Rwby: A Gutsy world
Trigger warning: Standard trigger warning it is berserk. If you don't like don't read. This is berserk after all.
Note this is where the story goes completely AU you have been warned, I hope you enjoy this.
With that over with I give you
Chapter 26
(Guts)
Guts opened his eye to see Sherkie and the others looking down at him
"You okay guts you gave us Quiet a scare back there." Serpico said
Guts laid his head back down
"Yeah…yeah m good… how long was I gone for " he asked
"Gone?" Sherkie asked
"Guts you got knocked out two days ago." She said
'Two days but that's impossible…' he thought
He suddenly sat up suddenly remembering how he got back here and looked around and noticed to his left Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang his face softened
"Guts…where did they come from?" Sherkie asked
Guts looked back "that's…a long story." He said
However before he could go on There was a groan and Guts looked back to see Ruby waking up
"Ugh where are we." Ruby said
Guts cradled her "were back in my world." Guts said
Ruby blinked her tiredness away then groaned "ugh were in Midland?"she asked
Guts smiled "Well elfhime but yea." He said
"So what about oh…" Ruby said as she caught eyes on Casca and the others. Ruby waved to them. And to her suprise they waved back.
Guts and Ruby looked around to see Weiss and the others waking up.
"Ugh my head hurts." Weiss moans
"Speak for yourself ice Queen." Blake said
Ruby smiled "Well at least were all ok."
Ruby turns her head as the thumping of a hourse is head. And Skull knight stands on the edge of the forest. Staring at Guts
"We have a lot to discuss." He said
Guts stood up "that we do." He said as he looked at everyone "please don't start a fight." He said
As he walked to talk to Skull knight.
"You are…different." Skull knight said
Guts shrugged "kinda happens when you die." He said
Skull knight shook his head "no…your tainted from another world." He said
Guts nodded "yea you could say that."
Skull knight nodded "I need to know everything." He said
Guts explained all that he knew of Femto and the godhand and how when he died the apostle feared him so much they didn't want to approach him
Skull knight hummed at this information "so they as your say "sent you into a world where you would have no influence Huh." He said
Guts nodded "that or minimal as possible. Again going back to the other mirror eclipse." Guts said
Skull knight nodded "yes but I worry about the God hands plans. The ability to snatch people outside of other worlds is troubling. It means the walls of the universe are breaking down and there plan is reaching the final layer." Skull knight said
"And what is that?" Guts asked
"The ability to rule over all worlds." He said
(Ruby)
While the rest of her team woke up Ruby stretched her legs but stayed nearby suddenly a voice called behind her.
"You know we're not going to kill you."
Ruby spun around to see Casca
"Casca…" Ruby said
Casca looked confused at the girl
"How do you know my name." She asked
Ruby rubbed the back of "well Um Gits talks about quiet a lot." She said
Casca smiled and stepped forward " you love him don't you." She said
Ruby looks down sheepishly but nods "I do."
Casca smiled "well I get it was kinda hard for him to get over when I first got my memory back it was a but hard I'm happy he was able to move on." Casca lemmented
Ruby staired at Casca as she looked into the distance
"But he didn't." Ruby said
Casca turned to her. "Huh?" She asked
Ruby smiled at her not knowing tears were flowing
"Yes when he met me he had the belief that he would never see you again and we fell in love. But knew for a fact he was just hiding his pain." Ruby said
Hiding his pain?" Casca asked
Ruby nodded "he misses you. He used me to fill a hole in the void but I knew it wasn't enough. He wants you Casca." Ruby said
Casca was shocked but smiled "I see… thank you." She said Casca hugs Ruby which surprises the girl at first before she reciprocated.
Ruby and Casca came back to the others as Guts returned with Skull knight.
Serpico looked back with a smile " welcome back." He said
As Ruby And Casca noticed the rest of them minus Guts and skull knight were having a picknick
"It's good that we all became close together so soon." Ruby said
"Well honestly that's due to one factor actually." Sherkie said
Yang and Blake nodded "Even you have to admit Ruby you know this better than anyone Guts is special." Yang said
Sherkie and the others looked to each other
Ruby shook her head "guts and I might be dating but If anyone knows exactly how special Guts is it's Casca." Ruby said
Yang blinked and looked at the women next to Ruby "Wait…" she said
Casca sat down smiling
Yang pointed to Casca her jaw flapping like a fish
Casca reached her hand out towards Yang "I'm Casca nice to meet you." She said
"Yang Xiao Long Ruby's sister." Yang said finally getting control of her mouth.
"Really?" Sherkie asked
Yang shrugged "Well half sister but I've lived with her all my life so yea." She said
They sat down to eat while Guts approached and sat down.
"Dude nice arm." Puck said looking at the Atlas tech
Guts nodded "yeah it's as if I have my full arm back." He said as he articulated his fingers
Everyone was shocked
"Woah but how?" Isidro asked
"The land where I ended up was a lot more advanced than here. I'm talking hand cannons and multiple fire rifles instead of muzzle loaders and airships." Guts said as he looked at the Girls
"Speaking of which were ping to have to upgrade your weapons." He said
Team RWBY looked up "huh?" They asked
"There's no such thing as dust here so we're going to have to modify your weapons to accept black powder." Guts said
"Black powder?" Blake asked
Guts nodded "like dust just not elementalist." Guts explained.
The others nodded Weiss looked worried Guts realized this and spoke to her "I understand your apprehensiveness due to most of your fighting style relied on dust, we will find a way to work around it." He said
He stood up "speaking of which we also should find a way to kill as many apostles as we can." Guts said
"Huh why is that?" Sherkie asked
Ruby turned to her. "Our enemy is immortal powered by someone who has equal power to that of a godhand we are hopeing that having our weapons being able to slay monsters from both sides of the astral and Physical world will be able to permanently kill her." Ruby said
"Your facing down an immoral?" Isidro asked excited
"Yes and she is very dangerous." Ruby said
"You never told me there were people in that world with the power of the godhand." Skull knight said appearing behind Guts
Guts looked over his shoulder "I've never seen them so I didn't consider it all that important." He said
Skull knight insisted "it is important. Before the only way for them to enter a world was either via proxy avatar or by strong will and a Beherit however if they corrupt the entities of your new world they will have free rein to rule over that one as if They were born in this one." Skull knight said
"The relics." Blake said
Ruby slammed her fist on the table "Damn it and where stuck here unable to help them." She hissed
"Don't consider this a step back." Skull knight said to Ruby
"Ms Rose you've been granted the chance to explore the possible future your world holds and you hold the ability to stop it from coming true." He said he turned to Guts
"Your influence on this realm has shifted greatly no longer are you a fish in the stream. But a river bank one that if luck were to go your way. Cut the river off from the lake." He said as he rode back into the forest.
Ruby shivered "he's scary."
Guts turned back "he's not wrong though. We have a lot to do and not a long time to do it in." Guts said
"I mean we have time right." Yang said
"Guts." Casca said looking over his shoulder
Guts turned around to see the Angelic human Griffith standing on the top of a hill looking out in the distance
Guts stood up as did the others team RWBY drew there weapons as did Guts but he held out Dragonslayer in front of them.
"Whatever happens do not interfere." He said as he stabbed the Dragonslayer into the ground and walked forward towards Griffith
"Is he?" Weiss asked
Ruby shook her head "we don't know the full story of those two we should stay out until we have that first."
