A/N: HOLY DAMN! THAT TOOK FOREVER! Yes, people, I am alive after six months of silence. Like I said before, college is taking priority, so I have no idea when I can return to my regularly scheduled uploads. Also yes I know about the Xenoverse 2 DLC 7 announcements, but right now I'm not focusing on that right now since it is adding more to my list of things to get, (thanks a lot E3). Now then, other than that I haven't got much else to say other than EVERY SINGLE CHAPTER HAS GOT AN UPDATE, MAJOR, AND/OR MINOR; go check it out if you like to reread stuff. Now let's get to the warnings and disclaimers.
Warning
This chapter is more narrative-heavy, if you expected a big fight scene, then you will have to wait a bit since the last two chapters have better fights and I focused more on the narrative this time around.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except my OCs, plotline, and concepts for the story. The rights of both RWBY and anything Dragon Ball (Z, GT, Super) related, including the music that I suggest listening to, go to their respective owners, and so on.
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Chapter 1: The Calm Before the Storm! Best Day Ever! (Not!)
Downtown city district, Kingdom of Vale
It was a beautiful day in Vale; the (mostly) peaceful city was bustling, either in preparation for the Vytal Festival or just going about their everyday business. The cars and trucks moving at a steady pace, birds chirping; all in all, just another day in the city. However, one particular person's day was looking better after a robbery several months back. This was an old man who was wearing a grey shirt and pants with a red apron and brown shoes were putting up a banner, which reads "Newly Re-opened!", right below his store's sign: From Dust till Dawn. Once the banner was up he carefully made his way dow-
*THUD!*
The old man was now sitting on the ground looking up at what caused him to fall, which turned out to be a beautiful young woman. She has medium-brown skin and dark-red eyes. Her hair is a light, mint-green cut with a straight fringe and bangs, as well as two long locks on each side, in the back. She wears two bronze-colored rings on her middle fingers as well as a pair of high-heeled shoes. Her attire consisted of an intricate white top and an olive-colored shallow-cut crop top, on the back of which is her personal emblem. This emblem is in the shape of a cut gem. She also wore a three-ring armband on her left arm and a string of beads near the same wrist. She also wears white pants and brown chaps that end at her calves and an overlong belt, twice-wrapped, where she keeps her weapons as well as a single pouch.
"Excuse me. Sorry," the young lady said apologetically before she offered her hand to help her elder up as she adds, "I'm not really from around here."
The old man took it and was once again on his feet; the lady then pulls out a note and shows it to him, asking, "Would you mind pointing me in the direction of this shop?"
He quickly read the note before happily nods and gave her directions. Merely moments later and the young lady was waving goodbye to the elderly store owner before turning around and passing by another person hiding behind a corner of a building. Said person appears to be a pale, well-built young man with gray eyes and hair that is partially slicked back while unkempt at the front. He also wears a slate gray and black two-tone partial-zip jacket, that covers his upper body. He also wears a single notched belt with what appears to be a sash or bandana draped over it. Protecting his arms are sets of rerebraces and vambraces. He wears black pants and a pair of combat boots to complete his outfit. As the young woman passed him, he stated in a factual tone, "I knew you were lost."
The girl quickly turned around, walked up to him, putting a wallet full of cash in his face and replying, "Mercury! I will seriously pay you to shut up."
The now-named Mercury shakes his head as he quickly says, "That's not your money."
"But it could be yours for five minutes of silence."
The grey-haired young man hums in thought before replying, "No deal."
The young woman scowled at his response in annoyance, "Hmph… Fine."
She then pulls all of the lien cards out of the wallet before tossing the wallet away and turns around to leave for their destination. Mercury chuckles as he follows close behind saying, "Whatever. You want me."
The two walked in complete silence through the city until Mercury broke it as he asks, "So how much farther?"
"A few blocks," the mint-haired girl answered.
"Ugh, this place is so dull," Mercury complained.
"Eh, I kinda like it," the young woman said before adding, "Tall buildings, diverse culture…"
"…And nice, dopey people who are easy to pickpocket," Mercury interrupts in levity.
The girl stops, placing her hands on her hips and deadpans, "That's every city…"
Mercury then quickly turns around and pretends to be a poor man and mock begs, "Oh Emerald! Master Thief! Please don't take my money! I barely have enough to get by!"
The girl, Emerald, was frowning at his joke; she didn't find it funny and decided to continue to their destination. Mercury simply watched her walk off as he states, "You're no fun today."
He follows her and they continue in complete silence until they arrived at a book store. As they entered, a young man with slick back, black hair, and dark brown eyes, wearing a black and green jacket, gray t-shirt, blue jeans, and brown shoes as well as a green ring on his middle finger of his right hand had passed by them, leaving the store with a few books in a bag that he was carrying; Emerald bumped into him "by accident" and quickly apologized before he left the store. However, once he was out of sight she smugly held up a wallet containing a lot of Lien, more than an average person would normally carry; whatever, she wasn't gonna complain about the "gift" she had received. The mint-haired thief then approached the checkout stand while Mercury began to peruse the shelves; the former hit the bell on the counter once and not a moment after the ding, a voice called out from the back, "Be right there!"
