Here's the first chapter.
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Remnant and Dust
Masamune growled as he felt a headache, opening his left eye he noticed that he was in a forest, but not in any forest that he knows.
"Where am I?" he asked himself before noticing three other people laid and he wasn't surprizd by them since they were with him there.
Hanbei was the second to wake and he looked around him before looking at Masamune, his eyes went wide and said "Is that really you, Masamune Date?"
"Are you stupid or what?" replied the One-Eyed Dragon "Of course that's me"
"I feel like I've past on my entire stock of Sake" said Ujiyasu while waking up, he also looked around before locking his sight on Masamune "Ok… maybe I did it"
This time, both Masamune and Hanbei looked at Ujiyasu.
"What an interesting sight" said Sasaki Kojiro "Apart of little Hanbei, everyone seemed to have changed"
"You guys are just a little younger" admitted Hanbei "But for Date… you look more like your nickname"
"What do you mean?" asked Masamune.
"The obvious things are…" said Hanbei "… your wings…"
"My what?!" asked Masamune with shock as he turned his head and saw two dark blue wings.
"Two dragon wings" said Ujiyasu while searching in his vest for something.
"And your eye is also blue…" added Hanbei "and looks more like a dragon eye rather than a human eye"
"You're kidding, right?" asked Masamune not believing what happened to him.
"You've reached a new level of beauty" stated Kojiro "I'm really jealous"
Ujiyasu brought out his pipe and mumbled "At least he knows how to keep me in balance" he then said "we need to figure who are those maidens, then we can begin planning for what will happen afterward"
"How about using the book that man gave us" suggested Masamune while looking at Hanbei "He did say that the book can guide us"
The boy nodded and opened the book, all the pages were blank until he asked himself "I wonder where we can find them?" something appeared. It was a phrase that said 'Behind the shield that held two axes, you will find the magician in the top of the white tower. He will be the one to unite the maidens and give them the knowledge to defeat the ill mother and her children. Beware of the dark minions, they serve the ill mother and they will destroy the shield and the magician'
"I think that I have an answer… maybe" said Hanbei nervously.
"I know that I drink a lot" said Ujiyasu while looking at the sky "But I need you help to make sure that my eyes are seeing what everyone is seeing"
"What are you talking about?" asked Masamune before looking up the sky and seeing a scattered moon "What the hell happened to the moon?!"
"This is an ugly sigh" commented Kojiro.
Hanbei opened his book once more and asked the question "What happened to the moon?"
The book answered with the phrase "When the embodiment of chaos came in the world of Remnant, his power was above anything in that lives in it. His first action to prove his strength was to send a small fraction of his power toward the moon, and he gave some of that power to the ill mother"
Hanbei hummed and said to the three others "It would seems that the entity that Chumon told us about is responsible for the state of the moon"
"Was that on the book?" asked Ujiyasu while looking with Hanbei "I don't see anything" for him the page was blank.
"Maybe you are simply not allowed to see" commented Masamune "Remember what that Chumon guy said. He said that he gave Hanbei a blessing that's allow him to use the Book Of Knowledge"
"How do you know the name of the book?" asked Hanbei "The name isn't written on the book's covert"
"A book needs a name" replied Masamune "And I don't see a name more fitting for a book like this one"
"Nice idea" commented Kojiro "I am also curious about the creatures that are watching us now"
All of them turned and saw black creatures with some parts covert with bones and their eyes where as red as blood.
"Its look like we got a chance to test our new weapons" said Ujiyasu with a smirk "And I wanted to kill something since I woke up in this damned forest"
"Those thing don't deserve a beautiful death" said Kojiro while shaking his head.
"Just shut up and fight, you imbecile!" yelled Masamune.
"Let's see how well our skills are now" said Ujiyasu before charging them, not knowing that they are being observed.
Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon Academy, was relaxed in his chair and drinking his coffee. One week and the school year will begin. Even if some says that he is a manipulative bastard, he always does the best thing for humanity. Yet his sensors detected an unimaginable amount of Grimm in the Emerald Forest.
"What could have brought this many?" he asked himself before noticing that they seems to disappear rather quickly. No matter what it was, it was powerful. He decided to use one of his many cameras to see with his own eyes the cause of such a thing.
He couldn't believe his eyes when he got the visual on the cause; four teens were slaughtering the beasts with strange weapons that look like they are made of Dust, except for the blond one that was using a cane. And to make things more interesting, one of the teen was a winged Faunus.
"Let's see how things will get going for them…" he mumbled.