"Welcome back my firend…" Griffith said
"Yeah…sorry about running away…" Guts said
"You were scared…it's understandable…I'm just happy you didn't kill me with that sword of your." Griffith said looking to the Dragonslayer
"I have been so tired chasing that demonic version of you then I gave up to stay with Casca. At this point I just want to be left alone." Guts said
Griffith turned
"But you know you can't right." He said as he stepped forward
"This." He said as he touched his brand "this makes it impossible to leave." He said
Guts nodded
Griffith smiled "fortunately I have a solution. That will make ever happy and succeed including your new friends." Griffith said
Guts looked back at Ruby And the others before turning back to Griffith
"How?" He asked
"Simple…we kill Femto…" Griffith said
Guts quirked his head "you?" He asked
Griffith shook his head "no this will require a bit of explanation.
When a Beherit is used obviously the pact to sacrifice a part of their humanity is guaranteed. However if you siphon that part into a new vessel and that vessel survives it can later usurp the godhand." Griffith said
"So the rape…" Guts said
"Was to insure my Dream wasn't corrupted even by my own will." Griffith said as he turned away.
"I know it's despicable. I doubt you will or can forgive me but the godhand must be stopped and I plan to take his place as the ruler of the kingdom and no one would know." Griffith said he turned back to Guts
"You know I wanted you to leave me right?" He asked
Guts looked at him "hmm?"
Right before the Eclipse. I saw how happy you and Casca were. I wanted you to leave me to rot so you could dream." Griffith said "I didn't want to sacrifice the hawks But the Godhand tricked me."
Guts reached out and put a hand on his shoulder "I knew…I knew even when you tried to kill me from destroying your dream. I knew you didn't mean it." Guts said
"That night when you spoke to Charlotte all I could think about is what you said." Guts laughed
Griffith turned around "you thought that I meant that as reality that all the times I relied on you didn't make us friends." Griffith realized
Guts chuckled "it took me all this time until I realized I was wrong I felt like such an idiot. If I could go back in time now I'd change that so I'd never left." Guts said
Guts pulled on Griffiths arm.
"When I first came to the Hawks, you made me feel like an equal, you gave me a home, now it's time I return the favor, come drink and eat with us, let us plot the downfall of the Godhand together." Guts said
Griffith looked shocked at Guts before a smile cresses his face "this is rather similar." He said
Guts smiled "a friend told me that Life moves like a spiral, events repeat but not the exact same every time and if your lucky enough. You can perhaps sway the outcome to your favor." Guts said
Griffith smiled "smart man." He said
Guts and Griffith headed back to the table shoulder on shoulder laughing
"Well they seem happy." Yang said as her Blake and Weiss all looked away as Griffith was still naked The girls hiding there blush. Ruby was turned away from Griffith didn't understand what was wrong until Griffith and Guts stood next to Ruby
"Ruby." Guts smiled
Ruby looked at Griffith and saw his cock and got beat red and started to cough nearly choking on her food causing the other Rwby girls as well as Isidro. To laugh
Sherkie rolled her eyes "brutes." She said
Guts was confused as Griffith whispered in his ear Gut looked embarrassed and gave Griffith his cloak.
"We will find you better clothes later for now this will do." He said as looked to where to sit on one point he wants to sit next to Casca but the other hand he just embarrassed Ruby accidentally and feels like he own her.
Guts held his head 'ugh why did this have yo be so hard.' He thought.
Casca and Ruby looked to each other and smiled wickedly. Oh they would have fun with this by of course that's later.
Guts you can pull up a chair if you need to." Ruby said
Guts looked and noticed they were both sitting at the end of the table so he could he smiled
"Thanks, I'll find a chair." He said as he walked off.
Griffith sat in between Ruby and Weiss and turned to her.
"I must say I've never seen someone other than me who has such white hair. Does it look weird on me?" Griffith asked
Weiss blushed and looked down despite knowing she should answer she was only thinking about that cock of his
Griffith quirked his eyebrows and looked to Blake and Yang "was it something I said?" He asked
Blake couldn't make eye contact but fortunately Yang could "as she shook her head crass as ever
"No it's just the fact of your massive package that's all." Yang said
Weiss glaired and Blake elbowed her but Griffith felt more at ease.
"Ah I see. My apologies for putting that out there." Griffith said
"No it's my fault I didn't see you didn't have any clothes on." Guts said as he sat down
"Well this is great! We have everyone here and a lot to talk about." Isidro said loudly
Sherkie rolled her eyes "do I have to smack you again?"
Isidro shrunk down "No madam." He said
Everyone laughed as they ate together. And enjoyed each other's company.
Finally they finished and started to get up and clean the dishes. Griffith looked to Casca
"Casca…may I talk to you alone for a bit?" He asked
Casca nodded and left as the party looked wearily but Guts smiled
Casca padded her sword as she walked with Griffith
Griffith stopped a bit farther away "here is good I don't want you to think I'm…anyways." Griffith said as he looked down
"Casca I'm sorry. I know it won't make a difference after what I've done but I wanted you to know you didn't deserve it." Griffith said
Casca nodded "I know I am angry and I don't fully trust you. But I will accept you just as Guts has." She said
Griffith nodded "I know." I also wanted to know where you got that outfit?" Griffith asked
Suddenly the Lady of the forest came over "where is the white hawk?" She asked
Griffith looked at her
"Oh here you go." She said as she handed over the clothes to him which he took
"Thank you." He said as the women left.
"Im going to change in the forest and give the cloak back to Guts. I…thank you for hearing me out Casca." Griffith said as he walked away.
That night Guts and the kids were getting ready for bed
"This is a lot more than I expected for living in Treehouses." Yang said
"Hey just because we live in treehouses doesn't mean we're uncultured." A witch said
"Yea!" Another younger one said as she stuck her tounge out at Yang.
She looked up to see Guts room which had a sock on the door. Ruby's sock to be precise.
(Lemon)
In the room Ruby took her top off. And looked to Casca.
"Look I understand if you want me to sleep in another room so you can have Guts for the night I understand I can get myself off." Ruby said
Casca stood there naked and just walked up to Ruby and pressed her hand to her skirt. Making Ruby bend down and stifle a moan
Casca smiled
"I will admit this is the first time I've shaired my bed with another woman. Especially with Guts. But I won't lie and say I'm not excited about it slightly." She said
Ruby looked up at Casca and nodded "Ok…just tell me if you ever want You and Guts alone and I'll also comply." She said
Casca smiled and kissed her cheek "come on let's stun Guts." She said
Guts laid on the bed taking a deep breath when Ruby and Casca stepped out from both sides of the screen Guts breath hitched
"Oh my…" he said
Ruby laid on the right side of him as Casca laid on the other,
Guts looked between the both on them
"Are you sure about this?" He asked
Both of the girls nodded
Guts sighed " your going to kill me one of these day, ok Ruby, for not Tease." Guts said as he took Casca to bed,
Ruby nodded and stood up to give the two room as She sat down on a chair her legs apart and fondled her breasts and tits as much as she could wanting to no begging to cum from that stimulus. While Guts slid his cock Into Casca she moaned
"Oh Guts…you've gotten so big." She said
Andy you've been so tight…oh I can barely move." He said as he leaned in to kiss her, Casca leaned up as they said at the same time "I've missed you." As there lips locked and Guts started to thrust,
Ruby didn't know how but surprisingly watching the two fuck was a beautiful thing, even if she wasn't one to want to be cucked she had to admit there was beauty in there love making, something that while Ruby and Guts have a sliver on when they go out it's nothing to the amount of which Guts and Casca,
Ruby was getting into a bit of self depression thinking she was third wheeling. She didn't even notice that they had finished,
Casca and Guts looked at Ruby
"Do you think she notices we're done?" Casca asked
"Probably not, knowing her she's probably thinking about how she's only hurting us and our relationship and not thinking about her." Guts said
Casca nodded "shall we prove to her we don't care?" Casca asked
Guts nodded as they got off the bed
Ruby was still thinking when suddenly she looked back to the bed to see it empty,
"Huh?" She asked only to feel a big arm around her chest as she looked up to see Guts pinning her to the back of the chair,
"Gotta." He said
Ruby jumped with a startled "eek!" But was stopped when she felt a hand on her groin,
She looked down to see Casca fondling her Pussy, as she tried to move away she found her in debilitating ecstasy as guts moved his arm away slightly to start fondling her tits
Guts smiled " now Casca be weary Ms Rose here has a very hyper sex drive, to the point where I can barely keep up on my own." Guts said
Casca smiled
"Oh that's ok I'll handle myself quiet well. Should we move her to the bed so we can enjoy each other's company?" Casca asled
Ruby squirmed in the chair, not because she didn't want to go, but because of how sensitive her nipples and tit were as well as the feeling building up in her legs
Guts chuckled "I think that's a no Casca, I think we need to tire her out a bit more before we try to move her,
Ruby moaned as she leaned back "oh Nnnnnnnr mean." She said Casca chuckled before she slipped her finger into her cunt which made Ruby gasp.
