Chapter 2: The training begins.
Helloooooo everybody. Cremvtxriv here with another chapter of Dogtooth in Remnant. I've got a rough idea on how to get the ball rolling on this story. But i won't be spilling the jelly beans just yet. Ah ah, see what i did there? I made a funny. But back to business, i forgot to speak about Katakuri's height last chapter. When you're typing up a story while coming down and crashing from a sugar high at three in the morning, you tend to forget to do some things. But i digress. In this story, he obviously won't be a tall bastard. Cause he'd stick out like a sore thumb, he'd probably cause a panic. Lol im just kidding but you get what i mean. but he'll still be kinda tall, like 6'8 or 6'9 (lol). Im glad i finally spoke about that. Now about the timeline, it's around 3 months until Rwby canon, just wanted to clarify that. But im gonna be honest. I thought, at best, this story wouldn't do so good. And i was kinda hesitant to keep this going. But it did way better than i thought it would. Man you guys are awesome. I appreciate the support you guys are giving me. im going to get to typing the first few paragraphs of chapter 3 after i post this. Now, time for some reviews!
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Now let's get to the story
"What" normal speech
"What" thoughts
"What" Katakuri's observation haki
"What" named attacks
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Katakuri was on the second floor of the club, overlooking everything going on at the bar and dance floor. He was currently sitting on the railing with his left leg over his right and arms crossed, holding a few jelly beans in his hand and flicking one with his thumb. He had to oversee things tonight since Junior wasn't in the building right now and the Malachite twins were somewhere nearby, ignoring him. He mulled over what he was told from Junior while paying attention to his surroundings. Then he began to think about how much time has passed since their talk.
It's been two weeks since Katakuri arrived in this new world. Remnant, it was called. And those black wolves he encountered in the forest were called grimm. Talking with Junior had proved to be very beneficial to him. He learned about mecha-shift weapons, the kingdoms, dust, and some brief history about remnant.
Katakuri found out that Atlas was the most advanced out of all the kingdoms in terms of technology. "They're just like the Germa kingdom." Katakuri thought. He learned about the CCTV that established communications between the kingdoms, and the Vytal festival that is celebrated every two years to commemorate the treaty that was signed on it's namesake island.
When Junior talked about faunus, Katakuri was reminded of the mink tribe. Except for the racism the faunus faced on a daily basis. He spoke a little bit about huntsman and what they did. Junior had even confused him for a huntsman-in-training. Hadn't that been interesing?
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-Flashback-
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"So where'd you learn how to fight like that?" Junior said. "You a huntsman-in-training? Which academy trained you?" He added.
"Huntsman? Is that what they call their fighters?" Katakuri pondered. "Something like that. I wouldn't exactly be called a huntsman though." Katakuri replied. "But can you elaborate on the huntsman academy you're talking about?" He said, having his interest piqued.
"Uhh sure. The huntsman academies were created to train young people to fight the grimm. But you need to have your aura unlocked before you can do all that. Aura is apparently the physical manifestation of the soul. it can shield the body from minor wounds and give an individual power to a huntsman based on the aspect of their character, called a semblance." Junior said. "By the way, what was that white stretchy stuff you were doing with your body? Is that your semblance?" He questioned, remembering how Katakuri morphed his body.
"It's best if he doesn't know about my devil fruit ability. I can't reveal my hand if he ever decides to go against me." Katakuri thought. "Its best if he stays in the dark about my power. I'll play it off as a semblance." He decided.
"Yes. It was my semblance." He answered. "Is there a reason you asked about that?" Katakuri questioned.
"Just wondering. That stuff took awhile to clean out from my bat-bazooka." Junior said. "You use your bazooka as a bat?" Katakuri said, confused but didn't show it. "No, it mecha-shifts into a bazooka. Everyone and their grandma has a weapon that has two forms. You born in a barn or something?" Junior said.
"So everyone has a weapon that can take on two forms. Then i'll need to be cautious of those who carry weapons openly. But that also means i can have mogura upgraded." Katakuri contemplated. "Then I'll have mogura modified to keep things even." Said Katakuri as he pulled out mogura from his body.
"There any specific modification you want on that thing? A firearm or something." Junior asked. "Yes, i have an idea on what i want added to mogura." Replied Katakuri. "All right. I'll place an order at a weapon shop." Junior retorted "Just tell me what you want added to your trident."
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As Katakuri mulled over that little memory, he heard a commotion happen near the bar. "Im sorry sir, but i'm going to have to cut you off. You've had enough." Said the bartender. "I've had enough when i say i had enough. Now pour me a fucking drink." The man said, clearly drunk.
