Welcome back everyone, this is King here and I hope that you liked what you saw in the first chapter because if you did get ready for a booster shot in this next chapter
P.S I'm gonna be coming up with some made up locations
Chapter 2 The Cryomancer
(Back with the four male figures and three female figures)
"Eric Stone, born to a famous huntress mother and remarried to another famous Hunter, they were quite the pair back in their day" One of the male figures said
"But it says here that there is no record of his biological father, whoever he is or was" One of the female figures said
"That doesn't matter now what do we know of him" Another male figure asked
"Trained by his step-grandfather in everything he knows but apparently he doesn't use any weapons" Another male figure said
"How can he even be apart of the S.F team WITHOUT a weapon" Another male figure asked, then an image of Eric killing the twelve Grimm with only his bare hands
"Impressive" A female figure said
"I see disciplines of Sambo, Muay Thai, Wing Chun, Dragon Kung Fu and Krav Maga quiet the variety of fighting styles…he's been trained well" Another female figure said
"With or without a weapon, Eric Stone has show prowess in battle that I have rarely ever seen these days he is the perfect candidate for S.F leader" One of the males
"You would let a criminal, a murderer take charge of such an important team that is meant to actually help us" One of the male figures asked
"As he described it, he is the victim not the criminal" A male figure replied
"You've TALKED to him…what did he SAY" The previous male figure asked
"We made a deal with him, we would help him find who was truly responsible and we would have his services, it is as simple as that…if you have a problem with it I suggest you take it up with Eric himself" The figure replied as the angry figure huffed a little in irritation
"FINE" The previous figure grunted a bit
"Okay who's next" One of the female figures asked as the next candidate was presented before them
(Emerald city, 9:45 PM)
It was nighttime in the city of Emerald, one of Remnant's biggest cities and everything was quiet, people were in their homes and beds and everything seemed so warm and safe but the city along with other have been plagued by a reign of unsolvable murders, women and men brutally murdered and stripped, put on display for the whole world to see, a killer with a heart of stone, no face and an endless blood lust, inspired by the tales of a vicious killer in Remnant's past, he now writes his own legend and has taken the title "Jack the ripper" he will not stop until he has had his fill of slaughter…or if someone stops him
(Park, center of the city)
In the cold streets of park two figures stand in the light of a street light, the first was male this figure was wearing a ninja-like outfit but it was black as night leather that covered his whole body only his arms remained exposed because it was sleeveless, he wore gauntlets and finger less gloves that were of the same black color as his leather suit, on top of all of this was a long poncho and under the hood on his head was a white as snow, little dog, the second figure was a female, she was five foot and six foot tall, slightly mixed skin, probably weighted one hundred and twenty pounds, short black hair, had green eyes, she wore a pure blue shirt, dark blue pants, white and red sneakers, she wore a slightly zipped up, loose white hoodie, she was currently sipping on some coffee, trying to beat the cold
"Man, I'm freezing my ass off" The woman told her companion
"I don't know Daisy, this weather is perfect for me" He replied, calling her by her nickname (Think of Jack Frost's voice from "Rise of the guardians")
"That's because you're a freaking abominable snow man and no chance in hell would I let you take this suicide mission on your own Ivan" She replied as she sipped her coffee, Ivan then chuckled
"Well…technically I AIN'T alone" Ivan said as he mentioned the little dog on his head below his hood who barked
"I got Volf with me" Ivan added
"I meant HUMAN backup" Daisy replied, Ivan then spotted a police car speeding to an emergency
"Let's go Daisy" Ivan told his companion as he dumped his coffee into a nearby trashcan and started to sprint to where the police was heading
"Right behind you" She replied as she dumped her coffee in the same trashcan to follow Ivan, they soon reached a nearby alleyway where they saw the police at work, trying to cover up what looked like another gruesome murder but the media was eating up at it, the two then walked up to the police line
