Slayer: Well I bet this is a surprise for everyone.
Judan: Yeah after all it's been forever since the last chapter for this story came out.
Shadow: Don't care; I'm back in action baby!
Neos: Yeah, yeah now don't get all sentimental on us.
Patchouli: Is he always like ths?
Shadow: I'm a Darkwraith Patchouli… I don't get sentimental. Frustrated, angry, and gleeful yes. But not sentimental.
Yukari: Oh don't be such a stick in the mud!~
Ruby: Yeah! You should be grateful that we barred entrance for Modaga.
Patchouli: Modaga as in the god of chaos? I think I can understand all of you not wanting him here.
Judan: I have to appreciate that as well… because even though he's my master he is quite a handful.
Slayer: Tell me about it… the so called god of chaos is absolutely nuts.
Neos: Well it could be worse. Now then since we have no reviews who would like to end of this author section?
Yukari: I'll do it my adorable dragon!~ After all I've never done it before.
Neos: I'm not adorable!
Ruby: I think you're pretty cute sometimes.~
Patchouli: I also have to agree with Yukari and Ruby.
Neos: Ugh… just get on with it…
Yukari: Of course! Now we here at the Dark Guard productions own nothing but OC's and reality building concepts. Anything else belongs to their respective owners. Now without further ado…
Everyone: Here's the story!
Shadow: Oh yeah for those of you who are reading this for the first time we've made a Dark Guard Death Battle thing. Details on how it works is in the story on the site.
(S/N Slayer's notes)
(J/N Judan's notes)
"Dark inner voice/Hollow"
'Light inner voice/Zangetsu'
Thinking/talking to inner spirit
"Telepathic communication"
Arc two: The real enemy
Chapter Thirteen: Obligatory training! And also taking out Anger on the Dragon.
Time Four Weeks after Neos' eye Transplant
Location Yukari's gap
You know funnily enough… the amount of training Neos has done is his life is actually not that much. At least compared to amount of experience he has. Mostly because he never really had the time, and he mainly just increased his abilities with live combat.
Dangerous yet extremely effective… well as long as you weren't killed during combat of course. However during those times when he did train, well let's just say that he usually was starting out fresh. Like the first time around during his Psion training he was a complete newbie to fighting. Or during his dragon slayer training where he had none of his old memories. Or his time training to be a huntsman where he also had no memories. Truthfully he was only training when he was actually starting out.
However if I never lose my memories again it'd be too late! Growling in frustration he attacked his godmother with a wooden katana. Oh yes… he did find out about Yukari being his godmother, but reacted quite differently than she expected. Instead of getting angry with her, he instead hugged her and said he didn't blame her for not knowing who he was. It truly was a comfort for the usual troll of Gensokyo. Because she did indeed come to think of him as a son.
Although she'd never admit to being slightly peeved that he was adopted by another woman. Still at this current point in time she was training him on how to fight with his newest addition to his outfit. A black cloth eye patch over his right eye, there was also some kind of seal on it. The reason for this addition was so he didn't have his energy wasted on his new nether eye. Which he has so far been unsuccessful in turning it off.
At first Neos thought he'd just treat it like his demon eye, but as it turned out the two eyes were completely different. So until he could perfectly control it. Neos decided that sealing it, in a way that he could just use it any time he needed to was for the best.
"Argh!" Crying out in pain as he rolled across the ground, he slowly got up while staring his godmother down. Currently she was smiling while twirling her umbrella around. Letting out a light breath he charged her once again. And like last time no matter what he did Yukari blocked every single strike. Really it was during times like this that Neos remembered his place in the pecking order.
A thought that was reinforced as he sent a sideways strike at Yukari's middle. Instead of blocking it she pretty much dodged a bit to his right. Although to him it looked like she floated as she whacked his back, sending him into the ground. As he groaned in pain Yukari giggled for a second before speaking.
"You know Neos you should really try and not think about your strikes so much. I'm not like one of those slow and heavily armored demons, and monsters your used to fighting. I also don't use aura shielding, so there really isn't anything extra for you to get through. There's also the fact that I'm probably faster than any huntsman or Huntress you've ever met. So thinking about it too much will most definitely slow you down in combat. I've told you this before you know."
Not even moving his face from the grass he sent his godmother a thumbs up. Now while he was an amazing fighter, and a master of weapons. Neos was still rather used to giving it his all in every strike. Always trying to end a battle as quickly as possible. Mostly because when he didn't he'd usually end up regretting it. Now things are different and he couldn't afford to lose any extra second while attacking.
There was also the issue of him being originally trained as an assassin… So over thinking every move was kind of in his mindset. Still he wasn't one to just give up so he slowly stood up from his dirt nap and turned. Then holding his wooden sword in two hands he struck, except this time he did his absolute best to follow his godmother's advice. Even though after a couple of seconds he was once again hit, only this time in the stomach.
Now while this was going on, everyone else were currently doing their own sparring and training. Although Ruby admitted to herself after being kicked around, that choosing Flandre as her original sparring partner was a horrible idea. Her opinion on the matter grew as she was once again kicked in the chin. On bright side she was learning to always somehow land on her feet. This happened again as she righted herself mid-air and landed in a crouching position. She was also breathing heavily and was also almost out of aura.
But Flandre wasn't giving her any breaks. "Come on Onee Chan! I know you can do better than that!" The pint sized vampire then charged her at great speeds. Ruby gritted her teeth as she blocked a punch from Flandre, using the long handle of the wooden scythe she was using. Thankfully the wood was heavily enchanted or else it would've broken by then. Still thinking quickly, Ruby used her speed and jumped back before swinging the scythe at Flandre.
The blonde only smirked before grabbing the scythe with her left hand. The wooden blade was easily caught between her thumb and forefinger. Still seeing this only made Ruby's right eye twitch, however this wasn't the fight time that it had happened.
