Chapter 16: Team CYMS
"Hey freshie, are you listening?"
Mori looked up from his notebook as a voice attempted to get his attention.
"Coco, you don't need to be so hard on him I'm sure he's listening, he's probably just nervous," another voice popped up before Mori could answer.
"Look Vel, I don't want him risking our lives just because he's feeling nervous," Coco replied back with an annoyed voice.
"Your constant ragging on him isn't going to be helpful," Velvet pointed out.
"I'm fine, I understand the details of the mission," Mori replied before Coco could answer back.
"That's good," A gruff voice answered back, "Just remember, it's important to be able to keep calm in all situations."
"Thanks for the advice Yatsuhashi," Mori said as he nodded his head in gratitude.
"You're welcome,"
"Now, Now!" An elderly voice shouted out, "No need for nerves, in fact on my first mission…"
Mori immediately tuned out the latest voice as the familiar sound of Professor Port talking about his youth filled the Bullhead they were in.
Mori respected the man for the experience he held and his knowledge on the Grimm was vast and incredibly useful for Mori's ability to understand how to fight them…the problem was getting through that man's stories to get the information he needed.
Thankfully this one didn't seem to involve Grimm so he didn't pay attention and his mind went back to the night that was the reason he was on a bullhead with a Professor who love the sound of his own voice, a timid rabbit Faunus, a silent giant, and a fashionista with an attitude.
Couple Days Back.
"Professor Ozpin?" Mori asked as he knocked and opened the door to the Headmaster's Office.
"Ahh, Mr. Jin, good of you to finally arrive," The headmaster said as Mori poked his head through. "Please, take a seat."
Mori made his way into the room as he followed Ozpin's instructions.
"Would you like a cup of coffee?" The headmaster asked as Mori sat down.
Mori nodded no; he wasn't a fan of the stuff, it was too bitter.
"I see," Ozpin murmured with a smile, "Well I hope you don't mind as I pour a cup for myself then," The headmaster then grabbed a kettle and started to pour a cup for himself.
As Ozpin poured his cup, all Mori could think of was what could the Headmaster want with him.
They already cleared up the incident with that Atlas team, and he hadn't done anything else…yet anyways.
Mori's opinion on Ozpin really had not changed much from the beginning of the year, he still did not trust him. He was a man with many secrets and unless Mori knew everything about him he'd keep him at arm's length, that and the way he basically strongarmed Mori into attending Beacon still left a sour taste in his mouth.
Other than that though, his interactions with the headmaster had been mostly pleasant. He actually somewhat paid attention during Ozpin's Fairy Tales and Stories class and the man was a good teacher.
Their relationship, for the most part, had been amicable and whenever they crossed each other in the hallways Ozpin would always ask Mori how his day had been in a familiar tone.
It really was such a shame he could trust him as far as Jaune could throw him.
"Now you must be wondering why I called you so late," The professor asked as he finished brewing his cup of coffee and sat down behind his desk.
Mori nodded as he waited for Ozpin to explain.
"Do you remember initiation and the reason why you were able to be here without a team?"
"You mean when you basically came up with bullshit to get me into your school?" Mori thought to himself.
"I think so," Mori said as he went with the less controversial route.
"Do you remember the reasoning for it?" Ozpin asked.
Frankly, Mori really didn't remember, he had been too angry about the circumstances to really pay attention.
"As Huntsman being able to work as a team is a necessary skill," Ozpin started to explain "Teamwork is highly important as a huntsman and four is the number considered most optimal to send on missions."
Mori nodded along, he agreed with what the professor was saying. Teamwork was important, even though he never really need to use it in his life, and four was a good number for a team, it was big enough to split up when needed while at the same time being small enough to move quickly and efficiently.
"However, sometimes our teams are unable to have full membership due to various circumstances," Ozpin continued, "You're a smart young man Mr. Jin, I'm sure you understand where I am going with this."
Ahh, Mori could see where the professor was going…and he was surprised, he always thought his position as a substitute at Beacon was just something made Ozpin made up to keep him here, he never thought he would actually be do something with it.
