnee remains seated, not applauding, while Whitley Schnee is standing giving a slower paced, sarcastic clap. Weiss looks back at the audience, all clapping still in their seats. She turns and walks backstage, her feigned smile replaced with a frown.
(-Music: At the Imperial Palace [ Sen no Kiseki ]-)
A waiter carrying martini glasses on a tray opens up a door and enters the ballroom where people mill about to soft piano notes. He holds the tray next to a young man, who takes a glass before walking off. A blonde woman in a dark green halter dress stops to look at the waiter before moving on. Background conversation is audible.
"Need anything else?" Asked the Second Waiter.
"No." The Blonde Woman declined.
The blonde woman walks up to a man.
"Hey. Nice dress." The man complimented the blonde woman's dress.
"What, this old thing?"
"Heh. Didn't you enjoy the performance?"
"Yes, she has a lovely voice."
The camera pans the room, showing a number of dressed up people as the waiter moves across the room. On the far opposite end of the room is a display area with three large paintings and two abstract statues. To one side Jacques is conversing with a man in glasses and a gray-haired woman in a green dress. They are laughing. Weiss is behind her father, looking at the floor with her hands held primarily behind her back. Whitley stands similarly further behind their father, only his gaze is directly on him.
"That's precisely my point. We offer Faunus the exact same wages given to the rest of our mining staff. Their argument's completely invalid right out of the gate." Jacques says with a furrowed brow.
"Well, I think the bigger issue here…"
"Ugh…" Weiss groans in disdain.
"I didn't think the atmosphere couldn't be anymore suffocating." Said a voice in her head which made her eyes widen in surprise as her light blue eyes shifted back and forth briefly.
"Shadow?! What are you doing in my head?!" Weiss hissed.
"Telepathically communicating with you through your shade. I wanted to congratulate you for your performance." Shadow Yaminagi says.
"Couldn't you have done it in person when I got back?" She asked as Weiss quietly exhaled through her nose. "As you can tell, I'm in the middle of a party and you're distracting me!"
"I finished talking to Tails. He's at his position with Blake and unexpectedly, Sun also. You don't seem like you're enjoying it. Thought I might help you be less weary as the greedy and corrupt talk about their futile agendas." He replied with a bit of annoyance in his tone.
Weiss rolls her eyes but then she sees a large painting on the end of the ballroom, depicting Beacon Academy with its Cross Continental Transmit tower still standing. She felt a twinge of the feeling of loneliness that she tried to push down rush pass. The Schnee Heiress starts to step away only to have her forearm grabbed by her father, who doesn't even turn around. Weiss halts, startled.
"Where are you going?" The Schnee Patriarch firmly asks his daughter.
"I'm... just a little thirsty." Weiss answers with a meek expression.
"Sweetheart, we have people for that."
He lets go of Weiss and begins to raise his arm to call over a waiter. Weiss stops him by grabbing his forearm, prompting a sideways glance from Whitley.
"What? No, I can get it. I'll be right back, I promise." She told/pleaded to her father, causing her and him to gaze at each other's eyes as the conversation next to them commences.
Jacques decides to let Weiss go and turns back to his companions. "I'm sorry, I tuned out for a second, but sounds like I'm the good guy again?"
Jacques and the businesswoman share a laugh. Weiss moves across the room to look at the painting of Beacon Academy. She has barely reached it when a young man with light-brown eyes and dull-blue hair in an undercut hairstyle, with the long unshaven hair swept to his left and hanging slightly in his face. He wears a maroon dress shirt and black tie with a black vest decorated with a marigold flower design, silver buttons, and a breast pocket containing a red handkerchief. He also wears a pair of black pants and gray dress shoes. His black belt is worn over his vest and has a silver chain connected to the front of it, with the other end trailing into his left pocket. On his index and ring fingers on each hand, he wears plain silver rings, starts speaking to her. He is Henry Marigold.