"Sorry Onee Chan but you need to be a bit faster if you want to get into my guard. Really I thought you'd understand that by now.~" Flandre then kicked Ruby in the stomach, causing her to spit out a bit of saliva as she flew off a few dozen meters away. As the red clothed girl groaned in pain, she was barely able to open her eyes as Flandre sent an axe kick at her position. Very quickly she rolled out of the way and stood up panting. Of course there was now a crater where she used to be.
"Are you trying to kill me Flandre?!" Her answer was an innocent and adorable look of confusion. Of course Ruby saw that in her eyes that she was anything but innocent. Freaking vampire… how did Neos put up with her for so long?! However before she could contemplate that thought any further, her blonde sparring partner attacked again.
Over on another part of the property Blake was training in a different matter with her teacher. Her name was Ran Yakumo. Now she has yellow eyes, short blonde hair and wears a light pink two-tailed hat with many amulets. She also has fox ears hidden under her hat, and has nine fox tails swaying behind her. She also wears a blue and light purple dress with a blue print on the front.
But why the ears and tails you might ask? Well while Blake was a Nekomata, Ran was a Kitsune or fox demon. She was also Yukari's shikigami or in other words a kind of familiar.
The exact process of how she became Yukari's shikigami however is unknown. But for some reason instead of a complete indentured servant like the norm. Ran still had quite a bit of free will. Enough that she as well could acquire a shikigami of her own. Although when Blake met her, she instantly became attached. Ran's shikigami was a bakeneko or werecat by the name of Chen. And very quickly the two developed a sister relationship with Blake as the older.
Still at the moment instead of fighting her, Blake was learning how to use her own nekomata abilities. However because of Maxos unlocking her sealed abilities a few weeks ago, she had somehow grown a black cat tail. Even her cat ears had grown bigger and were now impossible to hide. However Neos had warned her that this could happen, so it wasn't too surprising… well it still freaked her out but after twelve hours she got used to it. It certainly helped when Zach said it made her look cuter though.
But at the moment they weren't even speaking to each other. In fact they were just meditating, trying to sense out the life energy of others. Ran said she'd teach Blake more about senjutsu and chakra later. And although Blake enjoyed learning destructive chakra techniques, she like meditating and communing with nature a bit more. But she had chalked that up to her Yokai side.
It was going well but every time someone like Neos, Ruby, or Zach got knocked around in their own training she winced in sympathy. Speaking of the now named voidspawn he was having his own issues against a fellow white haired swordsman. Or more accurately a swordswoman.
"Is that all you got Tanner Sama?" Looking up with a scowl from his downed position he looked towards his opponent. She was young looking, younger than Ruby even. However he was quickly realizing that looks weren't everything. Especially since she looked like a cute, petite, and innocent girl. However he had soon discovered that Youmou Konpaku was much stronger than she looked.
Now she was rather short and her hair was as white as Zach's. It was also in a short bobbed cut, and she wore a white blouse with a green dress over it. Youmou was also wearing white socks and had on brown shoes. Her eyes were also grey in color.
However she was currently waiting patiently and holding a long elegant looking katana. She also had a wakizashi; however that was sheathed on her back. Eventually she smiled when her patience was rewarded and the voidspawn stood back up. Even though he was panting heavily and was a little shaky on his feet. Still she admired his dedication at the least. Although she was still a bit upset at having to come here when she'd prefer to be gardening.
But her master had given Yukari permission to borrow her for a while. And by a while it pretty much meant three out of four days. It was a little annoying for her but she enjoyed the straight up sparring.
I just hope that infinite black hole Yuyuko Sama calls a stomach won't go through our food to quickly… With that thought in mind she charged at Zach, forcing him to bring up his own katana to block her forward strike. It was at this time that they once again began exchanging blows. And although he was doing his best, Zach knew he couldn't keep up with the small white haired girl. But he did certainly try. Even though he was wondering why they were using actual weapons, instead of wooden ones like Neos and Ruby were using.
Jumping back from another slash he lunged forward, however this turned out to be a mistake as Youmou side stepped it. She then proceeded to disarm him by whacking the back of his hands with the back of her sword. As soon as he dropped it she pointed the tip of her blade at him. However before anything else could happen Yukari called out to everyone.
"Okay I think that's enough for now!~ I bet all of our newbie's are out of breath. Especially poor Neos here, really I think he's quite tuckered out.~" In truth Neos was unconscious from being hit in the stomach and then the head in quick succession. But she wasn't going to say that out loud. Still Zach was actually relieved when Youmou sheathed her sword.
I guess I still have quite a ways to go. Shaking his head he gave Youmou a short bow which she returned. At first it was a little strange for him to do that. But he's came to actually like the respect shown at the beginning and end of their spars. Especially since he's yet to beat her once over the last four weeks. Sighing he rubbed the back of his head as the two of them made their way towards the house.
Along the way they met up with Blake and Ran. Smiling at them he looked at Blake a bit longer, mostly because he still wasn't used to her new outfit. Now while she was still wearing her old boots.
Blake was now also wearing a black skirt with white trimming. She also had new black tights that had small grey diamonds running up their sides. She was also wearing a black long-sleeved skin tight shirt. Over it was a form fitting, white short sleeved button up shirt that had slits on the sleeves. She decided on a new wardrobe because a skirt was easier on her new tail.
Although on her back was a new and improved gambol shroud. Although the blade was eight inches longer and the pistol caliber was a bit larger, in the end she called this one shadow striker. She chose to change these things, because she had gotten used to the extra length from Neos' katana. And she was much stronger and faster than before, so she could actually use the higher caliber with better efficiency than her smaller one.
Still as he was admiring Blake once again, a tired Ruby came up behind them. She was covered in dirt and had some more tears to add to her own clothes. In fact it would seem as if she would soon need to buy a new wardrobe for herself.
Still she somehow mustered up the energy to talk. "Hey guys how did your training go?" Looking at the younger girl Blake shrugged before answering.