"I think I understand sir."
"Good, Glynda you can come in now."
Mori looked towards the door as Glynda and a brunette wearing a beret and dark shades entered the room.
"Glynda," Mori nodded as he acknowledged the Deputy Headmistress."
"Again Mr. Jin, it is Professor Goodwitch to you," The blonde woman sighed in annoyance.
"So, this is the rising hotshot eh," The brunette spoke up as she looked Mori over pulling down her shades, "Doesn't seem like much, kind of looks a bit dumb."
…Really, why did people always say he looked dumb, he didn't look that dumb…right?
"I wouldn't judge on appearance Miss Adel," Ozpin said trying to stifle a smirk, "Mr. Jin is one of the most talented first years Beacon has had in quite a while."
"If you say so Professor," The girl responded flippantly.
"Mr. Jin, this is Miss Coco Adel the team leader of Team CFVY, a second-year team at Beacon," Professor Ozpin explained as he introduced the now named Coco to Mori.
Mori raised his eye and looked at the headmaster…Coffee…really?
"Mr. Jin, an opportunity to name a team that rarely comes in one's lifetime; do you really think I would waste that?"
Mori looked at Glynda, she in turn just shook her head in annoyance.
"Miss Adel and Team CFVY are going to be going on a mission to the outskirts of Vale this week, however, due to…unforeseen circumstances one of their Team Members has fallen in ill and it has been determined that he would not be healthy enough to go on their mission this week."
"I don't know why they went to the Little Shade," Coco muttered, "Everyone knows you get food sick from there."
"Due to these unfortunate events, Team CFVY is unable to have their full team and we have been in a bit of rush to fill that need." Ozpin continued, "I would like to ask you if you would accompany them on their mission."
"I don't know why a first year is what we decided to go with," Coco murmured.
"I understand that the Beacon Dance is coming up and due to the timeline if you accept you will probably miss it" The professor again spoke up, ignoring Coco, "But, because you are young and an opportunity like this doesn't come often, you don't have to accept going on this mission, if that's the case we will just get another second year and just pull them to join."
Mori thought about it for a bit before making his decision.
He didn't have to accept it, he didn't trust Ozpin still, and by the sound of it he didn't have to really go, hell, that girl Coco didn't even want him anyways and even though he had no interest in the dance itself, spending that time with his friends did seem like a lot of fun…but this was valuable experience he can gain and he needed to regain his strength as fast possible so he could protect his friends, the choice was easy for him.
"Well, this is the reason why I am here Professor Ozpin," Mori said as he accepted the assignment.
"Perfect from this moment you will be known as Team CYMS(Crimson)," Professor Ozpin smiled as he took a sip from his coffee. "You will depart in a couple of days."
Team CYMS…Really?
Well, at least it wasn't CFVY.
Mori got up and made his way out, making plans to prepare for the mission.
"Now hold up," Coco said as she stopped Mori outside of Ozpin's office, "You may be some hotshot freshie, but if you are going to roll with us I can't be seen with someone wearing that travesty you call an outfit."
Mori took a look down, at his clothes, they seemed pretty normal. Just a white shirt and blue jeans.
"What's wrong with my clothes?" he asked with a dumbfounded look.
"…Oh my God, it's so much worse than I thought."
Present
The day after had Coco force Mori to wear something more fashionable, she was finally pacified with a red striped button-up shirt over his white one.
He still didn't know what was wrong with his usual clothes.
"…And That's how my first mission ended up me slaying an Alpha Beowolf."
Oh, looks like Professor Port was done rambling.
"This could not go any worse," Coco said as she held her head in her hands. "We get Professor Port, and we have to carry a freshman with no weapon."
"It's not that bad Coco," Velvet said as she tried to comfort her leader. "I've seen Mori fight a couple of times and he's pretty strong."
Ohh right, for some reason, Velvet attended a lot of the first-year courses, she was also bullied by CRDL a lot at the beginning of the year…Mori was confused why she allowed that to happen when she was so much stronger than them.