Katakuri watched the situation happen and waited. He'll intervene if the bouncers couldn't deal with him or if he decided to attack someone. Two bouncers appeared beside the drunk. "Alright pal, you're outta here." Said one of the bouncers. Katakuri's eyes glowed slighty as he activated his observation haki.
The drunk elbowed one bouncer in the face and punched the other. He pulled out a gun and aimed it at the bartender "i said pour me a fucking DRINK." The drunk yelled out. He saw one of the bouncers get up and pull a weapon. But the drunk quickly shot him in the head.
Katakuri eyes stopped glowing as he aimed at the drunk's head. And like his haki showed him, the drunk assaulted the bouncers. But before he could pull out the gun, his brains came out of his forehead through a hole in his skull. The drunk fell lifelessly on the floor, blood beginning to pool around his head and the gun falling out in the open.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHH." The people at the bar screamed. The music stopped and everyone wondered what happened until they saw the body. The bouncers began to try and contain the situation but failed.
Panic ensued and people ran out in droves. "What happened. Why are people screaming and running?" Questioned Melanie as she and Miltia made their over to where the commotion happened. As they made their way over, they saw the body. "Who killed this guy?" Said Miltia.
"I did." The twins looked up and saw Katakuri flicking something in his hand. "Why'd you kill him?!" Melanie said angrily. Katakuri merely closed his eyes at the hostility. "This is what he was going to do." Katakuri said calmly as he opened his eyes and stared at the twins. "After he was done assaulting the bouncers, he was going to pull out a gun and aim it at the bartender. Then he was going to say 'i said pour me a fucking drink'. He then was going to notice one of the bouncers get up and pull out a weapon. So he was going to shoot them in the head." Katakuri explained. "Is it wrong for me to flick a jelly bean through his skull before he did any of that?" he questioned them.
The twins looked at each other, uncertain about what to do. "Tell Junior it was my call to make." Said katakuri. Then his eyes slighty glowed. "Now this is what you're going to say." He said. "Okay. We got it."
Melanie and Miltia were slightly intimidated by that. But they complied. "Okay. We got it." They mimicked. "Someone get rid of the body. Having a corpse in here is bad for business." Said Katakuri. He got off the railing and landed on to the first floor. "You." He pointed to one of the bouncers. "Get me two boxes of donuts and some tea and bring it to my room on the third floor." Katakuri ordered.
"Y-yes sir. I'll get right on it." Said the bouncer as he ran out the door. "Man that guy is fucking terrifying. Where'd the boss find this crazy bastard?" the bouncer thought.
Katakuri walked up to the third floor and opened the door to his room. He sat on the couch and pulled out his scroll. He started to search on the news to find out if anything significant happened. "A string of dust robberies across the city inflates the price of dust. Roman torchwick is most likely suspected of commiting the robberies." Said the news reporter, Lisa lavender. "This roman torchwick is causing alot of strife in the city by stealing dust. By stealing the dust and causing the prices to be raised, he's effectively weakening the strength of the entire huntsmen community here in vale. But for what purpose? What is he trying to accomplish?" Katakuri thought as he turned off his scroll.
Suddenly, there was knocking on the door. Katakuri got up and opened the door to see who it was. "I got the things you asked for." Said the bouncer. Katakuri grabbed the donuts and tea and nodded in thanks. He closed the door and locked it, making sure no one would walk in on his private moment.
Katakuri sat down and opened both boxes. He lowered his scarf so that it was under his chin, and poured himself a cup of tea. He then picked up a donut and ate it whole. "~Ohhh doooonuts. Soooo delicious, dooooonuts~." He mentally sang to himself. He picked up two more and ate them. "~Delicious to the hole, dooooooonuts~." He picked up three more, stacked them, and then ate them. "~By myself i eat doooooonuts~." He ate another. "~Lying on my back, i eat dooooonuts~." He grabbed and ate another two. "~A forbidden pleasure, a sense of guilt and... doooooonuts~." He finshed the donuts in the first box, and moved on to the other and ate three. "This is a blissful time." Katakuri thought to himself as he drank some tea and ate two more. "Donuts, donuts...ooooooh doooooonuts!~" Katakuri threw four more donuts into his mouth. "~So delicious, doooooonuts~." He sang mentally as he finished off the second box.