"Same as always I guess, although I was able to feel some of your guy's emotions this time. Mainly determination, frustration, anger, annoyance, and fear." Blake then smirked at Ruby before continuing. "Although that fear was mostly yours Rubes.~" Ruby's left eye twitched again at her comment. Although not at the nickname, after all the two of them had grown much closer over the weeks they've been there.
Still she retorted angrily. "Oh yeah? Maybe you should try training with Flandre then! Then we'll see what how scared you'd become!" Blake's cat like smirk grew as she talked back to her.
"Sorry but I'm not suicidal. Really what made you decide that she was a good sparring partner in the first place? Really Nii San said that Flandre Chan still had trouble controlling her strength." Ruby sighed at that point and just slumped her shoulders and just looked at the ground. Really at the time she thought that since the two of them had a lot in common, that they'd be good sparring partners. Now she realizes just what kind of terror the vampire girl was.
As for Blake she was referring to Neos when she said Nii San. Really she was starting to use more Japanese honorifics as she spent time with her godmother. Not that she minded, in fact she enjoyed actually having a family again. Although she still wanted to punch Maxos in the gut every time she saw him. However she was thankful that he's only come by twice since they got there.
Continuing on in silence they eventually met up with Yukari on her front porch. Although they saw Neos out cold as she laid his head on her lap. All of them even Flandre when she showed up could only sigh at the sight. Because really this happened every time he sparred against her. Ruby however frowned when she saw the streaks of white in Neos' hair. Apparently connecting even slightly with his Broodknight half had done that to him over the weeks.
He really was upset at that, but in the end he was forced to just accept it. Hopefully his hair doesn't become completely white though. I like the way he looks with black hair. Plus we'd have a hard time of telling him and Zach apart. She would've thought on it more but was snapped out of it by Yukari speaking to them.
"Well you've had a productive time here so far. In fact despite not really looking like it all of you have made great strides. Unfortunately though it is time for all of you to go back home for the time being." At that they all looked at her in shock, none more than Blake though who looked quite depressed.
Even her ears drooped slightly as she spoke up in disappointment. "Does this mean we won't see you as often Oba Chan?" Smiling lightly at her goddaughter Yukari spoke happily to her.
"Oh don't worry about that Blake Chan.~ I promise I'll see you more than you're thinking right now." At that point everyone looked at her in confusion as Neos stirred awake.
As he did he groaned before speaking. "Did someone get the license plate on that Bullhorn?" Everyone could only laugh at his comment, before thinking on what they would do when they got home. Although for Ruby she was kind of scared of what her sister was going to do to her.
Or dad for that matter… after all I've been gone for so long without contacting them! I'm so grounded when I get back. I just hope that Yang won't kill me. Fortunately for her Yang was quite busy herself; after all she had her own training going on.
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Location Beacon's cafeteria
Inside of Beacon's lunch room were a many of hungry students. All were there to try and satisfy their own hunger; however there was some slight melancholy in the air. But only because their three week long break was over. As such classes would begin as normal the following day. (S/N Yeah I have no idea how long that break actually was.) Still for a certain group of heroes they didn't get much of a break.
"Ugh… it's already the next semester! Why did you guys have to be so rough during our break?!" The voice of complaints belonged to Yang as she glared at Artemis. Who only shrugged before eating some more of his fish. After he was done chewing he finally gave his answer.
Although it only made Yang angrier. "It was either we go tough on you, or have all of you fall behind master Neos and the others. Although I have a feeling their training was even tougher, and have most likely surpassed you lot by quite a bit." At his words she was about to snap at him but Weiss beat her to the punch. Although what she said was quite different...
"You mean I've fallen even further behind Zachary?! Just great at this rate I'll never surpass him!" Yang gave Weiss a bored look for a second before turning back to Artemis.
"Ignoring ice queen here…"
"HEY!"
"But still what was the point of training us if we were just going to fall behind in the first place?"
Surprisingly Charlotte who sat next to Artemis spoke up at that point. "They were trained by Yukari, you were trained by us. The difference in power is quite noticeable. As such there was nothing we could do to keep you guys up with them." At the solid logic their temporary member gave both Weiss and Yang sighed. Ah yes… over the last few weeks Irukuku and Charlotte had become temporary members of team RWBY. Even Artemis had joined team Mercenary along with Kuros. Although no one knew the little dragon existed.
Well except the teachers and certain staff members, but at this point they stopped caring. Mostly because they were used to strange things, coming and going from the school nowadays. Speaking of Irukuku and Kuros… they were currently a table behind them sitting with team JNPR. Although poor Ren had to deal with two Nora's. Well more like one and a half, after all the blue haired dragon girl was more manageable then his Nora.
Currently though Nora was throwing food at Irukuku; as she moved her head to eat whatever she threw. Unfortunately during this process Nora accidently missed her throw, and accidentally beamed Yang in the face with an apple. Seeing this Artemis sighed before turning to his left to talk to Ichigo.
"So what do you think about your training? Good to be back to full strength right?" Ichigo nodded his head as he ate his noodles. After swallowing he turned to Artemis as Yang threw a banana at Nora. The hammer wielding girl ducked before yelling out something.
"Shots fired!" Of course the banana hit someone who was just walking right behind her.
Still the two guys ignored their surroundings as Ichigo spoke. "Well to be honest I'm not at one-hundred percent. But it's nice to have my Zanpaktou back. Although my new Shikai and Bankai are a bit strange…" Artemis nodded his head in understanding as he thought back to when Maxos, gave Ichigo back his powers. Well his not his complete powers anyways. That will have to come with training and what not. Still it had boosted Ichigo up to just below himself in strength.
He would've thought of it more but Velvet who was Ichigo's left spoke up. "Well I for one appreciate all the training; really I managed to beat Coco during sparring class. So I think we're doing a good job, just as long as we keep dedicating ourselves to getting stronger. Then I do believe that we have nothing to worry about." While Ichigo agreed and rubbed the rabbit faunus' head Artemis sighed.