"Just because he can fight well doesn't mean he will helpful," Coco barked back as she looked up, "Why did you guys go to the Little Shade you know that place is famous for getting people sick," She then turned her anger to Yatsuhashi.
"Well to quote Fox, 'It had the authentic Vacuo experience of risking your life,'" Yatsuhashi explained in a neutral tone.
"You guys are idiots," Coco said as she put her head in her hands again.
Little Shade…where did he hear that name from before…oh right it was when Taiyang needed him to substitute teach.
Mori obviously hadn't eaten from the Little Shade yet and this was the second time he's heard of it…apparently, it was super good, it just had a nasty reputation health-wise… actually now that Mori thought about it, Dave mentioned it a couple of times. Mori's morbid curiosity wanted to see what the deal with that place was because based on it's reputation it really should be shut down.
"Now Miss Adel," Professor Port spoke up interrupting Mori's thoughts.
Mori again raised his eyebrows, was Professor Port going to go on another story rant again?
"We are arriving at our destination soon so start to prepare," His tone then turned serious.
Mori was surprised it seemed like a light seemed to switch on the man as he went from a bumbling professor to a serious well-trained huntsman.
The rest of Team CYMS nodded as they started to prep their weapons.
Since he didn't have a weapon, all Mori did was put away his journal he was working on, close his eyes, and started to mentally go over his forms.
He needed to get stronger from this experience, after all, the cost of him going was time with his friends and having fun with them at the Beacon Dance.
He didn't know why…but he could still remember Ruby's sad face when he explained why he wasn't going.
"This better be worth it… let's see how much I can learn from this."
Velvet was not sure what she was expecting when her team got an emergency call to assist the village of Lower Cairn, she was somewhat nervous being out on the field with Grimm and was also somewhat excited to actually do Huntsmen related work.
She was not prepared for what she witnessed after getting off the bullhead.
…They were too late.
The small village…or what remained of it was completely destroyed.
"This is..." Yatsuhashi tried to speak but he couldn't seem to find the words to describe how he felt.
Velvet could only agree with her partner; the sight was too terrible to describe with words as the ground was littered with debris, the roads being completely destroyed and the most horrifying sight…the half-eaten remains of bodies, each face etched with terror at what could only be their horrifying end.
She had heard the horror stories of villages being overrun, she just didn't expect it to look like this.
Her heart ached seeing this terrible sight, wondering if there was anything they could've done to save these poor people.
"Velvet!" Coco's voice rang out, "Pay attention!"
Velvet's mourning came to a sudden halt as a Beowulf suddenly jumped at her ready to take a bite out of her.
Right before Velvet could react the beast was instantly obliterated by a fist as she looked over to see the newest member of Team CYMS had reacted before she could.
Velvet gave a quick nod of thanks as Mori acknowledged it with his own nod.
"Looks like we have some company!" Yatsuhashi shouted as a large pack of beowolves and ursa converged on their position.
"Get into position!" Coco shouted as she transformed her purse into a Gatling gun.
The group immediately gathered in a circle in order to not be separated.
Using her camera, Velvet immediately created a copy of Coco's weapon as Team CYMS started to fire on the pack.
Well, most of team CYMS, Mori didn't really have a weapon so right now he was useless.
"Why do you not have a long-ranged weapon!" Coco shouted in frustration as she continued to fire her dust rounds.
It seemed like their allies weren't the only ones to realize their problem.
Some of the pack seemed to realize there was a portion of the formation that didn't seem to have any fire as they all started to converge on that spot.
They were in trouble; they couldn't offer any aid to the 1st year as they were occupied by their own enemies. If they pierced through Mori's spot they would fall as they had no one to defend their backs.
Was this how it was going to end?
Suddenly a powerful wind pressure seemed to form as Velvet looked behind her to see if anyone activated wind dust.
It was just Mori as he was in a stance with what seemed like a dragon being formed.