"Ah!" She groaned as Casca moved her finger around her insides, "oh oh oh fuck." Ruby panted,
Casca laughed, as she enjoyed seeing the struggling Ruby, from her helpless position.
"Ohhh please Ahh Ahh ahhh!" Ruby gasped
Casca pulled her hand away suddenly cutting off. All stimulation and ruining her orgasm to an edge leaving her a sobbing mess,
"Ohh come on ohhhh!" She said
Guts smiled at Casca "nicely done." He said
"Thank you." Casca smiled. As she looked at the tired and exhausted Ruby
"Do you think we can move her?" She asked
Guts nodded
"Yes I think so." He said
They lifted Ruby up and all three got on the bed making a Ruby sandwich with Guts On the bottom, Ruby in the middle facing the ceiling and Casca crawling on top.
Service to say it was An amazing night,
(End lemon)
The next day everyone woke up refreshed. Yang stretched her limbs "ok so what's the plan for today?" She asked
"Well before we start actual apostle hunting your going to need different weapons, or at modified the ones you have," Guts said as he stepped out wearing his actual berserker armor,
Team Rwby looked slightly scared at Guts actually donning the armor, they knew about the actual drawback of the armor, and they didn't want to lose their friend. But they had a job to do so they steeled themselves
Ruby nodded "he's right remember we don't have access to dust here guys which means we have to be very careful." She said
"Our first order of business is to modify your weapons to fit black powder or if we are lucky smokeless powders which if we're lucky, will work the same way as your normal weapons just not with the elemental nature to it." Guts said
Everyone nodded as the others of Guts group look confused
"What kinda weapons are we talking about?" Griffith asked
Ruby Pulled out Crescent Rose
Weiss pulled out Mysternaster,
Blake pulled out Gambol shroud
And Yang pulled out her Ember celica,
Everyone was amazing at the moving parts in the weapons,
"Wow how do they work?" Isidro asked
"Mostly Kinetic energy." Guts explained,
Everyone looked at Guts.
"What about your weapon guts did you get a new one when you were over there?" Sherkie asked
Guts shook his head
Ruby chuckled, "yea My uncle told me the story of how they met, he had been trying to get Guts a weapons for a long time, but he always complained that the Weapons were too small or could barely do any damage, so my uncle just got a slab of metal and told the blacksmith to put a edge on, it was so heavy he had to drag it down the street to Guts to give it to him, and no joke Guts floored him when he picked it up with one hand." Ruby said
Guts shrugged "hey I told him I grew up wielding. Heavy swords he didn't believe me,"
"So what happened to it?" Casca asked
"It broke when I fought my third apostle." Guts explained.
"Wait what?" Casca asked
"Our world has its own version of monsters called Grimm, from these spawning pools it appears the Apostles from here can cross over to our world albeit with a bit of Reduced power." Yang said
Griffith put a hand on his chin, "so the Godhand are really going to war with other worlds."
Guts nodded "seems so." He said
Griffith nodded
"Very well we should start this hunt, but I'm going to need some armor one that will hide my face I don't want to tip off the Godhand of my reappearance yet," he said
"You can use my old set it might be small but it will cover your face," Farness said
"He can use both of ours. I think our outfits we have now suit us better anyway." Serpico said
Griffith nodded gratefully at them
A few moments later he stepped out wearing the Ironchain knights armor with Farness's helmet,
Griffith slapped the sides "the helmet is a bit gaudy but it's better than nothing." He said
"Sorry it's meant to be more for knights who are not to see combat, but. Yea," Farnese said
Griffith looked at the suit, "the steel if effective don't get me wrong, but I'll probably need a simpler helmet once we get back to Midland," Griffith said
"Wait we're actually going to Midland?" Yang asked
"Apostle won't arrive here because it's protected by elves, if we are to hunt to bathe our weapons in demonic blood to kill the Godhand we have to travel to them." Guts said
Yang and the others sighed
"Oh well. But sure." Ruby said
"First off though I know who we need to visit." Guts said
And like that they were off back on the Seahorse heading away to Midland once again,
Ruby Guts and Casca cuddled up next to each other, as they rested in a Hammock. Sherkie teaching Fairness more magic spells, Blake and Serpico sparing with each other, while Yang and Griffith watch.
Blake parried a blow from Serpico and slammed her elbow into his gut sending him into the mast making it shake and unknowingly crack,
"Ow fuck!" Serpico groaned as he was unable to stand from the pain,
"Shit I'm sorry I don't know my own strength sometimes." Blake apologized
Serpico laughed it off "it's fine you're really strong, I kinda expected that weight from Yang but not from you." He said
Yang and Blake shaired a looked
"Um if I had punched you my fist would probably be sticking out of your back end." Yang said
Serpico repressed a shiver and made another groan, as Griffith approached him
"We can discuss this later for now, he needs to be healed,
Blake nodded "right." As she approached him she looked to Yang.
"Do you think Aura would work here?" She asked
Yang shrugged "one way to find out?" She asked
Griffith looked confused "what are you talking about?" He asked
"Just help me prop him up." She said
"He's injured in the gut if he moves any more you might cause internal bleeding." Griffith argued
"Trust me." Blake said as the two locked eyes
Griffith sighed and helped Serpico up as Blake put a hand on his temple and recited
"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all, infinite in distance and unbound by death. I release your soul and by my shoulder protect thee."
Serpico gasped as a blinding light surrounded Serpico
the power breaking the consentration of the witches nearby
"S-Serpico?!" Farnese asked
Serpico tapped himself feeling no pain "incredible." He said
Blake and Yang nodded "it appears Aura does work here for some reason. That's good, it will aid us." Blake said
Sherkie walked over to them. "What happened?" She asked
Griffith stood up "a sparing accident. However through this magick these girls brought with them he was healed in a second. I've never felt anything like it." Griffith said
Sherkie nodded "nor have I…but I will admit it's powerful." She said
Griffith nodded "Sherkie tell me honestly you've felt the power of the Godhand yourself through Guts. Would this…Aura…be enough to counter there power?" He asked
Sherkie shook her head "no but it's powerful in its own right. It still will be a boost that we can use to fight them." She said
Griffith nodded "then it is settled then." He said as he turned back to the girls
"Do me next…" he said
"What is going on?" Guts asked as he stepped out with Casca and Ruby
"We're unlocking everyone's Aura to help with the fight with Apostle's Yang explained.
