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Chapter XVI.
Last Time.
"What does history have to do with this?"
Shiki asked the Doctor who looked back.
"Why, what a preposterous question! Why history is the backbone of our very society! And the liver! Probably the kidneys, if I were to wager."
"And that means…?"
"The southeast quadrant outside of Vale is home to wild forests and deep caves, but it is also the location of one of the kingdom's greatest failures!" Oobleck explained to the two teams.
"Mountain Glenn." Ruby mused as Natsu puked out the door.
"That's right! It was an expansion of Vale... But in the end, it was overrun by Grimm and fenced off from the rest of the city." Yang explained having Oobleck nod.
"Correct! And now it stands abandoned as a dark reminder."
"And a likely place for a hideout," Naruto said as Oobleck adjusts his glasses and smiled. "Precisely!" He said as they landed by destroyed buildings.
Now.
Mountain Glenn.
Team RWBY and SHNN landed from the ship weapons drawn as Oobleck dropped down, taking a sip from his thermos before speaking. "Ladies and gentlemen! You still may be students, but as of this moment, your first mission as Huntsmen and Huntresses has begun! From this point forward, you need to do exactly as I say! Do you understand?" He asked having them nod before he looked at Ruby. "Ruby! I thought I told you to leave all of your bags back at school."
"But, uh, you hadn't told us to listen to you yet. So I didn't."
Oobleck looked down before whispering to himself. "She's not wrong... Very well, Ruby; leave your bag here, we can pick it up upon our return."
"But I, well uh-"
"Young lady, what in the world could you possibly have in that bag that could be so important to bring it with-" He stops as the bag's zipper opens, and out pops Zwei's head, causing everyone to stare at the uninvited guest.
"Get back in the bag." Ruby whispers at Zwei who merely barks in response.
"(Woof!)"
"We're here to investigate an abandoned urban jungle teeming with death and hostility, and you brought... A dog?"
"THAT'S A DOG?!/THAT'S A DOG?!" Haru and Shiki yelled out pointing at Zwei.
"Yeah… Why you've never seen one?" Naruto asked the two.
"Dogs have carrots for noses where we're from," Haru replied having Shiki nod and Naruto facepalm.
"Did I do something in a past life to deserve this?" He asked looking up at the cloudy sky.
"Genius!"
Naruto looked back to see Oobleck snatching the pet away from Ruby, who tumbles to the ground as Oobleck spins Zwei in the air. "Canines are historically known for their perceptive nose and heightened sense of sound, making them excellent companions for a hunt such as ours!" He exclaimed as Zwei barked happily.
"I'm a genius!" Ruby said after a moment of confusion as Weiss and Yang both facepalm at their grinning leader.
"So, what are your orders, Doctor?" Blake asked after a sigh.
"Ah, yes, straight to the chase; I like it!" Oobleck lets go of Zwei to put his hands behind his back. "As you've been informed, the southeast area has been marked as a recent hot spot for Grimm activity. Now, there are several possible explanations for this behavior, one of which being…" He trailed off as he stared behind the two teams. "Grimm."
"Uh, what?"
"Grimm. A creature of Grimm approximately one hundred yards from us at this very moment."
"What?!" Yang asked as they turn to look to see a lone Beowolf wandering into the street.
They then pulled out their weapons before Oobleck spoke. "Stop!" They lowered their weapons having the teacher continued. "There are several reasons why Grimm will congregate in this particular area, the most likely of which will be their attraction to negativity: sadness, envy, loneliness, hatred. All qualities that are likely held by our hidden group harboring ill intent."
"Then what now?" Natsu asked the teacher who pushed his glasses up.
"We wait. We track. If this specimen leads us to its pack, that pack may subsequently lead us to our prey."
"How long do we wait?" Naruto asked as he held Fox Bolt.
"It's uncertain. Hours, days, weeks. Why lone Grimm have been known to stay isolated from the pack for months… And there's the whole pack." He finished as five more come out as well.
"What the fu-!" Naruto stopped as Oobleck interrupted him.
"And now they've seen us."
"What's the plan, then?" Yang asked as Naruto put his rifle on his back and pulled his pistols out from the holsters.
"Show me what you're capable of."
Naruto ad his teammates ran up with their weapons ready as Ruby pulled Crescent Rose up. "Cover your ears, Zwei!"
The dog does so, by curling up into a ball.