"The kick of the blue dragon," Mori muttered as he unleashed his kick on the beowolves attempting to pierce what was supposedly the weak point of their formation.
A blinding light soon filled their eyes and when they opened them again all that was left from the first year's kick was destruction and disintegrating Grimm.
"Wha-" Coco said as her mouth dropped.
Heavy pressure seemed to fill the air as Mori turned around and walked towards what was left of the pack.
What came next was something that Velvet had never seen before…as if it were by instinct, the Grimm started to run away.
Velvet couldn't blame them, she wanted to get as far away from the abnormal boy herself.
Velvet let out a sigh of relief as she turned off her weapon, it seemed like they made out of the initial confrontation.
"Freshie!" Coco yelled as she put her weapon away, "What was that."
He ignored her as he went over to a dead body closed their eyes and started to dig a hole.
"Hey don't ignore me!"
"Mr. Jin," Professor Port said in a somber tone as he walked up and put a hand on his shoulder, "While your care for the dead is admirable, right now our focus should be for the living."
"Living? There's not much living around here right now," Coco snarked.
"Coco!" Yatsuhashi angrily shouted.
"Miss Adel," Professor Port said calmly, "Even though we may be too late to save the village as a whole we can still attempt to find survivors."
"…I'm Sorry about that Professor," Coco apologized as her temper went down.
Velvet thought that Coco had been way too mean, but she could understand the frustration coming out of Coco's voice.
There really didn't seem to be much evidence of living around the place.
"For now, it is best we split up," Professor Port said, "Time is of the essence and it is paramount that we find those who may still be alive waiting for our help. Each of you go with your partners and search the remains of buildings, we may be able to find people hiding still, we are to meet back here in an hour."
Coco nodded as she grabbed Mori and went one way while Professor Port went another way.
"Should we go that direction Vel?" Yatsuhashi asked as he pointed in a different direction.
Velvet nodded as they made their way to find survivors.
A couple of minutes of silence had passed before Yatsuhashi spoke up again.
"…So," Yatsuhashi said as he cut down a straggling beowolf, "Does our new teammate still make you feel uncomfortable?"
"Yatsu, it's not like that," Velvet said with an exasperated sigh, "It's just there's something about him that makes me feel a little wary."
"I could see why a guy who can kick like that can make someone wary of that."
"Yatsu, that feeling has nothing to do with his strength…I think."
Still, that really was some impressive power that the first year showed, there were rumors that he apparently blew up a harbor with a kick, Velvet didn't believe them at first but…
"I don't think there's anyone around here," Yatushashi said as he looked into the next building.
Velvet agreed there were no signs of life right now in this village.
All that was left of this poor village was death and destruction.
"We better head back then," Velvet said as they went back.
More moments of somber silence filled the air as they continued their way back.
"So, are you able to use his techniques?" Yatsuhashi asked, once again breaking the silence.
"Who, Mori?"
"No, the beowolf over there," Yatsu teased as he pointed to and shot at the nearby Grimm.
"Hey!" Velvet pouted, "I wanted to make sure,"
Though that was a good question, would she be able to copy him? Apparently, he didn't have a semblance so that meant his skills were just technical that meant it should be easy to copy his moves.
"So, can you?" The swordsman once again asked in a curious tone.
"I'll test it out on the next Beowolf,"
Not even a minute passed before another Grimm crossed their paths.
Activating her semblance, she immediately closed the gap between her and the monster and delivered three quick strikes to its head.
"I guess that answers that question," Yatsuhashi observed as he watched the Grimm disintegrate."
Velvet nodded as she continued to make her way back to the meeting spot…or at least tried to, as she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her side and immediately kneeled over.
"Velvet!" her partner cried out, "Are you ok?"
She nodded as she gingerly got up…that technique she did something to her hip.
"I'm fine, I just pulled something in my hip," Velvet said with a grimace, "I…I think it's the backlash of Mori's technique."
"Backlash?" the big swordsman repeated back, "What kind of crazy martial arts does that kid do if it hurts that much from one technique."