"Sorry sir you can't" The guard was trying to say before Ivan pulled out a badge
"Detective David Lang and Constable Marry Johnson" Ivan gave fake identities to the guard he then let them pass to see the gruesome scene before them
"Oh my…god" Daisy muttered as Volf growled
"Shit" Ivan muttered as they saw three girls brutally murdered and stripped of their livelihood, he then saw a familiar reporter, Johnny Graves who was taking pictures of the crime with his assistance
"Mister Graves" Ivan got the attention of the reporter
"Oh please Mister Lang, not this shit again" Graves tried to ignore him
"So it's true, the ripper has struck again, you have more of his letters" Ivan asked him
"I didn't say that" Graves tried to convince him otherwise but then Ivan gripped Graves by his left forearm using his left hand, stopping him
"STOP publishing his letters, you're turning an unknown miscreant into a legend and that's JUST WHAT HE WANTS the more fame you give him the more he's gonna kill innocent people to get it" Ivan muttered to Graves who escaped his death grip
"These letters are my ticket to the big leagues, so I will bid you a goodbye" Graves told him as he walked away
"Selfish bastard, thinking only of himself" Daisy told Ivan
"Sure as hell is" Ivan replied as he walked up to the captain of the police, James Rouse
"David, Marry somehow I knew you two would be here" James greeted the two
"The ripper" Ivan asked the captain
"Yeah, it's the ripper again, bloody good one he did right here, three girls, murdered and stripped…just another night in Emerald right" He asked Ivan
"What a mess" Daisy told Ivan, Volf then jumped to the ground and Ivan could tell he was sniffing something out, he and Daisy followed the dog before they found what looked like a strange message written out in blood on a nearby wall the language wasn't English but Daisy and Ivan could read it
"How many more of our kind must die before I get to hunt the white wolf" The message read and as Ivan read, he swore he could hear the voice of the ripper himself
"Only one more Jack" Ivan muttered as he turned to walk away after picking up Volf and putting him back under his hood
"Where are you going" Daisy asked Ivan as they left the crime scene
"What's wrong" She asked him
"Keep walking, don't look up" He told her, she hadn't worked with Ivan long, but he knew he was much more perceptive than her, so she followed his direction
"Why" She muttered back
"He's here…and he's watching us" Ivan replied, meanwhile up on the rooftops stands a figure, watching their every move, this figure was six foot tall, probably two hundred and twenty pounds, he was wearing a pair of black pants, cowboy boots and gloves, a long black trench coat that was tied together around the waist with a black belt, he had a black hood over his head and had a full head mask that looked like it was made out of a bag
"You were always the best of the best Ivan old boy…but times have changed…and now…I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN" The man known only as jack, he then pulled something out of his trench coat it looked like the magnetic grapple hook gun which he then used to quickly and swiftly descend to the streets of the city, he then started to follow Daisy and Ivan as he did, Volf growled
"I know boy, he's on our tail" Ivan said
"Okay…so…what's the plan" Daisy asked Ivan he then pulled up a mouth veil from his leather suit
"Veil and hood on Daisy and stay close" Ivan replied, she then strapped her hood on tighter and pulled up a mouth veil, as they walked they felt the ripper behind them, waiting for the time to strike, Ivan then took out what looked like a small ball he then armed and set it's timer, as he and Daisy were crossing a street Ivan tossed the bomb in a nearby trash can, the ripper was closing in, silently and calmly pushing people aside, inching closer to his prey, as Ivan and Daisy crossed the street, Jack moved in for the kill but then the bomb that Ivan armed went off not only causing the ripper to stagger but caught the attention of everyone nearby
"THE RIPPER, IT'S THE RIPPER, SOMEONE CALL THE POLICE" Daisy yelled as she pointed at the ripper, which in turn caused people to scream
"THE RIPPER, SOMEONE CALL NINE, ONE, ONE, HELP" The ones who the bomb attracted yelled, the ripper then started to sprint after the two
