ANGR

by epicvictory2025

RWBY AU. An adventure of Four teenagers attending Beacon Academy. They all have their reasons for being here, and they are gonna prove they can face the dangers and protect Remnant. But can they remain brave and face the unknown that's hiding in the shadows?

2. The Violet Kangaroo

Another trailer is made and now we get to see it.

RWBY belongs to Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth

OCs are mine

Team ANGR

Trailer: The Violet Kangaroo

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I will do what I can to make those that I care about to be happy, even if I have to throw myself into harm's way that stands between me and their needs. I want to know what they feel so I can know what I need to do to end their sorrow and pain in this Grimm dark world.

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The Outback desert of Menagerie; The Wailing Desert.

The sun was beginning to set over the horizon and the sky began to darken over the arid desert of Menagerie in bright colors.

With Menagerie being two thirds desert, the vast majority of the continent is nothing but wide open wastelands of deserts, ranging from arid bushlands, to dry woodland, rocky canyons, to sandstorm raging sand dunes with some dunes being hundreds of feet high. Though, there are also some scattered oasis' found across the deserts too but the high risks of dying out there are usually not worth it.

The remaining one third of the continent is tropical and subtropical coastlines and beaches, where most faunus live and reside at, where it has all the resources and necessities they need, and don't need to go out into the desert.

However, even than, it can get pretty crowded and cramped which causes a good number of faunus choose to live out in the open deserts, despite the risks and dangers that's filled with unpredictable weather patterns, scorching and skin burning heat, raging sandstorms, and the unrelenting pursuits of all kinds of Grimm and predators roaming Menagerie.

This desert is one of the several deserts of the continent, called the Wailing Desert.

The reason it gets its name? Every time the wind blows across the desert, it gives off a haunting and scary sound, like the wailing agony of a banshee. Hearing it could send chills down the spines of those who dare to travel through it.

Despite how dangerous and lethal the desert can be, it's not impossible to live there, with the right equipment and skills needed. In fact, much of the desert is rarely explored and only a few settlements are scattered across it, mostly closer to the coasts where transportation is much shorter to get supplies from the coasts, only to stay in their respective designations and don't spread out any further. The center of the desert is considered unreliable due to large grimm populations and little to no plant life there.

Over the years, many rumors and legends are told; many parts of the uncharted deserts are said to be goldmines with mountains worth of dust that can make anybody rich beyond their wildest dreams, even richer than the owner of the Schnee Dust Company. This has once started the event called the Menagerien Dust Rush, shortly after Menagerie was officially owned by the faunus, where many brave and determined miners, brave or foolish enough to enter, went out and searched for the Dust…. but most have came back empty handed, gave up too soon, or even have never returned….and the Dust was never discovered.

Over time, the rumor slowly became a myth, as Remnant continues to spin on its axis and the moon continued to look shattered in the night sky. Nobody longer cares if the dust in Menagerie is real or not, as too much resources and time have been wasted and many lives have been lost.

As of now, the deserts of Menagerie went back to being the uncharted wastelands that are unfavorable, with only a small population of the faunus living and surviving in them.

As the wailing wind echoes across the rocky and dry desert, something was seen in the distance. A sign of life of a silhouette of an animal and another riding it's back.

From a distance, a quadrupedal creature was trudging across the rocky grounds and sand; It's a dromedary with what appears to be a person riding on it's hump with a saddle and reins, along with some supplies of food and water.

Upon closer look, the rider appears to be a human but is actually a faunus due to having a kangaroo tail.

Since it's dark out, the person cannot be seen that easily but he appears to be wearing a safari barmah hat on his head.

The unknown traveler is riding his rented camel through the dunes in the dark of the night, towards whatever location he's heading.

Eventually, he came across a large sand dune that's only 50 feet high but he also notices a bright light over it; A sign there must civilization, maybe even a city.

The traveler flicks the reigns and nudges the camel's side with his heel to make it move a little faster up the hill, until they've reached the top, now getting a wide and open view.

He's at the edge of the dunes that borders to a more rocky and arid part but that's not what he's focused on. What he really sees is a small city that's 7 miles away that's also completely surrounded by a large wall.

This is the place he's been looking for and now he's reached it.

Despite the beauty of the horizon, the colorful sky of the sun setting that's a mix of pink and purple, and the city now starting to brighten with their lights, the traveler admired the scene for a second before pulling something out of his pocket which looked like rectangular object covered in wrapping.

It's a chocolate bar… a dark chocolate bar that's still partially wrapped up and still fresh.

The traveler partially unwraps it and takes a big bite out of it, tearing off a good chunk and savors the taste. The sweet and rich flavor of candy bar fills his senses with delight of the taste across his tongue. He can never get used to it.

When he was done and swallowed his snack, he rewraps the rest and stashes it back into his pocket as he nudges his heel against his steed's side, causing the camel to trudge forward again, towards the city.

Roughly a few hours later, the sun has finally set. Now the sky started to turn pitch black and the stars twinkled in the sky, with the moon shining over the desert. The traveler is now on rocky ground and is just half a mile away from the city which is now much bigger up close.

He came across a rusted and worn down sign, which likely has been around for a long time, that reads something.

"WELCOME TO BARDUS."

It's definitely the city he's been looking for as he continues forward

Bardus is one of the few major settlements and cities that resides in the desert, which only three that exist, away from the coastlines. This city was an attempt to become a utopia when the Dust Rush was in full swing…. but since it was a failure, the city that was being built came to a halt and now it's an incomplete dystopia with some skyscrapers being halfway done. Now it's just a remnant of what it was going to be.

Though, there was another sign, which looks relatively new and not as worn down, right behind the first. It gave a rather disturbing warning and message.

"UNLESS YOU'RE A HUMAN!".

Complete with an added anti-human sign that shows a stick figure human with a prohibition sign over it…. and X's for eyes with a squiggly mouth drawn on the head.

Yeah… quite a cheerful way to welcome visitors, ain't it?

Bardus is also currently a favorite hideout for the many kinds of thugs, criminals, assassins, serial killers, drug lords, weapon dealers, illegal Dust smugglers, and many other kinds of infamous and dangerous law breakers under the sun that like to hang out here, all of them being faunus. It's also a really perfect place for White Fang members to hang out at to gather more "brothers and sisters" for their cause in their organization. Though, they are in the minority and the majority are mostly the normal citizens that mostly mind their own business but even they are not the nicest people around.

The traveler ignored the signs, as he knows what this city is already and continues forward. Thanks to being a faunus, he doesn't have to worry about being gunned down but he still has to keep his guard up when he enters, since this place is by no means sunshine and rainbows and he could get mugged or even killed if he isn't careful.

Shortly after, he managed to reach the gate which is a massive stone wall that surrounds the entire city. The wall itself is easily 90 feet high and, upon closer inspection, is worn down with some deep cracks and also has a hundreds, if not thousands, of bullet holes and dozens of craters left by explosions, giving out hints that there were some past fights and battles here. The wall used to serve at keeping the Grimm out, except the ones that can fly and those that easily exceed 90 feet in height. But now it also serves as a barrier that only those with being able to pay the toll can enter.

Four guards were at the entrance, but didn't look or dressed professional as any other across Remnant, as they look more like more like those kinds of mohawk punks you see in those post apocalyptic movies. There's also a small tower nearby where a sniper is watching and has his rifle at the ready.

The traveler paid the toll and heads towards the open gate which is wide enough for two sides to both enter and exit without getting into each other's way.

"Hold up." Said one of the guards with ram horns, suddenly.

The traveler momentarily stops and stares back at the guard, but no one can see his eyes due to his barmah hat hiding them but he raises his head a little which reveal his dark violet eyes which gave a rather stone harded stare. One could also notice a dark violet lock of hair hanging down from under his hat and partially covering his face.

"What?" The young traveler answered in an Australian accent but also sounded really stoic and bored.

"Not that I care or anything… but did you come from that direction?" The guard asked as he pointed where the traveler came from which were the dunes.

The traveler looked in that direction but still showing no concern.

"Yeah?" He said again without batting an eye towards the younger guard who's around his age. "What about it?"

"It's just… those dunes are infested with Gravestalkers." The guard responded in surprise at how this traveler doesn't sound any concerned about it.

The Gravestalkers are desert cousins of the Deathstalkers found in the more forested and mountainous areas of Remnant. Unlike their Deathstalker cousins, Gravestalkers are far less reckless and more clever in how to catch their victims. They prefer to bury themselves into the sand dunes and wait for any unsuspecting, tired, and exhausted victims to stumble nearby for them to ambush and kill their prey with their powerful claws and potent venom from their powerful stingers. They get their name of sometimes catching their victims from above them and drag them under the dunes where the dunes become their graves.

They are apparently more active in the day but they are just as dangerous during the night, that most travelers try to avoid the dunes as best as they can.

"And you came from there and made it out without a single scratch! You must be lucky or something that would take a miracle to make it out there alive!" He added like he was shocked and trying to comprehend the situation that shouldn't be possible.

"I wouldn't count on it." The traveler responded. "I wouldn't deceive myself into thinking luck is some divine interference that will always be shining down on ya, like you're special, and protect ya from the Grimm and other dangers. Ya gotta rely on your wits, skills, experience, and even your aura and semblance on a daily basis to keep yourself alive or you're Grimm chow in the end. That's what I consider 'lucky'." The traveler said but than adds one more to his sentence. "But... if you still think luck is a thing, which I can respect, you should remind yourself it won't always protect you."

He turns his head back in front of himself and gently nudges his camel which moves forward again.

The guard was at a loss of words at hearing how nonchalant and bored this guy sounds, yet, sounds so wise what he just told them. Now they are wondering what exactly happened out there and and how he managed to get through the dunes without getting attacked by the Grimm, especially on a camel.

With the traveler entering the city, the guards went back to their posts and continued their guard duties but the guard that the traveler spoke to directly went to his position seconds after

With that out of the way, the traveler enters Bardus.

The inside of Bardus makes it more obvious how it's a shadow of what it was supposed to be; The streets were dusty and littered with all kinds of garbage that most of the citizens don't even bother to clean up. Most of the buildings were worn down and out of date but they still had some additional features, such as neon signs and street lamps that keep the city lit at night. Lastly, every citizen here is a faunus and not a single human in sight..

The kangaroo faunus dismounts his camel. Thanks to being in the light now, people get a full view of his appearance.

At the age of 18 and standing at 5'11", he has a well toned and built body, a slight tan complexion, along with his kangaroo tail that's long and sturdy.

He's wearing a sandy beige cargo vest with dark violet edgings. The vest itself has a lot of pockets stashed with all kinds of dust in protective cases designed to take heavy impacts without breaking.

He's also wearing sandy colored cargo pants, a black belt, and beige leather boots with dark gray soles and black shoe laces, a shark tooth necklace around his neck, and black fingerless gloves on his hands with violet outlines.

He also has several aboriginal-esque tattoos on his arms and legs that are visible but he has more hidden under his clothes.

