A/N: Hey peeps, nice to see you after months of absences. I admit that some of the reason is obviously school (you will never meet anybody that scores 8% in Maths), and I've read some other fanfictions to learn how to write better, etc. Here it goes, for another chapter of A New Purpose? On to the story, peeps.
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In a certain warehouse where if you read the news, a bloodbath of Faunus' corpses happened, where said corpses' brethren occupied, along with an infamous flamboyant criminal, Roman Torchwick.
Anyway, there's a living ice cream among them, one girl named Neo, or full name Neopolitan.
No, there's no joke, she's legit a living ice cream, even her name is an ice cream theme. Hair split into half, with colours of brown and pink, along with a streak of white on the pink side. Wearing a white jacket with a pink coloured interior, and a brown corset underneath curved at the middle and the bottom, exposing her hips, with brown pants finishing her outfit. She also wore MANY necklaces –if you think she's with Roman, then you know where they came from. She's one of the rare human or Faunus, in heterochromia condition.
"Well, that day was eventful don't you think?" Roman questioned Neo, who shrugged in response. "But still, to kill all of them and leaving the place bloodied, I wonder which Huntsman team was sent."
Neo shook her head, and signalled with her hands as if to say something.
Roman's eyes widened in realization. "Yeah, you're right. If it was a Huntsman team, there's no way they would kill. Grimm, yes, but Faunus or humans? Nope."
A random nameless Faunus of White Fang passed by, and Roman called out to him. "Hey, mutt!"
The Faunus stopped and even though with his mask equipped, you can see his glare. "What is it now?"
"Do you suspect anyone of who can kill your animal brothers and sisters?" Roman questioned, his tone no doubt mocking.
The Faunus in question clenched his hands tightly. "Not that I know of. But rumours suggested that we're done by a demon. I think they called him White Demon or something."
"Hah, White Demon!? Ridiculous. You can scram now, mutt." The Faunus walked away to continue his interrupted duty. "It's getting interesting now, huh Neo? These animals were killed by one man only! Hahahahahah!"
Neo nodded vigorously, and the warehouse filled with Roman's laughter.
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Void. That is all he can see. Void of life, void of light, it's all darkness in here. He walked but felt no different, as if his body was limp, laid down like a puppet with its strings cut off.
All around the void then shined in a bright glimmer of light for a moment, and when it's gone, he was greeted by a scene he remembered well. He remembered it well, because its where got his first kill.
Two men walked to his past self, weapons in the ready to take the kid out from the realm of the living. His past self knew he felt the killing intent around the area, and he spun, back flipping a moment later, to dodge sword meant to stab him in the back.
The scene skipped to where only a man remained, but soon perished, as he dropped to the ground with a sword pierced through his throat to the back. And all that stand, is him. Hair bloodied by the blood of his enemies. He walked to the downed man, and forcedly pulled out the sword.
And the whole scene disappeared, back into the void. Another bright light shone.
'If they're intending to blind my eyes, they're doing a good job at it.'
And this time, the scene, he realized it's no normal scene, it's reality. Realm of the living, realm of consciousness. He moved his hand and he was pleased to see it responded as he wanted.
A clink sound made his head turned to the direction where it came from, and the door opened revealing Ruby, who had her eyes widened upon seeing him awake.
"Gintoki!" With a call of his name, Ruby blinked right at him. "You're awake! What happened?"
He looked at Ruby who's looking at him, obviously concerned about him. He's contemplating whether to tell her or not. He noticed Ruby waiting patiently for his answers, something which he rarely see. In the end of it, he sighed.
"Nothing happened." Ruby frowned at his answer, clearly expecting a different answer. It is an obvious lie. "How long was I out?"
"2 days, 3 if you count the day it happened." Ruby replied. "The doctor said you would be out for around a week at best, yet you're already awake."
'2 days, huh? That leaves me 5 more days before that bitch comes again.'
Let it be known, that Sakata Gintoki, can hold a grudge.
