Holy shit this chapter is massive!
Last time we had a chapter this big was the VenomMyotismon battle.
And even then I don't think it was THIS big.
But either way, hope you enjoy this huge chapter!
Battle of the Breach!
"They were here...Ozpin, they were here!" Ironwood said gravely, the general growing more and more aggravated as he spoke, evident by how he banged his hand on the table.
"We are very much aware of that. Thank you, James," Glynda frowned, sounding more annoyed than anything else, while Ozpin placed his fingers against his temple, seemingly massaging a headache.
"Fantastic, you're aware," Ironwood said sarcastically. "Now are we going to do something about it or should we just stay the course and continue to ignore what's right in front of us?"
"We'll definitely do something, but we can't just go in half cocked. That'd only make things worse," Summer sighed as she and Qrow were on the side, watching the two argue.
"Even I know you gotta plan first Jimmy." Qrow added with a smirk.
Ironwood looked ready to comment on that when the sound of beeping was heard, signalling someone asking for permission to enter.
"Come in," Ozpin said, getting up from his chair as the doors opened to reveal Gyro and Ruby, now in their combat outfits again and walking into the room.
"Sorry we took a while. A few other people were using the elevator too so we had to stop a few times," Gyro said a little sheepishly.
"Of course." Ozpin nodded, smiling a little.
"How are you two feeling?" Summer asked them, feeling a little concerned, even knowing the plan.
"Better now I guess," Ruby said. "Would have been better if we didn't end up stuck in a closet, but it could have been worse."
"Ruby, Gyro, I feel it's appropriate to let you know that I think what you both did last night is exactly what beng Huntsmen is all about. You both recognized a threat, you took action, and you did the very best you could," Ironwood praised.
"Not to mention you both got some new intel," Qrow added. Even he'd never heard of these...Foretellers, until now.
"Now, the General here has already informed us of the events that….transpired last night," Ozpin began. "But now that you've both rested, we were wondering if you had anything to add."
"Well… we kind of saw what those Foretellers looked like, sorta, they were wearing masks, but we can at least describe those, and their weapons too." Gyro said, seeing as the closet they'd locked themselves in had some openings that allowed them to actually see out into the terminal room, so it WAS possible they saw some things.
"What did they look like? And for the matter, the woman who you fought?" Glynda pressed.
"Well, both Foretellers were dressed with hoods up, masks on their faces and mouth plates so we couldn't see their faces at all, but one of them had a unicorn mask, while the other had a snake. The guy in a unicorn mask used dual swords like me, but they were shorter and he held them in reverse, while the woman in the snake mask used a bo staff," Gyro said.
"As for the woman we fought...she was wearing a mask, she seemed to really get nervous when the Foretellers said something about stealing aura, or talking about this Salem the Foretellers mentioned...she used glass to fight, but I don't think that was her Semblance. Her clothing also lit up when she attacked, but that's probably from weaving Dust into it…" Ruby trailed off.
Ozpin frowned "I see… so these Foretellers know about all that."
"Sir… who is Salem? It sounded like she was someone dangerous from what they were saying." Gyro asked with a frown, playing innocent.
"Salem… to put it simple, she's the leader of the Grimm, that's all you really need to know." Ozpin said with a sigh.
"Full story is for adults only huh? Makes sense I guess." Ruby said with an awkward smile.
"Oh, and the Foretellers said something about a base in the southeast, just outside the Kingdoms. I think it might be connected to Torchwick and the White Fang," Gyro added. "So...any ideas where that might be?"
"Hm...interesting. We'll need to examine this further, but for now...thank you for your cooperation, both of you," Ozpin said. "Ruby, Gyro, why don't you both go and spend some time with your team? You have a big day ahead of you."
"I think we'd like that yeah," Gyro nodded.
"And Miss Rose, Mister Vermillion, I trust you'll both be discreet about this matter?" Ozpin checked.
"We will sir," Ruby nodded as they were soon in the elevator.
It didn't take long for them to be downstairs again, as they hurried along to their room, and when they opened the door, everyone was present "So, how'd things go?" Yang asked eagerly.
"We told them them all about what we 'saw' and threw in a bit of extra." Gyro said with a grin as he closed the door.
"Glad it all worked out." Agumon said with a sigh of relief.
"By the way, guess what came in while you were out talking to Ozpin." Jaune asked with a chuckle as he pointed at a desk.
Gyro and Ruby followed his finger… and saw a tube sitting on said desk.
"Yes!" Ruby cheered and went to grab it, opening it up and shaking it once, as a furry cylinder popped out, and popped into shape as Zwei, who barked happily.
"You really have to see it to believe it." Blake commented as she stood on top of one of the two top bunks.
"Let's see…" Biyomon muttered as she grabbed the letter that had been in the tube "Going on a mission, sending over Zwei, would send him to your mom but she has work, proud of you, good luck, love you." she said, summarising the letter.
"And let me guess…" Weiss trailed off knowingly as Gyro held the tube upside down and simply gave it a soft pat… and several dozens of cans of dog food fell out, which Zwei dived into… and one last shake made a can opener fall out, which Zwei actually grabbed in his mouth and started to use to open one of the cans.
"...are you SURE Remnant doesn't have the means you used to make your pouches?" Tentomon sweat dropped at the sight.
"I'm pretty sure this kind of stuff is just exclusive to Taiyang honestly." Pierce muttered.
"Are we ignoring the fact he's ACTUALLY opening the cans by himself." Nora pointed out as Zwei finished up on his first can already and moved onto his second.
"...meh, this is still normal," Gyro shrugged after a while.
"...the sad part, I can't deny that," Blake said flatly, remembering the insanity that was the Digital World.
"So...what happens next again?" Jaune asked.
"Team RWBY, or RGWBY this time anyway, will be choosing a mission to do some hunting on Mount Glenn, then we'll find the White Fang hideout, deal with Torchwick, and hopefully we'll be able to minimize if not prevent, the damage from the breach," Pierce listed off.
"Oh, and since I know you'll be taking Zwei with us anyway, just put him in the bag...or in the pouch, we tested it on mice once. They can go in and out without issue," Gyro added with a shrug.
The rest of their team gave Ruby a flat stare, remembering that bit.
Ruby laughed sheepishly at that "Uh… yeah." she said, before grabbing all of Zwei's can and shoving them into her pouch followed by making him jump into it.
Right as he did, the intercom came on, Glynda calling for all the students to come to the auditorium.
"Go time, let's go people." Ruby said, everyone nodding as they went out of the room and went down into the auditorium.
Once they were down there, they went to stand with the rest of the Beacon students, every single student divided into their school, as Ozpin now stood on the stage.
"Today we stand together, united. Mistral, Atlas, Vacuo, Vale. The four kingdoms of Remnant. On this day nearly 80 years ago, the largest war in recorded history came to an end. It was a war of ignorance, of greed, and of oppression. A war that was much more than where borders fell or who traded with whom. But about the very idea of individualism itself. We fought for countless reasons, one of which being the destruction of all forms of art and self expression. And as you are well aware that was something many could not stand for. As a result, those who opposed this tyranny began naming their children after one of the core aspects of art itself. Color. It was their way to demonstrate that not only would they refuse to tolerate this oppression, but neither would the generations to come. And it was a trend that is held to this very day. We encourage individuality, expressionism, and unity. Through diversity. As I have said, today we stand together, united. But this bond cannot exist without effort. Something that the new arrivals to our world have likely shown to many. This is why today, while the rest of the world celebrates peace, huntsmen, huntresses, and any Digimon willing to fight, will work to uphold it." Ozpin said, his speech rousing everyone up a little, and making the chosen smile as he acknowledged the Digimon.
Though the man wasn't done speaking just yet "As first year students, you will shadow a professional hunter for your first mission, and some of you may leave the safety of the kingdoms for several days, while others may work within the walls for the whole week. No matter which path your choose, remember to be safe, remember your training, and remember to do your very best."
Once everyone clapped politely, the students all moved to choose their missions. "So, what are we looking for?" Yang asked.
"Search and Destroy, a mission in quadrant 5." Gyro said, just loud enough for their group to hear.
"What should we choose then?" Ren mused.
"I think something that keeps us in the city, just to be safe." Jaune said.
"We need to be on hand for when THAT happens after all." Gomamon nodded in agreement.
"Right, good luck guys." Ruby said as the two teams split for the moment and they went towards the Search and Destroy panel, Ruby quickly tapping the Quadrant 5 option and entering the team name… only to be denied "Oh come on." she muttered in slight annoyance.
"So… we gonna have to break the law to get there?" Yang muttered.
"Or we could fly." Weiss said, thinking of the group getting on Birdramon and Kabuterimon to get there.
"That is one option." they all heard Ozpin's voice say as he walked up to them, scroll in hand "However, the mission was deemed too dangerous for first year students due to high concentration of grimm in the area."
"Headmaster, I don't mean to be rude… but I think we handle this one." Gyro said, making sure to look at the digimon.
Ozpin chuckled "Quite, were you just any first year team, I'd suggest finding another mission, but somehow I think the 10 of you will be able to handle this… especially after I heard reports of robots, dinosaurs, and other creatures spotted near the highway a week ago."
"Uh… yeah, I wonder what happened there?" Agumon said awkwardly, looking away and trying to whistle innocently.
Ozpin smiled in amusement "Either way, I think that just this once, I can bend the rules a little." he said, before tapping a few keys on his scroll, and the Quadrant 5 mission was highlighted on the screen, graying out right after with their team name appearing next to it.
"Thank you sir, we won't let you down." Ruby said gratefully.
"Do not thank me for this miss Rose, for what you may find outside the kingdoms may prove more challenging than you expect, and do remember to always listen to the hunter you are assigned to. Now, good day, and good luck." Ozpin said, before stepping away.
"Yeah...I'm pretty sure we know that much," Blake said flatly, all of them remembering their time in the Digital World. Unforgiving doesn't even begin to describe dealing with the evil Digimon.