The two gave each other a glance before the double door to the back was opened by a man with black hair and sideburns wearing a black polo shirt, a light grey undershirt, dark grey pants, and dark grey boots, who was carrying two large stacks of books. As he entered the main store, he gave the greeting he usually opens up with, "Welcome to Tukson's Book Trade! Home to every book under the sun."
The man set the books down on the counter so he could properly do business.
"How may I…" He tried asking but stops upon seeing who the customers were as if he feared them; he continues, shrugging off his initial shock, "How may I help you?"
Mercury answered as he was looking through the shelves and slamming the book in his right hand closed, "Just browsin'."
Emerald on the other hand asked, "Actually, I was wondering, do you have any copies of The Thief and the Butcher?"
"Yes, we do," the store worker answered almost immediately.
"That's great!" Emerald exclaimed before the worker asked, "Would you… like a copy?"
"No. Just wondering."
Mercury then slammed another book closed very loudly causing the two at the check-out counter to look back at him. The worker however looked between the two with suspicious eyes, wondering what these two were doing. As he was thinking, Emerald then asks, "What about Violet's Garden in paperback?"
"He's got it! Hardback too," Mercury answered for the worker, holding up the very book in question as he begins to skim through it.
Emerald got into a thinking pose putting a finger on her chin as she states, "Ooh, options are nice."
"Eh… no pictures," the grey-haired young man opinionated before slamming it closed and tossing it back on the shelf; he turns to the worker and asks, "Hey, do you have any comics?"
"Near the front," the man answered.
"Oh! No, wait!" Emerald once more grabbed the worker's attention before asking, "What about Third Crusade?"
The worker simply hums as the gazes of his customers were now on him; after a few moments of consideration, he finally answers, "I… don't believe we carry that one."
*SLAM!*
Once again, Mercury forcefully closes a book as he utters one word of disappointment, "Oh."
"Excuse me, what was this place called again?" Emerald asked politely, although there were hints of antagonism laced within her words.
The man answered, "Tukson's Book Trade."
"And… you're Tukson?" the mint-haired young lady asked.
"That's right," the worker replied.
"So then I take it you're the one who came up with the catchphrase?" she asked.
"Yes," Tukson responded.
Mercury then decides to ask a question of his own, "And what was it again?"
Tukson sighed as he recited the store's catchphrase once again, "Tukson's Book Trade. Home to every book under the sun."
"Except, the Third Crusade," Mercury adds with bitterness in his voice.
"It's just a catchphrase," Tukson says calmly.
"It's false advertising!" Mercury heatedly counters.
"You shouldn't make a promise you can't keep, Tukson," Emerald adds bitterly before continuing her rant, "I hear you're planning on leaving; moving all the way to Vacuo."
As she was talking Mercury was using switches near the front of the store to activate the tints for the windows, blocking the view from the outside and vice versa. Emerald continues, "Your brothers in the White Fang wouldn't be happy to hear that. And neither are we."
By this point, Tukson realized that there was no way out except one, and even then it was very risky. The mint-haired young lady then asked, "You know who we are, don't you?"
He answers evenly, "Yes."
"And you know why we're here?"
"Yes."
As Mercury approaches the counter, the mint-haired thief smirks as she asks one last question, "So… Are you going to fight back?"
Silence overtook the store for several moments before an answer was given.
"Yes!" Tukson snarled, as he extends his claws and jumps on top of the counter before he pounces; Emerald and Mercury backs up a little bit, but not out of fear. Once Tukson pounced, a tried swiping at Emerald only for her to dodge setting him up to be countered by Mercury; his eyes widened as the young man was about to kick him in the face. However, before Mercury even kicked, the front door swung open and a green beam of light shot past him and "hit" Tukson a second before a shotgun went off…
Earlier…
Greene was smiling, the Green Lantern of Universe 13 had every right to. In the past 2 years working with a team of his friends on Earth-16, he felt like something was missing; hell, even when he was living with his parents when they were alive, he constantly felt that way. Now after learning so much about his heritage in such a short amount of time, he felt nothing but peace and harmony. Greene wanted to learn more about himself, so when Ozpin offered him to be an honorary huntsman working alongside Manami whilst studying at Beacon, he accepted almost instantly. He was provided the necessities for staying at Beacon: a dorm room that is literally across from Manami's, a steady inflow of cash via a trust fund, and a scroll for everyday use. Now there were only two problems left: a change of clothes and school supplies, including textbooks; luckily he already received more than enough Lien for both. As a bonus, he was given the names of a high-quality clothing store and a high-quality book store; the best part is they had the lowest prices for their high-quality lineups. The first stop, Tukson's Book Trade; it took Greene some time but he finally found it. As he entered the store, he was greeted almost instantly by, "Hello and welcome to Tukson's Book Trade: home to every book under the sun. My name is Tukson, how may I help you?"
