Hello my friends, oh my it's been almost three months, wow. Okay, I will take the blame for this…delay, I have been working on some fight scenes and important parts of the story for future chapters so much that I got carried with that and completely forgot that I still had to finish this chapter before I even reach those chapters. So in a span of two and half days of writing with no sleep, I give you the next chapter.
Last chapter Black, Raven, Adam, and Neo all fought a very powerful Grimm. In the end they formed team BRAN a secret team that will try to uncover Salem's plans and stop her. In Beacon Gohan has accepted to be Yang's sparring partner and Ruby is finally opening up her feelings for the ex kaioshin, how will all this go down? Find out…right now!
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It was a nice morning, Black sat at in the cafeteria enjoying his delicious morning tea as well as reading a short book he checked out before coming in. All was nice and calm except for all stares he was receiving.
Ruby and the whole gang just stared at the ex kaioshin or rather one new feature of him. The stares continued and Black tried his utmost best to ignore the eyes that were glued on him, but in the end, he could not any longer. With a sigh, he placed his mug down and closed his book before looking up. "What do you all want?"
"Oh nothing, it's just that there's something…new about you." Ruby tried explaining.
"Yes, something brown and furry." Pyrrha added.
"And its swaying behind y-."
"You have a tail!" Nora exclaimed, cutting Jaune.
Black raised a brow and glanced behind him. Swaying side to side was a brown furry tail, his tail, or rather his Saiyan tail. "Yes, I do. Is there a problem with that?"
"Nope,"
"No,"
"No problem here."
"Why'd you hide that fact you were a Faunas?" Yang asked, this earned her a smack behind the head from Blake and Ruby? Black stared at each one of them. But what does he tell them, he didn't know he could grow one.
30 minutes ago…
Black was wakened by the light of the sun that slipped through the curtains. Lifting himself up he stretched his limps and cracked his neck. Yawning from being woken up he sparred a glance at his still sleeping teammates. Rubbing the sleepiness from his eyes Black headed into the bathroom, closing the door behind him he proceeded to start his morning routine. The sound of the sink running echoed throughout the dorm, until. "GAH!"
Alli screamed and fell off her bed before crawling under Black's bed with tears in her eyes. Lewis jumped off his bed and grabbed a lamp from the nightstand. "Get back clowns I have a lamp and I'm not afraid to use it!"
Gohan was also startled by the yell and shot up from his bed looking around the room for any sign of danger. "Wha-What's going on?" He asked when he saw nothing bad in the room.
"I-I-I don't k-know. I was s-sleeping and all of a s-sudden I hear someone screaming!" Alli shouted from under the bed. Gohan and Lewis looked at each other. The Halfbreed then noticed that Black was no longer in bed. Hearing the faucet running he assumed Black was in the bathroom. As Gohan walked up to the door Lewis tried getting Alli out from underneath the bed.
Knocking on the door Gohan said, "Hey Black you in there everything alright?"
"Y-Yes, everything is fine."
"Okay, but did you scream, because you kind of scared Alli." Gohan informed.
"I was… stretching."
Confusion fell onto Gohan. "You scream while you stretch?"
"Yes!" Black responded.
"Umm, okay, I'm gonna go help Lewis pull Alli out from under the bed. We'll be waiting when you're done to use the bathroom next." With that Gohan walked away from the door. On the other side Black had his hands and head on the door, shock was written all over his face. Slowing looking back at the mirror he saw a brown tail swaying from behind. "Wha-What in Zeno's name is this?!" He twisted his bottom to get a better view of this newly found tail that seemed to have sprouted from him. "Why the hell do I have a tail?!" Looking up at the mirror he saw the tail continue to sway side to side. Then it hit him. This body, it's that of a Saiyan. Saiyans have tails. But Goku never had a tail, unless he had it cut off when he was much younger. But why after all these years would the tail come back? It puzzled him greatly, could it be because he's the new owner of this body? Gah, it didn't matter why it came back now, the real issue now is how is he supposed to explain this to everyone else.
He stared at his tail wondering what to do. "Maybe I can just cut it off." He reached over, but as soon as his hand grabbed the tail a pain shock erupted throughout his body. It was more painful than Salem's collar shocks. His body shook in absolute pain. He let the tail go and fell on to his hands and knees, gasping for air. Sweat dripped down his chin, he was completely shocked at what accrued right now. "What the hell…just happened?" Using the sink as the support he lifted himself up and stared into the mirror before moving his gaze to his hand. The moment he grabbed his tail he felt himself become extremely weak as well as the immense pain that came with.
Turning the faucet on, he splashed water to his face. "This… this is going to a problem."
Present time…
A deep scowl formed on his features when he replayed the events from this morning. Looking back at his friends he saw that they were all waiting for an answer. His quick thinking came up with one. "I hid it so I would not be bothered on my first day in Beacon. I already had some issues with the authorities when I bashed the faces of a couple of humans that were annoying me." Considering what they saw him do to Cardin and his goons on school grounds, they weren't all that shocked. But alas they understood why he did it.
"How did you hide your tail by the way?" Jaunes asks.
Black picked up his tea cup and took a sip. "The cat used a ribbon to disguise her ears as a bow. I just wrapped my tail around my waist as it was a belt."
They let out an "oh". "Huh, it's strange that I never noticed your tail whenever we changed in the locker room." Jaune says.
"Why would you even look at someone while they change?" Weiss asked, with a disturbed tone.
"What, no, that's not what I meant" Jaune desperately trying to correct the misunderstanding. "It just…I'll just stay quiet." Sinking down in his seat. Pyrrha rubbed his shoulder as a way to comfort him.
"Sup losers- whoa hey, you're a faunas too and a monkey one like me!" Sun says as he walked over to his friends. Black wasn't the least bit amused at being called monkey. "Huh, your tail is a different color than your hair."
"And that catches your attention, why?" Black asked.
"Well in most cases the hair color usually matches that of the fauna's animal features," Blake explains. "One example would be Sun's blond hair matching his tail; another would be Velvet's brown hair matching her rabbit ears. Though if I remember correctly there are some cases that the hair color and animal feature do not match."
"And I am to assume that I fall into that odd bunch."
"There's no just thing as the odd bunch. Your appearance makes you no different; you're a faunas, one of us." Blake says with a smile.
"Yea!" Sun head locked his arms around Blake and Black and pulling Alli in with his tail bringing them together. "We're like the four amigos now."
"Don't touch me." Black said coldly. Blake also glared at the monkey faunas not really liking being pulled into a head lock. Alli shivered in nervousness as she wasn't used to these kinds of actions.
Sun let go and took a step back with his hands up. "Sorry, got a little excited there." Black glared at the faunas while some of the members of the group smiled and chuckled. Gohan, on the other hand, gave no reaction as his eyes stayed glued onto swaying brown tail. That tail…that tail looked exactly like that of a Saiyan's. Seeing that tail sway reminded him of his own tail he used to have when he was little. Looking back up at Black's face he seemed nonchalant of his tail.
"Gohan you alright?" Pyrrha asks.
"Huh,"
"It's just you looked a little serious. Is there something bothering you?"
"Oh, no it's nothing. I was just thinking about the upcoming test we have in Remnant History."
"Am I hearing correctly, Gohan is nervous of an upcoming test?" Yang joined in teasing the hybrid.
"I wouldn't say that I'm nervous. It's more like I'm trying to picture several scenario questions that might be on the test." Gohan lied.
"Whaaat, the test is two weeks away. Why do all this now?" Nora asked, thankfully for Gohan he didn't need to answer since Weiss spoke up first. "Because some people like to prepare themselves ahead of time in order to achieve the highest score." Weiss's eyes then gazed at certain individuals. "Something that some people should be doing as well."
Ruby turned to her bowl and started eating her food.
Yang looked to the side and whistled.
Jaune hunched behind Pyrrha, out of the Schnee's field of vision.
Nora shot up from her seat shouted. "Studying is for losers!" Black and Ren were more stunned by her outburst due to the fact that they were sitting next to her. Weiss stood up as well and slammed her hands on the table. "It is not for losers! Studying helps you achieve success as a huntress!"
"Actually there's quite a handful of huntsman and huntresses that still manage to prosper in life even when they dropped out of school." Pyrrha interjected.
Nora gave a cocky smirk and pointed at the Schnee. "Ha!" She then stuck her tongue out.
"Pyrrha! You were supposed to be on my side!" Weiss says with a look of betrayal.
