Disclaimer: I own neither Digimon nor RWBY
When Ruby rushed out to meet with the Headmaster about her encounter inside the CCT tower, it completely slipped the other girls' minds to ask about the actual appearance of Dukemon. Partially since they didn't realise that they might still have seen it, or something akin to it, but also since they thought the being would be more saurian like Huckmon.
And of course, part of it was since their minds were brought to the subject of the White Fang, the intruder Ruby fought and how they were going to stop them. Well, Weiss partially wanted nothing to do with it really, but in this case, she was overruled by the rest of the team.
Then when Ruby returned they were further distracted by the arrival of a package from her and Yang's father, containing, much to everyone's surprise, their dog, Zwei, which proved a formidable distraction, especially on Weiss and Blake, even if not for the same reason.
And finally, there came the part where they needed to go select their first mission.
And so it was, that through a series of events the girls of team RWBY missed an early opportunity to figure out where Huckmon's comrades-in-arms where. And more importantly, who they were.
Instead they set off to the abandoned failed expansion attempt known as Mountain Glenn, alongside Doctor Oobleck, and with Ruby bringing the dog, everything as usual. Except that this time Huckmon was following them.
Ruby was well aware of this, as she had discussed not wanting to leave either of them alone while they were gone for potentially a week, or longer.
And it was there that they would get their first taste of just what kind of powers they were truly dealing with.
-Break—
"And you are certain we don't need to deal with her?" Lavender said.
"Are you doubting our leader?" Omegos replied.
"Indeed, I am." The pink knight responded.
"Calm down, both of you! I have investigated, and found no reason to take action. The one we need to consider would be her creator, but from our current position we have no easy way to reach him." Riina interjected, putting a hand on the other two's shoulders.
"And this is why this meaningless charade of ours is a hindrance to us! What possible reason was there for us to come here!" Lavender exclaimed, shrugging of their leader's hand.
She sighed. "This place is a nexus where many possibilities gather, intertwine and lead into many different futures. With no lead towards completing my task, this was a good place to start. Besides, we are hardly in a rush. We can afford to take a little time."
"Possibilities? Different futures?" Albion queried.
She smiled. "Sometimes a person, or several, is added. Sometimes someone is replaced. Sometimes the rules are a bit different. There are myriad possibilities, but many of them share this location."
The others could only stare in confusion, not quite capable of understanding what their leader meant.
"Don't worry, there's no need for any of you to understand this. It has little bearing on any of you." She said, bemusedly shaking her head.
"Well, that is probably true." Omegos said. "And it is true that we have time. But I must also wonder if it is truly necessary for us to continue this charade."
"Perhaps not. But there are a few things I want to look into, and something I want to witness. I pray you can all bear with me till then." Riina responded.
Lavender did not look happy, but also seemed to have accepted the situation. Omegos and Albion shared a look of mild amusement.
-Break—
Things weren't looking good for Ruby.
There she was, held by two White Fang grunts before Roman Torchwick, who looked anything but happy to see her. She had lost her darling Crescent Rose when the ground gave way underneath her and she fell into the underground hideout of the White Fang.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't Red. I was hoping I wouldn't need to see you ever again. But alas, I'll have to settle for beating the crap out of you." A wicked smile appeared on the man's face as he hefted his cane.
"Get your hands off her!" A familiar voice suddenly cut in, followed by a blur of silver and red crashing into one of the grunts, causing him to release his grip as he was painfully slung backwards.
With one arm free and the other grunt still surprised at the sudden assault she managed to twist around, successfully delivering a kick towards the head, disorienting the man and allowing her to free herself.
Wasting no time, she immediately started running even as distant explosions started shaking the underground chamber they were in.
She found her saviour quite a bit away, seeming a bit surprised at something.
"Come on Huckmon! Let's get away from here!" She shouted.
This prompted the little guy to startle into motion and start running as well, but she heard him mutter something.
"-was more fragile-" She didn't get all of it, only a small part, as it was said in a really low voice, and she was currently sprinting even as the bad guys behind her started shooting at them.
Soon enough another explosion occurred, this time within sight, and a group of White Fang grunts came running away from whatever had caused it, followed by the rest of her team and Doctor Oobleck.
"Ruby!" Yang shouted the moment she caught sight of the younger girl. Then she almost halted as she noticed Huckmon. "Wait, he's here too?!"
Oobleck, unaware of the Digimon's existence was slightly confused, but focused on the more important part of the White Fang grunts for the moment.
Once a temporary safety had been achieved and they all met up, the elder sibling immediately hugged her sister, with the other two members of team RWBY carrying quite the worried expressions.
"Thank goodness you're okay sis!" The blonde exclaimed.
"Yeah, Huckmon saved me." Ruby replied as they separated.
"Why is he here?" Blake asked as she handed over Crescent Rose.
"I followed. You were all going on a mission, one that was potentially dangerous, so I chose to follow." Huckmon answered, shocking Oobleck.
"A talking…" The Doctor seemed to search for something to call the being before him, but was interrupted by Torchwick's announcement.
"Well, it's time to go. You White Fang boys have fun with the train, but I'm leaving." He suddenly said, shocking the row of White Fang grunts behind him who couldn't help but merely stare as the criminal calmly walked off into a side passage that most certainly didn't lead to the train.
It was only as he entered the passage that someone broke out of their stupor and shouted:
"Traitor! Get that Human bastard scum!" Someone shouted, pointing at Roman.