"It's beautiful." Henry pauses as he looks at Weiss' face. "You two match."
The Schnee Heiress stands with her arms crossed, maintaining a cold expression throughout most of the conversation. "Yes, it's a lovely painting."
"So, that was my attempt at breaking the ice. How am I doing so far?" He asks suavely.
"Oh Oum help me" Weiss thought as she closed her eyes and sighs.
"You are leaving a lot to be desired." She responded.
Henry shrugs as he offers his hand for a handshake. "Well, I've always appreciated honesty. Henry. Marigold."
Weiss turns her head to look at him as she lightly places her fingers across his in a very loose handshake. "Weiss Schnee."
"I know, I saw your performance." He cringes at himself for his statement and clears his throat. "Obviously. You were wonderful. And I promise I'm not just saying that 'cause you're pretty." He tries luck a second time to woo the Ice Princess but fails as her focus is on the painting. "Honesty, remember? So, you thinking about buying it?"
"No. I don't think so."
"Yeah, kinda pricey for a painting."
"It's to raise money." She said, as she tried to contain the growing annoyance that is talking to her.
"Oh really? For what?"
"For what?" Weiss said with disgust in her voice, unknowingly from her, cold breath coming from her mouth.
"Heheh, I'll admit, I only come to these things for the food and drinks." Henry says as he reaches out and takes a champagne flute as a waiter walks by. He gets his glass filled with champagne and sips his drink. "And the extraordinary company. Of course. So what, is it another Mantle fundraiser or something?"
"Get. Out."
Henry slightly laughs at her statement. "What?"
"Get out, or I will have security escort you out." Weiss warns him as her eyes start to shine briefly.
"But I haven't done any-"
Weiss takes on a more aggressive stance. "Leave!"
This made the young man reel back as he scoffs and leaves with the Ice Princess glaring at him. Once he left, she turned back to the painting, crossed her arms and closed her eyes trying to keep her mind calm.
(-Music Ends-)
"Anymore, you would've had blood on your hands." Shadow spoke up in her mind again.
"Zip it Shadow." She retorted back at him as she took deep breaths.
The camera pans up the Beacon Academy painting, then shows the sign in front of the display, which reads:
"SHOW THE WORLD WE CARE
All proceeds go to the Kingdom of Vale".
Weiss' eyes are open again as if she had just been observing the painting, and she once again closes her eyes. The chatter of the party guests grows louder, but one voice stands out among the rest.
(-Music: Trouble Outbreak [ Sen no Kiseki ]-)
"But really, does it come as any surprise, what happened to Vale?" Asked a woman with light brown skin, blonde hair, purple beads around her left wrist, a mole underneath her left eye, and lavender colored eyes. Wearing an elegant black dress and black heels. We'll call her Trophy Wife.
Weiss opens her eyes and turns slightly, peering over her shoulder at the woman with her light blue eyes faintly flash to display the rising fury she's feeling.
"It was a long time coming if you ask me." She said with her voice dripping with arrogance.
"Honey…"
The Trophy Wife's Husband places his hand on her shoulder, trying to shush her, but she shakes it off, leaving him to glance around the room with a forced, nervous grin.
The Trophy Wife laughs haughtily. "What? You said the same thing last night. If they're so arrogant to think they can get by without proper kingdom defense, then I say good riddance."
"Shut up!" Roared an angry Weiss.
The room falls silent, and all of the party goers turn to look at her.
"Weiss?" Jacques said her daughter's name with anger laced in his voice.
"You don't have a clue! None of you do!" The Ice Princess angrily gestures to the guests.
"Excuse me?" Asked the Trophy Wife, unaware of the cold breath she produced as she spoke.
"You're all just standing around talking about nothing! Worrying about your hair, your money, your stupid problems that don't mean anything!" The Schnee Heiress hissed as the air got colder.
Her father quickly approaches her while Whitley looks on with a faint smile on his face.