The four warriors were surrounded, and it seems like those creatures were more numerous than what the young fighters could explain.
"What the heck are those?!" asked Masamune while decapitating three creatures with one swing and shot another one with his gun.
"Those appears to be the creatures of darkness" answered Takenaka, blocking one of the creatures before spinning the blades and killing the thing "They fit the description"
"They are ugly AND annoying" commented Kojiro while killing many with his long blade.
"We need a miracle to save ourselves from this" said Ujiyasu while hitting one of the beasts with his cane before kicking another one and using the cannon of the cane, he shot it to the head "And fast"
"Ask for wisdom when you wish victory, but don't plead for your survival, otherwise you end will be imminent" said a voice before seeing lightning bolts all over the area "If you know one way to victory, always make a second path, or you will be trapped inside your own path during the retreat"
The warriors looked up and saw a black haired man with a white coat and a strand hat. In his hand was a fan made of white feathers.
"Who's that…" asked Ujiyasu while keeping an eye on the stranger.
"This power…" mumbled Masamune, narrowing his eye "I've never seen such a thing"
"Um… excuse me sir! But can you tell us your name!" called Takenaka.
The man chuckled and jumped to them as the wind slowed his fall "The one who seeks the answer from far away instead of using his own knowledge is smart and reckless"
"You mean that I need to use the book?" asked Hanbei.
"No need" said Kojiro "I think that I have a little idea on the identity of our friend here"
"You do?" asked the three others with disbelieve.
"I do read if you should know" replied Sasaki Kojiro "The only legend who mentioned a person like that was the legend of Kong Ming, the Crouching Dragon"
"Y-y-y-y-y-you mean the legendary strategist!" asked Hanbei with joy.
The legendary strategist chuckled and said "We need to move, I've localized a nearby city"
"At least we can rest" commented Ujiyasu, taking his pipe out "From there we can begin the search for those four maidens"
"We need to go somewhere we can find a shield that holds two axes and a white tower with a magician on it" said Hanbei "And before you ask, I got the information from the book"
"It would seem that this book is really useful" commented Ujiyasu.
"We need to use that book at his full potential" said Masamune "First we reach the city, and then we plan for our next move"
"Let us move toward the city then" said Kong Ming, moving in a direction before that the other young warriors followed him.
"Interesting" commented Ozpin "Truly interesting" he never saw such a thing, such power that can kill this many Grimm in one strike. Was that a semblance? He didn't know. Either way, they were heading toward Vale, that was maybe a good opportunity to have a talk with them. He picked his scroll and called a somewhat drunk man.
"What do you need Oz" said the man to the headmaster "If it's about Amber, I explained everything"
"Don't worry Qrow" said Ozpin with a chuckle "I called you to check on a certain group of people that I spotted nearby, and fortunately for us, they are coming to Vale"
"Should I go get Glynda?" asked Qrow.
"Yes, that would be for the best" answered Ozpin "And please, don't start trouble with them"
"Don't worry" replied Qrow "Everything will be fine"
Ozpin sighed and hang up "I hope that your chance stays away from this"
Zhuge Liang and the four samurai warriors arrived at the gate of the city and noticed something; there was a crest in the form of a pair of axes, and the wall formed some sort of a shield against the danger outside.
"Well… there's a shield that holds two axes" commented Ujiyasu "Now we need to find a white tower inside this city"
"We can try to find a place to rest when we will be inside the city" said Zhuge Liang "But first, we need to think about what to say if someone asks about our origins"
"Let the Lion of Sagami think about this" replied Masamune "All we need to do is to think about this white tower"
"Trusting me for something like that…" pondered Ujiyasu "I dig it"
"You are sure about that?" asked Hanbei, worried that the Lion of Sagami may bring on something that can destroy their cover.
"When I was allied with him, I've seen that he can be very creative and smart" answered Masamune.
"I'm so touched by your words" joked Ujiyasu as it resulted in a fierce glare from the One-Eyed Dragon.
"Now, let us go in this city" said Zhuge Liang.
Somewhere inside the city
"This is unbelievable!" said a blond woman with green eyes. She appears to be wearing a white long-sleeved, pleated top that has a wide keyhole neckline and gauntlet cuffs that flare in pleats at the wrist. Her lower body is covered by a black high-waisted pencil skirt with bronze buttons and black-brown stockings. She also wears black boots with bronze heels, and a cape that is purple inside and black on the outside. The cut of the cape is stylized to end in flames and arrows, with a row of diamond-shaped bronze beads on the back. Above this line of beads appears an emblem of a tiara.