Yang ran to one Grimm, knocking it out in one fiery punch. Several stop chasing after the party girl to focus on Blake, who stands and waits with her hand on her hilt until one of the enemies swipes at her afterimage, the real Blake slicing her would-be attacker in half before slashing through another and cutting down on one more.
Naruto shot one towards Haru who sliced its head off with a new mode of his sword. It is slender with a U-shaped guard on each side.
Shiki then kicked one in the chin before Natsu jumped over him and slugged the Grimm having its head explode.
Weiss runs from several of the beasts before jumping in the air and taking one down with Myrtenaster. She dashes towards them with rapier held high and slays four of them in a straight line until she stops. A wave of Beowolves are converging on Ruby, but the scythe wielder shoots multiple bullets at the oncoming force while Zwei is busy chasing his tail.
He stops to watch his owner fire forward and, sees Naruto stab it in the head and fire shots into its skull.
"Heh. Piece of cake!" Ruby said resting her weapon on her shoulder.
"Do not celebrate yet, for I am certain this is the first bout of many. Shall we continue?" Oobleck asked as they walked away.
They look around, attacking any Grimm as they searched the buildings. Later, the two teams panted before Oobleck spoke up. "Excellent work! Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any signs of criminal operations in this sector. Oh, well! Moving on!"
"Hey, Doc, y'know, I was looking forward to seeing a "pro Huntsman" in action. Like, fighting, or at least, helping us fight?" Yang asked as they holstered their weapons
"Ah, but I am in action! Scouring the ruins of this once-great city for any signs of irregularity! Not every mission is filled with daring and heroism. Sometimes it's just a heightened form of extermination Remember, this is a job, and you all signed up for it. I do hope you understand that."
"O-Of course!"
"He's right."
Yang turned to see Naruto walking up behind her. "Most jobs for us, especially after graduating will most likely be just body guarding and we most likely won't see any action."
Later, Oobleck came up to Yang who was finishing a Grimm off. "Tell me, Yang: Why did you choose this line of work?"
Yang looked over her shoulder at him. "Huh? Well, to fight monsters and save-"
"No, that is what you do. I want to know why you do it. The honest reason as to why you want to be a Huntress."
"The honest reason?" She asked after a moment of thinking. "I'm a thrill-seeker. I want to travel around the world and get wrapped up in as many crazy adventures as I can. And if I help people along the way, then that's even better. It's a win-win, y'know?"
"I see." He then went to Weiss at that before picking out a journal and wrote in it. "And you, Miss Schnee? A girl born into fame and fortune such as yourself certainly doesn't need the extra work. So... why choose this over a cushy job in Atlas?"
"It's exactly as you said: I'm a Schnee. I have a legacy of honor to uphold. Once I realized I was capable of fighting, there was no longer a question of what I would do with my life. It was my duty."
Oobleck nodded at that. "Interesting." Oobleck walks to where Blake slashes a door down and releases a swarm of small Nevermores from the building, which she back-flips under before she shoots them all with her blade's pistol form. "And what about you, Blake? You seem to carry yourself with a sense of purpose."
"There's too much wrong in this world to just stand by and do nothing. Inequality, corruption... Someone has to stop it."
"Very well. How?"
"I, Uh…" The Faunus trailed off as Oobleck hummed before he dashes away, leaving Blake to bow her head in troubled thought.
At the next building, A Beowolf fell out of a window as Naruto landed on it. "And you, Mr. Uzumaki? What does being a Huntsman mean to you?"
Naruto stood up and pulled his knife out of the Grimm before looking up at the sky. "… It means to put your life on the line for those who need you for those who can't protect themselves because everyone is a friend and family and I will protect them while trying to bring balance and peace to the world… That's my Will of Fire."
"What do you mean by that last part?"
"I dunno… Came to me last night and it felt right."
Oobleck ran off as Naruto's team stared at him.
Later, Ruby is using her weapon to lift a whole turkey on the sharp end of her gun to tease a jumping and flipping Zwei until she spots her teacher watching, quickly sheathing Crescent Rose. "Sorry! Uh... Are we ready to keep going?"
"Nope! I believe that will have to do for today. It's going to be dark soon" He replied as he throws his bag over to Yang. "You all set up camp in that building. Oh, and please make sure there are no more of those... Creatures. Ruby and I are going to secure the perimeter. Come, Ruby."