Greene approached the front desk and handed Tukson a list as he asked, "Do you happen to have any Textbooks on this list in your stock?"
"The History of Remnant Vol. I & II, The Mysteries of the Grimm, Survival Tactics for Dummies, Best Weapon Practices for Future Huntsmen and Huntresses, and The Art of Combat," Tukson read aloud, before looking at Greene and stating, "This is a list of books for those who are attending Beacon Academy."
"Yes, it is," Greene said with a smile.
"Isn't late for someone to be joining Beacon?" Tukson asked with curiosity.
"Yes, but I was approved by Ozpin himself; his seal of approval is at the bottom of the list," Greene answered evenly. Tukson looked at the list to see if it was true and sure enough it was; even Ozpin's signature was right next to it for good measure. Tukson smiled and said, "Well it wouldn't be the first time he has done something like this. Wait here, I'll head to the back to see if I still have any copies of the textbooks."
As Tukson went to the back to check for the books, Greene was left to his own devices; he thought about the times he spent with his team on Earth-16 before replaying what had happened during the events of the past week eventually reminiscing the dream he had of his parents. It was after this that he began to wonder what his semblance would be now that he had his Aura unlocked. Sadly his line of thought was cut short as Tukson, who was carrying two small stacks of textbooks, announced, "You're in luck kid; I have one last copy for each of the books. Let's ring you up."
One short transaction later, they said their farewells, and Greene was ready to leave; however, he noticed two individuals entering the store. One was a mint-haired, dark-skinned beauty who was showing a bit of skin as well as a bit of cleavage; the other was a grey-haired, pale-skinned young man. The former bumped into him before quickly saying, "Oh, I'm sorry."
"Nah, it's cool, no harm done," Greene smiled as he replied before he continued on his merry way. He was about a half of a block away when he was about to check the note he was given which contained the name of the shop and its address when he noticed that his wallet was missing. The only reason he knew was that he was the type of person to keep both money and some notes in his wallet. Greene was wonder what happened to it when he remembered that the lady back at the store had bumped into him on the way out; he mutters, "I take what I said, harm, although not physically, has been done."
He quickly retraced his steps back to Tukson's Book Trade, but upon returning he saw that the windows were turning black. Normally, he would have taken that as a sign that the store was closing but there were two reasons why he thought that was not the case: 1) It's only, as a certain dead meme on Earth would say, High Noon; some stores tend to close early in the afternoon but not on the dot. 2) It's only been several minutes since he left the store and he was robbed at its door, very subtly he might add. With those two reasons in mind, Greene had a hunch something was about to go down. Without thinking of the consequences, activated his ring and placed his purchased textbooks into a pocket dimension to keep them safe, and quickly got to the front door. From there he immediately heard a conversation, "So… Are you going to fight back?"
"…Yes!" he heard Tukson snarl.
From there, Greene heard the fight begin, but he wasn't going to let it go too far; in a single instant, his Green Lantern uniform was on in a literal flash as he opened the door and with a thrust of his ring, he created a hard-light shield around Tukson just before the grey-haired young man from earlier could kick him. The Green Lantern from Earth-16 was glad he did as he heard the gunshot originate from the would-be, grey-haired assassin's boot as well as saw the telltale sight of a muzzle flash before the spectacle that Greene had put on drew the attention of the attackers to him.
"A gun in his greaves? Must be his weapon then…" Greene thought as he put Tukson down back behind the counter, before remarking, "That was close, man. You could've killed somebody."
The mint-haired assassin suddenly reached behind her back, drawing her twin magnum revolvers, and fired multiple shots at the Green Guardian of Remnant. The latter however was quicker and he created another shield this time on himself. The young woman fired several more rounds before stopping to reload; but before she does she shouted, "Who the hell are you?"
"I'm sure you've heard the rumors floating around about the Green Guardian?" Tukson's savior answered.
"Wait, those rumors were true?" The grey-haired assassin asked in shock.
"Yep, but just call me by my real title, Green Lantern or just Lantern for short," Greene answered before he created another construct, this time of a giant hand, grabbing both assassins with it and tossed them through the shop's window. He then turned to Tukson, walked up to check on him, and asked, "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," the man answered, to which Greene replied, "Then stay here I want to know what the hell is going on after dealing with those two."
The would-be victim nodded as his savior, to his surprise, literally flew through the broken window after the assailants. Once outside, Greene saw that they were now on their feet, but once they saw him they attacked; once again the mint-haired assassin fired her now reloaded revolvers, forcing the Green Guardian to create a forward shield. Using this distraction the grey-haired young man, fired the shotguns in his boots and used the recoil to jump over the shield the Lantern created and attack from behind. Greene however fought back easily using his free hand, blocking every one of the attacker's kicks before he fired an energy pulse from his ring at the woman, slamming her into a wall, knocking her out as well as making her drop something. He then focused to create a construct of a Bo staff and began to twirl it, forcing the attacker to dodge out of the way into the street before he was ever backed into a corner; the grey-haired young man then rushed to his accomplice to pick her and escape. Greene however was not going to let them escape; he fired a strong energy blast to once again knock his targets off balance but the would-be assassin was ready. Once the grey-haired young man picked his partner up, he jumped high into the air onto a rooftop with assistance from his shot-greaves before he fired several more times at the Green Guardian, forcing him to block.