He finished the tea and pulled his scarf back over his mouth. "Now that I've had my late night snack, it's time to formulate a plan for my training." Katakuri thought. considering were the level of his haki was, he'd have to dedicate one week for each haki type. And a few extra days to put the results to use on grimm or if a huntsman decides to fight him. "A month and a half will have to suffice. Anymore and Junior will just voice his opinion about my extended absence." He contemplated.
"I'll practice my conquerer's haki first. I haven't been using it much as of later." Katakuri mused. "My observation haki time needs to increase. Even if it increases by a second, it'll help out in the long run. My armament haki isn't iron tight anymore either, I'll have to fix that as well. I need to rectify these problems in the span of that timeframe." He pondered.
Katakuri laid on the couch and closed his eyes. He can deal with those problems when the time comes. But for now, he'll get some rest and talk to Junior about it in the morning.
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The next day, Katakuri found himself being complained to in Junior's office. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE TAKING A LEAVE OF ABSENCE?!" Junior exclaimed. "I need to improve my strength and semblance. There's no need to yell so loud." Katakuri replied. "Listen kid, you effectively brought the amount of fights and commotions in this place to a halt. People are scared shitless every time you walk by. You even have a rep building up, people claiming you can kill just by looking at someone. Is there anyway to convince you to postpone this trip of yours?" Junior asked.
Katakuri crossed his arms and shook his head no. Junior sighed."How long will you be gone for?" Junior questioned. "A month and a half at least. But I'll be back, so don't start getting upset about me potentially leaving for good." Junior mentally sighed. "Shit. That's half the strength of the security leaving for a month and a half. But he said he'll come back so there's nothing to worry about." Junior thought, relieved at the notion. "Any thought on where you're going to go for your training?" He asked. "I hear the towns ouside of the main city of mistral have a bit of an annoying grimm problem. They'll be good training dummies." Katakuri replied.
"By the way, your trident is ready." Junior said. "It's already paid for. You just need to go pick it up at the shop." Katakuri nodded and walked out of Junior's office. "The modifications made to mogura should help me deal with huntsmen if i ever have to face off against one." Katakuri thought.
As he made his way out the entrance of the club and into the sidewalk, Katakuri thought about where to aquire provisions for his training. "Where would i be able to get equipment for the trip out in the wild. I have more than enough money, thanks to my cut from the earnings from the club. Wait, i could go back to the shop i bought the map from when i first arrived." He thought.
Katakuri walked a few blocks until he came upon the weapon shop. He walked in and saw a plethora of weapons all around the place. "It seems this place has quite the variety of arms." Katakuri mused. He walked up to the counter, saw a little bell and rang it once. "Just a second." He heard a feminine voice call out from the back.
A few moments later, a short, buxom woman appeared. She had gray eyes, was wearing a bandana over her dark hair, grease stains on her face and hands, and a black tank top with a jumpsuit, the sleeves tied around her waist. She appeared to be slightly older than him."You're quite the tall one, aren't ya. You Katakuri by any chance?" She asked, looking up at him. "That's correct. I'm here for my trident." Katakuri said. "Ahh right, Someone phoned ahead and said you were coming. Wait here." She said as she walked to the back.
A moment later, she came back with mogura in her hands. Katakuri took notice of mogura's changed appearance.The bladed prongs were slightly darker, the handle appeared to be made of a mix of wood and metal. The wood being near the end of the trident, while the rest was comprised of metal. There was a small switch on the bottom part of the pole and the end of the pole was slightly curved into an L shape wrapped with some binding. "When this thing came in, it was kinda challenging to make something like this from a retro weapon. Those bladed prongs were extremely sharp. I dropped it once, prong first, and it went straight through my floor. I even cut myself a few times when i was working on it." She said, impressed at the craftsmanship. "You sure took good care of this thing." He took the compliment and grabbed mogura from her arms.
"The weight will take some getting used to." He thought as he did a few test swings and thrusts. "But now I'll be on the same level as huntsmen and huntsmen-in-training, in terms of a mecha-shift weapon." Katakuri then turned to the short woman. "You are very skilled in your craft. I'm satisfied with my new weapon." Katakuri complimented. "Why thank you. You sure know how to compliment a lady." The woman said, a light hue of pink on her cheeks as she had a small smile on her face. Katakuri raised an eyebrow at her words.
She reached under the counter and pulled out an unmarked box, and handed it to him. Katakuri took the box and turned to leave. "Wait." She said. She reached into her pocket and put something in his hand. Katakuri looked and saw it was a business card of the weapon shop. "The name's ash. If you ever need any tweaks to your weapon, then you come on back here." The woman, now named ash, said. Katakuri nodded and walked out the door.