They start walking away and turned the corner of the building to see the wide forest stretching below the ruin, and in the midst of it, a line of giant elephants Grimm's. "What is that? It looks awesome!" Ruby asked as Oobleck looked at her,
"That, my dear girl, is a Grimm."
Ruby stares at the lumbering mass of monsters in amazement and awe before pulling out her gun. "Let's kill it."
"I'm afraid your sniper rifle will do nothing more than agitate a Grimm of that size."
"But... What if it attacks us?" She asked as he raised a hand
"Fret not, Ruby; those Goliaths are not concerned with us. Ruby, not every Grimm is mindless, or rather not every Grimm is still mindless. You see, the Grimm you see before you are so powerful, so superior to the Grimm you fought, that they've undoubtedly lived hundreds of years, and in that time between killing humans and attacking our borders, they have done one important thing: They've learned."
"They've learned that when they attack our borders, they're likely to die, and what we lack in strength, we make up for in will and that killing one human will only bring more." One Goliath swivels its thick neck to look at the figures watching their procession, eyes glowing a fiery red.
Ruby then looked at her teacher after looking at the Grimm. "Then why are they still so close to the city? What are they doing?"
"Waiting," Oobleck replied as the Goliath turns its head forward again and moves on with its kin. Oobleck turns around and walks away as well, and Ruby puts away her weapon, not moving.
"Doctor Oobleck?"
"Hmm?"
"I was wondering…" She trailed off as Oobleck stops walking and turns back to her.
"Wondering why I've been interrogating your teammates all day?"
"A-Actually, I was wondering... Why did you want to become a Huntsman?"
Oobleck motioned to the ruins before looking back at her. "Look around and tell me what you see.
"Lots of old buildings, uh, empty streets..."
Oobleck then speaks up as they continued to walk back. "I see lives that could have been saved. As a Huntsman, it is my job to protect the people, and although I am capable of doing it with traditional weaponry, I believe I can make a much larger impact if I do it with my mind. As a teacher, I'm able to take knowledge, the most powerful weapon of them all, and place it in the hands of every student that passes through my classroom."
"I look at this wasteland, and I see lives that could have been saved, but I also see an opportunity; an opportunity to study these ruins and learn from this tragedy, and therefore become stronger." He then stops at that. "I am a Huntsman, Ruby because there is nothing else in this world I would rather be." He finished as they walked back to camp.
Back at the building, the teams have done as instructed, building a fire in the center of the room and huddling around it or standing up. "I can't believe we didn't find anything…" Yang said as she sat beside Naruto… Rather close.
"We've always been fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time. I guess we can't always have luck on our side." Blake said from Naruto's other side as she poked the fire with a stick.
"That's not what I meant."
They looked up at Weiss at that. "Earlier, about... upholding the legacy. There's more to it than that."
"Yeah... No, me too. I mean... I don't know." Yang said head dropping down with Blake nodding.
"I don't know, either. I know what I want to do, but I figured I'd always take things one step at a time."
Naruto wrapped an arm around their shoulders and pulled them in close. "Well, it doesn't matter. We know why we're here. Right?"
The girls merely stare in silence. Oobleck suddenly comes rushing into the room. "Ah, wonderful; a textbook campfire!"
"Fire!" Ruby yells as she dropped to the fire and had Zwei sit as well. "So... warm..."
"Very good! Eat your dinners and hurry to bed. We have a lot of ground to cover tomorrow and we'll need you to take turns keeping watch over our temporary abode. Any volunteers for the first watch?"
Ruby lifts an arm while still looking into the fire. "Yo."
Oobleck rushes off, and Ruby gets up to go over to her lookout point. "Hey, did Oobleck ask you why you wanted to be a Huntress? I mean... what did you tell him?" Yang asked her sister, not moving to keep Naruto's arm wrapped around her.
"Hmm... No, he didn't. Weird. Oh, well; good night, guys!"
Without a second thought, she continues on her way. Yang looks disappointed in the lack of an answer. Blake is similarly troubled as she moves to unroll her mat, Weiss tries lying down but fails to sleep, and Yang half-heatedly eats her dinner of bread rolls. Naruto stretched as Natsu was demolishing his dinner while Haru and Shiki were already asleep.
Soon, all the Huntsmen and Huntresses are on their backs around the fire, weapons within easy access.
