(A/N)
Am I the only one who believes that RWBY will finish with Ruby petrifying Salem? You know, since she is immortal but petrifying her is not exactly killing her, but trapping her, like the Wyvern in Beacon?
BTW This Fanfic is ONE YEAR OLD! Can't believe that already passed one year when this story began, and hopefully will have a good end to this story.
Also, I put a new cover since I liked it, and it's my idea of how Snake looks like as a young man.
(Q&A)
Czar Joseph: I was thinking only to be for night but... both sounds cool. Thanks for the idea. But only Thermal and Night is okay.
MidKnightMoonglow99: I want the Omake to have been days or weeks before the actual episode.
cakesnake2.0: Nope
ImperialWolves12: Nope and is Salem of course
Guest: She is not blind from one eye... not now at least
Lechain: it will, at least the importsnt stuff
guest: No aparecera, lo siento
(A/N)
Well without more to say, let's continue!
I don't own Metal Gear or RWBY.
Chapter 15
Beacon Academy. 10:00 PM.
Cinder didn't expect to find the mercenary that Atlas contracted in Beacon, much less expected him to be someone so young and above all a student. The only thing Cinder could deduce is that, surely, Ozpin would have knowledge about him, and so, about the work that Snake does for Atlas. And if Snake was a mercenary who knew Ozpin very well, he would undoubtedly be a valuable ally for her.
So after the encounter with Snake, Cinder ordered Emerald and Mercury to investigate Snake, mainly asking students about him, who he was and who was related to him, without obviously looking suspicious.
After the investigation, the three were now in their temporary dorm room.
"Tell me, what'd you find out about him?" Asked Cinder to her two 'teammates' Emerald and Mercury. She was in a wooden chair, with her legs crossed.
"Yeah, this guy seems to be quite popular... Apparently he fought Pyrrha Nikos and ended up in a draw, in addition to fighting a complete team on his own and winning without reducing his Aura, using some weird hand-to-hand combat technique, actually, there is a video about the fight in the Beacon's Netpage." Mercury explained while sitting in his bed. He was actually impressed when he learned.
"I suppose that someone like him would win without problems to some pathetic students." Cinder statted. She was a little impressed to hear that. After hearing what Snake did alone to the White Fang she was just a little surprised. But her expression was the same. "What about you Emerald?"
"Well, unlike Mercury, I found more important information." Said Emerald with a smile, slightly cocky. Mercury just rolled his eyes.
"Go on." Cinder said while she leaned forward and put her hands together, placing them under her chin. This time showing a small smile.
"Apparently he arrived after all the students did the Initiation. Ozpin never revealed why he was accepted after the other students, but he did the Initiation afterwards by himself. And from what I've heard, he did it without Aura, even managing to kill a Death Stalker on his own."
This time Cinder was completely surprised. Do the Initiation alone and kill a Death Stalker? Also, if Ozpin accepted him apart from the other students, it must be because there was something special about him.
"I heard something like that, that one of the Professors unlocked his Aura before fighting with Pyrrha Nikos." Mercury added.
Cinder just kept her smile. "Anything else?"
"Yep." Said Mercury. "I heard that he was included as the fifth member of a team with four girls, team RWBY or something like that. Among them is the daughter of the owner of the Schnee Dust Company. But the girl wanted to fight our guy and she lost."
"At least we already know who he is with. Anyone else want to add something?" Asked Cinder.
"Well... one thing I discovered about him is his full name, he... he doesn't use the color-rule. And you'll not believe it." Emerald said.
This caused Cinder to raise an eyebrow.
"I mean, I don't know who could have a name like that, at first I thought it was a joke, since I was told this by a faunus rabbit girl who acted like a 10 year old girl, she looked so blushed that she looked like someone who wants to have se-"
"Emerald. Just say it." Cinder said dryly.
"I'm sorry... I was saying that his name is... Naked Snake."
Upon hearing that, Cinder and Mercury remained silent for a few seconds while looking at Emerald. Cinder at that moment began to scowl when she heard what Emerald had just said.
"Wait! It's true! Look!" Emerald answered, scared, and she soon took her Scroll where she started looking for something. "Here!"
It was there when Emerald showed Cinder what appeared to be a student ID, with Snake's picture, it showed basic information such as age, which team he is and in what year he is. But there was his name: Naked Snake.
Cinder deadpanned, and did not said a thing. While Mercury just began ot laugh.
"Haha! Naked!? That's so lame!" Mercury yelled while laughting.
"Well... I don't care what his name is. I want you two to investigate him closely, to see if he can help us with our cause. I also want you to investigate his team, try to socialize with them, if they know anything else about Snake, I want to know it."
— l — l — l —
The next day.
Wednesday.
10:30 AM.
After the fight between Weiss and Snake, there seemed to be a tension in team RWBY+S. For starters, nobody mentioned what happened last day. Weiss did not talk to Snake, she didn't even look at him. While Snake thought it was best not to talk to her, not because he was angry, but because he thought it best to leave her alone for the moment with her thoughts. But in the end, Snake did not hate her.
Ruby and Blake did not say anything but they felt hat there was tension in the air, as if it were some kind of cold war. At the moment nobody was saying anything, and although it was Monday there were no classes at the moment. Ozpin had announced that he would give a 'Special Announcement' that morning.