He let out another sigh. "Any other event happening?"
He noticed this time it was Ruby letting out a sigh, and her eyes started to look like a kicked puppy. "It's Blake. She ran away."
"Oh, so she finally told you all?" Gintoki raised an eyebrow at her.
Ruby blinked once, twice, and thrice then finally widened her eyes. "W-wait, what? You know about it?"
"About her being a Faunus? Not really, but I have my suspicions about it. But judging from your question, I guess it's true." Gintoki answered with a shrug of his shoulders, though recoiled in pain a moment later. "So, what triggered it?"
"She got into an argument with Weiss. Both doesn't want to go down in their argument, and then Blake revealed it, not only that she's a former White Fang member too!" Ruby exclaimed loudly, stress evident on her voice.
Gintoki widened his eyes only for a moment, something that Ruby was oblivious to. 'A former White Fang? Wonder how she feels about it…'
He was silent, and lost in thought as his eyes looked lifeless than before. He didn't even notice Ruby calling his name or waving her hand in front of him. He finally broke out of it after Ruby lightly shook his body. He blinked for a moment. "W-W-What? Sorry, I was lost in thought."
Ruby pouted at him, something that delivered a critical damage on Gintoki, who winced upon seeing it. "I've said that, we –you're not included, will be searching for her. I hope we will find her soon. I'm really worried about her."
Gintoki was about to ask something but decided that could wait. "Oh? Didn't know you're into older girl, Red. What decided it, her ass or her figure?" He teased, with a smirk.
Ruby's head went full red, and steam came out of her face repeatedly. "No, no, no, no! No, that's not what I mean!" She shook her head vigorously.
"Relax, Red. I was only teasing you." He chuckled at seeing Ruby's reaction, and again, Ruby was pouting at him, face still red although not as strong as before.
"I hate you, I really do."
"Don't worry, Red. I love you too, or perhaps, you don't want mine but Blake's?" He teased her again, winking at her and wiggling his eyebrow.
"Gintoki, stop teaaassiiiing me!" Ruby whined, again with that pout.
"Alright, alright, I will stop." Gintoki raised in hand to motioned he's giving up. "That said, when you're going to start searching?"
Ruby stopped for a while as if in thought, which she actually is as she's cupping her chin. "Probably an hour from now. It's 4:50pm now, so," she shrugged in the end.
"Red, may I ask something?" Ruby nodded her head, and focused her gaze onto him. "What did Blake think of it? The White Fang that was killed in the warehouse? By me." He muttered the last part in Japanese so Ruby wouldn't know.
Her head dropped a bit at the question. "I didn't really notice at first but then Yang told me. She's shaking in anger, thinking there are better ways than killing them. I, for one, don't like the killing. He may have done the right thing, that Shiroyasha, but I would catch him for killing them. Even Weiss is against it."
Each words that came out of her mouth seems like a flying sword stabbing his heart. The pain he got from her words, felt worse than any wounds. His bangs covered his eyes, he clenched bedsheet tightly.
'I see. So that's what they thought of it.' He took a moment to calm down, and breathed. "Ruby, after you go out, can you ask Oz to come in here?"
To say Ruby was confused would be a bloody understatement. "That's a weird request but alright, I will do it. In fact, I will do it considering I'm going out to prepare for the search. Take good care of yourself, Gintoki!" She turned and left the room, waving at him before doing so.
He weakly responded to the wave given, and then, laid down on his bed. Well, he might as well go take catnap now while waiting for Ozpin. He appreciated the fact that Ruby didn't pressed him into answering her of what happened.
'It's better than the branch, but I enjoy the branch more.'
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"Young Gintoki, you called for me?" Ozpin asked, as he entered the room. While physically he's not shocked, mentally he is at seeing Gintoki already up and about.
Gintoki hearing Ozpin's voice, woke up from his catnap. He watched the clock, seeing its already 6:07pm. "Any details on another Dust Heist from The White Fang?"
