It has been a few days since Wonder of U teamed up with Ozpin.
It was midnight.
James was waiting in the courtyard in Beacon Academy with Wonder of U.
They were waiting for a dropship to land.
"So...think she'll be here? To help us commence Operation Headmaster?" Wonder of U asked.
"She will. She has never disappointed me." James said proudly.
"But she isn't the only one who will be helping us..." Glynda joined them.
"Don't worry Glynda, Qrow won't screw this up..." Ozpin reassured.
"I hope so..." James groaned.
"Why would he screw this up?" Wonder of U asked confused.
"He's...the best huntsman we got but..." Glynda started explaining.
"He's an alcoholic..." James finished.
"Speak of the devil..." Ozpin said as they all looked up to see a crow in the sky.
The crow then came down and landed on James's shoulder.
This made Glynda and James uncomfortable while Ozpin chuckled.
"Is that him?" Wonder of U asked pointing at the crow on James's shoulder.
The Bird then flew down from his shoulder and transformed into a man.
Wonder of U was surprised. "It's a man!?" He exclaimed.
"Always have been." Qrow said as he glared at Wonder of U.
"So you know what to do?" Ozpin asked.
"Yup. Nice to meet the man that massacred my sister's tribe..." Qrow said as he held out his hand.
Then James's robot fist collided into Qrow's face. "What was that for?!" Qrow exclaimed in shock.
"That, Qrow is our associate's power at work. It's automatic, he can't turn it off." Ozpin exclaimed.
"I am sorry anyway." James said as he fixed his hand.
"Can't even shake hands..." Qrow groaned.
"Sorry about that..." Wonder of U apologised.
Then a dropship landed near them. "Why did she have to be here?" Qrow asked in annoyance.
"So that she would finish the mission legally with evidence around." James said.
"Am I not legal enough for you?!" Qrow exclaimed.
"No offense Qrow but you look shadier than James and he's ruined multiple lives." Wonder of U said as James looked down in shame and Qrow looked at Ozpin in anger.
The doors to the dropship opened and and a woman came out of it.
"Well, hello there ice queen!" Qrow said as she was annoyed.
"Why is he here?" Winter asked irritated.
"Winter I know you hate him and all but he capable of finishing this mission." James said.
"Forgive my rudeness, General." Winter said.
"She's Specialist Winter Schnee" James introduced her.
"Nice to meet you, I am the Wonder of U." Wonder of U said as Winter smiled.
Qrow was anticipating for something to happened to Winter but nothing happened.
"Why doesn't she get punched!?" Qrow exclaimed irritated.
"Because I paid more attention to the report." Winter said as she smirked.
But she was struck by calamity a few times when she did read the report but she doesn't want Qrow to know that.
"I believe you all know what to do?" Ozpin asked.
"Record evidence of Lionheart's crime and arrest him." Winter said.
"Beat him and those with him." Qrow said.
"Replace him with myself. Temporarily until a new headmaster is employed." Wonder of U said.
"Good. Operation Headmaster begins now!" James said as they were walking into the dropship.
"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby yelled from somewhere and dashed into him.
Qrow quickly caught her.
"Did you miss me!?" Ruby asked excited not noticing Wonder of U.
"Not at all..." Qrow said as he smiled.
"What are you doing here it's past curfew!" Glynda exclaimed.
"Uhhh..." Ruby was trying to find an excuse.
"Miss Goodwitch, I am sorry!" Ruby just apologised.
Ruby then notices Winter standing beside them and mistakes her for Weiss.
"Weiss! Why are you here?! Did you get caught too!?" Ruby exclaimed looking at her.
But then Ruby notices she is taller than Weiss.
"That's Weiss's older sister Winter Schnee." James said as Wonder of U quietly walked inside.
Ruby was surprised. She didn't even know Weiss has a sister.
"So you're the childish, immature, loud and the lazy leader Weiss told me about?" Winter teased as Ruby was shocked.
"What!? No, I'm not like that at all!" Ruby exclaimed as they raised their eyebrows.
"Okay, I may be loud..." Ruby muttered.
"Look, Weiss accepted me as the leader!" Ruby said. She thought Weiss's sister had problems with her being the leader.
