Snippet 138
Red Dead Revolution 3
Genre: Humor/Drama/Angst
Pairs: Undecided
Parody: RWBY
AU-Type: Canon-esque AU (Post-Fall of Beacon)
Tags: SI as Pyrrha, Another SI as Roman, This poor sap is stuck as Pyrrha while a lucky sod gets to be Roman, Character Exploration, Remnant's world really sucks to live in, Lady Problems, Light NSFW humor, Both can a secondary power from a My Hero character, New Outfits, New Weapons
Note: Yang will have slight elements of her "Cracks in the Mirror" characterization.
Patch was not so much damaged from the Fall of Beacon other than a small increase of Grimm. Taiyang was in the midst of fighting a few Beowolves with a fellow teacher of signal. There were just two left, and they were ready to take them down only to see two figures leap off a flying disc in the middle of them.
The woman had a completely black bodysuit that features a red 'X' that is stretched across her chest, red armor that had metallic plating, a brown and gold motorcycle jacket, an ash-gray utility belt that features a silver/light gray buckle, a pair of pouches, a pair of serrated ash-gray gloves that feature black outlines around the "serrated" portions, a single, large red 'X' on the palms and the back of the hands, a pair of mettalic bracers, a pair of black boots that feature an ash-gray outline around the edge of the soles, a black cape that features an ash-gray interior, a black helmet-like mask that features a white skull (that lacks the lower jaw) and a red 'X' placed in the middle of the "face", with the lower-right point of the 'X' elongated to end beneath the right eye. The mask allowed for the red hair to flow downwards.
As for the male, he wore a white turtleneck sweater with sleeveless armor plating, black wristbands, dark colored pants, sleek black boots, a long red-orange scarf and matching headband, and a porcleian mask with his emblem pained on it.
"Lady X, seem we've cut into the thick of it." Roman said as Pyrrha wordlessly used her semblance to use her Sundown Sacuer to slice one of the Beowolve' head clean off. "Whew, damn. Guess I need to impress!"
Roman dashed forward as the Beowolf lunged. Roman slid under it and used his cane to blast the Beowolf into the air. Using the retractable hook, he got himself up into the tree and leapt off of it to slam a fire coated fist into the Grimm's skull, breaking it before he hit the ground.
Pyrrha's mask came with a voice modulator which she had flipped on.
"Are you two all right?" Pyrrha asked.
"Yeah, but there was no need to save us. We've still got it." Taiyang said cracking his knuckles.
"I know, but you're a family man. Extra insurance helps." Pyrrha said retracting her the Sundown Sacuer to return its smaller size to put away.
The fellow teacher Tai teamed up, a chinchilla faunus turned to look at the two strangers, asking Tai if he knew them.
"Tabitha, I don't." Taiyang remarked.
"You don't know me, but your daughters know I am. We went to Beacon together." Pyrrha said. "Well I did…my friend just fought Ruby previously. It's complicated, but we can talk more when we're out of here."
Taiyang took the lead and the walk was fairly silent. Apparently, they were not too far from Taiyang's home. Yang was actively going against a punching bag with the metal arm on beating it like, it insulted Summer Rose. Yang Xiao Long saw many things. Nightmares, sleepless nights, and phantom pains. But the two things that drove her to get more in the morning was a festering desire to get out of her depression. Earlier in the morning, she looked in the mirror and saw her reflection calling her out for giving up and wasting away. Yang would have ignored if not for her reflection reminding her that Ruby literally watched people die and is still fighting. That was the drive to get her out there. In secret, she was training her body driven to compensate for her missing arm at first before she openly took the arm to train with it. For Pyrrha and Roman, this was a pleasant surprise, but Pyrrha could still she was still masking the inner turmoil.
"Yang, good to see that you're working on better yourself." Taiyang said with a bit of relief. "I ran into a friend of yours. The one that has the skull mask on."
"Uh, dad? I don't know anything who wears that." Yang said.
"You do, actually." Pyrrha said taking off the mask and shaking her hair out. "But I was supposed to be dead."
The look on Yang's face as she sputtered and tried to make sense of how Pyrrha Nikos was standing in front of her despite Ruby telling everyone that Cinder incinerated her was something Pyrrha had to get used to. Taiyang and Tabitha both were bewildered.
"You can't be Pyrrha. She's…" Yang said only for Pyrrha to use her semblance on Yang's arm to punch Yang in the face with it. "But…"
"Look, I'm alive and that's all that matters at the moment. Besides, are you going to question me being here or are you going to hug an old friend?" Pyrrha said as Yang did wind up hugging Pyrrha while asking so much many questions. "Look, I'll explain later. I came here to help you recover and train you."
"Training me?" Yang remarked.
"Yes, Yang. You have weakness, some of which were avoidable. So, I'm going to minimize your weaknesses, and beat some sense into you." Pyrrha said cracking her knuckles as Roman produced a pair of sai. "You should at least use these. Sword snapping sai."
Pyrrha gave them to Yang while telling her that she was teach her a few things.
"But who's the other guy?" Yang asked pointing to Roman.