The most prominent on his right arm is a violet kangaroo and the the one on his left leg is the sun, which is also violet in color and is basically a circle with a swirl in the center and the outside has pointed lines sticking out which makes it look like the sun.

His fancy looking barmah hat is also beige colored and decorated with crocodile teeth.

Lastly, he has what appears to be a pair of metal boomerangs strapped to his hips.

To those who want to know this mysterious young man; his name is Nigel Arvo.

He takes a look around and sees how busy the place is, yet not a single smile or hint of joy is seen… or felt. He knows this place is not like any peaceful city, like Vale. So he needs to keep a low profile and stay on high alert while heading to the place he needs to be at.

"Alright. Seems I've made it here." Nigel thought. "Now's the time to take find a little well deserved break until the time it right."

He grabs his camel's reins and guided it towards a nearby open pen where all the other animals that are used for transportation, like horses, mules, and other camels, are kept when their owners are not using them. Once he tied his camel to it's post, he fetches a bucket of water and food as the camel is resting on its knees and starts gulping down the water, filling up it's stomach.

Nigel pats his camel on the neck and heads off into the city. Though, he can't help but feel he's being watched and narrows his eyes in slight determination and caution as he walks further into the city.

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10 minutes later.

He's already in the deeper parts of Bardus and he knows he has to stay on high alert, as the crowds of people are more abundant, any of them could be secretly following him.

Around him are the faunus citizens but most are minding their own business while others stare at him in boredom… or as if they see him as a potential victim to mug.. or to murder. But Nigel ignores them and keeps walking forward. Besides, he knows how to defend himself so he ain't too worried.

Further down, he sees an entire gang of faunus thugs hanging around and brandishing their weapons that were guns or blades. Some were drinking, smoking, playing games on their scrolls, or even just simply standing their bored out of their minds. Heck, two were even playing rock paper scissors… and the two keep ending up with rock and no winner.

One of them, presumably the leader, is a jackal faunus with jackal ears over his dark gray hair that's combed back and has yellow streaks that resemble lightning bolts. He's wearing a camouflage gray vest, camouflage military pants, combat boots, and gray armored pads on his elbows and knees. He also wears a red cape that flows behind his back. He stands around 6'2" and has a pretty muscular build.

His emblem that's on his chest is some kind of medal badge with the head of a silver colored jackal and has a golden lightning bolt behind it.

Though, if one would notice… there's something crimson hanging on his neck from a chain.

He's busily juggling and twirling his combat knife. As he notices Nigel coming, he gives off a scary and psychotic grin, showing one of his teeth being made of gold that twinkles, as if he's trying to intimidate the stranger.

But Nigel ignores him as he doesn't even look at him. The Jackal faunus growls in annoyance of the insolent amateur ignoring him like he's some wannabe that's trying to be scary, but is harmless, which further angers him.

However, his second in command, an antelope faunus with antelope horns, wearing rather ragged clothing, a pair of goggles over his eyes, armored pads on his shoulders, and wearing a red bandana on his head, notices the violet sun tattoo on the teen's left leg. He nudges his boss' shoulder and points at Nigel's leg as the jackal faunus notices… he gets suspicious and narrows his eyes for a few seconds until Nigel was out of sight.

The jackal faunus turns his head towards one of his goons, who is a gecko faunus.

The gecko faunus is a rather tall fellow, almost as tall as his boss but still pretty tall, around 6'1". He's wearing a red and white stripped shirt under a dark green jacket with white stripes on the shoulders that's left open and he's wearing dark blue jeans. He has a rather short buzzcut that it would take a lot of focus up close to consider he has red hair. He also has a gecko tail that gently whips back and forth, while also having a few brightly colored scales on his face.

The Jackal faunus gives him the signal with a nod… and the gecko faunus isn't responding as he looks like he's in lala land…. and his eyes are cross eyed... and he's got a rather funky uni-brow.

The Jackal faunus orders one of his antelope faunus goon to smack him in the back of the head to reality which he does. the gecko faunus does a rather goofy, mock salute while his tongue hangs up.

"Private Whip Tail reporting for duty!" Shouted the gecko faunus in a rather goofy and dim witted tone while his eyes are still cross eyed.

The Jackal faunus doesn't answer and just leaned his head in the direction where Nigel is heading.

The gecko, now revealed to be named Whip Tail, looks in the direction and actually spots Nigel.

"You got it, Boss!" Whip Tail shouted in a rather excited tone and springs into action. He leaps towards the nearby wall of the building and begins crawling across it at a fast pace and following Nigel but far enough away to not be detected.

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15 minutes later.

Nigel continues forward and now it's getting a little more crowded but still spacious enough to not feel cramped.

On his right, he notices a gang of female faunus in their late teens mid 20's, busily standing on the sidewalk, wearing slightly revealing clothing, just hanging around together, but are also armed with their weapons of choice.

Most of them were either texting on their scrolls, chewing and blowing bubblegum, or even casually talking about their boyfriends/girlfriends.

One of them, in her mid 20's, standing at 5'11", presumably the leader. She's a dark haired snake faunus, with crimson scales on her face and red slitted pupils, black hair that's styled in a bob cut that has several crimson streaks snaking across it. She wears a black tube top that covers her rather impressive and well endowed chest, a silver fur coat she wears that covers much of her back, a crimson skirt that stops above her knees, black fishnet stockings that cover her rather impressive legs, and a pair of black high heel boots in which her left boot has her emblem that's a crimson snake wrapped around a crimson skull.

There's also something on her neck that's silver and on a chain.

She's smoking a cigarette holder and notices the kangaroo faunus walking by. She makes a suggestive hiss and flicks her snake tongue out towards him to draw his attention, planning to try to lure him to her so she can strike where he least expect it and steal whatever lien he has.

Nigel ignores her, not even glancing at her, which causes her to angrily hiss at him in annoyance of being ignored and inhales her cigarette again. She takes great pride in her beauty and those that ignore her slightly cracks her pride.

Her henchwomen stared at her and than back at the kangaroo faunus who kept walking.

The Snake faunus' second in command; a blonde hyena faunus, with hyena ears, wearing a white shirt that has writing that says "Daddy's Little Killer." under a black red jacket, a pair of jean shorts that's colored blue and pink by each half, with pigtails that's colored in pink and blue each by the tips, and holding an advanced metal bat that appears to have slotted holes in them that are closed, takes noticed of Nigel's tattoos and frowns a little.

She nudges her leader who is further annoyed but looks into the direction of her pointed finger.. and notices the violet kangaroo tattoo on his right arm…. she too gets suspicious as she narrows her eyes.

She turns to one of her henchwoman, a jumping spider faunus.

The jumping spider faunus is the youngest of the team, at the age of 16, standing around 5'3", has dark veins all over her skin and cheeks, and has an extra pair of eyes on her head. She has short, purplish-black, hair that is neatly brushed and has two small pigtails on top. Her clothing is rather simple but makes her look rather adorable; she wears a simple black hoodie jacket with purple streaks that has a symbol of cute spider that's hanging by a spider thread with the top ending with a heart. She also wears a pair of dark purple shorts and black shoes and purple socks.

Her name is Bitsy.

She was twiddling her thumbs and innocently humming a sweet song, until her boss gives her a signaling hiss.

She slightly jumped in slight surprise and turned her head to her boss.

The snake faunus points her cigarette holder in the direction and specifically points it at Nigel and Bitsy sees him.

She couldn't help but slightly blush at the young kangaroo faunus for noticing his muscles but orders are orders and she must follow him.

She hesitantly and shyly jumps onto the nearby wall of the building and follows Nigel with Tail Whip in pursuit.

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5 minutes later.

Now Nigel has entered the town square.

Out here, it's more spacious but that doesn't make it any less dangerous than in the alleys and streets.

Nigel notices a few white fang members, wearing those grimm masks, gathered in the middle of the square with one of them standing on a metal platform and making a long speech with some faunus gathered and listening… yeah, he can tell these guys are trying to rally up more "brothers and sisters" to join the White Fang.

The one that's presenting his speech is wearing a long monk-like robe that covers his entire body and a plague doctor-esque grimm mask which has a long beak and is covered in red Grimm markings. He's also really tall, at 6'6", extremely lanky and thin, especially his arms, which are barely poking out of his robes, which have little to no muscle mass. He even looks slightly hunched over.

"Oh great." Nigel mentally sighed. "As if this city hasn't had enough problems and issues it needed. Now we got a White Fang wanker rallying up more sheep for their cause." It's one of those more radical members in the White Fang attempting to gather up more members with those ridiculous speeches to persuade the crowds to join them, while exaggerating them too.

"Here me, my brothers and sisters." Announced the White Fang member giving his speech in a calm and eerie manner, as a lot of faunus that were interested, gathered around and listening. In front of them were holographic presentations that showed many images of the faunus in slave labor. Some were being whipped, some were pushing/pulling the mine carts full of dust, some were even laying on the ground in exhaustion while their human owners kick and beat them while their down.

"For many years, even far back as the beginning of our existence. We've been oppressed and discriminated by the humans for too long. We've been treated as slaves, tools, animals." He added emphasis on the last word. "We work off of our lives in the mines for their dust that they hardly share to us in return". Than the screen shows a picture of Ghira Belladonna and a picture of Sienna Khan next to him.

"Ever since Ghira Belladonna has stepped down from his position as leader of the White Fang, things have changed and the White Fang has gained a new opportunity and ideal. The great and wise Sienna Khan has risen in power and now she's taking a new approach that will give us the chance to earn the respect we deserve."

Some faunus starting to sound interested while others didn't look so sure. But they still layed eyes on him.

"And so, I have come to give you an opportunity to make a difference. If you all step forward and join our cause, you will never have to be looked down on by the humans again. You will-"

The tattooed faunus rolls his eyes and sighs again, as he starts walking away, already tired of this nonsense. "That's enough rubbish for me."

He's glad he reached the town square since there's a bar called the Dingodile and it's right over the direction that he's walking towards.

Even when walking away, he can still here that maniac spouting his speech…. but he can't help but feel sorry for what the White Fang has become. He actually once admired and respected the old approaches what the White Fang used to do and the more pacifist solutions Ghira used to offer… heck, even his ancestors were victims too among the humans and they too once tried to bring equality as well.

But now it seems the White Fang, lead by Sienna Khan, is using violence as their means to get what they want and it will only bring more violence and bloodshed, further widening the gap between the faunus and humans for equality. Even the current symbol that looks more menacing doesn't help.

Such a shame. The truth is that most faunus are in fact treated with equality across much of Remnant, especially in places like Vale. Only a few places that actually treat faunus equally are places like Vale and Vacuo, which are in Sanus itself. Sadly, other continents like Solitas and Anima have mixed opinions and treatment on the faunus… with some even owning them as slaves.

But that doesn't matter to him now. He has his own things to deal with and came here for one reason that he will get when the time is right.