Ruby, meanwhile, is sitting on the vacant windowsill of the room as Zwei goes over to her upon hearing the howling of Beowolves. She pets her pooch on the back. "Don't worry. Things will be better tomorrow."
Beacon.
Ironwood is looking out from the landing docks of Beacon Academy to the city of Vale, a few airships before Glynda walked up to him. "Trouble sleeping?"
Ironwood looked back and gripped his left shoulder. "Arm was acting up."
"Of course, so logically, you got out of bed, dressed yourself completely, and decided to gaze menacingly out into the distance. What's wrong?"
"I've trusted him for years. We both have. I just... I can't help but feel like he's keeping us in the dark." Ironwood replied looking back to the city.
"Don't be ridiculous! You know very well that we are not the ones in the dark."
Ironwood chuckled at that. "That makes it worse! I refuse to believe that a man that I've trusted for so long would act so... Passively."
Glynda puts a reassuring hand on her friend's shoulder. "You're a good person, James. You've always done what you think is best for the people, even against strong protest. It's admirable. But it's high time you stopped talking about trust and started showing it." She drops her hand at that before continuing. "Ozpin has experience that the rest of us lack. And I think that's something worth remembering."
Mountain Glenn.
A Beowolf is searching through the rubble before it looks up briefly at Ruby who has it in her red crosshair scope, but she just lowers Crescent Rose and sighs.
At the campsite, the rest of the teams are lying down on their sleeping mats around the fire with their weapons nearby, and Doctor Bartholomew Oobleck is higher up, slumped down against the wall next to the hole in the ceiling/floor.
"Blake, are you awake?" Yang asked as she looked at the ceiling.
"Yeah."
"Why do you think he asked us about being a Huntress? Like, what was he trying to say?"
"Maybe he was just curious." The Faunus replied as she moved to lay on her side.
"You think?"
"No."
"Weiss, are you awake?" Yang asked the heiress who looked over.
"Of course I'm awake! You two are talking. And I think he... When I said I wanted to honor my family's name, I meant it. But, it's not what you think. I'm not stupid. I'm fully aware of what my father has done with the Schnee Dust Company. Since he took control, our business has operated in a... Moral gray area."
"That's putting it lightly," Blake spoke having Weiss sit up.
"Which is why I feel the need to make things right. If I had taken a job in Atlas, it wouldn't have changed anything. My father was not the start of our name, and I refuse to let him be the end of it."
Blake sighed before she spoke up. "All my life, I fought for what I thought was right. I had a partner named Adam. More of a mentor, actually. He always assured me that what we were doing would make the world a better place. But of course, his idea of a perfect future turned out to be not perfect for everyone. I joined the Academy because I knew that Huntsmen and Huntresses were regarded as the noblest warriors in the world. Always fighting for good. But I never really thought past that. When I leave the Academy, what will I… How can I undo so many years of hate?"
"I'm sure you'd figure it out. You're not one to back down from a challenge, Blake." Yang said before moving to lie on her side as well.
"But I am! I do it all the time! When you learned I was a Faunus, I didn't know what to do, so I ran! When I realized my oldest partner had become a monster, I ran! Even my Semblance! I was born with the ability to leave behind a shadow of myself; an empty copy that takes the hit while I run away!"
"At least you two have something that drives you. I've just kinda always, gone with the flow, y'know? And that's fine, I mean, that's who I am. But how long can I really do that for? I wanna be a Huntress, not really because I want to be a hero, but because I want the adventure. I want a life where I won't know what tomorrow will bring." Yang said turning to lie on her stomach and had her breasts squash out revealing more of her cleavage.
"And that'll be a good thing. Being a Huntress just happens to line up with that. I'm not like Ruby, she's always wanted to be a Huntress. It's like she said, ever since she was a kid, she'd dreamt about being the heroes in the books. Helping people and saving the day, and never asking for anything else in return. Even when she couldn't fight, she knew that's what she wanted to do. That's why she trained so hard to get where she is today." She finished leaning back on her side and rests her head on her hand.
"Well, she's still just a kid," Weiss said looking over as Blake sat up.
"She's only two years younger. We're all kids."
"Well, not anymore. I mean, look where we are! In the middle of a war zone and armed to the teeth!" Yang motioned around them at that.
"It's the life we chose."
"It's a job," Weiss spoke up raising her hand. "We all had this romanticized vision of being a Huntress in our heads! But at the end of the day, it's a job to protect the people! And whatever we want, will have to come second."