The group were packed and currently walking towards the airships when they heard someone mention that Team CFVY was back. "Guess the Grimm were a lot again this time too," Pierce mused.
"We should go say hi," Veemon suggested.
"They DID just get back from a hard mission," Biyomon agreed.
The group walked over to where CFVY was returning...and were in for a surprise as they weren't alone. Four Digimon were now following them...all of them very familiar.
"Ogremon?!" Gabumon exclaimed in shock, earning the attention of the large, green skinned Digimon.
"Huh? Oh hey, it's you kids! Man, it's been forever!" Ogremon said with a grin as he saw the group.
"You know them Ogremon?" Yatsuhashi asked.
"Ah, well, yeah, I mean…" Ogremon trailed off as Gyro hastily carried a message on the wind "Those little Digimon are from the same island as me, so I saw them a lot back home."
"That so?" Coco mused, before looking at the other Digimon "What about you guys?"
"Yes, they came by the hive once." Waspmon said from right next to her, his red scarf on display.
"We met them in one of the primary villages." Meicoomon added, Dobermon nodding, Gyro having made sure to relay the same message to the three of them as well.
"I see, talk about luck then." Velvet said with a smile as she patted Meicoomon's head.
"So, guess that mission of yours ran into a couple of snags then?" Gyro asked curiously.
"There were a lot more grimm than we expected, and a few feral Digimon as well, we were lucky that these guys showed up when they did." Fox answered as Dobermon stood vigilant next to him.
"We even got a little something extra out of it." Coco said with a grin as she showed off her D-Core, the rest of her team doing the same.
"Wow. I'm glad you were able to find partners. Hope you all get along well," Ruby said with a smile.
"I don't think that's going to be a problem," Meicoomon smiled as Velvet picked her up in a hug, making for a rather cute image.
"I'd say good luck, but considering you're just shadowing a Huntsmen, AND considering what you all can do in class, I think you'll be just fine," Yatsuhashi chuckled, before the rest of team CFVY waved goodbye and went into the academy.
Once they were far enough away… "Well Ogremon almost fucked that up for us." Pierce said dryly.
"Good thing I practiced wind messages just in case it was needed." Gyro sighed. "I feel a bit bad hiding it from them, but the less people know the better. Lord knows there's enough coming as is…"
"Well...let's just focus on the mission for now," Weiss sighed, as by then they'd reached the Airship...and saw Doctor Oobleck already ready.
"Why hello everyone," he greeted. "Who's ready to fight for their lives?"
"We are I guess." Ruby said in amusement.
"Good! Because while this mission will be mostly recon, we may still encounter grimm out on it, so we need to be ready. Now, according to my schedule, we are already 3 minutes behind!... schedule." Oobleck finished lamely, before rushing off to the plane.
"Well he's in a hurry." Tentomon said with a laugh.
"Yeah, that's pretty much a given with him isn't it?" Blake mused.
"Anyway, we almost forgot to tell you all, but we chose a mission under Summer, she said she'd try to be close to the wall." Pyrrha told them.
"Good to know mom will be close by." Yang said, a little bit relieved.
"As for us!" Sun said as he suddenly arrived with his teammates "We chose a mission under Azure, he said he'd try to do the same thing."
"And thanks again for letting us in on this." Scarlet said with a grin.
"Thanks guys, glad to know we'll have all the help we can get if...you know what, happens," Pierce nodded.
"Right, well, good luck on all our ends everyone." Gyro said before the group split once again and they all went off to the teachers they were shadowing.
With that, they soon boarded the airship which soon took off, and they were on their way. The landscape passed quickly underneath them as they were making their way to their destination.
"You know, when we signed up for this I never really pictured you to be the our instructor," Patamon mused as he and the other Digimon watched the landscape go by.
"Guess we just never really saw you as the fighting type," Agumon chuckled.
"I'll admit I fancy myself as more of an intellectual, but I assure you as a Huntsmen, I've been through my fair share of tussels," Oobleck chuckled.
"Like the mushroom?" Biyomon blinked.
"Those are truffles," Tentomon said flatly.
"Aren't those the sprouts?" Agumon said with a disgusted face.
"Those are brussels," Tentomon corrected again in annoyance.
"Isn't that the seafood?" Palmon blinked.
"Those are mussels!" Tentomon corrected again, an anger vein appearing on his forehead.
By then several of the humans were chuckling in amusement at the little comedy routine.
Once the mirth died down… "So we're going to the southeast, and I'm guessing that means we're going to Mount Glenn?" Gyro spoke up.
"Very astute, Gyro. Yes, our destination is indeed Mount Glenn. As you all know, it was originally an expansion of Vale, until it was overrun by Grimm and subsequently abandoned. Now it stands as a dark reminder, and as I'm sure you're aware, a possible hideout," Oobleck nodded. "Speaking of which, I must admit to being curious myself about how you all seemed to have gotten involved with this business in the first place."
"To be honest...it was an anonymous tip," Blake said, keeping her face straight. They were planning to milk this 'Foreteller' business for all it was worth. "Now that I think about it...it really WAS convenient...and accurate. The information even saved a family friend…"
"Its likely these...Foretellers were the ones who gave us the tips," Weiss frowned.
"Though how they said it...I think we've been used," Ruby sighed.
"I see… yes that does seem to be the most likely case. At the very least, these foretellers and their master are using you to interfere with the work of those who would seek to harm the people and world. We can take solace in that." Oobleck said with a serious look.
Shortly after that, the group arrived at the ruins of Mount Glenn, the city just as desolate as it should be.
"Alright, landing zone is clear at least." Gyro said as he looked around.
"Nothing from up here either." Biyomon reported as she looked around from up in the air.
With that confirmation, the ship descended and when it got close, the group quickly exited the ship by jumping out, everyone landing on their feet and at the ready as the ship soon left, leaving them for their mission.
To say Mount Glenn was desolate would be like saying the ocean was a bit damp. There weren't any signs of life whatsoever where they were, and the few tumbleweeds, and general dead atmosphere just added to the feeling of loneliness and isolation this place held.
"Feels kinda like playing a Metroid game," Agumon muttered, remembering how empty the worlds in those games felt save for the monsters.
"Everyone, you may still be students, but as of this moment you are all beginning your first mission as Huntsmen...and Huntsmon for some I suppose," Oobleck added at the end, chuckling a bit.
"Huh… now I'm wondering if there's a Digimon called that." Weiss mused.
"Wouldn't that be funny if there actually was one," Yang chuckled.
"Back on track, from this point forward, you need to do exactly as I say. Do you understand?" Oobleck started, earning a few nods. "Good, now first of all...can someone tell me where that Corgi came from?" he said, looking at Zwei who was running around Ruby's legs.
"Uh...she brought him!" everyone, Digimon included, pointed at Ruby.
"Traitors…" Ruby half glared.
"Miss Rose… we are in the middle of hostile territory, on a perilous mission, and you chose to bring your pet here?"
"Well-" Before Ruby could explain to him her VERY valid points as to why she had brought Zwei (no, really, she had thought up a decent argument just in case) Oobleck had zoomed past her and grabbed Zwei.
"Genius! Absolutely genius! Canines are known trackers, and could help warn us of any approaching grimm in advance!" Oobleck said in approval.
"Zwei also has an unlocked aura." Yang added.
"Even better! He could actively help us in battle!" Oobleck said with a nod of approval.
"Well, glad that worked out," Biyomon chuckled.
"So, what do we do now, Doctor?" Patamon asked.
"Ah yes! Straight to the chase! I like that!" Oobleck nodded, dropping Zwei who landed on the ground without issue. "As you've been informed, the southeast area has been marked as a recent hotspot for grimm activity. Now there are several possible explanations for this behavior, one of which being...Grimm," he trailed off.
"Uh...but they ARE Grimm," Palmon blinked, not really getting it.
"Grimm. A creature of Grimm approximately 100 yards away from us right now," Oobleck said, to which everyone turned and saw a lone Beowolf walking down the street.
"So… do we kill it?" Agumon asked unsurely, since the Grimm hadn't even noticed them yet.
"No need, instead, we use this opportunity. Grimm would only be here if negative emotions were abundant, such as our hidden group led by Vale's enemies likely hiding here. We'll follow the Grimm from a distance until it leads us to it's pack, which in turn should lead us to its prey." Oobleck explained.
"Okay...how long would that be?" Tentomon asked.
"Its uncertain. Hours, days, weeks, why lone Grimm have been known to stay isolated from the pack for months-and there's the whole pack," Oobleck said, as right as he was talking a pack of Beowolves came into view.
"Well that was fast," Yang blinked.
"And now they've seen us," Oobleck added.
"Huh?" Palmon blinked.
"AND NOW THEY'VE SEEN US!" Oobleck repeated, much louder, the Grimm now going for them.
"I take it tracking is out of the question?" Ruby asked awkwardly.
"An accurate assumption, yes," Oobleck nodded.
"What do we do now?" Weiss asked.
Oobleck paused for a moment before he decided. "Show me what you can do."
"With pleasure," the group grinned, before they surged forward.
To put the next few minutes into as few words as possible… it was a slaughter, the grimm going down in droves, the Digimon not even needing to evolve as the group mowed them down.
And unlike in canon, no matter how long this went on, the group didn't start feeling tired, though that was mostly related to their higher numbers.
"No problem," Agumon grinned.
"Do not celebrate yet. I am certain this is the first bout of many," Oobleck advised. "Let's continue."
The day went on in a relatively repetitive pattern of finding Grimm, destroying them, and then moving on, while Oobleck seemed more concerned with examining various things like the plants, the terrain, etc etc, rather than helping with the combat. Along the way though, aside from examining the area, Oobleck seemed interested in asking everyone about their motives and reasons to be Huntsmen.