However, as Gale was walking away, the tall White Fang member that was giving the speech suddenly shifted his eyes, that are hidden behind his mask, towards Nigel and stares at him, as he's walking away from him...

Nigel couldn't help but feel someone is watching him and turned his head around but all he sees is that preacher doesn't appear to be focused on him and is busily focused on the crowd that is paying attention to him... Nigel wasn't sure but something doesn't feel right about that guy...

Gale turns his attention back to the bar.

He enters the Dingodile, as he hears old country music playing. It's a simple bar with rows of tables with customers drinking or talking, plenty of space to move around, along with a pool table to play pool and a dartboard on the wall.

Several waitresses, most of them being rabbit faunus with rabbit ears, are moving around, serving food and drinks to their customers while the bartender is at his counter, cleaning a glass with a cloth.

The tattooed faunus heads over to the counter and takes a seat as the bartender looks at him.

"You want something?" The bartender, a mouse faunus with mouse ears, asks.

"Just some water… and an orange slice with it." The Kangaroo faunus said as the bartender quickly fetches his drink. He takes a sip and sighs in content as he now plays the waiting game.

He pulls out a piece of paper from his pocket and reads it again.

Despite knowing what it is, It's an advertisement that shows an event taking place here in Bardus that sums up a huge reward.

The event is a one night fighting match where one must defeat the represented champion of the arena in order to win the reward. It can be as many people who signed up until the champion loses and the winner earns the reward. The reward in question is five hundred thousand lien and a second reward is a question mark, indicating this secondary reward is a mystery and can only be revealed if you come to the designation. The representative champion, who turns out to go by the title and name "Tiny", is said to be a force to be reckoned with and claimed to be undefeatable

"A secondary prize that's a mystery? Interesting." Nigel thought and wonders what that mystery reward could be as he looks at his scroll to check the time. "However, I wanna meet this so called champion in person and see if he can back up those claims that say he's undefeatable."

He checks his scroll to see what time it is. It's only 9:25 right now and it doesn't start until Midnight.

Plenty of time to rest and prepare. While he waits, he scans around the room and sees all kinds of thugs at their tables downing their booze. Not far from him, are two random thugs, one that's skinny with a lizard tail and one that's a bit chubby with cockroach antenna.

"I'm telling ya. Once I get enough lien in my savings, I will be able to leave this continent to another and find a more fitting lifestyle." Said the skinny thug with a lizard tail.

"Why's that?" Asked the other thug. "Not like I really care or anything but why leave a place like this fit for thugs like us?

"It's because of sand." Answered the first thug without missing a beat.

The second thug was dumbfounded and stumped at hearing his buddy's answer.

"The reason you want to leave this continent… is because of sand?" the second thug asked in a "you gotta be joking" tone.

"Yes." Answered the first thug. "I don't like it…. it's coarse, it's rough, it's irritating, and it gets everywhere." He says casually as the second thug looks completely dumbfounded but answers anyways.

"Well news flash for ya." He said deadpan tone. "Until you get enough lien in your savings to leave Menagerie, you're stuck here and you'll find sand that's nearly everywhere so get used to it."

This is going to be a while. Might as well pass the time as Nigel goes over to the pool table to play pool ball and maybe some darts after.

Above him are the two scouts, Tail Whip and Bitsy, that were ordered by their bosses to follow him, crawling on the ceiling, undetected. They noticed the paper he was reading and that's all they needed to know as they snuck through a nearby window and headed back to their bosses to report the status of the situation.

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10 minutes later

The Jackal faunus and Snake faunus were patiently waiting several blocks away, with their followers standing right behind them. Oddly, they are standing rather close together but the Jackal and Snake faunus were busily staring ahead and waiting for their scouts to return.

Whip Tail and Bitsy return to their respective bosses, as they leap from a roof top and land with grace... well... Whip Tail ends up falling flat on his face, while Bitsy is the one that landed with grace.

The Jackal faunus wanted to facepalm but lets that pass, as he knows Tail Whip can be quite clumsy.

Both Whip Tail and Bitsy told their bosses and teammates everything about that kangaroo faunus and what he has but rather quietly so no one else could hear them.

Both the Jackal and Snake faunus glance at each other for a second with frowns but nodded.

They are gonna devise a plan that involves Nigel and hope this may work.

It's their only chance to get what they are seeking...

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3 hours later.

It has been a couple of hours but it seemed time flies when you're focused on something else. He already finished pool and darts a while ago, quite easily no less, and now he's playing some games on his scroll. But since it is time now, he must get moving as he pays his lien to the partender for his drinks and heads out.

Once he stepped outside, it's now pitch black out as the stars twinkle in the sky and the moon itself shining it's light down on the city. The neon signs continue to glow and street lamps also shine the street and sidewalks.

He notices that crazy White Fang member that was giving the speech and his team are now gone. In fact, much of the town square has more space now.

"Seems that Wanker's gone, probably a little while ago… good. Glad I don't have to hear any more of his blubbering." He thought in relief. "Though, he likely already gathered new recruits to join the White fang…"

Nigel now heads towards the direction where the events taking place. The Kangaroo faunus also joins the crowd… but he doesn't know he's being watched by two pairs of eyes peering from the alleys that belong to a masculine figure with a feminine figure standing next to him.

Many have gathered towards one building that stands out among the rest. It's a rather decently large building that was cylinder in shape, two stories high, and had a dome shaped roof covering the top of it with a few open windows around the building. It's covered in tons of neon signs and posters that announce the upcoming event, as everyone came here for the entertainment and the contenders came for the lien and mystery award.

The faunus, most of them being men and a few woman in tow, who are the audience, head up the stairs, while the ones that signed up to fight head into a different entrance which is at the bottom floor in which Nigel is heading towards.

As he enters through, he's inside a the waiting room as he and the other contestants patiently wait for the event to get started. He looks around and sees all the other contenders are either minding their own business, glaring at each other, or even at him. Surrounded by bigger guys, Nigel can't help but feel a little small, not that it intimidates him or anything but he couldn't help but feel puny for once.

Several minutes has passed, until an employee who is setting up the event, comes in and announces the situation.

He tells everyone that the rules are simple…. There are no rules… except no weapons are allowed and Semblances are fine, that is if anyone has one.

Do whatever it takes to beat the champion, Tiny, as long as he's unable to fight any longer or his aura is shattered.

Simple enough.

As the fighters prepare to fight, they had a weapons inspector to check everyone not concealing a weapon…. including in some places…..

Nigel walked to a nearby bathroom and took off his vest and shirt but kept his pants and shoes on. With his shirt and vest off, one could see his muscular and toned midsection and shoulders. But now there are also even more tattoos strewn across his back and shoulders, all in violet color. He also takes his pants off and reveals to wear skin tight shorts to help him move around with little friction as possible but they also show off his muscular legs and thighs, as he removes his boots and socks after.

He also takes off his hat which now shows his hair that's black with violet streaks at the tips. He signs and puts his removed clothing into a nearby locker but carefully takes the dust out and organizes them carefully on a shelf of his locker. He removes his bladerangs, and puts them in his locker as well.

He closes the locker door and locks it with a lock he brought with him that can only open by a code he knows. He doesn't have to worry as the lock is designed to withstand strong blows from anyone trying to break it.

With that done, he heads back out and stands last in line as the fighters take turns entering the arena.

Nigel may be in the back but he can hear the announcer going full ham on announcing what's happening… but the first fight didn't last long as suddenly Nigel felt the ground shake for a second and he heard loud cheers.

"OOOOOH! THAT'S GOTTA HURT!" Yelled the announcer. "BET HE'S GONNA BE FEELING THAT IN THE MORNING!"

A minute later, Nigel sees the first fighter… knocked out and many teeth also knocked out of his mouth as he's taken away on a stretcher…. Most of the fighters gulped nervously as they watch the first contestant go as he didn't even last a minute out there.

As time passed, Nigel keeps watching more and more fighters enter, some last longer, but ultimately end up beaten anyways. One by one, they end up on stretchers and all looked like they got hit by a truck.. or a train.. or a train pulling a cargo of trucks.

Nigel feels a little bit of pity to those guys that got beaten to a pulp but he also mentally assures them he will beat Tiny.

He takes a big sigh and steps forward into the arena.

"Might as well get this over this." Nigel mentally said as he finally steps into the arena and looks around.

The arena is circular in shape and surrounded by a 15 foot tall wall where the audience are sitting at and watching the fight. Most are cheering and yelling at the top of their lungs in excitement. Some of the girls are now suddenly blushing when they gazed at Nigel because he's going in this battle shirtless, he especially looks more nice with those impressive tattoos.

Nigel ignores the crowd and turns his attention to the announcer who has the prize on a table.

The prize is an open briefcase with tons of lien cards in it… now where is that second mysterious prize that is being so hyped about…?

That's where Nigel saw it and his eyes suddenly widened and glistened. For the first time in quite a while, Nigel loses his stoic expression.

Sitting next to the briefcase is a chocolate bar… but not just your ordinary run of the mill chocolate bar.

That is a one of kind rare dark chocolate bar crafted from the richest and most freshly grown cocoa beans that came from a now extinct breed of cocoa trees that made the finest cocoa beans in Remnant. They are now extinct and this chocolate bar is rumored to be the last of its kind.. and now it's revealed to be the mystery prize.

"No way…." Nigel thought in disbelief. "THAT'S the prize…? Alright. I'm definitely winning this match."

Nigel shakes his head and focuses back to reality and goes back to his stoic expression that's also his game face.

Nigel was so distracted by the crowd and prize that he didn't even notice what's in the arena… and he sees tons of craters on the floors and walls… and some blood splattered across the floors and walls. Nigel turns his attention to the large opponent standing 20 feet away from him.

In front of Nigel is the champion… Tiny.

Tiny turns out to be a Tasmanian Tiger Faunus… and yet his appearance definitely contradicts his name.

Tiny stands at a whopping 6'8", with an extremely muscular upper body building with muscles that even the veins are visible. He's wearing lime green pants with black spots. He's also wearing spiked shoulder pads on his shoulders and spiked armbands on his wrists.

Tiny has a pair of tasmanian tiger ears on his head and sharp teeth in his mouth as he gives a scary grin.

Meanwhile, the announcer, a howler monkey faunus with a monkey tail, starts his speech… and boy does he really like to be loud.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" He loudly announces that sounds like he's screaming his head off. "IT HAS BEEN QUITE AN EPIC AND INTENSE EVENT OF MATCHES AND BLOODSHED! BUT NOW IT SEEMS WE ARE NEAR AN END AS WE HAVE OUR FINAL CONTESTANT THAT HAS ENTERED THE PIT! WILL THE TATTOO KANGAROO BEAT TINY AND RETRIEVE HIS PRIZE?! OR WILL HE FALL LIKE EVERYONE ELSE AND TINY REMAINS THE CHAMPION?! FIND OUT AS WE PREPARE THE MATCH!

Nigel gives a slightly annoyed expression at how loud the announcer is being but more so of giving him a random title name for the arena.