"So did we." Winter said as she glated at her.
"Oh...I thought you had some-Nevermind!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Go back to your dorm!" Glynda ordered.
"Fine..." Ruby said as she ran back to her dorm.
"At least your niece is lovely unlike you." Winter said as she walked into the dropship.
"She took after me!" Qrow yelled but Winter didn't listen.
Qrow walked into the dropship muttering angrily while Ozpin chuckled.
The dropship took off in a few moments.
"You think they'll reach Haven safely?" Glynda asked worried.
"Of course, they will. They have him" Ozpin said.
A few minutes later...
Ruby quietly entered her dorm. She expected everyone to be asleep but was surprised to see her teammates awake and waiting for her.
"Where were you?" Weiss coldly asked.
"I...was talking with uncle Qrow." Ruby said.
"Liar. He's not here." Yang didn't believe her.
"I really DID talk to him and Weiss's big sis..." Ruby said as they were surprised.
"You saw my sister?" Weiss asked skeptical. Ruby nodded.
"I highly doubt she would be here and talk to you and instead of me." Weiss said.
"That reminds me...Weiss." Ruby said glaring at her.
"Am I CHILDISH, IMMATURE, LOUD AND LAZY TO YOU?!" Ruby yelled as Weiss was speechless.
"You are loud!" Yang exclaimed.
"You want to eat cookies like a child," Blake said.
"So you really DID talk with Winter?!" Weiss exclaimed surprised.
"I told you!" Ruby exclaimed.
"But what's she doing here? I should talk to her..." Weiss said excited to talk to her sister.
"No, Weiss! Miss Goodwitch will scold you!" Ruby warned as Weiss stopped.
Then they heard knocking on their door. Weiss opened it to see an angry Goodwitch.
"I got some noise complaints." Goodwitch said. They knew that they are screwed.
12 hours later...
The airship has almost reached Haven.
They were quite surprised in the last few hours. Qrow and Winter thought they have to fight hordes of airborne grimm.
But they didn't even get the chance to. Because everytime a grimm dares to pursue them, calamity destroys them.
Whether it's a horde of giant or small grimms, calamity comes for them all.
"If there was another person here we would beva team." Qrow said bored.
"I'd never be on the same team as you." Winter spat.
"But you are..." Wonder of U said.
"Only to save the world." Winter said.
"The world can never be saved. We're just putting an end to an enemy of ours." Wonder of U said.
"I can't disagree with that..." Qrow agreed.
"Isn't Salem the one who wants to kill all of us?" Winter asked.
"She wants to kill herself more than any of us. It's just that we'll also be dead." Wonder of U said.
"What do you mean by that?" Qrow asked confused.
"I meant that she has been cursed with immortality by the God of Light, so as long there's even an particle of her, she won't die." Wonder of U said.
"How do we kill her then?" Winter asked.
"Why kill her when we can just get rid of her?" Wonder of U said as they were confused.
"How can we capture her?" Winter asked.
"What's stopping us? The grimm? We'll kill each grimm in her vicinity in one go." Wonder of U said.
"But doesn't she posses magic?" Winter asked.
"Magic is like a semblance except it can be spammed but just like semblances, it also has it's limitations." Wonder of U said.
"What about everything else?" Qrow asked.
"What do you mean?" Wonder of U asked confused.
"He meant the White Fang and others who are our enemies." Winter clarified.
"So you do understand me ice queen..." Qrow said as she sighed in irritation.
"They'll be even bigger problems if we win." Wonder of U answered as they were surprised.
"How?" Winter asked confused.
"The grimm has always targeted humans, faunus and everything else. Because of that we've learnt to stand proud and united to end those who wants to tear us apart. But after they're gone, It'll be us tearing us apart." Wonder of U said as they were speechless.
They wanted to protest but they had seen people hurt each other many times for selfish reasons. They couldn't deny his words.
"Our objective is to end Salem while Ozpin's objective is to establish peace. We shouldn't be on the same side but here we are." Wonder of U said.
"How can Oz...finish his mission?" Qrow asked.
