RWBY: The DNA Of Light
Chapter 2: A Test For Acceptance
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It was late at night within the office of Beacon's Headmaster. The older man was looking through the footage once more of the fight with that odd giant. He knew some things already ahead, such as the boy and his heritage. But he was more concerned about the power he had, as it could still lead to being an enemy.
Ozpin had to make sure the boy was taught right, and that he is set on the right path. He may already have interest with being a huntsmen, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't change if given the right motive. For now, he can only hope that this school would be enough to make sure he doesn't change his alliance, otherwise Salem will be the least of Remnants worries.
"Interesting…" he noted as he glanced out his window to see Glynda having finished repairing the school after that battle.
She was always easily able to fix the problems whenever a Kaiju would show up upon arriving in this town, as shown by her past footages of her repairing whatever Cody broke with his otherworldly strength. It was good, otherwise the repairs for anything would take forever to rebuild.
He then directed his attention to the recent news that was given to him by the representative for the Land of Light, about what happened to Zero, namely how he had disappeared after he and his apprentice Zet were pursuing Genegarg in a different world, only for the shark monster to pull the veteran Ultraman into a different dimension using a Bulton.
"I fear for what will Belial think now that one of his enemies has suddenly vanished…" he muttered to himself.
Thankfully, he got word that Zett made it out okay and is currently stationed with a human host from that world, he believed Kaminari was his name...
"I supposed I can let Vector Prime handle Zett and his world…" he noted.
He soon put off his concerns to focus on his world instead, namely the upcoming initiation exam.
"Hmm… I'll run by these ideas with Glynda to see if they would work with her nephew?" He pondered to himself as he closed the documents for now, as he needed rest.
Tomorrow was going to be a very interesting day.
(Insert Opening - Heroes - Ryota Fujimaki - Zero and Geed Chronicles)
A short, acoustic guitar begins to play, as images of Remnant, Ultraman, Huntsmen/Huntresses, and the Ultra/Kaiju Capsules begins to appear one by one, quickly as more instrumentals chime in.
[Hikari no naka de, Yami ga umarete, Ookiku hakari wo, Kuzushiteshimau toki]
It then shows Cody waking up, surrounded by a ruined city and galaxy as the young teen stood up, confused and wondering where he was as he looks around.
As he stayed there a faint whisper in his ear made him turn around, to only see Belial for a moment there, forcing him awake from his dream to reveal the people of Beacom Academy, with Ruby holding her hand out to him, before cutting away to the title card.
[Yamiyo ni sakebi, Chi wo hau monotachi, Machi wa kirisakare, Kizuna wa tatareru]
After the title vanishes the teen smiles as he tries to reach out before the bright colored field cracks and shatters, revealing that of Salem and the rest of her pawns behind her as the shadows of the Kaiju and Ultra Capsules followed by Belial as it's dangerous shadow loomed over him.
Cody, now scared, was about to back up until he felt Ruby's hand against him. Calming him down as he held up his Geed Riser before pressing on it and forming Geed, as it then charged into battle against the threat.
[Zero ni naru kakugo wa aru ka, Shimei wo eranda senshitachi]
It then looms over Cody, sitting in an alley as rain pours down on him hard. The young teen looking at the ground softly before he glances at his Ultra Capsules as Zero soon appears nearby before he then closes his eyes.
The screen then pans away and towards Ruby as she sits there on top of the building, the young teen glancing down to where Yang stood there, the young teen sighing softly with a smile before she jumped off and landed near her sister while Weiss just sighs heavily in the background.
[Machi wa kirisakare, Kizuna wa tatareru]
The screens then gains static as Blake stands there with Adam, growling in disgust of how the humans of this world are, causing him to turn to be greeted with Roman and the rest of the White Fang along with some tech before the group looked up to be greeted by several Kaiju summoned by Fukuide Kei. And while they stand there, Belial grins from his dimension as he plans his attack.
[Sakete wa toorenu tatakai e, Hikari wo obite]
Back at Beacon, Cody begins to walk around before the same colorful field surrounds him, causing him to look around to see Team Rwby and JNPR among others walking around him before they vanish into darkness, leaving the teen there. As the color fades off and shatters once more, the young teen floats around in space, only seeing death and destruction caused by Belial as the teens beings look down, only for Cody to see Kei using the systems in Remnant to cause chaos.
[Mae e mae e mae e...]
Cody called out to Ruby as he rushed ahead, being bombarded by the energy and darkness that the being is emitting as it pushes him away. The young girl also notices as she reaches out for him as he does the same, trying to take their hands before they grasp and a bright light where Geed Royal Mega Master stands there tall.