"RUN" Ivan yelled as the whole street went into mass panic giving Ivan and Daisy some cover to try and give the ripper the slip
"RUN ALL YOU WANT BUT I WILL CATCH YOU BOTH" The ripper yelled as he chased the two, as they ran they demonstrated some incredible parcore skills but no matter what they did the ripper kept hot on their heels, ducking under, slipping through and evaded every obstacle they came across soon the three came to a cemetery, dark and deserted, just right for an ambush for the ripper, the illusive killer walked into the cemetery and followed the natural path through the many tombstones
"I know you two are here…I can smell your fear, little girl" The ripper announced, not knowing where the two were hidden but he liked to play with his victims minds, feed on them, the two hidden were not talking back, they just kept hidden
"Since when do you need help Ivan…that's not the white wolf I know…the real wolf hunts alone, ha, ha, ha…so who did the corrupt elders send with you" Jack asked Ivan but he remained silence
"Wait" Jack stated as he sniffed the air
"I know that scent…little Daisy…I have to say…you have grown into a fine young woman…maybe when this is over…I can see what's behind that outfit of yours, maybe…savor you before I kill you" Jack stated, if there was one thing he knew, it was other people's fears, when Daisy was barely entering her teenage years her home was raided by bandits, killed her parents and took her as a trophy, for about a year she was their sex toy but then she was saved and she swore never to let any man have that kind of power over her ever again
"No" Daisy whispered then Jack's head snapped in the direction she whispered
"I'm surprised that he let you come along on this hunt…such a frail little thing you are Daisy, I thought he would at least bring someone who was worthy of hunting with the White wolf, someone like Doc, Bombard, or maybe Sentinel…but Daisy…now that's a surprise even for ME" Jack snapped on the last word as he reached being a stone slab and snatched Daisy from it, dragging her by her hair, fear in her eyes, her yelp of fear pierced through the night
"There you are little piggy" Jack told her as he held up a surgeon's knife in his right hand, ready to kill her but then something knocked the knife out of his hand, it was an ice dart, fired from Ivan's very hand he was using what looked like an ice generating power the sheer cold of the ice projectile then quickly froze over and shattered the surgeon's knife
"That was my favorite knife Ivan…now I got to get another one" Jack told Sam before he knocked Daisy out, leaving her unconscious on the ground, he then saw the White wolf
"You wanted the White wolf, Jack" Ivan asked him as he first put Volf down on the ground then took off his poncho tossing it to the ground, he then flicked his wrists forward and mechanical parts came out of the gauntlets he was wearing and they grappled themselves around his hands and fingers before extending out five, curved sickle-like blades on his fingers (Basically gauntlets that extend out battle claws onto the wearers fingers)
"YOU GOT HIM" Ivan told Jack
"Ha, ha, ha, ha" Jack replied as he opened his trench coat and drew a rapier sword with a dark red and golden handle
"I've been WAITING for this…for a LONG…LONG TIME" Jack growled before they both then engaged in blade to blade combat, each mirroring their own attacks and counters, like they knew each other's move before they even make it but no matter how Ivan attacked Jack countered and nailed him pretty hard in the head with his left elbow Ivan then spun to his left on his knees and releases three ice darts at Jack but Jack used his left hand to draw a gun and fired three shots the bullets that he fired were so accurate that they shattered the ice darts in mid-flight and the pieces fell to the ground
"Nice try boy" Jack told Ivan as he tried an over-head slash on Sam but he did a front roll under the mid-air Jack and Jack sliced a tombstone in half like a knife through butter