"Couldn't it have been more subtle and less obvious?" Gale thought annoyed.

He focuses back again as he stares at Tiny who gives a creepy grin as if he's planning to crush Nigel like a little bug.

"Prepare to suffer, tattoo kangaroo! I will beat you like a bongo drum! I will hand you out like dirty laundry!"

The announcer was about to start the match but was interrupted by Tiny as he keeps rambling on which starts to annoy Nigel. "I am the master mechanic! The Alpha and the Omega! I will put a hurting on you, shrimp! I'm gonna tear you up into shreds! AND THEN I'M GONNA TAKE THOSE SHREDS AND TEAR THEM UP INTO LITTLE SHREDS!" He continues.

"Alright… now this is just getting annoying… Might as well just take the initiative" Nigel thought as he suddenly leaps forward but Tiny is too focused on his rant that he doesn't see Nigel throwing his leg out.

"I will make your mother cry-" But Tiny doesn't finish his rant as he takes a kick to the face that makes him stumble back.

"Oh Please." Nigel deadpanned. "My mother would easily kick your arse and send you to the naughty corner for acting like a loud and spoiled child who thinks he's the king of the hill." Nigel said... though, as much as it sounds like mockery and sarcasm... he's not entirely wrong.

"And boy... can mother be scary when she wants to be..." Nigel thought as he remembers his mother... who used to be one of his teachers that trained him how to fight to as where he is now... as she used to be a rather rowdy and rough huntress in her younger days. She may be retired today, to settle down at raising a family, she still has her raw power and skills.

Tiny recovers and gives a death glare at Nigel. "Now stop mumbling and get to fighting." The Kangaroo faunus said at his opponent, as he looks rather bored and annoyed at Tiny.

"YOU'RE DEAD MEAT!" Tiny yells at the top of his lungs and rushes forward.

Nigel was surprised and slightly caught off guard; for a guy his size, he's pretty fast that Nigel had to lean his head out of the way as Tiny's giant fist rushes past him, so hard that a decent gust of wind was felt and caused Nigel's hair to ruffle a bit. Tiger keeps throwing wild punches that Nigel was forced back against the wall but moved his head to the side at the last split second… and Tiny's fist left a large crater in the wall which surprised Nigel but kept his cool.

"His aiming's a little off… but that's made up in pure power." Nigel comments as he continues to duck and weave around more punches. "Gotta avoid them and not waste my aura on them."

After dodging a few more swings, Nigel had to lean back to dodge a fierce uppercut which left him open and gave Nigel time to land a fierce punch to the side of his abdomen which causes Tiny to grunt and skid back a few feet. The punch wasn't too bad but still pretty strong to send him back.

"Damn! For such a little twerp… he sure hits really hard! Not to mention how fast he is!" Tiny thought as he tries blocking Nigel's punches and kicks but he couldn't block all of them as a few hit their marks.

Tiny suddenly performs a roundhouse kick which made Nigel duck and than forced to jump as Tiny followed with a sweep kick. That left Nigel a little open as Tiny threw forward a powerful. Nigel managed to think in time as he managed to raise his legs and planted his right foot on the fist and used it like a platform to leap off of Tiny and land a safe distance away. That actually surprised everyone how Nigel was vulnerable in midair yet managed to counter the punch by using it to his advantage.

Tiny wasn't deterred as he grins again. "I may not look like it, but I do know a few fancy moves." He suddenly leaps in the air, does a front flip, and comes down with a dive kick. "Which I will use to flatten you!"

Nigel leaps out of the way as Tiny impacts the ground with his foot which also leaves a large crater.

"Okay. Maybe I have misjudged him a little." Nigel admitted. "He does seem to know a few martial arts to compliment with his strength… but still." Nigel continues to dodge. "It's not very useful if it can't hit your target."

Both fighters continue their duel as the crowd cheers at the top of their lungs. Time has passed for a few minutes but both don't look close to being winded.

Tiny managed to back Nigel into a corner, limiting his options for mobility and tries indenting his face into the wall but Nigel barely moves his head out of the way and hits Tiny in the shoulder with a hard hand chop which made Tiny flinch and gave Nigel time to shove him back with a double kick.

Now Tiny is getting pissed as he tries to grab Nigel but kangaroo faunus counters with a high kick to the chin which made Tiny reel back, followed by Nigel giving Tiny his own roundhouse kick to the side of his head which stunned him and made him stumble back again.

But Tiny suddenly hunches close to the ground and dashes forward, tackling Nigel, and wrapping his arms around his torso. Nigel holds his ground to not trip and fall, but still skids back several feet.

Nigel slightly panics and realizes he's in a bad position that Tiny has the advantage over.

He slams his elbows on Tiny's back but it doesn't deter him as he tries to lift Nigel but the kangaroo faunus knees him in the stomach hard enough to force him to fall forward.

Nigel is on his back but Tiny tries to punch him since he has him pinned down, but Nigel rolls to the side and instantly counters with with two quick jabs to the face that stun him yet again.

This gave Nigel time to wrap both of his legs around Tiny's neck and began to squeeze.

He's trying to suffocate him to knock him out, which counts as part of the rules of beating Tiny, and Nigel so wants that chocolate bar, in addition to the lien.

But Tiny ain't giving up as he fights back and tries to pry Nigel's legs off but the Kangaroo faunus' strong legs and thighs are like a vice and he's already starting to lose air.

He tries punching Nigel but his punches started getting weaker and Nigel wouldn't let go. He tries standing up but Nigel changes tactics and uses his own weight and momentum to fling Tiny face first into the hard concrete floor which partially shattered the floor and Tiny got a mouthful of concrete.

Nigel rolled to safety while Tiny spat out pieces of concrete out of his mouth and was about to stand back up but Nigel leaps forwards and goes on the offense which forced Tiny to lift his forearms and shield his head.

Nigel now starts going all out on Tiny, with all types of smacking, punching, and kicking him in nearly every spot that's left unprotected. Not to mention he's moving all over the place and hitting Tiny in nearly every place except the face and he's slowly but surely chipping down his aura

Tiny tries to protect his face but he's still taking damage anywhere else on his body. His eyes dart around, trying to track where Nigel is coming from and where he's gonna move to next…. THERE!

Tiny reached out and caught Nigel's leg and grips it tight. Nigel was surprised but couldn't react in time as Tiny now starts slamming him repeatedly on the floor, leaving deep imprints and cracks. Than Tiny grabs him by the head and slams him face first into the wall so hard that it heavily cracked it. He doesn't stop there, as he starts running alongside the wall, grinding Nigel's face against it, leaving a gashed trail of the wall. Nigel starts taking damage but Tiny ends it by throwing him across the room and Nigel slams against the wall from the other side and heavily craters it.

The audience cringed and flinched at the beatdown as Nigel slides to the floor, lays there for a second, groaning in pain, but manages to quickly recover and stand back up but that took a good chunk of his aura as the holographic screen above shows it.

"Ow…" Nigel groaned but he was otherwise fine thanks to his aura. As he recovered, He had his back turned from Tiny, trying to think of another strategy.

"How's that for ya, shrimp?" Tiny mocked but Nigel kept his back turned and seems to ignore him. Tiny growls in annoyance of Nigel seemingly ignoring him. "Oi! I'm talking to you!"

As Nigel tried to think of something… he heard the sound of someone spitting… and felt something wet and slimy hit the back of the head….

Tiny spitted a loogie at Nigel which splattered all over the back of Nigel's head and even a bit of his neck.. dripping and sliding down the rest of his neck.

Nigel suddenly shuts his eyes and stands while trying to keep himself in control and not let loose as he feels sudden anger rising inside him...

He hears a voice in his head. It's actually him that's thinking it but hears it as the voice of an old and wise man he knows dearly.

"This mustn't be registered on an emotional level."

Nigel's eyes suddenly open.. and are glowing a violet hue as he looks so calm and focused.

Time slows down as everything in his perspective takes a sudden shift. In his vision, everything has darkened as if the lights dimmed down, along with being a darker violet shade. Everything he sees appears to slightly distort as if he's looking at a mirage.

Nigel uses his semblance.

Around him… he senses… emotions…. what everybody around him is feeling; joy, sadness, disgust, fear, anger, etc..

But emotions are not the only thing he can sense.

He can see the aura from the crowd that takes the form of flickering flames of varying colors and intensity. Most of the aura from the audience is dim and low. Even some don't even have aura as they appear to lack any flickering flames. However, he momentarily notices two amongst them that shine brighter and more intensely; one that's silver and the other crimson. He narrows his eyes but turns his attention to Tiny's.

Coming from Tiny, Nigel can sense the feelings of overconfidence, cockiness, rage, and pride.

Nigel can sense Tiny's aura behind him, that's lime green in color, that's intense and bright but, wild, unfocused, and lacks proper concentration to keep it all condensed around the body like a proper forcefield. That could potentially leave out some openings in some parts of the body that is vulnerable.

Nigel suddenly forms a plan in his head as he visualizes himself facing Tiny where everything is still distorted and violet shaded. He's predicting a possible outcome but with some risks that he needs to plan carefully.

"First… distract the opponent."

Nigel suddenly tosses what looks like some kind of object in the opponent's face which causes him to react by reflex.

"Than block his blind jab."

He easily blocks the jab by smacking it down with his hand, leaving the opponent open.

"Counter with a cross to the right cheek"

He jabs forward and impacts Tiny's right cheek causing him to reel back.

"Discombobulate."

He follows up by slamming both of his hands on both sides of Tiny's head, right in the ears. Causing his ears to painfully ring and slightly daze him.

"Dazed. He'll attempt a wild haymaker."

Tiny throws a reckless haymaker but Nigel easily sees it coming.

"Employ an elbow block."

He easily blocks the haymaker with his elbow and counters after.

"And body shot."

He punches Tiny right in the midsection and the tasmanian tiger faunus reels back in pain.

"Block roundhouse kick with forearm"

Tiny does a roundhouse kick but it's stopped cold when Nigel blocks with with his forearm. Tiny looks shocked and scared at what's about to happen next.

"Downward elbow strike to the kneecap"

Nigel strikes Tiny's knee with a downward elbow strike and loud crack was heard. Tiny reels in pain as he clutches his knee.

Initiate a knee strike to the face."

Nigel grabs Tiny's head and launches a powerful knee strike to his face. Recoiling from the impact and his nose looks bent and broken. He tries to fight back but it's fruitless.

"Block feral right."

Nigel easily blocks it with his forearm.

"Weaken the left jaw."

Than he counters by striking the jaw with an elbow which dazes Tiny again.

"Now fracture it."

He jabs forward as a loud crack was heard once he hit it the jaw. Tiny is now helpless as he can't even try to go on the defense, while he's vulnerable and wide open.

"Break cracked ribs."

Nigel punches in the same spot where the ribs were cracked which now breaks them.

"Traumatize the solar plexus."

He punches forward again and damages the solar plexus.

"Dislocate the jaw entirely."

