(A smokescreen is seen and a great, golden dragon flies out of it, breathing fire before it turns in a barrel roll formation then turns into a man made entirely of gold with one Perfect Sharingan eye, the other a Rinnegan eye and a third eye on his forehead)
Long live the KING
Hello everyone and welcome back, I hope your all staying safe and healthy during these difficult times and I hope you are all enjoying the Summer
This is Creativity is king here with more S.F Chronicles chapters and the previous candidates were awesome in their own right but this next one is probably gonna be a shock to you hard-core RWBY fans out there
But without any further delay, let's hope into it
Chapter 6 The legacy
(Back with the mysterious people)
"Atlas's prized Huntsman" One of the males said
"Hector Hadvar, born in Atlas stolen from his parents…oh gods" One of the females said
"What is it" One of the other females asked
"This was the one who was subjected to intense, physical augmentation…the things that the reports said was done to him…poor boy" The previous female said
"He's not poor anymore ever since he was taken in by General Ironwood and trained by both him and his top lieutenant, Winter Schnee he has since turned into one of the best members of the AceOps" A male figure said
"And those augmentations don't come without some benefits, he's stronger, faster, tougher, can hit harder and jump higher than any enemy that he's encountered…I think he'll be an excellent member to S.F" Another male figure said
"And you consider that better than an assassin, a princess and a mutant" One of the females asked
"Don't forget one dame good fighter, so far we have a versatile team" One of the males said
"But where's the factor that guarantees this team will succeed at all" The same female said
"Is there a point in your objection or do you have someone in mind" A male asked
"I have the perfect person in mind and his family line is most reliable to perform" The female said with a smirk of confidence
"And who is that" A male asked, the female then pulled up the next candidates file
"The grandson of a legend but there's good news and bad news" The female answered
"Which is" One of the males asked
"He won't be exactly easy to get to…I believe that we should send the Branwen girl and Taiyang Long to handle this one" The female answered, which caught the attention of the group
"He's that elusive" One of the males asked
"No…that dangerous" The same female answered (DUN, DUN, DUUUUUUUN)
(Tangu forest, Near Vale)
The Tangu forest, sister of the Emerald forest near Beacon one of the thickest forests in the world and one of the most dangerous forests on the surface of Remnant but believe it or not it was once the home of people who didn't have anywhere else to go or were abandoned but with the growing Grimm things didn't go so well for them so it has long since been abandoned but one person still dares to venture into and even live in the forest, the very same person that Raven and her ex-lover Taiyang were now walking through the forest to find
"Are they sure this…kid is even here" Raven asked
"The sources say that he is and one of them even stated his life on it, so they're pretty sure" Taiyang answered
"This kid better be worth the effort we're putting into finding him" Raven said
"A woman of little faith Raven…don't you trust your friends" Taiyang asked, she paused
"I trust our team don't I isn't that enough" Raven asked
"If that was all you trusted me with, you wouldn't have been swept into my bedroom" Taiyang replied, making Raven blush a bit
"I thought you SAID you weren't gonna mention that anymore it was ONE time" Raven said
"No one can hear us out here and besides, you trusted me enough didn't you" Taiyang asked, Raven looked at him and stared for a second or two before she sighed
"You see, if you trusted me like that then you can trust our friends and he's not really much of a kid have you read the reports on him with as much fear the local people have of him he should be older than us both" Taiyang replied, he then felt like eyes were upon him, he stopped and looked to see on top of a treetop was a cloaked figure
"Raven" Taiyang said, she then stopped and saw what he was looking at
"Yeah, I see it…you better talk, your better at that then I am" Raven said
"Excuse me can you help us here, we're looking for someone named Vali Calavera, do you know where we can find him" Taiyang asked (Now hard-core RWBY fans…who else do we know who has the last name Calavera?) however the figure in the trees didn't answer
"Silent type, eh" Taiyang asked, Raven then stepped up
"Do you know where he is" Raven asked, still no answer, the cloaked figure then jumped down and landed across from the pair, at least thirty feet
"Won't you talk with us or" Taiyang was about to ask before the cloaked figure looked like it was shooting needles from its mouth at the two, Raven reacted and blocked the needles with her sword
"I don't think this one's gonna be helpful" Raven said as she charged at the figure
"RAVEN, WAIT" Taiyang tried to stop her but she was about to slash at the figure before something grabbed Raven's swinging arm, she looked to see a whip-like line grab it as the figure in front of her jumped back up to the treetops, Raven and Taiyang looked to see another cloaked figure step out of hiding, Raven cut the line to free herself only for her charging path towards the new figure to be blocked by what looked like a sudden ice wall spawn out of nowhere