Ozpin raised an eyebrow at his question. "Surely you're not planning to stop it in the condition you're in, young Gintoki?"
The Headmaster was immediately shocked by the sudden violent and glare he received from the child in front of him. "And what will you do if I am?"
"You're in no peak condition to stop them if there are I'm af-"
"I've received worse than this. You wouldn't believe how much an umbrella can hurt you. Now, answer me." Gintoki cut Ozpin off from whatever the older man have in mind to say.
Ozpin sighed heavily, not caring how uncharacteristic it is for him. "It's only a theory, but nonetheless, listen well." Gintoki's gaze hardened than before. "A Dust shipment will be arriving soon, probably an hour or two from now on, and it's a shipment from the Schnee Dust Company. The White Fang might smuggled the Dust from said shipment, considering how large it is and the other factor being their fate for the Schnee Dust Company."
Gintoki surveyed the room he's in and he found what he's looking for, his blade sheathed in its scabbard, leaning on the wall. He cracked his head and fingers, as if preparing for a fight. "Last question. Do you know of any Raven Branwen?"
Ozpin was drinking his hot chocolate when he suddenly took a spit mentally when he heard that question asked from Gintoki. He took a moment to retain composure. "Biological mother of Yang Xiao Long, and also the sister of Qrow Branwen. What about her?"
"I'm to murder that bitch the next time I see her. A letter of apology for Yang will be written in a few days after said murder." Ozpin felt it, the killing intent leaking out from him. Not only that, he saw his crimson eyes turned murderous.
"So she was the one that done all this to you?" The clenched fists was all Ozpin needed for his question. "Please don't kill her, young Gintoki. Yang might murder you and so will Qrow."
"They're nothing compared to the umbrella I've mentioned." Gintoki stood from his bed and he finally saw the state of his body, his torso all wrapped in bandages like a mummy. He touched his forehead and realized, that its also wrapped in bandages. He approached his blade and grabbed it. "I'll be going now."
Ozpin watched Gintoki leaving the room. 'Whatever deity is up there, I pray that Gintoki will not be forced to kill.'
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Team JNPR walked through the hallways, accompanied by the sound of their footsteps, the chattering of nearby students and of course, Nora.
"You know, you know, I think Shiroyasha is actually a Viking! Because, Viking loves raiding villages, and breaking peoples' leg!" Nora exclaimed, her hands roses in the air.
Jaune literally imagined the image, and snickered a little, something which Pyrrha noticed. Ren shook his head and sighed. "Nora." Said girl looked up at him with her large eyes full of excitement. "A demon cannot be a Viking and vice versa." Nora let out an 'Oooh' at his explaination.
"But Ren, Viking's helmet have small horns it, shouldn't that referencing a demon?" Jaune asked, and the blonde swore he saw Ren glared at him for his question.
"Yeah, yeah, what our fearless leader said." Nora agreeing with him, a sage nod followed a moment later.
Jaune swore that Ren's sigh could be heard through the school hallway. Pyrrha decided to throw Ren a bone. "Jaune, just because it has horns, doesn't mean it's a demon. Do you consider a bull or a goat to be a demon since they have horns?" Jaune and Nora shook their head. "That's what I thought. And some Faunus with horns appendage might take offense to that."
"Now that I think about it, that mad- hey, watch where you're going!" Jaune yelled, annoyed that someone bumped into him. Ever since the ordeal at the forest –where he grew a backbone, his confidence have been rising. He looked at who bumped into him, but he became speechless upon seeing who it is.
Gintoki turned to look at Jaune. "You look like you've seen a ghost." And true to his words, Jaune was looking at him strangely, though the other three of his team were doing the same.
Jaune wanted to answer but the look on Gintoki's face scared him more than any Grimm have ever done to him. He gulped loudly, before finding his voice. "W-Where you're going, Gin? And you're already out? Doctor Oobleck said you would be out for a week!"
Gintoki shrugged. "Well, I'm here anyway. As for your first question, I'm going out to clean some trash." He made a gesture that screamed 'What can you do?'