Tiny's jaw dislocates once Nigel's fist hits upon impact. Nigel suddenly leaps up, balances on his kangaroo tail, and folds his legs in like a spring as he prepares to launch a powerful kick.

"Kangaroo Kick to the diaphragm."

Nigel launches forward a powerful kangaroo kick in Tiny's midsection. Once the impact met, a powerful shockwave was released that kicked up the dust and sends Tiny flying at breakneck speed towards the wall but everything slows down again.

"In layman's terms; ears ringing, fractured jaw, fractured kneecap, a broken nose, three cracked ribs, two more broken ribs, and a hemorrhaging diaphragm. Full physical recovery; 9 weeks. Full psychological recovery; 7 months. Capacity to spit at the back of the head; neutralized."

Nigel returns to reality as time moves forward again but he also feels a minor headache that lasted for a second than it goes away…..

He rubs the back of his head and rubs the spit off of it.

He turns around and looks at Tiny who gives a glare and cocky smirk. Nigel doesn't react as he walks away a bit and pulls his chocolate bar he had earlier out as he unwraps it and finishes the remaining chocolate in a few bites, while holding the wrapper in his hand.

The crowd continues shouting in boredom and demands the fight to continue but Nigel ignores their calls and stares at Tiny who still smirks at him.

After several seconds of neither of the two moving… Nigel flicks the candy wrapper into Tiny's face.

Everything happened so fast as the sound of painful grunts, bones breaking, and finally a loud impact that created a decently large shockwave, followed by a loud thundering crash less than a split second later.

Everyone stopped shouting and the arena was silenced. Everyone didn't say a word as they tried to process what just happened.

Standing there is Nigel but Tiny is nowhere to be seen… until everyone turns their attention.. to a massive hole in the wall that leads to outside.

Outside of the building, many people that weren't watching the fight were shocked and confused what just happened.

They see a massive hole in the wall but also see a large trail of upturned pavement that's nearly two feet high and several dozens meters long, and see a large crater indented in the wall of another building… and there lays Tiny in it, who's unconscious. His aura was flickering for a few seconds until it broke.

Tiny's aura may have been able to reduce some damage but his lack of control and skill with it wasn't enough to completely protect him from Nigel's more precise and accurate aiming blows to specific spots on his body that broke his bones.

Nigel stands there as he cranes his neck around a few times as a few pops and cracks were heard, though, he was panting a bit and he's lost a little bit of aura but was otherwise pretty fine and looks like he could go another round.

"Your control and flow of your aura may be poor… but I'll admit you're very tough and formidable in power and speed. I bet you could easily kill a pack of beowolves.. maybe an ursa or two… but you're way out of your league to what's really out there, mate. You might wanna practice on your aura, than maybe ya might be close to huntsman tier." Nigel says mentally.

Even after a minute of what happened, the entire room remains completely silent, as Nigel stands there. Most of the audience had their jaws dropped and couldn't comprehend that this young lad easily beaten Tiny who easily thrashed every other fighter that signed up for tonight.. and yet he got his ass kicked by this 18 year old. Some guys around Nigel's age were intimidated while a few girls and young women looked more impressed and even slightly blushing. But most of the audience were shocked and scared of this young teen who suddenly shifted the tides so easily when he appeared to struggle at first.

Nigel turns his head up towards the crowd, specifically, at the announcer who has the briefcase of lien and chocolate on the table next to him as he sensed fear and shock leaking off the announcer.

The announcer himself was speechless of this sudden change of events where Tiny got his ass served on a silver platter and now stands this tattooed young man ultimately beating him, despite taking some intense hits.

Nigel calmly walks towards the edge and makes a sudden high leap, thanks to his muscular legs, and easily scales the height of the wall and lands on the second floor which surprised everyone again.

Nigel slowly turned his head towards everyone but he especially stared at the announcer.

"Just who is this guy?!" The announcer wondered in slight shock at seeing this guy. Heck, even seeing Nigel up close scares him a bit more because Nigel is giving off that stone cold stare like that fight didn't even make him bat an eye. The announcer was sweating, as Nigel stared at him in the eyes but Nigel turns his attention away from the announcer and towards the briefcase and chocolate.

Nobody says anything as Nigel walks to the table and closes the briefcase and carries it off.. and swipes the chocolate bar from the table too as he rips the wrapper off with his teeth and chomps a piece off and savoring the taste which he tries to contain himself to not embarrass himself in front of everyone.

He looks all tough and serious on the outside… but he's internally enjoying the chocolate with a big dumb grin on his face at the moment.

"Delicious!"

As Nigel heads off to the locker room to enjoy a nice shower, standing in the crowd is the jackal and snake faunus. Watching him go with that briefcase of money and that chocolate bar.

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30 minutes Later

After taking a refreshing shower, Nigel exits the building, back in his clothes and has his hat back on, as he carries off the briefcase and already devoured his chocolate bar. And man was it delicious and the best he has tasted yet. He even wonders if there are more of them out there in Remnant, despite the rumors that the one he ate was the last… might as well give it a shot.

During his shower time, Tiny was being put on a stretcher and than into an ambulance as it drives off to the closest hospital.

Nigel doesn't really care but he actually respected and admitted Tiny was a tough and formidable opponent. Though, he could've fought him without his semblance but getting spitted on the back of the head momentarily angered him enough to use it.

But that's over now as Nigel got what he needs and heads towards his camel.

Though, he's still not out of the woods yet as he's being watched by dozens of eyes from the alleys and on top of the buildings.

Later again, he reached the town square which, for some reason, is completely empty, not even a single faunus in sight.

Nigel can't help but feel something isn't right. No. something's definitely not right.

Even on the least busiest nights, no way can a single faunus not be seen in sight and make the square look like a ghost town. Nigel activates his semblance for a second and then turns it off as he senses two familiar auras large auras he felt back at the arena.

"I know you're hiding and trying to land the drop on me where I least expect it but that's not gonna work. Come out now and reveal yourselves or this would be more difficult for me cause I'm in a hurry." Nigel said a little louder so they can hear him and he sounds annoyed as he is indeed in a hurry.

He hears footsteps that echo around him.

It's that jackal faunus and snake faunus he saw earlier, as the former appears from Nigel's left and the latter appears from his right.

Shortly after, their respective gang members also walk out of the shadows as they stood close to their respective bosses.

Nigel shifts his eyes to the left and right, making sure to stay ahead and not make a wrong move or they might pounce on him like a pack of wolves hunting a rabbit.

He momentarily activates his semblance again so he can sense their emotions much easier. He can still fairly sense emotions without his semblance activated but at a far lesser extent so he has to turn his semblance on for a better reading. However, it drains aura so he has to use it carefully.

He senses malicious and cruel intentions from the jackal faunus aimed at Nigel which means he wants to murder him… and yet he also senses bits of precaution and even hesitation to an extent.. But he also senses the Jackal faunus feeling concern that's aimed towards the snake faunus.

He also senses similar emotions from the snake faunus that's also malicious as she too wants to kill him... But he also senses precaution and hesitation as well. Again, he senses her feeling worried for the Jackal faunus too.

"I don't have to guess that why you two are here that likely involves the lien that I'm carrying?" Nigel deduced, pretending of being casual and cautious. Even if he can sense their emotions, they are crime lords nonetheless and he won't hesitate to fight back in self defense.

The jackal faunus chuckles in a polite manner and straightens his posture, as if trying to look like he's full of authority. with his arms crossed behind his back. He answers in a Mid-Atlantic accent that sounds very smooth and calm, yet sinister as well.

"Well. Aren't you as perceptive as you look." He answers politely and smiles to show off his golden tooth. "For a young man such as yourself, you stand out among most, that it makes people, like you, a rarity around these parts of Menagerie. Don't you agree, Madame Serpent?"

The snake faunus also joins the conversation, speaking in a french accent that sounded both seductive but also pretty cold. "Indeed, Monsieur Jackal. He does greatly interest us, that this might make this night interesting." Answered Madame Serpent says as she eyed at Nigel but glances at the Jackal faunus who also glanced at her too… Nigel suddenly sensed a slight hint of affection from her aimed at the faunus named Jackal than she turns her attention back to Nigel.

"In fact, you're ze eighth person I've encountered to have ever ignored my charms." She smiles but then turns into a frown. "And that makes moi want to add your precious little head to my collection with ze other seven that ignored moi…."

Nigel narrows his eyes at her… as threatening as she sounds, her emotions say otherwise like she's trying to sound intimidating…

"Ahem." Said Jackal as he continues where he left off. "As I was saying; Seeing how you managed to defeat Tiny, an impressive feat, nonetheless, you proved yourself of earning the reward that you now carry with you."

"Oui. With that, you won ze five hundred thousand lien. Quite a large stash of money, if you ask moi." Madame Serpent added. "It's enough to spend on motherloads of precious material and dust… even enough that can last for years. Tell moi, what are you gonna do with all that money?" She smirked at Nigel.

"None of your business." Nigel rebutted but he knows where this could be going.

"Now now." Jackal says. "Let's not get too hasty as we got all night to negotiate."

Nigel went silent again but than wonders something. He felt a tad suspicious to them since he sensed them at the match and wonders how much they know about him.

"It sounds like you two know me, even though we just met." He says in slight suspicion as he tries to change the topic.

"Not exactly, dear boy." Answered Jackal. "We were lucky to have put the pieces together, when we saw you walk by us earlier and saw your violet tattoos, while also hearing the rumors across Menagerie of a traveling kangaroo faunus with those said tattoos. Not to mention your piece of paper about the match that you just won."

That surprised Nigel about the part of them catching him reading his paper of the match. He noticed the Whip Tail… who was picking his nose and being cross eyed again, while Bitsy was sheepishly waving at him, looking shy and even blushes a little when she got a good look at his handsome face. Nigel felt her emotions aimed at him and he can feel that she's a bit attracted to him... can't blame her as Nigel is quite handsome.

Nigel swore he used his semblance for a split second when he was in the bar.. but he didn't sense the two. Could it be that they have semblances to hide their presences or was their aura closed off enough that even he could not sense their emotions or aura? That doesn't matter now as he focuses on the situation he's in.

"Which brings us to the next topic." Said Jackal as Nigel sensed him calming down.

"And what would that be?" Nigel asks, narrowing his eyes and sounding slightly impatient.

Nigel now sensed a bit of frustration and a smaller hint of sadness from Jackal, despite looking calm and composed. Nigel doesn't even need to guess Jackal is trying to hide some sense of vulnerability.

"You see; Me, Madame Serpent, and our followers here are… well….let's just say we are suffering a little bit of a crisis in keeping ourselves well fed and supplied with the sustenance and resources of our weapons. With little resources that we are losing, we've already lost some of our gang members that either starved, were killed by other gangs, or left us to fend for themselves on their own. Such a crisis indeed...

Nigel also feels a similar emotion of vulnerability from Serpent, despite her looking bored and stoic on the outside.