"Very good…MUTT" He told Ivan as they both collided with each other in blade to blade, Ivan tried to turn the tide to his advantage with some swift fist and feet movement but Jack was too quick for him and countered everything that he threw at him, Ivan managed to get some distance from Jack he then hit the ground in front of him with his right hand and this field of ice spikes erupted in a straight line towards Jack but Jack's body suddenly materialized into what looked like a silhouette of wind and the field of spikes passed right through him, he then solidified himself again and kneed Ivan in the face he then gripped him by the neck with his left hand and threw him over him a great ways away, the field of spikes then disappeared where it erupted, Ivan then quickly got back to his feet he then thrust his arms forward and a blast of icy energy erupted form them but Jack suddenly started glowing a bright, white color and he vanished, the ice attack missed, Jack then appeared to the left of Ivan and Jack nailed Ivan in the face before disappearing as Jack tried to hit him only for Jack to appear again and he hit Ivan in the crotch before vanishing again who dropped to the ground in pain before Jack was about to appear again but Ivan covered himself in ice and once Jack touched the ice he froze in place near-instantly before Ivan did a double, open-palmed strike to send Jack across the ground, Jack then skid to a stop and stood up
"Face it Ivan, I know all of your moves, all of your steps" Jack stated right before he held out his left hand at Ivan neck and he started to float up in the air
"Whoa, WHOA" Ivan muttered as he floated helplessly in the air
"Because I taught them ALL to you" He told Ivan right before he snatched his left hand across from him and sent Ivan flying into a tombstone which broke on impact, Ivan then tried to get back up but then a fast moving object, impaled Ivan's right shoulder and nailed him to the wall behind him, it was an large throwing knife
"For someone in our line of work that has such a legendary title as White wolf…I am NOT impressed" Jack stated as he then gripped the hair of the knocked out Daisy with his left hand and pulled out what looked like a bottle
"It's quiet ironic isn't it…you and the other members of the clan know the true identity of the ripper…but none of you can tell ANYONE because they can and would trace it back to the elders and it would ruin what we have built in half a millennium" Jack started and paused
"Don't worry Ivan boy…the corrupt elders won't let any more of their loyal soldiers down…not when I'm finished with them" Jack stated
"Then why haven't you launched an assault on the clan, you've had more than a decade to come up with a plan of attack" Ivan asked as he tried to unstuck himself from the throwing dagger
"Oh, I will…but first I have something special planed…sort of a secret" He told Sam
"Well by all means, do share" Ivan asked him, Jack then chuckled
"I can't tell you that's why it's called a secret and a secret is only a secret when you don't tell a single soul but trust me on this what I have in store isn't gonna just change our clan…it will change the WORLD, if you survive this little feat…then track me like you always do…and see what you and you're little mutt can sniff out" Jack stated as he uncorked the bottle, lifted up his mask a little and drank its contents suddenly he turned completely invisible he then gave some of the potion to the unconscious girl which made her invisible too, Ivan then heard Jack arm a bomb
"You could have had me tonight if you had BETTER backup, mutt but yet another dies by my hand…and you could have saved them if you were STRONG enough but like always…your nothing but the son of a whore who tried to escape her life…better luck next time" Jack told him as he threw the bomb at Sam he then heard the bomb count down, Sam quickly pulled the dagger out of his shoulder, ignoring the pain he then picked up Volf before the bomb went off and destroyed the entire cemetery luckily thanks to a huge dome of ice that Ivan conjured up to protect him and Volf
"Too close" Ivan then heard police sirens going off and that was his cue to leave, he then grabbed his discarded poncho and left the area quickly before he and Volf started to track the ripper, it took his a couple of hours but he eventually they tracked down the location of the ripper, an abandoned apartment in an old building, it was covered in random sketches of Jacks madness but also on the bed was the bloody remains of Daisy, all torn to hell and stripped bare of her livelihood
"Oh gods…no" Ivan muttered as he looked over the body, he then bent down on both knees and folded his hands
"Sleep in peace my sister…be rocked smoothly into eternal slumber…and know everlasting peace in the hands of the god of light" Ivan muttered he then got to his knees and he found a message from the ripper and like last time he heard the voice of the ripper
