Before we start the chapter i just want to say thank you all so much for the favorites, follows, and reviews. by the way not sure exactly where cinder attacked amber so i'm just guessing, please bear with me.
if anyone was wondering about the one punch characters they will be included and i'll try to fit them in a way that merges the two worlds as seamlessly as i can.
Oh and some of the RWBY characters will fill the roles of minor one punch characters, like the B and C class heroes and some minor villains, like say the paradise group...
...hint *cough*white fang*cough*.
any way...Time for the human monster to conduct... sort of evil. There may or may not be some slight spoilers for those who only read the manga or just watched the anime instead of checking out the webcomic. Which you should by the way if you haven't, it is really good.
Beta/editor: Themischeiviouspuppydog
Time: six months before beacon/ three years after start
Dirt road outside of mistral: Amber p.o.v. mostly
This couldn't have gone any worse in any possible way I could think of right now. I should've known that there was going to be somebody after me.
There always is, from the secret society Ozpin has set up in beacon to the three standing over my badly injured form now. This was the misfortune all us maidens had to bear for our power. To always be hunted for our power despite what the goal or intention may be, we are always caught in the center of it.
This was definitely not how I wanted to meet my end as the fall maiden, at the hands of a corrupted young women seeking to use the power for something malicious. However she definitely wouldn't have brought me down had it been for her companions.
The young man with the prosthetic legs bared a strong resemblance to an assassin that was once sent after my head. Perhaps he was his son or nephew, he had the same face after all, and even the same smirk that promised pain.
He likely took the same amount of pleasure as that bastard of a man did when it came to ending lives of of his targets and ruining the lives of innocents as he did.
At the very least the girl with the green hair and red eyes wasn't into it like her companions. Even though she was the one who cast the illusion, she actually couldn't look at what was about to happen to me. It seems that she was coerced into this assault by the woman in the red dress somehow.
The red woman put on a ominous white glove as the two held me down on the dirt road, the malevolent smile she had widened as she brought it closer to my struggling face. I tried in vain to escape their grip but to no avail as the glove inched closer and closer to my face.
In the palm of the glove small pool of black mist emerged and then a small bug like grimm.
"N-no, please!" my words fell on deaf ears as the young man and the red woman smiles only widen more at my fear as the girl with the green hair attempts to avert her eyes further, at this point she has her head facing the field with her eyes partially closed. From the corner of her eyes I can see she hated doing this.
I couldn't help but feel sadness in my heart for the young girl.
I looked back at the woman and to my shock see a new figure standing behind her. This new figure had white hair styled to mimic horns, wore a tight black long sleeved shirt and loose fitting white pants, and a martial arts belt tied around his waist. He had a serious expression on his face as he looked down on the three of my attackers with his silver eyes.
It soon changed however to a wide and... slightly scary smile.
"Oi, excuse me but can I have a word?" his voice sent shivers down my spine. I had no idea why but for whatever reason I felt that the three were in for some kind of hell.
He brought his finger down to tap the woman on the shoulder bringing her attention to him for a brief moment. She and her companions eyes widened when they heard the new visitor, they all turned to him only for the red woman to sigh and gain a look of irritation. The stranger had no weapon to speak of, I could see she saw him as just an annoyance.
But considering she was literally just about to kill me for the fall maiden's power I silently thanked the stranger for her aggravation. And hoped that who ever he is, was by some miracle here to stop her.
I shifted my sight back towards the glove only to notice it was gone from my sight, along with half of the woman's right arm. 'WHAT!?' It was in a fraction of a second but I saw his hand move at such speed that he grabbed and then severed her limb without her immediately noticing!
*SPURT* Her blood shot out splashing the left side my face before she cried out as the pain finally registered in her brain.
"AAAAAHHHG!" she shrieked as she clamped her other hand on her arm to try and stop the bleeding. Her minions release their hold and dropped me to the ground. I seized the opportunity to painfully yank the arrow out of my back and scramble off to the side of the road as quickly as I could.
The white haired young man was already yards away from us inspecting the glove and tossed the arm aside. Again none of us saw him move shocking the four of us, he held the white glove in front of his face before proceeding to rip the fabric into pieces before tossing them aside.
"YOU BASTARD! THAT WAS NEEDED TO CLAIM MY RIGHTFUL POWERS FROM THE MAIDEN!" She screamed at the stranger as she clutched her still bleeding arm. How was it her rightful power?
"*Pfft!* Who the hell would use a stupid glove to steal some one's power?" Still with that smile, it was terrifying even while he's mocking them.
Those movements should have been almost impossible, even for a seasoned huntsmen to move that quick with a speed semblance it would take years to achieve even half that speed! But there was something really off about him, I could see that he holds a monstrous aura unlike anything I've seen around the kingdoms.
With the red woman bleeding the two teens charged the young man who still had his back turned to them. They brought their weapons in close only for him to disappear behind them. He chopped the two of them on the back of their necks effectively knocking out the girl but only stunned the boy.
"*Tsk Tsk* Sorry, but not happening." He wagged his finger at the two downed fighters.