"I don't know but I'm not trying that again," Velvet complained as she tried to move…keyword being tried.
"Whoa there," Yatsuhashi said as he grabbed Velvet's arm to stop her from stumbling, "Let me carry you."
"You don't need to carry me," Velvet angrily replied, "I can walk on my own just fine."
She once again to try to prove her point…it failed as she found herself facedown the concrete.
"So, you can walk on your own just fine?" Yatsuhashi replied in a blank voice.
"Shut up,"
He picked her up and they made their way back to the meeting spot.
"What happened?" Velvet heard Coco ask in panic as they got back.
"Velvet hurt herself by pulling something when she was trying something out," Yatsuhashi explained as he let Velvet down, "Any luck finding anyone? We weren't able to."
"No," Mori answered, "There was nobody from where we checked."
"Shit," Coco swore, "I was hoping to find someone."
"Fear not dear students," Professor Port declared as he returned, "There may be a chance there would be some people hiding in the wilderness!"
"Great," Coco said, "We just need to have Fox…gahh we don't have Fox!" she suddenly panicked.
"Yes… we don't have Fox," Yatsuhashi replied, "I think that is why Mori is here."
"No, you idiot," Coco barked as she whacked Yatsuhashi over the head, "What I mean by we don't have Fox is we don't have his semblance to track people."
"That is a problem,"
"You idiot Fox, why did you have to get food poisoning."
"I do believe he'd say something like, 'he didn't choose to get food poisoning,"
"Yatsu, you are not helping,"
"Excuse me, what does his semblance do?" Mori asked as he interjected in the conversation, "And how does it track people,"
"His semblance is essentially telepathy," Velvet said after she finished massaging her hip and finally recovered enough that she could stand without them being in pain, "He can use it to both talk and listen to people's thoughts."
"Ohh, so if we had that we'd be able to find people no problem," Mori said as he put his fist in his hand.
"And we don't have that" Coco complained, "We won't be able to find anyone and even if we did it'd probably take weeks to locate them."
They were really in a conundrum, right now they had no idea if there were people even alive and even if they were they wouldn't be able to find them in time.
It looks like Team CYMS would be unable to finish their mission and would have to abandon it.
"Wait!" Mori spoke up, "I may be able to do something,"
Once again, the freshman did something she was not expecting as he suddenly got on all fours and started to sniff around.
"Wha-what's he doing?" Coco asked bewildered.
"I do believe Mr. Jin is attempting to locate survivors using his nose," Professor Port declared stroking his mustache, "Absolutely brilliant I say,"
"What is he part dog Faunus?"
"Yatsu!" Velvet cried looking at her partner in shock,
"Oh, sorry," he sheepishly replied rubbing his head.
"I got something," Mori said after sniffing around a bit, "There are definitely people still out there…I want to say 50…maybe 75?"
"How do you know that?" Coco asked in disbelief.
"I smelled it,"
"You smelled it?" Coco repeated with a disbelieving look.
"I smelled it," he repeated back.
"Well then Mr. Jin," Professor interrupted before Coco could retort again, "Lead the way, if you believe that there are still people out there then we must make haste."
And with that, the group left the ruined city and made their way, into the wilderness.
As they were leaving Velvet turned around and gave one last look at the destroyed village.
"I hope we could find someone."
"So…are you sure could smell people? Coca asked her temporary partner as he sniffed around.
They had been spending the last hour just wandering around trying to find survivors. To Coco's chagrin, there had been no luck so far.
"Yeah…there's a distinct scent," Mori said as he started to look around, "I just don't know where it's coming from…:
"They are still alive…right?" Velvet asked in concern
"They are," Mori nodded, "In fact, right now there should be someone close…but they aren't at the same time," He finished as he put his hand on his chin trying to figure out the exact location.
Coco really wished she had Fox right now, his semblance surely would have made it easier to find people.
Well, she could have worse…she was initially worried about being held down by a newbie but so far he had passed her tests…outside of his fashion sense, what he had on was passable, and the only reason she had accepted it was because everything else was so much worse and dull.