He pulled mogura and the box into his body and pocketed the business card. Katakuri then walked towards the equipment shop he bought the a map of the world from. After a 15 minutes of walking, He saw the shop across the street. He crossed and came upon the doors. He walked in and walked to where he remembered where the camping equipment was.
Katakuri grabbed a large backpack, a sleeping bag, a map of the mistral kingdom, a knife, and a canteen. He walked up to the register and paid for all the items. After putting everything in the backpack, Katakuri put it over his shoulder and walked out the door.
"I'll head to an airship bay, and ask how much the fare is to mistral." He decided. As Katakuri walked to the airship bay, he passed by a donut shop. The smell alone stopped him in his boots. "Donuts. Perhaps I'll take some on the airship flight to mistral. I'll buy four boxes worth of donuts. Depending on how much time it takes to get to mistral, it could last me the whole flight over." Katakuri contemplated.
He walked in the door, and saw there was a small line of people. "Tch." Katakuri said. After a few minutes of waiting, he stood at the counter. "C-can i h-help you?" Stuttered a female employee, intimidated by his appearance. "I want 4 dozen donuts." Katakuri replied. "S-sure, it'll just be a moment." She said. A minute later, she came back with his donuts. He paid for them, put them in the backpack and walked out the door.
Katakuri, after walking several city blocks, arrived at the airship dock. He walked up to the station booth and looked at the sign having all the fare prices written on it.170 lien to fly over to mistral. And 230 for first class. "I'd rather not be grouped together with potentially annoying people." Katakuri mused. He paid for a first class ticket and leaned against a wall and waited for the airship to be ready to take in passengers.
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"We are now entering mistral airspace. We'll be landing in 20 minutes." Katakuri heard over the speakers. 21 hours of sitting gave him some stiffness, being stationary for so long. Sleeping didn't help it. Eating all of the donuts made the trip bearable. But it wouldn't quell the bordem he felt. Katakuri looked out the window and saw they were nearing the docking bay.
"Alright folks, we'll be landing momentarily. Be sure not to leave anything behind." He heard over the speakers again. Katakuri picked up his backpack, slung it over his shoulder and started walking to the exit.
As Katakuri left the airship, he took in the view of the city. The various buildings and streets appeared to be on different levels. A lot of the larger and cleaner buildings appeared to be on the upper levels. While the lower levels appeared to have graffiti on some walls and worn down buildings. From what he could see, the higher the level, the nicer it was. The lower the level, the worse it became.
"I'll have to ask which of the towns outside of the city has the most grimm activity and head there." Katakuri mused. He asked around until an airship pilot heard him. "So why you asking about the grimm activity thats been happening? You headed to hanfeng?" Asked the pilot. "So that's where the grimm activity is happening." Katakuri thought. "I'm a huntsman, and i heard there was contract to get rid of the grimm near there." He said. "You look a bit young to be a huntsman." The pilot said. "Despite my age and appearance, I'm very capable of handling grimm." Katakuri replied.
The pilot seemed a bit skeptical but shrugged, it wasn't his business. "Well good luck out there. I heard there's been sightings of bandits in the area as well as grimm. Bullheads are flying out today to evacuate some civilians, so you should be able to fly out there." Katakuri made a mental note about the bandits and nodded. He walked to the fare booth to see gow much he had to pay to take a bullhead going to hanfeng. "I've got a strange feeling about this." Katakuri thought. He paid for the ticket and walked to the bullhead.
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Katakuri walked out off the bullhead as people began to enter it. The people had glum expressions, some looked angry, and a few looked hopeless. "I remember that the grimm are drawn to these emotions. But what caused them to become like this?" He mused. But his only priority was to improve his haki, while gaining experience fighting different types of grimm if there were potentially any outside of the town
"So you coming here to take on the grimm?" Asked a scruffy looking man, smelling like alcohol. He had blond, curly hair styled as a mullet, was wearing a red bandanna around his neck with a gray shit and a blazer with the sleeves torn off, and a leather shoulder guard with the strap in front of his chest. He was also drinking from a brown bag with a bottle in it. "You might as well give up. This town is finished, The grimm are gonna destroy this place." The man said.
"Can you really be sure about that?" Katakuri asked. "There could be a chance of beating the grimm. The future is not certain." He said. "Then it's your funeral, don't say I didn't warn ya." The man said, walking away. Katakuri narrowed his eyes at the implication. "Something's not right. He didn't seem affected by what was happening here." Katakuri contemplated. But he made sure to remember the stranger in case he ran into him again.