He grabbed the green girl from the back of her shirt with his right hand and turned back towards me and the red woman. As this was happening I focused my powers on healing my wounds. She and the boy were still trying to process the humiliation the stranger just put them through.
The boy with the prosthetic legs felt the sting of it more so than the red woman writhing in pain, the stranger had his back turned on him not caring about the silver one's presence. I could see it in his eyes, that struck a huge nerve in him.
The silver boy grit his teeth before jumping back on his feet to charge the stranger once more. He lunged at him prepared to kick the back of his head open.
There was another blur but he didn't move, just his left arm this time. His hand blurred and hit the boy's jaw sending a few of his teeth flying out of his mouth, then shattered his right shoulder and smashed his left prosthetic into scraps of now useless metal.
He looked back at his new handy work. "Hey now, you gotta wait your turn."
The stranger just gets scarier by the minute with his incredible speed and precision, but he did just save me from something likely very horrible so I guess I can put up with it for now. From what I could tell he was about to head for the downed red woman to knock her out as well, but she didn't give him the chance.
She rushed past him and somehow grabbed a hold of her severed arm and the boy before using her semblance to create a small but bright explosion to escape the area. The flash hit the both of us and when it was gone both the woman and the boy were gone, leaving the three of us in the middle of the dirt trail to vale from mistral.
"*Tch* Damn flashy bitch," he rubbed his eyes a bit before turning to me."OI. You okay there?"
"*Grunt* Y-Yes I'm fine now." I stood up and walked towards the two. I couldn't help but notice something about his face, he looked kind of... familiar?
"Good, since now that your fine here-" he handed me the girl and turned in the direction of vale."I got somewhere else to be. My job is done here anyway."
"Wait, hold on for a second! Why did you save me, and who are you!?" I asked as I unconsciously cradled the girl in my arms.
He turned back with his smile now looking less deranged but still rather scary. "My name is Garou."
Oh, so that is his name. He ignored my first question but it was nice to know who saved my life, I picked the girl up in bridle carry and turned to leave...
Wait... WHAT!?
"YOU'RE THAT GAROU! THE HUMAN MONSTER!" The one who by himself destroyed several factions of hunters and criminals alike! Just last year! AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN!
His smile formed into a full grin at my shouting. "Yep that's me."
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I looked down at the girl as she stirred in her sleep. I brought the two of us to an inn after Garou left the two of us. I still couldn't wrap my head around that fact, the human monster saved me, just because he was in the area.
But what he said before he left still echoed in my mind. When I asked him why, after all he had done to be labeled as a monster would he save me.
Garou said that he only settled for being the monster before. Just what on remnant did he mean by that? Was all the terror he caused criminals and hunters his misguided way of helping out somehow, by focusing all the fear and hate on him? That made some sense but there had to be more.
For now I put those thoughts aside for now and focused on the girl in my care. I felt something pulse and feed on her aura the whole time she has been in my care and even more during my last few thoughts on my unexpected rescuer.
As I looked down at her I noticed the strange extra aura coming from her, it wasn't large but it was very dark. I carefully turned her head and saw on the back of he neck was a small black marking.
It was the almost the same as the one on the red woman's glove, albeit a lot smaller.
I focused my power to the marking and it was gone withing seconds as well as the black aura. She stopped stirring and and her face adopted a peaceful expression when it was all gone. I set her back down and began to contemplate her situation. I had seen a few things similar to this, markings used for mind control and tracking it's marked victims.
And for it to be used on some one as young as her, such a despicable power!
Now I just have to wait for the girl to wake up from her unconscious state, I have a few questions for her after all this. And maybe a proposition for her as well.
Some hours later: 3rd P.o.v.
The green haired girl opened her eyes to a small ray of light shining on her face after she woke up from her sleep. She felt different then when she was first knocked unconscious by Garou back at the road to Vale. She found that she was in a small room of what she assumed was some kind of inn or hostel, lying on top a full bed with her weapons and holsters off on a near by table.
Oh, and the fall maiden was sitting right next to her.
"WAH!?"
The maiden only offered a kind smile."Good morning to you too."
The girl backed all the way up into the bed when she saw her former target so close and not trying to destroy her. "There's no need to worry, I won't attack you."
That confused the girl so much. "Why wouldn't you, I tricked you and almost got you killed!?"
The maiden looked a little thoughtful at her words."Well yes, but you didn't enjoy yourself like the other two. And I saw the brand affecting your mind." the girl's hands immediately shot to the back of her neck. The mark that was placed on her to ensure her loyalty wasn't there any more like she said.
The black aura plaguing her mind and corrupting her actions was just... gone."I, I don't-" she looked the maiden in the eyes as some tears welled up."W-why?" She had never been shown such kindness before. Not since she lost the one person who did, her mother.
She gave a soft chuckle."Well I am supposed to help whoever I can, it's kind of in my job description as the Fall maiden."
"C-can I ask your n-name?" there was a slight tremble in her voice.
She gave her a smile once again."My name is Amber, and yours?"
The green haired girl swallowed a lump in her throat as the tears were still threatening to fall. "E-emerald."
Amber stood up from her chair and proceeded to sit down on the bed next to the now named Emerald. She almost flinched at the sudden closeness but didn't shrink away, it was different when the red woman, Cinder got up close to her. Whenever she did Emerald was almost terrified that she would get burned to a crisp.