"Well...at first I guess I got into this because I'm a thrill seeker. I guess I wanted to just have as many adventures as I could, even go around the world," Yang chuckled almost emptily when he asked her that, memories of that that way of thinking got her into...and in one timeline could have gotten her into. "Now, I want to do it so I can protect the people important to me. A few things made me realize how bad things can be out there, and...I'm tired of just seeing the world stay the way it is, and I want to try to do something about it," she said with determination.
"I see," Oobleck nodded, sounding please. "And what of you, Biyomon?"
"Well, it probably sounds small, but I just want to help support Yang, and my friends. To be able to spend time with them is all I really want, and we'll be able to do it more if the world becomes safer," Biyomon said sincerely, to which Oobleck nodded, a small smile on his face.
The next person he asked that to was Weiss, who'd just speared a Beowolf through.
"Well...at first I did this because I felt I had the duty to uphold the Schnee family name's honor," Weiss mused. "But after everything I've been through, I realized what I really want to do is to be able to stand on my own. I want to find my own path outside of the Schnee family name, though I also do want to fix the damage my father's caused using that name," she sighed.
"And I'm going to be right there with you the whole way," Tentomon added, shocking several Nevermores to death.
"An admirable goal," Oobleck nodded.
Following her, it was Blake's turn to be asked.
"Well...there's just too many things wrong with the world right now. Corruption, inequality, someone has to try and change that," Blake said.
"Admirable. And how do you intend to do so?" Oobleck questioned.
"First of all, by setting a positive example. The problem isn't just humans discriminating against Faunus, it's also Faunus who decide to hit back and be just as bad. I want to show that we CAN work together, and that peaceful co-existence is possible. I also want to try and turn the White Fang back into the group it was meant to be. Peaceful," Blake said. "After that...we'll have to see how it goes. I doubt I can actually change something that's been going on for centuries in just one lifetime, but it has to start somewhere."
"And I'll be right there to help," Patamon added with a smile.
"Impressive. That's a well thought and realistic plan, and I wish you all the best," Oobleck said with a smile.
The next person to be asked was Gyro.
"Well… to be honest, I didn't put a whole lot of thought into it at first, beyond just, help people. I saw my first huntsman in action about… 6 years ago I think, and it was pretty inspiring. I kind of wanted to do something like that, help people, and inspire them to help others I guess."
"I see. Do you have any idea how you plan to do so?" Oobleck asked.
Gyro hummed in thought "Well… I guess just doing the best I can and working together with my friends. It's not the most concrete plan, but it's what I have, and it's worked for me so far."
"And I'm gonna be with Gyro the whole way! I've been with Gyro since he hatched me, and I don't plan to stop anytime soon!" Agumon said cheerfully.
"I see. A reasonable point of view, and one that is open to change," Oobleck nodded, though he also made a mental note to ask about what Agumon said.
"Speaking of open to change...think we should look for shelter? It's starting to get dark," Gyro mused, looking at the sky.
"A reasonable suggestion, yes," Oobleck nodded, before turning to the rest of RWGBY (and ignoring Ruby playing with Zwei using a chicken she got from lord knew where much to Palmon's amusement). "Alright everyone, gather around and we'll be searching for some shelter for the night," he instructed, not noticing a large Nevermore that was coming his way as it was conveniently behind him, though the students were quite ready to aim and fire at it. However, they soon found it was unnecessary as a boomerang-like projectile of light came spinning through the air, and cut right through the Nevermore, killing it instantly as it was left crashing into the ground. "What in Remnant was that?!" Oobleck said in surprise, having turned just in time to see that.
"Hey, didn't that look like…?" Palmon muttered, trailing off.
It was then they all heard the heavy footsteps coming in their direction, footsteps that sounded metallic, and there also seemed to be a sound of some sort of machinery as the steps were taken.
Tensing in preparation, everyone was ready to fight, until…
"Ah, Chosen Children, so it was your life signs I was detecting." Andromon said in surprise as he rounded the corner.
There was silence for a few moments, eventually broken by Oobleck who asked "Chosen Children?" confused, as he turned to team RWGBY, who looked back at Andromon in deadpan.
"Andromon… we were trying to keep that secret." Gyro sighed.
"Oh, my apologies." Andromon said, looking apologetic.
"Could you forget having heard that Doctor?" Ruby asked Oobleck hopefully.
"I'm afraid that's highly improbable," Oobleck said. "Though I must admit I'm rather curious as to what this 'Chosen Children' business is about, and why you all saw fit to keep it a secret."
"Can you at least promise not to tell anyone else?" Biyomon asked hopefully.
"That...will depend on what is so important you felt the need to keep it a secret," Oobleck sighed.
"...guess we don't have a choice," Gyro sighed. "Hope you like long stories."
"I would not recommend that right now. The Grimm tend to become more active at night," Andromon said. "But if you would all like, I can take you back to a small settlement some of the local Digimon including myself have started to build."
"Might as well, definitely better than just sleeping out in the cold." Weiss sighed, before they all started following Andromon through the ruins of the city, signs of life slowly becoming apparent in the inner parts of the city, as some of the buildings actually had power again, and some lights could be seen here and there, Digimon visible through some cracks in the walls and the like.
"So, what's this new town called anyway?" Yang asked.
"Due to the state we found this city in, the residents which are mainly machine and mineral Digimon, and the overall concept we have managed to build so far, many of the residents here have come to call it 'Junk Town'," Andromon said, his mouth quirking in amusement at that.
"I can see why," Blake said as the Chosen and their Digimon chuckled in amusement at the name choice.
"I must say, I'm impressed. How did you get the generators to work again? There shouldn't be anymore Dust in this city. In fact, how have you been able to avoid being overrun by the Grimm?" Oobleck asked.
In response, Andromon gestured to several Hagurumon floating about, and when some of them attached to machinery, it began working as they whirled their gears.
"That's a creative use for Hagurumon," Tentomon chuckled at the sight.
"Considering one animated an entire cruise ship, I'm not surprised," Weiss sighed.
"A cruise ship?" Oobleck repeated with a raised eyebrow.
"We'll tell you in town." Gyro told him, earning a nod from the doctor.
The main building that seemed to be the centre of 'Junk Town' turned out to be a mostly intact building that had lights on inside, surrounded by several smaller buildings where various Digimon were located, having erected a mix of walls and gates using the buildings as 'pillars', and what appeared to be a guarded path leading to an exit from the city. Once they entered, the area was surprisingly bustling as the Digimon had been able to make what appeared to be a functional settlement in the middle of the desolate city.
"Well, this place is looking pretty good." Ruby noted with an impressed look.
"Thank you. It was not an easy task recapturing this area from the Grimm, but we managed and worked from there," Andromon nodded.
"Impressive," Oobleck couldn't help but say. "You've all actually managed to not only recapture this part of the city from the Grimm, but you've also managed to turn it into a functional settlement. How did you all manage that with the Grimm already overruning the city?"
"It wasn't easy, but we all worked together," Andromon nodded. "Though I admit, it took some effort to deal with the more...persistent...Grimm in the area."
"They probably weren't too big a problem. Andromon is a Perfect level after all," Patamon chuckled.
"If you want we could come back and clear them out later." Gyro offered.
"I appreciate it, but I think we'll be fine." Andromon said, shaking his head, earning a shrug from Gyro. By then they'd reached the inside of the main building, and were given a sizeable room on the upper floors so that they could use it for the night. The heating was back on, so that promised for a comfortable night, not to mention the building had power, so there wasn't any need to build a fire save for cooking which they could do in the kitchen which had an electric stove.
"Reminds me a bit of when we found File City after slumming it around the island for a whole week." Yang noted in amusement.
"File City? You found a city on an island somewhere?" Oobleck asked.
"Right, well, it's a bit complicated doc, but let me explain it to you." Gyro sighed as he sat across from the teacher. With that he began to tell him a...version of the truth, carefully omitting information about Earth, and telling Oobleck about their adventure in the Digital World which due to the odd time displacement present at the time, made a few hours into months for them in that world, and more importantly, the prophecy regarding them in that world as well as the Crests that had now fused with their bodies. When he was done…
"And that's why we'd REALLY like it if you could keep quiet about this," Ruby said hopefully.
"Pretty please," the Digimon added, making puppy dog eyes.
Oobleck looked at them curiously, before humming softly in thought "Very well, even I can see how dangerous this information might be for you if it got into the hands of Atlas. While I trust General Ironwood wouldn't condone this, there are always those who are less inclined to allow morality to...hamper their progress…" he sighed at that last bit. "I'll keep this to myself, but I thank you for trusting me with it."
"Thank you for being willing to keep this a secret," Blake said with a small smile.
The next day soon came, and after bidding the Digimon goodbye, the group were soon in the city again, continuing their exploration from the previous day. However, knowing how things had to be, the chosen steered the exploration towards the general area they wanted, and true enough, Zwei soon ran off, having seemingly found something.
Reaching the area where Zwei was sniffing around though…
"Doesn't seem like there's anything here." Blake said, trying to listen for anyone hidden, not able to hear any signs of anyone nearby.
"Zwei's nose hasn't been wrong before though." Yang countered.
"Doesn't this city have an underground though?" Patamon asked.
"Quite right… perhaps we'll find what we're looking for after a bit of digging." Oobleck noted.
"Literally or metaphorically?" Ruby asked.
"A bit of both I'd say." Oobleck said in amusement.
"Let's get to work then, try to find a good spot." Gyro said.
"How do we dig through the ground?" Biyomon questioned.
"Well...we COULD just make a hole," Agumon suggested. "A few well placed slams might open a nice big hole for us."
"Let's...avoid causing a cave in if we can help it," Weiss sweat dropped. The group continued searching the area, when Tentomon took a step, and suddenly several cracks appeared on the ground, followed by the section he was standing on to break away and fall into the ground...which would have been a problem had it not been him, as he was simply hovering over the new hole in the ground.