"You aren't getting away that easily," he muttered, as he flew up to the roof that the assassins were on… or at least supposed to be considering that they were no longer in sight to Greene's surprise. He flew through the air looking at the nearby rooftops and alleyways to see where they could've gone for several minutes but could not find a single trace of them. He mutters, "Damn it, I hate it when the bad guys pull a 'ninja vanish'; bad enough that I had a teammate that does it, but it's worse when they do it. Whatever I got other things to do."
With that, the Green Lantern flew back to Tukson's to figure out his next move. As he lands, his uniform disappears in a flash of light and was about to go back into the shop, but he noticed something on the ground where the woman he knocked out had landed earlier; when he went to inspect it, he found that it was his missing wallet. As he picked it up he remarks, "At least one good thing came out of this mess."
As he pocketed his wallet and moved to reenter the shop, he can't help but wonder, what was the purpose of attacking a book store owner?
Ozpin's office, Beacon Academy, Kingdom of Vale
Normally, Ozpin wouldn't be too worried about the future, but this time was different; this time he had another group to be wary of: the Time Breakers. According to Manami, this group of warriors and monsters were essentially very unpredictable as they can pull fighters throughout the history of the multiverse. The first group of Time Breakers that she ever faced were a pair of demons known as Mira and Towa; the former was the muscle of the two and would grow stronger than the last time he and Manami met while the latter was more cunning which sometimes made her more dangerous than her own creation. Next was another demon, though it would be better to describe him as the Demon God Demigra. This being was on another level when it comes to the Time Breakers; the man plotted revenge for 75 million years when he did not have his way, making even more cunning than Towa and with his status as a demon god he was far more powerful than all of the other warriors Manami had faced, with the exceptions being Beerus the Destroyer and his attendant Whis. Thankfully, all of these time breakers defeated, so the only question is who is the Time Breaker responsible for all of these attacks? Ozpin's thoughts were interrupted when his computer's notifications alerted him to a visitor.
"Come in," he stated indifferently. The doors to his Office opened to reveal none other than Manami Aoi; as she entered the Saiyan of Remnant asked, "You wanted to speak to me, professor?"
"Yes, I have two things I would like to talk to you about, if it is alright with you," Ozpin answered.
"That would depend on your question; ask away," she replied.
"The first would be about Mr. Gale; what do you think about him, as a warrior and as a person."
Manami put a finger on her chin as she went into thought for a few seconds before she answered, "As a warrior, he's definitely a skilled fighter but he still has a lot to work on. That ring of his is a useful weapon but at the same time, it's a crutch."
Ozpin raised an eyebrow at this, asking, "How so?"
"While the ring does give him the advantage of unpredictability, due to the fact he can literally imagine a weapon of his choosing and use it. However, due to the same reason, his skill with a single weapon takes a hit; this makes him a 'Jack of All Trades' type of fighter. While his type of skillset can be useful in a fight, it can only take him so far."
"I see," Ozpin said monotonously. He thought about what he could do to mitigate Greene's lack of expertise for an individual weapon, but realized the answer was in front of him, quite literally in fact; he then announces, "I will be placing him in your care along with Ms. Rose."
The Future Warrior of Universe 13 was at first surprised by Ozpin's idea, but after a quick thought about it, she saw how it would definitely help Greene. She could do several sparing sessions with him to figure out his preferred combat style and when he is finished, he could design a weapon to complement it with Ruby's help. Manami nodded at his request, as she thought, "Maybe I could also bring out his potential."
"As a person: I determined that his heart is in the right place, but something about him makes me feel uncomfortable, I just don't know what yet," Manami states when he motioned for her to continue. She also had a thought she didn't voice, "Strangely enough, something about him is pulling me towards him. I need to find out what it is."
"I see," Ozpin says, "keep an eye on him and keep me appraised of the situation."
The Saiyan nodded before asking, "What was the other thing you wanted to ask me about?"
The headmaster sighed, "Lately I've been thinking of these past few incidents involving the Super Grimm and the Time Breakers. I'm worried about… everything because of the fact they are unpredictable; on top of that, they have the power to give you trouble. I'm usually calm but this time I'm even more worried than I should be."
"Well, I'm not surprised, I've dealt with the time breakers for 4 years and I was on edge for a good amount of it," Manami said with a smile.
"Then how did you deal with it?"
"By focusing on the here and now. When I wasn't on a mission I was relaxing or doing my regular duties. We dealt with the problems when we could, but constantly worrying about it won't help."
The headmaster contemplated her words before he sighed, "I guess you're right."