"Oh, sorry, if I could fix my mistake, people who do not have a huntsman and huntress license are usually classified as vigilantes and they're almost all wanted by the police." Weiss gave Nora smug look.
"Pyrrha! What happened to being on my side!?"
"But I'm not on anyone's side I was just- m-maybe it would be best if I just stayed quiet." The gang chuckled and laughed at the two. Gohan, on the other hand, did not join in on the laughter. Instead, his eyes trailed by to Black's tail. The more he looked at the brown tail the more unpleasant memories began to arise.
Yang glances to the side and noticed Gohan's serious look again. She followed his gaze and found what he was looking at. "Black's tail?" Why the intense look over a tail? Does Gohan have something against monkey faunas? No, he isn't that kind of person. …She'll have to ask him about this later.
After breakfast, everyone went on their normal routine. First heading to Professor Port's for Grimm studies, after a long hour and 45-minute class they were finally released from the boring class. Then came Remnant History for Professor Oobleck, the class as also was a bit too much for some students to understand due to the Professor's habit of talking fast. Fortunately for the students, time would fly by faster in this class compared to the others.
Finally came a period that is favorited by many students. Combat Class.
Now all present in the class the gang were all sitting in the spectator seats observing the match that was in progress. Some were taking notes of moves and strategies and determining whether they can apply it into their own offenses and defensive moves. Others took notes on how to counter such movements in similar yet different scenarios against other opponents.
As all that was taking place, one student, in particular, couldn't pay attention as he was constantly being annoyed.
Black's eye twitched when he felting the sway feeling on his back again. Emanating a low growl the swaying stopped. "Black you alright?" Alli asked.
Glancing at his faunas companion he answered her. "I'm fine." Before looking back the stage, a few seconds later the swaying started up again. He tried his best to ignore it but it was getting very difficult to do that. Looking back he stared at his tail just swaying side to side. "Damn this tail." He muttered.
His new sprouted tail has been annoying him all day. Swaying around caused it to catch itself in things and knock over books and binders off tables, adding in that his tail would sometimes poke him in ribs and cheek. It felt like it had a mind of its own. He tried concentrating to control it like any other limb of his, but just couldn't.
As Black was lost in his thoughts, his tail sensed the presences of someone slowly leaning into him. "Hey captain-." Immediately afterward his tail whipped at him. "Ow!"
The sudden cry caught the attention of those around. "Lewis, you alright?" Yang asked, seeing her friend on his bottom rubbing his cheek.
"Yea I'm okay." As he lifted himself up from the floor, everyone got a good view of a red smack mark on his cheek. "Whoa hey, how'd you get that buddy?" Gohan asked, walking over to him to inspect the red mark.
"Oh, Captain slapped me with his tail." He said.
All heads turned to him. Black blinked a couple of times; he knew full well that his tail must've hit the boy without him even noticing. But telling them that his tail acts on its own free will sounded ridiculous. He came up with the quickest lie and sort of true answer.
"Black?" Ruby questioned.
Facing away from them he gave them an explanation. "He invaded my personal without my knowledge of his presence. Causing my tail to react aggressively, you could say it's something that happens out of instinct." He glanced back at them to see if they bought.
"…I guess he has a point, Lewis. You do have a tendency of sneaking up on people." Gohan said.
The cheery purple haired boy smiled and rubbed his head, "Sorry."
Black mentally sighed in relief. He already has to deal with this nuisance of a tail. He doesn't need anything else adding in. "But still, you should try controlling that tail of yours. I mean look at that mark you left him." Weiss pointed at Lewis's who was being given an ice pack for his cheek by Pyrrha.
Black glared at her, "What do you think I've been trying to do all day?" He mentally said.
"It's crazy ya know!" Nora's sudden outburst from behind caused Black to jump a bit and his tail to shoot straight up. "How can a harmless looking tail hurt someone so ba- Whoa!" Nora ducked as Black's tail whipped at her. Black glared at the ginger baring his teeth at her.
Ren pulled Nora back. "I think it would be best if you and Lewis stop sneaking up on him." The others agreed.
"Yea I think so too." Black growled picking his ear with his finger. Just now the hyperactive ginger sounded five times louder than usual. Damn it, what the hell is going on?
The bell rang signaling everyone that class has ended. Everyone got up and made their way out. "Man thank god classes are done for the day." Yang said, as she stretched her arms out.
"Yea, another class and I might just lose it today." Nora said.
"So…we got a lot of time on our hands. What do you guys want to do today?" Ruby stopped and turned to her friends
"Hmm…I could go for a walk in city." Weiss said.
"There's a book I ordered that I need to pick up." Ren added.
"And I have to make a visit to Maidens at War to get Milo sharpened," Pyrrha said last.
"Alright, then it's settled. We're going to the city today." Ruby announced then proceeded to march down the hall. Yang chuckled and followed along, the others smiled and followed the young leader. As the group walked past a group of girls one of them felt something under their skirt emanating a yelp from her.
"Hey!" The sudden call of attention caused the group of friends to turn to the source of the voice. "You!" A girl with a mixed expression of anger and embarrassment stomped her way to Jaune. "M-Me?" Jaune pointed at himself. Before any of them could wonder what the girl wanted, Jaune was smacked across the face. He fell on his bottom and held his cheek looking up with confusion.
Pyrrha and Nora rushed in front of their leader. Ruby, Yang, and surprisingly Weiss were also standing in front of the girl. "Hey what's the big deal!?" Yang shouted.
"Yea why'd the heck did you hit Jaune?!" Nora gave her piece.
"You can't just hit people in the hall for no reason at all." Weiss scold.
The girl's eye twitched her teeth clenched, her body ready to explode with anger. "No reason?! THAT JERK FLIPPED MY SKIRT!" She yelled, her friends in the back nodded also with angry looks.
The girls were shocked by the accusation and turned to the blond. "What no I didn't! You guys have to believe me I would never do that." Jaune exclaimed. What he was earned were disturbed and disgusted looks from his female friends. Pyrrha was also surprised by this. She never expected Jaune to be…that kind of person.
As Jaune tried desperately to prove his innocence Gohan, Ren, Lewis, and Black all stood in the back. "I feel bad for Jaune." Lewis said.
"…Should we…do something?" Gohan asked.
"Yea, if we don't I think they might clobber him." With that said Ren, Lewis, and Gohan walked over to help their friend. Meanwhile Black stood by and watched the entire scene. He knew full well Jaune was not to blame for the accusation. The false Saiyan looked behind and watched at his tail sway. He turned back and was about to speak up until he witnessed one of the girls try to pounce on Jaune only to be held back by Yang and Nora.
…Maybe he should let Jaune take this one.
The office was quiet with only the sound of the gears ticking above. Ozpin was sitting in his chair meditating, both hands resting on his cane. His senses drifted from the gears to the faint breezes from outside to the beating sound of his heart.
Pen, scroll, and mug, as well as other things on his desk, began to levitate except for the chessboard and its pieces. A green Aura formed around the headmaster, his hair flowing upwards a bit. His meditation continued for a bit longer till the sound of a chess piece being moved broke his concentration. Looking at the chessboard that laid on his desk he noticed the white bishop piece moved 3 spots diagonally right of his King piece.
It was quite the move, a White Knight could take his King if he moved to the right and the White Rook piece wasn't far behind his King. Two White Pawns were blocking his path ahead and if he were to take one with his Rook it would clear a path for the White Queen piece to take the King. His pieces were placed well but not well enough, in other words, this was, "Checkmate," Ozpin let out a defeated sigh. "I think I've lost count of how many times I've lost to you."
As he leaned back on his chair the pieces on the board were all moved back to their original places. Words were being written on a blank of sheet paper. "You've gotten better."
Ozpin chuckled, "I might have, but I'm still far from closing the gap between our wits."
"You'll close that gap eventually."
A sly smile formed on his lips. "Yes, eventually." He moved towards the window. His eyes glued onto the sky, Ozpin's sly smile disappeared. "He's coming isn't he?"
Nothing was written for a bit. Then words began to appear on the sheet again. Ozpin closed his eyes having a feeling what his answer was going to be. Turning back to his desk he read the sheet. "Yes." The feeling of dread began to arise within him. "How…how long?"
"Not long. Two months at the minimum."
Ozpin's eyes traveled to the students down in the courtyard. Watching them walking around talking to one another with a smile on their faces. The grip on his cane tightened. "Don't worry, I have faith in you, and in them."
Right…them, the Guardians of Remnant or at least soon to be Guardians.
The group finally made it to the city. Ruby took in a deep breath with her fists on her hips. "Ah, the city of Vale gotta love it."