"That was a surprise," Tentomon sighed.
"But I think you might have found something too," Patamon said, flapping over to him. "Roads aren't supposed to just collapse, right?"
"Pretty sure they're not," Biyomon came over to them as well. "I wonder what's in there."
"If I were to guess, it could be another section of the city. Since the area above ground could only hold so many people, the expansion included building into the mountain itself," Oobleck mused.
"Well… that sounds like a perfect place for sneaky people to hide." Agumon said, looking into the hole.
"Indeed, now then, let us descend, quietly though." Oobleck said, earning nods from the teens and Digimon before they started slowly going down, Patamon, Biyomon and Tentomon slowly floating them down, and Palmon lowering them with her vines before joining them down.
"Ok, so, Blake, hear anyone nearby?" Ruby asked the faunus girl, who's ears perked and twisted slightly from side to side.
"Nothing, looks like this area is clear… though I THINK I hear something over in that area, but it's a little ways off." Blake said, pointing off the the left.
The group followed her directions, being careful to stay out of sight, and before long, they could hear voices...and the sound of working. "I think that's a good sign we're getting close," Palmon blinked.
When they got a bit closer, they recognized the voice. "Torchwick," the chosen and their Digimon deadpanned. Seemed Torchwick liked hearing the sound of his own voice if how much he was talking was any indication.
"Alright, so we know they set up shop here now." Weiss said.
"So, silent approach or rush them down?" Ruby asked, turning to Oobleck.
Oobleck hummed in thought "Only two members of your team might be able to properly sneak around without alerting them to their presence, so the silent approach might be more dangerous."
"Tentomon isn't the most silent flyer, and Biyomon can be spotted a mile away." Yang added with a frown, looking down at said Digimon who shrugged helplessly.
"So wrecking ball approach?" Agumon checked.
"While I don't particularly advocate destruction of property, in this situation I'll make an exception, so yes," Oobleck nodded.
"Whelp, that makes life a lot easier," Biyomon chuckled as their partners pulled out their Digivices.
"Time to play Rampage, guys," Yang chuckled, right as the Digivices began to shine.
Roman Torchwick was having an annoying day. Honestly, most of his days were annoying ever since they'd moved on from stealing Dust.
First, he has to work PR so that the Fang will work with him, and he HATES working PR, he usually leaves that to Neo who gives guys the pouty lip and they come running, and if they try anything, she just stabs them.
Then he has to actually WORK with those… animals! Seriously, always going on about "Faunus Rights this, Down with Humans that." It was annoying!
And that's without mentioning the various Digimon he recruited, all on his own thank you very much, and the fact they LOVED going through rations… AND merchandise sometimes too.
And now? Now they were working in a Grimm infested city, with MORE Digimon setting up shop overhead, ones that he had tried to persuade to help and instead got a heat seeking missile chasing him for a good while for his efforts, and he had to work with live explosives and arm a freaking train of all things! All for Cinder's little plan of blowing open a hole RIGHT in the middle of downtown Vale!
"Uh...Mr. Torchwick...we have a problem," came a voice over the radio.
"Oh good, we have a problem. It had better be VERY important, cause I have NOT been having a good day," Torchwick said in annoyance.
"Well...I think it's QUITE important," the person on the other end gulped...right before Torchwick noticed a chunk of BUILDING going flying and landing not too far away from where he was. Then the screaming started as a group of Digimon were now stomping through the area, apparently taking pleasure in just smashing everything. Now, that would be annoying enough...if he didn't recognize these particular ones.
"Guess who!" Gyro laughed from where he was riding on Greymon's head, team RWGBY actually waving at him almost mockingly as their partners were tearing up the area, and any Digimon who tried to stop them, got several hits to the face, taking them out of the fight.
Roman continued to stare for a good long moment, before he grabbed his cigar and tapped it a bit as he took a deep breath "Today is just destined to be crap, isn't it?" he said, before turning to the closest grunt he could find "We're leaving, now! Load up the train and hurry!"
"But we aren't finis-" the grunt didn't get to finish speaking, before Roman pressed his cane to his neck, pushing him against the train.
"Shut up, or YOU'RE finished, understand?" he said darkly, earning a nod "Good, now get to work."
"They're getting away!" Blake frowned, seeing Torchwick and as many WF members that were still around getting on the train and hastily starting it.
"We'll just have to follow them!" Ruby said.
"But before we do that, I don't recommend maintaining Adult form. These forms are just too large to use in the tunnels and we could cause a cave in!" Oobleck warned.
"Figured as much, it was really just to tick Roman off." Gyro said with a grin.
"So, after the train then." Yang added.
"Yes, though I do have to wonder why their going into the tunnels, they ARE sealed off after all." Oobleck wondered, the Chosen keeping quiet, already knowing the reason.
"Whatever it is, we can't just let them get away," Weiss said. With that the group was flying (the ones who couldn't fly reverting and getting on the flyers) after the train, and managed to get on the caboose RIGHT before it got into the tunnel, the group landing with a tumble as the flyers had to revert mid-flight to land on the train.
Inside said caboose, one of the grunts looked up, before going for the phone attached to the train, picking it up "Hey, I think they-" he didn't get to finish however, as a hand came down from the roof, literally punching a hole through it, and pulled him up through it, leaving him staring at Yang's vicious grin.
"Hello~" she said in a singsong voice before punching him off the train.
"And goodbye~" Biyomon added with a laugh as he tumbled on the ground, knocked out.
"Okay, we're on a train controlled by a bunch of crazy people. What's the plan?" Patamon asked seriously.
"We get to the front and stop this train." Oobleck said seriously.
"One problem with that Doctor." Ruby said, opening the hatch on the roof.
"Which would be?" he asked, looking through the hatch, seeing…
"The heavy artillery bomb they got packed there." Palmon answered, as they were all staring at the large explosive.
"That… looks pretty big." Gyro admitted, because it actually looked bigger than canon.
"And the situation only gets worse." Tentomon added as he pointed at the group of White Fang grunts running at them from the other end of the train.
"We have about two or three minutes I'd say before they reach us." Blake estimated.
"Then I guess we have no choice," Ruby frowned.
"Right, I suppose it WAS too much to hope for they go-" Oobleck started, cutting himself off as he heard a rather alarming sound, looking back at the bomb… and seeing it was primed, with a 30 second countdown ticking already "Easy on us." he finished lamely, before standing up quickly "To the next car! Quickly! And Blake! Detach the Caboose, it'll kill us all!"
"Yeah, with team killing." Gyro muttered with a tiny grin.
Meanwhile… deep in space… on another planet… in a box canyon… gunfire was heard.
"Dammit Caboose!" Came an annoyed shout.
"Tucker did it!" A dopey sounding voice said rather quickly.
"Oh come on man! Every fucking time!" another voice shot back, equally as annoyed as the first.
Back to the story…
As Blake got ready to cut apart the train's coupling, the caboose just detached itself on it's own, making her frown, seeing Torchwick was still following the same plan the twins had outlined, as she and Patamon went back to the roof "It detached itself!" she informed them, the caboose blowing up seconds later.
"They must be trying to blow up the tunnel, but why on Remnant would they do that?" Oobleck frowned. He got his answer when they heard the sound of claws against the ground...and turned to see a number of Grimm now chasing the train.
"Maybe its got something to do with the Grimm chasing us?" Tentomon said flatly, playing dumb as well.
"Highly likely, whatever plan this is, it's not good." Oobleck summed up with a frown.
"Neither is the part where ALL these trains are loaded!" Biyomon reported frantically, not cause of the part of the bombs no, but rather how they're ALL bigger than what the brothers had shown them. This was a Butterfly Effect, and for once, it was one that clearly WASN'T to their advantage. At that moment they detached another car on the train, the group quickly getting to the next car before it got too far. Though now they could perfectly see the Grimm coming into the train tunnel and following them.
"He's leading Grimm to the city." Oobleck realised.
"Well this mission just keeps getting more dangerous." Weiss frowned.
"Okay, so we know what he's trying to do with the bombs. I say we get to the front as fast as we can," Yang suggested.
"Good idea, but they're not going to make it easy for us," Blake frowned, looking at the White Fang members that were almost upon them.
"They DO realize if they go and fight us, there's a very real chance THEY'LL get blown up too, right?" Tentomon frowned.
"This is what hate does to people," Gyro frowned. "I don't think they CARE that they might die, as long as they get back at humans for years of discrimination. Heck, I don't think any of them realize or care just how much damage they're gonna cause to EVERYONE."
"They also don't seem to notice Blake's ears." Ruby added, a little surprised at that part.
"That or they see her as a 'Traitor' for siding with us." Yang said, putting up air quotes at the word traitor.
"...well, hate to say it, but I think the only way WE have is to go through them. Literally," Palmon sighed.
"An unfortunate, but very accurate observation," Oobleck sighed. Being a history teacher, he was VERY aware of what the WF was intended to be...and seeing what they were now in this time where there was SUPPOSED to be equality...it was honestly sad.
Once the White Fang grunts reached them, the group did their best to restrain themselves, only aiming to knock out the grunts.
Misguided these people may be, that doesn't mean they would jump right to killing them. Unfortunately, being on a moving train full of explosives that were regularly being detached and detonated...with the Grimm following...meant there was literally no way they could avoid accidentally killing a person or two...or ten with how these half mad faunus were throwing themselves at them.
But, they knew what was at stake, so they plowed their way through, knocking the enemies aside, while trying to do it in a way that minimized the chances of them getting killed...something that became harder when up ahead, several of the White Fang had hopped into what appeared to be smaller versions of the Paladins they encountered before, and looked ready to fire...or they would have, if Oobleck hadn't pulled out his weapon (which was also his coffee thermos, something that Gyro prefered not to think about seeing as where the fire was coming out from), and used Zwei, who'd jumped forward and launched the dog into an improvised ball of flaming death, which blew a hole through one of the suits, causing it to fall over and hit the tracks till it exploded a way behind.