But for now, nobody said anything, Ruby and Snake were using their Scrolls, while Blake and Weiss read a book. DD was not there at the time, Ocelot had taken him, but he did not say exactly why.
"I'm back!" Yang shouted as she opened the door abruptly, breaking the silence that was there at that moment. Besides that at that moment, she was carrying what seemed to be a package.
"Gosh, you really need to open the door like that?" Weiss complained.
"Sorry, sorry." Yang said with a small grin. "I wanted to come back quickly."
"What are you holding, Yang?" Asked Ruby. Then she, like Snake, Weiss and Blake became interested in what the blonde had in her hands in that moment.
" I don't know yet. Dad sent it to us. I thought we could open it together!" Yang replied. It was then that she began to open the cylinder-shaped package.
Everyone saw how another cylinder, hairy and black fell out onto the floor and started to shake. And, for everyone's surpride, the object began to take the shape of a dog, which even began to bark. Blake and Weiss were in great shock, while Ruby and Yang react excitedly. And Snake was thinking about how the dog managed to enter the school using the mail system. He thought it was something to admire.
Blake at that moment dissapeared, now she was in Ruby's bunk.
"Zwei!" Ruby said happily.
"He sent a dog?" Blake complained.
"In the mail?" Weiss continued.
"Now that's impressive." Big Boss added.
"Oh, he does stuff like this all the time!" Yang answered.
"Your father or your dog?" Blake half-asked half-complained.
"Oww~ Now we will have two adorable creatures with us.~" Said Weiss while looking how cute the corgui was.
"Oh gods, now we'll have two of those beasts!" Blake shouted scared.
"Would all first-year students please report to the amphitheater?" Said Professor Goodwitch over the intercom.
"I wonder what will be about." Asked Ruby.
"We'll know soon." Said Snake, he was also interested in why Ozpin decided to suspend classes in Friday.
But while looking at the corgui, Snake bent down a little and approached his hand to the corgui, the dog seemed to have hesitated to approach to Snake for a moment but came to sniff his hand, then Zwei came closer, and was when Snake began to caress the head.
"I think you liked him." Ruby said, giggling.
"Look, there's a letter!" Said Yang, to then read it. " 'Dear girls, I've got to leave the island for a few days, so I'm sending Zwei to you to take care of. Enclosed is all the food you should need. Love you both, Taiyang.' "
Then, dozens of cans of dog food spilled out of the small package, piling up around Zwei.
"What is he supposed to do with that?" Weiss asked.
Her answer was provided when a can opener fell from the package, bouncing off Zwei's head.
"Well, at least Dad gave us everything we need. C'mom, let's see what Ozpin wants." Added Yang.
"Be a good boy and stay here!" Said Ruby to Zwei, and apparently he understood what she said.
After saying that, team RWBY+S left the dorm room, leaving the dog alone for now, but they would return later. Now they would go to the Amphitheater to see what was happening.
— l — l — l —
Cinder at this moment was quite happy, and not exactly for a good reason. Since she arrived, she wanted to go into Ozpin's office to see what kind of information she could get, and right now it was a good time. She, along with Emerald and Mercury, were walking to the entrance to the elevator that led to Ozpin's office.
"You already know what to do, if someone comes, distract them, or use your Semblance." Cinder said the last thing to Emerald, to which she nodded. After that, Cinder entered the elevator, and pressed a button to reach the top floor, while Emerald and Mercury watched the entrance.
It did not take long to arrive, when the doors opened Cinder entered the office, it was big and gave the impression that she was insidwas clock tower. Cinder walked and approached the first thing she saw: Ozpin's desk, and with it a computer. Cinder turned on the computer, and immediately it was already on the main screen.
"No password? How careless... just like she said." Cinder said in her mind, but she was satisfied with it.
Without taking a seat, Cinder started using the computer, and the first thing she did was look for any file, under the word 'Maiden'.
...
...
Nothing appeared.
"Damn... where is she...?" Cinder cursed. She tried to find more information but was not able to find anything. After several minutes, in the end she gave up. Any important information that Ozpin had about a 'Maiden' would not find it right there.
Now, Cinder will look for information, but now about Naked Snake. First she searched the archives of the students of all Beacon. And since Snake is a student it was not a problem to find his information. But when she opened the file, Cinder noticed something.
Snake had no information.
Only his name, age and the date he registered for Beacon appeared. But there was no more. Family, place of birth, not even a date of birth. It is as if that man had appeared out of nowhere. Cinder was angry but overall confused. Why would not Ozpin put all the information about Snake? Something was hiding, and she just wanted to know what it was.
Cinder started looking for more files about Snake, any type of information about him that could be on the computer. She was not able to find something. But she found a file with a strange name.
"Big Boss...?"
It was the name of a file she found. Cinder opened it, and when she opened them it revealed other files, which seemed to be more like voice notes. Cinder decided to play the first out of curiosity, to start hear it.