"It does bring a smile to your face no matter how many times you visit it." Blake said.
"I wish I could smile but the bruises on my face are preventing me to," Jaune said, his face had a couple bruises and scratch marks.
Yang came from behind and patted him on the shoulder. "Sorry Johnny boy, the girls overpowered us."
"Yea," Nora added.
"You two let her get to me!" Jaune shouted.
Yang and Nora wore shocked expression from the accusation. "We would never let someone do that to our friend."
"I for one kinda wished she would've done more damage." Weiss said.
The blond turned to the heiress. "I told you it wasn't me! What's it going to take to convince you guys that I'm innocent?!"
"You behind bars." Weiss said coldly.
Jaune hung his head down. Pyrrha gripped his shoulder. "It's okay Jaune, I believe you."
"Really?" He's filled with hope.
"O-Of course." Pyrrha gave her best smile. The others watched and thought the same. "What a forced smile."
As they continued further into the city they began to notice lots of certain colors within the Vytal decorations, Green and Red. Another thing they noticed was that many families were out in the street holding Green and Red Balloons. Some stores set up games for people to play. Other stores were selling merchandise.
"Is it me or does the city look a lot more lively today?" Yang asked out loud.
A couple of kids ran by Weiss bumping her in the process. "Hey." Two more kids ran through the group. As the kids ran up ahead the group noticed that they were wearing matching red capes. Only two of those kids were wearing white gloves and boots. One of them was wearing a very familiar orange helmet.
Ren pointed at the kids. "Hey, aren't those…?" Just before he could finish his sentence people looked up at a commercial Airship that was projecting a large screen with the News playing. "You know Lisa you and many people look awfully happy today."
"Why of course we are Cyril. Considering that today marks the 3rd anniversary of Great Saiyaman's first appearance. Three years ago Great Saiyaman saved the trapped lives of a falling Atlesian airship after a major malfunction in the airship's dust cores and the lives of thousands of Atlas citizens."
Gohan was completely taken aback by this. He never knew that they made a holiday for Saiyaman. A smile spread across his lips when he saw the happy and cheerful looks on the people's face, the laughter from the children as they pretend to be him. He knew he was helping people and improving their lives as Saiyaman but to see it in person it, it felt really nice.
"Shoot was that today?" Yang snapped her finger.
"Ahhhh it's Great Saiyaman Day! How did I forget!?" Ruby pulled on her hair. Black jumped back a bit from Ruby's outburst.
"Ren, Ren the pancakes. The Saiyaman shaped pancakes are back!" Nora pointed at a stand nearby. "Okay Nora, wait hold on-." The ginger had none of it as she forcefully pulled him to the stand. "Whoa, look at that they're really selling a full body suit of Saiyaman's costume."Alli said her face on one of the store's glass windows. Lewis already buying cotton candy that a man was selling.
Black was puzzled by all this. "They really made a holiday for him, why?" He quietly asked. Sadly his question wasn't quiet enough. "Why? Why?! Where have you been for the past three years?!" The Schnee shouted.
Crossing his arms Black's glare landed on her. "Do I need to remind you that I was a sheltered child for nearly my whole life? Many of these things are still new to me." Stilling going with "been sheltered my whole life" lie Black used it as an excuse for not knowing of Saiyaman Day.
"Oh right," Weiss's gaze moved to the side for a second before returning back to the false saiyan. "Then would you like for me to explain why this day was made for Great Saiyaman?"
No response was said, so Weiss took his silence as a yes. "Three years ago on this very day, there was a major event happening in Atlas during that year's Vytal Festival. The Atlesian military was launching the Behemoth."
This airship ignited Black's curiosity a bit. "The Behemoth?"
Weiss nodded, but before she could continue Ruby zipped between them cutting Weiss off. "The Behemoth an airship that was roughly around 400 meters long, 20 meters tall, and 110 meters wide. The largest airship ever made in Remnant history and the first airship created to reach heights up to 70,000 ft. Oh man, I was so stoked when I heard that it was finally gonna take flight. I wish we were there to see it." Ruby, explained, completely oblivious to the glare Weiss was giving her.
"It was a good thing we didn't." Yang said.
Black raised a questioning brow. "I'm assuming that something went wrong."
"Oh, yea,"
"I think there's a video of the whole event including when Great Saiyaman came and stopped the Behemoth from crashing into the city." Ruby pulled out her scroll and began searching for the video.
"Wait it was going to crash?" Jaune asked.
"Come here I'll show you." Those of the group that were still around surrounded Ruby. "That means you too Black. You wanted to know why today is a special day." Black stood by for a second before joining the group.
Gohan was the only one who wasn't surrounding. Instead, he looked up at the sky. He didn't need to watch the video. He remembered that day as if it was yesterday.
3 years ago…
"Gohan look it's one of those fluffy sponge consumables!" (Cake)
"Oh, there's one of those mechanical animal rides!" (Merry-go-round)
"And there's one of those stores that sell candy!" Penny was like a hyperactive little kid, zipping from one place to another. Someone grabbed her by the back of her collar pulling her up before she could zip somewhere else. That someone was her adoptive older brother Gohan. "Whoa, calm down there Penny the festival isn't going anywhere."
Finally calming down from her excitement Penny was placed back on her feet. "I know, but the exhilarating emotions surging through me are very difficult to control."
Gohan gave a light chuckle and ruffled his little sister's head. "Yea I can see that. How about we take it easy for now then, later on, we go on a fun spree?"
"Okay Gohan." Penny said with a bright smile.
The two siblings walked around the streets of Atlas. This year the Vytal Festival was being held here and boy did Atlas go all out on this year's festival. The amount of decorations, toys, games, stands, and much more was overwhelming. But what do you expect from a Kingdom that sees themselves very highly, of course they would try to prove they can host a better festival than the other Kingdoms.
"Isn't it wonderful Gohan?" Penny question made him turn to her. "How a day like this can cause Kingdoms to forgot their differences and celebrate it as allies." Penny's eyes looked over to all the different people that walked the streets.
"Yea, it is nice to see some peace for a while. Though I wished actual long-lasting peace could be obtainable."
"Oh speaking of peace, did you hear about Atlas's peace-bringer?" Penny asked.
Gohan tilted his head. "Yea, what was it called again…the Behemoth?" (See details at bottom of Authors Notes)
"Yes, the Behemoth, an airship that will bring balance and peace to Remnant." Penny said.
Gohan rubbed his head. "I wouldn't really call it a "Peace Bringer" more like another way for Atlas to show off its power and strength to the world again."
"General Ironwood doesn't think that's the reason for the creation of the Behemoth." The two stopped by a stand, Gohan bought some popcorn and Penny bought some chewable candy.
"Yea, General Ironwood's reasons for the Behemoth are wholesome, but I don't think he's taken the idea of how the other Kingdoms might feel about it. I mean how would you feel if a floating fortress was looming the skies of your home." Gohan asked.
Penny gave the question some thought. "I would feel…very uneasy about it."
"Right, also a show of power like that doesn't really represent peace, more like a provocation of war."
"Yes, that would be very bad. I do hope they've thought of that possible outcome when they launch it today." What Penny said caught Gohan's attention.
"Wait what'd you mean today?!"
The two stopped. "Oh yes, I heard General Ironwood speaking to father about the launching of the Behemoth during the Vytal Festival."
"But last time I saw the Airship it was still being checked over and the dust cores for the engines still had to be carefully analyzed for any anomalies and that was about three weeks ago." Gohan couldn't believe that they were releasing the Behemoth this early.
"The council most likely pushed General Ironwood for the launch to be this early." Penny suggested.
Gohan let out a deep sigh. He was supposed to help father with some of the analyzations too. Looking up to the sky he's thoughts went to the General. He was a good friend and teacher. His reason for doing what he does was questionable sometimes but it was for the good the people of Remnant none the less. He just hoped that listening to the council this time was a good choice in his part.
The rest of the day went smoothly. Gohan and Penny road on some of the festivals rides, they played some of the games that were set up and they also got a picture with people dressed up as loony Grimm. They also got to watch two tournament matches between Haven and Vale. For the final part of the day the two siblings were taking a walk in central Atlas.
"Say Gohan I've been meaning to ask you but why did father give you that watch. You already have a scroll to check the time."
"Oh this," Gohan raised his arm to view the watch. "It's actually a device that helps me disguise myself whenever I go on one of my patrols."