"Try to stop the train from inside, I'll hold them off out here!" Oobleck ordered.
"We're not leaving you to fight alone!" Ruby said, to which Zwei padded back to Oobleck, while Palmon stood alongside her. With that, she looked at her teammates who all nodded and entered the train.
"Okay, who do we fight again?" Blake checked.
"Ice cream bitch, the big lieutenant with a chainsaw, then Torchwick himself in that order, assuming Murphy doesn't throw another curveball today," Gyro listed off.
Right as he said that, the door to the next car slid open, and in came lumbering what LOOKED like a FlareLizamon, except the fire of his body was black, while the helmet and claws were gold in color. Quickly checking their Analyzers, the found this to be DarkLizamon.
"Boss said I could have all the Fire Dust I could eat if I torch you kids." the DarkLizamon growled.
"I hate being right." Gyro groaned, before drawing his swords "You girls go on ahead, Agumon and I will handle this idiot." he said, to which they nodded and started to move forward, but he added one last thing. "Oh and Yang, remember, keep your cool. As much of a bitch she is, you'll want to save the 'freebie' just in case," Gyro cautioned.
Yang simply nodded, as they rushed past DarkLizamon, who tried to stop them, but was buffeted by a wind boosted Baby Flame barrage right in his face. "You're fighting us!" Agumon growled.
"Fine, I'll roast you two first!" DarkLizamon growled, focusing on them, flames welling up in his mouth.
"Don't think we're gonna be that easy," Gyro smirked, right as the flame was released, to which he created a small tornado, trapping the flames and killing them before they reached him and Agumon. "Let's go buddy!"
"Right!" Agumon nodded as both jumped forward. The train wasn't too big, but it was still big enough for them to have decent maneuver room. Agumon used his smaller size to get around DarkLizamon and struck with his claws when the chance presented itself. At the same time, Gyro did the same, using his swords, which were doing considerable damage due to the Chrome Digizoid coating. Furthermore, he used his wind to boost their movement or mess up DarkLizamon's attempts to attack.
"Argh! Hold still you little gnats!" DarkLizamon roared in frustration.
"If you seriously think we'd listen, you're dumber than you look!" Gyro smirked.
"And you looked plenty dumb to start with!" Agumon added with a laugh.
THAT got to DarkLizamon. "I'll show you two stupid!" he roared, firing a blast of fire...which Gyro used a burst of wind to send him and Agumon towards walls, which they rebounded from, both evading the flames and setting up for a strong attack, as two strong hits caught DarkLizamon in the head, the Digimon's eyes turning into Xs, as he fell over, out cold.
With the fight over, the two partners landed behind DarkLizamon, managing to give each other a high five before running to the next car. They didn't have anytime to waste.
While Gyro and Agumon had stayed behind to fight DarkLizamon, the others continued on, Weiss passing Blake an ammo clip full of Dust cartridges along the way as they entered the next car.
Not even a second later, the familiar form of Neopolitan dropped down from the ceiling, looking at them all before grinning.
"Looks like the runt came to play." Yang said tauntingly as she cracked her knuckles "You guys go on ahead, we'll deal with her."
"Be careful." Blake said, before they ran past Neo, Yang firing a shot from her gauntlets to distract the shorter woman, who narrowed her eyes at her.
Yang quickly pressed the offense, surging forward and delivering several strikes to Neopolitan, who blocked and evaded the attacks with her parasol, before countering. However, unlike what she would have done once upon a time, Yang didn't tank the blows, rather she moved to block the brunt of the blow, before letting the momentum push her back...with Biyomon ready with a Magical Fire when she was out of the way.
Neo glared, and used her parasol to block the attack, and then moved to attack the bird, who quickly got to the ground where she used her smaller size to evade the fast attacks, allowing for Yang to quickly tag in and start matching blows with Neo. The fight was a seesaw battle, as Neo was very good at blocking and evading, even managing to trip Yang up one time, but this time Yang was keeping her cool. She could feel her anger, but she kept it reigned in, allowing it to strengthen her blows, but not lose control. As a result, the fight was...really hard to predict, and Yang had to begrudgingly admit that Neopolitan was good, seeing as even with Biyomon supporting her, the girl was holding her own.
Still, it wasn't as if they didn't have more advantages. With each hit Yang was managing to score, even if Neo was blocking most of them, she was still whittling away at Neo's aura, and her parasol bent a bit here and there, thanks to taking repeated assaults from the Chrome Digizoid coated gauntlets. The ultimate turning point was when Neo noticed Gyro and Agumon enter the train car, and with an annoyed frown, broke away from the clash she was having with Yang, and with a flourish of her parasol, disappeared into another of her illusions.
Once they were sure the girl was gone, Yang let out a breath she had been holding, turning to Gyro and bumping fists with him "Guess the runt got scared of fighting a firestorm."
Gyro rolled his eyes at the joke, but he let her have this one.
Once they had cleared the car, Weiss, Blake and their partners looked around warily as they were in a seemingly empty car.
Suddenly, Blake's ears perked as she grabbed Weiss and tugged her down, Weiss not fighting the motion, and her head lowering just in time to avoid a chainsaw going across her neck, though a portion of her hair got an impromptu haircut.
The two quickly moved out of the way as Patamon turned and let loose an Air Shot at their assailant, which was blocked by the massive chainsaw sword.
Weiss idly looked at the several strands of hair she had lost, before scoffing "If he had done that to Yang, he'd be 7 kinds of dead already."
"Very likely." Blake said with an amused smile as she looked at the White Fang Lieutenant, wearing a mask to cover his face "Still as murder happy as ever I see Banesaw."
"You know him?" Tentomon asked.
"Partially." Blake said with a shrug.
"Belladonna, so, I see Adam was right, you DID turn traitor, siding with a Schnee of all things." Banesaw said with a growl.
"Better a traitor than a deranged murderer," Blake said simply. It was a statement, not a counter or even argument. She'd long gotten over any feelings of conflict about her leaving after she learned what the White Fang would fall to under these mad ideals. "The White Fang was formed to fight for Faunus Rights, not kill anyone who doesn't agree with them."
"Humans are just cowards, hiding in their spires as they force us Faunus to do their will." Banesaw shot back.
"I'll admit, a lot of us humans are bad, my father high on that list. But that doesn't mean you should fight fire with fire." Weiss said with narrowed eyes.
"Think you can take him on your own?" Blake whispered to her.
"Tentomon and I will take care of this oaf, you go deal with Roman." Weiss shot back, Blake nodding as she and Patamon ran for the last car, jumping over Banesaw and leaving him stumbling as his weapon went through a clone.
Once Blake and Patamon were gone, Weiss stepped forward with Tentomon. "Not that I think you'll listen, but if you keep doing what you're doing, you'll end up no better than the humans you hate," she said.
"Don't you dare compare us to them, Schnee!" Banesaw growled.
"I don't have to," Weiss frowned, readying Myternester.
"Let's get him!" Tentomon said, hovering in the air, earning a nod from Weiss.
Banesaw roared as he swung his chainsaw down, but both of them separated, Tentomon peppering him with Petit Thunder attacks, though his aura blocked most of it so far. At the same time, Weiss dodged to the side...and stabbed at his legs, catching him in the ankle, the momentum and impact causing him to lose footing for a moment, but he quickly regained it.
Weiss had been preparing for this fight ever since she learned the truth of the twins' knowledge. From their feedback, she'd been able to realize the biggest weakness she had in that timeline. She was too inflexible, applying her style to ALL situations, which could prove to be her downfall if used against enemies her style was weak against. While heavily armored Grimm were still something she needed work on, a large humanoid enemy...she had a good idea how to deal with them. After all, even the strongest of trees would fall over if you broke its roots. With that in mind, she slashed and stabbed at him, forcing him to block and try to counter, and each time she evaded his strong and/or wide swings, she'd take a strike at his legs, aiming for various key parts of it. Had this been herself from the web show, this tactic would be a gamble, due to the limits of Myrtenaster, and the possibility of taking too long and the enemy catching on. However...her weapon wasn't the same as her other self anymore. It was coated in Chrome Digizoid, and that gave it greater strength overall.
Of course, she couldn't take all the credit. Tentomon was a major key in this tactic as well. No matter how many feints she pulled, anyone with decent experience would realize after several hits that her real target was their legs, so with Tentomon buzzing around and drawing part of his attention away, it gave her more and more openings to execute her plan. With that, she leaped over Banesaw, right as Tentomon finished another attack, and landed several slashes on him, knocking him off balance. Once she landed, she quickly switched Dust, and sent a wave of ice Dust, which made for even shakier terrain for the larger man, and when he was starting to get off balance, she quickly launched a staccato of stabs, aiming for his torso, with several of them aimed for his legs, specifically the knees and joints.
"Hold...still…!" Banesaw growled, a mix of disorientation and building pain from the dizzying assaults getting to him.
"Not happening," Weiss said simply, before using a time glyph and creating several glyph platforms, allowing her to deliver a massive flurry of strikes from various angles. Banesaw tried to evade or block, but right as he moved...his leg gave out, leaving him helpless as he was assaulted from every angle, taking hits all over his body (including his legs again), before Weiss ended with a stab aimed for his chainsaw, damaging the inner mechanism which rendered the saw blade unmoving...and leaving her weapon in it.
Banesaw groaned when he landed, but struggled to get up, not noticing the rapier still in his weapon...and Tentomon charging up more electricity than usual. "Lightning rod, Tentomon," Weiss smirked.
"You got it!" Tentomon nodded, letting loose the strong current of electricity which struck Myrtenaster, and with it, sent the electricity right into Banesaw...who proceeded to dance thanks to the current flowing through him, before finally it stopped, and he fell over, Myrtenaster flying out of his weapon when he hit the ground again.