Guts looked at Griffith and the others. "Are you sure you want to help?" He asked
"Don't think we're just going to leave you!" Isidro said
"Yes come on we might be a bit of weaklings but not so much that we're infants." Puck said throwing Guts own words back at him
Guts smiled "No your right your not…" he said as he looked up
"Ok. Ruby, do you want to help them?" He asked
Ruby nodded "it will go faster besides it's also tiring. With more people it will help.
Blake gasped and leaned back panting exhausted
"Blake! What happened?" Yang asked runnng to her.
Blake panted wiping her eyes of sweat.
"It's just…I can't unlock his aura…" she said
"Is it that it's not there?" Griffith asked thinking it might be due to his resurrection from a godhand.
Blake however shook her head "no it's just it's too powerful I can't unlock it alone." She said
Yang stepped forward "here let me help." She said as they tired together but they both panted exhaustively
"Fuck it's like lifting a ton." Yang said
Sherkie nodded "girls I think I felt something try again while I meditate and perhaps we can figure out what's going on." She said
The two nodded and once Sherkie was ready they tried again
(Sherkie)
Sherkie dived in the astral world feeling the syphoning of Aura. She slammed her staff on the ground as it felt she was being hit with a tidal wave of energy.
'This…power?' She gasped as she had to shut her eyes to hold on. Once it subsided she looked up to see an image of a Hand reaching to the sky and four figures on the fingers. The hand was closed but inside was a White hawk trying to escape.
Suddenly the flood of power hit again and she watched as the hand tried to open but the fingers could only move a few inches before it closed again.
Sherkie gasped "so that's it." As she left the meditation circle.
Sherkie gasped
Farnese grabbed onto her " mistress!" She said
"Sherkie stumbled to her feet "it won't work girls. Your going to need a lot of power. Griffiths aura is trap under the massive weight of the Godhand's we're going to need everyone together to do it." She said
Guts stepped forward. "Then we know what we need to do." He said
Soon the rest of the party aside from the elves had there Auras unlocked and they all sat around Griffith
"Now then everyone together." Sherkie said
And as once they said the chant there voices echoing off each other overlapping into one harmony.
"It is for in passing we achieve immortality…Through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all…infinite in distance and unbound by death. I release your soul and by my shoulder protect thee."
In the astral world there was a massive boom which Floored the two witches as Guts looked over "Sherkie-!" He called but she snapped back
"FOCUS ON THE RITUAL THE GODHAND ARE TRYING TO STOP US!" She said
Guts nodded and looked back and saw everyone was sweating
Guts felt his arms shaking 'it's like in fighting against the force of nature itself…' he thought before he felt wet on his neck and noticed his brand was bleeding 'no I am fighting against nature…' he said as he thought back to Skull knights word about struggling
"Heed my words, Struggler. Soon a rain of blood, the likes of which you cannot imagine, shall fall down upon you. It will be a storm of death. But take heed, Struggler. Struggle, endure, contend. For that alone is the sword of one who defies death. Do not forget these words."
Guts grit his teeth 'no I cannot give up not here not when I just got them back!'
His mind flashed to Skull knights warning about the proto eclipse and its inevitably.
"The world is as moonlight reflected on the water's surface."
Guts grit his teeth as he felt his grip on Griffith aura slip away 'no I won't allow it…'
"The moons light will not be extinguished. So long as the moon exists in the sky, moonlight will remain on the water...And this is a thing that already was.
What will follow now is a shadow... No more than a shadow cast high above the earth ...By light from a distant dying sun."
Guts grit his teeth as he looked to see The others getting pale from exhaustion. As Skull knights voice echoes
"We already subsist... Within the current of causality.
We who exist beyond the physical are still merely shadows on the water"
Guts growled "no!" He said out loud making the others look up as he started to shake
"…G-Guts…" Casca asked
Guts was in his own world
"Again we almost have it!" Guts said
Ruby slumped back "guts it's no use-." She said feeling the overwhelming hopelessness of the Godhand Crawl into her being.
"I SAID AGAIN!" Guts roared
The group don't know why but centered there being on there task and as one voice they spoke and in there mind they all heard the voice of Skull knight echo in there head
"Maybe you aren't a shadow on the water... But instead, a fish that breaches water's surface"
"It is for in passing we achieve immortality…Through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all…infinite in distance and unbound by death! I release your soul and by my shoulder protect thee!"
"GRIFFITH!" Guts roared
In the astral plane the fist opened large enough that the hawk was able to fly out of the fist and fly letting an almighty Screech as it flew before circling back and Slamming into the tower breaking it forever.
Back on the boat everyone was sent backwards and a few were nearly thrown overboardGuts being one of them but he was able to grab into the Railing and hang on
In there minds the voice of an evil Horror roared out to them
"In your minds there is darkness there is deep overwhelming horror…as it is in all humanity…but you don't let that stop you…perhaps there is hope for humanity after all…" as the voice faded and everyone's vision faded to black.
When they came to they were All on the boat groaning
Guts sat up "is everyone alright?" He asked
"Well if you discount the migraine yea…" Yang said
"That…was incredible…" Weiss said
"That feeling? That dread, what was that?" Isidro asked
"There's no mistaking it…" Griffith said as he and Guts locked eyes
"That was the godhand." He said
"Damn…what sort of Pandora's box did you open?" Yang asked Guts
Blake elbowed her "Yang!"
Yang laughed "I'm just kidding, ow damn that's gonna make me tender later." Yang groaned
"I'm more curious about the fact of that other voice that made all the symbolism." Serpico said
Guts nodded "that… was advice I was given about a previous upcoming event… and about how it was impossible to stop it from occurring. But perhaps I was able to change it." Guts said
"That's why you didn't give up." Ruby said
Guts nodded "I knew we could do it. We all could after all we've done so before right?" Guts said
"Vale." Yang agree
Guts shook his head "no not just Vale everything we've done…" he said
"But what about that third voice…I didn't recognize that one." Sherkie said
Griffith stood up
"I do thought." He said
"That was The idea of evil… or in other words…the leading voice above the Godhand." He said
Yang and the others looked at each other.
"But…that doesn't make sense… why did the main villain seem to Praise us…?" Yang asked
Blake nodded "it didn't feel like it was taunting us like Salem did. It felt…genuine…" she said
Griffith nodded "to explain that I'd have to explain my talk I had with the Idea of evil." He said
Griffith explained the conversation he had. About how Humans created the idea of evil from all the shared negative feeling they have about the world. And through it it has the power to grow the negative feelings in the world and he manipulated history to ensure Griffith would be able to talk to him and give him a wish as the chosen one.
Griffith grit his teeth. "Through my desire I wanted to see my dream realized. But the Godhand manipulated my choice again…and I asked for only a weak desire the ability of wings… I had the choice to bring salvation or total destruction to mankind. And through the godhand it was squandered!" Griffith roared.
"I'd do anything to go back there and ask for my choice back! I'd declare the destruction of the godhand and the god itself! Humanity's ability to manipulate its own will is its one redeeming factor in life! And I want mine back!" Griffith roared to the sky.
Griffith fell to his knees and started to cry. "This isn't the dream I wanted. I wasn't to stand among my friends not lead over them. What point is the kingdom if it's a kingdom of the dead…" he said.