Stars illuminated in Penny's eyes. "Father is finally letting you use your powers again!?" Gohan quickly covered his sister's mouth and looked around for anyone that might've heard. Seeing that the coast was clear Gohan removed his hands. "Yes, he is." Penny's face lit up as she shook with joy. "How did you convince him?"
"I didn't," Penny was left confused now. "Even though I no longer have to fight and protect the world as I did in my world and can now live as a normal person I still can't forget the pull to help those in need. Father probably finally realized this, and instead of trying to get me to forget these pulls he gave me this watch to go and help people without the need to secretive."
Penny was happy that father finally understood why Gohan always had to go and help people, it was in his blood. "So have you had the chance to use it?"
"Actually no I haven't, I don't even know that the disguise looks like. I hope it isn't anything too flashy."
"Oh," Penny pulled out a comic book from her bag, "Maybe it'll have a cape and then you'll look like a Super Hero." Pointing at a Comic Hero.
"A cape, hmm…a cape would look pretty nice. Something to cover my identity would be great too."
"You don't want people to know it was you who that was saving them?" Penny asked.
"Na, I'm not really one for media attention, plus they might start bothering you and father in order to get to me. I wouldn't want that to happen." Gohan flashed his famous Son grin.
Penny smiled back. "I guess you're right. Then what would call yourself instead of Gohan?"
The half breed gripped his chin. "Hmm, I don't know. What would I call myself? I'm sure something will come to mind when I present myself." Leaving at that, the siblings noticed a gathering by the window of a store. "Wonder what's going over there?"
The two made their way to the front store, now they were closer they saw that the people were gathering around televisions on the display window, the TVs were broadcasting the Behemoth launching live. Seeing a lot of people gathering in front of the store to watch the launching the storekeeper opened the window on the second level of the store. He turned on a larger TV for the people in the back to see the broadcasting.
"Hey Gohan they're about to launch the Behemoth and it looks like they're going to do it in fort Arbeia " Penny pointed out.
"I guess they figured that it would be dangerous to launch the airship in the base here in Atlas. I just hope everything goes well."
In Fort Arbeia located fifteen miles south of Atlas, General Ironwood was preparing to have the Behemoth launched. He looked over all his staff members in the control room. This was it, they were going to launch the Behemoth. But the itching feeling he had in the back of his head told them they should postpone the launch. He gave a heavy sigh and rubbed his temples. "Everything alright General?" His Lieutenant asked.
"Yes, just wished the council would reconsider their decision in having the Behemoth launch today." Ironwood says, his eyes looking at the large screen projecting the Behemoth being readied up.
"Yea but once they make their choice it's hard for us to convince them otherwise."
One of the staff members walked up to the General and saluted. "General the dust cores are stable and all systems are reading normal. We await your order to commence the launch." Everyone present in the room all looked towards the General.
Ironwood's eyes moved from his staff to the floor. Gohan would want him to wait on the launch. Gohan and the Professor both said the Behemoth wouldn't be fully operational for another two months. But here we are, the Behemoth was complete, so why? Why is this itchy feeling telling him otherwise?
"…Forgive me Gohan. But the people need something to bring peace and security to the Remnant."
Ironwood eyes trailed back to the screen. "Initiate launching of The Behemoth." With order given the launch commenced.
"5…4…3…"
The citizens receding in Atlas were all paying attention to whatever electronic that was broadcasting the launch. "2…1…" Gohan kept his eyes on the screen.
The Behemoth's boosters fired up. Slowly and very slowly the Airship began to ascend. The people of Atlas were in awe as they watched the broadcast. Many of the citizens began cheering for the Atlas military for their success. While Gohan was still bothered by the fact that the creation of the Behemoth was rushed he couldn't help but smile at how happy the people of Atlas were.
"Gohan, do you think it'll fly over the Kingdom?" Penny asked, a question that probably other people were wondering as well.
"From the looks of it, I think it will. Let's just hope that the navigator doesn't hit the Herculean." (The Floating Island of Atlas)
"Oh yes that would be a terrible event to occur."
The Behemoth continued to ascend while making its way to Atlas. Two aircrafts hovered next to the Behemoth. All seemed well in Ironwood point of view. The main screen switched to the bridge. "Commander, how are the dust cores holding up?" Ironwood asked
"Dust cores readings had minor spikes during the liftoff, but they're stabilized now." The commander responded.
"Good, keep me updated of any unusual readings with the airship." The commander gave a nod and saluted before the main screen switched back to the radar. Ironwood scanned the control room everyone looked very focused, but the feeling of excitement in the air was noticeable. He could not blame them for feeling that way today was a glorious day for Atlas, but that doesn't mean that their focus should be averted from their duties.
Ironwood looked up at the main screen wondering if Gohan and Penny were in the city to witness the Airship.
Gohan and Penny watched the broadcasting a bit longer before taking their leave to buy some more snacks. Penny watched many people gathering in the park hoping to get a clearer view of the Airship for when it flies over the Kingdom. Heck, some people were on the rooftops of buildings and stores. Some of them probably envied the people up in the Herculean and the Academy they would most defiantly have the best view of the Behemoth.
Gohan stopped in front of a stand and ordered some food and candy. Living in Atlas he had to greatly suppress his Saiyan appetite whenever he ate out. These people weren't very keen on seeing someone eat 25 plates of food, adding in that eating that amount of food…isn't normal. Yea he wasn't looking forward to explaining to everyone how he's eating that much.
Gohan was handed his food and gum, the Sayian in return handed the Lien he owed to the man. Taking his plate of food to where Penny was standing. Gohan handed Penny her gum which she happily accepted. Placing a piece of gum in her mouth Penny shivered in delight and placed a hand on her cheek. "What a marvelous combination of flavors!"
Curious about what flavor she was chewing this time, Gohan reached over and grabbed the pack. He swallowed his food before reading the contents. "Mango, Kiwi, and Orange. You really like these things huh?" Gohan remarked. His response was a bright pure smile from Penny's as she happily chewed on the piece of gum. He let out a light chuckle and ruffled her head.
The relaxing and positive atmosphere surrounding the city soon changed into one of fear and concern. The Saiyan hybrid heard the commotion by where the people were viewing the broadcast. Making his way over to the store he noticed that the looks on the people's faces weren't the same as before. "Gohan, what's going on?" Penny curiously asked, also noticing the changes in the people's faces.
"I don't know," The Sayain hybrid managed to get a look at the TV. His eyes widen at what he saw.
"What just happened?!" Ironwood shouted,
"We don't know General. The dust cores were all reading fine then suddenly they started overloading and blew up. Cooling systems for the engines are down and the cores are overheating!" The commander informed.
Ironwood clenched fists. Everything was going perfectly fine just a few minutes ago then suddenly an explosion occurred by one of the Airship's thrusters. "Reroute power from the thrusters!"
"We can't, systems are not responding. We need those cooling vents back on"!" The Commander shouted to his crew. As they tried desperately tried to control the overheating cores a sudden shift in the ship caused all aboard the Behemoth to nearly lose their balance. Ironwood saw this on the monitor. "What was that? What's going on?"
"I'm not sure."
"Sir," One of Ironwood staff called. "Power to the thrusters just increased dramatically. The Airship's speed is increasing." Another explosion occurred below the Behemoth.
"Sir we just lost control over the thrusters, we can't navigate the ship!" The commander was informed. Another shift in the Airship happened, this time caused the Commander and most of the crew to lose their balance completely.
From the live broadcasting point of view what they were witnessing was alerting. "Did you see that? An explosion just happened. Something must've gone terribly wrong with the launch." The reporter said to the mic. A loud roar of the engines erupted from the Behemoth forcing the reporter to cover her ears.
The next thing that happened was the Behemoth taking off, and it didn't show any sign of stopping. "Commander what is happening?!" Ironwood shouted through the comms.
"The ships engines power are going beyond the normal capacity and it keeps increasing. There's no way to stop it!"
Ironwood looked at his staff. "Where are they headed?!"
"From the position where the thrusters are locked in place, they'll be heading up." A man said.
Ironwood gritted his teeth, "Damn it," Slamming his fist onto the railing. "Commander the ship is heading up; the Behemoth has the ability to reach an altitude of 75,000 feet. At the current speed you're going it'll tear the ship apart. You and your crew must evacuate the ship now." Listening to the general the commander gave the order to everyone aboard to head to the escape shuttles.
In Atlas, everyone was in deep concern for those aboard the Behemoth. Gohan looked around seeing all the frighten and fearful looks.