"Stand down," Weiss said simply.
"I...won't!" Banesaw roared, struggling to his feet. "I won't stop...till all you damn humans...pay!"
Weiss sighed when she heard that. "Then I guess you leave me no choice." she said, before raising her fingers, a glyph appearing in front of her as she closed her eyes and concentrated, the glyph starting to spin, faster and faster, until it flashed, and a figure formed up from it, revealing itself to be… an icy blue copy of Vademon.
"W-what?" Banesaw gasped in surprise, not expecting to see what was more than likely a Digimon be summoned, but before he could do anything.
"Demon's Blown Kiss!" the Copy-Vademon shouted as it blew a kiss at Banesaw… which turned into a hail of blue meteors.
Right then, Gyro, Yang and their partners arrived into the car just in time to see Banesaw get buried under the meteors, while Vademon's copy slowly faded away.
"Huh. That's actually kinda funny to see when I'm not the one being hit," Tentomon commented.
"Looks like you two cleaned house," Biyomon chuckled at the sight of the large man who was now seeing stars under the pile of meteors.
"I'm guessing your plan and training worked out well," Gyro smirked.
"Was there ever any doubt?" Weiss chuckled, before she got serious. "Come on, let's go."
"Right," Everyone nodded as they ran to the next train car.
Once Blake reached the front car, she wasn't surprised to see Roman standing there, looking as smug as ever.
"Why hello there kitty cat, I'm surprised you came alone this time, where are all your friends? Did they abandon you because of your ears?" Roman said tauntingly.
"How you got the White Fang to listen to you I'll never know," Blake said flatly, before readying Gambol Shroud. "Not that I actually care anyway. We'll take you AND the White Fang down."
"My, somebody is awfully confident." Roman smirked, lifting his cane and about to fire it, before he got an Air Shot right in the face, throwing him on his ass.
"Next time, look up when a door opens." Patamon said with a grin.
"Okay, you know what, I've had just about enough of you meddling kids and your pet monsters," Roman growled.
"Funny. We feel the same way about you," Blake glared, before she surged forward, the two soon clashing as her blade met his cane.
Roman growled as he aimed a strike at her, but Blake used the Dust she got from Weiss and created a fire clone, which exploded in Roman's face, knocking him back. Growling, he quickly countered with a shot form his cane, to which Blake made an earth clone which stopped the hit cold, followed by Patamon shooting at the damaged clone, causing it to explode into a shower of rocks, which pelted Roman, forcing him to block...and giving Blake an opening to land several more hits. Roman tried to counter with his cane...but soon found it stuck in an ice clone she'd made, stopping his movements, and giving a clear opening for Blake and Patamon to fire one last attack which sent him flying into the wall, which he fell off of, his cane clattering to the side...before he saw a foot come for his face then...darkness.
"Well, that was easy." Blake said after a moment.
"He isn't the strongest is he?" Patamon noted.
"Considering my other could beat him where Yang and Weiss lost their fights and I HIGHLY doubt she was that much stronger than them...yes," Blake said flatly. At that moment, the rest of their group walked in save Ruby and Palmon who were still up above with Oobleck and Zwei.
"Looks like we all won our fights," Agumon grinned.
"We've got Torchwick now, so what next?" Biyomon asked.
"Well...that's…" Gyro started, before gulping a bit. "Assuming we're in the same position...brace for impact very soon."
They all blinked at that, before understanding what he meant, as they quickly got to the roof of the front car, seeing Ruby and Palmon standing there, the two turning back to them "Dead end fast approaching!" Palmon said urgently.
"Group up! Weiss, time to shine!" Gyro said quickly, everyone grouping up together as Weiss stabbed her weapon into the roof, discharging the ice dust at the same time so it surrounded them in a protective layer.
The train reached the end of the tunnel and a violent impact occurred, rattling them all even through the protective layer. In fact, the protective layer was a REALLY good thing cause thanks to the impact, it was basically gone, and they couldn't see anything through the dust that it kicked up. When the dust cleared though….
"Well...this is still worse than I was hoping for…" Gyro frowned at the sight of Vale...and the Grimm piling out of the various holes the bombs had created.
"Looks like the hole's a bit bigger than we hoped for though." Yang noted with a frown.
"Still smaller than what would have originally happened at least." Ruby said, readying her scythe as she looked around, spotting various types of Grimm, from Beowolves, Ursas, Deathstalkers, Tajitus, Nevermores, even Creeps from the looks of it, and… "Oh wow I thought that one was just a story." she said in surprise as she looked up at a HUGE centipede shaped Grimm that crawled out of the hole, a Hell March, according to the stories about it.
"Ok… think we can cut loose a little bit guys, time to go Perfect." Gyro said seriously.
"You sure? What about us keeping 'you know whats' a secret?" Ruby checked.
"Not gonna help us if that thing levels Vale," Gyro frowned.
"Good point," Yang agreed, the group reaching for their D-Crests, which glowed brightly as the Crests appeared on the screens.
"Don't forget about us!" came Pierce's voice, as the group turned to see team JNPPR on one end of the square.
"We heard the explosion, so we came to check," Jaune said.
"Now let's go, time to save Vale," Nora grinned, as all of them had their D-Crests ready as well which began glowing.
(Play Brave Heart)
"Agumon…"
"Palmon…"
"Biyomon…"
"Tentomon…"
"Patamon…"
"Veemon…"
"Gomamon…."
"Gabumon…"
"Salamon…"
"Wormmon…"
"Blast Evolution!"
The light was blinding to anyone who hadn't turned tail and ran, but when it subsided, 10 Perfect level Digimon emerged, and immediately began to fight off the Grimm, focusing especially on the Hell March.
The Hell March let out a hiss as it tried to maneuver around the incoming enemies...but was stopped when Lilymon wrapped vines around it, stopping its movements, followed by Garudamon helping her to pull, sending it into the air...right into Zudomon's hammer. "Fore!" Zudomon laughed as the Hell March was sent flying into the streets. It got up, hissed angrily and tried to shoot venom from its mouth...which was stopped harmlessly by a barrier generated by HolyAngemon and Angewomon.
"There's no point in prolonging this!" Angewomon said as she held out her arms. "Saint Air!"
The holy particles filled the air, causing the Hell March to screech in pain, while the smaller Grimm also let out shouts before they fell over dead, their bodies soon vanishing in the rain of holy particles. The ones who survived were easily cut down by their partners.
"Huh...convenient," WereGarurumon smirked, before surging forward, grabbing it by its 'tail', and began to slam it repeatedly on the ground, before tossing it aside, soon playing a small game of volleyball with AeroVeedramon, before they finally let the battered Grimm hit the ground where AtlurKabuterimon and JewelBeemon pinned it down.
"Hold it steady," MetalGreymon said, aiming his arm. "Trident Arm!"
The Death March stopped dead when it was impaled straight through the skull.
"That's one large Grimm down, and several more to go," Pyrrha frowned as they heard more destruction from other sections of town.
"You guys were with mom right? Where is she?" Ruby asked the members of JNPPR.
"Summer and Keenan split up from us before we got over here, they had to check on other holes that came up, smaller thankfully, but it still lead to a decently big force of Grimm." Ren informed.
"I hate that they managed to pull that even with our preparation." Pierce sighed with a frown.
"Butterfly effect is a bitch bro." Gyro sighed back "Anyway, let's split up and go around town, we need to clear every single Grimm out."
With that said, everyone nodded and split into smaller groups going to check around the city to clear things out.
(Song End)
"Well now, this is a fine pickle we're in." Azure noted as he stood back to back with both Summer and Keenan, the three of them and their partners surrounded by a pair of Hell Marches and an honest to Oum three headed King Tajitu, along with quite a few other smaller Grimm.
"Been a while since I've seen some honest to goodness Hell Marches, those things usually live deep underground." Summer noted.
"Torchwick's actions may have stirred them to come up above." Keenan suggested.
"No surprise there. Those explosions could have woken the dead," Azure snorted.
"We should deal with these quickly," Renamon frowned.
"And with the city in mind, we should go Perfect as soon as possible," Wizardmon added, though he couldn't keep the excited tone out of his voice at the prospect of going Perfect.
"Good idea," Falcomon agreed.
"Alright, let's do this!" Summer nodded, pulling out the Blue Card. However, unlike normal, something was...different this time. Namely the card was glowing.
"Huh? That's never happened before," Keenan blinked, right as their D-Arks started to glow, the Blue Card breaking down into data, getting absorbed into the D-Ark, before the card creation screen appeared, and from it, each of them got a copy of the Blue Card.
"What the what?" Azure blinked. "What just happened?"
Summer looked at the screen...and noticed a small symbol appear for a moment, followed by the image of a crystalline being which soon disappeared, causing her to smile. "A little help from the other side," she smiled.
"Then let's do it!" Keenan grinned.
(Play 'Slash!')
The three Blue Cards spun in the air before each of them grabbed one, then brought it to their D-Arks and scanned them. "Card Slash! Matrix Evolution!" all three of them called out. The light soon caused Renamon and Falcomon to evolve to their Adult stage, before the next stage began.
"Matrix Evolution!" the D-Arks called out, as the three of them held them to their chests, followed by a burst of light as three Matrix Crystals were created, Summer and Keenan's silver and dark purple crystals glowing like normal, entering their partners as normal. From Azure, came a dark blue Matrix Crystal, Azure's grinning face reflected on it, before it entered through Wizardmon's open hand.
"Kyubimon…"
"Peckmon…"
"Wizardmon…"
"Matrix Evolution!"
Kyubimon and Peckmon soon evolved into their respective Perfect forms, revealing Taomon and Yatagaramon.