"Weiss! That's enough!" He grabs her wrist, and she immediately begins struggling to pull away.
"Let go of me!"
"You're embarrassing the family!"
"I. SAID. LET. GO!" Weiss' voice changed into a deeper tone as an icy blue Aura appeared around her and caused her father to cry out in pain as he pulled his hand away as it was blue from the extreme cold.
Then her eyes glowed a light blue as a glyph manifested next to her as a white Boarbatusk with blue eyes was summoned. Weiss' gaze was on the Trophy Wife, who was frozen with fear. With a single finger pointed at her, the Boarbatusk Summon charges at her.
"P-Please! I'm sorry! Just leave me alone!" Cried the Trophy Wife as she was hysterically crying.
(-Music Ends-)
It leapt towards the Trophy Wife and her husband, then its charge got halted as a highly stylized single-edge sword. It has a black grip with a red rectangular sword pommel that has a multicolored gem embedded in it. It also has a cup hilt in the shape of Shadow's forehead with his three upper quills on the back of it which is decorated with white swirling lines. The blade of the sword itself is black with white swirling lines on the surface and a bright red front edge in an intricate design being implanted in its skull. Causing it to disintegrate into black particles.
"You all better be grateful that I came just in the nick of time." Shadow's voice said, causing everyone to look at Weiss but then gasp in shock as they saw him rise from her shadow as his appearance was made known to all who basked in his dark glory.
(-Music: Sir Lancelot Appears [ Sonic and the Black Knight ]-)
There stood Shadow in his new attire, he wore a buttoned up black long trench coat with white fur around the neck, red that goes downwards to the zipper and down the sleeves and near the hemline, and with the Black Arms symbol on the back, a black shirt sleeveless shirt inside, black pants with dark red belts going into a "X" formation, with black gun holsters on the side of his pant legs, and he wore his regular skates. And he had black shades on.
Shadow sighs. "Weiss. Calm down."
Her eyes widen as she swiftly turns around to face him. "S-Shadow?!"
"You were going to do something that you'll regret. So take deep breaths and calm your mind before you freeze everyone in here." He gestures to the shivering crowd and then he looks at the shivering and awestricken Jacques and Whitley. He narrowed his eyes at them as he looked back at Weiss who closed her eyes and took a deep breath as the frost dissipated from the windows and everything was back to normal temperature.
(-Music Ends-)
(-Music: ALTINA [ Sen no Kiseki II ]-)
Weiss held her head as if she had a migraine as she leaned against Shadow for support. "...ugh… Shadow? What happened?"
"You nearly turned this place into everyone's frozen tomb. That's what happened." He answered, then he turned to General Ironwood, who nodded. "Let's get you home."
"Arrest her! What are you waiting for?! She's insane, she should be locked up!" Trophy Wife hysterically proclaimed as she pointed at Weiss.
"Despite what we just witnessed, she's the ONLY one making sense around here. My medics will be arriving shortly, thanks for the party Jacques." Ironwood thanked the still dumbfounded Schnee Patriarch as he casually made his exit with Shadow warping himself and Weiss via Chaos Control out of the party.
(-Music Ends-)
As the six travelers continue out of Oniyuri, Ren suddenly senses something. He puts out his hand to stop the other 5, eyes closing as he focuses. With Sonic doing the same as he felt the wind blow through. Somewhere close by Tyrian Callows can be seen running. Ren and Sonic draw their weapons. Everyone else immediately follows suit. Tyrian soon leaps high over the wall to engage them in combat.