"By doing nothing essentially. He should just have all the relics with him while Salem is winning. Then the remainder of hummanity will stand together and Ozpin brings the relics together and wins..." Wonder of U gave his thoughts.
"There's no way he would do that!" Qrow exclaimed.
"Salem knows that too. Ozpin won't win until he makes sacrifices like that." Wonder of U said.
Qrow got his scroll out since he was bored.
"What's that?" Wonder of U asked looking at the scroll in Qrow's hand.
"You...don't know what a scroll is...?" Qrow surprised.
"A scroll? I thought they were made of paper and not...whatever that is?" Wonder of U said.
"Jeez, how old are you?" Qrow asked.
"How many slices of bread have you eaten in your life?" Wonder of U asked as he smirked.
It took a few moments for Qrow to process what he said. "So...50?" Winter asked smilling too.
"Hey! I have eaten many more breads than 50! I don't always drink." Qrow exclaimed irritated as they chuckled.
"I am around 90." Wonder of U said.
"Close enough. How did you know that I have eaten 93 breads my entire life?" Qrow asked surprised.
"You don't look like you would enjoy eating bread." Winter said as Wonder of U nodded.
"I thought you'd be older, like a centenarian Mr Wonder of U." Winter said.
Wonder of U grabbed Qrow's scroll and was examining it.
"By the way, why the name Wonder of U?" Qrow asked curiously.
"My favourite song is called "The Wonder of You." " Wonder of U answered hoping for Qrow to drop his curiosity.
"You named yourself after a song?!" Winter and Qrow exclaimed at the same time.
"One of you is named after a season that kills trees and the other one is named after an ugly bird." Wonder of U roasted them.
"Hey!" They both yelled as he smirked.
"I am not ugly!" "Winter doesn't just kill people!" They both yelled.
Wonder of U ignored them and turned on the scroll. He gasped as he turned it on.
"What the hell is this brightness!?" Wonder of U exclaimed. They weren't expecting that reaction.
"What's wrong with it? It's fine to me..." Qrow sighed.
"It's brighter than your future!" Wonder of U roasted him.
Winter wanted to laugh but held herself back. There was only a grin on her face.
"Yeah, smile all you want ice queen! I am aware of how bright it is compared to my future..." Qrow grumbled.
"We're here." The pilot said after noticing Haven Academy.
"Land on the Quad." Wonder of U ordered as the pilot landed it.
They observed their surroundings and was surprised to see it empty, like this place was deserted, no signs of life.
"Pilot, be ready to take off and if you think there's danger, immediately fly away." Wonder of U ordered. The pilot nodded.
"Let's apprehend Leo..." Qrow said as they walked out the dropship.
They walked into the Grand Hall. The walked into the headmaster's room to find it empty.
"Did he escape?" Qrow asked irritated.
"The windows seem to be closed from the inside and we would have seen him leave through the door." Winter said.
Then Wonder of U pointed at the wall. They assumed the secret compartment was behind it.
Winter used her semblance to summon a boarbatusk.
The boarbatusk rammed through it and the compartment was revealed.
Qrow and Winter walked in with Wonder of U following them.
They found a circular room with the seer grimm in the middle floating.
"Is this...General Jellyfish?" Qrow asked chuckling.
Then the seer attacked Qrow with I
it's tentacles. Qrow dodged and Winter slashed at it.
It died in that one hit. "You can thank me later..." Winter sais as Qrow grumbled.
"Anyway, where's Leo?" Qrow asked looking for Lionheart.
"Maybe the vault?" Wonder of U suggested.
They turned around and started walking until Wonder of U blocked them.
"What is it?" Winter asked suspiciously. They assumed Wonder of U were going to betray them.
"Shh...do you hear that?" Wonder of U said as they were silenced and trying to listen to what he was talking about.
They heard a loud noise, something like a drop ship taking off but then they heard noises of something coming crashing down.
There was a loud explosion. Winter thought it was her dropship.
"Was that!?-" "No it wasn't" Winter was about to say something but Wonder of U quickly silenced her.
Then they heard numerous sounds of explosions, screams and gunshots.
"They were going to ambush us...But they didn't account my powers..." Wonder of U explained.
"How many?" Qrow asked.