"Cleaning out trash? Oh, well, good luck then!" Jaune smiled at him.
"Go break a leg, Silver!" Nora encouraged, a huge smile and thumbs up. Ren and Pyrrha nodded their head as if to say the same thing.
"Oh, thanks. Later, you four." And just like that, Gintoki turned his back on them, going wherever he needed to clean. His silhouette began disappearing each seconds that passed by.
"I can't help but feel he acted strange, just like the night 3 days ago." Jaune's words caught everyone's attention. He noticed the looks aimed at him, and sighed, great he's becoming like Ren now. "I will tell you guys about it later."
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It is a peaceful night in the city of Vale. Lots of lights, there are stands, civilians walking around doing whatever they're doing –including suspicious stuffs.
Unless you walked to a certain warehouse that is.
Oh why, there is bullheads destroyed around with what seems to be a sword destroying it. Some White Fang members laid injured on the ground, gunshots, explosions, the sound of metal meeting metal.
"Ruby!" Blake shouted for her leader, who blown away to a wall by an explosion Dust, shot by one infamous criminal. A shout of 'I'm fine' from said wall eased her a bit.
On another area, another Faunus with a tail –probably a monkey Faunus, fought using his weapon, a staff which can be separated into two while still connected, and the great thing is:
BOOM, as shown by him, it can transform into a sawn off shotgun. And another unconscious White Fang member's body count going to the ground.
As for appearance, the man is wearing white open clothes that show off his chest and well-toned abs –something which some females will appreciate, jeans and a messy blonde hair not unlike Jaune's. The guy is Sun Wukong, the greatest stowaway you will ever meet.
Sun ducked to avoid a blow from behind, and responded with a powerful kick to the man's torso, earning a grunt of pain, then acrobatically sent another spinning kick to the temple, sending his target flying to a wall, again damaging another of the warehouse's wall. He eyed his surroundings and found 2 more White Fang members to take care off, before he can help Blake and her team leader.
And the criminal, Roman Torchwick, bellowed out. "Hurry it up, you damn animals! No doubt the cops will be arriving soon!" He leaned his head to the right to avoid a strike from Blake's weapon, Gambol Shroud, in its katana form and you gotta admit, it's a pretty badass weapon.
Roman was about to counter-attacked but he was interrupted by a shot to his liver, thank god there is Aura, which Blake took advantage of and smashed his face with the blunt side of her weapon, Aura prevented damage but not the pain, so he's in a world of pain at the moment.
"Tch, kids these days meddling into other's business." Roman clicked his tongue, standing up from the ground after being sent flying, and dang his nose hurt so much. He saw some more White Fang members, reinforcements no doubt, coming in to aid him. "The odds are not in your favour, so do me a favour and scram already!" By the end of it, he threw another red coloured Dust that screamed explosion near Blake, and shot it.
BOOOOM
Another explosion occurred in the warehouse, and flames licking anything nearby, and fortunately for Blake, she managed to dive away from it. Ruby appeared by her side, giving her a hand which she accepted and stood up once again.
"Huntsman will do anything to preserve peace! Stopping you is what any other Huntsman will do!" Ruby yelled out, hands gripping her Crescent Rose. She's oblivious about it but Blake showed a small smile towards her words.
'Never change, Ruby.'
"Kids like you, should just stay at home and get spoiled by their parents!" Roman lost his calm and shouted those words. He gritted his teeth, in anger of all that is happening right now. His Dust Heist, while they've taken some, it's not to their expectations due to it ruined by two brats! "Just die already!"
The three of them engaged in a fight once again, and Roman, showing uncharacteristic agility that he didn't possessed before while fighting Blake, dodging strikes from Ruby, and parrying Blake's strikes. He parried another strike from Blake, and ducked his head, sweeping Ruby's legs off the ground which the young girl fell off the ground. Roman followed his combo attack, elbowing Ruby's abdomen earning a satisfying 'Ooof!', and then jumped, sending a powerful kick to Blake's chin that put her off balance, yelping in pain.