[Susume bokura no hero... Asahi ni inori akatsuki ni chikau]
Ultraman Geed then begins to battle against the Grimm along with the Kaiju, Belial Fusions and Belial himself as Zero backs him up. The two fight to save lives as Team RWBY and JNPR fight alongside them on the ground, dealing with the White Fang and Grimm as Cinder and Salem blast some darkness at the group.
[Heiwa no kane wo..., Narase hero...]
Geed then changes into its several Ultra Fusions, dealing with the Belial Fusions along with the teams as Ultraman Zero Beyond joins in the fray to help their comrades. They soon fight as a silhouette of Ultimate Finale stood behind Geed softly before fading away.
[Bokura wa anata kara, Hontou no yuki o shiru]
Geed and RWBY then team up to deal with Salem and Belial as the two duke it out over one another, with Geed dealing with Belial that has erased countless planets to Ruby unlocking her hidden power as their next attacks shatter reality.
[Tataeyo our hero, Tataeyo our hero~]
Cody then opens his eyes, showing himself now on the campus grounds, with his capsules in hand and Ruby nearby as he notices his friends now there, smiling at him. It brought a smile to the young teen's face as he looks back up to see a rainbow over them all before the title reveals one last time.
As the sun began to rise on Beacon Academy, most of the students started to wake up, though a select few were still asleep. Yet one boy quickly woke up, beaming with joy as he grabbed his clean clothes to quickly change into his attire.
Cody was one of a few who were still excited about this happening, especially since he wanted this for so long, and now he has his chance as he was ready to hop onto the trials and begin this new life since the day before, he and the others upon arriving had to listen to Professor Ozpin's speech before being settled in the auditorium, he was even able to see Ruby again from it.
As he and a few other students began to awaken, he noticed a very hyperactive girl was zipping around the auditorium while her friend got up.
"Geez… why is everyone taking their time? Don't they know that today is important?!" Ruby groaned.
"Heh, trust me, I know the feeling, Ruby." Cody chuckled out.
"Well maybe last night kind of petered everyone out…" Weiss sighed as she woke up, "Especially when a random Kaiju decided to show up in the middle of the night…"
"Really? I um…. I didn't know that. I fell asleep easily." Cody said, as he gulped a bit, knowing that he had to keep his new power a secret.
"Surprised that you were a pretty heavy sleeper..." Yang noted.
"I've been like that for as long as I can remember." Cody chuckled slightly nervously.
Everyone soon left to prepare for the next day, allowing Ruby and Cody to lightly discuss what happened last night.
"Okay mister. You need to explain some things to me." Ruby said, pointing at him closely.
"Shhh! Not so loud, Ruby! I don't want anyone to know!" Cody shushed her, worried she was too loud or someone was still around them.
As they went towards a place where they could discuss freely, the pair soon breathed a sigh of relief as she noticed that he now had the Capsule Holder and the Loading Knuckle attached to his belt.
"Hm? Why do you have toys on you?" She questioned.
Cody flinched as he looked at them, only to grip the knuckle on his belt, "Rem! I thought you told me that normal people can't see these!" He groaned out.
[Since she already has seen you change, I thought it would be appropriate if she could. Was that not the right decision?]
Cody groaned out, but sighed as he knew she was right, and that upon finding out, he shouldn't hide anything from his only friend, only to turn as Ruby looked more confused.
"U-Um… Well… what you see on me, is something you're now allowed to see… It.. It helped me become an Ultraman." Cody explained as he brought out one of the capsules.
"Wow, so this is supposed to have the powers of the legendary Ultramen?" she noted as she looked at the Ultraman Capsule he gave her.
"Yeah… including… m-my father…" Cody grimaced, worried about her thoughts on that.
"Wait, Ultraman's your dad?" she questioned him, thinking that he was referring to the capsule she was holding at the moment.
"No, he's not… Belial is…" he muttered as he revealed the Belial Capsule.
"So… your dad is a bad guy?" she asked, still unsure why he's talking so scared.
"Y-Yeah…" He nodded, "I… I guess now that you know I'm related to him… that… you think I'm going to be like him… like some freak…." He said, with a soft mutter to his voice as his hands slightly shook, worried about her opinion and possibly losing her as a friend.
"Well, even if your dad was… you know.. The devil, I still think that you're a good guy" Ruby noted, "You've shown as much that you're not going to be like your father"
Cody soon relaxed from hearing that, as he turned to her. The young girl smiling brightly at him as the doubt, worry and even fear that was lingering in his heart soon lifted into light and warmth as he smiled at her before gently hugging the girl.