"What the" Raven asked as the earth started to rumble like something was coming up from the ground when it was about to
"WATCH OUT" Taiyang yelled as he ran and shoved Raven out of the way of something that came out from under the ground, it looked like a man but it had a Venus fly trap-like jaw spawning from its shoulders that resembled a huge pair of jaws but because of the thick treetops preventing most of the sunlight from illuminating the area the two Hunter's couldn't see the figure clearly
"What is that…some kind of Grimm" Taiyang asked
"No, that thing looks too human to be a Grimm" Raven answered before another figure came up from behind the figure in front of the two and jumped off said figures back before it attacked them with what looked like a triple-bladed scythe, swinging at Taiyang but he used his gauntlet-like weapons to block the blows while another figure charged at Raven from its cloak looked like some kind of serrated sash weapon came from under the cloak and attacked Raven with several, fast stabbing attacks to which she blocked but despite her attacks it easily dodged her swings with her sword before it had her against a tall tree to which the figure attacking her unfolded it's left arm and it looked like a spiraling drill was attached to the right forearm and thrusted it at Raven only for her to barrel roll out of the attack the drill then easily cut down the tree it hit, shredding it into splinters
"Tai, these things are for sure NOT Grimm" Raven said meanwhile Taiyang was still dodging attacks from the figure wielding the triple-bladed scythe
"You can say THAT again" Taiyang replied before he grabbed and tossed the figure over him and it hit a tree hard, it landed on the ground only for it to get back up so easily as if the impact from the tree meant nothing and then symbols on the blade of the weapon glowed a bright, orange color, it then swung the weapon and sent several fireballs towards Taiyang, he then did several backflips to dodge them
"Dust…Grimm can't use Dust" Taiyang muttered before he felt something coming towards him he reacted quickly enough to dodge what was coming at him which was an arrow, he looked up to see another cloaked figure armed with a bow and arrow set, it then shot at Taiyang again only for him to block them with his wrists (Kind of like how Wonder Woman does with her bracelets) it was backing him up against a tree where the figure that was shooting at him suddenly spewed something from its mouth which came out at a fast pace and trapped him it looked like silk but as Taiyang tried to free himself he found it to be useless
"GGGGGR, AAAAH WHAT THE HELL IS THIS STUFF" Taiyang yelled, what he was trying to break through the silk-like substance he felt like he was trying to pull apart strains of steel, meanwhile Raven was surrounded by the cloaked figures, four of them were closing in on her
"Come on…I'll take you all on" Raven said before melodious music was heard as another figure stepped into the frame, this one was playing what looked like a flute made of bone suddenly Raven started to feel woozy
"Wh…what is…h-happening" Raven tried to say as she felt like her senses were being dulled by the sound of the flute itself, suddenly she stepped in something, it wrapped around her ankles and hoisted her off the ground, dangling her upside down, she looked up and saw a rope was wrapped around her, she was about to cut it when the bow-wielding figure suddenly shot the sword out of her hand which dug into the ground
"GAAH, you assholes better LET me down or so help me I'll kick your asses so hard you won't be able to seat down for a month" Raven threatened, the figures then looked among each other and this strange, clicking sound was heard as if they were…talking to each other
"Listen, we didn't come here to start trouble…we just wanted to talk to Vali Calavera" Taiyang tried to reason with them, more clicking sound was heard
"What are you saying" Taiyang asked the figures before they saw another cloaked figure come from behind a tree, this figure walked over to the Hunter and Huntress
"Who are you" Taiyang asked the new figure
"Why are you searching for Vali" The figure asked
"You speak English" Taiyang asked
"Why wouldn't I" The figure asked
"Well, these assholes don't all they do it click" Raven said
"I wouldn't call my friends that, they're very…sensitive" The figure said
"Some friends you got they fight like Hunters but somehow I get the feeling they're something more" Taiyang said, the figure then removed his cloak to show who he is (A man with mixed skin, white hair that reached in-between his shoulder blades and who was wearing what looked like Madara Uchiha's armor and opened sandals from "Naruto shippuden" over it was a slick, trench coat and a slick pair of glasses with red lenses)
"Very perceptive, Hunter" The man said
"You…your him aren't you…you're Vali Calavera" Taiyang asked
"Not likely probably just some bandit or a rouge Hunter besides he doesn't have" Raven was about to say before the guy removed his slick shades off to show the one trait that confirmed that this person is the person they were looking for…he has SILVER EYES this is indeed Vali Calavera (Now who else do we know that has silver eyes?)