The apparently-sleeping Oobleck has a small smile when she finishes.
Later, Yang has taken up watch, allowing Ruby and Zwei to sleep on the sleeping bag Yang had been lying on before Zwei suddenly woke up and stands up, causing Ruby to wake up. "Huh? Zwei, it's late. Go back to bed." She moaned having Zwei runoff. "Zwei! Zwei! Ugh!" Ruby gets up and wanders out of the building, looking for Zwei. "Zwei! Zwei, where are you? Zwei! Huh?"
She spots Zwei urinating on some ruins before speaking. "Zwei, this is a wasteland! You literally could have done that anywhere!"
"(Bark!)"
"What was that?"
Ruby stiffened as she picked Zwei up and heard a male voice and hides behind some ruins. Looking out, she saw two White Fang members holding rifles. "What was what?"
"I thought I heard a Beowolf or something."
"Hmph. Let's just finish our patrol and get back to base. This place gives me the creeps." The second one said before they turned to walk away.
Ruby took a step to follow only to stiffen as a hand grabbed her shoulder and another was placed over her mouth. She looked to see Haru behind her before he spoke. "Let's get the others first."
After waking the others, Ruby brought them to where the White Fang members walked in and saw a door leading down before Oobleck hit his palm. "Oh my. Of course! Of course, OF COURSE, OF COURSE!
"What is it?"
"How could I be so stupid?!"
"Dr. Oobleck, what's wrong?" Shiki asked the doctor who pointed at the door.
"Mountain Glenn! Yes, an expansion of Vale that was inevitably destroyed by creatures of Grimm! Previously home to thousands of people! Working people commuting to the city, the main city! Developed a subway system to the inner city! Grimm attacks increased! Population in danger, now desperately searching for shelter! City evacuates into the metro tunnels and what do they find? The southeast quadrant of Vale is known for wild forests and deep caves!"
"Doc, what are you saying?" Natsu asked tilting his head in confusion.
"My dear, we're not just looking for an underground crime network, we're looking for an UNDERGROUND crime network!"
"They've been working in caves?" Naruto asked crossing his arms.
"No, no, Mountain Glenn was Vale's first serious attempt at expansion. It worked for a short period, thanks to an aggressive perimeter defense, and unique transportation; the city developed an elaborate subway system to carry citizens safely from the new territory into the main Kingdom! Sadly, without the many natural barriers Vale had to protect its borders, Mountain Glenn was doomed from the start!"
"As the end drew near, the citizens of the territory made one last attempt at survival: They took up shelter beneath the city! In massive caves that they had cleared out for the subway. And they had cut themselves off from the surface!"
"An underground village?" Yang asked having Oobleck nod.
"In a matter of speaking, yes. A safe haven. Until... an explosion opened the mouth of another cavern, filled with subterranean Grimm. After that, the Kingdom officially sealed off the tunnels, creating the world's largest tomb.
Down below, Roman was giving orders to the White Fang by a train before several explosions. Multiple White Fang members come running around the corner, some firing at Teams RWBY and SHNN who run around the corner. "Somebody kill them!"
Roman and the White Fang members around him open fire on the teams, missing their shots which she dodges and weaves between. Roman turns angrily to the White Fang member next to him to speak. "Attach this cart and spread the word: We're starting the train."
"But we're not finished!"
Roman pins the White Fang member up against the wall with Melodic Cudgel. "Do it or you're finished!"
"Looks like they're loading the cars up," Naruto said firing a round from his right revolver then brought it down to fire his left.
"Ahhhh, that's ridiculous. These tunnels are sealed, the tracks lead to a dead-end." Oobleck said holding his thermos that changed into a torch.
"Get to your places, we are leaving now!" They heard Roman on a loudspeaker at that.
"Well, it sounds like they're going somewhere," Natsu said hitting one member away with his sword.
"Stop that train!" Ruby yelled as the train moved to a tunnel, loaded with mechs. They ran and jumped onto the last car of the train before Oobleck looked back. "Hurry, children! We must get to the front and stop this train!"
"Err... Professor?" Weiss spoke up, holding a door that led to the car from the roof.
"Doctor…"
"What's that?" Weiss asked pointing at a silver bomb.
"That my dear... appears to be a bomb."
