Chapter 7
The two girls walked in, looked around, and then slowly backed out
A moment later they came back, a puzzled look on their faces.
"This… is Junior's Bar, right?" The girl with light brown hair asked, a little nervous to see the door blown off its hinges.
"Are we interrupting something?" The one with purplish-pink hair asked.
"No, this is Junior's Bar. It's just… *sigh* We've had a rough customer and the door was in the way, unfortunately." Junior sighed, a little tired from the stress of a fight.
"I think we're in the right place, Bre." The girl with light brown hair whispered to the girl beside her.
"Yeah." She whispered back.
"Well, we're looking for our friend Wisty and Leilah. They said that they'd meet us in Junior's Bar." The girl with light brown hair said.
"Oh hey it's Bre and Maddy. Hey guys!" Wisty waved from one of the tables by the window.
"Well, at least we came to the right place." Bre commented to Maddy, who nodded."
The duo made their way over and sat down at Wisty's table, where they promptly began to chat about their adventures since this game started.
Back to Adam's side of the bar…
"So, what do we do with him?" Junior asked.
"Well, our only option appears to be to let him go, since we can't kill him without being sure that he will 'respawn'." Weiss commented.
"Here, give him to me and I'll make sure he won't bother you for at least a short amount of time." Ahria said.
"What are you going to do?" Junior asked the question on everyone's minds.
"Don't ask. Just get me somewhere with lots of shadows." Ahria stood up, grabbed Adam by the front of his jacket, and looked at Junior.
"Just use my storage room. It's pretty dark in there." Junior said, shaking his head.
Junior walked towards a door at the back of the bar. Ahria followed, with Adam's unconscious form dragging on the floor behind him. They went through the door, and Junior walked out.
"He's gone. I hope." Junior sighed, evidently still trying to process what he just saw.
A few seconds later, whispers were heard throughout the bar. They sounded sinister, and grew in volume as the shadows near the back of the bar started to rise, then took on the shape of a human, then coalesced into the shape of Ahria.
Everyone's jaws just about went through the ground with that.
"What… What was that?" Wisty asked. She felt it when the shadows stirred, and her hand was already on her dagger, which hung from her belt.
"I'm assuming it's some sort of equipment skill." Leilah observed.
"No, it's probably his own skill. From his class, I mean." Maddy said.
Everyone looked at Ahria, a little frightened and a little… cold?
The shadows settled, and some seemed to slip up into Ahria. Everyone relaxed a little, as warmth came back into the bar and the whispers ceased to exist.
Ahria took a deep breath, walked over to the bar, and sat down where his mug was. He finished his drink and looked around. Everyone was staring with wide eyes. He sighed, a little resigned, and tossed a gold coin towards Junior. Then he got up, and left the tavern.
"Well, then, guess that's it?" Bre asked.
"Nah, he's in the shadows somewhere, I think he can pretty much go anywhere at this point." Wisteria said.
"How does he do that?" Leilah was curious.
"Remember that time we were cornered by Beowulfs in Dark Caves and there was some commotion and the Beowulfs ran? That was him, I think." Wisteria said.
"That was him? I thought that was a rampant mini-boss or something. Everyone tried to catch him afterwards." Leilah said.
"Well, apparently he left right after, since he seems fine right now." Maddy commented.
"Wait, so you're saying that rampant mini-boss was him?" Yang suddenly said, startling the girls slightly.
"Yeah, I think." Wisteria replied.
"I need to find that guy. I'll be right back." Yang said, and ran out the pub.
"Sorry, she's wanted to pick a fight with him for a long time." Ruby said sheepishly.
"Well, we better go after her. Don't want things to get out of hand again, now do we." Weiss said.
With that, Ruby, Weiss, and Blake ran after Yang.
"Well, I say let's go after them and see what happens." Wisteria declared.
"Don't bother. He's probably already gone by now." Leilah said.
"Really? Cuz I'm lookin-" Maddy was cut off abruptly when team RWBY came back, slightly disappointed that Ahria had already left.
"… Oh." Maddy's jaw slowly dropped. Bre reached out, put a hand under Maddy's jaw, and gently pushed up, closing Maddy's mouth.
"So, I'm going to guess you ran out, looked around, and saw nothing, right, Yang?" Blake asked.
"Yeah. Ugh, that was one mini-boss (Ahria) that I hated cuz I kept hearing news about it (him) but always missed when I got there." Yang sat down at the bar, and Junior handed over a shot of whiskey. Yang threw her head back, downing the shot, and put the shot glass down. Then she shook her head and looked towards the door. "Well, I guess I'll just have to work harder then. By the way, what rank do you think he was? Cuz we're all rank 1 but I'm pretty sure those girls over there (Wisteria's group) are higher rank than us."
"He might have been Rank 5 or above, if you're asking me. I've tried to see his character information, but nothing came up but question marks. The only thing I could get was his name." Leilah said, walking over with the rest of her group behind.
"Well, since we met, we haven't officially introduced us yet, have we? I'm Wisteria." Wisteria said. "You can also call me Wisty, it's easier for everyone that."
"I'm Leilah." Leilah said.
"I'm Bre. Nice to meet you girls." Bre said, a smile on her face.
"Hey, I'm Maddy." Maddy said. Her eyes eager for adventure.
And so the eight girls set out on an adventure.
Omake:
Nighttime, somewhere
Ahria appeared outside a ruined city, rising from the shadows surrounded by ghostly whispers.
"Still need to work on that, huh. It should get to a point where I can appear much faster and without a sound."
Sounds of ghostly whispers were heard throughout the night, but gradually died away as the sun rose.