This isn't right, today was supposed to be a time of peace and unity, a time for people to be happy, a time for them to forget all the bad influences out in the world. Gohan clenched his fists, his eyes falling to the floor. What can he do, if he goes everyone will see him, Ironwood will see him.
If only there was a way for him to fly up there with anyone recogn- wait! Taking the wristwatch out of his pocket the half breed held it in front of him. The wristwatch father made for him, how could he forget, father specifically made this for these kinds of situations.
"Gohan,"
The call from his little sister grabbed his attention, his face morphed into a serious one. "I'll be back."
Penny's eyes widen a bit when she noticed the wristwatch in his hand. "Are you going to…" Her answer was in a form of a smirk, a smile slowly formed on her lips. Gohan ran past the people who were still staring at the broadcast. He slid over a parked car and ran into an alley. Quickly putting on the wristwatch he pressed the side button. A light outlined his body before the light expanded and lit up the alleyway.
The Behemoth continued its ascension at a speed far surpassing any other aircraft on Remnant. Two Atlesian Aircrafts chased the airship while evading the pieces of metal breaking off the airship.
During the ascension, most of the crew managed to escape in the escape shuttles that were being deployed from the sides of the airship. Unfortunately, one shuttle's couplings were busted and could not disengage and now were burning at the side of the airship. To make matters worse a large amount of the crew were still trapped inside the airship.
"General we can't catch up to the airship. It's going too fast." Pilot two informed.
"Is there anyone still aboard?"
"Communications are down as well as the motion sensors. We can't check if everyone escaped." Pilot two said.
Pilot one got slightly closer and was able to see the shuttle that was stuck. "Sir there's still a shuttle attached to the airship."
"Are you able to verify if anyone's aboard?" Ironwood asked.
"Greenlight is lit, there are people aboard it."
This wasn't good at all. The shuttle's going to be shredded by the time it hits max altitude. "General there's something heading toward the airship." One of Ironwood staff reported.
"A Grimm?"
"No, I don't know what it is, but it's coming incredibly fast." Seeing on the monitor they saw the unknown bogey. The speed this thing was going was way too fast for any kind of Grimm or aircraft. But if it is…"Pilots you have an unknown bogey on your tail. Can you confirm what it is?"
The Pilots looked back to see anything but nothing came to view. "No, nothing sir." Pilot one said.
Then Pilot two was able to see something coming into view. "Wait, I think I see something. It's coming right now. It-It looks like a man!"
Everyone in the control room where shocked at what they just heard. Ironwood was the first to open his mouth. "What?!"
A green and red blur blasted past the two aircrafts. They were amazed at how fast this being was going.
The green, black, and red dress man looked behind seeing the Atlesian aircraft getting smaller and smaller. "Whelp, I'm defiantly gonna be under Atlas's radar now." The voice of this newcomer belonged to none other than Gohan. Concentrating back to airship Gohan increased his speed, evading the pieces of burning metal falling off the airship. With how the ship was destroying itself he hoped that everyone managed to escape. Man he wished there was a way to check, with him flying at top speed while dodging the scrapes of metal it was hard for Gohan to concentrate on their energies.
"Hello, is anybody there?" Gohan was surprised by the voice coming from his helmet. What happened next was that his visor came on and images played in front of him. "Penny?"
"Gohan, is that you?"
"Yea, but how are you talking to me?" An image of Penny came up on his visor.
"When you took off I started receiving an unknown transmission. I was a bit skeptical of it at first but then I gave it some thought and came to the conclusion that it might be someone aboard the Behemoth calling for help."
"Huh, I guess father knew you'd be a part of this. Can you see what I see?" Gohan asked.
"Yes, everything you see I see. I can as well see how high you and the Behemoth are going. I'm picking up small faint beacon signals aboard the ship."
"Beacons?" He then remembered Ironwood informing him one time that many of Atlas soldiers gear were equipped with a tracking beacon in case they're captured or go rouge. But if there are beacons coming from the airship then that means… "Wait, are you saying there are still people on the ship?!"
"Yes, um Gohan I'll be right back. I did not realize that I have been talking to you in the middle of the street." Gohan sweatdropped. "Alright, find somewhere no one comes around." Penny's picture disappeared from his visor screen.
Getting close enough he saw a shuttle that was still attached to its couplings. He noticed the green light on, it could be a malfunction, but he had to check. Flying closer to the shuttle Gohan's eyes widen when he saw a chunk of metal coming straight at him. Gohan disappeared and reappeared on the spot. "Whew that was a close one, now" Flying to the front of the shuttled he peaked through a small window the shuttle had.
He counted at least 10-15 members in it, maybe more. One of them saw Gohan and were shocked to see someone out the window he pointed it out to his comrades and they all wore the same expression. Gohan smiled and gave them an okay sign with his hand. Pushing off the shuttle he flew underneath it. Kneeing down and one hand on the shuttle's belly he propped himself. Lifting his free hand Gohan fire two small ki blasts at the two couplings in front and then turning and shooting the other two behind him.
With part of the couplings now blown off, Gohan used his strength to break the shuttle free. Pushing off from the airship Gohan flew away from the airship with the shuttle still held above him. As he was flying away the airship still continued ascended till finally it hit its maximum height limit. The dust cores began to cool down due to airship entering space. Many of the crew still trapped floated from the low gravity they entered. It was almost peaceful and some of them managed to get a glimpse of Remnant, the sight of it was beautiful.
Unfortunately, all that nice and peaceful sensation disappeared with a snap when the airship reentered the atmosphere. The airship began spinning around while making its fall back to Remnant. The crew all screamed in terror as they crashed into walls, ceiling, and wreckage from the ship.
Gohan let the shuttle go when he felt the engines turn on. He kept it his eyes on it encase something happened, thankfully nothing did. Gohan crossed his arms, a smile forming on his lips. "Gohan the airship is falling!" Penny's voice blasted in his helmet. Gohan screamed from surprise, clutching and hysterically shaking his head in pain. "Geez my ears."
"I'm sorry Gohan, but the airship is falling straight towards Atlas."
The half breed turned around and looked down seeing the airship leave a trail of smoke as it continued its fall. "Crap." Gohan blasted down. From the corner of his eye he could see how far till they hit the ground.
"Gohan with the airship spinning like that the crew insides are getting hammered around."
"Then just gotta stop it from spinning then!" Gohna flew closer to the airship and managed to grab a hold of the back part of the airship. Unfortunately, Gohan was pulled into the spinning motion as well. He pulled the airship in the opposite direction of where it was spinning. Slowly but slowly he reduced the spin.
"Gohan you're at 60,000 ft."
"Got it!" After a couple of seconds, Gohan finally managed to stop the airship from spinning and was now pulling it back in an attempt to stop the airship from falling any further. Gohan gritted his teeth small burst of his white aura erupted from his body. A sound of metal bending and popping alerted him. Looking to his sides he saw the back beginning to break off. "No, no no no!" Gohan reached forward and tried to get a better grip of the ship. Panic started to sink in when more of the back started to break off. He tried his best to keep his grip on anything.
The back kept breaking and breaking till finally, a good chunk broke off, "NO!" Gohan was flung back, quickly turning around he hurled a ki orb at the chunk that was ripped off blowing it into dust. Turning back to the falling airship Gohan flew down at high-speed. "Gohan the ship is falling even faster than before. What happened?"
"That part of the ship I was holding onto just broke off!"
"Well you're at 47,000 ft now and falling fast."
"Trying my best here Penny!" As he continued the pursuit a large piece of the flaming Behemoth ripped off. Gohan used his arm and shielded himself and flew straight through it causing a small explosion. Facing towards the piece he just flew through Gohan cupped his in front of him and fired a ki blast, disintegrating it.
Turning back around Gohan flew back down full throttle. Closing the distance between him and the airship Gohan was about to go and make another attempt to grab the airship but then another chunk of the airship broke off. "Crap," He fired two ki blasts destroying the chunks of metal.
As if bad luck was on his side more chunks of metal broke off. "Come on give me a break."
"Gohan even if you stop the airship those chunks are going to do just as much damage if they reach the Kingdom."
Damn it, it was like one thing after another. He had to quickly stop these broken off chunks of metal. Suddenly something happened on his visor, the screen began marking all the chunks and pieces of metal that would cause the most damage to the city. "Man, dad really went all out with my suit." He would defiantly thank his father after this.
Charging ki in his hands Gohan began firing dozens of ki blasts at each marked target, turning all of them into dust.
From within the city, many of the people out in the streets could see explosions way up in the sky as well hear them. The press tried to get a good image of what's going on up there with their cameras but couldn't.