"The Initiation turned out to end without any problem, fortunately no one was killed, the students would have their well-deserved rest. It was then when in the cameras I noticed that there was someone wandering in the forest, I made a facial recognition, not only of Vale, but of the whole world, and I had no result. I was surprised, confused, someone who apparently does not exist was walking through the Emerald forest and killing Grimm, but he looked confused. I was curious, so I decided to send one of the newly formed first-year teams, team RWBY, to go for that person. Team RWBY managed to complete its mission successfully and bring that young man. He presented himself at the beginning as 'Snake', but when I asked where he come from, he said from the 'United States' I didn't understood if it was a village or several villages together. He said that he didn't knew what Atlas, Vale or Remnant was... but the weirdest thing was when he told me that he had died... and woke up in the Forest. I didn't notice any kind of lie when he spoke, it seemed that Snake spoke with the complete truth... That's when I decided to talk to Snake about Remnant, it's whole history, about kingdoms, etcetera."
"It was then that Snake, who also said that his name was John, but he was also known as Big Boss, Big Boss began to tell me his story. He told me that he was from a world called Earth, where there were no Faunus, much less Grimm, it sounded like a paradise, but he told me that during that time, a war had ended, which was called World War II, which was caused by a kingdom, or 'country' as I call it, called Nazi Germany, he also told me how that war cost the lives of more than 60 million people. That war makes ours look like a simple battle. Snake also mentioned that he participated in a war called the Korean War at the age of 15 years. He also mentioned that he was a disciple of a woman and soldier called The Boss, who taught him everything in terms of combat, weapons and survival. Whoever that woman was, it seemed that she had trained a great warrior. Snake had continued with his story, the more he listened, the more he was surprised. He talked to me about how he worked as an agent, spy and then as a Mercenary throughout the world, in places he called Russia, Colombia, Vietnam, Costa Rica, and in a continent called Africa. But perhaps the most surprising thing was when he told me that he fought against an organization called The Patriots, which he helped to create and then abandoned, who sought to dominate the world, control it from the shadows. But I was wrong, because the most surprising, even sickly ... was when he told me that the Patriots took their blood to create clones of him, one in particular, Solid Snake, had defeated the Patriots, which at that time were directed for Artificial Intelligences. In the end... Big Boss told me that he died at the age of 79... I did not say it but... I was terrified by the idea that humanity could be controlled from the shadows by someone... or by something, is like how the Great War in our world began, only that The Patriots managed to control this Eatth... and the people were puppets without them noticing. Although it sounded like an elaborate lie, I knew that Big Boss was telling the truth. Sometimes humanity is the one who commits the worst mistakes... I have committed several... but I see in Snake in his ey see someone who fought for what he believed and won, even in the last minute,someone who has fought for years against everything that life has thrown him. In the end... I offered him to join my Academy... and he accepted. I hope he will help me..."
Cinder was completely silent.
Another world without Grimm, AIs, clones, wars, secret organizations that sought to control the world? She would think that story was pretty stupid. But why would Ozpin believe it? Who would believe that a man of 79 years now young, came back from life in another world? But that would explain why there is no information about Snake, or Big Boss, as Ozpin called him.
Besides, she had other reasons to believe that his story was real.
Like Ozpin, Cinder believed this idea, because she did not think that man was so stupid as to believe in a couple of lies. Quickly she linked her scroll with the computer and copied all the voice notes that were there. She wanted to know everything Ozpin had about Big Boss. After having the information, Cinder left everything in the same place, and then left the office. Maybe she did not get what she wanted at first.
But Cinder got something important.
— l — l — l —
In the Amphitheater...
After hearing the announcement of Professor Goodwitch, all the students gathered in the amphitheater, while Snake and team RWBY approached the fron, also the joined team JNPR.
"Quiet! Quiet please. Professor Ozpin would like to share a few words before we begin." Told the blonde Professor to the students.
While Glynda decided that, Ozpin approached the front of the Students. And then he began to talk.
"Today we stand together, united. Mistral. Atlas. Vacuo. Vale. The four Kingdoms of Remnant. On this day, nearly eighty years ago, the largest war in recorded history came to an end. It was a war of ignorance, of greed, and of oppression. A war that was about much more than where borders fell or who traded with whom, but about the very idea of individualism itself. We fought for countless reasons, one of which being the destruction of all forms of art and self-expression. And as you are well aware, that was something many could not stand for. As a result, those who opposed this tyranny began naming their children after one of the core aspects of art itself: color. It was their way to demonstrate that not only would they refuse to tolerate this oppression, but neither were the generations to come. And it was a trend that is held to this very day. We encourage individuality, expressionism, and unity through diversity. As I have said, today we stand together, united. But this bond cannot exist without effort. Which is why today, while the rest of the world celebrates peace, Huntsmen and Huntresses will work to uphold it. As first year students, you will be tasked with shadowing a professional Huntsman or Huntress on a mission. Some of you may be taken out of the Kingdom for several days. Others may work within the walls for the rest of the week. But no matter which path you choose, remember to be safe, remember your training, and remember to do your very best."
After those words, Ozpin stepped away as the all students began to file out of the amphitheater.
"This is going to be awesome!" Ruby said excitedly. "Which mission should we take!?"
"Let's check 'search and rescue'. " Suggested the Ice Queen.
While the girls in team RWBY looked at the holograms to see their options, as if they were children in a candy store, Snake looked at other options.
"Quadrant 5 needs Grimm cleared out..." Snake he murmured as he read what one of the holograms said. It was located in the southeast.