He walked towards the center of town where he saw a group of what he assumed was huntsman, judging by the weapons they were carrying, and stood near by. "Alright, listen up. If you're here then that means that you'll be tackling the grimm problem we have here in the forest. Your job is to kill as many grimm as you can, and if that isn't possible and you get overwhelmed, then try to retreat and protect the civilians until they've all gotten in the bullheads. Hopefully that isn't the case, but we gotta be ready just in case. Make sure you have everything you'll need." The leader of the guard force, or at least Katakuri assumed was, said. All the gathered huntsmen nodded and began to check their ammo and various other things.
Katakuri merely crossed his arms and waited for the order to go out was given. After a few minutes, they were all sent out into the forest. He subtly split away from the group and went out to find grimm on his own. He didn't have to wait long, because there was a pack of beowolves several feet away from him. There appeared to be 7 of them. "Lets see how conquerer's haki affects these animals." Katakuri thought as he walked foward, catching the attention of the pack. Immediately, they all began to charge at him.
But as soon as they were within reach, he sent out a burst of conquerer's haki. The entire pack stopped, and stood there in a daze, slightly stumbling while trying to stand in a steady position. "This isn't what what I anticipated when i released a burst my conquerer's haki. They appear to be in a daze. But perhaps this could be a good thing." Katakuri mused. As he walked forward, pulling mogura out and quickly killing the beowolves via decapitation.
Katakuri spent 20 minutes testing if it wasn't a one time thing that affects beowolves. Ursai also appeared to be affected, swaying from side to side but slowly appeared to recover. Creeps stumbled around in a daze as well but also somewhat recovered. Unfortunately those were the only grimm types he ran into, so further testing his haki on more grimm would have to wait. He had to head back to the group.
Quickly using his observation haki, he quietly made his way back. He made sure his departure wasn't noticed, so sneaking back into the group was easy. But a small group of bandits decided to attack the moment he silently integrated with the group. "So these are the bandits that have been lurking around outside of town." Katakuri mused. He gripped mogura and impaled a bandit thru the leg causing them to scream in pain. Two bandits see Katakuri killing one their own and rush him with swords. Katakuri activates his observation haki, in case they had any hidden tricks.
"Eat this you fucker." Said the first bandit as he brought his sword down. The second bandit went for a stab attack, intending to wound his leg.
Kakakuri rushed towards them, meeting them halfway. He quickly thrusted mogura at the first bandit, impaling them. Then turned his arm into mochi and threw a large ball at fhe second bandit's head, intending to suffocate them. The bandit struggles fiercely, pulling fhe mochi with all their strength. But eventually they suffocated to death. Katakuri looked and saw the group had dealt with the rest of the bandits.
"I heard there were bandits in the area, but I didn't think they'd be stupid enough to attack a group of huntsmen." Said one of the members of the group. As the group began to speculate on why the bandits were there, Katakuri felt as though he was being watched. He looked into the foliage and in the trees. And he met eyes with a bird. A black bird with red eyes looking at straight at him. He narrows his eyes as it flies away. "There was something off about that bird. I'll have to keep my eyes on the trees in case i see it again." He thought.
But for now, he had to focus on the elimination of the grimm. He had a month and a half to keep a lookout for that bird.
As the group continued their trek through the forest, things became quiet. The huntsmen were steeling their nerves in case they got ambushed again. For a moment, things seemed got quiet. Until a twig snapped and a bigger group of bandits showed up. "Well, well, well. Look what we got here everyone. Full fledged huntsmen. Why don't we say hello and introduce ourselves." Katakuri recognized the one speaking. It was the first person that spoke to him when he first arrived. "I knew something was off about him." He thought.
"My name is shay .d mann. And me and my associates will be robbing you."
To be continued.
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So, things are slowly but surely building up. Not much action this chapter, but there'll be a little how you say, something something, to make up for it in a later chapter. But at least Katakuri got a weapon upgrade, and made time for his donuts lol. One thing I've noticed in that some badass characters did, is make time to the things they love. No matter how badass they are. But i did have a laugh when typing up Katakuri mentally singing the song. And now explanation time. When Katakuri sent out a burst of conquerer's haki on the grimm, he breaks Salem's control over them. Now the grimm were created to do her bidding, enforce her will so to speak. So when Katakuri sent out the burst of haki, he temporarily overpowered her control over them. But they can recover if given enough time. Think of it like a phone when it's disconnected to the internet and has to reconnect again. And the bandits, boy oh boy will that be interesting. And the bird. I think we all know who it is. But thats enough of that
Cremvtxriv out.