Gohan continued to blast the falling chunks of metal, twisting to his sides and behind to get the ones that pass by him. His visor also highlighted parts of the airship that were about to break off too, Gohan took care of that too.
Blasting the last large chunk of metal out of sky Gohan checked the altitude he was at. The altitude read 37,000 and was going down really fast. If he waited any longer it'll be too late. His visor scanned the airship and was able to detect that many of the remaining crew managed to shelter themselves in the center of the airship away from the main focus of impact, smart on their part but it'll do them no good once the airship crashes.
But he wouldn't let that happen, those people were going to see their friends and families. Stretching his hand out, he fired ki blast creating a hole in the back of the ship. Going at full speed Gohan flew into the newly made hole, he slid under some collapsed debris, then ran through a wall, jumped up and grabbed a metal pole that was sticking out from the wall and swung himself forward. Rolling forward after landing he punched through another wall and then skipped to the side out of the airship and proceeded to fly over the airship making his way to the front.
Reaching the front Gohan grabbed the edge and pulled himself forward, flipping in the process. Now facing the airship Gohan slowed down and stretched his arms out to catch the airship.
The airship came crashing on top of him, the force of the crash caused his eyes to widen and knocking the wind out of him. After a second or two Gohan shook the shock away and began to push the airship back.
"Gohan 25,000 feet, I can already start to make the shape of the airship. It'll be too close of a call if you don't stop it now."
"I know," Gohan grunted and used more strength. The speed of the fall did slow down a bit. But then Gohan's hand began to dig into the metal, letting out a gasp he heard the metal insides creak and bend. Cracks began to form under his hands. "Oh come on!"
"Gohan what's wrong?"
"The frame is breaking, if I put any more force I'm going end up going through the ship." The metal beneath his hands cracked even more.
"You are slowing down the airship but you're already less than 20,000 feet. You won't be able to stop it in time."
The people of Atlas could now see the giant fireball of metal heading their way. Atlas's military began an evacuation. Their attempt to maintain the city calm during the evacuation was nothing but a failure as many of the citizens ran in panic throughout the streets some seek shelter, while others prayed for a miracle.
In the sky, Gohan continued his struggle to stop the falling airship. His hands digging deeper and deeper into the frame of the airship. Cracks formed all over the nose of the airship signaling that its endurance was reaching its limit.
The altitude read at 13,000 feet he wasn't going to make it. All those people down there were going to die! Anger washed over him as he used more strength which caused the frame to crack even more. Immediately realizing what he was doing Gohan shook the anger away. No can't think like that right now. Those people are counting on him, there's got to be a way.
His eyes scanned the entire frame of the ship, his visor giving him details of how much pressure it can take before breaking. The numbers were really low and all over the place. The main breaking point was where his hands were, he had to increase its endurance not just here but the entire front frame.
An idea then popped in his head, "Penny, I got an idea. But I need you to keep me posted with the numbers."
"Got it."
Gohan wasn't sure if this was going to work but this was no time for doubts. Ki gathered in his hands which caused them to glow faintly yellow. After gathering enough ki he expelled it out throughout the entire front of the airship. A coat of yellow aura formed around the nose. After a couple of seconds of coating the front, Gohan used more strength. To his relief his idea worked, the frame wasn't breaking anymore, as a matter in fact all the cracks seemed to have stopped. With a grin, Gohan used even more strength.
"6,000 feet!" Hearing the altitude he was at Gohan used even more strength. The airship slowed down but it wasn't enough, "4,000!" Gritting his teeth the half breed powered up, even more, his white aura bursting around him.
"3,500 Gohan stop it now!"
The citizens watched in horror as the ball of fire was about to hit them. Gohan dug his fingers into the frame, he wasn't going to let them die. Not caring anymore of holding back Gohan powered up to his maximum. With a mighty shout, an enormous burst of white aura erupted from his body, the size of his aura rivaling the Behemoth.
Gusts of wind blew many of stands away, windows shattered from the burst of power, some people had to hold onto something to stop themselves from being blown away. Those that were able to withstand the winds stared in awe at the power they were witnessing.
The falling airship nearly came to a halt, and after a couple of seconds, the plummeting airship came to a stop. The entire Kingdom was wide-eyed as the airship was stopped in the middle of the air. Some of them had their scrolls out recording what they were seeing.
A reporter's camera was able to zoom in enough to see that in the sky where the Behemoth stayed motionless in the air with a man surround by a white aura holding the airship with their hands.
The silence died out when the Kingdom erupted with cheers, and cries of joy. In the Atlesian base, Ironwood's staff were shouting cheers.
Gohan let a breath out, "That was way too close." His ears picked up the cheers the Kingdom were given, a smile formed on his lips.
Carefully lowering the airship down Gohan disappeared and reappeared under the belly just in time to catch from falling on top of the Kingdom. Expelling ki throughout the belly of this airship to keep it from collapsing Gohan slowly flew away with the airship. The whole thing was being broadcasted throughout the entire world. The people of Remnant were all in awe of the strength of this one man.
Silver and Lilac eyes stared in absolute amazement. One of them even had stars in their eyes.
The faunas of Menagerie all were in awe, a girl with cat ears felt like she was seeing a superhero movie. Along with her was a bull faunas who felt the same though he didn't show it. He did feel that the plans for the White Fang were going to get a lot harder now.
Back in Atlas, a girl with white hair and pale blue eyes ran out to her balcony. When she heard about what happened outside she had to see it with her own eyes. A look of absolute astonishment took over her face. This man was single handily carrying an entire airship and the Behemoth no less. A fuzzy warm feeling flowed through her body. Her entire childhood life she felt so trapped and lonely in this dark home of hers and felt that she was never going to escape. But seeing this man do the impossible and aura surrounding him she felt safe, comfort, and hope.
Gohan made out of the city to the Atlas's shores. Flying over where the water was deeper Gohan began to descend down submerging himself into the water, once reaching the bottom he quickly flew out from the bottom. The Behemoth touched down, the force of the drop still caused some waves.
Gohan landed on top of the airship and lifted his hand; an invisible force tore through the metal ripping open a large hole. From inside the crew could see the light of day. "You guys alright?" Gohan called out, the crew hesitantly nodded their heads.
Gohan smiled, his ears then picked up the sound of a bullhead coming his way. Riding the bullhead was a woman and her cameraman. When they got off they rushed over to the masked man. "Sir you just saved an entire airship and the Kingdom. Who are you?" The reporter asked.
Gohan was speechless, "Uhh, who am I?" He asked, pointing at himself. The reported nodded her head in an enthusiastic manner. The half breeds eyes moved from the reported to the crew and then to the camera, knowing full well the entire world is watching this.
Who was he? Gohan defiantly couldn't give his real name otherwise the media would never leave his family alone. So what can he say? As he tried to come up with something, a long lost memory of his past rose within his mind.
Flashback…
"Gohan what're you reading?" Chichi asked, when she noticed her son reading something instead of doing his homework.
"It's a comic book I found in Miss Bulma's." He responded.
"A comic book?" Chichi wasn't a fan of these comic books since they didn't teach you anything in it.
Gohan hummed with a smile. "It's about a hero that stops bad guys from terrorizing the planet. He protects those who can't protect themselves, and saves the day without any need for a reward." He showed her the book and pointed at the pictures of the hero.
"He reminds me of dad."
Chichi was a bit taken aback from Gohan's comparison of the comic book hero and Goku. "…Gohan, do you want to be like your father." The question she always feared of asking was said.
"I…do, I want to be like dad. I want to save people. This is my home and I don't want anything to happen to it." Chichi smiled, she knew it was a losing battle to stop him from protecting the innocent he is his father's son. "I'm sure you will become a hero just like your father." Gohan was happy to hear that. "But if you want to be a hero like those comic books you're going to need a hero name." Realizing he didn't think of that Gohan looked down in thought. Seeing this made Chichi giggle, she patted him on the head. "How about I help you think of a name after you finish your homework."
Gohan's smile grew wider, "Okay mom!" The child concentrated back to his homework. He was going to think of a great hero name maybe even a costume design too and show it to his dad when he comes back.
Flashback end…
Gohan stared at his hand. He never got the chance to think of a hero name due to Frieza coming to earth, then his father dying, and then… the androids. His entire childhood was ruined by them, but now, he has a chance to complete that promise he made with his mother.
He was half Saiyan…half Human, a name that represented both sides of himself is what he needed. And like a light bulb illuminating a dark room his hero name came to light.