Wizardmon pulled off his cape and hat, his body glowing with light as he jumped upward, a magic circle appearing overhead which he passed through, his body changing, growing taller and stronger. Gleaming white armor began materializing around his body, attaching to it from various angles, and from his upper back a new cape emerged, followed by a sorcerer's hat appearing over his head. His staff flew through the air, going through another magic circle, transforming it into a mystical sword which soon ignited in flames when he grabbed hold of it. As he landed on the ground, he slashed at the air with his new weapon, and released a burst of magic, the moon covered in mist appearing behind him, said mist rushing into his free hand as he held it up high, forming into a crystal ball. "Mystimon!"
Digimon Analyzer: Mystimon
Mystimon. Virus Type. A Perfect Level Magic Warrior Digimon. A Mysterious Digimon who hails from Witchelny, said to be a powerful warrior of that land. Well verse in both knighthood and witchcraft, he can attack with both high level spells and impressive sword techniques. His special attacks are Blast Fire, manipulating the flames of his blade to strike at the enemy from afar, and Core Dart, shrouding his crystal ball in fire before throwing it at his enemy.
"Looking good, partner," Azure grinned as he saw the new form of Wizardmon.
"Feeling good too," Mystimon chuckled. "Now, let's send these Grimm packing. Blast Fire!" he called out, launching what could be summed up as a flaming sword beam, which cut several of the Grimm in half, while Taomon had trapped the three headed King Tajitu in a sphere, which was lifted up, then exploded in the air. At the same time, Yatagaramon was peppering the field with shots which destroyed the smaller Grimm while the larger Grimm were forced to evade, but they too took several shots, weakening them for the Huntsmen who came after them, hacking away at them.
"Mikafutsu-no-Kami!" Yatagaramon called out, hitting one of the Hell Marches...which shrieked as it soon broke down into data.
"Well...that's honestly pretty scary," Summer sweatdropped.
Apparently she wasn't the only one who felt that way, as a few of the remaining Grimm looked at each other, and started backing off...only to back up into an invisible wall.
"Who said you were allowed to run?" Mystimon chuckled, using his crystal ball to create a battle barrier around them.
"Time to earn our keep," Azure chuckled, spinning one of his kukri, as the group prepared to slaughter the hapless Grimm trapped inside with them.
(End song)
"...oookay, they don't need any help. Moving on," Blake deadpanned as she, HolyAngemon, Weiss, and AtlurKabuterimon all sweat dropped and proceeded to go find other places where the Grimm were attacking, tuning out the sounds of claws against a barrier as several Beowolves were clawing at the barrier, the image of 'Oh god let us out!' on their normally fearsome faces.
"Ok, this is a LOT better than being Junior Detectives like Gyro said we did in canon." Sun grinned as he shot a Beowolf's head off.
"I think he said we just flashed out badges and then didn't do much because Team CFVY showed up and overshadowed everyone with badassery." Neptune mused as he spun his weapon around, chopping off the heads of a few Ursas rushing him.
"And me and Sage weren't even there for that in that freaking webshow? God that's a right kick in the bollocks!" Scarlet griped as he shot and slashed at the Grimm rushing him, jumped over a few and gliding over them, slashing their heads off while they were surprised.
"While I wouldn't use those exact words, it IS rather… vexing." Sage agreed as he slashed his sword in a wide arc, shopping off the stringers of a few attacking Deathstalkers.
"I'm just glad I hopped off my 'canon' path early, don't like the idea of fighting Blake." Ilia said as she lashed out at the Grimm with her whip.
"I believe I can understand that to an extent, considering what I have been informed my 'canon' fate was to be… it is a LITTLE awkward to be around Miss Nikos, but I manage." Penny added, grimacing a bit, before she focused on tearing apart the Grimm, waving her swords around, while others of them shot in their blaster modes.
"Yeah, Gyro is thinking one of you should throw the fight JUST in case," Ilia grimaced. She'd heard that, and from what she could tell, Penny did NOT deserve to be killed...over some stupid plan to sow fear and distrust at that.
"That'd be a reasonable suggestion yes," Monodramon nodded. "Especially seeing as we'll not be able to conclude the festival anyway."
"Girls, averting future death later. Avert possible current death now!" Coronamon reminded.
"Right, time to go all out!" Kotemon nodded. However, before they could go for their D-Cores, they started to glow brightly.
"What the heck?!" Neptune said in alarm, as they all drew their D-Cores, and suddenly the world stopped, literally turning grayscale save for themselves and their Digimon. The light from the Digivices gathered and before them the semi-transparent image of a crystalline figure appeared.
"Digidestined… the time has come. Are you prepared to walk this rocky path hand in hand?"
"What the heck is going on?!" Scarlet asked in alarm.
"This presence...could it be? Are you...Yggdrasil?" Betamon asked in awe, the Digimon suddenly looking rather subdued.
"Who is...Yggdrasil?" Sage asked.
"He's...basically our god," Koemon said.
The humans (and faunus and android) all stilled at that, before looking at the figure in awe "Oh… so we're looking at god… well holy shit." Sun summed up what they were all feeling in a few words.
"Uh… why IS a god talking to us though?" Neptune asked, completely confused.
"I ask again, are you willing to walk down this hard path alongside your Digimon, to forge a covenant to fight alongside each other till the very end?" Yggdrasil spoke again.
"I don't fully get what you're asking, but if you're basically asking me if I'm always going to help Coronamon, then the answer is hell yeah!" Sun grinned, with Coronamon smirking a bit.
"Same goes for me and Kotemon." Ilia added with a smile, making Kotemon blush sheepishly.
"I too wish to fight with Monodramon," Penny nodded.
"We'll fight too," Neptune, Sage and Scarlet said.
Yggdrasil paused for a moment, before speaking. "All of you have a true bond...yet only 3 are ready. But fear not, in time when you are ready, this power will come as well. Until then, go forth chosen ones, and protect this world with your friends at your side," Yggdrasil said, before the D-Cores of Sun, Ilia, and Penny started to glow brightly, their forms changing, and when the light subsided, each of them held a D-Ark. Sun's was colored dark orange, Ilia's brown, and Penny's dark green. And with that, the image of Yggdrasil faded away, and the world soon returned to normal.
They all looked around in confusion "So… that just happened, right?" Koemon asked, a little confused.
"Yeah, it happened banana breath, I'm just as stumped as you though." Tinkermon sighed.
"So… upgraded Digivice huh?" Coronamon grinned a bit as he looked up at his partner.
"Looks like it yeah." Sun grinned back.
"I wonder if we'll be more powerful with these?" Monodramon mused.
"There's only one way to find out." Penny smiled, before holding out her new D-Ark.
(Play EVO)
"Evolution!" the three new Digivices said in a drone like voice, before a wireframe cocoon formed on the screen, followed by releasing waves of energy in the same color as their respective Digivices, with Coronamon, Kotemon, and Monodramon soon encased in the cocoons of energy.
"Coronamon…"
"Kotemon…"
"Monodramon…"
They all began as their skin peeled away, revealing a wireframe underneath.
"Evolution!"
Coronamon's body grew larger, turning quadrupedal as wings formed. The skin began to reform, and the cocoon burst open to reveal Firamon in his glory. "Firamon!"
Kotemon's body shifted, growing rounder as her limbs thinned out, seemingly becoming covered in armor, as the texture formed back over the wireframe, the cocoon bursting open to reveal Gladimom with her swords at the ready "Gladimon!"
Monodramon's body grew larger, his arm-wings receding into his arms, while his claws shifted into a triangle formation on his arms. Armor began to form over his head, shoulder, and tail, while his new skin formed, and when it was complete, the cocoon burst, revealing Strikedramon at the ready. "Strikedramon!"
"I dunno about you guys, but I'm feeling stronger than ever!" Firamon grinned.
"I feel like I could take on a whole army!" Gladimon added.
"Let's go!" Strikedramon shouted as he rushed in and started barreling through the Grimm, Gladimon and Firamon copying him.
"Yeah! They got the right idea!" Sun cheered as he attached his gun-chucks together into a staff and started clobbering the Grimm.
"I guess that works." Ilia shrugged, while Penny held two of her swords in her hands.
"I shall assist in this Grimm decimation!" she said, before starting to swing her swords around wildly as she rushed into the Grimm.
"... she scares me sometimes." Neptune admitted, looking at Penny blankly.
"You and me both man." Scarlet deadpanned.
(End song)
Not far away from them, Jaune and Pyrrha paused in their search to see how they were doing, before looking at each other and nodding "Then can handle themselves." continuing on.
"Man, those guys are crazy sometimes." Zudomon said, before WereGarurumon pulled him along by the tail.
"Why does this keep happening to me?!" Takato wailed as he was clinging for dear life around Growlmon's neck, who was currently fighting off several sizeable Grimm.
Growlmon roared as he fired another Exhaust Flame, incinerating several Ursas, before the ground shook, and pair of King Tajitu emerged, catching Growlmon by surprise and wrapping around him. The sudden movement caused Takato to lose his grip, sliding down the side of the scaled bodies and landing on his butt. "Ouch…" he groaned, getting up just in time to see his friend trapped in the coils. "Hey! Let him go!" he shouted, and despite his fears, grabbed a rock and started hitting the King Tajitu for all it was worth….and attracting the attention of their second heads.
The heads hissed angrily, causing Takato to stop in fear, but hearing his friends angry roars reminded him of the situation and with determined eyes, he threw the rock at one of the heads, drawing an angry hiss from it, to which it suddenly lunged at him, the boy barely in the middle of turning to run in hopes of it losing focus on his friend. At that moment though, the King Tajitu heads recoiled when a bright light covered him, to which he realized that it was coming from his pocket. Reaching in, he drew out his D-Core, and for a moment, he saw the faded image of a crystalline being which smiled and nodded, the D-Core soon transforming into a red D-Ark, followed by a screen appearing, and a Blue Card forming.
"This is…!" Takato gasped, touching the card, before a question went through his mind. 'Are you willing to fight alongside your friend, even if it risks your life?'