"I don't know." Wonder of U said.
Then a few minutes later, it was silence.
"Are they dead?" Winter asked as she finally unsheathe her sword. She forgot to do it since she was shocked this entire time.
"All I know is that they stopped their pursuit..." Wonder of U gave a clear answer?
Qrow brought his weapon out. Then they started walking out. The closer they came to the exit of the compartment, the more cries of agony they heard.
When then exited, they found a corpse with a pen halfway through it's eye.
He had a revolver near him. Wonder of U crouched and equipped the gun
.
"This will do..." Wonder of U said as they raised their eyebrows at that.
"My powers are complicated. I'll be using this gun to shoot them." Wonder of U said as they shurgged.
They walked out of the office and saw multiple corpses with various decorations impaling them.
Qrow and Winter were horrified. "Guess the decorations backfired and their weapons too..." Wonder of U said as they were disgusted by his choice of words but they couldn't disagree.
"It's the White Fang." Winter informed them recognising the uniform.
"How did they get here?" Qrow asked.
"Lionheart knows, maybe he's even associated with those terrorists..." Wonder of U speculated.
They navigated themselves around the corpses. One of them was still alive and was trying crawl away.
"Oh look Someone lives!" Wonder of U exclaimed as he looked at Wonder of U.
But then he died due to blood loss. "Nevermind..." Wonder of U shrugged it off.
They exited the bloody waiting room and walked inside the Grand Hall to see corpses butchered by the decorations and their weapons.
There was a few craters. 'Their grenades probably went off...' Wonder of U assumed.
"Call the fire men?" Qrow said seeing the fires burning the place.
"Let's apprehend Lionheart first..." Winter said.
"Where's the vault?" Qrow asked. Then Wonder of U pointed at the statue of Jinn.
"Under there..." Wonder of U said.
"Really?" Qrow asked not believing him.
"Yes but I don't think they're in there seeing that it's closed." Wonder of U gave his thought.
"Then where are they?" Winter asked.
"Right here!" Someone announced. They looked at the source to see someone at the entrance of the Grand Hall.
It was Adam Taurus, Emerald and Lionheart.
"So you're the one who killed my brethren!?" Adam exclaimed in rage at Wonder of U.
Wonder of U raised his revolver as Adam got his sword out to block the bullet.
Wonder of U fired his gun. The bullet was also propelled by calamity since Adam wanted them dead.
But Adam used his sword and semblance to block the bullet. He blocked the bullet and successfully absorbed the force along with the...calamity that propelled it.
Wonder of U noticed this and was immediately alarmed. Adam used his semblance to re-emit it at Winter by slashing at her while Lionheart and Emerald go after Qrow.
Winter used her sword to block the attack but the flow of calamity with Adam's sword gave it enough power to break Winter's sword in half, horizontally this time.
'Holup...HE DEFLECTED THE FLOW?!' Wonder of U screamed internally.
His calamity may have been ignored by Josuke's bubbles but this was was the first time his calamity was deflected. IS THERE EVEN A STAND THAT CAN DO THAT? (D4C: Love Train).
Winter and Qrow was struggling to beat them especially with Winter's broken sword.
'Maybe he can just do it with his sword...?' Wonder of U theorised.
Then a part of Winter's broken sword stabbed Adam in the back due to calamity but it did nothing sincehe has his aura.
"Finally I'll be able to kill a Schnee!" Adam exclaimed. Winter was fighting him with the broken remains of her sword. (The handle and the blade attached to it).
Wonder of U regained his composure and fired a bullet behind Adam. Adam was confused until the bullet ricochet and hit him in the back with calamity.
"I'll get you, just wait!" Adam yelled at Wonder of U. Adam had absorbed enough energy with his semblance and was ready to re-emit it.
Seeing that the Schnee was struggling and Wonder of U with a gun, he assumed Wonder of U isn't as powerful as Emerald informed him.
Adam blocked a hit from and Winter and ran at Wonder of U with his sword ready.
But then one of Lionheart's disks hit Adam in the side.
That hit destroyed his aura. Adam was taken back at how quickly his aura got destroyed.