The others looked at Griffith and as one walked forward and helped him up
(Play Guts theme 1997 ost)
"Hey…" Ruby said
Griffith looked at her
"Lift your head. You've got a long road ahead of you…no point in looking down if you can't see where you're going." She said as her silver eyes glistened in the sunlight.
"The path is dark, but your friends will light the way." Yang said stepping forward as she released her aura giving off a bright hue of aura with the echoes of a flame on a torch.
"One of the best ways to fight the darkness is to take the darkness to them." Blake said as covered herself in shadows before reappearing. "And we will be willing to drag you out again if you get lost." She finished
"I knight is a quality of virtue within the kingdom in times of war." But a king has qualities to lead the knight during peace. To the point where they can expand and give prosperity to all reaches of their kingdom." Weiss said as she summoned her knight to kneel before Griffith.
"the role of the advisors is so the king doesn't get lost on his way." Sherkie said as Farnese nods.
"And the role of his lawmakers to enforce the rules and keep out trouble makers that undermined the dream." Serpico said and Isidro nodded, standing tall.
"And all these people work together to create a dream that can and will be fulfilled by the future king." Casca said
"And the bonfire of dreams which everyone works together in addition to making a flame to reach out so everyone can see it… see it prosper amd wish they were there, which they could enjoy themselves." Guts finished
(End guts ost)
Griffith smiled and stood up
"Your right…my dream is not toppled. It's just extinguished for now…and I will use it to build an even bigger Bonfire over it." He looked over everyone
"But first we have to make our names known…which is why…as of this point. I'm remaking The Band of the Hawk." He said
"But there is already a group known as them? Right?" Yang asked
Griffith shook his head "no Guts told me about them they call themselves the Neo-Band of the Hawk. But beside from…Femto himself no one is an actual member. Where as we. Have myself. Casca my second in command. And Guts of the Hawks raiders. Two of my most trusted Allies during the war." Griffith said
Guts stepped forward "not only that, but each and everyone one of you are personally recruited by me into the Hawk Raiders, of course if your willing." He said
Ruby stepped forward. "We're not leaving." She said
Guts looked over to see the fact of determination etched across everyone's face,
Guts smiled "good" then listen up. There is one member of the Hawks still alive, we're looking for Rickert, he should be in a blacksmith cottage in a hill, if I know him." Guts said
Serpico and Isidro looked at each other, "what about us?" They asked
Guts looked at them. "You guard Griffith, he's the central member of all of this. The Raiders March out to war which means we need our equipment ready to fight," Guts said.
"If you need it the Sea horse is always ready for a voyage," Rodrick said
Griffith smiled and bowed "thank you it might come down to it." He said.
Later they reached the dock outside of the main city and everyone disembarked. "Take care." Ruby said
As they walked.
"Guys I hate to say it but we might want to look into ditching the outfits." Blake said as she looked around and noticed they stuck out like a sore thumb,
"We will work on that in a bit, but for right now let's get to Goto's cabin." Guts said as they made there way on the road,
It was about nightfall once they reached the cabin,
"Casca puck check the cave," Guts said
Casca looked at the elf but followed anyways as Guts looked at the Chabin
"What is it?" Griffith asked
"The cabin…it's abandoned…" he said
Guts drew his sword but looked to the others, "stay alert." He said as he slowly opened the door, and stepped in
'No ones here…' he thought, as he walked around. With no sign of life, only a ton of dust, in the air,
There was a loud crash as Guts spun around to see it was Ruby who tripped over a suit of armor,
"Sorry." She said sheepishly
Guts sighed "see if you can't find a lantern and light it." He said
Sherkie found one and light was brought to the cabin, and it revealed the abandoned shop
"What happened here?" Griffith asked as he picked up a piece of a sword not put together yet,
"I don't know but none of the structure is damaged, so it should be ok." Guts said
It was then that Puck came back
"Guts we have a problem." He said
Guts turned around "what is it?" He asked
"The cave while there is still elvish protection in it it's waiting I suspect only a few more weeks and all the protection of the Cave will be spent." He said
Guts looked down.
"Very well." He said as he turned to the girls
"Me and Casca will sleep in the cave to prevent us from being attacked, you guys modify your weapons as you can using the materials here-." Guts said
"You're ransacking my shop now huh?" A voice said by the door as Everyone turned to see Rickert with his arms crossed Erica behind her, as well as Slant and a few Kushans warriors.
Guts smiled "sorry it seemed abandoned I didn't know what to expect." He said
"It's abandoned because I went into the big city, I barely got a commission out here, so I headed into the city to see if I could pay for food for Erica." Rickert said as he looked over Guts stuff
"You looked like you've been through hell." He said
Guts smiled "yea I guess we have." He said
"Still I'm glad to see you're in one piece." Rickert said as he looked back Guts. To see Casca
"Casca!" He gasped
Casca smiled "hello Rickert, what's this I heard about you owning this shop now?" She asked
"Oh it's not mine just handed down to me by my master, as I took over his craft." He said
"Still it's good to see you all-." He said as he looked over to see Ruby, Weiss, Blake Yang, amd Griffith,
"You." He growled
Rickert marched up to Griffith again, and held his glove at him,
"I've had it with you pooping up in my life, first you killed off the Hawks, then you tried to recruit me into your cult of a kingdom, then your here!" He yelled
"Rickert wait," Casca said
Rickert turned, "what!?" He asked
"This Griffith is different…" Guts said
Rickert paused "different how?" He asked
After a short explanation Rickert sat down
"Damn…so you really didn't have a bit of control during the eclipse." He asked
Griffith shook his head,
"Rickert I have to ask why are you traveling with Slant of all people." Casca asked
Rickert explained the uncomfortable alliance they made as they escaped Falconian. Which made everyone tense up,
"Zodd is working for Griff-I mean Femto?" Weiss asked
"It's possible, but I wonder why we also saw him on remnants as well." Yang asked
"Remember causality is like a lake it could be that the Zodd in Remnant is just a reflection in the water while being a one to one copy." Guts said
Sherkie nodded "that would explain it, but I don't know," she said
Rickert got up "so what's up with you?" He asked
"We're actually here to modify our weapons to be better equipped for apostle hunting." Yang said
"What do you mean what weapons?" He asked
Team RWBY showed off Rickert there weapons and nodded
"I see very well. I'd like to test a few things to see how they compare. Your gunpowder vs ours." Rickert said
Guts nodded "we can do that tomorrow. Right now the sun is setting." He said as he and Casca nodded
"Rickert nodded "right right, you two better go." He said as he turned to Erica "do you mind showing the girls the guest room?" He asked
Erica nodded and dragged the girls as well as Sherkie and Farnese up the stairs,
"I have a spot here for you if you want to, make yourself at home." Rickert said
Everyone smiled as they got ready for bed,
Ruby laid in her bed looking out at the mountain thinking about how Guts and Casca were sleeping,
(The next day)
The next day Rickert got to work Making the modifications needed to Team RWBY's weapons, which all of them Except for Weiss basic and to the point,
Weiss however would need a completely different weapon altogether.
So they began training under Guts tutelage they figured out how to maximize there body's full potential in a fight, making it so no useless movements was used to maximize killing,
As the others watched in awe as they sparred, and fought, they all realized one thing, these girls while looking young could not only keep up with Guts but fought like him on equal ground,
And Griffith was Drooling at the mouth thinking of their combat capabilities.