(-Music: Even if Driven to the Wall [ Sen no Kiseki ]-)
He immediately takes out his weapons in a seamless motion and, laughing eagerly, moves to attack Ruby. Sonic intervenes knocking the crazed Faunus back at his stomach as a spinning ball making Tyrian skid on his feet. Ren comes in with StormFlower, clashing with Tyrian's claw blades. Ren attempts to both kick and shoot Tyrian, but he dodges. The two have a couple more attacks and parries until Tyrian kicks Ren several feet away. Tyrian turns to go after Ruby again, who rushed forward with Crescent Rose to meet him. Tyrian uses his blades to block the scythe and kicks Ruby backward. She easily remains upright and they clash again. Tyrian manages to land a strike on Ruby's right arm, causing her to cry out at the pain and him to laugh. She doesn't break stride however and leaps back to take a swing at him with her scythe. He dodges and then lands a moving blow against the body of Crescent Rose, causing a red shimmer to cross her Aura in the area of the strike. Jaune steps in at that moment and Tyrian climbs onto his shield and grins at him. Nora rushes in with Magnhild, but Tyrian just leaps from Jaune's shield to her hammer and up through the top story of a narrow, rectangular building. Holding himself up with his feet on wooden frames to either side of him, Tyrian looks down at the six.
"We're not looking for a fight!" Jaune pleaded with the insane Faunus.
"Whoever you are, we don't have to resort to violence!" Pyrrha said standing next to her boyfriend.
"Who are you?" Ren asked.
Tyrian leans forward, drops from the tower, does a front flip, and lands on his feet in front of them. "Who I am matters not to the lot of you… well... you do interest me, blonde boy."
This causes the Arc to gasp nervously and irked the red-head Spartan as she narrowed her eyes.
"No, I only matter to you!" He points to Sonic causing everyone to look at him.
"Moi? If you wanted an autograph, you could've asked guy!" Sonic quipped as he started spinning Caliburn. "So who did I piss off to make them send a guy like you after me?"
Tyrian breaks down into laughter. "You, you haven't the slightest clue, do you? Oh, how exciting this must be."
"What do you want?" Ruby inquired as she stood in front of the Blue Blur.
The Scorpion Faunus begins acting dramatically in response to her tone of voice. "Oh, the rose has thorns! My little flower, I'm here to whisk you away with me!"
"Well, what if he doesn't want to go with you?" Nora inquired.
He stares for a moment with his lips scrunched up before answering.
"I'll just take him." Tyrian bluntly answers.
Jaune walks over and stands between him and Sonic alongside Ruby, his shield held in front of him.
"We're not going to let you do that." Jaune firmly states to their attacker.
Tyrian closes his eyes and inhales through his teeth. His eyes slowly open, and he happily growls a single word with a dark grin. "Good."
"Sonic! We'll handle him!" Pyrrha declared as she readied herself to make the first strike.
"Woah woah woah hold up guys! If 'Mister Crazy' wants me, then he can have me but I'm not going down without a fight! We'll take him on together! We got the numbers advantage, try to box him in! Leave him NO room!" The Blue Speedster said with a voice that held finality as he made his stance known to participate in the fight.
Delighted that they're willing to fight, Tyrian moves fast to attack Jaune from behind.
"Jaune! Behind you! Ren!" Sonic called out to the StormFlower user.
Ren deliberately shoots Jaune's shield so that the ricochet hits Tyrian. Tyrian covers his eyes with his arm and then cartwheels onto Jaune's shield, using his claw blades to spin in the air against it. Ruby steps in to face Tyrian on his descent, but he just kicks her to the side. She regains her ground by using Crescent Rose to steady herself. Jaune takes a swing with his sword at Tyrian, but he simply dodges and kicks him away as well. He evades a strike from Pyrrha and he retaliates with a kick but Pyrrha uses Akoúo̱ to block the strike. She attempts to make Tyrian lose his balance by hitting his other leg but he uses one of his weapons to fire a shot at the shield using the recoil to knock her down. His next move is to run toward Nora. From across the way, Ruby grins and shoots Nora with lightning Dust. It passes just over Tyrian's left shoulder, and he turns as he senses it. Nora gets knocked down when the bolt makes contact, dropping Magnhild in the process. Mistaking the move for an error on Ruby's part, Tyrian gives Nora a baffled stare and laughs while the five simply watch and wait.