The reporter was surprised when the masked man jumped back. Upon landing, Gohan began doing a couple poses. "I am a defender of the innocent, the light in the night, a Guardian of Remnant, I am…" Gohan ended his display of poses with one final one, his right fist pulled back to his side while his other hand was out as if he was about to catch something. His right leg bent down and his left leg stretched in front. "The Great Saiyaman!"
The reporter and her cameraman blinked a couple of times; most of the Kingdom as well, the world was quiet for a second. Gohan began to sweat a bit, was the name a silly one? His uneasiness disappeared when the Kingdom exploded with cheers as well as the rest of the world.
Gohan was surprised by the amount of support. Standing straight up he flashed his father's signature grin, waving goodbye to the camera Gohan jumped up and flew away at supersonic speed. This was the start of a rising hero, a hero of justice and of peace.
Present time…
"Great Saiyaman," Ironwood repeated that name as he stared out of Ozpin's office window.
"The holiday isn't an official one, but that doesn't stop the people from celebrating it." Ozpin said, stirring his coffee mug. When he received no answer from the General he turned his seat towards him. The General was looking at commercial airship that was broadcasting some extraordinary videos of Great Saiyaman. "Amazing isn't he?" Ozpin said, before taking a sip of his coffee.
"He is," Ironwood deeply sighed, "Unfortunately, the council doesn't agree. They consider him a vigilant, a criminal."
"While they might see him like that, the people, on the other hand, see him as a hero, a beacon of hope, a light that reaches even in the darkest of places." Ozpin said, now standing next to his friend.
Ozpin could see the conflicted look on Ironwood's face. "I have been ordered to arrest Saiyaman in any given opportunity that presents itself."
"And will you?" Ozpin asks, tilting his head to get a better look at his face.
Ironwood glanced at his old friend. "After everything he's done for Remnant, how could I?"
A small smile formed on the headmaster's lips. He turned his attention back to the city. "Well, for now, you don't have to worry about that. Right now there are important preparations for the Tournament that require your attention." Ironwood smiled, he turned around and patted Ozpin on the shoulder before walking off. Yes, there are more important matters that he needed to focus on, Saiyaman…can wait.
Back in the city, Ruby was showing the video that was posted on DustTube of Great Saiyaman stopping the Behemoth. "I mean look at that! Isn't that like the coolest thing you have ever seen!?" Black's right eye twitched due to the scroll being shoved in his face. "I don't know. Now, will you quit shoving the scroll in my face!" Black pushed Ruby's face away.
Yang was laughing behind her sister. "Sorry about that Black. Next to weapons, Saiyaman is her next obsession." She says with a grin.
Ruby shot back to her feet. "I don't have an obsession!"
Yang crossed her arms and raised a brow, with her grin still plastered on her lips. "Really, I beg to differ, don't you remember that one time where you dressed up like Saiyaman and tried to fly." Ruby's face turned to horror. Her friends started laughing. Expect Black due to his lack of humor. Gohan wasn't sure how to feel about it, none the less he still found it funny that one of his friends dressed up as him.
"Yang, how could you?! That's a sister secret you don't just say that out loud!" Ruby's whole body shook with anger, though you could also see the embarrassment of having her secret told in her eyes.
"Aw come on little sis, that was 3 years." Yang ruffled her sister's head.
"Still, for a thirteen-year-old to be doing that is still quite embarrassing." Weiss said,
Ruby's eyes were filled with fire now, "Oh yeah, remember that one time you lost that bet with your friends."
Yang's laughter immediately ceased, "Eh?"
"A bet, what this about?" Blake asked?
An evil grin formed on Ruby's lips this time. "Yang lost a bet with her friends over a match they had in Conquer Remnant. She was forced to dress up as a dog and go around Patch barking, begging for food, asking for belly rubs, and pats on the head."
Nora and Lewis burst with laughter, Jaune and Pyrrha were laughing too but not as much hyper duo. Weiss and Ren had surprised looks on them but still let some chuckles. Blake and Gohan were the most confused by this revelation. Alli was worried about how her friend was going to react to having a secret that big blurted out. Black found the idea of dressing up as a dog strange, yet another reason why he'll never truly understand mortals.
"Ruby that's level 5 sister secret! How could you!" Yang screamed in her face.
"I should be the one saying that. You told them one of my most embarrassing secrets." Ruby yelled back, getting up to her face. A small gust of wind formed around Ruby.
"You were thirteen who cares!" Yang's eyes turned red, fire ignite in her hair
"I do!" The fires in their eyes were enough to frighten a Beowolf.
A look of realization appeared on Ruby, before morphing back to her evil grin. Pulling back she let Yang's weight fall forward, sticking her foot out she tripped her sister. Ruby pulled out her scroll and turned back to her friends. "I just remembered I took some photos of that day, you guys wanna see?"
"Yea we do!" Nora and Lewis both said.
It was Yang's turn to have a look of horror. Her eyes landed on each of her friends, before finally landing on Gohan who was making his way towards Ruby. Fear getting the best of her Yang tackled her sister to the ground and reached for the scroll. Ruby pushed Yang's face away with her hand and held the scroll away. Yang used her own hand to push Ruby's face down. As the two sisters struggled with one another Gohan and the others just watched, not sure whether they should get in between them.
Ruby then did something that shocked them. She pulled Yang's hair which earned her a yelp from the brawler. She then kicked the brawler off then ran at her and tackled her to the floor. A cartoonish cloud formed around them as the two sisters threw punches and kicks at each other.
Gohan noticed that people stopped to see the fight creating a small crowd. "Uh I think we should stop them now." He whispered to Black. The false Saiyan glanced at the half breed then to the small gathering that was forming around them. "Very well."
Gohan walked up and pulled Yang off her sister covering her mouth too when Yang started shouting. It was quite the effort for the half breed to hold her back as she continued to frantically kick and throw punches.
Black wrapped an arm around her abdomen to keep her in place and used his free to cover her mouth as well. Unlike Gohan Black used more strength than normal to hold her, a reason why it looked like he wasn't even trying to restrain her.
"Guy's I think we should get a move on, we're making quite the scene here," Alli said nervously, she nodded to the crowd getting larger. Deciding they should get a move on before the authorities come and check what all the commotion was about, the group headed down the street to enjoy more of the holiday events. They tried games, they bought some merchandise and the famous Saiyaman pancakes. Lewis managed to win some prizes from the games. They did all these things all the while keeping at least 5 bodies between Ruby and Yang who were still glaring at each other and at times showing off taunting faces.
Black caught a glance of Ruby doing one of her taunts gestures. Having enough of her childish acts he deiced to do something. Reaching over he pulled Ruby's ear. "Ow!" She yelped, rubbing her ear a bit, "What was that for?"
"Stop acting like a child, it's getting annoying." He said, keeping his eyes forward.
"But she started it!" Ruby argued back, which earned her a side glare from him. Ruby crossed her arms and looked away with a pout. Black rolled his eyes at this.
Yang's gave a cocky grin and laugh when she saw Ruby's getting scold. Gohan let out a sigh. "Yang please stop.",
"What do you mean stop? I'm the victim here," Yang said retorted, placing a hand over her chest.
"Well, you did start this whole thing." Gohan said back, leaning his head forward.
"Wha? No I didn't!"
"Actually you did," Weiss spoke up gaining the brawler's attention. "You were the first to reveal a secret of Ruby's out to us. You should have known she wasn't going to stay quiet and take that hit without dealing her own damage." Weiss took a sip from her Saiyaman cup.
Yang tried to say something back, but no word s came out. She turned to Gohan but was met with an I told you so look. Yang admitted defeat and hung her head with a sigh. She glanced at Ruby who was still pouting. Gohan and Weiss were right, she was the cause of all this dispute. She had to fix this, just not right now.
"Hey guys look!" Nora pointed at a man dressed as the Great Saiyaman. He was posing with people and having their photos taken with him.
"A Photoshoot?" Blake questioned.
"Yea, too bad it's not the really Saiyaman." Jaune said.
"I for one think we should have our photos taken with him, even if he's not the real one." Weiss said, surprising them all.
"We could just imagine that we were taking a photo with the real Saiyaman. Plus it's a once a year event, we should capture all the good moments of it." Ruby, said smiling at her friends. The others smiled back (except Black) and followed suit.
When they waited for their turn, Lewis tried sneaking in front of Weiss but was caught encased in ice. Alli and Ren used tried breaking Lewis from his iced incased prison. Nora used a hammer she grabbed from oum knows where and started breaking pieces off. Jaune went to go get some hot water from a nearby store.