Manami's smile grew a bit brighter at this, but then she noticed one thing from out the corner of her eye… a person being flung through the sky!
"What the hell!?" she semi-shouted, before rushing to the window and was joined by Ozpin a moment later. She looked to see that up where the person was flung and saw that it was… Yang? She then looked down below trying to figure out why she was flung up into the air as well as reaching out with her senses to see if there are any threats. She sensed nothing but noticed that the cafeteria was a mess inside and saw that food and drinks were flung everywhere. At this, the Saiyan of Remnant pinched the bridge of her nose, but her smile betrayed her true feelings.
Manami stated jokingly, "Well it seems, you are needed to perform your more simple duties Oz."
"Indeed," The headmaster replied before asking, "Shall we?"
"You don't even have to ask," she answers.
With that the two exited the office to see what the ruckus is about and knowing Glynda, she is going to be mad. However, while things were… eventful at Beacon Academy, they had no idea that their enemies were active so close to them…
White Fang Warehouse, Vale Industrial district
Roman Torchwick was in the middle of cataloging the large inventory of dust, all stolen throughout the City ranging from stores to big depots to shipments at the docks by him and the White Fang. He was… indifferent at the current stock that they had; they would have even more if they weren't stopped a few weeks back by what Cinder and her associates called a "Saiyan", whatever the hell that means. As if on cue, he heard a crash at the entrance of the warehouse; it was as if the universe wanted his mood to shift negatively. As he moved toward the entrance, he mutters, "What the hell is it now?"
However he was in shock to find two of his new… associates, Emerald and Mercury, slightly banged up; the former was clutching her head and had a couple of bruises as well as cuts while the latter looked only ruffled a bit save for a cut and a bruise. Their Auras however had already healed most of the negligible damage, unfortunately for Emerald, she would have to see a medic for her head injury. Roman walked up to them asking, "What the hell happened to you two?"
Normally, Torchwick would have said something snarky, but seeing two of Cinder's lackeys roughed up a bit had him surprised. Mercury let go of Emerald, placing her in the care of a medic that was called by one of the other WF grunts, before answering, "We were out doing a little chore you were supposed to be doing, eliminating a deserter; however before we could even finish the job, the rumored 'Green Guardian' showed up."
"Wait the Guardian's real?" Torchwick asked, clearly shocked.
"Yeah, and his power is unlike anything we've seen! He had the power to create weapons made out of light on the fly, fire energy blasts, and hell even fly! And if you don't believe me, ask Emerald; she'll say the same thing," Mercury states as a matter of factly.
Torchwick was about to retort with snark, but then they hear, "Interesting…"
All of those present looked to the voice to see Cinder riding one of the lifts down from the walkways above them. Mercury was a little nervous, now that Cinder has joined their conversation; as if she sensed his nervousness, Cinder states, "We will talk later about what I told you and Emerald to do while we are here, for now, I want to discuss what you have learned about the 'Green Guardian' in detail."
"For once, we are in agreement then…" Another voice called out. Two more people appeared out of nowhere. One was a tall, muscular man; he was pale with blue skin and white hair, having a line on both cheeks that goes from the eyes until his jaw. Initially, he wears red clothing that covers all his body. Above it, he wears white armor with the symbol of the Time Breakers at the center of it and a brown strap around his neck. The man also wears cape-like pants covering his legs, leaving only a red pair of shoes to be visible. He also wears grey wristbands.
The Other was another woman who had long white hair, light blue skin, and purple eyes. The left side of her hair is longer than the other and hangs in front of her chest. She has a golden infinity hair accessory that covers the back and both sides of her head. She wears gold earrings that resemble Potara's, earrings that are usually worn by Supreme Kais. She wears a red and black skin-tight bodysuit that has a v-shaped hole around her stomach, and has slits on the bottom half, exposing the bottom of her breasts. She wears a white open leg cape that is jagged at the bottom and red and black high heels. She also carries a brown staff that has two golden points on each end.
Turning to address them Cinder states, "Mira, Towa… I had a feeling that you two may have wanted to join this interesting conversation."
"Of course, any information that has the possibility of endangering our… mutual friends' plans is something I wish to know about. We already have the Saiyan, Manami Aoi, on Remnant, forcing us to adjust our plans, it's important to know any other variables introduced into the equation," The woman, Towa, remarked; Mira on the other hand remained silent, being his usual indifferent self.
"Agreed, considering that we are now moving on to phase 2," Cinder announced.
"What?" Roman uttered.
"You heard me Roman; we are done with collecting Dust. Have the White Fang clear out this Warehouse, after our conversation is over, you will be given the details and coordinates on where to move it. Understood?" Cinder commands.
"Yeah, I got it," Torchwick reponds.
"Good, see me in your office when you are finished," she said with finality, leaving Torchwick alone with Mercury, Mira, and Towa following her. After a few moments, Roman called out, "Perry!"
Said WF grunt came running in a few seconds; when he was close enough, "Yeah boss?"