"Well, if that isn't ironic." Tyrian states, thinking he has eliminated one of the obstacles in his way.
He senses something is up and loses his mirth. With a determined, satisfied grin, a now upright and supercharged Nora rushes Tyrian from behind, moving over his right shoulder and coming before him just in time to hit him with Magnhild. The blast from the contact has the other three covering their eyes from the backwash of dust and air, Jaune actually taking cover behind his shield. The air clears to reveal a perfectly fine Tyrian in a crouch, using his now unveiled scorpion tail to block Magnhild. He giggles and curls his fingers at Nora.
"Surprise."
He kicks Nora twice in the face before leaping backwards and upward onto a roof, leaving his coat behind.
"He's... a Faunus." Ren said in shock.
"So we're dealing with a nutjob Faunus! That's just so fine and dandy!" Sonic facepalmed and groaned.
"What is this about? The White Fang? Roman Torchwick?" The Hooded Huntress inquired.
"Plastic soldiers and pawns. My heart and body belong only to our goddess!" Said the insane Scorpion Faunus.
"Cinder…" Pyrrha muttered with a frown on her face.
Tyrian scoffs. "Only in her wildest dreams!"
"Is it the 'Goddess of Darkness' or whatever her name is?" Inquired the Blue Speed Demon as he got into his stance. "FYI, I have tangoed with gods before! I sent them packing! If your goddess thinks she's all that, then tell her to come here and face us!"
Tyrian only laughs maniacally in response to Sonic's declaration and leaps back into the fray. He uses his tail to knock Crescent Rose down. Though surprised, Ruby doesn't lose her grip on it. The two both attack each other and miss until Tyrian kicks Ruby backwards again. Tyrian uses his tail to go after Ren before finally kicking him away and attacking Jaune next. A crow flies determinedly toward the fray while Tyrian kicks Jaune back and then Nora, and then Pyrrha knocking Akoúo̱ out of her hand, and then Ren returns for more only to leap away again. Without missing a beat, Tyrian lets Ren be and goes after Ruby again. In quick succession, he delivers a right hook to her face and a left blow to her torso, causing red shimmers on her Aura on her head and chest respectively. He turns and swings his tail to knock her back into the air. She flies back several feet and he rushes forward to meet her before she lands. While Ruby's still midair, he kicks her right in the abdomen, causing a large red shimmer over her abdomen and hips.
The incoming crow turns into Qrow Branwen who keeps running forward after landing.
Tyrian approaches Ruby on the ground and raises his stinger, his eyes turning dark purple. The Scorpion Faunus gets knocked away from her by Sonic's spin dash. Then Sonic spin dashes in place as he sends a shockwave (Sonic Wave) that Tyrian barely dodges. Then Sonic jumps and sent more shockwaves from the air making Tyrian run around to evade the strikes and then he jumps over a magnetized Akoúo̱. Tyrian charges as Pyrrha gets into a defensive stance as he uses his tail and weapons to attack her with Jaune coming in for a strike. Seeing this coming, he uses his tail to wrap around Pyrrha's leg and throws her at Jaune thus knocking them down. Tyrian barely evades a slash from Sonic and then uses his tail again to wrap around Caliburn's blade, but he didn't let go as the two glared at each other. Tyrian had a toothy smile while Sonic growled.
"第二に、フォーム！ 疾風 (Gale)！"
Sonic vanishes for a brief moment as Tyrian looks around for indication for his target. 2 flashes appeared around him before his Aura fizzled as he got blown away and crashed into one of the unfinished houses. Sonic runs back to his friends to find Qrow Branwen there helping Ruby up.
(-Music Ends-)
"Sup Qrow." He greets the older man with a smirk.
"Hey Blue." Qrow greets back.
The camera cuts to black.
[ To be Continued... ]