Some of the gang members are feeling sad… as he can sense total sadness and even depression from them.. he can take a guess some of them may have had either friends, family members, or even lovers. Even Bitsy sheds a small tear for a second and Whip Tail also whimpered slightly. Nigel feels sympathy for a second there but doesn't show it to them to not cause suspicion.

"And your point is?" Nigel asks as he's getting a little impatient. He's got what he needs and he needs to get going but he can't help but feel slight pity to these two, yet, he ain't afraid to defend himself either.

"What Monsieur Jackal is trying to say, is that we would be taking that briefcase from you, if you don't mind." The snake faunus bluntly says, as she puffs her cigarette but Nigel senses her feeling a little desperate for that money… but not out of greed.

"Like bloody hell you would." Nigel growls. He came a long way getting this and now he ain't letting it get taken away, not after he traveled so far and worked so hard for this opportunity and now they want to steal it…. Still, he would normally say that to the more greedy and selfish criminals but these two feel different from the rest he met.

"Oh I understand that." Said Jackal, as he nods his head as if he's understanding but Nigel can sense frustration suddenly swelling up inside him, despite grinning and looking sinister. "All that you've worked for to suddenly be taken away which meant it was all for nothing in the end." He said. "In a dog eat dog world, like this and much of Remnant, one has their own needs for survival so it's inevitable we have to resort to violence, stealing, and cheating." Despite sounding so sincere to his words, his emotions say otherwise that feel like slight regret in doing it.

Nigel couldn't help but agree to that… Remnant may be reaching for peace but there's still lots of violence and hatred across it, especially out here in the deserts of Menagerie. And the Grimm that are attracted to all the negativity doesn't help.

"Which is why we suggest you give the briefcase to us and we'll be on our way so you can live another day." Madame Serpent orders threateningly as her henchwomen nod in agreement but Bitsy was slightly hesitant, until she joined in in agreement. Despite sounding threatening, it felt more like a slight plea under that serious exterior and also a hint of fear.

"Indeed." Jackal adds as he joined in. "I suggest you listen to the lady, dear boy, to make things easier between us."

"And what if I don't?" Nigel responds in a mocking fashion to intimidate them.. which he has as he can feel it from them. Even the goons and henchwomen are trembling

"Than you leave us with no choice but to use force, until you either give it to us… or we will take if off of your corpse, if we have to". Jackal said with a sadistic grin but his conflicted emotions and feeling not wanting to do it says otherwise.

Nigel is now putting the pieces together with these two crime lords. He's kinda feeling a little bit of sympathy to the two. But he can't let his guard down as he isn't completely convinced if they really are being desperate and scared or they are just bluffing. Either way, they are criminals nonetheless and if they want to fight for the lien, than so be it.

Nearby, he notices a statue in the middle of the town square… in incomplete statue that was half done and was unfinished, when Bardus suffered in decline. Still, the statue looks artistic in its own right as the statue had two legs, a wolf tail, and one arm that was holding a sword skywards. The only thing missing was the other arm and the head.

Nigel looks back at the two. "What makes ya think you can take my reward from me after you watched me thrashed Tiny like a rag doll?"

"Oh that's simple, chap" Jackal says. "You may have ultimately beaten that muscle head.. but he still did manage to soften you up, quite nicely, in that fight so you should be a little worn down to our liking."

"Oui, indeed." Added Serpent. "They say the best way to strike ze iron is when it's hot, especially at a given time like this." She puts her cigarette holder away while dropping the cigarette to the ground and putting it out beneath her boot.

As much as he doesn't like it… Nigel admits they are right on that part as he still hasn't fully recovered from Tiny's beating that took a good chunk of his aura… and can't use his trump card for now either.

At the same time, both Jackal and Serpent removed their respective clothing as their respective cape and fur coat fell to the ground. With their clothing removed, now the two are able to fight and move around much more easily.

Jackal draws and twirls his combat knives that are golden in color that spark electric bolts across them, while Serpent draws her red sais from her hips and twirls them for a second and gets into her pose but one would notice the tips of the sai appear to be glisten as if they are covered in some kind of dark purple liquid.

The goons and henchwoman join in too, as Whip Tail wields a, oversized, double barreled, bazooka over his shoulder, the antelope fanus wielding some automatic rifle with a chainsaw attached to it. The hyena faunus twirls her bat and blows another bubble and pops it. However, she presses a button and the closed slots on the bat open up and reveal to be spikes which now made the baseball bat looked like a spike club. Bitsy gets into a martial arts pose, while holding what appears to be a pair of blue kunai that she twirls in her hands, with a timid but determined stare. The rest follow with various weapons armed and ready.

Nigel knows this is inevitable and knows he has to fight.

"Alright. If you mates want the lien so bad…" Nigel says in a daring tone as he suddenly tosses the briefcase in the air which spins. During that, he grabs his bladerangs from his hip and twirls them as he got into his pose. The bladerangs are specialized weapons that are made of a special metal with gears grinding inside of them as they have slots to put the dust in for special effects.

They watch the briefcase suddenly get stuck by the handle on the tip of the statue's sword which is 30 feet up.

They turn their head back at Nigel who was now in his fighting position and looks at them with a rather serious expression.

"Than come and get it… after you get through me."

With that said, both Jackal and Serpent start sprinting at full speed towards Nigel. Nigel can tell these two are different than Tiny, as he can sense their aura is more focused but not as strong or intense, but they also make that up for speed as they are sprinting towards him at such a fast pace. He can also sense sheer determination from the both of them but also senses worry for each other.

Nigel suddenly leaps up and somersaults out of the way and avoids them, as they were surprised and tried to halt their sprint but it wasn't enough as the bumped into each other head on… and had their faces intimately close together and were blushing a bit. Even their noses were booping together.

Nigel is sensing a LOT of affection and embarrassment from the two.

"Well.. ain't that an interesting sight to see." Nigel jokes as he slightly grinned. "Want me to go find and rent a hotel room for you two?"

The two turn their direction towards him and glare daggers but were still blushing.

"Heh... I may be no cupid but I think you two like each other in some way." Nigel further teased. He isn't completely off, since he can detect their affections to each other.

Serpent was the first to make the move, as she charged forward at full speed again and starts swinging her sai, with deadly precision and skill, like she knows how to use them with sufficient ease. She angrily hissed at him, like he offended her, because now he senses her emotions of wanting to defend Jackal.

Nigel was easily dodging the swift swings and thrusts but he still got a few close call where the sai almost touched him. One slight graze barley touched his cheek but his aura protected him... but he also heard a sizzling sound and saw a tiny cloud of dark purple smoke that gave a rather noxious scent. Nigel wonders what that was but he focuses back to the situation. He counters, by grabbing Serpent's arm and kneeing her in the stomach which made her slightly gag and stumble back but she remained standing.

However, before he can hit back, Nigel swore he saw something zipped past him, at near lighting speed, and is right behind him. He quickly glances behind him and sees Jackal who looks slightly pissed and Nigel can sense Jackal's desire of wanting to protect Serpent as well.

His combat knives spark with yellow colored lightning and swings with such speed that Nigel barely even had time to react and block the knife with his bladerang which created an impact that sent sparks flying everywhere.

"It's gonna take more than that to even slow me down, mate." Nigel said as he keeps Jackal at bay.

"I know." Jackal replies. "Which is why we're not making this a one on one fight for you, unlike the tournament."

Nigel and Jackal than start trading blows with quick and fast strikes of their respective dual wielded weapons that more sparks started flying everywhere.

However, Nigel sees Serpent, in the corner of his eye, coming coming from behind and threw one of her sai at him. Nigel managed to block another strike from Jackal with one of his bladerangs and throws the other one at Serpent's sai which caused both thrown weapons to clash and bounce off each other. Serpent managed to recover her sai in midair, while Nigel's bladerang managed to come back to him and snatched it back into his hand.

Jackal tried to stab Nigel but the kangaroo faunus suddenly leans to the side and wraps his arm around Jackal's arm. Before Jackal could even respond, Nigel suddenly shoves Jackal into Serpent... and both crash into the ground... with Jackal's face buried in Serpent's chest.

Serpent's face turned red of embarrassment and Jackal instantly got off of Serpent, his face just as red as hers.

Nigel wanted to crack another joke but heard the sound of shooting which instantly made him react. He started leaping out of the line of gunfire and missiles as the goons and henchwomen opened fire and joined the fray. They all started to spread out in trying to surround him to make it easier to hit him.

Nigel throws his bladerangs that smack into several goons and henchwomen at once, some even knocking their weapons out of their hands while others weren't so lucky getting hit in the head and knocked out.

However, in the corner of his eye, Nigel sees two faunus, one from Jackal's team and the other from Serpent's. They are climbing the statue and trying to get the briefcase.

"Since when did I say you could get that behind my back?" Nigel asked, as he threw another bladerang at the two which hit their hands and caused them to fall down and hit the ground in a loud thud.

Whip Tail and Bitsy ran forward as they try to confront Nigel directly

Whip Tail attacks first, as he fired a volley of missiles in Nigel's direction but the kangaroo faunus easily maneuvered around them and even cut some of them with his bladerangs, which caused the severed pieces to fly off behind him and explode.

Whip Tail than tried to fight Nigel directly, swinging his double barreled bazooka like a club. Despite being very strong, he's a little bit slower than most, that Nigel doesn't even need to use his semblance to detect Whip Tail's emotions to dodge. Despite this, Whip Tail was surprisingly durable; every time Nigel managed to land a punch and a kick, he seemed to shrug it off rather quickly and tried to counter back.

As Whip Tail tried to swing again but Nigel ducked under it, and quickly got behind the gecko faunus, and grabbed him by the tail. With impressive strength, Nigel spun Whip Tail around until enough momentum was made and Nigel lets go, sending Whip Tail flying across the town square and smashes through a random bench which shattered to splinters. Despite the damage, Whip Tail quickly got back up and decides to fight long range again.

Whip Tail leaps towards and climbs up a nearby lampost until he reached the top and fires another volley of missiles while Bitsy suddenly starts zigzagging in a jumping fashion, making it look hard where she's heading.

Nigel throws his bladerangs again and takes out most of the missiles that exploded and lit up the night sky like fireworks, not even dented or damaged by the explosions, while dodging the rest. Just as he caught his weapons, he sees Bitsy darting towards him, armed with her blue kunai.

Bitsy is upon him and starts leaping in nearly every direction, so fast that she looks like a blur, as she tries to hit him in his blind spot or to throw him off balance but he seems to keep up with her. She tries to slash him with her kunai when she passes by but Nigel is able to intercept and block each time, but he's clearly putting in effort to keep up with her rather insane speed and agility.

"She's fast." Nigel commented, as he tried to keep track of her but she's very quick footed. "Probably the fastest I've ever faced yet..."

Bitsy now leaps overhead and slashed her kunai, which momentarily glowed blue brightly. Just as she slashed her weapon, some kind of blue line extended out of the kunai and followed the direction of its slash. Nigel widened his eyes and moved out of the way in time before it hit him. The line easily pierced straight through the concrete and left a rather clean and well made carve across the concrete. But Nigel noticed the ground looked a little wet where the line hit it.