Takato blinked, before his eyes narrowed with determination. "I'm not leaving Growlmon!" he said, before scanning the card.
(Play EVO (Again yes))
"Matrix Evolution!" the D-Ark declared, before on instinct, Takato held it to his chest, a light shooting out of it as a red Matrix Crystal emerged, showing his smiling face on its reflective surface, before it soon flew to Growlmon, entering his chest.
"Growlmon, Matrix Evolution!" Growlmon roared, as his body changed, mechanical parts appearing over his torso while his arms turned into axe-like weapons with claws. A mechanical tail extended from the upper armor, while a mechanical guard appeared over his mouth. "MegaloGrowlmon!"
The King Tajitu didn't know what hit them, as one moment they were squeezing the life out of the Digimon, and the next, they were promptly cut apart by a pair of axe blades, falling to the ground in pieces.
Digimon Analyzer: MegaloGrowlmon
MegaloGrowlmon. Virus Type. A Perfect Level Cyborg Digimon. Having grown to gigantic proportions, his body is covered in Chrome Digizoid armor, having gained the ability of flight thanks to the two vernier attached to his shoulders. The armor is rumored to have been constructed in an effort to contain his Digital Hazard, as it contains a lockdown mechanism to prevent him from running rampant. His special attacks are Atomic Blaster, firing nuclear powered beams from it's twin chest cannons, destroying the enemy at the atomic level, and Double Edge, slicing his foes apart with the Pendulum Blades equipped to his arms.
"This is...a new evolution...!" Takato gasped in awe.
The remaining Grimm seemed to be rattled by the display, but several brave (or stupid) ones continued on, including another Hell March that had emerged, but…
"Double Edge!" MegaloGrowlmon roared, and they were promptly dismembered. A challenging roar from the cyborg was the last straw for the Grimm who turned tail and ran.
"You'd better run!" Takato cheered. Of course, that was when more explosions happened, and he noticed that there were still more Grimm all over the city. Then the airships came.
Up from the air, the airships opened, dropping an army of Atlesian Knights who began firing away at the smaller Grimm, quickly helping to cut their numbers down.
"Well, seems like you two have this under control," came a rather intrigued voice, causing both of them to turn and see one Peter Port holding his Blunderbuss. He also wasn't alone, as coming behind him was Leomon, and behind them, cleaning up some more of the Grimm were Team CFVY with their partners.
"Wow, that kid's got a big one," Coco whistled in surprise when they saw the large Digimon who was partnered with the little kid.
"Not surprising. That's a Perfect level Digimon," Leomon grunted.
"Seriously? How'd you manage that kid?" Fox asked, intrigued.
"I'm not really sure, it kind of just… happened." Takato said with a shrug.
Suddenly, they all turned to MegaloGrowlmon as he started, well, growling "Something's coming." he said, everybody tensing as they looked around, Takato climbing up on his partner just to be on the safe side.
That was when the ground started shaking, and before long, the area where the train had broken through started cracking up further, before 8 snake heads broke through, all of them more armored than the usual Tajitu head, and all seemingly attached to the same body.
"My word… an Orochi… they should only be a myth." Port said in shock.
At the same time, Lilymon and Garudamon were approaching the area...and they and their partners saw the Orochi. "Okay, I knew Murphy would give us problems eventually, but this is too much," Yang grimaced at the sight of the large Grimm.
"Yeah, and the only giant Grimm that SHOULD be nearby is the Wyvern in the mountains," Ruby frowned.
"Doesn't matter, we'd better help," Garudamon said with a frown, earning a nod from her friends.
Back below, the fight was on, as team CFVY and Port, along with the Digimon opened fire, causing some damage here and there, but the large Grimm was mostly shrugging it off. In retaliation, the Orochi hissed, before lunging for them, forcing everyone to evade, while MegaloGrowlmon tanked one of the heads, his sturdy armor allowing him to hold it back, before with a roar, he managed to pull it to the side, actually toppling the Orochi to the side. The other heads hissed in anger, and charged at him, this time managing to knock him backwards a bit, forcing him to a knee...which scrapped rather hard against the ground due to it lacking the protective armor. When that happened, Takato felt a jolt of pain go through his leg.
The Orochi reared more heads back, ready to strike again...only to hiss in pain when a bird of fire came down, burning its scales followed by several blasts of Lillymon Flower Cannon. "Sorry we're late, took a while to get the hang of these new forms!" Yang shouted, drawing their attention.
"Any assistance is appreciated!" Port called back, Leomon smirking a little at the sight of the chosen. He knew they could end this anytime...but for the sake of keeping the Crests secret for a little while longer, they were purposely holding themselves back as much as they could.
"Try to draw its attention! It can't fight properly if its focused all over the place!" Ruby suggested as Garudamon and Lillymon split up, before dropping their partners who landed hits on the Orochi on the way down, their Chrome Digizoid coated weapons managing to bypass the hard scales, drawing angry hisses from the Orochi.
"They've got the right idea," Velvet agreed as she and Meicoomon started to keep one of the heads busy.
"You heard them, let's go!" Coco agreed, as the rest of the team joined in, the Orochi soon completely confused as it was peppered with attacks from 8 directions, forcing it to split its focus.
"Let's not be left out," Leomon smirked.
"I couldn't agree more!" Port laughed as they joined in, the Orochi now taking a beating from being unable to keep track of all the opponents.
Back with Takato and MegaloGrowlmon. "Can you still keep fighting?" he asked, just to make sure. MegaloGrowlmon let out a defiant roar as he forced himself to stand again. "I'll take that as a yes," Takato chuckled. MegaloGrowlmon set his sights on the Orochi, and the cannons on his torso armor began to charge up. Seeing that, Takato's eyes widened and he turned to the Huntsmen fighting. "Everyone, get ready to clear out!" he shouted in alarm, the faunus and Digimon of the group able to hear him...and thus were able to warn their respective partners, enough so that when they saw that the charge was reaching critical, they all landed one last hit to the heads, dazing them a bit then cleared out. Just in time too…
"Atomic Blaster!" MegaloGrowlmon roared, as he fired, the blast hitting the Orochi square in the torso, the force pushing it back, while MegaloGrowlmon shifted his torso upwards a bit, the blast now carrying the Orochi into the air where it soon punched a hole right through the body, the Orochi flying through the air and landing in the outskirts of town, very much dead considering it was missing most of its torso.
(Song end)
Once the Orochi was dead, it was as if that was the key to ending the fight, as the last of the Grimm were finally killed, and Miss Goodwitch arrived, using her semblance to patch up the holes.
Once everyone was sure no Grimm remained, they all finally relaxed, the evolved Digimon reverting to their smaller forms, though, Takato was surprised when MegaloGrowlmon became MUCH smaller, and he was now holding a small and round red Digimon with small bat wings on it's head and four stubby legs.
Similarly…
"So, this is your Child level huh?" Azure asked in amusement as he looked down at Wizardmon, or rather, Candmon, who was looking up at him and floating off the ground a bit.
"Yeah, well, first time I went Perfect, it was to be expected." Candmon said with a shrug.
With the crisis averted (and some cleanup from Glynda who patched up the roads in minutes), all that was left was cleanup and rounding up. With Oobleck and Zwei's help, they rounded up any WF members who had still been on the train when it crashed, and soon they and Torchwick were being loaded into airships for transport into a prison cell.
"Despite the heavy collateral damage, thanks to the combined efforts of the Huntsmen, Digimon, and the Atlesian Military, civilian casualties were kept to a minimum. Additionally, a good number of the White Fang were arrested and are now facing incarceration, as well as notorious crime lord, Roman Torchwick. This is Lisa Lavender, saying once again, thank you everyone for saving Vale," the news played before Gyro turned off the scroll.
"Well...objective complete or not, that was...a really big mess," he sighed.
"Yeah, if this was everyone back in normal RWBY, this would have killed everyone, if not released the Wyvern then and there," Pierce sighed, pinching the bridge of our nose.
"But...everything turned out okay, right?" Nora asked.
"Yes, but we've been way too complacent about how big an impact the Digimon have on the timeline," Gyro sighed tiredly. All of them were at their dorm room, and had already changed to their sleeping attire, ready to turn in at any time. "We can't keep going expecting things to more or less follow the script anymore, or we might be caught unprepared the next time a major change like this happens…"
"So, basically, take the script as more of a rough guide, and not the exact product." Yang summed up.
"Sounds about right, we'll have to plan for the unexpected then." Weiss sighed.
"Everything is REALLY complicated these days." Agumon groaned.
"Tell me about it, we saved the Digital World, no issues there, but now saving Remnant is a LOT more work." Veemon added with a sigh.
"It's what we signed up to do though, no backing out." Gomamon said.
"Thanks again for that guys, we'd be toast without you." Jaune said with a chuckle as he rubbed Gomamon's back while the seal sat in his lap.
"Let's just hope the next big thing is the Vytal Festival and not Grimm Eclipse," Gyro yawned.
If there was music in the air, it would have come to a halt, complete with a record screeching.
"Grimm Eclipse?" was the question that came from everyone other than the two brothers.
"...now why did I choose to open my big mouth?" Gyro said dryly.
Meanwhile, somewhere far off from Vale, on an island somewhere…
"Hmm… yes… this data is truly fascinating… I wonder if these Digimon would react to the substance the same way the Grimm do?" a man mused as he stood in front of a computer screen, typing away.
"To think, that creatures made of sentient data were possible. It's as unique as that black goop some of the mutants release, spawning more of the Grimm." the man continued, before smirking.
"Well, I suppose it's time to begin my next experiment. Soon… soon the world will know my name, and they'll see that I was right." the man said, before starting to laugh.
And done!
This chapter REALLY dragged on for us. Even Timeless was starting to get pretty tired of writing it.
But we pushed through, and now Volume 2 is wrapped up... and the next arc is set up.
As always, we'll see you next time, because...
The Adventure Evolves.