"So good you and your little hound found my latest work Ivan boy, wasn't my best work but since you broke my favorite knife so I had to make do with what I had, now that you're here he's what I have for you, I have done a lot of jobs across Remnant…but now I've set my sights on another prize with some new friends…just try to catch me" The message said
"Sick bastard" Ivan replied as his eyes flashed a deep, icy blue and things around the area started freezing
"I'LL TEAR HIS FROZEN, DEAD HEART OUT" Ivan growled in anger before he got out of that slaughterhouse, meanwhile watching Ivan was a figure on a nearby rooftop the figure then pulled out a scroll and called someone
"Yeah, it's me…I think I found who you sent me to look for" The figure told the person on the other line of the scroll
(The next morning)
After sending word to his clan back in his place of origin to retrieve the body of Daisy and to tell them of Jack's message they told Ivan to take some time to himself after what happened, he was currently seating at an outside table of a local café with Volf laying at his feet and on the table was about seven empty bottles of drink (No, not alcohol he's not at drinking age yet) and with some food on a plate of food
"Yet another dies by my hand…and you could have saved them if you were STRONG enough" Jack's voice echoed in Ivan's ears ad he suddenly flash frozen his last drink
"Dame it" Ivan muttered before he crushed the frozen bottle, then a man took the seat across from him who was a man with black hair, red and gray colored attire and smelt of alcohol
"I don't need any company" Ivan told the newcomer as Volf growled a little bit
"Sorry for seating without asking…but I need to talk to you, the names Qrow" The newcomer revealed himself
"Qrow…Qrow Branwen, member of Team STRQ" Ivan asked
"You've heard of me" Qrow said
"More like a friend of a friend has heard of you, what do you want with me" Ivan asked as Qrow took out his liquor flask and the empty teacup that was seating on the table and started pouring it
"Because I have a friend that is really interested in meeting someone like you…Ivan Frost" Qrow replied, suddenly Ivan's eyes glowed a bright white color and the liquor Qrow was pouring froze near-instantly
"Hmm…so that's where your last name comes from, I bet that's a handy ability to have" Qrow said
"And what do you know about me" Ivan asked
"I saw that display you put on against the ripper" Qrow said as Volf growled
"Listen, huntsman or not I don't know who you think I am but I ain't got nothing to say to you so piss off" Ivan said making Qrow chuckle
"Your attitude reminds me of myself when I was younger…I like that" Qrow said
"We're done here" Ivan said before he got up and left money as a tip for his waitress before attempting to walk off
"Come Volf" Ivan called
"I know where he's gonna be next" Qrow said before Ivan walked off, this made him stop in his tracks
"What" Ivan asked as he turned his head to look at Qrow
"The ripper…I think I got a pretty good idea as to where he's gonna show up next" Qrow repeated, Ivan then turned to face Qrow
"How do you even KNOW about me and my beef with the ripper" Ivan asked
"I got friends in high places kid but here's the dilemma, you've been tacking and trying to take him down for what two years…so have me and others but here's the thing he's a slippery little eel and VERY careful, you try to take him by yourself…you won't get close to him" Qrow explained
"Do you or do you not know WHERE he is" Ivan asked
"Like I said I got a…let's say…seventy out of a hundred percent idea to where he might show up and I hope that I'm wrong but if I am I know someone who might be able to help you track him" Qrow replied
"WHO…tell me" Ivan demanded
"What did he do to you that makes you wanna find him so bad, he steal a girlfriend of yours or something" Qrow joked, Ivan then conjured what looked like a sword made entirely of ice and held it up to Qrow's neck
"You know NOTHING…about what that MONSTER has done to me, to my family or to those I care about he is a danger to everybody he crosses, he took something very precious to me and he must be put DOWN" Ivan told Qrow
"Alright then, how about we deal" Qrow asked
"I got nothing on me that you could want" Ivan answered