"We've got baddies!" Shiki yelled seeing White Fang members on top at the front as the bomb underneath them charged up and starts beeping.
"Time to go! Blake! Detach the caboose! It will kill us all!" Oobleck ordered Blake who nodded.
"On it." Blake jumps down onto the connectors and gets ready to cut the connection, but as she does, the connection comes loose on its own. "Huh? It decoupled itself!"
"What?!" Oobleck asked after the others jumped onto the next car.
"I guess he really doesn't want us on this train," Yang said as Oobleck looks back at the detached cart, it explodes in the tunnel.
"That's not good..."
"Err, neither is this!" Ruby yelled ut after opening the hatch to reveal another bomb.
"Another bomb?!"
Oobleck looks around and runs to the next train car. "No. No. No." He opens the hatch and looks in. "They ALL have bombs!"
The bomb under Team RWBY charges up and starts beeping and the cart they're on detaches itself, forcing Team RWBY to run to the next cart. "This doesn't make sense!" Haru yelled out as they looked back to see the White Fang members climbing the train.
"Get the humans!"
The two teams jump forward to attack the incoming White Fang members. Oobleck turns around and watches the detached train car explode. Only this time it creates a hole allowing multiple types of Grimm to emerge. "Oh, dear…" The horde of Grimm begins advancing quickly toward the runaway train. "He's leading Grimm to the city!"
"What?"
"It's the cars! They detach and explode, creating openings for the Grimm!"
"That's insane!" Naruto yelled as another train car detaches itself.
"We have to hurry!" He turns to Naruto, Natsu, Haru, Weiss, Blake, and Yang. "You six, go below and try to stop those bombs!"
"What about us?"
"We're going to stop this train," Oobleck replied before Ruby sighed.
"Yeah, I know. I said that earlier."
The group moves forward. As the train continues towards its destination, White Fang members start to pilot multiple Atlesian Paladin-290s and jump to the top of the train. Shiki, Ruby, Zwei, and Oobleck run ahead. "Up ahead!" Oobleck said as he saw a Paladin start charging towards them. "We got a problem!"
Oobleck takes a sip from his thermos before transforming it into its weapon mode, a small flame burning at its tip. Zwei barks jump and flip in the air, and Oobleck bats him, turning him into a small fireball. The Paladin starts shooting, only for it to get knocked off the train by the combination attack. The Paladin tumbles on the train tracks and explodes when it hits a barricade. Another Paladin appears in front of Zwei, its guns aimed at him. Suddenly, multiple fire attacks hit it, and Oobleck swiftly knocks it off the train as well.
Down below, Haru, Natsu, Yang, Weiss, and Blake enter the train car. Weiss reaches into her pouch and gives Blake a magazine filled with Dust vials. "Here, this should help you."
Blake slides the mag into Gambol Shroud and then charges forward. Naruto and the others ran ahead, only for a White Fang member to tackle Naruto to the railing. "Go!" Naruto yelled before being pushed off and grabbed the member to pull him down as well.
"Naruto!" Yang yelled as the others hesitantly ran forward. Suddenly, Neopolitan drops from the ceiling and blocks their path. "You two go, I got this."
As Blake and Weiss run past Neo, Yang unleashes a shot from Ember Celica, prompting Neo to flip back to avoid the blast, landing in a crouch. Yang proceeds to walk up to Neo as she stands up, and the two stare at one another. Yang throws a simple forward punch toward Neo's face, which is deflected with a white flash, causing Yang to stumble back.
Yang dashes forwards, unleashing a flurry of several punches, resetting each time instead of redirecting her blows, as Neo simply dodges each attack, moving her body swiftly to avoid them in a very laid-back, but extremely effective style. With every unsuccessful punch, elbow, and kick, Yang continues moving forward as her last three blows bring her to a knee, where she attempts a roundhouse kick, allowing Neo to deliver a spinning hook kick, knocking Yang to the ground.
While on the ground, Yang growls in anger, to which Neo responds by performing a drop kick. However, Yang dodges by rolling away and subsequently springing up to attack once again. Neo counters through a pull-in redirection of force technique, pulling Yang's arm in with her left arm, and performing a well-executed ax kick to hit Yang on the chin, before kicking Yang in the stomach with a side kick.
Neo then begins pushing Yang back via her umbrella, now on the offensive, as Yang tries to counter her movements. Neo is able to effortlessly push Yang back against a wall until Yang shoots a blast at Neo's feet. Neo, however, backflips effortlessly, and she lands on a metal container, before sitting
Bang!