"Thank you Ruby. I… I really needed to hear that." He thanked her.
Ruby smiled back, "Of course! Though… why would you say such things about yourself?" She questioned.
"W-Well… ever since I started to gain these um… 'feats', people started to fear me. Telling me that I'm a freak. And when I found out about my dad well… let's just say it made more sense as to why they said such things. And… I was worried you'd think the same." Cody explained softly.
"Don't worry, I won't let you become just like him…" Ruby reassured him as she returned the hug.
However, the two had to stop when they noticed Yang was waiting for them nearby, the blonde brawler arriving while the two were hugging.
"Enjoy your nice hug, you two?" She snickered, teasing them once again as they blushed in response.
They quickly let go and looked away as Yang sighed, "Anyways, come on! We gotta get going"
"Y-Yeah, let's do this." Cody nodded in response, knowing that the trial was more important right now than their embarrassments as they headed out with the others.
XXX
As everyone was in the locker room, Cody began to look at how he could go through the initiation. Considering that he heard that the test was tough, he was nervous about actually passing and joining a team.
Sadly, he was informed he couldn't take any weapons that aren't his own as many already had their weapons and gear beforehand. He grimaced at that, as he wasn't allowed any weapons before either. He seemed to have no choice but use his wits and his otherworldly strengths to help him pass for now until he can get a proper weapon, or hope there are some hidden in the battle field.
After closing his locker, he noticed that Weiss was being approached by the blonde boy from before.
"S-So um… think we could team up? It would make things easier." He said, as it was obvious he was trying to hit on the heiress, but she didn't seem to care as she walked past him.
'Ouch, that was cold…' Cody thought to himself, as he decided to pass by for now.
As he did, the young Ultra passed by a red headed woman. He quickly stopped as he turned his head, quickly realizing that the one that was standing there was the prodigy huntress, Pyrrha Nikos. Someone he has admired upon hearing about her performances.
Cody was ready to geek out and ask for her autograph, but he snapped out of his stupor as he smacked his cheeks. He had to focus, as this was the testing trials to enter the academy, he can't just be in his own world right now.
As he and the other students readied themselves for the test, they all headed towards a nearby cliff. He was surprised that it was just them and no equipment to climb or get down to the testing area, meaning there had to be something else here too.
"As you know the rumors by now, these trials for new students are a bit… 'different' with each year. And this year is no exception." Glynda informed them, as she had a Scroll in tablet mode to record the trials. "Your task is simple. Head into the forest and find certain relics and bring them back here."
"Huh? That's all?" One of the more sturdier builds said, as he smirked with eagerness.
"True. But within, there are also Grimm and other things that you will need to defend yourself at. If you aren't careful or work in a team. You will die." Ozpin chimed in, soon earning a chill down everyone's spines at that.
Soon, everyone found themselves standing on a set of stone markers.
"Also, upon meeting someone in an eye contact, they will be your partners for the next 4 years here in Beacon. There are no exceptions for this." Ozpin informed.
"S-So um… how do we get to the trials?" The other blonde boy questioned.
"Oh, that's simple…" Ozpin noted as he turned towards Cody, who noticed his marker was acting strange… as were the rest of the markers.
Cody's eyes widened for a moment only for him to smirk as he got himself ready. Soon, the marker under him sprang to life and flung the young Ultra into the sky.
"Wait a minute, those are launching pads?!" the other blonde boy gasped in horror.
"Yes."
"Then how will we land?" He asked as one by one, the markers flung the students into the nearby forest.
"You will have to figure that out, by yourself." Ozpin said, "Happy landing." He waved to him as the last pad launched the other blonde boy into the sky.
The trials for the next entrance have begun…
XXX
As Cody flew through the air, he soon landed in a nearby clearing unschaved. Dusting himself off, the boy soon got to work on finding the relics, while also trying his best to survive in the forest.
"Okay… no tips, no hints or anything on the location. Meaning its either close, or there are multiple areas to grab these relics." Cody noted to himself out loud, "Anyone I meet, is my partner. Or at least with me should they be with someone else. This is gonna be tough to figure out..."
As he wandered through the forest, Ruby soon landed several feet away from the Ultra as she began to figure out what to do herself. She called out to see if her sister or Cody was close by, as she had no idea how to get through this. She only had to pressure onward and find someone to team up with.
As the small huntress trekked through the forest, making sure not to use her Semblance, unless she's in danger. She pondered how this will go on or even what these relics are? She had to assume it was something anyone can notice and take, instead of something like a fancy rock or stone.
However, she soon bumped into the last person either person expected to become their partner...