Still, he had proven himself to be strong and that he didn't need babysitting, so she'd give him that at least.
His tracking though…
"You, have sent us in circles for the past 10 minutes!" Coco complained, "We are wasting time!"
"It's just weird…I know they're around here," Mori muttered ignoring her complaints, "…Just where? ..."
"Mori?" Yastuhashi spoke up with a questioning tone, "What exactly do you mean by that it's weird?"
"…The spots where their smell is the strongest, I look around and there's no one there, and when I try to follow the scent it gets weaker."
"Hmm, that is quite an interesting conundrum," Professor Port said, stroking his mustache, "Whatever could be causing this problem?"
"Maybe their invisible," Yatsuhashi suggested, "It could a semblance?"
"No that wouldn't work," Coco pointed out, "If one of them had an invisibility semblance that'd mean they'd also have an aura,"
"Yeah, I was thinking invisibility as well," Mori muttered, "But I don't see any footprints to suggest anyone is around here and like Coco said if one of them had aura they'd be easy Grimm bait right now."
Coco looked in surprise at her temporary partner, she wasn't expecting them to be on the same wavelength for that.
Looks like the kid wasn't just all brawn no brain.
Still, being able to read minds would be reaaaalllll nice right now.
Too bad a certain blind idiot had to get food poisoning.
All that surrounded them right now was just trees, Grimm, and a cliffside… no people.
"Should we move on and try to find the next group?" Coco asked giving up on finding this group of people.
"…"
There was no response as her partner was just ignoring her staring at a cliffside.
"Hey, Freshie don't ignore me," Coco barked in frustration.
"Hey, I've got a question," Mori asked ignoring her once again.
"Go ahead, Mr. Jinn ask away," Professor Port replied.
"That cliffside over there," Mori pointed, "Do you think it's possible that they have any caverns?"
"Probably," Coco answered, "Why is that imp…"
Suddenly it hit her, why he kept on mention them being close but can't find them…they were literally under his nose!
"Quick, search the cliffside," Professor Port commanded as they made their way and tried to find any small cracks."
"I think I found something!" Velvet yelled a minute later.
It was a small hole, big enough to barely fit someone of average size in there.
"They are in there," Mori replied excitedly, "the scent is definitely strongest coming from here!"
Great, they had a location, now they just had to get them out of there.
"Great now let's go in there and find them," Coco said enthusiastically.
"Coco," Yatsuhashi said in a serious tone, "I don't think I'm small enough to fit in there."
"Hmm yes indeed," Professor Port chipped in, "My figure isn't quite as dashingly slim as it was before."
The group shared a collective groan at Port once again bragging about his past.
"It'd also be a bad idea to send more than one," Mori brought up, "It could be unstable sending in more than one person."
Sadly, Coco had to agree with the freshie, he was right, the structure of the cavern was questionable.
"Who should we send then?" Yatsuhashi asked.
'I'll go in," Velvet volunteered after thinking about it.
"Velvet no," Coco commanded, "You are still recovering from whatever you did in Lower Cairn."
"But…"
"No buts, I'm not risking your life needlessly."
"Should I go in then?" Mori asked as he volunteered to go in.
"…No,"
"No?"
"Coco, if you say no, that means you—"
"Look Vel, I will go in." Coco said with a grimace.
"But, Coco aren't you scar—"
"I know that!" Coco barked.
She really didn't want to go into that cavern. Coco did not do well in small spaces…at all.
"Is there any reason you should go instead of me?" Her partner asked with a concerned look on his face.
"Out of all of us you are the strongest in terms of combat," Coco said as she turned to the boy.
"I'd feel a lot better about my team's lives if you were up here helping protect the exit instead of going in."
"Ok then," Her partner nodded with an impressed look, "I will stay behind."
"You better not break my trust freshie."
"I promise I won't let anyone be harmed."
"All right then," Coco said as she took a deep breath. "Let's do this."