"You'll find out later. Now, let's get to work." Pyrrha said with a wide grin unlike her.
"I'll go into town and do some scouting." Roman said.
"I'll give you a ride." Tabitha said getting into her car. "Get in."
Roman accepted as they drove away, Pyrrha got into a fighting stance gesturing for Yang to come her. Pyrrha had been itching to fight another person. Grimm were easy if you knew their strengths and they were mostly mindless.
[Cues: Battlefield Ver. 2 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl]
Yang took a stance as they both charged in. Now Pyrrha knew that she had an advantage in know Yang's fighting style in and out. She was his favorite character until V4 ownward. Right now, it was the perfect time to expel some anger. Yang came with her trademark hook to which Pyrrha expanded her Sundown Saucer and pump aura into it. When Yang punched it, she found a dull pain and electricity coursing through her arm before being repelled back.
"I call it my Sundown Saucer." Pyrrha said as Yang shook her hand. "Trust me when I say it'll run circles around you. You're get a-round though."
"Hey! The only person allowed to make puns is me!" Yang said throwing blows.
Some where blocked by the sacuer and some were tanked as Pyrrha exchanged attacks right back. Pyrrha headbutted Yang before catching her head with her long hair. Before Yang could get mad about it, Pyrrha kneed her in the face before letting go leaving Yang to fall on her butt.
"Sorry, but you left yourself open." Pyrrha said as Yang's eyes went red.
Triggering her semblance, Yang went for the punch only to hit Pyrrha's face while seeing her skin and bare body turn to steel. Pyrrha had skidded back with a slow-healing dent in her face.
"Wait, what the fuck?! I thought you only had polarity." Yang stammered.
"Semblances can grow and evolve." Pyrrha said as she moved in with a brust speed to appear that she vanished.
"Yang, brace yourself!" Taiyang said before as Pyrrha practically appeared right in of Yang's face.
"I…gackkk!" Yang said before Pyrrha slammed her fist into her stomach breaking Yang's aura.
[Music Ends]
Yang coughed up a bit of blood stumbling back as Pyrrha's skin returned to normal. Yang fell to her knees as Pyrrha and Taiyang helped her up.
"You've gotten stronger or I've gotten weaker…" Yang mumbled out.
"Probably a mix of both." Pyrrha said only for Yang to slam down on her feet only to hiss feeling metal. "And we'll have to scrub out that pettiness."
Yang wanted to wipe that look of Pyrrha's face, but she'd had to settle for spitting out her blood on the ground. Within the town, Roman was looked around the sights. The place had reminded of the place Pyrrha had told him she'd come from. A small city that bled into an assortment of apartment buildings, houses, and roads leading to houses in the mountains. Roman was dropped in the center and he took his time to look around. He rolled his eyes to see stores named after the CRWBY staff.
"Monty and Monyneath's Heavenly Ice Cream." Roman said looking at the ad for the ice cream in the grocery.
He was curious and went in buying two small single pints of Neapolitan ice cream. He walked toward a nearby bench in a park, slipping the mask off to eat the frozen treat. He hoped the scarf, outfit, and headband would hide his identity well enough.
"Ok, this is pretty good." Roman said savouring the flavor.
He got a brief past of the past…seeing past Roman and Neo having ice cream on a bench similar to this one some time ago. He looked to the other unopened pint and sighed.
"Neo. I wonder where she is. All alone…" Roman said with bitter sigh. "How the hell am I going to explain me being here?"
He finished his ice cream tossing the empty pint in the trash before he dug into the second one. A bittersweet savoring before he left the park readjusting his mask.
Night would fall, Yang was sore from training which also included mental training, Roman returned to the Xiao-Long home.
"Good, you're back." Pyrrha said as Roman took off his mask.
"When we start the search for Neo?" Roman asked.
"Wait, Roman Torchwick? I thought you were de-fuck it, I don't care about to ask." Yang said going back to her dinner.
"It's rather freaky. Two people who are supposed to be dead, are just here." Taiyang remarked.
"Trust me, it gets weirder." Pyrrha said cryptically. "In a twisted way, I'm not the same person…Pyrrha once was. And neither is Roman…"
"Anyway, what's for dinner? Because I went and bought us all ice cream." Roman said revealing a shopping bag.
"Neapolitan ice cream? I hate Neapolitan." Yang grimaced only to glance at the window. "HOLY SHIT!"
Yang was startled falling off her chair as everyone else turned to the window to see Neo staring through the window tears streaming down her face.
"Well…I assume a friend of yours." Taiyang said awkwardly.
(A/N: Neo's here! Seeing that Neo's fate is unknown in V4-V5, I just decided to speed it along to keep the miniseries compact. No real reason to not have Neo get on the scene, but it had to be done cleverly. As for Pyrrha's weapons aside from the saucers, she's got a ton of shurikens, kunai, throwing knives, hunting knives, blade hidden on her, guns with special bullets, and more. This Pyrrha is fully going to take advantage of her powers. Roman's weaponry is a bit…more robust. Either way, be ready for more!)