"You know me, but I don't know either of you" Vali said before he nodded at one of the figures who let Raven down, one of the hooded figures then cut Taiyang down
"But I am curious as to why you are here in my home" Vali asked the two hunters
"We came here looking for you" Raven answered
"I figured that but WHY" Vali asked
"That's um…a little complicated" Taiyang answered
"Then I'm leaving" Vali said
"We came all this way to find your ass and we're not leaving till" Raven was about to way before ice spikes emerged from the ground in front of her stopping her in her tracks
"Wrong answer, now either tell me the real reason your both here or I'm out of here" Vali said
"Alright, alright, just…hold on please" Taiyang, Vali then turned back to the two Hunters
"Well…I'm listening" Vali said
(An explanation later)
Vali listened carefully to what he was told even though he heard what they were saying his gut instinct said something else
"So, let me get this straight, these high-rolling players who you can't name…are looking for special people to…what, join a secret hockey team or something" Vali asked
"It's more complicated than that" Taiyang said
"Point is kid we need people like you with your…particular skills" Raven said, Vali was silent a second or two before he spoke
"You both wanna know something funny" Vali asked them, neither Raven nor Taiyang said anything as they waited for the answer
"When I was a kid I hade this…thing I could do and because of it people drove me away" Vali said as he started taking the cloaks off the figures to show what they were, they looked like life-sized puppets made of seasoned oak and metal beautifully crafted down to the finest details, the first was a male-looking puppet with a second head behind the first head both had white hair
"They called what I did witchery because they had never seen anything like it" Vali continued as he revealed the next cloaked figure it was a female-like puppet with small horns on her head and dressed I a Kimono-like dress
"So, they thought I was some-kind of a warlock…even when I tried to explain it was my semblance…they didn't listen" Vali continued as he unveiled the next puppet which was male with six arms and a spider-like face
"They're…they're" Taiyang tried to say
"Puppets" Raven said
"Very special puppets, I designed them myself and when it came down to it they were and still are the only ones I can rely on" Vali said as he unveiled the next one which was the one who hung up Raven by the rope, looked like a spider-monkey puppet with a rope-launching weapon built into its back
"So after the people of my village drove me out, I made this place my home where we could just live our lives…anyone or anything that came after us…well" Val said as he unveiled the last two puppets, one was a female with fiery red robes on wielding a triple-bladed scythe weapon and the final one was a male with a Venus flytrap-like mouth sprouting from it' shoulders and had light blue and white robes wrapped around it's waists covering it's legs
"It goes without saying that we can handle our own" Vali said
"Cute tory but why tell us" Raven asked
"Ask yourselves Hunters, why would I fight for people who hate and despise me for what I can do" Vali asked
"That's hardly fair judgment" Taiyang said
"Tell that to the people who hate me for what I can do" Vali said
"Then prove em wrong…change their opinions on you, you know be something like your grandmother was" Raven said
"How do you know about my grandmother" Vali asked
"We got friends, Vali but the thing is that you got an opportunity here to change people opinions about you" Taiyang said, Vali thought about it for a minute
"Your grandmother was one of the greatest Vali, you can be to" Taiyang added
"Why should I trust the pair of you" Vali asked, suddenly Vali felt something vibrating in his trench coat, he pulled it out and it was a scroll and he saw the ide label on it
"What is this, only two people have my scroll number" Vali asked
"You would be surprised how persuasive our friends are" Taiyang said
"You want your reason why you should help us…she can give you a few" Raven added, Vali then answered his scroll
"Vali" A female voice called from the other side Vali hesitated before speaking
"Grandma" Vali answered
(A little later)
"Y-yes grandma…no grandma, I understand adios" Vali said before hanging up his scroll, Vali then turned back to the two Hunters
"Well" Raven asked
"Alright…I'll do it…but I won't like it" Vali said
Vali Calavera (The silver-eyed puppet master)
Kingdom of origin: Vale
A genius at designing puppets
Grandson of legendary Grimm reaper (OH YEAH BABY!)