And with that, she entered the small cavern hoping to find the small family.
Going in wasn't as bad as she thought initially, why was she so scared of enclosed places anyways this wasn't too bad.
A couple of minutes later and she remembered why.
More and more she could feel the walls close around her, feeling rub against her she could start to feel herself tense up more…what would happen if the place suddenly collapsed?
She would be trapped with no way out being unable to wait just waiting for the end to come.
Why oh why did she have to be the one down here… oh right it was because it was the smart thing to do…dang it why did she have to try to be a good leader.
…She could turn back, say she couldn't find anyone and move on, no longer have to be in here…no that was not an option, the people trapped down here must be scared out of their minds….Coco wouldn't want to go out like that, so they shouldn't either.
Regathering her courage, she moved on.
A couple of minutes later her efforts finally bore some fruit.
She could hear voices tiny voices asking when they could leave and voices trying to reassure them.
"Hello!" Coco yelled out, "Is anyone there."
The tiny voices started to excitedly chatter before being hushed.
"Yes," A weary older male voice answered back, "Who is this?"
My name is Coco, I'm a member of Team CFV-, Team CYMS a Huntsman team from Beacon."
"A Huntsman Team!" a small voice cried out, "Are you here to save us?"
"We are," Coco said in a reassuring voice, "We just arrived and are trying to find survivors, how long have you been here?"
"A couple of days," The older voice replied back, "We had some supplies, but we started to run out,"
"How many of there are you?"
"About 6 of us, me, my wife, and our 4 children."
"Let's get you guys out of here and into safety then," Coco said, "Don't worry we will protect you."
"Thank you so much," the voice answered gratefully.
And with that Coco started her way back to above the ground.
"Thank you so much, Miss…?" The father asked as they got close to the entrance.
"Adel, Coco Adel."
"Linus Grey and my wife is named Rhea."
Finally getting to the entrance she could see daylight and a hand reach out to her.
"You ok Coco?" Yatsuhashi asked as he got her out.
"Yeah, I found them," Coco replied dusting off the dirt on her clothes.
A look of relief spread across the rescue group as they immediately helped the family out of the hole.
The joy of being out seemed to lift everyone's spirits.
"Oh no, Grimm!" Linus screamed out as they were helping the last of the kids out.
Too bad that seemed to end quickly.
It seemed like a couple of Ursa's and Death Stalkers seemed to have shown up.
Without warning, they struck.
Coco grabbed her weapon and started firing away.
"Daddy!" a small voice cried out, "Coco looked to see what was wrong, in an attempt to protect one of his children Linus had made himself a target to an Ursa.
Urggh she was too far away.
Shit, she couldn't do anything she was already occupied.
She could see the Ursa start to come unto Linus ready to make a meal out of him.
Time seemed to slow as the family's panic seemed to cause general chaos.
This was not good, it was hard enough to protect civilians on their own, but also when they aren't thinking?
If they didn't handle this right everyone would die.
Someone needed to do something.
Right when all seemed lost, the bear Grimm was suddenly destroyed…It was her partner who had barely made in time, sweat rolling down his forehead.
"You just have the best timing, don't you?" Coco sarcastically asked.
Par for course he ignored her as she saw him go into hyper focus and in an instant wipe out all the Grimm in the area with speed.
"WHOA!" One of the kids cried out.
"He's like a real superhero!"
"Are you guys ok?" he asked as he turned towards them.
They nodded yes in gratitude.
Coco finally let down her shoulders, finally being able to relax.
"How did you do that Mister!"
"THAT WAS SO COOL!"
The children seemed to gather around Mori as if he were a super hero.
"Now, now kids," Linus said as he finally recovered from the shock of almost dying, "Let's leave Mr. Huntsman alone so he could do his job."
"Daddy! We were so worried!"
The kids' attentions were turned from their newfound hero back to their father as they went to hug him.
Coco noticed her partner give a small smile yet could also see a hint of sadness coming off from him as he watched the family hug each other in relief.
"Are you ok?" she asked making sure he was all right.