Sorry Velvet… but there is quite a lot left to be afraid of. Really one should always be prepared for the unexpected. Funnily enough as soon as he thought that a pie flew into Weiss' face. Blinking in confusion he turned around to see Nora pointing at a face palming Ren. Like I said the unexpected… Master Neos where are you? I need you to ward off the madness around me with your own! That's when Chaos was let loose in the lunchroom.
Outside the lunchroom walked two individuals. One was Sun the monkey faunus that helped out at the docks. The other was a human, but still a friend of Sun by the looks of it. This was Neptune and part of team SUNN led by no other then… well Sun. Anyways Neptune was almost as tall as his blonde companion, although he had blue spiky hair.
He was also wearing a red Jacket with its sleeves folded up. He was also wearing a white shirt and tie along with dark pants and shoes. On his head above his eyes were yellow tinted goggles. Currently Sun was talking to him about the people he was about to introduce.
"Okay now these guys are really awesome trust me they're like super powered or something. One of them is even faunus, although I would suggest not trying to hit on her. She already has a boyfriend and Zach sort of scares me. Zach's the one who can control shadows, and he is quite protective of her."
Putting a hand on his friend's shoulder Neptune spoke calmly. "Relax okay; I'm sure these guys are as amazing as you say. But just calm down it's not like we're walking into the middle of a battle field." As he said that he didn't notice someone hit the window next to them. Inside a bunch of kids were running around screaming as Sun sighed and responded to Neptune's admonishing.
"Yeah I know I just want to be cool and have them like you." At that point Neptune stopped right when they were outside the cafeteria doors.
He then did a strange pose with his arms crossed before speaking. "Dude." As he smiled one of his teeth sparkled and Sun nodded his head in understanding.
"Yeah good point." He then turned to the doors and both took a deep breath before barging in. Inside was chaos especially with a certain Valkyrie, standing on a bunch of stacked up tables.
"I'm queen of the castle!~ I'm queen of the castle!~" Behind an over turned table Artemis and Charlotte sat trying not to get involved. Although Ichigo and Velvet were conscripted by Weiss and Yang.
Of course the blonde was giving a pre-food fight speech. "You will all pay for your crimes of food! We will bring justice down on your head and it will be swift and tasty!" As she finished Weiss cheered behind her, while Ichigo and Velvet shrugged at one another. Then over behind the actual kitchen area of the cafeteria was Irukuku, who stood out so the teams would be even. Although as the fight began she started doing a commentary.
"And the food fight of the century begins as Yang equips her turkey fists and goes after Lie Ren! Ichigo then comes in with a baguette and starts fighting with Pyrrha who also is wielding a baguette." Pausing for a second she made another comment. "Although one must wonder what they make their bread out of, including their leeks! Seriously those should've broken apart by now!"
As soon as she said that Yang punched the leek wielding Ren in the face, sending him sliding back. At the same time Velvet used an oversized carrot to whack Jaune on the head. He fell and very quickly rolled over as she struck at him again. That's when Nora attacked Weiss with a water melon stabbed through with a pole. Backing up Weiss picked up a sword fish and attacked Nora.
While this chaos was going on Artemis was speaking calmly to Charlotte. "So… how long do you think this will go on before Glynda comes, and gives them all detention?"
Charlotte thought for a moment before answering. "Five minutes tops. Three at the least." Artemis nodded his head at that before speaking again.
"Sounds reasonable, after all a bunch of students did run out of here screaming bloody murder." As he finished speaking the table behind them rattled from something hitting it. This only caused them both to sigh again.
But back to the fight Weiss was now fighting Ren while Yang attacked Nora. It was actually Jaune who suggested switching opponents, and it had caught their enemy off guard. However things started to get to far when Nora hit Yang and sent her flying through the ceiling. Also when Velvet kicked Jaune hard enough to embed him in the cafeteria wall. Eventually it was only her and Ichigo left, when Nora hit Weiss into a pillar knocking her unconscious.
It also destroyed the pillar but no one was caring anymore. Things then escalated further as both Pyrrha and Nora attacked Ichigo. However he was able to fight them both as Ren went after Velvet. However as they fought Ichigo picked up a long chain of sausages that was on the ground and whipped it at Nora. She was unable to dodge and it wrapped around her, Ichigo then whipped her at Pyrrha and both collided knocking them out.
As for Velvet she was able to defeat Ren by throwing her carrot at him. This distracted him enough for her to get within his guard, and kick him hard enough to bulldoze Nora's "castle".
"Wow and what a fight! It would seem as if team Snow, Fire, Carrot, and Strawberry wins!" At being called a strawberry, Ichigo got angry and was about to tell the dragoness off but the doors to the cafeteria opened. This revealed a very angry Glynda. Then with a few waves of her riding crop the entire room was fixed.
But her voice betrayed her barely restrained anger. "Children… please do not play with your food." No sooner had she said that did Yang fall through the ceiling onto a table.
"I'm okay…" Glynda could only sigh as she watched everyone slowly pick themselves up from the ground. At that point Artemis and Charlotte walked up to her and apologized.
Well Artemis was the one who did it vocally at least. "We are sorry for not being to stop this from happening professor. But as you can see… when they start something like this, well it's hard to stop them. They even managed to drag Ichigo and Velvet into it."
Shaking her head Glynda spoke to them both. "I can understand that, but they are supposed to be the protectors of this world." That's when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Turning around she found Ozpin smiling at her softly.
"You shouldn't worry too much Glynda. For now they are just children, and even though Ichigo had already saved his world. We can still let him and those around him have some fun. Although that doesn't mean they aren't getting detention for this mess." Glynda could only smirk before turning back to the trouble makers. However a few feet besides them stood an unmarked Sun.
"See I told you they were awesome!" Next to him was a food covered Neptune who looked at him in annoyance.