'You have got to be kidding me…' Weiss Schnee grumbled in her mind before walking away from her new partner.
"W-Wait!" Ruby called out, as she walked away from her, "But… we're supposed to be partners now…"
As Weiss wandered through the dense forest, she soon came across the other blonde boy somehow pinned to a tree by a red and gold spear. The heiress soon groaned as she went the other direction and dragged Ruby away by the hood.
"By no means, does this make us friends…" she grumbled.
"You came back!" She said with joy, knowing she won't be alone now. While Ruby did hope she partnered with Yang or Cody, it was at least better than being alone in these trials.
XXX
Returning to Cody, he was wandering through the forest with no partner or relic in sight. In fact, any person he had met were already partners with each one telling him to 'buzz off'.
'Man, who knew this trial was this hard…?' he mentally sighed as he tried to look for the relics.
During this time, he stumbled across the other blonde boy from before along with Pyrrha. Knowing the outcome, he was about to leave when he overheard the conversation between the two.
"Did you hear that?" the other blonde boy asked her.
"Gun fire. Looks like some of our comrades have already engaged the enemy…" she noted before gripping her spear.
The prodigy and the young Ultra had noticed the rustling in the leaves and was prepared for a fight. And from it came what looked to be an alien. This one looked gold with a mustard yellow underneath, as it seemed to be nothing but swirls as on its back were several weapons, some they recognized from other candidates as its blue eyes were set upon them.
"Bara, bara! More humans." The alien said with disgust.
"Who… or what… are you?" Phyrra demanded from the alien.
"Bara, ba-ra! I am part of the planet Barossa! I am Alien Barossa!" It introduced itself, "Bara, bara. We like coming here to take your unique weapons for ourselves! And these times usually bring the best for us, Bara bara. Especially in a world this rich with such a powerful arsenal, it's almost like I hit the mother load!"
Jaune was shocked to find out that this strange alien was after their weapons as the bronze alien took out a large sword with a molten, almost volcanic like blade, and pointed it at the pair.
"Now hand over those weapons, Bara bara!" Barossa demanded from them.
"I think not." Pyrrha frowned, as she lunged at the alien, as she began to fight against the intruder.
As she used her spear and shield to keep at a distance and strike, the Alien Barossa used his sword's fiery blade to slash at the prodigy, causing several trees in the process.
Cody, seeing the problem, gripped his knuckle to talk to Rem, "Say uh… Rem? Do you have anything in there that can stop a… 'Alien Barossa'?" He questioned the AI.
"Not at the moment, however as long as he wields that Cybertronian sword, he could potentially burn the whole forest down, along with any of the students…" she informed him.
"Damn it. Can't I just use something to stop it?" Cody questioned, "I can barely fight it without a weapon…" he muttered.
….
….
….
"Rem?" Cody called out to the AI, wondering why she was silent.
"One moment, Master Cody. Your new weapon is arriving shortly."
In seconds a small tub appeared next to the young boy. As he opened it, within it was a small gauntlet-like device, similar to Yang's bracelets, but had the same coloring as his Ultraman form, even a Color Timer on it.
"What… is this?" He questioned.
"I have no name for it yet, but this was taken from Ultraman Hikari's laboratory when your father escaped to Remnant. Do you wish to do the honors?" Rem responded.
"Hmm… Well… If it's like my Geed Riser then… how about… 'Primitive Knuckle'?" He questioned the name.
"Name registered. To use the Primitive Knuckle, all you do is insert an Ultra Capsule, and pull the hammer of the device back. Though, you only have a few charges to use, until all is left is its energy output for you to use." Rem informed the young Ultra.
"Got it…" he noted as he took out the Ultraman capsule and inserted it into the gauntlet as the Color timer soon lit up.
{Ultraman! Capsule Set!}
"Alright… let's do this!" The young Ultra said, as he kneeled on one knee with a hand raised next to this ear. Soon, energy and light built up into his palm as it formed a light ring as he threw it at the Alien Barossa's blade.
"Gah! My Volcano Blade!" he cried out as the sword cooled down. "Damn you, you'll pay for that!" he growled as he ran for the young Ultra.
"Woah, that was different." Pyrrha noted, as she and Jaune took notice of Cody, "Did you do that?"
"U-Um… yeah." He nodded in response, "That thing seemed dangerous."
Alien Barossa soon took out another sword, this one having a shorter blade but it had a red hilt as it had a slight nostalgia feel to it, but one that also felt very brutal. The intruder soon started slashing at the young Ultra while he went to retrieve the Volcano Blade.
"Wah!" Cody cried out with shock, holding up his hands as soon a barrier appeared to protect and shield him from the slashes.