"Yeah…I'm fine…just…never mind… let's keep searching for more survivors."
Coco decided not to push the subject further.
"Yes, we must make haste," Professor Port spoke up, "There are still survivors out there, correct Mr. Jin?"
Mori nodded as he once again put his sniffer to work.
"First things first, we should make a base camp." Coco said before they could continue the search, "It wouldn't be a good idea to travel in this big a group of people."
Everyone nodded as they began to search for a safe spot.
"That was very brave of you," Her partner commented as they walked.
"What?"
"Deciding to go into the cave even though you were afraid," Mori clarified, "It was the best decision and the hardest one for you to make."
"Freshie, I am a team leader I make hard decisions every day…but thank you, for well… everything."
"I'm just following your orders."
Coco gave a small smile as they continued to make their way to the safe spot.
Things were looking better now, they were finally making progress.
*Boom*
Her and her big mouth.
"WE'VE GOT A GOLIATH!" Yatsuhashi shouted out as he, Port, and Velvet started to fire at the massive Girmm.
No wonder Lower Cairn had been destroyed that quickly… there was a fucking Goliath.
"Do you think you can pull one more miracle out of your ass?" Coco muttered towards her partner as she got her gun out and started firing.
A pressure once again filled the air as she looked at her partner once more.
…she was being rhetorical.
As if space were bending, Mori fired off a kick immediately disintegrating the massive Grimm on contact.
"HE REALLY IS A SUPERHERO!"
Coco could only shake her head, of course, wonder boy could disintegrate a Goliath in one kick.
She really shouldn't be surprised any more.
"Well done Mr. Jin," Professor Port said hitting the boy's back in a jovial tone, "That was quite impressive."
The kids once again swarmed Mori in awe of what he did with lights shining in their eyes.
Coco couldn't help but smile at the sight.
"We were lucky he was here," Yatsuhashi commented as they continued their way as Velvet nodded in agreement.
Coco hated to agree that Yatsu was right, she may have been initially worried about the new guy but he really was integral in keeping everyone alive
…His fashion sense still sucked though.
TMT here I hope you guys liked the most recent chapter. Had a bit of a fakeout the last chapter turns out Mori isn't going to the dance with someone. Once again, I would love to hear your thoughts.
Blitzneutral96: Don't worry it's not Cinder.
Ilanddubrwoski: You are welcome
Miguelcastro: I wouldn't worry it's not Cinder as for the 5th child thing I think it's an interesting idea but that won't be happening in this story.
Villaindeku951: Congrats you got it!
Luke: I'm glad you enjoyed it and I'm also happy to hear you like the story enough to reread it so much, as for the charyeoks it will depend on how the story goes. As for GOH crossover Recs outside of ffn there isn't much, there are some Wattpad, but they aren't my thing, you may be interested though.
Wizardwolf1020: I'm glad you like the fic so much! Thanks for the criticism on the scenery and settings I think it's something I can work on and I will try to improve as the story goes on.
Creus: I wouldn't worry about your ship quite yet, turns out he's going with none of them.
Netapel: Nope it was with Ozpin.
Lashamore: Yeah, bit of a fake-out there his plans were with Oz.
Akakiru: Close guess it would be fun to explore that dynamic though.
Guest: Hope you enjoy the ride.
Joker808: Yeah it's fun trying to balance Mori's power while making an interesting story because in all honesty he breaks the story, but as different series show a character can be OP and still have a fun story so that's what I will try to do. As for pairings, I could see why you think Yang would be a good fit with him they are very similar. For Ruby I agree with your initial assessment on their relationship, it very much is more familial right now with a hint of a crush. if they do get together it probably won't happen until she's a bit older.
Visual Bless: TBF to people from Remnant they really haven't seen anything like Mori before he throws common sense out the window.
Khonkyawza: If the stories allow for more GOH characters there will be, other than that thank you for the compliment on my writing.
Darth Wolf: Don't worry it's not Cinder.
Dragnologia: Yes they currently are.
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