But with the maiden or Amber as she should call her now was so much different than her former employer. Her presence was warm and comforting as opposed to the burning sensation she got from Cinder.
"You followed that woman because you had no choice, right?" The maiden asked as she place a hand on Emerald's shoulder Once again she involuntarily flinched at the sudden contact, but she didn't shrink away this time.
"If you want, I can offer you something better than being just a servant to some one so corrupted by darkness." Emerald just stared at the maiden not believing what she was hearing. Could she really be-?
"I've thought it through, and I could always use a companion on my trips throughout the kingdoms." She was!? There was no holding them back anymore, hot tears ran down the green haired girl's cheeks, but she didn't make a noise as her red orbs stared into the copper ones looking for something, anything that could be sign of deceit or false words!
There was none.
"So, what do you say?"
Emerald choked back a sob and nodded her head "*SNIFF* S-sure." Amber smiled and brought the girl into a hug as she let out sobs and let her tears fall on the maiden's shoulder. She smiled and stroked the smaller girl's back, as she was her mind drifted back to her impromptu savior.
'Where did he have to be, it must be very important to have some one as strong him in such a hurry.'
Vale: Garou
The city of vale was impressive even after dark, although the nightlife didn't really catch the young martial artist's interest. What did was the small apartment building off in the city's residential district. Almost every light was off except on the second floor.
After all the one of the few he considers an equal along with his little cyborg disciple are the only ones living in the entire building as far he knew, and those espers that hang around in his home with him. He even heard the strongest huntsman alive pops in every now and then.
But he didn't really care about them, he walked up the steps to the second floor where he lived. Halfway up he picked up some yelling from a familiar voicde of a little girl and a teen frantically apologizing for whatever thing the girl was angry about. From the shadows on the curtains he made out a pompadour, small flailing fists, and a cat.
"Huh, so those two live here too? Oh well, not who I'm here for." The one he was here for was next door. He stopped in front of the door and her the faint noises of a T.V. and talking between three people. He rung the door bell and waited for one of the three to answer the door, while he did he just listened to the voices from the welcome mat.
"Hey King, pause the game real quick I gotta get the door."
"Can't do it Jaune, we're too far in the boss room."
"Damn, Hey Genos, mind playing for me real quick? Jusk make sure i don't die."
"Not a problem Aniki!"
"And stop calling me that, I'm only two years older than you."
The door opened to reveal a dull white haired seventeen year-old with blue eyes wearing a black and blue hoodie with two crescent moons just above the pouch. He looked at the visitor and had a small look of surprise at the fellow youth with monstrous power.
"Huh, hey aren't you-" The former monster cracked a grin, he knew the former blonde wasn't expecting him.
"-Garou."
"Been a while huh, hero." At the very least he didn't mix up his name like the first time they fought. It actually made him crack up a little when he heard he did it to others he's crossed fists with.
"You here for another fight then?" he raised a white eyebrow that had some really faint traces of yellow if you looked closely enough.
"Not right now. But I do have something to talk to you about." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a pamphlet with the words Beacon printed on the front. Jaune's eyes actually widened at what he was holding.
"Is that?"
"Yeah, they contacted me a few months after our big battle. And they were actually looking for you too." He pulled out a second one and handed it to the Arc. He tilted his head a little as he skimmed through the folded paper.
"Are they trying to scout us or something?"
"Looks like it to me, anyway I just came to drop that off. Apparently the new year starts in just a few months, and they want us to decide by then." The other two inside the house turned their heads to listen in on the conversation. Genos was getting his weapons ready in case the conversation turned violent, while King's engine was already 'revving up'.
"Huh, didn't think they'd notice any of us after what we've been doing." He put the pamphlet in his pouch and saw that Garou was already walking down the steps.
"I'll see you around if I'm itching for a fight." He waved one hand at Jaune as walked halfway down the stairs towards the city. The three watched him leave, Genos put his weapon's away and king stopped revving his engine.
"Huh, What do you guys?" he turned to his roommate and house guest for some advice.
"Looks legit as far as I can tell, and didn't you say you wanted to be a huntsman anyway. Besides you're still not well known anywhere even after all you did." King drawled out as he went back to his place sitting in front of the T.V. He and Jaune went back to fighting in the secret boss room while Genos start washing some dishes.
"I have to agree Aniki, it is the perfect opportunity for you to become a registered huntsman."
Jaune pulled out the pamphlet and read over it once more before they un-paused the game. While they were playing he couldn't help but think about the top hunter academy.
'Guess I'll go to the initiation the pamphlet mentioned, going through some forest shouldn't be too much for entering the school. I still need school anyway, I did just turn seventeen a few weeks back.' He put those thoughts aside and focused on the game.
After all he has plenty of time before he decides anything.
And that is a wrap, i hope you all enjoyed that and again please leave a review as they provide power for me to continue to write these chapters for you guys.
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But for you guys wonder what's next on THIS story, just know the androgynous speedy ninja we'll have a chance to shine. Not sure if i will make sonic a guy or a girl in this yet.
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