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Location Beacon's landing Dock
Things were normal until a black vortex opened up. However instead of eyes like Yukari's gaps it was more like swirling darkness. Eventually four individuals stepped out of it. They were in fact Neos, Ruby, Blake, and Zach. However Ruby now had on a new set of clothes.
Well mostly new… she still had her tights, cape, and signature skirt. However she was now wearing a dark white shirt with black strings on it. She also had on a longer black colored corset. The reason for the change was that with her old clothes destroyed Yukari decided to get her some new ones. Although "new" was kind of an unfitting word.
However what was really new was how she was carrying scythe similar to Clockwork on her back. You see over the training period she had gotten used to the weapon. And although she needed to change her fighting style a bit. She was actually quite comfortable with it. So she made Red Moon based off of it. However she had still put a rifle into it, but the caliber was now smaller and the scythe was colored the same way as Crescent Rose was.
Still as she came out of the portal Ruby stretched out her back. "So that was how you used to travel around? It is quite a strange and eerie place to walk through all the time." In response to his girlfriend's comment Neos just shrugged before speaking.
"While I admit it is rather strange, you just get used to it after a while. I know those other guys I recently helped thought it was strange as well. But at least Shirone thought it was cool at the time." As they continued walking they saw quite a few students wandering around, but most of them had on different school uniforms. However Neos couldn't help but narrow his eyes as he saw something flying above the academy.
Zach saw his friend looking up and growled a bit before speaking. "Ironwood… just what are you planning this time?" At that point their respective girlfriends followed their gazes, what they saw surprised them. Because up in the skies of Vale were at least over a dozen Atlesian warships. Seeing how they had some knowledge of what they were there for Blake turned to question the boys.
"So… do you have any idea as to what the top Atlas general is planning here?" Both her brother and boyfriend turned to her and shook their heads.
However Neos seemed to have an idea. "Well… while we might not know, I'm pretty sure my mother and Ozpin will. Thankfully we're on our way to see them right?" Everyone smiled as they walked on in silence. Although now Ruby was holding onto Neos' left hand, while Blake grabbed Zach's left hand as well. And like that they entered Beacon and made their way over to the elevator that would lead to Ozpin's office.
However unfortunately Ruby tripped and pressed all the buttons. "OH NO! I'm so sorry about that!" The others sighed but it was Neos who commented on her blunder.
"You are so lucky that you're clumsy in an adorable way Ruby." The mini reaper blushed at the comment for a moment before narrowing her eyes on him.
"Hey… and just what is that supposed to mean? I'm not clumsy! I'm just… umm… give me a second to find the right word for what I am." Shaking his head while Ruby tried to find a right word to describe herself, Neos eventually just kissed her cheek before speaking again.
"You are who you are Ruby, a clumsy adorkable girl with a happy go lucky trigger finger." Ruby glared at the dragon with a scarlet red face, but ended up folding her arms under her chest and huffing. However Neos found this cute and gave her a one armed hug. While this was going on the other two in the elevator, could only shake their heads at their antics. That was when the elevator opened up.
Once they walked inside they saw Ironwood, Ozpin, and Glynda Goodwitch. The last one upon seeing her son, dashed over to him while giving him a tight hug before speaking.
"I am so glad you're safe!" While this was going on Ironwood turned to Ozpin and whispered something to him.
Something which Glynda would kill him for saying. "You know if she showed this side more often she could probably get married easily." Although he didn't say anything Ozpin nodded his head before taking another sip of coffee. However that was when the tender moment ended… as Glynda grabbed Neos' ear and started scolding him as he yelled out in pain.
"Just what did you think you were doing?! Do you have any idea how worried I was?! You could have died! I heard how you lost an eye, about how bad your other wounds were! Not even to mention how we've heard nothing from you four, in the last four weeks! Now tell me… just give me one good reason why I shouldn't ground you until you die!" She then let go of his ear, prompting Neos to massage it as he came up with an excuse. Unfortunately he wasn't really feeling like coming up with one.
So with a sigh he apologized heavily. "Listen I am sorry that we worried you, truly that wasn't our intention. But I really didn't think things would go so wrong that day, really I was just trying to find Artemis. I had no idea I'd run into someone like Jauk. As for the four week thing… well I didn't mean to ignore you. I just kind of got caught up in my training with Yukari. So although I probably don't deserve it I ask for your forgiveness." He then bowed his head in penance.
After a few seconds of silence Glynda sighed before speaking again. "Alright… you can stop bowing now. Just please don't do something like this again. Really I was worried sick you know?" Neos then stood up straight and smiled.
"Thanks mom really I'll try not to worry you from now on."
His mother actually gave a snort at that. "Please don't lie to me like that. You're always worrying me Neos, you may not try to but the random situations you get into cause me to fret about your well being." She then smiled before hugging him again. Only this time it was more of a motherly hug. At her actions Ozpin whispered to Ironwood.
"You know James… she has actually been running her combat classes ragged these last four weeks. To be honest it was actually rather funny, to watch her snap at every little thing. But then I started getting complaints from the students."
Ironwood nodded his head before whispering back. "Yeah I bet, really she needs to unwind. Maybe a small vacation would do her some good. Let's hope she gets a boyfriend during that time as well."
"Yeah that would probably be good for her."
"I can hear everything you're saying back there!" Both men stiffened as Glynda turned to them with a deathly glare. Behind her Neos dragged his right index finger across his throat. And although it was annoying, the two adult men couldn't help but agree with the gesture.
Eventually Ozpin cleared his throat and talked while the death glare. "Well I hope that the four of you had a productive time at least. After all if you were training with this Yukari person, then I hope you've gotten a lot stronger. After all your teams and friends, seemed to have benefited from both Artemis' and Charlotte's instructions."
"Well why don't you see for yourself.~" Frowning everyone turned to the side to see one of Yukari's gaps. Eventually a few people stepped out of it. Although even Neos was surprised by whom he saw.