"Excited on your first mission with your team?"
Snake turned around to see the person who was speaking to him.
"Ozpin."
"You know ... Lately I've received news about a strange Grimm activity in the southeast, they seem to be more active but we still don't know why. However, I still remember what you told me the other time." Ozpin stated.
"The White Fang... in the southeast."
"That's right... General Ironwood refused to do anything about it, believing he had the wrong information." Ozpin told Snake, while team RWBY was not paying attention.
"And you expect me to face the White Fang?"
"No... I want you and team RWBY to go there and confirm if there is presence of the White Fang, and if there is, we'll let the Atlesian army take over from the others." Said Ozpin calmly.
"They are just children, in case there are terrorists there, they will not try to capture them, they will try to kill them, you can not use children this way." Snake stated, almost angry. A few days ago he had stopped the White Fang from using children to put them in their ranks, and now Ozpin wanted to do something similar.
"I know... I made mistakes, and believe me I don't like the idea... but the White Fang every time becomes more brutal, I don't know what can be there that interests them so much, but it can't be good, but I'm sure we csn save many lives. That's why I don't want you to go alone, I want them to also learn how a Huntsman's life can be, not always the enemies will be Grimm."
Snake thought for a moment that Ozpin was right. The enemies of a huntsman and Huntress will not always be Grimm, they will be humans or faunus. When Snake fought in Africa, he saw several child soldiers who had to fight and even die for other's interests, but it was hard to remember that the situation was quite different in Remnant. Kids must learn to maintain peace, whether against Grimm or criminals.
"...Fine, if they agree, will take this mission." Snake answered, but he was not yet fully convinced.
"Don't worry... there would be a Huntsman with them... and also a legendary hero, right?" Said Ozpin with a small smile, and then he began to leave.
"Hey, Snake! You found something interesting?" Said Ruby, followed by Weiss, Blake and Yang.
"Hope you did, most of 'em are boring." Yang stated.
"Maybe... Check this one." Snake said as he pointed to the hologram with his finger.
Then the girls began to read the holograms, and seemed to be convinced by that mission.
"Sounds good." Said Blake with a small smile.
"Cool! We can kick Grimm's butts, almost all the others were to take care of things." Said Yang cheerfully.
"Then, let's choose this one!" Ruby declared with a big smile.
"Wait a second... We don't know how long we will go, what will happen to Zwei?" Said Weiss to Ruby.
And just like that, Ruby's face froze.
"I... I'll think in something!"
— l — l — l —
After choosing their mission, Big Boss and team RWBY began to take the necessary things for their trip to the southeast. After all, maybe they would be days out so they would need sleeping bags, rations, among other things. Now they were walking to where the Bullhead and the Huntsman were.
"Hey Snake... Don't you think... you should have brought something else?" Said Ruby with a slight blush.
"What you mean Ruby?" Snake asked a little confused, as he carried his M4 rifle with grenade launcher and his Intervention sniper rifle. "I brought what I needed. Weapons, ammunition, grenades, I also got somethin' new, called decoys. I was testing them the other day."
"I don't think she means that, Snake." Said Blake, with a less noticeable blush.
"I think they're talkin' about your sneakin' suit." Said Yang, while walking behind Snake with a somewhat perverted look.
While they were walking, some students commented on Snake's suit, some boys talked about how it looked weird, while the girls seemed to enjoy it and watched Snake's butt. Yang included. Although only Blake could hear a little about those opinions.
Blake and Yang did not seem to have a problem with the suit, in fact it was the opposite.
Ruby, seeing how tight the suit was in some places, made her remember a bit of Snake's naked torso.
Meanwhile, Weiss tried to ignore Snake and his suit but she could not help but glance quickly over and over again, while cursing herself in her head for not controlling herself.
"Well, I know it may be weird since it's not the typical clothes that the Huntsman wear, but the suit is quite light, and I also told you all the things this suit has to offer... besides, it's like I'm not wearing nothing at all." Said Snake with a small smile.
Snake did not say it in a serious or perverted tone, but the girls of team RWBY could only think of one thing:
"STUPID SEXY SNAKE!"
"Well, if you think that suit is really that good, you should always wear it!" Yang suggested with a big smile.
"Maybe... but I also like my tiger strip camo." Snake answered.
That answer earned a 'boo' from earn with a thumb down. For now they kept walking among the students, and they almost passed all the students until a certain girl in a beret saw Snake.
"Hey! But look who's here, Neky without clothes!"
"Hey Coco." Said Snake, calmly as awalys, as he saw the leader of team CVFY, along with Velvet. "Hello Velvet."
"H-h-hi!" Velvet said with a big blush on her face. After the 'Decoy Incident', talking to his crush was more complicated.
"What's up with that suit? It looks pretty tight, don't tell me that's what you asked Myrrah for." Said Coco, while looking Snake, she went around him to see the suit and the 'rest'. "Well, that's not bad at all.~" She said with a small grin.
"Ehem!" Said Yang. "Sorry but I think we haven't meet each other." Said Yang trying hard to not punch that girl.
"Ohh sorry, I'm Coco Adel, leader of team CVFY, and this little cute bunny - single by the way- is Velvet."
"H-hi! Nice to meet you!" Velvet said, feeling not so nervous like with Snake, but felt intimidated by the blonde.