Ruby amd Guts fought, as she bounced on the balls of her feet left to right with her semblance as she approached her and within four steps she was near enough to Guts to swing Crescent Rose,
Guts Leveled to parry with the Dragonslayer. When he looked up to see the corner of his eye to see Blake's Gambol shroud about to cut at his wrists, so Guts jumped back making the Chain scythe into the ground as Guts jumped into the air,
Guts swung his sword down, at Blake,
Only to see Yang replace her with her Fist primed ready to punch him as he fell towards her fist,
Guts Rolled off his sword as Yang slammed her fist forward and fired Ember celica, which barely missed Guts by a hair, as Guts landed and was about to swing at Yang
Only to have the blade parried by a larger broadsword as Weisses knight stood over him blocking his advancement to Yang,
Guts grit his teeth. As he rushed forward
The Summoned knight slammed his sword down on the ground right where he was, but Guts pulled a Griffith and landed on the blade,
Ruby and Blake narrowed there eyes knowing that if Weisses summon goes the fight would shift far away from there favor,
Guts watched as they started to move towards him, as they reached his position on the sword in a blink of the eye
Only for the two scythes, classed as Guts vanished they looked up to see Guts running up the blade towards the Knights arm
Yang growled and fired volley after volley of shot at Guts, which missed and went wide,
The knight itself took a punch at Guts, but unlike Yang, the Knights fist connected,
However instead of sending Guts to the ground Guts hoped onto the Fist as he pulled away and Guts ran up the other arm,
Guts nearly reached the shoulders of the knight when he was thrown off by Weisses Queen lancer, which slammed him into the ground,
"Gah!" He groaned as he stood up and looked impressed "two Summons…well Weiss queen…I guess I might actually have to get serious." Guts said as he slammed Dragonslayer to the ground and shut his eyes as Team RWBY lunged at Guts,
(Berserk, 100 man fight golden age movie OST)
Guts snapped his eyes Open and rolled under the attack's as he parried the Sword from the knight and Jumped into the Queen lancer, as it flew off, Ruby Blake and Yang started to shoot at Guts,
Guts threw his weight on the Queen lancer making it so the Grimm took the blows, as he forced the Grimm towards the knight, and leveled the Dragonslayer in front of him
"Damn it!" Yang growled as she charged at the knight,
"Yang wait!" Ruby called before she looked around
"Bumblebee on the tree!" Ruby snapped
Blake vanished and charged at the tree jumping off the middle of it and throwing her scythe to Yang who caught it and swung around and was able to intercept Guts right as he was just about to reach the knight with a uppercut sending him to the ground which crushed the lancer, making it vanish
Weiss gasped as her summon was killed, feeling every hit it took and winced in pain, she grit her teeth, and pulled out her rapier, and began walking towards him.
Guts dragged his body up and growled, looking around, he huffed, as Ruby appered in front of him and vanished
From the whistling of the wind Guts was able to evade 2…3…4 of Ruby's Cuts with her Scythe as Guts punched her in The Gut shattering her aura and sending her into the cliff,
"Ruby!" Yang called
Ruby's body hit the cliff face and shattered into rose petals which blanketed the battlefield obscuring Guts vision,
Guts hissed "damn it." He hissed
He didn't even notice Weiss appear if from behind as she thrusted towards Guts,
Guts gasped as he felt the blade poke at his armor his arm swung automatically but it cut through empty air as Weiss was gone,
"Damn…" he hissed
Weiss appered behind Guts every time and stabbed him in his vulnerable spot every time before slipping away, getting faster and faster,
Guts hissed 'if I didn't have these petals blocking my way I could possibly see…' he said before he thought about it, and grinned.
Guts lifted his sword in the air and flipped it on its side before he slammed it down with a roar,
The wind generated from the swing was enough to blow the petals away and reveal Weiss using a time dilation glyph
Guts snarled "got yea." He said as he started to charge only to be blocked by the knight again,
"Not this time!" He said as he snapped his wrist down and fired his cannon blowing the top half of the knight off leaving a whole big enough so Weiss wasn't crushed.
However Guts wasn't relenting as he was in the air over the Disolving summon falling on Weiss, with Yang and Blake out of range to help as they checked on Ruby,
However Weiss didn't need any help as she wasn't using the time dilation to speed her attacks up from under Ruby's Petal effect but as an escape method for then it inevitably failed,
Guts slammed his sword down shattering the glyph but not before Weiss rocketed away creating an echo with the speed the reached, Guts stood over them panting
Yang and Blake stood up Yangs eyes Red and Blake ready to avenge her leader
Guts paused "before we countune is she ok?" He asked
Yang said nothing but nodded with a stiff nod,
Guts smiled "Ok then Yang…hit me with everything you got," he taunted.
Yang roared as she was in his face,
Guts leained away from every punch like Neo did to her on the train, except he didn't counter, he understood that she would tire herself out long before Guts attack would, and if he did Yang would just use the attack to grapple him,
Guts dodged a left hook with a duck and snapped a look behind him to see Blake descending down on him,
Guts snapped forward tackling Yang down and rushing past her as Blake used a clone to launch off and avoid crashing into Yang as she pulled herself up from eating dirt.
Guts now away from getting cornered parried Blake's blows head on,
The others watched in a spectacle.
"Holy crap this is amazing." Isidro gasped
"There tactics are solid, and easily able to adapt due to any circumstances." Serpico said
Casca looked at Griffith
"Who's your money on?" She asked
Griffith didn't answer until
"Guts, he hasn't even pulled out the armor yet." Griffith said
Sherkie looked over "Guts can't, not without being a danger to everyone of us," she said
"Not true," Griffith said. As he looked over "remember the talk we had about semblances." He said
Casca nodded "indeed." She said
Back In the fight Weiss healed Ruby while Blake and Yang held Guts at bay,
Weiss growled "Ruby can you get up?" She asked
Ruby groaned, and threw her head to the side
"Do you need a booster?" She asked as she reached for the pouch and produced a needle and was about to jab it in when Ruby stopped her, "no. We have no way of replenishing them save them for when a real fight occurs," she said as she groaned and sat up.
"I'm unfortunately only going to be able to command from the sidelines for a bit until my aura is back, but I'll do what I can." She said as Weiss shouldered her
"Ok, Ruby just don't do too…much…" she said before she noticed Ruby face was falling away into rose petals
"Brothers damn it." Weiss hissed as she checked her scroll to see Ruby in the red but climbing, Yang in the yellow, herself at the end of Green and Blake in Orange,
"Blake fall back!" Ruby's voice echoed
Guts looked behind. Him trying to locate the voice.