"Spread the word, have this place cleared out while I have a talk with our associates; I'll have coordinates and details to give afterward," Torchwick commands.
"On it," Perry answered before leaving to give the others the new orders. Torchwick then leaves for his office as he sarcastically mutters, "This just keeps getting better and better…"
Meanwhile in a time rift to a future in ruins…
A city was in ruins, many buildings were collapsed or destroyed, and the people were in hiding due to the Grimm that now infested the once peaceful and culturally rich city of Vale. Right now, a Time Patroller is investigating this rift to find answers as to where the Golden Scroll is, who could've taken it, or at least a lead to someone who knows something; the patroller was none other than Akane Ryuunosuke, the Saiyan clad in red, the hero of Conton City. Currently, she was wearing her 4-star Dragon Ball Gi, as well as her scouter for communication purposes. She was currently heading for the source of this rift, which just so happens to be located at the once prestigious Beacon Academy. However, Akane didn't know that… yet.
As she entered the airspace of the Academy, several avian and hybrid-aerial Grimm acted upon their territorial instincts and attacked the intruding entity; sadly for them, Akane was far too powerful in her base form alone. As the Grimm closed in on her with their claws/talons Akane dodged at the last possible second leaving only an afterimage for them to go through and crash into each other. As taught by Krillin, she fired an energy wave at the disoriented group only for it to veer upwards above them before the Hero of Conton had it split into multiple blasts and rain death upon the Grimm, eliminating the beasts with great ease. Now that she was no longer distracted, she turned toward the ruined academy to get a better look at it; most of the buildings were intact with few destroyed or completely collapsed before she looked to the tower. She was mesmerized by it for some reason; this leads her to wonder where exactly did this rift take her as well as what were those… creatures that she faced earlier. However that would have to wait, she had a job to do after all.
Keying in a few inputs on her scouter, Akane called someone, "Hey partner, I'm closing in on the source of the rift. Can you meet me? I might need back up on this one."
"Oh just like you needed help last time?" someone responded, a woman.
"Okay, two things: One, I didn't think that the last mission was going to be that easy. Two, when did you get so snarky? Last time I checked, you were usually quiet," Akane remarked.
"In that order? We've been training under Whis for the last three months now, who in fact gave us specialized Saiyan training with Goku and Vegeta's help; did you really expect that an army of Meta-Coolers would be a challenge, Aki?"
"Okay, she has me there," Akane thought.
"Second, we've been working together for those same three months now. I'm usually quiet when we're around other people we don't know," the partner answered.
"Alright, I concede to your points your highness, but we have a job to do so can you meet me near the source of the rift?"
"Yeah I'm on my way, give me a minute or two, will ya?"
With that, the link was terminated as Akane began her walk through the courtyards of the academy whilst keeping her senses about her, making sure she that she was not about to be ambushed. As she made her way toward the academy she noticed one landmark that somehow remained intact; this landmark was a statue. It was a large statue featuring two figures, one a male and the other a younger-looking female, standing on a rock outcropping. They are both dressed in a robe with hoods over their heads. The male has a sword in his right hand, raised in a seemingly triumphant gesture. The younger female has a double-edged battle-ax in her left hand and looks off to the side into the distance. Below the two figures was a werewolf-like creature, the same ones that Akane saw in the city, looking in the same direction as the male figure. As she continued past it to her destination, the gears in her head were turning, putting together the information she gathered so far, but it was not enough. However, the more she info gathered the more she didn't like the answer that this new rift was going to give her.
As she made her way toward the source, Akane soon found a crash site of an airship of unknown make, at least to her, though from what she could make of it, the ship was more of a civilian shuttle class. She knew that she would be spending a bit of time investigating it, but one of the secondary objectives of her mission stated to investigate and uncover the secrets of this new, unknown rift should there be a chance to; naturally her curiosity got the better of her, with the help of her instincts as a patroller helping a bit, prompting her to investigate the ship. Within a few minutes she scoured the entirety of the ship that she could access but nothing stood out… except one thing; a holoprojector of some kind that had a default recording loaded in its program. While the Hero of Conton was not as adept as Ana or the Briefs when it comes to technology, she at least had the basics down so that she could at the very least recover public and low-security information from any technology she should come across if she didn't have a tech-savvy partner on mission. As a result, she was able to access the recording embedded into the projector's program, causing it to hum to life, and projecting the image of a beautiful woman in her mid to late thirties, possibly early forties. She was a blonde woman with glasses who had her hair in a bun, wearing a white blouse, black skirt, black-brown stockings, and black boots with brown heels; her stance gave off an air of professionalism that Akane rarely saw in the Time Patrol, seeing as how the woman was standing tall with her hands behind her back. However, it was what she had to say that caught the attention of Saiyan in red.
"Hello, and welcome to Beacon!" the recording of the woman announced.
"Beacon? Why does that sound familiar?" Akane muttered in a mix of confusion and curiosity; she heard that name somewhere before but could not place it.