"All I need is for you to listen to what I have to say then I'll take you to that someone who might be able to help you" Qrow answered, Ivan thought about it for a second or two before he made the ice sword disappear and he sat down across from Qrow
"You have five minutes" Ivan answered
"That's all I need" Qrow replied before looking at his still frozen drink
"And maybe for you to unfreeze my drink" Qrow added, Ivan then waved his right hand and the drink unfroze
(Later)
Qrow and Ivan talked and Ivan was still a little skeptical about the S.F program that Qrow told him about but to get close to the ripper, he was willing to give the S.F a shot, Qrow excused himself from Ivan's company to make a call on his Scroll
"Did you find him" A male voice calls from the other side of the Scroll
"Yeah, I found him and told him about S.F but um…he has two conditions in mind before he even thinks about joining" Qrow answered
"What does he want" The male voice asked
"Well first he wants for his pet to come with him" Qrow said
"Sounds reasonable enough" The male voice asked
"Yeah well here's his other condition, he seems to have a REAL personal grudge against the ripper" Qrow answered the man on the other side of the Scroll
"Interesting, did he tell you why" The man asked
"I didn't get much out of him on the subject, all he said was that he took something very precious from him but either way you look at it he's got a serious score to settle with the ripper and that if he DOES choose to join, he wants your word that when we catch him" Qrow started
"YES" The man asked
"He…he wants to have the pleasure of taking his head off" Qrow answered, there was a few seconds of silence
"I think we can arrange that tell him we have a deal" The man answered
"Got it" Qrow replied before hanging up and walking back to Ivan and Volf
"Well" Ivan asked
"We got ourselves a deal" Qrow answered
"GOOD" Ivan muttered
"Yeah so you better get some sleep tonight because we're moving out tomorrow" Qrow replied
CUT AND PRINT IT
That's a wrap on this chapter people, I hope you enjoyed reading it
So now two members have been recruited for the S.F program but who is left to join the team, here is another character update for the new character: Ivan Frost
Ivan Frost (The Cryomancer)
Nickname: The white wolf of Ashimo
Kingdom of origin: Ashimo (An island kingdom far in the West that truly honors and sticks to the ways of it's past, living by the code of family)
Half-brother of Weiss Schnee (SHHHH, don't tell Weiss's dad) (Though I can't WAIT to see his face when he finds out)
Trained in stealth, hand to hand combat, espionage, knife fighting, infiltration, acrobatics and weapons knowledge
"Cold steel" (A pair of bracers that can extend outwards and wrap around Ivan's hands and extend out curved, sickle-like blades that can be used for silent kills or for melee combat, they can also radiate with Ivan's ice semblance)
Volf (Dog companion trained in combat)
"Ice generation" Semblance (Creates ice from the moister in the air and the caster uses said ice in all manner of ways)
Seemingly near-instant, short-ranged teleportation
Ice projectiles (Freezes the target it hits them near-instantly)
Icy melee weapon creation (Daggers, swords, lances, war hammers)
Ice slips (Causes foes to slip and lose their footing)
Ice slides (For slippery maneuverability)
Ice parry (By coating himself with ice, any melee attackers that touch the ice will near-instantly be frozen temporarily)
Ice wall shields
Ice ground spikes
Ice armor
"Absolute zero sphere" attack (Ivan gathers all his ice energy into his hands before releasing it once it reaches full power and once fired whatever or whoever the ball of ice hits is robbed of the existing energy inside of their bodies and thus basically turning them into solid ice statues that shatter like glass with enough force but due to this attack taking time and a lot of energy to pull off, Ivan rarely uses it)
Inner beast (Like Weiss and her family line have inherited summons, Ivan's family line on his father's side have inherited a rather strange ability to take on the physical shape and power of large wolves in times of need, in this form while on all fours he is taller than a full grown man, has super enhanced speed, power, hearing, sight and smell and is as vicious as the wolf itself basically overwhelming the opponents or opponents with sheer ferocity and power, however the longer he stays in this form the more his human mind begins to slip into a feral state so he cannot stay in this form for long)
Until next time
NINJA VANISH (Smoke bomb)