"What!? How!?" Adam exclaimed in disbelief. Winter used her semblance to summon a beolwulf. It went after Adam.
Wonder of U noticed that Adam was coming at him, Qrow was fighting the other two and Winter was focused on Adam.
Wonder of U took this oppertunity to teleport behind Adam. Adam was surprised seeing him vanish.
"What the!?" Adam exclaimed in surprise.
The beolwulf caught up to him. Adam swung at it. Adam used his semblance to re-emit the energy into his swing just as another one of Lionheart's disk hits him in the neck.
The beolwulf was beheaded by Adam's sword and Adam was beheaded by Lionheart's disk.
Winter was fairly relieved and surprised at the outcome.
"Phew..." Wonder of U and Winter were relieved.
"A little help here?" Qrow asked as he was fighting Lionheart with Emerald casting illusions.
Winter picked up Adam's sword and used her semblance to summon multiple boarbatusks.
Those boarbatusks rammed into Lionheart, knocking him down.
Qrow readied his scythe and swung at Emerald. But while he was swinging he noticed another girl with pink hair standing beside her.
The moment he hit them, they shattered like glass. Qrow and Winter were surprised to see them gone.
"What?!" Qrow exclaimed as Wonder of U and Winter was shocked at that.
"Where did they go?!" Winter asked.
"How would I know!?" Qrow retorted. Wonder of U then noticed Lionheart trying to crawl away.
"What happened there?!" Wonder of U interrogated Lionheart with his revolver aimed at his head.
"Th-That's the wo-work of one of the-their semblances." Lionheart uttered in fear.
"What happened to all the students!?" Qrow asked.
"And the staff!?" Winter asked.
"We...sent the students...back home... gave them a vacation..." Lionheart explained.
Qrow and Winter sighed in relief. "And...the staff was...executed..." Lionheart informed.
"What?!" Winter exclaimed in shock. Wonder of U expected that response.
"How did the White Fang get here, Leo?!" Qrow asked.
"I...Salem's subordinates brought them here..." Lionheart explained.
"Let me guess, you joined them and your "Friends" who suspected you might be up to something were executed by the White Fang?" Wonder of U guessed.
"Is this true!?" Qrow angrily exclaimed. Lionheart nodded.
"Why did you do this!? WHY DID YOU BETRAY US!?" Qrow yelles losing it.
"Salem can't be defeated! I didn't want to die trying!" Lionheart tried to explain.
Qrow has had enough and swung his scythe at him.One of Lionheart's leg got cut off as he screamed in agony.
Qrow was preparing for another swing. "Qrow enough!" But Winter stopped him.
"What is the media going to be informed of? This isn't something they can just overlook." Wonder of U asked.
"Professor Ozpin and General Ironwood will decide..." Winter said.
The fire was spreading quickly.
"Let's go..." Qrow said as he turned around and started walking away.
"W-What about me?" Lionheart asked in fear, worrying that the Grand Hall will come burning down on him. He couldn't walk after all, since Qrow cut his leg off.
"You're going to go down with your Academy like a captain who goes down with his ship" Wonder of U said as he turned around and started walking away too.
"Look! Not every member was executed!" Lionheart pleaded for his life.
"A captain is the last to leave his ship..." Winter said as she turned around too and started walking away.
"N-No! Nononono! NOOOO!" Lionheart pleaded as they walked out. The Grand Hall burned down on him.
"Are you all right?" Winter asked worried for Qrow.
"Never been better...Ice Queen." Qrow said.
They looked up to see multiple Atlas aircrafts approaching them. "Seems like our dropship did indeed escape and came back with reinforcements." Wonder of U said.
"The reinforments came from Atlas. The General ordered them to get here before us." Winter clarified as Qrow took out his flask and started drinking.
One Day Later at Beacon Academy...
Winter had just finished telling them about what happened yesterday.
"That was indeed unexpected." Glynda said.
"Haven Academy was burned down to the ground and that's all you gotta say?" Qrow asked.
"If I am not wrong, Their targets were only you three, so why did the rest of the Academy got damaged?" James asked confused.
"Our dropship fired rockets at them when they were trying to ambush us. Those rockets brought calamity among them upon the White Fang. I believe that's why more than the Grand Hall was damaged." Wonder of U explained.