Only to jump away as Naruto landed in a roll, got up, and spun his guns before turning them into their blade forms. "Sup?"
Naruto dashed forward, only for Neo to jump over him and attack Yang kicking her back. Yang unleashes another blast from Ember, which Neo blocks. She then turns to deflect Naruto's attack and trip him up before hitting him in the ass with her umbrella. Yang grabs Neo's foot and pulls her closer to throw her, only for Neo to perfectly counter, before grappling Yang and using her momentum to throw her into the ceiling, knocking her unconscious.
Suddenly, a red portal opened up before a woman walked out. She has fair skin and is wearing a V-neck black and red wrap style top with a black pleated skirt that has black shorts underneath, with a series of beaded necklaces. She also has a red obi sash around her waist alongside a red tasset wrapped around her waist that carries a weapon's sheath.
Attached to it is a long black object that is either fur or feathers, with a red and white bandanna material hanging from behind her. Her forearms bear red armored gauntlets that protrude outwards and black fingerless gloves. She wore black mid-thigh high boots, that had armor plating with red splatter patterns and black heels. She has long black hair and is wearing a Grimm face mask that has four red eyes.
Neo looked at her as she hit a button on her sheath and pulled out a long red katana. Neo then jumped and disappeared as the woman looked at Naruto who picked Yang up bridal style before creating another portal by slashing the air with her sword. "Not gonna help? Those who don't, are lower than trash."
The woman said nothing and went into the portal disappearing.
In the next train car, Blake and Weiss are seen running, and then look at each other when they hear the sound of revving up ahead. They look to see a muscular White Fang member dragging a chainsaw along the floor. The camera pans up, revealing the White Fang Lieutenant. "You go on ahead!" Weiss said to Blake who nodded.
"You two go as well," Haru said as he gripped his sword.
The three ran as Haru hit the chainsaw before Weiss hit the man forcing him on his back. Weiss holds up Myrtenaster en garde as the man got back up. The two attack together keeping the man unbalanced before he blocked a strike from Haru. And was hit by Weiss knocking him back. He looked up to see Haru in the air dropping down holding his sword.
In the next train car, the three stop when they see Roman. "Hello, kitty cat. You miss me? You know, we really gotta stop meeting like this. People are gonna talk..."
"Blake charges forward to attack, and knocks him down, when he attempts to get back up, Blake steps on his chest and points her sword at his throat. "Why are we fighting? I saw you at the rally, we're on the same side and you know it…" He grunts as she points her blade at his throat. "Oh, still feisty. Soooo, what are we gonna do now? You think a little bow on top is gonna make people forget who you were? What you've done...?"
Natsu punched him in the head knocking him out as Weiss and Haru ran inside. Only to fly forward as the train crashes. Outside, Naruto groaned as he slowly got up to see they were in Vale before Grimm ran out of the hole.
The teams find themselves surrounded by numerous Grimm, including Beowolves, Creeps, and a large King Taijitu. Naruto picked his revolvers up and pulled the hammers back. Quickly springing into action, the teams began making short work of the assembled lower-level Grimm.
Ruby embeds her scythe into the ground and uses it as support to kick away at the Grimm around her. Yang uses a Creep as a springboard to jump high into the air and bombard the Grimm with her gauntlets until she is brought down by three small Nevermores. Naruto jumped over, slicing the throat of a Grimm, and caught her bridal style having her smile before getting down.
Blake dodges a swipe from a Beowolf and kills it by stabbing it in the head, then proceeds to shoot the Creeps that are charging at her with her weapon in pistol mode. Weiss kills three Beowolves with Myrtenaster and kills a few other Grimm with a giant ice sword she conjured. Then Yang sends a car flying toward a few Grimm while Ruby kills two in front of the King Taijitu.
Team JNPR then joined the battle, heralded by Nora's dynamic entry, smashing the King Taijitu's head with Magnhild, instantly killing the beast. Ren and Nora continue to thin the ranks of the Creeps and Beowolves, while Jaune Arc looks for a Grimm as an opponent and is promptly confronted by an Ursa. At first, Jaune backs away before he pulls himself together and manages to defeat the Ursa with a series of quick slashes, much to Pyrrha's delight.