First there was Yukari herself obviously, followed by Ran, Youmou, and Flandre. Although when a small cat girl came out she only looked around for a second, before tackling Blake in a hug.
"Onee Chan!" This was Chen the Bakeneko that was Ran's Shikigami. Now she has dark brown cat like eyes, brown hair and wears a green mob cap over it. She has black cat ears, with a gold earring in the left one, and two tails. She also wears a red dress with a white bow on the collar, it also has gold trimming and light pink frills at the bottom. The dresses sleeves were also dark pink. She also wears white socks and has long hot pink fingernails.
Now while this was all well in good and Blake was even happy about it. It was when another person stepped out, that people became confused. Especially since only Neos knew her, well excluding the persons who just came out of the gap of course.
It was a girl who looked their age and had long purple hair and eyes with pale skin. She also had many ribbons tied to her hair and other parts of her clothes. Her clothes consisted of a long violet night gown which had dark pink as a secondary color. It was long sleeved and she also wore a night cap with a moon pinned on the left side. Then finally she wore slim violet slippers.
Eventually Neos spoke out her name. "Patchouli? What are you doing here?" Looking at him the now name Patchouli looked at him with a glare. She then went right up to him ignoring the stares of everyone else. She then just stood in front of him. "Uh…" She then slapped him before he could say anything else.
That's when she finally spoke up. "Two years Neos… two years! And all you have to say is what are you doing here? Seriously the last time I heard from you was a note saying that you were dead, and that you were sending me all of your books and tomes. Do you know how painful that was?! For all of us! You really could've at least let us know tha-" Before she could finish she started coughing heavily, which made Neos quickly move to her back and start rubbing it.
There was a worried expression on his face as he began speaking. "I'm sorry for worrying all of you like that. But I really did think that was the end of me at the time. Really if it wasn't for Maxos' interference I would've died from fighting my darker half that day. Still you're right I should've sent everyone a note saying I was alive."
When Patchouli began breathing normally again she turned to Neos with a sigh. "It would seem as if you haven't changed a bit. Although you do seem less crazy then before." At that point before Neos could speak again Ruby spoke up.
"Oh no he's still crazy. Like the time he talked two skeletons to death, or when he started talking about his battle tower castle thing. Or when he kicked down a door after knocking once. Or the time he-"
Neos quickly cut Ruby off at that point. "Yes I think she gets it dear." The moment he said that Patchouli narrowed her eyes on Ruby.
"Dear huh? Is she your girlfriend Neos?" He nodded his head while Patchouli walked over to Ruby.
She then introduced herself although there was a certain tone in her voice. "Well then it's nice to meet you, I'm Patchouli Knowledge. I am a very good friend of Neos and have known him for quite some time. Now would you care to introduce yourself?"
Ruby gritted her teeth a bit but eventually answered with a smile. "I'm Ruby Rose Neos' girlfriend. It's nice to meet you, after all any friend of Neos is a friend of mine." Unable to see where the two them were going, Neos just thought it was nice that they met each other. That's when he turned to his godmother.
"Anyways why are all of you here exactly?" Yukari just smiled but before she could say anything Ironwood pointed a revolver at her.
That's when he spoke arrogantly. "Yes just why have you all decided to trespass here? Please give me one good reason why I shouldn't arrest you." Yukari frowned and looked at him before pointing her index finger at him. Then all of the sudden the Atlas general fell to the floor laughing. Everyone but those who knew Yukari best looked on in utter confusion.
That's when Yukari spoke in annoyance. "What a stiff man you are. Maybe this will help you loosen up a bit." At that point Neos sighed before speaking to his godmother calmly.
"Yukari please change him back. No one here needs an Ironwood that laughs at everything." Yukari pouted at her godson but still snapped her fingers. At that Ironwood stopped laughing and just looked at her in anger.
"Just what did you do to me?! For a few moments there everything I saw made me want to laugh!"
Yukari only giggled before explaining. "Well while I am the gap Yokai. I'm also the Yokai of boundaries. I just changed your humor boundary to the point where you thought everything was funny. And believe me… that's the least I can do. So I suggest you shut up before I make it so you can't speak anymore."
The general would've said something else but Ozpin spoke first. "Well I guess you are the one Artemis told us about? In which case I can only assume that you're here to help Neos, and his friends with their training while they're back home?"
Yukari smiled politely before answering the headmaster. "Why yes.~ After all I need to help my Godchildren out don't I? Plus this will no doubt piss off Maxos a bit so really I'm happy to do this. Anyways maybe we can talk about scheduling, while the youngsters run off to their friends?" Ozpin took another sip of coffee before nodding his head, and turning to teenagers in the room.
"I think that's a good idea, now why don't you all run along? I'm sure your friends would be glad to see you are alright." Taking what he said as a dismissal they nodded their heads before heading to the elevator. Although there were three extras in the form of Flandre, Chen, and Patchouli. And though Chen and Flandre looked happy, Patchouli and Ruby were glaring at each other.
When the elevator left Ozpin turned to the remaining outsiders. "Alright now why don't you tell us the real reason why you're here?" At that question Yukari sighed before answering.
"Well I was completely honest before, but you are right there are some other reasons. But the most prominent thing is that I'm worried… our enemy knows where Neos and Blake are now. They also know about Ruby and Zach their weak points so to speak. They also know about everyone else who's helping them. In other words I'm here as a temporary deterrent. Because while I know my presence won't keep them away forever, I do know I will make them hesitate."
Ozpin nodded his head while Glynda asked the next question. "It's nice to know that you care about them, but what about all the others you brought?"
Yukari smiled happily before answering. "Oh they're here to help assist me in their training, although Chen Chan and Flandre Chan just didn't want to part from Neos and Blake. So it is mainly Youmou Chan who's going to help with physical combat. And then Patchouli who will help with mental, while also assisting with magic. Ran is mainly here to help Blake however. As for me… well as I said I'm a deterrent, but I'm also a mile stone everyone could work towards. Plus I really needed the vacation anyways."