Seeing this as she looked back to the intruder, Pyrrha rushed ahead as she countered Alien Barossa as she slashed back before changing her weapon into gun mode as she fired off a few rounds, making sure he couldn't reach that sword.
The other blonde boy was soon amazed as he watched both of them try their best to fight this strange alien while the forest burned around them…
XXX
Meanwhile, back at the top of the cliff, Ozpin and Glynda watched on with bated breath as the battle between Cody and Pyrrha vs Alien Barossa from the tablet.
"We need to halt the trials, Ozpin. This alien seems to be too dangerous!" Glynda said, feeling worry over her nephew. She seemed ready to just drop the tablet and head off to fight, yet Ozpin stopped her.
"Remember, these are trials for them to enter. We cannot interfere." Ozpin reminded her.
"But this isn't part of it!"
"So are the Grimm. But we have to trust in them and their strength, otherwise they can't grow or become the Huntsmen or Huntresses they can be." He reminded the woman, knowing full well her worry but also knowing that this has to happen.
Glynda soon began to falter as she looked at the large billowing smoke pillar in the distance, and she wasn't the only one as Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, as well as two more people started to rush towards the smoke pillar.
"Ruby, wait up!" Weiss shouted as she tried to keep up with her new partner, "What's gotten into you all of a sudden!"
'Cody, please be okay…' the red Huntress thought to herself.
XXX
"Ha!" Cody cried out, his hand covered in the light as he came down, slashing through the weapon that the Alien Barossa had, and cutting it as it stumbled back from the hit.
Pyrrha rushed in as she gave a series of blows, kicks and hits with her weapon, shield and body. They both had to keep pushing back until it gave in or they had defeated it. Otherwise it could bring problems to the others, as well as any wandering Grimm.
Meanwhile, the other blonde boy was trying to move the Volcano Blade out of the battlefield and far away from the bronze alien.
'Come on Jaune, pull yourself together!' he mentally told himself, 'You just need to keep this weird alien sword that can somehow catch fire and keeping from the crazy alien out to steal our weapon…' He soon reached a good spot to stay when the ginger girl from before arrived with her friend.
"Oooooh! A fire sword!" she marveled, "Is that yours?"
"What? No! I'm taking it from an alien!" Jaune responded, as he was a bit dumbfounded by the girl.
"So that's an alien fire sword?" she asked again as she stared at the sword.
The boy she was with sighed as he put a hand on the other blonde boy's shoulder, "Don't worry about Nora, she can be a bit… excitable…"
"Well, I need to get this sword away from that thing. Can you two please help Pyrrha and the other guy?" He requested from the two who arrived.
"Sure thing" he noted as the boy took out a pair of green pistols with blades attached to the bottoms and rushed out to fight the Alien Barossa.
"I hope it makes a nice ring when I hit it!" The girl beamed as she rushed in with a hammer with a large barrel on it.
As Cody was using some attacks with Pyrrha, the Alien soon brought out what looked to be a larke great sword, with a chain around the blade, revving it as it was revealed to be a chainsaw-greatsword. Sparks flew off from the chainblade as it began to swipe and swing at the two, hoping to either catch them in the blades or knock them into a stupor to take them out.
"Think you can pull up that shield again?" The red-head asked.
"Only a few charges with it, gotta be sparing with it." Cody responded as he dodged another swipe, "Trying to set up an end move for it but it's being a pain!"
"Bara, bara! I'll get top dollar for your gear as well, humans!" The Alien cackled.
"Not if I can help it!" Ruby shouted as she rushed in and delivered a powerful strike with her scythe.
"Bara!" The Alien shouted in response from the hit, causing it to drop its weapon once more as it got up, angered, "Bara, bara! You humans here are so annoying! Just die and give me your… weapons..?" It noted before seeing Ruby's scythe, as it's eyes glittered with joy, "Such… beauty in a weapon… I must have it!" It said, reaching out to try and take it.
Ruby however quickly hugged her scythe close to her as she kept it away from the alien.
"No! I made this scythe! It's mine!" Ruby pouted.
"Grr…" the Alien growled as he took out a strange sword with an x-like hilt and a blue and red blade. "Give me that weapon, Bara Bara!"
"How about I give you this!"
The Alien soon turned only to be pelted by bullets before the ginger-haired girl smacks it with her hammer, causing it to be flung into the rock wall, groaning in response.
"Such an odd creature…" The other boy noted.
"It's an Alien, Ren. Of course it looks odd!" The girl noted with a giggle. "I liked that sound it made when I hit it."
"Grah! Are there any more humans who want to interrupt me?!" the Alien roared in annoyance.