"Weiss don't you think you should let him out, we're up next." Pyrrha whispered.
"Of course not, he tried cutting in front of me." Weiss said. When they called for the next person in line to come up Weiss hurried off. She fixed her hair and let a breath out. Standing next to the Saiyaman cosplayer Weiss placed her hands in front by her lap and smiled happily at the camera. The cosplayer placed his fists on his hip and flashed a grin. The photo was taken and the cameraman handed the photo to Weiss.
Yang raised a brow, others weren't looking because they were paying attention to their turn but when Weiss was handed the photo she could have sworn she saw stars in her eyes. She has never seen the Ice Queen this happy before and it weirded her out a bit.
It was Pyrrha's turn, and she actually imitated a pose she saw Saiyaman do on TV before. The Saiyaman cosplayer imitated a different pose. Next were Ren and Nora. Ren and the Saiyaman cosplayer rested an arm on their shoulders; Nora sat in the middle on their shoulders while waving at the camera with a smile.
Gohan and Yang came up next, their pose a simple one. She flexed her right arm and rested the other on her hip. Gohan crossed his arms and flashed his famous Son grin. The Saiyaman cosplayer flexed both of his arms in the air. Gohan felt weird taking his picture with…himself, but none the less enjoyed it. Black narrowed his eyes when he saw that grin, yet again an image of Goku popped in his head. It was starting to get on his nerves.
Alli and Lewis were next, Lewis whispered something in his ear, the Saiyaman cosplayer nodded with a smile. Before she knew it Alli was lifted up in a bridal style and Lewis somehow managed to balance himself upside down with one hand on top of the Saiyaman cosplayer's head.
As they were getting their pictures taken, Blake and Black waited by the sidelines. While Blake admired Saiyaman, she wasn't interested in taking a photo, especially if it's not the real one. And Black…well, we all know him.
Black watched his two teammates walk away with their picture. Alli covered her red face, completely embarrassed by what just happened. Gohan walked over to her and rubbed her back trying to ease her.
Black looked away and moved his eyes to the next person in line. Ruby ran like a speed bullet next to the Saiyaman copy. Seeing the height difference the man rested his arm on top of Ruby's. Seeing that she didn't mind he turned to the camera and held a peace sign. Ruby giggled and held up a peace sign as well, she smiled brightly at the camera.
Black didn't know why but it irked to see that smile form because of him. When their photo was taken Ruby gave hug to the man. That action annoyed Black immensely. A dark aura faintly seeped from his body taking Blake by surprise, wondering what was setting him off.
"Black," Ruby called out, she ran up to him with the photo in hand. The dark aura immediately disappeared. Blake looked back and forth between Ruby and Black, after putting the pieces together her eyes widen at her discovery.
"What?" Black said, with his arms crossed.
Ruby held her photo in front of him. "I got my photo taken with Great Saiyaman."
Black tilted his head to the side to see past the photo. "You do realize that he's not the real one."
"So what, as I said before I can always pretend that he's the real one." Black rolled his eyes. "Come on, you should take your picture too." Ruby pulled on his arm.
Black scoffed and looked away. "Like I would ever take a photo with a clown like him,"
Nora heard this and walked over the two, "If you don't want to take a photo with Saiyaman I'm sure you loved to take a photo with his arch nemesis." She pointed behind him. With a raised brow Black turned around, immediately his left eye started twitching and his cheeks turned slightly red. Up ahead was another photo shoot, but this time it was a cosplayer of…Dark Saiyaman.
It took all his will to restrain himself from killing the man dressed up as him. The poses he was doing wasn't helping at all. Without knowing he let out a low animalistic growl which spooked Blake, Nora, and Ruby a bit. They noticed Black's tail was slowly moving.
Before anything could happen Black ripped his eyes away from the cosplayer. Taking a deep breath and then exhaling he calmed himself. He wasn't going to last if he stayed here any longer. Looking at Ruby then glancing to Jaune who was still in line, he made the decision that it was time, or more like an excuse to get the hell out of here.
"Hey Black you okay?" Ruby finally asked, that low growl from before surprised her a bit. She knew he was a faunas but…isn't he a monkey faunas? He sounded more like a wolf, a Beowolf?
Black ignored her and walked over to Jaune who was stepping up front to get his picture taken. Unfortunately for him, he wasn't getting his picture taken this year. Black grabbed him from the back of his collar and dragged him. "Hey what're doing?"
"It's time to commence the next step." Black said. It took a second or two for Jaune to realize what he meant.
"B-But I haven't gotten my picture taken with Saiyaman! I was too busy getting that hot water for Lewis!" Jaune shouted.
"Too bad," Black uncaringly said.
Approaching Ruby he nodded his head to side. "We're going."
Ruby raised a brow, she looked to Jaune for clarification. "He means its time." Now understanding what he mean Ruby's body shook with excitement, so much that she jumped in joy, "Woohoo!"
The others looked at their direction and saw that Black was dragging Jaune away. "Hey you guys going somewhere?" Lewis asked.
Black glared at the redhead for attracting attention. Ruby covered her mouth. "Whoops." She nervously smiled.
"Yes, we are." Black answered.
"Where too?" Gohan asked,
"We can't tell you?" Black answered back.
The group looked at each other with confused looks. "And why can't you tell us?" Weiss asked, crossing her arms a bit suspicious now. She's noticed how much these three have been disappearing lately and she wanted to know where they've been going off too.
"Because-."
"It's a team leader secret meeting we have with the other team leaders of Beacon!" Ruby blurted out. It took Black a couple of seconds to grasp what she just said before facepalming himself; they were never going to believe that.
"A team leader secret meeting…" Ren repeated.
"That sounds extremely suspicious." Weiss commented.
"So what is it guys, what are you hiding hmm…?" Nora got up to their faces forcing them to lean back.
Ruby pushed the ginger back. "Come on guys, you're all acting like I'm involved with some bad people." Black instinctively looked away. "This is me you're talking about, the pure, kind, happy, cookie-loving Ruby. I'm not some crook who goes around stealing Atlesian tech.
"Achoo!" Roman sneezed, Neo handed him a tissue box.
"Well, Jaune is with her and I trust he'll stay away from bad people." Pyrrha said.
"Plus Black is going, he'll keep them in line." Yang grinned, Black just stared at the brawler for a second before walking off, dragging Jaune by the collar. Ruby waved them off. "Remember to be back before 8!" Weiss shouted.
"Got it Ice Queen!" Ruby shouted back much to Weiss's dislike for the use of the nickname.
"I'm sure they'll be fine." Gohan said.
"Yea, we still got stuff to do here, come on Lewis!" Nora pulled the boy away.
"We better follow them or they might cause disaster." Ren suggested.
"Yea, I'm not looking forward to being scold by Ms. Glynda again for their actions." Yang commented. Agreeing on that the remaining member of the group ran after their two hyperactive friends. Blake stayed behind for a bit, she wondered what Black meant about "It's time to commence the next step." Her cat ears managed to pick that up. Are they involved with a bad group like Weiss said, or is she just thinking nonsense?
…She'll have to investigate that later. For now, she has two loose party cannons in the city she needs to help take care off.
And done… whew, my god. Finally finished the chapter, this chapter I enjoyed making. Should have been done a while back but as I said, I got too into writing some of the future chapters.
Now onto the details of the Behemoth. I kinda based the model off the Avengers Helicarrier, and the with the Atlesian airship.
Haven't been able to get an exact size of the Atlesian airship so I just free balled it and deduced that it was somewhat the same size of the Helicarrier, except for the length of course. I'm not going to go into detail of the size and such since I pretty much said it in the story, but how it looks like, that I will.
Like the Helicarrier it has four motors, one on each side. Only difference is that instead of rotors (I think that what they're called, correct me if I'm wrong) with the boosters of RWBY just more powerful than the normal ones they have. The booster will be able to tilt forward, backwards, side to side depending on the direction it's going. The frame will be similar to that of a regular airship only wider. Back of the Behemoth is a large sealed gate for the docking bay. On the edges of the Behemoth are turrets about 15 of them on each side. 20 more turrets on the top of the airship. The control room is at the belly of the airship like in any airship in RWBY. Between the nose of the airship and the control room, there are large cannons pointing down, for aerial attacks.
I think that the best I can describe the Behemoth, its 5:13 am and my brain is shutting down on me so I can't think of anything else to say right now right now.
See you guys next time, PEACE!