"Well, I'm Ruby Rose! Leader of team RWBY." She said with a smile.
"Your team is called as your name? It's not that a bit confusing?" Asked Velvet.
"Sometimes, by the way, my name is Yang, I'm Ruby's sister." Said Yang, a little more relaxed.
"My name is Blake Belladonna, a pleasure." Said Blake with a smile, but she said while looking to her fellow faunus.
"Weiss Schnee, heiress of the Schnee Dust Company. A pleasure." Said Weiss politely.
"It's a pleasure to meet the first year folks, by the way, I see that you'll go to your first mission, isn't it?" Said Coco.
"Yeah, will go to the southeast, a Huntsman is already waiting for us in the docking bay." Said Snake.
"Huntsman? But I only saw..." Then Coco smiled. "Well, better see for yourselves. We'll go on a mission too, maybe we can talk again once we are back." Said that while giving a wink to Yang.
"Ohh I would really love that." Yang said with a forced smile, while facing Coco.
Anyone could notice that under the smiles of those girls were evil auras, while it seemed that the eyes of both detached lightnings that collided between them. (Like one of my japanese animes.)
"C-Coco!" Said Velvet a little nervous about the situation.
"Well, well, I don't want to bother ya any longer, I'm sure you're in a hurry." Said Coco to everyone.
"No, it's okay, it was a pleasure." Said Ruby with a gentle smile.
"Take care guys, oh and Neky..." Coco said while she was close to Snake.
And then she patted his butt.
Seeing that, Ruby and Weiss were confused, although Weiss made a small scowl, but Blake and Yang were frozen, their eyes seemed that would get out of their place. Even Velvet was surprised for that.
"Remember that in the next week there'll be the school dance, I'm sure there'll be a girl who wants you to invite her." Said Coco with a small grin, waiting for Snake to understand the hint.
But he is Big Boss, so he only said one thing.
"There will be a dance?"
But before saying anything else, Yang took Boss by the hand. "Ohh look! Is too late! We have to go! NOW!" She said with a nervous smile.
"Yeah, you're right Yang! Just look at the hour! The Huntsman is waiting for us! We have to go!" Said Blake while taking Boss' other hand. Unlike Yang, she was sweating a little.
Both girls dragged Snake as far and quickly as possible to keep him from talking about the topic with the girl called Coco.
"I guess duty calls, it was a pleasure, take care!" Said Ruby, saying goodbye with her hand to her new two friends.
Meanwhile Weiss just let out a sigh and without saying anything he followed the rest of his team.
"Now you understand Velvet? You'll have to hurry if you want that ass to be yours. Otherwise it will be someone else's. Or maybe mine if you're slow." Said Coco teasing the bunny.
But Velvet only made an angry pout, while having a small blush.
"Hehe sorry, just joking."
After escaping Velvet and Coco, Blake and Yang released Big Boss. He was confused when he was suddenly taken by both girls to the Bullhead, but he didn't say anything about it when he, along with the girls, saw who would be his Huntsman as a guide.
"Why, hello students! Who's ready to fight for their lives?" Professor Oobleck said.
"Professor Oobleck?" Asked Weiss. She like the rest was surprised to dee him, even Snake.
"Yes, I'm afraid those bags won't be necessary, girls and boy, seeing as you've opted to shadow a Huntsman on what is now essentially a reconnaissance mission. I can assure you, we won't be establishing a single base of operations; rather, we will be traversing several miles of hazardous wasteland and making camp in any defendable locations we may stumble upon. I packed all of our essentials myself, plotted our air course, and readied the airship. And it's Doctor Oobleck. I didn't earn the PhD for fun, thank you very much!"
The girls exchanged glances between them, believing that it would be quite strange to be with the professor who seems to be quite high. But before anything happened, a voice spoke to them from behind.
"Already leaving to save the day?"
Upon hearing that, Boss and the girls turned around to see who it was.
"Professor Ocelot." The girls said a little loud.
"I heard that Ozpin decided to change the dates for the missions that the students will have, so I wanted to give you a few surprises, starting with this, c'mon DD." Said Ocelot to Snake.
As Ocelot said that, DD appeared from behind Ocelot, and what surprised the girls is that he wore a black suit with googles, similar to Snake.
"So cool!" Said Ruby and Yang while looking close to DD.
"Another thing, this is a Nigh Vision Device (NVD), but it also can be used for thermal vision."
Snake took the device, and look it for a moment. (Is like a ATN-PVS7-3 in aspect)
"And also this." Ocelot took a small square object, which was larger than the scroll, and offered it to Snake.
It was an iDroid.
"This...?"
"I was carrying two iDroids, the other was like a security hard drive for important information, but I won't need it at this time, so I erased all the sensitive information. Also, I managed to make it work together with a scroll, if you link it with your scroll, you can use it as a radio and cqll someone, and as you know, it can also help you to project a map where your position will be shown in real time. Scan, save and transfer documents, both from computers and scrolls, to even physical files to even discarded radio transmitters, are among the stuff the iDroid can."
While Ocelot ended with saying that, Ruby, Yang and Weiss were distracted with DD while Blake was trying to stay away from him. But when they saw Snake holding a weird device, they got close to him.