The criminal back flipped a couple of times, and his eyes inspected every parts of the room that will give him an advantage. He realized two things in the span of 2 seconds. The robot girl that destroyed many Bullheads, is now gone. And another, a crate full of metals on the rooftop, hanged by a chain. He shot the chain, dropping said crate on the two girls.
Ruby, looking up and saw their doom, called out to her teammate. "Blake, get away!" Blake looked up and heeded her leader's instructions. Carrying Ruby, she escaped from their position, which later then landed a crate for before, creating a spider web cracks on the ground.
The sound of laboured breathings could be heard from the two of them. While Roman is breathing, and heart beating faster, he's not in a state as bad as them.
'The two of us, and he's able to match us!' Blake thought, gritting her teeth in frustration.
"What's wrong now, Red? Aren't you're going to stop me like what you said before!?" He mocked, a maniacal grin stretched on his lips. "That's why kids you like two should just st-"
"Get away from me, you mo-!" Whatever scream that cut off Roman's monologue stopped, by what sounds like a flesh being stabbed repeatedly.
And then appeared the source of what made the scream appeared. Unnatural wind blowing his messy bluish-silver hair. Terrifying crimson eyes staring at him that screamed bloody murder. And his unsheathed blade on his right hand, glimmered with the colour of blood, which dropped to ground repeatedly.
Ruby and Blake were shocked to see who it was, especially Ruby.
There, stood Gintoki in his glory. Still in the hospital clothes worn on, and his torso draped in bandages. The blade Ruby always saw him bringing around unsheathed on his right hand, and a weapon that looks like something a White Fang member would use in his left hand. His face is something that terrified both of them. There's no dead-fish eyes, there's no emotionless face.
All there is murderous intent on his face, and a bloody glare aimed at Roman Torchwick.
"I will be borrowing this, dead man." He spoke.
Roman began shaking in anger, and frustration upon seeing him. "Another kid!? And what are you animals waiting for? Go kill him!"
One of the daring members spoke out in fear. "But boss! His appearance is correct from what our dead member spoke of. Silver blue hair, and crimson eyes! It's Shiroyasha!"
4 pairs of eyes widened from that information. Everyone have heard of Shiroyasha, the one who single-handedly killed all the White Fang members that were involved stealing a large bag full of Dusts in this same warehouse. They didn't expected that Shiroyasha would be a young kid barely at the age of 11 or 12.
Especially Ruby and Blake. They were the ones shocked the most. Their friend, Sakata Gintoki, was the killer all along. Ruby's eyes were tearful and her hand moved on her mouth, as if to silence her whimpering. And Blake was glaring at him, her face morphed into that of furious one. Like one who is betrayed by someone they can trust.
And for our protagonist, Gintoki, he is hurt by the emotions shown by his two friends. He hated it. They don't understand that if he didn't kill them, he wouldn't be here with them today.
"I'm sorry." He muttered lowly in Japanese, something which all the Faunus in the warehouse heard and understand.
And then, he moved in a blink of an eye, slashing his two swords down on Roman.
Deep red blood was spilled after the action was done. And Roman could only look in shock of what happened, of how it happened so fast.
The both of them struck at the same time, and both strike was intercepted. But Gintoki has two sword, and with his one sword, struck jabbed on Roman's stomach, drawing spilling another blood, ended with a devastating kick to the torso which sent him flying.
"You can call me that name, Roman." Gintoki called out at him. "Or while it is unknown, you can also call me Corpse Eating Demon, but that would be a mouthful, no?" He sent him a sadistic grin that mocked Roman to the core.
"Prepare yourself. Here I come, No.1 Most Wanted Criminal." He gestured with his head as if to say come one.
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A/N: Oh well, it's not as well written as the other six, but I do hope you readers enjoyed it. As usual, do review of any mistake (grammar, wrong facts about weapon, etc). I wish you readers a good day.