"Damn it show yourself." He said
"You would like that, wouldn't you Black Swordsman." Ruby's voice hissed around them
Guts growled when suddenly his face hit the dirt,
"Don't lose focus now…your fight is with me," Yang said with a grin as she cocked her fists,
Guts got up and cracked his neck
Guts rushed at Yang and was about to swing down
When a shot rang out hitting the side of Dragonslayer when made it go off course and hit next to Yang,
'Only one person I know can shoot Dragonslayer mid swing.' Guts thought as he turned to the tree line and saw Ruby in a tree cocking the bolt of Crescent Rose back ready for another shot,
"Found you." Guts said as he rushed off Charging her
"RUBY GET OUT OF THERE!?" Yang yelled
Ruby grit her teeth as she fired 2…3….4…5…click, click, click,
Ruby hissed as she jumped away as Guts cleaved the tree down in one swing and she flew off, Guts growled as he fired after her, but missing each shot
Guts pulled his head back as Blake nearly cut off a chunk of the front of his nose with Gambol shroud, he went to Swing at her but The ribbon wrapped around the blade allowing Blake to pull the Dragonslayer away from his hands
"Yeah you did it Blake!" Yang cheered
"Guts smiled
"Well done." He said as he grabbed his dagger from his belt and held it in an ice pick grip
"Now let's see how long you can keep it." He lunged at her,
Blake vanished but knowing she dare not give him back his weapon Guts knew she was nearby as he reached out and punched and hit Blake square in the chest,
"Argh!" She cried as she hit a branch,
"Hang on Blake!" Weiss said as she arrived and thrusted several times at Guts making him falter his attack only able to slap it away with his metal hand,
Yang appered next to Blake as they tried to lift Dragonslayer together, but was no use,
"Fuck it's heavy!" Yang said
"Yang deal with Guts, Weiss summon." Ruby said
Yang looked to blake and Weiss and nodded as they swapped spots
Guts about to grab Weiss's rapier missed as it was replaced by Yangs fist
Which he caught with his cheek
Griffith and the others winced as Guts went flying, he fixed his jaw and saw Weiss summon the knight and was able to lift Dragonslayer albeit with a lot of effort, amd slowly start to carry it away,
Guts stood up about to go after it, but Yang appeared before him to stop him as he was forced to dodge and enter CQC with Yang. Which is never a good position to be in,
Guts growled as he activated his aura and got faster parrying Yangs attacks
Yang noticed this shocked started to fire her guns while she punched but still the same effect the shots ether went wide, or Guts parried the strike away
Yang tried to shock him with a kick which worked the first time but when she tried to do a leaping punch, Guts grappled her and Slamed her on her stomach landing on her spine, making Yang scream in pain
"Gah!" As she tried to keep herself awake
Guts got to her face "are you ok?"
Yang gave a struggled thumbs up and a smile but she hated to admit it, she was out of the fight. And Guts knew it he patted her shoulder to tell her she'd be fine,
"One." He said as he stood up he got a ping from his scroll from Yang
'I'm out good luck girls.'
Guts smiled as he traced back to look for Dragonslayer
Once he ran off Sherkie and the others ran to Yang,
"Come on come on let's her to the safe area to heal her," she said as She Farness, Griffith and Casca lifted Yang up and headed back towards the cabin,
Guts found Blake next who was waiting for him by a waterfall
Guts quirked his eyebrows before he watched as Weisses summon start to climb the hill.
"If the sword reached the summit it's a point for us right?" Blake asked
Guts nodded "right." He said as he pointed his arm at the cliff and fired nearly making the knight fall
"But I'm not going to make it easy" he said
Suddenly Blake was in front of him as he dodged back
On the cliff the Knight stood back up and began to start the accend back up again,
Guts dodged as many strikes as he could taking a few scratches as Guts kicked Blake in the chest sending her to the waters edge, she regained her balance to look. Back at Guts
To see Guts was climbing the Sheer cliff to cut away time to go after the Knight
Blake growled and changed her katana into a gun and shot out a rock Guts was reaching for,
Guts drew his hand back and looked over, he groaned
"Damnit," he said as he used his hand to draw his throwing knife and tossed it at Blake,
Blake gasped as she rolled to avoid the attack making the knife fly past her,
Guts however activated the Gravity dust pulling the knife back
Blake barely heard it and parried the knife, but it was enough time for Guts to get higher on the face, as he caught the knife and threw it again repeating the process,
Blake growled as Much as she hated it she knew she couldn't stop him. She could only hope to buy Weiss enough time to get the point.
Indeed Guts had reached the top and caught the knife,
"Nice playing with you kitten." Guts taunted
Blake growled as she started up the slope. The long way,
At the top of the hill the knight just arrived all he needed to do was impale Dragonslayer on the top and they would win, the Summon raised the mighty blade
"BANG!"
A gunshot was heard which shattered the knight and Dragonslayer went flying down the cliff as Guts stood there with his smoking arm,
"Heh close one." He said
"You think so?" Ruby said behind guts
He turned around to see Ruby sitting on the impaled blade smugly
"I think it turned out quiet well." She said
Guts smiled, "good job love," he said
Ruby hopped down from the blade and into Gut's arms as he took the blade and they started there trek down. Ruby saying they won.
"So…what was that back there?" Guts asked
"A summoned, recreation of the Dragonslayer," Weiss said
Guts was confused Weiss shrugged "apparently I can also make objects I touched so when I had my knight carry the blade up I touched it so I could summon it, and added accurate color to it, it took a lot of concentration, though." She said
Guts nodded
"Come on let's check up on your sister," Guts said
Down at the cabin again Sherkie and the others were having a laugh Griffith turned around.
"That was a great match," he said
Guts nodded "yeah they really did give it their all this victory is well earned." He said
Guts looked around suddenly as Casca winced,
Sherkie looked at her, "casca what is it?" The witch asked
"Nothing I'm fine," she said trying to deny It
Guts wasn't having it his hand on Dragonslayer "No it's not." He said
"Guts." Casca said
Guts glared at Casca, "get inside now." He said
Casca sighed "don't think I can't fight." She said
"I'm not saying you can't, but your not use to the pain Apostles give the Band and still be able to fight." Guts said
"Wait there's one here?" Yang asked
Guts pulled down his cloak to reveal the brand bleeding.
Everyone got tense.
"Griffith get inside, no need to reveal to Femto your here." Guts said
Griffith nodded and headed into the cabin, Farness, Serpico and Isidro did as well while Sherkie stood ready as did Puck and Illivara,
"Do you think you will need the armor?" She asked Guts who shook his head
"I'm going to see if they can handle it." Guts said nodding to Team RWBY.
"Think they can?" She asked
"They beat me after all." Guts said
The team looked tense looking around all four had themselves back to back
"Where the fuck is it?" Yang hissed.
"calm yourself Yang." Ruby said pacing her sister
"I am calm…" Yang said
Weiss looked to Guts
"I thought you said apostles don't come out until night?" She said
Guts shook his head "other spirits don't, Apostles are everywhere." Guts said
Weiss rolled her eyes "great…just great."
Blake looked over " you gonna help out?" She asked
Guts shook his head " not unless you need it for now show me what your capable of." He said
( Team Rwby vs vlad the impaler prototype )
They looked down the road to see a man in a clock and stick walking towards them with there hood up
"Hey stop right there!" Yang said
"The brand the brand get the brand…here here somewhere here." The man muttered to himself
Yang growled and laughed forward
"YANG WAIT!" Ruby called
The man looked up and back handed Yang away causing her to fall on the ground still
"YANG!" Blake called out
Ruby grit her teeth
"Damn it stay in formation." Ruby said
The other girls nodded as they ran down to Yang
The man stood over Yang,
"You smell of sacrifice…" he said
Yang growled and looked up
"Not a one for you!" She said but the man pinned her down with his walking stick
"No no on the contrary…tell me where they are and I'll let you go." He said
He was forced to jump away as a shot rang out as Blake helped Yang up.
"Thanks Blake, Sorry Ruby." Yang said
Ruby nodded "don't get out of position again we're here to cover each other." She said
Yang nodded
The man laughed "oh oh oh you all smell of it sacrifice…" he said with a hum
"Yang looked over to the others. "Seriously why am I getting a Tryian Callows vibe from him?"
The man chuckled "time to feast!" He roared as he charged forward
Yang was the first in his way as he thrusted the stick towards her Yang Parried it and slapped it away.