"Don't worry, I haven't forgot how to use this." Said Boss while saving the iDroid.
"Hey Snake, what is that?" Ruby said, like the other girls, she was curious about the object that Ocelot gave him.
But before she could get an answer, the backpack that Ruby had started to shake, she got scared and tried to control the situation.
"Uhh Ruby... what is that?" Asked Yang.
"Ehh? N-nothing!" Ruby answered.
But before she could do anything, Zwei poked his head out of the backpack, and the first thing he saw was DD. In one jump the dog came out of the backpack, and DD was equally curious about the other dog. Although the interest of both was based on smelling their butts.
"First your dog comes by mail and now you want to take him with us in a backpack!?" Weiss yelled at Ruby.
But before Ruby could say anything, Oobleck came back. And Ruby was trying to hide both DD and Zwei behind her.
"Oh! Professor Ocelot, good to see you today." Said Oobleck to Ocelot.
"Likewise Doctor, I'm sorry to interrupt you when you're about to leave but I needed to talk with Snake." Ocelot answered.
"I understand, we're about to leave but... We're going to investigate an abandoned urban jungle teeming with death and hostility, so could you tell me, Miss Rose and Mister Snake, what are the dog and the wolf doing here?" Oobleck said, he already knew DD, team RWBY+S' mascot, but then there was another one.
"Well... I... uhh..." Ruby was trying to explain.
"I was thinking in bringing DD." Snake said it, like if it was nothing.
"Genius! Canines are historically known for their perceptive nose and heightened sense of sound, making them excellent companions for a hunt such as ours!" Explained Oobleck.
DD and Zwei seemed happy as they barked once to Oobleck.
"We are geniuses!" Ruby said proudly with a grin.
Weiss, Yang and Blake facepalmed when they heard that. While Ocelot and Snake only smiled.
It was going to be an interesting trip.
One that definitely would not be normal.
— l — l — l —
The trip at the Bullhead was pretty calm. There was a talk between Oobleck and the girls, because they did not believe that someone like him could be their guide. Oobleck explained that Ozpin assigned it since they were going to Mountain Glenn, an attempt by the kingdom of Vale to expand, which in the end failed miserably.
But Snake could only think that it was a place to have a hideout.
Being close to the ground, Snake opened the door of the Bullhead, and there he could see what Mountain Glenn was. There were abandoned buildings, the place looked gray and quite sad. It was the first time Snake saw something like that. The vehicle got close enough to the ground, and it was there when the students, the Doctor and the dogs left the Bullhead.
When team RWBY+S, touched the ground, took their weapons and prepared themselves.
"Kids!" Said Oobleck. "You still may be students, but as of this moment, your first mission as Huntresses and Huntsman has begun! From this point forward, you need to do exactly as I say! Do you understand?" Everyone just nodded.
"So, what are your orders, Doctor?" That came from Blake.
"Ah, yes, straight to the chase; I like it! As you've been informed, the southeast area has been marked as a recent hot spot for Grimm activity. Now, there are several possible explanations for this behavior, one of which being... Grimm."
Upon hearing that Snake and the girls were somewhat confused.
"Uhh... what?" Asked Ruby.
"Grimm. A creature of Grimm approximately one hundred yards from us at this very moment."
Upon hearing that, they turned to see where the Doctor was referring, there they saw a Beowolf wandering the streets, and when they saw it they unleashed their weapons.
"Stop!" Oobleck ordered to the students. They just lowered their weapons. "There are a number of reasons why Grimm will congregate in this particular area, the most likely of which will be their attraction to negativity: sadness, envy, loneliness, hatred."
That surprised the girls a bit, but Snake cursed in his mind to hear that.
"Wait... Are you saying there is someone here? In this ghost town?" Yang asked. The rest was having the same question in their minds.
"Yes, that is why we must find out what is happening here." The professor answered.
"So... what now?" Said Ruby.
"wait. We track. If this specimen leads us to its pack, that pack may subsequently lead us to our prey." Oobleck explained.
"How long do we wait?" Asked Blake.
"It's uncertain. Hours, days, weeks. Why, lone Grimm have been known to stay isolated from the pack for months - and there's the whole pack." He said as he saw another 4 beowolfs.
"What?" Asked Weiss.
"And now they've seen us."
"What!?" Weiss asked louder.
"AND NOW THEY'VE SEEN US!"
"I take it tracking them is out of the question?" Asked Ruby, hoping a positive answer.
"An accurate assumption, yes." Said the Doctor.
"Everyone! Pick one Grimm!" Said Snake to the girls as he took his Intervention and hold his possition.
The girls, unlike Snake, quickly approached their enemies. Ruby used her scythe to cut the Beowolf in two in mid air, Weiss dashed towards the Grimm, killing it quickly, Blake standed and waited until one of the Beowolfs approached her, slicing it in half. Yang from a single punch eliminated the fourth Grimm, and Snake from a shot of his sniper rifle punctured Beowolf's head, killing him instantly.
"Heh. Piece of cake!" Said Ruby with a big grin.
"Do not celebrate yet, for I am certain this is the first bout of many. Shall we continue?" Said Oobleck to the students.
— l — l — l —
Cinder had spent the rest of the day in her temporary dorm room, listening to all the voice notes that Ozpin had left in his computer, although they were all about Big Boss, there was no other important information.