The White Fang charged towards the passageway, but Roman merely smiled as a dreadful sensation started emanating from somewhere further inside and heavy footfalls started echoing from it.
"Oh Beelzebumon, would you mind helping me out?" He said with a downright inhuman expression on his face. "It's just fair, right?"
Even before the criminal said something Huckmon had clearly been disturbed, but once the words 'Beelzebumon' left his lips it turned into a clear look of terror that only widened as a figure appeared behind the man.
A ridiculously tall masculine humanoid covered in black leather, with three red eyes and a vicious tail that looked more metallic than organic. It had a double-barrelled shotgun in a holster on its left leg, but ultimately what drew their attention was the fact that it didn't quite fit in the passageway, having to bend over slightly.
Then it spoke, its voice dripping with hunger for battle. "Fine, I'll do it. But only because I need to rampage for a bit!"
Then it dashed forward, tearing apart the first few grunts before they had any chance to react. What followed was a pure massacre, and it wasn't long at all before the grunts were hightailing it out of there.
"W-what is that?" Weiss asked, fear etched into her expression even as she looked like she might be sick.
The rest of the team fared no better, with only Doctor Oobleck retaining any indication of calm, although he wasn't happy with his evaluation of the situation.
If that thing, whatever it was, clearly no Grimm, as it lacked the typical bone-plates and spikes as well as possessing the ability to speak, decided to attack the girls, he wasn't confident he could prevent their untimely deaths.
"Girls!" Oobleck shouted, taking a battle stance.
"Everyone!" Huckmon shouted simultaneously.
""Run!"" They then shouted in unison.
As if drawn towards the Doctor's readiness to fight Beelzebumon's eyes snapped towards his direction.
"No! Don't fight him!" The Child-level exclaimed, but it was too late.
"You want to fight?!" The Ultimate-level shouted. "Good! You look like you're actually worth something!"
Oobleck barely managed to stop the Demon Lord's claws, but it was clear that it was taking him a lot of effort, and he was losing the resultant struggle.
"Oh, that's so much better!" Beelzebumon exclaimed, laughing maniacally. "But, it's not enough." Then suddenly turned serious and sombre as it punched the Huntsman, sending him flying.
It was then Huckmon made an observation. Beelzebumon wasn't at full strength. If it was, the Huntsman wouldn't have been able to stop even one attack, much less survive another.
"If only I had a little more power, I might have been able to stall it out…" It said, drawing Ruby's attention.
They were in danger, right? Even now that monster was turning towards them. Doctor Oobleck couldn't stop it, how could they even hope to make it out of this situation?
She took out the red and silver device, and, remembering Riina's advice, poured her will into it.
Suddenly it shone brightly, and even Ruby could feel the power that was pouring out of it, and into… Huckmon?
"T-this is!" The recipient exclaimed as it was enveloped by a bright light.
"Huckmon evolve!"
The light seemed to enlarge as these words were exclaimed.
"BaoHuckmon!"
Then it shattered to reveal Huckmon's new form, BaoHuckmon, which was larger, more machine-like, with bigger claws, bigger horn, its back-feet turned into a pair of sharp blades and with another blade on its tail. The main similarity lay in colouring and the cloak with goggles attached to it.
It roared. "Beelzebumon! Leave this world!" And crashed into the Demon Lord.
"BaoHuckmon! What a surprise seeing you here! What's the matter, can't become your Ultimate form?" Beelzebumon said as they struggled.
"What's the matter Demon Lord? Not enough energy to use your full power?" BaoHuckmon retorted, and with great effort managed to push its opponent back.
As they fought one could distantly hear a train start moving, but team RWBY was too stunned by the showdown in front of them to notice.
"I'll show you power you upstart Royal Knight!"
Suddenly it was BaoHuckmon that was being pushed back, straining to maintain equilibrium. Then with a mighty roar and effort the Adult-level knocked its opponent away.
"Teen Blade!" It roared and started spinning, its bladed tail cutting into Beelzebumon.
Once the attack was over, the two Digimon were left standing there, staring at each other, with Beelzebumon having several parts of himself seemingly glitching out.
"Damn. I can't continue like this." It said, a clear strain it its voice. "Another time! BaoHuckmon!"
"Darkness Claw!" It then exclaimed, its claws suddenly becoming enveloped in dark light that it slashed at BaoHuckmon with, sending it flying and causing quite a bit of damage.
In return, more of Beelzebumon started glitching out, but even then, it managed to disappear, smashing thorough the roof.
This caused the girls to break out of their amazement, and Ruby immediately ran over to where BaoHuckmon had fallen, only to find that it had reverted back into Huckmon, although it appeared relatively unharmed otherwise.
Weiss and Blake instead headed for Oobleck, who they found slumped against the wall he had crashed into, bleeding and exhausted, but awake, alive and in no danger of dying.
As Ruby carried the unconscious Huckmon over to where Oobleck was he looked curiously at the being in her arms.
Then he shook his head slightly and with some effort got back up.
"Come on girls, we need to get back to Beacon…" He said.
Then the explosions started.
Author's notes: Let's see how many people complain about this. Although considering how sparse reviews are... Well, this is probably the point where RWBY cannon starts going out the window, probably... Anyway, I have been waiting for this moment for a while, although I am even more keen on getting to a similar moment in the story later on.
I hope you enjoyed and that you have a nice day.