At that point Ironwood couldn't help but speak again. "A vacation? Sorry but this is a combat school we don't really do those." Glynda couldn't help but give him a retort for saying that.
"Really? Then why did you say that I needed one a bit ago? Or how about how I needed to find myself a boyfriend James?" The general then decided to just keep his mouth shut. "You have made a good point James now don't speak again for a while. Really I don't know if I'll be able to resist hurting you." She then turned back to Yukari before asking her another question. "You know this might be a bit more personal… but does that Patchouli girl like my son?"
Yukari couldn't help but giggle before answering. "Oh yes she does… in fact there are actually a few girls back home that like him. There's Reimu, Alice, Marisa, and even Youmou over there." At her comment the white haired swordswoman blushed heavily. But Yukari kept on talking uncaringly. "Trust me he doesn't mean to be but he is quite the ladies man."
Glynda could only sigh while nodding her head. "Yeah that sounds like him; really he's just too nice for his own good." Yukari could only laugh and agree with her fellow blonde's assessment.
"Yes but he wouldn't be Neos if he wasn't selfless, kind, and slightly crazy."
Glynda sighed before talking again. "Don't I know it…"
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Location Beacon's Dorm Rooms.
"We've only been gone for four weeks, yet all of you have somehow gotten four weeks' worth of detention?! How did you manage that?! They were break days as well!" Yelling at his friends and teammates was Neos, while team JNPR, Weiss, Yang, Ichigo, and Velvet sat on their knees in front of them. They were currently in team Mercenary's room while Artemis, Charlotte, and Irukuku watch the scene play out from the table.
Eventually Jaune spoke up. "We're sorry… but we basically started a massive food fight in the cafeteria. Although it is more accurate to say that Nora did, when she threw a pie into Wiess' face by accident."
Neos sighed before turning to Velvet and Ichigo. "Now while that makes sense… how did you two get caught up in that mess? I thought you guys were much more level headed than that."
Laughing nervously Ichigo rubbed the back of his head before answering. "It was kind of a spur of the moment type of deal. Really we didn't mean to get involved but Yang kind of dragged us into it." Yang quickly glared at the soul reaper angrily before speaking up.
"Oh thanks for putting the blame on just me and Nora guys. Really appreciate that! Besides Irukuku has some blame here as well! After all if she didn't miss the apple Nora threw at her then it wouldn't have hit me. Then I wouldn't have thrown my banana at Nora, and then she wouldn't have thrown that pie!" Next to her Nora gave an agreement and the two of them high fived.
With a sigh Neos turned to Artemis. "Well it seems as if our teams can't be left unsupervised. So why didn't you try and stop them Arty?" Artemis' left eye twitched before he answered.
"Okay first off… don't call me Arty master. Secondly I'm not in charge of these renegades. I just decided to be nice and help train them." Next to him Charlotte nodded her head before going back to reading a book. Sighing Neos scratched the back of his head before speaking again.
"Alright then, I guess there's nothing we can do about this now. Still now that we're all here, let me introduce you to one of the ladies who will be helping us train from here on out." He then turned to Patchouli before introducing her. "This is my good friend Patchouli Knowledge, master magician and librarian of the Scarlet Devil library. Speaking of which… can I have my books back?"
Patchouli smirked at him before replying. "Consider them mine for having worried us for so long." The quickly made Neos start sulking while Flandre introduced herself. After all those were very rare and interesting books.
"Hello!~ I'm Flandre Scarlet Neos' adorable adopted sister." She then pointed to Chen who was still holding onto Blake's hand. "And this is Chen! She's also a good friend of mine." Chen bowed to everyone with a smile before speaking.
"It is good to meet you.~" That's when everyone finally noticed a couple of things. One Chen had two cat tails, two Blake's cat ears were more pronounced, even going down her head a bit. And three the most important thing… Blake had a tail.
Yang was the first to comment. "Um… Blakey I think you have something sticking out from your skirt…" Blake much to those who stayed at Beacon's surprise actually giggled.
"Yeah I know I was shocked at first, but then I eventually got used to it. Really it actually helps quite a lot as well; truly my tail helps out with my balance."
Very quickly did Weiss turn to Zach. "Just what happened while you four were gone? And what happened to the real Blake?" Zach smirked before ruffling up her hair and answering while the heiress pouted.
"Well Weiss we just trained and bonded. We also spent a lot of time with Yukari, especially Blake here. So you can thank Yukari for helping Blake out of her shell. Well her and Chen over there." Weiss than turned to the small cat girl who was now talking to Yang along with Blake. Although Yang still looked a bit dumbfounded.
"Well… I guess it isn't a bad thing… but this will take some time to get used to." And with that everyone started to just talk to one another, catching up and just getting to know the three newbie's. Although Patchouli and Ruby kept having glaring competitions. Something which Yang noticed and went to talk to Neos about.
"Hey did those two get off to a bad start or something?" Looking to the two girls and then back to Yang Neos shrugged.
Still his vocal answer made her stare blankly at him. "No idea they seemed to get along just fine back in Ozpin's office. Still now that you mention it they were glaring at each other in the elevator as well. Also they kept having strange conversations about me. What do you think that means?" After a bit of silence Yang answered him.
"You know… I thought you weren't a dense guy, but now I see that you are indeed dense." She then just left him to go to Ruby, leaving to ponder what she meant. As she approached Ruby she wrapped her arm around her before smiling at Patchouli. "Hey you wouldn't mind me borrowing my sister would you? Thanks I appreciate it.~" She then dragged Ruby away and out of the dorm much to the magicians confusion.
"Yang let me go! I can walk be myself!" She then shrugged off her sister and glared at her when they were outside the dorm. "Just what was that for?! You know it's rude to interrupt a conversation like that."