But that did not make it any less important.
Cinder learned more about what 'Earth' was, for he discovered that in addition to Snake, Ocelot also came from that world, which had several 'countries', which were the equivalent of a kingdom in Remnant. He also learned that there was a time called the 'Cold War' in which the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were about to start a war, but it never happened, because the USSR one dissolved. She also learned more information about The Patriots and the AIs.
But the most important thing? Big Boss would have created a nation for soldiers, where they were not used by the governments of the world as tools, so that they would fight and die for what they believed. That sounded surprising, and even more so when in the Ozpin story, he mentioned that Big Boss tried to kill his son-clone, Solid Snake. It did not sound like what a hero would do... and with that it seemed that Big Boss earned a little respect from Cinder.
Cinder also discovered that it was Ozpin who ordered Big Boss to recover the stolen Paladins. That made her angry, but she smiled a little when she heard that it was in exchange for money. It seemed that Snake could sell himself for a couple of Liens.
However, there was something that, according to the voice note, that called quite the attention to Ozpin, and therefore to Cinder. It was when Boss looked at the pictures of the Paladins, and Boss muttered something.
Metal Gear.
"Metal Gear..." Cinder murmured when he heard those two words. They listened quite strange, and simple... but at the same time a little familiar. She just smiled, as she took her fake hand to her chin and tought about those words.
— l — l — l —
Later that night.
It was already night, and the broken moon was over that dark sky. Inside a building, was a small bonfire, where Weiss, Blake and Yang rested. Ruby was standing guard for the team.
Snake was coming back from a small expedition to find food. It was weird since they had food and it would be weird to find something in an abandoned town. But even so he achieved it. However, before entering where (R)WBY was, Big Boss paused for a moment to listen to what they were talking about, talked about their motives and why they do it.
Ruby to be a hero, Yang for adventure, Blake to solve what the White Fang made to the world and Weiss to clesn the Schnee reputation and it's company.
Big Boss was surprised to hear that, and in a way that caused a conflict with himself, because in Remnant there was not something that motivated him to fight. He just fought because it's the only thing he knows how to do.
In the end he entered the place, and the girls realized his presence when they saw him, because they never listened to his footsteps.
"Don'r you think about sleeping Snake?" Asked Blake.
"Nah, I went out for dinner."
"We had rations, y'know? And what you brought?" Said Yang.
Snake did not say anything, only showed that in his hand he was carrying three dead snakes. Seeing that the girls and Oobleck, who pretended to sleep, were surprised, with the girls with their eyes widened. And DD was calmly sleeping close to the fire.
"You were not joking!?" Asked Blake almost shouting, with a slight expression of horror.
"Cannibal..." Yang muttered, but she was calmer, because thanks to that 'dream' she did not feel so disgusted like Weiss.
"Never said I was joking, you want some?" Snake asked the girls but they refused, with expressions of disgust on their faces, and the thing is that they wanted to avoid seeing Snake eat snakes.
Snake began to prepare the snakes to eat them, using the fire, some sticks that he used to pierce the body and cook them.
"Hey... Snake." Blake talked to him.
"Oh sorry if I make too much noise, I'll eat out so you can sleep."
"Is not that... tell me, why you want to become a Huntsman?" Blake asked.
"Yeah... We talked about it a moment ago, but we haven't heard anything from you." That came from Yang.
Weiss also wanted to hear Snake's motive but she kept quiet.
"Me...? Heh... that's a hard one... To be honest, I never intended to be a Beacon student, much less be a Huntsman." Snake stated with a small, almost fake smile.
"So why do you fight?" Asked Blake, wanting to know more, like the rest.
"Because... of my Mentor."
This surprised the girls, and even Oobleck, since he never asked Boss why he wanted to be a Huntsman.
"As I told you once ... she wanted a united world, that people were united, there was a time when I didn't see it that way, I saw it in a different way, and when I realized my mistake it was already too late and I thought that my life would no longer make any sense. I guess my only reason to fight was to make her feel proud, but now I feel that the only thing I'm fighting for is because it's the only thing to do. If I can help someone in the process I will, but I don't fight for someone else."
"That sounds... sad." Said Yang.
"I guess it is... There is something that my Mentor said once."
"We have no tomorrow, but we can still have hope for the future."
Blake and Weiss were surprised to hear, it sounded hopeful, at the same time tragic. Yang felt a nerve traverse her spine because she heard that phrase before.
"And what it means?" Asked Blake, with a calm but almost sad expression.
"It means that, in our strugle to survive the present, we pushed the future farter away. I've always fought for the present, I tried to survive the present, because time is someone's worst enemy, it's something that doesn't forgive, and time can end up rejecting you... it rejected our future once... I will see mine in my life time? Probably not..."
The girls were surprised, it was maybe the second time they heard Snake talking about a depressing maners, about how he would not have a future in Remnant.
"I have no purpose in life, no ultimate goal." Snake ended what he had to say with those words.
"Don't say that Snake!" Said Blake to the one-eyed man. "Don't believe that your idea or that of your Mentor is doesn't worth fighting for. What she said... that she wanted a united world no matter who you were... that's something I admire... and I really would have liked to meet your Mentor, because she and you are proof that the world can be a better place, so please... don't say that you don't have a tomorrow."