Neptune and Sun ran up to 'help', flashing their Junior Detective badges, but are immediately upstaged by the Atlesian Military, who deploy their air fleet which consists of an airship and several dropships, one of which shoots an Ursa that was about to pounce Ruby. Platoons of Atlesian Knight-200s are then airdropped and begin to battle the Grimm.
One Atlesian Knight shoots a Creep in the head, three bring down an Ursa, two are attacked by a Boarbatusk with its roll charge and one punches an Ursa across the street where it lands at Cinder Fall's feet.
Subsequently, Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald join the battle, followed closely by Zwei, who emerges in an Atlesian Paladin amongst a group of Atlesian Knights battling the Grimm from the underground tunnels and proceeds to headbutt a nearby Beowolf. Another bullhead flew down with Professor Port and Team CFVY. The new arrivals continue to clear out the masses of Grimm without much difficulty.
Coco sauntered up to a tall Grimm and pulled her glasses down. "You just destroyed my favorite clothing store." She said before fixing her glasses and spitting to the side. "Prepare to die."
She blocked a swipe with her bag and then kicks the creature in the crotch before leaning down, hand on her knee. She then slammed the bag on its head cracking the pavement and killing the Grimm. Looking up, she saw a group run to her before grabbing the bag and starts hitting them away before jumping back where Velvet was holding her camera box.
"No, you've built that up the whole semester, don't waste it here."
Coco then stepped forward, held her bag in front f her, and had it open up into a gold and black gatling gun that decimated the rest of the Grimm, cutting the King Taijitu in half as well as a large Nevermore. Up ahead, Port and Oobleck clear a street of Boarbatusk, as well as several Creeps and Beowolves, before Glynda walks over, and threw her crop around sending Grimm flying before she uses her telekinesis to seal off the breach.
They all celebrated the victory before stopping as they heard a roar. Looking up, they saw a large snake/dragon Grimm with a slim body, wings, spiked bone tail, and gold eyes. (1.)
"What the fuck!?" Naruto yelled before leaning down as the Grimm flew by and had wind pick up.
The groups started firing at the Grimm only for nothing to happen before Naruto pulled his rifle out and took a shot hitting an eye. The Grimm screeched as it flew up before diving at Ruby and Weiss. Naruto turned to run over and push the two out of the way and was hit, flying back into a wall. Naruto groaned as his vision was doubled before seeing his team run over.
They kept their eyes on the Grimm as Ruby and Weiss ran over to look at Naruto. As well as Yang, Blake, Pyrrha, Nora, Coco, and Velvet. They then looked at each other for a second before Naruto passed out. Soon, several ships flew over to attack the Grimm sending it flying away as they chased after it. Emerald and Mercury grabbed Roman and handed him to Atlas robots as medical men ran to Naruto.
A Few Days Later, Beacon Night.
Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald meet on a rooftop. "All in all, I call today a success." Cinder said to the two.
"Those stupid kids really made a mess of things." Emerald sighed as she crossed her hands before Mercury spoke.
"Yeah. A lot of Faunus didn't make it out of the tunnels. You still think the White Fang's gonna listen to us?"
"No, but they'll listen to me."
The three turned to see a Faunus man walk up. He is a tall man with red and brown hair that spikes backward in a windswept way. While most of his hair is red, a portion of it in the back and several streaks are brown. A noticeable trait of his appearance is the mask he wears, which obscures his eyes and upper face. His Faunus heritage appears to be that of a bull, with two horns. One on each side of his head.
His mask is whitish-tan with red, Japanese style, horn-like symbols decorating the front, and two slits on each side. He's wearing a long-sleeved black trench coat with slit sleeves and more red designs and a white symbol on the left side. His trench coat is red on the inside with red flame-like accents at the bottom and a red wilting rose emblem on the back over a white floral design. His trench coat is half-buttoned, exposing a red shirt with a black line running parallel to his collar under it.
He's wearing long black pants, black shoes with red soles, and black gloves with more red emblems on their forehand, appearing to be a variant of the Greek letter 'Ω'. He's wearing a black belt with white domino marks on it.
In the courtyard, Yang is walking in the Beacon Academy courtyard towards the mysterious swordswoman from before. "Who are you?" She asked as the swordswoman removes her mask, revealing she looked similar to Yang in appearance but with red eyes.
"Yang, we have a lot to talk about."
To Be Continued.
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