Yang gave out an airy sigh before looking at her sister sternly. "Ruby I think it's about time I talk to you about what you should, and shouldn't do if there is another girl who likes your boyfriend." Ruby gulped at her tone but nodded her head. "Number one… don't start picking fights with her especially if she is a friend of your man. Secondly don't try and be too pushy about her. Rule number three don't continue to glare at her all the time, even if she glares at you not glaring makes you the bigger woman."
Ruby couldn't help but ask her a question at that point. "And what if she's trying to take him from me?" Yang shook her head before answering.
"Well then you talk to her and make your claim clear. But unless she does anything first you're not allowed to go beyond that. So unless you for some reason decide to share the guy, then I suggest you just try and be courteous towards her at the least."
Ruby grumbled a bit before nodding her head. "Yeah fine… but if she steps one foot out of line I'm not going to let it go." Yang sighed but nodded her head, however despite everything she couldn't help but find Ruby's reaction cute.
I never took Ruby for the possessive girlfriend type. She then opened up the door again and stepped inside with her sister. However they were surprised to see Patchouli standing there. However before they could speak Patchouli did.
"I would like to apologize for my behavior earlier. It was quite unbecoming of me."
Not expecting this Ruby spoke uncertain of what really to say. "Uh… it isn't really a problem. I'm also sorry for how I acted." Patchouli nodded her head and then said something else which made Ruby twitch a bit.
"Yes thank you, I forgive you as well. But that doesn't mean I'm going to let this go. After all Neos has quite a few other girls who like him. However only three of them are here at this moment. And one of them won't try as hard since she's happy that's he's with you. I on the other hand have been trying to win him over for a long time. So while I respect you I can't just give him up without a fight. So while I hope we can still be get along for Neos' sake, I just want you to remember that Ms. Rose."
Ruby nodded her head stiffly before answering. "Don't worry I won't forget. I just hope you know that I'm not giving him up without a fight." The two then stared each other down as their aura's clashed creating tension.
At this point Yang was walking away from them very silently. Okay… so that was not what I was expecting to happen. Hopefully Neos will survive this little… competition of theirs. Now while that was going on a certain Bakeneko was speaking with Velvet.
"So… are you a Lunarian?" Blinking in confusion at the small girls question Velvet answered honestly.
"Um no I'm a rabbit faunus. What is a Lunarian exactly?"
The girl smiled before answering. "They are a bunch of alien Yokai from the moon! A lot of them have rabbit ears but some like princess Kaguya look like regular people. Although she is a banished princess…" Velvet could only smile strangely at the girl as she went off on a strange mumbling triad.
That's when Blake came up to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry she gets like this sometimes. Trust me she's more of a cat than I am." Velvet nodded her head slightly before giving out a yawn.
She then turned to the clock before speaking again. "Wow I didn't realize it was that late. Sorry I better get back to my dorm before Coco comes to find me. We all know that won't end well." She then turned to Ichigo who was talking to Zach. "Hey Ichigo I think I'll be heading back to my room now."
Turning around Ichigo nodded before speaking. "Do you want me to walk you back?"
Velvet blushed a bit before answering. "Sure if that's alright with you."
"Yeah it'll be fine." He then turned to everyone else. "Well I'll be right back you guys." Then both of them left the room as Ichigo opened up the door for the rabbit faunus. At that point Flandre couldn't help but speak up.
"Are those two dating?" However before anyone could answer her the door opened again and in walked Yukari.
"Hello everyone.~ Sorry but it's time for bed, now the headmaster was nice of enough to give us our own rooms. So everyone say goodbye now and we'll see you all in the morning." Everyone gave her an affirmative and then said goodnight to everyone. Although when Patchouli kissed Neos on the cheek, Ruby almost lunged at her but managed to hold herself back. Instead she kissed him on the lips before smirking at her rival.
At the scene Yang could only shake her head before grabbing her younger sister and leaving. They were soon followed by the rest of their team. Although Artemis and Kuros who had finally revealed himself, stayed with team mercenary as everyone else left.
At that Neos questioned him. "So why aren't you staying her for? I thought you two woulf go with Charlotte and Irukuku."
"Well it would seem as if I'm now part of your team master. While Charlotte and Irukuku have their own team now. In fact I do believe we'll be seeing the creation of two whole new teams very soon. Anyways I have a few things to say to you…" Artemis then took a deep breath before punching Neos. Then Kuros jumped on his head and whacked his face with his tail.
At that point Neos couldn't help but yell at them. "What is with people and hitting me today!"
Slayer: Well that's that, although this was more of a transition chapter than anything else.
Judan: Yeah but at least we got more of the Touhou crossover here.
Patchouli: Oh yes… but in the end Neos will be mine.
Ruby: Over my dead body!
Patchouli: I guess we can arrange that.
Yukari: Ah my poor Godson… always getting into these crazy positions.
Glynda: Isn't that the truth.
Shadow: You know I don't really understand you females at all. By Manus I can't even understand my own sisters!
Slayer: Really? I can understand woman just fine.
Judan: That's because you were the only guy growing up in a house full of girls.
Slayer: Did you really have to put it like that?
Shadow: This is Judan Slayer really I thought you'd be used to this by now.
Yukari: Well he isn't perfect.
Glynda: No one is.
Slayer: Okay you know what? How about we end this so you all can stop insulting me!
Ruby: Yeah I guess that's fair. And although I'd like to do it… Patchouli is up next.
Patchouli: Thank you, now then this has been a Dark Guard production now signing off!
Everyone: Goodbye!
Ruby: I'm still not letting you take Neos.
Patchouli: Good I'm counting on a challenge.
Glynda: This can only end badly. Oh teenagers these days…
Yukari: Actually Neos and Patchouli are a lot older than they look.
Glynda: How old?
Yukari: Well…
Shadow: That's enough of that. After all it is rude to give out peoples ages.