"Water Dust." Nigel thought, as he ducked under another slash of Water Dust that easily cuts a nearby lamp post in half that caused the top to fall over and smashed into the ground, which also shattered the light bulb.

She used the water dust to create a high pressured jet of water, from the tip of her dust coated kunai, that could easily cut through solid concrete and even steel itself; an attack like that could really do some serious damage if he isn't careful.

Nigel needs to disarm her because she might make things more difficult.

Bitsy repeats her strategy by zipping past him and occasionally doing feints to try and catch Nigel off guard but he seems to even see through some of her feints and keeps blocking her water dust enhanced slashes.

She darts forward but suddenly slides between his legs and ends up behind him. Before Nigel can turn around or do anything, she jumps on his back and wraps her legs and thighs around his neck, trying to strangle him and she's doing a good job at it, since she's very strong, as a spider faunus.

"For quite a small girl... she sure is strong with those legs and thighs…" Nigel added as he can feel his eyes slightly bulge out of his skull and and face slowly turning blue.

As she continued to strangle him, Bisty silently thanks Serpent in teaching her how to use those legs of hers. As a Jumping Spider Faunus, her legs are naturally very powerful in helping her leap at high speeds and long distances. She remembers one of her training activities involved crushing large watermelons and even extremely hard coconuts that are bulletproof with her legs. Thankfully, those watermelons and coconuts did not go to waste, as food.

Bitsy than tries to stab Nigel again with one of her kunai but Nigel managed to block it overhead and redirected it away from him with his bladerangs. That move made her slightly lose her balance as Nigel flips into the air and intends to use his weight and the ground to crush her underneath him.

Bisty realizes what Nigel is trying to do, as she lets go of him, leaps off in time, and widens the distance.

Thankfully, just as Nigel lands on the ground, he quickly rolls back on his feet. But he than had to dodge another missile that blows the ground apart where he stood as Whip Tail keeps firing from the high ground.

Whip Tail keeps his sights on Nigel but he makes sure Nigel is out in the open and only fires when his teammates and allies are not in his line of sight or close to Nigel. He doesn't want to cause friendly fire.

"Gotta take that bugger out first." Nigel thought as he sprints towards the lamp post but the hyena faunus and antelope faunus are in his way as the antelope faunus opens fire and the hyena faunus turns her bat into a shotgun and opens fire as well. Bitsy is right behind him, as she's leaping in a zig zag fashion again.

Nigel quickly opens the slots of his bladerangs and inserts Ice dust in them which causes the patterns and symbols to glow blue. He throws one behind him that manages to hit Bitsy's leg which causes a block of ice to form around it, causing her to stumble and roll on the ground.

At the same time, the moment he threw that boomerang, he threw the other one towards the other two and the thrown weapon hits the arms of the antelope and hyena faunus which froze their arms and weapons in a block of ice, each, that suddenly made them fall to the ground due to the weight of the ice.

However, before he could get to Whip Tail, Jackal and Serpent appear in front of Nigel again. He can sense their annoyance and humiliation which slightly amuses him but he remains serious.

This time, both Jackal and Serpent rushed forward and worked as a team, to try and take him down. Nigel is now struggling as he tried to keep up with two opponents that somehow appear to be well coordinated in their pattern of attacking Nigel. Just as Nigel blocked Jackal's combat knife with his right bladerang and Serpent's sai with his left, both Jackal and Serpent twirled and kicked Nigel in the midsection that sent him flying and skidding back across the ground.

Nigel flips back on his feet and barely blocked the full brunt of Serpent tacking him at full speed with trails of electricity behind him. Nigel skidded back again but Jackal is still in a deadlock with him. Nigel momentarily activated his semblance and sensed Serpent is right behind him and tries to back stab him with both of her sais.

This time, Nigel did a kangaroo kick to shove Jackal back and than back flipped behind Serpent when she tried to stab him, only for him to kangaroo kick her as well which caused her to crash into Jackal. Both gang leaders fall to the ground in a heap and groan in slight pain.

Nigel than sprinted towards Whip Tail who slightly panicked and opened fired even more missiles but Nigel easily dodged them, as they all exploded and left many craters in their wake.

Whip Tail decided to get serious, as he presses a button on his rocket launcher which made the double barrel rotate for a second and a crosshair aiming feature appears which Whip Tail uses it to get a proper aim at Nigel. Once he got a solid lock, he fires another missile but this one looks different.

Nigel saw it coming and moved in a different direction.. than the missile followed him in that direction.

"A home seeker!" Nigel said in surprise and dodged it again but it easily made a U-turn and kept following him.

Whip Tail fired several more heat seekers and now things have gotten more difficult.

Nigel dodged one heat seeker that exploded on the ground from a higher angle. He dodged another from behind him by back flipping in midair. He even caught one by hooking his bladerang on it and redirecting to another that caused both to collide and explode.

He redirected the last missile at Whip Tail who responded by shooting another missile.. and both missiles collide and explode again which created a huge smoke cloud.

Whip Tail couldn't see and was about to turn on the heat vision... but he didn't have time as he sees Nigel coming right at him. The kangaroo faunus made an astounding leap and reached the Whip Tail in time… grabbing him by the head and throwing him with all his might to the ground.

Whip Tail went headfirst into the ground in a thundering crash. As the dust cleared, his upper half of himself was underground while his legs were stiff in the air and his tail hanging limp.

"I think I hit a pipe..." The gecko faunus said, in a daze, before blacking out.

With him taking care of, he turns back to the others as the hyena faunus broke out of the ice by bashing it to the ground in one hit and the antelope broke out of his ice by turning on the chainsaw that sawed itself out of the ice. Bitsy was still stuck but she tries to break the ice on her leg with her kunai.

The hyena faunus snarled and rushed forward with her bat and swung at him but he dodged rather easily. She tried swinging downward but Nigel moved out of the way and the bat craters the ground and shakes it. That leaves her open as Nigel punches and kicks her at a rapid pace. She growls even more and counters with a headbutt to the face that actually landed it's mark. Nigel skidded back and groaned a little that actually hurt and almost gave him a headache.

But what the hyena faunus did next, much to Nigel's slight surprise, was digging her fingers into the ground and uprooting a large slab of the ground that's twice the size of a bowling ball. With no effort, she tossed it in the air and got into a batting stance.

"Batter Up!" She yelled, in a Brooklyn accent, and swings with all her might that it smashed the slab of concrete which also launched dozens of smaller pieces of it that came at Nigel, like the scatter shot of a shotgun.

Nigel tried to dodge and deflect as much as he could with his bladerangs but he could only so much, as some manage to graze and even directly hit him which did some considerate damage to his aura.

After that onslaught he survived, he heard the sound of a chainsaw as the antelope faunus came from behind and tried to cut him apart but Nigel casually side stepped out of the way. He tries to hit back but the antelope faunus blocked his metal boomerangs which caused the spinning chainsaw to grind with the metal that caused lots of sparks to go flying everywhere.. and some got in Nigel's face. He flinched which gave the antelope faunus enough time to shove him back and start shooting at him again. However, Nigel already recovered and starts twirling his bladerangs to block and deflect all the bullets.

The antelope faunus tried to hit Nigel again with his chainsaw but Nigel also saw the hyena faunus coming at him from behind. He swerved out of the way, causing the chainsaw wielder to accidentally attack the hyena faunus who responded by raising her bat to block the chainsaw. It grinded against the metal bat and sparks flying everywhere.

With both adversaries distracted, Nigel roundhoused kicked the antelope faunus, knocking him out while also doing another to the hyena faunus before she could swing her bat, knocking her out too as both fly and skid across the ground out cold.

He turns his attention to Bitsy who is still trying to break the ice stuck to her leg. Once she noticed he's looking at her again, she panics even more and tries to break the ice on her leg.. But Nigel stands there and senses her fear and distress.

With all her might, she finally jabbed the kunai through the ice and used the water dust to melt it from within. Once it weakened enough, she finally breaks the ice with a hand chop and quickly starts leaping around, even faster out of desperation. This time, she suddenly shoots a rope of web, from her palm at him but he catches it and yanks her towards him and catches her.

Though, before Bitsy could fight back.. she got a close up look at Nigel's handsome face... and she couldn't help but heavily blush and looked stunned.

However, Nigel doesn't have time for that, despite feeling slightly flattered.

"Sorry, Sheila." Nigel apologized as he gave her a swift chop to Bisty's neck and knocks her out. She falls down and hits the cold ground, as something else falls out of her jacket but Nigel didn't notice, as he turns his attention towards Jackal and Serpent who are now on their feet but look very distressed and angry.

"Wanna keep going or wanna stop where we're at?" Nigel suggests. He considers they should give up but he can sense their desperation for that lien and it tells him they want to keep fighting.

"As we've said!" Jackal shouts as he looks distressed and his hair is now all messy and disheveled. the same goes for Serpent. "We'll fight you until you give it to us or until you're dead!"

"Suit yourselves." Nigel says as he prepares to fight the crime bosses tonight. Though, that amount of fighting their followers have tired him a bit so he needs to finish this soon.

Jackal sprints forward and starts thrusting and swinging his combat knives. This time, Jackal is swinging with such ferocity and speed that Nigel can sense Jackal is VERY desperate that Nigel feels a bit concerned there.

Jackal than suddenly jabs forward and releases a lightning bolt which jolts forward and momentarily shocks Nigel as he is electrocuted for a second as if taking a powerful taser.

Madame Serpent suddenly leaps in the air and throws one of her sai at Nigel which forces him to recover in time to back off as the sai impales the ground.. and toxic gasses fill the air and the ground starts to corrode.

"Acid….." Nigel deduced as he watches the ground corrode even more.

That's definitely acid dust infused in those sai.

Serpent lands near her sai and pulls it back out and confronts Nigel again face to face as they clash their respective duel. Nigel was backed against another lamppost but he ducked in time as the sai slashed against the metal pole... and corrodes that as well which causes the lamppost to fall over and crash.

Nigel begins to worry as those sai might corrode his bladerangs if they keep this up but he assures the special metal his weapons are made of are resistant to corrosion.

While they fight, Nigel can also sense sheer desperation in the two, like their lives depended on it and they feel so desperate for that money like as if they need it for reasons that doesn't seem fitting for a greedy and selfish criminal that Nigel has faced many times before. Nigel is now starting to think these two might not be the typical gang leaders he first thought they were...

Both locked their blades and struggle in strength but Madame Serpent hissed at him and opens her mouth wide.. As Nigel notices the tips of her snake fang oozes a milky liquid….

"Crikey!" Nigel shouted as he realizes she's gonna try to bite him and inject her venom in him.

She lunges her head forward and tries to bite him but he leans his head to the left, than right, than far back and barely dodges the third bite… while upside down, he sees Jackal sprinting towards them at an even faster pace due to being covered in lightning.