It soon felt a tap on its shoulder, making it turn only for Yang to punch the intruder into the rock wall next to them, embedding it into it only for the Alien to break out with annoyance.
"That's it! I'll kill you all!" he shouted as he grabbed a large white pistol with a strange symbol and a red pump and barrel.
He then proceeded to fire wildly at all of the gathered students in an attempt to kill them all. Everyone soon tried to find cover from the blasts from the extremely angry Alien.
"Okay, what in the world is going on, here?!" Weiss questioned, as she and the others were hiding behind a fallen burnt tree.
"Alien thief wanting weapons." Cody informed." Any other dumb questions, Ice Queen?" He commented, earning a shocked gasp from her once again.
"Where... are... you…?" the Alien roared as he looked around the burnt forest, ready to gun down anyone in sight.
"Okay, so it's obvious very dumb. But annoying. Any ideas we can use to take it down?" Yang asked.
"I'm not sure…" Jaune sighed, "I swear he just has an infinite arsenal of those crazy alien weapons…" he despaired.
"Though, judging his reaction. It doesn't like the idea of its weapons being taken or dropped by it." Blake pondered.
"Maybe… we could use those weapons against him?" Cody suggested. "Does anyone have any ice dust?"
"Hmph, my glyphs can do better work than that." Weiss huffed.
"Ohh, ohh! And my speed can keep him distracted as we take his weapons!" Ruby chimed in.
"Then once we have an easy shot, I can use one of my skills to take it down." Cody noted.
"I call the fire sword!" Nora cheered.
"I'll take the chain sword!" Ruby added in.
"Guess I'll try to take his blaster from him…" the boy, Lie Ren as Nora called him, noted as he looked at the blaster.
"I think I can take his red knife…" Jaune muttered.
"Which leaves the rest of us to distract while you set up that move, tiger." Yang winked playfully at Cody.
The young Ultra felt a bit flustered, while Ruby puffed her cheeks in annoyance.
"Hey now, I'm not going to steal your boyfriend sis" Yang teased, causing the two to quickly blush.
"He's/She's, not my boyfriend/girlfriend!" the two said in unison.
"Ha! There you are!" the crazed Alien Barossa declared as the pair quickly realized they gave away their location.
"Okay, let's just get this over with!" Cody said, as Nora and Yang struck the ground to make a smoke screen, leaving before it settled to enact their plan.
They soon rushed towards each of the weapons that Alien Barossa had dropped. As the angry alien was ready to fight them all, the two teams quickly rushed out and quickly damaged the alien using his own arsenal.
"Gah! My weapons!" he cried out.
"Alright, you're finished!" Cody declared.
Weiss soon stood up as she used one of her glyphs, spawning under the Alien as it trapped it in a gravity hold. The young Ultra cocked the hammer on his knuckle as it activated the next part of this weapon. He soon put his arms in a '+' sign before a beam of light shot out, striking the Alien.
PROTO-SPACIUM KOUSEN!
"BARA!" the Alien cried out before blowing up into a million pieces, scattering the remaining weapons all across the battlefield, and even taking out a few Grimm along the way.
"We did it!" Ruby cheered.
"Y-Yeah…." Cody panted as the dial on his knuckle soon died off, only to eject the capsule, showing he was now out of charges, as he placed it into the holder before anyone took notice.
"Sweet!" Yang cheered as they noticed something, "And look, that alien's weapons formed a trail to the relics!"
In the short distance, there was a small ruin with twelve pedestals on it. Each one having a small chess piece on it. Though… there were only 8, four having already been taken. This made the group realize this was also to show who will enter and who won't as there weren't enough for everyone.
"Wait… there's only 8 pieces." Jaune noted.
The two teams then looked at each other and then towards the now dejected Cody
"Guess this was meant to be…" He chuckled softly before sighing, "Go ahead… I can enter next year." He said to them, "You all found your partners and fought together. I just helped out."
Ruby started to consider giving her piece to Cody, but Weiss stopped her from doing so, even though she was hesitant about the whole thing.
"He's right. As much as you want to give your piece, he's only following the rules of the trials." Weiss said, "We found each other, fought together and reached this place as a team. If he doesn't have that, he can't join." Weiss wasn't trying to be rude or cold, only stating the facts of the trial and what they were told. She was also respecting his decision here as it was easy to see he had to forfeit his chances.
Soon, everyone returned to the location where they were meant to bring the relics, a large waterfall that housed some more ruins.
"Ugh, great. How are we gonna get up there?" Weiss groaned out, as beyond the ruins was the large cavern that led back to Beacon, but there was only one way. It was up, but it was much larger as they may not have time before the trial ends before they reach the top.