Weiss flanked him and tried to attack him from behind but he drew his stick back and parried everything
Weiss broke off "it's like he has eyes in the back of his head." She said
Blake appeared and used several clones to try to destract him but the man could always follow him
"Damn it he's tracking me to easily." Blake said
Ruby cocked her gun and fired at his head
The man lunged and bit the bullet and caught it in his teeth. He panted as he spat it out. "Good workout." He said
Everyone looked at Ruby "why did you shoot that long?" Yang asked
Ruby looked at her sister "to test a theory. Weiss Summon a Sabyr. Blake rush him but don't let him hit you." Ruby said
Blake nodded and charged as Weiss summoned
Yang stood near her sister
"What about us?" She asked
"Rapid fire. We have to make as much smoke as possible." Ruby said
Yang nodded as they fired their guns
The man growled "Argh the noise noise cut the noise!" He howled before he looked over. And lunged at Blake "I smell a filthy cat!" He said
Behind him was a yowl as he look to see a giant Grimm Sabyr behind him.
The man growled "No get out of here!" He snarled
The Grimm lunged at the man.
The man slammed his stick on the ground and jumped up making the cat Fly underneath him barely missing the swipe as he twisted in the air and smacked Blake with the stick which sent her flying
Yang growled "I don't think this is working Ruby." She said
"Damn it aim for his face then particularly his nose." Ruby said as she cocked her gun and fired
However Ruby missed as the man vanished
"Your getting pretty annoying." He said as he threw away his cloak and revealed a bipedal 2 headed Dog with his human face on his chest. And arms
"I'm going to make treats out of you!" He said
"Ugh I'm never seeing Zwie the same way ever again!" Yang said
"Focus on the two heads on top and aim for the noses. If we can knock out its sense of smell we can finish it off." Ruby said
The apostle howled
"Don't think it will be that easy girly!" The apostle said as he got into all fours and rushed Ruby
"DON'T THINK I WON'T FIGHT BACK!" He snarled
As one head lunged at Ruby she broke into petals and landed on his back Crescent Rose under one of the necks
Ruby fired cutting one of the heads off as the Apostle fell to the ground dragging itself closer to Guts and the cabin as the apostle got up
"Damn it that hurts… wait…the smell is stronger now…" he said as he looked to Guts
"Oh hello!" The apostle said
Guts grit his teeth looks like he will have to get involved after all.
Guts got ready to cut the Apostle down as it charged at him only for it to go sliding away as he was being Pulled away By Blake.
"You've been…a…bad dog!" She yelled as she finished pulling him away as Yang got under its chin and punched it
The other head went out like a light.
However he still hit back sending Yang flying into a tree and landed on the ground
"Yang?!" Blake scowled
Blake was sent flying due to the rear legs and Weiss was knocked out when her own summon slammed into her.
Leaving Ruby Alone as she sped around firing at the Apostle from a distance
She looked over to see everyone else knocked out
"Damn it!" She hissed as she charged
"NO RUBY!" Guts warned
But it was too late.
"Blam!" Ruby got hit with the apostles tail sending her weapon away as she laid on her back the beast above her
"Oh look my prize…" he said Ruby groaned in a daze but was able to look to see the Cock between the Apostle's legs get bigger with a knot in it.
Ruby growled and tried to stand out but the apostle pinned her down by putting a hand on her chest.
"No no no girly. You need to learn to shut up and take your punishment-ARGH!" The apostle roared as he looked back to see Guts standing there the Apostle's cock impaled on Dragonslayer.
"YOU BASTARD!?" The apostle roared
"And your the biggest bitch I've ever seen." Guts said as he threw the Knotted cock away. Guts looked and noticed the other girls getting up
"Get…back to the cabin… this… is our fight." Yang panted
Guts looked unimpressed at the girls but shrugged and started to walk away.
"DONT YOU LEAVE ME GET BACK HERE!?" The apostle roared and went to charge at Guts only to be halted as he looked to see Yang holding his tail
"I admit we underestimated you." She said
"Damn right." Ruby said as she caught Crescent Rose which was tossed by Weiss.
"But not again." Weiss said as she summoned over ten Sabyrs.
"Should we go all out girls?" Blake asked from the treetop
"Ruby shook her head "no don't bother 50% is all we need."
"YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!" The apostle roared as he threw Yang off his tail
However he didn't expect Yang to go flying towards his face
Yangs punch shattered the other dog skull making the apostle roar he swung with all his might wildly which knocked Weiss to the side destroying all the Sabyrs in one go and sending Weiss through a tree dislocating her shoulder.
"Gah fuck!" She hissed
Blake appeared all around him as he attacked but this time with the sense of smell disabled Blake easily evaded each strike. And struck out on her own
Ruby however got the killing blow. As a tornado of Rose petals lifted the Apostle up and Droped him back on the ground. Stabbing his remaining head through Crescent Rose. As the dog fell limp.
Ruby slammed Crescent Rose on the ground and pulled it out just in time for him to transform back into a human.
Everyone looked over to see a normal man holding a small fetch stick and a Dog leash.
"Poor dude." Yang said as they looked over the body.
Guts clapped as he approached
"Well done…well done indeed." Guts said
Weiss exited the tree line. "Yea good show can someone pop back in my shoulder?" She asked
Ruby walked over and helped Weiss
"Ahhh thank you Ruby." She said
Guts smiled "come on let's go inside and bring the body too." Guts said
Yang lifted the body and into the room
"Guts your back-Oh what the hell!?" Rickert asked
"Sorry rickert can we borrow your quencher?" Guts asked
Rickert sighed "yea I guess do you know how long it will take to get that blood out though?" He said
Guts sighed "sorry but it's for the best." Guts said
Rickert sighed "if Goto was still alive he'd have my hide…that or I'd be making Horseshoes till I was his age." Rickert said
He dumped The body into a wooden barrel "I got to grind up the body to get out as much blood as possible for the quench. One of you choose which weapon you want to have it quenched and put it on the forge." He said
The girls looked to each other and it was decided that Ruby's Crescent Rose as well as Casca's sword would be quenched
Ruby looked up "Casca?" She asked
Casca smiled "I'm not going to be useless Ruby it will kill me."
Ruby nodded
Rickert sighed "alright dang that's messy work but it's done now we wait till the metal is hot." Rickert said
Finally both blades were hot and Rickert grabbed Cascas blade first.
"Alright because of displacement it's better if Cascas sword is first." He said as he dunked the sword in causing a loud hiss before he pulled it out. And leaving off to the side.
"I'll leave it to dry for a bit before I rewrap the handle." Rickert said as he grabbed Crescent rose
"Huh despite being all metal construction the Handle is cold to the touch." He said as he Quenched it which made the blood boil out of the barrel as he pulled it out.
The blade was revealed to have a thin line on the edge made of the blood
"Damn that blade is a wonder." Rickert said as he fingered the edge
"Yowl it's still sharp." He said
Ruby took her scythe and flicked it down before she nodded
"Thank you Sir." She said
Rickert scoffed "bah! don't call me sir I'm too young for that. Besides as Guts said you're a part of the band of the hawk so you got a premium." He said
Griffith smiled
"Thanks for this Rickert. Eventually we're going to sort this out." He said
Rickert nodded "I'll hold you to it Griffith." He said
Ruby smiled "I'm honestly surprised that the modification of Dust to gunpowder is all that simple?" Ruby said staring at Crescent Rose
Rickert shrugged "honestly you made it easy. You just need to look after your own carriages because we can't replace them not easily anyways." He said
The group nodded as they looked at each other,
"Well I guess we should start, and head out. We have a lot to do if we are to kill the godhand, or even if we are to return to our world." Ruby said
Ever nodded as they headed down the road, where they would go they didn't know
Eoc
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