Nigel has an idea as he uses his position and tosses Serpent at Jackal who couldn't change course as the snake faunus slams into the jackal faunus… causing both to tumble to the ground.

As both try to get up.. time slows down as they see a pair of feet flying to their faces.

Nigel unleashes an even more powerful kangaroo kick to their faces with each foot.

The impact was so powerful it sent both of them flying back but also causing their lockets to break off their chains and fall to the ground.

Both Jackal and Serpent slide across the ground and lay still.. as their aura flickers and break…

Nigel was panting in exhaustion as his aura is nearly gone.. but he won anyways.

"Well… seems you chose to keep going." Nigel said but stares at the two unconscious crime lords…. but, he still ain't done, as he now wonders what made them so desperate.. Than he remembers what Jackal said earlier.

"Oh I understand that." Said Jackal as he nods his head as if he's understanding but Nigel can sense frustration suddenly swelling up inside him, despite grinning and looking sinister. "All that you've worked for to suddenly be taken away which meant it was all for nothing in the end." He said. "In a dog eat dog world like this and much of Remnant, one has their own needs for survival so it's inevitable we have to resort to violence, stealing, and cheating.

Nigel than noticed the two lockets that fell off of them, just as he knocked them out, nearby. He goes over to them, picks them up, and opens the crimson locket that shows a picture of Madam Serpent and the silver locket shows a picture of Jackal… but he notices each locket also has something stuck in them which he pulls each out… two folded pieces of paper.

He unfolds the two pieces of paper and sees what they are.

From Jackal's locket shows a picture of Madam Serpent in her teens, as she looks to be happy and appears to be laughing, while wearing a crimson sun dress and has a flower in her hair.

From Serpent's locket is Jackal in his teens but he lacks the golden tooth, his hair is messy, wearing casual gray clothing, and smiling sheepishly, while looking a little embarrassed and having his right hand behind the back of his head.

For some reason, Teen Jackal has his left arm stretched out to his left and Serpent in the other photo has her right arm stretched out to her right as well.

He notices the edges of the two photos are torn.

He slowly puts them close together as one photograph... and now it shows a complete photo of the two holding hands

Throughout much of his journeys, across this unforgiving desert of this continent, he's met all kinds thugs, thieves, serial killers, or criminals and sensed their selfish and greedy emotions laced with the intent to kill… but these two and their followers are different.

"I understand now…" Nigel spoke to Jackal and Serpent, despite both them being out cold. "You were forced to be like this, out here, to fit in, and you even loath doing it… and yet you hang on to something you cherish." He finished as he looks at the photo of the two again…. they look so happy in innocent in that photo, holding hands and smiling together.

He looks at the knocked out followers.

He notices, laying next to Bitsy, who was out cold, is a small teddy bear wearing a bow tie that says "To Our Precious Little Angel" on it. It must've fell out of her jacket when he knocked her out.

He notices a photo that fell out of the Whip Tail's pocket, due to being upside down and being half buried in the ground. It showed a picture of him with a another gecko faunus and both of them were fist bumping and hanging onto each other shoulders like bros and has something written on it that says "Big Brother Best Friend Forever".

The hyena faunus has a photo of a female, red headed jaguar faunus.. it has a blue and pink kiss mark laced over it and "My Sweet Pudding" written on it.

The antelope faunus has a photo of him and a younger antelope faunus girl laughing on his shoulders that says "My Little Sunshine."

Many others either have something they treasure or a photo of someone they know, like its the only things that gives them the hope and desire to survive and live.

Nigel looks around and hears the wailing wind again… and sighs. What a night this has been for him and he realizes there are some faunus out here that are not completely selfish and malicious.

He looks at the photo of Jackal and Serpent again…. and scrunches his face in slight anger.

He goes over to the statue and cuts the tip of the sword with a thrown bladerang as the briefcase fell and he catches it.

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10 minutes later

He managed to carry Jackal, Serpent, and their followers into an alley, one at a time.. It took awhile but he got them all here.. It took extra effort pulling Whip Tail out of the ground that ended with a comical "POP" but he also took extra effort in gently carrying Bitsy in his arms.. and he couldn't help but notice she's smiling like she's having a good dream. He also gathered their belongings and carefully placed them back in their pockets.

He gently placed them down close together but he put Jackal and Serpent close together in sitting positions against the wall that Serpent is laying her head on Jackal's shoulder.

He opens the briefcase… and pulls out a fifth of the total of the lien. He also writes a note on the lien that says "Use it wisely." and places the lien and note between Jackal and Serpent and places Jackal's hand on the lien while putting Serpent's hand on top of Jackal's.

Nigel uses his semblance and senses their emotions as Jackal and Serpent appear to be slightly smiling at the corner of their mouths… they will wake up soon.

Nigel walks out of the alley and heads back to his camel.

At the gates, Nigel finally reached his camel that's already finished with it's food and water. It also finished it's short nap, feeling fully energized and ready to travel the deserts again.

He straps the briefcase of lien tightly on the saddle and mounts the camel as he exits Bardus.

Nigel looks back at the city… maybe this city ain't entirely hopeless and empty…. there's still some that still cling to love and memories…..

But since some time was wasted, he needs to get going as he lightly kicks his camel as it starts running off into the desert in a different direction.

However… he's being watched as a figure is standing on the wall.

It's that plague doctor masked White Fang member who has his hands behind his back, watching Nigel run off into the distance.

"Hmmm…."

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2 days later. Kuo Kuana.

It was the middle of an afternoon in Kuo Kuana, the residence of a large population of faunus near the ocean coasts. Near the mountains is the Belladonna's mansion where Ghira Belladonna, former leader of the White Fang, and his wife, Kali Belladonna live… and it's where Blake Belladonna used to live until she ran off to join the White Fang….

Many children were playing out in the sun while many young adults and teens were busy with their own schedules and jobs, a good time to sell produce and goods. The coastlines were calm and peaceful for many faunus to play and sunbathe in while playing all kinds of games and sports, along with children making sandcastles and finding colorful seashells.

Out on the horizon was a lone figure entering the city and it was Nigel Arvo himself. His rented camel was sent back to its owner as he traveled the rest of the way by foot, once he managed to reach the edge of the desert that borders the dry grasslands, and now enters Kuo Kanna.

He walks through the streets but feels a little more happy as he can sense the joy and happiness coming from the children and adults as they are spending their daily lives out there…. Though, he can't help but feel sadness coming from the Belladonna's residence and sees two purple auras in the building….

Nigel continues forward until he reaches a post office and places a large letter full of the 400,000 lien in it as goes off to it's destination with the address it had on it.

With that all done… Nigel pulls out his scroll that shows Beacon Academy and its logo… he stares at it and considers that should be a good place to become a huntsman so he can get money much easier. All these recent activities of getting money are a tad risky so he decides it would be a good idea to attend an academy to become a huntsman, which will get him payed for completing missions and other tasks.

Later, Nigel is seen boarding a ship with the other passengers also heading to Vale.

As the ship sets off, Nigel takes out a photo of what appears to some family, out in the middle of a dry grassland, with scattered trees, and with a house in the background. Though, there also appears to be a windmill and barn not too far away from the house.

In the picture is a middle aged but well physically fit and handsome man; with brown hair and wearing casual clothing that consist of a shirt and shorts but he appears to be wearing some kind of necklace that shows some kind of ornament that looks old and ancient. He's happily smiling, sitting in a wheelchair and missing his right leg where his right pant leg is tied up in a knot. Lacking faunus traits, he appears to be a human.

Standing next to him is a middle aged woman that's a kangaroo faunus, with kangaroo ears, resting her left hand on the man's shoulder. While she's around his age, if not slightly younger, she appears to be well physically fit, as she appears to have a rather curvy but, also, a decently well toned and muscular figure that still makes her look rather feminine. She wears red plaid shirt that contains her well endowed chest but the bottom of said shirt is also tied which leaves his midriff exposed and showing off a pair of rock hard lady abs. She also wears a pair of daisy dukes, a pair of combat boots, and her own barmah hat which has holes for her kangaroo ears to slip through.

Standing close to the woman is a young girl, around the age of 10, wearing a green sundress, and, has brown hair, like the woman. She also sports a single pony tail that is braided and she is smiling and laughing, apparently, she's very happy.

Standing with them is Nigel, who's smiling, but he appears to be a few years younger and lacks his tattoos and his hat. He also appears to be wearing casual clothing that consists a simple gray t-shirt and brown light brown shorts.

Overall, standing in the photo is one happy family.

"Seems that you're traveling alone?" Said a voice.

Nigel turns his head and sees the captain of the ship who has a white beard and his captain hat on his head.

"Well, that I am." Nigel smirks but turns back to the photo. "But that doesn't mean you're completely alone when ya cherish those you love in your heart."

The captain chuckled. Liking this young man's optimism, despite seeing that he looks rough. "Well. Just saying in case you get bored… lots of people traveling alone easily get bored on board."

"Not me, mate." Nigel responded. "I've been out in the deserts for months alone and never felt bored in the slightest. In fact, I even bet I could watch paint dry all day and still not feel an ounce of boredom eating at me."

The captain laughed again.

"Well.. if you need anything, just let me know and I'll give ya a chat." Said the captain as he walks away."

"Sure thing, mate." Nigel smirked as he looks out towards his homeland... getting smaller and smaller as he sailed to Vale and watches the afternoon sunshine in the sky and glances at the photo again... his whole family. Secretly, that envelope with the 400,000 lien was sent to his family and he hopes they get it safely. He worked so hard getting it and it would be all for nothing if it doesn't.

"I promise you all… I will come back from Beacon and bring back enough for you so we can all live in happiness..."

Everything fades to black as the image of the four young men return with Adam Taurus' image still in full view while the other three are still silhouettes.

The image ripples again as second silhouette revealed to be Nigel himself. He's giving off a rather stoic expression but holds the tip of his hat he has on his head and holds his bladerang in other hand.

The other two silhouettes remain the same until the image will ripple again.

Nigel Arvo

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And that's the second trailer for the second member of team ANGR.

And boy I am surprised myself how long this is for a trailer… almost more like an actual episode. To be fair, my version of Adam's trailer was based on the Black trailer and my other three trailers are original so they might be longer than Adam's…, could've extended Adam's trailer but oh well.

As for Jackal and Serpent… I originally wanted them to be opponents in contrast to Tiny to showcase Nigel being capable of fighting with and without his weapons… but than I wanted to add a little background to them and their followers… and honestly, I felt sadness writing those parts.

Also, I want to expand the lore and locations of Remnant (Menagerie, in this case) a bit to make things more interesting. While it's true about how the canon RWBY states about Menagerie being uninhabitable, My AU has it MOSTLY uninhabitable, as there are still some settlements out there in the deserts and other dry lands that are willing to thrive and not live in the more crowded areas on the shores where bigger populations live.

Oh, also, I'm planning of adding World of Remnant in some chapters for bonus content.