Usually hides his silver eyes behind his signature shades
"Puppet brigade" (Specially made puppets of Vali's design, nine puppets each armed with their own special modifications, weapons and capabilities)
"Puppetry" Semblance (A very rare Semblance where the user creates a near-invisible line of aura energy from their fingertips which connect to the puppets they wish to control, usually it takes wither two or all fingers on a hand to control one puppet, highly skilled users can control ten puppets, one for each finger the user has but while this is a very useful ability to have it is also very risky seeing as how the puppeteer becomes a target because all the actions of the puppets depend on the controller so if they are taken out then the puppets become useless)
Current puppets:
Double trouble (A conjoined set of puppets that have a near 360 degree of vision, the read head has a long-reaching long-like whip that is laced with a paralyzing venom while the front head can shoot out sharp needles like a machine gun, the right arm can separate into several, serrated whips and the left arm is shaped like a huge drill that can break through extremely tough defenses)
Vertigo (A female puppet equipped with a flute that can make others lose their sense of balance with vertigo or release, ultra-sonic sound blasts, from her waist can also spawn a long, tail-like serrated sash for close-ranged combat)
Tarantula (A six-armed puppet armed equipped with a bow for incredible accuracy and perception from a long-range, it's also equipped with fire, smoke and explosive arrows it can also produce a sticky spider webs from its fingertips or spew it from the mouth to trap and ensnare foes)
Mimic (A puppet that walks on four legs that can project false images of people like illusions, it can also move and swing around like a spider monkey, it can fire from it's back a rope-dart-like weapon that can be used as a grapple line or dig into enemies)
Sage of fire (A female puppet that is infused with fire dust and can use said dust for all manner of fiery attacks, this puppet can also combine with the Sage of ice puppet to create a deadly fused puppet, this puppet also wields triple-bladed scythe weapon)
Sage of ice (The brother of the Sage of fire puppet that is infused with ice dust and can use said dust for all manner of icy attacks, like it's sister it can combine with its sibling puppet, this puppet also wields has a Venus-flytrap-like extensions that originate from the shoulders and can be used as a huge set of jaws that can break through metal)
Future puppets:
Graviton (A puppet infused with gravity Dust that can pull people and objects towards it, repel them including projectile attacks, force opponents to float in the air, pen them to the ground or create an orb of intense, gravitation pull sort of like a miniature black hole)
Grappler (A puppet made from special metal that has a rather strange metallic alloy that when upon making contact with a person that's surrounded by an Aura energy shield, the metal slowly starts draining away the Aura energy of the person it's holding until the Aura shield is drained away forcing the target to make a new one and the energy the puppet absorbs can be converted into powerful shockwaves of energy)
Reaper (Vali's strongest puppet, modeled after his legendary grandmother "The Grimm reaper", humanoid female in shape and figure, it's right hand palm can shoot out highly pressurized water that can cut through concrete with ease while the other palm can discharge electricity bolts or give an enemy a nasty shock if they're too close, from the lower backs extend out , five bladed, fan-like weapons that are used for vicious, spinning attacks and it's mouth can open up to show a generate and launch a powerful beam of energy that can obliterate a large Grimm in a single shot but can only be used once a day)
Silver eye abilities:
Turning Grimm to stone
Temporary blind Grimm
Vaporize Grimm with a glance
Can sense when Grimm are nearby
Temporary negate the special abilities of Grimm
I hope you all liked my surprise I set up for ya'll
Don't forget to keep on the lookout for future chapters and I hope you all stay healthy and safe this Summer
Until then however
NINJA VANISH!
(Smokescreen escape)