"I know Glynda, I know" said Qrow, a man with black spiky hair, red eyes. With a red, tattered cloak, he wears a gray dress shirt with a long tail, black dress pants, and black dress shoes. He also wears a ring on his right index finger, two other rings on his right ring finger, and a necklace with a crooked cross-shaped pendant.
Both of them were walking down the street of Vale searching for the five stranger, as Glynda was watching the record of the battle. The four teens were showing great skills, and her shock became even more when she saw lightning falling out of the sky on the Grimms.
"What's on your mind?" asked Qrow, drinking from a flask.
"I'm a little afraid of their reaction on us if you start a 'Friendly fight' with them" answered Glynda "If they decide that we aren't here on friendly terms, they might do something like that, or worse"
Before Qrow could reply, a man flew and struck the blond woman, he took a glance forward, and saw the same winged Faunus that was on the recording walking toward the man that flew at his colleague with a pistol in his hand and behind him the blond boy with the cane, stepping on a man out cold.
(A few minutes earlier)
When the five outsiders entered they decided to separate themselves in two groups and decided to regroup near the entrance afterward. Hanbei, Kojiro and Zhuge Liang went to search the east and Masamune, with Ujiyasu, went to search the west side of the city. People were staring at the One-Eyed Dragon, which began on annoy him, and some others commented on his wings. And there, the two samurais were stopped by two men armed with knives.
"Looks like we got a rare specimen" said the first "We can get a real fortune if we could find someone interested in Faunus wings"
"You got that right" said the second before pointing his knife on Masamune "Come with us calmly and there will be no problem"
Shaking with anger, Masamune couldn't hold it anymore and punched the man so hard that he flew away, in the meanwhile, Ujiyasu took the opportunity and knocked out the other thug. Masamune was on his way to finish the man that threatened him, but he was stopped by a black haired man
"Stop right here kid" said the black haired man "Don't do something that you may regret"
"Do you wish to feel the wrath of the One-Eyed Dragon alongside that fool?" asked Masamune.
"I don't like your tone, brat" replied the black haired man narrowing his eyes and grabbing a sword.
"Fine then" said Masamune as he took a second pistol "I will bleed you dry! And you will know that Date Masamune is to be feared!"
"Try it if you can" taunted his opponent "I bet that you won't be able to hit me once"
Masamune shot the man three time, but the man deflected the shots and one of them past near a bystander.
"Why don't you use that sword?" asked the man "You don't know how to use it?"
"Imbecile!" replied Masamune "You don't know who you are pissing off!"
"Qrow!" called a voice as Masamune was about to draw his sword.
The man named Qrow turned to a middle-aged man with tousled silver hair and thin brown eyes "Hey Oz, what's up?"
The new comer named Oz by Qrow went to help a blond woman to get up before turning to Qrow "What did I said about approaching them?"
Qrow shrugged and took his flask "If I were you, I will try to calm them first" he then pointed Masamune "That kid lookin' like a bull during mating season"
"What?!" yelled Masamune, offended by the words used to describe him, not noticing Ujiyasu who was trying to hold his laughter.
"Please excuse him" said the silver haired man "My name is Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon Academy, and I wish to have a talk with you"
'Not bad' thought Ujiyasu before walking toward them "The name's Ujiyasu Hojo, and this fella is Date Masamune, we are searching a white tower, any idea?"
'He's forward' thought Masamune while looking at the Lion of Sagami 'What's the plan now Ujiyasu?'
"A white tower?" questioned the blond woman.
"Long story" replied Ujiyasu "We need to there and meet someone very important"
"The only white tower in vale is the tower of Beacon" informed Ozpin "Does that mean that you are looking for me?"
"Then we need a mush secured place to talk in" said Ujiyasu with a grin.
With the other group, they were walking and asking. For many minutes, they asked anyone they came across, until they arrived at the Cross Continental Tower with what information they collected.
"This tower isn't white" remarked Kojiro.
"Well… it's a tower" said Hanbei nervously.
"Maybe we didn't saw through the meaning like we should have" said Zhuge Liang "Maybe there's a hidden meaning"
"Y-yeah, you're right, Maser Zhuge Liang" said Hanbei, looking down "Maybe I didn't found the true meaning"
"Or… maybe we haven't reached it yet" said Kojiro looking toward a cliff.
"The white tower!" said Hanbei with joy and relief.
"Now we need to find the others and go there" said Zhuge Liang.
"There you are!" the three of them turned and saw Ujiyasu and Masamune, accompanied with three other persons.
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