Big Boss, like the rest, were surprised to hear the words of the faunus girl. Everything Boss said was referring to Earth, but in Remnant, what could he do? What purpose would a soldier like him have?
"Thanks Blake... well, it's better that you rest, tomorrow will be a long day." Said Snake as he took out one of the snakes.
At the end, Weiss, Yang and Blake did what he ssid and rested, they needed it. Although while they tried to sleep, they thought about what Snake had said, and Yang and Blake felt that they had the obligation to help their teammate to help him change that idea he had, about not having a purpose.
However, they were not the only ones who had heard what Big Boss said.
Wandering around the area was a raven, and that bird had been following Boss for a few minutes, to where she came to spy on him when he talked to those girls, including a blonde who caught her attention and a girl with silver eyes.
The raven left the area, thinking only one thing.
"I found you."
End of Chapter 15
● Omake ●
The Snake and the Cat
After finishing the classes in Beacon, team RWBY+S separated, it seemed that Snake and Blake had returned to the bedroom while Ruby, Weiss and Yang ended up doing something else.
"Can't believe professor Porter told us to help him to carry a few books to the library." Ruby complained in a somewhat childish attitude.
"And worst of all, we had to listen to his stupid stories for 15 minutes." That came from Weiss, also frustrated.
"How the hell Blake and Snake were not into this?" That came from Yang, and more than frustated, sounded angry.
The three girls were walking through one of the academy hallways, the one that led to their dorm room, at the end they could rest after classes. They were already at the door, and were about to open it, but then...
"W-wait!"
...they heard the voice of Blake inside. But it was weird, her voice did not sound normal, it sounded like a combination of a cute voice but also something submissive. It could be heard with a slightly sexual tone.
The three girls heard that, and they froze.
"I'm sorry, are you okay, Blake?" That was Snake's voice, he sounded a little concerned about Blake. But why?
"Sorry, it's just... is my first time..." Blake replied, a little embarrassed.
"HER FIRST TIME!?" RW(B)Y yelled in their heads when they heard that at the other side of the door. Soon the three girls stuck their ears to the door to listen while a blush appeared on their faces.
"I was about to touch 'em... if you want we can stop." Said Snake.
"S-Snake and B-Blake are... are they going to have... s-s-se...!?" Ruby said in her head while thinking that those kinds of thoughts were very bad, but she could not move away from the door. Yes, she knows about that, she is 15 years old, she's already old enough to know things like that.
"Seriously!? In our dorm room!? Couldn't they have gone elsewhere!?" Weiss screamed in her head, she could not believe that the two of them could do such an act. And she was hoping they were not doing that in her bed.
"DAMN IT BLAKE! I can't believe you beat me in approachin' Snake! That's a dirty trick! I shouldn't have underestimate ya, not when you read all that smutt!" Yang's mind was burning and she was quite yangry, and the only thing she thought was how she was going to destroy all of Blake's books, however, a small part of her wanted to hear what would happen.
"It's fine, I want to continue but... please be nice... but let's do it quick before the others come back..." Blake begged.
"It's okay it's just... they seem so soft... but I'll be nice... are you ready?" Said Snake to Blake at the other side of the door.
But before receiving an answer, the three girls enter the room with force. Whatever it was, they wanted to stop them both.
"STOP RIGHT THERE!" The three of them shouted, but Ruby had her eyes closed, Weiss mentally prepared to see something terrible and Yang just wanted to kick someone's ass.
But there was no shout or surprise, there was silence. It was then that Ruby, Weiss and Yang saw what was happening. Snake and Blake were sitting on the floor. Snake was behind Blake, and his hands showed that he was about to touch...
Her cat ears.
"Hey girls, what took you so long? And why are you coming like that?" Said Snake, calm and cool like always.
"Uhhh..." That came from the girl's mouth.
"This... isn't what it looks like." Blake said quite embarrassed, while a blush appeared on her cheeks and tried to cover her face with one hand.
"So... what are you guys doing...?" Asked Ruby, the blush in her face was gone.
"Well, I asked Blake if I could touch her cat ears." Said Snake, and then he started caressing Blake's cat ears a little from behind.
"W-wait...! if you do that... hahaha!" The cat faunus began to laugh. Although it was not what the girls expected to see, it was very weird for them to see Blake laugh.
Meanwhile, Snake just smiled a little. "Hehe sorry, I had to do it, but even so, why you entered like that?" He asked the girls.
"Uhhh... well... we heard ya at the otherside of the door and..." Yang tried to explain, and then the girls regaind the blush.
Snake did not understand what Yang was referring to. But Blake understood, they thought Snake and Blake were going to do that, and a big blush appeared on her face too. In the end Yang could not say anything, her legs seemed to tremble a little for some reason.
"I need to use the bathroom!" The blonde girl said as she went there.
In the end it seems that the minds of the girls made a prank on them.
And for Yang? Well... it was not only her mind.
The End
(A/N)
We're almost to the best part! Damn, it took me more thsn one month to write this, but I hope you liked it.
There is no much to say, except always thank you for reading this story.
And don't forget to check my Rainbow Six x RWBY X-over!
Have a nice day and hope you enjoyed the episode, take care and adios!