"And we were fortunate enough to find 3 staff members alive." Glynda said.
"Who was that man with that red sword?" Wonder of U asked confused.
"According to our sources, Adam Taurus us the leader of the White Fang of the Vale branch." James said.
'That name sounds familiar...but I can't pinpoint why...' Wonder of U thought.
"And do you know anything about how they shattered?" Wonder of U asked.
"The glass shatter is how Neapolitan's semblance work. When it happens, she teleports. According to your reports, I believe she fled with Emerald Sustrai at Haven." Ozpin explained.
Wonder of U, Winter and Qrow was surprised.
"How do you know that?" Wonder of U and Qrow asked at the same time.
"Right...I forgot to tell you...We struck an alliance or a deal with Roman. His partner Neapolitan is with Emerald, one of Cinder's former subordinates." James explained.
"And Miss Neopolitan tells Roman about what moves they're going to make and Roman tells us. Emerald isn't aware of our deal." Ozpin explained.
"Then why weren't we aware of the attack on Haven?" Qrow asked.
"Did you forget? The CCT was damaged. It's just got fixed." Glynda informed.
"And the media?" Wonder of U asked.
"I will take care of it." James said.
One Day Later, RWBY dorm room...
It was nighttime. The girls were bored.
"I'm finished." Weiss said as she was finished studying.
"Let's watch some TV then..." Yang said as she turned on the TV.
Other than Yang, no one was watching it.
Yang switched the channels until a news channel came up.
"Two days ago, Haven Academy was burned down while it was attacked by The White Fang"
The information brought every one of their attention to it.
"What!?" They all said in disbelief.
"This report may contain some graphic images. Veiwer discretion is advised."
The girls kept silent and listening. The TV showed multiple photos of a burnt down Haven and corpses of White Fang.
"The terrorist organisation known as White Fang attacked Haven Academy."
Blake flinched at the White Fang being called terrorists. The girls were horrified at what the images was portraying.
"The headmaster of Haven along with multiple staff members corpses were found burnt or decapitates."
"The...White Fang has gone too far!" Weiss exclaimed as Blake was silent in pain.
"According to the surviving staff members, the headmaster forsaw this and evacuatef the students back to their homes under the guise of vacation."
The girls were somewhat relieved.
"Yeah, vacation for life..." Yang retorted.
"Yang, shut up!" Blake said as they were surprised by her tone.
"But it is the White Fang who has suffered more casualties. Since the headmaster knew about this, they prepared to face them, blowing up their school."
The girls were shocked at their determination to keep them away.
"Guess they...went out with a bang?" Yang tried to make another pun.
"Yang, shut up! I want to see how many casualties the White Fang got." Weiss spoke up for blake.
"The White Fang has suffered a total casualties of 70 killed and 12 injured."
"That many?!" Ruby, Weiss and Yang exclaimed in surprise.
"Blake?" Ruby asked seeing that Blake was tearing up.
"W-Why can't they just STOP!?" Blake exclaimed in sadness.They comforted her.
"Adam Taurus, one of the leaders of the White Fang is also included"
Blake froze at that part. They all noticed this too.
"Do...you know him?" Ruby asked.
"He...was my friend..." Blake explained.
"What he did was unforgivable but I hoped he would face justice than..." Blake said.
"What they attempted to do was unforgivable." Weiss said.
Taiyang's house...
"It seems that Leonardo fought valiantly..." Taiyang said in sadness.
He and Raven was sitting near each other. They just finished hearing the news.
"That...is not Lionheart's doing..." Raven muttered knowing how that happened.
Ok guys that's it for this chapter. Sorry for any writing mistakes.Drop your reviews.
Sorry if this chapter felt anti-climactic.
Anyway, seeing that this chapter is labled Love Train because of how Adam deflected the calamity with his sword like how Love Train deflects misfortune.
I mean the calamity is misfortune and Love Train deflects all misfortune so I guess I seeing how Adam's semblance work similarly like that with his sword, I named this Chapter Love Train.
Maybe the next chapter could be named Magicians Red because things will get hot the next chapter.