"My name is Glynda Goodwitch. You are among the privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy!" the recording continued. To this Akane commented, "I'm sure this academy was prestigious back in its day."
However what the recording said next, stunned her into silence, "Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsman and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now, it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world."
With those final words, the recording ended and the hologram faded, leaving a quiet Akane alone inside a broken ship. Many thoughts were racing through her mind, but the biggest one was, "No… no, no, no… Please tell me I'm wrong. Please tell me she didn't say 'Huntsman and Huntresses.' Please tell me that I heard her wrong!"
Fortunately for her, she didn't have time to think as her scouter began beeping, indicating that her partner was calling her. She quickly answered it, "Yeah, partner?"
"Aki, I'm near the source of this rift, but… I've found something that you need to see," the woman answered.
"What is it?" Aki asked as her trepidation rose once more.
"I can't explain it over communications, it's something that you need to see for yourself," her partner insisted.
The Hero of Conton sighed, "Alright, Lin, give me a minute."
She quickly terminated the line before she began to steel her nerves as she had a feeling about what her partner, Melinda, was talking about; Akane could only hope that she was wrong. After a few more moments, Akane placed her right index and middle fingers on her forehead and finally began locating Melinda's Ki. It only took a few seconds to find her and the second she did, she used Instant Transmission to reach her. Akane now stood in a small room that was similar to the Time Patrol's own dormitories which were given to the recruits; if it weren't in ruins, the room seemed to have a simple bed on the right, a desk on the left as well as multiple bookshelves. The most notable thing was that the far wall was destroyed, leading into another one of Beacon's courtyards which seemed to have a dark crystal of some kind floating above it. Akane then turned to her right where a woman with a similar hairstyle to Manami's was standing tall at 6'5 and holding a photo. She was wearing a golden battle suit top and boots, crystal battle suit gloves, black battle suit bottoms, and a mostly non-functional green scouter. This was Melinda, a Saiyan from Universe 12.
"Lin," Akane simply says, announcing her presence. Melinda turns around after she registered her partner's presence.
"Aki," Melinda replied.
"What did you find?" Aki asked.
Melinda's expression turned grim as she simply handed the photo to her as well as a few others. The first photo was of her, Manami, Trunks, Chronoa, Tokitoki, Elder Kai, Goku, even Lord Beerus & Whis during the celebration of the birth of a new history. The Second was of a smiling Manami with a cute little puppy at her feet; next to her a young girl with silver eyes and short black hair that graduated to red at the tips that wore black and red goth-like clothing giving a peace sign as well as a bright smile. A blonde girl with lavender eyes whose hair is similar to Melinda and Manami's hairstyle if not a bit longer and was wearing a tan jacket, a yellow crop top, black mini-shorts, brown knee-high boots, and black fingerless gloves. She had her right arm around Manami's shoulders while her left was raised to the sky all while she was winking and giving a cheeky grin. Crossing his arms next to them was a blonde man who wore brown cargo shorts with a dark brown belt, black shoes, a red bandana on his left arm, and a brown leather vest over a tan dress shirt with the right sleeve cut off and had cuffs that looked mechanical for some reason; for armor, he wears a metal spaulder, leather vambrace, and a brown fingerless glove, all on his right arm. The last person in the photo was a raven-haired man with red eyes, wearing a red tattered cloak, gray dress shirt with a long tail, black dress pants with black dress shoes, and had a massive sword sheathed on his back. On the back of the photo was a note that said, "Me and my family: Ruby, Yang, Taiyang, and Qrow."
The last photo was too faded to make out anything except for Manami and the two girls from the last photo, Ruby and Yang, who was on some kind of fairgrounds with eight others while on the back was another note, this time saying, "The first day of the Vytal Festival Tournament. On the Fairgrounds with my sisters as well as my boyfriend and our friends, both old and new."
Akane's face contorted into one of sorrow, now knowing where they were. She pocketed the photos before she began to walk toward the destroyed wall looking at the large dark crystal that was floating high above the courtyard. Melinda looked to Akane with worry, calling out to her, "Aki? What's wrong?"
"I know where this rift took us," Akane stated monotonously.
"Where?" Melinda asked, her worry growing.
"We're in Ana's home universe, more specifically her homeworld of Remnant," Akane stated gravely, shocking Melinda. She continues, "And I have a feeling that this rift did not bring us here as a coincidence…"
[Music Start – "Time to Say Goodbye" RWBY Volume 2 OST]
There's a point where it tips
There's a point where it breaks
There's a point where it bends
And a point we just can't take
Anymore
As the lyrics begin we fly through the clouds to reveal Beacon Academy as a few words appear on the screen.
Dragon of Beacon presents
We now travel through the courtyard of Beacon Academy and along the pathway is a familiar figure with a red hood and cape; the words then disappear and in its place was the ghostly silhouette of a pair of silver eyes opening. The next shot was of the figure's right side with their cape billowing in the wind with the end turning into rose petals, revealing the person to be Ruby.