"Oh! Maybe Cody can-" Ruby was about to say a plan, but Cody quickly took notice of her almost telling them his secret as he stopped her.
"I-I uh… don't think I have much power left to get everyone up there easily." He interrupted her only to sigh and remind Ruby with a head gesture of reminding her to keep it secret as she nodded in response.
"Well, we could use Weiss' glyphs" Jaune suggested, "They look sturdy enough to lift some of us up…"
"I can only produce so much of them and only for a short while." Weiss crossed her arms.
This left the group in a bit of a quandary as they pondered on what to do next. But before they could, the group soon heard a loud noise nearby, causing them to snap back into reality as they wondered what that was.
"I swear, if it's another alien or Kaiju, I'm going to scream!" Weiss shouted with annoyance.
However luckily for them, it was only Glynda and Ozpin arriving at the scene to congratulate the two teams.
"I must say, you all have shown true courage and teamwork against something that well… wasn't exactly part of the trials." Ozpin said, with a small clap.
"Huh? It wasn't?!" Nora gawked, as she thought this was entirely part of it.
"Indeed. But still, with what you've all shown, we may make an exception. For now, please let us bring you back to the academy. Everyone else has already returned, as we're only waiting for a few more teams to finish up." Ozpin said, as an airship flewdown, ready to bring them all back to the academy.
They soon went into the airship as Cody looked towards his aunt.
"Sorry that I didn't make it…" he apologized.
"Before you say anything, wait until the team formations are announced." Glynda said, a soft smile as she patted his head, spite leaving the blonde confused.
What did she even mean by that?
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"Russel Thrust, Cardin Winchester, Dove Bronzewing, and Sky Lark. The four of you, retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day one, you will work together as Team CRDL, lead by Cardin Winchester." Said Ozpin as he congratulated them as their team name was formed on the screen along with their fights.
Afterwards, Jaune, Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren stepped up to the stage.
Ozpin soon performed his speech once again, "Jaune Arc. Lie Ren. Pyrrha Nikos. Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team JNPR. Led by… Jaune Arc!"
"L-Lead by…? Me?" Jaune got out, as he along with a few others were surprised he was chosen as leader.
"Congratulations, young man" he told the other blonde boy.
As Pyrrah gave him a smile of approval, she offered him a friendly bump to the shoulder. However she forgot to hold back as she accidentally knocked him onto his rear end, earning a laugh from the audience.
The headmaster sighed as he looked towards the final four members, "And finally: Blake Belladonna. Ruby Rose. Weiss Schnee. Yang Xiao Long" He called to the four of them as they walked up to the stage, "The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day, you will be working alongside one another as Team RWBY. Led by, Ruby Rose."
"M-M-Me? Really?!" Ruby smiled brightly, as she was chosen for the role, hugging her sister happily in response.
Soon, everyone began to cheer as Ozpin walked towards Cody, "Mr. Aldrich, would you please visit my office?"
"Huh?" the young Ultra blinked, pointing to himself.
"I have something special in store for you" he told him, "But I think this is best done in private…"
Cody nodded, as he was curious on what this request was.
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"You…. wanted to speak with me?" Cody asked, as the young Ultra soon walked into the office, with Glynda, and surprisingly enough Ruby.
"Yes, please. Have a seat with Miss Rose." Ozpin offered.
Wary of this, he did as he was told as the headmaster stared at the pair. He soon pulled up footage of not only the fight against the Alien Barossa, but also… a little footage of him and Ruby talking before the young boy disappeared into a faint purple light before his true form appeared in view.
"Care to explain?" Ozpin said, making the pair flinch in response. He not only knew of the fight earlier, but Ruby knew about his secret as well from the day before.
"Well you see…" he muttered as he tried to find an excuse.
"I was talking about Miss Rose here." He informed, "I want to know her explanation on your true form and her thoughts."
"E-Eh, me?" Ruby got out, "W-Well.. Um… you see…. I just um.. Saw some light and uh…."
"Ruby." Ozpin called out, as she sighed and calmed down.
"Yeah… I did see him change into that form." Ruby nodded, "But, that doesn't change my thoughts about him! Cody is very kind, and he just wants to help people like me! Like others…. And, while I may not know the full details, I do trust him. After all, we're all living together in this world, aren't we?"
Ozpin smiled softly upon hearing this as he nodded, "Correct, we are." He nodded, "Then I have no other reason but to enroll Cody here as well."
"Wait what?!" both of them gasped.
"B-But, I failed the trial!" Cody said, "I didn't find a partner, and there were no relics left!"
"Those were just items, nothing more. And while true, your fight with RWBY and JNPR shows you can work well together. While you won't have a team here, I cannot let potential like this just leave. We will allow you to enroll and take the same studies and programs as the others." Ozpin informed.
Excited, Cody and Ruby began to hug each other in victory, happy that the young Ultra was still enrolling with the others.
"But, don't get ahead of yourselves either. You may be enrolled, but you still have a duty to uphold." Glynda informed, "I will be personally overseeing your training and growth when the others have exercises with their teams for the rest of your school years." She then coughed, "Also, I believe that you two are still a bit too young to be in a relationship…"
This confused the two, only to see notice their hug, causing them to blush and swiftly push each other away.
"W-We're not like that!" They said in unison.
Glynda soon chuckled as Ozpin smiled.
"It looks like things are shaping up to be an… interesting year…" he noted as he looked towards the shattered moon outside of his window.
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Meanwhile, in a large castle, the man from before arrived to a large throne room where a white skinned and white-haired woman sat there, wearing a black dress with a red linings.
"Mistress Salem…"
"How is your observation of the boy?" She questioned her partner in this plan of hers and of the devil's.
"He is already in contact with Ozpin…" he told her.
"Seems your plan is moving faster than you anticipated." She noted.
"I also heard from Alexis Kaleb that the Ultra Medals have been scattered in his location…" the man added in, "I believe that this might alert the Cybertron Elite Guard and the Hyper Agents…"
"As long as it drives their forces away from Remnant and Earth. Then all is proceeding well." Salem said, "As per agreement, you help with me, and I shall assist Belial with everything I can offer."
"As you wish, Mistress Salem." He nodded, holding up a few blank capsules, "Next part of the plan? To give him more power for us to use."
Salem soon smiled as within Beacon Academy, a small set of light gathered upon Yang. The blonde brawler not knowing her part in this plan of entities of evil. But everyone soon will, and then the changes can begin.
A/N:
Striberx: Heya minna. Back again.
HackerEX: WE LIVE AGAIN!
Striberx: Sorry for the wait, lots of stuff going on personally that caught us being a bit busy.
HackerEX: Pretty much, plus I'm still working on both the final chapter of EoT's King of Time arc and the start of Cross Generations. But still, this was quite the interesting chapter to write, especially in terms of derailing canon.
Striberx: Right. So to start off, as you all saw, a new item/weapon was put here. The Primitive Knuckle. This was an original idea, I thought of upon watching the Ultraman anime when it aired out.
HackerEX: I came up with the name btw
Striberx: Yeah, but the concept is that its similar to the Taiga Spark, as in functionality, but works like the Geed Riser. Each capsule can give Cody the techniques of the Ultra in use, giving him more range of abilities to fight when not as an Ultraman.
HackerEX: It also allows us to do some ground level fights that involve Team RWBY more since most of the Ultraman series are kaiju fights.
Striberx: Right. Cause this was the biggest problem I had at the time, where I knew I couldn't keep each chap an Ultra fight, as that wouldn't fit well with each chap. I knew I had to have some human sized fights too, but I couldn't just allow Cody to be Geed in human sized, spite that some Ultras can. But Geed never once showed that ability so I couldn't use it. But once the anime came out, that gave me the idea.
HackerEX: Pretty much, and on that note, who thought that Alien Barossa would replace the fight with the two Kaiju-sized Grimm?
Striberx: While I know may be sad to see that fight go. Trust me, I did want to keep it in. We both just felt like it wasn't the right call to do. Sides, taking out a literal Alien Bounty Hunter/Thief, is big imho.
HackerEX: Eyup, and it allows us to reference not only Tsubaraya, but also another franchise.
Striberx: And no, that doesn't mean Cybertronians will appear. References are fine, but we have no reason to add them into this.
HackerEX: Yeah, though for SSSS Ultraman… that's another stort. But that's spoilers on my end...
Striberx: Indeed. And one last thing, since I'm talking about the Ultraman anime. I bet many are wondering if there'll be a suit for Cody to use, like in the anime? And yeah, there will be. I knew I had to have a Geed Ultra Armor in this, as again, the anime was the thing that made everything work. But it won't appear just yet, gotta give time to make it.
HackerEX: Plus, who knows? Maybe we could bring in a couple of anime interpretations of the Ultra Kaiju here for some Huntress vs Kaiju fights
Striberx: But only time will tell. Until next time, later minna.
PS: Also, thank you very much 501 for that comment/review. I truly needed that, and I'm glad you're able to truly see my effort I do in my stories, so thank you once again.