There's a line that we'll cross
And there's no return
There's a time and a place
No bridges left to burn
Anymore
Soon it is revealed that Weiss, Blake and Yang standing with her and all of them had their eyes closed while, similarly to Ruby, had something emanating from them. Weiss had snowflakes floating off her, Blake was emanating shadow-like wisps, and Yang had ember-like particles floating away from her. Ruby then opened her eyes to see Beacon Academy dissolve into a white background before a flash of white changed the scene.
We can't just wait with lives at stake
The scene shows Ruby nose-diving through the skies of Remnant as if she fell from orbit. A second or two passes before she flips herself around into a spread-eagle position to slow herself down; as she does this, rose petals float around in a tornado-like fashion before the scene flows into the headmaster's office in Beacon as the gears and cogs mesh together above Professor Ozpin.
Until they think we're ready
The scene quickly fades away to gray before the silhouette of Pyrrha fades in as she stands outside of one of the many facilities of Beacon; a hand soon lands on her shoulder before it is revealed to be Jaune standing behind her showing that he supports her. The scene then cuts to reveal the rest of Team JNPR standing with her as well before it cuts to a split-second shot of Team CRDL; then another of Sun and his team, Team SSSN (Sun); the next shot involving Velvet and her team, Team CFVY (Coffee); the next shot being comprised of a many Atlas robotic soldiers, two human soldiers, a high-ranking official, Penny, and a few students; and finally a shot of Ozpin, Glynda Goodwitch, Dr. Bartholomew Oobleck, and Peter Port with Manami, Greene, and Trunks.
Our enemies are gathering
The next scene showed Cinder, Torchwick, Mercury, Emerald, Mira, and Towa walking through a ruined city that's burning in flames before a shadow dashed across the screen and changed the scene to a snowy forest to show a massive gathering of Grimm, ranging from a Beowolves to Deathstalkers and many more.
The storm is growing deadly
Once more the scene changes to show Ruby falling through the clouds as she leaves an air-trail behind her; this time she is joined by the rest of her team as well as the other students of Beacon and exchange students, along with Manami, Greene, and Trunks. Soon they all nose-dived toward the ground and did a three-point landing in the streets of Downtown Vale before the final drop cuts the scene.
Now it's time to say goodbye
As the chorus begins, a scene of a sparring match between Pyrrha and team CRDL is shown with the former dodging, blocking, parrying, countering, and attacking in a perfect, deadly dance of guns, blades, and blunt weaponry.
To the things we loved
The scene then cuts to Cinder whose amber eyes glow with power as she observes the Atlas cruisers fly above Beacon from a balcony.
And the innocence of youth
Another change then cuts to Team RWBY, joined by Manami and Trunks, running/dashing to face the Cinder, Torchwick, Mercury, Emerald, Mira, and Towa. Mercury dashes in first and jumps into the air before he brings down his Shotgun-Greaves down to clash with Yang.
How the time seemed to fly
After the short clash, Emerald rushes in to slash at Yang with her twin Kamas before the latter does a backflip and trades places with Weiss, and the Beacon Arena changes to the one used for Weiss's test in Atlas. They clashed a bit before the scene cuts again to show Torchwick and Blake facing off in the middle of downtown Vale before the scene cuts to Ruby confronting Cinder near the Beacon landing pad; the latter throws a few fireballs at the former, forcing her to backflip out of the way. The scene changes again as Trunks lands on his feet and dashes toward his opponent clashing with Towa in the forest of Forever Fall before throwing a punch; the scene changes once more to the Emerald Forest to show that Mira caught a punch from Manami before he blasts her back with a strong Ki blast.
From our carefree lives
And the solitude and peace we always knew
The scene changes one last time as Manami quickly recovers and lands on her feet in a white area surrounded by black fire before Ruby rushes ahead of her; Weiss is then seen running in Ruby's place, followed by Blake in hers, Yang in Blake's place, Trunks in the place of Yang, and finally Manami in Trunks' place. Manami then leaps forward before landing and giving a downward diagonal slash as Trunks fades in, spinning into a horizontal slash, followed by Yang who gives a few punches and ending with an uppercut as Blake then fades in, going from an upward slash to a horizontal followed by Weiss who spins into her pre-rush stance, and ending with Ruby who gives a horizontal slash before the Camera zooms into her left eye and fades to black to show the Title of the series one last time before completely fading to black.
Dragon Ball RWBYverse
[Music End]
A/N: Well I hope you guys liked the chapter, I did my best to make it decent including the "opening" sequence. The little scuffle between Emerald, Mercury, and Greene was short but to the point, the reason being that in the canon storyline where Tukson dies, their confrontation is also short but to the point, no need for drama. As for why I didn't include the food fight sequence, it remained the same in canon. As for Melinda, crossovermaster1's OC, she is now introduced and I hope that in future chapters, her portrayal is accurate to what the author expects. As always leave your thoughts in the reviews, make sure to keep them constructive or positive, and I'll see you guys next chapter.
Next Chapter: And so it Begins... Welcome to Beacon.